Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-11-09


incline. The connection. when made,
will permit Of work 10 the lower levels.
The ore bins are full and no more will
bs raised to the surface until the San
tisgo mill 10 ready to receive shipments.
In the meantime. the ore Ii piled up
underground.
The repairs to the hale & Norcross
shaft and incline will be completed this
week. which will b the signal for active
operations In that mine again.
The Ysllsw Jacket is prosecuting on
the 1898 and 5000 levels. On the latter
level. q drill 10 being run west In quartz
giving low assays.
The Imperial and Alpha mines will re-
sumo prospecting as o o as the new air
pipes are In place.
Preparations are being made at the
Crow, Point and BsleAsr joint shaft 70
handle all the water from those two
mines instead Of sending It 10 the Vel.
low Jacket.
Below will be found authentic and
reliable reports Of the mines. showing
the situation In each up to the hour Of
going to press:
Consolidated Imperial.
The work Of replacing the old air
pipes with new Is pushed - rapidly ~
the nature Of Il will admit.
Active operations will be resumed
whom the work Of putting In the new air
pipes 10 completed.
sisrsa Nevada.
Work was prosecuted in crosscuts Nos.
2. 3 and 5 last week. and q progress OF
50, 40 and % feet made respectively.
The main north lateral drift vas extended
80 feet. The Wine joint with Union
Consolidated IL sunk aud timbersd eight
feet Per week. The east and west drifts
are driven ahead as usual this week.
There 10 nothing new reported In the
character OF formation passed through.
Yellow Jsohes,
At . point 400 feet north Of the north
winzs on the 1928 level. . cross drift
was started east last week. The Cross.
drift ON the 5000 level IL In 1913 feet.
The main south lateral drift on that
level 10 In l40 feet. The main north
lateral drift, same level, 10 In LOG feet
from the north WINE. The drilliugs
from vest OF the north vinze. 5000
level. show quartz and porphyry.
savsEs.
An improvement 10 reported In the
face Of the eighth station drift, and the
ore in the slopes give better assays IS
progress IL made. There were l9l car.
loads OF ore extracted last week. The
drift from the Combination Shaft 10 I'D.
vancsd 80 feet per week BY six.hour
shifts.
Crown Pei.s a.d BsIeher Joint
ahaf.
The pump 10 run steadily at lao
strokes per minute. handling all the
surface water. The pumps will soon be
repaired to the 1880 level. Some re.
pairs are being made to the incline at
that point.
The new pipes for compressed air are
10 place on the $500 level. The work
Joint With California and Mexican makes
usual progress. About forty tons Of ore
are daily extracted from the groupings
on Summit street.
The progress made In the drift run
cas-. for the ledge is s1esllsnt-Hfty feet
rsr week. It IL new In . distance OF
$50 feet. The west drift vas extended
AZ feet during the past week.
The east drift. 1900 level. il extended
25 feet per week. The line Of new
pipes for compressed air has been com.
plsted and . good supply has been
secured.
A0ooo. |
The east drift has reached the clay
wall, against which was found two feet
Of quartz. giving low assays. Drifts
will be run north and south on this
quartz to prospect 1t.
Beleher.
The south DRIFT on the 400 level Ii In
q distance Of $50 feet. It's face shows
occasional strssks OF low grade quartz.
The usual amount Of ore 10 daily sx-
tractsd.
Usis. Consolidated.
A station 10 being cut out ct the 27oo
level Of The east vinzs joint With Msx-
lean, For work joint With Sierra Ne
vada, see report Of that mine.
C~siifsrnia.
The eos. drift. joint with ophir. was
advanced IS feet the past week. The
work Joint with Consolidated Virginia
progresses - usual.
Hale q Nsrsrsss.
The repairs 10 the shaft and incline
will bs completed Saturday. and the
mine will then b In condition for sstivs
work.
Consolidated virgtnis.
The Wine from The $500 level. joint
viii California. 10 sunk and timbsrsd
8 feet per week.
Uniss Shan.
The punps are run q ussal. bob