The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-04-23
STATE A % COAST.

property worth S200,0OO.
Several Mare lslaud Official have heen
relic, ed for neg Iect { ofiioid d"ty IA the
repair Of the "Alert.
Salt Lake City has cedet the park in
that city to the Utah 4 Nevada Air
Line for depot grounds and bulldogs.
The Elko Independent has been pur-
chased by w. w. Booher, late Demo-
cratic candidate for clerk of the Su rene
court.
About 100 mcn are at work at Bodie
Business is picking mp and the camp has
a bett~r outlook than it has had for sew
eral years.
The Inyo Independent reports the
finding OF skeleton of man near Oar
win, probably the remains OF same cid
prosI eitrr.
~, at deal Of prospecting is going on
ia the J,fferson range of mountains,
in Nye county. Several parties are taxi
ing out rich ore.
Hon. Geo. w. Merrill, formerly Of
Nevada, and for four yea airs United
States minister to the Hawaiian | lands
is tn locate at Los Angeles and prac'i :e
law.
The Carson Appeal says that Carson
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is well supplied with female black
mailel-, who keep a number OF married
meu on the anxious seat by threats If
exposure.
The Exc county commits, 'ners have
ordered that no more bills against the
county on account of the killing of any
coyotes, wildcats or other noSious ami
mails whatever will he allowed hy the
board
News has ben received from Soath-
western Ariz,ua to the effect that the
White Mountain Apachcs are very
uneasy 1t is feared they will 60 IN the
warpath. They are having much trouble
among themselves.
Belmont Courier: Were II railroad
constructed through Nyc county it
would be the meaus Of opening up some
of the best mines in the State, aud the
enterprise would soon prove profitable
one to the owners of the line.
Fifty mining locations have been re-
ceived from the new gold digginss in
Nye county to be recorded Also a box
Of quartz has been received which is said
t, be literally covered with gold
A murd, rou, Wyoming ranchman held
his four-year old boy before him as a
shield aud started in TO clean out his
neighbors with q six shooter, The boy
is dead and his father will MT recover.
Next to agriculture, mining and the
extraction Of metals from the ores,
which may be regarded as one, consti.
tutes the most important industry in the
United States. In 1883 the value OF
these products was 1854, $50, $40.
White Pine News: Richer and more
of it! This is the news that comes to
us from the Joanna mine. Early this
week the lessees working in the mine
broke into ore that assays $75 to the ton,
and they are opening up large body OF
it.
Central Nevadan: There are 100 bales
of wool on the ore platform, to be
shipped to California. The clip in Lam
der county will be 2SO, 900 pounds. worth
$36, 000 OF this amount, 10000
pounds are from the neighbnrhood Of
Battle Mountain.
Although over 200 men are employed
In Candelaria there is considerable talk
of dull times. Instead of making the
"hurrah" town of former years, :he
miners are saving their money and lay.
ing up sack for rainy day. Under
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that the principal portion of the town
will consist of private residences, in
stead Of whisky mills az at present
Lyon County Times: Schurtz and
Ward have purchased large tent which
they will use as house at their copper
camp in Delaware district this summer.
They have also had packed into their
camp a supply of grub" and material.
The ore will probably be taken to the
Brunswick mill to be worked, as that is
the nearest point on the river to the
mine. To get the ore to the mill it will
be necessary to build a road, as the
camp can now only be reached by pack.
ing distance OF five miles or more after
leaving Ell Dorado canyon. The owners
of the mine calculate they have a snug
little fortune.
/ Va. Enterprise; We have II on good
authority that the Chinese are selling
opium to Indians, and that the abort
gines have improvised tools through
which they can smoke the narcotic. The
aboriginal throat and stomach pitches
into the ecstacies Of the vilest third use
opium with all the delirum that a
debutante can receive the congratulations
Of her friends. Last summer at Lake
Tahoe q number of Indians were sc en-
packing opium smoking outfits, and
when asked to explain their use they
said it was headache medicine, trouble
from which Indians seldom suffer-
| The Carson Appeal says: The people
Of Elko are agitating themselves unnec.
esslrily about the proposed new road