Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-06

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l55i !,..E January %, 1865. IS r-
EDIroH GOLD HILL NEWS: In this gold
and silver loving age Of the world, perhapsa
few items from these celebrated mines will
be interesting to your readers. These mines
are situated in range Of pine covered NOUN
.ains, about one hundred and eighty miles a
little north of east from Gold Hill, and in
richness far surpass anything have seen in
the State. 1t is .rne they are not developed
like some others are, but so far as they have
been worked, show evidence Of richly remun
Grating the labor and money now being ex-
pended upon them. This region, which has
long been the abiding place Of the Shoshone
and Pah- Utah, where they have spent their
days in pursuit Of the antelope and mountain
sheep, far secluded from the gaze Of white
men, is soon to become the busy theatre Of
active mining operations; and ere many
months, these still wilds will be aroused from
their long slumbering silence by the clatter
OF laundering quartz mills, and this beauti,
full forest, where the young warrior lounRed
on the grassy lawn as he made love to some
beautiful Indian maiden, is soon to- fall ?
prey to the ravages of the axman, to furnish
food for this iron:jawed demon, which will
yomit forth in return the accursed bars OF
shining metal, to add to the damnation OF the
yotaries of Mammon. That's bad ED.
There are now in these districts between
two and three hundred men, who are renga8-
ed in all manner Of yocations. Some are
building cabins, some prospecting, and others
are sinking shafts on ledges, &c. Among.
other late arrivals in this locality, saw, last
week, Professor N. A. Chill and party, who
are engaged in making a Typographical and
Geological survey for the purpose Of making
map OF these mines, laying out roads, &c.
He said he was in the employ of the New
York and Philadelphia Mining Company. i
hope we shall soon have correct and rem
able map of this region--and am sure, if'he
is, rs good on ledges, with their dips, spurs
and angles, as he is on the propositions OF
Leeendre, with their corollaries, scholiums
and lemmas, that his map and report on the
recognized two old Humboldters-A. g. Bate
man one of the first prospectors Of the Hum
bold country, and a venerable old Flute
called Weaknough, who suppose has been
here as long as the mountains, from the way
he understands things hereabouts. .EgsEs
There are hundreds Of locations that have
been made during the last year in this dis
| trict. Among the most promising ledges
4 that have noticed are the Shoshone, Ante
| lope, Saratoga, and Jersey-ledges recently
located by the New York and Philadelphia
Company. There are many, older locations
of high merit, such as the Stromboli, Crystal
Spring, General Grant, New York, Seward &
Chase, Sheba Hurst, and others. These To-
cations were made, by Hurst and othersAome
time last April, and preparations are now
being made to work them on a grand scale.
with capital furnished from New York and
other Eastern cities. .rc-,r..r 4, .,L,.s 4
With the capital, skill and energy that are
being called into requisition by the rich de-
posits OF silver-bearing quartz found in this
locality, combined as they are with al, the
natural facilities that the most fastidious
could ask for reducing the ore, wood and
ter being found in abundance, and that of the
finest quality, in every part Of this District,
timber sufficiently large for all building and
mill purposes, and streams Of pure mountain
water sufficiently large to turn the largest
sized oyershot wheels-this is destined to
become, in q short time, one Of the leading
mining localities in this State. Not only the
prospects of rich harvest Of bullion make
this delightful place of abode, but the de-
lightful climate and the rich pasturage found
in the valleys and lower hills through which
the meandering streams wend their way, and
the fertility Of the soil, which is well adapted
kor all Ia ~ II
vegetation, make this the place for the ranch
men and stock dealers to secure ranches for
hay and pasturage. and fertile gardens, upon
which to grow the necessaries and luxuIies
to satisfy the appetites Of the hundreds Of
miners and team horses, whose labors will
soon be demanded TO bring into circulation
the tons Of silver which have lain dormant
for ages beneath the shady groves OF this Al
pine region. f."M!.$
Game Of different kinds abounds here.
Antelope in vast herds are seen along the
base Of the mountains and on the plains be-
low Also, large beries Of sage hens are
constantly flying up before the traveller IN
these localities, while among crags higher up
in the mountains iocks OF mountain sheep
are seen, looking over some rugged precipiee,
or basking lazily on some sunny rock, and
grouse and mountain quails are seen in
SShAstSSo hNthvSAS SAAOa6hOub eiAto
forest. There has been a city regularly laid
ott here, which is called Ravenna. There
are number Of temporary houses already
erected in il, and preparations are being
made to erect permanent buildings. This
will, in all human probability, soon be
large and Aourishing city. Pine Mountain
District is what was formerly the nOfthefn
extremity of this District. /. The ore fGsAd In
it, and the facilities for reducing them are
similar to those enumerated in this District,
but it being recently organized, the mines
have not been worked on as extensive scale
as those il this District Nevertheless, they
are driving things with a laudable spirit, and
from what have seen Of the District, think
their labor and means are. expended with
judgment, and will be handsomely rewarded
BY rich yield Of bullion from the ledges Of
this District. The weather. here has not besn
At all inclement this winter, and fromEhGtI
have heard from Virginia and Gold Hill, i
has been Paradise in comparison with what
you have had iWashoe zephyrs are-un-
known here even to, the Oldest settlers, apd,I
hope will remain so. t.
-Cf' Yours, among the mines, 'tsl h''fAfs
fg,,y sG 4.sN y iaa RANsoh Rosa
sr DoN'r you think some verses would
touch, Charley-a beautiful poem oh,