Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-30
THE EVENING NEWS.

o'clock, FIRE was discovered by Captain
McClory, of our Town Police, in front o.
the China wash-house, adjoining the
Eclipse Stables, or the north-and but
for the timely discovery, and real active
energy of the officer and several Others
who came to his assistance, there would
doubtless have been most destructive
fire in our town-brCaking out, as it did.
at the dead hour of the night, and the
scarcity of water in case of a fire. The
moon-eyed vagabond of Chinaman who
occupies the premises where the fire broke
out, has large pile of charcoal under the
porch OF his Shanty, and last night, after
finishing his clothes-ironing business, he
placed his hand-furnace, vet half full of
live Goals, right into the pile of charcoal
and. as might have been known by any
one except a half-witted Chinaman, the
whole heap ignited and became mass of
Goals. 1t required about sixty buckets of
water TO eNtinguiSh the FIRE. II our men,
orv is not at fault, nearly every town de-
stroved by fire in California for the last
fourteen wears, has been caused by the cul-
pable careleSSnesS of Cinnamon. If it is
not interfering too much with our Town
authorities, we would suggest that an or
dinance be passed prohibiting their estab-
hShments in the business portion of the
Town.
NEW WAY OF MAKING MONEY. -
Within the last few weeks, we have u
number Of times noticed young Cor
nishman a: work washing the tailings be-
low the Marysville Mill. He has appara-
fuses fixed by which with considerable
hard labor he separates whatever sui
phuretS and pyrites the tailingS contain
nom the sand. This mineral. thus separ-
ated. he saves until he has accumulated a
ton or two, and then he has it crushed at
a mill. We do not know what the result
of his cruShingS heretofore have been, but
from the aSSiduity with which he follows
his work, we infer that they must have
been good. This is a novel way of
making money IN Gold Canon. but it is a
calling followed by great many people
in old mining countries, where labor is
cheap. The tailngs of the mills which
crush and work the ore of the Cornwall
copper mines, are nearly all washed in a
manner similar 10 that with which he is
working these, but there the manual labor
is mostly performed by boys and girls.
The tailingS which run from the mills al
ways contain some mineral, and in some
cases great deal. They are settling in
large quantities all along down the canon,
and will some day probably all be re-
worked, and thousands of dollars be taken
from them.
BUILDING Down THE CASoS.-There
is a great amount of building going on
down the canon in the neishborhood OF
the Justice claim. There are two large
mills building there" The Piute," of 30
stamps, and Land & Co.'S mill, of 80
stamps. Then there is the Pioneer Hotel,
a large two and a half story public house
nearly completed, and not more than 20
rods further down is rebuilding large
two-Story boarding house, which was torn
down about a week ago by tornado. 1t
was then just building. The frame had
been erected, and the roof was just being
put on, but the whirlwind twisted 1t to
pieces in an instant, and scattered the
rmbers for 20 rods around. The timbers
and scattered lumber have been gathered
up, and are now being put together again,
and without another hurricane the build
ing will be completed in few weeks. Be
sides the building named. there Is about a
dozen smaller ones building in the vicin-
ity. If the improvements down that way
keep on increasing as they have lately
done, there will soon be a respectable
town there.
IKE PIUrE MILL.-Work on this mill
has fairly commenced. \ large quantity
of timber. nearly or quite enough for the
frame work is on the ground, and is be-
ing dressed by the mechanics, who, seve'
raj DAYS ago commenced operations. The
carpenters have done part Of the framing
of the building, and the foundation for It
IS being laid. The frame will be COM
pleted and erected in few days. The
boiler and part of the mill machinery IS
on the ground. The former is very
large one. It is, we believe, Is feet long
81 inches in diameter; besides this, there
IS a steam drum about p feet in diameter
and feet long, which goes with 1t and
adds to its capacity. This VIII be an eS-
cellent mill we judge, from what machine
~ is on the ground, and from the timoer>
which have been received for the frame
work of the machinery. 1t will be q
stamp mill, and all its crushing and anal
gamating machinery will be Of the mos
approved kind.
LAND, SxAE s. Co. are hurryIng for
ward the work on their new mill as rapidly
as possible. There is but little more worS
to do to complete the building. Abou
all that remains to be done to complete
the mill is to set the machinery, and maxi
il ready for operation. There IS laIg'
gang of hands at work doing this. Ih'
frames for the batteries are now being con
structed, and will soon be completed, ant
ready to set up. The frame work TO
other portions of the mill machinery, l
also being constructed and will be read!
TO receive the shafts and gearinss IN lev
days. Not all of the machinery mas ye
arrived from over the mountains. Som
of the shafting and gearing, part OF IN
mortars and the two large steam 0oIers
are on the ground. The splendid l2o