Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-02-19
LErrER FROM WHITE PINE.
HAMILTON, February 18th.


EDIroR News AS l have not written
anything to the NEWS for some time,
perhaps some items may be of interest
to your readers. I am satisfied there
are q great many persons about COLD
Hill who have the " White Pine fever,
and in order to allay the disease, l will
commence by giving a description otthe
kind Of weather we are having at this
time. The thermometer is generally
about zero, but sometimes it gets seve-
raj degrees below. For several days
mast it has been showing almost con
| tinually, but on the l1th inst. the snow
fell to the depth Of ten inches, and the
wind blew n perfect gale. The ground
in some places is bare, while in other
places tho snow has drifted to six and
seven feet in depth. All the sno on
Treasure Hill has blown down on Ham,
ilton, leaving Treasure bare and bleak
while Hamilton 10 like some Of tho
towns in Lapland. Scores Of poor fell.
lows tramp from n saloon to another
without a CEN in their pockets, but
they have been too we'll raised to work
when work is offered them. The truth
is, if men. are sane they will stay where
they are, if they can live, unless they
have money and if they are men OF
means they are insane if they do not
come out to this portion of the State, as
there is not 4 shadow Of n doubt but
this is the richest mineral country ever
discovered, and capital will find better
investment here than it will in any other
portion Of the State. -,
The mines are not being worked with
much energy at this time, owing proba'
bly, to the inclemency of the weather,
and partly to the fact that all the dumps
and dumping ground arc filled with ore,
so there is no room until some mills arc
put up to reduce the ore.
There arc at this timo thousands Of
tons OF ore that will work from two to
eight hundred dollars per ton. Many
of the outside mines are now coming
into note, with more buyers than there
are sellers. Claims command II high
price, but sellers Hsk still more.
The price of living and Of foed fol
stock here requires good ore to pay the
prices. Flour is SIS butter, 81 ba.
con, 40 cents ; hay, 5000 per ton ; bar
ley, II cents per pound lumber foI
building is worth from $3.50 to $500 per
thousand, and will 10 doubt continue
to command q high price until July OF
August. as the roads will not admit o
teams coming in with loads before that
time.
Some of the old settlers in this dis
trict inform me that the snow on the
Goth of last May in the lower part o.
Hamilton Tor where the Town now
stands) was % feet deep.
Among the many improvements IN
the way of accommodations in our town
is the establishment Of q Postofico and
a Union Pacific Express. I received Q
copy of the NEws by Wclls, Fargo Il Co.
on the 10th inst, that vas mailed in
Gold Hill on the 9Th Of December-juil
G. days in coming through. 1t is said
that mail matter comes through by post
in 65 days. Whom the NEWS reaches me
it has to pass through a hundred eager
hands before it reaches me again.
am surprised that both the Gold Hill
and Virginia papers do not have e%ficien.
agents here, as either the NEWS or En-
ttrprise could have a circulation Of II
least 100 copies.
Yours, CAP Rock.