Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-17
NEVADA STATE ITEMS.

VIRGINIA.
The Chronicle of Monday affords us
the following items:
There are residing in this city several
persons who are heirs, in part, to 1861
acres of land in the heart of New York
City, which land is valued at something
over two hundred millions of dollars.
One lady residing here will undoubtedly
come in for more than five millions The
land farm" leased to Trinity Church by
Aneke Jams for ninety years, which lease
has expired and the church has signifed
its willingness TO transfer the property
to the heirs of Aneke Jams as soon as it
can be settled who those heirs are. The
Bogardus family Of Michigan are one
branch Of the house Of Jams, and they
have been fighting the Brewer family to
prevent the latter coming in for portion
OF the property. The lady to whom we
allude as residing in this city has had in
her possession for nearly three-quarters
of century true copy of the last will
Of her deceased relative, Aneke Jams, and
the document is an exact copy of the
original will recently published for the
first time. She has children and grand
children residing here, and one daughter
formerly resident of this city, living
in San Francisco. Each of these will
perhaps come in for million or more.
The old lady, though upward of eighty
years of age, retains all her faculties un-
impaired, and cam tell every branch of
the family, to whom each was married,
and under what name the offspring of
each was known, tor the last seventy-five
years. She has always felt confident
that she would some day get her rights,
and it now seems probable that she will
do 80 at an early day, as the litigation in
which the property has been involved
since Aaron Burr fought the duel with
Alexander Hamilton is about drawing to
a close.
A sharper of unknown name, about
| forty years of age, five feet six or seven
inches in hight, stout build, sandy whis.
kers, recently trimmed or just turned
out, sandy mustache with white tip
curved over the mouth, round, low.
crowned hat with narrow brim, brown
coat with rounded skirts, and general
shabby appearance. did land office bus.
mess in this city Saturday evening and
last night by getting advances on bogus
checks drawn on Wells, Fargo & Co. and
the Bank of California in favor of James
NJ Cormick and signed 5. p. Cor L.
Jones, which he represented to be the
signature of Samuel Jones, Superintend
ent of the Crown Point mine. Aftel
victimizing number of people and dis
honestly obtaining several hundred dol
lars, the check man returned voluntari
ly, redeemed all the checks, and says b,
won them in poker game in Silver Cit,
from stranger from Gold Hill. and dit
not know that they were bogus.
The main header of the Sutro Tune
is now in distance of A, 4S1 feet, "a fee
having been added thereto during tn
past week. The rock works favorabl,
and there is no water coming in at pres
ent. In the east drift from shaft No.
an advance of 35 feet was made durini
the past week, and in the west drift 2
feet, making the total length of tunne
excavated at this point 523 feet. Thi
added to the main header, gives the en-
tire distance drifted as 1904 feet. Blu
l49 feet of rock separates the east branc
from Shaft No. and the main header
It is expected the connection will b
made in about three weeks. Shaft No
was sunk nine feet during the week
making its total depth $40 feet. Tn
: miners have commenced sinking at nc
, 2. .E
, Len Wentworth has made race be
) tween his horse Kent and the Californi
J horse Jordan, two best in three, Ealf
mile, for $500 side, to come off over tn
Carson Course on the 18th of November
He has also made similar race betwee
7 Kent and the celebrated Norfolk co
Bots d Arc, for the same amount, to b
. run at Carson November 10. A similf
, race has also been made between Jorda
and Bots d Arc, to come off on the sam
course on the 22d Of November.
James w. Orndorff, than whom thel
is no more liberal or enterprsing tur
man in the State, has leased the Virgini
!; Race Course for two years, and is no
l actively engaged in raising money Il
liberal purses for three days racing
Under the new lessee turfmen will ha,
an abundance of sport at the Virgin
track.
: The largest casting ever brought to tn
, State in one piece arrived this mornini
It is a spur-wheel, cast at the Risdc
Iron Works for the Consolidated Virgin
! hosting works, and weighs "a, $50 lbs.
r GOLD HILL.
# All the mills in Gold Canyon are Ike
busily occupied in crushing the rock e
tracted from the Crown Point, Belche
, Consolidated Virginia, Hale 4 Morcros
% and other mines in this vicinity. A graz
:. procession of quartz teams can be Sc.
at every hour in the day, hurrying to 4
It mills with immense loads of fine lookil
ore.
Antoine silva, who had his feet cut I
in consequence Of being run over by t
s cars, is getting along finely, and in
10 probability will recover.