Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-28
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Michael Brennan, well-known citizen
of Silver City, was found dead in his bed.
He had been subject to heart disease. and
bad complained Of not feeling well for
two or three days. Still he was not con-
fined to his room, and went to bed feel
ing about ss usual. He was strictly
temperate man. and his case Is not one
OF those OF alleged heart disease where
everybody knows that was not the cause
OF death. Mr.. Brennan was native of
Pennsylvania, where his parents still re-
side, and came TO California in 1893. He
was about forty years old, and was for
merly Deputy Sheriff under Kane at
Phoebe. Lincoln county, and well known
throughout the State. He was at one
time employed in the Ophir mine and
afterward at the FL Dorado coal mine, in
Lyon county. AT the time OF his death
he was managing quartz mill near Sill.
yer city. His funeral will take place in
this city at O'Clock this afternoon, from
Wilson * Browns undertaking establish
ment, on b street.
The Austin Reveille calls up old recol-
lections after this fashion: Old Bradford
Hall is now being raced, the wooden
sides being taken down and the roof low
cred to the stone walls which form the
basement story, and hereafter We under
stand that this is to be used as a store
house. There is, perhaps. no building
in the State which can bring to the minds
OF 30 many people as pleasant reminis-
censes as this old hall. 1t was the pio-
neer place OF amusement in Eastern Ne
vada, and hundreds OF men and women
now living in Phoebe. Eureka, Belmont,
and, indeed, all over the State, will recall
with pleasure the many delightful par
ties which they attended within its walls.
With many, it's disappearance as place
of amusement comedies with their own
retirement from the scenes OF the
ballroom. Gray hairs and heavy limbs
have admonished them that their dane.
ing days are over, and old Bradford Hall
may be said to have witnessed their last
season of terpsichorean enjoyment.
The Carson Tribune, speaking of the
Houston mine in that vicinity, says Tho
ledge, as far as prospected, contains de-
composed quartz exceedingly rich in free
gold. BY sinking on the ledge hard
rock is found, carrying large amount
of silver. The gold-bearing rock is pre-
cisely the same as the Nevada county
ore OF early days, and assays at fabulous
rates. The existence OF rich lodges all
around Eagle Valley IL fixed fact, and
but few months will be needed to prove
to the world that the resources of Orms.
by county are equal to those of any
county in the State. The Ell Dorado
coal mine. the Bismarck gold and silver
mine, and half dozen others east of the
Carson river; the Houston and Montreal
Eagle Valley and others on the north, 90
to prove that our lovely town Is sur
rounded by Gordon Of mineral bearing
lodges that at no late day will astonish
the one-ledge theory sharps.
In letter to the Enterprise Professor
Frank Stewart says: 1t is pleasant to
note that, in making the grand rounds
through the "Great East, /" we have found
many mining districts which even San
Francisco stupidity cannot wholly crush.
The mining localities which are notably
In the lin Of future prosperity are Auro.
ra. Pahranagat. Belleville, Belmont, JEFF
ferson, Hutch's Canyon, Columbus,
Phoebe, Ward District, Cherry Creek,
Eureka. and the Consolidated Eberhsrdt
and Aurora at White Pine. The local..
| ties just mentioned give unmistakable
proof OF energy and enterprise on the
part OF the citizens and miners, and l
have reason to believe, after careful ex-
animation of the mines in the respective
camps designated, that brighter day is
already dawning in Eastern Nevada.
The Gold Hill News of the ed has the
following: There was rumor ON the
streets of Virginia last night that some
men who had been discharged by Mike
Brennan,a an account of whose sudden de-
cease in Silver City was given in yester.
days News, were suspected of being in
strumental in his death. post norton
examination should settle the question,
The charge Is serious one to make, and
II he died from natural causes, the
fact should. and no doubt will be, made
clear. We hope the rumor will prove I'M
founded.
The Elko Independent of the oath
says: Hank Miller. who runs the sta
ton 20 miles out. at the junction of the
Cornucopia and Island Mountain roads.
while hunting stock one day this week.
five miles west OF the station, discovered
a three-foot vein of splendid eold-bear-
ing quartz. cropping up boldly, which he
Immediately located. Samples of the
ore have been sent west for assay. In
the meantime parties are rushing out TO
the "big strike, with the view OF cor
railing anything that may be left unoccu-
pied.
The Elko Independent of the oath is
informed that the large 2O.stamp mill at
Mineral Hill. recently purchased BY the
Leopard Company for removal to Cornu-
copis. has, under the supervision of @.
G. Perkins. been taken to pieces and
over one.half of the building and mo-
chinery is now on its way to its destins-
ton on Deep Greek. 1t is calculated
that the mill will be ready for business
in about sixty days.
The Humboldt Register says: The
jury in the Rover case is the first jury
impaneled in this county under tho jury
law. The process is very tedious one.
besides being enormously expensive.
The theory is very pretty one but does
not work we'll in practice. The system
meets with general disfavor, and II the
law is not unconstitutional II ought to
| he.
A suit for 1900 damages was com.
menoed on the oath In Justice Beatty q
Court, by J. W. Holiday. against the
Eureka and Palisade Railroad Company,
Ior Injuries sustained BY plaintiff by the
upsetting OF the stage coach between Eu.
rex, T and Alpha last Wednesday night.
fornia.
Inc citizens Of Silver City are trying
hard to raise money enough to build .
enarch, and It's probable they will be
a theatrical combination under the
nnaa Of Joe Murphy the eminent
commedlan will enlivan Epraka ahork