Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
THE EVENING NEWS.


fore the Court this morning, charged with
being dead drunk last night " contrary to the
FORM" and all that sort of thing. The Court
having heard the testimony and the argu-
ment Of counsel, and being fully advised of
the facts in the premises and the law applica-
bic 10 the case at bar, ordered the prisoner to
stand up and addressed him as follows
" Patrick Mcmahon Sou have been con-
victed Of that oHense which is defined by the
laws OF the land as being dead druuk't-an
o;fenSe BY far too common in this country,
and which the public good requires should be
checked BY the force of stern example
Your constitutional plea that this is the
same old drunk for which YOU were fined
Yesterday, the Court is bound TO disregard,
iaasmuch as You have utterly failed 10 esrab-
liSh what the law deuominates the continui-
" Of the spree Of which, quoth Coke, the
0a'ss probaNGI shall be upon the defendant
Il is therefore ordered and decreed bv the
Court that you be mulct and amerced in the
sum of twenty dollars, and that in default
thereof YOU be held to hard labor for the
term OF ten days upon the water-works. Mr..
Marshal, take him out" We don't know as
the above were the exact words Of His Honor
but his docket shows that such 4 man as
Patrick Mcmahon was rined so FOX being
dead drunk-Second ofenSe.
EvRESA Co.-lhis company is now en-
gagged in running drift from its shaft, in
which, a few days ago it struck the ledge.
The shaft is al feet deep, and the drift about
fry feet long. At this depth such quaint
ties Of water were struck, that it was impos-
sibe 10 sink further without erecting steam
hosting works. The company concluded not
to do that at present, and therefore COM
menced 20 trIa with the reSulCS above men,
toned. The ledge has been penetrated BY
the drift the distance of about fourteen feet,
and the rock which has been taken out is
apparently quite rich. The rock is quito
hard. and the body Of it is white but il has
spots all through II Of black silver SulphuretS,
and in some places, native silver can De seen
nv aid Of 4 glass. Tae company has evident
~ go: I large ledge, and appearances indi-
cate that Il also has rich one. 1t has
splendid shaft, and coed new whim. and is
well regulated company. l. is down deep
er, too. than its nsiShbors are in their claims.
We expect that the company Will be taking
OUT PAP rock in a short time.
VIRGIN, PoLtcE CorRr.-Judgs Dayen-
port disposed Of the following cases this
morning John KanSman, fighting, arrested
BY Hawks; discharged and bail, S25. e.
turned. John NcCluSkv, drunk and mali
cious mischief. fined S25 defendant waived
time and was committed for y DAYS. Wm.
Cain, assault and battery, arrested on 4 war
rant; complaint withdrawn and costs taxed
20 prosecuting witness. Stemmends, on 4
warrant, By Capt. ClarkSon, discharged. J.
Lynch, drunk and disorderly. BY officer Ma
zee hned S25; paid. Chinaman. assault; on
n woman; fneR $50, in default Of payment
he waI committed % the lookup for p days.
The assault WAS made upon 4 white woman
a. . house where he was employed. The
case Of Ward, the policeman who shot Mike
Cummings, whom he was trying TO arrest,
was on trial this afternoon.
COMMENCED ITS SHAFT.-The Crown Point
Ravine Company mas commenced TO sink It's
shat; by the side OF the road, where it has
been grading for machinery. Il is four by
eight feet in size, and as it was commenced
only few days ago, j. is but few feet deep
az present. l: 5 being sunk directly over
the shaft which has been sunk some distance
in the tunnel. The distance from the sur
face down 70 the latter work Is, we believe,
l29 feet. The lot which the company has
been grading fox several weeks past IS now
nearly ready to receive the machinery which
IS 20 be put on II. We understand that 4
contract has been LEI 10 sink the shaft 200 !
feet, and that machinery has been ordered
and will be ready for use by the time the shat;
Is down that distance.
FORBADE < RICHARD CO.-This shaft
which the company is sinking, is now IS feet
deep, and is going along as rapidly as posi- !
bic in the ground through which it is being /
sunk. The formation in which the work is |
now being done is hard and tough, and bad |
70 work out, either with 4 pick or CAD; and
At the same time, not hard enough to blast
well. The work is being done Oh contract
and the contractors are hurrying the work
along, and doing it well. The shaft is not
rimbered but its sides are almost as perpen-
iicular and smoOthe as II it were. There is
no danger 4. present, and il is about as well
without timberS as j: is with them, for the
ground is frm, but will not endure any great
length oftime without them.
NORTH AMERICAN CoMPASY.-There are
upper shaft TO the Baltic and Uncle Sam COM
panies' mines. The connection is being made
for the purpose Of creating an outlet for the
water from these companies mines through
the Caledonia Tunnel, which connects with
the Baltic mine. When these drifts are run
through as designed, the companies will not
have TO raise the water in their mines higher
than their level but without them the North
American and Uncle Sam companies would
each be compelled TO raise the water in their
respective mines to the top OF their shafts, TO
discharge it.
MARY ANN Co.-This company IS now
sinking its shaft, and timbering it IN the
most substantial manner. 1t is down below
the water level, but since the Overnan has
commenced work, and is taking out the water
with its new machinery, It drains the claim,
and enables this company 70 sink as rapidly
as the shaft is sunk at the Oyerman. The
company is enabled to keep nearly as deep as
its neighbors go, and not be at the expense
o. erecting machinery. The hosting here, is
done BY within, which is amply sufficient
for that purpose, while there is little or no
water to hoist.
The FAIR PLAY COMPANY IS now down
one hundred feet in its shaft, and is sinking
deeper all the time. The ground is firm, and
for most Of the way quite hard but the COM
PAW, nevertheless, timbers the shaft as fast
AS il goes down. This shaft is on the oppo-
site side Of the rayine from the Branch Mint
shaft, and must be very near the same ledge,
as il runs in this direction from that eomDa-
ny's claim. II this company does not strike
the ledge IN us Shatt, II Will run urlII 70 u
when it gets down deeper.
The BRANCH MINT COMPANY is grading
for machinery at its shaft The rich rock
recently struck seems to have given the COM
pany greater faith in its claim, and instilled
into it greater vigor and enterprise. The
company surely needs machinery Of some
description, other than what it has, which is
! common windlaSs, for the shaft is over 40
feet deep, and the work by this method is not
only necessarily carried on slow, but il is Ia
bor;ous in the highest degree.
ORIGINAL HAwKBYE CoNPASY.- This
company keeps working very steadily. 1t has
been reported for some time that it has struck
ledge in its claim. The officers and men
all keep very "mum" on the subject. There
b,a heep M Quartz taEen Oll 10 iuStify such