Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-26

Stock dealers In San Francisco are
manifsstins . strong desire TO get both
feet on the Comstock and TO dansls lsns
lines Of shsr,s. This may bs . safe
venture Just now; but the time II not
far distant when they will b glad to 70.
Of and all. Let Q strike Be made. OF
even prospecting be generally resumed.
and there will 10 . rush for securities.
There never WAS . time when there
was 90 much waiting along the lode:
Best 4 Bslchsr and Gould & Curry to
get their pumps in. Savage to repair and
connect. Hale & Norcross to rebuild.
Chollar and Potosi for relief from water.
E1chsquer and Alpha and Con. Imperial
and Crown Point and Bslchsr for the
Jacket to reach the Sutro tunnel and
then start its pumps. New York 10 get
its shaft In working order. Caledonia Tor
Q new opening on the Eats level. Lady
Washington and Benton Con. and JUS
tios for Alta to sink and drift; and
there's scarcely . mias on the lode but
must do something which IL delayed BE-
fore going On with its full work Of pros.
pectins.
It may be that hope thus deferred Ia
making the public heart sick; but that
sickness 10 not unto dosth.
In Sierra Nevada the Slopes from
crosscut No. l.. 800 feet north Of the in
cline and on the $500 level. are yielding
ore and giving hope beyond expectation.
Union il nearly ready to begin eIplors-
lions from the shaft on the $500 level
and to demonstrate how much 1t has
there. The joint Ms1ican-Op hir winze
10 pioneering below that level and open.
ing . promising way for the 2740 level.
The confidence Of the management OF
the mines along this portion Of the lode
is not based upon anything 90 anrsli-
able a. the diamond drill. and 1t 10 not
true that one has been run In this winze.
Below will DO found authentic and
reliable reports Of the mines, showing
the situation in each up TO the hour Of
going to press:
sierra Nevada.
The incline above the $500 level. to
connect with the main shalt at the l700
level. is up 400 feet and making usual
progress. In the ore body east, on the
$500 level. the stepes were pushed up rs
feet without any narrowing OF the ore
vein. Sill floors are now extending
south along the vein to make the limo Of
stspes longer and the whole will then be
carried on up together. These slopes
promise to yield considerable ore. Cross
cut No. 2 west, en- the $500 level. has
been carried forward l65 feet to the west
wall OF the vein and discontinued. and
work resumed in the north lateral drift
on this level. From the winze irtm the
2iOO to the $500 and midway between
the two levels . drift was run south "a
feet and q crosscut was then I'M cas- III
feet and now one opposite 10 running
west. Good quartz 10 encountered In
these crosscuts but NO milling ore a. yet
has been found. On the $500 level the
Joint Union crosscut east has been run
335 feet to date. II 10 still in the vein
and in good ground for rapid progress
and Ii making about 7 feet per day.
Consolidated virgisis.
The south lateral drift on the $500
level 10 approaching the perpendicular
Of the joint Best & Beleher wiuze from
the 1000 level at the rate Of about three
feet per day. The joint California cross.
cut east on this level has been pushed
forward Is feet since last weeks report
and 'is without particular change. On
the 1900 level . joint California cross
cut has been started east from the Q. Il
G. shaft and in time will connect with
the main lateral drift now running south
from the 0phir line and some GOO feet
east OF the meridian OF the shalt.
Unie. Cessoiidased.
The drill 10 stiil piled from the bottom
OF No. l winzs. 1900 level, in drillhole
No. z (callsd No. Q 10 previous reports).
but 10 greatly intsrfered with BY water.
The borings are still 30 mixed with
washines from the sidss Of the hole as
10 afford NO true test OF the ground PEN
e,rated, further than to determine that
the drill has been cutting and still Ii In
quartz. The joint Mexican crosscut
east on the $500 level 10 increasing its
length four feet per day. and usual pro.
Rress Is made in %orosscutting west on
this level joint with Mexican.
C~aIifarais.
The joint ophir Wine from the $500
level to connect with the raise from the
$500 level 10 increasing its depth at the
rate OF nearly three feet per day. and
the raise 10 making usual progress on up.
For workings joint with Con. Virginia
see report Of that mine. The main
lateral DRIFT south from Ophir on the
$500 level 10 advancing at the rate OF
ave feet per day. A orosscut joint with
Ophir has been started east on this level.
Usies ShafS.
Tho station set for the $500 level Is
now in place and the shaft II continued
On down toward the 2700 level. When
this shaft 10 deep enough to be out OF
the way the station will be opened and
the work Of prospecting the 1900 level
By regular drifts and crosscuts rom.
msnced. Repairs to the 1000 drift are
continued, a. are also work in the bob.
pit and the easing Of timbers al the $500
station.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES shaft.
The large compound hydraulic pump.
Ing engine 10 In plscs and. IL connections
we're made and the columns and sccumu.
iator we're ready. II might soon bs run
ming. At present the pumps are run
about six strokes per minute, and the
,.nL. "a. a. Ma In Ian the water from