The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-12-01
STATE ITEMS.

There is scarcely an unoccupied dwell
ing house in Tuscarora.
In Eureka county $50 persons and com
panies pay taxes on $1,000 and over.
They are now working ores on the
Comstock that only averages S. and $40.
There is money in it.
Two vacqueros, named VIM. Norris
and Doc. Wheeler, had difficulty up in
Newark Valley, and Norris was killed.
The Reno Journal says the way the
Insane Asylum is being filled up, the ca
pacity of the institution will soon be
reached.
The Lyon County Times says a Vir-
ginia mill man is negotiating with Mason
Valley men for mill site upon which to
erect frst-class Touring mill.
Warden Bell, of the Nevada State
Prison, is manufacturing about $500
worth of boots aud shoes monthly, and
finds market for all he can make.
The Elko Independent says the Assay
ing Department of the State University,
under the efficient management Of Prof.
Gignoux, is progressing finely, and the
students are doing well.
Tom Haley, a butcher, was found
hanging in butcher shop at Eureka on
Saturday morning last The cause of the
suicide, says the Sentinel is supposed to
be Haley's mania to buck the tiger.
Eureka Leader: James Smithem, who
has just returned from the Wood River
country, informs us that at present times
are very dull in that section, but that
lively times are expected in the spring.
Belmont Courier: The ella mine at
Reveille is running on tailings, the prop
erty Of Governor J. w. Adams. The
Governor has already shipped several bars
of bullion, and it is said that the mill will
turn out more silver bricks during the
fall and winter.
The teaching process for separating
silver from ores is proving very satisfac-
tory in many parts of the State where it
has been introduced. At Belmont and
Ellsworth, in Nye county, the teaching
process is doing good work, and the
process will be used at the Mount Cory
mine, where works are now being erected.
The San Francisco Daily Report says
Hon. John P. Jones has leased for three
years, from the Goth of this month, from
the Con. Virginia Mining Company, ali
that portion of the mine above the 1850
level. Jones is to account for seventy
per cent. of the assayed value of the ore
and deliver all bullion extracted from
that percentage From these proceeds
the Sutro royalty and the working ex-
penses are to be paid, and Jones is to get
50 per ton for transportation and mill
ing. The company to get the balance.
A similar agreement has been made by
Jones with the California Mining Com
pany.
Virginia Enterprise: Jesse C. Piver,
long an engineer at the Andes mine, died
Sunday evening about 5 o'clock, at his
residence, on South Stewart street. He
was found on Sunday morning, by man
from the Andes. lying in his night shirt
in an empty room, almost chilled to
death Medical assistance was at once
obtained, and all was done that was pos
sible, but he never fully regained his con-
seriousness. He was alone in the house,
his wife and family having recently gone
over to California. 1t appears that de-
ceased was subject to fits--at least he is
known to have had one or two-and it is
supposed he was taken with fit and thus
lay exposed to the cold