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July 6, 1864
Gold Hill Daily News
Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
What is this article about?
The Yellow Jacket Company in a mining district reaches 317 feet depth, strikes a water stream, suspends sinking to run a connecting drift, and discovers high-quality quartz deeper in an air shaft, with rock improving at greater depths for future pumping operations.
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DOWN TO WATER.—The Yellow Jacket Company has got down 317 feet, which is about 20 feet below water level. At that depth it struck a stream of water about two and a half inches in diameter. After this was struck, work at sinking was suspended, and the water allowed to rise to its level. The company is now running a drift to connect with its mine, and will soon have connections made and be working its ledge through its shaft as well as through its incline. It has lately been sinking an air shaft in its mine, which has been carried down about sixty feet below where the ledge has yet been worked, and has come into quartz of splendid quality. The rock of the company grows richer the deeper it is taken out. When the company gets its pump in and works its ledge below water level, it will, we believe, be found inferior to none in the district.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Exploration
What keywords are associated?
Yellow Jacket Company
Shaft Sinking
Water Strike
Quartz Discovery
Mining Progress
What entities or persons were involved?
Yellow Jacket Company
Where did it happen?
The District
Story Details
Key Persons
Yellow Jacket Company
Location
The District
Story Details
Yellow Jacket Company sinks shaft to 317 feet below water level, strikes water stream, suspends work to run connecting drift; sinks air shaft 60 feet deeper into splendid quartz, with rock growing richer; plans pumping to work ledge below water.