Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-05
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS


The weather is quite cold in the
northern aud western part of the State.
Virginia city is infested with sneak
thieves.
Lieutenant George M.-.wheeler. the
head OF the engineer corps. arrived in
| Carson on the Goth ult.
A prismoidal railroad has been started
in Sonoma county. California. from the
Embarcadero TO Sonoma City.
The cornerstone OF the Odd Fellows
Building at Reno, was laid last wednes-
day.
Regular trains started from Los An
geles to San Francisco on the Southern
Pacific Railroad last Sunday.
There are over u, 900 men ont OF EN-.
pioymen. in San francisco looking for
chance TO work.
Our State Mineralogist. Henry W.
Whitehill is on tour of observation to
the mines in Eastern Nevada.
At meeting Of the Eureka Demo-
cratic Central Committee, it was decided
to fix the date OF the Democratic County
Convention for September Goth.
]. L. Hinckley, of Eureka, publishes
card in the Sentinel declining the nomi-
nation, by the Republican convention,
for the Assembly.
At the third quarterly meeting OF the
Virginia Pigeon Shooting Club. held on
the Goth nit. the gold medal Of the club
was won by DAILY.
Thomas Fitzgerald died In Verdi on
| the 30th from an overdose of morphine,
which had been given him the night pre-.
vious to quiet his never after pro-
tracted drunk.
Parties from Bear Lake, Utah, report
to the Herald the finding of large lodges
OF Ralena aud copper ores in the noun.
tains between Thomas Fork and Soda
Springs.
Opium smoking is becoming so pre-
valent in Virginia City that the Board OF
Aldermen have resolved to put stop to
it by fainy those who may be caught
INDUCING in the filthy practice.
On the 2Sth ult., young man named
Joseph Mitchell, employed as a teamster
for John Creaser, in Carson. was drowned
in the Carson River, near Cradlebaugh' 3
bridge, while bathing.
The machinery for the new hosting
works for the Rye Patch mine, has ar
rived and il being placed 10 position on
the ground. TIE company intends to
sink DEEPER shaft on the mine than
any In Humboldt county.
Mr.. John NJ Gamble, Tecoms, Nevada,
is on the eve Of leaving for South Africa.
He goes "a superintendent of IA gold mine
there. His name, with those OF his
brothers. have been identified with the
mining interests of Nevada for years.
An unconfrmed dispatch from Dead.
wood CITY. states that the mining metro.
polls of the Black Hills had been "cor-
rallied" by the Sioux and number of
men killed. Should the news be con.
iirmed there will be lively times in the
Hills this fall.
Michael G. O'Connor. known in sport,
ing circles as "Red Handed Mike" the
Western lightweight champion, is in
Eureka. He il on his way from New
York to Virginia City, where he will
Fight Jimmy Trevallian, the pet Of the
Comstock.
Carson City has one steam fire and
two hand.eneines. The steamer is a
Silsby rotary pump, of beautiful finish.
and gives general satisfaction. The
water-works are quite extensive, the fire.
plugs are well located. aud the pressure
IL great enough to throw stream l6O
feet through 80 feet OF hose.
The California Chinese have entered
upon new branch OF trade. They have
gone into the fruit drying and canning
business. In one mountain county a
local exchange mentions number OF
orchards purchased by Chinese. The
crops are frequently purchased growing
ana one instance is given where very
high price was paid for fruit crop
The market these Chinese dried and
canned fruits have is not known as yet
One OF the elephants attached to the
circus. while parsding the streets Of
Virginia, in passing barber shop
reached out With his trunk and tore of
the BARRIERS pole from apost to which i
was nailed, and with a flourish threw il
up on house-top II few yards further on
! The barber rushed out. feeling gutter in
r suited, but made no effort whatever to
whip the elephant. Some men will
stand good deal.
Up in Inyo county. at Pauamint ant
Darwin and other mining localities, thu
mine owners have given out "shinplas
tiers in lieu Of money ever since tn,
mines have been opened. Recently tn,
people doing business in these places re.
belied against these scrip. transactions,
and at a public meeting in Darwin, on
the llth instant, nearly il not quite all
, the business men pledged themselves to
take no more scrip of any kind or de
scription.
The Entsfprise Of the Goth ult. says
The syndica'e Mining Company OF
Bodey District, Esmeralda county, has
just made a cleanup OF their first crush
ing. 1t amounts to SIS. 5S7 "a. The
lead is about eight feet in width and is
pold.bearng. The gold is worth only
IS G7 per ounce. there being consider.
able amount OF silver in the ore. The
company have in operation IA fine 90
stamp mill and their prospects are excel.
lent. as they have only attained depth
of 200 feet. The principal owners are
H NJ. Yeringtou, Captain Taylor, su.
perintendent OF the Yellow Jacket, War
rem Rose and Ii. d. Hall of Aurora.
Near the Syndicate are several other very
DrOmisinp leads and il ia syn.otaa a. Oh !.