Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-11-22

PANAMrNr is the new Mecca for all the
adventurous spirits Of the Pacific Coast.
The man who came to California in 40
under the mining excitement, and has
continued his peregrinations up and
down the coast ever since, with OCCASION
al wanderings into Utah and Colorado,
has now set his face toward Panamint.
The emigration from Nevada commenced
months ago. The fever has reached as
far as Montana and Idaho. The journals
published in these territories tell us Of
miners who have left for PanamInt, hop.
ing to strike it rich. The Ovens River
district of Inyo county has long been
credited with considerable mining wealth
but Panamint has only come into repu-
tation during the past twelve months.
Some who have visited the new district
are occasionally heard to say it is a sec.
ond Comstock and will rival in. its pro-
duction the mines of Storey county, Ne
vada. These early informationists are,
no doubt excited enthusiasts, but such
men are always the pioneers in discover.
ing new mines. One in a thousand
times it happens that they prophesy cor
rectly S. f. Bulletin.
| l. E. James, the well-known civil en-
gineer, yesterday completed the surveys
for new air. shaft for the Belcher mine.
The new shaft will stand one hundred
and fifty feet further west of the old one
and on higher ground. 1t will be of the
same dimensions as the old shaft and
will be finished and timbered in the
same excellent and substantial style
Being on higher ground than the old
shaft, it is hoped that it may prove an
"upcast that is, that the draft in it
may be upward, not downward, as in the
old one; but the ways of currents Of air
in mines are mysterious and almost past
finding out-at least past finding out be-
forehand. 1t was at one time decided to
fill up the old shaft with waste rock and
then begin timbering at the top, taking
out the waste to the size of the shaft
but, it would seem, it has been thought
advisable to sink new shaft in sound
ground.-[ Virginia Enterprise, ID.
PROFESSOR SEELEy, of Amherst Col.
lege, was elected to Congress from the
Tenth District of Massachusetts, on the
expenditure of q three.cent postage
stamp by himself, and less than $500 by
the Committee of Independent Citizens
who nominated him. He was not offici-
ally informed of the honor conferred
upon him till the day after the election.
A postscript to that letter ran as follows:
1--WE find this morning that the people,
in uncourteous haste, have rushed in and
elected you before we had advised you of
your nomination" Professor Seeley is
an Independent Republican.-GS. F..
Bulletin.
The city was alive last evening with
the rumored disappearance of Jennie
Dirks. 1t is the usual story of love and
devotion and hard unyielding parent
Yet this case differs from most disappear.
ances, for the lady has gone and left her
love behind. Yesterday afternoon about
2 o'clock, she went to her room, doomed
her bonnt and furs and left, since which
time she has neither been seen or heard
of.-[Virg. Independent, 16.
Leo BRoKEN.-We are sorry to learn
that W. A. Morrison, of Truckee Mead
ows, had the misfortune to break his leg
yesterday afternoon. Reno Journal, Is.
The New York Herald insists that Til
den, the Governor elect Of New York,
shall get married forthwith though