Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-12
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
OF A COAL-BURNER.
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED
Arrest Of Suspected Parties.

William Ferguson, a nan who was
engaged burning coal upon a contract
for Woodruff & Ennor, in Antelope
district, about four miles north of AL
pla, has recently disappeared in a
most mysterious manner, and sur
misses are numerous in regard to his
whereabouts and what has befallen
him. Two mon. named VIM. Whalan
and John Kelly, were working with
INN burning coal until about the first
instant, when they came into town, as
they allcge, for the purpose of procur-
ing work in the mines, leaving Fer
guson on the ranch attending to tie
pits. On the third Instant, Mr.. Me.
kiilop, who works ON an adjoining
ranch, discovered four pits burning
with no one attending them, and the
fifth com pletely burned up. To pre-
vent the others from being de-
>troyed, Mr.. McKillop proceeded to
perform the necessary work to save
them. Nothing has been seen or heard
of Ferguson since Whalan and Kelly
left him on the first instant, and there
is nothing around the scene of his la
bors by which any clue can be gathered
concerning the cause of his disappear
ance, or his whereabouts. His cloth
ing, tobacco, provisions, ETC., were
found i'll his tent, nothing having ap-
parentlY been taken away except his
m%attrass and blankets, which were
found partially consumed close to the
burned pit. Not being able TO obtain
work, after remaining in town two or
| titrnn davis kal1V rAtiJrnaI IN tIln
ranch, where he found MIR. McKillip
attending to the pits, to whom he ex
pressed the greatest surprise at the
disappearance of Ferguson, but his
was so strange, and his stories
so conflicting, that Mr.. McKillip's u $
picions were aroused, and other cir
cums,ances, which have since been
developed, point so strongly towards
Whalan and Kelly, that Thomas Full
Ter, a friend of the missing man,
yesterday filed complaint i'll
Justice Beatty's court and a war
rant was issued. for the arrest of the
two men. Kelly was arrested by
officer Mckee yesterday afternoon and
lodged in Jail, and the probabilities are
that Whalan by this time shares his
confinement. Ferguson is represented
as Il sober, industrious man. He had
4 considerable sum of money due him
for labor, was MOI in debt, and there is
no apparent cause for his voluntary
disappearance. The pit which was
burned WAS fired in such a II as
would indicate that it was the inten-
ton Of the person firing it. instead Of
turning it into coal, to destroy it en-
tirely. AS soon as it has sufficiently
cooled the debris will he searched, in
which it is suspected will be found
traces of the missing man. 1t is a
most mysterious affair, and it is to be
hoped it will be thoroughly investi-
gated, and if any crime has been com.
United that the guilty parties will be
discovered and punished.
THE New CRoP.-This years crop
of pine-nuts has been harvested, and
the stalwart form Of the noble Sho-
shone is again seen upon our streets;
likewise his wife and family. Pine
of this years growth are now for
sale in the stores of the white man, in
which they are retailed at IA living
margin of profit over Indian cost.
The nuts are the main dependence of
many of the Indians for winter food,
but the average ShOshone can not re-
Sist the temptation to swap them for
nver-rjpe wa,ermelonI and decayed
grapes. To him "sut1icient unto the
day is the evil thereof" and he will
take the chances ON going hungry to
sleep in the dead of winter, if by so
doing he can flop his lip over the white
mans fruit in the fall. If he reason
at all, be argues, "cuss the differences;
we may all be dead before the now
flies"
GILA.-Letter of the 3lst says: Drift
south from the MCGEE shaft is now in
so feet with material of an encourag-
ing nature in the face. Drift north is
in Is feet; face in hard porphyry with
spar seam OH contact. Incline from
middle lie ell has made connection with
shaft at IS feet distance IRON level.
Nothing like ore has been found in
sinking this incline and l am more and
more convinced as work progresses that
if we would hope to get ore greater
depth must be attained. This can only
be done with facility and economy in
a manor previously recommended.
Present west from bottom of shalt is in
2S3 feet, with face in lime the hardest
ever met with at this level.
A MUSICAL TREAT.-The grand ora
torio of Esther, the beautiful queen,
will be rendered at Bigelow's Hall on
next Friday and Saturday evenings,
under the direction of Prof. Halleck.
Nearly all of the prominent singers in
Eureka, both ladies' and gentlemen,
have volunteered their services and
will assist the Professor. There will
be nineteen solo presentations and a
chorus of about fifty voices, all OF
whom will appear in the ancient cos
tunes Of the Israelites, Modes and
Persians. This entertainments is some
what different from anything aver
given in Eureka, and we can safely
promise q rich treat to our citizens.
REsIGNED.-Says the San Francisco
Stock Exchange: "W. Aug. Knapp,
formerly Secretary Of the ella Mining
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