The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-05-05

Deputy County Recorder Harrison has
recorded upwards Of 200 location notices
f ON Ferguson district in the last month.
Now the transfers Of interests there be-
gin to fill his office with deeds.
w. ]. Douley repurss that the Sun
Beam aud Snow Flake claims at F.rgu-
SOD, in which he is interested, are IN.
proving as depth is attained. The own
ers will push the work of development as
rapidly as possible.
William Adsre, while working in the
saw mill at Clover Valley met with
very painful accident Monday. by falling
against the saw and having the fingers OF
his left hand cut completely off. DR..
Crowder was summoned and gave him
what relief vas possible.
From letter whish w. j. Dooley re.
ceived this morning, we learn that Frank,
eue eiuesb sou Vi - 1iSeHuiauu, now re-
residing at San Francisco, while attempt
ing to board street car while in motion,
was thrown to the ground and hi. right
III broken below the knee.
The Dixie company at st George, Utah
have made another large shipment o.
copper bullion and ore from their mines
and smelters. The lot contained, bullion
80 per cent, COZ per SIS So PER cent. The
long wagon haul is making the company
anxious for the Union Pacific extension
to Phoebe.
One of our modern prospectors, who
has been taking in Monkey Wrench,
speaking of the wonderful richnes, of the
ore, said con6dentialy that one mornin"
he fred off hole al d the mountain was
completely sprinkled with horns of silver
and by way of clinching his statement.
produced piece of Magnolia gold rock.
On Monday Jake Colburn bought from
Joe Cassidy, one Of the owners of the
Gold Cup claim in Ferguson district, an
undivided one hundred feet, or one.
fifteenth of the entire claim, and paid
therefore $500. This places valuation
on the entire claim of $22, 500, and it is
yet nothing but prospect, though it
shows up well.
Manager Eames, Of the P. C. Co.,
since taking charge Of the management
IT the cor Germ, does not let the grass
grow beneath his feet. There are but
few points of interest in this section oil
The country that have not come under
his pers nal observation, and he ha, be
come thoroughly acquainted with the
mineral re-ou of the entire district
George Wheatley, who has recently
returned from trip to Ferguson district,
relates that Joe Hoag, in the course o!
prospecting in the hills in that vicinity,
met rattlesnake of huge proportions,
which he attacked with pick. In the
struggle the snake bit the p int of the
pick, and Joe swore by the beard of hi
great-grandfather that the pick swelleC
three TINS its rmal size in five mir
utes. It is impossible to believe tina
Joe Hoag would falsify about anything
so we must believe the story.
Never ''in the history Of the oldest in
habitant" (all jokes aside) was such
storm as visited us Tuesday and Wee
nesday known here. Rain fell inces
sanity all of Tuesday, while all of yester
day, except for short time in the after
noon, snow fell, accompanied with
storm of wind which appeared to com
from every direction at the same tim
and equalled in severity any storm W
experienced past winter. To day tn
storm seems to be ovor, though it is still
cloudy.