Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-02-27
THE EVENING NEWS.
saturday EvenIns.....February %, 1863
Pluto Items" Captain Chnrley,, the Au-
gust Piute Chief, Pays rs nm Official

capacity as u Nenerateu chlet OF Tn
Pluto nation and an influential friend o
the whites, paid m official visit to tn,
Office Of the Gold Hill News this morn
ing. He was gorgeously arrayed 70,
the occasion in an Anticipated plug hat
adorned in front with a armament o
twinkling little bits of looking glass, 1
blue frock coat heavily studded with
three rows of big brass buttons up ant
down the front, and over his left shoul
der was gracefully thrown u large rec
scarf which supported, where it crossed
his breast; a splendid badge of Office.
consisting Of the case of a brass watch.
He arrived yesterday from n three oil
four months absence on a tour of in,
spection and observation among his
dusky brethren in other portions Of the
State. He did not visit White Pine,
but will do so next summer, when, il
the Eberhardt continues to keep up It's
present rich reputation, lie will buy the
controlling interest and run it himself
for the benefit of the ''poor heathens'
so long residing between ''Greenland's
icy mountains and lndia's coral strand"
Any oyerplus will be appropriated rs Il
reserve fund TO pay of the Nevada Leg
islature whenever the State funds are
short. At Austin Captain Charleyhad
the misfortune to lose both his horses
by striking a brother Piute who laid
over him at poker, consequently he was
compelled to foot it to Walker Lake,
where he had yet a NANCY pony remain
ing, on which he rode to Gold Hill.
Ouly n few Of his squaws remain at
their quarters on Walker River; all the
rest of them have gone 10 the big IAN
dango now in progress about IL miles
below the foot Of Walker Lake, where,
for the next week or ten days, between
three and four hundred festive Pluto
citizens, including all sexes, will be
congregated to revel amid Hn afluent
feast of pine-nuts, poke-root and dried
grasshoppers, variated with poker,
dancing, sparkling, etc., TO the hilarious
music of native horn aud whistle. Old
Winnemueea is living with his family
down below Pyramid Lake, but the old
gentleman is unwell at present. Char
ley says she Don gone die, sure"
Young Winnemucca, the great sanguin-
ary war chief of the Piute nation, Char
ley says is ~"ishing" in Pyramid Lake,
together with other Piutes. Thoy catch
"'pish for white men who find a market
for them at Virgins and other places"
siBig-mouth-Jim,' brother-in-law to
young Wiunemucca, will arrive from
the Truckee tomorrow on q visit TO this
section. Captain Charley will hereat-
ter, doubtless, be a little more init
mately connected with our national af-
fairs than heretofore, as he informs us
he will shortly accept Of II commission
on %Sheridan's staff, to assist in whaling
the belligsrent savNges beyond Salt
Lake. Until that time, however, he
will remain in his present quiet frame
of mind, c%oiuciding with General Grant
in "Let US have peace" The 'ipeace"
that Charley refers to principally
however, is spelt ''piece," and means
u quarter, a half, or even u bit, if you
choose to press the same upon his royal
acceptance when he honors you with a
visit.
THAT ELKo CoAL-From our friend
P. Holland, Esq, on his way TO White
Pine, we have jus, received a box full
of the coal or bituminous shale recently
found near Elko. There is . whole
mountain Of this queer stuff out there.
/, is Il hard, Illuminated, dark
brown substance, much resembling
plug tobacco; in fact, one small
slab before us, eight by five inches
square, and Il little over an inch thick,
neatly sawed out with n common hand
saw, might easily be mistaken for to-
bacco. Slivers of it lighted With q
match, burn rs freely as pitch pine,
with o bright, clear flame and 4 gaseous
smelling smoke. Mr.. Holland says: at
is the best coal for gas | ever saw. Ii
you want to try it, scrnpe or cut it up
fine, same AS you would tobacco, then
put it in q common clay pipe, cover the
pipe bowl with clay or anything
that will make it air tight, and
then put it in the fire, leaving the stem
sticking out. When you see smoke
coming out Of that stem touch a lighted
match to it and you will find that it is
good gas, burning with n bright flame.
An analysis Of this peculiar coal, shalc
or whatever it is, made Mt Ruhliug's as
say office, Gold Hill, showed it TO con-
tain 10 per cent. Of ~combustiblo matter,
tho other 80 per cent. being a sort OF
clayey ashes. Quantities of it burned
in stoves at Elko created an intense
lusa 81 - Labs anita faneih1n IN nee
it as fuel ever if 40 more valuable use
is found for it. There appears but little
grit to it, except where little thin s,reaks
Of gypsum occasionally glaze the layers,
but it certainly is very strongly impreg-
mated with petroleum, and some OF 1t
bears considerable resemblance to as
phaltum. II is the opinion of many peo-
pie that oil could be struck in that vi
entity by boring in the right place and
to the proper depth. Somebody will
doubtless try it during the coming sea-
son.
OCCIDENTAL NINE This valuable
and deservedly popular mine is looking
better than ever at the present time,
anu turning Oub p'NhNt 'oSN ~ 10y
shipping to the mills about 100 tons
daily. The finances Of the company are
in a decidedly healthy state, and we
learn that they propose declaring a div
idend Of $3.50 per share on the LIST OF
next month, and regularly every month
thereafter, with perhaps an increase OF
amount in case the company finances
shall justify the same. The Occidental.
is rapidly coming into notice as one oil
tho ysry best and most reliable mines OF
the State; and the stock is quite n ia,
vorite among the brokers and general
stock dealers.
HALE n NoRcRoss.-Some very
GOOD ore is developed by the Wine be-
tu.sn the fourth and fifth levels OF this
mine, five or six feet in width. Inc
mine generally is looking healthy me
annual meeting of the company w'lt DC
held on Wednesday, March 10th, Mt tnei'
of;ce in San Francisco. As j. u ran
and ]. W. Mackay of Virginia City own
ovcr 400 shares Of the stock, they vii
bs vsry liable to exercise their control
I;rg interest in influencing the choice
49, Fnar