The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-12-21


Nevada penitentiary --Elko Free Press.
One or two cloudy days in the past week,
but most Of the time the weather was above
complaint
Twenty FIVE thousand millionaires and
twenty five million slaves and paupers in
the Gland of the free and the home of the
brave Silver State.
People who have tried it, say that there
is no better medicine for dyspepsia than
Ayers Sarsaparilla. 1t may net give one the
stomach of an ostrich, but it SO strengthens
the ailmentary organs that digestion Of
ordinary food becomes easy and natural.
H. L. Prudential came in this afternoon
from Comet district for the holidays. His
claim, the Lyndon, looks better than ever and
regular shipments of high grade ore, will be.
gin to the Bullionvile works as soon as the
company will receive them.
Hon. j. j. Manning is in town from Hike
attending to matters in general for the mill
there. He has with him an exquisite spe-
cimen of gold rock from the Magnolia at
Ferguson District lately taken out.
Will G. Higgins. pioneer in the news
paper business, has begun the publication of
weekly paper at Cedar City, Utah, the
"Iron County Record" the first number Of
which is at hand 1t is nicely gotten up
sheet and is full of information about that
promising section of country.
The Condor mill is ready to start up with
the exception of pump for lifting water
from the creek bed, being still enroute from
the factory. But for this, the character of
the ore from the Jim Crow mine at Fergu-
son, would soon be known; as it is the mill
may be able to start at any time almost as
the pump is liable to be along any day.
Jimmy Clark has charge of the mill and
will continue to operate it.
A three foot quartz ledge at Tooele isn't
in il with the twenty to forty foot outcrops
of Ferguson district, all as good no doubt as
the Tooele find. The distance from railroad
and the difficulty of examination is the only
thing that has kept Ferguson district SO
much behind, but now this is to change.
Sam Goddess option on the two main proper.
ties thcre, is advertised pretty we'll from
Denver and ought to set mining men OF
means to thinking
Last Thursday evening about nix o'clock,
a cyclone or something akin to it. struck
the south end of the dwelling house at
Stanleys ranch in Lake Valley, tore away
the shed, and partially crushed in the end of
the house. 1t occurred without warning
and before the inmates could get outside, the
trouble was over. the whirlwind sweeping
away to the northeast demolishing two
large stacks of hay in its course. The pre-
vailing direction of the wind during the day
was from the south,
Inquiries are made from the East as to
the existence of mica beds or deposits In
this county Several mica claims are held
in the southern part of the county and there
il on exhibition in this Office sheet six
inches square, of first class mica, which was
brought from the Las Vegas ranch about
year ago. 1t was produced near there but
the exact place is concealed by those inter-
ested. Now is good time to make known
its location; the result might be to interest
outside parties in it's production.
The new law suspending assessment
work for 1898 requires that all persons
who desire to secure its benefits shall
file notice with the Recorder before
December 81, 1893. A form in com.
pIiance with the law has been prepared
by THe RECORD and is now on sale a
this office.
A short time since the statement wa
made that the ore veins in Vanderbilt reste'
upon beds of cyenits at depth of abou
800 feet. This statement was made by on
who was supposed to know, but he mad
one serious mistake, and that mistake wa
the failure on his part to furnish the proc
wherewith to support his theory. Ninety
nine people out Of one hundred would
first thought accept his statement withot
any proof being furnished; but how muc
would such evidence be worth before boar
Of expertss For the sake of argument, HOY
r ever, we will grant that he may be correc
q What then? Simply this; that the ore
I Vanderbilt above that line is sufficient
$ make it live camp for two or three year
i No prospect in this camp has failed, bu
!. instead, all have shown good rock, viii
grows better as the shafts are sunk. dov
to tho deepest level yet attained-that
,, 200 feet. And this statement depends
" no one mine, or any one thing. The ore
rich and there is plenty Of it above 3OO-fe
" level; and it is yet to be proved that the
isn't ore below that level.-Vanderb
y Shaft.
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