Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-18
THE EVENING NEWS


and a good many of the companies which until
lately kept two or three shifts of working men
employed. now give work 10 only or two.
One reason, and the principle one, is the scarcity
OF money which at present exists down that way
and another one, which in connection with the
former, has considerable influence the work. is
that q great many of the companies have sunk
shafts their respective claims, which are now
down to the water level and cannot be sunk
deeper without going TO the expense OF gei'lng
machinery to keep the water out Of the mineS.
A great many of the companies are unable . do
So in these tight times. and consequently have
knocked of work: but several which nave more
money OF better credit than the rest, are now ut
work preparing TO put up engines or whimS at
their several claims The Nelson Consolidated
Company has suspended work IN its shaft, on &C.
coua, Of the water and will not nperai .ons
until il gifts its engine, and puts mp hoi>:ing
works The New Oregon Company has u shatt
sunk from its tunnel to the water level and can go
no further until il has completed the new hois'mg
works W hich il has commenced The Dardarelle
Company j. in about the same condition; bus its
claim has been unworked since the middle OF last
winter That company's engine arrived ye1ter-
dIv and will be put mp as soon as possible. Mo
chanIcs have been at work on The frame o. the
hosting works for several days PaNi, so that
the time will no; be long before this nine
will be again put in operation. There are
three other claims the Flat which have
stopped work on account OF water in their
shafts. and are now engaged in preparing for
whims or are eucircliug them The knicSerbo ,Ser
has place graded off around its shaft and has
now a within in process Of coas;ruc' ion. The
Empress Company was erecting its within yes'er-
dav and will have It ready TO work to-day or to-
morrow. If nothing happens 10 interfere rhe
American City Company knocked oil work III its
shaft on account OF the water several days ago,
and has since that time been grading around its
SHAFT where il will also erect a 1im. This I'M
pany has 4 very fne-lookiuc shaft, four by eight
feet in size in the clear. Work will probably dsag
along until there Is some ledge struck, hich viii
bring the excitement mp again. and turn ca. ';al
that way once more, or until the companies " Iich
are now erecting machinery shall have put il in
operation, and drained not only their claims, hut
those around them, which have not been abb 10
pms mp machinery. The lodges down this way all
lie very deep in the ground, and it requires :eat
deal OF money to prospect the claims Tier, are
no works down the Flat which much lrore
than skim the ground The Jewett s She''ard
Company, we believe. has the deepest shaft on
the Flat, and its shaft is not vet go feet dep.
Some OF these claims are old ones, but nearly all
the labor which has been done on them has
been expended in running tunnels aioug uuier
the surface of the ground. hardly deep enough TO
cut the top OF the lodges. The works which rave
been commenced within the las; year, have Zen
of n more substantial character than the ones .nr-
merly commenced They have mostly been shafts
and OF such workmanship thar although they do
stand idle for some time after they have come
down the water level 1t will no; materially In.
lure them, but work can be commenced again
where it was left off. and the only depre- ION
which the claim will suffer will De the depression
in price which always occurs when q claim Is not
worked
A BRUTE.-L3st evening, near where the Tun-
mel road leaves Main street. in Gold Hill,
tearns,rr, with a load ofquartz on hiSwagOn, was
guilty OF brutaly beating poor sick horse which
he had in his team, because the animal ban led
The unfeeling teamster beat the poor hcwildrred
horse most numerically with shove.-enoush.
we thought to break in the ribs Of the sni.I4i
The wretch struck the horse at least twenty
blows. evidently with all the strength he could
muster and the horse was about falling over ur-
der the brutal aud inhuman iuticton. when we
saw Marshal sam Arnold hastily approach sud
command the tsaIlsrer 70 dbSist. which he &C, 'rd
ingy did, and saved himself from being knocSed
down. We witnessed the proceeding, and We con
f-SS that such b1rbarous treatment of poor
beast exceeded any thing we have seen in the Ter
ri,orv. But for tue timely interference in brlalf
of the poor horse, we believe the Infatuated team
stsr would have killed him Persons who were
passing were shocked and amazed a. the bru ali
w We believe there is = law against tins brutal
treatment Of animals, and we hope that the next
.aan who is caught in the acS Of ul.uSIng horse,
will be arrested, and our police court MAKE
proper example ofhim. The horse anu the mule
are a faithful animal 10 man. and if occasio. dly
one bAlSs and is untrue in harness, his perN rse-
ness has been caused, in the majority Of case by
jus; such brutality we witnessed yesterday.
