Owyhee tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1869-1870, 1869-10-14

The Postofflce opens at 7:ao a. N and

The Postofnce opens NJ 4. " H. anu
closes st7P.k,
The Bakery Of John Crete has been
leased by Mr.. Curry and will be opened in
day or two
Another SaIoon.-E. P. sjowall, Of
the Shade Saloon, will open the Theater Sa-
loon, one door south OF the WAVE office. on
Saturday evening This win be branch OF
the Shade.
As will be observed In another column,
we shall hereafter give letter from Cope
district once week il communication shall
prove sufficiently regular 10 enable us 10 re
ceiye our correspondence on time
We call attention to the new saloon ads.
Of John Crete and AdoIphus Rudeen Crete
will be found at his old stand above the
theaser. Rudecn has taken the scsndina-
Wan, one door south OF Fred Brunzell's
store.
A pup belonging to Che genus terrier
ran too close 10 Springer's express wagon in
| front Of Sommercamp's saloon on Monday,
| and had ths misfortune to have its neck
broken by the wheels passing over il.
Changes.--John II. Cassidy has sold
his saloon, opposite Granite Block, to Tom
| Jones and Dick Cranmer. Tom Jones has
| sold the Sazerac to Mr. Wiley, and the re-
spective houses are now In full blast under
the management Of the new proprietors
Agrand ball for the benefit of Spar
row and ellison, both Of whom are suffering
with broken Iimbs-one from falling down
shaft and the other from jumping from a
wsgon-will be given by the Good Templars
on nert Wednesday evening, 9th, at Hil's
| Theaier.
DIR. Cornelius O'Cafn, acting di-
vision agent on the r. r. stage line from
Sheep Ranch to winnemucca, came to town
on Monday night and remained over one
trip Staging is Caiu's natural element and
be appears more like himself than he has
for year or two.
Stage time has again been changed.
The Railroad stages now arrive at eleven
O'Clock p n and depart for winncmucca at
four A. n Early's Boise stages arrive at
from three TO four in the afternoon and leave
at five in the morning for Boise. The stages
now leave Boise City for this place at two at
night.
The following proposition has been given
us for publication II it takes fifteen days
TO make trip through with daily mail
from terminus 10 terminus of route, and
a mail leaves each end at six o'clock every
morning. how many mails will each mail
meet on the way IN making the through
tripg
A colony, consisting OF Fred Menge.
Julius Kern, Edward vogel, wn. Gabriel
and others are about settling in Pleasant
Valley, on the Owyhee river some twenty
miles below Cope District, for the purpose
Of engaging in farming and stock raising.
Elsewhere we have spoken of the capacities
OF this valley. 1t is proposed to christen
the settlement New Germany.
The Allison mine is producing an extra
quality OF rich rock just at present Captain
Richards, the foreman, has made all his I'M
dergrOund connectisns, according TO calcu.
lation, and has the ground in good shape for
taking out ore. We were shown a sample
OF the ore a day or two since that was fal
over average milling rock, and we were told
that II was not up TO the average OF what il
being taken out
Large failing Yard.--The Ids
Elmore company are now engaged in build
ing an immense reservoir Immediately be
low and adJoising the one that gave way
Sunday night The one now being con
strueted is OF very large proportions and il
being secured against the possibility OF &C
cidents. II will, when finished, have suffi
cient capacity to hold the stun and failing
Of a years steady run.
: We paid visit to the Keystone lod
during the past week This ledge is situate,
up Long Gulch some half mile. as W
: mentioned in a former issue, and is bcin
= prospccted by Ncssrs. Firebsugh and Sayre
The rock already taken out amounting 4
about two tons, makes very creditsbl
. showing in black suphurets as well as al
y occasional spot where free gold is visible
The shaft Is quite large and is now dow
= some four feet below the surface of the bed
rock in the creek, and exposes ledge Q
some two feet in width, with wedges OF vel
= matter in the country rock pointing in tC
y wards the ledge, indicating a consoldatio
e with it at no very great depth.
Is Broke Away.--The Stun reservo
below the Ida Elmore Cos mill gave way o
> Sunday night with terrible crash, seattle
ing umbers and lumber in every directio
and wasting several hundred tons Of Il
= best stun In the reservoir. The wall tn,
gave way was about twenty feet high, an
as troughs had been constructed TO lead Il
rich Stun across the two reservoirs il ",
discharged and stood in a liquid state imm
diately against this lower wall. Had Il
, solid tsilings been deposited on the outs,d
no such calamity would have happened
they would have supported the liquid matte
but as IL is, probably not less than tweni
thousand dollars worth of Stun has bee
!. poured into the creek We saw timbe
= 4 Axv. III L..