Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-11
THE EVENING NEWS.

~ oAA1 bAAAN AAShA Nf
over to the famous Kearsarge mine, in
Owens Valley. He arrived home safe on
Friday, after an absence Of several weeks
and expresses himself much pleased with
an examination Of the mines. and country
generally. He declares Owens Valley in
point Of fertility and natural beauty
equal to any region he knows OF on TINS
coast. and predicts for It, in, q few years
hence. a large permanent population. He
avs that the Indians in that section ap-
pear to be quite harmless, with n i'm
portant exception-they are notorious
thieves, which propensity is always exer-
cised at night time. among the cattle,
horses and mules Of the farmers. He
also states it as his opinion, which he
formed from hearing persons there express
themselves pretty freely, that if the SOL
dicrs at Camp Independence did not give
a tacid protection to the Indians that
the settlers would drive them out Of the
country. Mr.. Wright went into the
wealthy Kearsarge mine, and saw for him
self. He says that the company have a
tunnel about a hundred feet in length.
where it cut the ledge, and q drift run
along and right through the ledge for a
distance of about another hundred feet.
At this distance the ledge is tapped at 4
depth from the out-croppings Of one hun
dred and eighty feet. The company are
now taking out immense quantities OF
very rich ore, and piling it up for crush
=. H.. a -;n ,wh;.h A u Paul G II are
putting up, a mile or two from the mine.
The mill arrived on the ground last Sun
day a week ago, in nine large teams,
being shipped from San Francisco. ria
Los Angeles. Mr.. Paul thinks 1t will be
running some time in January. A saw
mill of recent construction, is now getting
out the heavy timbers and lumber for the
quartz mill. In this connection, we would
state, that the Kearsarge Company re-
Gently purchased the Como mill, and that
i, is now in course of removal to the mine.
Mr.. Wright, to whom we are indebted for
most Of this news, was much pleased with
the Kearsarge ledge. He says that al
though it is not. in point Of bulk, such a
ledge as the Comstock, but as far as 1t has
been prospected II is a well defined ledge
of about, four feet in width, and far richer
than anv portion Of the Comstock he ever
saw. He went TO see the mine, and was
so we'll pleased with appearances that he
purchased some Of the stock, at n nun
dred and City dollars per foot. Mr..
Wright is an old Comstock ledge miner,
and knows whereof he speaks and wherein
he acts. The first southern extension OF
the Kearsarge mine is the Old Flag mine ;
upon which, however. there has not been
much work done as yet-the owners pre-
ferring 10 lie, the Kearsarge Company de-
velop the ledge this winter. The Old
Flag is believed to DO just as good a mine
as the Kearsarge, the indications, as far as
developed, being the N Many tons OF
silver bricks are expected from these
mines-and if realized, much of the eI-
pected wealth will flow into Gold Hill, as
a large portion Of these mines is owned in
this town.
willow JACKET Hoss. The members
of this company on Friday evening
housed" their hose-carriage in the brick
building belonging to Cohen S Co., oppo-
site the Exchange Hotel, Gold Hill. The
occasion was truly a pleasant affair, and
a large number of our citizens participated
in it. Quite a number Of Liberty Hose
Company's laddies participated, and were
treated kindly by the Yellow Jacket Hose
members. 4, large lot of wholesome re-
freshments were provided, Of which every
body present partook with q hearty well
come. 4 number Of short speeches were
madeleine very good n by Bill Lee, OF
Liberty Hose. and also one by George w.
Aylsworth, Foreman Of Yellow Jacket
Hose)-toasts were drunk, and several
songs sung; Tom Carson sang marching
through Georgia" equal to any singer we
ever heard. The occasion was decidedly
gay and festive, and we are pleased that
our town authorities have at last provided
the company with a suitable place to keep
their apparatus in. It is encouraging to
the members, whose philanthropic services
in behalf of our citizens in saving life and
property in case of FIRE are altogether
gr~atuitous. Let every man, woman, and
youth in our town show a proper apPre-
citation of our now fully organized fire
companies whenever opportunity offers
let il be manifested during the period OF
safety as well as when peril and danger is
at hand. God bless the noble FIREMAN,
who is ever ready, whether in day time or
at the dead hour Of the night, to rush
forth and save our peoples property from
destruction by FIRE.
EXCELSIOR IrEMs.-From a letter just
received from this district, we learn that
they had a severe sno storm a few days
since, and shortly after q tremendous wind
storm. At this time the snow there is
about three feet. and is packed solid; but
at the date of the letter the weather was
pleasan. and warm. The pack train from
Polly's station continues to run regular
the trail being very good. There has been
no jumping OF lots in Summit City, as re-
ported BY a correspondent TO the Enter
prise, and the citizens are determined hat
nothing Of the kind shall be done. At a
meeting Of the miners Of the district to
cleo, delegates TO the Miners Convention,
TO be held at Sacramento, Messrs. J. a.
Bruney, Thos. Hannah and Thos. Cox, Of
SUNNI, City; W. II. Allen, Of Old Man
Mountain ; and John Lanhan, Of Enter
prise, were elected. A gay time was had
on Thanksgiving Day. A party OF "old"
bachelors had u dinner ''alone, all alone;'
other parties were given where both sexes
had a god time generally. A well attend
ed ball came off in the evening. 4 IRE
occurred in the store Of Mr.. Larcombes,
caused by a defec, in the st~ove-pipe; no
particular injury was sustained. The
letter also states that over three hundred
persons, including some thirty ladies, will
winter in the district. The writer speaks
highly Of the prospects Of the mines, and
anticipates u big rush there in the Spring.
The deeper they 60 down on the lodges
the richer the rock is found to be. No
trouble is feared on account Of the former
reported severity Of the Winter in tina
section.
MArDLIS MorHERIsN PLAIED-ouT.-
In the course of his remarks before the
Fenians. on Saturday evening, Col. Sum
ner said that British sympathisers now
snivellingly remind the Yankees that Eng
land il their mother. He retorted a re-