The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1871-01-28
THE ELKO INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY. JANUARY rs. 1871.
News Summary.

LEITLEs patent have just been received by
A. >. Hallidie, OF san Francisco, for an end
less wire ropeway, for In mining or other
occupations where il is desirable to transport
material for short or long distances The
principle Is the same that of the patent
hod-carrier recently introduced in the East,
and consists of an endless steel wire rope, run
1ing on grooved wheels, placed at proper in
terNais, and carrying with il in its progress
ore bags or boxes, which are dumped at the
point Of destination and return empty to the
mine. rope delivering ore at n distance of
n mile from the mine is provided with 400
boxes, and can DO run at the rate Of five miles
an hour, each box delivering ten tons of ore
per hour. The cost of such a ropeway is
about S., 900, and the cost of running ore is
estimated at tive cents per ton per mile
where the declination is sufficient TO allow
the gravitations of the load TO supply the mo-
tive power.
FINE YIELD.-Ths Salt Lake Herald says
the following are the returns from four car
loads of Silveropolis ore, which tells in brief
terms its richness. One ear load shipped to
Reno, and the bars from it sent TO New York,
yielded in currency, net, 5000 Sc. One car
load, shipped TO San Francisco, and sold
there. melted $685. 70, in coin. bringing
S5,935 80. in currency. One ear load shipped
to Reno, and the bars from it sent to New
York city, with an approximate value Of ST.
724 IA. One car load sent to san Francisco,
and sold there, Melted 3, $50. This Is q to-
tai of S23, 522 40 received for the four car
loads; the cost Of working the ores being 81
2S9 26, leaving net profit Of Sl9, 233 II on
forty tons Of ore.
TnE number of unwounded French prison.
ers in Germany up to the fall of Thionville
amounted to l0.067 officers and 303, $40 men.
Prussia has 3,6ll officers and 2l7. sos men in
tortresses, and 1915 officers and Is. 65T men
in open towns. This includes the fortress Of
Mnyence, which has 4l6 officers and p S39
men. There are POI officers and y PA
men in the other States of the North German
Buud, loco officers and TO- 500 men in Wur-
temburg, POS officers and 20, Il2 men in Ba-
varia, and S,202 men in the South German
fortress of Rastadt. These returns are exclu-
sive of 1928 officers, who are residing in
France or neutral States on parole.
George Mortimer, with a dozen aliases, one
of the most notorious of old thieves and bur
glars in California, having served out term
in San Quentin for grand larceny committed
in Siskiyou county, Cal, was arrested on the
Goth inst, at the State Prison, the moment
he was entitled to his liberty, and taken TO
San Francisco, TO be tried for heavy grand
larceny committed in the year 1867, when he
took officer Rose out into the woods in San
Mateo county to turn up the plant" and
knocked him down with a stGuv. cut his
throat, left him for dead and made his es-
cape.
Through fares on the Central and Union
Pacific railroads have been reduced to the
following rates, currency: San Francisco to
Omaha, first class, 500; second class, SIS;
emigrant, $50. San Francisco TO Chicago,
frst-class, Sis; second-class, SIS. San Fran
cisco 20 New York, first class Sl3G; second
class, 800. The to ST. Louis is the same
as to Chicago. San Francisco TO New Orleans,
irst-class, $50. Emigrant through fare TO
New York, S65.
FOLLOWING the example of Cromwelrs SOL
diers and the Huguenots Of France the Prus-
sian regiments sing hymns nightly, with &c
compartment from their military bands-a
custom they have preserved from the battle Of
Luthen, where they advanced 10 the charge
singing Luther's hymn. .....
singular feature of the Delaware Sena-
torial contest was the fact that the three
brothers Salisbury were the only candidates,
the present Senator, and the Governor Of the
State, and the one who was finally elected
Senator. The latter is q lawyer of some
prominence.
TIE fall of a large mass of rock between
Heidelberg and Weisloch, in Germany, has
brought to light the works of a silver mine,
which was known 10 the ancient Romans.
There is no silver ore of any importance left
but very rich zince ore is met with in large
quantities.
Ma. SARGENT has introduced bill to enable
Washington Territory to become q State in
the Union. Sargent has also introduced n
bill for the admission of Utah, laying irrevo-
cable restrictions on polygamy without the
consent of Congress.
The Indian question will now come squarely
before Congress, as a bill has been introduced
in the House to place the Indian tribes as far
as possible under one government and bring
Indians not organized under Government con-
troll.
THE Humboldt (Cal.) Times says that ut
one haul of the seine in Humboldt bay her
ring enough were caught to enable the fisher
men to put up seventy-fve barrels. while
fully 200 barrels spoiled for lack of facilities
10 save them.
The military career Of King William l., of
Prussia, extends over period of 90 years.
His majesty, who was born i'll 1897, was pres
emit at the battle of Waterloo, and was then
But IL years Of age.
ACCORDING to nm English Parliamentary re.
port 81 slaveIs were captured in 1869, on the
eastern coast of Africa, by British vessels and
l, 102 slaves set at liberty The slaves trade
is gradually dying out.
The Independence Beige writes that the
Prussians have had 10O-year old orange and
laurel trees of the park Of Versailles taken
out and sent to Berlin. II calls, this new
way of earning laurels..
A proposition to confer the ballot on the
women of Idaho Territory was defeated in the
Assembly of the Idaho Legislature, last week,
by tic vote.
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