New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-16


three more with a total of 80 stamps, will DO ~
work within month. The White Pine water Com
many are spending something like quarter OF
million dollars in the erection OF waterworks, W0h
will lift the water from an immense spring soiio
four miles from Hamilton over the crest Oh lno
Moke-a-Noke Mountain on the eastward, ana loi0o
- I zoo feet Internationally up to the summit OF
Traasura Hill, This will supply Treasure City Win
water Of which it has not drop at present save
sucb "a is formed from melting snow, or hauleu w
the steep mountain in wagons, and peddled arounu
nv the bucketfull. Hamilton, now poorly suppheu'
will receive an abundant supply from these WORKS
And all this in a single year, Did Eastern magician
ever accomplish such featf OF Treasure CITY and
sbermantown. and the leading mines and mills,
will write hereafter.
STRANGE SIGHTS.
Hamilton looks when viewed from the surround
ing hills, like the Winter enCampment OF an army
which NAV be torn down and removed or burned at
an hour,s notice Its main street is now being
graded down and paved. Most of the stores,
saloons and warehouses are on this street All day
long it is thronged. Great covered wagons hltcned
two or three together, one behind the other
and drawn nv 70 TO IS large mules laden with
freight of every kind from Eko pass along the rows
of bells suspended from an arch above the shoulders
Of each mule iingling unsteady as the train moves
on with military precision OF step. wagons laden
with ouartz from the mines on the hill coming down
TO the mills in the canon below town. meet them and
block up the passage. o, the clrsngl Then long
trains of pack mules laden with ore in sacks led and
followed by MeXcans with jinRling spurs, on horse
back come fling slowly on. Stages carrying passen-
gers between Hamilton and Treasure City-two
miles-or Sherman-twO miles ald a haf-at one
dollar per head, are driving badI and forth, the
IL 4 - f.tfI ra nraf aFrN
Won right imp ETC., etc. are dashing back and forth
every moment. Superintendent OF mines and
mills, or lucky mine owners, or gamblers are riding
up and down at galop on sleek looking steeds with
costly saddles, mounted with silver and decorated
with llama or bear skin anceri richly embroidered
saddleoloths of crimson Othe brilliant color Vac
oueros ON their small, lean, but fiery, spirited
SDanish horses sitting straight, upright
in their saddles, with their feet hidden in the i'm
mense tspidfros which cover Their strTups, gaop by
in pursuit of runaway horses cattle or rot quietly
along, their huge Spanish spurs jngling sharply
like little bells as they go. Stages from Elko or the
surrounding mining districts, ttract crowd Tor
moment as they drive up or deoart. The horse auc-
tioneers from morning TO night yell the praises OF
the animals they trying to sell on commission
A broken down horse OF mule is lalf hidden beneath
n costly Spanish saddle with brilliant trappings, ana
ridden up and down at a galop by the auctoneer
who never for a moment p lie about ITS good
qualities, value. and title, until somebody opens
his mouth with genuine bid. ana
man and horse are sold on the instant
The sidewalks are crowded with rough-bearded
men, gathered from all quarters of the continent.
These men arc the pioneers Of civilization. the adj
vance guard Of the army of occupation in all new
lands. Enterprising to degree brave, patriotic
- IN, tboir
the ground where Others till and NOW and reap the
harvest. Rest is something they utterly abhor, and
the man who will remain quietly in one place for
year is to them an object of supreme contempt They
have placer mined in California, Oregon, Montana
Idaho British Columbia, Colorado, Utah, and. per
baps. Arizona New Mexico, and Sonora; fought In
dams all over the Pacific slope, sone back TO tho
States to beat their way with dubbed muskets
through tho bloody Wilderness or charge with
wild wells on the Union line with Jackson or Lee,
then hurried away to Mexico to uphold the banner OF
the mock Emperor OF battle for Re7ublicanism and
Liberty, with the indomitabe old patriot Juarez.
| They hear the command On! On! AS necessarily as
| did the Wandering jew, and, unlike him, obey 1t
with delight. Six months in White Pine has left
| them no new resources in the OF eIcitements,
and they pine for fresh fields and uaexplored landa
Tomorrow or next week the Mex they will be OIL
for Apache land in the heart Of Arizona the danger
which turks around the traveller there at every step
being fresh incentive to them to make tho trip.
Next year shall meet them again in a new rush to
| Ouen Sabe! 1t matters little where. Wherever
there are hardshps TO be borne, dangers TO be met
blood TO be shed, and wilderness to be subdued'
there we shall see them first and foremost.
| LIQUOR saloons occupy majority Of all the build
| ings on the main street. and at the back Of every
saloon are one or more gambling rooms, in which
| crowds Of rough-dressed men are being robbed at
monte, faro, OF poker, night and day Fallen wo-
men, Haunting in costly rament, thrsng the streets,
! and chat and exchange broad jokes with even the
most respectable merchants as they PASS. There are
many respectable lades-all honor to them-who
! have followed their husbands here aad noby bear
their share of the tolls and prvatoni Of frontier
mining camp life, but you seldom see them on the
streets Lazy Indians" heap good Indians since
| the concet was whipped out Of thema few years
since-ride up and down in fluttering rags on their
lean ponies, and few Cinnamon engaged in mental
occupations help to diversity the crowl and add
rlety TO the scene. Such is Hamilton the principal
town Of the famous White Pine mining district as
saw it to-day.
| THE CLEVELAND TRAGEDY-SON MISTAKEN FOR
BURGLAR.
| Al 1ol O'clock IN Monday morning n terible