Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-12

Jno Croker
A HOLE FIXING A HoLE.-We no.
tice a decidedly novel and original
plan adopted in some Of the mines
along the Comstock ledge for filling In
worked out chambers where there is
not enough waste material to do it
with. A short drift of Is or 20 feet is
run into the east clay wall, inclining
upward at a sufficient angle, and Wild
ening as 1t advances. Ina few hours
tho firm tough clay begins to slack
from exposure to the air and falls from
the face Of the drift In large fakes and
masses, sliding down the incline into
the chamber where required. As each
mass falls 1t leaves q still larger surface
exposed to the air, consequently more
keeps falling until a continuous stream
of loose clay comes sliding down, and
keeps doing so until the chamber Is
filled, when the drift goes OIL and fills
itself up. After that, all there can be
Is n gradual settling, which may or.
may not ever reach the surface. Ma
ture abhors q vacuum, and with all
old miners In this section this principle
Of nature filling up spaces in the bow
els Of the earth by the inevitable SWELL
Ing Of the condensed clay or soft rock,
Is we'll understood. Away down In
the bowels of the earth no timbering,
however substantial, can permanently
resist this gradual swelling. Gradu-
ally, vet most inevitably do the drifts,
tunnels and shafts close up. and tim
bers as large as ones body slowly-b but
surely crush in as though they were so
many matches, tOothpicks, or rye
straws. Yet, take out these slowly
yielding timbers and there would be
no sudden ave except Of little slack
ened earth Immediately around them.
followed by the gradual Stacking and
filing till tho drift and all vacant
space Is no more. AS We said before,
however, the caving can never extend
to the surface except. In the way OF u
slight general depression, perhaps not
sufficient 10 be perceptible. for after
all, these little drifts and tunnels In the
great earth are no more than ~ worm
holes in a huge pumpkin.
GOLD Hill. AGAINST kANsAs.-kan-
sas City has a vocal dog, and this is the
way he Is described by II local reporter:
at would be utterly impossible to ex-
press in words the force, the depth and
variety Of this canine vocalism. II
expresses all the meditation and mod
i~ications of human distress. The
plaintive wall Of suffering infancy, the
groan Of the strong mans agony, the
means Of the sick and wounded,
the stifed cry Of the victim under the
grasp OF the g~arroter. the shout OF de-
fance, the scream of terror, the yell
of despair, grief. rage, madness, night
mare, delirium tremens, batied ambi-
ton, disappointed love, defeat in
elections, the 'bummer's b~acchanalian
shout toothache, corns on the toes,
bedbugs, mosquitoes, and all the ills
that flesh Is heir to, are faithfully de-
lineated or wildly suggested by this
canine yentriloquist." We have got a
dog here in Gold Hill that can "see"
the aforesaid Kansas purp In all his
principal accomplishments, and go him
the roar of a rampant California bull
and three toots Of n locomotive whistle
better. He can also come the lusty
BRAY of a Chinaman's donkey splendid,
all except the last dying wheeze.
Another LocoNorIvE.-The last OF
the three new locomotives for the Viz
ginia and Truckee Railroad, the Ham-
bohn, Is now on the track. She Is one
Of the largest, and went down to Car
son with a freight train at noon to-day.
There are now nine locomotives M
ployed on the road. The following
are their names, given In the order OF
their numbering: Lyon, Orms63, Sto-
rev, Yirginid. Carson, ConLStOck, Ner6d2
Humboldt and l.. Z. James. The COM
stock Is somewhat the heaviest In build,
yet of the same capacity and power as
the Hu,nb0lM and others mentioned,
except the Lyon, O~rmSbyand l. E. James,
which are smaller. The last mentioned
Is used at Carson exclusively rs a
switch engine.
BREwERY BNrrIE.-There was 4 bit
of q muss at the Columbus Brewery,
about half past 8 o'clock last evening,
between . couple individuals who had
rot too much beer into their internal
revenue department. They "put q
bead'' on each other. were arrested by
officer Newhouse, takep before Justice
Cook, fined SO each, paid it and went
their way, sadder and wiser to thai
extent.
SPOTTED LIKE DoN1SoEs. Tit
teeth soon become speckled If every
deflement Is not removed from then
every twenty-four hours. 10 10 TN
effectually, there Is nothing like 1910
don't. It literally renders the ename
. imperyious and indestructible.
GOVERNOR MILLER addressed tn
people of Reno last night. From REM
he roes east along the railroad. speak
inc at all the principal points. III
viii diverge to Austin, then return am
90 on out to his home at Hamilton
White Pine.
Sr. JoHS's CHURcH.-There Will o'
divine service in this church thi
"wednesday evening, at half-past
O'clock. A cordial Invitation Is ex
tended to all.
"srALprSo's -" celebrated Glue use