Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-10
n EVENING NEWS.

clock, in Virginia, n DAME. Altman, a
native Of County Kerry, Ireland, took his
own life by placing a pistol TO his breast
and discharging the same. The following
are the facts as nearly as we have been
able TO gather them. Two and a half
wears since Mr.. Altman left his wife and
two children in mos, destitute circum-
stances and started to Boise River. from
which place he returned TO San Francisco
and went TO Arizona. and from there TO
Montana, thence back to Virginia City, at
which place he arrived on Thursday eve.
ming he at once repaired TO the house Of
his wife TO see his children and to propose
10 her 10 renew their connubial bonds.
She, however. had not forgotten the past
him he made threats If she did not allow
him to come back he would kill himself.
Last evening he returned and made the
same kind Of threats, and even old Mrs.
Altman to leave the room as he wished TO
do something that he did not wish her to
see; this she refused to do when he walked
into another room and his wife followed
him. She passed out at the front door Of
the room. which they were then IN, and
started TO go down to Judge Rising's, or
20 b street. When about half way down
the steps. she heard the report Of a pistol.
bu, the precise location Of it she was una.
Die 10 tell. She thought the shot had
been fred At her, and al ono began to
shrek. until her cries were heard to e and
d street.-The building where the tragedy
occurred being on A street, and just back
of the spot on which the old office Of the
Gould 4 Curry stood. The pistol used
in the killing was a navy six shooter, and
was placed so near to the mans breast as
10 burn quite a large hole in his shirt
and from the location Of the wound, evil
IDENTIFY caused instant death. the ball enter
ing within an inch of the left nipple.
Altman was a man OF sober habits and
was entirely sober at the time he shot
himself. Coroner Addison will hold an
inques, on the body to-day.
YELLOW JAcxEr.-In our rambleS. yes
terdsy around Gold Hill. we called at the
Yellow Jacket mine, where we found
things moving along as smoothly as clock
work. Each one around the mine seems
TO have a part 20 perform. and. like the
revolving planets, they never clash. We
noticed, however, that one Of our friends,
Charlie Booths, eyes looked as though
some one had stuck u finger in il. Char
lie says i. was a chip struck 1t, but we
think II was the election. AT the old
works of the Yellow Jacket Company
they are hosting ore principally from
above the upper level, or what is called
surface ore. This ore is a species OF black
gravel, and is Of the same character as
ths, found between Gold Hill and Silver
City. and is much like It in the character
Of PAY. being principally gold. The old
works OF the Yellow Jacket, with two or
exceptions, are inferior to none on the
Constock-having a large carpenter shop
most conveniently arranged, while the
hosting machinery is 50 situated that 1t
i. entirely out Of the way Of everything
else, being on a bench some ten feet above
the hosting and boiler room also having
q splendid 6fty-horss power engine 10 do
the hosting, and a forty-horse engine
which does the pumping. In short, the
Yellow Jacket, as it 10 arranged to-day, Is
one OF the most extensive and completely
arranged mines on the noted Comstock
ledge.
UNION Individuality afternoon we
took a short, stroll around among some OF
the mines and mills of Gold Hill. The
Union Mill, which is located near the
Union Market, in lower Gold Hill, is
comparatively a new mill, and has much
greater capacity than we suspected. The
mill when hrst built had but one battery
of four stamps. Last July two new bat
tsriss Of Ave stamps each were put IN, and
the mill a, the present TIM has ten stamps
OF $50 pounds each. and four stamps OF
500 pounds each. II has fourteen tubs.
in which the pulp is worked, after It Is
crushed. Il Is the intention OF the pro-
prietors to put in two Wheeler pans early
in the Spring, in order to be able TO work
the pulp as fast as the stamps will reduce
the ore, there not being sufficient pan ca
psci,y at the present time for the number
Of stamps in use. The motive power OF
the mill consists Of q Prescott x Scneldel
engine, with a cylinder Of II inch bore
and two feet stroke, being about thirty
horse power. The steam is supplied by .
boiler Ii feet long and IL inches in diane
ter, and uses two and = half cords of wood
per day. and evidently does excellent
work. The only objection we could see
10, the building is rather small for the
amount Of machinery there is about 1t.
MARTIN n WIZARD Last evening
we mad the pleasure of meeting IN Virginia
our old friend, Martin the Wizard. Mar
tin and ourself used to live over in Como,
bu, Como is no more. It's numerous
population has scattered all over the coun-
try, Martin, finding that the mines OF
Como would not pay, he took his little
Joker" under his arm and started out TO
show the people that all they saw was not
20 be believed. for il ia snow you see 1t
and now you don't see it," Como played
the same thing on US. For the past two
wear, Mr.. Martin has been travelling in
the Salt Lake country and in Montana.
He says that Montana is a good mining
region. and has but one fault, and that is
the summer is but TWO months in length.
Snow fell there last summer on the last OF
June and on the first Of September. He
also says that while travelling in one por-
ton Of that country he saw taken from a
small spot. by four men in three days
time, two thousand pounds Of gold. The
lucky finders at once sold the claim. and
taking their gold, left the country. Sensi-
BILE fellows. Martin designs giving some
Of his entertainments in Virginia and Gold
Hill, OF which due notice will be given.
Z W. KHYxs.-To-day we called in at
the new establishment Of Z. W. Keyes, at
No. 100 South C street. The building is
two stories and il filled with furniture and
furnishing goods in the upper story. and
with collins and undertakes goods in
the lower story. We do not hesitate to
saw that the establishment Of Mr.. Keyes
il, one of the most extensive in the city.
ANY one having an idea of shaking of