Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-05
MINING NOTES.
Matters or Interest All Aie,g the
Lode.

Savage is running some very good
rock from its surface workings through
the old Potosi tunnel and ssnding'it
down the canyon to be crushed. The
last quarterly returns Of the net pro-
Deeds OF the mines made Savage orc
average sS5 per ton. which Is very fair
indeed.
There has recently been . slight dim
mutton In the fow Of water from the
Savage into the G. N. 8. shaft and an
opportunity has been given to use Q
skip q little in taking out dirt from .
cave south In the Potosi drift. Even q
slight decrease Of the water there 10
encouraging.
The recent accumulation Of hot water
in the Belchsr during the two breaks OF
the pumprod heated the lower workings
90 that work there has not yet been 70.
sumed. The blowers are running. how
ever, and 1t 10 getting 30 that Q man can
get in without roasting.
In Sierra Nevada heat hinders work.
or rather increases expense, making 1t
necessary to run double shifts, the men
being able to work but an hour on and
an hour of. This will be remedied %
o as connections can be made, and
probably before. for Superintendent
James il putting up at the winzs . big
Baker blower, with suction. pipes extend.
ing up to the main shaft, and II 10 ex.
pected that this will relieve the mine OF
much Of its heat. The fresh air will BE-
conducted to both the $500 and 2400
levels. Superintendent James reports
this morning a. follows West drift,
$500 level. extended 80 feet-total length
l5S feet; north drift, 2400 level, "a feet
total from the incline 8lS feet; east
drift, 2400 level, "a fset-total l85 feet.
There has been fled In the office Of
the County Recorder Q Sherif's certin'
cate Of sale OF the Lady Bryan claim,
5000 feet, exclusive Of the Queen and
Alabama claims, in consideration OF
SIS, 2l5 GA. to tho Lady Bryan Silver
Mining Company. subject to the law o!
redemption. The sale was made In q
case wherein j. B. Mallon ct al. were
plaintiffs and the Lady Bryan Mining
Company and A. L. Edwards, assignee
In bankruptcy, were defendants.
In two weeks the Union pump at the
$500 level Of the shaft will DO running,
whom q drift will be started from the
shaft toward the Sierra Nevada incline
station and one will be started from the
station to meet 1t. Those best posted
on the situation do not expect these
drifts to out ore. believing that the ore
body above. in running to the east and
south, shoots over the connecting line.
Two crosscuts are 10 be started west,
however. from the drift between Wine
No. l and the incline. and these cross.
cuts will explore the ore veins epooun.
tered on the 2400 level East OF the ore
body and on the $500 in the connecting
drift. and also the main ore channel
itself. In these crosscuts important de.
vslopments may DO looked for. 1t
would be Just Unions good luck. how
ever, to get ore where least expected.
Con. Imperial keeps q Burlsigh drill
some ten feet ahead Of tbs miners In the
joint Alpha crosscut east on the $500
level to guard against water. D pre-
caution will be unnecessary after the
goth instant. for the Yellow Jackets
pumps are expected to DO In operation
by the 18th and all ballasted up and
ready for business by the 20ih.
In the Quinn . branch drift has been
started north on the 200 level to follow
one Of tho strsaks carrying stsphanits
and ruby silver.
Sierra Nevada will soon commsnce
crosscuts on the 2400 level. They will
DO run svery 100 feet and through the
vein, which 10 very promising. 1t II q.
pected that the veins OF good ore on the
$500 level will be better on the 2400
level.
North Bonanza has sent some OF lite
ore to San Francisco to DO experimented
upon with q view OF ascertaining what Ia
necessary to its ~effsctual and economical
reduction,