Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-30
H EVENING NEWS
Thur.day Rvcnins-----.Juiy 80, 1865
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ANOTHER SAFETY ISvExrIoy. A few
weeks ago we made special notice of a
gate continuance invented by Frank
Thayer, chief engineer At the hosting
works Of the Savage mine, to prevent
oil future accidents and loss Of life,
such as have so frequently occurred in
times past, from miners Inadvertently
running ore cars into the open shaft when
there were no cages there to receive
them. We were at noon to-day shown
the model of another continuance with
the same end in view. II is the iuven-
ton Of Mr.. E. D. Leermo, Of Gold Hill,
and he has received a patent for it from
Washington. 1t is simply a contrivauce
WHEREBY an iron block or wheel chock
is kept in proper position across the car
track in the vicinity Of the shaft, so MS
to prevent a car from being ruu any
further unless there is u cage ut the
right point TO receive it. Every time o
cage passes or repasses that particular
point it crowds against a species of cam
which by a very simple arrangement
causes the aforesaid block or chock to
slip aside o few inches in the track.
Unless the cage stops right there, how
ever, a stout spiral spring acting against
the cam Immediately slips the block
back into its original position, so that a
car cannot pass it. II tue cage stops
there the block is found displaced just
far enough to allow the wheels Of the
car to pass. One great beauty Of the
invention is that it requires no one to
look ont for il. 1t works itself, in the
most unfailing manner, and is not liable
to get out Of order. We hail with JOY
all such inventions, aud heartily wish
Mr.. Leermo the most brilliant success
and all the encouragement his truly
valuable invention entities him to. We
recommend it to the special attention Of
all superintendents aud mine owners,
and understand that Mr.. Leermo is now
prepared TO furnish it wherever desired.
The arrangement is cheap, simple and
durable, easily applied and adapted 10
any style of rail track.
BAMFoRD's F~ALsErro.-In our theat-
rical critique Of yesterday we made
mention Of Bamford's voice Us being o
peculiarly rich, clear falsetto. The En-
terprise of this morning speaks of it in
one place also as Il "falsetto" while in
another theatrical item in the next col
umn it goes on to speak Of Bamford as
n ''contralto" () singer, and then reck-
lessly declares, in parenthesis, that sit
is n misnomer to call his voice a falset-
to-" Now, it is rather clear to our
mind that the first mentioned Enterprise
item was written by u critic aud the
other by a novice. The n criticises
the other. Calling that peculiar voice
of Bamford's 'falsetto" is not a ''mis-
nomer," and correct musical judges in
the matter will bear US out in saying
so. Webster defines falsetto rs ''In
music, II mode of singing, extending the
natural compass abou. IN octave
higher" A woman's voice is naturally
an octave higher than that Of q IA
Bamford's natural voice, We should
judge from what little we have heard Of
it, to be a baritone, and his elevation
Of it an octave higher in order TO simu-
late n woman's voice is certainly n false
voice as far as he is concerned, aud
strictly speaking, evidently q falsetto.
We stand on our first proposition.
Bamford's falsetto is the richest, clear
est, and best We ever heard. 1t is truly
q wonderful voice, and all who have
heard him rs the prima donna in his
operate sceua, cannot fail to be appre-
ciatively delighted with it.
IMPORTANT SUR DEcIDED.-A suit en-
titled Table Mountain Mining Company
r;. Walters Defeat Mining Company,
was on Monday decided at Dayton, be-
fore Judge Hayden, Of the Lyon county
District Court, which is the FIRST, we
believe, yet tried under the United
States mining patent law. The Walters
Defeat company claimed 5000 feet OF
mining ground, covering 1900 feet
claimed, by the Table Mountain compa-
NY. The former applied for a Govern:
ment patent to the ground claimed, and
the latter, in accordance with law, en-
tered u protest against the issuance OF
the patent, and at the same time applied
for a Government deed to the 1900 feet,
basing their right to the ground upon
the success Of the pending contest.
This brought the matter before the Dis
,rict Court, aud a jury was called to try
the rights Of property. Tne trial lasted
nearly q week, and excited more than
usual interest for q civil suit, and re-
suited in u unanimous verdict for the
Table Mountain company. Under the
law, we believe, the Walters Defeat
company will have to renew their appli-
cation for patent to the ground claimed,
less the 1900 feet, which, il no other
protest should be entered, will require
30 days notice.
To THE DoRGs.-Marshal Crandall
gives notice in the News to-day, that
all owners of dogs must get tags for
them, or they will be ~impounded after
which there will be an additional dollar
costs. And all dogs not redeemed from
the pound, will have to suffer death by
bullet or by "cold pisen." Read the
Marshnl's notice. Persons who don't
take this paper, and who have favorite
dogs at large, will not see the notice,
and hence their poor log Tray" will
be likely e suffer for their i%gnorance.)
THAT olREE To-yIGHr.-The frstsoiree
of the Young Mems Independent Social
Union, will be given At Athletic Hall,
Virginia, this evening. The proceeds
will be given to n uecdy widow Of that
city. As it is their first party, the So
ciety intend making it one long to be
remembered for its splendor And perfsc-
ton Of arrangement and management.
We certainly hope the soiree will be well
p~atronized, and all possible aid rendered
to further so worthy an object.
LEG ANpUrArED.-Jesus Rojas, the
Mexican who was shot in the leg by a
companion with whom he was quarrel
ing, on the 4,h, at Virginia, and relative
to which we made an item at the time,
was worse injured than was at first sup
posed. Drs. Green and Cleburne at
tended him, but unable to save the
limb, on Sunday last they were obliged
to amputate it some distance above the
knee. The man is getting along as
we'll could be expected, and will proba-