Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-23
THE EVENING NEWS.

were going on. At the Crown Point
We found everything moving along
quietly. The company are taking out a
little over 100 tons Of pay ore per day,
the most Of which comes from the lower
level, but a portion is taken from the
surface Of the mine and is q black
gravel similar to that found in the mines
above Silver City. This ore is not near
so rich as the ore from the lower level Of
the mine. The Kentuck company is
taking out a considerable quantity of
ore Of a very good quality some Of it
IS put in sacks and is very rich, in fact,
uucoUmonly rich ore. Owing TO the
large amount of surface water in the
vicinity, there is q great deal of water
running into the mine from near the top
OF the shaft, which compels them to
hoist water almost continually. The
water is brought up in a large water
car the bed is made water-tight and
has a trap door in the bottom Of Il,
which is opened by means Of a lever,
and the water is discharged from the
bottom of the car into a spout which
conveys it away from the mine. At
the Yellow Jacket we found our friend
Charlie Booth, looking very careworn,
having a square in one hand and Il
s~cratch-awl in the other, makiag marks
on big sticks of timber while 4 dozen Of
men went after him and sawed and chop
ped all the marks out. Charlie looks
gloomy, and we would advise him to
get 4 family to comfort him. We are
resdy to give him a recommendation TO
any respectable /" school-marm " or any
n else. On entering the hosting
works, we found they had dug a great
pit in which two engine beds are TO be
placed, to furnish power to do the work
Of the mine. The large engine now in
use has more that it can do in pumping
and hosting both. The present engine
will be used for pumping, and the 9TH
ers for hosting. The new engines are
on the way from San Francisco at this
time, we were informed. The Yellow
Jacket Company are taking out a large
amoun Of excellent ore at the South
shaft, and when the new level is once
well opened, and the new machinery is
up, we may look for big things in that
quarter. In all the other mines Of Gold
Hill, the majority of the ore which is
being taken out is taken from the sur
face or above the upper level, which is
about 200 feet deep. There is a vast
quantity Of this kind Of ore being taken
from Gold Hill proper, and gives a yield
of from S25 to $50 per ton on an aver
age, which is good pay. as the expense
is not so great in taking out this ore as
that from the lover levels, as but little
timbering has TO be done. A few more
months will suffice to start the work
again in the lower levels OF the mines
of Gold Hill proper.
MEADOW LAKE.-Wo understand from
good authority that ONE very rich de-
velopments arr being made in Meadow
Lake. The California Company, at the
depth Of 100 feet, we understand, have
found q ledge eight feet thick, and COM
posed Of very rich metal. If this state
meut IS correct, it certainly is good
news. Many Of the other claims are
looking we'll. The snow is melting
rapidly, and from the soft nature Of the
snow it will soon melt away, when &C
tive operations will again.
The coming summer will probably test
the mines sufficiently to prove their sc-
tusl merits.
SEoRr GRAss.-The grass is becom-
ing very short with some Of those fell
lows who live without any visible means
Of support. This morning we saw no
less than half a dozen Of men struck for
q "piece." Some Of them even went so
far as to strike US for some money.
When men resort to a Reporter to Dor
row money, they must be in the last eI-
tremities, and should st once either
leave the town or go to work. The
first they may have to do, but abe latter
they never will. These parties seem to
have lost all shame, and do not hesitate
to ask a man for money, even though he
is a perfect stranger to them.
New OFrIcE.-Dr. Hall, n of the
very best physicians and surgeons in
the State, has just removed his office to
Capt. Denny's new building, opposite
the Gold Hill News office, where he al
be found at all times to minister to the
wants of the lame, the halt, the
blind" and all who stand in need OF a
well-informed, and Il long-eIperienced
physician and surgeon in the ailments
that mankind are subject to. AS vac
cination is the uppermost thought Of
most people Just now, DR.. Hall is pre-
pared to attend to this branch Of his
profession.
PErALuxA MILL.-The Petaluma mill
is being thoroughly o%verhauled. When
this mill was rebuilt by Mr.. Greeley, it
was partially as An experiment, and was
found, upon trial, to be the very thing
he had been hunting for. But the en-
CINE was not Of sufficient power to do
the work, so it has been taken out and
another one about twice rs powerful
has taken its place, and in a few days
everything will be ready for operation
and the work Of crushing ore again will
be started. The new pans have been
found to operate well, and the mill is
among the best in Gold Canon.
WARRIOR nearly a week past, a
young river has been running down
Crown Point Ravine, caused by the
melting snow on the mountain side
above. Several men are employed in
coniniug it to a large ditch which has
been dug to convey it along the side OF
the street and keep it out Of the road.
The road passing up by the Crown Point
Works has been badly cut up by the
heavy rush Of water down the canon.
Three or four days will suffice to melt
away the remainder Of the snow, 80 1t
will stop the food.
SxALL-Pox.-We have not heard OF
any new cases of the smallpox In Vir-
ginia. Some of those at the p~est-house'
however, are very bad. 1t is thought
that Louis LaPage will lose his eye
sight. There has been but n death
thus far and that was a small niiu
which has been sick for a long time
past. We understand a man injected
with the disease went to Washoe n