The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-02
FROM SILVER REEF.

YER Reef. Utah:
A Mr.. Harrison and Fisher have their
teaching process in full blast and it is o
perfect success. A stone three feet in
diameter, ten inches in width and heavily
ironed, weighing 3 1000 pounds, revolves
on circular track over body of ore
and brushes two tons every twelve hours;
the gross proceeds of this process is 80
per cent. of bullion of the pulp assay.
Two tons is all they are prepared to
leach in twenty-four bours, but they are
now engaged in erecting six tanks more;
when these are finished 1t will enable
them to leach five tons every thirty-six
hours.
Captain Henry Lubbock is now &C.
lively engaged in developing the mines
lately purchased by company In San
Francisco. The mines have been sur
veyed and the boundaries established 80
that he is enabled to keep oil intruders
at O proper distance.
Tbs Hunter and Goss mill has about
sixty men to work. Part Of their ma
chinrry is on the ground and the bal
sncs is all on the way from York. max
ing a string of little wagons reaching
FROM the railroad to the Virgin river.
They are not alarmed at Silver Reef
abou. the drilling of the Mormous, al
though it is going on at St. George,
Santa Clara, Tocquerville and Virgin
City; they consider it a tempest in
teapot.
Our correspondent writes that in re-
gard to polygamy, the Mornons are
practical people. A polygamist stated
to him his experience, saying that now
he was perfectly happy. which was more
than he could say when he had only one
wite--now he has three. His first wife
he said was very good at first, but event.
ually she turned out to be regular cat
at quarreling, fighting and scratching all
day long. As he did not have money to
get q divorce, he did the next best thing
go. himself wife No. 2--.hen all the
fights were between No. l and No, 2,
but as No. 2 was not strong
enough for No. /, be had TO take
the side of No. 2. Whenever he re-
turned from short absence he always
found No. badly used up, so when he
found himself in this dilemma, he took
to himself wife No. 3, and everything is
serene, The way matters stand is thus:
No. 2 and No. 3 have formed an alliance,
offensive and and defensive, against No.
l; No. and No. made com pact
against the old man, the old man and
No. made compact against No. and
No. 3, and the old man and No. made
compact against No. l and No and
the old man and No. 8 made compact
against No. and No. 2, 80 that although
the women have occasional fights, the
old man is SO bound up by the various
compacts that he considers it would be
dishonorable in him to take any part, SO
he only gazes contentedly at the con-
tlict, sees fair play, and when the fight is
over takes the broom and sweeps the
hair out of doors.
ALPS CoMPANY.-Work Is being prose
cuted on the winze from the 204-foo
level and fine streak of ore has come
in during the past week. 1t is the inten
ton of Mr. Blair to put on prospecting
force next week on the lowest level and
run drift to cut the vein encountered
in the winze above mentioned. A large
force Of men have been at work during
the past week at the Washington anC
Creole and Mszeppa Mines recently &C
quired by purchase. the hoisting-work
OF the Mazeppa having been completed,
overhauled and placed in excellent order
Incline shaft, ore shutes, dumps ant
tracks repaired and made ready fol
prosecuting the work of raising ore il
large Quantities. Superintendent Blai
Will return this evening from San Fran
CISCO, when work on the above mine vii
De vigorously prosecuted. The mill il
running regularly on custom ore at tn
canyon.
RAYMOND & ELY,-'The prospects o.
the lower levels still continue IS good a
before reported; good assays are mad
OF the ore extracted from the main drii
on that level. During the progress Q
tne work on that level have crossed
seam of quartz s or 10 inches in thick
ness, which gives very high assays, bu
that small vein is not considered as bf
longing to the ledge. Not having roor
enough on top the ore taken from th
lower level Is assorted and piled away i
'ne drifts and will be sent to the mill fc
\ separate working. 80 as to know sxactl
1 what It yields, which could not be dor
\ nworked with other ore. The upp,
III levels are looking we'll, yielding satisfa
"A !.enly and improving in appearance
N Asy continue to be reopensd.
NJ DisAaREEp AND MANsLAuaHTER.-
1 Jury who were empaneled ut Harniltc
4 'oHy Roach for the killing of Gleason
Mineral City two months since, were u
sole to agree upon verdict and we
discharged by Judge Cole. In the ca
9lJohnny Leonard, alias "Long Hair,
Sonnny," who killed Charles Bello
ward City, the jury brought in verdi
ot manslaughter.
ooLIIoN SHIPMENT. - There W
tnipDed hv Wallu Eoroo Q. ~ r.