Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-07

Az INCIDENT.-After tho fire broke out
in the Yellow Jacket, Krntuck and
Crown Point this morning, and the
shafts and drifts of the Crown Point be-
came filled with immense volumes OF
smoke, two brothers scrambled toward
one Of the cages to he drawn TO the sur
face. One Of them fell exhausted, when
the other picked him up and dragged
him on the cage; but he was insensible,
and the other was fast becoming so
from the sitting smoke, but he had
strength enough left to ring the belland
the cage started up. The head Of the
iuSensible man was caught by the tim
bcrS of the shaft and crushed to atoms /!
The other brother, who WAS also snoth-
ering, ~involuntarily, and not knowing
what had happened, caught the mangled
aud bleeding body Of his brother in his
arms, and when the cage reached tho
top one was u corpse aud the other was
insensible, but with n denth-grip, rs it
were, held on to his dead brother.
Mortal eyes have seldom witnessed such
nm affecting sight. The dead and partly
living were removed from the cage, aud
for several hours every assistance was
rendered to the living man.. AT IL
o'clock he had not yet become con-
Scious, though his physician gave his
opinion that he might ecovcr.
Coon ORg.-Thc Occidental Company
have found some better ore than usual
in the bottom Of u winze l40 feet deep,
sunk below tho bottom Of their present
lower working level. 1t assays rs high
rs 5000 to the ton, aud is expected to
mill about $50. At thst depth the gyp-
sum so prevalent in the ledge seems to
run out almost entirely, the rock being
quartz of excellent texture and quality.
The Aiding of this ore is II very encous-
| aging circumstance, "a it will doubtless
be also found in the new lower tunnel
now being ruu, and which will cut the
lead some 400 feet beneath the present
lower workings. \ mill is to be erect
ed at the mouth of this tunnel, and the
profits yielded by the mine hereafter
will be devoted to this purpose, there
fore no more dividends are proposed to
be paid for the present neither will as
scsSnents have TO be levied.
GOLD HILL VS.. HoRSTowS.-Thc
young men of Gold Hill and Virginia
have organized themselves into two
rival base ball clubs, and last Saturday
they had n very lively aud well con-
tested match gamo on tina Divide,
resulting in the Wide Awakes," OF
Virginia, getting rather tho best Of the
cred Jacket" club, of Gold Hill.
Our boys know just exactly what they
were beat on, now, aud foeliug sure
that they can't win q second time, they
have calamity challenged the Horn
towners to another match, for $50 a
side. The challenge is accepted, and
the match takes place next Saturday,
n, some place to be agreed upon.
CARBoNIC ACID CAST is now con.
coded by the men connected with the
mines where the FIRE occurred this morn.
ing, that the carbonic acid gas which
exists in the drifts and shafts Of all our
deep mines, was the principal cause OF
deaths o! the unfortunate men. When
the fire got fairly under way, the smoke
and heat naturally forced the poisonous
gas into the drifts where the men were
at work, and almost instantly smothered
them as soon MS thsy came in contact
with, or inhaled it.
tbs OMNIBus.-The road between
here and Virginia being in pretty good
condition once more, tho regular omni-
bu. has been PLACED upon the route IN
place of the Concord coach which has
breu in use temporarily while the roads
were so bad. The price Of II ride is
only two hits either way-cheaper than
walking. Doug. looks healthy and
adorus the box, and handles the whip
and ribbons 10 the satisfaction OF both
passengers and horses.
CuEAp TEL8GRArHISc.-Fo the in
formation of those who do not know it,
we will state that the telegraph com
pauies have reduced their rates on
message. from Virginia and Gold Hill
to San Francisco and other points on
their lines TO % cents for 10 words.
SAD.-0ae of the men killed in thu