Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-03-15
THE COMSTOCK.
Latest official Mining News.
For the Week Ending Wednesday,
March Is, 1852.

March Is, 1852.
ssiii waser.LoEyed and Likely 10
Remain se-The North End Pres
poets. -
Excellent work is performed at the
Alta. With the exception Of that mine
the south end is doing nothing In the
way Of making developments or prose-
cutting any work likely to result in the
fiudins OF . bonanza. Crown Point ard
Belchsr continue to extract low grade
ores. II there is auy other work going
on in those mines the management takes
good care II Is not known; and little OF
what is going on there is known. There
are no weekly letters written, a. required
by Law. and no definite information can
bs obtained for q report. The lower
levels Of those mines are flooded With
water. The machinery has been 70.
moved from below tho Sutro tunnel
level in all the mines that connect with
the E%Ichequer. and there does not aP-
pear to DO any loom for hope that the
various arrangements will unite in as
sistipg the Yellow Jacket to handle the
water. and without assistance the latter
mine will not DO able to free itself OF the
flood.
Stopping will be commenced in Union
Consolidated tomorrow. Other work in
all the north end mines proceeds as
heretofore.
Below will be found authentic and
reliable reports OF the mines. showing
the situation in each up to the hour Of
going to press
Uuion Consolidated.
The drifts ON the $500 level running
into the ore were advanced but q few
feet the past week. Most Of the work
there has been putting In stills and get.
ting ready for stopping out ore. which
will DO commenced tomorrow. No idea
of the extent Of the ore has been cleaned.
North drift No. 3 on the 200 level is
passing through fair milling ore.
yellow Jacket.
The water ct $50 o'clock this after
noon was 1919 feet above the $500 level.
showing O raise OF "a feet since Monday.
The pumps were stopped three hours
this morning to allow Of some necessary
work on them, which accounts for the
rapid increase.
Mexicau.
Crosscut No. l ON the 2700 level is
being driven to the west. II Is still IN
quartz giving low assays. Stopping will
not be commenced in this mine just at
present. The other work in the mine
progresses rs usual.
Bullion.
Work on the lower levels has been
suspended pending the putting in Of a
bulkbead on the 1900 level TO prevent
the water flowing in from Yellow Jacket.
The bulkhead will be finished this week.
Gould d Curry aud Best q Beieher.
The drill in the northwest DRIFT was
run 2i5 feet when it was taken out aud
work resumed in the face OF the drift.
Good Roadway is made in sinking the
shalt.
Consolidated virginia.
The @. 4 G. east drift. 270O level. was
advanced 80 feet the past week. Gem
ersl repairs, joint with California. are
being made on the 1850 and 1850 levels.
Alta.
The west drift. 2l50 level. Is extended
40 feet DER week and is nov in $50 feet.
Good progress Is made in the north and
south lateral drifts.
siersa Nevada.
The winzs joint with Union Consoli-
dated 10 nearing the 1900 level. There
is no change in the other work carried
on since last report.
Ophir.
Main drifts are being run sonth on 2700
aud 1900 levels and some repairs are be-
ing made in the joint California east
crosscut.
Are prospecting on the 2400 level.
On the Potosi tunnel level 16o tons Of
assorted ore are extracted per week.
Pssosi.
The west crosscut. which is being run
on the 2iOO level 200 feet from the south
line. is making good hsadway.
Utan.
Arc running an east drift on the $500
level and repairing the incline near the
1850 station.
Hale q NoFcross.
A drift il being run to the northwest
the $500 level; II il now In 337 feet.
Cheliar.
Good progress Is made in running the
crosscut on the 2iOO level.
California;.
The work 10 this mine 10 joint With
Consolidated Virginia.
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