The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-05-24
SURFACE INDICATIONS
Silver, Sl.04l. Lead. 4.I2l

nave the same by calling at Sam Wer.
theirmer's cigar store.
A young County Commissioner has
come to stay at the residence of Joseph
Conway in Meadow Valley Wash.
During the early hours of Wednesday
morning 81 ante with $40 blind was a
feature of the poker game at Tommy
Edwards.
Frank and Tommy McMahon are re.
hitting the ground floor of their build.
ing on Main Street preparatory to open.
ing grocery store.
The smart aleck who started the story
about dead Indian having been discov.
cred IN the town water tank ought to 20
oil and die for he has outlived his use.
fnlness in decent community.
A lire alarm Monday afternoon brought
out both hose companies on the run with
No. ! in the lead. The fire occurred at
the Company's Office on the summit of
Meadow Valley Street. but was quickly
extinguished by the employees.
Messrs. Mocks, Young and Small, of
Protection Hose Co. No. 2, have been
appointed committee by the company
to confer with committee of Hose Co.
No. |, relative to giving a Fourth of
July dance for the benefit of the Depart.
ment.
Chris Molletestte and Mr. Boardman
opened faro game in Tommy Edwards
place Sunday evening and have been we'll
patronizad during the week. The game
IS one of the stifl,est that we have seen in
town for years, our sports so far failing to
reach the limit.
The gentlemen composing the com.
mittee of three appointed by Protection
Hose Co. No. 2, to solicit donations for
the purchase of uniform for the mem.
beers are rustlers and no mistake, having
collected $l40 in few hours. They
scooped Chinatown for $40.
The owners of the Onondaga, Messrs.
Turner, Welland and Williams, having
bonded the mine short time ago to the
Yuba and P. c. Mig. Companies for $780,, :
600 received the first payment specified
in the bond on Wednesday. The re-
mainder of the money is to be paid on or
before the 18th of July.
The P. c. and Yuba Companies are
making preparations to calcine large
portion of the day ore at Royal City.
As the ore contains very large percent
age OF lime, after being burned it will
answer to mix with the Half Moon and
other concentrations. By this method
the company will also very materially
reduce the freight on the ore, which is
considerable, as it is fifteen miles from
the mine to the Reduction Works.
The surface indications OF the week are
full of promise for Phoebe. Among the
notable occurrences are the purchase of
the Onondaga at Royal City, by the
Yuba and Phoebe Consolidated Mg. Co.'S;
the preparation for a continuance of
work on a larger scale at the Raymond
and Ely for an indefinite period; the late
strike of high grade smelling ore on the
18th level of the Yuba and the starting
of the smelling furnace.
Some of our citizens are addicted to
the habit of criticizing the management
of mining affairs in this neighborhcod,
when the fact is apparent to every body
but themselves that they are entirely
incompetent to pass Judgment on an en-
terprise of such vast responsibilities as
the reopening of the old mines of this
and adjoining camps. A man may be
well up in the routine of business or
profession, and be as ignorant as mule
Of deep mining on large scale. The
few fgreat mining enterprises on the
Coast that have been successfully car
ried through in short order are the ex-
ception and not the rule, for it takes
money, muscle and time to accomplish
great results in any business and one of
the most difficult is mining.
A fatal accident occurred at the old
Chapman mine, owned by the Yuba Com
pany about $50 p. NJ. on Friday, where
by James Mccarthy, miner, and
native of ireland, lost his lie by falling
distance of l25 feet in the main shaft.
Two of his fellow miners were present
when the accident occurred and they
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