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

MosT GENERous.-On Saturday J. p.
Jones, Superintendent Of the Crown Point
and Kca.ueS mines, Gold Hill, received Of
Booth & Co., the well known wholesale
grocery and provision dealers in Sacramento,
the following communication, which cx-
plains itself, and shows the firm to be COM
posed Of men whose hearts arc in the right
place: ., ,o,o
"~SAcRAMESTo, April S, 1863.
~. P. Jones, Esq, Gold Hill-Dear Sir:
Herewith find our check for $500, which we
desire to contribute to the relief OF the
families Of the men who lost their lives IN
the terrible calamity that has bcfallcn your
community. Please make such nppropria.
ton as your judgment may deem best, and
obligc yours, very truly, BooTH x CO.
The gentlemen who sent this liberal dona-
ton can rest assured that it will be well aud
faithfully applied for the relief OF those left
destitute.
TRUE SYMrATmY.-Our neighbors in Lyon
and ormsby counties have manifested n truly
big.hcsrtcd sympathy and benevolcnce for the
families and sufferers by our late calamity.
Charley McWilliams, Of the Pacific Mill,
Gold Hill, and young Joe Martin, the ener-
cctic clerk OF Wells, Fargo & Co., yesterday
and to-day sold tickets for the "Beneft OF
the Sufferers" which comes off at Piper's
Opera House this evening, to the amount OF
81 900! Pretty good for our ncighbors in
Lyon and Ormbsy-and pretty good for Nc.
Williams and Martin.
CLOTHING THE SUFPEEERs.-Thc kind
hearted aud charitnbly disposed ladies
of Gold Hill who are able to do so are
requested TO meet ut the house of Mrs.
In. C. Blanchard, lower Gold Hill, at 10
O'Clock A. ". tomorrow la order 10
make suitable and necessary clothing
for the needy families Of the victims Of
the late mining disaster.
From the Gold Hill News OF April l2.l
The Mining i!isnslcr OF Gold Hill
f%Sndt TO be Sin BnrninE THE Firemsn
md Miners Driven out by the smoke
IND Gas, mud III rhrG Vac. SI t m ,h n.i ne.
untion. ..H ~
About 3 o'clock j. II. yesterday, the bodies
of X. Ryan and John O'Bricn were brought
up from the 23O.foot level, and not long after
wards Nick Andrews and four others who
had penetrated through the Crown Point
mine to the Kcntuck shaft, found the body OF
Joseph Glasscn lying in the bottom Of the
shaft, at the 700-foot level. They drew it
back into the drift, and not long afterward
Chief Gibson, of our fire department, and
Mr.. Kellogg, Foreman Of the Kentuck, went
down that shaft on a cage to the 7OO.foot
level. They passed through tho cast Diff
into the breast, finding where the fire had
passed through from the Yellow Jacket into
the Crown Point mine, and after they. came
up, other parties went down and brought up
the body OF Glasscn.
PIRE DISCOVERED. l
Andrews and party discovered some Of the
,imbcring of the Kcntuck mine still burn.
ing, but procuring n few buckets Of water
they soon put it ont. Still more fire was
subsequently discovered in the same yicin-
ity, burning between the 700 and 8O0.foot
levels. and Chief Gibson sent a message to
| Monumental Engine Co. No. G, on the Di-
vide, for their hose. In response, several Of
the boys promptly ran down with their
Jumper, and about Z o'clock the hose was
led down the Crown Point shaft, and in to
where the fire was, and a stream Of water
was turned on. Several firemcn and miners
worked down there for some time trying to
c~xtinguish the fire, but to no purpose, as
now thst the shafts were open once more and
a fresh supply Of air circulating below, the
flames broke forth with renewed energy, and
the smoke, gas and heat thus generated soon
drove the boys back.
REcLosISo OF THE sHAPrs.
When il was found that there was still fire
in the mines, about 4 p. NJ. the Yellow
Jacket blower was stopped, and it was
deemed advisable to close the shafts again in
order to stop the draft and then II the fire.
men could not put out tho fire, tho steaming
process would again be resorted 70. Accord
ingly by Z O'Clock p. NJ, the Yellow Jacket
and Kentuck shafts were once more closed
tightly as before, and the steam pipes con.
nected from the boilers to the shafts again.
A large lot Of galvanized iron seven inch
tubing, was sent down the Crown Point mine