Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-09-19


TuE FATAL AccIpExr YrsrgRDAy.-
In addition to the few particulars which
we were able to give in our item Of yes
terday relative to the accident whereby
Michael Moran, q miner in the Yellow
Jacket mine, was fatally injured, We
give the following: He died in about
half an hour after being brought to the
surface, remaining insensible up to the
time Of his death. His fall Of sixty-hvc
feet had the effect to shattcr his left
thigh and shoulder, badly cut and IN
lure his head, and doubtless inflicted
fatal internal injuries. Coroner Gar,rell
held an inquest on the body Of deceased
last evening, and from til" evidence
elected We condense the foll0wiug-all
there is mountaineering the cause
of this sad calamity. Moran was an
old miner, but q new hand in the mine,
having been employed there but two
DAYS, therefore had not become familiar
with the underground arrangements.
In changing the shift he went down
with some others to work in the south
drift of the So0-foot level. lie got on
the cage into the north Diff, and seemed
TO be at a loss to know which drift he
had landed in, as one of the witnesses
says he saw him examining the timbcrs,
and that he thought ut the time, by
seeing him do so, that he must be II
stranger and was astray. Another wit
ness Joseph Daignan), who went up on
the cage, says that when about TO start
up he saw the deceased standing in the
north drift with his dinner pail II his
hand. Witness asked if there were any
more men to 60 up, and there being
none, the cnge started up. \ moment
after the cage started witness heard n
croan, and remarked that some one
mus, be hurt. He did no, see tho Ia
fall. William Lee stated that he, with
some others, came up to the sOo'foot
level at 3 o'clock P. ", and stopped
there to change his clothes before going
up to the surface. Mr.. Lee noticed de.
ceased standing near the shaft while
was engaged in changing his clothes,
and presently heard n scream doubtless
the cry described by the other witness
as q groan), and looking round saw
something disappear down the shaft.
No one saw the man at the moment he
stepped into the shaft, but tho general
is that finding himself in the
wrong drift, and forgetting that the
had just gone mp, he turned about
10 cross over into the south drift, II
at his 6rss step was precipitated down
the shaft to the bottom. Had there been
water at the bottom, he might perhaps
have escaped with little injury, but he
fell upon the hard bottom, as the shaft
was being sunk deeper. Deceased was
about 81 years Of age, " native OF
Mayo, Ireland, unmarried, ana
leaves a brother, Patrick Moran, Nv
ing in Gold Hill. The verdict OF the
Corouer's jury was rendered in accord.
with the facts rs We have stated
Until within the last three or
four months, there' never was a man
killed in the south shaft OF the Yellow
Jacket mine, but since that time there
have been Eve killed, if We are not mis-
taken. It is truly strange how such
sad fatalities seem to follow one an
other.
PrpyR's OPERA HousE.-A select aud
enthusiastic audience greeted the "lrish
Ambassador" at the Opera House last
evening. Sir Patrick 0'Pienipo, as
pe~rsouated by Mr.. Collins, was /" capital
and very amusing piece of acting. Miss
Sue Robinson, as Isabella, was very
pleasing and correct, and the other
characters were generally well person.
a,ed. The afterpiecs of Teddy, the
Tiler," was very much n~rplauded, and
Collins songs, especially, were received
with yociferous satisfaction, ami loudly
encored. Tonight Boucicalt's great
Irish drama of the Colleen Eawu'
will be given, with Mr.. Collins "a Myles
Ma Coppaleen, and Miss Sue Robinson
ss Eily O'Counor. The other chnrac-
tiers are we'll cast, aud this being q Ia
vorite and meritorious play, we doubt
not it will be greeted with +" cr"wdcd
house. Secure seats.
WErKLy BULLIoY.-Thc following Is
statement Of the mount of bullion
shipped or received for assay during
the past week From the Office OF Wells,
Fargo s Co.. in Gold Hill, there were
shipped BIAS pounds of assayed bull
lion, valued at Sll9, 739 ID; from their
office in Virginia, seal pounds, valued
at SOC, 93l GO. From Virginia by Pacific
Union Express Co., 1907 pounds, valued
at S33.2 l6 IS. The amount OF crude
bullion received for melting aud assay
i, as follows: E. Ruhling & CO.. OF
Virginia, 1856 ounces; Leopold hun'
of Virginia, 3,2ss ounces VIC B0u;-
field { Co. (successors to Theal! 8
COY, of Virginia, 24,l33 ounces Cold
Hill Branch Assay Office of Z. Ruhiing
4 Co., 1852 ounces; Wiegand & To-,
of Gold Hill md Virginia, 1879
ounces.
BrLLlox.-There Was shipped from
Wells, Fargo L Co.'S Gold Hill Office
this morning I sacks OF bullion,
weighing 59s pounds, aud OF the
yalne of Sl6.456 "a.