The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-13
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gHaxsr1, Arizona. Dscsmbsr 5.-A
MsIioaa just arrived reports the dis
ceyery of very rich placer gold mines
acme ninety milaA northeast OF here. He
.sys that about q month ago he started,
with companion. out prospecting, going
mn Salt river. When opposite Super
stitious Mountain they left the river and
bsoan prospecting. While going up the
mountain, in little gully of black sand,
and down which stream of water has
evidently run years ago, they were
astopished to find that in this sand were
Isres quantities of fine gold. In some
plaoss the sand was only about half an
inch over the granite. The gold is in
places the size of bean, and smaller was
found in the little fssures in the face Of
tho bedrock. Very little washing was
necessary, and they found little spring
of water, which furnished them what
they needed. They obtained, they
think, about 5000 in half days work.
About 2 o'clock in the afternoon they
were surprised to see an Indian woman
come to the top OF the gulch above the
spring, and start to come down. Upon
seeing them she ran back over the hill.
and in less than ten minutes they were
surrounded by so or 60 savages. The
Indians were small. and seemed to be of
a different nation than they had seen in
Arizona. The Msxicans were not armed,
except with knives, and the Mexican
saws that they were almost instantly
caught with lariats. The Indians tsok
then up the mountains and put them in
q cave. They tortured and killed his
companion, and his fate would have
been the same emily for his escape. He
succeeded in getting away with only a
few knife gsshes in his face. They lost
their gold with ell their outft. The In
dians seemed to bs oave-dwellers; and
we're evidently excited over ths place
being found by outsiders. The Mexican
sight. His hands and feet were torn and
bloody and his face was gashed in fear.
full manner.
The report Of the Illipois Railroad
Company contains the following data
concerning the average life Of the rolling
stock and superstructure OF tweuty.siX
roads: Stock cars, 10 years; freight cars,
121a years; iron rails, 7 years; steel rails.
IA years; oak ties, 7 years; pine ties,
~ years; cedar ties, 51as years; truss
bridges, 81 years; trestle bridges,
years; pile bridges, 8 years. One road
gives the life OF its locomotives IS 8
years, and of passenger cars Is; another
road reports the former at "a years, and
the latter at 20. Only one road puts the
life Of passenger cars as high as 20 years,
and the lowest reported life rate of such
cars is eight years. The shortest life Of
iron rails is 3 years, and the longest IL
four roads report it at 10 years. Only
four roads report the age OF steel rails,
and they give it as 8, II, Is and 20 re.
spectively. These data differ consider.
ably from those Of roads in other parts
OF the csuntry.-[N Y Sun.
The ex-Khedive =: Egypt has just LOST
one of his wives from his harem. A
handsome yeung Italian painter named
d'Eiia went sketching through the haren
grounds. He noticed beautiful odal
isque at ono Of the windows, and sem'
way mansged to establish trlegraphi'
communication with her, which was s0or
followed by q romantic elopemsnt ant
marriage. How he managed to got he
out Of the harem is mystery. Th'
young couple are now living happily q
Foggia, and since they are man and wifi
the Khsdivs can claim bis form sI favor
its. He is determined in future to keel
his wives from the windows for fear 0
more elopsments. The young lady il
question is said to be q French woman. :.
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Capt. Martini was recently entrusted
with regal golden crown by Pope Lee
for King Mspellk of Shou. The monarcl
being always friendly to missionarie
and never eating them although tn
practice of his subjects shows that q
occasional baked stranger would not b
distasteful-wss designated to be th
wearer of Papal corcnst, and the 81
plorsr was to take it. Unhappily th
bearer fell among thieves who not onl
took the diadsm, but the accompanyin
Papal brief, leaving Capt Martini to 81
plain the incident ss best he can.
Silver Reef Miner: The Christy mil
which has been running steadily Il
nearly two years., will shortly cloi
down for needed repairs.
Wire gold is found abundantly, we al
told, in the new specimen-seam loo
found between Sheridan and Hill Git
Wire gold has never before been four
Ia the Southern Hills.-l Black Hill
journal. F E 80N
Syracuse Times: A smile on the Ia
is worth two in the tumbler.
A Michigan man was named Hangt
he christened his daughter Belle.