Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-11

~ near you nav sSo o~ ~
ledge on the 2A5o level"
..Just reached the casing Of The vein
and exposed . plsos - large a. your two
hands-thas's all"
"How does Il lookt"
"Coms and sas."
That's about the way . representative
Of the Nxws obtained permission frsm
P. Aug. Hunbsrt Of the Bullion 70 60
down In the mine.
The journey VA made quickly and
easily through the Bullion Combinatios
shaft. II We - NJ. Humbsrt had ssd;
and near the top Of the DRIFT east. 2ASo
level. there was q spot where the line Of
cleavage on the footvall Of the vein wa
broken through.
soMETzNo ABOUT TEE VEN.
Before proceeding further IL may Be
we'll. to say something about the vein
reached - above.
North In Exehequsr some time since q
large vein Of promising quarts was
struck ON the 240O level containing some
milling ore. ba, not in paying quantities.
The formation looked - though struck
near Ito sp.x and - II Il made down.
but had . northsrly pitch In the vein a
the latter dipped TO the esst. The 24O0
OF Exehsqurr Il the 2sao OF Bullion.
Il 2s4o LrvEL.
To zee what the vein looked like north
Of where struck In the Exchsqusr the
asl0 level Of Bullion was visited. Ths
station ON this level 10 In the vein. and
from 1t Q DRIFT has bssn run In vein
matter east 800 feet. AL along ars
stripesrs and srreaks Of quarts dipping to
the vest. These are from Q strsak to
ak or eight inches In width. and yield
assays from . trace to -.
TEE DIAMOND DRILL.
On this level the diamond drill wai
run 40 feet east from the station with.
out losing . gem. Its borinss gave
some encouraging assays. When the
present drift sass on this level rssohe.
the poin, where boring stoPp-d. the drill
will b sent ahead again. Al present the
face Of thfs DRIFT 10 In . hard bowldsr, .
little larger than any hitherto snooun-
tered. It 10 10 reality . horse In the
vein, or would b Q horse II there was
ore to ride Il.
TIA Loox OF 4 VEIN.
The general material Of the vein bears
evidence Of having been bumped up-so
to sps.k-by great pressure from hslow.
This 10 evidenced al the way from ID.
shaft to the face OF the east DRIFT. 500
i.st. Il IL the precise appearance which
Q break lower down for the formation Of
an ore body would show. And through
oil this humping up run the strssks and
stringsrs Of quartz toward The iootvall,
- II that was their place to make into
mass.
N TIE HAT
In the shaft. as feet below the 2s4C
level. the vein Of quartz TO which thssi
stripssrs belong 70 struck. and a. the
shaft penetrated Il, some so feet wsrs
shown. A these stringsrs are found ..
far east a. workings have been extended
on the $3.50 level. TIE promise for . large
body Of this quartz further down 10 e.
cellsns. The quartz, though mineral
| lied. 10 Of low grade, bot differs from
the quarts found In the workings from
the old shafs, this being bright; lively,
strong and kindly.
TEE 245o LrvrL.
I 10 the casing Of this body Of quarts
which VA Sunday struck on the 2A6t
level Of the Bullion. Before leaving thi'
level Ave holes we're charged and Afsd
and. although the west line OF clsavsg'
Of the vein was barred 20 - TO show III
quality and dip. there was no furthrl
showing made Of the material beyond
that liue. The dip and trend Of ths weir
we're, however. shown to BE- regular.
The Gazing shows . mixture Of quarts
and porphyry with more or lees clay, thu
snurs msss carrying considerable miner
al. The vein 10 Of great width and o.
the hanging vail probably lies the b,,tsl
portion Of Il.
The vein lies thiriy-hvs feet east o.
the 24s0 station. The drift to Il 10 nov
to b turned north and run along th'
foot wall Of the vein down to the Potos
line before prosecuting 10 commenced
The difference In levels Of this shalt ant
that Of the @. N. y. shaft make. accord
inR to Mr.. Huubsrt's calculations. thu
prsssut explorations along the vein sixty
isst DEEPER th~an'th6ss on the 2400 lsvs
OF Choilsr and Potosi. Everything u
ready for business on this level. Tn,
t~v.n,y.ipch air pipe for ventilation snt
the s,I-inch pipe tor compr' sssd air ar
already in down to the station.
CONCLUSIONS.
7 People are tir.d Of good prospects
but they should not Be-; for such mus
BE- shown always before an ore body car
b uncovered. The prospect In Bullior
commenced whom the present formation
vas q a iis top In Exehrqu.r and VA
found to make down and north into
Bullion. From what has already beer
seen OF Il, that prospect 10 certainly
good ons. There 10 no necessity 70 Say
more Of II at present. Whsn the vein
10 stripped and eros-cuts run. the truth
will be known. Just now IL 10 one o
the Interesting parts Of the Comstock.
Visetnin nehool mAss0fo.