Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-06-22

large blocks Of stone are on the ground,
and holes are being drilled through them |
to receive the heavy iron bolts that pass
up through the mason work of the foun-
dalton. These boles, which are about
three inches in diameter. are being bored
with diamond drill. The drill does the
work much more neatly and expeditions
ly than it could be done by hand. The
drill is run by steam and eats into the
rock at the rate of an inch q minute.
The drill is hollow; and q rubber hose
stream OF water down into the rock to
where the work is being done.
The trial Of Bslknap is likely to prove
expensive. He has already given the
names OF 1877 witnesses he desires sum-
moned. and has authority to file Q sup
Elemental list.
One of the freight trains attached to
the V. & T. train caught fire between
Mill Station and Lake View, and by the
time the train reached Reno station il
was mass Of flames and threatening
destruction to the other cars. But the
boys got it of on the side track there.
and in few minutes all was over. The
car was loaded with pitch pine, well cal
culated to make lively FIRE; and the fire
must have caught from sparks from the
locomotive.
There are excellent indications of find
ing new stratum of coal in the mine Of
the Virginia City Coal Company, in FL
Dorado Canyon. The main shaft has at
tanned depth of $40 feet, where are be-
ginning to be found fragments Of q very
pure and jet black coal, that in the veins
above being of a brown color. 1t 10
thought that before reaching depth Of
400 feet q vein OF the new black coal will
be reached.
The people Of Virginia are complain.
ing Of the nuisance caused by permitting
goats to run at large. Where houses are
built on the side of hill as 10 Virginia
City and Gold Hill it is only fun for
these agile pest to climb on top of the
residences. and in the "stilly night "
they can just manage to make a little
more noise then . medium.sized earth.
quake or full grown tornado. There
are several houses in Gold Hill. on the
tops of which the goats N Get every night
and cavort around and play circus. much
to the annoyance Of the good people who
reside in that vicinity.
Messrs. Ludwig Il Carter some tint
ago CHANGED to employ an assayer L
work at their copper mine, situated
about forty miles from Dayton. Thu
assayer one day noticed something which
was being thrown away that looked t.
him very much like what in German!
they called cobalt. He got some cruel
bles and cupels and made test, showing
that, in connection with copper, they hat
more valuable substance. From tina
time on the cobalt was not thrown away
but saved. Lately man named Smith
from New York, was taken out to tn
mine and shown the cobalt. He though
| we'll OF it, and at once made contrac
with the owners to take one thousan
tons at high figure. He will ship 1t O
to New York for reduction. As soon a
the first lot is worked he will take an
! other thousand tons. The first shiK
} ment will be made as soon as the Carso
river is low enough to be crossed on th
. route of shipment. This is a new entel
,, prise for this region. Heretofore Messri
, Ludwig & Carter have disposed only {
,, the copper ore to the bluestone factor
! : at Dayton.-[Lyon County Times, Jur
. 10th,
The Gold Hill News Of the 10th say
= Yesterday afternoon, General Bate
!, man, Superintendent of the Imperi
mine, waited upon man by the name
!. Sheridan, and notified him that Il
# house be was building was on Imperi
T.. ground, and ordered him to desist. Til
Sheridan refused TO do. General Ba
Il terman then went away and return'
u with number of men. The men ca
. ried picks. shovels and crowbars in the
~ hands, and, under direction Of Gener
? Batterman, climbed on the roof and col
y menced tearing off the sheetiug. VIII,
y Sheridan saw the men coming he can
" down to Gold Hill and secured the 81
70 vices of Constable Symons, who arriv
10 upon the scene Just as the sheeting v
10 being torn off the roof. He request
TO General Batterman to order his men
desist. This Batterman refused to d
IT. Symons then arrested BatteYman on
+. charge OF malicious mischief and co
" PEELED the men to stop their work
le' tearing down the house. These are 9,
ed stantially the facts in the case, as elicit
ret in the trial of Mr.. Batterman yesterd
;, afternoon. Sheridan says he has own
., a shanty on the ground occupied by
lot new house for about six years and
us held peacable possession Of the sar
ik' Harris and Foote appeared for the st
te' and W. s. Wood for the defense. ]
zoe jury failed to agree aud the case was .
ne missed.