Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-06-27

~ 49, evofytuluk In ptIItct I0uUlo8
order. Jamea Montgomery is chief en-
Rineer. The furnace produces an aver.
age OF six bars per hour-this from 90
ton furnace. Mr.. Paul. 1Ads that the
Stag contains bat one dollar and twenty.
one cents per ton and one and ons.half
per cent. in lead. Mr.. Strout expects
TO continue the run from 40 to 60 days.
At Belleville. . man BY the name OF
Price died from the effects of an over
dose OF morphine. Deceased was
native OF Orleans county. Maine, where
be has an aged mother still living. and
has family of his own in Indiana.
The citizens OF Virginia City and Gold
Hill will have joint and jolly celebra-
ton Of the Centennial Fourth OF July.
The Comstock folks show good sense In
this. instead Of going poking off to Car.
son as some OF their citizens proposed.
frankie Horton. one Of the demi.
mond Of Virginia City. attempted to
commit suicide by taking opium. She
recovered. She has several times before
attempted to poison herself, aud says she
intends to keep on trying, as she has
nothing to live for. /"
At Austin. Tom Giumei has Just had
81. $50 lbs Of ore from the Patriot mine,
Yankee Blade, worked at the Manhattan
Will, the pulp assay OF which was 5000
% per ton. This p just ss the ore came
from the mine. without sorting. and
there's plenty more Of the same kind Of
truck left 10 the mine.
John B. Hereford. Esq, President Of
the Pacific Wood, Lumber and FIums
Company, AAdZ5ne or right hand
men Of Mackey.& Fair. win shortly sever
bis connection with their affairs In this
State. His ply sicians declare he must
have change Of climate.
In Virginia City number Of white
women able and willing to work. are
finding employment in consequence Of
the Chinese being discharged. That
fact 10 not Of much importance to the
coolie party and papers, but is of much
consequence to the women who thus find
employment.
West Of Battle Mountain, the passen.
ger train going east on the 18th inst. en-.
countered terrific rain storm or cloud
burst. The rain poured down in tor.
rents. and beat against the sides Of the
train with such force a. to wet the seats,
Notwithstanding the windows were
closed. The storm extended about six
miles along the track, andN frightened
the passengers almost out Of their wits.
The Carson Tribune says: The thir.
teen Colonies will be represented in the
procession Of the Fourth, by thirteen
young ladies on horseback. The troupe
will DO chaperoned by q matronly lady,
one OF the best horsewomen in the State.
We have not yet learned the names OF the
young ladies who will form the troupe,
but hear that they are perfect in eques.
TRAN exercises. and will be we'll mounted.
This is . good move, and IL properly
carried out, will be q grand. feature in
the procession.
On the % at Elko. G. Il. Bobur struck
a quartz ledge three miles above town,
in the hill just back of James Adams
place on the river. He informs the In.
dependent that the lead is az feet wide,
appears we'll defined. and assays from
the croppings gave return of SIS 50 to
the ton. Specimens OF the ore taken
from couple OF feet below the surface
10 partially decomposed, and has some.
what the appearance OF good bearing
rock.
J. h. GashwiIers the mining expert,
L. W. Greenwald. Superintendent of the
Rye Patch mine. B. j. Forkinham, Sec.
Rotary Of the Belmont Company, and W.
A. Parrish. Superintendent of the Black
Bear Gold mine OF California, arrived in
Eureka the other day FROM Belmont. by
private conveyance. The gentlemen talk
nothing but Barcelona. and have evil
IDENTIFY had their bonanza.seeking eyes
vide opened. They state that 1t is the
greatest discovery ever made. The party
left San Francisco this morning.
Dan De Quille. Of the Virginia Enter.
prise, thus plaintively narratess' y
Stocks are not only down to bedrock,
bat have been driven nearly ont of sight
into said rock. Some of our dealers are
30 sick that they would hardly conde.
scend to notice the slight raise Of yester-
day. Their prayer was for waterspout
to come down from above and an earth.
quake to come up from below and shake
Mount Davidson rs terrier would rat
they wanted to see something going on
with life in it.
The Eureka and Palisade Railroad
Company has just completed an i'm.
portant improvement on the line Of the
road about Eve miles this side OF Pail.
sade. At that point the track formerly
followed the old stage road close along
the foothills, on the east side OF the val.
ley. There were also several ugly curves
in the old track. This Questionable sec.
ton has just been supplanted by one
milo Of straight track, constructed fur.
ther west, near the center OF the valley.
The change was effected in single day,
once the grading had been done, and,
that. too, without interfering with the
regular time Of the trains.
At Battle Mountain there is an artesian
we'll which is better than the richest
mine would be In that place. Pure
water is INVALUABLE to any community.
After boring l65 feet good pure water
rose in the pipe over six feAt above the
surface. Az the water in every we'll dug
10 Battle Mountain 10 salt, and as all the
water used BY the forty to fifty families
bad to be brought In wagons from the
Humboldt river-about two miles distant
tho success Of the first attempt to Get
an artesian we'll has Al,ed the hearts OF
tho people with joy, and encouraged
others to obtain water in a similar way.
The cost is only about $500. The water
dows at the rate Of about two gallons per
minute.