The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
STATE ITEMS.

liOauS 10 tOHlo are III SOud coIiuieioh'
The Reflex man, of Ward, claims to
hold only quart.
The Courier says the hay ranchers in
the vicinity of Belmont will cut large
crops this season.
The main tunnel Of the Martin White
Company, says the Reflex ia now in u
distance OF 1900 feet.
A correspondent writing from Cherry
Creek to Elko, says the Independent, re-
ports times good there.
Aurora is said to be l,740 feet above c
street, Virginia, and Bodie higher than
the top Of Mount Davidson.
Austin Rcveille: During the past
week the Manhattan mill has reduced
1884, tons of the assay value Of $50, 1854.
Virginia City will have grand school
picnic next month. All the schools on
the Comstock will join in the excursion.
We learn from the Belmont Courier
that considerable prospecting, is being
done in the Toiyabe range Of mountains.
Eureka Leader; Very few of our two
thousand coal burners are at work, and
there has been more coal burned this sea-
son than ever before.
The Sentinel says in the FL Dorado
mine, the property Of the Ruby Dunder-
berg, they are taking out some ore that
is almost pure silver. .-.
Memorial Day will be observed in Vir.
ginia Sunday, May 80. The Grafton will
be delivered by Mayor Stephens, and the
poem will be by Col. r. H. Taylor.
Ward Reflex: The placer mines OF
Osceola have been sluicing for week
past. They calculate on about three
weeks water and are reported to be work
ing lively.
The Leader says the ghostly visits Of q
departed siren are exercising the fair resi-
dents of Buell. Street, Eureka, and wierd
tales are told of mysterious happenings
in that quarter.
The young ladies OF the seminary al
Reno amuse themselves riding on drays
We expect soon to hear Of them straddl
ing broomsticks and galloping throngf
the streets Of that town.
The prospects Of Como are improving
Very rich float is constantly being found
and where there is so much prospecting
going on the ledge from which it comes il
liable to be discovered at any moment.
Elko Independent: Men often juml
at conclusions. So do policemen. Lam
recently jumped at the conclusion of
tramp that he saw sticking out of a hay
stack, and created considerable disturb
ance-for the tramp.
The Times Review says that man,
worthless mining claims in Tuscaror
District have been offered for sale an,
sold in the East, by worthless fellows
thereby causing the district to be de
nounced as fraud.
Eureka Sentinel The following busi
ness was transacted at the postoffice yes
terday: Thirty-one money orders issued
amounting to SS3075, and 81 letters reg
istered This is about an average day
business for the office.
The water encountered in the Iello,
Jacket by the drill sent down seventy fec
from the bottom of the shaft was at tn
temperature of 10 degrees, within % d.
grees of boiling point here, and the flo
was SO strong as to force everything OF
of the drill hole.
Enterprise: On the Comstock flo
of an inch of water is estimated as bein
equal to from twelve and one-half to fou
teen gallons per minutes. Superintent
ant Boyle, OF the Alta, who has mad
many experiments, says thirteen gallor
per minute is in round numbers about /;
near as it can be figured.
The Esmeralda Herald is responsib
for the subjoined: a man in town h,
spent several months in training tn
gophers to prospect for him. They are
well taught that they will burrow in an
spot that he designates. When they ha,
thrown out quantity Of dirt he pans j
and thus he believes he will be able
prospect the whole country at nomin
cost, and find placers if any exist.
Virginia Enterprise: In San Francis
they have rumor to the effect that
newly. formed Eastern and European syl
dictate is buying up the control of Il
mines, to work them ON more economic
principles. It is supposed that their i'd
is to work all the mines in connectic
with the Sutro Tunnel Company ar
through their tunnel.