Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-02
Fl EVENING NEWS.
Trip Co DAYTON.

promising 10 pay a visit TO our neigh
boring towns, Silver City and Dayton.
Accordingly, on yesterday afternoon,
We took passage by walkers" line.
Being fresh, we made the trip to Silver
City in the space of twenty-five minutes,
taking good care to keep an eye out for
all that could be seen. We found the
road rather rough in Lower Gold Hill
until we arrived at the Imperial Mill.
At this point we thought we could smell
dust. Opposite the Pacific Mill we
found a strip of rough road caused by
the ground having given way and q new
road having to be made. Quite 3 num-
Der Of men were At work on the road
when we passed. A short distance be-
low the Pacific Mill they are taking
out a great deal of black gravel which
is generally worked in arastras, of
which there are quite u number in the
vicinity. As we passed the toll-gate we
noticed the two eagles still in the cage
at the road side. Why the owners do
notletthe poor birds out is something we
cannot understand. Why the bird
which represents this great nation
should be kept Gagged up and not given
its liberty, we say, is q curiosity. we
found Silver City as quiet as a New
England town on Sunday, with the ex-
ception Of the rafting Of the mills.
Among the men we met in Silver was
Judge Pease, who is still in his usual
delicate health. We called for a short
time at the mill of Uncle Joe Trench.
AS be was not there we only stopped 10
observe that the mill was in excel
lent order and runs like clock-work. At
this mill, is the point where the sluice
and blanket operation commences
From Silver City TO Dayton almost the
whole distance, the canon is filled with
wide sluices with low sides, on which
blankets are spread for the purpose of
concentrating the sulphurets and quick
silver that are in the tailings which
pass down the gulch. We saw many
companies at work with these sluices.
How much profit there is in il we are
unable to state, yet it must pay, or so
many persons would not go into the
business. The water in the canon at
the present time is so high that il Is al
most impossible TO do anything with
the tailings. The dams for catching
them have been washed away and In
some instances it has been necessary to
anchor down the sluices in order to
keep them from being carried away by
the water. All the mills in the canon
are busily employed in crushing ore
from the mines of Gold Hill and Nr-
GINA. We called for q short time At
the Nevada Foundry, where we found
35 men employed in the moulding room,
and 25 in the machine and blacksmith
shop, making in all, 60 men. The Su-
perintendent, Mr.. Emmett, informed US
that the whole force was kept constrntly
employed and that they were really I'M
able to supply the demand for castings.
There has been many Improvements
made to this large establishment within
the past year, among which are the
erection Of another large cupola and u
Mckenzie patent blower, which makes
n blast for both furnaces with less pow
er thar was required to run a single
fan of the old style. Both furnaces
were in blast when we were there
and some heavy work was being done.
From Silver TO Dayton we saw little OF
interest, excepting the continuous train
of wagons, loaded with wood, that were
vending their way up the n to the
different mills about Gold Hill and Vir-
ginia. During the whole trip the wind
blew a perfect gale, and the air was
filed with clouds of dust from the time
we left the Imperial mill, lower Gold
Hill. The rush of water in the canon,
caused by the melting snow about Gold
Hill, had made quite a river, and IN
many places oyerfowed the road so that
it was quite impossible to go down IN
the canon, and we were at times COM
PEELED to climb along the hill sides.
AMER a walk of forty minutes from Sill
YER we found ourself in the suburbs OF
Dayton. We will not say that Dayton
is a beautiful town situated on the bank
of q silver stream and surrounded by
green forests ETC., but at this time 1t
looks rather melancholy, owing to the
fact that in the upper part of the town
the old walls Of brick buildings which
were burnt out last summer are yet
standing, making the town look hke
the remains Of some deserted city; al
though, in the lower part of the town,
there are quite a number Of new and
substantial buildings, which have been
erected since the fire. Among these IS
the National Hotel, owned and kept by
l. d. Cross. This building was first
mt up in Como, but last fall Mr.. Cross
took il down and removed it to Dayton.
The house is three stories high, and has
n ground base of sixty feet square, with
two fronts, one on Main street and the
other on Pike street, and is hard finish
ed throughout. There is not a more
complete hotel in the State than the
National of Dayton. On our arrival in
W the FIRST place we sought out was
the National Hotel, and our old friend,
I. d. Cross, who suffered with US during
our days of tribulation away over in
Como, and next in Excelsior; we found
him as Jolly as in days gone by, when
we were rich lin feet over in Como.
Joe Munckton, formerly Of Silver City,
has a lease Of the bar-room, and keeps
some stuff he calls beverage, which we
tried. and must pronounce 1t No. l.
After tea, we took a spin around town
TO see how things looked, and we found
oui,e a number of old acquaintances,
among whom was judge Hayden. James
Henley, Kendrick, Crocker, DrlHazlett,
kennedy l. Co., all Of whom looked
vonn0er and haudsomer than when we
saw Them last. In fact, m~oresoeiable
and genial people than our Dayton
neiuhbors, we have not seen for a long
time, As to the ladies Of that burg,
tbey cannot be beat for sociability Or
GOOD looks. The climate al Dayton IS
Sery different from Gold Hill at this time
The air is as soft as summer, but, asyet,
there is no green vegetation. The grass
has mot vet started, but the ranchmen
are preparing the ground for the SEED,
although we believe no seed has peer
planted yet. All the mills in the Ticini,
~ Of Dayton are busy. A great many
teams pass through the town daily wi'e
ore for the mills, and return with wooc
for the mills and hosting works In tnt
more elevated regions. The waters Q,
the Carson are not near so much swollen
az we expected 10 find them, being ou'
Iow ,vater-mark. Some