The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-02-05

The following items Of Interest arc
;-Om the Phoebe Record of tka 30th ult:
4 very rich body. Of ore Was -truc!;
Yesterday AFTERNOON on the tenth level
ofthe Raymond & Ely mine, Gre thou
sad feet from tho main shaft 80 We
aaT some of the ore last evenin. and II
i&snperior to anything we hara.s seen
in.thc caInpI ~ ~ ~
The following are the ore shipments
By tbs Nevada Central Railroad during
the past week: On Sunday GG tons,
Monday 20, Tuesday Is, "Wednesday 81,
ThurSdai Ill. Friday 80, Saturday 10,
making the shipment for the past week
amount TO 5I5 tons, 20 Of which were
lett ct the Newark mill, tEe balance go
ing ,toithu lsaymcnd q Ely mills ct
BulliorYi!lc. Considering the state Of
the track owing TO the heavy storms, we
think tic railroad is doing we'll. .
We yesterday heard Of two cases of
mcn having their feet frozen whilst
tiarciinG. TsOno case occurred while the
man Was coming from Snake Valley t.
the EiglS.mile House. -lo was brought
to Piorke OIL Friday and taken to the
County Hospital by.J. =. Curtis. His
feet are said TO be ina very bad condi-
tlor. The other was that of Phoenix
Knight, who arrived in Phoebe late OH
Friday night, having both feet frozen,
II very badly. Men in travelling
around the country should be wrapped
up comfortably, especially their ex-
trc:nitics, u they are liable to Ec frost
bitten mt any time. . .
Dnilng, tho past week Np TO last
evening there has been shipped from
Iioche IL bullion SCI, I3I, mn increase
on the previous week OF $l5,S22, maxi
lnS a showing next to Virginia CITY.
The o:e III the Raymond y Ely mine
continues Of the same grade nnd about
III" saine amount j.. extracted daily, na
reported last week. The ore from the
alps continues To improve daily nud
TIE Eiiil IL doing good work. The
Ne"aiii III running principally on ore
from the chloridca of the Meadow
valley mine md Ia also making returns
satisfactory to all, whilst the Raymond
y Ely mills Mt ~Rullionville arc turning
out ore at n lively rete Is will be MOTTO
cd by tho shipments.
MoAEcopT, Indian name for running
water, is the name Of n settlement re-
Gently started in this Territory. II is
situated il inyapai county, sixty miles
north Of Tho San Francisco Mountains
and eiGh:y-ivc miles east of Lees
crossing on tho Colorado River. We
understand it is the intention OF the
Mormon Church TO make Mcaucopv tho
rendezvous where tho faithful will
meet, and thence spread over Arizona
Il settle in localities whero a consider
able number can DO gathered together
IN u settlement. To this end several
thousand settlers vi that faith vii!
be brought into Arizona the. coming
season. They nre good pioneers and
have tho faculty OF living within their
means and making the country where
they live yield all the neces5arics Of
HE and even comfort. II il were not
Tor their weakness OH the wife question
they would be altogether desirable rsf-
%cns for n new country.-2wrSoH (.Ir&-
;oIa) Citizen. a..u ,
TScLUpISo Grant, there have been
eighteen Presidents of tho United
States, This i'll a period CT eighty
eight years, should Grant 1.-Two and
serve OF: his present term. or these
eighteen Presidents, fifteen II TO
the Office by election and three-Tyler.
Fillmore and ~JoLnsnn--.by Constitution
al succession from the Vice Presidency.
Seven OF the fifteen were elected for
eight years, namely, Washington, JEFF
icrson, Madison, Monroe, jackson,
Lincoln AID Giant; and eight for fonr
years, or "a single term. Harrison died
after one month in cnlce; Tyler after
ono year, fnTr mcnihs anil fivc DAYS.
and ,Lincoln after four years, one
imo2th Gad ten days.