Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-11-10

SYSTEM. - Almost every man that
CANDLES has some sort of system by
which he regenaulates his operations.
The worst Of it is, that no matter what
the system is, they generally all end one
way-in the ruin Of the player. To all
rules however, there is an exception, and
from the News Letter we learn that a
man named Bugeja has struck it, as will
be seen by the following extract:
The rooms in which play goes on at
Hamburg are now comparatively quiet
and unintsresting. as NJ. Bugeia, the
famous altrse player, has taken bis
departure. Not being able to obtain
permission to stake ITS much as 25,000f.
at one time lin place of the usual max
imum of y OO0t.l aud the large amount
being absolutely necessary for the sue
cess of bis system, he declined playing
any more. The relief occasioned by
that course to the gambling-table people
whom he was positively running, must
be intense, as he won over LOCO, uOOf.
$500, 0OO) in twenty-five sittings. For
some days before be decided to discon-
tinue his play, a number ofleters reached
him from various places, implorng
him to desist while there was still time.
| and not to forget that Garcia also had.
on several occasions, won extremely
large sums, and yet he died beggar.
There do S not appear to be any great
apprehension that such fate will ever
fall on Al. Bug-ja, as a more prudent
man does not exist The moment he
had made up his mind not to play any
more, he forwarded all his large cup tai
and winnings to Paris aud other places.
and only retained what was required for
his travelling expenses.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS
We find in the San Francisco News Let
ter OF Nov. 2, very interesting letter
from the above locality, which is the
more valuable us we Pacific Coasters Are
said to have diamond fields of our own
that u.s. the lucky ones. We make the
following extract from the letter, giving
an idea OF the quantity and value Of the
finds:
The summary of one weeks list of
diamonds found at the Co!esberg Kopie,
is G57 stones. from one, 1913 carats, found
by one Pet Otto, downwards, including
stones of 1902, 81, SO, 80, etc The uni.
tormlty in size of many of the stones
found in one week is often very curious.
Another weeks list contains AT da-
monds, inc uding stones of 81 carats, AZ,
80, 81, 80, 20, etc. At the time | left the
fields, viz, in the middle of November.
loIl, 1t was estimated roughly, but |
think with no exaggeration, that from
E4O,OOO to 100000 worth of diamonds
We're weekly taken from this small kopie,
only about $50 yards square, and con.
tanning about 1000 claims. l have been
told, on good authority, that one dealer
IN diamonds had then in his possession
more than one pound weight of first class
stones! The amount of money at this
kopje, the lavish way in which tits spent
and the carelessness with which il is
risked, surpass all belief The following
l can vouch for as fact, knowing the
parties concerned. A party of three
possessing claim valued at about G. 500
out of which they had taken a goodly
amount of diamonds, tossed up. .'odd
man out" who should keep the whole.
as they were DESTROYS of leaving the fields,
The partner who won, and consequently
had to stay some time longer, in the heat
and dust of the hottest and drvest place
in the dry diggings, will probably vet
make fortune out of the claim he won
on toss,