Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-21
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representative mine Of Excelsior Dis
trict, and the only one which has been
eoltinaously worked without cessation
since its 6rst discovery, bids fair to be-
come . dividend paying institution at
last. The stock has become eoneen-
trated into the hands of q few energetic
men, who are able and willing to run
the mine a. it should be. During the
present season an immense amount OF
rich pay ore has boon developed, some
Of which yielded we'll in free gold Mt the
mill Of the company near by, but owing
to the majority Of the ore being Of .
heavy sulphuret character, it was dis
covered that but q very small proportion
Of. the precious metal was saved, the
balance necessarily Running Of with the
.tailiugs. For this reason It was very
wisely resolved, upon due experimental
tests Of the ore, to suspend further
crushing, and resort to moro sfectual
means Of securing the great wealth
therein contained. A circular, just is
sued to the stockholders from Mr.. Chap
pellet, the Superintendent, explains the
situation very satisfactorily. 1t has
been resolved to adopt the "ehlorina'
ton" procsss for working the sulphur
cts, and the requisite works will be COM
menced Immediately. An assessment
Of s. per share has been levied for that
purpose. The s~oupspy's mill is Of the
crushing capacity Of l6 tons per day,
and the proposed roasting furnaces and
ehlorination apparatus will be adequate
to the reduction Of from "a to 80 tons Of
pure sulphursts per week. Mr. Chap
pellet writes: From numerous assays
and full tests Of the ore, from all parts
of the mine, I can safely and confidently
assert that as DON as the proposed
works are completed, our returns in
gold bullion will average at the lowest
estimate $40 to the ton. bog leave to
remark that this calculation 10 based
upon the immense quantities OF pay ore
now in sight. Recent developments
have shown spots very rich in gold-bear-
ing iron and copper pyritss, sssaying. by
the ehlorination proesss from 50 to $46
per ton. This ore has not been taken
into the above calculation, AZ the extent
Of these rich deposits 10 not asesrtained
at present. The use Of giant powdsr
has been introduced with complete
success in working the mine, and will
in . great MEASURE lessen the cost Of ore
extraction. Everything 10 tending to
promote the interests and brighten the
prospects Of the Mohawk and Montreal
Company" We are certainly well
pleased to record the good success Of
any mines in outside districts, and hope
ali may turn out with this noted mine
az its present and future prospects indi-
cate.
A SxAsuISa LoAp.-The Enterpriss
says that on Saturday morning last tho
team Of Isaac Case took from the Gould
l. Curry mine to Dall's mill, above
washos City, 45,lo0 pounds Of quartz,
which 10 claimed by tsamsters to be the
largest load ever drawn by the same
number of animals on the Pacific Coast.
Captain Clough was the driver and IA
animals the number used. Now that
vas rather Of = big load, we'll admit,
but We don't know whether that was
the very heaviest ever hauled anywhere
on the Pacific Coast or not. An i'm
menss load Of quarts was hauled last
Saturday afternoon through Gold Hill,
and it might have weighed fifty tonS for
aurht anybody knows. It was 80 heavy
that it could not be weighed. It was
driven upon the Union Scales for that
purpose, but that well known weighing
institution, 20 often tested by the team
stsrs h~srsaboRts, gave way with o
terrible crash beneath this smashing
lead, and the cargo had to be discharged
before the wagon could be sxtricsted.
The scales are undergoing repairs at
present, and may weigh that load or
another fully as heavy yet.
HIs Par NAxn.-Judgs Pat Lannau,
who has just returned from a visit to
San Francisco, says the polisest and
most agreeable man he saw on the ears
when he WAS coming back, was a good
looking chap with q canary bird. he
waltzsd about and made himself mighty
popular among the lsdies, by privately
promising to make each one a present
Of that pretty little bird. One Of Thorn
in particular smiled lavishingly upon
him, especially when he told her who
10 was, and that his pet name was
Winnie" and that be was on the mar
~. She looked aggravstingly disap-
pointed, hewever, when she LEFT the cars
at Cisco to see that instead Of follow
ing up the sweet encouragemsnts size
had given him, he made on in the cars
taking his much coveted little bird
along with him. Pat says she evidently
regarded Winnie a. q gay deceivsr, not
w~ithstanding tho look of guilsless inno-
csnce he wore.
Nor Cor 1.-THE Reno Crescent of
Saturday, speaking Of the current re-
port to the effect that Reno was infested
with the smallpox, thus utterly rspudi-
atss the foul insinuation : "Two men
came to Reno last week with smallpox;
one lived two the other three days after
their coming. They died, and our eiti-
gems Jaw that they were decently buried.
No citizen of Reno has the smallpox.
No citizen Of Reno has any smallpox
symptoms. Reno to-day 10 a. healthy q
place ~ there is on the broad EARTH
CnasruAs Is CeNISs III you want
to know where to buy your pretty
Christmas gifts, just examine the col
umns Of the Nsws. People in Gold
Hill who have them advertise /; aud so
do the stsrsksspers who sell them in
Virginia City, advertise in tbs SaUs.
Traders who are liberal advertisers,
are Invariably liberal people to deal
with.
TnusrIss ELlcrsD.-Ths Empire Mill
and Mining Company held their annual
meeting in San Francisco recently, n
elected the following named officers for
the ensuing year: Trustsss-Charle'
Nayne, Robert Sherwood, J.. A.: Stanley
W. G. Wayman, and A. E.. Hsaa.
Prssidsnt-R. Sherwood Secretary, e.
r. Spiunsy.
ELECTION OF MINING TRusrlEs.-At