The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-18
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have declared dividend Of % cents per
share.
The Northern Belle Mining Company
has declared monthly dividend of fifty
cents per share.
The new boiler for the Belmont con-
centrating works, says the Courier, has
been put in place.
| We understand that Wells, Fargo &
Co. and the Western Union Telegraph
offices, at Belmont, have been closed.
Zinc Barnes is announced in the True
Fissure as a candidate for Sheriff. subject
to the Democratic County Convention.
The Hon. William NJ. Broadman has
been defeated for the nomination of State
Senator of Washoe county. Mr.. B. was
a leading member of the last Legislature.
The total production of the CONSOLE
dated Virginia mine during the month Of
August was Sl34, $685. So, and that of the
California was SlO7, 76OSl. No dividends
will be declared by either company this
month.
Gold Hill News: The President Of the
Virginia Miners Union yesterday re-
ceived the following telegram from L. o.
Trent of Belmont, Montana Montana
is short 200 quartz miners, How is vir-
ginia?"
Esmeralda Herald: There are no less
than ten mines steadily at work in this
district taking out first-class milling ore.
Unfortunately we have no mill that is
able to crush more than a couple of tons
per day.
Eureka Leader: On Thursday of last
week the largest run ever made in IL
hours was accomplished at the Richmond,
1872 car loads, or 100 tons, of material
being put through three furnaces on the
shift of IL hours.
Belmont Courier: Supt. San Pedro
showed us cane which he procured from
an Indian in the vicinity of Frieberg Dis.
trict, in the Eastern portion of Nye, the
three feet long. How the Indian got
hold of it could not be ascertained.
Grantsville has now an actual popula.
! ton of about 500 with a constant daily
increase. Twenty buildings, mostly resi-.
dences, are in course of construction.
About two hundred men are now en-
ployed in the mines and IS more are en-.
engaged in cutting and hauling wood.
{ Eureka Sentinel: The Grantsville mines
almost solid mountain of ore-will
change ownership before long. A man
/ who is well posted in that section, says
! that mining matters there are moving
r very slow, but if the company now nego-
, tiating get control, Grantsville will boom,
G long and loud.
{ Reno Journal: The Indians say that
\ old Winnemucca was killed some days
: since while coming from Oregon to Ne.
G vada. His body was found, they say,
: with bullet hole in it. The murderer
5 is not known though suspicion points to
n Malheur Reservation Indian. Old
c Winnemucca was the son of Captain
o Truckee.
Eureka Leader, l4th: At 6 o'clock THU
n morning Sophie Glennan, well known
n woman of the town, died on Buel stree
t, from an overdose of laudanum admins
II tered by her own hand, with eviden
g suicidal intent 1t appears that she hat
| been drinking considerably for some tim
t past, and that the deed was done Will
a under the influence Of liquor.
- The True Fissure says the Surveyor
n on the Carson and Colorado railroad pre-
liminary survey reached Candelaria o.
Tuesday evening, August 3lst The las
re stake was set on the side of the roa
n. about sixty feet north of where Columbu
~ street comes into Main street. The part
y. is under the direction of Chief Enginee
a. Oliver. They came across the leve
70 country from Walker lake to Rhode
y. marsh at almost a walking pace, and i
OF fact from the marsh to within one mil
80 and half of town no grade was en-
81 countered worthy of mention.
a. Virginia Enterprise: A forest fiji
started in the Sierra Nevada mountains
.s near Mayberry's camp, last Tuesday.
he has now burned over good deal {
he ground, but has not done much damag,
es. being confined principally to brush an
on the tops Of trees left on the ground in r.
Ter moving the timber and cord-wood. Rol
ali ert Frazer, of Reno, drove down ii
en mountain on Tuesday night and W,
ow caught in the flames that were drive
,st across the road by the high wind. tt
} unshod feet of his herses were severel
burned. and at one time he expected
oil be burned to death, but he finally reachs
ire the border of the burning brush ar
no escaped without injury.
Winnemucca Silver State: Bus,
lev Vista John, steady and reliable Put
an informs us that the Indians are now .
m gagged in harvesting their sugar crop
the Big Meadows, three or four mil
NJ. from Lovelock. The natives have gather
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