Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-10

Mot . singie Feature 60 Cause
U~neasinesS Principal Points Of
Inseress Along the Lode.
It il about time for people to begin to
accept the vagaries of the market as
matters Of course and cease to be troubled
about them, since the mining outlook
has nothing whatever to do with the
drops which come when and where
least expected. It Is true that most per-
sons buy stocks with the intention Of
making money by q turn in them and
care little for the mines so long as the
market moves to suit them; but AZ such
movements cannot DO looked for under
existing circumstances and during the
present exciting times in California,
they may as well "lesrn to labor and to
wait"
Since the assurance comes from below
that 70 lack OF confidence in the future
and a thorough suspicion Of the v~sracity
OF all reports from headquarters sit like
gravestonss upon the securities" there
is no great necessity and little use in
calling attention to the moro promising
features OF the Comstock today. II Ii
sufficient to say that the situation Is very
similar to what it was q week ago, the
main interest increasing however BY 80
much as the work Of the week has
brought strong objective points nearer to
being reached. The early resumption Of
operations in Sierra Nevada, The dslving
OF Union for q lower level. the increase
Of width and in quality Of the new ore
body on the 2l00 level OF Ophir. the as.
surance that the 80 teet Of quartz in
Chollar lie east Of the ore vein since the
Hale / Norcross winze Is not drained
by present excavations. the c~rosscuttings
in Julia and Bullion. the improvements
in Belchsr. the quartz encountered II
crosseut No. 2 Of Overman, the pros
poets and assurances OF crosscuis !,
Alta and the drift south in promising
vein material in Silver Hill are the prin.
cipal points Of interest along tho lVd
They do not. however. by any means
mark all the improvements in the mines,
as will be seen by slancing over the sew
eral reports. There is not in all oil the
mines a single feature to cause increased
u~neasiuess.
Below We give our regular weekly
summary Of the latest and most correct
mining information, derived from official
and authentic sources, showing the stu
alton Of each mine today up to the
time Of going to press:
Opnir.
In the ore body encountered east OF
the Hardy vein and in erosscut No. 2,
2l0O level. the sill floors are being laid
and the ere vein is found to widen and
improve in quality. going north. The
work Of chamberiug for a winze down
through this ore body has not yet been
commenced. The winzs 40 feet south
Of the main east drift is down 90 feet
and continues in porphyry. Usual
progress is being made in both the north
and the south drifts in the Hardy vein,
200 level; lengths, respectively. us
and 40 feet. Both are in vein lorna.
ton which carries good.looking quartz.
| The projected raise from the south DRIFT
to interssct with the winze from the
level above has been commenced. The
| drift north in the Hardy vein on the
$500 level il lG0 feet In length n Is
cutting hard. blasting porphyry.. The
Joint Mexican crosscut east on this ieS-'
il encounterins a heavy formation carry.
ing both clay and quartz; total length,
1877 feet. The main north DRIFT on the
$500 level 10 in soft vein porphyry
which requires to be timbered; total
length OF drift from the incline, 247 feet.
The east DRIFT on this level has reached
q length Of l57 feet and continues to
pass through promising vein matter
carrying quartz. The main incline has
attained a depth OF 65 feet on the slope
below the $500 level and 10 in ahno vein
formation carrying quartz In streaks
| aud from which some water flows. The
slopes continue their accustomed yield.
Belcher.
A chamber has been excavated on the
276O Lowell for a blower which is being
placed today. preparatory to extending
the drift on the ore vein south from the
crosscut. The winzs from this level is
nov making good progress on down but
has in all probability nearly 100 feet yet
10 90 before eucountering the ore vein
| found on the 27G0 level. Still 1t is find.
ing some fine quartz and good ore In
lunches and ~stringers. The quartz is OF
| n lively and promising character. Tit
south drift on the 5000 level is now 3oO
feet in length and has OF late been en-
countering an improved formation, al.
| though passing along outside oil the ore
| vein proper. In TACT none OF the work.
ings Of the mine are at present In that
| portion Of the mine where ore Is looked
| for. On the 5000 level the ore vein
which swung round till its course was
south 50 degrees west has swung back
10 that the drift has nearly q sou.hsrly
direction. The face oil the south DRIFT
il now abou, relatively under the cross
cut on the 2760 level in which the ore
was found. but is from rs to 100 feet
west Of where that vein ought to lie on
| this level, unless indeed 1t has greatly
increased in width during its descent on
the slope Of what makes 2iO feet per.
psndicularly; since or the level above
| the ore vein was found lO7 feet east Of
the main lateral drift south.
Yeiisw Jacket.
Excellent work is being done on the