Attempting to install os x snow leopard 10.6.3. Onto a blank owc ssd

Help! Hahaha

I Have a mid 2012 15" MacBook Pro

So my computer has been slowly dying and I decided to give it new life but boosting the RAM (8 to 16) and upgrading to a ssd (owc mecury extreme pro 6g 480gb.)

I have all of my files backed up and I am looking to start fresh. I in the process of moving twice lost my initial instal disks so I purchased the os x mountain lion 10.6.3 from apple. I proceeded to follow the steps to install but I keep getting stuck on the apple logo and the little spinning wheel never shows up. It has also been asking for me to connect to wifi before I can select the disk, when pressing alt/option upon start up, when I hold "c" upon start it just goes straight to the apple logo screen and the spinning circle never shows. Also at the screen, from either start, I can hear the disk stop spinning. I have been looking around the forms and tried all of the suggestions so far, but I do not have a lot of tech to do some of the more elaborate complex fixes (though if need be I am willing to look into getting some necessary.)

thank you for any help. And let me know if you need any more information.