The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-21
STATE ITEMS.

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The Walker River Indians insist that
| there is no smallpox on their reservation
Mrs Edward Mccormick, of Virginia
City, killed herself because she was un.
. able to support Eer children.
Ward Reflex: The uprise in the Martin
White tunnel is now up about $50 feet.
Superintendent Sweetapple informs US
some ore is encountered all the time.
Eureka Sentinel: Jot Travis returned
from Hamilton yesterday afternoon. The
distance from Hamilton to Eureka is 40
miles, and Jot drove it in three hours and
twenty-five minutes.
Carson Appeal: Letters from several Of
the Carson emigants to Wood River, do
not describe their prospects in that eoun-
try in terms of ecstacy, but some of the
writers say that they will return as soon
as walking becomes good.
George A. King, of the Nevada &
Oregon Railroad reports to the Virginia
Chronicle that 100 men, including 80
Cinnamon, are at work grading near
Reno. He says that good white men
who are willing to work may secure en-
ployment by going to the front.
The Tuscarora Times Review have re-
ceived for publication twenty patent
notices Of mines in Centennial District.
This property Is a very valuable one and
has been sold to parties in London, who
will complete the purchase by the pay
ment of the money, as soon as the titles
are perfected by the issuance of the
patents.
Elko Independent: John McDermott
sent in here from his ranch in Lamoille
Valley, few days ago, some 100 sacks
of an extra and peculiar character Of
barley grown at his place. The sacks are
ordinary burlaps and their weight, filed,
averaged over us pounds to the sack.
The grain is very full and plump, and
unlike the ordinary has no beard what
ever.
Silver State: The Sheriff has advertised
for sale the Arizona Mining Company's
property at KNOXVILLE. This property
was at one time valued at 81 900, 900,
and the mine produced in few years
some 100000 worth of bullion 1t is
said by practical miners who have worked
in the Arizona mine, that it is yet valu-
able and that there is good ore in sight
the mine. The discount on bullion was
the principal cause of the failure of the
company, as in the past few years it
amounted to over $4,000
The Lyon Mill and Mining Company
are laying the track for branch rail
road to their works. They are now
burning brick with which to erect first
class smelling furnace, They erect the
furnace for the purpose of smelling cop
per and silver ores. This furnace is sure
to prove a success in one way or another.
In case copper and silver ores cannot be
made to pay, they have near at hand the
largest and richest deposit Of iron ore ON
the Pacific Coast
A dispatch from New York, dated 18th,
says: "Messrs. Mathey, Kustel and
Riotte of this city, have recently made
some very interesting experiments on
concentrating low grade ores forwarded
by the managers of the Sutro tunnel.
These experiments have been very salts
factory. Specimens were received from
the Savage, Hale and Norcross, Consoli-
dated Virginia and California. By the
krom process and subsequent wet con-
centration 100 tons were concentrated
into four and three-quarters tons at q
cost of 81 a ton 1t costs $40 ton to
work the concentrated ores, making less
than $3.50, against $500 under the old
process. The 100 tons containing by
assay, 1882 by this process yielded
l,506
1t is reported by reliable parties, says
the Winnemucca Silver State, that an at
tempt to outrage a II year old girl, on
the emigrant train, was recently made
by certain person who is well known
in railroad circles and to many of the
residents of our town. The Young girl
Is the daughter of Mrs. Hamilton, of
Sacramento, who is now serving term
in San Quentin for killing her husband,
locomotive engineer, some time since,
and was on her way East to relatives.
Through the kindness of friends, she had
been supplied with letters to conductors
along the route, asking them to assist
her all in their power. Every attention
had been paid her until this beast in
human shape made this dastardly assault.
The would-be perpetrator of SO nameless
a crime should receive the severest pun.
ishment that can be inflicted.
A correspondent of the Candelaria
True Fissure, writing from Gold Noun.
tain, speaks of the State Line mine in
terms of the highest eulogy. He says:
This mine must he seen to be appreciated.
to realize the presence of untold millions
OF gold in rock in place, facts written or
printed would be cast aside as the stories
OF Baron Munchausen or the Arabian
Nights" In the assay Office of the com
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