Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-04
ptAh.

The south drift on the ALSO lsvsl 10
passing through . hard formation again.
Progress IL made In II as the rate Of ~
feet per week; total distance south OF
main DRIFT, 112 feet. The inclins 10 now
1873 feet below the also level. on Tie
slope. Il was sunk and timbersd IL
feet during the past week.
Msxieas.
The east Wine joint with 0phir was
sunk and imbsrsd six feet the past
week. The station set on the $500 level
IL in place. On the 2700 level the east
crosscut was extended az feet. No ma.
terial change to note In the character OF
the ground passed through.
U.ion Shan.
Repairs to the shaft between the 1900
and $500 stations are being made. These
repairs consist In sasing timbers. etc.,
and from the nature Of the ground CON-
tinuous. The shaft was sunk and TIM
bmed nine feet during the past week.
Gould 4 Curry ssd Best 4 Bslehsr
shap.
The machinery Is all in tiptop oondi'
ton. The straps for the pumprods have
been shipped from San Francisco. The
water will b bailsi out In "a hours After
they are put In place and sinking will DO
at oncs resumed.
Crswn Point.
Two shifts OF men are employed In
this mine, ten hours each. extracting ore
from the upper levels. The ore extracted
IL shipped to the Brunswick mill. on the
Carson river. 1t amounts to about 20
tons per day.
The north drift on the 2276 level 10
making good progress; 1t was driven 90
feet the past week and has attained .
total length OF 450 feet. The face Of
the drift 10 In . mixture OF slate and
gray porphyry.
Alta
The shaft Is sunk at the rate Of 80 feet
per week through . formation OF clay
and porpbyry; total depth. 1888 feet.
The pumpbobs are all In place and there
will be NO difficulty 10 handling the water
henceforth.
Hale q Neroross.
The face Of the west crosseut on the
24OO level Is In Q mixture Of quartz and
porpbyry. It IL driven ahead 81 the rate
Of 46 feet per week. The other work
progresses a. usual.
New Wells Fargo
A. G. Mckenzie has been appointed
Superintendent Of this mine. and pre-
parations are being made for the re-
sumption Of work. The shaft IL 900
feet deep.
OF this mine there IL nothing new to
report. The surface work still goes on.
It will be two weeks before Il will be 10
condition to work sdvantsgeously under.
ground.
Caledouia.
Running pumps on an average OF
eleven hours per day. Thirty. Ave cords
Of wood per week are consumed In doing
that amount OF work; none other 10 car
ried on.
Original K~eystone.
Excellent progress 10 made in sinking
the shaft. The formation in the bottom
OF the shaft looks we'll for Q development
OF something better than barren por.
phyry.
Only surface work. and very little Of
that 10 being done. Operations under.
ground will not be resumed until the o.
N. s. pumps are in successful operation.
Porman shaSt.
The shaft was sunk and timbersd 20
feet the past week; total depth. 1890
feet. Material In the bottom remains
the same a. at last report.
Yellow Jacket.
The donkey pumps have been put In
and are doing good wook. Are now
making good headwsy against the water.
Ksntuck.
The mine 10 gradually assuming .
shape that will allow Of work to be pros.
ecuted there to advantage.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SHAFT.
The pump wal started mp this morn.
ing about o O'Clock and works smoothly.