Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-24

EuWsru LIE xianks . toA8eA ssf~s
In the NKws Office. and Who represented
Storey county in the Nevada Assembly
last viptsr. IL now Of HALEY. Alturss
county. Idaho. Those who know Mr..
Plank value his opinion highly. and the
information he sends can b relied upon.
. he 10 . gentleman WHO'S good author
isy upon mining matters and not in the
last given to sxagesrahon. From .
private letter the following 10 extracted :
HAuxY, Alturas county. Idaho Ter
Friend Graham /: I have been In the
Wood River country 10 nearly . week,
having arrived d Bellevue last Tuesday
morning. Our party had good weather
for the trip up from Kslton most OF the
time. The nishts were cold. the
days pleasant With the exception
Of one. during which We had . heavy
shower Of rain and hail. Last
Wednesday Murdoch. whom I found q
Bellevue waiting for me. and myself
rode to Gslsna. fofty-nvs miles from
Bsllsvus, but did not 70 to the mines,
q they we're two miles further. and We
had travelled through SNOW the last i've
miles. The mountains around Galsna
are steep and rough and pretty we'll tim
bsrsd, though the timber II not ~ large
% that one sees In the Sierra Nevada;
still, Il 10 batter than ! expeotsd to fnd.
The ore 10 salsna. and 10 claimed TO Be
Of hieh grade. Il 10 bot . few miles
from 0alsua to the hssdwatsrs Of the
Salmon river, In the Savtooth range OF
mountains.
Several men wiatsrsd in Galsna. and
they say two OF the claims were worked
during that season. A tunnel In being
run 70 the ledge In ~ OF them.
NIvADANs uP THEll.
We reached Bellevue on u return
Friday afternoon. and on Saturday came
to this place. where I met Sandy No
Martin, Who has . building up and 10
looking for an outfit Of tools 70 arrive
1t any moment.
Picotts and Atkinson are here. and
have struck Q prospect on the hill over
the river; don't know anything a. to lie
merits. Picotts expects . printing outfit
here In . few days. whom hs will start .
paper.
Houston, Q printer who vas on the
Coustook two years ago. 10 also here.
Chris. Wsidsmann 10 busy getting
ready to put up . little building and open
Q saloon.
]. b. Harris and ]. O. MoCissry.
"watsr Mao" I saw In Bellevue. whore
they are located at present. Al that
place I also met Clay, George and Allen
(all from Nevada, who are issuing the
Wood River Nsps.
There will b another paper started
shortly BY two Eastern printers. Their
material arrived last night.
This 10 . hns grazing county. good
grass being abundant everywhere soon
after the snov leaves.
TIE NNrs.
OF the mines I can say but little. /
have visited n claim. the Minnie
Moore, on the hill opposite Bellevue.
whore there 10 perhaps $50 or 200 tons
Of ore on the dump and in sight. II ID
Ralena. The ledge has been stripped .
distance OF forty feet. showing . fns
body Of ore In n place ak or seven feet
vide. Some 500 or 400 feet to the east
ward they cut into the ore body again
and followed 10 down Q short distance.
When I was thsre the incline contained
water.
Some mines at Bullion. opposite
HALEY, and distant about Ave miles, are
shippine ore to Salt Lake for reduction.
It 10 put In sacks about the size OF .
Aity-pound fnur.sack. and each weighs
from l25 to l60 pounds, % you can see
the ore II nearly all metal.
TIE TOWNS.
Bellevue Il . thriving place. and 10
building up fast. though money IL very
scarce. HALEY II Ave miles mp the river
from Bellevue. and the people expect to
make Il the metropolis OF Wood river.
Two months ago net . house stood here.
whore are perhaps now 100 houses I'm.
ishsd and In .eourss Of construction.
Some Of them are canvas, while many
are rooted with that material. Further
ON mp the river il ,Kstehum. which was
built last season. and has some claim to
recognition. Galsna IL twenty-five miles
still further up the river. Rocky Bar,
the county seat Of Alturas county, 10
over the range; but - IL has NO public
buildings, and the outlook ID that the
bulk Of the population will probably be
on this side Of the summit soon, an
Effort will be made TO move the county
seat TO ons Of the towns on this side.
raEIoHT. PRovIsIoSs. ETC.
Although much freight IL constantly
arriving here some articles are very
scarce. Murdoch went to Bellevue this
morning after . pick and shoysl. There
are picks here but NO pole picks. which
q prospector needs In this placs.
Provisions are not very high. though
they charge pretty we'll for some articles.
| Flour can be- had at from IS TO ~ per
100 pounds; bacon about 22c(S2bs .
pound; sugar. $50; coffee. etc.. ct pro-
portionsts rates.
Horses are plenty here and I imagine
they will b cheap before long.
Game IL said to abound. though I have
failed to and very much Of Il. Perhaps
whom I get away from the towns and
routes Of travel I will b In better luck.
The weather here II hns With cool nights.
The gambling fraternity II veil repre-
ssntsd here and among the rapidly In.
crsasins population.
THE oaEs.
About two miles above here . smsltsr
10 being erected and will probably be
working within q month. The ores thus
far found are smelling, though / have
been told free milling ores have been
found near Savtooth. over the divide.
Ny facilities for writing are not the
best, my writing dssk a this moment
bsine the inverted locker Of ny trunk
and ny chair . block Of wood. Whsn
I shall have seen more Of ths country /
will vrits you Of Il. Yours. etc.