Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-07
The HOPE OF the coMsrock.
Eurska Leader, Jsns 4.


In conversation With Q Constook
friend. Who has been on the lode almost
from IL discovery, and has been init
mstsly connected and acquainted with
mining operations there. both a. an op-
crater and Superintendent, . Leader
representative got . fund Of Information,
both practical. and theoretical, that was
Interesting II not instructive. Our min.
Ing friend said that the water on the
Comstock occurred In BELTS. Almost
from the surface to the 1000 level there
vas q heavy Influx Of water. Below the
1000 level for about another thousand
feet the lode Il - dry - apovdsr.houss.
In this portion Of the ledge between the
1000 and 1000 levels have been found
the Immensely rich bonanxas In the
Crown Point. Bslchsr. Con. Virginia and
California. In the nsishborhood OF the
1000 level another water bslt began to
b encountered, and both the water and
Temperature Of the levels oommsnosd IN.
crossing In heat. This increase In heat
grew - greater depth wa attained. until
Il Vas almost impossible to do any sfisc-
dive work In the lower levels. Il took
four men 70 do one mans work, and Il
10 becoming evident that 10 with depth
the heat increases. Il ID only . question
| Of . very short time before the Comstoek
will have to b abandoned.
There 10 Q ray Of hope, however. In
| this particular ct least. breaking on the
Constock horison. In the 0phlr they
have attained . depth OF $500 feet, and
ON this level the temperature 70 cooling
decidedly. the Aov Of water ID diminish
ing, and what there 10, instead Of being
Of soalding heat, II about luksvsrm. In
other words, while the water encountered
from the $500 to the $500 level OF the
Ophir stands st from $50 to lao degrees
Fahrsnheit, at the $500 hundred level II
stands at but ninety degrees. 30 la
this change In the temperature OF thu
levels and the fow and heat OF the
water has only been encountered ct th.
one point In the 0phir mine. Should
Il be found to obtain 10 the other minei
whom the same depth II attained, u
would prove conolusivsly that the second
water belt OF the Comstock had beer
passed through. Not only that. u would
show that the formation. whereby the
chemical action OF the rock the meta
10 held In solution, % 10 speak, and the
temperature and water vas brought "a
an intense heat, bad been passed through,
and that there 10 . very reasonable
show Of sncountsring paying deposits ol
ore in the next 1000 feet In depth. Tht
reason for this belief 10. according to oul
mining friend. because In the heated
levels. from the 1000 down. the meta
appears 10 Be- distributed for the whole
width Of the vein, from 800 to 500 feet,
The porphyry. the clay castings. in fact
the eangus Of the vein give about the
same assays - any portion OF the vein
itself. In the dry levels above. where
the bonanxas we're found. the ganeus Of
the vein wa entirely barren. and the
metal Vas concentrated In the ledge mat
ter 10 q width OF from as TO 100 feet,
instead Of ~psrmsating the whole width
Of the vein.
Therefore. he does not believe that
any paying deposits will ever Be found In
the cheated levels" Of the Comstock'
II these levels can be passed through
and . cooler belt. and n free from va
ter encountered, similar in character to
the one in which the late rich bonanza
we're found, there 10 . show for the ole
lead taking . new lease Of life and pros
psrity. This. according to our mining
friend. II the one hope Of the Comstock
The status Of Affairs a. to Temperature
and water on the $500 level Of the 0phi
shows ID TO be Q reasonable me-.