Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-30
MIX EVENING NEWS.


ing-works of the Chollar-P otosi Compa-
ny They are not near enough to com.
pletion to present on attractive appear
ance to a person who is not o mechanic,
but even now q person can form a good
idea Of what they will look like when
completed. They front on E street, which
has lately been opened for the convenience
Of the company. The main room is SO
by 100 feet, and is occupied as the hoist
ing, pumping and engine room. It con-
tains all the machinery. One cannot
avoid a surprise on Erst beholding the
buildings and machinery of this company,
at the unusually substantial appearance
which they present. They are evidently
built for future generations. The engine:
and pump gearing are set on solid ma
sonry, sunk sixteen feet in the ground
and riyeted by wrought-iron bolts extend
ing down the whole depth. Adjoining
the main rooms are the boiler-rooms, car
penter-shop, blacksmith-shop, office, etc
On the north is the blacksmith-shop, q
by so feet, containing two FORCES, with Q
capacity of several more; also, the boiler
room for the pump engine. This room Ii
in dimensions % by 40 feet, and contain!
two large boilers. The pumping engine
Is of eighty Ave horse power. The boiler
for the hosting engine Is on the south o.
the main room, in a room measuring 2:
By 30 feet, and is Of 1 5-horse power. Tit
room Is calculated to receive another boil
er, which will be erected when occasion
demands. On the south Of hemain room
is the carpenter-shop, 40 by 80 feet. Here
all the immense timbers for the mine are
shaped. A substantial floor will be laid,
which will add to the comfort Of the room.
The pumping gear is q miracle OF strength
The bob is a triangular singularity, Sc
fee, in length and Is feet high. 1t i:
formed by massive bars Of wrought iron,
firmly rived together in aperfect network
Two pumps are used, n a "Cornlsf
lift and the other a plunger. They work
together 80 that one balances the other
The spur-wheel is massive, being IL feet
in diameter and IA inches on the face. II
weighs six tons and a half. The pumping
gear is by far the heaviest in the State,
The shaft is divided into four compart-
mcnts. One compartment is devoted to
the ~pump-pipe, which is IA inches In
diameter. The water is raised to within
$50 feet OF the surface by a lifting pump,
and there deposited in a reservoir, whence
it is taken by the force-pump to within
100 feet OF the surface, and there dis
charged into a drain tunnel. The othei
compartments are used for raising rock,
The shiv frame is of immense strength
The shiyes are eight feet in diameter
The back half of the main room has been
ceiled and sided with matched lumber, and
Is 10 be painted white and CLOSED. Acros:
the center will be thrown a partition Of
glass window-sash, dividing it into two
rooms-the hosting and the engine room
From the mouth of the shaft the rock Is
run by cars into the ore house, which
measures 25 by go feet. Again we have
TO pause, in admiration Of the herculean
strength OF the ore-house. Every sturdy
timber is braced until more room appears
TO be occupied by the timbers than by the
intervening space. We noticed one SIM.
pie yet ingenious arrangement to avoic
the need of a switch or turn-table for thS
ore-cars. The several tracks leading from
the mouth Of the shaft are curved at TIT
ends, each single track being bent outward
from its fellow. They terminate on
solid floor Of smooth iron, On which a carl
can easily be turned in any direction
Being impelled toward the ore-house, thG
wheels of the car meet the main track be-
fore they leave the iron floor. The end:
Of this track are curved outwardly IRON
each other, as are also those before men
toned, so thai they receive the wheels o.
the car without difficulty. To the nortf
Of the main building is a c~oal-house. and
at q short distance a large building Is be-
ing constructed for a clearinghouse
This is three stories in hight, and measure:
80 by As feet. Great credit is due to
Harvey Beckwith, Esq, Superintendent
of the mine and works, for the energy
which he has manifested in driving thost
immense works Of the company to com
pletiou. The engineer, r. E. Hurd, ha'
established for himself a high reputation
for ability, having had direct control o.
the erection of the massive machinery o.
the company. We are greatly indebted &c
Mr.. Frank Thayer, the foreman and archi
tect, for his gentlemanly courtesy IN show
ing us through and around the works
He also showed US the original plans anc
drawings of the works, and Of the pump
ing gear and shaft. No" higher compli
msnt can be paid to his ability as an ar
chitect and builder, than saying that NJ
has had the direct responsibility OF laying
gu. the plan and overseeing the compile
ton of these magnificent works.
Music HALL.-Last night, on the occa
sion of Max. Walters benefit, a full hous
greeted the production Of the splendi'
Irish comedy Of kiss Your Father
Harry Courtaine as O'Callighan showed
as usual his mastery talent as com
dian. Harry is a trump, and no lady !
more at home in her boudoir than he Is II
light comedy or farce. A splendid bill
was produced in the usual routine OF song
and dances. Collins Happy Old Man
was among the gems. The public cal
never tire of il, for TO witness it is WORT
double the price Of admission. To-mor
row night an entirely new comedy. emu
tied Lola Montez, or the Pas de tasci
nation" being an incident in the life o
Lola Montez, will be given. 1t promise
a rich treat.
SERVED HIN RIoHr. Yesterday a
noon, a man by the name Of lobe Herral
was on a spree in the San Francisco Sa
loon, corner Of C and Union streets, Vir
GINA, and feeling quite belligerent, wa
aourishing his revolver and trying to zeal
somebody. when he lost his center Q
gravity and fell toward a window, run
ming his revolver and hand through i
and cutting his wrist frightfully on tn
Jagged edge Of the glass. lobe D
more careful hereafter when he gets agh'
CAroHr HrN.-Tom Bolton, one 10 IN
FIVE prisoners who lately escaped from c
rvs Hotel" has been caught. He was see
by a soldier on the Walker river road, mgr
before last, and on the soldier trying to arTe'
him, he showed fight, but was obliged
Weld. Bolton was under sentence OF seVe
wears, for robbing the Episcopal Church,
Virginia. Three Of the c~onyicss are still {
large.
FENIAS MEETING. - There will be
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