The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-22
STATE ITEMS.

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health OF i,s proprietor the cause.
The Reflex says there will parade at
Ward on tho Fourth Of July.
The Revelle reports cloud burst Is
miles from Austin. No damage done.
Tho Sentinel says Congressman Wren
ia expected III Eureka by the Goth in
atant.
| The Eureka Consolidated has declared
a dividend of So. payable on the Goth
instant.
| The Courier says the ranchers in Mon
itor valley near Belmont, feel confident
of harvesting u big crop.
Never 10 tie history OF Virginia, says
the Enterprise. has there been so little
building going on as at the present time.
The Enterprise says the ranchmen
along the Carson river. in the direction
of Fort Churchill, are rejoicing in the
prospect for unusually heavy crops of
hay this season.
Eureka Sentinel The frame of the
new Methodist Church at Ruby Hill has
been raised, and the building is we'll
under way. 1t will be very handsome
structure when completed.
Enterprise: Tho tunnel connecting
The Savage ground with the old Day
shaft on A street is being cleaned ont, in
order to put in new eix-inch wster-pips
to supply the works at the shaft.
The Eureka Republican says Assessor
Hank Knights total collections under
the bullion tax law from the mines OF
Eureka District, for the quarter ending
March 3lst have been $23, 855 .95.
Virginia Chronicle: There arc 1000
tons of water being daily thrown out by
the pumps at the G. and c. shaft. This
has been going on for the past two years,
and fully 100000 tons of water have
been discharged from the shaft during
that time.
Reno Journal The first lot Of ore from
the Jones & Kinkead was brought in
Thursday and dumped at the Auburn
Mill. 1t was only two tons. The real
business commences tomorrow when
! twelve animal team will arrive with sew
eral tons. Three large teams will come
in next week.
Rsveille 10 view of the Bannock out
, break in Idaho and Northern Nevada, il
may not be amiss to caution the people
of Austin against selling arms or ammunl-
ton to the Piutes and Shoshones of this
} vicinity. There is q sort OF freemasonry
existing between the Indian tribes OF
Nevada, Idaho. and Utah.
Lyon County Times: Theo. S. Daven-
port, Census Marchal, furnishes the fol.
:. lowing figures for Silver City District:
Number of boys between 6 and Is years,
: los; girls, 99-total of school age. SOB.
g There are 65 children in the country not
attending any school-32 in Silver City,
80 in Dayton and in Sutro.
The Appeal says Congressman Wren
has recently donated to the State Library
o two valuable works, U. s. Official Regis
l. ter for 1877, and "A Narrative OF the
!. Expedition to the North Pole, Capt. O.
l. +. Hall commanding the U. s. s. Po'
10 laris." The las! is an elegantly printed
y book. one of the finest ever gotten up by
y our Government.
>. Tybo Sun: We learn that the New
t. Philadelphia Company, corporation
1t owning series OF mines in Rattlesnak
d Canyon, Hot Creek District, has decided
,r to resume operations ON their long neg
n lected property. This district, situated
h some ten miles North OF Typo, in YER
ID accessible locality. created quite an e1
10 citement ten or twelve years ago.
~ Virginia Chronicle: There are gres
il many men on the Comstock who make
le comfortable living by means Of far
ct games, and yet when the birthday {
r General Lafayette comes around they lie
m it pass unobserved. This is ungratefu
n for history assures us that the gallan
10 Frenchman introduced faro into thi
40 country. and the first game played j
In America was in the presence Of Generi
ls Washington.
81 Belmont Courier: Several men are
in work putting things in shape about Il
An Jefferson mine. The water is beir
e. lowered rapidly and it is confidently o.
ed pected that the mine will be cleared el
OK many weeks have passed, and that th
us work of development will be pushe
ed ahead as speedily as possible. It's TO,
he bits to slick quarter that a mill will |
pounding on rock in Jefferson Canye
:. before the Summer through.
ut. Ward Reflex: T. j. Andrews, late
Ills from Ruby Hill, in this county, gives
~ Nv as his unqualified opinion that the Silv
,ra Reef is without exception the riche
- mine he has over seen. He says there
~, Is tons of ore on the dump that "
,,Ilv average 81. 500 to the ton. He tells
~ $4,000 being blown down with t,
blasts. The vein is about four feet wi
ltv and carries but little else beside ore goi
~, 81, 900 and more to the ton. The O.