Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-08-31

Silver Mining Company TO transact o
general mining business in the State 81
Nevada. Capital stock $4,000. 600, di-
yided into 100. Geo shares Of 500 each.
Irnstees-Layiayette Seaman. CHAR, :
ii. Aiken, S. W. Blafely. ! A ITndnall
and W. Ii. Broihead.
The Eureka Sentinel says While the
little run was being made on Paxton II
Co. 5 bank. County Assessor Powell got
in his work and gathered 3 considerable
amount of shells for The county and
State by assessing the money which was
drawn ont by depositors. One hombre
drew ont 5000 whose sworn statement
10 the Assessor contained a couple OF
ciphers opposite leash on deposit" and
another individual. who had given in his
cash assets ct 81 800, drew out $500.
Such little discrepancies amount to moth
ing nowadays. but in the old fogy times
Of our fathers they would doubtless have
been designated as perjury.
An inquest was held at Reno last
Tuesday over the body of Frederick N.
Twiggs, the unfortunate victim of the
shooting nffray between Messrs. Mooney
and Raymond at the race-track near that
place the day previous. The testimony
did not differ materially from the &C.
counts previously published. The jury
rendered verdict to the effect that de.
ceased came to his death by leaden bull
let fired from pistol in the hands OF
Thomas W. Raymond
The Territorial pioneers have decided
to celebrate the anniversary Of the ad-
mission of California into the Union
the evening Of September 9th, at Platt's
Hall. The exercises will consist of an
Grafton, poem. music. ETC., to conclude
with O social hop. This society, which
has been less than year in existence,
numbers some three hundred and fifty
The proposed celebration will DO the first
public reunion Of the members.
A new grove of colossal redwood trees
has been discovered in California, one of
which eclipses all that have been dis.
covered on the Pacific coast It's circum-
ference is as high as man can reach
standing and passing n tape line around,
Is only u few inches less than 100 feet,
which is beyond the measurement of any
tree in the Calaverals grove. The hight
is estimated at 100 feet, md part Of the
top lying on tho ground ia over 100 in
length.
OF the Yellow Jacket the Gold Hill
News says: At the 17i0-foot level the
principal development work of this mine
is being done. The main north drift is
in sos feet to-day. with its face in very
hard porphyry. The north winze below
this level is down LAG feet, and the south
winze 2ll feet, both in dry. tough work
ing material. The east cross. cut. bs
tween those two WINES, is in SO feet,
with the face in quartz and porphyry.
No water.
New mines have been discovered on
Four-mils Creek, this side of the Owy.
hee River. The discovery was made by
blacksmith from Battle Mountain, and
q son Of Mr.. Winters, who has ranch
near the Owyhee. The ore is said to be
rich, and the leads we'll defined. The
new district is twelve miles from Cornu-
copia, on the Winnemucca road.
County Assessor Lupton will soon
complete his labors Of assessing and
taking the census of Douglas county. He
thinks the entire population will not ex-
coed sixteen hundred, or about five hun
dred voters, with an assessment roll of
over 100000 or $4,000 for each
voter.
The body OF man supposed to have
died OF thirst was found at Telegraph
Gap, Arizona, nine miles from the Gila
river on the 25th instant. The coroner
came from Phenix, but there was moth.
ing on the body to identify him. He
had been dead about two weeks.
A certificate of the increase of the CAP
ital stock of the California Mining Com.
psny from 80. 900, 900, in q, 900 shares. to
$4,000, 900. divided into 100, 900 shares,
was lied with the County Clerk of San
Francisco on the oath instant.
There has been graded, packed and
shipped from Battle Mountain static
this season 81 700 pounds Of wool. This
constituted the bulk of the wool crop of
Lander, Nye, Eureka, White Pine and
Elko counties.
During the second week in August the
shipments Of treasure from New York
amounted to nearly one million six hun.
dred thousand dollars, against 81, OOO, 900
for the previous week.
After twenty-6v years OF active ser.
vice, the bark Uncas was Tuesday locked
at Hunters Point to be broken up. She
was one of the fleetest of the Copfeder-
ate blockade-runners in her day.
Wells, Fargo & Co. have extended
their express route from Los Angeles to
Prescott. Hardyville and Phnuix. The
other route is from San Diego and Silver
City via Tucson.
Over fifty Mormous recently received
their final naturalization papers and
were made citizens of the United States
in Oneida county, Idaho.
The citizens of White River are 10
have a public school. 1t will commence
on tho first of next month.
DR.. Linderman, Director OF the U. S. |