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Page: of 179
NEVADA TRANSCRIPT MAY 30 & 31, 1863 89
rock, and which, nevertheless, sell at high figures. Large amounts of California money have
been invested in this kind of trash within the last three months. As long as fools are plenty—
and there appears to be plenty of them—this kind of stock will be valuable; but there is an end
to all things and there will be an end to this.
What I have said of the mines of the Virginia district will apply to Gold Hill. Three or four
claims there furnish pay rock; all the rest are either in litigation or expect to strike it immensely
rich directly.
The only thing that can furnish an outlet to the crowd of adventurers who rush here from all
parts of California is that Reese river, or some other locality as yet unknown, may prove rich.
So many of your townsmen are at Reese at present that I suppose you are about as well posted
as regards that country as I am. I have, however, probably seen more of the rock from that
quarter than you have, for besides large samples from various mines there, George May and
Harvey Mills have just brought over about 1’% tons from one lead (the Mills & Post) which is to
be crushed in a few days, and which I feel pretty sure will yield at least $300 per ton, besides
samples of various other leads, among others, one they call the Marengo. Three pounds of
rock from this latter claim which I worked myself by amalgamation, yielded $244. George and
Harvey are in high spirits with regard to their prospects in that country, and it is my impression
that they have a pretty good thing there.
But my letter is getting so long that I must close it, and besides I must go over to Pat. Lynch’s
and hear Schmidtschneider play a terrific opera which he promised me he would play for my
especial benefit if I would go there at 10 o’clock tonight, and it is now half-past nine. The first
time I saw him in Virginia he had a copy of the TRANSCRIPT with him which contained a most
affecting farewell written when he left your “place of gloom.” The Drum Major was affected to
tears on reading this. The big drops rolled down his mustachios and imperial in such profusion
that he had to go and change his pocket handkerchief it being thoroughly saturated. He wishes
me to thank you. A. C. [ANDREW CASAMAYOU]
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1863
BIRTH. In Grass Valley, May 27th, 1863, to Dr. Wm. McCormick, a son.
[DEATH] David Wentworth, editor of the Oroville Union, and formerly a resident of Nevada [City],
died on Wednesday night last.
NEW BRIDGE.—The city Board of Trustees have ordered a new bridge to be built in place of the
one recently broke down, at the foot of Aristocracy Hill
Miss [E.] Johnson will open her school on Monday, (tomorrow) at the head of Broad street. This
lady comes among us highly recommended, and the reduced rates at which she has placed the tuition—
two dollars per month for children under 6 years of age, and three dollars from 6 to 12 years old—places
it in the reach of all to give the rising generation an education. Miss J. has already about a dozen pupils.
Her school room is at the head of Broad street, formerly occupied by Mr. Deal.