The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-12-20
STATE ITEMS.

Elko Post: In Justice Green's cour
Tuesday, Fred Scott, arrested in Noun
Valley for killing other peoples cattle
was bound over in the sum of 81, 800 t
appear before the next Grand Jury
Majors and johnson were discharged
Ward, arrested for stealing horses from
Clover Valley was bound over in tn,
sum Of g, 500. Both are in Jail.
Virginia Enterprise: The west cross
cut on the $500 level ia now out about
fifteen feet, all the way in quartz of good
quality, with occasional patches OF good
ore. Last week they shipped to the
Eureka mill 6J0 ton OF ore from the 20C
level, and received 50, 500 in bullion.
The extraction Of ore from this point has
been di continued, as the quality has SC
far deteriorated that it will no longer
pay for working.
The Owyhee is swarming with beavers
this season, and they have invaded most
of the tributaries to their heads, some.
thing never known To occur before.
They were never so plentiful in previous
seasons, and there is no reason why q
few experienced trappers could not make
good wages capturing them for their
skins. A few days ago an Indian
trapped twelve.
1t appears by the following from the
Times. Review that bears are numerous
as well az blood thirsty in the north,
eastern part of Elko county. That paper
says: Last week at SunHower Flat,
near Mountain City, couple more cattle
belonging to the Murphy estate were
killed by bears. The animals slain were
n two-year.old bull and COW, and as
the ground was badly torn where the
carcasses were found, it is evident that
they made a desperate fight before sue.
cumbing to their ursine enemies. None
of the flesh was eaten, and it appears as
though the bears we're actuated by pure
cussedness. rather than hunger, in their
murderous attack. About thirty head
of cattle have been killed in that vicinity
this season by bears, while six of the
latter have fallen by the bullets Of aveng.
Ing vaqueros."
Among the once noted mines in Reese
River District which fell into disrepute
and after lying idle for years have been
brought to the front again is the Niad
Queen. ALI Doten in his last Austin
etter to the Enterprise thus speaks Of it:
The Mad Queen, one of the oldest mines
IN this district, abandoned long years ago
rom superabundance of water. lack OF
proper facilities for working, and other
natural causes, has recently been reloca.
led, and is being reopened in good and
promising shape, by Nye, Sampson &
Co., some of the oldest and hest expert
snced miners in the Lander Hill ore belt
The Mad Queen is situated a few rods
n the rear OF the Manhattan mill, and di,
-ectly beneath the bed OF the main ra-
vine, or Pony Canyon. Its former own
FRS and developers worked it to the depth
If about It's feet, more or less, and had
, very good, sized and promising ledge of
,re, but, as before stated, having
TOO much water to contend with,
md lacking the proper facilities for work
ng, they could not make it pay, and
were finally obliged to. quit. The pres
ent proprietors have erected very neat
md effective steam hoisting works, and
ire pumping, clearing out and repairing
The old incline, preparatory to a well Or
yanized raid upon the long neglected and
abandoned ledge. Thus it is that old
mines, abandoned by the early settlers
md locators, occasionally, even yet, find
men of judgment and experience, with
'uffi ;ient enterprise and ability to reopen
md develop them.