Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-15
Departures.


RUSHING FOR FoRruSBs.-The White
Pine fever does not seem to nbste one
particle ; on the contrary, it increases.
Mr.. ]. j. Denny, the well-known drug
gist, and others from Gold Hill and
Virginia have been carried of by it in the
last day or two. Reports from San Fran
| cisco say that in that shaky old city the
White Pine fever is steadily increasing
despite all the ~uufavorabls news about
the weather out there, and many old
residents representing capital are pre-
pairing to leave for the new silverado
within the next two weeks. But so
goes this rush, just like all other for
tune-hunting rushos. Depth of snow is
no impeachment whatever. Three years
ago now, Excelsior was reported to be
the place where countless fortunes lay
in golden lodges beneath twelve or nj
teen feet of snow. People rushed wild
" thither, with their goods aud chat.
tells, eager to get where such stores OF
wealth abouuded. They suffered, but
they made out to live through it. They
piled in on the top Of the snow, and
there was q lively mouutsin town whose
population moved s,irringly about on
top of the snow, fifteen feet above the
ground. As long as the lodges we're
| thus buried and not TO be got at, they
were ali known to be very rich, aud
quite n business was done in the way
of selling fleet" but the golden-hued
bubble burst sconer than WAS antici-
mated, and when the n melted and
| went of, the people had pretty much
| all zone of, too. We don't, Of course,
mean to insinuate that such will be the
case at White Pine also, but in view OF
the fact that eyory inch of both likely
and unlikely ground is already taken,
and the snow and bad weather has put
II stop to further prospecting, 1t Certain
~ is best for meu without capital or
ready to keep away from
White Pine until spring fairly opens.
Then the best chance for prospecting
will be in the rich mineral regions fur
the, south. The prospects for II gene
raj rush for White Pine from this section
next spring are certainly very favorable,
aside from the many who ure already
! forcing their way thitherwnrd. This
stvle Of reckless rushing after any new
mining excitement is one OF he Pc
| culiarities Of the great American popu-
~lation. Just let it be satisfactorily
| known that q few vheelbarrow loads Of
gold dust, or n big ledge of $1,000 ore
lay beneath the roots OF the north pole,
and II hundred thousand men would be
. letting after it within the next six
weeks, even if the snow and ice were
two or three hundred feet deep there.
FATAL MINING AccIpESr.-About l
O'Clock P. NJ. to-day Michael Mcclure
WAS instantly killed in the kentucE
shaft, Gold Hill. He was employed "s
cnrman Mt the 4O0-foot level Of the
mine. lie had just run II car upon the
csgy - the shaft aud was leaning for
ward in the act of securing it in its
place when the cage suddenly started
up and damned him against the cap
timber of the station, probably killing
him then and there. The engineer,
quickly detecting that something was
wrong, slackened the cable a little and
the body fell to the bottom oil
the shaft, a distance Of 300 feet. A
suitable box was Immediately construct
ed and sent down, and in II the remains
were placed, wrapped in u klanket, n
hoisted to the s~nrfsce. The Coroner g.
was sent for, but pending his arrival
from Virginia no surgical examination
Of the body WAS made. An inquest will
probably be held this evening. De-
ceased was q native Of Ireland, about
81 years of age, and unmarried. He has
n brother living in Montana. This, we
believe, is the first fatal accident which
has ever occurred in the kentuck SHAFT.
This fearful accident was not exactly
the result of carelessness, but II misun-
d~erstandiug Of the bell signals on the
mart Of the brakeman, there being but
one man to attend to two brakes.
MoRE IycoRPoRArIoXs.-Th0 follow
ing named companies filed articles OF
incorporation in the Clerks Office 81
this county on the 9th inst: Darda-
nelles Silver Mining Company, to carry
On the business Of mining in Gold Hill
District, Storey County, Nevada capt.
tai stock, Sl2O, 900, divided into loo
shares of the par value Of $500. Trus-
tees for the ensuing six months.
Scely, Richard Newly and James !.
Robins. Also, the Mary Ann Silver
Mining Company, to carry on the bust
ness Of mining in the same district,
county and State rs above, withe capi-
tai stock fixed at 5000, 900, divided into
. 1000 shares of 500 each. Trustees
J. Seely, Richard Newly and James J.
Robins. Virginia is named as the prin-
cipal place Of business for both COM
pauies..
UPsEr.-The market wagon OF the
St. Charles Market, and the Express
wagon Of the Paaiic Union, collided
this morning on Main street, above the
Eclipse Stables, and both were upset
bu, the damage WAS triiing. They were
racing a, the time-so we are told by
| policeman Hamlin, who further says
tina, if there is any more racing between
butcher and Express wagons III Cold
Hill, he will arrest the transgressors,
and see whether the ordinance against
fast driving cannot be enforced.
OPENING neutrality-suspicious. House
reopen. with Lucille Western, J. A.
Herne and a most excellent dramatic
company evening. Grip
Van Wrinkle" ami the loan Of "
Lover" will be given. Reserved seats
can now be secured at the box office OF
the theater.
THANKS TO rnE RESPONSIBILITIES
II. Watson desires US to tender his
heartfelt thanks TO those gallant men
who so promptly and nobly rushed TO
the rescue of his wife, lying sick NJ the
Russell House last night when the hre
occurred, and conveyed her to a place
of safety.
"Dax Our old friend, U.
E. Jones, formerly editor Of the Virgin"
Union, before it became the Trespd'''
i now in bis old roll, AS e Dan Como