Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-04
THE EVENING NEWS.


and some changes made in their hosting
machinery, which has been occupying their
time t0r the past three months. and during
which period ,hey have been doing nothing
Ut mining. These additions and changes are
now complete. and, last saturday, we're SET
in motion Mining will h" commenced
as soon ~ the water l. 'aken ou0
a. the shalt. W. understand l. Is
the intention rf the Company to sink
down farther. The shat; IS now 2OO feet
deep, and water has heretofore been kept
down with 1ISNct>. Ine pump which has
inst been au, IN i OF six feet stroke of piston.
The pump WAS set in the shaft bv Mr.. Geo.
Plaistead, and when it was started SATURDAY,
everything went of right, uS 1t always docs
when he does the work. There never has
been such 4 very great amount Of water in
this mine, No r0ve taan could easily enough
he kent Oh: by q tub; hUt rs The Company
wished to sink the Saa!t deeper, It was very
necessary to have pump to Work IN the
mine - keep the water out while men were
ut work and an increase ut water also Is eN-
pected as The depth OF the mine increases
The Belchcr Company, close BY, has pump
IL their mine, aud the Crown FONT COM
paDy. A lew hundred feet further north, has
pump in theirs also. But taxing the water
on: Of the LATER has had very little effect on
the water IN the Bclcher. or the Midas, and
ii either naS the water taken out OF their
mine, il Is evident that it must De done bv
Use OF their uwa machinery. The Midas
Company has u have the water in
their shaft raised only short dis
tarce 10 where il vii! be discharged.
There Is d}i't connecting this shaft wita
the Oyeruan tunnel, into which the water
will be raised and discharged by the pump,
and through which II will DC conducted to
the tunnel, and through tha: to It's mouth At
the foot OF the hill. The dI>tause which the
water has - be raised under Sncl arrange
GIeutS is only a0aIt fU~ty feet, and the dis
tance between whc-c it i discharged from
the pump and the top Of the shaft Is upwards
q: ljy feet. 81 that by this Arrangement; the
water is not lifted third c: the distance,
which II would necessarily have 20 be II dis
CHARGED :: the 10Y Of the shaft. While work
on the pump mas been going on, the engine
has been uyegaIUled aud Thoroughly cleaned
and fitted uT. one Of the reels l'S been taSln
out and reset. and the v!@ brakes taken OF
and new ones Of different kind put i'll their
place The brakes nrSt put up were SIX or
seven fee, high. and were worked 6y St!rEupS.
The ones wul,h have lately been put in their
places aye set low down and are worked BY
hand. They are much safer and more easy
10 tend than the former were, and are after
the pattern Of those Ill general use a the dat
fcreut mines Of this place anu Virginia.
This company owns only - feet Of ground,
vet ,hev have taken the lead III making min
ing improvements OF all the companies down
that way The steam ho!StIng works OF TINS
company were the Ey>t Oi the KIND erected
below Cr r,vn Point along the mining range
south Of Gold Hill. These we believe were
erected Ia: september. Since then the bel
cher. the Uncle sam, the North American
and the M;antonomah Companies have each
been making similar Improvements. This
claim formed Il par: %! thr BeiCheg at an
early d4v. but was sCgrcSI;r,. couple OF
wears or - a-C, and has since been worked
as a separate claim. Being segregated por-
cion Of -ne iat,sr claim, i .: coarse has the
same ledges which they do, but II mas muCn
more improvements made compared with the
number oi ire: in the claim Than that COM
paav has. The engine which !. has in use is
Of 2O.horsc power. This aud the holsting
works are covered with i building thirty by
seventy feet in size, with boiler house at
tachel In proportion 10 the number Of feet
in the claim il has more Improvements than
anv claim south Of Gold Hill.
American CIrN.-rhc magnificent pro-
portions OF this city OF American Flat, which
is defended against the destructive raids OF
daring lot jumpers. by an extensive and i'm
posing Gordon o: board and post fence, IS
steadily receiving acceSslorS 70 It's improve
ments. But the irarieSSnc-s Of the miners
Of American Flat, has caused them 10 pay
l;t:!e heed - the protection afforded oS the
post and board tefenseS cf his city, and has
led most OF ;aeIu - take up taeir residences
in the suburbs rather than within the corpo-
ration Of the metropolis OF that iar-tamed
country. In short, most Of the town Is out
= dor NFt no cir
does not in the least diSparage the merits OF
the place, which has sprung up, and which
stretches along the road from this SIDE Oi
"Browns Exchange 10 the Willows,
distance Of more than half I mile. Every
one who passed along this road last summer
or even last aatumn, and who passes along
j, 20 Gav, when he draws the comparison oi
the brown sage brush covered fat on tne
south and east, and the dreary deserted Hills
on the north and west with the bright picture
Of to-day, when all along on either side OF
the street are houses, shops, ohceS, ho'etS;
and places Of refreShmCnt, and close by and
further OF, scattered all over the Hat and
hills. the rough board shelters with their
dumps OF rock, show where the prosperity OF
the place all comes from; he cannot help out
think that the day will Soon come, when not
only along this street but away down as far as
the farthermost post Of the city fence, the
space will be all occupied with the buildings
OF one of the largest towns n all this country.
The situation Of this place for town Is su-
nerior 10 either Gold Hill or Virginia as far
as conveniences Of wood, water, proximity
to Washoe, the valley, or to California IS
concerned. All that it is inferior to eitner
of them is in rich mines and in age. Rich
mines did we saw: Whether the City OF the
Flat is inferior to her neighbOrS in rich mines
remains vet to be proved, and as for number
every body knows that she has enough, so
considered. The numerous men who work
in the mines around the Hat, do not one-ha!t
of them live in this town, as they eventually
will do; and at least it vii. be so large as to
contain mining population suncient 10 40
all the mining work required, TO deFe4ope
and work the mines IN its nelJhoorhood, II
these mines prove to be one half as rlch as
anticipated, the town which has sprung up
90 quickly along the road which was only
little over wear ago built through that way,
will sDread out ali over the ine large space
there is for building, if not, ii they Will only
barely pay, whv then it will bcNA respectable
sized town any wav. In time mills Will be
erected down there TO consume the water
which is being found in the tunnels run INTO
the hills down in that neighoorhood. Near.
ly all these tunnels have constant streams Oh
from tyo 10 iye inches OF water running
from them, and, as there are about halt
score of these tunnels, the water which they
furnish, would supply mills to run good
many stamps, which would require good
MANI workmea, and do so much toward
building up town There is quite town
down there now and it is still growing rapid
Iv. and will, at the rate it is now going for
ward, soon merit the name of city.
CrowN PoISr- MINE.-The Crown Point
mine is again standing still. This is occa-
stoned BY the breaking of the machinery
Last Saturday the box which held the gear
wheel which drives the pump broke and al
lowed the wheel to work out Of place, and in
the position to which it WAS changed the
whole strain came on the cogs in such force
sto take several out of the large gear-wheel