Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-01
THE EVENING NEWS

power, and is used both to drive the pump
and TO do the hosting. After the new
engine arrives and is ready for operation,
the one now in use will be employed for
hosting only. We understand, also, that
the Uncle sam Company has decided on
procuring another engine 10 use in con-
nection with the one which it is now work
ing There is hardly 4 company IN this
district that has machinery which will be
Of sufficient power TO do its work for two
wears hence. Nearly all our mines where
steam engines are used are now worked
down 300 feet deep, and many of them
are worked down hundred feet deeper
than that, and all are now opened, so that
henceforth work will be carried on very
rapidly. Two years from now great
many Of the mines will probably be opened
700 or 500 feet deep, and there is no claim
that ROW has machinery on it which IS
sufficiently powerful 10 take out both the
rock and the water which it will be neces-
sarv 10 hoist from that depth and before
il can be done, the machinery which is
now used will have TO be replaced with
which IS heavier. An engine, if properly
lNSNA, WILL -sL>k ASA NAAANA II appears "
us thar companies, when putting up ma
chinery with which TO work their lodges,
would do well to provide tharwhich will
be capable o. doing the work required of
it three or four years hence, rs well rs that
which It IS necessary to be done at pres
ent.
KNIcKBRBoCKER Co.-This company
continues work in both its upper and low
er shaft. The upper or old shaft is now
300 feet deep, and is much the deepest of
any on the Hat. 1t is being sunk deeper
all the time. but the work on it is slow on
account of the hardness of the rock. In
this shaft the company have encoun-
tered rock for the past ninety feet which
all had to be blasted. and some of it was
Of the hardest character. In this shaft,
too, some difficulty has been experienced
with water; but this trouble has not been
of much account. 1t comes in, in small
quantities, all the time now, but not so as
to render it very announcement working,
This shaft is worked by means of 4 whlm
and both are covered by substantial
building which was erected soon after the
shaft was commenced. The company is
running a drift from the lower shaft along
on the water level, prospecting the ledge
IN this portion of its claim. The hosting
here i also done by means of whim rs
i is at the old shaft, but the ground which
i being worked here is not as hard as it
i there. The company has taken out
some very good looking quartz this Spring
but i not now working in It's ledge. 1t
Is considered 10 be one of the best claims
on the Hat, and at present it is having
more work done on it than any of the
companies whose claims are down that
way. are doing on theirs. i
The New HOSTING WORKS of the New
Oregon Company will soon be ready for
use. The framework is nearly completed,
and the largest part Of it has been erected.
The appearance Of the works indicate that
they Will be Of great strength when fully
completed. They are well proportioned. |
and all their parts show good workman
ship. As soon as they are finished, the |
company will have the best works on the
Fla. The machinery has all arrived on |
the ground, and will soon be put in posi-
ton. The engine IS rated at torty-horse |
power, and is very similar in construction
10 the one in use az the Uncle Sam mine.
II was made at the Marysville Foundry,
in California. and is to all appearances a
powerful and substantial machine. The |
boiler is fifty inches in diameter, and
about eighteen feet long. 1t has been ele-
waited, and IS ready TO be surrounded by !
its furnace, which IS soon 10 be built. |
Work in the mine is suspended for the |
present, while so much is going on above |
ground, but will be resumed in short |
time.
Police Court. GOLD HILL. - Before
Judge Robinson.-The party, Robert FL
sew. who was before the Court yesterday
afternoon, charged with making great
deal of fuss about an old hat. was found
guilty BY the Court Of breach OF the
peace, and fined S25; which was paid,
and the owner of the old Son'6rero dis
charged. c. Stinemar, a gentleman some
what distantly related to the man who had
the old hat, was charged with grand lar
ceuy, in purloining eleven twenty dollar
pieces. Case heard-detendant discharged
and prosecuting witness taxed with the
costs. W. II. Began was arrested, yes
terdav afternoon, charged with drawing
and exhibiting deadly weapon. Defend
ant found guilty Of breach of the peace,
and time of sentence set for tomorrow at
10 o'clock.
GENTLE ANNIE CoMPANY.-This COM
many has sunk its shaft, which is a few
rods north of the New Oregon Companys
new hosting works to the depth of l15
feet. All but about twenty feet OF the
shaft is timbered, and the remainder Will
be secured in day or two. Ihree-mcn
blanks are used. The timbering IS done
nv the shift of miners who work IN the
davtime. The work on the claim Is car
RED on night and day, but the men who
work of nights do nothing but sink. The
picking is good, and by this manner OF
CARRYING on the work it IS made to go
along yerv rapidly. The company has
had GOOD ground to sink on, where this
shaft Is being sunk. No water has been
struck. and everything has been such that
the work could be carried on rapidly,
which advantages have all been improved.
REcoRpER's Court, VIRGINIA. The
following cases were before the Court tn Is
morning: D. Harlee, arrested by officer
Cooke for disturbing the peace, had his
case continued until tomorrow at 10 A.
NJ. John Brown, arrested by officer
Hanks, was fined $40, which ne paid. H.
Lehigh came into Court and paid his fine
assessed yesterday, of S25. Joseph Hay
ton, arrested by Commissioner Altman,
for violation of city ordinance, demanded
jury. His case was continued till 2r.
". of to-day. Civil Docket: Veasy VS..
Paine-judgment for plaintiff by default
for $64 50.
Work on the Central American claim
is being driven rapidly along. The shaft
:; no,, ahout hundred feet deep. 1t