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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-24
Gas Aindc from Wood.

The local gas company in the town
Of Attleboro, Mass, has re Gently put in
an apparatus for tho manufacture of
gas from wood and crude Lima oil. 1t
is claimed that wood gas is not only the
most healthful, but the brightest gas
made. 1t is said that one cord of dry
wood and 800 gallons of Lima oil will
yield SO, 900 to $4,000 cubic feet of gas of
20 to 80 candle power, with a residue of
nearly two barrels of fine tar and 65
bushels of merchantablc charcoal. The
gas is made in retorts in from two to
three hours. The retorts differ but
little from those used in the manufac-
ture of ordinary coal gas. The wood
used is maple.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-24
DIFFERENCE IN GOLD.
Experts Can Tell Hharc n Piece Com
From By Tho Color.

Experts Can Tell Nhare n Piece Comes
From By Tho Color.
"Most people suppose" says an as
sayer in the New York Tribune, that
all gold is alike when refined, but this
is not the case. An experienced man
can tell at glance from what part of
the world a gold piece comes and
in some cases from what part of par
ticular gold district the metal was OBJ
tanned. The Australian gold, for in
stance. is distinctly redder than the
Californian, and this difference in color
is always perceptible, even when the
gold is one thousand fine. Again, the
gold obtained from the placers is yell
lower than that which is taken directly
from quartz. Why this should be the
case is one of the mysteries Of metal
lurgy, for the placer gold all comes
from the veins. The Ural gold is the
reddest found anywhere. Few people
know the real color Of gold, as it is sell
dom seen unless heavily alloyed, which
renders it redder than when pure. The
purest coins ever made were the fifty
dollar gold pieces that used to be COM
mon in California. Their coinage was
abandoned for two reasons-first, be-
cause the loss by abrasion was so great,
and, secondly, because the interior
would be bored out and lead substi-
tuted, the difference in weight being
too small to be readily noticed in SO
large a piece. These octagonal coins
were the most valuable ever struck"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-24
VOL. XII.
SECURING SILENCE.



John Lecch, whose humorous pictures
made Punch, was driven out of London
by the hand or:lns and street bands.
Their noise affected his nerves and pre-
vented him from drawing, and though
he tried again and aTain, he was unable
to silence them. Mr.. Montague Will
liams tells, in his Later Leaves" of
lawyer who did silence cornet player
who spent most of the day in playing
his instrument
The lawyer, poor. old and eccentric,
lived in two attic rooms beneath which
resided the eornat player. Annoyed at
the mans persistent playing, the law
yer demonstrated repeatedly, but in
vain. One. aitsaaoon, the man in an
swer to tho lryycr's protest remarked
that an Es,7lisipAsa's house was his
castle, and that lie should play when
and as long as he pleased.
That night, just rs the musician had
fallen to sleep, he was awakened by an
uncarthly din. A terrible pounding
was going on in the room overhead. He
flung a blanket about his shivering
light in the lawyers room, the door
stood open, and in he rushed.u
What he saw took away his breath.
The old lawyer was sitting on the floor
singing lugubrious ditty, and driving
large nails into the boards with a mas
on's hammer. The cornet player en-
treated him to dcsist. The answer
was another nail driven into the floor,
another and yet another. Then the
lawyer paused and said:
"You make my life misery to me all
day long, and now that the night has
come it's my turn"
Down again came the heavy hammer,
and another nail was driven home.
The cornet player, seeing that the
lawyer was master of the situation,
agreed not to play during the day it the
lawyer was at home. The truce was
made, and silence reigned.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-24
COWARDICE OF CROWDS. :
Courage Is Not tho Thing Lacking, but
Presence of Mind.

Presence of Mind.
The Spectator has paper called the
"Cowardice of Crowds" The writer is
deeply impressed with the very strange
story of the poor woman who had
lamp thrown at her and was burned to
death, while little crowd of people
looked on and did nothing, writes
Walter Besant. One poor woman alone
attempted to put out the flames. 1t is a
horrible story, but l should not have
made it the peg for a paper on coward
nothing whatever to do with it. Why
cowardice? There was no courage
wanted to tear off your coat and wrap
it around the burning drapery of the
unfortunate woman. Presence of mind
was lacking, if you please, but not
courage. Presence of mind, which
means readiness to act for the best in
sudden emergency, will prove to be
wanting more and more as we de-
part more and more from the primi-
tive condition of man, VIII ich is one of
being always hunted for food by wild
beasts, always hunting for food, and al
ways fighting. In that condition man
is full of resource; contrivcs thousand
stratagems, and meets Il thousand dan
gers. Remove from him the habit of
hunting and the necessity of fighting.
Make his life assured and easy, and he
will infallibly lose the rcalincss and the
resource-in other words the presence
of mind-of the savaga. This, in fact,
we have done. Ia ln,!n ats of unu-
sual, unexpected I'm farS we are par
alyzed This is ny 'tlihFcf the con-
duct of the crow,l W'ii.h l. ,.;cd on
while n woman ci,t.. !lameI up and
burned her tD a ,lth
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-24
INVITED HIMSELF.
An Astor-Wi!ling Gne5t Who Was Not In
1t at the Wedding.

