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

Latest Official Mining News.
Tor tho Week Ending Wednesday,
May 4, 1881.
The Fire n Goa. virgtsis sud CALI
r,r,is-BuIiiea shiDosss-C. n.
q. Pump sssrsed-Crewa Point
and Beleher.
Holders Of stock in the north end
mines were ~anxiously awaiting the quo.
tations Of the San Francisco market this
morning to observe the effect Of the FIRE
in the Bonanza mines on the prices.
Superintendent Patton says there ID no
danger Of the nrs spreading and that
work will not Be- intsrfsrsd with In any
Of the north end mines . v the extract.
ing Of lov.sraas ore from the slopes Of
the two mines where the Are 10 confined.
Il appears to have been caused by spon.
tansous combination. but. according to
Senator Fair It has occurred before and
there Is NO reason to s~pprshsnd that
there will be much trouble arising from
IL. The gas and smoke drove ths work.
men from the ore breasts on Monday
night.
The usual work il going on In Sierra
Nevada. Union. Mexican and the other
north end mines. At the @. & @. and
B. L b. shaft the machinery 10 in nrst.
class condition, and work will be re-
sumsd within tw~snty.four hours after
the straps Of the pumps are in place.
The hydraulic pump wal started again
this morning and, il NO further accidents
occur, will DO kept steadily running.
The Grown Point continues to yield
considerable low.grads ore. which 10
daily shipped to the mills. At the Bel.
cher. preparations are making to extract
ore. bat considerable repairing will have
10 be done irst.
The following bullion shipments were
made last evening: Consolidated Vir-
einia Mining Company shipped bullion
to the value Of $50. 55s A. Callitornia
to the value OF s4s. Sss 20. and Sierra
Nevada $3l. 1913 10.
Below will be found authentic and
reliable reports Of the mines. showing
the situation in each up to the hour Of
going to press
Relehep.
No work 10 being done from the old
shaft; but in the air shaft, which 10 joint
with Crown Point. some repairs are be-
ing made. and . drift on the ll5o level
10 being driven forward to see what can
be found there. The drift on the $500
level. connecting the joint shaft with the
Bslcher, 10 found to have caved while
the mine was flooded with water. and
the ventilation 10 very bad. Air 10 being
forced down the incline Of the air shalt
to enable the work OF cleaning out this
drift to DO commenced. 1t 10 90 foul At
the $500 level now that . candle will not
burn there. The donkey pumps are run
with compressed air.
Consolidated virgisis.
The gas on the upper levels has 90 far
only interfsred with the work In the
slopes, and II 10 not anticipated that any
other work will be affected thereby. The
ore already extracted and shipped to the
mills since last report amounts to $50
tons. II gave assays Of $l8 65 to the
ton. On the $500 level the Beet 4 Bel.
cher upraise has been advanced II feet
during the past week. and 10 now within
80 feet Of connection With the WINE.
When connection 10 made the air will be
much improved and work can be carried
on to better advantage.
sierra Nevada.
Upraiss No. l vas carried 50 feet
since last report. and work suspended
on II at q total distance Of l02 feet. The
north lateral drift on the 2500 level.
which has been watched 20 snxiously. 10
now in 1925 feet. Wine No. 2. on the
same level, 10 down . distance Of 20 feet.
The winzs joint with Unisn Con. was
extended IS feet the past week. The
material passed through 10 much the
same a. heretofore reported. Ore raised
during the week, 1876 tons.
Ophir.
The joint California Wine 10 being
rapidly driven downward. The Wine
joint with Mexican was only driven ak
feet during the past week. Connection
has been made with tbs @. x @. shaft
on the $500 level much improving the
ventilation. A pump 10 being put in at
the a7O0 station. aad the incline 10 be-
ing repaired u: the 1900 station. Nothing
new to report.
susre Tunnel.
Considerable repairing has been done
to the tunnel the past week. Near the
Combination shaft the tunnel wa,
cleaned ont and the work Of putting in
sub-arain boxes commenced. The track
in the south lateral drift has been re.
paired. The dow Of water from the tun'
uel amounts to $500. 900 gallons In
tweuty.four hours. The temperature o.
the south lateral switch 10 ITO degrees,
C%slifsrnis.
The gas spoken Of in the report Of The
Con. Virginia IL the same In this mine
and while every precaution 10 used "a
stop the spread OF the Gre the DRIFT from
which the gas proceeds cannot be
entered to ascertain its extent. How
ever. no other work than the taking oul
Of low grade ores has been interfered
with. About SIG tous were extracted,
asssying SIT 85 per ton. before the
voykman wsya dviven from tha atoDAa.