Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-28
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LESLIE CARiCtrrREs. j
Huak L4ie's Illustrated Newspaper
has never come up to the mark as a re-
liable publication neither in its pictures
or its editorial manifestations. There
seems to DO an slemen, in its manage
ment which Is a~ntagonistic to truth or
honest representation. consequently
nothing Ii may set forth in picture or
print Is to be believed without outside
corroboration. Tho latest number
(antedatsd March 2d) contains illustra'
tons OF Mrs. Lsslie's recent trip to the
Pacific Coast. or that portion relating
to the Comstoek. showing scenes In
Virginia City. and a large supplemental
picture Of the city itsslf. This large
picture is some four feet long
BY fourteen inches wide, and Is q tolera-
bly, fair showing Of the city. from the
north and southwark TO the Divide. 1t
prstsnds to have been made from pho
tographs by Watkins Of San Francisco.
but IL Ia anything but q faithful copy.
except in general outlines aud principal
features. the details being decidedly an
reliable. An explanatory note al 1.-THE bot
tom locates Gold Hill on the Divide. yet
the picture does not show II. Another
similar note dssiguatss the Fourth Ward
school house as the Flown Hail." One
Of the principal mining dumps, appar-
entity the Gould X Curry. Ia thus dssig.
mated mound Of usproductivs
quartz" Taken as a whole. however.
tho picture gives a pretty good idea Of
Virginia City.
The view Of the main Ltreet in Vir-
ginia City, tolsrabls. showing from
the Molinslli Hotel south. but also show
ing sundry queer looking street vehicles
never seen in this section. Another
picture is supposed to DO descriptive OF
miners prospecting for silver ON the
slopes OF Mount Davidson. with a visw
Of abandoned prospect holes." A train
Of cars with two locomotives. q "double
header" is seen whirling around a
curve, with q town in the rear. and
nothing bat sagsbrush on either side Of
the track. except q few men on the upper
hillside roofing around among the sage
brush after silver. with several small
dus-outs near them to represent the
prospect holes" aforesaid. just rs
though our miners went scratching
about on the surface hunting silver after
that style. Moreover, no such place or
scene a. shown in the picture exists
along the base OF Mount Davidson.
But the worst is the editorial dsscrip-
ton Of Gold Hill. which Is Us follows :
"Under the brow Of the hill nestles the
city, huddled cluster Of houses, at least.
pricked through with the smoke-stacks Of
countless mining works. ~tunneled with
abandoned shafts. and all alive and stir.
ring on this Sunday morning with hard
workers both above ground and under II.
The city lies Fin Gold Canyon; where the
.iasrsble oa,ntity Was made in 1856.
A. early As 1855. tho famous Kit Car
son saiu " nAso enSamPsu .,'a
making his wsy across tho plains with q
band Of Grow Indians; and from isi3 to
rmnn,.s xssra hs ,sS hi. r.r,r are
reported 10 have PANIED for gold and
found. II any. only . paitry handful. Now
the great quartz mills are Earring ana
reverberating all day and all night long
with the grinding thunder Of their mishty,
machinery. and Tho bare brown slides OF
the quiet canyon are tunneled and bored
and riddled by hundreds OF human moies,
working AWAY In q mad fever, "a II All
heaven and earth and their chances therein
hung upon the yellow dust that nature
keeps hoArded'away from them'
This now il vivid and imaginative
.,o,,h ~ sax IN. Isa.t That about
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