The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-12
sTATElITEMs.

The Alexander mine at Grantsville has
levied an assessment of SO per share.
Water now costs five cents gallon at
Candelaria, and it is of poor quality at
| that
Congressman Cassidy will leave Eureka
for Washington on or about the 18th in
slant.
Snow in the foothills in Bull Run val
ley is now about six inches in depth, and
at Columbia it is eight inches deep.
The surveyors of the Carson and Colo
RADIO Railroad have completed their work
to Belleville and have located the line of
track about the town.
Virginia Enterprise: Tim Connolly, a
miner working at the Union shaft, was
considerably injured a day or two since
by cage being lowered upon him.
The Ruby Hill Mining News says the
Eureka Con. pays its "tributers" So on
$50 ore and fifty per cent. on all ore
assaying above that sum at the chutes.
The money disbursed for work in and
around the Comstock mines during the
month of October was much larger than
for a year or more. The working force is
slightly increased for this month over
asst.
Ward Reflex: j. s. Henderson, the
Osceola stage driver, reports that Charley
Bussey fell heir to l0-ounce gold nugget
last week. AS many as three approach
ing 10 ounces, have been found in the
district within month.
In speaking of Nevada grown apples
the Austin Reveille says: A four-horse
wagon load of apples from the ranch Of
| Joe Guthrie, whose ranch is twelve miles
south of Winnemucca, arrived in Austin
last evening. The fruit is finding ready
sale here, 1t being of very superior
flavor to that of California growth.
Battle Mountain is looming up, and
building is quite brisk. A new brick has
just been completed, and four new frame
buildings are in the course of erection.
They have new dry goods store, an
| other doctor will arrive there soon (mak-
ing three M. DIS in town., and now they
are to have new merchandise and cloth.
ing store.
Eureka Sentinel Charley Broy's teams
brought down from the Eureka Tunnel
on Sunday, II tons of ore, estimated tc
work $3.50 to the ton. This is the high
est grade ore yet shipped from the tun.
mel. A good deal of the same kind has
| been sent down, but it was mixed with 6
lower grade, making the whole run about
$3.50 per ton.
1t is reported on the Comstock that
the famous Dick Dey, as familiar in legis
lative times as Stephen Gage, is no Longer
in favor with the Bonanza powers. Ru
NOR has it that Dick settled up the othe
day and drew out of the bank $4,000
The presumption exhibited on the par
of an employe hauling down so mucl
money at one time was too much t.
stand.
The Elko Independent says bushes
transaction, involving transfer of prop
erty to the value of Sl5O,OOO, which ha
been for several days pending betwee
Harnell & Armstrong and Sparks { Tin
min, was consumated to-day, the forme
gentlemen accepting from the latter tn
sum above mentioned for their rang
north and south of Tecoma, togethe
with the partnership stock upon the SAINT
Eureka Sentinel: During the big fiji
an Ruby Hill last Sunday, several fire
were discovered that were started simu
taneously and were evidently the wor
of incendaries. At the same time thrt
fires were detected one near Judge M
Laughlin's house at the top of the Gulcl
another in New Town and man W;
| detected gathering some sticks and loo
, papers by the side of one of the large
, houses on the hill with the evident pu
Z pose of setting it on fire. Had it n
, been for a special police force put {
| watch, the whole town might have BET
given up to the flames. A sharp watt
r is being kept on number of suspicion
, characters, and they are likely soon to
. brought up with round turn.
! They had little game of draw at t
I surveyors camp near Cherry Creek t
e other day, and the Ward Reflex says t
g negro cook took hand. He also to-
. the disputed "pot" and then the re
: began. The negro butted one man
). the stomach and then hid in tel
= They hunted him out of that but are
y doubt sorry they found him, as he r
the blockade by doing some scienti
butting, seeing that one of his opponel
y was armed with knife and the otl
y with an an AK. One man got it in I
II mouth and the other in the stomach a
n the negro made for the woods. His me
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