The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-06-18
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cattle man, is shipping 5000 head Of
stock cattle fir IN Arzjla t. his ranch on
the Humboldt.
In southern ARENA there grows
plant from which rope and Irvine that
will almost never wear out can le made.
1t is the mescal llant. But very lit.le
of this rope has been made thus far
Kean county, Cal, farmers are organ
izing a system of coyote drives to rid the
stock ranges Of these pests. After they
have cleared out the coyotes they will
next have to get up jAckrabbit drives.
The work Of tapping Eagle lake in,
Lasseu county, California, to irrigate
large tract Of sagebrush land in Honey
Lake valley, has been started The en-
terprise i. backed by local and San Fran
cisco capital.
The Robert and Minnie has been re-
leased unIer SO, 800 bonds and sailed
from San Pedro for Eureka The cap.
tain Is under S., 900 bonds. The original
crew is u held in the jail at Los An
gelos unable to set the bonds required,
aud rev crew was shipped.
S. l. Journal The latest il railroad
circles is that contract has been let for
the construction of 200 miles of the Salt
Lake X ragtt Sound road. The build.
ing of this and several ether proposed
roads y i'll make business lively in this,
the great metropolis Of this intermoun.
tain region.
Austin Advocate: The cattle men Of
Smoky and Grass Valley and Eureka
county are rodoeipg at Dry Creek.
News from all parts of the range reports
cattle in fine coalition, and every COW
aud htifer with calf, but water DC.
ing so plentiful the cattle are badly scat.
tered and hard to find.
lnyo Register: Mining around Big
Pine is prospering to an encouraging de-
gree, though Of course on prospecting
scale. Commctti, at the Fish Spring
mines, recently made thousand. dollar
net cleanup after short run The
prospects are good for steady work on a
number of claims.
s. l.. Journal: 1t is rumoied that J.
IL. Bacon has perfected arrangements for
the building of the Deep Creek road, and
that dirt will soon fly. 1t is stated that
the delay was caused by the withdrawal
of two Of the five men interested in the
enterprise when the fight was made on
Fort Square business.
Salt Lake Tribune: The Utah, Ne.
vada h California road has received $500,
900 in cash. and its bonds to the extent
OF $50, 600, 900 have been placed in Lon
| don AT least such is the underst landing
among the inner circle now. President
Herman has gone to'New York on bust
ness connected with the road
Times-Review: During the past week
the Dexter has shipped five bars Of gold
bullion, valued at $4,000, the product
Of thirty days run with five stamps at
the De Frees mill. A Pelton wheel is
now being put in, when it is ex-
pected that the mill will be run to its
full capacity of ten stamps.
Belmont Courier: The latest news
from the gold field in the southern part
of Nye county is that Mr.. Montgomery
is expected to arrive there in a few days
with a five stamp quartz mill. 1t will
not be long before a thorough test will
be made of the ore of that district At
last accounts the Yount mines were still
looking we'll
1t is said that four different mountain
peaks in Idaho are from thirteen to
twenty'three feet lower by actual meas
urlment than they were fifteen years
ago. The theory is that quicksands are
undermining them, but more reason
able theory is that the states of which
which they are composed are being dis.
integrated by the atmosphere and slide
down the slope.
Va. Enterprise. Jack Shay, the Reno
pugilist, was ON the Comstock last week.
His career was meteoric-brief and
bright He got into a fight with res.
taurant keeper, BACKED his eyes, and
got plate of hot soup spilled over him.
Fearing arrest, and desiring to get out
OF town without walking, he tackled
faro game with dollar, and in a few
minutes he draw out $3.50, and i'm.
mediately set out for Butte, Montana.
Chloride Belt: A slight earthquake
shock was felt in Candelaria on the 9th
at s o'clock, The vibration was from
west to east At l0l5 a. m. there was
another shock, while between 10 and IL
P. m. there were three more quakes, one
of them a severe one. Nervous people
are all broke up over the repeated
shocks. 1t is to be hoped that with her
other attractions Candelara is not 90.
ing to become an earthquake resort.
central Nevadan; John Rhoades, who
Is IN town, has made rich strike on the
Summit claim, between the Pittsburp
and Marysvllle mines, assays from which
run from $50 to $500 ton. The Sum.
NIT claim was formerly owned BY w. s.
Wilson, who sank shaft alongside the
vein, but failed to crosscut. The new
owner has opened drift and cut a ledge
three feet wide. filed with metal. Those