The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-02-23
BRISTOL ITEMS.

There are quite number oil IDLE men
N camp.
There are more gray-heads in Bristol
than any camp on the coast, of the same |
The furnace has been shut down for
short periods during the week in conse-
puence of the pumping machinery giving
away.
Flour and cigars are scarce articles in
camp, but We gods, there is an abundance
OF valley tan, coalburners' delight and
yum-yum.
The hue arrester, known in camp as
Jumbo" exploded several times during
the week, causing quite panic among
the employees.
Mr.. O'Dow, of Phoebe, who came here
to overhaul portion of the Day ma
chinery, is lying dangerously ill, having
fallen into bad company on the night OF
his arrival.
Our Youngsters amuse themselves at
the skating rink, by jumping, leap-frog
and standing on their heads. We have
seen the Panaca bellies do better at the
same game.
The only thing in the line Of reading
matter that We have had for a couple of
weeks, is {. delapidated copy of Police
Gazette, and still we are supposed to be
religiously inclined community.
For tall stories and hair breadth es-
capes that far eclipse anything on the
docket of the "Sazerac Lying Club, 4
recommend us to an aged Bristolian,
when he gets in close proximity to a
heated stove.
The Bristol squaws, like their Piute
sisters elsewhere, love the fiery fluid of
gin mills, and sleep off its effects on the
soft side of a snow bank, much to the
delight of the small boys, who find a
nice target for their snow balls.
Some of the boys employed on the
upper deck Of the furnace, have been
turning their stomachs inside out, in con-
sequence Of the dense fumes from the
feed holes, which lead us to think that
the healthfulness of Bristol is thing Of
the past.
The Day Smelling Company have re-
duced the wages of their employees to the
standard of the Utah shelters, which il
$4 for furnacemen, So. so for helpers ant
feeders, and So for outsiders. These
rates are altogether too low, considering
the amount of labor required of each
man around the furnace.
Our first impressions Of this commu
nifty were very satisfactory indeed, ant
after weeks sojourn we have no reasoi
to change our mind, for the Bristolian
are a whole -souled, fun-loving class
whose warm clasp OF friendship and gen
erous salutation Of "come and take some
thing" is very acceptable to the tender
foot stranger.
A fair idea of the impossible conditio
of the roads in this section after the lat
| SlUlll Gall US udu rum VIC law tu1V
took Messrs. Flagg and Cults eight hour
on Tuesday to come from Jackrabbit
Bristol, the distance between both place
being only seven miles, and Mr.. Scot
with eight head of stage horses and tw
sleds with mail, left Sidehill at dayligl
and was all day and all night and unit
10 o'clock noyt morning in getting her
, The Day Company's furnace bids ia
to make long and prosperous rul
under the able management of forema
Richard Walsh. Mr.. Walsh thorough
e understands the art of reducing ba
ores to paying basis, and pointed out
e the writer the mistakes made by Il
s Bullionville Smelling Company in the
$ treatment of the tallings and Day or
e the latter proving SO refractory that thu
y had to give it up, some seventy tons |
: naming on their dump.
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