Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-21
THE EVENING NEWS,

a. 'HS i''SSt OeCI s1IOOn Few doors above
the Eclipse Stables, in Gold Hill, man wa.
stabbed with double-edged bowie-knife in
the LEFT breast, which may perhaps prove
fatal. The following are the particulars, as
given TO us by the landlord, who witnessed
the atfray: At about half-past four o'clock, 4
party OF six or eight Irishmen came into the
saloon, anu one Of them called for gallon of
lager beer for the company. They all sat
down, drank the lager, and chattcd together
Tor half an hour, when one Of the men. named
John Laddy. addressed another and requested
that he should pay for the lager. The man
addressed, aSSeuted to the SuggeStion-but
another one Of them, named Peter Kelley,
made some remark TO lady, who,
evidently in very great passion,
drew 4 bowic-knife from his pocket and
stabbed Kelley in the breast, the blade of the
knife, Judging from the bloOG-bcSmeared sur
face, evidently penetrated about three inches.
The party who witnessed this hiCh-handed
attempt 10 murder in cold blood, interfered
and prevented aDv further cutting. Kelley
was entirely unarrned. The wOuld-be muir
dercr was soon after arrested by our police
and conveyed 70 the Station-houSe, where he
vet remains. He has the brazen impudence
te deny that he stabbed Kelley, but asserts,
ON the contrary, that Kelley stabbed himself.
The wounded man was taken to the Globe
clearinghouse, where ne is now under medi-
cal care. We would remark, in this connec-
ton, that there have been about enough of
these Stabbing and killing scrapes in this
ncighborhoOd-and unless there are fewer of
them, somebody will be peremptorily hung
one OF these times.
COMMENCED OPERATTONs.-The Cra,Sus
company started up its new machinery YES
terday to test its working powers. Steam
WAS raised about noon, and the engines
shortly after SET in motion and run till all the
water was hoiSted out of the shaft. Itworked
well, and undoubtedly will be found to be cx-
celteCt machinery. It certainly is strong
enough. There are two engines. of equal
size, their cylinders being 10 BY % inches, set
side by side. One is l right hand. and the
other left hand one, and both connect with
and work the same crank. They are both
link-mOtion engines, and both links are con-
tCOled BY one and the same lever, so that the
reverse action 10 both engines is given at
once by movement Of one lever. On the
crank shaft is piuIon which works with the
spur wheel of the reel shaft and prOpeiS it.
The reels are TWO in number, and about tyc
or six feet in diameter, and are constructed
for the use Of wire cable instead Of foc rope.
which is generally used. The company will
commence operations in It's mine in I few
days, and carry forward its work, which has
for several months past been standing idle.
The BRANCH MINT COMPANY has been
engaged for several days cn,arsing its drift
from the shaft TO the ledge, to facilitate the
working of the latter. This work is now
completed, and the company will immedi-
ately commence again 10 work It's ledge. Il
will be able 70 do 50 more erFCctually now,
since the drift has been enlarged and car
been put in il 70 run between the shaft and
the ledge, 10 carry the quartz already IL the
bucket, which saves the time OF unloading
and reloading rs had 10 be done before. The
quartz which the company had worked at
mill several DAYS ago did not Weld rs much
as was anticipated, and it is supposed BY
many that the silver was not saved BY the
process by which it was worked. Il is GER
tain, At least, that assay made Of the rock
showed that il contained three parts OF sill
yer 20 one OF gold. but the bullion which was
produced from this rock by the mill process,
was in proportions directly the reverse, it be-
ing three parts in value Of gold 10 one Of sill
YER. This is good evidence OF there being
some fault in the working Of the ore.
Ia FAYErTE Co.-Thjs company recon-
IsASA-EEA Wa - W. ~ NA4At4A NV NAsf 49,
and since that time has been engaged in tim
boring its shaft. which is now about eighty
feet deep. During the few days which has
elapsed since the work WAS recommended,
the workmcn have timbered about thirty feet
OF the shaft, and there is about TWENTY-FIVE
feet more to timber 10 finish the work. Three !
inch planks are used for this purpose, and |
are being well fitted together. This IS one OF
the best shafts in the neiShborhood so far as |
il has been sunk. The company intends TO |
commence sinking again Is soon as II finishes |
timbering what has already been done. The |
operations which have thus far been carried |
on have not vet developed ledge, but they
have brought forth indications which are very
promising, and we have no doubt but If the
work is continued with vigOr, the company
will soon find ledge that will amply repay
the labor.
The EXCAVATION for the town reservoir is
nearly completed, that for the main tank is
already finished, and the excavation for the
small tank, which is to be constructed at the
south end of the main one, is well under
way This small tank is to be ten feet square
and ten deep, and will be sort Of tume TO
the pipe, which is to conduct the water down
through town. There will be water gate
between this tank and the reservoir, so that
water can be shut off from this one At any
time. 1t will be timbered in the same sub
stantial manner as that in which the reser-
voir is to be, and the lunber IS on the ground
TO complete them both. II will not be long,
therefore, before the water works Of our town
will be in readiness for use.
The New SHAFT which the Crown Point
RaYine Company is sinking is already about
fifteen or twenty feet deep. 1t has not been
timbered vet, but very large quantity Of
four-inch plankS are on the ground, to De
used for this purpose. The work which this
company has lately done has all been OF the
best kind, and the preparations which 1t has
made for carrying on work IN future, discover
an intention on its part TO do everything IN
the same substantial manner. The lot which
is being graded BY the side Of the Bowers
Mil road, where the new shaft IS being sunk,
is nearly ready to receive the machinery for
which it is being prepared, and we expect to
hear an engine putting away at that place be-
fore the end Of the summer.
The FIRST BLAsT.-On Saturday night
last, the first attempt at casting was made IN
the new Gold Hill foundry Of Herrick, Nc
Curdy & Co., and the result was very salts
factory. Connected with this foundry is a
machine shop, and everything in the facili
ties Of the establishment is handy, and capa-
Die Of turning out work with the greatest dis
patch. The proprietors are Of the best class
of workmen; are enterprising, and have al
ready received orders for large amount of
manufacture. The foundry business in the
Territory employs many men and much CAPT.
tai, and the attendant success is commensu-
rate.-LRton.
TIE water at the Eureka claim is gradually
subsiding. When that company some time
ago had sunk its shaft PAL feet, it was COM
PEELED to stop sinking on account of the
quantity ofwater which come in. Since that
time, the company has been running drift
to its ledge, which it reached few days ago.
and from which it has taken some fine look
ing rock. As soon as it stopped sinking, the
water rose in the shaft several feet, but for
some time past has been gradually receding,