Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-04-14
THE EVENING NEWS.

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WAsHoE SALT CoNrANY.-Little more
than one year since vast deposit OF SAT-
was discovered at Sand Springs, on the
Humboldt road, and two companies OF
ganized TO practically demonstrate 'Ne
value of the discovery. one OF when Iui
nishes the caption of this article. hne
claim consists of four hundred ana t"en!
acres; and last June men were put at
work mining the same depos'te' Os
the past nine months n little mort man
five hundred tons of an exeei4eh' quaNy
of salt has been mined ana orouSns "
narket-the value of which exceeds SoO,-
OnO The EXPENSE of the company tor
fr.;sbt mining. superintendanee, build
aori ;ncidentals, amounts to somewhat
nysr $40 900, leaving q very handsome
= balance in their favor. Although so large
, onantity has been taken from the claim,
il has hardly marked the mine. and dur
ing the coming season O much greater
quantity will be mined and brought here
for milling and domestic uses. A large
s,orehouse. two-stories in height, and
strongly constructed. has been erected
south Of the Empire mill. and so con-
Strucred that teams can drive into the up
per story from the western side and dump
The salt into bins below. while "out teams"
drive TO the eastern side and are loaded
with but little labor. Connected with the
company is Millington's agency, at Nos.
l07 and 100 South C street, Virginia,
where the coarse salt is ground BY an i'm
proved mill and put up in in five. ten and
twenty pound sacks for domestic uses.
The mill is driven BY an engine which is
of ample capacity to do the required labor
of grinding salt. barley, and wood-turn-
ing. and Is fastened TO stout wheels so
as TO be transported at any time to any
required point. With this company, as
with many other WaShoe enterprises.
Yankee go-ahead-ativeness is the leading
characteristic. for now We are furnished
salt at $50 per ton, ola better quality than
formerly cost 1920 per ton, imported from
California. Just such self-dependence
will make Nevada Queen of the Pacific.
NOVEL MISISG.-Passing through G
stree, yesterday we noticed man crush
ing huge boulder that was lying in the
street, and. as We thought for the pur-
pose of taking it out of the way. On ap-
preaching. We learned different, however.
The old man who was doing the work in
formed US that, having no work and no
prospect of getting any, he intended to
tak9tAe quartz to one of the mills to have
j. crushed. expecting to realize something
from il. The rock. on inspection, looked
well. and justified the old man in his en-
terprise. The boulder in question, weighed
abou, a ton, and evidently came from the
Comstock OF Virginia ledge, a mile and a
half distant. But what tale of human
suffering and sorrow was there written in
the old mans face, whose gray hairs, bag
gard and worn look, plainly told of a
life of disappointment and hope deferred.
The conversation we had with him showed
the man. TO be one of information; he
spoke with great intelligence of geological
and neurological facts pertaining to the
State, in which he resided since SO, after
a lengthy mining life in California. How
many superintendent realized, how much
vainless strife for fame and station, how
many tasks unachieved. do we meet with
daily in persons meek and lowly, gray
headed and toil-worn, ragged and suffer
ing! Alas, for the countless numbers,
who, on the brink of death. pass into the |
grave with the words upon their Ii s: II
have done much, but I have failed!"
PErRoIEuM.-We were shown yester- !
day. by Judge Pease, Of Silver City. a
quantity of some fluid which is supposed |
DE petroleum" This fluid has an
CIV, appearance, and a very disagreeable
oder, with a sediment of dark looking |
substance, and is taken from a small
spring on the side of hill, three miles
:r9& Fredericksburg, Alpine county, on
me Genoa road, and was first discovered
20 contain the above mentioned fluid by
Mr.. e. Osborn. who was attracted TO the
matter By hearing that teamsterS on the
route were accustomed TO wash their
hands in the substance as specific for
chapped and sore fingers. He at once
made q location. and obtained lease
from the owner of the ranch to prospect
for oil BY boring, for the space of one
year, with the option of purchasing the
ground at the expiration of that period.
The following analysis of the fluid, made
by Mr.. Foltz, chemist at Silver City, is
certainly very hatrerins indications OF
petroleum. The sediment is found. upon
ANALYSIS, TO contain bitumen As to so per
cent, oxyd Of iron 90 to 25 per cent. The
residue being sand and mineral matter. |
We learn that immediate steps are to be
taken to erect machinery for boring well |
70 prospect the groupings" Who
knows but that the company will get it
rich:
DISTRICT Court, VIRelSIA.-The fol-
lowing business was transacted this morn
ing before Judge Rising: Sissa VS.. Un-
Sam Coon trial.
Before Judge Burbank: State vs.. San
tiaso Augustine and Bernardo Vargas
indicted on a charge of grand larceny
Varyos withdrew his plea Of not guilty,
and plead guilty of petty larceny; he was
recommitted until tomorrow for sentence
Augustine was discharged.
Befose Judge Mesick: Goods VS.. Man.
dlch-cOntlnue0. Rice VS. ~. AuieAASoh
Co.-the name of VIM. Thompson was
ordered substituted as plaintif-demurrer
overruled and judgment ordered for the
plaintiff.
BESEFrr.-This evening, the talented
and favorite actor, Frank Mayo, will re-
ceive benefit a. Maguire's Opera House,
Virginia. The play is a serio-comic |
drama, never before presented to Viz
GINA audience, entitled MIram's Crime. |
and is one of the best pieces produced
during the present season besides which,
Mr.. MAYO, by special request, Will recite |
that beautiful poem "Bingen on the
Rhine" We feel confident that the house |
will be crowded, for no actor ever marked
the green cloth Of the legitimate stage in |
Virginia, who has more private friends
and ardent admirers, than Frank Mayo.
From survey just completed, we learn
that Sutro's gigantic tunnel will pierce
Gold Hill and Mount Davidson, Viz
sinia, at a depth Of LOO to 1000 feet
tbns aeordiD1