Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-05
The COMST0CK.
Omcial Mining News.
FOR the week Ending Wednesday,
January s, 1881.

Tor tho Wo0k knolnk ~0un0sesy
January 5, 1881.
4 Was0ing uaskss-Ths Wtase aaA
Dsiii - Male = nsrsrsss-Nsw
Departure IL sierra MsvsAs-rhs
Rattle with Wsser-rhisss %
lsssrsss Aissg shs lsaa.
Tho market seems 70 have taken .
holiday and gone to the depths Ter
warmth. II 10 certainly making Il sx-
esedinsly warm for zone who calculated
on other things and rsekonsd that the
choice Of . Uaitsd States Senator for
Nevada would better securities.
hale & Norcross has nippsd some
whose faith In the mine was based on
the driil on the 1900 level instead Of the
vinzs from the 400 level. Il 10 doubt
ful II the best shos on the coast can 60
down 800 feet and point . drillhols to
strike . chimney OF ore before the slant
Of that chimney il fully asesrtsinsd.
sven II The dip OF the ledge 10 known.
That the dsill would not strike The chin
nsy shouid therefore have been antei.
patsd. The vinzs looks vsll today.
and assays are large. fer the ore Il really
rich.
Sierra Nevada has taken . new de-
psrturs. Some time ago Il will bs re-
msmbsrsd that q orossout wa run east
on the $500 lsvsl and 900 feet north Of
the incline. In which 10 feet Of good,
clean ore vss struck. Subsequently,.
100 feet further north. . sseoad orosscut
wss run. striking nsar the lateral drift
three feet OF 30 ore. further on four
feet Of $40 ore. further still east Ave
feet OF sili better ore and toward the
sss, clay . vein wider and richer still.
where slopes were opened and . raise
made 50 feet. Slopes have been opened
now In the ore struck In the hrst cross.
cut and the formation Il 70 b traced up.
The water question Il still = pusslsr.
whsn IL has been conquered u retreats
ssd masses its forces ct other points
along the lode. When the balkhssds
we're put In Savage Il raised till the
pumps we're sst ct work to keep II below
the 1000 level. Then Il began to rsesds.
aud 1, now stands below the 2l0o level.
In Jslia. whore II fought nsrcsly. Il has
also rsesded. and IL II still r~strsating.
Farther along Il has seemed to secunu-
late till from Bullion south every mine
10 more OF less troubled BY Ito presence.
The line Of its retreat from the middle
mines remains undiscovered. and affords
opportunity for much oonjssturs.
Union starts Ito drill on the 1900
again soon-possibly tonight. The
Union shaft IL sinking. and the O. q O.
shaft 10 down to the 1900 level and 10
sunpins. The line Of the main lateral
ON that level 10 600 feet east Of this
shaft. The @. 4 O. and B. 4 B. sha!t
10 In very ans vein matter and In ground
wholly untrisd. The O. N. 8. shaft 10
placing the bed Of the new hydraulic
engine. Jacket 10 running rapidly to
meet the south header Of the sutro
tunnel. Ovsrman 10 running east ON
the 2Q7s level. The quality Of the vein
above gives hope for workings on this
level.
Below will b found authentic and
reliable reports Of the mines, showing
the situation In each up 70 the hour Of
going to press:
CaiifsPnia.
The work Of draining the north Drift
on the $500 level IL completed. The
joint ophir east srosseut on this level ID
advancing rapidly and will this wsei
reach the place where the winzs 10 to bs
sunk to connect With the raise from the
$500 level. This raise 10 advancing al
the usual rate. The south drift on the
$500 level and from the 0phir line ID
running rapidly along. Its line 10 some
600 tsss east Of the Q. q O. shaft With
which Il 10 to BE- ultimately connected BY
drift. Il has some 200 feet yet to run "a
reach the south line OF the mine.
sssrrs Nevada.
Slopes have bssn opened In crosscui
No. /, ON the $500 level. In the vein oil
ore ten feet wide there snoountsrsd'
This vein 10 nov to Be followed on mp
The main raise from this level 10 up 4So
iest. and 10 making az feet per day
Crosscut No. 2. $500 level. 10 In ~ t.e'
ana 10 s.oountsrins some eood.lookine
ousr,x. The slopes yield - usual. Eel
workings joins with Union. 80 report Of
that mine,
unisa Csssslidassd.
For workings JOINT with Mexican. ss'
report Of that mine. The enlargement
Of the workings at the bottom Of Wine
No. I. 2sO0 l.vsl. 10 completed and thu
drill viii soon b started Tor drillhol-
No. s. The joint Sierra Nevada cross.
ont east on the $500 level II without
change; total length. 100 fest.
Uann
After running the diamond drill lse
feet In an sastsrly direction from the
face Of the srosseus On the 1850 level,
whore Il stuck and the rod was broken,
the crossout was taksn up and carried %
again. and 10 without particular change
Work east on the also level goes on q
usual In the sane kind Of vein forms'
ton.
Heziean.
For workings joint with Ophir. sss
report Of that mine. The joiat Unior
raise from the 25o0 level will connect