Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-22
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Shuou 10 Ouly scCouu W Az.
Y. for life. From Gold Hill to Dayton
there is one continued string Of mills
some large and some small-some are
propelled by steam and some BY water.
All are at the present time keeping up
the infernalest din possible. The road
to Dayton winds down the Canon and is
continually damned with teams Of every
description. In the bod of tho gulches
q kind of sluices have been built, which
are wide, and have low sides and are
generally from three to ive hundred
feet long. Each sluice is about two
feet wide and there are from six to ten
of them abreast. The bottoms are COW
cred with gunny sacks, which arc taken
up and washed twice every day, in q
large tank for that purpose. These
cloths or sacks catch all the heaviest Of
the tailings, and whom washed, remain
in the tanks. Two men can attend
sluices enough to save Il toms per day,
which is about tho product OF one full
set of sluices whom properly attended.
These tailings pay when worked, from
SIS to S22 per ton. The failing mills,
of which there are a number, ask $40
per ton for working them. We counted
IS sets of these sluices in the Canon
from Gold Hill to Dayton. Thus we
see tha, this new system Of saving met
al brings in a revenue Of 81, $50 perday,
or SCI, 800 per month and $780, ITO per
year Thus it will be seen that nearly
one million Of dollars are saved where
nothing was received one year ago. Civ
ing to those engaged in the sluice bust
ness, a net profit Of 81 50 per day for
their labor, and furnishing employment
to not less than 200 men. Several new
mills for working these tailings have
been erected within the past few months.
Chas. Foreman and Mr.. Armstrong are
now building a mill q short distance be-
low the Piute mill, Lower Gold Hill.
Il will have FIVE stamps and several
pans. To what extent this failing busi-
ness will be carried on is hard to pre-
dict, as there are hundreds who are
ready to embark in anything where
there is good pay, and this is certainly
remunerative from all 1--WE could learn.
Hundreds Of tons monthly are being
taken from the mines between Gold Hill
and Silver City. The rock is q kind Of
black gravel, and contains q heavy pro-
portion of the pay in gold. In fact,
there is more rock being worked from
these mines than ever before By six
fold. At some Of the dump-piles we
saw over . hundred tons Of this ore
piled up ready to be taken to the mills
and arastras.
DAYTON.
We found the little town Of Dayton
much as it did the FIRST time We
ever saw it, excepting in the south part
of town where it has not been rebuilt
since the FIRE of last summer. Nearly
all the houses that have been rebuilt,
are so nearly like the old onss we could
scarcely believe but what they were the
The National Hotel, however,
adds much to the town, being a large
house that looks like q light
house from u distance, being so much
taller than any other building in town.
has q splendid brick court
house, one neat church and . very hand
stone s~chool-house with q large
bell on it. The s~chool-house certainly
speaks well for the people Of Dayton.
They are determined that the rising
shall not be brought up in
ignorance. All the mills along tho Car
son river are busy Mt work; long trains
Of teams are constantly passing through
town loaded with ore for the mills, n
their return. take wood to the mills
and hosting works in the upper coun-
try. Dayton has . most excellent eli
mate, being located lower down than
any other town in the State. While the
whole country around Gold Hill and
Virginia is wrapped in snow, Dayton
enjoys the loveliest Spring weather.
From the peculiar location Of Dayton,
it must in time be o city Of some con-
siderable importance, being at the
mouth Of the canon leading from the
mines Of the Comstock and having any
quantity Of water-pcver in the immedi-
ate vicinity. Aga!u, the mouth OF the
great Sutro Tunnel will be near the
town, SO that when the work commences,
Dayton will be q great central point.
Some parties have commenced work
again on the Yandewster claim in In
dian Springs District, and are taking
out some excellent ore. Mr.. Chas. Nc
Williams informs US that he is satisfied
il will pay well, and in q few days he
intends making . crushing from this
mine. Mac 10 a thorough mill-man, and
il the metal is in the rock he will have
il. We would like to see that country
come up, but wehsye had 80 much "pie"
in that quarter, il makes rs feel sick
when we think Of it. At the same time
it may pay, and w hope it will. Among
those we met in Dayton was Hon. q.
W. Walton, who had just returned from
Como. He gave US a description OF the
place. We will not attempt to pen it
down; for If We did, our eyes would DO
40 blinded by tears that we could not
see the paper. The mighty has fallen,
so have all the houses. But the great
est fall has been in stocks. Feet that
were worth 5000 per foot three years
age, are not now worth two cents per
foot. Mr.. Walton has become sole pos
SCISSOR Of the Buckeye mine, andis about
to secure a patent for it. This 10 as
good, If not the best, mine in the dis
trict, and has some as rich silver rock
as we ever saw anywhere. The snow at
Como, in many places, is still from five
to ten feet deep, and will remain for
several weeks yet. FL Dorado Canon,
which heads at Como, is fed with water
from tina, region, and continues to be
quite a respectable river. During the
past winter the water in the canon has
been so high that the gravel in the bed
of the canon has been swept down into
the Carson river, until . large bar has
been formed nearly across the river,
slmos. filing up the dam Of the Becky
Point mill. The snow in the mountains
has stopped the wood traffic to Q consid-
erable extent, and as 3 result, wood in
DAYTON commands . higher price than
usual. Now We como to the business
men Of Dayton. There is q certain class
of persons who will do business, and
arc the kind Of men for people to pat
roniIe. Although we will not refer 70
each person separately, as tits onlyneces-
.sry to refer to the columns Of the Nlws
pnder the head Of stNew To-Day" TO see