Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-15
GOLD HILL NEWS EXTRA.

-dy.e Yhs so .9yaoa laI Do 8grasSr
at .he,Vesey House, Gold Hill, who had
been a miner In the Yellow Jacket mine
for the Inst six or seven months, had n
dream on Monday night, in. which some
underlined presence seemed to tell him
that if he vent down into the mine
again something terrible would happen
Ito him. So strongly was this warning
Impressed upon his mind that he con
cluded to quit work altogether, and left
for San francisco Tuesday night, only
ia few hours previous to the appalling
disaster of Wednesday morning, so
fatal to human life.
IN [Frum the Gold Hill News Of April 1871
The Gold Hill SIIuing CalamLty-Rcopen-
Ing OF tho shafts To:dny-Onr Flremen
pm Hand Ms Usnal.Prepnrntions Mnde
More Going Down into the Dspths-The.
Bodies TO DO Observation-Disclosures of
the Fire lBelng Observation-Disclosures
News from tho scene.
1t being finally concluded this morning to
risk a roopening Of the mines, at o. o'clock
A. n. the steam was shut off and the covering
was removed from the surface OF the Crown
Point and Kcntuck shafts. The Yellow
Jacket shaft was not rcopencd at that time.
but the steam was shut of, after a steady run
Of over u hours, under a pressure Of ITO
to the inch, burning nearly a cord Of wood
per hour. A scalding, damp vapor, mingled
with smoke and gas, came up from the Crown
Point and Kentuck shafts, showing evidence
that the fire was most probably extinguishcd.
Chief Gibson, with a large number OF our
Gold Hill fremen, was on hand, in case OF
being required, and the Supcrintendcnts OF
tho mines, with their assistants and men un-
der command, were active and practical in
their operations.
H5h TIE BLOWER CONNECTED.
At1lA. NJ, the large blower tube for con-
yeying fresh air from the surface down into
the 800, and 900.foot levels Of the Yellow
Jacket mine was reconnccted-it having
been disjointed in order to send steam down
through il-ahu "euo poote Pasehs otouunn6
machine was put into full operation. The
draft formerly setting down this shaft and
through the mines up out of the Crown
Point and Kcntuck shafts seemed to have
subsidized, and in fact failed altogether, as far
as the Crown Point was concerned, for this
afternoon the draft is strong up the yellow
Jacket, in n moderate degree up the Ken
tuck, while in the Crown Point there is no
draft Mt all either way, evidently showing
that the drift communication with the j
Yellow Jacket 80o-footlcyel is closed by a
cave and the levels below INSTRUCTED BY
water. 2s"lF .''
81 HORRORS TO Re REVEALED.
pronsr coFBn boxes were prcparcd ycster.
day nt Inc Crown Point works 10 receive the
bodies Of tho eight victims still remaining in
that and the Rentuck mine, and shrouds of
white canvas were also prepared, in which
n wran them as soon as found. Their
5.cnmnnsed state and terribly offensive con.
J;,;on NAV vclI he imaoincd. after living.
s;rna ~, Wsdncsday morning. amid ne
hnt ,osL;nc noisonons otmosn6erc of their
i;v;na ar,ye
S 1870 ~ cpo,vx
THE fiASt DhsonSt ~ ~
@-... /. .oiNa 80 ., ,h,o,v,
n. n = po;n, So tSro"aS , string
u1"u toS.! nsS"aa o he tonn
S no, AZ NIa;1 go, IN orJer 10 nur;fy
the air as much as possible, and at ! o'clock
the stream was shut Oft, and Chief Gibson
and Bill Lee, of our Fire Department,
together with John hoseyere and m
Reynolds, OF the Crown Point mine, UNDER
took the perilous experiment Of making inc
hrst descent INTO the smart. theS wen.
down 70 ABOUT ~ ises aoo.e ~, hnJv
level WutIC LuCy uuuChiy SuNhS hiND ooNy j