The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-10-13

CHICAGO, Oct. t. The following dis.
patch from General Miles was received
| by me here a. II O'Clock this evening:
| Headquarters, District of the Yellow
stone camp, near Bear Paw mountains,
October Sd, 1877. General A. III. Terry
Commanding the Department of Dakota:
General, this command moved rapidly
| to Snake Greek, striking fresh trail of
| the hostile Nez Perces coming out near
Bear Paw mountains. at O'Clock on
| the 3Oth we met and surprised the camp,
capturing large part OF their herd.
about geo horses, mules and ponies
The engageme mt was quite severe. The
enclosed is list OF our killed and
| wounded. The Indians lost II killed.
including Looking Glass aud Joseph's
BROTHER and three other chiefs. and 40
wounded. Joseph gave me his solemn
pledge yesterday that be would surren-
der, but did not. and they are evidently
waiting for aid from other Indians.
They say that the Sioux are coming to
their aid. They are closely invested in
some deep ravines and kept under fire.
to take them by assault would cost many
lives. l may wear them out and event
ually compsl them to give up. They
fight with more desperation than any
Indians I have ever met. / believe there
are many escaped Williams in the village
who expect to be hung when captured.
believe there is communication between
this camp and Sitting Bull, and / have
used every effort to prevent a junction.
l am expecting the companies with Stur-
gis up, and will then endeavor to send
the Second Cavalry companies to Ben
ton. ! presume you do not wish them
withdrawn when surrounding the NeZ
Perces camp. | intend to send my
wounded to the Missouri and the cap.
tured stock to the Yellowstone. would
respectfully suggest that information be
sent to the British authorities to prevent
any portion of the Nez Perces tribe
crossing the line, or to disarm them
should they take refuge on English soil.
Can supplies be sent up the Milk river
road for the Second Cavalry. Please
send me any information or orders that
should govern my movements. Very
respectfully, Nelson A. Miles, Colonel
Fifth Infantry, Brevet Major United
States army Commanding.
The above was received at midnight
from Lieutenant General Sheridan.
THE New BONANZA. The new ore
body discovered on the 1900 level OF the
Consolidated Virginia mine, eleven or
twelve days ago, is likely to add materi-
ally to the value of the stock OF that COM
pany. It lies further to the east and
south than anything heretofore devel-
oped in that mine. and may yet prove
the correctness of the theory advanced
in these columns last Winter. that "ore
bodies would be found in the Comstock
in-porphyry some hundreds of feet
east of the then present workings. I"
The extent of the new ore body is as yet
unknown. 1t is being stopped out, and it
ia found to increase in width as it is
opened into. Yesterday it's greatest
Width, where opened, was 80 feet, and
no doubt is entertained but that it will
prove to be still wider. The ore ia very
fne-looking, and will average nearly as
high as any in the mice. Car-samples
assayed yesterday were SS2, $78 and
S102 respectively, while there is a strip
two feet in width. close TO the east wall,
that assays over 5000 per ton. There is
no doubt bu. that still richer ore will yet
be found in this part of the mine. This
development will have tendency to
cause the other companies to extend
their prospecting operations further to
the east than they have done 30 far, and
may therefore be only the precursor OF
many similar discoveries in the neigh
boring mines, in their upper levels
Virginia Chronicle 9th.
TEA, SOC. per ID. and upwards. at Pou-
jade's.