Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-31
THE EVENING NEWS
Thursday Hvening.-.-Dccember 81, 1S6S
Amour ApsrxrHs.-Young swiggles

sat solitary aud alone the other evening
a. a little table in the corner OF a brew
cry saloon. One set Of his fingers were
s%ertimentally thrust through his dis
ordered hair, while the other slowly
stroked the young and tender little
yellow goatec adjoining his pointed
chin. His gaze was pensivc ana
dreamy, for he had industriousiy
essayed to'drowu the cankered sorro"
that was eating into. nj, heart IKE u
cabbage worm, with copious DRINKS Oh
beer, but all to no purpose. 'Tains
no uss," said he, dreamily shaking his
obfus,icatsd head, "the flown bowl
Won't do it. When love psrwades the
human seuses, a Teller signs in vain for
relief, and doesn't get 1t even thea.
Where kin the weary soul fluid rest? yer
know. Beer amt 10 d~isintectant in the
matter it stupe6es some, but don't OBJ
liviste. Whisky's pretty good for 1t,
but it's too cursed common; miners and
newspaper fsllers drinks whisky. Damn
eff l don't believe absinthe is what
oughter drink. Yes, that's il. Old
What's his-name, there, yer know, he
goes on and says 'absinthe couqusrs
love- Yes, that's it this ere things
got ter be conquered on me, and I'll
Jest 90 it on absiuths hereafter. But
hold on, hold on, old boy this ANT
the thing, neither. He says in another
place, yer know, that 'absiuthe makes
the heart grow fonder.' Played out !
don't want ter git any fonder; too dam
fond now. Couldn't stand absinthe.
Might do for them fellGrs what lived in
the Days OF absinthe,' but don't
want noue Of il in niue. No nbsinthe,
no abs" Swigglss' head subsidized
on the table in a little puddle of beer,
in sweet, dreamy obliviousuess, until
the barkesper walked him up and sent
him off home ; bat he still muttered AS
he meandered out Of the door: "No sb.
sinthe /; nary sbsinths for me. Couldn't
stand it ; no (hie) absinths.'
SURFACE 0RE.-For years the old
Cbollar groupings have continued to yield
goodly quantities of pay ore, not OF
high grade, but rsmuneratire to the en-
,erprisinx workers thereof. Not so
much attention was paid to the working
of the upper levels Of the mine in the
early times as there is now, therefore 1t
is that u vast amont Of good ore is be-
ing found in the upper levels at the
present time. At two or three points
this ore 10 being extracted through
small surface shafts, especially about
the Wood l. Goe cave, on B street. AT
this point, just above the west line OF B
street, is the shaft known as the Con-
fedsrate, which was opened last sum
NOR. 4 small wooden building is erect
ed over it, and the shaft is now down
l26 feet. The ore is being extracted BY
Hobart j Co., under contract. A DON
KEY engine is used in hosting, and
about thirty tons Of good orc are being
raised per day. Thirty men are en-
ployed in and about this little depart
ment Of the Chollar-Potosi mine, and
judging from the quantity OF ore in
sight, the Confederate Shaft will con-
tinue to yield rsmuueratiyely for some
time. The old Comstock has plenty Of
good. ore yet left in the surface work
ings and upper levels which will prove
of immense Importance in the future,
when the price Of ore extraction and re-
duetion shall be much less than at
present.
CsRRo Goapo.-A friend Of ours just
in from Corro Gosdo, Inyo County, Cal
i~fornia, some $50 miles south Of here,
speaks Of things in that quarter as very
fourishiug. The mines are yielding eI-
tremely well, snd there are between two
and three hundred people permanently
located there. The ore is very rich in
argeutiterosI galsua, aud therefore
Yields large quantities Of low grade
bullion, obtained through the smelling
process. The furnace OF belshaw i
Elder is smelling at the rate Of six tons
OF this bullion every "a hours; it il
worth about $500 per ton. Another
furnace, belonging TO a Frenchman,
turns put two ton Of ;he same article
daily. There is no snow at Cerro
UOEuO, hclbuNE uoS kh0AS WYNN NHN 80
mato being Of = much milder nature
than ours. The roads between here
and there are good yet, and no snow is
encountered except about Aurora. At
the race track, Eve miles south Of
Aurora, the snow is over two feet deep.
The White Pine excitement has extend
I'd to Cerro Gordo, and ssTcral persons
have left for the new silverado, yet
these are only a few t~oot-looss ones.
The majority of those interested and
operating At Cerro Gordo are well coz
tented to stay there and make their for
tunes.
FIRST DEATH FROM SuALL-Pox.-E. 5.
Simonds, late Superintendent of the
Eclipse mill, in this town, died ut his
residence this morning of smallpox.
Mr.. Simonds was q native Of New York
State, formerly residing near Utica.
His was a Ease Of malignant continent
smallpox, in its very worst form, the
loathsome pus,ules of the disease being
thickly diffuSed throughout his mouth
aud throat. He had the very best of
medical attention, but he vas an unruly
patient to nurse, being II stout, power
ful man, and occasionally wandering in
his mind, from the effects Of the tor
menting disease. This is the first fatal
cast of smallpox occurring this season
in Gold Hill, and in fact The only un-
mistakable case Of the disease.
CHRISTMAS TREE. - The Christmas
Tree Festival, given to the scholars Of
St. Johns Sunday School, took place
last night in the church, and was o de-
cided success {; a. much so ~ any sim
liar Festival that has ever taken place
in Gold Hill. The audience, youths
and adults, was very large, and nil
seemed to enjoy themselves. The gifts
for the children were in most liberal
profusion-every scholar having been
kindly remembered by the jolly and
kind.hearted Santa Claus. The reason
why the Christmas Troe Festival did
not occur on Christmas Eve was be-
cause OF the stormy weather, the mud
dy streets, aud the absence Of the father
Of the school, our friend Mr.. Ball.
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