Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-29
GOLD H111ERs AT WHITE PINE,


w have been shown two letters from
former citizens of Gold Hill, which
have been received here since last
Saturday. One is from Mr.. W. H.
Dolman, and is addressed to Hon. A. X.
Potter. We will condense the SUBJ
stance Of both these letters. Mr.. Dol
man writes under date of March cath,
and states that for ten days previous q
most terrific storm had been raging ut
White Pine.
1t had Boreas for driver and the whirl-
wind for rider, and such a horrible
chase as it gave the poor mortals who
ventured away from home, I have never
seen before. hear Of ono man who
persisted between here and Hamilton
last night mo particularly. should
not be surprised to hear Of several
more who have made tine snow !" their
winding sheet" for there are many
| silly men, not accustomed to stop al
ANYTHING, who will venture out in any
storm. One man who came up afoot
from Hamilton yesterday told ME he
would assuredly have persisted but for
pocket compass, by which he could
keep his course through the binding
snow cloud. Many want correct infor-
| nation in detail about this country.
| find it impossible to give the time and
| should like to obligc all friends, so
| will give you my opinion as near rs
possible of this country and its wants.
OF the mines | know but little by
experience. Sober working men now
here, who have picked their way from
level to level in tho Comstock, tell me
| that the amount Of "green chloride
| working many thousands per ton, and
| which has made this hill so famous,
| will probably not increase-or that the
yield will most likely diminish-but
| that there is an immense amount Of ore
Fin sight that will work from SEQ to $50
per ton. Masses of this ore have been
| found in many places hundreds Of feet
in length and breadth, and ten to fifteen
feet thick. This ore, or rather stratum,
| lays nearly horizontal. But will any OF
| the wise men on the Comstock tell us
| why it is not just as good, and why II
can't be worked as proitably, and why
it won't last us long, rs it would if it
| dipped into the earth ut an angle OF 40
or co degrees. | find the men who
travel over the hill and handle the
pick and shovel most, have the greatest
confidence in this country. | do not
| advise people to come hore nor to stay
| away, fair weather or foul. People
set aside everything when they get the
| fever, and come. Men who came here
last summer, autumn, winter, those ar
| irving now and to arrive for q year to
como, it seems to me have an equal
| chance in tho race for fortune. You
may think me wild in this statement,
but | will refer you back TO Virginia and
| Gold Hill look at their men to-day,
and say, if you can, that am not right
in tho premises. There is work lin good
weather. for all who come, and it has
been so in the past, and | think it will
continue so, should we even have the
Is, 900 additional inhabitants promised
US. The careless and improridcnt will
live, fare and die, rs they usually do on
the Pacific Coast. The charitable will
lay them in the Potter's Field no mat
ter where they SO, and they will be for
gotten long before their "bones are
dust" These wrecks of humanity are
to be pitied. Slaves to appetite, they
willingly pay tribute to TWO tyrant
kings-Faro and Alcohol.
Building lots in the heart Of the town
cannot be bought for less than $4,000,
but that is the exception, not the rule (;
good building lots, for families, nearer
level than you have them on Main street,
Gold Hill, and within n few stones
throw of the business part of town, can
be had for from $3.50 to $500.
Last December o party wrote to n
friend of mine here to know if they
could buy q lot cheap in the business
part of the town. He Immediately an
swcrei that with the cash he could Sc
cure q desirable lot for $500. Another
letter of inquiry followed, and BY the
time the second answer reached them
the lot had been sold for $4,000.
Now, a little sound edvics to business
men ard families who purpose soming
here this spring OF. early next summer /:
The supply of lumber cannot possibly
keep pace with the demand. The rail-
road cannot carry the freight needed
here. Let the business mon or families
who design coming here ship building
material by freight wagons; kiln-dry
tho lumber if il is not already seasoned,
or carefully take down some house and
hall, - -, shoN - can ha npt nm anaIn
here. | was the first to ship lumber for
an entire house, and no one has im-
proved on my place thus far. McClus-
kew l. Monnhan let u contract six weeks
ago for n two.story and basement house.
The stills are now laid and about l 800
feet Of lumber is on the ground. They
are trying to get lumber enough to CON-
pletc Il one-story house. Besides hay
ing the lumber to do with, il can be
laid down from Lake Bigler or Washoe
at least % per cent. cheaper than when
bought here. Lumber, rough and knot
ty, commands $3.50 per NJ, and the ar
rival OF a load creates rs great IL sensG-
ton rs q well dressed stranger would in
Il couutry village. Provisions are album
dant, and not high, considering freight.
Families moving here should bring
household furniture rs well as house.
The men who got bit at American Flat,
Como and Meadow Lake, think the bot
tom will fall out Of Treasure Hill the
last of June or the first of July. will
miss my guess very much if there is a
halt in the prosperity Of this county in
the years 1869, 20 or II,
The other letter, which is from q
practical miner of Gold Hill, gives a
very different account of the mineral
wealth Of White Pine. We will pub
lish it in to-morrow's News.
TRoUBLE.-Quite = scene raj enscted
on board the Washoc, previous to her
departure from San Francisco, in the
evening, By three halt-drunken roughs.
It is customary for the ticket agent on
the other side to collect fare for the