The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-09

Two Individuals, oue'of them rep.
resentatiye Of the SILVER STATE, board.
ed freight train at tire depot last Fri
day night, at 0 o'clock, and for SO rs
in silver, without discount, were land
ed before midnight at
| W MILL CITY,
The shipping station for UnionvilDe,
Star, Dun Glen aud Central mining
distlicis. In early days, Mill City was
boldt Canal, which was to convey
| water taken from the river forty miles
above to Iun number Of prospective
qaartz minis, hence the name. II
boasts of good hotel, freight house,
several dwelling aud. out houses and a
irsi class foundry, where anything u
the. liue Of castings, from stoye
handle to an amlgamatiDg pan, is
turned ont to order on the shortest
notice George N Miller runs daily
stage between this point and UnioL-
Tille. carrying passengers, mails and
Wells. Fargo & Co.'S express Twelve
miles south on the road TO UnionviIle is
STAR CRY;
In 1868 the most populons and promi
nent minlIig camp in the county. At
present, there are but few mining en-
lerprises carried on in the district. the
principal one being the Sheba. on
which there are hosting works and an
Ingersoll drill, run by water The drill.
which has just been put in Place in he
mine, makes two hundred revolutions
| a minute and bores hole two OF more
inches in diameter. and twelve inches
deep. IN solid quartz, in six minutes,
| Tha drill is RIM by compress d air, but
water is the power used in COMPRISING
the air, and stream Of that liquid
which, under Iressure, is not more
than az inch in diameter. runs the
| hosting works and drill. The mine is
producing SOME very rich ore, but at
present it is Limited in quaptity.
Fight miles south OF Star Is
KNOXVILLE.
The most extensive aud prosperous
mining camp in the c 'uDty. The ruiz
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year, which discouraged prospecting
and retarded the development of mines
in all parts of the State outside of the
| Comstock, has seriously affected Union
Vile and at present the only mine
worked is the
9I ARIZONA,
Which. under the management OF j.
G. Fall. withstood the pressure to
which other mining enterprises sue
cumbed aud is now looking and paying
better than at any time during the last
year aud a half. Two of the four mills
in the place are running steadily on
Arizona ore. To supply these mills
with fuel, six sixm ule teams are con-
SANITY employed in hauling sage
brush. The brush is chopped and
gathered in windows by Indians and
Chinese. who work in separate gangs
and between whom there is considera-
BILE rivalry in the business. A large
pile OF cedar aud But-pine wood is held
in reserve near the mills, to supply
them In the event of accident or delay
to the brush trans. The valley for miles
in every direction from the mills IN de-
nudsd Of brush and the bare circle is
being daily enlarged. Everybody 10
Unionville is at work. There are no
idle men and in consequence of its dis .
lance from tho railroad the genus
"tramp,'Iis unknown there. AS in all
mining clamps. the people ere sociable.
and, every week or two have q genuine
: OLD FAsmoNED pArCE. 81
One of these took place last Saturday
night, :n Temple Hail. Nearly every
woman and girl 10 the place, from tue
grandmoiher to the miss in short dress.
es, attended.osA room adjoining the
h III was fitted mp for children, and a
tiner display OF babies than was there
exhibited VAS never seen In any coun-