The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-09-08
FROM HAMILTON.
A Neyvsy Letter From Our Corre-
s~pondent.

LDefe is every reason 10 DClleNe LnlS
Will become one of The most promis-
ing parts OF this district. Among the
mines there are the Miser's Dream,
owned by Mau, Hoffman and Stede;
the Mother Ledge and the Rocco,
owned by Rocco Kraniaz, besides
other promising, and more or less
worked locations. Rocco has done
considerable abor this summer OH
the mines owned by him, and they
present a marked improvement from
what they did a year ago.
As some Of your readers may wish
to know where some of their old
friends are, | will state that Hon.
Thomas Rockhill and John O'Brien
are working together at Monte Christie,
Tom McKenna and Mike Harrington
upon the late John Spiker's property;
Peter Shearer and Austin jacobson
Hpnn the latter's ground; Thomas
Corcoran upon his own. lie shipped
lately a fen tons Of ore from his mine,
which melted him considerably more
than his maximum anticipations.
At the regular meeting Of the Coun-
w Commissioners last Monday, the
following toll roads were declared
public highways: Hamilton to Eureka
and Hamilton 10 Egan Canon We
have now but one toll road left in this
section fEberhardD the charter for
which will expire December I'd, and
it too will then no doubt be declared
"A nuisance. Therefore, ye Cherry
Checkers and Eastern White Piners
now have one furl taken out OF your
sail. You al now come and 90 with
on fear Of the memorable toll-gatherer.
The new firm OF Robin-on (E. y.
Robinson) & Reilly. which was form
ed recently, is fairly under way.
They occupy The Reilly building, and
are having a large stock of groceries,
dry goods, liquors, ETC.. shipped di-
rect from New York. A spirited
competition in the mercantile line
seems 10 be on the eve OF Inaugural
ton here.
During the past week Alex. Muir's
teams have hauled down from the
Elgar mine about 30 tons OF ore for =.
+. Starrett, which will be crushed at
the Smoky. This ore from II
perpendicular depth Of 200 feet, and
should it comc up TO the grade they
are looking for will prove an incen-
i've 10 lsrger operations.
Messrs. f~Ial-tead. Noodberry and
Treace are sinking II we'll near their
residences in upper Hamilton. Al
atlep,h OF 80 fee. they are encounter
ing Wat-r. ~ this Is considerably
higher than Adams ale has hitherto
been found here, their experiment
is looked upon with much interest.
TIE Smoky mill is stunning steadily
on tailings. with fair profits, aud quite
a long II in sight.
We have NAM rumors of "to be-
visiting capitalists and experts 10 ex-
anime our mines. We can bat say:
.'Come thee, FOR thon art Welcome
The wife Of Daniel McLane present.
cd him with "A b~ou0eing baby boy. at
the Eberhardt tunnel, Monday night,
August 27th.
Owing to a pay day and change of
shifts at the Tunnel we have had some
lively evenings here of late. The
Sweetwater Company pay OH the 10Th.
A dance house opened here Monday
evening in all pristine glory, next
door To the Pony saloon. Doesn't
this look as If there were life in the
old camp yet?
To a casual observer it looks as II
the old st. Nicholas saloon Hayes x
Hoppe) was doing a rafting business,
as some very joyous festivities one
oil there frequently.
Our telegraph line now extends to
the Court House, and the keys are
manipulated by John McKernan.
After being deprived of the mode of
communication for several weeks, we
know how handy it comes.
After adjusting the machinery and
pumps to the wells of Mr.. VIM. Hayes,
it was found that they have a capac-
ity of 0 1000 gallons Of water per day,
which is now taken to the Smoky
mill.
VIM Erskine has associated with
him in his saloon business Mr.. Jones.
n former resident of Eberhardt in the
early times.
The friends OF George Harris. the
stage driver. will be glad to learn that
he has nearly recovered from the in
juries sustained some time since, by a
broken leg.
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