Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-05-25
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The following letter from g. G. St.
vsnson. Centennial Commissioner from
Nevada. now al Philadelphia. written 70
Capt. Thos. @. Taylor. Superintendent
Of the Yellow Jacket mine. which We
are kindly permitted 70 publish. will b.
read with interest:
PHILApELPzIA, May 16, 1876.
Carr. 7. @. TArLon-Dsar Slr: I tai
graphsd you . few days since for the
balance Of cage fixtures. have q man
now at work putting up guides. I want
TO have II completed 90 70 can hoist and
lower Il and show the safstiss. There
are Q number OF safsties here, but none
on this principle. There Ia much 10 do
here yet; u will BE- q month before all
are In readiness. The ore arrived yes
tsrday, and the engine 10 run the mill
with at the same time. Everybody 10 on
the rush. and the nillwrights are slower
than molassss In Winter. We will start
the mill In . few days. Il IL the only
one here and will draw q big crowd.
Nevada may justly feel proud OF her
mineral collection and the rich ores that
are provided for the specimens. No
country represented here can begin 10
compare with II. Chill has some very
rare specimens. but her general display
IL not equal TO ours. Spain has one
very large specimen that shows moro na-
tive silver than ores. bat her display
does not como up To what we expected.
I have not seen the large bar OF silver
that was reported would be here. Nor
way has some hns specimens Of native
silver. like that OF Silver Islst, Lake Su.
perior, and some "dummies'' for silver
brick, about twenty In all. I wish
you would see Maekay and see
II they won't send on some bars; they
would be the center Of attraction and
would discount anything here. II they
could have them here before the Fourth
OF July IL would not only place Nevada
all right. but would be the greatest thing
for the whole country; they have II in
their power 10 make not only the name
Of tho mine famous. but to make q show
that beats the world.
hope you will come on Don and
stay q month or two. i don't see how
Ii 10 possible for me 10 stay longer than
the 10th Of July. and IL u absolutely
necessary for some Of our Board to Be
here all the time. II you zee Yshngton,
Rice, Lsete or any OF the Others. tell
them to come on and arrange 10 stay and
relieve Us. hare been hard at work
since I have been here and at night am
too tired to write or even sleep; there
fore, pardon this hasty letter; will write
again when I get more time. The Pa
cifo Coast headquarters will not DO com.
plsted for q month yet. Some Of the
States are farther bshind than that.
Yours truly, G. Q. STEVENSON.
A dispatch from Philadelphia. dated
May old, says that the quartz mill
erected by the State Of Nevada was, for
the first time. set In motion on that day.
1t has, during the hours Of iis operation
thus far. received the attention OF many
thousands Of persons, to whom its
workings are o revelation In the process
es Of mining. Eastern people have
vague ideas OF the business Of getting
the precious ores from the earth and
transforming Il into bullion. aud conss.
qusntly the quartz mill Is ono Of the
novelties Of the Exhibition. II 10 In q
building adjacent to Machinery Hall--sn
Ornamental structure Of wood and glass
about 40Il5 feet In area.
The chief piece Of machinery 10 q Ave.
stamp mill with 750.pound stamps
which stands In about the center OF the
apartment, and first commands the at.
tention OF visitors. An matchmaking
pan holds two tons at . charge. and
there IL an eight-foot settler. q Tulloch
sslf-fssder and o rstort. 4 ~fftesn-horse
engine furnishes the power. Only q
small amount OF ore Is now on hand.
and there 10 q possibility o! stoppags on
account OF the lack Of a supply. A ship-
mont Of twenty tons 10 overdue, and Al.
tor its arrival there will probably DO no
further trouble on that account. Twenty
tons are coming from Grown Point,
twenty from Belcher. and more from
other mines. The ore thus far secured
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