Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-06-17

mine. A great saving is being effected
by throwing o large amount OF waste
rock into the places already worked.
thereby effectinR. the purpose Of securing
the ground from caviDg and 0 saving OF
labor in hosting. The shaft 10 being
sunk below the 800-foot level. and
drift is being run from the shaft at that
level TO the ore body. q distance proba-
bly, Of $50 feet, so Of which have already
been made.
The Austin Reveille OF the 10th says:
We are informed by miners that we did
not state halt the truth in describing the |
ore body in the Independence ledge.
the other day. 1t is undoubtedly the
richest and most extensive chimney |
of ore ever found in the mines OF the
Manhattan Company. or any other
mine in this district. and is really big
bonanza on Q small scale.
The Humboldt Register Of the 18th
says some excitement was created in
town yesterday afternoon by the report
that woman had committed suicide BY
drowning in the Humboldt. Az nesr AZ
We can learn, the wife Of an Italian, who
at times is somewhat fighty, appropri-
ated 81, 900. which the husband thought
was securely secreted. and the last We
heard OF her she had taken foot and
walkers line for Paradise Valley.
Near Genoa on March 28tb, 1875,
man named Ledgeway was murdered.
BY whom or where, or under what cir
cumstances has never been discovered.
The Genoa News referring to the matter
| on the 9th instant remarks: Some 60
so far as to say that Ledgeway was very
| important witness in the Mountain
| Meadows Massacre trials, then about to
begin, and that his destroying angel"
had disposed of poor Ledgeway to pre-
vent his giving testimony.
In the town of Genoa, Douglas county,
lives q Chinaman who rejoices in the
above we'll known American cognomen.
Mr., Robinson keeps wash.house, over
which is sign bearing this name. The
gentleman is perhaps one of the smart
est men in Genoa. He speaks English.
fluently, subscribes for the papers, and
paws for them too; drinks his regular
cocktails at LiviEgstone's, and expects
10 run for Office on the Democratic ticket
the coming Fall, for all Of which our
authority is the Carson Tribune.
The Con. Virginia Mining Company
paid over to Assessor Gracey $3.50. $685.
46. that being the amount Of the tax on
the bullion product of the mine for the
quarter ending March 81. 1876. At this
rate the annual tax paid in by THU
single Mining Company will amount e
1851, 06l "a. The product of the Cali
fornia mine for the other three quarters
OF 1876 will be nearly, if not quite equal
to that of the Con. Virginia, so that th'
a contributions OF the two mines TO tb'
. local and State governments will not fal
much below million dollars.
Belleville has grown to be quite live
, ly camp, with every prospect Of becom
a ing mining town Of considerable i'm
Z portance. 1t already ships about min
bars Of bullion daily. and has FIVE or si'
n hundred men ut work in and around i.
During March the Northern Belle min
which runs twenty stamp mill, shippe
q S256,000, aud is building another &c
n stamp mill. During the same month tn
y General Thomas, with 10-stamp mill
|. shipped $215 200, and is building 81
a stamp mill. The ore of these two mine
contains base metal, and has to be d.
crushed and roasted. Two OF thrs
n weeks ago, however, fine mine was di
at covered about twenty miles northeast ,
"a Belleville, and seven or eight miles fro
% Soda Springs, yielding free milling or
r. There is said to be plenty OF work Il
carpenters. woodchoppers, etc, at II
camp. The new road from the Noun
" House ia now finished to Mason Vale
~ and lively travel has commenced.
,e That godsend to the Carson paper
!. the North Carson mine, on the 10th b
ID camo the occasion of good square tier
The Tribune OF the 18th says: On Satu
"a day night. about 10 o'clock, the waite
fl man at the hosting works of the Nor
Carson mine heard noise as OF son
~ one prowling about the outside OF q
ut building, and on going ont was sudden
u confronted by two men. one OF whom
lis stantly presented revolver and fire
the bali grazing the watchman's GO
The flash Of the pistol and the suddenne
no Of the attack somewhat dazed the watc
o. man, but in moment he recovered |
ew senses, and just as the two men rush
~ down the grade, he leveled his repeatil
y" rifle and commenced firing at the me
NJ but owing to the intense darkness IL v
rs impossible for him to take any accurl
~ aim and no the miscreants escape
Upon inspecting the premises it was d
lie covered that large quantity Of shawn
ith and light wood had been gathered q
81 heaped up against the side Of the bui
10 ing, and the inference is that the m
re, derinC scoundrels would have fred
tn. pile had it not been for. the vigilance
I've the Waterman.
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