The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-10-19

| 'n considerable OF Q scale
Mrs. A. s. Thompson and the ch;,ar..
returned by Fridays stage from the East
where they have been since Last spr;no
The most of the time was spen. hstw 80,
the fair at Chicago and with relative. of
Mr. Thompson in Ohio. @
Charley Roe and john Savior were in
iaom Bristol last Sunday and Monday
hoe' who has just completed the assess.
mene work on the National mine took
out about five tons of high grade copper
ore during the work.
Dutch Flat school district No. l6
opened two weeks ago with Miss Clara
warren as teacher. School at present i.
neid at Listens. but a building is to bs
erected at the mouth of Dutch Flat
wash, material for the purpose lie inc
taken down from town now.
The brass band. after varying fortunes
mas agreed to disband. and tonight, at
Ihompson's Hall, dance will be given. to
which all are invited. The Immediate
cause of disbanding is that several of the
members are called from town to bs an.
sent indsdnits lengths of time, and their
places cannot be filed.
Archie Yoacham. who was up from the
Wash yesterday. reports cattle there to
DO dying of blackleg. Four have died
within the past ten days, himself and
the Barton Brothers being the losers
This has been an exceptionally hard year
on cattle there, and most of the calves
are affected with species of blindness,
not thoroughly understood, but resulting,
it is supposed. from ticks.
John Shier has concluded to remain
permanently at Salt Lake City and is
about to enter the drug business there,
de has secured location Immediately
opposite the U. P. depot. and north of
the Union Pacific hotel, where the out.
look for his line OF business is considered
fair. His business here will continue
and will DO under the supervision of Dr..
Bjornson. This will create vacancy in
the Office of Postmaster.
w. j. Dooley returned from Ferguson
district Tuesday evening, filed to the
brim with predictions Of glorious future
for the camp. He reports the weather to
be somewhat cool, and reptiles as scarce.
Saw one RATHER and thinks he killed him
but isn't sure. Says he piled all the
rocks in the district on the snake and
thought it dead, but as he moved away
the rookie began to shake as though il
was wiggling out. Billy says he hadn't
drank anything that day either.
Miss Minnie Carmap, who for several
years has efficiently discharged the duties
of deputy postmaster here, will doubt
less be appointed to fill the vacancy ere.
ated by the resignation of Mr.. Shier. No
better appointment could be made, as
the lady is we'll up in the business Of the
Office, and her courteous and affable DON.
sideration OF all during her connection
with the department will constitute one
of her chief recommendations.
J. Nesbitt 4 Bro. in order to test the
Ferguson district ore, are overhauling a
part Of the old Condor Canyon quartz
mill and will make test run there,
Five stamps only, with necessary pans
and settler. will be put in shape, and if
results justify. the whole mill will be
renovated, or better still, moved directly
to the new district and set in operation.
No tests by the milling process have yet
been made on Ferguson ores that We
have heard OF.
The annual work on claims at Ferguson
district results in discoveries which serve
to keep alive the interest manifested for
the past year in that promising section.
The latest is $1,000 gold assay from
groupings taken from the Exchequer
claim, owned by J. w. Palmer and
Johnny Horton, here, and which was
taken from the surface in looking around
for good spot at which to begin work,
The claim ia situated but short distance
from the Jim Grow and Monitor mines.
Tho connection Of the 18th level of the
Yuba mine with. the 10Th level Of the old
Mszeppa shaft, work on which has been
prosecuted for nearly year past, Is
likely to be effected within . week.
John Thomas. who worked at times in
the face of both drifts, has undertaken to
make the connection within ten days and
10 now at work from the Mazeppa side.
Last Thursday VIM. Lloyd and Jas.
Giles, after considerable work, and not
without some danger from foul air,
succeeded in getting down the Yuba and
along the west drift, where they sounded
to Thomas, and were answered by him,
showing the distance to be less than
fifteen feet between the two points.
Without this connection work in the
Yuba cannot be again prosecuted with.
out very great expense, while it is also
necessary to preserve the tinberiug Of
the shaft.