Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-10-08
TRIP TO DAYTON.

Ep1roR GoLp HILL News: Having a
desire to see some of our old Dayton
friends, we climbed aboard the stage Of
Mr.. Harub, who runs q double daily
accommodation line between Virginia
city and Dayton. The trip down re-
minded me of a Western pioneer rail-
road train, which made a stop at all the
pawpaw orchards. When we left Gold
Hill the stage resembled a travelling
furniture store, but on NJ arrival in
Dayton it had all disappeared. Tho
line of stages on this road is compelled
to do a kind Of huckster business-al-
though not pleasant to passengers, yet
profitable to the proprietors. A fast
freight line would certainly do a good
business on this road, as there is a great
deal Of jobbing done between the two
places. On, the trip down we saw little
Of interest between Gold Hill aud Silver
City, excepting the great number of
blanket sluices in the canon. At the
present time there 10 not a space Of two
hundred feet Of ground in the canon
between lower Gold Hill and Dayton
but what is covered by sluices. In
many places there are hundreds Of tons
of concentrated tailings piled up, wait
ing reduction.
During the past summer, Silver City
has improved very much. We noticed
several new brick buildings which have
been recently erected. The mills were
all busy. and the town had a healthy
and lively appearance.
From Silver to Dayton we saw but
two things which attracted our atten-
ton /; the first Of which was an unlucky
teamster, who had driven too near the
edge of the grade, where there was a
perpendicular embanknent some ten
feet down, ard had the misfortune to
have the bank give way. The result
was that his wagon was lying in the
gulch below with the load on the lower
side. He was looking at it like a phi
losopher, and uttered not a word, evil
IDENTIFY not feeling capable of doing the
case justice in the way teamsters usually
settle such matters with their con-
sciences. The other object which at
ttaIkSu Jul ottChtiou WINS WV Ho"VA
garden Of Mr., Briggs, at the Excelsior
Mill. The garden seemed to be literally
buried in beautiful, bright flowers, and
we imagined the air perfectly fragrant,
but were unable to fully decide, as
there were a couple of Teutonic gentle
men aboard who permitted US to smell
nothing but tobacco smoke. A short
drive and a few more disbursements OF
furniture, pepper sauce and grind-stones
brought us up in Dayton.
On my arrival at the National Hotel
l found my friend, ]. D. Cross, stand.
ing with open arms ready to receive me,
which he did in a most hospitable man
nsr. Cross is justly entitled to the
name of the jolly landlord md that he
knows how to " keep hotel" all who
ever stopped at the National will testify.
l found many new and substantial
buildings had been erected in Dayton,
since my last visit, some six months
since. Among them is the large billiard
saloon Of NJ. J. Henly and Charley King.
Their place is doing a Wholesale bust
ness. While l was in Dayton | learned
that a subscription had been raised to
pay the expenses of having 100 tons OF
ore brought from Como to Dayton, for
reduction. 1t is to be reduced at the
mill Of Birdsall & Carpenter. The peo-
pie of Dayton are sanguine they can OBJ
tain ore from some Of the lodges in Pal
myra District that will give a yield Of
SOS per ton. The work Of selecting the
ore will commence in a few days. Who
knows but Como may yet become noted
for her rich mines? Such may be the
case, but | am very skeptical on the
point. l met many old Comoites in
Dayton, whose eyes cleaned with joy
at the prospect of IL flank movement
being threatened on poor dsfuuct Como.
There are many lodges in Palmyra
District, and a great deal of good ore,
and it is my opinion if properly worked
it will pay we'll. However, we have had
"pie enough"
/ was informed by DR.. Hazlett, who
has been practicing medicine in Dayton
for the past FIVE years, that there has
been more sickness there, during this
fall, than there has been during the re-
mainder Of the time he has been a resi-
dent of the place. There is a funeral
almost every day, and almost the whole
populace Of tho town are sick or have
been. The disease, the Doctor says, is
entirely different from anything he has
eve seen, and has no description in any
Of the medical works. He has named
it the "Carson River fever" If prompt
action is not taken, when a person is
attacked with it, it will generally prove
fatal in a few hours.
Dayton is particularly favored with
handsome women, and homely men,
therefore it is generally considered mt
of the most sociable places in the State,
by every man | ever heard speak of it.
Ny trip homo was marked with nothing
of note, further than being u tedious,
cold ride-the stage being overloaded
and the roads heavy. Yet a trip to
Dayton is one Of pleasure, as the Day
tonians are a clever people. B.