Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-06-24

A reporter of the ST. Louis Times has
recently interviewed Gen. Albert Pike,
who is at present attorney for the Choc-
taw nation of Indians. He holds that
the Indians OF the Indian Territory have
patent for their land, have kept up all
their obligations, and can not be removed
or disturbed. except by invasion, the
Government having no right to give one
hundred feet on each side of the track TO
two railroad companies, as was done by
Secretary Delano, an act which Gen.
Pike termed filibustering." Gen. Pike
says fnrther: can take ZOO Chero-
KEGS and whip any wild nation Of In
dams on the plains. When JEFF Davis
sent me up there at the beginning of the
war, sent out plug of tobacco, tied
around with a ribbon which they call
wampum, and a bullet, saying TO the
Comanches; 'you can take which ever
you like. If You want the tobacco, come
In and make a treaty. Ii you don't, /
have thousand Cherokees here with
whom | mean to clean You ont. They
came in. The United States Govern
ment conld probably employ Choc-
laws, Chickassws and Creeks to manage
all the wild indians of the plains. Every
time Sheridan kills an Indian it costs
so, 600"
Hope District, Arizona, is located
about fifty miles south Of the Cerbat
range. A large number OF rich lodes
have been discovered in this district,
and, as far as developed, many give
promise of becoming excellent mines
Thirty miles further south the celebrated
McCracken mine is located. The original
discovery is monster lode of ore. cut
ting square through the center of the
mountain. A shaft has been sunk on it
nearly 100 feet in depth, and the ore as
far as developed is abundant and rich,
and on either side of the lode the whole
mountain is threaded with veins carry
ing the same character of metal. There
are large number of locations made for
miles along the lode which prospect we'll.
A California company have bonded the
Original at $3.50, 900, and have made one
payment on the purchase, There are a
large number of men at work upon the
mine, and they are about to commence
the erection OF smelling furnaces at
Aubury City, on the Colorado river. If
the mine proves to be what it now prom
ises, it will no doubt in time take rank
among the great silver lodes of the world.
The Boundary BETWEEN New MEXICO
AND ARIzoNA.--Ths Las Vegas On. M
Gazette of June 9th says: The work of
surveying the boundary line between
New Mexico and Arizona will commence
at the intersection of the Tooth meridian
of west longitude with the 37th parallel
Of north latitude. This point marks the
four corners of Colorado, Utah, Arizona
and New Mexico. The line will extend
about 400 miles south to the Mexican
boundary. The party will be supplied
with the best instruments furnished by
the War Department, and the work will
be thorough. Barometrical and thermo-
metrical observations will be constantly
made, the topography of the country on
each side noted, and the Predominant
forms of animal and vegetable life and
OF mineral productions recorded. The
southern portion of the survey will cross
a country hitherto little known, and it is
expected that the results of the work
will be valuable in scientific point of
view. 4-,.a., , g,.- -
The Black Hills gold scheme has a
formidable antagonist in the person of
an Episcopal missionary, named. Hin
wan, who says that years ago, while
prosecuting his labors among the In
dams, he was in the Black Hills and
there saw large quantities of mica and
yellow iron pyrites which strongly re-
sembles gold. as it lies imbedded in the,
SOIL; This, he asserts, has deceived the
soldiers of Custar's party, or else a lot
OF unprincipaled adventures have sailed
the place to get up mining excitement.
I Ii his statements are true, it will have
dampening effect upon emigration to that
locality; but now that the rush has be-
gun it is quite probable that nobody will
be deferred from the trip who have
already made up their minds to 90.
seeing Is believing, and the best way to
convince people of the existence or non
existence of precious metal in that re-
glon, Is to let them prospect for them
selves ). +. Stock Report, IS.
The STRIKE IN THE AMAZON. AN i'm
portant mining strike, says the Lyon
County Times, was made on the 18th in
the Amazon mine, which adjoins the Al
han'bra and Genesee on the south. The
drift struck the vein between blue CLAW
castings as smooth as glass, and in a rich
body OF ore, which, in color and charac-
ter. can hardly be distinguished from
that of the Consolidated Virginia. The
strike created considerable excitement
among the experts, and many are of the
opinion that We are to have a Qenuine
bonanza on this end Of the great lead.
Superintendent Caldwell has shown ma
some of the rock and assays, and after
going through the mine we shall be able
to give the particulars OF the strike. The
main shaft is down over 200 feet, and the
work OF developing is progressing in the
most satisfactory manner. Should fur.
Their developments continue to uncover
as rich and handsome body of mineral
as is now in sight, the Amazon will lump
to the front of Lyon county mines.
COULDN'T BE BLUFFED.--A couple of
horsemen, coming into the city the other
day from the interior, overlook an old
man and his wife seated in the bottom of
mule cart. Feeling in high spirits.
one OF the men called out:
Hello, uncle, how much will You
take for your wife, cash down p
"Oh, l dunno, he slowly replied.
Well, name your price,
" How muchl ye give p he asked.
Ten dollars. 81 m
Take her." ..l r-.tsus son
The horseman didn't know what to
say, and was gathering up the reins,
when the old woman jumped to the
ground and exclaimed:
Pass over the ducats, mister; I like
the old man, and he likes me; but we are