Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-09
STEAlINGS.

yesterday says the VIZ
ginia Chronicle of the 9TH. as a double
cage load of miners going on the 3
O'Clock shift was being lowered down
the main shaft of the Ophir mine, a
number of bell signals were sent TO
the surface, which caused great alarm
among the employees. Eight bells are
a signal of danger or distress, and this
number was rung at least five consec-
utive times. Various surinises wer-
made, some fearing that SOME one had
been killed and others judging the
cage had caught i'm the shaft. The
foreman finally gave orders to raise
the cages in both shafts very slowly,
which was done. When they arrived
at the surface they were loaded with
the sarne SHIFT of men who had just
gone down. 1t appears that in signal
ing to the top the bell-rope Of one of
the shafts broke, and the station man
signaled eight bells on the other bell
rope to let the engineer know some
thing was wrong. The men on the
descending cage hearing the danger
alarm also signaled IT, the surface, and
got the signals mixed. They showed
signs of fright when they reached the
surface, while those on top showed
much relief when they saw that no ac-
cident had occurred.
A letter from Elko, Nevada, speaking
of the Tuscarora district, gives a most
flattering accnunt of the only two
mines in that district which are bein.
worked at present, namely the DE
Frees and the Young America. Both
these mines have a quantity of rich ore
on the dumps and nave completed con-
tracts for mills, work on which will be
commencea AS soon as the roads nj g
open for teamipg. The writer start s
that the ore exposed in these mines,
especially the De Frees, is marvelnus-
ly rich. promising tn mill high in the
hundreds. At present all work is nee
essarily suspended owing To the Sc
verify of the weather. Snow is deeI.
on the ground and the roads are inn
passable.
The crevice east of Gold Hill. of
which mention was made i'm the Enter
prise OF the 9Th, is by no means a lone
instance in mining sections where sim
liar cause have produced similar re-
suits. In 1858, in Pine Grove, a sim
liar crevice was similarly formed. IL
extended half a mile along a mineral
lode and from it a large st.eam of
water continued to flow for a long
time. What rendered the occurrence
more notable was the fact that the flow
of water was in an exceeding dry and
sterile country.
A gentleman who left Ogden last
Tuesday evening informs the reporter
of the SilUer State that y discrepancy
Of $4,000 had been discovered in the
accounts of Tyler, cashier of the Union
Pacific railroad at that place. Tyler
wa arrested and released on bail. II
was supposed that Earl, agent OF the
Union Pacific, was also implicated.
The report created quite a sensation at
Ogden. :
DR.. Mary Walker had a new sensa-
ton In Silver City, on Monday night,
and one which came nearly proving
fatal. A gentleman who took her
down in a mine had the audacity TO
kiss her. The Reporter says that not.
w~ithstanding her agitation and appa-
rent indignation. she seemed 10 like it
pretty well. ED. Harris is the nance of
virgin honey from the Doctors lips.
The information is reliably furnished
the Enterprise that a certain school,
mistress OF Virginia Furnishes lying by
rubbing the tongne OF the offender
with cayenne pepper-ss II the tongue
which would not blister under y hot
and Topping lie were not proof against
pepper!
On the 9th in stant the miners at the
Belcher received their coin. The pay
roll of this mine is the largest Of any
in Gold Hill, amounting this month to
5000. Trade dollars are as plentiful
there as in any part of the State.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
mines of Virginia and Gold Hill
have Just finished paying of, dull
Of the business community.