Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-11-21
THE EVENING NEWS.

SOME FALL.-we are short of items to-day,
and not being of the inventive turn OF talent
,-h;cb "marks" one of our contemporaries, we are
.o,ns,,ed TO resort to the scissors pretty extern
s;r.Iv Ginning news items from the Enterprise,
-;thout giving due credit, is very "dangerSome
ahont these DAYS From that source, therefore,,
with fear and trembling, we cut the following
account of fearful fall :" Last evening, ABOUT
4 o'clock a man by the name of Barney A Hearn'
r. was working on the Honduras shaft, in the
southwestern part of the city, fell into the smart
and was injured in such manner thar MS lle was
d.snaired of The shaft is lsO feet ueep. anu IL
anpears that Hearn was coming up on the rope
or on the bucket, when by some means ne lost MS
hod and fell 1t seems strange but 1t Is said that
h. managed to catch in the timbers after falling
an feet thus saving Himself from being precipi-
ta,ed to the bottom There must have been a
,ratfold across the shaft at this depth. however,
u in stated that the man fell 81 feet ana was aoIe
1.hap the rome was lowered to him 70 attach 1t to
h;s nrrson and hang on till hoisted out, when he
immediately fell down in state Of insenslblity.
9rhs rnfnrtnnate man had his shoulder bone bro
Yen by the fall, aud it is thought was much in
;ured internally. as the blood spouted from his
No.. mouth and ears. 1t was thought last night
that he would not live till morning. .-.P. S.
S;ncs writing the above we have received the fol-
lowing from our Virginia reporter: From relia.
ME persons who were on the spot at the time OF
the accident, we learn the following particulars
The SHAFT having been sunk to the depth OF leu
feet the operation of timbering was commenced,
and "A is usual in such cases, the work WAS begun
at the bottom of the shaft and carried upwards
The timbering had been accomplished 20 the dls-
tauce of eighty feet from the bottom, az winch
point there was platform constructed out Oh
inch stuff, for the workmen to stand ON. " was
necessary as the work progressed, 10 smooth on
and straiShten the sides of the shaft by the use OF
picks and while the injured man, Mr.. b. A Hearn'
and his comrade were thus employed. large
boulder in the side of the shaft becoming olsen
rased fell upon their slight platform crushing It
beneath its weight, and precipitating MI Hearn
distance of so feet, to the bottom OF the smart.
The other man managed to cling TO the timoerng
Of the shaft until the rope could be lowered 10
him. when he Immediately descended TO the as
sistance of Mr. Hearn, whom he found very
seriously injured and insensible. He immediately
secured the rope about Mr. Hearn's person, and,
assistance being procured at the windlass, he was
raised 10 the surface with all possible dispatch
after which the other man was raised. Notwltn-
standing the fact that nothing in the way OF meui
cal attendance or good nursing has been wanting,
hs il in very critical condition this morning, not
having spoken since the accident occurred he Is
severely injured internally and it is not thought
possible for him to recover.
JUDGE RoBINsoN's COURT THIS MORNING
Thomas Swift, found intoxicated in the streets Of
Gold Hill last night and taken TO the calaooose
70 keen him from catching inhamatory rheumat-
les bv hugging the sidewalks too closely. On be-
ing arraigned before His Honor, Thomas was
little increduous to the constitutionahty OF tne
arrest and Intercepted the Court very closely as
10 its authority in hauling up people 10 account
for their acknowledgements in this land OF oerty
In order 10 indulge his skepticism. the Court pro,
durad and showed the municipal law, and charged
Thomas only $40 for the privilege OF getting
drunk in Gold Hill Thomas was still IN DOUBT
and INQUIRED whether record was KEPT OF al the
.hnk, money,
ate etc As this was his second drunk in this
town, if he should repeat the sport, he will hnt
himself quite contributor TO the Police Fund OF
the town-and that the race il not always to the
swift.
THE MARLErTE-The Marlette mine Is stu
a;ed on the southern side of Cedar Hill, and runs
in a northerly ana southerly direction about 400
feet in front of and nearly parallel to the Viz
Kinis Ledge. By actual surveys this Company
are on the Comstock ledge-their claim lying e1'
actly on the range, and being about the same dis
lance in front of the Virginia ledge that the Com
stock is found 10 be where both are developed
They have a tunnel in about $50 feet, and expect
TO strike the lode at about fifty feet further.
PERPLExED IRIsHMAS-An Irishman, in at
tempting TO haul large load Of quartz over the
waste rock which has been thrown in the street
IN front of Wells. Fargo & Co.'S new Office at
Virginia. got stalled. and his frantic efforts to
make his old crow bats pull the load through
collected quite crowd The choicest inrective
known TO the Irish tongue. together with a tree
use Of the whip having failed. another span were
hitcbed on the institution hauled out crow bats
and all and our IriShman went en- his way re-
oicias.
HAULED oFF-Mr. Crandall. proprietor Of the
Pioneer Omnibus Line, has been obliged, on az
eeun; of the limited number Of passengers and
the increased expense Of keeping up the line, to
laul OF the Silver City oinniouSes, and portion
of those running to Virginia The omninusrs
now make sixteen trips to and from Virginia daily.
rnnniuy from 9 OF clock in the morning until IL at
night The gentlemanly drivers on this line are
entitled to thanks for favors conferred during
the week.
ANOTHER SoREHEAD-The San Francisco
Buuetin has the story of another Promising Mine,
BY another sorehead. who refers to the Sheba lead
AT Humboldt as the mine, and wants the editor OF
the Bulletin 10 tell him of some place where ne
can Get even II the Internal fool had any sense
he would buy more Sheba> We will warrant tnat
itwould not only set him even, but put MN
ahead.
GOLD HILL MISEs-As Gold Hill can produce
AZ fine specimens as any other locality, we hope
for our credit that our companies will make a
rood contribution TO the cabinet to so East. All
parties desiring to have Their mines Represented
and viewed bv probably $1,000 people, can hand
In their specimens at the banking house OF Al
marin B. Paul & Co., duly labeled
ANOTHER CAsE.-This morning ragged little
urchin passing along the west side of c street,
VIRGINIA with q horseman's spur on his heel,
trinned. and in falling. stuck the spur aforesaid
into .he chick end Of his back" to the no small
amusement of the young scapegraces who were
accompanying him.
AIR SHAFT.-An air shaft rs now down II
feet which is intended at the depth of $50 feet to
tan the Great Central Tunnel al the distance OF
.hout 800 feet from its mouth. The air IN this
mnnel is 20 bad that II will be impossible to
prosecute it further until the shaft is down
DEPARTURES FROM VIRGINIA THIS MORNING
Per Pioneer Stage-Geo Dearlove, L Bonner
Mrs / Ramsey NJ Gleason and wife, Mrs Cozen-
men. Richard Ray. Mr. Miller, Benden, Mr.
lockwood and wife, Thos D Stewart, w K Dean
and Kohn.
FINE SPECIMENS FROM THE OPTafR AND MExI-
CAN M1SEs-we saw to-day some splendid speci-
mems from the above mines at the banking house
of Almarin B. Paul & Co. These specimens are
contributed for the cabinet to be forwarded 10
Boston.
TEAMS ScARcE-It is stated that quite num-
her of yyorkmen have been discharged at the
(,ould g. Curry mine, because the ore was accu-
rnulatinS at the lower dump faster than teams
could be had to haul it away.
THE MARY ANS-This claim, in Gold Hill Dis
.-,., continues 10 ''give OUT and its magnf bars
- hriIion are common in the market One as
.avsd yesterday was valued at g., 800 The next
eJ =. 5o,.,, in.o that devilish hole we'll take