The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-02-25
STATE ITEMS.

The Carson Mint rate for fine silver i,
quoted at lib.
Ward is to have Sunday school. /.
our wilhom pard to be the teacher.
The Sentinel has high opinion of the
Eureka Tunnel stock. 1t thinks il
ought to be selling at IS per share.
Dan. Mcmahon, the Verdi incendiary,
was sentenced by Judge King to three
years hard labor in the State Prison.
Any information as to the whereabouts
of Henry A. Gilbert will be thankfully
received by J. H. Gilbert, sos Sansome
street, or f. G Drake, IS Merchants
Exchange, San Francisco, California.
The Ward Reflex learns that all work
in the mining camp OF Aurum has been
stopped for the Winter. From present
appearances work will not be resumed in
the district again unless by an incorpor.
ated company.
The tunnel started for the Sadie L
mine in Silver Canyon district, B. F.
Baker informs the Ward Reflex. was in a
distance of 80 feet with 100 feet more
to run at the time he left. He exhibited
specimen OF ore from the claim that
would 60 about $500.
Eureka Sentinel: The process of warm.
ing up the new furnace at the Eureka
Con. works began yesterday, and it is
expected that smelling will commence
about the first of the month. This is an
indication Of livelier times for Eureka.
Other enterprises will start up if the cold
weather will ever quit.
Ward Reflex: A perpendicular uprise
will be started from the Martin White
Main tunnel, at point 1900 feet from
the mouth of the tunnel, on or about the
lst of next month. 1t will be a two
compartment raise one for ore and the
other for waste. Connection will be
made inside of 300 feet
Virginia Enterprise: Down at the Vel.
low Jacket they say that when the
writers of the old school books told us,
in speaking of the composition of this
sphere, that it was about two.
thirds water and third land, they
forgot to take into account the water
that is inside of the land.
1t is now stated that the $50, 900 ap.
for the State Insane ASYLUM
IS running short, that there is not enough
Of it left to complete the institution as it |
should be, and that scrip will have to be |
ssued for that purpose, and to run the |
concern until another appropriation can |!
De made by the next Legislature.
The Carson Appeal says: 1t is reported |
hat Colonel Fred. Croker, son of |
Charles Croker, is having a magnificent |
team yacht built in San Francisco,
which he will launch at Lake Tahoe
arly in the Spring. If the report be
rue the lake will likely .be visited BY |
many OF San Francisco's upper crust next |
summer.
The Bullion mine contains 943 feet,
nd the number of shares of stock is
90, 900; Alpha has BOG feet of ground.
nd 10000 shares of stock; Excheouer.
90 feet, and 100000 shares; Kentuck, |
IS feet, and 80, 900 shares; Confidence, 100 |
eet, and 1890 shares; Consolidated I'm.
'erial, 46S feet, and 100000 shares;
fellow Jacket, 957 feet, and 100, 600 |
hares; Crown Point, SAL feet, and 100.
90 shares; Belcher, l,O4O feet, and lO4,.
90 shares.
Virginia Enterprise: 1t is no easy mat.
er to plug up diamond drill hole from
'hich there is strong flow of water,
requently under great pressure. Whom
hole in to be plugged there are forced
ito it small bags Of beans and flaxseed.
he plug-made of dry pine and from
IN to fifteen feet in lengths driven in
fter these bags and forces them forward
l the drill hole. Also, hole is some.
mes bored into the end of the plug,
hitch hole is filled with haxseed. The
axseed and beans are caused to swell to
lch an extent by the hot water that the
ole is compactly filled as though closed