The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-06-19
STATE NEWS.

A State Teachers institute Will b
hold at Reno July 81.
The Dayton News Reporter Gays til
North Rapidan mine at Como is lookin
better MS the drift on the 2l0.foot leve
progresses. The last assay of ore Shove,
salne Of 1858 per ton.
]. D. Clark, the Belmont stage drive
"ho shot himself at Ophir Canyon las
week, died last Sunday. 1t was at frs
thought that the shooting was accident
al, but recent developments give plausi
hility +, the theory that deceased com
rnittea suicide through dsspondenc,
caused from losing 5000 at faro.
At Columbus, Esmerslda county, two
Cinnamon quarreled over some borax
ground. One Of them drew pistol and
shot the other in the stomach. from the
effects Of which he died. A brother and
friend # the shooter attempted to inter-
fore, and were both shot-the brother in
the temple and the friend in the armpit.
The Carson Tribune says; The De.
mocracy of Washoe county are deter.
mined to have Theodore A. Winters for
their candidate, and it appears that the
same feeling obtains in Ormsby, as most
sssuTedly it does in Douglas county. It
would certainly be an improvement, but
it il to be feared that Mr.. Winters would
be the hardest man to beat.
Candelaria Fissure: John Chiatoyich,
Of Silver Peak, was in town Thursday.
He says that there are about twenty men
at work in the Drinkwater tunnel, which
is being run to connect with ore found in
the Sentinel mine. As soon as the con.
nection is made the work Of developing
the mine will be begun. This tunnel will
make the development work in nearly all
the mines at the Peak comparatively
easy.
T. @. Emsley,the banker whose clothes
we're found on the bank Of the Humboldt
river near O.ino, Elko county. mentioned
in the Independent, is said to have
jumped from the train while it was in
motion. In response to telegram
sent to Mason City. Iowa, it was an.
nounced that an agent of the bank was
on his way thence to Osino to investigate
the matter. The Humboldt river is be.
ing dragged with graphing irons at the
point where the clothes was found, but
the::body had not been recovered.
The Silver State says: The ore body
encountered some fonr weeks ago on
levels No. and 9 in the Paradise Valley
mine continues to increase in size and
value. The lead averages nine feet in
width, and the ore assays between $50
and $500 per ton. The value Of the ore
in sight is estimated at over $500, 900.
This ore has been developed at the great.
est depth ever reached in this county,
where, notwithstanding mining has been
carried on for years, there is not shaft
with this exception, over 800 feet deep.
A letter received from Alaska by ex-
Governor Kinkead, dated Sitka, May II,
says: The miners from California are
oil at Chilcat, waiting for the snow to
melt SO that they can reach the mines on |
the Yukon river The Indians are op.
posed to the miners going into the coun.
try, and the writer thinks it not unlikely |
there will be trouble. Captain Nichols
has been sent to Chilcat for the purpose
Of keeping peace between the miners and |
the Indians if possible. The miners
seem determined to 20 in, and the bets
are even that they do, Indians or no
Indians.
1t is stated, says the Austin Reveille,
thero 10 scheme on hand to urge Con.
gresham WOODBURY. to run against Mr.. |
Belknap for Supreme Judge this Fall.
The scheme is looked upon as move to |
help Mr.. Cassidy's ambitions to go back |