Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-11-03
Spirit OF TIE PRESS.

rom all parts ofthe State to he for%"r"en
% China.
The pagans OF Los Angeles have built
joss house and have decided
npon the trombone, jews-harp. bones
and kettle-drG as the Instruments OF
IL is estimated that the yield oil gold
and silver from the mines Of the Colorado
for the first six months OF the present
year foots mp in gold 81. 042, 7O9, and in
silver. 81, l04. 039.
The ANIMAL retreat Of the Catholic
clergy OF the Diocese of Grass Valley
in which the State Of Nevada is included
lis now in progress at Grass valley,
Mrs. Newly, of 81 Norman street,
Sunderland, England, wants
10 hear of her brother. Charles Colling-
wood, who went to Utah Territory in
May, 1865.
Hale & Duffy, OF the sulphur mines.
have extracted solid lump OF almost
pure sulphur weighing about
l 200 pounds, which they OF course IN
tend sending to the Centennial.
The total amount of losses by the Vir-
ginia fire, as far as ascertained and re-
ported by the Gold Hill News, figures up
not quite 81 100000. This amount will
be greatly added to when the full list is
The Stock Broker Silver Mining Com
pany incorporated on the 23d ultimo, to
mine in White Pine county, Nevada,
with $4,000, 900 capital stock. The Di-
rectors are d. B. Harris. o. r. johnson.
II. B. Kyle, A. C. Taylor and W. H..
Wilcox.
The remains of human being were
Thursday taken out of the ruins of Sim
gleton's boarding house. in Virginia
City. The remains were past identified
ton, but are supposed to be those OF n
night Waterman who usually slept in the
building. Another body was taken from
the debris of Currie's auction house.
Austin has been reveling in the luxury
of n big poker game, riviting the atten-
ton of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation of that place to the exclusion OF
all other kinds of business. The Rev
ellie is delighted to announce that large
amount Of money changed hands on
the result"
The striking of rich gold quartz ir
some Of the old mines in Humboldt Dis
trict, near the Humboldt House, has
created considerable excitement in tha
vicinity; 80 much 30 as to cause reor
ganizstion of the district. At meeting
held at the Humboldt House on the 24tf
ultimo, a new code OF district laws wal
adopted, and L. A. Blakeslee elected
Mining Recorder for the ensuing year.
The ruling passion is strong in Jail
as well as in death. In Lander Count,
Jail is man named Schoonover, in
dicted by the last Grand Jury on charg'
of stealing an OK. Schoony," as he il
Familiarity called, is said to have pen
chant for work-oxen--when they belong
to other people. The other day he wal
looking through the bars of the jill ou
on to Main street, when string Of oxer
passed by, and as soon as Schoony
saw the animals he commenced crying
whoa, whoa there; damn your pic
tur's."
The Deer Lodge Northwest is writing
up Butte camp, Montana, which is taking
a new start, and relates the following in.
cident: A party of Utah men came tc
Butte recently. They had an assaye,
along, and made some 200 assays of ores
Finally they took contract to sink q
30-foot shaft on the Late Acquisition fol
q 300-foot interest in the lead. They put
down the shaft, selected 800 feet on the
east end, fartherest from the shaft, and
got their deed few days ago. Last week
they picked up on the surface of their
claim 40 or so tons OF float rock, 80 tons
of which will mill $500 per ton. They
are shipping it to the Wyoming mill,
Salt Lake. The first shipment averaged
5000 to the ton. One piece of surface
rock weighed ton, and was worth $500
And all this rock, worth at least $l2, 900
was lying on the surface of an acre OF
ground. within 600 feet Of Butte.
When the fire of the Goth ult., was o,
its hight, says the Enterprise, it almost
equalled an explosion in its ferceness
Hardly drop of rain had fallen during
the Summer; frame buildings O.
the town fell before the flames as though
they had been so much flax, and bricl
buildings succumbed before the intense
heat as wooden buildings would hav.
done in ordinary .times. The flames
leaped hundreds OF feet from building tc
building. The frame structures in the
rear OF the Enterprise building were all {
sheet OF flame, while the front, TOWARD
which the fire was advancing, was merely
beginning to smoke at points wher.
there was woodwork exposed. This wa,
on account OF the showers OF fam
ing shingles, paper and other light com
bustibe matter which fell in all parts O.
the town in advance of the fire. l
was almost like an explosion. All man
ner of rubbish was shot upwards hun
dreds of feet. Great sheets of wal
paper, letters (partly burned) and paper
of all kinds were carried TO the eastward
distance Of five miles, and how mucl
farther is not known. AT the Lad,
Bryan mine. two and one-half miles 4
the eastward OF the town, large accoun
book was seen to pass over and descen
behind high mountain to the eastward
As it was going over leaf fell out an
was picked up. II WAS much charred
but on it was still to be seen The date
November, 1874"