An Astor-Wi'ling Gue5t Who Was Not In
1t at the wedding.
There is an amusing story as to how
an Englishman who was visiting this
country at the time of the Astor-WE.:ng
wedding managed to get his name in
the papers as one of the guests.
1t seems, says the Chicago News, the
Englishman made his headquarters In
New York, where he is pretty well
known, and enjoys the company OF a
few chosen friends upon his stated
visits to this country. He happened to
be in the metropolis at the time the
wedding was talked about, and joking
ly said that he had received an invita-
ton. His acquaintance looked at him
in blank amazement. Not one of their
set had been invited to the ceremony,
and they secretly wondered how on
earth the Englishman had managed 1t.
Curiosity finally predominated, and
after considerable hesitation the ques-
ton was put pointblank, when the
Englishman laughingly said it was a
Joke, but, said he: "Ill bet anyone
here that can go over to Philadelphia
as one of the guests"
The bet was taken with considerable
odds in the Englishman's favor. Sew
| eral days before the swell ceremony oc,
cured the Londoner secretly ascer-
tanned where the Astors would stop
when in the city. Accordingly he went
over and selected suite of the best
rooms obtainable at the same hotel,
and when the wedding guests began to
arrive he came with the crowd, ac-
companicd by valet and a goodly
amount of luggage. He was at once
set down as an Astor guest, and his
English manners and accent, which
were closely observed, were greatly in
his favor, When the reporter came
around to get the list of names the
Englishman took special pain to see
that his name was printed correctly
and although he never went near the
wedding, he had the check to return tc
New York and claim his bet.
All the evidence was in his favor, fol
both Philadelphia and New York jour
nails gave publicity to his name, and hi.
friends to this day do not know tha
they were shamefully duped
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-24
AN ENORMOUS FORTUNE.
The Useful Discovery Which Was 1t
Foundation.


The story of the enormous fortune
accumulated by Mr. Cunlitfe Lister tone
of the birthday peers') is one of the
iomances of Fortunes Made in Busi-
ness" "Going one day into a London
warehouse, says the Pail Mall Gazette,
he came upon pile Of rubbish. He IN
quired what it was and was told that it
was waste silk. What do you do with
it?' he asked. Sell it for rubbish he
was told" Mr.. Lister bought it as rub
bish at one-half pence pound and
turned it into gold. He discovered,
that is to say, how to use silk waste for
the manufacture of plush and other
such stuffs, and this discovery was the
foundation of his second fortune. His
first fortune was made by his invention
of wool-conabing machine.
Mr.. Lister is an exception in one re-
spect to the general rule of industrial
millionaires. He did not begin life
with only a sixpence to bless himself
with, nor was his early training that of
an errand boy. On the contrary, he be-
longs to an old county family, and was
designed (being the fourth son) for the
church. Instead, however, of accept
ing this role of ''fool of the family" he
insisted on developing his natural
talent for mechanical invention, and
persuaded his father to give him n mill
instead of university education. AS
soon as the mill was built he became,
rs we have described, the architect of
his own fortunes. Mr.. Lister, besides
being the proprietor of the largest in
lustrial establishment in the world
owned by one man, is now one of the
argest landed proprietors in the north
If England. In 1888 he purchased the
Swinton Hall estate of twenty-five
thousand acres, and in 1887 the Riv-
iulx Abbey estate of ten thousand
lcres. The combined value of these
;wo estates is said to be seven hundred
and eighty thousand pounds sterling.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-24
LIQUOR DEPARTMENT

