Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-22

place Douglass was bnt SIX feet away, /
and was mangled about the face in /
shocking manner. His right eye was |
d siroyed, pieces Of rock were embedd- d |
in his cheeks and his breas, was hown |
full Of quartz and gravfl. DR.. Grant,
who is IN attendance on the snfirr-r,
says that bis life is not in danger, but
tha, he will forever lose the use OF his
eye.
Amau with an aviary at Empire City
found a snake twenty ieet long craving
into it. H. procured an Ak aud lay in
wait for the siuups,ic monst'r and dis
patched IL at once. In the NAV Of the
snake be fonni twelve dozen quail eggs
aud several hen qnels. What is The
most surprising il the fact that tbt
snake swallowed none but hen birds.
A gentleman Of veracity informs the
| Salt Lake Tribune that there is q stream
of water on the north side Of Great Salt
Lake, fed ty large salt springs, where
| G-h have been caught so thoroughly I'M
| pregnat, q with salt as to be uuht Tor
use. When fred they are said to taste
| like box Of matches fri d in lard. The
fish resemble in appearance the common
creek mullet, aud are well calculated to
deceive.
The new stamp mill being erected in
Parley's Park by the Ontario Mining
Company, will be the largest and best IN
Utah. Five cur loads Of machinery
have already arrived in Sslt Lake City.
The mill will contain forty stamps,
twenty-four pans and twelve settlers
with Stetefeldt furnace for chlorldz-
ing base ores for twenty OF the stamps.
the remaining twenty stamps viii also
be dry crushing batteries, but will WORK
the ores raw. The engine IS OF 20 horse
power, and the capacity OF the mill vii
be from eighty to one hundred tons oil
ore daily.
The telegraph, few days oso an
nouaced tn" shipment Of fifty English
miners to Virginia City. This has liver
great dissatisfaction to the miners al
ready there. They claim that tn re- are
plenty of miners there out OF employ
meut, who are better miners and better
posted on the mines here than any elias
of men to DO procured in Europe. A
il is. it looks ss though the Engli-i
company, whatever 1t IS, by thus STE
seeks to fl ct a reduction OF miners
wages. and have imported th'se men II
rate lower than tho STANDARD one pan
: here.
The White Pine News Of the 10Th says
Osceola District is situated SIX mile
south Of Sacramento District, on tn
east side Of Spring Valley, In Whit
Pine county. and is one Of the olde,
districts in the county, having been OF
ganized in 1868 We were ytsteris
SHOWN by A. 9. Cleveland piece Of gol
= ore weighing SIX pounds, which was r.
Gently TAX n FROM thu Blair nine, Owue
i by George Blair well known miner {
, tn,s county. and formerly of Rnby Eli
i, District. which ore would undoubiedl
assay Sl5, 900 per ton. The mine is NJ
@ uated about twelve miles from Mr., CI
II v-land's ranch. and has been most sn
n cpssfu Is operated by Mr.. Blair duIiu
the present season. He has to pack tt
ore with horst 3 some two miles, an
= thru works it IN the primitive style vii
r the Nj Xlcnn arastra. 1t investors
IA mines would pay some littl- attention
such mines and men rs George Bui
. who knows what good mIne is, al
Q tries to develop it, the Eastern portion
Nevada womb in u short time snow itse
to b tue richest mining country on Il
L. Pacific Coast, AMI would well rrpay Il
capitalist who invests his money.
70 George f. Smith, the carpenter vi
s. was injured on the nth by the explosi'
y OF Excelsior powder, at II trial of
IA near Gold Hill, died the same afternoo
v Mr.. Smith was n resident OF Lower Gu
Hui. member OF the National Qua
:" Band and highly respected cItlz-
y. fuis powder, wh'oh now goes under /
" name Of Excelsior, il said to be- nothi
W more than the old Httenesger powder
an gus, and 1t Is 10y no IN aus /
Is first tune 1t has attract d pubic ate
ton a- DIES roger Of human life.
component paris are chIorate OF po'a'
*. anumouy, sugar, iampblack and Veul
ri | tufptutluc. lht Ihsl lbpItuit III
-, addrd to render tue compound ltsS llai
wv to XIII the man who was putting IN
Il blast. A san Francisco Ii IN, which {
in an tXteus We business IN mauutacl ur'
he explosive compounds, was ASKED 70 IN,
utucture the powder, bat u glance at I
lie recipe was sufficient to deter III m fl,
having nythiug to do with 1t. co
pany was. huwevtr, found u few mont
OF ate rwards ami lis meuutacture be &,
N, Its first trial was nj u mine III Anna,
county, Cal, j j. Hal y, the owner,
''' y umrntlug with i've pounds, aud {
III man was severely injured. Only
zen months ago, n man who was tampDn
charge at tbs Ilaho mine, Grass V.ll
had his scalp blown off, and his comp
he ion was wounded in the leg. The o
., use such m yploslv can b. put to Is
have It shipped to the Sioux.
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