Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-01
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For The Week Ending Wednesday,
jane I, 1881.
The nsrnAs-Ths 0asiesk ~ the
Hisss- ssssra Nsvsas's Crsss-
euts-rhs Punpa- where Pres
psetiug Operations 2 Likely
% be RsaswsA - The Ysllew
Jsekss-Alss again Dtahisg.
lis wsll.known feet that many pso.
pie hare, and In San Francisco, too,
believe firmly in the existence Of . large
body Of ore In the Sierra Nevada mine.
and - Il has been officially announced
that erossouttins will shortly b com.
msncsd. those having 20 much faith in
the mine have put al they could rsfs
together In the stock. and assert that
"this ore body" (Which they are con-
hdsnt IL In the mins> els about TO b
developed; that the Management have
everything In shape. etc.. to take Il
out" and much more talk Of the same
nature. inducing others equally srsdu'
lous with themselves to invest. thereby
creating . very sensitive and lively
market. That there 10 sufacisnt good
news from the mines to warrant better
prices and . better feeling. no o will
deny; and that the work In the mines
has been carried On 90 systematically
and In such . substantial manner that
should an ore body b found In any Of
north end mines. 1t could b uncovered
and worked In . very abort time. 10 also
. wsll-known fact.
The market may still b expected 70
advance In value until the orosscut has
been run . considerable distance. II
nothing OF value 10 found there. the
weeping and wailins and snsshins Of
teeth" will Be anything but pleasant to
observe.
The crosscuts will Be started In Sierra
Nevada tomorrow or next day.
There has been an additional delay.
BY reason Of . slieht accident to the
donkey pumps. at the g. 4 O. and B. 4
B. shait and the main pumps will not b
moved until Saturday.
There will probably BE- no work done
at the Savage until after the annual
election. which occurs the third Thur
day in July. and the matter Of control
settled.
Matters around the Bullion are assum.
ing such . shape - should b highly
~saiisisctory TO stoekholdsrs. and the
resumption Of setivs operations there
shortly il positively assured. Steps are
said to have been taken looking to .
resumption Of work, also. In the Alpha
and Exohsqusr.
Alta has it, pumps and all the ma
ohinsry In excellent order. Sinking Wal
resumed thsrs yesterday. The drift to
connect the Ferman shait with the Sutro
tunnel, and also the drift 10 connect the
Ovsrman with the Forman shait. Are
pushed rapidly.
The usual amount Of ore 70 daily q.
trsotsd from the Grown Point. Bslehsr
and Sierra Nevada mines.
Below will BE- found authentic and
reliable reports Of the mines. showing
the situation In each up to ths hour Of
going to press
essia q Carry asd Dsss q Dslehsr
shaf.
An accident to the donkey pumps al.
lowed the water to rise and caused some
delay In the work Of cutting out the tank
Dit thirty feet above the bottom Of the
shaft, but all 10 again going ahead In
good shape. The work now being done
l. the placing OF the pumps and apparatus
in psrfest line. 90 that when . start 10
made there will not Be the slightest kink
anywhere. Al there II less than so feet
OF water In the bottom Of the shaft II
will not take long to drain u preparatory
to resumipg sinking. Owing to the 40
olisnt to the donkey pumps. the main
pumps win not b started till Saturday.
Asxisas.
Usual progress has been msdsin oil the
workings. The joint Union Con. Wine
has been sunk 10 feet the past week and
the Joint Ophir east winzs II feet. The
east crosscut joint with 0phir on the
270O level val carried forward 10 feet In
favorable vein matter the past week.
The plunesr pump has been set up In
the Incline At the 2700 station and IL
working satisfactorily.
Dnlliea.
Work has not been commenced under.
ground. but operations on the surface
are making that would seem to indicate
that when prospecting 10 resumed II will
be for permanent work. A Ans large
addition 70 the works 10 being bailt for
Q carpenter shop. ohaneine-room. ONCE.
etc. The frame work 10 already up, and
Il will not b long before Il 10 completed.
While the pumps were being put In,
the engine vas thoroughly ovsrhaulsd
and everything put In nrst-elsss order.
Sinking Of the shaft Wa resumed yes
tsrday. and progress II made at the rate
Of 4H feet per day. There will BE- NO
further delay In sinkins until the desired
depth 10 attained.
Cs~ssslidsssa visgtsis.
Connection will shortly b made BE-
tween the upraiss and winss joint with
Rat q palnhsp .ht.k iii q. ~ ~ueh