Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-27

those who plan them, and many Of their combInA-
t!ons are as uncrring and rs much worthy Of the
admiration Of those who are fond OF contests Of sa
slcIty IL that displayed BY generals opposed on
Ih, g,lI Of battle our miners start IN and carry
out regular campaigns against each other, where
two companies are working close together on dis
pu,Cd ground Although neither company can see
lust what the other IS doing, they give some very
shrewd grleSScS. Then they can hear, and though
the click OF the picks Ot their enemies may be fam.
ami distant Vet the SlgaCInuS miner, with his ear
applied 10 the rocky wall OF his own drift, manages
to study out, with tocrablc certainty, the where
IhOuts of his rival and the direction IN which he is
moving. Perhaps the miner finds that his enemies
are advancing IN direction TO intercept him, then
he strains every nerve 10 get 50 far ahead that If
they continue their Course they must come into
his drift behind him. This they will not do if they
cai avoid Il; 50 they give up the chase and turn
their proper course. BY this time, perhaps, those
who were lately the pursued ind themselves in
position 10 give chase. So they start driI to head
oE those whom they but a short time before were
cNcriug themselves 10 escape and IN turn make It
"miGb;E WARM for their enemies. Sometimes
one lartr is IN tunnel and the other coming down
II Stl!i, IN this case those below cndeavOr 10 lind
out about the point they are likely to land and man
aSe 10 run IL drift under them. This. those above
Try 10 AVOID, by all sorts OF eccentric movements
However sooner or la;cr the WORKS OF the rival
companies ART bound 30 connect, Que party cuts
fHst'' bAslCl ST. To VIVA 1T
eAch other. The Caledonia and Baltic companies
have Tor sometime been running drifts and PLAYING
ul all Kinds o! Strategic movements against each
oth-E. For some time the Ca!cdOnians gave th,'
Baltic fellows all they could dO 10 keep nut Of the
way. bat 1T last the Baltic boys headed oA the Gale
domains anu forced them to cut into their works.
To get even the Colcdonians Y, S.cr,Lty commenced
smoking the Baltic men. and mIlc II pretty
rough for thCn, Now they must try II sop ~
the opeu!ns hy wh''A the works are connected. but
. tHts the Caic,.oaiInS %;!l .: course have uhjcc.
tIvE> The yellow Jacket AMI Gentry folks are also
having big time smoking each O:hcr. They Usc
=. kinds ut Sinking compounds aR,l II" other day
u workman in the Gentry came near bcIE- snI"th-
crcL During ;hc night the stink "t these slnuGS'S
settles down IN the mcighb"r!nG houses ami all IN
the vicinity ecl pretty well InS,rl. oh, no; wc
a.u. 4 strategic people, 1t a!u, rs that's S"t
II the matter of us. No; lis lhc In!k~ down III
Mcx,c".
FATE OF a AFoRTUNE-TFLLER.-Al lazy fellow,
who has been going a5out this secrion OF country
for some time past deccivlns people with the
idea that he could &" tell fortunes" such humbuS.
gerry, for instance. rs showing We honest niurr
eXI,riy where We ledge lrs-u.el with - sore mis-.
hap down aI the usually quiet town Of American
civ. H1NbUg i humhug, and iar amount ia
;nerabc, once in while. Bu; ;nis tor,uae.;ciivr
piled on the agony too heavy on the day before
YESTERDAY. He told Jim Couley where he could
tid u uiAe OF diamonds, right where the u Illuws
stood; and he told Jim Sexton where there was
Vein Of pure quicksilver, like unto stream Of
pure c0ai oil right in sight Of the Flat This WAS
200 TIuch-these two Jim> No Softs, by lOu:
shut->0 Ihey procured recently deceased dog
the dog bad been poor but respectable. )-aud
arnhaSjed ;he foriuneteller with il from one csi
of Carson avenue 10 the other, TO the great and
. UubHuUtied rdilcatiou Of all who witnessed il.
The frightened reader of stars and the future WAS
glad 20 escape being hung-which he will surely
or. ithc ever ventures to American Flat again to
;el! fortunes The foriuue-ielling humbug GER
;aialy struck the deaddoe ledge.
