Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-28
n EVENING NEWS.

were commanding good prices. Large
and complete hosting works have been
built. New shafts have been sunk, and
in short everything was looking pros
porous. But the thing must not be per-
mitted to go on thus. A body OF rich
ore has been found in a locality where
some of the old knowing ones think the
Comstock does not exist, and a claim
dated back to the early days Of mining
in this State has been found to cover
that exact body of ore. A suit is brought
for its recovery, and, as a natural re-
suit, one of our best mines will be
plunged into litigation, n Its stocks
will be brought down to a low figure.
IL there is n second ledge lying to the
east of the Comstock and having
exactly the same character Of ore as that
found at a less depth, why has 1t not
been discovered long since? and why
did not the shaft of the Imperial and
Empire find some signs Of it? Would
any one ever have laid claim to the
ground claimed in the recent lawsuit
Instituted, had not the Hale & Norcross
and Savage companies found a rich
body Of ore in the extreme eastern por-
ton Of the Comstock ledge? II is none
of our fight; at the same time we do
want to see an end put to lawsuits, and
TO see the mines of our State properly
and pro6tably worked. The mining in
terests of the State have already been
cursed enough with litigation, and it is
now TIME that the thing should stop.
DIsAPPEARISG.-The mud in our
streets, to-day, is disappearing very
rapidly; in many places there is not a
particle Of i, left, while in Others
it is a foot deep; the cause OF a
portion of it going is that the melting
snow above town has sent q stream OF
flour or FIVE sluice heads Of water down
Main street that s fast cleaning the street.
To what point the mud is being carried
we have not learned; if ft runs in the
main gulch il will prove q benefit instead
of an injury, but if it is carried into
lower Gold Hill, the mud must be bot
tomless, as it was axle-deep before the
present freshet. On the Divide, and
the whole length of c street, Virginia,
the street is almost impossible. This
winter has been the most productive Of
mud and bad roads Of any one ever ex-
perienced in Nevada. The prospects
are good for a spell of fair weather, and
we hope the clerk has turned TO a new
page and is going to give US q change
for the better.
FREE BArHs.-Free Baths in public
houses are considered of considerable
Importance, and are often advertised as
being a great inducement why the peo7
pie should p~atronize them, but yester-
day and to-day in Virginia there is
scarcely a house of any kind on any OF
the principal streets but what has a free
bath in front of it. The awnings were
put I'D as a general thing with a view
10 keep the sun away and not to protect
the sidewalks from water. The recent
SHOWS that have fallen piled these avn
inps with snow which has been melting
for the past two days, and the result is
that the sidewalks all over town are
like standing in a shower-bath. Those
who have not water-tight awnings
should be compelled to shovel of the
snow before it melts; it is u regular
nuisance as it is.
IMPERIAL AND ENPIRE.-This morning
we called at the new shaft of the lmpe-
rial & Empire to see what progress they
were making. The shaft is now down
765 feet with but little water to hinder
the working; the sinking is uncommon
ly good and rapid progress is being
made. The shaft is at this tim some
so feet deeper than the lowest level OF
the Empire when the new body OF ore
was struck. The design is, we learn, to
continue the work of sinking until a
depth Of 900 feet is attained, at which
point a drift will be run to the ledge. IL
there is no more water encountered than
what there is at the present time, and
the sinking continues as 1t now Is, tne
other 1875 feet will be made by the tic
die Of March. There is not a mime IN
upper Gold Hill but what is looking to
this shaft as their salvation.
Cause.-The hosting works Of the
Eclipse Co. are on their last legs. Inc
building is still standing by the aid OF
props, but it looks as though 1t had
been on a terrific spree. The pole on
top is pointing in the direction OF Gar.
on. while the south side and ends OF
the building are crushed in and the root
ia all twisted out Of shape. It has done
good service and can well be let go by
the board. There are perhaps no hoist
ing works in Gold Hill raised out more
ore than those of the Eclipse mine.
Had II not have been for the removing
of the surface so near to the works IN
the adjoining claims they would nave
been as good to-day as the day they
were erected.
STARTING UP.-This morning, as we
passed the old works of the Bajazette Il
Golden Era, near the south end OF Z
street, Virginia, we noticed several par
ties engaged in repairing the old within
and putting in q floor for ore, etc.
Active operations will soon commence
at this place, and no doubt but a large
amount Of good ore will be taken out.
R. D. Ferguson used to be the moving
spirit of this mine, and doubtless the
recent voyage made by the honorable
gentlemen aroused the old mine. 1t
belongs now, however, to the Chollar-
Potosi Company, this company having
beaten the Bsjazette out Of 1t some two
years since.
Our OF ExPLoYNEsr.-There has not
been a time in the history OF Nevada
when there was the same lumber OF
persons in Virginia and Gold Hill who
had nothing 10 do as at the present
time. Some are in. search Of employ
ment, while others are in search OF the
secret vein that supports a man without
work. The whole country is oyerrun
by the latter kind of persons. "HoT 90
Gey livss" is a question we hear asked
a hundred times ever day.
ARRrsrEp.-Two Chinawomen were
brought up to the Station House at II
o'clock Saturday night, charged with
grand larceny, in having taken from a
white man $50 and q certificate OF STOCK
for ten shares in the Sierra NeVaa
-;no The casa will have a hearing IN