Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-28
FIJI EVENING NEWS

lower NOlu nlL Us iaE as tao NeNaQA
Hotel. We found the roads in that part
Of the town in q most terrible condition.
The snow is not as deep as we have seen
il, but for some time past the ground
has been frozen up, and since the fall of
snow it has become rotten, the heavy
wagons have broken through, and the
frozen chunks Of dirt and ice, from q
foot to W feet square, are scattered
among the mud, until il is almost i'm
psssable for ever q horse. We saw ono
wagon, with six animals attached to it,
and loaded with quartz. The near
wheel horse had stumbled against one
Of those floating icebergs and fallen
down. The poor animal was in q most
de~plorable condition. Several men were
at work e%ndeavoriug to extricate him
from his uncomfortable position. A
little further up We saw another wagon,
with q large team attached to it, that
had come anchor in deep s~oundings.
The man who was acting as pilot seem
ed TO have lost his bearings and had
come on ahead to see where the proper
channel was. In his hand was q huge
whim, and from his mouth howed o
stream Of oaths that would have shocked
even the nerves of an old pirate captain.
Along the sides of the road are several
wrecked wagons. In fact the road from
Crown Point street to the Imperial mill
is at the present time just as bad as it
a well get.
MINING AccIprNr.-A few days since
q nan by the name Of W. L. Bowen,
was at work at the new shaft Of the
Hale l. Norcros,, and being let down
the shaft to do some work on the tim
bers, when within thirty feet of the bot
tom, the rope being rather short, and
the upper end not being thoroughly
secured to the windlsss, it slipped loose,
and let Mr.. Bowen drop to the bottom.
He was quite severely injured, and has
not been able to do anything since. Mr..
Bowen is an old qusrtz-miner, and q
good one; we have known him as such
for twelve years past. We are glad be
escaped so fortunately. If aperson will
take into consideration the many dan
gers to which our miners are exposed,
Il is not to be wondered at that they
hold out for their wages.
CRUSHED IS.-This morning at nine
o'clock, a large building fronting on D
street, and between Union and Taylor
streets, and used as a blacksmith shop,
was crushed in BY the weight Of snow.
The property belongs to Mr.. Abrams,
and is q total wreck; there is some good
lumber in il but the most Of it is crush
ed up and is only 6t for 6re-wood.
There was an express wagon in the
house, but the timbers. fell in such q
as not to hurt the tools in the shop,
they being next to the wall were pro-
tected from injury. Persons should see
that the snow on their houses Is SHOW
ed of, as there is q great deal OF weight
in snow, and the manner of construct
ing buildings in this State is not calcu-
lated to bear up any great weight.
MoRE Syow.-Last night at II o'clock
regular snow storm set in and during
the night some s inches Of snow fell.
The storm has continued up to the pres
cut writing e P. ny without the least
cessation. There isn't any business
excepting Hotel and whisky going on in
Virginia. When the snow will cease,
/, or what will become Of US is hard to
guess. Wood is scarce and high $50
per cord being asked by those engaged
in the business. The Chinese wood
merchants have ceased their traffic.
Those who have no families, go to sa-
looms and bar rooms in order to save
their scanty supply Of wood. The old
pioneers are willing to acknowledge
this as the most sever winter they have
ever seen in the State.
RlruRSsp.-Yesterday the parties
summoned to Carson to give testimony
before the Committee, regarding the in
debtsdness of Storey county snd Vir-
einia city, returned home unable to
say whether the Indebtedness was NIFTY
cents or Fifty millions, so we were In
formed by one of the witnesses who
heard the testimony Of the witnesses.
II would, no doubt, puzzle any one to
follow the meanderings Of those who
have held Office in Storey county, Tor
even the last fonr years.
ApvrRrIsrSe.-A ''young Christian
lady desires a re-engsgement as house
keeper to a gentleman" She is more
over, her advertisement assures us,
"very domesticated, cheerful, obiiging,
and musical" II is surprising that she
does not stipulate that she will only en-.
gage herselft to a ''Christisn gentleman. =
In the same column where she makes
the announcement another young "wid'
oy lady" wishes to "superintend q wild
overs household" and would not OBJ.
ject to the supervision of young child"
Snow SHOE ExPRrss.-Wells, Fargo 4
Co. is preparing to send a snow shoe
s1pressmsn over the mountains, by the
Placeryille route. 1t is a dangerous
undertaking, although a good traveller
on snow shoes can 60 over the sno"
belt in one day, if he is not too heavii,
loaded. This Is coming back 70 tn'
early days of Washoe.
A NEW BsAxcH OF Busrsrss.-fni'
morning the carpenters OF Virginia ar
employed in the manufacture OF sno"
shoes. Some for parties going oIel
the mountains, and others for parties
20 travel about home on. If the storm
continues for any length Of time, the!
viii become indispensable. MeadoV
Lake is but one point ahead.
BOUND TO LEAyE.-Quite q number o
persons bound for California, who hav'
been waiting for several days Tor IN
stages to get through, were this morn
inc making preparations to axe snoV
ahoes for It and try and cross the noun
tains. How they viii get along In tnei
enterprise is difficult to say, as none Q
them know anything about the business
No SrAexs.-It is thought now tha
there will be no California stages IRON
the other side shoyt of ten days, whicl
is altogether probable from present ap
pearances. The snow. on the sierra
has been very heavy.