Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-26

erai look OF InfiiI peTctptiple upon every
| hand.
The telegraph line, as usual. is down be-
tween Butte, Montana, and Deadwood, d.
T. This is caused by buffalo in the neigh
borhood of Powder river, across which the
| line runs who rub themselves against the
telegraph poles.
The new mill at Keller, Inyo county,
made it's trial run last week under the i'm
mediate management of j. FL. Holt. The
working of the machinery and results of
the run are reported as extraordinarily fine
and satisfactory in all respects.
The mines and camp about Soulsbyville
are dull The late rains have retarded op-
erations. The Furnace Company and Re-
duction Works are making preparations to
work the old Monte Christie mine, being a
heavily charged sulphuret lode.
a man in Michigan Bluff, Placer county,
has the root of tree which is in the shape
of an eagle The head, neck and wings
are nearly perfect. A slit in the beak
represents the mouth, and little knot holes
distinctly mark the place for the eyes.
Farmers are prospecting on the rich and
] fertile valleys of Highwood, Belt, Sh0nllin,
Teton and Marias, Montana. Eggs sell at
| 81 so and 81 per dozen, butter IS cents
a pound, potatoes cents, milk 10 cents a
quart, and other articles in proportion.
About one-half of the residents of Bitter
| Root Valley, Montana, will be compelled
to leave their homes should there be, as
now anticipated, sudden breakup. 1t
is the coolest and hardest winter ever
known here, and the snow is very deep.
Three Indian traders have been found
murdered on Box Elder river Nothing
had been taken but their horses their
guns, robes and furs were all with them
when found An officer from Fort Ma
| ginnis has been sent with some soldiers to
investigate.
Mining interpretations are being multi
| piled. The papers of several new claims
were filed last week. Hundreds of mines
have been Incorporated that were never
| heard of afterwards 1t Is an easy and in
expensive affair to incorporate company
to issue stock.
The celebrated Olsen mine of Golden
| City, Tuolumne county, is temporarily sus-
pended, owing to the bad state of the
roads, it being quite impossible to get the
ore to the mill. The ore dumps are full
up. The rock last taken out is as rich as
has been milled.
Says the Santa Rosa Republican Twen-
ty-eight years ago, Wednesday, February
ODD, water run three feet deep over the
Plaza, having broken in above. Julio
Garlic says there was a big dance that
night. Two beeves were killed and 300
pies baked and demolished.
| J-J,o, oo.-ro. TT.tr
was so high, and the Orion Company had
to stop washing and turn all their attention
to the trestle which supports their pipe
across the canyon, and which is ordinarily
submerged beneath the tailings. Immense
slides have been the programme on the
north side of the hill.
| 1t is stated that the orchards and vine
yards in the vicinity of Vacaville. Soano
county, aggregating some 900 or 700 acres,
are yielding $3.50, 900 per annum, and each
| fruit farm is a witness that every acre of
good land there, in three or four years, can
be made to produce an annual net income
of from 500 to 81, 900.
The recent earthquake at Choiame, Mon
terey county, was a severe one. On the
Parkinson ranch mud and water were
thrown ten feet high. One large spring
boiled out water blood-hea5 for a day or
two but gradually cooled off. At another
| place IT threw up a large sulphur spring
and the ground sank about four feet. There
was loud. explosion preceding the first
earthquake.
Says the Antioch Lsctger Perhaps
there is no place on the San Joaquin so
dangerous to the navigation Of small skitfs
as that section between the lower end of
West Island and Antioch. This island di-
vides the waters, which create an eddy
when they meet below, and it frequently
| occurs that boatmen find themselves ia the
water without moments notice.
The Pike mine, Pinal, Arizona, is full of
activity. The old shaft has been open for
exploration, and the lay OF the metal as
certained, SO that a new tunnel Is now IN
der contract for, $50 feet in length, and its
mouth is in the low gulch, below the old
tunnel. That will pierce the steep mount
ain at great depth, and open up a rich
mine of silver bearing galena ore, assaying
nearly 5000 per ton.
A curious stone vessel has been unearthed
at PoTterville. 1t IS of the shape of an
egg, and large enough to hold three or four
gallons The oritice at the top is about
i've inches IN diameter, and the mouth is
well constructed for receiving q lid. The
material of which it is composed is much
heavier than any common rock, and the
weight is about Is pounds. 1t is orna-
mented with designs.
The Tumacaco church, three miles from
| Tubac, Arizona, is one of the oldest church
! edifices IN the United States. 1t was es-
tabhshed by the Franciscans in 1854, and
is consequently 1927 years old. Ffty.six
years ago seven priests were massacred in
the church by Indians. Twenty five years
ago several priests came from Rome aad
| dug from sepulchre on the right side of
the altar $500 in coin and jewels.
Attitudes in Lassen county, as given by
the Plumas National, are as follows
Honey Lake, 8 939 feet Susanville, 4, 1876
feet Peter Lassen's Grave, PSI feet :;
| Goodrich's Ranch, Mt Meadows, 4, SS3
feet Eagle Lake, 5,ll5 feet Milford,
4. 430 feet Willow Branch, Long valley,
275 feet Junction House, Long valley,
4, $50 feet Shaffer's Peak, north OF Honey
Lake, 6, S64 feet Horse Lake 5000 feet
The cat fish planted in Cross creek, Tu.
lare county, by the Fish Commissioners,
seem to have hourished very well. Last
year there were myriads of these young
fishes in Mil creek in this place. Recently
the Indians caught strange fish from one
of the bitches pouring into Bravo lake,
and on examination it proved to be cat
fish. This shows that they have got above
the falls of st. Johns creek and may be
looked for in the Keweah river
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