Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-08-28
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ACCIDENT AT THE MEADOW VALLEY
Night before last, about - O'Clock, q
heavy blast was put off in a winze that
is being sunk from one of the lower
levels of the Summit shaft. After the
explosion one of the men, George Lover.
ing, descended, but as he sent up no
rock and made no sound, another. Ed
Kittle, went down to see what was the
matter. He, too, was perfectly silent.
and for so long that the third, Thomas
Sickle, descended to ascertain what was
the cause OF this unaccountable silence.
That for time was the last of him.
Soon afterwards the shift was
changed, and the men coming
on soon discovered that something was
wrong and went down to the winze. On
reaching the bottom all three men were
found insensible. The alarm was given.
and medical assistance sent for. The
men were raised first to the level and
then to the surface, where DR.. Berg.
stien took active means to revive them
He was successful, but all three are still
very sick, especially George Lowering.
who was longer exposed to the deeteri.
GUS gas than the others. The cause Of
the sudden asphyxiation of the miners.
is supposed to be going down too soon
after the explosion and before the nox.
ious vapors of the giant powder had been
allowed to dissipate.
No MAILs.-Weread by the telegraphic
dispatches that some postoffice Mugains,
OF the usual thick.headed stamp OF
official appointees, reports to the Post.
Office Department that the mail service
is satisfactorily performed. Like mos,
officials, he says it is, We suppose, for
pure cnssedness, just because il il not.
The condition of the route to this place.
between Palisade and Eureka, is most
unsatisfactory. Somebody got a con-
tract for that service at price that
would scarcely buy harness for his horses
and keep it in repair, and the result is
that thousands of people in Eureka,
Hamilton and Phoebe are inconven.
fenced. annoyed and suffer loss Just be-
cause the mail lettings are conducted in
an absurd and ridiculous fashion, that
would be disgrace to any business house
and would disgrace the Washington Of
ficials II they were not too far gone for
anything to have an effect upon them.
No doubt they care very little about the
convenience of communities living in an
outlandish sagebrush country, but that
very carelessness shows how unfit they
are for their positions. We plead guilty
to speaking little out of temper, but
one cannot help it in view OF the annoy.
ances caused by parcel of red-tape
gumps who ought to be driving an OK
team instead Of filling positions at the
national capital.
UNLUcKY UpsET.-Yesterday teams
ter who had Just reached town with a
huge prairie schooner loaded with coal
oil for Phi. Felsenthal, was going up the
hill to the store-house of the latter,
when by some inischance the wagon up.
set, and there was fearful smash of coal
oil cans. and an equally fearful waste OF
their contents. 1t did seem the essence
Of bad luck, that after safely completing
long and tiresome journey to within
fifty yards of his destination, that the
unfortunate teamster should meet with a
mishap of this character, which will
most probably turn his trip into loss
instead Of profit. The wagon was soon
righted, but for a while rivulet mean.
dered pensively along the parched and
dusty road.
ARRIvING.--Several big teams reached
town yesterday loaded with goods for
several of our business houses, among
others we noticed Felsenthal, Roedel
and Poujade receiving goods.
BULLION SHIPMENT.-Wells, Fargo &
Co. shipped yesterday bullion amounting
to So, 5O2,37