The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25

CoMET.-A comet has been observer |
by various parties in Phoebe SINCE inc
morning of June 18th. On Friday morn
ing (24thl it rose about 8 east OF the star.
"Capella," in the shoulder of "Auriga.
Its nucleus las observed through glass
magnifying So diameters) is small, well
defined, irregular in shape, with barely
percaptible envelope, not much brighter
than the tail. Without having proper
instruments for measurement, the tail
was estimated to vary from 30 to nearly
g in width, and to be about g in length.
II is turned to the north, the nucleus be-
inq. as usual, nearest the sun, and the
UPPER portion of the tail spreading out
slirhtlv fan-shaped and bending east of
moth In apparent size and brightness
the nucleus is about equal to Saturn. AT
half-past o'clock i'll the morning the OBJ
iect was one of the grandest and most
beautiful that eyes can behold The
strange apparition in the east is no less
intere sting, as coming entirely unheralded
by thu wise men with telescopes, some OF
our own citizens having been the tirst to
observe it. Even to the date OF this
writing we find no account OF it in our
contam oocaries, though we have Salt
Lake papers 20 the Dist and San Francisco
dailies to the 10Th. May we claim the
honor of discovery for Phoebe? DR.. G.
r. Alexander first saw it on the morning
Of the 23d and spoke about it, which was
the first insimatfon we had of the comets
appearance, but J. L. Sears, w. U. Tel
operator. saws he saw this comet on the
morning OF the 18th, but thinking it might
have been an optical illusion, he said
nothing about it at the time.
WILL BREAK GROUND. The Ward Re-
flex of the Sth instant contains the follow
ing railroad news: "From George G.
Hamilton, who kept his eyes and ears
open while in Eureka, we learn that it is
the general impression over that way that
ground will be broken on the Eureka &
Colorado River Railroad on the Fourth of
July. Surveyors for the Stockton road,
who were in Eureka at the time, reported
the Rose Spring or Henry Pass to be 600
feet lower than the Cooper Pass, and the
best pass in the Schell Creek range.
Backed as it is by the Sacramento Pass
in the Snake range, it is plain to be seen
that road from Stockton to Eureka
must come into Steptoe Valley almost
directly east Of Ward. On it's way to
Eureka it would be fanked on either side
by more mining districts than any road
now completed or projected in the State. :"
A letter received in Phoebe from a gentle
man residing in Eureka corroboratss the
statements heretofore published 1t also
states that if any railroad should be ex-
tended down in this direction from Eu-
reka, it is most likely to be the Eureka 4
Palisade line. Judge Rives is now in
Chicago endeavoring to sell his franchise.
The Colorado River r. r. will not ex-
tend further south than to connect with
the Stockton line.
SILVER PARK.-There has been some
very high grade ore taken from the mines
at Silver Park lately. We understand
that Felix Knight will ship ore to either
Eureka or Cherry Creek to have worked
he being able to ship it that great distance
and make considerably more on his ore
than to ship it only few miles to thu
works around this locality. This certainly
goes to prove that the chloriders in Pioch'
have very poor opportunity of making
anything. Our reduction works are wei
up in the division business. After the,
get the chlorider's ore in their clutches
they call the poor devil up and divide
The chlorider is frequently compelled t
get microscope to see his share of tn
spoils, and then it very often cannot b
seen. George Terry, upon being inform
ed the rates charged for the reduction Q
ore, while here, wanted to know wer
the chloriders' percentage came in.
man being able to ship ore in wagons tw
hundred miles for reduction, and receive
greater profits than he can by shippin
it to reduction works only thirty mile
distant, speaks for itself. No wonder s
many of our chloriders have quit work.
AND now it appears that Mr. Wake
who brought suit against Lazard Frer'
and the officials of the Raymond & El
Company, for fraud in the mortgaging
that property, has not fallen through, |
many has been led to suppose, as the 70
lowing quotation, taken from the 'sAlta
will show: "Senator VIM. NJ. Stewa
has been retained by the plaintiff in tt
suit commenced several months stint
against Lazard Freres and the Raymon
& Ely Trustees. We are informed TIL
the suit, on the return of the Senat
from Santa Fe, where he has gone to a
sist Judge Sanderson, the railway couns
in suit against the railroad, will be a
lively prosecuted" If such is really t
case it will in all probability be the mea
Of delaying the commencement of wo
on our big mines. Just as soon as m;
tiers and things commences looking fave
able in these quarters, there is somethi
always turning up to put a damper
our expectations, and causes every p
son to exclailn, ooh hades!" It was e,
thus.
RACES. The races at Bullionvi
Thursday afternoon past off pleasant
The whole population Of Panaca and B