Hale Norcross Hoisting Works Virginia City Comstock Lode Nevada Mining 1870

This print is out of a very rare book, Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Clarence King Geologist, Volume III, Mining Industry by James D. Hague. Government Printing Office 1870. 

Hale and Norceoss. — This mine is situated next south of the Savage. Its claim covers 400 feet along the length of the lode and the present organization of the company is based on a subdivision of each foot in 20 shares. Operations were begun in 1861 or 1862. A shaft was located near the croppings of the lode and was sunk vertically until striking the west wall.  The deep shaft of this mine resembles those already described but has only three compartments. One for pumping, is 5 feet square ; the other two, for hoisting, are 4 by 5 feet, in the clear. The pumping and hoisting works have been already referred to. Their method of arrangement is shown on Plate XIII.

Hoisting and Pumping Works. — The hoisting and pumping works on the Comstock lode are among the best of their kind in the country. As most of the claims located on the vein are short in extent, few of the companies have more than one working shaft, and in some cases, as in that of the Empire-Imperial and neighboring short claims, a number of companies have combined in sinking one shaft for their common use

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