Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-05-28
HI EVENING NEWS.
HoaR,uLr MINING AccIpssr.-About


Thur.day Ev-uins,----.aIay ~, 1858
HoRRIuLg MINING AccIpsNr.-About
= o'clock last evening n cave occurred
near the bottom of the Hale 4 Norcross
SHAFT, by which John Russell, n miner
working II, that point, lost his life in n
horribly singular manner. At the time
of the cave, all the miners working
there 60, out Of the way, aud it was
thought no one was killed. Acage was
passing up at the time Of the cave, and
as it was passing the station u hundred
feet above, Russell WAS caught,
falling on the croSS-bar of the cage,
aud, horrible to relate, his head
was severed completely from his body.
by signalling, the cage was immediately
stopped aud the body taken from its
singular position. Another miner stood
on the cage, beneath Russell, and was
naturally mortified when he discovered
that what he thought in the dark was
water, was Russell's life blood dripping
down upou him. A piece of skin, with
nm ear aud some hair attached, was found
at tho left side Of the neck, but the head
itself was gone, and although search
was made, it could not he onnd.
1t vas supposed to have fallen to the
bottom of the shaft among tho caving
debris. No one seems able TO reaSona-
bly, account for how the head could
have been taken of, and yet tho body
remain in that position. Deceased was
about IS years OF age, and has n wife
living in Nova Scotia. His funeral
took place at Il o'clock p. N, to-day.
One or two other miners were consid-
srably hur, about the arms and legs Mt
the time of the cave, and nearly all in
the vicinity had narrow escapes. THIS
was the second accident occurring IN
the Hale L Norcross yesterday, VIM.
Nicely, another miner, having had his
right arm broken early in the morning
by II small cave, relative to which we
had an item in yesterdays NSws.
RAILROAD PRoGREss. The snow is
fas, melting of from the Summit Of the
Sierras, at the point whore the railroad
crosses, and although there are six feet
OF this CONCEALED impeachment, on n
level, for several miles, yet all possible
is being done to close the gap in the
railroad a. that point, and should the
weather remain favorable the onnec
ton will be made by tho 18th OF June.
As soon as trains can run directly
through from Sacramento with iron and
other material, the road will advance
rapiIly down the Truckee towards the
Humboldt. The company have half q
dozen fine locomotives all complete u
ready for the road in their machine shop
nj Sacramento, and many trucks even
now standing along the track loaded
with rails. The cars on this end OF the
road are now running some ten or
twelve miles east of Reno.
SATURDAY NlGur.-Onc OF the grand
Get times ever witnessed in Storey
COUNT will come off in Gold Hill next
Saturday evening. Booming of IAN
mons, (by the way, the Democrats are
to have q new one;) torch-light process
sions, both parties intending to turn out
in full force; two speakers stands, the
Democrats in front OF the Theatre, and
the Uuiouists in front of the Bank Of
California several bands of music;
rockets; general illumination of win
dows aud balconies; bonires and public
speaking. Everybody is invited to come
to Gold Hill on Saturday night.
SwEESy GUARD BaLL.-We acknowl-
edge receipt of a complimentary ticket
to the Second Grand Military and Civic
Ball Of the Sweeny Guard, which will
be given ut Fort Homestead, Gold Hill,
on Wednesday evening, June 10. Those
who doubt that there will be a good
time on this occasion, could not have
been ut the Ball of last year. The
Swceny Guard never do things by
halves. and will try and SEQ that every
body attending thi, Ball have the best
time imaginable. We hope to meet
many of our Virginia friends there.
Doy'r ScRArcu.-The Democrats are
becoming desperate in anticipation OF q
defeat next Monday ut our municipal
election. They seem willing, at least
many of them, to swap their whole
ticket for one vote for their Town Mar
shall candidate. Let no true Union mar
be persuaded to scratch q single name
from our ticket-not m The whole
Union ticket can be elected II its friends
will only stick together, and work and
vote for the whole Union ticket. No
consistent Union man will erase a single
name.
BsrrrSG.-Bcttiug on the result of an
election is a most ~culpable and injurious
practice. We wouli not advise any
man 10 be,-howcyer sure he may feel
of the result OF the election on Monday
next. Keep your money in your peck
cts. run no chances or risks, Especially
ia this ndyicc intended for the Demo
cratsl, but let every Union man 90 to
work and labor hard to elect the whole
ticket. Principle Is ut stake-and no
money. Let the gallant Union record
Of Gold Hill stand unsullicd on mex,
election day. "Priuciples, not men,
PAYING AT LAsr-A process has at
length been discovered for working the
argeutiferous galena ores of Galena
mining district, Washoc county. Mr..
Mcfarland is now extracting $3.50 in
gold and silver, principally silver from
that hitherto ~unmanageable ore. The
same process would doubtless apply
with the ores new Truckee district,
which arc OF y similar nature.
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