Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-09-12
THE EVENING NEWS.

oOCLD ~ Slhh1 ILL.-IGIudD
short accoun of what this mill is doin
at present may prove of interest to GU
readers. A brief visit there furnishes III
following particulars First, we vii
speak OF the ore house, which is so bull
that teams may unload at the top and tn
ore pass through large shutes" to III
floor below, where il is assorted, and tn
large pieces Of rock are run through
crusher, fitting the same for the batteries
thus saving daily the labor Of twenty men
After being thus broken it is taken in car
to the batteries being weighed on tht
route where it passes through othel
"shutes." falling in front ready for feed.
ing. Eight batteries of ten stamps each
capable Of reducing, when run at full
speed, about one hundred tons. Afrel
the ore is crushed to pulp it passes into q
number of watts just below whence it is
taken in cars TO the pans for ~amalgamat-
ing, thence it passes directly beneath into
huge settlers, where, after being carefully
worked for q requisite time, it passes
through boxes with rifles therein, then
over blankets to a large reservoir, where
the tailings are corraled for future treat
meut. The whole mill is IN immense
YES, gigantic and stupendous work OF
mans enterprise, and although not entirely
harmonious, is the mill Of the State.
The motive power is furnished at present
by a huge engine with six boilers, to
which number I'VE more are soon to BE-
added, and the smaller engine. lately I'M
dergolng repairs, will lend an additional
~seven,y.6ve horse power. The melting
and assay department of the mill is CON-
mensurate with the grand whole. as is the
machine. carpenter and blacksmith shops,
all contiguous. 4 number of %out-build
ings for the storage OF material required,
the rooms of the officers, the boarding
houses, cabins Of workmen, etc., etc.,
make a very good sized village. About a
hundred and twenty men are employed at
fair wages. and an average Of over one
hundred thousand dollars in bullion is
produced monthly. An immense stock OF
wood is piled near the mill-six thousand
cords-and within reach of a number OF
hydrants, 10 which may be attached more
than one thousand feet of hose, and capa.
BILE of throwing water over all the prem
ises and other combustible material be-
longing to the company. We were shown
through and around the entire premises
by the Superintendent, Joseph Edwards,
Esq, who certainly seems to thoroughly
understand his business. and to whom we
are indebted for favors received. Any
person in Nevada who has not visited the
famous Gould & Curry mill should seek
an immediate opportunity and see one OF
the fines, pieces Of architectural and me-
chanical skill in this or any other State.
INpRovENRNr.-W. D. Ferrand, pro-
pr,e,or of the Ogden Mill, is now engaged
in making an addition to the crushing
capacity of the mill by adding thereto an
additional battery, which will enable him
70 crush eight tons of ore daily in addition
to the present capacity, which is abou;
thirty tons, making a total of nearly forty
tons per day. The pan capacity Of the
mill is such that the present number OF
stamps will not supply pulp therefor, and
the proposed addition will permit of run
ming each pan and settler at full charges.
The Ogden is one Of best mills in Nevada.
and is crushing Yellow Jacket ore, and
returning better gross amounts than any
of the eighteen mills engaged in reducing
their ore.
The LAST. - Miss King finished her
dramatic and literary entertainments last
evening. reading TO an attentive but not
extensive audience, who certainly were
no, at all chary Of their applause. With.
err the lady goes we are not advised, but
we can with an honest opinion say TO tn
people Of the surrounding towns that in
attending one of Miss Kings entertain
men,s they will be edited with u highly
intellectual treat and to the Union men
of Nevada and elsewhere we can but
simply say, she is made OF pure Puritan
stock, such as the Mayhower landed on
Plymouth rocks.
DIsrRicr CouRr.-Before Judge Ris-
ing-In the matter of the estate and
guardianship Of r. J. Mitchell, a minor, i,
was ordered that proper notice be given I"
parties interested TO show cause. on 23d
inst. why VI. 5. Mitchell should not be ap.
pointed guardian Of said minor. In th'
matter of the estate of w. Pray, deceased
il was ordered that allowance be set aSid'
for the widow. State ". Harris s Water
man case on trial. Evidence of prosecu-
ton nearly all in.
LIVELY. - For several days past the
streets of Virginia and Gold Hill have pre-
scn,ed a very lively appearance, on ac-
count of the number of teams discharging
freight for the winter supplies Of our lead
ing merchants. who are buying heavy
stocks Of the necessarieS Of a mining camp
of this size.
ACCIDENTAL little son of Mr.. James
Dresser, South c street, Virginia, while
PLAYING on a wash.s,and. outside the
house. fell and broke his arm, just at the
elbow. The limb was set by a surgeon,
and the little sufferer Is doing well.
PsRsoNAL.-Mr. Richardson, a member
of the Colfax party, arrived in town this
morning from California.
BULLION SHIPMENr.-Wells, Fargo &
Co. shipped from their Gold Hill Office
this morning IL bars Of bullion, weighing
74O pounds and valued at S29,l0l SO.
DrLL.-Recorder Meagher had no busi-
ness to ,ransac, this morning, all the old
buns being to poor to get on a tight.
WHAT ARoLINA THINKS oil ABOLITION.
The Charleston correspondent of the New
York Herald says:
To one who in the past has been ia.
miliar with the zeal always displayed by
the people OF the South in the advocacy
of their peculiar institution" and who
has witnessed the dogged tenacity with
which they lave chung to and fought for
its perpetuation, nothing can be more as
tonishing than the good grace, and might
almost say cheerfulness, with which they
have heheld slavery-suddenly and at one
fell blow-swspt away forever from their
-;Js, know NOT how TO account for