Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-30
THE EVENING NEWS.

good authority that George Stiles. the
thief who stole the amalgam from the
Douglass mill. has been under suspicion
for some time past. He had been en-
ployed at the mill about year in the ca
pacity Of an amalgamator. For several
months past the mill has been crushing
Belcher rock, and has all the time turned
out about from three TO five dollars per
ton less than the other mills, which were
working the same kind of rock for the
same company. The mill was in good
order, and had previously borne good
character, and It's failure 10 yield as well
as other mills created suspicion thst all
was not right with some of the workmen,
which suspicion gradually centred around
Stiles. He had become lavish with his
money, was in the habit of giving pres
ents Of jewelry 10 his lady friends, among
which iewelry was reckoned even gold
watches. His expenditures were known
70 be more than his salary amounted TO,
and the same question naturally arose as
in the case of our judiciary" Whence
came all this wealth :" About week
ago, a boy in town exhibited to one
of his intimate friends-another boy
a piece Of bullion, which he told him was
given to him by his uncle at Douglass
Min, who was this same young Stiles.
This fact coming to the knowledge of the
Superintendents Of the mill and mine,
measures were Immediately taken to detect
the thief. A week ago last night, one of
the amalgsmators laid of, leaving Stiles
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of the workmen inside was set to watch
him, and Mr.. Starr, the Superintendent,
who Just before night pretended to have
to be gone until the next day, after dark
took his station outside of the mill to
watch proceedings About 10 o'clock In
the evening, Stiles came out of the mill,
went down the ravine below it few rods,
to elump of willow bushes, and shortly
returned with package. which he con-
csaled under some rubbish outside the
mill. Later in the night he came out,
took the package from its hiding place,
and carried it over on the hill back of the
mill. When he came back, Mr.. Starr
came from his hiding place, intercepted
him, and demanded an explanation and
return of the amalgam. At first he made
strange, then stoutly denied the charge,
told the Superintendent that he was crazy,
but finding that he would not get of, ac-
knowledged he had taken about ten pounds
and promised to bring it to the superin-
rendent in the morning but that would
not do. The superintendent told him he
mnst go and get it then, and promised If
he did, he would not arrest him. They
went over ON the hill, when Stiles stop
ped, and turned over stone and took
out bag containing 60 pounds Of ANAL
gam. He went back and worked in the
mill until morning when he was dis
charged. Since then he has been most Of
the time IN Virginia, closely watched, un-
I'll night before last, when he was arrest
ed. since which time he has been the in
mate of our strong places. He waived
preliminary examination which was to
have come of yesterday, and not beng
able to give the $4,000 bonds which were
required Of him, was committed TO await
the action of the grand jury on his case
next term. So much for his method OF
amalgamating. It IS believed that he has
practised it for nearly year, but, we
have no doubt, he is now fully Of the
opinion that honesty is the best policy.
ANOTHER MINING AcoIDENr.-Yester-
day afternoon about o'clock, as shifts
were being changed at the Milton mine,
an accident occurred by which two men
were severely injured. Itappears that the
brake gave way while two men were IN a
bucket going down, and one IN bucket |
below ready to start up. When the brake |
gave way, Of course there was nothing TO |
prevent the cable from unwinding at light
mig speed from the reel. The men were
carried down so swiftly and with such |
force that on arriving at the. bottom,
distance of $50 feet, the bucket broke !
through platform some three inches IN |
thickness, falling into the well or stump |
hole of the shaft, where there was con-
siderable depth of water. One of the men
was in the water q considerable tune be-
fore he was rescued. The names OF the
men are Richard Peters and Edwin Jewett.
Peters received sprained snkle, and
number of pretty severe cuts and bruises
on various parts of his body. Jewett was
pretty badly bruised. but none of the m
iuries of either are Of dangerous charac-
ter. Martin Traciter was jerked up from
the bottom of the shaft and came near
being dashed to pieces among the hosting
gear, but luckik escaped uninjured. DR..
Bryarly was called to attend the wounded
men.-Entgprise
SAVAGE CoxpANY.-The usual activity
prevails about this company's mining
works. The shaft commenced couple
of months ago is being rushed forward as
rapidly as possible. and has already
reached the depth of about 200 feet. A
large gang of laborers are at work grading
around the shaft, preparing spot for the
erection Of buildings and hosting
We understand that the company intends
to put up a ESQ horsepower engine, to do
the hosting, and when pump is re-
ouired, will put up another one as large
or larger than that 10 work the pump.
The company is extracting immense guam
titles of rich rock all the time, which pays
all these expenses, we are told, and leaves
something over. The new engine which
Is being put up at the old shaft Will be
ready 10 run before long in the place Of
the old one, which has done the work for
wears. and has hoisted so many tens Of
thousands of dollars worth of rich ore
from the depth Of the mine.
The Fair Play Company is down over
a hundred feet with its shaft, and at
present is still sinking. The rock which
the workmen are now sinking it through,
Is hard, and has to be blasted. They
nevertheless make about two feet per day.
The shaft is about four and q half by eight
and = half feet in size, well timbered, and
very wen built. There is but one gang OF
men at work on it, at present. Two
shifts were employed until a short time
aeo. There is no water in the shaft
none has been struck since it was COM
nenced, hut the rock taken out has the
enrearance of having been submerged at