VIRGINIA POLICE COURT The following
cases came before Judge Davenport Ghis mOr"inS:
z. Davis. arrested BY Officer DOwney for viola
ton of 4 city ordinance. discharged rPon pay
uient OF costs; +. u. Chase, arrested by Sou for
assault and battery. forfeited S25 dcrositeN for
his appearance Ii. Hams. arrested by Mag, for
disturbing the peace. set for hca ing AZ O."sock
this afternoon \. =. DanSo, arrested by Lyich,
detained As d witness; w. johnson, areste.. by
Bulger for committing nuisance, fined 81 and
ros,s-paid; Nathan First. arrested by Shear
for assault and battery prosecuting wi ness
came into court and Acknowledged satisfa Ion,
whereupon defendant was discharged; D.
Patch, a brother of sam Patch and first COUSIN TO
Potatoe Patch, assault and battery OF u mt or,
der, fined 50 and costs. paid T. Bond. Oh" rged
with grand larce-y and burglary. was 'uud
guilty Of petty larceny, and hned SlOO and costs
and in default Of payment was comEntte tor
sixty DAYS; he was dismissed on the charges OF
burglary and grand larceny.
4 NEW DUNNISG DoDGE--Yesterday man
was seen parading up and down in front OF
meat market on e street, Virginia, with a huge
plscard suspended upon his breast, bearing the
following printed inscription: " Pay us what
Won owe rs for Beef Cattle The man be reg
this card marched up and down in trout 81 the
market with the most provoking gravity li;i-
nahle A large crowd began to collect aboct the
premises attracted by the novelty Of the pro
ceedu!E. The owner Of the market could siand
it no longer and rushed out and tore the ard
from his creditors neck No sooner was TINS
done than he produced another card and Saln
commenced his walk. The market man e1ud
stand IL no more so called an officer and
had the man Of cards arrested for creating Il dis
tuTbance.
NEW wHIN.-The Empress Company is now
erecting a within at its mine American Flat.
The within is a second hand one, but is just as
good for the uses of the company As thou n it
were new. The drum is put up and the anne
for the shives 10 work in il erected; So thu! u Is
now almost ready to run. The smart y, W. De-
lieye down about $50 feet and the shat mas
been troubled with water 10 such an eSter- tnat
il became impossible TO work II any tnr'
Their, without the aid OF machinery, more rfec-
tual than the common windlass which has hereto
fore been used
MEXICAN MINE.-A large new within has just
been erected IN the rear of the Mexican woi -, at
Virginia for the purpose of hosting from new
shaft which is being sunk on the back, or westerly
portion Of the vein. This shaft is now down soma
seventy feet A considerable amount Of water
has been found in it. which would appear to show
that there is clay wall between tins al the
more eas,erly portion of the vein on whic the
works have been carficu u""h !" 'Ae wy :" -
nearly 500 feet.
ARRTyED.-The steam engine for the Darda-
nellie Company arrived at is claim yesterd ~ AZ
ternoon, The boiler has not yet arrived, but
will be on hand in time to be put up wi b the
other machinery The frame for the b. istng
works are not yet finished. and that for the Iuld
ing which is 10 cover the machinery, is neither
completed nor erected. 1t Will eonseqnen " De
n considerable time before the machinery can De
put In working order, but when it is, il will soon
Determine the value of the claim.
OvERMAS CoAPASY.-The new hosting house
Of the Overrnan Company is fast approaching
completion The tin roofing is n1w being iEsien-
ed on, and soon the building will be covered IN.
sHIPPEp.-The amount of bullion shipped this
morning bv Wells, Fargo & Co.. was quite small,
being but is bars, weighing 6ls pounds, worth
$l74S3 u.
Isle LEsTER.-This lady. who enjoys nigh
-. 4, 1rarpa.ie rauder gives o her