The weekly miner., 1880-08-10
THE SLOPE.

The supervisors of Yolo county, CAL, have
appointed veterinary surgeon to examine
the horses IN the county and report all cases
of glanders found.
The Oregon Railway Company's surveyors
are locating the lines from Brownsville to
Springfield, and thence will continue on over
the mountains to connect with the Central
Pacific at Winnemucca.
Two oil wells are being bored at Santa Cruz
and six more are being got ready for drill.
The cost of boring, etc, for each well is from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The citizens of Salem, Or, have appointed
committee of five to make arrangements for
a fall meeting of horSemen and others on the
state fair grounds.
Says the Bear River Neers: The Debris
Commissioners have determined to place a
brush dam across the river at the old John
sons crossing on the site of the old Clode
CLANCY Ranch. The specifications are not
yet public, but il Is understood that the dam
will be some eight feet high and 5000 feet in
length.
1t is said that Mono Lake is alive with Gu
rious animalcule. Some of them are fully
an inch in length, and when magnfied by a
glass assume the most grotesque and horrible
shapes. One particular kind has a savage
looking mouth, fierce black eyes and long
downy tail. Their bodies seem all mouth
eyes and tail. These tiny monsters swim al
ways on their back, with mouth wide open
like hungry shark. There are many other
kinds in the water, all looking horrible and
repulsive when magnifed.
A large flock of Eastern quail have been
hatched out at Chico, and are iepOrted to be
thriving on a ranch in that vicinity.
Among the fish Of the southern coast of
California are mackerel, sult fish, barracuda,
the red and the black rock-cOd, he red fish, |
JeW-tish and sea-trout.
English white oats from imported seed was
grown this year in Marin county. and the |
stalks are seven feet three inches in height.
large beaver dam has formed a lake on
Stubbe Creek, Cassia county, Idaho, and it |
is literally full of speckled trout.
The city council of Stockton has appropri-
ated 81, 500 for the construction of tire-alarm
telegraph system.
The Virginia Chrenicle says that many
complaints are made against the management |
of the Carson Mint, there being unreasonable
losses in melting bullion.
The hop crop in Lane county, Or, prom
lseS immensely. The yards have been well
attended and under the stnuiOus afforded
by prospect Of 20 cents per pound the
harvesting will be conducted with care.
The year 1880 will be remembered in fu-
ture years by the farmers of La>sen county
as "the hard YEAR The deep SHOWS and
the cold winter greatly reduced the cattle
horses and sheep of the county, W lille the
cold rainy spring retarded the sowing of grain.
1t is said there will not be halt crop in the
county.
The fish in Eagle Lake, Plumas county, are
dying by thousands. There is no apparent
cause, as the water in the lake is higher this
season than formerly. 1t is curious that none
but the club die, as the lake contains trout
and number of other varieties, having been
stocked With white-tsh and catfish from the
East.
j. Clevenger, of San Jose, who has Just re-
turned from the Skagit mines, says :. a man
cannot make dollar week there at mining
or anything else" He, with sixty five others,
left the mines on the lSt inst. in disgust
leaving about 100 unfortunates behind them
The Cinnamon who are working in Gold
canon near the mouth, have put up a water
wheel with which they pump out their pits.
The assessment roll shows Fresno county
to contain %17,O00 sheep, Is, 900 cattle, 1000
hogs and 2. 900 horses. Assessed valuation
of all property. SS,O0OOOO,
1t is said that So per ton has been offered
and refused for Mission grapes in Sonoma.
The bodies of the man and boy who were
drowned at Pyramid, New, on Saturday, have
not been recovered Yet. although dilyent
search has been made. The waters of Pyra-
mid are said to be like those of Tahoe
nothing floats and nothing rises. At Tahoe
logs soon become waer-logged and sink. At
GlenbroOk the lakes bottom is paved with
sunken slabs.
Owing to the long and continued depres-
sion in mining stocks, says the Sutro hide
pendent, business of all kinds is staenant
throughout Western Nevada. 1t is stated
that there are not half a dozen business men
in Virginia City paying expenses.
The Bodie Netcs says over two wears ago !
Louis Sammons sank in Mono Lake the dead .
bodies of three Indians. The other day he
brought one body to land and sawed off a
portion of the scalp, which he left in his city.
1t is fully petrtied. The remainder of the
body was again committed to the turbid wat
ers of the lake. 1t is his Intention to let the
bodies remain in I he water six months longer.
at which time he expects perfect petrifacion .
of the whole of them, one of which he will .
send to the Academy of Science at phladel- |
phia, and another to the Medical Museum at
San Francisco.
THE HOUSEHOLDER.