Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-29

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aud lh~ir soiid Bivck-Overmsn
aud Alta. mud what All she
Mines are DoisE.
There are symptoms sfioat Of q better
market. An improvement would be well
coined il founded on merit. aud such an
advance in prices is by no means beyond
an immediate or At least near probability.
Sierra Nevada is pushing crosssut No.
2. $500 level. rapidly ahead. This
crosscut is 3l3 feet from the incline,
hence 204 feet north OF crosscut No. !.
running to the Wine where the slopes
are opened and from which they have
been extended north. It will reach the
ore vein within the coming week; and.
unless that vein takes too great q swing
to the west. should begin to get an in
sight into ito quality before that coming
week begins. Those best informed have
great confidence in the result. and every
body 10 anxious to know what ii will
show.
Union is making room on tho 2GO0
level to work the drill. Tho assays Of
boripgs east-a trace to S3l-ars mott
encouraging. Preparations. too. for
earnest work are going on. They are
strapping the pumprod ell the way down.
for they purpose to handle that trouble
SOME water ON the 1900 level when they
get the shaft Down there and have
brought the food to 1t.
Still. il cannot be denied that Hale /
Norcross has the call just now and per.
hsps the Immediately likelisst situation
on the lode. It would seem that the
strike long ago on the 2lOO level and 100
feet south Of Savage. was greatly under
rated. They went through IL and said
"pshaw" and quit. Then they went
below and ran crosscuts q hundred feet
apart and did not find 1t and they said
something more than ''pshaw." Re-
Gently they raised three sets OF Slopes
in it aud found it to narrow y little.
Then they concluded to 60 on down and
10 they plunge the whole winzs into
the finest kind OF ore. which comes out
in chunks Of surprising size and won.
derful richness. And 20. they think
those erosscuts below have just strsd
died the ore body. hence they are run.
mug the diamond drill on the 24O0 level
further north for q issler.
C. n. S. shaft has received five car
loads OF its big hydraulic pumping en-
CINE. The monster will be set up and
a. work as soon a. possible. and then
prospectingc can DO pushed fssrlessly 10
all the mines between Gould i Curry
and Bullion. There 10 no necessity ut
all either for any one to lose sight OF the
fact that q block Of ground l4OO feet long
and 700 feet in depth and the whole
width OF the Comstock lies in Chollar
and Potosi. above the 2i00 level OF
which hardly anything is known but Of
which much 10 hoped.
Only Ovsrmsu and New York are now
working at prospecting between Bullion
and Silver Hill. but Overman's east
crosscut has hopeful ground ahead Of 1t
aud New York has places OF ore. Alta
will be sinking by the last Of the week.
Below will DO found authentic aud
reliable reports Of the mines. showing
the situation in each up to the hour OF
going to press:
Halo q N%orcross.
Sinking Wine below slopes on the
2lOO level and at . point about 100 feet
south Of the Savage line. The slopes
were extended up three sets and tho ore
vein was found to contract. The bottom
of the WINE 10 in solid ore Of Q very
fine quality and the formation wid-ns
and improves with depth. The crosscut
west on the 2i00 level penetrated the ore
vein POS feet when the face was In
promising quartz and p%orphyry. The
diamond drill has been started 30 de-
prses north OF west and has l25 feet to
run before reaching the west wall OF the
vein. The situation Is promising.
Union Consolidated.
Cutting out at the bottom OF winze
No. /, 1900 level. to make more room
for running the diamond drill. Drill
hole No. 4 was run east lao feet, the
drilliugs assaying from . trace to S3l.
when tso much water was encountered
the drill was Withdrawn and the hole
plugged. The joint Sierra Nevada cross.
cut east on the $500 level Is in vein ma
teriai and has its face lGi feet from the
incline. For workings joint with MeHi-
can See report Of that niue. The slopes
are yielding well Of good milling ore.
sierra Nevada
The slopes Of the mine continue their
yield Of about % tons Of milling ore pei
day aud present their usual appearance
Crosscut No. 2 west. $500 level. has mol
yet reached the ore vein which 1t 10 SEM
to prospect. bat will probably do &c
within the coming week; total length,
IS iset. The main raise from the $500
level is up 40S feet on the incline and
making usual progress. For workings
joint with Union see report OF that mine.
Caltfs rnia.
The work OF evening up the connec'
tion on the $500 level. and Of cutting Q
drain in the north drift. is still going
on. The joint Ophir east crosscut. from
which a winze il to be sunk to connect
with the raise from the $500 level 10 av-
eragipg Eve feet per day. The raise ia
making TIVE feet per day. The drift,