Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-02-18
THE EVENING NEWS
Thor.day Rvenins--.Februnry IS, 1869

Gold Hlller AT Pteschs s"IOu'"'uS ~
Mud Springs, California, gives US, in a
letter dated February 9th, the following
items current in that famous locality
:. Bill Stidger, who says he used to
work with you up in Pug-nose Ravine
before you went over to Washoe, is still
here. His wife died OF diptheria two or
three weeks ago, brought on by shovel
ing snow of the back porch. Bill
hasn't been contented any since, and is
Going to start for White Pine next week.
lie got II letter from his brother-in-law
a few DAYS CO., who has q claim on
Chloride Flat which he Says is turning
out over twenty tons Il day Of ore that
ASSAYS over S43, 900 to the ton in silver ;
no gold in it whatever. Ii the now
ON the railroad don't block the thing
up, | think some OF going over to Gold
Hill next Spring. Some day or other
a railroad will be built over the Placer
vile route, and that road will pass d.
rectly through Mud Springs and be the
building up Of the place. Business is
quite h%Outishing here now, but it would
be better if so many hadn't left for
White Pine. Old Wickersham's daugh-
ters are married, so you needn't hold on
to any further hopes in that quarter
Jim Reese, the undertaken, who used to
be such a great chum of yonrs, got mar
ried last week, and the boys played \
queer sort of a joke on him. You know
he always keeps an eye to business and
never allows pleasure or anything else
to stand in tho way when there is a job
on hand in his line. After sparkling Tor
~ he finally made the rifle aud got
married. That night, after n jolly we'd
ding, his invited friends left for home,
wishing the happy couple all sorts OF
10Y. Bedtime came and jim had just
blown out the light to get into bed with
his wife, when there was n loud
knocking at the door. jim Jcrked
himself into his pants and hur-
ried to the door, where he met II
man who handed him II note and went
away. This note desired BIN to come
Immediately down to Liz Tompkins
place, stating that one OF her lady
boarders" had died Of the smallpox,
aud she wanted her buried right away,
and nothing said, lest it should hurt
her business. Jim shut the door and
went back to his bedroom, rubbing his
hands and smiling all over his face, Tor
here was the best kind OF II paying
Job. Says he, "My dear, don't be un
easy nor disappointed, but have got
u mighty important job that must be
attended to just rs soon rs possible /;
'twon't do to let old PilkinS get there
ahead of me, aud cut me out. 'Twont
take long, and I'll he back very soon +;
business, you know" So he rugged up,
gave her u kiss, and said "good by,
loyey," and away he went taking good
care not to forget his tape line. After
a dirty old walk through the mud "nd
slush, he came to LIS place. The Oh
gal and her "boarders all looked
thundsrstruck to see him pop into tue
parlor, and still more so when he in-
uuired for the corpse. Corpse, be
id I" exclaimed old Liz, tercely,
'' what tho devil We talSin' about? There
hain't no corpse here, hut Ell yer don
git out O. this, there might be one pretty
soon" jim showed her the note, and
asked il she sent it. She began to per-
csiye the sell. "Well, no didn't send
800 49,. aha ~, II dom, make
LOT yer s"y' -, s,or hare II
no uiuerenee y 80 ;olrs yer
yer want 70 Sc, rn., No siop.
KNOW Lorrs aud
went to all the other houses OF the kind
10 town before he gave it up and came
to the conclusion that he was hum
bucved. He found one drunken mulatto
gal NJ pu.eh o"' sm when
ana u.un ! nav >" mad and tired
ne 80. no'uS ,hst no would
win ms 'o,isonhe .t""p, and ,han
not 5 ,Sa cromn collie and couldn ,
.I..n when the smallpox first broke
out mere y" "m.o,5 o,bor SWINGS
go hr, bc hasr,, found 4 Gus
toner for one of them yet.
CAsLE -
terday the steel wire cable AT the I'M
nsrial. Empire shaft broke just as Il car
load Of waste rock was being started
.uu Tho , ooo foot station. 1t broke
ahon. 200 feet from the surface and
fell into the shalt. Inc cage wa: =,
the sids-cnisel s".ei! Ps"ror of safety
hat his age which had raised .
feet above its starting poin,
- rho cable broke, did not fall more
~ an inch or two neither could the
~" nh;,oIs be dislodrcd from their
ss"s IoId rnon the guides by the weigh,
of tho heavy cable falling upon the iron
ROOT Of the cage. superintendent Vol,
Sora 'mIne ei q new cablc before
n;y' apd had !, in full operation by
m;dn;oht. Everything j. running well
r.n.I to-day.
Goop PRosPEcrs AuEAp.-Thc pros
oo,s Cor arropnt.r;nr more good bodies
OF ore NJ 'ne 'o"e'
NorSr'ss "inv ~ = nor,b T;,s whore
So, ,.aoLs of Tho SAVAGE mine din
u.P"., IT. Z, Norcross 10 cu;,c n IA.
lhlo n",Sa aOocnIo,iyo s,ocks a,