Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-18
A VALUABLE BAs.-It is an old rule

teeth skinned, that seeing is believing;
and when u eyes behold an object,
tangible and positive, we know exactly
what we are talking about. Since the
great Comstock has revealed its many
millions of bright and beautiful silver
bars, frequent mention has been made
of mammoth bricks-the largest, if we
recollect right, was the six thousand
dollar one from the Gould & Curry en-
ployees presented to the Sanitary Com
mission. The metal was principally
silver, and its size was eleven inches in
length, six in width, and FIVE in height.
The next largest and most valuable brick
we have any account Of, is the one cast
in October, by Edwards & Wiegand,
lex door to the Nrws office, from I'm
perial amslgam, which contained Six
teen hundred and seventy-6ye ounces
gold, Sl0,563 Sc; silver 81 sol a.
totol, Sl2,O6 10. But the brick BUSH
ness is still going on-as tangible evil
dence whereof is almost every day
brought before us. On last Saturday
afternoon, u old friend Sanchez, Of
the firm Of Van Wyck & Co., Assayers
in Gold Hill, slyly told us on the street
that he had a coon" he wanted to
show US, and not having seen a possum
nor n coon in this sage-brush country,
of course we went to get a peep at the
''critter." He said the animal had just
been received into the Express office,
and following him, like q yerdant youth
going to see the lion in n managerie, he
pointed out, among q lot of perhaps
fifty common scrubs" Of bricks, the
coon, Well, we were not sorry we went
to see-evep if the animal didn't give a
kick or a grunt. II was q veritable,
golden brick, worth the handsome sum
of Sll,3O9 09-in weight, l344.i0
ounces, proportional as follows: Gold,
SlO,229 -; silver, Sl,o79 66-or So IL
per ounce. It was the product Of ore
worked at the .Piute Mill, under the
superintendauce Of Mr.. Chss. Forman.
This is the second most valuable gold
brick ever cast in this State, both, too,
from Gold Hill mines. But, why boast
Of our Gold Hill bricks Of the value of
ten TO twelve thousand dollars each,
when the local Of the Enterprise can with
the flourish of his prolific quill do it so
much better than we can? In his yes
terday's paper he promulgated the as
founding items that a house was haunt
ed in this town - that there were
''spooks" around-spiritualists In the
cupboard-and to prove that there was
q spiritual visitation, he got off the fol
lowing highly rich squib on a brick.
Read and ponder, all We who thirst after
knowledge, and who have a big gullet:
A large amount Of bullion was re-
ceived at Wells, Fargo L Co.'S yester-
day. The Gould s Curry sent in %
large bricks, and W. or three loads ar
rived from Gold Hill. Among the bricks
from Gold Hill was a huge double
decker from the assay office of Edwards
4 wiegand, worth Sl59,775 IL"
WILSON DIsrRIcr.-Last evening we
had the pleasure Of meeting our old
friend Flemming, formerly of Gold Hill.
He has been sojourning for the past six
months in Wilson District. Fleming
is one of the oldest quartz miners in the
State, and should be a good judge Of
quartz. II is his opinion that this dis
trict will prove a rich mining region.
During the winter himself and Mr.. Duel
went some three miles southeast from
the Wilson claim and found a large lot
of loose quartz boulders, which seemed
to have been carried there by q snow
slide from the mountain, but the heavy
fall at NOW at that time prevented them
from prospecting in the mountains to
see from whence il came. A few.weeks
since, however, the snow melted away,
and with all the necessary equipments,
they proceeded to prospect for the ledge,
which was in a short time found. 1t
proved to be fifty feet wide, and pros
poets we'll in gold on the surface for the
whole width. The ore resembles the
Comstock top rock in every particular,
and Mr.. Flemming is Of the opinion that
a greater depth it will prove to be q
silver ledge instead of a collaborating
one. On the east wall Of the ledge
there is a clay seam, mex to which is a
decomposed stratum twelve feet wide,
then a stratum Of about the same width
of mahogany colored rock, and the bal
ance is of q blueish color, and resembles
Imperial ore. The district will be e1-
tensively developed this summer.
HuxBuG.-The report that a house in
Crown Point Ravine, Gold Hill, is
haunted. A butcher from Virginia, who
has been serving meat to several fami-
lies in that neighborhood, having run
short of sausage meat, confscated a fat
six-months purp, the other night, and
hence the noise at an unusual hour OF
the night-the garroting Of the purp
causing the strange sounds-not unlike
as if the witches in Macbeth were
around. So, look out for Virginia-made
sausages from Crown Point Ravine
purps. No "spooks" in Gold Hill
bet yer life.
BALL OF THE SwEESY GUARD.-Re-
member that this evening the first an
nusl ball Of the Sweeny Guard will take
place at Theatre Hall, Gold Hill. There
will be a grand turn out Of the military
on the occasion. General Van Bokkelen
and staff and General Winters will at
tend, and we know not how many other
military heroes will be present. An
omnibus will run all night between Vir-
| ginia and Gold Hill, for the accommoda-
ton of guests. This will doubtless be
what the Sweeny Guard have been
striving % make 1.-THE ball Of the
season.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.-This forenoon
on South C street, while an old lady
was passing over an icy spot, she slip
ped and fell, and it is thought she frac-
| tured one of her limbs. She was car
ried into a house and surgical assistance
procured for her.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. We acknowl-
edge the receipt Of a complimentary
| ticket to the l. D. B. B , to be given to-
morrow evening, at the Athletic Club
Rooms, Virginia.
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