Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-04

I'D aAnNmNna n Wlll WIFI
re" D"o0' ~ -,
ten article relating to the sariy his'o'! VI
| Gold Hill. which will he read with inter-
,.rss, Uer,iti,:
=, x.ry early OWE
amous osnt "H,a.iI In, rieh claims at
~ - p,ni corner. and John II.
Mn. n.ans;s,or. ~ xh.t was for = time
~, F'o ~" CONNER 4 Mills ground.
~hieb Tor ..y,ral wear. made q large and
a.aa,.hIs n-,odnc,iou. Joseph Webb, an
- b, n,ot,..ion. owned one-hAlf vi
con,sr., iu..r.,t. the two being joint pro-
- ~ a .aloou and running a saloon
=, GoIJ nm meantime. Webb passed
en- m. Earth plane q good while ago,
anI N he has since been keeping company
viii Di,es 4, will not be because he died
po..s,.sd Of the riches imputed TO thai IN
happy parsonage. webb's estate was py
mo- mean. hurtfully large, having barei!
sunicod to defray his funeral ehpsnses ana
make his accounts sluafe Win me uot'u'
Coppcrs also suffered q hnAh,iAi eo'Ilse,
after which he ehlsra'u Iu.no, 49,
no is said 10 ha'eaSah nia1, n,'".y' sonu
n. Mills still lives Al uoiu mn, wh''e ne
cOntinues TO 10 interested IN mines anu
| mining affairs, his fortunes since tne Pe-
IlNl w ~
Al times he has been counsd rion' anu
nov said To be at least tolsrabiy well on
lie enjoys the reputation In tbs
ty where he liyss Of being man OF intsg-
rity. energy and nrstrats business eaPa-
city. lie Is ono Of the NEST popular
men In Nevada, having held q nuinoer OF
high official positions. among others that
Of Speaker IN the lower branch OF ths Wan
\ .frr.l.fnEa
rms ECLIPSE GROUND
Covering thirty ieet on Tue riehss' psrlo,
the Gold Hill bonanza wa. purehaseu
from Comstock in 1888, by William ana
Alexander Henderson. bsothers. VINO thAt
Summer arrived in Washoe overland from
Missouri. two Of their companions, named
Allen aud Hudson, having Afterwards %
some equal partners with them in the
ownership Of this property. The considera.
ton paid Comstock for this piece Of
ground, consisted OF an Old worse anu sfo
In meney. Being u~nacquainted with tho
business Of mining. these men. notwith-
standing the low price at which they had
bought their claim. ran themselves in debt
i'm their attempts at working ID. The fol-
lowing year DeI.snd. who had advanced
than considerable money 10 enable them
4. kecp operations in progress, took tho
manar,m.ut u IA. mine seeing no other
ray 10 save himself from loss. At first
the orc which paid we'll was reduced at
custom mills when funds enough hal in
mi, manner been accumulated . mill Of
their " was put up, the net earnings OF
| which sufic,d for a long time TO pay .
monthly dividend Of S2J, 1000, being 5000
to each proprietsr, DeLand having by this
| Tins become A one.ifth owner. In 1861
| Allen va. killei. having been shot through
,he b.ad Wills pro.recting near the town
| ~ Amor. In the State Of Nevada. Alexan-
~, Henderson returned TO Missouri.
| William. nh. brother. married in washoe
.nJ af,.rwarl settled In San Jose, Califor-
nh. vb.r, ho has A fine residence and Is
- living in gooJ eircumstance.; Hud-
..n vo hay, los, sight OF and DsIand 10 a
I.ni~sn ~ sap Tranci.co. still actively en-
- In mining. milling and Kindred pur-
sn,t.'
toaIx AKIN HOLMES
po,cbt 1, M, sunme of 1859. a section
n ,ha tel r,ound al Cola Uill. which. 40
ia,. :. H., continued to avn il. went b,
M. ,.meo III m. Ioean and Uolmes claim.
I'm M, FALL OF mai wear thew put up several
,,t,r-Iriy.n arastras ON the Carson River,
near m. sit. of the present. town Of Day
nom. then called Chinatown. The next
year they erected on this spot extensive
rcduetion works, and for awhile ~prospsred
and made money. The cost Of these works.
coupled with an unfavorable turn in their
mine aud some other unteward events led
10 a turn Of luck. and finally such smbar-
easements that the most of their property
n,ssed from their hands. leaving them
eomparatiycly poor. Holmes, during his
nro.nerou. days, married a young wife.
bnt survived this event only q short time,
having died in 1865. leaving but little
none, or property behind. Logan still
live. anil has, ia tho role Of prospector and
miner. been for many ysars past pursuing
the iickIe aud fusacious Goddess OF Fer.
,un in the mountains OF central and
Eastern Nevada without bsing ableto quite
ovcrtakc her. Al White Pine he caught
glimpse of her vanishing form, anu ai'er-
ward at Phoebe actually laid his hand upon
her, but somehow she managed to eiuds
his grasp. The active and perssverins
Logan j. not. however. the man togi'e up
and will yet possess himself OIL q lar snare
Of this world. luere II only his lease 10
earth life shall be renewed Tor a year OF
two longer, as he Is said 70 own sonho WI!
l " It'll. ,...
little capital 70 MAKE 'ne'' "'A'" P~
tically available MN ,.,,h.
or all these eatly'uay "o'a n', '
none were more heard OF al tue ,'me' noI
did any scatter their money WIN = "o''
hand than
m ~nARRoLp,
Who. with his partner, Jonn Drynan'
owned one u the best claims at this famous
locality. Born at the South. ani bred To
the business. Of ovcrreer on a large SLAVE
plantation, his naturally frank and gcher.
Gus disposition was apt Ia manifest ITSELF
In such an impcrious way as often involved
| him ia trouble with othors. IL Was this
sort Of schooling that led him, on the out
break Of the late civil war. To take .ueha
pronounced stand on the side OF the SOUTH
that tho United States authorities felt COM
PEELED to arrest aud imprison him ; a pro-
c~oe,ing that greatly exAsPcraiod him and
his friends at the time. bat which Harold
| himself did not afterwards very strongly
condemn. For two or three years he real
| lied from his claim q great deal OF money,
bnt. having u or two actual and perhaps
many more quasi partners. with hosts
| on boon companion s,politieal confreres aud
b,nrers-on. amongst whom he shared his
- ..I. a.. f,il.l IN GET much ahead.