The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-04

noon a couple Of men who were walking
through the meadow at Panaca had their
attention attracted by The antics OF
couple o. celia Monsters" as they are
called in this section, amusing them
selves playing in the sun. These ella
Monsters ere an amphibious reptile, SINH
lar in form an action to an alligator, but
different in color, and weigh from seven to
nine pounds. They are not very numer-
ons in the vicinity of Panaca, owing to
the fact that the Mormons kill them for
the purpose of obtaining oil from their
fatty flesh. Immediately after these
curious reptiles are killed they are sent
down to Saint George, Utah. and depos-
tied in the basement of the Temple. or
house of worship, where a huge iron
boiler stands ready to receive them. Here
they are kept boiling for three days, the
oil in the meantime being SKINNED with
q wooden ladle, resembling spoon in its
con truction. This oil is next placed in
earthenware Jars, which contain three
gallons each, and are Theoretically sealed.
When this is accomplished the jars are
removed to the baptismal hall, when it is
ready for baptizing and amounting Latter
day Saints In the hall mentioned is
la-ge tank, fifteen feet in length, six in
width and three in height, with faucet
on either side, from which cold or warm
water may be had, tempered to suit those
who believe in the forgiveness of sins by
immersion. Mormons, stricken with re.
morse, c1ngreyate from different parts of
Utah Territory to this Temple during
the Conference. Then may be seen the
oil which is religiously preserved cast on
the water by the officiating Bishop, while
po,r, deluded men and women avail
them elves of its etficiency-as they i'm
ayine--by entering this tank and bathing
in it, thus believing by 50 doing they are
entitled to corner i'll Heaven. 1t IS
amusing to notice the smile that traverses
the face Of young woman as she energies
from the sanity mansion after having
been assured by her spiritual adviser that
her soul will be waited to the realms of
eternal bliss when her life ceases here be-
low. As the roads which lead to Heaven
are many, and nobody knows which is
the right one, his advise in this respect
may be equally as good as that of the
lordly Bishop of Canterbury, notwith-
standing that tho latter has never used
the quintessencs of these ella Monsters
to purify the souls of his brethren.
AN IRON MrNE.--For months pros
psctors have been searching the noun
tains from below Bullionville clear out to
Bristol, distance of about forty miles,
for iron ore suitable to be used as hux by
the Bullonville smelter and although
various kinds Of iron ore was discovered
none of them proved to be the right kline
of ore, but some of them were made tt
answer the purpose during the absence o
better material The other day John N
Craig and Charles Osborne prospected TIN
mountain that the eastern portion o
Phoebe, known as Cornwall Row." i
located on, and at the bottom of the hill
in the rear of the building formerly occu
pied by Mrs. Pearson as boarding house
they discovered q fve-foot ledge of irol
ore, that is pronounced by Mr. Short
foreman of the furnace, to be just tn
character of ore that they are in need Of
It is free of silica and quartzite and cal
ries little or no silver. The furnace pay
on the Divide Twenty tons were place
in the cars and will beshipped to Bullion
vile.
THE SOUTHERN CoUNTRY.-Fred Hill
and Charles Toothacher of Ward, WI
have been on fve-month's tour throug
the Southern country, arrived in Piocl
Thursday. They travelled through Ar
IONA, New Mexico, Western Texas and
portion of old Mexico, and they say tn;
the South country is by no means VIII
it is represented to be. Mr.. Hip sa
Ell Paso, Texas, will not be the great rai
road town that many supposed, and Il
country around that section is neither q
ricultural nor mining. Phoenix, Arizon
is the only place that they visited tn
had any stability. They intend campil
in Nevada for while yet Distan
leads to enchantment.
The ferry now running at Ell Dora
Canyon is a blessing to people travel
to and from that place. By crossing
the ferry to the Arizona shore, then dri
ing forty.seven miles to Stones ferry Al
recrossing the river back into Nevada,
stretch Of ITO miles of desert is escape
BRISTOL COMPANY During the we
number Of men went from here to we
for the Bristol Company. The work
force employed by this company has b.
greatly increased within the past I
weeks. The mill is expected to start
to-day.
DR.. C. F. PHILsoN will leave on
days stage for San Francisco. If
doctor hears any encouraging news W.
in San Francisco, he will return
Phoebe; but if otherwise, he will sea
for new place to anchor.
SToCKBRoKER. 1t will be seen by
new advertisements that F. w. Clute