Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-21

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. Yesterday olcitsmentin Virginia City
eliminated about i:30 o'clock in the af.
tcrnoon. II was intense in tho morning
before quotations appeared. then easel
up till the break in the Board came, and
from that time on increased till the hour
mentioned. When tho break in the
Board came many for the drst tine lost
confidence in Sierra Nevada for they hal
relied on the favorable reports Of visitors
from the mine to stay impending ruin.
About this time several persons pur-
porting to be. rs they probably were.
stockholder~. and headed by John Kelly
aud Miles Fnlen. were refused admis-
sion to the mine. This complicated
matters somewhat and the sympathy Of
the masses was fully extended to those
excluded. giving them courage to de-
mand nm admission and to threaten vio-
lsnee IL refused. A deputation OF these
malcontsnts was sent to Skae with the
demand. Finlen on the street declared
that they were going into that mine
peaceably II they could but they were
going in II they had to fight their way
down. Skae referred the matter to Sem
ator Jones. who decided at i:30 that the
men should be admitted and @ o'clock
this morning was fixed upon as the hour.
At this time the street around and
above the bank corner was densely
crowded with excited men. but happily
they were divided in opinion as to the
real position Of Skae. Some declared
him to DO in with those who had broken
the market, while others declared that
he was not. and for proof cited q report
which had been current in the earlier
portion Of the day, that Floods request
to allow osbiston. his expert, to ex.
anime the mine had been denied by
Skas. To this was attributed the break
in the morning. This division OF SEN
timsnt prevented anything like concert
Of action. IL action had been intended.
AT this time the police found IL most
difficult to keep the sidewalk above the
Bank Of California open for the passage
OF ladies' and teams passed with dit
fieulty up and down the t~horoughfare OF
G street. Then Chief McCourt came
upon the scene. Taking in the situa.
ton at a glance he took his measures
for the prevention Of any outbreak. He
at ouco commenced tying ribbons into
the button.holes Of specials whom he
instructed TO be civil and gentle, but II
any disturbance commenced to be sure
and take the first man down to the City
Jail. Happily their services were not
needed.
Although business men and experts
were coming in from the Sierra Nevada
continually and all giving but the one
report aud that altogether favorable.
still there were those doubling
Thomases-who demanded more proof.
To satisfy these and all who might he
afraid Of tricks and jobs it was then de-
cided to allow a deputation Of five from
the Virginia Miners Union to so down
into the mine last evening instead OF
this morning as had been in-
tended. This deputation returned at
10 o'clock and reported as the other.
hal done that the mine was looking well
all through. although the crosscut. 2lOO
level. had not yet reached the ore body.
and was still in the cap rock. where
stringers und punches Of ore had been
encountered. The crosscut on the 200
level was six feet at the top in ore OF an
excellent quality. Five blasts were dis
charged in the face OF this crosscut
while the visitors here there aud threw
out nothing hut the finest kind OF ore.
Earlier in tho evening messages from
San Francisco and from prominen,
brokers aud mining men stating that a
better feeling existed there aud that the
worst was believed TO b. over hal also
an effect in calming the people. i, was
not. however. till a dispatch came say
ing that 1t had been autographed from
Virginia that Skae had been hung aud
Mackay shot and asking IL the latter's
wound was mortal that the full effect
below Of the demonstration in Virginia,
trivial as il was. was known. Amcssago
from Reno came also asking II the burn
ing Of the &. A Q. shaft works had dam
aged the shaft any. These dispatches
gave an idea % how the outside world
were interested in the Comstock and do
ings along 1t.
All the foregoing combined satisfied
those Who were most desperate and
despairing. and at 1890 last evening Z
street resumed its wonted appearance.