The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-08-25
JCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
School opened in Ely last Monday
with a good attendance.

Hip, who have been VlslClng Irlends
in Elko County, returned last We'd
nesday.
VIM. Erskine, who has been quite
sick with pneumonia for the past two
weeks is much better this week and
is improving rapidly.
VIM. and Jseph Watson are both
very sick with pneumonia. The for
mer's case is reported by D. Davis to
be quite serious
Judge Talbot, says the Elko Free
Press, returned from Salt Lake City
on Monday the 18th, He is improv
ing slowly.
Over 1900 men have been formally
discharged form the Union Pacific as
the result of the great strike, and
Others are being displaced each day.
Hiram Mitchell, foreman for Nichols
.&Parsons of White River, while chop
ping wood last Tuesday, accidenly in
flicted an ugly but not dangerous cut
on his foot.
B. F. Miller, Manager of the White
Pine Transportation Co., left We'd
nesday last to inspect the mail route
between Ely and Eureka. He will be
absent about ten days.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee, at the meeting held in Carson
on the 10Th. decided to hold a regular
Democratic State Convention in Car
son on the 18th. Of September.
The Virginia Chronicle, says the
Carson Tribune, has concluded that
Senator John P. Jones intends to con-
tinue to train in the Republican ranks.
Now look out for a chorus from the
Silver Populist papers that Clones is
a creature of Wall street.
A force of men have been put to
work on w. D. Campbell's mine in
Steptoe Valley and work of develope-
ment begun. The ledge at the point
where the work is being done is Is
inches wide and washes show the ore
to carry from $50 to$1OO in gold. 1t
is very promising find and much
interest is taken in it's devolopement.
The Republican County Central
Committee met in Ely on August 18th,
and appointed the following NAM
ed gentlemen as delegates to the State
Convention to be held at Reno on the
oath. of August. j. B. Mathewson
of Hamilton; D. R. Collins of Cherry
Creek, A. G. Cleveland of Spring VAL
ley, and F. M. Clark of Ely.
Statehood is now almost as impor-
tant in Arizona as the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver. With two Sen
ators and a Congressman we could i'm
prove our chances in the fight for
supremacy wonderfully. Give us
statehood and we will add three good
and true silver men to fight our battle
in congress. -Kingman (Ariz. Miner.
Messrs Shean, Godbe and Lloyd
have all machinery in good working
order at the summit and will start to-
morrow teaching the tailings that are
there. A test of the ordinary hypo
gave the best extraction and that will
be used in the working of the same
They have every confidence of success
from all the tests made and will work
on an average fifteen tons day. They
have gone to considerable expense
and it is hoped that their greatest ex-
pectations will be realized. Phoebe
Record.
AL. Smith, the Eureka Photogra-
pher who has been doing business in
Ely for several weeks past left Thurs
day for Osceola. Mr.. Smith did con-
siderable work while here and gave
good satisfaction in every instance.
He understands his business thorough
ly and all desiring work in his line
will do well to take advantage OF the
opportunity. He will visit Cherry
Greek and stop few days in Ely on
his return. Duplicates from old neg
atives will be furnished on application.
Bob Lund of st. George, Utah, is
reported to have recently made an ex-
tensive and valuable gold discovery in
the Muddy Valley, this country. The
find is located in the mountain range,
about 20 miles southeast of st. Thomas.
The ledge is traceable on the surface
for upward of two miles, and all this