Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-09-01
COMO.
The Pony on Politics and Mines.

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EDITOR TIMES: From the present
outlook Como will be quite an i'm
portant factor in the political cam
paign now about to open in this
county; so a word from one of the
county's earliest pioneers to the
"powers that be"--the manipula-
tors of the political wires-may not
be deemed obtrusive.
The writer of this rememb ers when
Nevada was young and compare
lively innocent in politics. He also
remembers that in few years a
powerful combination grew up in
this county called the " Court House
Clique;' that it took years Of hercu-
lean work on the part of the present
managers of the Republican party to
overthrow; and now in all kindness
and candor, would remind said man
ayers that it behooves them to look
sharp that they do not tall into the
same errors as the once famous
+" Court House Clique"
We are about to have another
county conventions; please give us
candidates that we can vote for with
out voting under protest. Many of
us did so two years ago for the sake
of unity in the party, and might do
so again; but it were much better to
save us the trying ordeal; I" so shuf-
fie the cards anew, and then give us
a square deal right from the top and
we will ever pray" etc.
/ am indebted to my friends
George w. Cook and Jerome With
erell, of your city, for large invoice
of interesting reading matter, includ-
ing the standard works of most of
the ancient and modern authors,
from Pliny, Virgil and Homer
down to Mark Twain, Dan de guile.
For serious intellectual diet they
gave me Bakers . Saints Rest" and
Bunyan Pilgrim Progress" in
Washington. Many of them are
fsarfully and wonderfully statistical.
reminding nae of Postmaster General
Keys voluminous works on how
to keep country post-ofiice. Messrs.
Cook and Withsrell will please ac-
cept my thanks with the assurance
that their present was duly appre-
ciatsd. shall likely be in Silver
ere long, and, as friend Cook is like
myself, a Rode Islander, l shall in
sist on the twain joining me in an
old fashioned Rode Island " clam
bake" at some summer retreat OF
watering" place in tho vicinity.
MINING.
A very important strike was made
the other day in the north drift OF
the 2l5-foot level of the North Rapi-
dan mine. Your correspondent in
company with Sheriff Cooke visited
the mine soon after the strike had
been made, and Bob, who as you all
know is an old Comstock miner
" peeled himself and went for the
face, sides, roof and floor of that
drift in true artistic style to see that
it was not sailed. He ia satisfied
that the owners have a big thing,
and would rather have Bob's prac-
tical test than the scientific reports
of all the professional experts ~ OF
Colorado and Maine.
At the Eureka they are taking out
high grade milling ore, which is be-
ing crushed at Welter's mill. Mr..
Welter ia feeling "betterish goot;"
he showed the writer a piece of Eu.
reka ore on which, he says, you can
almost see the eagle of the short sill
yer dollar, aud he has to look a"lee.
tie out" or "he flies away.
Much more might and perhaps
ought to be said of many of oar fiat
tering prospects, but in mercy to the
editor and compositor will at pres
ent forbear, promisl g in the near
future to call on you again.
THE Pony.