Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-17
ELKO ITEMS.
from the Independent, March is.l

from the Independent, March l6.l
Tur Paymaster Of the Railroad
COMPANY passed up the road yesterday
10 li1uidate the company's accounts
through to Ogden. The railroad boys
like 10 see the Paymaster's car rolling
along their way.
RAILROAD Observation-Disclosures
inc the treachery Of the weather, We
ave very favorable accounts Of the
mines in Railroad District. The
miners are making hay while the
sun shines" A rich lode of fine cop
per ore has been struck by Smart e
10. near the Wisconsin Chief, on tho
west side of the mountain, called the
Lucky Day.
PLACER MINING IL CopE.-A very
important feature in the mining inter-
est in Cope District Is its extensive
placer fields. 1t is said there Is an
area of 80 miles of placer mining
ground in that section; and it Is 4 set
lied fact that the mines In Russell,
Idaho. Mcintosh and Grasshopper
.ulchcs will pay handsomely. y large
Humber of Cinnamon are already at
work there, and others are arriving
and buying claims. Dye " Co. have
commenced sluicinS, and are taking
ont considerable dust. Well posted
hands think Sl2 per day to the hand
can be realized. Those engaged ut
work bring into camp regularly each
day little parcels of gold dust. Water
and pleasant weather are all that are
wanted to enable the miners to reap 4
-. f.N,, tha Ylnanr nhinas
The new ditch will be finished his
week. H
"PURrs" AND BABIEs.-Wheu Susie
Raper had her trial, the other day, she
took her two children into Court with
her. The jurymcn were tender
hearted. and Susie was acquitted. Our
friend Nose Uaines is to show cause
on Saturday why his '''rom and Jerry"
mugs should rot he adjudged deadly
Now. Nose IS always ready
TO adopt happy suggestions respecting
the mixing of drinks, the arrangement
of his cabinet, or anything else. He
picked up an item during Susie's trial,
and proposes TO adopt the ''chiidren
dodge in u modified form. Since he
is rather short OF infants just now, he
proposes, when the jury is impanneled,
to take into Court with him all OF his
setter '.purps," and then ace If men
can be so heartless rs to pronounce
him guilty while surrounded by his
canine pets. Eut Deputy District At
torney Rand intends to block that
little came. by informing the jury that,
i'm case Nose Il convicted, he shall
move that the Court contiscatc the
.purps'' and distribute them among
the jurors.
SvoCK RAISING IN NEvADA.-No city
in the world can produce fatter anu
better Stable-fed beef than can now be
had at the shops in E.lko, fattencd upon
the native grasses that cover our foot
hills. Nevada'S eSourceS as q stock
raising country cannot be excelled I'M
der any cline .; in fact it Is doubtful
whether il can he cqualed. In the
summer season We have rich bunch
grass. covering every hillside with a
luxurious growth, and in the dead Of
winter. when our mountain ranges are
buried deep in snow, the foothills and
valleys are covered with the rich white
sa"e that cannot be surpassed by any
of natures n%ourishing productions for
the httening of cattle. The impress
sion of the majority o fthose who glide
through the Great Basin by rail are
anta"oaistic and highly unfavorable to
our stock raising interests, owing to
the fact that they see nothing OF the
pleasant little valleys that nestle be-
meath the snow-capped ranges that
loom M and kiss the clouds on every
hand. If shown the bunch grass and
white sage and told that in IL there i
q iuicv sweetness and nourishment that
flttcns our cattle and horses quicker
and better than the blue-joint OF Ken
lucky, they believe It not, until shown
the gorgeous sights presented In the
stalls OF our markets By the display OF
lat beef and mutton. or late several
of the heaviest cattle men In C2lifor-
nia have discovered our resources and
are extensively engaged In supplying
the san Francisco market with beef. by
rail, from along the Humboldt river
and the adjacent valleys. Drovers are
purchasing cattle in Texas, driving
Them 10 our State and fattening them
for the markets of the Pacific coast,
and in the speculation they are inyari-
ably successful in making a handsome
profit. The wealth Of hi resources In
this respect cannot longescape general
attention. and II being simply an aux
iliary TO the great mining interests OF
,he State, win lend an additional in
Judgement for permanent settlement
aud the building up Of good old fash
ioned homes all along the great rail.
way that binds together the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans.