Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-02-04
TIE COMSTOCK.
Latest Oiiclal Mining News.
For the Week Ending Wednesday,
February 4, 1850.

Utah Improviag Sierra Nevsda's
Guarded Treasures - Usien's
Prss,eess-werktngs Both East
and West Further seush-Chol.
lar aud Builion-Coa. Imperial
and Beieher-Ovsrmaa and sii.
yer Hill.
Comments on the stock market Of this
time and especially at this distance are
about as useless a most speculstions In
Il. Still IL has Its lines OF strength. and
for the few these have fallen In pleasant
places.
Nor are there many special changes In
the mines at the present time upon
which to comment probably. Utah is
encountering better material in her
crosscut east. 1850 level. Sierra Nevada
continually shows elements Of strength.
but these cannot DO followed up till the
the pumps at the Union shaft are In
operation and the water. which seems
to lie all around Its workings on the
lower levels. can be handled. Never
were the treasures Of the earth guarded
more faithfully by the elements Of ma
turs than are those in Sierra Nevada.
The great interest In Union still GEN.
tiers around the eastern workings on the
2400 level where stringers Of rich ore
are continually encountered among the
heavy vein material which makes south
and down. Every foot advanced gives
additional promise for the $500 level.
The crosscut about to be started east
on the Union Mexican line. $500 level,
and the eastern workings at greater
depth in ophir are all objects OF interest;
and about an equal interest attaches to
like workings further south. Both east
and west in this whole section many
favorable indications exist, and NO n
will be satisfied till the results Of sxplor-
atoms are known.
Chollar. too. 10 getting into better
ground in the drift south for Potosi.
The main west drift 10 also again making
It's way toward the ledge and nearing the
vein in which Hale 4 Norcross recently
found some rich rock. and which was
found to mako south. The workings in
that direction already prove that the
swing Of the vein to the east towards the
line between Chollar aud Potosi, which
was It's characteristic on the levels above,
still exists on the 2i00 level.
Bullion will crosscut soon into an
entirely new formation Of quartz that Is
not withou. promise.
Con. Imperial is getting ready to pros
pect the $500 level BY running q drift
from end to end OF the mine and cross.
cutting. This will take time, but there
Ia . good chance for important develop.
msnts before the work is fairly begun;
for an entire new and promising quartz
formation was found in preparing to
sink the south winze below the 26oo
level and was cut through by that winzs
on its way down.
Belcher IL once moro on the way to
the ore vein ON the 5000 level, and 10
also moving again toward the point on
that level which is likely to tell the value
Of the prospect above.
Overman has better prospects east on
the 1900 level than 1t has had before for
a long time.
Silver Hill is getting some striugers OF
good ore. and these increase in frequency
and richness as the crosscut on the 1900
level is driven toward the eastern por-
ton OF the vein.
Below We give u regular weekly
summary Of the latest and most correct
mining information, derived from official
and authentic sources, showing the situ-
alton Of each mine today up to the
time Of going to press:
Opnir.
The sill floors are still being extended
in the north ore body Of the Hardy vein,
2lOO level. and ore Is stopped at that
point. Fair. grade ore is still
tered in this vein north on the 1900
level at the face OF the drift 50 feet from
the main drift east. The drift south on
this vein. same level. Is cutting low
grade quartz IS feet from the main DRIFT.
Good ore is known to lie below the 2l00
level further south. The drift north on
this vein. 2200 level. is averaging three
feet per day and is encountering low
grade quartz; total length AZ feet. The
Joint Mexican crosscut on this level Is
making 81 feet per day through soft
vein porphyry which requires timberinR;
total length Of the crosscut $50 feet. On
the $500 level the main north drift Is
increasing its length at the rate OF three
feet per day; total length l57 feet. This
drift 10 passing through . fns vein Tor
nation carrying low.grade quartz. Work
in the crosscut east on this level has
been resumed. The $500 level pump is
in position and tho tank will DO oom.
pleted tomorrow. Sinking the incline
will be resumed as soon as this pump is
in operation.
sierra Nevada.
On the 2i00 level the preparations for