Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-02-25
THE EVENING NEWS.
Thursday Eveuins...February 25, 1863
Yaloclnedlnun.

au advanced form Of the disease. Three
wheeled velocipedes-one in front and
two behind-were discarded long ago,
and victims revel now principally on
two wheels. There are some, however,
who are afflicted with n morbid banker
ing for something beyond, and one poor
fellow down East has for II long time
pas, been assiduously studying how to
run himself on q single wheel. The
Buiietn's New York correspondent
gives the following slight touch on the
subject:
81 stopped writing this letter about
Is minutes ago to visit u r~elocipede
school q few squares away, to look ut II
new velocipeds. The joke about the
thing is that neither the Inventor nor
anybody else has yet been able to ride
the concern, and from present appear
ances nobody is likely to ride it with
out considerable risk to his legs and
neck. The ordinary "veloce" steers
with the front wheel by means of an or
binary crossbar, not At all difficult to
handle ; the now n steers with the
hind wheel instead OF the forward one,
and is operated by u couple Of upright
handles that take the place Of the cross
bar. The inventor and his friends point
out many advantages in the new veloce;
but | confess that | cannot see that it is
particularly desirable to have a vehicle
that no one can make use Of. Il is u
good deal like having u fine horse so
ugly that you cannot drive him without
great risk to your neck, or n handsome
wife whose temper is so extraordinary
that nobody can endure it.
"TLe velocipede mania is spreading
very fast, rot only in New York but all
over the Atlantic slope. There are half
a dozen veloce schools in New York and
Brooklyn, and there are from one to six
in all Of the principal cities east of the
Rocky Mountains. Cincinnati has the
disease II little worse just now than any
other town of her size, and they carry
the Joke so far as to have exhibitions OF
skill and competition for prizes about
onco q week. BY the end OF the year,
the great pedestrians, such as Weston
and his kidney, will be altogether
played out, and the velocipcde will have
taken their place. was told yesterday
that q carriage. making firm had leased
the Fashion Course on Long Island for
certain days during the summer, and
proposes to have frequent human races
for purses Of varied amount"
We predict that the coming season
will be the greatest and most exciting
ever before known in the history of
~veloeipedism. The public mind through
out the country is thoroughly stirred up
on the subject, and ve~locipeding is the
grand p%ervading furors of the day. In
comparison with il, the smallpox,
cholera, trichiua, or White Pine fever
are mere trivialities. The grand prob
lem Of how to get anywhere is now for
ever solved !; go on u velocipede. The
latter of the famous nineteenth CEN
tury is being run on q velocipcde, and
the chances are that the first thiag we
know we shall lose run of the first end
of i, altogether and velocipede of into
the middle Of the twentieth century
without being conscious Of our unprece-
denied progress. Gold Hill is not ex-
aetly q good country for re~locipeding,
owing to the steep grade and general
r~oughness Of the streets, but that will
make little difference, however. We're
going to yelocipede, and well have
level ground TO do il on, even if we have
to upset Mount Butler and spoil the VOL
cauo. Next summer and fall there will
be ~velocipedc races every week at Fort
Homestead. The race course is already
..l .o,nl ,har no thcraDf
The course is just the right length, and
no trouble to keep it we'll sprinkled, and
hard and smooth rs u house floor. On
the central mound will be u large tent
for the hundreds of spectators, with n
bar in the center and an oyster stand
supplied with fresh shell oysters direct
from New York per continental railroad.
Lively betting will DO doue, and lots OF
money will change hands, just like 1t
does at horse races. The great
Of Progress" so often read about here
tofore, will be in the future no more to
be compared with the yelocipede than n
prayhound with three s0rdino boxes
properly secured to his tail is to an OK
team. "Track /! track !" make way for
the velocipede.
JusrIcg-INDEPEyDENr. - This rcSur-
rected mine in lower Gold Hill has since
the present proprietors have commenced
the active and practical development
of il, rapidly come into public favor
and before long will assume it's proper
place in the front rank Of u producing
mincs. For four years past the water
in the main shaft, which ia 30 feet
deep, has not been pumped to the bot
tom, but with the effective machinery
recently brought to bear in the case
thi, has been done q large ll-inch
pump keeping the water down very Ell
feetively, and with perfect ease. This
pump is driven by Il 40-horse power en-
CINE, but not over onc-fourth of that
power is used in doing so. The hosting
is done by means Of q 35.horse power
engine. The cage used is Of the safety
pattern, and all the machinery works
we'll. The principal ore Developments
are at the 260-foot level, where n fine
BODY Of ore 10 or IL feet in width is
opened, assaying nearly 500 per ton.
AuOlHeT Nclu VI WY pAOuA'SA"e Wv
eight feet wide, is cut through ut this
level. Other portions Of the mine are
known to contain u very fair quality OF
nav ore, and we shall look with great
iuteres, to the future Developments aud
conssqueh, yield of the Justice-lndepcn'
dent.
uPERIAL-ENPIRE.- The cable when
broke q day or two since has been re-
paired and fixed all right, and started
working last night about midnight. The
accumulated water was hoisted out NJ "
pretty lively rate, and drifting At tn'
LOO foot level vas recommended I'M:
morning. At this level they have JUS
got into the outskirts of tho ledge a
short distance. At the 1000 foot leveI
they have drifted nearly 90 feet into tue
ledge. The face Of the Drift is still III
barren white quartz, bearing no orc
whatever. In order TO cut the body OF
ore.found ut the 900 foot level near tho
east wall next t the Alpha line they
will have to drift north 60 or so feet.
AZ the lower level drifts they have not
90, far enouph into the ledge tn hnd