Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-03
THE EVENING NEWS.

His station was lust above the water anu u
was his business TO see If the car came out oil
the water right and ring TO stop il 1t did not. |
After the bell was rung 10 raise the car, no |
signal was given 10 stop, and the engine con-
tinued 20 draw il up until the car caught be- |
low and stopped the reel. II becoming evil !
dent to the men above that something was !
wrong Mr.. Wright, the night foreman, I'M |
meGiatcly went below. and found the untor- |
tunate man crushed between the car and the |
pump pine with life nearly or wholly extinct. ,
Men we're immediately called, the car I'M |
lnoseued. and the poor fellow taken out, |
but no, until he was dead. DR.. Hall exam !
jued him, and pronounced that he had re-
cCiycd no INJURY except in the region Of the
stomach. fracturins three or four of the lower
RIBS, and that his death was doubtless caused
BY the COMPRISING OF the stomach and SYM
pathetic nerve. No one was near by when
the accident happened, and it is supposed
chat he was At the waters edge when the car
came out, and was caught in attempting 10
pass il to reach the bell wire, to signal to
stop. He was a native of Ireland, and had
lived in Placer county, California, before
coming 10 this Territory. lie had been here
about seven months.
la PLATA ORO CoNPANY.-This company
IS working in both its shaft and tunnel. The
former is now down 325 feet, and timbered
with good substantial timbers all that dis
lance. SO far as it has Yet been sunk, the
ground has been found dry, and the work has
been carried along very rapidly. The shaft
is worked BY 4 within which, so long as there
is no water to contend with. is amply suh
cient machinery TO hoist with, and is the
cheapest power with which the mine can be
worked. In the mine drift is being cut
through from the shalt to the main tunnel 70
strike the latter further back than where the
drift would strike il if run TO the point III 1t
which Is nearest 10 the shaft. After this DRIFT
has been run through, and connected with
the two principal mining works, rs proposed. |
il is the design OF the company 10 put IN l
Tin pipe, six or eight inches III diameter, TO |
extend from the shaft 10 the back end of the |
tunnel, then TO close up al. other connection /!
with the tunnel and shaft, and thus create /.
current of air which will extend through the 1
whole length OF the ;unncl. When this Is /
created. work on the tunnel will again be |
commenced, and it will be run ahead. This |
claim is being worked with great energy and |
Judgment, and We should not be surprised TO |
hear, one Of these fine mornings, Of 4 rich |
strike being made in il. The shaft will be
sunk down as deep as water level 1t least, and
,hcn drift run 10 the ledge. which was
from the surface. The ledge shows well at
that place. and It may be expected TO be found
much richer 1T I greater depth, and eSpeci-
ally 4: TWO or three hundred feet below that
level.
APPLE CLAIN.-The work on this claim
continues 10 90 steadily ahead. The shaft is
now 225 feet deep. There is a considerable
quantity of water continually coming in,
which has 10 be bailed into tubs and hoisted
by within. The distance which it has TO be
raised is now becoming so great that it is al
most impossible 20 raise much water IN this
way. Mr.. Apple, who owns the claim, in
tends, We are Told, soon TO put up machinery
more suitable to the work, and the present
manner OF operations will Be carried on rs
long as the water vii. allow the workmen to
sink down. This shaft Is less than hun
bred feet from the one on the Midas claim,
which is more than / hundred feet deeper
than this one IS, but which has no water At
al. The reason OF this shaft having water,
while the one which is much deeper has none,
is hard to explain, but it is probably because
in the latter case there IS a wall impervious
20 water living between the shaft and the
ledge where the water is retained, and here IN
this claim there is no such intervening wall
Univ LNT y HAD = 4lE CNNA tlAsiIL = O.ll
keeps working away at their new hosting
works and buildings. The building is being
rooted with tin; the frame of the hosting
works IS being painted; the engine is being
prepared for operatian the building Is being
corniced and painted; and almost everything
about il is now receiving the finishing touches.
This company has under way works which,
when completed, will be the most Substan-
tial and magnificent OF any in the district.
The machinery consists Of two large engines,
one to work the hosting gear, the other to
drive the pump, which will be put into the
mine.
ST. CHARLES CONPANY.-This company
commenced work on its claim again yester-
day. The mine has not been worked the
past week, but will henceforth be worked
without cessation. 4 drift has been run
along the ledge fifty feet from the main tun-
mel with yery favorable results. The work
men will be employed 4 few days in repairing
the tunnel, and timbering some places IN It
which have not been timbered heretofore,
and then work will be commenced on the
drit again to run it ahead.
PROVOST GUARD.-The Provost Guard,
who are now quartered at the residence OF
Oen- I'LL DOhNGlCLl, LAGlL4 N4AC AO"GA YIN VI
Union street, went through the exercise Of a
drill Yesterday afternoon, which was plainly
visible from the corner Of the International.
There are thirty men and two officers, and
the accommodations furnished them are
comfortable in every respect.-Lh'on.
CONSOLIDATED CO.-This company is now
sinking on its ledge. The shaft is now down
TO water level, and from it drift has been
run along the ledge 4 considerable distance.
Some rock has been taken out and crushed:
but at present none is being saved for work
ing. The company is now sinking down on
the ledge.
IMProyEMENT.-Blanch street has been
very materially improved by the removal of
the house formerly occupied BY DR.. Castor.
The whole space between Vesey's Hotel and
Odd Fellows Hall is now an open street, add
ing materially to the convenience of travel
and the appearance Of the surrounding prop
erty.
CHALLENGE COMPANY. - We saw this
morning large piece OF rock from the mine
of the Challenge company, which is as rich
as ANYTHING we have seen in the Territory.
How much of that class they are likely to
find we don't know, not having heard any
particulars. We shall endeavor to pay the
mine 4 visit soon.
WORK is being vigorously prosecuted on
all the principal claims on the Comstock
range, from Cedar Hill, north of Virginia, to
American Flat, over a mile south OF this
city. Those in California who suppose we
have stopped, or are about to stop, work on
our mines are much mistaken.
LIvELY.-Virginia presented an unusually
lively appearance this morning, owing to
there being large number Of freight teams
in from California, and also many teams
from the neighboring towns and mining set
Elements. Business would appear, from
some cause, to be on the increase.
BUILDING. Notwithstanding that our
people talk much of dull times, there is