Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-05-28
SrLpHusrrs CoLIrcrsp. DR.. De.

Groot, who is now in our State as an
Inspector for Ross Browne, Government
Examiner Of Mines, remarks that the
collection and working Of sulphurets in
this county and Lyon, has grown into "
new and important branch Of mining,
adding another interesting feature to
economies effected in the business.
These sulphurets, consisting OF the par
ticles of unreduced ore excaping from
the mass passed through the mills, is
saved by means ~ofsluices, the bottoms
of which are lined with gunny spcks
and blankets. There are miles Of these
sluices in operation on Gold and Six
Mile Canons, which, in the aggregate,
collect immense Quantities OF sulphur
cts, or tailings, as they are more COM
monty called, and which the owners dis
pose Of to the mills, or have them work.
ed on their own account. They yield
BY pan process from SIS to S25 per ton
the average being about $50. The
gross yield Of these tailings for 1866 is
estimated ut S72, 600, and for the pres
en-, year at Sl64,OOO. Vast quantities
are gathered, after the slum has passed
all the s~luices, in reservoirs, some Of
which cover acres Of ground and will
hold millions Of tons, there being in sew
ersl Of them many thousand tons al
ready collected. The contents Of these
larger receptscles are, Of course, much
poorer than what is gathered by the
s~luices, being worth but six or eight
dollars per ton; yet the quantity saved
is so large as to render the business OF
collecting them quite profitable. When
we consider that the ores are now work.
ed much more closely than formerly,
and see how large a per centage Of the
metal is still lost, the fearful waste
attending early operations becomes fully
apparent. Some estimate that one-third
Of all the silver contained in the ore
milled at Virginia during the first fou
or FIVE years, was lost, making an sggre-
gate of fifteen or twenty millions thus
run TO waste! This calculation is no
doubt within the limits Of actual loss,
no, more than seventy-tive per cent. of
the metal contained in the great mass
of ores there being now saved.
CArs.-A short time ago we expatia-
ted on dogs. Now the ~vexation Of q
broken nights rest induces us to men
ton that cats, squsliug cats, do super
abound in our neighborhood. We :ear
that our town will become rs famous
for cats rs the city Of Alexandria, in
Virginia. Some years ago, u youug'ter
Of that city. wishing to have some fun,
went through the market and privately
engaged each market man from The
country TO bring = cat next day, Al
he said he wanted a good mouser.
Every country house had a supertuity
of cats so the next morning each mar
ke, cart carried q tom cat into own
The Joker did not make his appearance,
of course, and the market men, after
waiting for him until they were ready
to 20 home, indignantly turned all the
cats loose in the market house. Such
u caterwsuling as was heard that night
was never heard before in the quiet
streets of Alexandria. The cats lived
on the otfal of the market house, and
grew and multiplied until Alexandria
became as famous for cats as Cincinnati
is for hogs.
NEw INVENTIONS FOR FIRE DEPART
NExrs.-Mr. Hayes, who has charge OF
the steam engines OF the San Francisco
Fire Department, has invented and pat
euted a very neat and simple arrange
ment for stopping leaks in hose from
bursting. 1t consists Of leather about
eigh, inches long, smoothly dressed,
bound on each side with Princes metal
and of u size to fit compactly with the
hose, being fastened with a movable
screw which fits into an open socket,
making il secure and completely stop
ming the .loak. II can be applied in
s.antly and does away entirely with the
DELAY heretofore experienced in uncoup-
ling and taking out the injured length
and replacing with good hose. 1t is an
admirable invention and must neces-
sarily come into use wherever there are
Fire Departments. He has also invented
a FIRE truck and ladder which seems TO
US TO be a most valuable improvement,
and of a kind desirable here. 1t is sim
pie in construction, easily handled, and
substantial in every way, and overcomes
all the objections heretofore raised
against other fire escapes.
PRELIMINARY ExANISATIoS.-Last Sun
day, q preliminary examination OF Mill
can was had at Justice Murray's Court,
on the charge Of numbering julie Bulette.
Several witnesses were examined, but
nothing more than WAS already known
was elected. Chief Edwards testified
to the finding of Milleian's trunk with
the various articles it contained, and
some Of the dresses and other articles
were identified by two female witnesses
as having been seen by them in the pos
session Of the murdered woman. Mill
elan, according the evidence OF Chief
Edwards, did not confess the murder,
but said he was present when it was
done, and knew the person who did the
killing. The prisoner was remanded to
Jail to await further examination, and
had a warrant served upon him formally
arresting him for the murder Of julie
Bule,te, he having been confined upon
another charge, that of Martha Camp,
for attempted murder and robbery.
From MoRMoSDOM.-Mrs. r. Frazer,
has Just returned from Salt Lake City,
and proposes, in Il short time, to lecture
on the habits, manners and customs Of
the polygamists who infest that portion
| OF the continent. Mrs. Frazer was also
a poetical readist. She informed US on
a certain occasion, that she had been
ill-treated, deceived, at Il boarding
house in Austin. A Mormon miner
there desired to marry her, and went so
far as TO show all the pictures Of his
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in number. Of
| fered to make her his seventh wife. Mrs.
Frazer was imposed upon. The miner
was not a Mormon, and never meant to
take her 70 Salt Lake. His matrimonial
offer she did not accept. \ Mr.. Fergus
O'Leary, Of Austin, was implicated in
the imposition
Observation-Disclosures meetings nre to
be held in Carson every day and evening
J,r;ny this week with two sermons