The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-26
SILVER REEF NEWS.
IFor the Phoebe REcoRD.l
Christy paid off on the 18th.

For the Phoebe REcoRD.l
The Christy paid off on the 18th.
Fred Gamble is now foreman OF the
Barbee & Walker.
The Barbee & Walker mine closed
down on the 18th.
On the might of the Goth the cylinder
of the Barbee & Walker mill went to
pieces.
Col. Allen, Superintendent of the Stor-
mont, and Dave Leyson arrived here from
Beaver on the 18th.
An estimable citizen modestly expressed
himself that, the "Seezer" of Russia met
with pretty rough deal.
A mining expert left here few days
since. We knew him to be an expert on
account of his carmine mug.
As reported through Wells, Fargo &
Co., the bullion shipped by the Christy
and Barbee & Walker mines for the week
end March 10th, aggregated S5,07092.
The score or 30 members of the Miners
Union who were indicted at Beaver in
regard to sending Col Allen out of town,
etc., and arrested on the 10th, by U. S.
Marshal Pratt, were taken under guard
to Beaver, leaving here in wagons on the
morning of the 18th.
Under the influence of the present
warm sunny weather the gay and festive
tarantula is liable to soon unhouse him.
self and resume his antics among the
sagebrusA, preparatory to getting bottled
by some Natural History cuss, who has
nothing else to do but drink whisky and
trap tarantulas,
On the 22d nearly all the business men
of the Reef received the following notice:
"March 20, 'Sl.-Mr. -: You are
hereby required to hold yourself ready,
with firearms, to answer the call of the
officers of the Silver Reef Committee of
Safety. By order of
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Rumor has it that the Stormont is soon
to resume operations at 81 per day; rumor
has it that the Stormont is not soon to
resume at S4 per day; rumor has it that
the other companies are about to close
down; rumor has it that the other COM
| panies are not about to close down. For
information as to exactly what is to be
done with the mines here we respectfully
refer the reader to the Almighty.
The Rowland pulverizer and amalga-
mator, recently placed on trial at the
Christy mill, proved success in regard
to crushing the soft ores of this camp
| pulping upwards of so tons in twenty.
four hours. As an amalgamator, how.
ever, the machine was a failure, the
quicksilvered tables over which the pull
flowed merely catching such portions o.
the silver as were already in metallic
state the amount of which in these ore
is very triviaD, the balance afterwart
having to be put through the pan process
When we come home to Phoebe, which
is liable to soon occur, let there be il
honor of the event no military turn out
no guady display; no arches Of immortel
les erected for us to pass under; NJ
speeches teeming with rhetoric made; NJ
procession of wagons laden with virgin
dressed in white and headed by bras
bands-no, let there be nothing of tn
Ikind-as we are coming merely as
private citizen and perhaps as incog. a
possible from this end of the route any
way. All, all we ask is credit from som
responsible grocery man for sack 9
flour, few beans, secondhand fryin
pan and side of bacon.
Aside from age. for he was Old.
Aside from sordid love of gold
He loved his gin.