Hay and Grain constantly supply
Collars and sweat pahs Buggy whips wilnhe
sold Cheap for Cash good security
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-06-13
$50.
Application for a Patent
q. s. LAND OFFICE, EUREKA, New.
NJ IA I6Q0

q. s. LAND OFFICE, EUREKA, New.
May IL, 1890.
Notice Ia hereby given that Simeon
Wenban, whose Posiofice address IL Cor
sez. Nevada. has this day BY his duly
authorized agent. W. o. Mills, filed bic
application for e patent for fourteen hun
bred and ninety three l,493) linear feet
OF the Eclipse mine or vein bearing silver
and gold, with surface ground Ave hun
dred and eighty seven 1911 fee. in width.
situated In Cortez Mining District, county
Of Eureka and State Of Nevada, and
designated by the field notes and official
olaf on file in this Office &c lot No 81, In
T &c north, r As Z, Of NJ d NJ. said lot No
81, being described a. follows TO wit:
Beginning At 9 poet marked No /. U 8
survey No 81, the same being the original
location corner. and post No 2, OF U s
survey No 50, Adjunct lode, whence the
southeast corner OF section 5 T &c N, r as
E, NJ d NJ. bears 5 20 deg 20 min W. 2 ,f9i
feet, and U S mineral monument No q,
bears S 70 deg IS min W. 2,490 feet;
thence running 5 Ga deg east, 557
feet, to post marked number 2. q s
survey No 81, aud the original location
corner; thence n 80 deg W, so feet, 10
post No 8, the northeast corner Of U 8
survey No a. Cortez Giant or Cummins
lode LABS feet, 80 post marked No 3, q $
survey No 81. This poet stands IN the
northern boundary of Q 5 survey No AZ,
whence post No 2, the northwest corner,
d said survey No AZ. bears n 50 deg W,
81 feet, and the original location corner
Of this claim bearsN So deg ", Z feet, and
the old main shaft OF the Cortez Giant or
Cummins lode. bears S 324 Ia deg W, ais
feet; thence n s IL deg W, 81 feet. 70 post
| M A the akaaak rnFnaN ~ Il = auNuav
No so, summit lode $50 feet 70 post
marked No 4, U s survey No 61. This
post stands or the eastern boundary OF
said Summit survey, and Is post No 3, Of
. 5 surrey No 50, Adjunct lode, and the
original location corner OF this claim, and
thence 8 80 deg Z. 1893 feet along the
southern boundary Of said survey No 50.
to post No /, the place Of beginning, ccn.
tanning 10 -95 acres.
Magnetic variation, II Ia z.
The location OF this mine il recorded IN
the Recorders Office Of Cortez Mining
District in book G. page 80.
The adjoining claimant 10 are the Adjunct
mine on the north, the Summii mine on
the west, and the Cortez Giant or Cum
Minis on the south.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion Of said Eclipse mine or sur
lace ground are required 10 nls their
adverse claims with the Register
Of United States Land Once a.
Eureka, in the State OF Ne
Nevada during the sixty days period Of
publication hereof. or they will be barred
By virtue Of the provisions OF the Statute.
d. II. HALL. Register.
II is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice Of application for patent be pub
lished for the period Of sixty days, item
consecutive weeks in the Eureka SENTINEL
a weekly Newspaper published 81 Eureka,
Nevada. 4. II. HALL, Register.
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APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.

Beginning at a y Il marked number |
U 5 survey number56, the same being the
original location corner and post number
J, Of 5 Survey number 50, Bewick lode,
number l. Of . survey numbers 80 and
IL, DeyAlla lode, and number /, Of Z 3
survey numbers 81 and 81, Moreing lode,
whence the southeast corner Of section 3,
T 26 north, 4 IS Il, NJ ID NJ, bears s 3 deg
p min +, 4,473 feet, and o s mineralmon.
ument number 1 bears north rs deg i3 min
w, LIS feet; thence running S 6 10 deg T.,
LOO feet, along the western boundary o.
said Bew1ck survey, 70 post marked num-
Der 2. q 5 survey number &c, the same be-
ing the original location and
post number 4 OF said Bewick survey
thence north SO deg w, COO feet, 10 pos.
marked number 3, s survey number So,
and the original location monument. This
post stands on the eastern boundary OF U
; survey number 80, Summit lode, whence
post number 4, Of q s survey number 81
Adjunct lode, bears s 6 10 deg T..
feet; thence north 6 IL deg w, 375 feet.
post number 3 Of said summit lode, and
post number 8. Of . S survey number IS
Avalanche lode, l.5O0 feet. to post marked
number 4, Q 5 survey number Sc, and the
original location monument. This post
stands on the eastern boundary Of said
Avalanche survey, and Is post number 2
Of said Moreing survey, and thence 3
So deg L, COO feet, along the southern
boundary Of said Moreing survey to post
number l, the place Of beginning, contain
ing 20.5S acres.
Magnetic variation IL 1.2 deg +.
The location OF this mine Is recorded in
the Recorders Office Of Cortez Mining Dis
trict, In book @, OF page los.
The adjoining claimants are the Moreing
mine on the north, the Bewick mine on
the east and the Avalanche and Summit
mines on the west.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely
any portion OF said Pontifex mine or sur
face ground are required to file their ad.
verse claims with the Register Of the U. S.
Land Office at Eureka, In the State of Ne
yada, during the sixty days period Of pub
LEGATION hereof. or they will be barred by
virtue of the provisions Of the Statute.
ID. III. HALL, Register.
II Is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice OF application for patent be pub
lished for the period Of sixty days (ten
consecutive weeks) in the Eureka SESTI-
NEL, a weekly newspaper published at Eu.
reka, Nevada. ID. Ii. HALL, Register.
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No. 94S.
Application for a Patent.
U. 5. LAND OFFICE, EUREKA, New,

