The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-02-16
A TRIP TO BRISTOL.

d. ana Eugene Dlalr, superintendent OF
the Hillside mine. we made a trip to old |
Bristol, and thence to the new camp of
Bristol. about five miles up the canyon,
to the Hillside mine and other places of
Importance in that district.
Old Bristol, at which place the Ma
tional Furnace, water wells, etc., are To-
Gated, is station on the old Pritchard
road, about % miles from Phoebe. Here
the road TO the new camp of Bristol
turns and goes up the canyon, on the
other side of the same range OF noun
tains on which Jackrbbit District is To-
Gated. Abou. FIVE miles up this canyon,
as we have mentioned, we come to the
new camp just starting. At this new
camp is store, boarding. house, whisky
shop, two or three corrals and several
houses. Parties living there now are
marking off lots and stalking them off for
occupation, there having been no regu.
lar TOWNSHIP made of the premises. On
the road up we noticed about 300 sacks
of ore piled alongside of the road and
were informed that it was copper ore
from the National mine. ready for ship
ment to San Francisco for reduction.
This ore pays the running expenses of
the mine, and the silver ore is saved for
q profit on the work done. To the right
of the canyon, going up, is the Great
Eastern mine. On the left is the Gave
mine, which has an incline plane, with
two tracks running from the mine to the
road; this serves the purpose of lower
ing the ore and hosting the empty
bucket. Further to the left 9th is can
yon is the Mayhower mine, which has a
dump from which the ore is dumped into
wagons on road, connecting with the
main road, further down than the new
town.
THE HILLSIDE MINE.
After lunch We paid visit to the Hill
side mine, which is situated near the
highest peak of the Bristol range. On
the way thither we passed the Cave,
Tempest, Red Cloud and several other
mines, and after an exceedingly tedious
trip to US we arrived at the Hillside
mine. Here we found that considerable
work had been done for the short time
that the mine had been incorporated. A
straight shaft has been sunk to the dis
lance of fifty feet and a drift run in a
southeastern direction to distance of
Is feet, which distance is increased daily
by the working of two shifts. In this
} drift large body of ore is disclosed, be-
tween five and six feet in width; assays
of this vary from $95 to $515. the latter
being the highest obtained. In the main
shaft, where the ledge is disclosed, a
horse or boulder comes in and has
showed the ledge in southeast direction,
which caused the running of the drift to
, see how far the horse or boulder had
!, pushed the ledge. 1t was found that a
few feet WAS the extent of the boulder.
| the ledge being found Immediately be.
yond it, This mine makes showing OF
considerable ore, il being extracted as
q rapidly as possible. One hundred tons
are now on the dump pile waiting fol
favorable weather for shipment to mill
' main shaft cut is being run on the
ledge, so as to expose it to its full extent
along the boundaries of the mine.
Having thoroughly inspected the
works, which are being run in good
!; shape, we descended from the hill in G
I much easier styled than in making tn.
s the ascent, and made our trip homeward
: the ribbons being manipulated by Eu
% gene Blair. who showed be could handle
o them as we'll as he could superintent
1 mining affairs. During our trip out ant
y back we met numerous wagons loaded
y with ore from the Mayf1ower mine OF
IS the way to the mill, whilst the fiat dowi
: around the Eight.mile House was dottet
u with wagons both coming from and goinl
d to the Day and Mayfower mines.
y MYSTERIOUS FIRE.-On Sunday last
/" small bundle OF matches all at ono
10 snapped and Immediately started t.
=. blaze, without any apparent cause. The
:, !" were extinguished without causing an
!, damage. These matches were in til
= match. safe in the Office OF Julius Hof1
: man, assayer were touched by no one
:. and were a considerable distance fro1
:. the stove, in which the fire was dyin
g. out. Now. the question is, what cause
- them to ignite? If any one can explai
Il IL muy 90 SomeWuht u 5uoW tuo chuh
-. of mysterious fires. Had Mr.. Hoffma
IA not been in the room at the time cor
~ ~ flagration would have taken place an
- the result would have been that an il
cendiary would have been blamed fG
9, the fire.
III RESIGNED Joseph Percival, Fl,
Il Warden OF Phoebe, handed bis resign,
o ton of that position to Sheriff Mckee o
. Tuesday, the 18th inst. Ill healtl
,e caused by the duty of the Office, was til
I'd cause of his resignation. During M
,r Percival's term OF Office he has made
10 good officer and given entire satisfaction
l. We are sorry to lose him.
"a A BIG HEAT.-A big heat, consistir
be of II 600 pounds of iron, was taken O