The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-01-29

NJ tne rate OF IOU shares for u 8hkrek,
purchasers paying assessments on the
whole amount or something near .siasS
per share. t5gt' @T1i it.fi's -
"A much has been said about tho
ColnstoelS load those most intimate With
It do not comprehend 1t, willis: people
abroad have no conception Of H.. tn
daily yield is two thousand TINS. That
Il, from this nreschni1nei there Ii J! every.
day extracted ore enough 10 lond ten
trims of twenty cars each. lud those
carloads would average s7O0 in Yaluo
each. This il dug out OF space Of
ground lcss than three miles in length
and less than four hundred 4 feet In ;
wi It'll. Indeed when We confnc the
estimute to the part of the ledgp which
at this time is yielding ore. VIC find that
hnlf mile in length will cover the
whole ground. When We compare thu
stream of gold and silver to anything
even heurd Of or read Of before In his
tory or romance We discover that
everything else ever talked about be-
gins to sccm small and mean. Dumas
pictured u man who was able through
his wealth to almost subvert empires
and to mnks Fate his servant; and vet
III tho next eighteen mouths the Com
stock will supply money enough 70
balance tie Tremendous account which
Dumas plated to the credit Of the i'm
prisoned slilor. We 500 the figures
piled up in tho newspapers whith in
dollars represents the national debt.
That debt is 80 tremendous that though
the fortunts Of forty millions Of people,
an empire Of three millions of square
miles, with its cities. townships. mines
and fertile soil are NIL mortanged for its
faithful payment still theE promise Of
the Government (Which is thspeople)
to pay Is ut discount Of ffteon per
cent. And yet Ms the ComStock Ia
yielding this year and as II promises to
yield for many years to como, II will
take 1t but 30 ycarH TO add to the treas
urcs Of the earth AZ much rs that dobt
today amounts to- Enterprise.
Win the beginning of the ycnr our
mines open out finely, Since our last
report important changes have, been
mado for tho bettor in tho workings OF
the ndjnoent mines, and We hnd that
groat wealth atill exists In tho mines Of
Ely District. Many claims that have
heretofore fnilod to pay expenses are
now yielding rich orc; after patient
working in burrnn rock. u Mines that
havo not boen quoted among tho list Of
stock salcs, have msdo their appearance
rs conspicuously as in their ,palry
days. Stock doalers arc beginning 10
think that tho timo has arrived when
grand developments will bo made, and
the great bonanza unearthed; that our
stocks will loom up and bo firat In do
mand again. Stocks have advanced
rapidly over tho quotations OF a month
pnst, and tho indications are in favor OF
further advance. Tho late deyolop-
ments made in tho Aipa mine has had q
tendency TO renew faith among tho own
ers snd locators of mines on the eastern
section OF the main lode. EYorywhero
great activity is manifest among our
miners. who are very sanguina that
sooner or later thoy will Atriko that
which will reward thom for their labor
and hardship u thousand f6ld.--Pioebe
Journal. .. ...s, ,-..-..r. =.
Dir. lIAYTorD, OF the Laramie Sentinel,
Gavo q statement boiore q woman'a
suffrage meeting at Denver, on Friday,
Of the working Of woman suffrage ia
Wyoming. Ho himsplf drew up that
laH. mud it waB passed by Democratic
body as joke. Ho Suys the law works
well, and There is not twenty-five pso.
plo in the Torritroy who would now
vote for its nbrogation. Tho PRACTICE
Of foinalc voting creates no disturbance
in families. Sometimns husbands and
wives go 10 the polls arm in aim, and
vote Democratic and Republican tickets,
and sometimes The wifo pretery 20 90
alone md vote as she pleaacH. Figbts
at tho polls, aud street brarvlr, and
bar-room ro%S never occur now.
Mr.. S. r. Kidder. owned hydraulic
mining claims on Iowa Hill. lie en-.
ployed watchman 10 keep guard
nights over his fumes. to prevent them
from being robbed. lie got tho idea
into his head that tho watohman vA1
not viYil"nt, or that no slept on his
post. Mr.. Kidder concluded no would
orocp down along tho Humo and test
the wRtchfulness OF the xAtchnisn. Tho
experiment wdH fntal. Tho guard per.
| formed hiE duties too swoil. Seeing
his employer creeping long tho fiume,
hc supposed ho wuS Tohbor, and nt
onos iirSd at and bit him in tho head,
killing him instantly.
a we'll known American card piayor
recently tackled somc members Of tho
London Club and came of VICTORIOUS
with oil OF thom. His wonderful strato.
O. attracted the attention Of tho Prince
Of Wolcs who oppressed a desire 10 hu, o
bout with the American. Tho fssulL
waa that Albert Edward was defeated
In tho game, his opponent winning oNos
$50, 200.
TIE Colorado lignitcs arc now ussA
no fuel at the Golden Smelling Works,
Colorado. by The seratpd process. Tho
coal is reduced 10 powder and is tod 10
the furnace by machinery in connect.
ion with atmospheric air. Tho apps
ralus used ia not expensive. and tho
Denver Nsxi claims that II solves thr
question Of q fuel supply for mining
purposes.
SIR. Jous BGata Of ireland wrot1
'Damon and Pylhias." shdci torisod