Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-18

Coed Observation-Disclosures aud
eaniIary-New FactorY-Building
PrsEress-Plnecr Gold Mines
Quartz Ledges.
The following letter, received by as yester-
day nom ". Frank Stewart, the well.known
scientist, mining and earthquake expert, who
left Virginia City . few days ago for the Sierra
Valley and Honey Lake region, will DO read
with interest by his numerous friends in this
scction.-Ep. NEws.l
SusANvnLE (Cal.L June 10, 1873.
Ed. NEWS: Susanville Is a pretty
little California village, originally To-
Gated by the late Governor Roop and
named by him in honor Of his daughter
Susan. now the wife Of Alexander
Arnold, one Of the most enterprising
citizens of the town. The old Cover
nor was notably a man Of fine taste
and was possessed of marked a%pprecia-
ton of the picturesque and beautiful
in natural as we'll as OF artificial
scenery. This fact Is doubly attested
by the native grandeur Of the sur
r~oundings of Susanville and by the
ornate loveliness OF Roop's old home
stead.
Jones & Scadden, two live men,
whose interests have long been identi-
fled with the Honey Lake region, are
the owners of q limo Of stages which
leave Reno for Susanville every day
at % o'clock a. NJ. Sundays excepted.
The distance from Reno to Susanvillc
Is ninety-ive miles, and the stages usu-
ally reach the last named place at six
| o'clock, p. NJ, thus making the through
trip In one day. The route lies In a
northwesterly direction from Reno,
passing through Long valley, Honey
| Lake valley and Susan valley. These
valleys are all highly productive OF
fruits, cereals and live stock, and are
already In a promising state of culture.
The mountain scenery on either hand,
together with the sparkling sheen OF
Honey Lake, renders the trip anything
but monotonous. The stages are com.
Portable, the road Is level and safe, aud
the eating accommodations along the
route, with one exception, are excel
lent.
Susanyille lies upon an elevated pla-
teau or mesa, which puts out from the
eastern base of the Antelope range OF
hills. The Immediate background Oh
the west Is a series Of u%ndulating ridges
clothed with q forest Of oak, pine ana
arborvite. A few miles to the south,
Diamond Mountain, n Of the loftiest
peaks Of the Sierra Nevada, lifts Its
coronal Of gems to the dizzy height OF
s, 1000 feet above the level OF the ocean.
Susan river, a clear mountain stream,
having about the volume of the Car
son, battles the eastern verge Of the
village, and under q cooling canopy Of
willows and wild roses, winds along
for twenty miles through the fertile
farms and meadows of Sierra valley,
until 1t finally falls into the western
arm of Honey Lake. Old residents i'll
form me that the climate of this region
is similar to that of East Tennessee
and Southern Kentucky. A doctor
who should attempt to earn n living
by his profession here, would certainly
starve to death. AS an evidence OF the
health giving effects Of pure mountain
water and mountain air, | am now
nearly restored to my accustomed Wig
or. although | have been here only one
week. Those who take stock In 10y
welfare will recollect that | could
scarcely walk when | left Virginia
| City a week ago.
Making the necessary allowances for
the usual quietude and 8nnul OF life In
a country town, Susanyille may be set
down as a lively little berg. 1t Is the
| co~unty-seat, and boasts of q commodi-
GUS two-story courthouse, neatly and
conveniently arranged for county pur-
poses. It has n substantially built
| Stone Jail, but, to the credit of Lassen
county, there Is not q prisoner in it.
There is a branch of the United States
Land Office here. also n branch OF the
| Surveyor.Gcneral's office. A well ar
ranged Postoflce occupies the same
| building. with the ubiquitous Wells,
Fargo & Co. George II. Heep has a
comfortable lodging-house and = tidy
restaurant with billiard saloon attach
ment. The Steward House, under the
ownership of mine host Peyser. Is not
only the hotel OF Lassen county, but
will, In all Its appointments, compare
favorably with the best city hotels
north Of San Francisco. In the imme-
diate vicinity of town there Is an eH-
tensive quarry Of volcanic tufa, SINH.
lar to that used In the basement OF
Odd Fellows new hall at Virginia. or
this material several houses have been
constructed here, and at this moment
a %capacious stone house Is being
erected opposite tho Steward House.
In another portion Of the town the
citizens have nearly completed n two
story frame school-house. A large
reservoir, supplied by a mountain
spring, has been completed on the
heights west Of town, and will at all
times furnish an abundance Of pure
water. During the past six months
not less than q dozen pretty private
dwellings have been erected. There
are two large livery stables In town.
both doing a fine business. A tidy
bath house is just opened, and now
Messrs. Norris. Hendrick and Others
are making arrangements Tor building
a f~irst-class sash, door and blind manu-
factory. So you see that for al out.
side village with a limited population
and without a railroad or telegraph
line nearer than a hundred miles,
Susanville Is wide awake.
Yesterday, Isaac Branliam and II.
II. Hall. of San Jose, California, and
w. H. Stone, Of Gold Hill, Nevada,
parties interested in the Diamond
Mountain gold mine. in company with
Vim. Neighley, Of this place, went up
to prospect the mine. We shall know
the result of their Investigation next
week. There Is a vast deal Of hopeful
talk here about placer mines and
quartz lodges In the neighboring
valleys. but as l know nothing about
their merits, or dement's, except from
I-ll r. FL