Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-28

thiag on the Erossd. prsss rrumbo. the
man who came from Virginia City with
me. II working there. but I could not get
any work myself for the reason that the
Superintendent hAl promised mors wood
butchsn work than he could possihly hnd
work fer. The new works will probably
Be running In two msnths from nov.whsn
they will perhaps work fifteen or twenty
mere men than at present; six miners 10
all that are working In the shaft. and about
fifteen men On top. including wood butch
srs, mAsons, sc.
Some capitalists. from Ban Francisco.
bought . mine here about two weska ago
for $40. 900. II Is called the Windsor"
All there was on the mine was . hole TWEEN
ty feet deep, but they say the rock assaysd
away up. I looked ct the hole and could
not sss anything like = defined lode nor
any signs of walls. but the gold was In the
truck. and Il looked like enc Of the gravel
claims In California; thsy had gougsd
holes all around, within . radius OF ssy-
enty-dve fost and found tbs same red leok-
Ing dirt. which would wEh pretty well In
sluics boxss. 90 the company which bought
concluded that they would not want any
thing but . windlAss 10 hoist all the rock
they wanted, but what they did want 70
work Il economically was . ten stamp mill.
70 they let . contract 10 White L Co.. tho
same hrm who built the Northern Belle
mill al Bsllsvills .lthey ordered the ma
chinery and lumber. and IL 10 arriving
here at the ratio VI about ten leads per
day. They have about twenty men gra-
ding and ~quarrying rsck. aud they
have promised me Q Job In . few days. ~
soon ~ the lumber all gets here. There
are about fifteen wood.butchsrs laying here
doing nsthing. and for that reason thsro
Is no telling whether I will get 70 work or
not. q Q premise here 10 about what II Is
In Virginia.
There never was . mill here. with the
exception Of . fsur-stamp rattle-trap some
eight miles ofi. on the 0wyhee river; but
for van Of water. or some ether cause. 1
never heard that II did any crushing.
There are about 200 miners and other
workingmen hare. and only fer this mill
going mp IL would have been . terror OF .
place this Winter I; because before the mill
work startsd. and sincs the Young America
shut down. there were only about twenty.
que men working at the Grand Prizr, and
say about q dozen more working for wages
prospecting. out Of = total Of 400 men ;
but this mill and mine starting up will
help the camp considerably. aud will en-
ploy probably about thirty men for the
next two months. But after all ID will be
. hard place. for there will still be about
half Of the working population out Of
employment. and I believe II Is harder 10
get . Job OF work here than In Virginia.
Next spring. however. u Ii my opiaion
that there will be Q good many new mines
started up. and the place will probably be
good for the number VI men here al pres
emit. There are . number Of lying news
pagers In Elko trying TO raise IN excite
msnt In tho interest Of the stage lines. and
they have succeeded In ssnding1a good
many men In here Of lats, who. could not
get Q days work when they came, and l
think Il not unlikely that the place will be
badly ovsrrun In the Spring.
This town consists of about fifteen fair
looking. balloon frame houses. and about
fifty miners cabins. most 81 which are
dugouts ; that 10. they are partly dug out
Of the hill-sidss. built up Of round bould-
ers and mud. and covered with dirt. and
are . splendid place " contract rhsuma-
tism. The business 81 the town consists
Of dive whisky mills. fsur stores. three
clearinghouse. three lodging-housss. sns
peanut stand two butehsr shops. u black
smith shsp. n shoemaker shop aud two
hay cerrals. Board costs 81 per week.
hash pretty rough. and lodging from 81 10
SIS per month. according ~ what kind Of
. stall you occupy. II you had . cabin
you could live tolerably cheap here, but u
will cost about $500 for the material for .
cabin i2x16 feet. dEoRos Younir.