Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-11
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Departures.
IT WELLS. FARGO . cos LINE.
DELIGHTFUL COUNTRY TO
LIVE IN.

A few days ago, it will be rccol-
lected, we published a letter from
Richard Sander, formerly a we'll
known and respected citizen Of Gold
Hill. He was writing from Ralston
City, Grant county, New Mexico,
which reputed rich new mining region
he had been critically inspecting, and
was about leaving for Elizabethtown.
in ColfaX County. He now writes
from the last named locality, under
date Of October Sd, to l.. b. Frankel,
Of this town, as follows: "Thete arc
very good gold mines at this place
and vicinity, but they are all on \
Mexican grant, therefore not open to
the public like the mines of California,
and rather difficult to get a good title
TO. Another serious drawback Is the
great scarcity of water, 4 trouble
which exists with the mines in most
other parts of this Territory. The
weather is pleasant enough, but cool
and evidently Inclined TO be wintry.
| shall go to Denver, Colorado, in 4
short time
When Sander vas ut Ralston City
lie did not like the looks of the place
ut all-wasn't stuck after it, and was
sure it would never be a second Vir-
ginia or Gold Hill. A correspondent
Of one Of our Eastern exchanges, how
ever. who has been luNuriating in
Ralston City n while, gives the follow
ing relative to the natural resources
and sanitary condition Of the place
al have often seen the centipedeS of
the Sandwich Islands, and have Killed
them there myself also in South
America. But I have ncver seen so
many, or such poisonous ones, rs we
have here. Your coat sleeves, the
lining of your hat, your bed, every
thing in fact, must he we'll searched
before using. When they crawl over
You they leave n mark like rs if you
were struck with n whip, and their
bite is dangerous. We also have the
tarantula, the scorpion, the blchio u
large poisonous n.y., anu three or four
other kinds of insects, all poisonous.
Then, for a change, comes the rattle
snake, three species Of adler, the CEN
tura, the hooded snake, the horned
frogs and the vampire bat; but we
console ourselves with the thought that
we have no mosquitoes. The rattle
snakes at this time of the year are
blind, and crawl in and around the
houses. and are frequently found in
the bed on 4 cool night. \ beautiful
Mexican woman found one curled up
In her clothing as she had let 1t fall
from her person previous to retiring.
The reptile seemed well %contented,
and when killed measured four feet
and had sixteen rattleS. | have killed
one under 4 bucket in my house, II
under the bed, and one crawling ont
on the hearth from under the fireplace.
Various reasons have been given why
this part Of New Mexico i worse than
Others for poisonous reptiles, n OF
which Is that the all wise Ruler has
put one poison here to counteract the
other. The mines here are impreg-
mated with antimony, verdigris and
arsenic. The air we breathe, the water
we drink, is full of poison. Our wafer
here has q large portion Of arsenic.
Andkyet this Is q healthy place. IL
you hang 4 piece OF raw meat i'll the
air 1t never decays or rotS, but gradu-
ally decays to n hard, bony substance.
We are at present surrounded by In
dams, and cannot go half Il mile from
camp. Men are being killed all
around, stages burned and mails
robbed, and the devil is to pay gen
erally."