Mohave County miner., 1888-10-06
Happenings at the Hill.
srocKros Hill, Oct. 4, 1888.

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| STOCKTON HILL, Oct. 4, 1888.
| Since my last there have been two car
loads Of 260 OF. ore shipped and as much
more on the dump, at the present writing.
: The winze Is down about fifty-fve feet
and foreman DAILY bas put on three eight
hour shifts with the intention OF sinking
as fast as men and money can do it. As
the winze gains depth the ore body in
creases both in size and richness. As
soon as the water Ii low enough cross
cut will be completed from the 200-level
to the present ore body and II indications
go for anything they will produce car
load day when stoping commences.
When the pump starts at the present
writing ii win take some two weeks to
pump the water out, as IL will have to
drain the old workings and there is about
five hundred feet OF water to be pumped
something like subterranean lake. The
pump is OF sufficient capacity TO keep the
mine dry when once drained but large
body Of water Kecedes very slowly, some
thing like one inch an hour.
l.. J.. Lassell came over from the Flores
on Sunday last for the purpose Of lower
ing the pump, and will remain until the
water is ont.
John Winston gives bis undivided at
tention TO the pump on the night shift,
while "scotty" McEwan does likewise
during the day.
A Mohaye county miner can't be killed
| On Monday last J. +. Brittle, while at
tempting to step across the chute at the
12Ct-foot level, missed his footing and fell
to the bottom. The miners in the stope
above heard the noise and guessing the
cause asked il any one was hurt, 'Tex."
said mo, not much" and proceeded TO
crawl out. Many men have lost their
lives falling much less distance.
/ A few days previous Harry Strawbell
fell head foremost down the shaft, from
the same level, and strange to say, he
landed straddle Of the pump, which saved
him from the sump, and in few days he
reported for duty. 1t seems our miners
have the faculty Of falling down shafts
with as little damage to themselves as
though their component parts were India
rubber.
Ike Conkey spent Monday evening on
the Hill. Ike wore l4-inch plug hat
and when he got back the G. o. D. mine
the hat resembled Dutch accordian after
the musicians have had spree.
The almond-eycd Asiatie, All hi, has
/. opened hash foundry in the building
owned by Messrs. Taggart & Co. opposite
w. III. Lakes store. From the indica-
tons there is plenty Of room for two
boarding houses.
Tommy Mcmahon has turned lexicog'
r rapher. The syntax is good, and with d
, well modulated voice, it is something like
, LongfeIlow's priscilla" modest, simple
, and sweet" Some time in the near fu.
ture the first paper will be read before a
Kingman audience, in Taggart's Hall.
The Stockton Hill Glee Club is being
organized as fast as voices con be added
In my next will give you the names oi
the singers and the voices they possess
. 1t will not be necessary TO move the
u. county hospital.
There is a move among the young
terpsichorean men Of the Hill to get up a
!, THANKSGIVING masquerade, and the out
look is bright. One thing is evident if a
few OF them will wash, shave, dress, and
| comb their hair, their disguise will be
| complete, Pinkerton's detectives could
, not identify them.
The hottest place this side Of Sheol il
the pump station in the Cupel shaft. All
that is needed for an A. /. Turkish bath
, Is crash towel vigorously applied when
the skin peels, and like the hippopotamus a
perspiration of blood will commence.
George Longhard says that "between
the bad air in the winze and one or two
local causes, he is uncertain whether he
will last until Thanksgiving or whether
the red wagon comes before, George says
he is neither homesick, love sick or short
Of money, but in kind o. runs in the fam
lily, and he has lots Of partners on the
Hill in the same business.
! We have an impromptu ring perform
ance every evening by some one trying TO
ride w. Fl. Lakes circus horse to water.
The horse usually comes home riderless
while the rider hies himself to the cabin
and sews up his clothes.
II the soda works are short any bottles
they may be found at the trysting place
alongside Capt. Hardy's toll road.
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