Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-09

pitched into O mortar bed. and. as he
emerged, remarked "-!-n-
and then started home
for q change Of clothes.
1t Is now estin ated that there are at
present ten thousand head Of cattle en-
route from Montana and Idaho to Cbey-
enne.
Hon. Ninsn whiteside, once q famous
Democratic politician in California. and
eI-Spesker OF the House Of Assem-
bly there, died at his residence 10 Mays
vile. after prolonged illness, on the LIST
instant.
Recent reports from Parley's Park
lead to the belief that the Ontario mine
is the largest silver-produciDg mine in
Utah Territory. The Herald says the
present indications are that it will, ut no
very distant day. rival the great Com
stock mine in the production OF free
milling ores.
When a common school teacher. in
Virginia, found on his examination
papers the question:; How does a ship
at sea find its latitude and longitude -
he rose to the occasion and promptly
wrote: at finds its longitude bot and its
latitude kold."
Much OF the silver from this coast is
being sent directly to China from San
Francisco, instead Of going via London,
AZ in former times. The total shipment
of treasure by the China steamers for
the past three months was S4,O2l 800.
The Carson Appeal rises to point Of
order and wants to know why the State
ticket is advertised in the Enterprise and
not in any other Republican paper in
the State, and by whose authority. Time
was when the entire Republican press
had wback at such patronage.
The new pan mill Of the Con. Virginia
mine, which is being constructed on the
site OF the old mill which was destroyed
by the October fire (lS74). will be COM
pleted and running about the 1st OF DC.
tober, aud will handle 200 tons OF ore
per day. When these mills are finally at
work, the ore hols,ed through the Con.
Virginia battery and pan mill, and that
hoisted through the G. and G. shaft by
the California battery and pan mill The
daily production of ore from the two
mines, when everything shall be in work
ing order. is estim sted at 1000 tons of
ore, which will be reduced by the Con.
Vtr1tpta and California hut nd
mills.
A frontiersman suggests the following
benevolet plan for clearing out the I'm
juns." He says: IF was the Govern.
mont, I'd buy lots Of barrels OF whisky
and lots O. big knives, and I'd put 'em
somewhat in the West on invite every
redskn in the hull land to what they
call a conference. After they'd got thar
I'd knock in the head O. the barrels and
scatter the knives all ronud loose 30
they'd be handy. Then ia 90 away and
leave the Injuns to themselves. OF
course, they q take the whisky and the
knives, and before shutdown thar would
mt be more than one redskin left. and
then ia :go and knock his brains out
afore he could do any more damage.
That, sir, & the only reel way to settle
the Injun question. I've been among
'em, and know. Plenty OF whisky al
long knives II fix 'em out, an nothing
else will"
A novel point in faro came up ct a
Virginia bank lately. Aman came
in and laid down five-doll gold piece
on the ace, and then producing metal
washer, shaped like an ordinary copper
but considerably larger. laid it on OF
rather around the gold coin. The ace
lost. and the dealer. after pausing a
that bet. -. said the man. The dealer
shook his head and went on with the
game. The man raised quite rumpus
about the table, perslsting that he had
coppered the bet. butt the bank
refused to give up the money. The
point made by the dealer was that the
washer" or copper did not cover tn,
bet, which was quite correct, az it was
so large that it lay around it. This wal
a fair ruling. under tthe circumstances,
and the only question arising is woulC
the bank have paid it had the cards rur
the other way.
Atan inquest held into the cigcum
stances of the death Of John Welch, tn
miner who was blown to pieces at tn
Centennial mine in Virginia, it ap
peared from the evidence that the DO,
handed out to Welch, which caused hi
death by exploding, contained giant pow
der caps. Nobody knew how the bo
came to be in the shaft. j. p. Willard
agent of the Hercules Powder Company
testified that from what he heard iron
the witnesses. be judged that there wer
$50 boxes of caps, worth $l75. more thai
any company on the lode buys at an
one time he stated that the caps wer
filled with illuminate of mercury, about
quarter OF an inch deep in each; b.
thought that deceased dropped some o
the caps on the ground and stepped OF
one of them which exploded. firing tn
whole lot. WeIch was native of Ire
land and fifty-four years Of age.
According to recent statistics the pro
duction of silver in the whole world il
1900 was S35 100000. which rose il
1850 to $40, 500, 900. in 1916 TO $47, 1000,
600. and 1865 to about $50, 500, OOC
The production Of this precious meta
during the year 1873 is subdivided a
follows: England and its colonies SO,
900, 600; Norway. Sweden and Den
mark, S250,000; Russia, $500, 900
Austria, 81, 620. 900; Germany, $1,000,
900; France. ~. 900, 900; Spain, $4,000,
600; Sardinia, $500,000; Mexico, $50,
DOC, 900; Central and South America
$4,000, 900; Canada. 5000. 900; the
United States. S36 500, 900, which gives
a total of SIS, 2iO0 900. Including the
year 1873, it 10 estimated that the total
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