Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-03
LETTER FROM WHITE PINE.

LETTER FROM WHITE PINE.
TREASURE CRY, February a, 1860.
EDITOR News /: If I had not solemnly
promised to write you 800 after my
arrival here, I assure you, with equal
solemnity, that I should not now at
tempt it. There is entirely too much
excitement, business animation, "chlo-
ride" etc., to allow my ono to APP
proach the task of writing a letter suit
able for publication, without experience
ing more or loss reluctance and with
me tho undertaking is positively irk-
some. If, therefore, my letter should
DO brief, disconnected, and otherwise
imperfect, the foregoing must plead my
excuse. Having no desire whatever to
mislend any one, | may ms well record
in advance, once for all, that shall not
write anything but "the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
OF course | am liable to err man ia
~frail," you know tho same as other
"mortals hero below" but should do
so, attribute it to the Judgment instead
of n willful pcrversion Of facts. My
impression, then, Of the district and its
prospects ia of the most favorable char
actor.
Tho" Poor Mans Pnrndlsc."
| have not had time yet, to make a
thorough examination Of the mines in
general, but have seen enough to con-
vince me that this is the richest and per-
haps the most extensive mineral-bcaring
section known to tho civilized world
and unlike all other quartz countries OF
which most persons have knowledge, n
poor man here stands an equal chance
with II rich man. Any nan who is will
ing 10 work can easily sink Il prospect.
hole ten or n dozen feet deep, when, ii
he ",trikcs chloride" land hundreds do,
| even with a less outlay of work, no
trouble is experienced in selling out for
q round sum /; or if he is inclined to eX-
tract ore on his own hook, no more on
pensc attends the operation than placer
mining during the early days of Cali
fornia. The term "Poor Mans Para
disc" rs applied TO this country, is
indeed most apt, and according to my
notion of matters and things, it is true
in its broadest acccptNtion. OF course
men cannot come here and shovel up
tw~cnty-dollar pieces by the cart load
yet the chances for n large number Of
persons to realize q competency appear
more favorable than in any locality
have ever before seen. The district
abounds in spectators and sharpcrs
but rs most of them have means which
they aro willing to cxpend for the mu'
tual benefit Of themselves and the pros
pectors, | nm wont to look upon then
more as n blessing than II detriment &c
the country.
Prospecting, Building, Health, Etc.
Much prospecting is being carried or
and valuable strikes and development:
are of daily recurrence There is no
enough snow anywhere in the district
to retard operations, save in spots
along the north and west sides Of
Treasure Mountain. The weather nj
present is fair and very mild, though il
is hardly to be presumed that tho win.
ter is yet over. All the towns in the
district are improving with tho greatest
imaginable rapidity, and the work oil
building progresses US FIST rs lumber
can DO obtained. Treasure City is The
town of this section, and real estate on
any of its principal streets commands a
ready sale at almost fabulous prices. A
scarcity of water, or in fact no water Mt
all, is its only drawback, and this docs
not appear to be much of IN impedi-
mont. Tom Cristie Of Gold Hill has n
furnace, supplies the greater portion of
the town with snow water, and is max
ing money. The health of the district
is generally good, though there have
been a few cases Of smallpox at Hamil-
ton and Shermantown, but not n soli-
tary cast in this place.
Newspaporlnl.
Messrs. Ayrcs h Putnam have arrived
and the material for their Inland Empire
will be here in q day or two. They will
most probably locate in this place. The
people of this section manifest more
anxiety about the new county Of White
Pine than anything else. They nppar-
ontly do not care which of the bills be-
comes q law, or who are to be the ofi'
GERS, so that they get tho county md a
new judicial district. Angel, late Of
the Oakland News, has assumed edi.
torial charge Of the White Pine News,
of this city. Tho paper is to be en-.
largcd soon and probably issued daily,
or at least semi-wcekly. 1t is getting
pretty well filled with live ads"
"a Mnn for Brcnkfast."
We had " man for breakfast" this
morning. At about 10 o'clock last
night Pat Kelly shot Moses Flynn. the
shot taking effect in the region of the
abdomen, from the effects Of which he
died Mt m early hour this morning.
Kelly made his escape and has not since
been heard of. Tho difficulty, ! under
stand, grew out of a %lot,jumping affair.
Both parties, | think, formerly lived in
Storey County, and | believe Flynn was
late of Gold Hill.
l think Of nothing more to add Mt
this time, and with the promise that
you may hear from me again when &C.
cnsion presents, subside.
Yours, ctc., las
Ar last accounts, railroad buildin G