Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-25
THE EVENING NEWS.

daY afternoon, III compliance with an IN
yitation from Messrs. Birdsall and Car
penter to be present at the starting up o
their new mill. we. in company with GU.
friend W. X. Smith, seated behind a spar
of bob-tailed nags-Olin's best brand
left Virginia and Gold Hill 10 the west.
ward and started by Birdsall's grade fol-
the c~minently loyal town of Dayton,
After riding a short time, we left the grade
and climbed a steep hillside for a few
hundred yards, TO where the Occidental
mine is located, and where we found a
force of men busily engaged in ~excavatine
pay rock from the ledge. which at the end
Of n tunnel about II hundred and fifty
feet in length, is thirty feet in width, and
the entire quartz is well difused with
silver and n small quantity of gold. 1t is
proposed TO sink on the ledge, and when
a depth Of a few hundred feet may be at
tanned we believe it is more than reason
able to suppose that the ledge will be
found richer in mineral and well defined
with clay walls, which show near the sur
face, similar in character TO the cas-: wall
Of the Comstock lode. North of this
claim is the 81. George, st. Patrick, ST.
John and Baily companies locations /;
neither Of which are being worked at this
time, Us il is desirable TO wait upon the
action of the Occidental, and ascertain
the results OF the proposed sinking which
promises so well. Returning 10 the grade,
we pass pleasantly down the canon at a
Snantfnn Hnpn nnSF thn mill nn1 pNtntnr
works Of the Buckeye Company, nov at
work with good success. and in 4 short
time We draw rein at Weston's mill, where
we are most Hospitality entertained by Mr..
Weston and his amiablc and accomplished
lady. Upon invitation OF Mr.. Weston,
we visited his mill. close by, and found
reduction works driven BY a fine l0-horSe
power engine, which furnished motive
power for fifteen stamps, nine Wheeler
pans, five settlers and one agitator. The
mill works finely, and hasa smaller guam
tity of gearing than any we ever visited.
Across the creek, WI visited the old water
mill, which runs ten stamps and six pans,
and which will next week commence the
reduction of ore from the Occidental
mine. \ pleasant ride of fifteen min
utcs or so, and we arrive safely in the
town OF Dayton, nestled by the placid
waters of the Carson river. and II of the
finest towns in the State. Here We want
10 say a word Of Dayton: it has the most
loyal and intelligent males, the most
union-loving and good looking females,
more and bigger babies, fewer female
rebels, and better location, education and
hospitality than any place this side Of
Jordan. \. few moments after our arri-
val we laid our manly nose on the bosomS
Of " the Major" and our friend Dean, and
moistencd their shirts with pearly tears
affecting, but nevertheless an honest fact.
We then started for the new mill Of Car
pcnter & Birdsall, which is situated about
two hundred yards from the principal
street, close by the Carson river, where we
found assembled some two hundred ladies
and gentlemen, friends Of the cntcrprising
proprictors. We were most Hospitality
received. After q full examination of the
entire structure, we approached the long
tables, loaded with fruit Of all kinds and
refreshments GG Tbitwni, and precisely ut
live o'clock, rs the water was turned on,
the huge wheel, which commenced to re-
volvc with ponderous motion, in q glass
Of foaming wine we pledged q wish TO the
success OF the noble undertaking, and the
climbing of glasses, popping Of corks and
CHEEKY smiles on fair faces proclaimed q
general unanimity Of feeling on the sub
ject. The mill is tif,y-eight by nincty-onc
feet in size. and of three stories. It is
built most substantially Of solid timber
and upon q graduated plan. The motive
power is n huge water wheel, the largest
in the State, and we think the largest on
this Coast, being fifty feet in diameter
with n ''face" of seven feet. The buckets
are seven feet long, fifteen inches deep and
twelve inches wide, and with n full head
of water furnishes Il power equal TO one
hundred and twelve horses. The water is
secured by means of q large ditch, which
taps the river five miles above, and will
always afford an ample quantity Of water
TO run the mill. Twenty stamps, weigh
ing six hundred and ten pounds each, and
lifted by improved gearing, brushes the
quartz, which passes into watts next below,
whence it is conveyed 70 ten improved
Wheeler pans; below are five settlers seven
feet in diameter and thirty inches in depth,
and vet lower three acitatorS six feet in
diameter. \ tubular boiler fifteen feet in
length and thirty inches in diameter sup
plies a suficiency Of steam for working
the ore by pan process. Standing below
and looking up the inclined plane, the
scene is very fine, as the machinery works
in perfect harmony. Here we see the SUI
periority Of the magnificent cotton betting,
the entire mill being furnished with a fine
article by Gillig, Mott * Co., of Virginia,
which worked rs finely yesterday us
though long in place. The entire under
gearing is so arranged that workmcn can
stand beneath and readily make any nee
essary repairs. In 4 short time it is pro-
posed TO add two moro batteries Of five
stamps each, ten additional pans, five set
tiers, and two agitators, when the mill
will have a capacity of reducing fifty tons
Of ore daily. Mr.. Charles Morgan is the
archi,ec, and builder Of the mill, and his
work is most creditable 10 his genius rs q
tirst-class mechanic. AS the sun crept
down the mountains, the happy guests
dispersed 10 different localities in the
neishborhood, after heartily congratulate
ing the proprietors at the success OF the
work. Now, be il known, that Dayton
folks do nothing BY halves, and under
the direction of Carpenter and Birdsnll,
aided and abe,tcd by Payne, of the Senti-
mel, Dean, Ben Hazeltinc, Judge Hayden.
Kennedy, Lincoln. and other divers and
sundry good looking, it was ordained that
a dance should end the festivities, and &C.
cordingly when the l~engthening shadows
in the road had become darkencd phan-
toms Of night, with no scntincls but the
gli,,ering stars, the hall was filled with a
crowd Of Dayton's very best people, and
there commenced n scene Of more II
confined JOY than was ever before turned
loose in so small u space and short n time.
None Of your heightened, kid-gloved.
false-hair. Observation-Disclosures
ted-dog kind Of an affair, hut 4 regular