Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-12
THE COMSTOCK.
Official Mining News.
For the Week Ending Wednesday
October IL, 1881.

october ID, 1881.
The work ~ the North Ead-Ofs
Exsrsessd nises P~rospectisg-
The Outiosk fer Gold Hill Mines.
The report Of wsrk at the north end
10 about the same Is usual. The Sierra
Nevada and Union joint winzs IL again
being sunk. Its depth Is stated to be "a
feet below the 2700 level. The material
encountered In the crosscsts 10 Sierra
Nevada 10 reported to be the same a.
heretofore announced.
Good progress Is made In preparing
for the placing Of Q suction fan over the
old Bonner shaft Of the Gould 4 Curry.
This IL being done for the benefit Of the
California and Consolidated Virginia
ninss.
!. The mines on the lsds extracting low
grade ore are Savage. Bslohsr and
Crown Point.
The east erosscut In Potssi has found
punches Of quartz containing some
precious metal. Another crescent will
shortly bs started west.
There appears to be . better outlook
for the Gold Hill mines this week than
for some time past. Connection will be
made this evening between the 1898 and
5000 levels OF the Yellow Jacket BY
means Of the north WINE. This con-
nsetion will not only secure q splendid
circulation Of air. bat spen up . vast
amount Of UNEMPLOYED ground which
can now be easily p~rsspeeted.
Work has been started In the Alpha
after . long period Of idlensss. The
Imperial. 1t may Be said. Is just now
c~omusLcing work. a. for the past nine
months the operations in that mine
have been confined to clearing out the
debris left and repairing the damage
caused by the flooding Of the mine.
Whom the DRIFT from the Crown Point
and Belchsr joint shaft wa being run
to connect With the Overmsn south
drift. It was pushed rapidly owing to the
extreme heat. Since connection wss
secured and the Temperature cooled OF
considerably. 1t has been gone ever.
widsnsd out. timbsrsd and repaired. and
men are now engaged in repairing the
upraiss which connected the two drifts.
When the miners are removed from that
point the repairing Of the Incline shaft
will be resumed. preparatory to the re-
sumption Of prospecting from the 5000
level.
The Forman Shaft il attaining . CON-
adorable depth. It will take about eight
months yet to connect II with the su.ro
tunnel south DRIFT. at the present pro-
grsss made by the tunnel folks.
The Alta drift for the ledge makes eI-
csllsnt progress.
Below will be found authentic and
reliable reports Of the mines. showing
the situation in each up to the hour Of
going to press
sierss Nsvsda.
Work has been resumed In the bottom
Of the vinzs joint with Union Consoli-
dated. Water interferss with the work
somewhat. bot sinking will be continued
90 long % the flow il no heavier than at
present. The winzs Is "a feet below tho
2700 level today. The crosscuts on the
$500 level have been extended a. usual.
There IL no change to report 10 the for
nation passed through. The east DRIFT,
27O0 level. joint With Union Consoli-
dated, was extended Is feet. and the
vest DRIFT. same level. 20 feet during
the past week.
Yslisw Jacket.
Connection will be made tonight be-
tween the 1928 and 5000 levels by the
north vinze. A drift has been started.
since last report. from the wipze toward
the north lateral DRIFT on the 5000 level.
The north lateral drift. 1898 level. 10 In
very hard ground which shows less water
than heretofore.
Potosi.
The east crosscut, 2400 level. Is In o
distance Of 100 feet. Some punches OF
quartz carrying low assays have been
encountered in the past 40 feet, as yet
,hsy amount to nothing. I. Is the In.
tsnlion to shortly start . crosscut west
at . point Within SO feet OF the south
line on the 2l00 level.
Consolidated Isaperiai.
The repairing on the $500 level. the
last to b made In the mine. will be I'm.
ishsd tomorrow or next day. which will
leave the mine In q condition for pros
pecting aud active operations, about the
Same ~ before the mine was flooded by
the breaking Of the Yellow Jacket
pumps.
Usies Consolidated.
The WINE joint with Sierra Nevada is
today q feet below the 1900 level. Sink.
ing has been resumed 10 II. All the
work joint with Sierra Nevada 10 making
good progress. The east winzs. joint
With Mexican. Ii being repaired and the
donkey pump at the $500 level over
hauled.
ophiP.
The east drift on the $500 level, joint
with the Mexican. makes fair progress
through hard ground. The east drift,
2700 level. joint With California, was
advanced "a feet the past week. and the
main south DRIFT. same level, 20 feet.
Cs.seiidsted virgisis.
Good progress 10 made In opening up
old wines and repairing old drifts TO