Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-11
NAMES OF MINES.

We ind the following article in the Reese
River RereiRs Of last Friday, upon a subject
which has often suggested itself to our mind.
We commend a perusal and attention to the
suggestions:
1t is so usual OF late 10 attach the name Of
some weli-known claim 20 u newly discovered
lode ihnt they are becoming considerably mixed
mp. l. is often necessary in order TO distinguish
one from another TO say il is the original or il is
No. or No. ,. or on some differently named ledge
We have here the Union. Union No J. wh;latch
Union, whitlatch Yankee Blade, Yankee Blade.
Original North Star. North Star. Masonic Ma.
sonic ON Lander ledge, and without end.
and every tay growing worse. Such names are
usually without any claim TO appropriateness.
and often entirely meaningless. How is!t Can
not the locator or recorder think Of something
original appropriate or raellihuous, 10 attach 10
4 Discovery either in the English or in some
foreign tongue. ltthere.are two claims, and both
must be North Stars, cannot one be put in French
E;O le du Nord, or il spanish, Estelia del Norte,
and so on through the chapter. such y course.
while il would show taste the part Of the
owners, would prevent ccntounding one with
another as is oftcR done AZ present Il is well
known that the custom Of adopting the name of 4
mine in good r-puIe one of the untaned feline
species is often tor the purpose of raising the price
Of the latter ~ the expense Of the former Of the
unlucky wight who attempts a speculation where
he il NOT we'll informed. We recollect case {:
there are two A!phas At Gold Hill. one valuable,
one valucleSs; the one valuclesS was sold az the
full price OF the VALUABLE one. 10 person who
had never heard OF the other. This was no swim
die in law, but was in reality very swindlinS
transaction.
There is at present no law 20 prevent the repe-
,:tion o; names or. in fact. the purlOining OF a
name but there should De. as i; is not only an in
convene 10 the public, officers Of the law. and
in the publication OF advertisements, but is ma
tsrial injury in the IaoS; of cases TO better
claim of the name.
1t is no: only ia tie namirG- of mines. but in
that of towns mining districts, streams OF water,
and other subjects that our nomenclature il very
defective.
We have in our county many As pretty streams
OF crystal pure and sparkling water ever
flowed from mountain height, surrounded bv ne
mos; romantic and picturesque scenery that the
topography of nature can furnish. treasured with
the nohlest and mos; beautiful! of metals destined
70 be peop!si BY dense aud wealthy comaluni;ics,
and al the names tina: our fancy and taste can
supply for them, are th- eaphopious ones Of Big
Creek Big Smoky. smoky. Clear Creek, and the
Ike really meaning nothing 10 distinguish them
from the Others rs those with the Big names
are small streams, none are smoky and all are
clear.
a book eonld be written on the science Of
nomenclature, an such Shoaid be made text
book in our schools
The evil and confusion arising from this
system Of nomenclature Of which the RsrstLIe
complains, is nowhere more troublesome and
vexatious than in this immediate vicinity.
Within circuit OF few miles we have three
Uncle Sans; one, the most extensively
known, in Gold Hill, one in Flowery, and
another in WaShoe District; besides an
Uncle Sam Senior. We have upon the ac-
count books OF this office three different
Union Gold and Silver Mining Companies,
without an initial or number to designate one
from the other-besides Union Star and
Union Quartz Mill two War Eagles three
Keystones, Nos. |, , and 8; three Hawkeyes,
Central, Original and No. l two Indepen-
dents; Jackson and an Andrew Jackson !;
two Challenges; Crown Point, Eastern Crown
Point, Segregated Crown Point, and Crown
Point Ravine; Lyon and Lyon County ;
an Overman and a South 0verman; two
Rock Points; Croesus and Original Croesus,
and so on Gd infnitans. This system Of
naming mines is source Of endless confu-
sion and mistakes, and has its foundation
either in the stupid want of originality and
miserable paucity Of idea in the sponsors. or
has its origin in wilful desire to deceive the
public. A claim which has real merit Of its
own needs no bolstering up with the name OF
another ledge perhaps better known. 1t is a
species of sailing under false colors tina.
very naturally excites suspicion. The vOcab-
ulary of description and the list of proper
names is not yet so nearly exhausted as to
make repetition of the name Of mine nee
essary in the same or Immediately adjoining
districts. It would be very good idea to
make it Illegal and fraudulent to incorporate
second company of the same name, at least
in the same county. The list of incorpora-
tons is in the Clerks Office and the absurd
practice could easily be put stop to.