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Show riocni. vimxc iuvikv. tor the Week Kmiiin; .tlurrli s. 1S7I. v. ThePLw.:. kha7had the ordinary developments in tho - i d l'anac . No mutter win t mi be the rise and InIP of atwks, this dtscovery bulls and bears to the contrary not-withsundhighows not-withsundhighows that the main ledgolrom which nearly all the vas. riches poured forth by Pioche have been taken, is permanent, rich and valuable nn ever. '' ' Rvymosii and Klv. lcstcuhiy hv invitation of, our friend, C'-ipt. lilt li-lt rw Smierintcndcnt. and 1- ' I Andrews, Foreman of thus mine, w paid a visit to its lowest levels. U have beforo described tho works, thj engine, Insisting pear, bah , ctu w now it will bo BulliuKMitto say that ul the departments on the sur bee shoy that careful hands ana vatchlul an pcrvision is keeping everyilung order, neat as a pin, and up t;,,, highest tfundanl ol . y--mootH-Steppim on the cage w. ; 'm. ly and rapidly lojf 'iihout the ea of mother we st,))p(,j on-plishing; on-plishing; ,',,! jevel. A station is sligbtj'1 .airul by massive limbers, $7tni (ai:q is now being rethiced to tjic size ol the drift, which will be run Lo the kdgc which it is expected to reach in about 1'2'j feet. Tho shaft extends only a few feet below tiic station sta-tion and is partially tilled with dirt. So soon as the level is in lar enough to permit blasting at tho bottom, the work of sinking will be resumed. We j then sueccssi vol v examined tho work-, ings of the 10th", '.'tli and 8th levels. After which wo concluded wo had seen enough for tho day, and w ith our attentive guide ascended to the surface, sur-face, and concluded our visit to the Raymond and Fly. The ore now being be-ing taken out is being extracted from the workings above tho Sth level, and amounts to 30 or 40 tons a day, lie-low lie-low this there is a little brought to the surface. We made a pretty close examination ex-amination of the celebrated c oss-head, oss-head, which was so much discussed ;tt tho two Raymond and Fly trial. It appears to be an immense mass of barren rock, a sort ol dyke which has broken the ledge and forced a portion ol it to a conMderable di-tance. Tho drift from the UOO-fuot level, will be directed to the eastern portion. The condition of the whole mine re lie .-U great credit on the Superintendent, raptain Day, and T. J. Andrews, the foreman, and we have to thank both these gentlemen tor their eotirteou. reception. Mr. Andrews conducted u wherever we went, and took much pains that we should do m easily and safely. Xow, in conclusion, conclu-sion, wo may any that though at present, pres-ent, in the lower level, there is but httlo ore, at any rate th it we noticed, but we cannot but believe witli the mo.-t implicit confidence, that tb.i ledge will yot be found ns rich and large as ever. We ba.-c our opinion upon the fact that the ledge .-it ruck in tiie Page A I'auaca must bp nn extension ex-tension of the Raymond it Fly vein. This was struck much higher than the lower level of the Raymond 6c Fly, and there seems but little reason to doubt that the latter will )' ixi it in their own ground. Mkdov Vai.i kv. Tiie lnalters in ibid mine, under the carelul supervision super-vision of I). M. Tyrrell, is proceeding very aathfaetorilv. At So. : shall the incline u 110 feel hdow the 1,100 foot level, and still sinking in uuart-ite. uuart-ite. On 1, loo -foot level Ibe west drift is in ninety-Jive feet. The fate now hIiows a very promising ljruia-tioii ljruia-tioii with tome little met;d. Tiu east drift on the fame level is in -iixly-nine feet ami looks well. On the 'Jth level the tast drift is 07'J f. et in length, tlic Ibrmation is good with traces of metal. Four hundred feet cast of tliis level a winze is being sunk and is forty-nine feet in depth. The bottom shows a strong vein of m u t witli some little ore. Summit shaft (No. o) is no- fully :,0un feet on the slope and the work' oftinkipg i beine vigorously pressed. Five hundred feet from the surface a drill has been started and is in 1 (7 feet, the face shows a good solid formation, but little, if any ore. Owing lo the dreadful condition of the roads, hauling haul-ing was pretty nearly suwpeniltd, consequently con-sequently the oro dump.t arc all full. L'ndcr the prcsont spell o( line weather weath-er tho roads are rapidly drying and hauling hay been resumed. The mill at Dry Valley is kept busy either on oro or tailing 3. Altogether, things with the Meadow Valley are going along qui- tlv, but very etcadily. Our thanks are due to D. M. Tyrrell for courtesies, which appeared to give him pleasure to extend. Washington and CitKoi-n. The Mazcppashaft of this company will have connected with the oJO-foot or working level of this mine before this notice reaches our reader. Tho new winze ban already reached a depth of lo feet, and all in ore a;sm ing from one to seventeen hundred dollars per ton, the ledgo being fully live feet wide. Both In tho oast and west winzes, und midway between them, tho same character of oro in found. Tho new winze is being sunk for tho purpose of developing and proving the continuance of a body of oro running easterly and westerly al least a distance dis-tance of 700 feet. No striping has yet been commenced on this ore hotly, as Matt. Tarpny, tho Superintendent, is desirous tit' lrt thoroughly establishing establish-ing its extent and valuu. That gentleman gen-tleman is of the opinion that em the present week ia out some valuable developments de-velopments may be made, which wn I ahull be most gratified to record, ami meanwhile havo to thank Mr. Tarpey for his courtesy in affording uk informal infor-mal ion respecting the condition of thin mine. J'ioi'mi;. The new abaft has now reached a depth oflilll feet and U pro-grcHHingau pro-grcHHingau fast as circumstances will permit. A drift has been commenced commen-ced 070 feet from tho mirfacn, is in about 71 feet. Ju the old workings the ore continues lo be extracted on whiirea. Captain . I. Nelson is managing manag-ing maUers with his usual care and reports little or no changes, except the above h'om our last week's re view. Nkwaiuc. , few dayssince ground wan broken lor sinking a new shaft about HOI.) feet lo tho wmth-wnd ol the old works. Tho work of sinking will he prosecuted with much energy. ener-gy. The machinery for the new hoi ling works is very line, being an we were informed, a duplicate o the new machinery on the Itaymond tt Kly. In tho old workings iho prospecting pros-pecting and developing tho mino is being pur.Hiied very steadily. No ore in being brought to thn mirfaco at prewent. Jh iiN a N f HfNT. Tho work of opening Iho drift from No. 7, iUoad-ow iUoad-ow Valley is proceeding, and is now oyer 1,0-7 feet in length. II is running run-ning through granite, which is thought to bo tho lout-wall ol tho ledgo, ft luet which it will take but few days to determine, J'oiiti.AND, Tho prospecb) of this mine are as oncouraging as they wero whun wo made our last wcek'nrcpurt. They aro sinking tho winzn and also opening drills for the purpose of cx-tractiiigtho cx-tractiiigtho oro, tho work of taking out which will bo commenced in ear-nesl ear-nesl on the J.st prox. At present only the ore met in the workings is takon oul, but alter the close of h'u month stuping wil.l be in order. k |