KEYSTONE AND ARRrNGruS Co.-This com.
pIny was formed by the consolidation of two
companies. the keystone Co. No. ,. and the Ar
rngtor company. The company owns the claims
formerly located by these companies respectively
Iad which together contains about eighteen hun
,lTcI feet The company is now sinking shaft
20 strike the ledge on the west side OF Gold cauon
about thirty forty rods southwest from II"
CeG;rrviIc House This shaft is now about ~
feet "rp |; is four by eisa; feet in size in tho
clear. and ;imberei with TWO inch P!auks. IL il
divided into TWO compartments o: equal size, and
!, wnrhrt hv means OF common wiudaSs. The
wt-N vii. BE- driven on uuIil the lclg, is struck
\: present there il some water in the shaft but
il j. NOT enough 20 present very serious obstacle
the working Of the c!aiu hut. t!nI:nG il n This
'scitl. INK ~ VIII 't
ioIal :h,It il will be necessary - have steam
hN.>rnc works. or al least . whim, before tho
shaft can be sunk much deeper. This compauy's
CLAIM is lacatcd or good mineral range, and We
ihluk will prove valuable when more work has
besa done, and the ledge Is reached
COMMENCING AGArS.-The Mary Ann C9In.
raay has commenced work again. The fine large
building which that compiny mas erected over tar
shaft ha. been closed, and nothing has been doing
ia the mine for month unit! the day before
yesterday, when work was commenced in the
salft again. The caasc Of ;hiS suspension "fCpe'
rdtions from the unfortunate litigation in
which this company is involved with the Uncl"
S.t'l The case ofrhesr Two companies has been
before i referee for Il long time, and the decision
has no: yy: been rendered; but All order of The
Court was given last Monday which enabled this
company 20 20 70 work. TnH intention now is 20
s.uk the shan down 10 the water level, and then
20 commence working the ledge from there. To
do this Will take only shor; time. as the shaft
wi. have 20 be sunk only about fifteen or twenty
feet to come down TO the water line. This shaft
is worked by whiri, but soon As work is
commenced on the ledge the company will erect
steam hosting works.
BATTER, TOO MUCHEE.-The Belcher Company
has lately had too much water for convenience in
their shaft. Il came in rapidly couple Of
nights ago that work had 20 be sus pended in that
part OF the mine siucc then. tue pump has been
kept running continually, and part of the time
bucket has also been used to MOIST water with.
The water appears TO come in faster sometimes
than It does ~ others The reason why, is not
explained. aud is not easily 10 be given, but the
workmen say, that it is SO. Sometimes the pump.
working alouG at a uniform speed, will take the
nearly quite all out OF the shaft, and then
suddenly 1t will begin to rise again, and will con-
cnue do until II has risen several feet, when
Supr'y will hpEl slncEen and the
soon begin TO diminish the quantity.
MIDAS Co.-This Company keeps sinking Its
shaft, since WORK was commenced after the pump
was put in has been sunk about 81 feet deeper
than il was before. making its entire depth
at present about 2i0 feet. The ground is wet and
the pump h.IS 10 be KEEP; running most OF the time
20 keep the water out. The dampneSS 81 the
.:rouml and the quantity OF water which comes in
makes the work slow aud very disagreeah.c. The
arrangements which are made howe yer, are such,
that considering the nature and quality of the
ground, the company get along vita their work
quite rapidly
ITEMS are scarce-;ha! is interesting ones. Moth
ing sensational can BE coaxcd TO trauspire every.
body goes on the even tenor Of His way. No
shooting scrapes no eGopemeats, no marriages
T:..der suspicious circumstances-no "breeches
of promise, no nothing but petriied stagnatiou Of
can stand this sort OF thing we will be obliged to,
but its rough.
OFF FOR THE FoRT.-A Government wagon,
loaded with recruits. passed through town today
for For. Churchill Bully boys! full of gal.antr.
and patriotism lie saw one OF them lift bis hat
10 . lady with all the gallantry ofa cavalier in the
days OF feudal chivglry. We wish you good luck
ard victory.
RAIN-It tried very hard to rain last night but
failed to make the rifle " beyond slight driZ-
zie. \ heavy April shower would be quite ac-
ccptabie Just now TO the blooming vegetation
favorably known here the 6rEsh de sage. berry
de goose and huckleberries.
AKRIyISG-The main street of Gold Hill was
euivened this morning by the arrival of large
number of mountain schooners, with freight
from across the mouptaIns-among which was
some very large machinery for quartz mills.
4 CHAXCE-lf there is any man in this COM
munity whose hide s;inks for walloping,' he
can be accommodated by calling On John Necnan.
at the Greyhound saloon. See his challenge in