The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-03-28

late heard various reports IN regard to
the finding of body of high grade ore in
the mine of the above caption, Tuesday
last visited the mine and was agreea.
bly, surprised to find that the reports had
not been exaggerated. Nelson Gibson,
one of the owners of the mine, in doing
the assessment work, ran little drift
west from the shaft, at perhaps 20 feet
below the tunnel level, and struck body
Of exceedingly fine carbonate ore to the
width of four feet. Not being DESTROYS
of nursing" the ore Gibson broke down
several tons of it, and at the time of the
writer's visit the breast had not narrowed
up any but to the contrary had widened,
and by the ground in front softening
leads one to the supposition that there is
huge body of ors at but short distance
ahead. send to the RECORD, along with
this communication, several pounds of
ore broken from the ledge by myself.
Two years ago much foolish dead work
was done ON the mine. A huge cut
some 20 feet wide-was run into the
mountain for the purpose of finding (?l
the vein, which is plainly apparent, with
its magnificent hanging wall cropping
out boldly on the surface for hundreds of
feet. For the distance of 800 feet west
of the present workings the vein is plainly
discernible and good ore can be taken
from the grass roots with merely pros
pecting pick! After four men had put
in eight months of hard work this was
the result: The cut had been blasted
out and thrown overheard. tunnel of
about 100 feet had been driven into the
mountain, and a mammoth hole-not a
prospecting shaft had been sunk to the
depth of perhaps 3J feet, and then it was
decided to abandon work for the time
being on this magnificent prospect, al
though there was ore in sight from top to
bottom that assayed $50 to Sl7j, and
carrying high percentage Of lead.
Truthful.
THE PRoDIGAL's RETURS.-Barney
Cronin, who has been on a trip of pleas.
IRE during the past four months in the
East, returned last Monday, looking as
smiling and charming as ever. Barney
had the satisfaction of witnessing the in.
auguration of the Democratic President
The fairest land that he visited was Bos.
ton. There the girls are as thick as the
wool on Sleeps back. The girls of
Boston are different from the girls of the
mountains. There the girls do the court
ing, and they do not dog man around
for the presents and money they can get
out of him. They are contented and
happy with the Celestial glory and honor
of walking by the side of man.
THERE is nothing so discouraging to a
poor devil as purchasing cord of wood,
from man who prides himself upon Civ
ing good measure, and then have the same
honest man, after he has received his pay,
so to protect you being robbed by the
rascally woodsawyer, gently whispers in
your ear that he wouldn't pay the
woodcutter for cutting more than half
a cord of wood" But what else could
be expected of man born in New York,
reared amidst the Wolverines of Mich-
gan, and then came west at tender age.
The mining companies throughout the
State are acting in consort for the pur.
pose OF reducing miners pay to So per
day. A number of the camps throughout
the State are paying but SO and So. 80 per
day, and Phoebe and all other mining
camps are bound to reduce their wages.
THE prospects at Comet are looming
NJ. The deadwork has been done on
most of the claims during the winter and
the prospectors are now extracting ore
Clark and Willett are said to be extract
ing high-grade ore.
The members of the Union at Ruby
Hill marched in body to mine where
couple of non Union men were EN-
pioyed and ordered them to cease WORK
and to never work in any mine again il
Eureka county.
THERE is rumor sailing about towr
to the effect that Knights mines out a
Silver Park have been disposed of to Sal
Lake parties. 1t is said the Hon. Henry
Rice brought the news from Salt Lake.
The apricot trees in Masonic orchard
are dressed in blossom, and the peach
orchard of Balls will soon be clothed il
pink, the buds on the trees about evolu
ton.
GEO. T. GoRMAN, who is residing il
Philadelphia, has the thanks of the
RECORD for copy of the "Times," con
tanning scenery in Pennsylvania.
ALL kinds of weather the past week
it showed and it blowed, and it raine(
and it hailed, and with all this we hav,
had pretty fair weather.
The liqur dealers of Virginia, Carson
and Reno have employed William Wood
burn and will bring test case in Carson
on the anti-treating bill.
THE ore team started in on Wednes
day hauling ore from the Gold Ledg
mine to the McFadden mill, which will