Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-07-26
THE EVENING NEWS,

HAA ~ oAh0aNSA
near ~Franktown, in Washoe county, and
has established a reputation for working
a high grade of ores second to none in
Nevada. From Mr.. T. B. Schamp, SUI
perintendent, we learn the following sta
tistlcal Information relative thereto: The
mil is OF q heavy capacity and is furnished
with motive power by two first class
seventy-hve horse power engines, each OF
an eighteen inch cylinder pattern and
three feet stroke Of piston rod. The boil
ers are four in number, each t~wenty-siX
feet in length and forty-two inches in
diameter. with three inch hues. Twenty
five stamps are used for wet crushing and
forty stamps for dry crushing. Six Var
ney pans and six Wheeler and Randall
NEW patent) pans are used for amalga-
mating the common ores, which pass from
the batteries into twenty-four large watts.
The rich ores are worked by the Friburg
process, and are roasted in eight huge
furnaces and afterward a~malgamated in
twenty barrels, after the usual manner
Besides these are four two-fect settlers
and two fourteen-feet settlers for the fur
Their saving of minerals. All ores that
are received az this mill that will work
more than one hundred dollars are crush
ed by the dry process, baked in the furn-
aces, amalgamated in the barrels, and the
large amount of eighty per cent. of the
fire assay is guaranteed TO be returned to
the ~assignors. The poorer grades of ore
are worked by the usual pan process with
average results. This mill is so situated
that it has many advantages over others,
particularly as TO wood and water, for the
contiguous country is well watered with
mountain streams and heavily wooded,
thus reducing the price of reduction of ore
TO & point that can hardly be competed
with. Mr.. Schamp has had an extensive
experience in the treatment of silver ores,
and is an energetic, reliable business man.
CoMPRoMIsED.-We are happy to state
that authentic information is extant that
the Minerva and Bullion claims have COM
promised their difficulties, which now free
both from all litigation. II is stated that
the Minerva is granted 400 feet of the 900
they claim on the south end Of the claim
and lying next north Of the Alpha, while
the Bullion is ceded the balance of the
feet, lying next north. and heretofore
claimed BY both parties. Thus terminates
another of the great suits which has
clogged the interests of our country so
long, and we consider the settling Of this
case one of the greatest benefits we have
received for months, for il has been darkly
limited that hundreds of feet Of q well de-
fined metal bearing ledge has been stripped
in and throughout the whole length OF the
Bullion works-needing but the settle
ment of the suit to bring TO the light OF
day, and TO the glorious delight OF mill
men, rock for crushing. 1t is supposed
tina, some little time will be required to
arrange all affairs amicably to both par
ties, but that the foundation for the ru-
mors prevalent are truth i'll fact, we can
not doubt, and we must congratulate the
numerous stockholders upon at last hav-
ing a tangible claim TO hold, and each one
with every prospect OF yielding large
quantities of the most valuable ore.
For ExcELsIoR.-W. \. Bourne, with
some seven others, left Virginia, yesterday,
for Excelsior District, with a full compile
ment Of tools and necessary articles for
working the California claim. Hardly a
day passes but we see parties forming to
leave for Excelsior or other districts sur
rounding US, and heavy indeed has been
the drain upon our population TO supply
all the prospecting parties which have
been leaving US in such umoers during
the las, three months. But we can we'll
afford 10 lose them temporarily, we'll
knowing that the more the contiguous
mining localities are opened up, the great
er will be the advantage accruing to our
towns, in the fact of being able TO supply
all articles requisite for the thorough de-
yelopment of these districts. We are
pleased 10 see the activity manltcstlnS
itself in the development Of our vast re-
sources, and wish success and good cheer
TO al OF them.
PRopucISa ORE.-The Overman Com
pany are now taking Il considerable
quantities of ore. They have a number OF
tons of splendid looking pay rock on
their dump. and have also hauled away TO
mills a number of tons besides. We are
informed that they have opened up a large
Quantity of ore in the mine, and that this
rock taken out is but q small quantity
compared with what the company have in
sight and ready to be hoisted. This is the
first pay rock which the company have
taken out since their new hosting works
were erected, about q year go. We hope
that hereafter no such length OF time will
intervene, in which this mine is not sendI
ing out its tons of ore and we hope to
see an abundance Of bullion from the
Overman which will yield large and fire.
quent dividends to its owners.
MAcHINERY.-Large quantities Of min
ing and mill machinery are now daily ar
irving from San Francisco, Sacramento
and Marysville, designed for use in this
vicinity and various districts adjoining.
Never have we before seen such numbers
of teams loaded with boilers, engines,
matchmaking pans. hosting gear and
lacking arrive in a whole season as we
have witnessed coming in during the last
month. Well. the more the better. and
the quicker our resources are developed
the better il must be for our entire III
terests.
SyrcuELL's BENErIT.-This evening,
Dan Setchell. takes his first benefit in Ne
yada; and, on the occasion, offers the
strongest bill yet announced. As Madam
Vanderpants. in A Thousand Milliners
Wanted" Dan is immensely funny, and
supported as he will be by the rollicking
Mrs. Stewart, the charming and beautiful
Belle Land, the versatile Chapman, the
piouen, Mrs. Wells. and the fresh vivacity
Of Flora Bray, how can he fail to connect
and tickle everybody. In our opinion
Dan will have q crowded house, though
half dollars are now As scarce "a connu-
bal felicity more than a year old.
LrvELy.-Our streets, yesterday, pre-
scented a far ~lirelier appearance than they