Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-12-03

grees. Tho road il in excellent repair.
smooth rs q floor, and runs through q
narrow gorge-so narrow in some places
that you would suppose you were OF the
end Of your journey. and Mt other places
wide enough for l6-mule teams to pass
one another comfortably. Large pro-
jecting rocky bluffs tower from 1000 to
5000 feet above you on either side, and
the road. winding first TO the right and
then to the left. Ia continually bringing
some grand and chanseable scenery to
view.
The Upper Town.
The upper town is composed Of the
company's store. clearinghouse, tent,
blacksmith shop, assay Office. etc. There
is also in course Of construction a largo
stone warehouse, q frame boarding
house. stable. sample and concentrating
works, q 20-stamp mill. and other inn
proyements. The company employ 200
men about the mill and mines, besides
sixty Cinnamon. grading for the null
site. 'Panamint money is an order read
ing thus:
No..........
Pdnamid, IHyo County. Cal.
The S,vpris, Valley Mn and Mining
Company promise 10 pay tedr,r. for ralas
revived. al heir Office in Pandn'ini. ......
......... dollars.
W. NJ. STEWART, Manager.
Coin is exceedingly scarce in this To-
cality.
The Lever Town.
The lower or middle town is perhaps
one-sighth OF a mile further down the
canyon. and Is being built up as fast rs
it is possible to obtain tho lumber. Lum-
Der Gusts $3.50 per thousand. and lots
vary from 5000 to $1,000; size, % feet
front and running back TO the hills on
either side. there being only one street,
after the fashion Of the California
mountain towns. Tho principal build
ing is that Of Dave Nesgle. which is in
tended for n first-class saloon, 2Gn5O-
II feet high. IL is w~ainscotted and
built entirely OF redwood lumber. and
contains two club rooms l6N2O and
iO1lO. Ho expects to open on the LIST
Of December. The next is Reddy x
McAllister's, 25x50, to contain two club
rooms; Fitzgerald X Manning also have
a fine saloon. Several large stores are
in course Of construction. There are
only two restaurants here, and instead
OF 10 cents per meal ~ l heard report
oil. the price is 81; no lip, and they will
not board by the week. Miners wages
are 81 per day. Their board costs them
IS per week.
The Mines
The company run their own board
ing house, and everything else. Now /
will tell you something abou, the mines,
the principal Of which are the Stewards
Wonder, Jacobs Wonder. Wyoming
and Hudson River lodges, that vary
in surface measurement from . TO IL
feet in width. and assay from 5000 to
81, 800 per ton. The formation OF the
district Is stratiied white lime. being in a
vertical position. different from any,
thing before discovered in this western
country. and resembling the formation
Of the Sierra Madre mines OF Mexico.
You can trace uninterrupted stratas re-
sembling true assure veins for the dis
lance Of 1000 feet, course northeast
and southwest. I have been east OF the
Sierra Nevada and west Of the Rocky
mountains from 1857 up to the present
time and have been in every prominent
mining camp in the different States and
Territories. but l have never seen in the
curse Of all my travels any surface in
dieations to compare with these. FOR
instance, on the Stewart Wonder the
ledge crops out at the surface IL inches,
and in the breast Of the tunnel 30 feet. 1t
widens out i've feet. the full width OF
the drift. have enclosed q small piece
Of ore, showing the character OF the
ledge matter Of the District There are
other mines here. reported to be as fab
ulously rich and extensive as those al
ready mentioned. butlikst the others. they
are undeveloped. The ore is extracted
from the s~urfacs-so to speak-thede deep
est shaft not being more than fifty feet,
and the longest tunnel seveaty-ivs feet.
At the Wyoming they have several hun
drsd IONS Of ore on hand. and arc ship
ping II by return teams to Sumner
(Baksrsfsld), the terminus OF the
Southern Road, ut the rate OF fifteen
tons per day on an average.
How to Get There.
will tell you how and whom l got
here: l started from Carson City by
Tully & ClaSgert's stage line at Ga. N.
| Monday. November 10th. via Genoa.
Aurora. Benton. Bishops Creek. INDIE
| dep.nce. to Lone Pine. Distance, 266
miles; time, 81 hours: fare. $50; allow
10 pounds Of baggage. l had TO pay 10
cents per pound on 90 pounds OF extra
baggage. Left Lone Pine by Dodge's
Stage Line at Z A. NJ. Thursday. Nov.
10Th. and arrived at this place on Fri
| day night at II o'clock. Fare. SIS; dis
lance, 100 miles. Pare from San Fran
| cisco, through ticket, SEQ. by Bakers
| field iine-l50 miles OF staging only
| balance BY rail, the most commodious
route. My expenses for the trip were
81; total amount. including stage fare,
SEA. I would not advise anybody to
come here this Fall, especially working
men. as II is almost impossible to get
| employment. II he should fail 10 get
employment, or even II he did and
should be discharged. he would have 10
travel several hundred miles to get work
again. 1t is impossible for any man,
however expert, to determine from pres
emit Indications what may be the future
OF this camp. but II is safe. however, to
saw that II the lodges OF the different
mipes hold out according to the true
assure vein theory. 1t will be the most
extensive and the richest district ever
yet known on tho Continent.
General Notes.
The country for miles around is oil
located. and you cannot get q piece Of
ground as big as your hat that would be