Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-02

/ roas' a 'possum? What question to
ak me? When dat air 'pOssum comes
you jes bring um to me, OATS all! Will
/ roas' dat 'possum?-wOn't /! An
when dat 'possum begin to roas', boss,
an, de smell of dat roas' goes abroad in
de air you'll see a sight. You'll see all
de cullud folks in town come out OBJ
der holes an sniff in de breeze. De
cullud men will drap dar blackin'-
breshes an dar whitewashin- breshes,
an dar coal-scutchens an dey will all
STAN an snuff dc breeze! De cullud
wOmen will git out'n dar wasllin' tubs
an will leave de ironin'-stan' an will
come 10 dar. doahs an snuff de breeze!
Den as de roas' goes on you'll soon see
every blessed niggah in de town
a-comin up out'n de alleys n peein'
roun de street corners wild dar noses in
de air a-trackin' up de smell of dat pos
sum! Now you jes better ak me can
I roas' a 'possum. Jes fotcn along de
possum-lemme see him!"
Last Friday the Phoebe Journal re-
ceived a short call from old Phil Dean,
of Dome Canyon, in the House Range
of mountains, Utah, who says he is the
oldest active hunter in that Territory,
anu Is IIOW q HAL Vi OO NJaIS IA "a
bring down a crow on the wing with
his old rifle at a hundred yards. He
has resided in the wilds of the moun
tains all his life time, and only comes
to the settlements to get a supply of
grub. He says he has hung up many
a deer where the town of Phoebe now
stands. He has kept account of every
deer he has killed since his residence
in the wilderness west of the Rocky
mountains, which he puts down, in
Guiding the present season, at 1850,
and as for buffalo, he says the great
valley of Salt Lake was at one time
flocked with thousands of them, and
the number of those killed by him are
too numerous to mention.
The Elko Post of the Goth hears
from parties just arrived from Rail
road district that the road is in a very
bad condition., the snow being from
one to three feet deep. 1t has drifted
down from the hills very much and
the roads from Bullion to the mines
are also seriously blockaded. Mr..
Buckminster, the superintendent of
the Webfoot and Bullion Mining Com
panies' works, is running three tun-
nels into these mines to strike the
ledge some $50 feet below the top. The
prospects of these mines are very
good, and it Is expected that they will
yield a large amount of rich ore the
coming season. The town itself is
very dull and but very few people in
the place.
The Coso Mining News of the 9th
ult. has the following Panamint items:
The s. v. NJ. Il W. Co.'S mill is kept
constantly running, mostly ON
its own ores, but work Gus
tom ores when offered. A lot oI
fit. cen or twenty tons of ore for Tip
ton Il Co., from the Surprise mine, was
lately worked, yielding Sl70 per ton,
On the Wyoming and Hemlock sink
ing is being prosecuted, a depth of 46
feet having been attained on the Hem
lock. Alarge vein is developed at this
depth, and of very high grade ore
Work is also being done on the Es'
p~eranza, another Of the company's
mines, situated west of the Wyoming
The Humboldt Register of the 29tt
ult. has the following: From Surerin
tendent Greenwall, of the Rye Patel
mine, who arrived in town yesterday
We CLEAN the followin2:
A rich strike has been made il the
mine, and a large body of ore dis
closed. The mill is running steadily,
turning out large quantities of bullion
Three thousand dollars We're shipped
on Saturday.
The Rye Patch school, Miss Nelli'
White, teacher, is progressing finely.
A row occurred on saturday last, il
which Jack Waite shot at a China
man, slightly wounding him, anC
beating another one, inflicting serious
wounds.
The Journal learns that a party o
Pho hers will shortly start for tn
Black Hills. 1t proposes to make TIL
entire trip on foot.