Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-02

I roas' a 'possum? What question to
AK me? When dat air 'possum comes
you jes bring um to me-, OATS all! Will
1 roas' dat 'possum?-won't i! An
when dat 'possum begin to roas', boss,
an de smell of dat roas' goes abroad in
de air you'll see a sight. You'll see all
de cullud folks in town come out OBJ
der holes an sniff in de breeze. De
cullud men will drap dar blackin'-
breshes an dar whitewashin- breshes,
an dar coal-scutchens an dey will all
stan an snuff de breeze! De cullud
women will git out'n dar washin' tubs
an will leave de irOnin'-stan' an will
come TO dar doahs an snuff de breeze!
Den as de roas' goes on you'll soon see
every blessed niggah in de town
a-comin up out'n de alleys an peein'
roun de street wild dar noses in
de air a-trackin' up de smell of dat pos
sum! Now you jes better AK me can
l roas' a 'possum. Jes fotcn along de
possum-lemme see him!"
Last Friday the Phoebe Journal re-
ceived a short call from old Phil Dean,
of Dome Canyon, in the House Range
of mountains, Utah, who says he is the
oldest active hunter in that Territory,
and is now a man of SIS years and can
bring down a crow on the wing with
his old rifle at a hundred yards. He
has resided in the wilds Of the noun
tains all his life time, and only ONE
to the settlements to get a supply of
grub. He says be has hung up NAM
a deer where the town of Phoebe 10
stands. He has kept account of every
deer he has killed since his residence
in the wilderness west of the Rocky
mountains, which he puts down, in
Guiding the present season, at 1850,
and as for buffalo, he says the great
valley of Salt Lake was at one time
flocked with thousands of them, and
the number of those killed by him are
too numerous to mention.
The Elko Post of the 10Th hears
from parties just arrived from Rail
road district that the road is in a very
bad condition, the snow being from
one to three feet deep. 1t has drifted
down from the hills very much and
are also seriously blockaded. Mr..
the Webfoot and Bullion Mining Com
ranies' works, is running three tun-
nels into these mines to strike the
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prospects of these mines are very
good, and it is expected that they will
yield a large amount of rich ore the
season. The town itself is
very duh and but very few people in
the place.
The Coso Mining NeWs of the 9th
ult. has the following Panamint items:
The $. v. NJ. Il w. Co.'S mill is kept
constantly running, mostly on
its own ores, but work Gus
tom ores when offered. A lot of
fiji. cen or twenty tons of ore for Tip
con Il Co, from the Surprise mine, was
lately worked, yielding $40 per ton.
On the Wyoming and Hemlock sink
ing is being prosecuted, a depth OF 46)
feet having been attained or the Hem
lock. A large vein is developed at this
and Of very high grade ore.
Work is also being done on the Is
peranza, another Of the company's
situated west of the Wyoming.
The Humboldt Register Of the 10Th
ull. has the following: From Snperin-
tendent Greenwall, of the Rye Patch
mine, who arrived in town yesterday,
We CLEAN the following:
A rich strike has been made in the
mine, and a large body OF ore dis
The mill is running steadily,
turning u large quantities of bullion.
thousand dollars We're shipped
Saturday.
The Rye Patch school, Miss Nellie
White, teacher, is progressing finely.
A row occurred on Saturday last, in
Jack Waite shot at a China
man, slightly wounding him, and
beating another one, inflicting serious
wounds.
The Journal learns that a party of
Black Hills. 1t proposes to make the
trip ON foot.