The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-08-17
One-half an inch Of rain fell Tues

MIR. n. u. OaVls Blu HhC iho-o :
fying trip to Currant Greek. the first
of the week.
Mr.. A. d. Campton departed for
White River the first Of the week. TO
survey lands for Jas. Riordan.
Mrs. A. D. Campton, daughter Bes-
ale and Miss Mollie, are the guests of
Mrs. w. n. McGill, Monitor ranch.
L. B. Ridgley an Episcopalean min
inter from Salt Lake City, preached
At the schoolhonse Tuesday evening.
Abs ShaIlsnbarger one Of Osceola'a
entsrprising yoaths, while at work in
the placer diggings recently, found q
1923 gold nugget.
A. s. Nelly came in from Muncy
Creey Thursday evening, whsre he
has finished teaching = very success
full term Of school.
A. M. and A. r. Bowlby and E.
Fl. Lyons, Ogden parties, are doing
the assessment work on their mining
properties in Robinson district.
Mrs. w. b. and daughters, and Miss
Vivian Weber, are visiting with Mrs.
HI. 2. Mollison, in Ste, toe Valley.
Silver quoted at 66k cents. Lead,
brokers price $3.S7a. Copper, firm,
at 11.87a.
Parties have been ut Elko during
the past week looking into the propo-
sition of putting up bacon and ham
curing plant.
jerome A. Fillmore has been chos-
en- to fill the vacancy in the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company, created by
the death of A. N. Towne.
The Southern Pacific company has
Withdrawn its offer of standing re-
ward of $1,000 for Information lead
ing to the arrest and conviction of
any train robber or wrecker.
1t has been decreed by the Queens
land Government that imported min
ing machinery shall pay 20 per cent
duty; that is the kind of ''home IN
dustry" people they are.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Miller and
family and Miss Alice Carothers, re-
turned from the Bruno country where
they have been visiting for some weeks
past, Mon ay.
The 'sTiInes says quite number Of
cattle have died along the Walker riv-
or in Mason Valley lately. They are
apparently well one day and found
dead. the next. 4
The report of the d nvsr branch
mint for July accounts for the receipt
and tres tment 1913, 017.8O in gold,
compared with $737, 300 in July "a.
During July the United States as
say office at Helena, Montana, handl-
cd 1926, 900 worth of gold. During
July '94 1888, 500 was handled.
Gold deposits have beenn found
near Bokhara by M. M. Portorsky, a
Russian Government mining engineer
which, he asserts, are practically in
exhaustible.
A German scientist says that think
ing is one of the chief causes of wrink-
les. An eastern exchange observes
that this ex lains how our congress
men preserve their good looks.
The statistics for the California gold
yield for "a, by counties, exhibit a
handsome increase, aggregating a
million dollars more than of the pre-
ceding year. AS before published,
the total is considerably over $14, :
600, 200,
The Southern Pacific Company has
granted rate Of one-fifth fare for the
State Fair excursion tickets Presi-
dent Powning thinks the company
will grant half rate, that is one fare
for the round trip, before tho opening
Of the Fare. Silver State
The United States Grand Jury will
will Meet on August 10. There are
eleven Indian whiskey selling cases,
five or six counterfeit cases to be
heard, the Mint matter to be investi-
gated, and considerable other business
to come before the Jury.
The receipts At the State Land Of
flee for the week ending August 10,
1890, were: Payment on applicai
lions, $3.50; Payment on Contracts;