Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-08-24
LOCAL ITEMS
LOCAL MINING REVIEW.


Dull! dull. dull! 3" has been said and
said again in answer to that most com.
mon OF questions, Chow is business2"
UNTIL not long ago, everybody began to
say, well. times are going to be better
now" Still great many seem TO ,biuk
mat the good time coming" is coming
very slowly, and that perhaps it has
stopped by the wayside somewhere and
may not come at all. But why is this?
why have We not seen some Of the lon,.
promised better times? The answer to
'nis question is to be found by looking
at the state of the mines for the past
month. When the new machinery of the
raymond d Ely mine began its work. a
number OF men who had been idle were
employed. These men OF course receive
money for their work. Their money or
al least great part of it goes immedi-
ateiy into circulation. Therefore WHY is
'nere not more money in circulation now?
simply because the men at work in the
mines receive their pay only at the end
OF the month. There are not as many
men at work in the mine above named
as many suppose. There are now only
about one hundred and twenty men in it
ana SO even next month We may expect
to hear that familiar phrase dull times"
When the news of the beginning of
work on the ground which was lately in
dispute was first made public, every one
was again jubilant. But here again many
perhaps will be disappointed; for no
more men will be put to work until the
connection is made between the Raw
mond & Ely and the Hermes. This,
however, will in short time be done.
A point of interest to "those who
know" about mining matters is the fact
that there is report to the effect that
Uncle Billy" Raymond has bought the
Phoebe Penix mine. Whether he bought
it or not, and if he did buy it, how much
he paid. are matters about which we are
ignorant. But this much We know, that,
yesterday, Superintendent Nelson, hay
ing received dispatch from San Fran.
cisco, turned over the property apper-
tanning to the minA to John P. Kelley,
Raymond's attorney in this place. This
appears atleast as if we were to have an
end of the litigation which has so long
proved detriment TO the mining inter.
est of this district.
IvANHoE
The shaft is being sunk, and it is now
substantially timbered to depth of forty
feet.
PACIFIC TUNNEL.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders
Of this company will be held in San
Francisco in few days. Work will be
continued energetically.
RAYMOND & ELY.
A drift is no being run from the fixth
level to make connection with the
Hermes shaft. There were, yesterday
at noon, only twenty.three feet farther to
be drifted in order to make this connec-
ton, and when it is made number of
new hands-how many is not yet known
will be put on, The ore in the for
merly disputed ground is looking very
wall, and good results nrA AvnActAd from
it. Two drifts are being run from the
ninth and one from the eighth levels to
the ledge. The work on these is done
BY contract, and is going on very rapidly.
About seventy-fve tons of ore are now
being taken ont daily.
CHIEF OF THE HILL.
During the past week progress of
thirty feet has been made on the drift
from the 210-foot level. More ore is
being taken out than for some time past.
Shipping will begin as soon as the road
to the mine, which was put out of order
by the railroad, can be repaired. The
slopes have better appearance than
they have borne for considerable length
OF time.
SILVER PEAK.
The ore from this mine is now being
crushed, but thus far no returns have
been made. The incline is being sunk
steadily, and about five tons OF ore are
taken out of the mine daily.
PIooHE PHENII.
There is no change to note unless the
supposed change of ownership. This,
however, is a change fraught with an in
direct interest to many. Ua....
HAVANA.
The west drift on the ledge is still be-
ing pushed ahead.
MEADOW VALLEY.
Yesterday we visited the works on
shaft No. 5 and No. 3. The repairing
in the former will soon be finished. The
broken master-wheel has been replaced
BY a new one, heavier and better than
the old one. A new balance wheel has
been ordered from San Francisco. The
new machinery on No. is now all put
up, and work begins to-day. In the
mine itself there is no change worthy OF
mention.
HUM L HUNT.
The work Of sinking the shaft is still
being vigorously prosecuted. The fourth
level will soon be reached.
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