Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-29


The annual meeting OF the stock
holders Of the Belcher mine was held In
San Francisco last Tuesday. No changes
we're made in any Of the officers Of the
Company.
Following il the report submitted BY
Superintendent Smith:
GoLn HILL. January "a. 1881.
JAxxs NywLAxps. ESQ. President Bel
cher Silver Mining Company-Dear sir:
During the year ending December IL
1880. the following wsrk has been done
In the
BrIcHER NINE.
On the 2760 level ION the ore streak
found 500 feet south Of the north incline
and 100 feet east OF the main south lat
eral drift) . south drift was run . dis
lance Of LOG feet, passing through .
mixture OF porphyry and quartz which
yielded some very good assays. From
the extreme south end OF this DRIFT .
crosscut east was run In Q distance OF %
feet through porphyry and strsaks Of
quartz, and from the end OF this crsss-
cut the diamond drill was sent In east .
distance Of 90 feet. passing through
porphyry and quartz which gave low a..
says. At this point . strong dow OF
water Vas tapped which compelled the
withdrawal Of the drill and the plugging
M Of the hole. The drill Was then
moved west fity feet and . hole due
vest vas run In . distance OF 81 feet,
passing through o similar formation bat
encountsring no water. A north DRIFT,
on the ore streak. was then commenced
and continued Q length OF 30 feet; this
drift passed through quartz which gave
very good assays. Twenty-Five feet east
Of these drifts q Wine station ~ teet
long, u feet vide and "a feet
high was cut out and tmbered
q small hosting engine put up. and q
viuze started and sunk . distance OF 20
feet, passing through porphyry and
stresks Of quartz. At the bottom Of
this winzs such = strong Aow Of water
was struck a. TO put an effsctuai stop 70
further operations at this point. On
our north line, ON this level. the Belchsr
and Crown Point Companies ran q joint
crosscut east q distance Of LOG feet. and
up to the west casing Of the ledge. At
this point the drill vas put up and run
in east . length Of 81 feet. through
quartz and porpbyry. but met with no
water OF any consequences. Another
drift (joiutly With the Crown Point)
and commencing at the south end OF the
Keutuck ground was run In q distance
Of 4l2 feet. This drift connected rs
With the Yellow Jacket new shaft. and
put us in u position to run our rock and
water through into that shaft, should II
be deemed advisable ut any time to do
O The east crosscut from the station
on this level VA extended 30 feet, max
ing ito total length III feet. From the
end OF this crosscut . drift south has
been started and IL now In q distance oil
IS feet. The object In running this
| drift 10 that when II has attained q
further length Of 2l7 feet. IL will oon-
meet with the north DRIFT on the
ore streak, thereby affordins . good cir
culation Of air when work will be again
resuned on this level. At the station
an apartment for two engines and blow
era was cut out and tinbsred and the
machinery put in place.
On the 5000 level . main south drift
on the west side OF the vein was COM
msnced At the station and run . distance
of asa feet. From this drift. and at q
distance Of III feet south Of the incline.
a croacut was run east . distance OF IL
feet. Al q distance OF l72 feet south Of
this crosscug, or 343 from the incline.
another crossclt was run east . distance
Of rs feet. Al the extreme end OF this
latter crosscut tho drill was put up and
| three holes run 10, two OF which were
each 40 feet and the third "a feet. From
each of these holes the fow Of water wa
No great that We were forced to withdraw
the drill and plug up the holes. On 90
count u the strong pressure OF the watei
no assays could be obtained from these
holes.
PUMP sHArr.
On the 5000 level Q station so feet lonf
Is feet vide and 3 feet high Was opened
out and tiubered. From this station q
drift north was started and run . dis
lance OF 237 feet to our north line, con.
Meeting with the Crown Point winzs ant
thereby creating . good circulation ol
air. North OF this station an apartment
20 feet long BY IL feet wide and . feel
hiah. for blowers, was cut out and tim
bsrsd aud the blowers put up. The east
drift from the station was extended ~
feet. making its total length l65 feet
From the extreme end OF this DRIFT the
drill was sent In east . distance Of VI
feet, passing through porphyry, bu'
meeting with no water.
IMPROVEMENTS.
During the year We experienced Z
great deal OF trouble with the vertical
portion OF GU pumprod, II having
broken twelve different times up to th'
lat Of September. causing q stoppaRe fol
repairs Of at least sc hours each time
Il was then deemed advisable to remove
the old rod and replace II with . new
one. This was done and q new roc
l4Il6 was put In from the surface dowr
TO 20 feet below the 800 station. Thii
rod 10 made Of the best Oregon pine
strapped with l0-inch plates oil the way
The foundation for the v-bob was taken
out and rebuilt. The V.bob itself Wal
taken to the surface for repairs, reoeiv,
ing new keys, eyes. brasses. sto'. ane
pat down again. All the balanc,
bobs we're thoroughly ovsrhauled ant
repaired. making everything connected
with the pumps ~ substantial .
wood and iron could do II. We also
repaired all the compressed air pip'
from the surface to the bottom Of thu
mine. Two new donkey pumps vert
put in at the 5000 station. and for ths
use Of these pumps We laid 3l2 feet o.
finch column pipe from the 2760 leve
down to the 5000 level. We put up I
blower ON the 2760 station and also 4li
feet Of l3.inoh air pipe, to furnish oil
while running our north drift on thu
5000 level. We cut out . water drair
and put down boxes on the 2760 leye
from the north incline through to th,
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