The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-24
STATE AND COAST.

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was sold for $l305.
A dozen Comstock hoodlum boys were
arrested at Virginia City for obstructing
theatre entrance, and fined s. each.
Twenty thousand nine hundred tons OF
ore were run through the Leadville smelt
ers during August, resulting in bullion
product of 9, $50 tons.
Wyoming has camp called La Plata
which the Laramie papers are trying to
boom. The district is twelve years old
At one time there was quite an excite.
ment there.
Arrangements have been perfected for
the building of 300 ton smelling and
reduction plant at Durango, Colo. This
will be Of great benefit to the mine own
ers OF that section.
Reno Journal The Oest mine in
Devils Gate and Chinatown districts has
turned out $24, 900 as the result of crush
ing 400 tons of ore in FIVE stamp mill in
twenty.seven days.
Could the Fort Hall reservation be
opened to-day, says the Pocatello Herald
before the setting of the sun tomorrow
night 500 rich mining claims would be
located by our citizens alone.
This, from the Salt Lake Times will do
"Some men are born great, that's
Blaine; others have greatness thrust upon
them, that's Harrison; Others thrust
themselves upon greatness, that's Cleve
land"
Homer Index: A tidal wave of loose
ness swept over and through the bowels
Of our people last week, creating an un
usual demand for brandy and ginger
and other astringents. Those who didn
catch the complaint lost many drink.
At Elko, one day last week, Richard
Ryan, while drunk, kicked an old Indiar
who was quietly sitting on the sidewalk
in the face. He was promptly arrested
convicted of misdemeanor and fined $30(
or six months in the county jail.
Bob Summerville, arrested and triet
for taking specimen of ore out of tn
keystone mine at Tintic, was acquitted
| The jury held that it was customary TO
miners everywhere to take specimen
from the ore they are working in.
The Richmond Consolidated Mininl
company in Eureka county New, ha
produced during the last twenty year
sos, 744. 900 in gold, silver and lead
During that time it has declared divi
dends to the amount Of 4,349, $40.
A five-foo vein of the finest galen
ore ever seen in Wyoming has bee
struck in Casper mountain. Great excl
tement prevails in the camp and in Cas-
per, and the prospectors are greatly en-
couraged and many new finds are dali
expected.
The strike in the Trinity mine at Bling
ham, Utah, is turning out to be be
nanza. The owners claim to have sey
en.foot body of ore, none of which wi
run under $l65 to the ton, and there is
eighteen inch streak which runs 1895
gold and $2l2 in silver.
At his home near Stayton, Oregon, la!
Wednesday, Calvin Neal, aged abo,
seventy years and pioneer of 1874, die
to all appearances. After fourteen hou
and while preparations for his burial we
being made, he showed signs of life an
revived, he lived but few hours afte
wards.
r Last Wednesday night both pun
, rods of the double column pump (6'
8 horse power) at the Alta mine broke al
t went tearing down the shaft doing co
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{ men for IA hours and half before beil
J. relieved. The fate of the men was n
known for some time and large ga
were at work to secure their relea
y from imprisonment.
n Reno, New, Sept. l9.-Louis Ortiz,
IS well known desperate character, a
f. another Spaniard named Baptist QUAR-
+" ed on the street yesterday. Officer Rio
y ard Nash attempted to arrest Ortiz, VIII
the latter shot him through the gro
inflicting severe if not fatal wour
q Tom Welsh, bystander, was a
y wounded Ortiz was taken from
. county Jail late last night by hundl
10 or more men and hanged to the il
:. bridge. He met death cody.
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