The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-03-25
4LFrolal Saturdays Daily. ],
THE: ahon1oUs EouRTm

In this centnaniah 9SIf 4 Is npprc
pirate for ps to. celebrate tEes Girthda
Of our country with, &bitss tsfH Common
zeal. aud this being the cuse Il SHOULD
be taken il &and at 6Sce. Already Vi,
citizens Il Edrlin have turned thair
attention 70 the subject, aud on sdsar
day evening last held a iauss meeting
at whicli tn following preanGia and
resolutions we're adopted:
wnKnEAs. the Centennial rclOD4AtE!ou
Of our national existenes is Il sGBlee,
Of pride and. iS:6hg~tatui6ltod 20 every
true American; Ind -.
WHEREAS. n Thorough, celebration. OF
the great event 81 p~afeh6dht to aMy
selfish consideration; and -.
WHEREGs, the scfGfdi fowls OF Elko
county are not large ieNbigh, 10 celebrate
accurately as all would assife the day
to. be observed; therefore; 10 Il -
RESOLVED, by the citizGHs of Carlin,
ILL. mass meeting assembled, init we
recommend the different preciiieta Of
ElSo county to join the citizens Of the
town Of Elko, the county-seat Of snid
county, IN p due and proper obseryenoe
Of that greatand. glorious day.
RESOLVED. that We suggest to the
citizens Of tho town of Elko the pro-
prtetS oil holding u rnnss meeting OF the
citizens It that place. at an enrly day,
for the l:turpoSG. Of carrying out tile
Recommendations continued in the
foregoing Resolutions. d.
RESOLVED, that d copy ii these resolu-
tions be sent to the DGft.t RLko INpL.
PENDENT and EMo Weekly Post.
L. NJ. READING, Secretary.
The above is. o. good idea, anu we
cHA assure out h6igHborS that Il viii be
acted uputi. Now, Tie 5hy Question
to te settp.d is, who will set The scheme
III Motion? Let 1t iI6t be delayed:
Call the meeting at ohte:: aid invite
the different townships in the county
to send i'll deleGates-in short, have Ia
kind Of county convention. Send up
your patriotism and have such "a cclr.
bration NJ will wake the eehos of til,
Humboldt Valley. IN they were never
heard before. Do it at once, and the
celebration will be a graiid success.
LEorARD.-Ncws has been received
on what may be considered humber On.
authority that ore has beeii struck in
the lower workings Of the Leopard
mine at Corhucopia. The niners en-,
gagged in driftihg from the double shaft
The other lny etnie iibdi II deposit OF
good id8kiiiB orc i'll iilS 500. foot
drift enst, and at last accounts were
runniHg tipoit it With Il view Of
nsccrtaining its size, ab6tl &liich u
present nothing is known. Samples o.
the ore were taken to the surface, und
ass''yed. yielding S~nriously from $IOL
to 500 per toll: Patties WHO cum.
down oil Thursday Brought specimens
Of the ''prrcious,i oiio 81 which was
given to Al. Fisher: 1iIc chunk in
question will Weigh about ten or fifteen
pounds, and Is itethlly ''lousy' with both
ruby and sulplIurets silver: The strike,
from its appcaranfeI is confidently CT.
pected to be quite extensive and rich,
but not u~nreasonably so. The ore OF,
the surflce Mig terry rich, md had
every appearance Of being permanent;
hence, everybody has. for some time,
been looking for such n turn in the
affairs Of the company.
PEksONAL:-E. T.: Lbscleakohi and
Mr.. Atehlsoh, OF Eureka, Ate for the
present ItsEihg ttltit HeadqHarters in
Elko. Bottle is dowii oh a bruaineas
visit to examine his mining Interests IN
Railrgsd District, whittier LIZ wifi pro-
coed to-a9S: Mr.. A. is down on q pleas
urc TIP; Intending to avail himself Of
tho medicinal qualities IL Vail Acl-
styii,s whi!s 9a!b1iW Springs. Im.
medtftely upoii their return they pro-
pose To- Start tb tie Atlas furnicc, of
whiEii Mr. &tchison Il tho s~aP'GSrinten.
dent; They have ID hand djotnf & {, 600
tons of tRdieS smelling ores; did expect
TO rbsko n long aud proataUit run. -.
G. c. Perkins, superintendent * ihe
Iussey Consolidated works ut Eornu-
coffS''; Sa,no ut, rli1rsday evening; and
loft !8r liz; north y;%'sosiicsiidHay morning
Captain a. Pierce, OF Cornucopia, came
down. Thursday evening; eli route for
Eureka: IL VIII tctaiiifi III about 10
days. John Mccullough. tho trugc-
dian, was among the passengers going
west yesterday morning, 10 Gil M eli.
gnEeTtm II San Francesca.
A CORRESPONDENT Of tic Virginis En-.
ttrprise mentions tic fact .hat ij!'e town
Of Elko is 1 sea ~ hai; did tho rponds
NORTH mo i5ahpns$abiA: Il that innocent
quill-driver don't siaSj Ito rudimtAts
Of veraeitrr he M some day fail into
that ses Of m%'Iidii and forever be oblitor.
"teG tidin tho fnco Of this earth, md II
lilo font find tho rond to that "hIGTeh 81
tMb lcst" IN n worse condition. than
that 70 ~CofnHtopid, hS wifi be tic ltiia6E;.
icsl rXYnn tint Svtf dfd&F i .ipttSGn lis I'M.
aginotion or strapped lfe5 With his
neighbors.
BoUSD ovEs.-JofH Mead Yesterday
had his preliminary examination before
Justice Taylor, on tho charge Of break.
ing into the store Of Rcinhart 4 Co.
Af!er heuring the cvidenc add1red the
Justice bound him over TO await tic
6ttioT Pf thf grand jurt,' his bni,. being
fixed NJ $4,000. Ho will probably ia