The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-30
STATE AND COAST.

Governor Markham of California is
seriously i'll at Pasadena and doubts are
expressed whether he will again nccnpy
the gubernatorial chair.
Five workmen at the electric works
in Denver were fearfully burned, one Ia
tally, by the explosion Of a can of giant
powder, which they were attempting to
open by striking it with pick.
The old Lisbon mill, at Mammoth,
once booming town Of Mono, has been
purchased by John 7. Hammond and re-
moved to Lundy, where it will be erect
ed aud help the Lundy boom.
The Carson Tribune says that since
the wonderful rich ore discovery in the
Schultz mine at Pine Nut, the people Of
Carson and Genoa have become excited,
and already 600 acres have been located
in the neishborhood to be worked IS
placer mines.
The Lundy Mining Index says; lnfor-
mation is wanted OF the whereabouts Of
Hugh j. Cambell, miner, who worked
ON the Comstock long time and ought
to be remembered there He was last
heard from in Ventura county. BY com.
munica,ing with this Office he will hear
of something to his advantage.
The miners who opposed the boarding
house management and struck for better
food at the Pittsburg mines near Battle
Mountain, have returned to work with
the understanding that a white man
shall take charge of the eating house at
the end of the month.
The Austin Reveille says contract
has been let for hauling anthony from
the Big Creek mines to Austin Junction,
whence it will be shipped by rail to Bat
tie Mountain, thence by way of San
Francisco to New Orleans, thence by
steamer to Liverpool, England.
Va. Enterprise, The Comstock Mill
and Mining Company, through their at
torneys, Trenmor Coffin and W. S.
Wood, have commenced new suit
against Allen ct al. embracing several
parties owning land on the Carson river,
to adjudioats the water rights of said
stream.
s. L. Journal: James Thompson has
returned from the Humboldt region,
Nevada, where he has been inspecting
some mining properties recently located
by Chris Thomson. He states that they
have good ore at the grass roots, and be
ing near the railroad can ship at small
expense. A company is to be formed a
, once, when shipments will be made.
Mohave Miner; On our streets tn,
other day we witnessed strange freal
OF nature in the shape of an Indian turn
: ing white. The inside of his hands wer,
as white as those of his white brothers
; On the backs of his hands were spots o
pure white, which gave peculiar ap
pearance in contrast with the balance O
: his body. His wholeo body is spotte
y and speckled with white.
Carson Appeal; Mr.. Zirn, who is Ii
Gator of the principal claim at Nut Pin
It being the only claim upon which an
It work has been done, is an eccentric ind
10 vidual. He sleeps between two Henr
Is rifles and works in day time between tw
o pistols. He will permit no one aroun
D. his claim at any time. His head is con
rs pletely turned.
70 Nevada Transcript: These Dige
u Indians living in the vicinity of ii
10 grasshopper.infested regions are livil
y high this year. They consider Il
:" hopper the most toothsome of all lux
ries. The Insects are sometime thread
:, on string and roasted over fire, b
the more common way is to dry them
- the sun and then with the aid of cru
= morter and pestle reduce them to q
=. -four and made into paste.
mt The Granite Mountain mine of Mo
he tana has paid ST. 900, 600 in divden
ed within the past five years, and the ma
he agement has repeatedly refused the 81
tie of $50, 900, coo for the property. The
metallic mine, on the same vein as I
Granite, pays at the rate of $40, 900 I
&C. months in dividends, but 81, 2CO, 900 v
ne put into the mine before it showed al
OF thing.
=. Silver State: The mill of the Bost
he Willow Creek Mining Company v
40 started up last week on ore from I
nm company's mine at Willow Gre,
James O'Danneli, an experienced m
man, who superintendent the construct
"a. of themill, says everything is work.
he nicely. The ore is concentrated and a
his algamated and the capacity OF the n
The is seven tons day, which can be
his duced at cost of less than ten dolla
,gs As the ore is free milling and will av
nat age $40 in gold per ton, this leaves gu
as a nice margin of profit for the owners
The mill is run by water, and it is $,
that there is enough power to run a II
Ith of three times the capacity of the pres,
he one all the year round. Bullion sh
ire ments will soon be in order.
:" w. j. Sheridan, who has lately
"s turned from an extended visit To