The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-05

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cation.
The mines at Paradise are not panning
out well at present.
There are now twenty "life" convicts
in the Nevada State Prison.
A four.pronged buck hangs before the
Central Market, Virginia City.
Another important discovery has been
made about mile from Aurora.
Work will soon be resumed on few
Of the mines in Ellsworth District.
Washoe county has money OIL hand
to pay all it owes except about 500.
All the back bone of the Comstock is
now in the two ends--in the head and
tail.
Austin Revelle: During the past week
the mill has reduced l54a tons of the
assay value of S45, 26s.S7.
Milton Sharp, the convicted stage rob.
Der, is regarded by his fellow convicts at
the State Prison as the chief aristocrat
in their midst.
Mayor Stephens of Virginia and 7. R.
McGurn, grocer, Thanksgiving Day re.
membered the orphans at the Sisters
Home in Virginia.
Reno Journal Some work is to be done
soon ON the best mines in Peavine, and
from what we have heard we expect the
old camp to be producing bullion next
year. sg5
Mr.. J. w. Maddrill, State Printer for
the ensuing two years, has assumed per.
manent residence in Carson, and is busily
engaged preparing for the extensive work
before him.
The Eureka Con-, the Sentinel says,
is at present working larger amount Of
custom ore than ever before, and is rum
ming up to its fullest capacity in this
direction.
Ralph L. Shainwald, Of San Francisco,
is in Austin. He is there, as we under
stand, by authority Of the United States
Courts, as Receiver of property and
estate Of Harris Lewis.
Ward Reflex: There are quite num-
Der in Ward who are willing to stake
small sums that ore will be encountered
| in the crosscut in the Martin White tun.
mel by the first Of January. II
Gold Hill News A new cable, 3,4OC
feet in length, five inches wide, half an
inch thick, and weighing l4,49O pounds,
arrived here yesterday for the Hale 4
Norcross Mining Company.
Eureka Leader: On Saturday evening
about o'clock, fire occurred at thu
Wales Con-, on Adams Hill, which re
suited in the total destruction Of tn,
hosting works and machinery of tina
company.
Peter B. Foster was burned to dealt
in his cabin at Aurora on the night Of tn
18th ult. Foster was native Of Ire
land, aged about "a years. He leaves
wife and child in Boston, Mass, and ha
relatives living there and in Kentucky.
The Genoa Journal says that Nevad
should have an asylum and care for he
) insane at home, but don't want it bull
in Ormsby, Washoe or Storey county
Another public institution or two for tn
people to quarrel over in either Of thes
counties, and the people of Nevada wi
all be insane.
Esmeralda Herald Tho richest roc
we have seen in this section, or, for tn
matter of that, in any other section, Wa
shown US by John Tucker the other day
and came from Clover District, Golde
Standard mine, ten miles from Benton
Tucker brought in about fifty pounds I
the ore, and it is literally covered wit
, gold.
&c. Sargent, Rockford, Illinois, Be
1862, desires to know if the man wi
keeps Sargent's Station, fifteen mill
from Dead Horse wells, is H. 4. Sargen
. who was a member Of the Legislatul
8 four years ago. The brother of H. ]
! Sargent--father Of the man who writ
: for infOrmation--is very anxious to kno
n what has become of H. E.
Q The grizzly cub was vanquished in
Q fight with q dog at Carson Saturds
r night. The Carson Appeal says five I
rocious rounds were fought, amid an .
= citement at times which threatened to
= suit in o riot. The bear won the fir
! heat, the dog the second, tho third "
: declared draw, and the dog took q
. last two, amid tremendous enthusiasm.
d Eureka Sentinel: The U. S. Surveye
: are yet at work in the mountains, o
!. portion being in the vicinity OF t
Mountain Boy mine, the Others on t
west aide of Spring Valley. The by
Of hunters connected with the expediti
IS say that Spring Valley affords the I'm.
. field yet found for their studies, as :
se hills surrounding the valley abound vi
If fossils.
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