Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-12
THR COMSTOCK.
Official Mining News,


Tor the week Ending Wednesday,
January -, 1851.
The L~osoa % che L0ao aa1 sho
Necessity sfs Paslsas waiting
Time, Mere ~ lsss, Needed ~.
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she FassrsePsasss 81 EsSseisi
II would mot b strange II those unao-
quaintsd with the outlook along the
Comstook and the nature Of silver veins
ia the sbssnes Of more important
dsvslspmsnts than have Of late been
made In the mines OF are likely TO b
made In the immediate futurs-should
lose confidence and believe the grand old
Constoor to BE- played out. Neither 10
II strange that, uadsr present circum.
stances the stock market should b do
pressed. It's doubtless better that Il
should BE- %. than that . boom should
b. insusurated without . proper dsvsl-
opmsns to back 10.
II must take some little tns yet to
get 1t what 10 most important 70 b
shown up. Crosscut No. 2. Sierra Ne
vads $500 level. may And something
soon. for Il u nearing The west wall OF
the vein along which further south
slopes. have been opened; but IL will
take time to carry the Union shsft to the
1900 lsvsl, sink . sunp. open . station
and run to whore the ore body from the
$500 level makes down to The 2eoo Yet
this must b done before what there Il
on that level can Be shown up. for the
water at and around vinss No. l 10
strong, and 70 raise Il By donkey punps
operated BY eo~aprssssd air l. expensive
business. But nov that u has been
demonstrated beyond . reasonable doubt
that the ore body on the $500 level really
reaches that lsvsl. and uadisputably that
Il ID an entirely new had making down
and south and having In apsx above the
2sOo l.ysl, Shareholders sheald hide the
time with patience.
It 10 likely to take still more time to
cat NJ What In believed 10 lie south from
this point and along into ophir. This
may be found on the 2700 level. which
10 to be opened next. and may sven sx-
tend above that level. It most certainly
will b. developed before the 5000 level
ID reached. Those best acquainted with
this ground are willing TO stake the
whole future value Of the lode on the
rss.lt Of explorations along this portion
Of IL. II the indications there found
fail. then goodbye to the lode may we'll
b said.
Still, there are ether pisces which are
about . promising. but less IL really
know, Of them. One 10 found In Best
4 Bsleher and Gould 4 Curry, and
preparations for its dsvslopusnt are
making .. the joint shaft Of these mines
By arranging pumps beforehand. 90 that
should water b encountered Il can Be
easily handled.
And there are many Who will not yet
awe up the show In Hale 4 Norcross ;
and the fact that the vein 10 to bsstrippsd
north on the 240o level preparatory to .
more saiisisctory showing than has been
made BY . single drillhols. IL susgsssivs'
to cay the least. especially when taken
In o~oansstion With certain vhispsriass
among Q few that the result Of that Dor.
ins vas not 20 bed after al. There are
those Who declare tia. for thirty feet the
drill gave borings which indicated good
ore.
Then in Chollsr and Potosi and Bull.
lion there are at least good prospects,
With . probability Of ssmsshins more
somewhere In that great block Of uasI'
piorsd ground.
In the mines which are flooded from
the jacket there II much ground to-
hope bot here. too. there must be
waiting. - on Alta.
All along the lode the promise 10 "ts
him that sndarsth 70 the end ;" and
that end ID not % very far Oh in places,
either. The whole lode Il rich In pros
pscts.
l.. Below viii ~ found authentic and
reliable reports Of The niass, showing
The situa.ioa In each up 70 the hour o.
going to pres:
u.sss CsassisAassa.
The Slopes opened on the $500 Level
have traced the ore formation up till II
narrows, showing that this ere body Il
who'll, distinct from that On the level
above. A the Slopes have bssn run
south the ises has become equally pat
emit that this ore body makes down. and
Ii. drllines on The 1900 l.v.l indicate
that Il reaches that level. Drillhcls No.
s. 1900 level, has been disseminated on
sooount Of vstsr, and No. 3 vii soon
be started. For vorkings joint with
sierra Nevada and Mexican. sss reports
Of those mines.
M, Liza M.xie.n nina aaat an The