Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-21
II EVENING NEWS.

TIE CoNsrocx LHDoE.-Many persons
speaking Of the ConStOek ledge aeknow1
edge i, is a large and rich one but how
many persons ever took a thought ina
the Comstock lode is the great pillar or
which our State stands Should the mines
on the Coms,ock fail, what would we hav,
to supper, a State government Here ART
the groupings Of a ledge one mile and
half in length that gives employment tc
nearly two thousand miners, about on,
thousand mill men, FIVE hundred team,
s,ers at least, from three to Ave hundred
lumbermen. five hundred wood-choppers
fifty coal. burners, and q large number o.
assayers and other men who are directly
employed by the mines. All the citizens
OF which Carson. Empire, Dayton, Viz.
ginia, Gold Hill. Silver City, and in fac
every man and o in the whole west
ern portion Of the State is entirely depend
ent on the great Comstock ledge for theii
daily bread. When we come to look at oui
utter dependence on the future prospects
OF the mines of Gold Hill and Virginia, II
it is not at all surprising that a rich strike
in the lower level Of any Of them, places
smile on the face Of every man whether ne
is an owner in any Of them or not. II he
has no nearer relations TO the mining In
,erest than a fisherman in Lake Tahoe, OF
an aspiran, TO a clerkship in the Legisla-
,ure, or a pledged member thereof, yet MS
interest is the same /; for salary Is at the
bottom Of il all, and the money TO pay
said salary must come out OF the mines oil
the Comstock. II the projected tunnel oil
Mr.. Su,ro is carried through, many gener-
atoms will pass away and lind the Com
stock still supporting our State. Not only
will the mines, which are now paying
rain down their showers Of silver bricks,
bu, a, that depth undoubtedly the ledge
will be traceable for miles in both direc-
tons, giving a much wider field for ope'
rations than we nov have. We do mos'
sincerely hope that the enterprise OF MI
Su,ro may prove a success-as 1t IS GOOD
plain, c~ommon-sense reasoning that tne
ledge is evidently richer al a depth OF TWO
thousand feet thar at two hundred feet
for heavy metals never float.
SCARCITY OF wArER.-The great scarcity
Of water. in Gold Hill and Virginia, is much
felt this Fall. A number Of mills are COM
PEELED to lay idle for want Of water; ever
some OF the hosting works have had to sus'
pend for want Of water TO supply the boilers
The foreman Of the Empire, this morning,
informed US that they had 70 suspend opera
- - ~. l,,-,r 1,yn1 fNr several DAYS. IN
consequence Of having no water 10 generate
steam. Arrangement, however, have been
made by which they will catch the water
hoisted from the mine in a tank so they
will, hereafter, be independent IN that par;
ticular. This is a most excellent idea, ana
il adopted BY all the. mines, would prove a
vrea, saving as well as making them indepen'
dent from outside sources. The yellow
Jacket company, some time SINCE, adopted
this method; having a small independent
pump, which is run by a bell from the main
shaft. This pump hoists water from a tank
placed in the tunnel, where the main pump
discharges, and raises il over the top OF the
hosting works, emptying into a tank, whieh
furnishes an abundance Of water for the
works, BY running il a small portion Of the
time.
WErrISG Down Our SrRSRTs.-Mar-
shall Began to-day gave our streets q
thorough wetting down, dispellinS the
clouds Of dust that for several days past
have euveloped the town. We noticed
quite a number Of our citizens who VEN
tured too near Billy while he was squirt
ing the water around. that got the dust
on their backs pretty well laid. While
Mr.. Ryan was laying plans and making
suggestions who 10 wet down, he was
seized by another party, and both got the
bene6, OF a full stream for several seconds.
Good sport, no doubt, but rather cool.
AwoRD TO TEAMsrBRs.-Are your AMI
mails suffering from any troublesome sores :
Have you been nightly cleansing and dres-
sing the sore shoulders, and daily padding
the collar: Take our advice and try Ham
mer's Collar Gall Ointment. You will be
surprised TO see how rapidly and effectually
il will heal them up. The Collie Medicine
should always be in the jockey box, ready
for use a, a moments warning, it may save
the life Of a valuable animal. See advertise
ment in This issue. nol5-lw.
MARTIN Is HERE.-Martin the Wizard
is in town, and will give one Of those ex-
cellen, entertainments this evening. But
Tomorrow night the Wizard intends to
throw himself away; and we would advise
all who wish to see an amusing entertain
men, 10 be there. Many Of our citizens
have seen Martin in days gone by, but not
when he was the performer he Is now
having, in our opinion, improved most
wonderfully.
HrGH PRIcEs.-Yes;erday evening we
me, an old Indiana friend in Virginia,
whom we had not seen for many years,
and who, Hoosier like, had been driving
hogs 10 Reese River. He says that hogs
in tina, part of the State readily bring $40
cents per pound on foot. We remember
when, in Indiana, pork only brought that
price per hundred pounds.
"PRoYEssoR CoMrroS."-This leprou'
and rotten old skunk-demoralizer Of virtue,
education and decency, and "capper FOL
Chinese houses Of prosti.ution-was per
mi,ted 10 lecture in Virginia CITY las,
evening. A repetition OF his lecture wouIo
most certainly enttle the place to the nam
Of being a second "SOdom and GOmorrha'
FuS.-There will be some good spor'
n, McCourt & Orndof's tonight. They
bav. Jus, had a large importation from
California. Be on hand.
BULLION. Il There was shipped from
Wells, Fargo s Co.'s Gold Hill office, this
afternoon, 10 bars OF bullion, weighing
$50 pounds, valued at Sl6,o9O ~.
BuLLroS.-van Wyck s Co., Colo
Hill, received this morning, for melting
and assay, 1892 ounces OF crude bullion.
BULLIoS.-Edwards s Wiegand. Cole
Hill, received this morning for melting
and assay, 2,O66 ounces Of crude bullion.
BrY A Coon ONE OR NoNE.-Many abso
lutely worthless NwingApachines are nov
before the public, b9purSfase which woul'