Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-05
THE EVENING NEWS.

bearing the ABOVE name Is situated III
Washoe county, about three miles north
west of Washoe City, at the foot of Mount
Rose. Galena deserves special notice for
its importance in manufacturing large
share of the lumber used in this vicinity,
both in mines and for building purposes.
Quite a village has been built within the
past few years, and the actual population
at this time is about thousand souls.
Around the town, and upon the range OF
mountains north and east, pine timber
grows in profusion, and has been cut in
immense quantities and manufactured at
at the numerous sawmills that have been
built TO supply the demand, and of which
the following is a. list: Affords mill is
situated close to the town, Is substantially
built, and uses water as motive power,
driving a double saw, that daily cuts
about 10000 feet of lumber. Above this
: located the mill of Rhodes, Belden 4
Co.,. driven by a steam engine of about
3O-horse power, and with double saw,
: capable of turning out about u.s. 900 feet
Of lumber per day. South of the town,
Prince, Brown 4 Co. have very fine mill,
also driven by steam power, and of about
he same capacity, which is known as the
Lower Mill. The same firm have another
mill, ofthe same make and capacity, stu
ated farther up the canon. and known as
the Upper Mill. Both mills are capable
of cutting about 10000 feet of lumber
daily. East of the lower mill is located
Wilson'S mill, which is one of the best in
the vicinity. The machinery is all of
superior make; the motive power, consist
ing ofan overshot wheel fifty feet in diam
eter. with large buckets that hold so large
a quantity of water that the weight pro-
duces immense momentum, driving with
velocity double saw that is capable of
cutting 10000 feet of lumber per day.
Next comes the Badger mill, and next
Chapin's mill, both of about the same ca
pacity, each turning out 10000 feet of
lumber every tw0nty-I0Ur hours: Near
the town Fowler Y Co. have sash, door
and blind mandatory, that produces
large quantity of manufactured material
every year. Perrons \ Robinson
have also in successful operation a steam
single and clapboard machine of an i'm
proved pattern, that furnishes 4 large
quantity of that article yearly. Above
Galena, in Whites Cannon, is situated
LOOMS saw mill, which derives its motive
power from an over-shot water wheel, and
daily turns out about 10000 feet of lum-
Der. In Thomas Cannon, two saw mills
are located, one owned by Mr.. Caldwell
and the other by Mr.. SimmS, both sub
stsntially built, and turning out about
$4,000 feet Of lumber per day. The above
list comprises all of the mills we believe,
and as some of these mills are constantly
in repair, the gross, amount Of lumber
dressed and undresSed, will average about
100, 200 feet per day, or about 36.500,000
feet per year. This lumber is worth on
the ground, on an average, S25 per thou
sand feet, and amounts to the enormous
sum OF S9l2,500 per year for saw mill
products only. II is estimated that the
past season at least $4,000 cords of wood
have been cut, and hundreds of thousands
of feet of lumber hewn for shafts and in
cIineS, besides a vast number of round
poles, cut and drawn away, the whole
lumber business constituting a source of
vast revenue to the inhabitants, and being
Of incalculable Importance to the interests
of the people of Storey county. Another
branch of labor that is becoming both
profitable and necessary, is the cultivation
Of mountain ranches, Of which large
number are in successful operation. Dur
ing the past season large amount Of
vegetable productions have been grown on
these ranches, and of quality superior to
those grown in California. and having the
advantage of being brought fresher to the
market. The following gentlemen are the
owners of the principal ranches: VIM.
Afford, j. Burschbach, L. kords, F.
Kords, A. ]. Hatch and Joseph Steinhart.
Preparations for more successful cult
walton are being made, and it is expected
that the value of the ranch products for
the next wear will amount to at least
100000, making an important item in
the domestic economy of Galenians.
Mining in Galena-In the year 1860, VIM.
Afford located ledge under the title Of
the Afford G. & S. NJ. Co. Work was
vigorously prosecuted, and a tunnel
driven 500 feet in length, and ledge of
"Galena ore" struck 10 feet in thickness,
but no known proceeds Of working the
ore was attained, although work has
been prosecuted internationally ever since;
latteriy, however, Mr.. Taylor, of Storey
county, has invested in the claim and is
giving it his attention. He has put
force of 20 men at work and about thirty
tons of ore are being taken out daily. In
order to reduce the ore, Mr.. Taylor has
recently erected large building for smelt-
ing, the main feature of which Is the
chimney stack. 1t being very expensive
10 build a stack of the requisite height to
obtain sufficient draft to produce the in
tense heat necessary to fuse the ore, ma
ture was called on to aid the enterprise,
and the stack built up the steep hill side
the required distance, and powerful
draft thus obtained, the furnace IS Just
completed, and smelling viii be COM
menced forthwith-the "pigs" will be
sent to England for further process, as
large quantity of precious ore IS supposed
70 be contained in the base metal. If
successful. this mine will prove to be of
immense value, as unlimited amounts of
ore are attainable. Not only do the peo-
pie of Galena labor at all the branches of
industry, but Lyceum has been put in
operation, including in its ranks many of
the prominent people Of the town. On
the first of January, an entertainment will
be given of dramatic character, to be
succeeded by ball, everybody is to be
invited, and gay time may be expected.
But better than all, Galena is loyal to the
core. At the last election, Lincoln received
200 votes and Mcclellan 20 votes, or in
the proportion of 10 loyal men to one
traitor, and it was not a very surprising
season for politics at that for the people
claim that they could have much better if
necessary.
DISTRICT CoURr.-rhe District Court
has commenced its first session this after
noon, with our three newly elected Judges
-o..5;,- The p,or,,;pr rol NOLAN