Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-01-04
THE EVENING NEWS.
4 AIIyIxn Mnxrxrxr.-The path which

has been made easterly from Nam street,
across the Tunnel road to the main thorough
fare leading to Virginia, By pedestrians as a
short cut; is SO rough and rugged that fire.
uuent travel thereon could hardly help to
eradicate the NEST chronic case of dyspepsia.
He who is familiar Herewith. can scarcely
have failed observing n huge boulder IN his
way. placed as il designed to prohibit farther
progress, and which must needs be nanked
before the main road can be gained. by this
huge boulder there hangs tale, not yet for
gotten by old settlers. 1t is briefly this; IN
the latter part of 1859 and early in go, pros
pccting and locating was conducted with an
industry never since equallcd. The many !,
excavations now nearly all abandoned, on all
the hills and ravineS east OF the city go Tar
to prove this. The conspicuous boulder IN
Question. attracted the attention Of an eSplo-
Tcr who resolved to make from it his pile.
To do this he robbed twenty dollar gold
piece against an angle of the boulder with
such yiror and persistence, that color
of the coin remained upon it" visible
TO he naked eve" He then straightway
informed few persons, conhdentially OF
course, of his lucky discovery, and removed
all doubts in their minds BY showing them
the color. The bait took. \ location was
made. I company formed and work begun.
This work was continued long enough to
demonstrate that there was nothing in the
hopeful prospect, but it did not cease, how
ever. until the pockets Of the original locator
was well lined with the "needful. But he
was not the only one who made money out
of the speculation" By far the
larger number Of interested parties, however,
were badly sold. Instances Of other transac-
tionS, equally "smart," were not rare IN those
60 chat they have nOt
wholly ceased in these.
Com HILL MINING SrocXs.-The sales Of
stocks during the past week were light The
following are the only sales of Gold Hill
ground in the washoe Stock and Exch1nge
Board. Five shares CrTSuS at So; thlrtS
shares Knickcr6ocSer at 81; and forty-hve
shares Golden Civ at 81. In San Francisco
6ye shares of Ovcrman were sold at Si'o'
ton feet OF justis at SIS; ten feet Utah At
S2l forIy-nric feet North American at ~ "a
= forty shares Golden Swan ut $50; thirty
feet Of Utah At S:}0(G3l and ten at 81; hre
shares Baltimore American 81 20 !; nifty. one
feet Uncle sam ut S415; twenty feet Gale
donna Tunnel at SSlCi32; and twenty shares
Baltieat Sl20(o l25.
\ MINING MUSS.-There was nuSS OF
considerable proportions in the vicinity OF
the Ogden mill. Virginia, last Saturday after
noon. There is spring in the vicinity which
i claimed hv the mill owners and BY Wan.
O'Connor also, who has property IN the
nciuhborhnod. Ii appears that the mill party
attempted to eject O'ConnOr, in the person
of one Michael Connolly, who thereafter
rauSrd 4. y. Curvell and twenty others to be
arrested and brought before Judge Atwill on
\ charge of riotouS conduct and assault with
a deadly weapon. They were released on
their own rccognizance, and will have hear
ins at o'clock this afternoon.
HArrN CLAIM, STRING VALLEY.-The
company owning this claim, after doing
large amount Of work, have at length struck
some very fine looking rock. The company
first sunk 4 prospect shaft on their lead 10
1he depth Of 40 feet, when, being satisfied
with the appearance of the vein started 4
tunnel, which after being driven 800 feet
tarped the lead. II is AZ the end of this tun
mel that the one mentioned above is found.
Mr.. B. F. Moses, general superintendent of
the mine, intends sending quantity OF TINS
ure TO san Francisco, shortly, to get work
ing tc>t.-EaterpTise.
INnIANA CI.NIM.-We understand that ore
Of good quality has lately been struck III
The Indiana claim, Eliza Waldo lead. The
claim Is situated in the northern edge OF the
burnt district which lies east of Gold HILL
Some detached masses or b0uldcrS VI quartz
were occasionally met with in sinking through
the burnt upper strata. that showed traces of
metal, and encouraged the owners to proceed
with the work. The fact Of this company
having passed through the burnt crust and
found good ore, Is very encouraging to other
companies mining in that yicinitv.-EHter-
prise.
An ACCIpENr.-Mr. +. ". Shattock, SUI
pcrintendcnt ofthe Hawlcv mine, was thrown
from his horse ON, Saturday afternoon, be-
tween the Divide and Gold Hill, and consiic-
rahlv injured. He was riding At Il pretty fast
rait when his horse stumbled and fell, throw
ing him forward upon the ground with con-
siderable force. His face was good deal
cut and his person somewhat bruised, but his
injuries were not Of serious nature. He
was taken tn Gold Hill, where he received
such attentions aS the nature Of his injuries
required.
Tux MOUNTAIN WELLS DISTIICT.-We
have seen letter from well known gen.
tlcman of this city, who is at present out
prospecting in this district, in which he
speaks in very high terms Of the lodges there
lie states that great many persons are there
prospecting from all sections OF the Territory,
and that the probabilities are, that next
spring. this district will create aS much OF a
sensation rs the Desert and Amador are now
doinS.-BW'kctin.
POLICE REPORr.-We have been furnished
bv Marshal Arnold with report of the az
rests made BY the Police Department Of Gold
Hill for the month of December. The whole
number Of arrests made in that month was
Lnlv forty. being thirty less than i'll Novem-
her. OF these, officer Householder made Il.
John son ). Russell 1, Swim }, and McClory
). This speaks well for the good order Of
the town, but creates horrible vacuum in
the pockets Of the officers.
Harry CnrrLE.-Our fcllow-townsman
George Hardy, returned to town on Saturday
evening with fair bride to whom he was
united ON New Years Eve at Sacramento.
MAY they prove the founders of hardy
race. " And all The boys be wise and brave,
the girls all chaste and fair"
PETALrAA MILL.-ln making up our list
of the Mills of Gold Hill last SATURDAY., we
omitted the Petaluma Mill. This nail has
eight stamps, fourteen 6ye-foot pans, has an
engine of twenty horse power, using > cords
of wood per day and crushes sixty tons per
week. 1t was built in 1861.
TRAVELLING ITEN.-On Saturday last VIC
stole, body and bones, from the Enterprise,
an item about the Lady Bryan-nary credit.
Yesterday morning the Union nipped it from
us, in manner and form aforesaid. The item
has got home to Virginia again-let it be sup
pressed.
A wARxIxs.-J. Leavitt. a blacksmith.
had to pay $50 at Virginia the other day, for
kindling FIRE in front of his shop, with
which to heat a wagon tire. There is, it
seems a city ordinance arninsf Lindlino fires