Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-25
Morxr,Iy MAuooANY AS A FuEI..-

MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY As A FuEL.-
The timber known In this State as
mountain mahogany, creates a more
intense heat than any known wood.
1t Is found to be superior to charcoal
for use In assay offices for melting
down bullion and for that use COM
mands a high price. When used In
stoves 1t soon destroys them, as many
White Piners discovered to their great
disgust. It creates such an intense
heat that it soon burns out any stove
not lined with fire bricks. 1t Is a
scrubby sort Of tree which generally
grows on the tops of the highest hills.
Il Is of a dark mahogany color and Is
exceedingly hard In fact, 1t Is so
hard that It has been used for stamp
heads In some Of the quartz mills IN
Wssi,oe Valley. 1t Is an ornamental
wood, very heavy, aud Is, therefore,
much priced for canes. Its usefulness
for smelling purposes is, we believe a
new discovery.
YANKEE PLUMMER.-C. Is. Plum
m.r. tie well-known humorous lee
turer, reader and elocutionist, has lett
for San Francisco. on account Of an at
tack OF the erysipelas. when we last
saw him his nose had ouiged out
In an awkward manner and the us
ease looked as though likely to proSea
success. Mr.. Plummer was III no wise
cast down, but cracked his jokes as
usual. bringing out several new ones
suggested BY the sanguinary appear
ance of his nasal protuberance. we
hone that the attack may not prove
serious one. for the erysipelas, once IL
gets n good hold on \ man, Is no 1sNing
matter. even for such an inreterate
iokist as Yankee Plummer.
OLD IRoN.-Large quantities OF old
wrought iron are being sent from tins
par, of the State to San Francisco Ola
horse-sboe.. bar iron, in fact wrought
iron in every shape Is being shipped.
What thew do with the Heterogeneous
mass We do not know. except they
weld it all together aud bring it out
by rolling and other processes IN tnS
shape of new bars. Some !. tns OH
mills destroyed BY hre anoru TIC"
mines Of old iron.
GRAND JuRy.-rhe following named
gentlemen were yesterday impanelled
70 act as the new Grand Jury: J.C
t.,rr,e. foreman ; II. o. Douchy, Mark
Brown. w. II. Burial. +. Mime, s't ~
Osy, G.. II. Mallard. h. Strotner, ",
S. Mygatt, Daniel O'Conneil, ueorSe
Hatch. A. =. Baker, Albert frtnce, L.
Scboenield, NJ. NJ. friedrich, George
F. Hill and X. NJ. Daggett.
Sr. JoHS's CuuRcH.-Services Will
he held ut st. Johns Church to-mor'
row tSunday,) at tx o'clock r: N
Rev. Rush 5. Eastman VIII oIicia.e
seats free, and all are coraiaiiy im'
yited. Sunday School at ~
Rev. Mr.. Eastman may be fouhu wnel
wanted at st. Paul's Rectory' VIZ
ginia City.
BurLroN.-The Virginia Chrdnfele o
las, evening says "The Bank Of Cali
fornia received to-day, from the Car
son Branch Mint. six tons OF ouiilon'
for the Belcher Mining Company. va,'
ned at $2l, OOO." 1t strikes US that Uni
is rather cheap for Belcher ouiiion' 'i'
best oil the COmstock lead.
OCCIDENTAL MnL.-The Occidental
mill, at the Occidental mine, Is nov
running on shines from the reservoirs
h,,t nv the first Of next month VII
start ,ip ON ore from the Savage NINE
.Jrsr THE TmSo.-S.ssm fire engine
are lust the things wanted on this SUI
~ tbe mountains. Since Virginia no
n,ovideJ herself with two machines .
ihis Lind she has not had a fire.
IMPERIAL AssEssAESr.-The ini
perial Mining Company have ieT,ee
an assessment of 81 per share. oe'
Official notice IN our advertising '0'
umns.
rur weather this morning wa
cloudy and cold. but about noon tn'
SIM shone forth with some aesree y
power. A storm is evidently brewing
Tue Bowlder Company, whose CLAIM
1, near Slx-mile Canyon. will com
hence collecting float rock tor crus"
ing on Monday next.
A ROAD Is being graded from Tn
foot Of the road OH the Divide to th'
Imperial Empire hosting works.
vus Hale Il Norcross Company ar,