Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-17

| A FEW days since the miners WORKING
in the lower level of the Silver IsLs
mine, owned by John B. Winters & Co
made curious discovery. After takino
out the ore in the vein at certain po;nt
they for some reason took it into tbs;,
heads to dig into the wall of the lead
Alter passing through q shell of wall.
rock OF few inches in thickness, thew
made the discovery that there lay behind
1t several large boulders Of pure arpen.
tlferous galena. These were no small
affairs to be put into wheelbarrow and
wheeled away, but immense masses NJ
metal that could hardly be moved by ali
the men that could gather around them
Some OF these boulders 30 curiouslv
tucked away outside OF tho vein mona,
would weigh over half q ton. One NJ
them, weighing between eight hundred
and one thousand pounds, was got ont of
the mine whole and sound, lust 40
1t was found, and will be brought 10 tb;s
city In the course Of seven or eight DAYS
living. Enterprise, ~.
HE lecture of Professor Denton last
night, in National Guard Hall. on tbs
tertiary Period and Present Geologi.
cal Changes was one of the most inter.
estipg OF the course, and WINS listened TO
Win great attention throughout. He
STATED that the coal mines in Ell Dorado
Canyon, beyond Dayton, was in tbis
formation. He had visited said m;nes
and was agreeably surprised to find that
,ney were ignite, which, although not
belonging to the trne coal measures
were yet very valuable for fuel and some
manufacturing purposes. The indica.
tions which he saw satisfied him that the
beds were OF considerable extent. and he
said he should not be surprised if many
other coal mines would be discovered in
the same vicinity. He predicted that
this coal would prove of great value. and
perhaps at some time supply the entire
city OF Virginia with coal Virginia
Chronicle, ~.
1T is reported that the Democrats of
this county do not intend to hold any
party convention the present wear. but
that an amalgamation of the Independent
Republicans and the old Democrats will
occur, and thorough Independent
ticket put in the field. This il pretty
near what we expected; or, rather, the at.
tempt of the Independent Republicans
to effect this object is what we antici-
pated. 1t now remains for the Demo.
Gratis to say whether they will foreeo the
name Of their old and so much reyered
party and consent to throw their power
away, and 80 forever lose their prestige.
-fCarson Tribune, 18th.
ALLEN FISHER, of Mountain CITY. on
Monday last presented us with diminu-
tive package containing the result OF the
washing OF one pan of decomposed
quartz from the gold quartz lead OF
Stanhope Il Duncan, at Island Noun.
tain. The gold obtained was very pure
and upon weighing was found to be
worth eighty-fve cents. The ledge is
situated about the rich placers in block
granite; runs north and south is three
feet wide between the walls and we'll de-
hned.-lElko Independent, 18th.
YESTERDAY afternoon Joseph Farms.
worth was very severely injured while at
work in the bottom OF the main shaft OF
the Sierra Nevada Company by the cage
being lowered upon him and crushed
him down to the ground. We are in
oimcu thht uo was lubeublDle WQen
taken out of the shaft. He was hurt
about the head and spine.-[ virg. Enter
prise, IL.
ABOUT 10 o'clock this forenoon Jack
Cadman, q workman in the Crown Point
mine, had bis arm broken while attempt
ing to halt the cage. just as he was in
the act of reaching for the bell-wire the
cage caught his right arm. producing the
fracture referred to above.-[G. H.
News, 18th.
JAMES WILLIAM GUM. night foreman
at the Justice mine, died of typhoid fever
at his residence in Lower Gold Hill, at
O'Clock this morning. Deceased was
native OF Nova Scotia, aged SO years.
re-. II. News, 18th.
On Monday last the County Central
Committee Of Douglas county met and
appointed James W. Harris, James W.
Small and Jacob Rodenbaugh as dele
gates to the Republican State Conven-
ton Carson Tribune. 18th.
THERE are large number of sneak
thieves in the city at present, and some
OF them are experts at the business
Virginia Chronicle. 18th.