U. 5. LAND OFFICE, EUREKA, New,
August IL, 1890.
Notice Is hereby given that Richard
Macintosh, whose Postoffce address Il
Salt Lake City, Utah, has this day BY his
duly authorized agent, Charles Read, tiled
his application for a patent for 1000 linear
feet OF the Hibernia mine or vein bear
ing gold and silver, with surface ground
two hundred feet in width, situated
IN Eureka Mining District, county Of
Eureka, and State Of Nevada, and desig.
mated by the field notes and Official plat
on file in this office as lot number 81. said
lot number 81 being described as follows,
to wit:
Beginning at a post marked number l,
U ) survey number 81, the same being
post number 4, Of u 5 survey number 22l
Diamond lode. whence U S mineral monu-
ment number II bears S so deg 7 min. Il,
003.6 feet, and the mouth of the Mackin-
tosh tunnel bears north 90 deg 81 min L,
Ola feet. This post is at the original loca-
ton monument; thence r%unRing 1st course
north 49 IA deg f., 1000 feet along the
southeastern boundary Of said Diamond
survey to post marked number 2, U S sur
vey number Sll at the original location
monument and post number 5 of said Dia.
mond survey; thence ID course S 40 "a
deg +, 200 feet 10 post marked number 3,
us survey number 81 at the original To-
cation corner; thence Sd course s 40 IA
deg w, 650.S feet TO the northeastern
boundary of u s survey number I69, lot
A, Morris lode, whence post number 8,
the most northerly corner Of said Morris
lode, bears north 81 1-2 deg w, I0.2 feet,
l,0OO feet to post marked number 4, u S
survey number 81 at the original location
monument. and thence 4th course north
10 81 deg w, 200 feet to post number /,
the place OF beginning.
So much Of this survey as conflicts with
. 5 survey lumber 100, lot A, Morris lode,
Is hereby excluded. Said conflict is de-
seribed as follows:
Beginning at post number 8, the most
northerly corner Of said Morris lode aud
running Themes LIST course S 81 l.2 deg L,
10 2-l0 feet; thence I'd course S 40 Ia deg |
W, 1902 feet, and thence 81 course north |
10 deg +, 1928 feet to the place Of begin |
ming.
Iotal area OF survey ..,s......4.59 acres
Area in conflict with
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western boundary Of said Alta survey, go
feet 70 post marked number 4, L 5 survey
A. and the original location corner,
the same being post number 3 Of said st.
Louis survey, and thence north > deg w,
"a feet 10 the northern boundary q u 5
survey numbers ~ and II, Equator lode,
whence post number 2, the northwest cor.
ner Of said Equator survey, bears 5 50 1.2
deg w, 359 feet, 1,JO0 feet 10 post number
l, the place Of beginning, Containing
s 6l-1O0 acres,
So much Of this survey as conflicts with
L $ survey number 40, k~ingsbury lode,
numbers 81 and 4s, Alta lode. and num-.
bers ~ and IL, Equator lode, l. hereby ex.
cluded. Said conflicts are described ~
follows.
Conflict with L 5 survey number 40.
Kingsbury lode. Beginning Il post num-
Der 2, Of this survey number As, and run.
ming thence 5 > dee L, 1887 feet; thence
y 90 IL deg w, 1864 feet; thence north 8
Dig w, 1907 feet; thence y q IL deg y,
1855 feet and thence north 50 deg L, l64.S
feet, to the place Of beginning, containing
l.90 acres.
Conflict with u S survey number 81 and
as, Alta lode. Beginning at post number
3, Of this survey number -, aud running
thence S IS deg w. 9 feet; thence y 8 IL
deg w, SSH feet, to post number 2, the
northwest corner % said Alta survey
thence y So l-2 deg +, 80 feet, and thence
) ) deg L, SSH feet, 10 the place Of be-
ginning, containing 0.42 acres.
Conflict with L 5 survey numbers ~
and Al, Equator lode. beginning at post
number 4, Of this survey number IS, and
running thence north > deg w, "a feet;
thence north 50 1-2 deg f., 24l feet, TO post
number 3, the northeast corner % said
Equator survey; thence 5 6 IL deg Z, ISL
| feet, and thence S s. deg W, 2i0.6 feet, q
the place Of beginning, containing 0.0i
acres
The location Of this mine Is recorded in
the Recorders office Of Cortez Mining Dis
trict, in book G, Of page 81.
The adjoining claimants are the Equator
mine on the south and the Alta and Kings
bury on the east.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion Of said Remnant mine or sur
face ground are required 70 Tile their al
verse claims with the Register Of th'
United States Land Office at Eureka, II
the State Of Nevada, during the sixty day
period Of publication hereof, or they vii
be barred by virtue Of the provisions Of tn
Statute. ID. II. HALL, Register.
II il hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice Of application for patent be pub
lished for the period Of sixty days 90 con
s~ecutiye weeks, in the Eureka SENTINEL
= weekly newspaper published at Eureka
Nevada. ID. II. HALL, Register.
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No. rs.
Application for a Patent.

