The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-11-21
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
NEW YORK QUOTATIONS. = Silver
941%. Lead, "a 05.


new mining company that is to oper-
ate in Cherry Creek.
A marriage license went out on
Mondays Cherry Creek stage for
John Howard and Mrs. Mary Henry.
The owners of the Peacock mine,
across the valley, are taking out ore
and will shortly make run at the
Ely mill.
Lead is falling and in consequence
several miners have been laid of at
Hamilton. The latest quotation Is
"a 05 per hundred.
The Robinson Canyon Placer Min
ing Co. is rigging up whim to work
their mines. They will go to bedrock
and make thorough prospect NJ
their ground.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Ponjade expect
To leave some time next week on
visit to Portland, Oregon. They ex-
meet to be gone all winter. The NEWS
wishes them a pleasant visit.
There is much quite work being
done in connection with u new rail-
road line from Utah westward. A. {.
Cleveland has been in salt Lake for
several weeks, aud ii is coniectured
that his principal business there is in
connection with the Nevada Air Line.
The weather continues cool and
clear. The threatened storm of the
week spent its force before il reached
here, and all We got of it was five
minutes squall Thursday night.
Many mine owners in this district
are now doing their annual assess
ment work. 1t it time for all claim
owners, who have not already done
so, TO start in as but one month re-
mains in which to comply with the
law.
Jack Strong made a new and rich
discovery of silver ore across the val
lev LAST week. The location of this
new find is in the low hills just across
from Steve fuckers ranch. Assays
of the ore, made by A. ID. Campton,
went rs high as $500 to the ton.
j. +. Cupid, who bond on the
Cornell mine ON White Pine Noun
tain, and has just returned from Butte
City and Hclene. went oui 10 Hamil-
ton last evening. where he will meet
the Montana parties who are looking
to purchase of the properly.
AT the administrator sale .of the
real and personal property belonging
to the estate of the late John Rags
dale, deceased, last Wednesday, w.
G Lyons bid in the property for
$3.025, which Is considered a fair
price, and the sale will no doubt be
confirmed by the Court.
r. Sadler, of the Nevada Stage and
transportation Co, was in town sew
eral DAYS this week on business He
desires US 10 announce to the people
of Ely that all express matter com
ing to Eureka destined for this place,
will he promptly forwarded if the
parties TO whom addressed will send
their order 10 W e. Griffin, the ex-
press at Eureka. transferring same to
care Nevada Stage and Transporta
ton Co.
Ross Humphreys stable, with about
two tons of hay, was burned to the
ground Wednesday morning. The
fire was accidental, caused by Mr..
Humphrey leaving lighted candle in
miners candlesliek in the stable in
the morning before he went to work.
Fortunately the wind was blowing in
the right direction to make it an easy
matter to save Mr.. Humphreys resi-
dence.
VIM. Colder of GlenviIle, Geo. Ii.
Hewitt and Alfred Judkins, of Aspen,
Colorado, mining men, arrived on
Thursday nights Cherry Greeks stage,
accompanied by Recorder J. F.Cupid.
The gentlemen spent several days in
Cherry, and we learn that they bonded
the Bews mine there. Yesterday they
went up the canyon to look at the
Chairman property. From here it il
their intention to go to Taylor and
Muncy Creek to look at the mines at
those camps,
Charley Pritchard, who has been
taveling down in Arizona for the
past few months, writes us from Park
City, Utah. Charley says it would
surprise Eastern Nevadans to see the
number of low grade mines that are
being proftably worked in the south
ern country. On his return through
San Francisco he was at Robert