Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-09-29
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Pickpockets are driving brisk BUSH
ness at TIE Sacramento State Fair.
Battle Mountsiu is shipping large
quantities Of ore TO the Sacramento
smelters.
The Humboldt Reduction works
shipped three bars OF bullion last week
the assay value Of which WAS over 81.
600.
Mrs. G. NJ. Woodwork, wide-swake
lady OF Las Animas, Colorado, has been
appointed Centennial agent for south
eastern Colorado. aud is gathering up
curiosities for the big show.
What disposition Is to be made OF the
beautiful Belmont residence OF the late
w. @. Rslstou, says the San Mateo Ga-
zette. is not yet known. II has been
mentioned In connection With seminary
for young ladies.
An item in this paper. says the Reno
Journal, said that twenty-five boxes Of
coin amounted to only $4,000. 1t
should have been $4,000. Only a
cipher and yet how much How many
sigh for 1t and yet so little.
A visitor to tho Big Bonanza" after
seeing the monster quIver with life.
turned to go away aud fell into AN exca-
vatlop inst east Of the building, sprained
bis left foot and skinned his right elbow.
He turned to look back and missed tho
plank across the ditch.
There are A, 900 safes in the vaults OF
the Safe Deposit Company, San Fran
cisco, and every one of them has differ.
ent lock and key. Mr.. Duncan. the
manager, says be will give 90. 900 to the
person who will unlock any safe with a
key not expressly made for 1t. A fair
premium for an eastern craftsman.
He stood six feet, weighed about one
hundred and twenty, wore tight pants,
number twelve box-toed shoes, eye.
glasses, n six hat and cut away coat. He
said: 1.-The Western people are vewy
queaw. They seem to have no ideaw Of
the hiRhaw ordaw of things" as be
snapped the ashes of two-cent cheroo;
and stepped back into the car that bore
him onward to the Golden City.
The South Mountain mines are being
worked more actively than ever, and viii
an increased force. With the new ma
chinery that has recently been supplied
in several Of the leading mines. and the
high-grade ore that is now being taker
out, the Owyhee Avalanche thinks al
may soon expect to see fourishinR min
ing operations there. and greatly.in
creased bullion product.
While the Indian Commission which
left Denver few days ago were at For
Laramie, the officers and ladies at tn,
post got up hop for their special bene
fit. They all wanted to go, but Their,
was only one clean shirt in the outfit
They all went. but went one at time
and it is probable that no one shirt evel
did the same amount OF extra duty il
the same period Of time.
The New Orleans and Mobile Railroad
has recently purchased 10000 barrels OF
creosote oil, to be used for the protec-
ton of their timbers and pling against
the marine worm, the teredo navalis.
The tredo ia so destructive TO timber on
the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts that
piling is frequently rendered entirely
worthless in the space Of eighteen
months.
Two Indians got into difficulty at
Steamboat Springs on the evening Of the
Esd, and one Of them drew knife which
he had concealed about his clothes and
stable d bis antagonist in the abdomen.
The injured brave died from the effects
OF the wound In less than an hour. The
father Of the murdered man caught his
slayer on the cars at Steamboat this
morning, and shot him, killing him in.
stantly.
From reliable sources at Cornucopia
the Elko Independent learns that in the
Constitution mine. the ledge has just
been cut by drift. fifty feet moth of the
shaft. 1t is well defined and forty inches
wide at the point struck. The Tiee,
tunnel is within seventy feet of the shaft
but the ground being quite hard progress
is proportionately slow. A fine vein o,
pay ore two feet wide has recently beer
struck in the east shaft on the Panthe,
ground. The ore will average $3.50 t.
ton, and from one to two tons are bein,
taken out on each shift.
OF the California the Gold Hill New,
says: The work on the l550.foot leve
is confined for the present to sinking tn,
winze in the ore vein below cross.cu
No. 8. This winze is now down 60 feet
the bottom still in ore of the finest pos
sible character. The development is on
OF no little Importance, as it is near the
center OF the mine and proves the extent
, OF the rich ore downward, for at less
another level. making total hight an,
depth OF 200 feet OF solid ore now pros
pected the full length OF the claim o,
the 1500.foot level and almost the entir
length on the 400 aud l600.foot levels
opening mine of such vast proportion
that it is only bewilderment to attemp
to estimate its actual value. The erec
ton of both the batteries and the ANAL
gamating portion Of the California mi
are rapidly approaching completion, an
If no unforeseen circumstance prevents
both will be ready to start into full opel
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