Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-06-25
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OwsN's Valley, src.-we saw two
soldiers in town yesterday, and on making
inquiries, found they belonged to Com
pany B, Ninth Regular Infantry, COM
manded by Capt. Devens, and including
on its muster roll eighty-four men. They
have been stationed at Camp Independ-
ence for the last two months, q post locs-
ted thirty miles from Owens Lake. The
soldier boys pronounce Owens Valley
the richest and finest they had ever seen.
Il is eighty miles long, with . width OF
six to eight miles, all Of which il tillable
land, and can be easily irrigated. Lumber
in abundance can be commanded for all
agricultural and mining purposes, for
Owens River 10 used to float down,
with but q small cost, all that IL
needed from the mills located on the
upper part Of this stream. The minerals
found in this region are gold, silver, cop
per, iron and lead. They are said to
abound here, and many excellent claims
have already been located. The soldiers
frequently 90 sui and bring in pieces OF
rock, and on subjecting them to the hres
OF q common forge, have extracted silver
enough to make a great number OF finger
rings.
We will state. in connection with Camp
Independence. that Rogers, the man who
shot his neighbor in so cold.blooded .
manner about the goth Of last May, 10 still
confined q, the Camp, awaiting trial. Lest
our readers may have forgotten the cir
eums,ances, we will briefly state that
Rogers neighbor. = German, had occasion
to ~irrisate his farm. Some Of the water
flowed upon the land Of Rogers, who
went and told the German that unless no
stopped II he would shoot him. As the
water was permitted to flow on, Rogers,
in the coolest and most deliberate manner,
went and shot him down as though no
had been q dog.
The Indians in this section Of country
are very peaceably inclined at present.
BuRRALL.-We have received from Bur-
rail- a muniicent supply Of ~periodicals-
sample received BY last steamer: Godey's,
Pe,erson's, Frank Leslie's, Ballou's, Fow-
Ter & Wells July magazines; the last is
sue Of Blackwood; pictorial weeklies up
to the I'd Of this month. OF the contents
OF some of these magazines we shall note
hereafter. For q supply Of fresh and very
instructive and entertaining reading mat
ter, 90 to Burrall's. His variety Of publ
cations will surprise and please you /; his
prices will astonish you. To suppose that
you don't know his place is at the corner
Of c and Union streets, would be
10 presume that you are not acquainted
with noted places in Virginia City.
WENT Ur.-The spire Of the NJ. z.
| Church, went up to its intended destination
this morning. 1t has been lying on Main
street for several days, in front Of the late
NEWS Office, receiving its coating OF paint,
but was successfully placed in the position
designed for it, without accident Of any ma
ture whatever. 1t looked like a very difficult
operation at the start, TO raise this spire, but
| Mr.. White, the contractor, seemed to under
stand his business well. Slowly and surely
it wendell its way up, attracting 4 large
crowd Of lockers on. The gilt bali and vane
that tops this spirs, will be very conspicuous
objects in future.
MOUNTAIN TRouT.-Jim Gray, Charley
Van Gorder, and Harry Clawson-disci-
pies of Isaac Walton-this morning pre-
sented US with a mess Of delicious speckled
trout, Just brought in from Independent
Lake, in the Sierras, not far from the
Dutch Flat route. Thanks, gentlemen.
Come again.
PsrgRINe.-There was received to-day for
melting and assay, at the various Offices in
this place, 32,S2S ounces amalgam. We still
| continue 70 live in Gold Hill.