The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-08-02
Local INTELLIGENCE.

teams and roads on this end of the Eu
reka route the mails arrive couple of
hours behind time. The roads clear to
Eureka are pronounced good by those
who travel over them, but the stock is
said to be in poor condition, and that
the horses ought to be turned out. There
is no excuse for delay in the mails.
Can it be that Gilmer & Salisbury are
endeavoring to play the same game that
Dorsey did on Col. Ike Jennings on the
Mineral Park route, and which caused
the exposure of the Star Route frauds?
Gilmer & Salisbury have sub-let the car.
rving of the mail from Phoebe to Bristol
to VIM. Culverwell. The mail being
TO be fined. This being the case, the
contractor will inform the sub-coptractor
chat he has neglected to carry the mail
through on time, and that he has been
fined so much for each delay, which will
amount to about ten times more than the
little sub.contractor agreed to carry the
mail for, thus making the sub. contractor
lose his money for carrying the mail,
also sinking him in debt to the principal
contractor The principal contractor
will then go to Washington, explain mat
tiers to the officials and draw his money.
This is the game that was played on Jen-
nings, and il the Rustler does not look
out, he will be robbed in the same man.
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OsoEoLA. Howell, after ten day s
trip, has just returned from Osceola, and
reports things as very quiet over in that
section, the water having nearly given
out and but little doing on the pacers.
The 20.stamp mill Of the Osceola Com.
pany is running on ore from the Monroe
q Lytton, and doing good work taking
out considerable gold bullion. Mr..
Howells trip was for the purpose Of ex.
aiming the Verde mine for San Fran.
cisco parties, the property of Axle and
Felsenthal. He speaks quite favorably
Of it and was well pleased with the large
amount of pay.rock in sight, the ledge
being stripped for go feet or more and
showing up strong four.foot vein Of ore
the entire distance. He puts the amount
in sight at $4,000 and thinks when
depth is attained will prove valuable
mine. The owners are taking out ore
for a crushing at the Osceola mill, and
will make shipment next week OF 80
tons, which will @ a long ways in show
ing up the true merit of the property
MENDHA MINE.-This mine, at High.
land, continues to hold its own. The
GRE body on the lis foot level continues
to hold out strong, pitching to the south
west. The ore in the drift, at the face
was eight feet wide. The bottom of tn,
drift at this point, was all ore. 1t hac
been sunk on for six feet, and continued
all in ore. There is now being run /,
drift from the shaft on the l60-foot leve
to tap the ore going down. The drift il
now in l3) feet, and foreman McQuais
expects to tap the ore in about 40 fee
further. Iron stains have just com
menced coming in in the face Of the drift
The usual am ,unt of ore is being eX
tracted from this zine daily and shipped
to the furnace, bad the grade of the or
holds about the same as has been pub
lished before.
MILTON RYAN. Milton Ryan, who ha
been sick with typhoid fever for abou
TWO months, breathed his last at twent
minutes past o'clock on Monday morn
ing. The announcement of his deaf
was surprise to all, for it was the pre-
vailing idea that he was not seriousl
sick, as he rejected offers OF all friends
aid and nurse him. He appeared to di'
like being thought sick. Mr.. Duff, h
uncle, slept in the adjoining room, an
did all that lie in his power, and wit
the exception of the night before deatf
Milton objected to even him sitting vi
Deceased was native of San Francisco
in which city his mother, sister and
number Of relations reside. Ryan pc
sessed happy and pleasant disposition
was industrious and was well-thought
by this community. He was in his 24i
year at the time of death.
In THE RING.--The cred Eagle"
D. Miller, again addressed the public {
Monday evening. The prevailing il
preston that he does not intend to r,
~ VIZ oVauC DSudlc, Is lilCOTTeCt' ~
MS intention to run for that positio
There's no joke about it. He is Il
great Independent candidate. He is
big improvement on any man who b
represented Lincoln county, in either t
House or Senate, for years. 1t would
agood plan for the voters to send an al
man there to represent us. ...
The bones Of rodents are frequent
encountered in the incline next to t
North Drift at depth of 40 or 80 fl
on the Sunrise ground, owned by I
Argus company Of Taylor. The VIII
Pine Reflex says sometimes the heads
these animals are taken out emit
Whether they are the remains of wot
rats or squirrels it is difficult to tell.
Our at the Day mine they are expe
ing to make important developments
the 9th level. 1t is hoped that their
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