Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-08
THE EVENING NEWS

Va 1oAu AAiA, ueCAuse VIC arc Always
blessed with a large supply of mud and
bad roads, while they have good sleigh
ing and no mud. Those who live in
glass houses should not throw stones.
It is true Gold Hill has on hand at the
the present time q large supply Of moist
earth, but when our roads become dry,
when our sloping hills have become
green with the verdure Of Spring, and
Nature has put on her blandest smiles,
the fat streets Of our neighboring city
will be like rivers Of mud, with no out
let. The location of Gold Hill naturally
makes bad roads for . short period, but
they cannot continue bad for any great
length Of time, owing to the fact that
the fall Of the ground will naturally
drain the water off and in q few days
the roads become hard and dry. A
large number Of men are employed on
Main street, Gold Hill, to-day, chopping
up the snow aud ice, which will be
sluiced of from the fre-plugs during
the afternoon, when there is q stream
running down the street from the melt
ing snow. BY this means the snow on
the street will soon be disposed Of.
THE NAILs.-Last evening the Bonner
Lake Stage arrived in Virginia at 6
o'clock with several passengers,
and an immense amount Of mail and eI-
press matter. The driver told US that
the road between Cisco and Crystal
Peak was very bad; the snow was so
soft that it was almost impossible TO get
through with teams. Nearly the whole
OF yesterday was required to get from
the foot Of the Geiger Grade to Virginia.
The Toll Road Company have one man
at work on the road. II he has good
lack, he will have the worst Of the snow
drifts shoveled out by the +th Of July.
The greater portion Of the mail matter,
which arrived yesterday, was old, hav-
ing been on the load for several weeks.
One lot ofle,ters from Sacramento, how
ever, bear date Of March I'd, which is
NOT quite q week old. The stages will
now arrive and depart regularly BY the
Bonner Lake route.
YELLOW JAcxrr.-There has been
considerable boastiug about fast work
in sinking shafts in many of our mines,
but the best work we have heard of is
that just completed in the south shaft
Of the Yellow Jacket, which is one Of
the largest in the State. A depth Of
l03 feet was sunk in t~wenty-si1 days,
making three feet eleven and one-half
inches per day. In the north shaft
nearly as good work has been done.
The ore in the WINE in the south works
is said to be Of q very superior quality;
the WINE, we understand, is sunk on
the ledge to a considerable depth below
the lower level. When the present
level which is now being started is run
in, q large amount Of excellent ore Will
be taken out. The Yellow Jacket IS
one Of the most systematically worked
claims in the State, and will be q good
paying mine for many years to come
without doubt.
RrcoysrsucrIox.-It will be observed
by reading a Card under "New To-Day"
that Conrad wiegand, Esq, Of Gold
Hill, has been invited to deliver his
original Lecture on the subject Of Re-
construction" at Piper's Opera House,
in Virginia, on Monday evening,
March llth, the proceeds (hckets
TWENTY-FIVE cents) to be handed over
to the Ladies' Committee for the Relief
of the Poor. Mr.. Wiegand is q gentle
man of extensive scientific acquire
ments in the mineral world, as well as
a finished scholar in other respects:
His Lecture on the live subject OF
Reconstruction" is said to be a nm
ished political production, and many
ladies and gentlemen will doubtless go
10 the Opera House to hear it on Mon
day evening.
P,pxx's Opera Housr.-Yesterdsy we
psid q visit to Piper's Opera House to
see what changes and improve
ments were going on, and we found
..yersl mechanics at work on the build
ing. In the front part Of the house the
old entrance to the lower part has been
closed up, and q large wide-stairway
made from the front entrance straign'
down into the lower part. The dress
circle and boxes are accessible by siae
doors. There will be several new boxes
mill ON the two ends Of the dress-eircie.
The Improvement that are going on IN
the building are very beneficial TO II,
making il not only o comfortable, but
convenient theatre. Max Walter, VINO
has leased the house, starts his week
70 the Bay for a troupe, and prooaoiy
by the latter part OF next "eeA "A
start q irst.class
A CAyE.-Quite q cave occurred In
IT,, of the Office of the Confidence
osscs, caused by the earth being re-
uoved from underneath, and the wet
ws..b.r has so softened the crust tina
!, h.. dropped in from the surface: a
nrmhsr OF men are engaged in hlling
m the hole made by the ave Win
Ice rock. the place is some hfteen
feet deep. No damage was done, A A'u
ali will soon be made right. fnere WI,
nossibly be o great many small S s
IN the surface Of the ground In SUiu
H;l nroper, and much care should DC
nssd by men working in the surface
-, that no one is killed. lne
aronnd ;s very soft and will cave very
easily until it becomes dry.
rr.xs.-A gres. many teams are on
the stree. engaged in hauling quartz
Although the wagons go down into the
,lu,h to the a1les, yet by taking small
loads and doing q great deal OF whip
ming and swearing, the tesmstsrs man
: 70 get through all right. The roads
are yery bad, and will be worse before
thew Are better. It will require q
week Of good weather before they are
in good order again.
LrvrLY.-yirginia last evening had
quite a lively appearance on the arrival
Of the mail from California. Every one
rushed to the express and postofice in
search Of letters and papers. The great
drought of news for the past two weeks
has made our people almost frantic, n
whom the mails arrived last night, every