Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-13

Otner Oonattons - the
cabinet and Library OF che
Sseiety.
A regular semi-monthly meeting Of thu
Society Of Pacific Coast Pioneers Wa held
last evening ct their hall on B street. vir'
ginis. President Taylor In the chair.
NEW NxsBxls.
j. Z. Mccormick was balloted for and
duly elected . member OF the Society. and
the application Of Z. Katzsnssein. Of vir.
gina City. was referred TO tho usual com
mittse.
RxsoIrrfoSs.
Among the reports u special commit
tees the following vas presented BY the
committee appointed to draft suitable rsso-
lutions on the Death Of W. ]. Ford. These
resolutions were unanimously adopted and
directed to Be- printed:
wHrnxAs. william j. Fsrd. . member
Of the Society Of Pacific Coast Pioneers.
died IT see. on the 18th dAy Of February.
1877. during the passage from his old homo
in New York. with the intention Of rs
turning to the Pacific Coast and TO his
adopted home In the State Of Nevada ;
and, whereas. In life no was kind. gensr-
Gus and brave. and had endeared hinsslf
to q host Of friends both within and with
out this Society ; and. whereas. the laying
| down Of thia life. and the taking on OF
that other and uncertain and underlined
existence. called among men the immor-
| tAlity after death. u, in tho case Of such Q
man. an event atly calling forth the heart
| felt expressions Of the sentiments Va
cherished toward him while living /; there
fore. be IL
Rs,ois,d. by the Society Of Pacific Coast
| Pioneers. that. by the death Of William ].
Ford. this Society has Lost . valued men,
| Der. his friends . w~arm-hesrted COM
pAnion. and humanity = sympathetic
friend.
Rs.a,red. That this preamble and -.
companying resolutions be spread In full
upon our minutes and published In the
daily newspapers In this county.
II. II. TAYLOR.
n. HeLxrs.
Z. n. BRowS.
Committee.
CABINET AND BRARr DONATIONS.
! Professor Frank. Stewart made the fol-
lowing descriptive report Of donations to
the cabinet and library Of the Society. TO
ceived since the last meeting:
John d. Barrett Of Gold Hill-An Eng
lish crown Of 1920.
Miles Conway American quartsrs OF
1872 and lsi9.
Miss Jenny KsrchevAl Of Gold Hill
Two ~variegatsd beetles, brought BY herself
from the banks VI tho Nile.
I. y. Berry-A very rich specimen OF
sulphurst silver ore. bearing gold. and
taken from the Belchsr mine.
Nathan G. Dole-A copy Of "a Il Cali.
fornia." by Col. Albert Evans. and "Twen-
ty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" by
Jules Verne.
John Penhall-A dime Of 1914.
William Sutherland-A large collection
u copper coins. some very old. and many
exceedingly rare.
Z. A. schultz-A beautiful specimen Of
crystalized sulphais OF lime. from the JUS
tice mine.
II. J.. barnes An American quarter Of
1904. and Q penny Of 1858.
DIR. Holmss-A copy Of the constitution
Auu bN-llNs VI tuu opCiutN VI Ik8rso ALVCE
Pioneers Of Austin. Nevada
W. y. shepard-A beautiful specimen Of
copper ore from Walker river.
Professor Stewart--A ,pecimsn Of sui
phate VI barytes.
Sam. Davis. Of the Virginia cArss;el-
An antique Roman coin. enbellished with
q peculiar arrangement Of grotssqus ng-
urss. In which NO q could zee the point.
All. Doten. Of the Gold Hill NEws-A
very slick old quarter. which he presentsd
10 the Society ~ tho oldest American two
bit piece In existence and the very first
ever coined. The date being completely
worn of. he dehed any n to disprove Its
antiquity.
The President alluded In feeling terms
TO the recent death Of T. A. Longaere. .
member Of the Society.
Professor Stewart stated that be was
about N start on an expedition which
would take him into nearly every mining
able To collection the Society the rArest and
most valuable specimens. These he
wanted to forward In small lots. ~ col
lsctsd. TO the Society here. In former
DAYS Wells. Fargo 4 Co. had taken such
collections and forwarded them for the
Society free Of charge. He was anxious 70
have that old arrangement continued. II 1t
could b..
On motion. the President was appointed
q committee Of one to confer with Wells.
Fargo 4 Co. on the subject.
Meeting adjourned.