Q. ). LAND OFFICE, EUREKA, New,
May Ia, 1890.
Notice ia hereby given that simeon
wenbAn. whose Postofsce address is
Oortez. Nevada, has this day FLED BY HE
duly authorized agent, ". o. Mills, his Ap-
plicatioR for q patent for fourteen han.
dred and ninety three u,493l linear feet Of
the Adjunct mine or vein bearing gold
and silver, with surface ground six hun
dred feet in width, situated in Cortez
Mining District, couHty OF Eureka Aad
State Of asvsdA, and designated By ne
held notes aud official plat on file in this
NJ ID NJ, said lot No 80, being described az
follows, TO wit:
Beginning al q post marked No /, U. s..
survey No 50, whence the Sc corner OF
section 5, T 20, N, II As Z, NJ ID NJ. bears
5 IS deg, Is min W, 500 feet, aud Z S
mineral monument, No 2, bears 5 Sc deg
25 min W, 2,600 feet, this post Is also the
original location monument; thence run
ming s 6 l-2 deg Z 900 feet.
to post marked No 2, U s sur
vey No SO, and the original iocs-
ton monument. this post il also post No
/, Of Z 5 survey No 81 Eclipse lode; thence
y 50 deg W / ,493 feet, along the northern
boundary OF said survey No 81, 10 post
MA kGQ NJ d = r1hNt1 EO U.s. NhACu Ar
at the original location corner, Ind is poet
No 4, Of said survey No 81. this post
stands on the eastern boundary Of U 5
| survey No so, summit lode. whence post
No 4, the Sc corner Of said Summit lode
bears s 6 IL deg z 500 feet; thence, n
6l-2 deg W, 900 fest, along the east line OF
said Summit survey, 10 post marked Nc
4, Z s survey No 50, and the original loca.
ton monument, whence the southwest
corner Of U s survey No Sc, Pontifex lode
bears n 8 Ia deg W, Is feet, and thence
8 SO deg E, l,493 feet to post No !, the
place of beginning, containing 20.S6 scres.
Magnetic vaTistion II Ia deg Z.
The location OF this air is recorded In
the Recorders Office Of Cortez Mining
Distriotsin book @, Of page 100.
The adjoining claimants are Poniifex
aud Bewiek mines on the north. the
Eclipse mine on the south. and the Summit
mine on the west.
Any aud all persons claiming adversely
any portion Of said Adjunct mine or sur.
face ground are required to file their
adverse claims with the Register OF the
United States Land Office at Elreks, 10
the State of Nevsds, during the sixty days
period OF publication hereof. or they will
be barred by virtue Of the provisions Of
the Statute. d. Fl. HALL, Register
II is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice OF application for patent be pub
lished for the period OF sixty days, (tsn
consecutive weeks, In the Eureka SRs-
TNEL, . weekly newspaper published at
Eureka, Nevada.
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