Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-24
H EVENING NEWS,

with gas. The great black iron receiver
or gasometer which stands in q reser-
voir Of water is 40 feet in diameter and
about Is feet in height. Only one half
OF the generating capacity Of the works
are used to supply the present demand.
The tubes in which the wood and coal
are placed to be burned, are charged
with 80 pounds Of coal aud IS pounds of
pitch wood every 1 hours, when all tho
gas is obtained from them the coal is
used for the furnace. The coal used ia
from Scotland, and is a fine grained light
coal, only hit for the manufacture Of gas
or for making steam. The Company
have on hand a considerable amount OF
coal and wood. The works are situated
in the center Of a large yard which has
been cleared Of rock and leveled up
in good order. We very ruch doubt
whether Virginia City will ever be large
enough to demand the use ofthe remain
der of the works. From present appear
ances 1t does not look much hat way.
At the same time if the Company would
press II a little more so that two burners
would give as much light as = tallow
candle it would be a good idea. Is it
is we cannot consistently give them so
much credit.
IMPERIAL AND ENPIRE.-Thc work OF
grading for the new hosting works Of
the Imperial and Empire companies is
being pushed forward with q great deal
Of energy. Some fourteen men are en-
,1n-aI and Al lava snarA haa alraanv
been ~excavated. AS soon as the timbers
can be got on the ground the work OF
framing the building will commence
which will be in u few days. These
works, when completed, will be the
most powerful and extensive on the
Comstock lode. The shaft will cut the
ledge a greater depth than it has ever
been reached before by nearly 200 feet.
A few months will tell the tale for the
mines Of Gold Hill. Now is the time
to buy your stocks. If good ore is
found in the ledge when il is opened in
this shaft, then feet will 60 "up out OF
sight" The chances in this lottery are
two TO one in favor of the man who
holds a ticket.
OPERA HousE.-The performance at
the Opera House last night, was as
usual good, but the attendance was
very small. The truth is, the people OF
Nevada seem TO have a poor apprecia-
tion Of theatrical entertainments being
strictly admirers of Melodeon perform
ances. As Mark Twain says, ''they
must peel" or it is impossible to have q
good attendance. This evening there
will be a lively play: "Moll Pitcher"
or The Fortune Teller of Lynn" 1t is
Likely that there will be good audience
tonight, as the play is Of a lively char
acter.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-The large Hotel
Of Mr.. Pollard, situated at the west
end of Bonner Lake, was yesterday af-
teruoon destroyed by FIRE. Pollard's
Station il, the priucipa. stopping place
between Virginia and Cisco, being where
they change stages, and being the only |
place where a telegTaph office is KEEP.
A new building will be erected, no
doubt, Immediately, or the station will
he temporarily moved to the east end OF
the lake, where Mr.. Ingrahsm has a
large Hotel and all the necessary stable
room required by the stage company for
heir stock.
NEW DuNPs.-ThiS morning we no.
ticed two new dumps in Gold Hill Prop
er. The prospectors of mines are CON-
ing to their senses, and have concluded
that shoveling rock from the ground
into wagons don't pay, which is even
so. Il is too much like the old way Of
carrying the grist to mill in one end OF
the bag and a stone in the other, to
make il balance. With selt-loading
dumps, a wagon can be loaded in less
than one-teuth part Of the time, and
with no expense whatever; while TO load
q wagon with shovels incurs an expense
of not less than 81 per load for labor
aud stoppage of the team.
TIxBxR.-The great lack Of timber for
our mines is now being supplied very
rapidly. Large trains Of wagons come
in on the American Flat and Ophir
grades continually, loaded with mining
timber. This morning we counted over
a dozen wagons at one time IN sight.
The mines of Gold Hill make use OF
about 500, 900 feet Of timber per month,
for underground timbering. The idea
that 1900, 900 feet of timber is used in
the mines Of Gold Hill every year, looks
hardly credible, but it lisa fact that can
be proven.
FIREMES's ELEcrIoS.-As we go to
press, q 6remen's election is going on
a, the Town Hall, under our new ordi-
nance creating q Fire Department, for
tho choice Of a Chief Engineer and an
Assistant Engineer. ". II. II. Lee, |
having no opposition, will be elected by
q unanimous vote. For Assistant, there
are two candidates, A. \. Putnam and
F. II. Decher. Either one will make a
good officer; but AS both are popular
among the FIRE laddies, at present il is
impossible to tell which will win.
R~EcoRpER's CouRr, VIRGINIA. The
following cases came before His Honor,
Judge Meagher, for consideration to-
day: Mrs. P. Brown, arrested for ma
l%icious mischief. J.. P. Sweet, arrested
on suspicion of insanity. Alb kee was
arrested on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. Sam Wsu was arrested
on the same charge. F. Ames, arrested
for disturbing the peace.
HERR is a recipe that will interest.
ho~use-keepers: To make an apple pud-
ding, take four large apples; pare, chop
6ne in a tray; add four eggs and a quart
of milk. Make a thin batter, and just
before putting into the oven, add the
apples. Bake in a hot oven, and eat
With a little wine in it. The ladies' VIII
6nd this An excellent table relish, Just
now, when such things are scarce.
Fop RrcoRpER.-It will be seen by an
advertisement under "New To-Day
that B. H. Hereford is a candidate for
Recorder of Virginia. Ben is a gooa
man, and has many warm Friends sna
were his political principles as pure as
his moral character, he would be elected
b douht. As il is, he will make