Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-12-13
coRsEsroSpIEcs OF rus GAZETTE.
Letter from Dan De Guile.
SILVER CRY, N. T., Nov. 4. Isl

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of the Fairs in California, but as your good
people are lovers ofsuch institutions, l trust
the few items was able to send concerning
our exhibitions were found acceptable. BY
GAZETTE Of Oct. 4th, received to-day, learn
that your Fair was not 50 good as last year,
owing to the state of the weather and nation
still, do not doubt but it was most crcdi-
table affair-the names of those to whom its
management was intrustcd insure that
should have been most happy to have been
present--on the committee for the cxamina.
rion Of pantry stores" CLEAN from your
local columns that Cedar Falls is going ahead.
in spite of wars aid wars alarms. Glad to
hear Of your prosperity. May It ever pro-
gress. -...-e...5,... .. ......s ...........,
We, here, arc going ahead at locomotive
speed. Some seventy mills will soon be in
operation in this vicinity, and an immense
amount ofbuilling is going on. Many large
stone and brick fire-proof stores going up,
and there are hundreds of thousands of tons
Of freight being brought over the mountains
The firm Of Steiner Koncman have had ten
six-mule teams in constant employ all sum-
,ner and now have not pound above their
usual stock, for winter. The daily average
Of large freight teams passing through our
town is about two hundred, exclusive of, say,
100 ore and fruit wagons; stages, hacks, etc
About 1000 teams are engaged constantly in
hauling freights over the mountains to these
mines. Sometimes our main street becomes
blocked by accident, when within ten min
utes time the whole street as far as can be
seen is solid mass of teams have OBJ
served that on such occasions the Transfers
are slightly given to the use Of prcfane ex-
pressions.
OF MILLS:
There arc thirty or forty water mills in
operation and process of construction on Car
son river; also, between this place and Day
ton, formerly Nevada City, and previously
Chinatown), along Gold Canon. Other are
building on Six-mile Canon, between Virgin.
ia City and flowcry. "
Silver City, Gold Hill and Virginia City
are very nearly consolidated In another
year there will be one continuous town from
Virginia to Dayton. Dayton, Johntown,
Silver City, Gold Hill and Virginia will then
have commngled, forming one city along
Gold Canon ten miles in length And We
amt three years old yet A town is rapidly
springing up at American flat, one mile west
Of this place and some south of Gold II;ll.-
Two mills arc now building and sites secured
for others. At Washoe Lake, in Washoe
Valley, eight miles west Of us, three town arc
building. The very extensive and costly
works Of the Ophir Company are located on
the west shore of the Lake; also, a number
ofmills owned by other companies. at Car
son City are number of water mills. At
Aurora, Esmeralda mines, arc ten mills, and
two about to be erected at Humbolt City,
Humboldt mines.
Washoe has proved perfect god-send to
San Francisco in fact to all California.
Every foundry and machine shop on the Pa
cifc slope, has been, and now is, crowded to
its utmost capacity, with orders for engines
and machinery for these mines. Remember
that every quartz mill cost originally from
ten to one hundred thousand dollars, and
that they arc constantly charging and in
frequent need of repairs. Owing to some
mineral contained in the waters of this re-
gion the best steam boiler becomes coated,
and is burnt out and destroyed in about ten
months-mills erected about this time last
year have been already obliged to procure
new boilers. Any Yankee who can prevent
this coat Of mineral forming on the boilers
can make a big thing by sending the secret
to the undersigncd-I will send him a deed
to fifty feet in the Bay Steer" have
discovered process for the instantaneous
amalgamation of sulphurcts of gold and sill
yer-if any other man tina your humble
etc. had it he would make his everlasting
fortune out Of it. But |, law sakes who
would ever think OF paying me for anything ?
Nobody .. ..... .-t
Lady Franklin, and her niece, Miss Cray
croft, have been on visit to this region
They crossed the Sicrras on the Big Tree
route, via the Big Tree Grove. Lady Frank
lin travels in her own conveyance and after
stopping over night at Carson City proceeded
in company with Governor Nye and several
members Of the Territorial Legislature, to
the Steamboat Springs. After hating over
night at the Springs, the party visited vir-
ginia City, Gold Hill, and Silver City, and
returned to Carson City where by invitation
the old lady visited the Legislative bodies n
the Territory. During her stay at Virginia
City Lady franklin visited the celebrated
Ophir mine. The galleries Of the mine were
splcndidly illuminated throughout on the
occasion, and table spread in the /" deepest
deep" gfoaned under load of good things for
the refreshment Of the distinguished visitors
The enserprising old lady was highly interest
cd in all she saw, and was presented with a
set of most beautiful specimens of the ores of