Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-09-02
GRAVEL MINING.
operssisss as the Ce.sssnisi Gravel
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vsda Csansy. California.

Since the running OF the Gold tunnel
in the spring OF 1880. operations .. the
mine had ceased up to April. 1881. when
work was resumed BY sinking . prospect
shalt on the slope Of the mountain 10
the eastward OF the Downis tunnel No.
l.. distant from the mouth Of said tunnel
about rs feet. and on Q line with the
tunnel about 40 or so feet to the east.
This shait has been sunk TO . depth OF
80 feet, and timbersd from top to bottom.
At . point In this shaft. just below the
level OF Dovnis tunnel No. /. . narrow
streak OF quartz gravel was encountered.
This gravel Ia nearly oil quartz, and car.
riss fns gold. % does also the red bed.
rock below II.
Under this strata OF gravel q drift was
driven into the bill running southeast,
and continued for . distance Of 80 feet.
bearing east % Il nsared its terminus.
Twenty feet from the shaft an upraiss
was made and the gravel run into four
feet above the top Of the drift. The
gravel shows IS inches In depth at this
point. Thirteen feet further on another
upraiss was made. The bed rock pitches
bore. and the gravel shows ~ inches
deep, and continues to pitch with the
bed rock until. ct q point GO feet In the
DRIFT, Il comes down . foot and . halt In
the face and the depth Of the gravel Ia
sbout Ave feet. Quartz bowlders OF
considerable size we're encountered while
drifting in the gravel ct this point,
and nas gold with black sand showed In
small quantities Of gravel washed out
With the pan. Eighty-slght feet In .
drift vas run. AZ feet course ssst north.
east, passing through tx feet OF the
same character Of gravel ~ found In the
main drift. A shaft. No. 2. was then
sunk from the surface. just ahead OF the
fsos Of this DRIFT. and sunk to the bed
rock, passing through masses OF broken
lava, but without meeting With any
gravel. Work was then resumed In the
main drift. and . orosscut run east from
the Sc station. and ths gravel pros.
peetsd. showing the same quality Of
quarts material. but without any
tndicauons OF pay onsnufi. Au's
deposit Of gravel Ii evidently .
broken mass Of quartz. and the main
channel undoubtedly lies farther east
ward. and for the purpose OF reaching
the old river bed work has been CON.
msnced In Downie Tunnel No. l at a
point inside Of the rim rock. and where
the blue gravel shows In . tunnel already
opened and rua about twenty feet at the
time tunnel No. 2 was being worked; tht
gravel lies four feet above this DRIFT. and
pitches directly towards the Downie
Tunnel No. /. This new tunnsl will
pass through and under the ground de-
vsloped BY tunnel No. 1. and will pros
poet the valuable channel lying below
the level OF said tunnel. where q pay
prospect was found. tunnel No. ! not
being low enough to work this channel.
a. the water iuterfered with the opera.
tons, and work was discontinued ON
that account. 1t 10 intended that the
work now commenced will eventually
open up the main Blue lead running
through the Centennial ground. and
that within Q few hundred feet pay
gravel will be struck and sufficient guam
titiss extracted to carry on the work
until the east channel 10 reached.