Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-08-05

LAST evening about 8 O'Clock tbera
was an alarm Of fire and grand stsm.
pede In the Belcher mine. II annears
,nat some decayed timbers were being
o'astea out OF an old drift on the 1900.
1901 level OF the Belcher. near the Grown
solnt mine, when some Of them took
nie from the blast, they being eaten M
with the dry rot and as infiammsble ss
punk. Those who knew what was the
matter procured one OF the Babcock Are
exnnguishers, kept on the level, and mt
the fre out. But in the meantime fbe
alarm had extended to the men ON the
level and throughout the mine, when a
panic and grand stampede for the sur.
lace ensued, and most Of the men were
noisted out OF the mine before the alarm
subsidized. Once the rush for the surface
began there was little time to ask ones.
lions or to listen to explanations. The
best thing to be done was to hoist The
men out as rapidly as possible, and this
was Just what was done.-[virg. Enter
prise, July 80.
SPECIMENS Of coal continue to be
brought in from various localities in this
section OF the State. As vet, however.
the Virginia Coal Company are the only
parties who have gone to work in earn.
est. The mine Of this company is situ-
ated on Ell Dorado Canyon, q few miles
above Dayton. They have q vein of
bituminous matter eleven feet thick to
start in on, and about two feet Of the
center OF this already shows coal Of ex.
cellent quality. The company have gone
properly about the work OF developing
their mine; they having erected pump.
ing and hosting machinery of sufacient
capacity to follow the vein to great
depth. They have erected boarding
house, blacksmith shop and other reoui.
site buildings, and express Q determine
ton to give their vein thorough pros.
pecting cost what it may Virg. Enter
prise, 80.
We learn from conductor Hugh Oar.
rah that fearful deluge of water fell at
Mirage Station, this side of Winnie
mucca, on Sunday evening, about s
o'clock. When the passenger train ar.
rived at that point few hours afterward,
the storm had subsidized, but the effects
of the flood was evident. The train was
delayed several hours from the damaged
track. In places the water had covered
the track to depth Of not less than fif.
teen feet, for railroad ties had been
washed out from under the track and
fioated to that height. Had the train
been passing at that point at the time OF
the cloud-burst, serious results would
have happened, for the water, which fell
in few minutes, was deep enough to
have submerged the entire train out Of
sight, Truckee Republican, 28th.
In the Amador Consolidated mine, d
depth of SO feet from the surface, there
has been struck ledge Of three feet In
thickness, carrying through it's entire
width body of perfectly free ore, which
averages S75 per ton in value. The
erection of steam hosting works will
shortly be commenced, and when the
mine is freed from water we may look
for the Amador TO take place among the
prominent producing mines of Reese
River.-[Austin Reveille, July 80.
DLAsr evening, ct about O'Clock, q
drunken Chinaman approached young
daughter of Jake Wsde's, aged about 4
years, near her fathers residence, and
committed an assault by lifting up the
child's clothes. Mrs. Wade, who was
standing at the door with q dipper OF
water in her hand, noticed the act,
dashed the water over him and called to
her husband. Mr.. Wade ran out,
knocked the Chinaman down, punished
him severely.-[G. h. News, 30th.
The committee appointed night be-
fore last, at q meeting of citizens to col
lect money for the relief of such Of tn,
citizens Of Eureka as are left in destitut,
circumstances through the loss OF thei
property by the late cloud-burst in tina
town, yesterday raised $1,000. Thos'
Of our citizens asked to contribute re
sponded cheerfully, and the whole sun
was collected in an hour or two.-[ Virg
Enterprise, July 30.
AMONG the patents recently issued t
Nevada inventors was one to Gabrie
Thomas, OF Reno, for q car coupling i'm
provement. and another to F. G. Bel
KNAPP. of Washoe, for an improved sho,
and die for grinding and smalgamatine
ores.- Reno journal, July 30.
A LITTLE child of L. W. Lee yesterda.
found a loaded gun in the house, withou
any cap on it, and, child like, went ant
got some caps, and putting one on, Aret
off the gun, frightening all the inmate
of the house, but luckily doing nothing
more.-I Reno journal, July 80.
WHILE Edward Mann was riding col
near Rye Patch the colt fell, throwing
him off and injurins him, from the effect
of which he died. He was formerly from
Visslia, Call Reno Journal, July 80.
A LITTLE son of Mr.. McDermott, VIII
works at the Occidental mill, fell from
an embankment, and striking his hea'
upon a stone, produced concussion o
the brain.-[G. H. News, July 20.
On the 29th ult., while working in tn
Eberhardt mine, at White Pine, Jane
Martin had his skull frsctured.-TW. P
News.
WELL DoNE.-On being called on il
Virginia City to contribute to the Eurek
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