Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-05
I1.u.raAr,yr.-Tbe Dailv Dramati.

Rsriev, San francisco, Of the 3oih ult. ,
contains a we'll written article on Cop
peropolis, = town in the foothills Of the
Sierra Nevada, near the Calsveras RiS-
er, formerly noted as the great metropo-
lis Of the copper-producing portion OF
California . name associated WITH
ideas Of e~xtravngnnt and almost uniim-
tied wealth in copper bars and 0ppeI
stocks, to all interested in such aihusns
arrangements. The article treats on tue
origin, rise and fall Of Copperopolis' as
connected with the copper discovery
and consequent excitement at that point,
and subsequent subsistence into It's
present auisscence. How familiar
~ does the following extract strike the
ears of old miners and prospectors, not
only in California, but here in Neyadal
How wildly il brings to mind similar
histories Of the palmy days, the decline
and desertion Of more than one of the
mushroom towns which have sprung
up in the past, still are springing up,
and will continue to spring up and
flourish, at least for q time, within the
borders Of our own Silver State, to say
nothing of California Or any other por-
ton of the outside world. Como was
considerably milder dreawn than Cop
peropolis, but we are reminded Of her
palmy days. Thus concludes what the
Revier has to say of Co~pperopolis and
her past and present hopes and pros
poets Ragged miners for years lived
on pork and beans, and daily hunted
their holes' far underground for the for
tune, which their excited imagination
told them was but q few feet further
distant. Copperopolis waIed larger,
built churches and sehoolhouses, blew
steam whistles, %resounded with the
clsng and CHATTER Of machinery, ran
stages, lawsuits and street fights. In
its main street ave years ago, could bs
seen teams unloading merchandise and
loading with copper; busy, hopeful,
active men talking, trading and plan
ming, spectators from abroad gazing
wistfully at the Uuiou works; dogs, cats,
women and children and all the compo-
nent parts of u busy town. The dead
eued report Of the frequent blasts told
of the lsbors prosecuted hundreds Of feet
under ground. y "
Two weeks ago, at 10 o'clock, we gazed
one suushiny morning, on the Main
street of Copperopolis. Two-thirds OF
the dwellings were deserted. There
were signs Of restaurants, saloons, bar
Der shops, stores, justices, doctors and
lawyers Offices, but no occupants.
There were two churches, but no con-
g~rsgations, no ministers. Three or four
men moved listlessly about, summing
themselves. On the Empire, Union,
Kentucky, and other claims, were mo-
tionless steam engines, like slumbering
giants. Down the deep, dark shafts
came no tinkling Of drill-hammers
Birds few fearlessly about the sheds.
Squirrels partly emerged from their
holes, and seemed to intimate, judging
from the expression Of their faces, that
they were once more in possession OF
their old property, The sound OF q
wood-saw was heard from n end OF
the town 10 the other. II seemed the
graveyard Of industry and enterprise.
Such are the beginnings and BINDINGS OF
California mining excitements.'
How SILVER CRY WAS CARRIED.-We
took q walk to Silver City yesterdays
dusty walk; a tirssome walk. We
hailed several buggies going down, and
asked their occupants to give US n lift,
but one and all told us that they were
only going = few hundred yards further,
although to our certain knowledge some
of them went as far as Carson-and we
had to foot it all the way. We arrived
At the iourishing city Of Silver, foot
sore and weary, at about q P. NJ, q
were delighted to find Becksr's saloon,
open. 1t is useless for US TO say why.
We imbibed at Chsrley's-wster, Of
~course-and then continued on u
way. After travelling about three hum
dred yards, through dust-uot more
than six feet desp-we arrived at the
Nevada Hotel, where We met our OLD
friend George F.. Now George is q
fine fellow, as every one knows, and we
are indebted to him for the following
account Of the meetings which were
held in Silver by the Republicans and
Democrats during the last campaign.
AZ dells you vat," said he, deres no
use talkin', for der Black Republicans
ish got der best of der Democrats, and
knowed II petore ; and ! dells you, ven
der Republicans had dat camp meetin'
in Silver, dey vos liberal enough to
have all dere stables put inside oil der
horses, we're dsy would be kept warm
Dat vas goot, you know, but ven der
Democrats come down to have dere
meetin', dey vas toe tam stngy to pay
for feed, and so dey tied deere horses init
dor telegraph poles. Now dis is shoosi
rat carried Silver for Grant, because all
de Germans didn't like dis poo'y much.
WusxLY BULLIoS.-The following is a
statement Of the amount Of bullion
shipped or received for assay during
the past week From the Office Of Wells,
Fargo l. Co., in Virginia, there were
shipped 7,2l9 pounds Of assayed bull
lion, valued at Slsl, 1877 43. From vir-
ginia, by Pacific Union Express CO.,
S3s, SCI ~ Of assayed bullion. The
amount of crude bullion received for
melting and assay is as follows: E.
Ruhling L Co., Virginia, 90, 743 ounces
W. c. Bousield & Co. successors to
Theall l. Co. of Virgins, AZ ,59l ounces
Tho total shipment Of bullion from Vir.
ginia for the week has been s,52g
pounds, valued at S2le,7 lS IS,
showing an increase over the shipment
OF the previous week Of 2,3il pounds,
valued at SEC $40 az:
TEMPERANCE SocIAL.-The Temper
sues Social Union Of Virgiuia-com-
posed of = gOodly number Of soeiaole
ladies and gentlemen who prefer a So
cial dance to a social drink of anything
more e%xhilarating than orange-pesl aud
water-ars going to have a social terp-
sichorean party at Armory Hall, fir'
'ginia, next Tuesday evening, December
stb. We are happy in the receipt oil
complimentaries.
PAY Ur.-Mr. Thomas Gallagher, the
Committee on Streets in Gold Hill, will
call next week on the citizens who sub
scribed money to pay the expense oil
co~nafructinp thu sevar m Main straet