Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-25
H EVENING NEWS.

silver mine which Mr.. Pierce discovered
a short time since, under the mill. II,
has taken out u considerable quantit,
Of the tailiugs from under the mill
which are lying in large piles on tn,
floor, while the richest of them were
put into tanks to prevent the mercury
from running away. What zoe saw was
some of the poorest, but this was com,
pletely filled with quicksilver and anal.
gam. Ii will be a very difficult matter
to save all the waste metal which ha:
already escaped, as the ground under
the mill is very rocky and uneven. The
greatest fault with this mill is that the
tubs in which the grinding is done are
made of wood, and when Jared OF
strained, are apt to leak. Nothing but
u tank through the center of the mill,
set well in the ground, will ever save
all the quicksilver, as more or less will
escape. II fact there is scarcely a mill
in the country but what loses hundreds
of dollars every year by waste in the
same manner as in the Union mill and
no one can imagine how il escapes. We
understand that in one instance $4,000
was cleaned up from under a mill where
they had used great care to prevent
losses. No one knew how it escaped.
We know of some old mills where there
is doubtless more money under them
than they are worth. Perhaps if some
of the mills, where they have failed to
make the ore paw, will look around they
may find where it has gone to. Goiu
Canon,to-day evidentlyhas'tons o fquick-
silver and bullion in it which has escap-
ed from the mills.
CAUGHT AGAIS.-LaSt night, q team
ster from California who had just ar
rived in Virginia with a load of mer-
c~haudize, stopped at Cooper's hayward,
on north C street, Virginia. During
the night some one went into the yard
and "weu, through" the wagon, taking
such things as he wished, consisting OF
candles, sugar, coffee, tea, dried apples,
etc. Officer Gould was sent for and
proceeded to make search. The sack
which contained the dried apples had
"a hole in it, and every few steps the
thief made, Il piece Of apple would drop
out. Gould took the track and followed
it TO the basement of Browns saloon,
on the corner of Union and D streets.
On entering the house and making an
examination, the articles were found.
II is unnecessary for US to say who stole
them, as the house is occupied by One
Eyed Riley aud chums. Several other
parties live in the same house with
them, but disclaim having any knowl-
edge of the larceny. We presume Mr..
Riley will not be permitted to prey up
on the property Of people any longer.
The full extent of the law will be given
this time, no doubt. 1t seems to be an
innate principle with him 10 act in this
manner, and he should be taken care OF.
AS 10 the other parties, we have nothing
to saw, as we do not know who they
are, or what their reputation is, but
their association in this case was not
good.
SERIOUS ACcIpESr.-This morning at
the south shaft of the Yellow Jacket, a
man by the name of John Harold, met
with a severe accident under the follow
ing circumstances: The bell-wire be-
came d~isarrsnged, and required fixing,
when he stepped on the cage and was
hoisted up some 20 feet. While at work
on the wire he accidentally rung the
bell once, which is the signal TO hoist.
II was obeyed by the brakeman and the
cage started up. The position OF Mr..
Harold at the time the cage started,
vas such that he was thrown to the bot
tom, n distance of 20 feet. His head
aud face was cut and bruised severely.
On his jaw was a large cash cutthrough
to the bone, and the jaw-bone, on ex-
animation proved to be broken. There
is no blame attached TO any one as 1t
was one of those accidents which some
times occur by mistaking an accidental
act for an intended signal.
Woop.-There never was so great q
scarcity of wood in Virginia as at the
present time. The Chinese wood mer-
chants have reduced their Jack-loads to
about one-half the usual amount, and
will not take q cent less than 1.-TWO dol
lar halp for one load" which is equiya-
lent to $50 per cord. The result of the
Chinese imposition, is that the Piute
Indians have started a large train OF
souaws who carry wood in sacks TO
town, which they sell at about one-half
the price asked by the Chinese. They
ask but fifty cents per load. Unless the
roads become passable soon, there will
be much suffering in Virginia for want
of wood.
Broke DowS.-To-day a large wagon
while passing Main street, and when
inst in front Of our office, slid down into
a c~huch-hole and crushed one Of the
fore wheels. The teamster sat for a
long time on the seat without making
.ny move to get down, while his face
wore an aspect calculated to awaken
sympathy in the breast OF any one. ne
uttered not a word. Perhaps he u
he could not do the case justice, there,
fore acted like a philosopher and SAID
nothing. The condition OF the ROADS
are very trying to a teamster s temper
no doubt.
GOLD HILL GUARDs.-This Company
held a meeting last evening and elected
John j. Flaherty President, and Fred
Houston Secretary. A committee was
appointed to draft a Constitution and
BYLAWS for the government of the Com
pany The meeting then adjourned to
meet on Tuesday evening, March 26th,
n. II o'clock P. ". at the Express Sa-
loon. A full attendance is requested as
business of Importance will be trans
acted.
People OF Lyon You are as deeply
interested in defeating the infamous
ore-,ax bill as any can be. Come up
to the mass meeting on tomorrow night.
Your Senator, Hon. d. S. Hastings, VINO
has been uncompromisingly r to your
interests, in opposing Blasdel's bill, WI,
be present at the meeting, and will tel
the people Of the outrage that is sought
to be committed by the passage oil the
measure which Bias. & Co. have eau
cussed.