The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-23


Winnemucca Silver State, discloses the
roosting place of that youth: "Walter
Beam, who was frightfully mutilated in
the Sedan mill at Paradise over year
ago, and whose recovery was considered
hopeless for some time, writes Fred Bau.
man that he is, now at Lake City, Colo.
RADIO; that he is constantly improving,
and can now wear his shoes and walk.
He says Lake City is mining town in
the San Juan mountains, with a popula.
ton of about 1000 inhabitants It is
surrounded by good mining country,
though the ore has to be smelted He
was in Gunnison City, in the Elk noun.
tains, recently. New towns are spring.
ing up all through the country, but they
are very quiet, as there is too much
snow in the mountains to prospect. The
San Juan and Gunnison countries are on
the western slope of the Rocky Noun
tains. Wages are three dollars per day
for miners, and board and supplies are
about the same as in Nevada"
A young man at the lower end of town,
the possessor of chicken ranch, who is
devoting his attention to the propagation
of fighting cocks, to be utilized for
Sunday entertainments, sent to the Bay
for two dozen chicken eggs. The
eggs arrived here all safe, and each egg
was guaranteed to produce twin game
cocks. The day before Easter Sunday
this individual set two of his hens on the
imported eggs; but on inspecting the
chicken.house next morning he was horri-
fled at discovering the eggs were missing.
Some little boy had been there after
Easter eggs.
DURING the week quite number of
persons in town have been experimenting
with the 'gun-powder assaying' method,
but none of them succeeded in obtaining
button. Pyramids of powder and rich
chloride foot in hight were erected and
set afire, and burned very prettily and
made a hot fire, but failed to melt the
metal. Several have expressed their de.
termination to keep on experimenting I'm.
til they succeed, and we have not the
least doubts but what they will be sue.
cessful-in blowing their heads off.
SPRINGS are now making their appear.
ance up on Ely street. Five years ago,
with the exception of the spring on the
mountain and the one out near the resi-
dence of John N. Craig, there was not
another spring nearer Phoebe than ten
miles, but now there are a number of
wells on the street east of Meadow VAL
ley street, and the residents on Ely street
may yet be able to obtain a good supply
Of water in that vicinity.
IT was our young friend Milton Ryan
who rescued Pat Collins and the other
young man from drowning in Pahranagat
Lake few days ago. While endeavoring
to rescue young Collins, who is quite
large and strong, Ryan was pulled under
the water several times, and it was only
after severe struggle that he succeeded
in getting Collins on shore. Milton
Ryan ought to be presented with tin
medal.
AFTER the heavy showers of Sunday
afternoon rainbow appeared, with one
end resting on the fiat little way east
OF town. The seven primitive colors so
artistically arranged together were as
gorgeous and vivid as the rainbows of our
boyhood days, and recalled to, mind our
past dreams of the spot of gold" sup
posed to be hidden just where the end Of
the rainbow came down.
DEpARrED.-Mrs. Eisenmann, accom-.
panied by two Of her children and Miss
Eisenmann, on Monday departed by
private conveyance for the terminus Of
the Utah Southern. They intend going
to st. Louis for the purpose of visiting
relatives and friends. They will be alb,
sent some time.
The other day Dr. Alexander was en-
gagged in hearing his little daughter, aged
about seven years, her lesson in spelling
and definitions. On coming to the word
disappointment, and after spelling it, he
asked her to tell the meaning of the word,
and the precocious child answered: "Not
getting an invitation"
REDUCTION. There has been reduc-
ton made in the percentage to the chic
riders working in the Meadow Valley
N.AAAS' AAS SoHiPauy AdS ucTeGOlOr6
charged one-third, but now charge only
one-fourth.
WE learn, from good authority, that
Colonel Allen, the Superintendent of the
SStormont Company of Silver Reef, is en-.
deavoring to resume work in the com.
pany's mines at an early date as possible.
ASSESSOR HorFMAN's span of white
mules, which he recently purchased out
in Zion, were brought to town the other
day, and are very pretty animals. He
will start out assessing next week.
A PARTY of female claim Jumpers, says
the "Times," have relocated q prospect
hole in the foothills near Frisco. and
named it the Robert G., in honor Of one
who is now in Bullionville.
Miss FINDLAy of Panaca, the youngest
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