Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-06-23
NEVADA NEWS.

NEVADA NEWS.
A mail route from Carson to Glen.
brook has besr established.
At Carson. LOG guns we're fred on re.
Hayes.
The mail route from Genoa to Lake
Valley has been discontinued, whereat
the citizens along the road are indig-
nant.
At Eureka last Sunday morning. Jas.
Kempthorn was working in stops in
the 300 foot level OF the Fourth of July
mine. when few hundred pounds Of ore
caved from the top. falling upon his left
leg aud breaking tho bone short dis.
lance below the knee.
At Winnemucca on the 18th, Henry
Reid. who was discharged from Captsin
Wagner's company about ak months
since. committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head with q Colts
revolver at Kemler's stables on Bridge
street.
At Eureka on Sunday last Superintsnd-
ent Evarts. Of the Eureka & Palisads
Railroad. had q narrow escape from be.
ing seriously. IL not fatally injured. He
was engaged in compiling together two
fat cars Of an Extra train being made mp,
aud while standing between the two cars
they came together catching Mr.. Evarts
between the platforms, bruising him con-
siderably.
The country all around Pyramid City
is being located. All the men are hunt.
ing mines. The camp is lively. The
Monarch ledge was struck in the tunnel
on the 18th and the same quality OF rock
uncovered as discovered on top. This
shows that the ore body IL an extensive
one, but the Monarch folks think they
will uuearth still better as the work OF
development proceeds.
John Hall. s'Pioche fighter OF recent
arrival, says the Eureka Sentinel Of the
goth. tried to run dance houss on Buel
street, Saturday night. but his intention
was thwarted by Tommy Mathews. the
bar keeper. interfering. who, after ex..
hsusting his persuasive powers, demon
.streted his puRilistic qualities by putting
head on the fighter from the southern
country. Mathews broke one finger Of
his right hand by bringing it in contact
with his adversary's cheek bone.
AT Eureka an Anti. Chinese Club was
organized on the 10Th at the Court. house
by the election Of o. H. Miller as Presi.
dent; ]. Baker. lat Vice President; j.
d. Gaibrath. I'd Vice President; G. w.
Travis, Recording Secretary; and A. D.
Rock, Corresponding Secretary. The
pledge taken by the members ia that they
will do all in their power to discriminate
against the Chinese in favor OF the eau
casian.
The Eureka Sentinel OF the Goth has
the annexed: About O'Clock Sunday
afternoon there was cloud burst in the
canyon in the Diamond range, in which
is situated John ]. Halls ranch, about
four miles northeast of the Hardie Broth.
ers' race track. 1t commenced to rain
moderately, but continued to increase
until the water descended in perfect tor
rents. It was only by the most strenu-
Gus efforts that Mr.. Halls Ice house was
prevented from being swept away. Con-
siderable damage was dose to the garden
below the house. about half an acre of
which was washed entirely away.
A letter from Mr.. Whitehill to Frank
Stewart 10 published in tho Enterprise,
from which we learn there are twelve
cases In all. filled with Nevada minerals,
besides number OF large specimens
which are mounted on pedestals outside
OF the cases. All Mr.. Donaldson's Ne
vada collection is on exhibition With
ours. and as he made almost a. large a
collection 90 we did. you can we'll i'm
agins that the two together make = very
respectable display. Nevada mskes :
better showing than all the rest OF the
Pacific Coast. After stating that Chill
and M-xioO havs isolated specme ems
which excel anything from Nevada IN
beauty, Mr.. Whit hiil affirms that as a
whole. "Nevada beats the world in her
display OF minerals at the Exhibition.
Her silver ores from the Comstock. Reese
River. Belmont. P'oche aud other local.
itle5. cannot DO surpassed 10 richness;
while. Tor beauty. there IL nothing pref.
tier than the specimens OF wuif-n,ts and
araRonite. from Ehreks; OF sulphur.
from Humboldt; borax. salt aud soda.
from Churchill aud Esmeralds counties.
The collection from Anstin, Of course.
makes the best appearauce--we have 80
m AM isrnn
specimens from Eureka are the prittiest
and attra't most attention. Many per.
sons are most ignorant ia regard to min
erals. l am asked many times every
day il the molybdsts- of-lead specimens
are not gold. One man yerterday even
asked me II that large spt cimen OF sui.
phur which Theodore Hale gave us was
not gold"
At Virginia City the Worrell Sisters, |
Sophie and Irene. visited the lower
depths OF the Consolidated Virginia
mine. During their visit. the following
Incidents occurred. the account Of which
ws take from the Virginia Chronic le:
the foot Of tbs upraise. some
of the miners recognised the ladies'. in
spite OF their peculiar Chinese appear.
snce, and insisted on song. Taking a |
iraugbt Of ice water apiece, the silver |
hrosted sisters sang Sweet BY and |
By" with splendid effect, aud as the
notes rang through the drifts the whiz
'f the air engines died away and the
slamor OF the drills was hushed. In fact,
Ill work was suspended by common con.
'ent within the sound OF the VOICES, aud |
'be hslf.nsksd miners gathered about 10
squads to listen. When the last note
lad died away there was burst OF az.
,lause and . rousing encore, which was
'epested over and over again until the
isters had nearly exhausted their re-
'ortoiss. Bidiug the audiences good