The Republican journal., 1876-10-26

| thought no longer OF himself, but Of hi:
| boy, who was safe and sound In his hear
| he made merry, and like that father Of ole
whose son was lost and found again, was
dead and returned alive, he took him il
and gave him his supper. Corneiu:
| Devices
What 81 Maine Man Saw in Nevada
| BELMONT, Sept. Both, 1876.
| DEAR Jo1 RNAL Belmont is the shire tow
| of Nye county. and mining camp of about one
| thousand Inhabitants. II is situated at tie heat
| of Monetor valley, and possesses some Of The
| richest silver mines in the State of Nevada
| There is large amount Of labor being done il
the mines at the present time. bat they are tax
| ing out little silver. They are doing what they
| call dead work. or i'll other words, sinking theil
shafts to q owcr level, in order to tap the mine,
| lower lown, that they may work more men AM
take out ore enough to keep the mills running
constantly. There can Only few iGli Woii
| in one drift, not enough to keep the hoistinz
| work employed all Of the time, so they have
run from the same shat drift or tunnel from
| different levels, the ores from each level being
| hoSted from the same shaft Yesterday Wis
| tied one Of the mines and went down to th(
| three hundred feet level. which is as low It.
| they allow visitors TO go. They have tunne
| two hundred Icet lower down, but none but tht
| workmcn are allowed 10 80 50 low. They en-
| ,leayor to Keep their operations secret, for th(
| purpose Of selling stocks. In fact, believe
| about all the money that has been made ha,
! been by buying and selling stocks of he mines
| There are rumor> on the streets here of biz
| strikes being made at the Combination Mines
| but lhege is no one here knows any thing abou
| it, for the owners won't tell and the worhmel
| dare motif they should they would have tC
| leave, being positively forbidden to even talb
| about it.
| The agricultural resources Of this State rs tai
as have seen, are poor is they can we'll he
| Nothing can be raised without irrigation, AIN,
there is but little water her. Besides, the al
titude, according to Lieut.. WheeIer's survey
| is eight tnuu,a, four hundred lceT. and they
| have irosts nearly every month in the year
| There is snow all around Us, within one mile
| making il unr0mlorlably cold every night. Bp
| notwithstanding the cold and want of rain. tho
farmers succeed in raising some barley, beside,
| cabba@cs and other garden Vegetables but they
do not flourish and will not crow unless tht
| huSbandman does his duty faithfully bv them
| There is some stock raised here. Cattle tep(
among tie mountains in summer, and in Tic
winter come into the Nalsy and live on tic
White sage brush that Stands above the snow
| and are said to thrive well on it. They arc
never fed here At amy time OF the year, ant
seem to do well on what they can get. / &c
not see how they can do it, for there is no gras'
TO be seen now, either green OF dry.
There il an object of curiosity on the roat
between here and Eureka, called the peyir-
PunchbowI. Ii is a mound in Monetor valley
about two hundred feet high. covering lit it,
base. | should Judge, about ten acre~. ana
| emitting from its top Il cloud Of steam. 1t wa
in tile early evening when | was theic, ant
from tile rtnrcsentaton OF the stage driver,
was de>irous to 30 to the top ot the bowl ant
see for myself how his Satanic Majesty hrpW>
his punch. On climbing VI the hill found tho
sides of it full of holes. large enough to allow
| my hand to enter, some of them much larger
| and on putting my hand into them | found i
not unlike putting it into the oven ct a stoVe
| At the top is the howl, about one hundred tee
acro>> ana fifty down to !hc water. 1t evident
| y has at some former time tiled the bowl fun
| and ran over Ill the top; but As it became nigh
cr the weight OF the water burst through tht
| side OF the mound toward The bottom, and LEI
| HE water sink to the level OF tie break. \
the top. lust on the edge OF the bowl, there were
two goats, warming Themselves in the cool o
| the evening. from the heat arising from The VA
| er below. The mound seems to he iormrtI %
! Il substance resembling lime, attol being lia,it
| into mortar, and becoming dry. From thr
| sound under foot it appears to bc holuW il
some places, and Others solid and firm.
| Within lhc last week there has been conItiet
| ph il line Of telegraph between this town AM
| Eureka, one hundred and I've miles distant
| Eureka is connected by a narrow guagc rail
road with facsAtI. station on The Central Pa
| ciic road. and is ninety miles distant from this
| place The Eureka and palesaIe railroad il
| bur three feet gauge, but / could not discover
| any difference between it and other roads on
which ! Travelled. 1t does 4 large amount o
! carrying Of supplies into the mines. and from
| what | SAW, | should say ii answered all tbs
purposes for which il was made, Just wen Il:
one of broader gauge.
| There are many objects Of interest Oh HI,
| Pacific road, but they have been described st
many times, By those that can do it 50 mucl
better than | can, that will not atllict you by
F, the attempt.
| The Republicans held comYeatiam her, III
the 9th, to put in nomination candidates iol
| county officers. | noticed that they omitted tc
| ill the ticket, hut as they came to some of The
| places to be filled, passed over them and nance
| no candidates. inquired why they did 50. an,
| was told that "the Democrats have good trl
| vote against them" &. 4.