Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-20
TIE COMSTOCK.
Official Mining News
Tor the Week Ending Wednesday,
July 10, 1851.


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Geld Hiil Mises 20 shs FrssEwhas
7hey Are Dsisg- Here Asa I'm.
pisyed II Them rhas - Asy
Ttme q. the Psss Tue rssrs-
ore Exsraessd-The North Fad
PrespsesinE.
The long list Of assessments levied
since the beginning Of the present month
have had the natural effect Of lowering
the prices Of stocks. Stockholders are
we'll aware Of the necessity Of such ASSESS
msnts. yet they appear to be discouraged
whom money Is called for to prospect the
mines In which they are interested. and
with long faces draw . gloomy picture OF
the future because . bonanza 10 not at
once developed. We fail to see . q
for the unusual dependency prevailing
ct this time. Il 10 true many have sui
fsrsd sres. dlsappointms nts In the north
end mines. bat those mines BY no means
comprise the entire comstook lode.
The situation. - It appears today. is
most encouraging for the Gold Hill
group. Yellow Jacket has but fairly
commenced the work Of prospecting.
The strike made In its ground BY the
south header Of the sutro tunnel IL OF
great importance. and in days sons BY
ali eyes would DO attracted to that point
and the stock would Be the livslisst on
the list, but nov there seems to DO q ser.
psnt fascination for dealers at the north
end which prevents tqsm from glsncins
around or investing elsewhere. Crown
Point and Bslehsr. too. are extracting
no small amount Of ore at the present
time. and they have good indications Of
finding In their lower levels somsthiug
better than the Low grade ore now taken
out above. The Kentuck has but re-
Gently been started up and Is not now in
Q condition for active work. yet ten tons
Of ore are daily taken from 1t and quite
Q number Of men are given employment.
In fsot. Il IL worthy Of note that mere
men are today given employment In the
Gold Hill mines than ct suy time In the
past two years and . half. and II 10 q.
~sssdiusly probable the number will DO
increased before long. Il 10 expected
that the Bullion will be worked shortly;
the substantial preparations made there
would surely indicate as much. outside
the assurance Of the management that
such 10 to be the case.
More or less prospecting 10 now car.
Red on In the mines from the Hale &
Noroross to the Sierra Nevada. Good
air circulation has been secured In oil
the mines under BONANZA control. and
drifts and crosscuts have been. or will
Be shortly. started in every direction and
pushsd rapidly. Taking everything into
consideration. the outlook In BY no means
- dark a many would fain to believe.
and there will surely DO found'a silver
lining Of prosperity to the present cloud
Of depression.
Below will be found authentic and
reliable reports OF the mines. showing
the situation in each up to the hour Of
going to prsss
Ksusaek.
In cleaning up the old drifts. and
opening out working stations. about ten
toni Of ore are daily extracted from the
various levels. The ore and waste 10
brought to the surface together and
sorted on the dump. owing to the fact
that there 10 no room below the surface
for such work. A chamber will DO cot
out underground shortly for such work.
Considerable other surface work 10 cal.
ried on. such a. preparing to erect .
blacksmith shop. build Q changing room
for the men. etc. Beneath the surface
work 10 pushed % rapidly - the nature
Of the ground will admit. bat working
old ground 10 much more difaoult. from
the dangerous nature Of II. than that
which has never been explored. and the
work 10 in consequences slew. a. 1t has
to be done cautiously.
sisrra Nevada
East crosscut 10 run In material favor
able for working. and . progress OF 30
feet was made the past week; ssss cross
q No. 8 10 In hard formation and neees-
s.rily progresses more slowly. making
but Is feet. A station joint With Union
Con. 10 being cut out on the 270O level.
The ore extracted the past week assayed
$40 to the ton. There wal . slight fall.
log OF 10 the amount, a. only 40 tons
we're taken out. There 10 no change re-
ported In the material passed through
by the crosscuts. All the work in and
around the mine goes on - usual.
Crewa Psi.s asd Bsiehsr Joint
Air SHAFT.
The repairs to the incline have been
compls.ed to the $500 level. The in
cline for the past 90 feet was found to
have been oav.d badly BY the action Of
the water while the mine was flooded.
and the progress made in repairing was
necessarily slow. It 10 thought that the
worst piece Of ground has been passed
through. and Il 10 anticipated that not
much trouble will BE- found In reaching
the bottom Of the shaft.
Bullion.
The air compressor 10 in place. A
pump hoist has been sent for and pre-
partitions are making for Ito reception
whom Il arrives from San Francisco.