Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-09-29
THE EVENING NEWS.

y lew QayS SlnCe Tie SryStal Ieak Goa
Company entered into a contract with a
reliable party-an old coal miner-to 60
On and develop the company's claim, on
which he is to erect fine steam hosting
works, and prosecute the same until he
has taken out eight hundred tons of coal.
We learn from a party just in from Elk
celsior-who stayed over one day at Crys-
tai Peak-that Mr.. Stockham, the con-
tractor, has moved his family, and all ne
cessary fixtures for carrying on the work,
into that town, and that on Monday last
the mine was delivered over TO him under
the contract, by Doctor Harrison, agent of
the company. Men were immediately
set to work in the tunnel on Dry Creek,
ana in about two hours time they struck
a most beautiful vein Of coal twenty-three
inches thick. This had been run over in
the upper works by the company's tun-
mel only two to three feet. The bottom
OF the tunnel, we are informed has several
inches of water running over it, so that 1t
will be impossible TO tax nj the coal in
any considerable quantities until the steam
hoisting-works are erected, and prepara-
tions consummated for clearing the water
in their progress downward. Our inform
ant, Mr.. Griffith, visited the mine after the
strike and brought away q specimen OF
the coal, which we pronounce the finest
we have ever seen in the State, or of ma
tive production on the Pacific coast.
Those who may be incredulous. we refer
TO the Bank Exchange Woods ~saloon),
where they may see for themselves the
specimen. We wish success, both to the
contractor, Mr.. Stockham, and to the mem
bers of the company, and hope for the in
terest of both, and for the community
generally, that the engine and works may
be speedily erected and placed in working
order, and that by the time old Boreas
begins to wrap his freezing mantle Ger
Nevada, several hundred tons Of coal may
be ready for the market. Again we say,
success to the coal prospects in Nevada,
and all honor to the hardy miners who,
believing in a stratum of coal, feel that,
with Richelieu, "there is no such word
as fail"
FIRST WARD UNION CLUB, VIRGINIA.
Last evening it was our pleasure and con-
venience to be present at a good, old fash
toned meeting Of the Union men of the
First Ward, at the headquarters OF the
Mexican Patriotic Club. President Phe-
Ian opened the meeting, and Hon. w. Il.
Clagett, upon being called, made a splen-
did speech, in which he referred to our re-
lations with Mexico, touched upon the
Monroe Doctrine, banged away at dirty
old England with telling force, compli-
men,ed Fenianism, told what our mining
interests required, and showed us how to
obtain what were necessities ; put himself
square on the negro suffrage question, de-
claring it to have been his tavorlte dream
for years to drive away every pig-tailed
Chinaman and black man from American
soil forever; yet, under certain contingent
cies, he was decidedly in favor of negroes
voting, and that was when the black mans
vote was necessary for the preservation OF
the American Union. He was succeeded
by Hon. Charles A. Sumner, who made
one of mis- happiest efforts, " a speech re-
plcte with great humor, cutting sarcasm,
and at times most brilliant m~etaphorIcal
SMILES and perorations. Midsummer was
frequently ~applauded, as with skilltul
words he touched the various keys OF ma
tional requirements; and we believe the LIST
Ward to be the most wide-awake and
thoroughly loyal portion OF Virginia.
Keep the ball moving, and let Sumner, and
Clagett, and Whitman, and every other
good man speak frequently to our Union
masses, whom it does good to listen to
sensible and patriotic talk from sensible
and patriotic men.
A BRUrB.-W While taking our frugal
breakfast this morning we were witness
of a scene that should cause him who had
sworn TO protect, love and CHERISH to
stink with shame from the glance OF men.
4 certain physician of Z street, Nirginia-
we refrain from names because we nope
for his better conduct-while IN a popular
restaurant taking a rechGrchs breakfast
was confronted by a woman, his wife,
who, with a little boy of tender years,
bore the marks of pinched want upon
male and ~cadaverous faces. Oh! but 1t
was glorious to hear that pale woman
demand food for her boy, and the crlmson
blood of the Lothario, as with shame'
flushed his sallow chops with the hue OF a
dispraced criminal. The woman seized on
some edibles and clenching the welcome
food in famished hands, with a glance OF
love at her child. left the o and oade
the bow to stay and eat with his father.
The father-a practicing p~hysician-lett,
but the kind hearted proprietor OF the
restaurant furnished a generous meal to
the little fellow. Oh, shame, where is thy
blush:
AccIpExr.-Yesterday, q man named
Louis Upton was injured very seriously
if not fatally, while at work west OF the
Chollar C~ompany's old shaft. A surgeon
h eng called found that the man had sut-
f., ed a fracture of the skull, and we learn
mi : morning that death will probably en-
80 The injured man was at work on
the groupings Of the ledge, and whhe
ono-o ting on a huge boulder that project
"a oh, rye the chasm. some thirty feet deep
,So ma 50 of rock gave way and fell TO the
bottom, carrying Upton along with H.
Svrl;no him with terrible force against the
- no;n,s of rock below. Mining
accidents are becoming terribly frequent
omonc US. Be careful, boys, and keep
an eve out for accidents.
GoLp HILL TuSNEL.-work is steadily
going on in the Gold Hill Tunnel and it
: now very near the claims OF Gold
hin proper. A new contract mas oeen
10, - drive the tunnel six und feet
further. This will take it to the claims
,.b;cb are being worked deepest In the
Hi, and where the water in the NINE mas
- hs bo;s,ed the greatest distance which
" I'll s,Tike at the depth of over three
h.~Jro5 feet, and serve to dram them to
that depth, and be an outlet for the water water
completed. will u a great saving OF
wood and wear of machinery to those
claims with which it will connect.