Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-06-24

SUTHO 1ONNEl.-4u SuSAN eaiA'iSA
Is 10Y in n distance Of 9, 9Sl feet. The
ground Is hard, yet an advance Of nine
feet was made during the past week.
The tunnel has been enlarged at Its
mouth to the full size intended for a
distance of thirty feet. Further pro-
rress has been delayed for a time on
account of the difficulty experienced
IN obtaining suitable timbers. Tho air
shaft is down l20 feet, q feet having
been made during the past week in
sinking and raising; the shaft Is wet
and the rock In the raise very hard.
Shaft No. l is down $40 feet 20 feet
was made In the shaft during the past
week; the ground Is good and contains
but little water. No. Els down o25
feet, u feet having been made during
the past week in ground that Is increas-
ing In hardness. At this shaft they
are daily hoistlng about $4,000 gallons
of water. No. Sis down $40 feat, 0
feet having been made during the
week in hard ground. No. I Is down
PIG feet ; IL feet made last week IN
ground which works well, but which
Is very wet. There are 1903 men on
the payroll, but the working force
will be cut down to-day, rs all the
roads were completed yesterday. So
says the Enterprise Of Sunday.
ST. JouN's DAY.-ro-day, the Ma
sonic anniversary Of the Evangelist,
st. John, was selected by the Masonic
lodges of Gold Hill and Virginia City
as a most fitting time for the removal
of the bodies OF their late companions
and brothers, p. G. Master w. II:
Howard, who was ut one time Sheriff
of this county, aud Captain Storey,
who was killed during the Indian war
in 1861, from their resting places In
the old cemetery, east Of Virginia, to
the new Masonic burying ground, 10
the northern portion Of that city. This
will be done by the brethren, assisted
BY the visiting brothers from the sur,
rounding counties, with all the u
Masonic honors, ut the close OF which
Hon. Will Campbell will deliver a
short and appropriate address to the
brethren assembled, when they Will
return to the National Guard Hall,
there to partake OF a bounteous repast
Of good things provided for the occa-
sion. and rsnow In pleasant social In.
tercourse their fraterHal feeling anu
brotherly love.
Rouau DuMpING.-Sam North, head
carpenter anu timberman at the Yell
low Jacket mine, mot with a rather
odd, although severe accident yester-
day noon. He had been timberlng
down In the incline and was coming
M. At the place where the incline
Joins the bottom Of the main SHAFT, the
| car from the incline, by q self-dump..
ing arrangement, cnpties lis load Oh
| rock, or whatever 1t has, into q sort oil
| dump or receptacle for the purpose,
| and Is hoisted thence up the main shall
| TO the surface. Sam was comfortably
seated in the car riding up the incline
| backward, when, suddenly, without
warning, he found himself dumped
| heels over head down into the dark,
falling some eight or ten feet down
upon a hard foundation. He was badly
astonished, considerably bruised, but
fortunately had no bones broken. ZIG
will have to nurse himself with lima
ments and arnica for awhile.
SEVERE TEAMlNa AccIDENT.-Abou'
IL o'clock a. ", to-day s. II. Wright,
a teamster. got his right foot very
badly injured at the Douglass mill,
Lower Gold Hill. He had arrived
with 0 load Of ore. and vas about un'
loading when his team started, and In
stopping them he got his foot caught be.
tween the side Of the wagon and o post,
nad his ankle and instep were badly
laccrated and the heel torn nearly or
besides q deep cut was made in the
shin. No bones wofs broken except
one nj the outer side of the foot, but
the nature of the injuries will lay him
no for some tlmo. DR.. Hall was called
to attend him.
ORE WAGON FOR sALE.-By refer
euce to advertisement In another col
umn, under head of New To-day, any
one desiring to purchase q first-rat'
new WAGON for ore hauling or simllal
nnrnoses can find where one Is for salt
cheap for cash. Also two four-toi
wagons with patent wheels.
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