Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-28
NEVADA STATE ITEMS.

A RUSH OF WArER.-A sudden and
heavy rush of water occurred in the main
west drift of the Utah mine yesterday.
The volume of water amounted to 30 or
40 inches and in short time the sump
was filled and the floor of the DRIFT was
flooded to the depth of about five inches.
The workmen left the drift as the water
was coming as fast as was desirable, and
there is now no work being done below
the surface. The pump and hosting
tanks lift 100 gallons of water per min
ute and are able to keep the water from
increasing to a greater depth than we
have mentioned. They expect to have
it all out in less than a week. The drift
is in distance of 40 feet west from the
shaft and its depth below the surface is
400 feet. Much of the water doubtless
comes from the old Utah works, in
which is what is called the old Bidleman
shaft, extending down to within l40
feet Of the level of the drift. Since
tapping the water in the drift it has
been observed that there is a gradual
lowering of that in the old shaft named.
1t will not be advisable to push the drift
ahead until the pressure of water now
upon the ground shall have been re-
moved. as there would be danger of los
ing it by cave; also, there would be
danger Of losing men I Enterprise, 22d.
MINING ACTIVITY .-On all sides are
heard the notes of busy preparation
among our mining population and active
operations will be commenced on an un-
usually large number of mines as soon as
the weather will permit. Notwithstand-
ing the very unfavorable weather which
has long prevailed, much work is being
done even now on what are generally
spoken Of as "outside mines" No fair
day is lost, and where the works are SUI
fciently advanced to afford shelter to the
workmen work progress steadily, storm
as it may. The prospecting that will
henceforward be done in this vicinity
will be Of the most thorough and sub
stantial character no mere surface
scratching. The day of such superficial
prospecting is past. If mere tickling the
surface would find ore there would now
be seen scores of paying mines on every
Hill. This has been thoroughly tried
and the result has been pretty much the
same as though an ''ore-witch" had
walked over the country twirling his
forked stick-nothing more has been dis
covered than appeared upon the surface.
In this region the superficial appearance
of the country is much the same in one
place as in another. A man might a
thousand times walk over and view the
ground Immediately over where the
Belcher, Crown Point, Consolidated Vir-
ginia, Ophir and other companies are
delving in their richest ores and he would
observe nothing different to what is to be
seen above the Mother Goose, the Flying
Jackass and other mines, the hidden
wealth of which remains to be revealed.
What is now to be done is to locate upon
the mineral range and go down at once
to such depth as to pass below all sur
face disturbances and reach zone in
which veins are liable to be found in
place in the firm foundations Of the hills.
Even then paying veins may not be
found, but if to scratch the surface were
all that lis required to find mines there
would be no need of doing any more
work, as the whole country has been very
thoroughly scratched.-[ Enterprise.
SHOOTING AT GOLD HILL. - Thomas
Coleman, a waiter in the Vesey House,
took a couple of shots at Charles Cullin,
workman ON the Virginia and Truckee
Railroad, in rear of Tom Finch's saloon,
in Gold Hill, at 8 80 yesterday morning.
One Of the shots took effect in the left
temple of Cullin, glancing and passing
back above the ear. Both men were in
liquor and had had some words in the
saloon, from which they were elected by
the harkeeper. The weapon used was a
Smih & Wesson five-shooter. Conductor
Shehan, of the locomotive Nevada, who
had just arrived from Carson, rushed in
as Coleman fred the second shot, seized
the pistol and wrested it from the
shooter, fred off the three remaining
shots and broke the weapon over the
pilot of the locomotive. To-day Cole
man waived the right to q preliminary
examination, and was committed to await
the action of the Grand Jury, which will
be in session tomorrow afternoon.
Virginia Chronicle, 90.
SHUT DowN.-The furnaces of the
Richmond Company are all shut down,
owing to the want of charcoal. The late
storms have SO impeded travel that the
coal haulers find it impossible to deliver
their coal, consequently the furnaces
will have to remain idle until such time
as the roads are in good condition.
Eureka Sentinel
ORGANIZATION OF ORANGES. The Keno
Crescent of last Saturday has this item
"To those parties who have taken the