Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-23
How TO srop Runaway HoRsrs.-BeinC

How TO Srop RUNAWAY HoRsEs.-Being
in Virginia yesterday, when splendid span
Of grey horses ran away. and passed through
nearly the whole length of C street, at Il fright
ful rate OF speed, we noted the means used to
check their mad career. As the favorite
method OF the people of Virginia may be
found to work equally well in Gold Hill, we
will give our people the modus operandi :
When the horse, or horses, is seen coming,
all should at once get ready to stop them,
each man giving 4 loud yell the moment he
sees them. You, Of course, must have some
thing to throw at them. We don't exactly
see the use Of this, but they all do i. in Vir-
slnIa. An empty barrel is pretty good to
throw, though empty kerosene cans are
better. Persons should save all their cans
for this purpose, keeping them piled up on
the sidewalk, where they will be handy.
Stones and clubs are hardly as good as cans,
barrels and empty champagne baskets, yet
where nothing else is to be found, they may
be used. Every time you throw, yell as loud
as you can't is the common practice, and
IS thought to have good effect. Those who
cannot lind anything to throw, should sieze
and venturing out as far as is safe into the
streets, flourish them about over their heads,
yelling all the time-the louder the better.
Persons living on all the principal streets
should save all their odd joints of stoye-pipe
and keep them where they can readily get
hold Of them in case o. Il runaway-there is
nothing like being ready before hand, and old
stove pipe is excellent to pitch at runaway
team-cspecialiy when pitched with wild
veil. Ii all these means fail TO stop the team,
as soon as the horses have passed everybody
on the street should leave the walks, their
stores and places Of business 10 rush IN be
hind the team preparatory 10 getting IN grand
chorus All Should stand in the street and
continue TO yell until the team stops or gets
OUT Of sight. This is the plan for stopping
runaway horses in Virginia. and we hope
our people will not forget TO follow il the next
time we have runaway in our town. We
have though: OF slight improvement on the
Virginia plan, which is TO have boys stationed
along the streets at convenient and proper
distances with umbrellas and tire-crackers;
the tlrc-crackers to be thrown under the feet
of the runways and the umbrellas opened and
sha' At them as they pass, but we do NOT pride
ourSelf much upon the originality OF the idea,
therefore shall not much insist uponit.
The AsroR is in Crown Point Ravinc, be-
tween the American Flat and Oph;r grades
The location of 200 feet upon each OF three
Lodges, with the ravinc as 4 central point, was
made in March, '63. The tunnel commenced
immediately, has been run night and day with
Two shifts ever since, At an average expense
Of SIS per foot. 1t is now in +2G feet, having
cut the front ledge, but too near the surface
10 determine It's character. The shareholders
are prompt with their assessments, and work
will DC continued till the middle ledge is
reached at depth OF go feet, ana the back
ledge at 400 feet from the groupings. The
latter are visible on both sides Of the -lvinc,
and from the rarge appear TO be Identical
with the kuickerbocker and back American
Fiat claims. The present volume Of water is
convey cd through 5000 feet OF huming TO the
Comet mill, and should large quantity he
struck the elevation is sufficient to allow It's
conveyance to upper Gold Hill. \ mill site
has been secured just below the company's
shop and house, which, from its situation be-
tween both grades, il I sufficient quantity OF
water is struck in the tunnel which appear
anceS indicate, cannot fail TO be very valu.
abie.-Lnion.
VIRGINIA POLICE COvRr.-Thc following
" MiSerablcs were up this morning before
Judge Davenport's Court: Sing Low, Tor
violation Of fire ordinance, was discharged.
Suison, petty larceny, hearing at o'clock.
John Farely, disturbing the peace, discharged.
John Cohn, assault and battery. fined S25
and costs. Alice Smith, Charged with swind-
linz, was discharged. II. Perry. drunk and
sleeping or the sidewalk, fined s. and costs;
in default OF payment was committed 20 the
city jail for six DAYS. 4. Williams. for firing
of pistol in the streets, was fined $40 and
cost paid. J. Dobbs, another drunken street
sleeper, fined s. and costs ard sent up for six
days in default Of payment. VIM. DoSsett,
assault and battery, hearing at one o'clock.
D. McClellen, drunk and malicious mischief,
hned $50 and costs. P. Mcguire, grand lar
ceny, admitted TO bail in the sum Of $3.50,
will have hearing next Wednesday at u
o'clock.
STRUCK IT.-The Clinton & Hubbs Com
pany struck their ledge couple of days ago
in 4 drift run from from their cast shaft, at
the depth of l20 feet. Since they struck it,
the drift has been run about eight feet, and
has not yet got through the ledge. The ledge
they have is the same one as the Justice
Company is working, this claim being the
first one on the same ledge north of that
claim. The ledge in the Justice
is, we believe, about twenty-five or thirty feet
in thickness, and this one is probably as
large. Where this company worked the ledge
on on the top, it was found to be both large
and rich, and will undoubtedly prove much
more so at this depth. The shaft can be
sunk long distance yet before it will conc
he lodi I'm
power 10 keep the water out before il can be
done. This will undoubtedly be added before
long, if the ledge is found as rich as. expect
ed.
PUTTING IN 4 CAGE.-The Uncle Sam
Company have determined to change their
mode of hosting rock from the mine. They
will do away with the buckets they have been
using, and in their place use a cage, and hoist
a car load at time. The work in the mine
has been suspended for couple Of days
while workmen hive been making the neces-
sary changes and additions in the shaft, and
to the car tracks, preparatory to putting IN
the cage. Under this new arrangement only
one compartment of the shaft will be used
for hosting rock from the mine through one
of the others will be used for the working of
few days, and in the third compartment Of
the shaft, common dirt tub will continue to
6e used while the company sinks their shaft
considerable deeper. They will commence
sinking as soon as the mine is started again.
which will be done in day or two.
On Saturday the streets Of Virginia are
always more crowded than on any other day
of the week, but to-day they were unusually
jammed, even for Saturday, The sidewalks
we're thronged with persons Of every color and
acknowledgement, Sandwich Islanders,
Cinnamon and Indians mingling promiscu-
ously with those wearing whittier skins. La
lies of easy virtue are met and jostled on
the walks by ladies Of uneasy virtue, and
bare-legged Indian women rumple the proud
circumference Of both as they meet in the
throng. Cinnamon, driving before them
asses laden with faggots, Mexicans with
trains of mules packed with merchandise,
and Americans with vehicles of every kind,
and bearing every kind Of freight, crowd
along the streets, while the air yibrates the
dull roar of busy city.