Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-08-19

seen that search was useless. as the
bodies wopld not be Of any use when
found, and if found would only create
the necessity of digging graves TO bury
them in, and rs they were already
buried about one thousand feet it was
thought best TO let them rest. Thus per-
ished a number Of human beings who
might have lived 10 adorn the highest
circles of society. The piano was unin-
jured.
NV DIGGINs IN AUsrIN.-While new
strikes are being made in different parts
of the country Austin does not remain
in the background Yesterday morning
Mr.. Sam Crescenzo, while prospecting
among the ruins of the International
building, discovered indications of silver
and going to work in earnest got out
silver to the amount of $500 in a few
minutes. Other parties, hearing of the
strike, rushed to the scene. and soon an
animated crowd was at work; the carpen-
tiers knocked off and joined the throng;
but no strikes were made equal to that
of Crescenzo. 1t may be as well to state
that the silver was in the shape of half
is worked out.
DULL TIMEs.-From the Comstock,
from Utah, from Phoebe, from nearly
every part of the Pacific coast, comes the
complaint of dull times. We of Austin,
though keeping on the even tenor of our
way, can make a stand-otf with all the
| dull places; nevertheless, our town is not
subject to the fluctuations incident to
many of the above named places.
LoosING HIS SIGHr-We regret to learn
that Mr.. John Sharp, an old and well
know resident of Nye county, is on the
verge OF blindness. He is now in Cali.
fornia endeavoring to obtain relief.
From the Virginia Chronicle, August Al
FATAL ACcIDENT-Morris p. Cahill,
surface or tunnel-level carman in the
Chollar-P mine, was instantly killed
at $40 this morning by falling nearly 800
feet down the main shaft. He went on
at o'clock, and going down on the cage
to the first station, or to the level of the
tunnel through which the ore from the
mines run ont to the railroad track, he
proceeded to run out loaded car and
dump its contents. During his absence,
from some cause not explained, the cage
from which the car had been taken was
removed Cahill, doubtless surprising
that the cage was still in its place to re-
ceive the car las he had right to eX-
pect), ran the heavy vehicle into the
open shaft, the sudden dropping Of the
forward end giving him jerk, and be-
fore he could release his hold he had lost
his balance and went crashing down the
shaft to the bottom. His face from the
mouth up, and the forehead, and whole
top of the head, were crushed in, until il
was but two or three inches through from
J the forehead to the base OF the skull
, His legs and feet were crushed to Jelly
and the whole body was horribly man
gled Deceased was native of County
Kerry, Ireland, aged 30 years, and leave:
, "a young widow and many devoted per
sonal friends in this city to mourn his
untimely death. Cahill came to thi'
coast when boy, and the last eigh
1 years of his life were spent in this city
; OLD TINES John Berry, who was tn,
; prospecting partner of "Old Virginia
(Ebenezer Finnemore to noun
i taineers as James Finney) and who 10
3 Gated the Ophir and Mexican claims il
1858, and Waite Kosser, who has been
resident of Carson Valley since the sprin
of 1851, are in the city attending cour
e as witnesses in the suit of the Bullion
: Company vs.. the 400 Mining Company
Berry is 81 years of age, but looks as &C
5 tive, hale and hearty as man of forty
t He spent three years in company wit
Old Virginia prospecting the mountain
of Western Nevada then Utah) and tn
: two passed the winter OF 1858 in an In
i dian tent on the eastern slope Of Ceda
j. Hill. Berry and Old Virginia sold thei
n locations to Comstock, after whom tn
the lode was afterward named, the orig
{ nal location having been called the Vii
n GINA Ledge. Waite Kosser was Dor
near Edinburg, Scotland in 1927; cam
to America in 1913, to Salt Lake City i
1850, and to Carson Valley in 1851
Berry and Kosser are both modest oil
y gentleman, rather 10th to enter into col
n versation on the "reminiscences of NJ
, vada but when once drawn out their col
- versation is of the deepest interest to NJ
e vadans.
~ BLY, CoRYELL, who had his left shou
: der crushed and his right leg broken b
- falling from q moving train of cars Will
i going to the Carson fire week ago las
ot Saturday evening, is suffering considers
ably from the shoulder wound, thong
the broken leg is getting alon
N even better than could reasonably HAY
been expected TIE wound in the shou
y der is considered dangerous, and the III
fortunate man is thought to be in crit
rt cal condition.
~ ARCHIE Mcdonnell, well known an
universally esteemed resident of Col
g. Hill, formerly President and at presel
r Financial Secretary of the Gold Hi
+ Miners Union leaves tonight for S
Louis, Missouri, to go into busine
there as a tobacconist. No man wi
s. ever delved in the depths of the Con
f. stock has more or warmer friends thf
H. Archie Mcdonnell.
H. HAY.-The crop Of hay in the vale,
Mt round about Carson has been light tn
e. season, owing to the excessive scarcity
no water, The price. however. seems