The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-12-06

as sulphur. antimony, ETC., are retained |
on the copper plate, and the earthly mat.
tiers are taken down by the water. The
quicksilver is drawn off from time to
time by an arrangement on the side in |
order to take the precious metal out of |
it. This is Bakers process, which costs
per ton only $3.50, while by the common
treatment it sometimes costs as much as |
$50 per ton. At the same time there is
in the old way often great loss of the
precious metals. There is said to he
loss of only two per cent. in the electrical
process.
WAGES REDUCED. The Eureka Leader
of the 2Sth ult. says. Tuesday all the
men who work about the smelters of the
Richmond furnace were cut down in
wages. There had been no previous no.
tice of an intended reduction given pre-.
vious to Monday and the men were sur
prised at the proposition of reduction
Of the rate OF wages at which they had
been working so long. The only thing
for the men to do was to submit to the
reduction or quit, as men could be pro
cured who we're willing to work at the
reduced rates. The smelters were re.
duced from five to four dollars per day,
feeders from four to three and half dol.
lars per day, and pot pullers from four to
three dollars per day. This is a pretty
heavy reduction for one cut.down, but
We presume the managers of the Rich
mond Company understand the necessity
for the reduction better than persons on
the outside. The employees in the re,
tinery have been served with notice to
the effect that a reduction of fifty cents
on each man will be put into effect on
December LIST. The present pay for re-
tinery hands is four dollars per day"
IT is whispered over in Utah that if the
Democrats fail to keep their promise to
the Mormon Church and refuse the ad.
mittance of Utah into the Union Of
| States, that the Church will then demand
the appointment of George Q. Cannon as
Governor Of the Territory, and if the
Democrats decline to comply with the
demand, then the wrath of the Lord is to
be evoked on the Democratic party.
THE Best assortment of hams, bacon
and lard in the county is now offered by
j. Poujade, Meadow Valley street.
Wholesale and retail; home made and
imported.
The great criminal lawyer in London
Mr.. Poland, was recently robbed of his
I ~ kha A,ota raiph harhon1 n
Cranbourn street, close to the notorious
French quarter of Lower Soho. He gave
information to the police and was soor
informed that the pickpocket was ar
rested with a stolen watch in his pos
session. He went down to Marlborough
street to give his evidence, and as he en-
tered the door dirty Frenchman thrus
letter in his hand. 1t contained TIVE
sovereigns, two.shilling piece and hal
crown, the exact conventional fee for
barrister and his clerk. With them wa
the following touching appeal, scrawlee
in the vilest handwriting: "You tall
well; you will be generous; you will de
fend me-" 1t was only Frenchman VIII
would have hit on this daring expedien
Of retaining as his counsel the man h
| had robbed.
A BIC FIND IN MEXICO. The "Tw
Republics" of Mexico says: A curiou
find was made in the ex.convent of Sa
Francisco in Pueblo. In the days of tn
conquest Count ferrous, wealthy Span
lard, returned to Spain, leaving depos
tied. so tradition says, great wealth sc
auestered in this convent. A prizes
learned from Bishop Illescas on his deaf
bed the existence of this treasure He
with Antoine Lopez, a property holder
and who owned one of the lots next
the church, spent con iderable money j
the search that has at last been rewarde
BY the discovery of treasure to the valu
Of 81, 1000, 900. The priest will dedicat
his half million to renting the Church {
San Francisco.
A MINERAL VEIN. Miners use indi
criminately, and with the same meaning
the words veins, lodes and leads. Judg
Field has defined the term vein or lod
!. as 'any zone or belt of mineralized rocl
living within boundaries clearly >epara
ing it from neighboring rock" 1t i
!. therefore, such vein, or zone. or belt
j, minersized rock, that must be foun
. within the claim located to make leg
;. discovery. There must be mineral, ar
8 that mineral not there loose or by acc
u dent. but mineral in place--that is, in
g zone or belt clearly distinguishable fro
adjacent rock. -[Enterprise.
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