The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-30
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

Quite a number Of men left for the new
diggings on Tuesday morning.
Miss Ida Dorreli, of Eagle valley, visited
friends here Saturday and Sunday.
Sheriff H. E. Prudential went to De-
Lamar on official business on Monday.
Joe viett passed through Phoebe Tues.
day with two prospectors for Spring valley.
Miss Title Roeder, who has been visiting
friends here and assisting in the Recorders
office, returned to DeLamar on Tuesday.
District Attorney T. j. Osborne has been
at DeLamar since Saturday looking up gen
eral business, and is expected home to-day.
Jim Hulse and f. W. Dickel returned
to town Wednesday with some good looking
rock. They think they have got good
thing.
Dee Turner, one of the messengers for the
DeLamar Gold Mining company, came in
town on Monday and left the following
evening.
Examine the jury list as published this
week but remember, if your name appears
there, that many are called but few
shall be chosen"
The Board Of Commissioners hold their
regular meeting next Monday. See that
your bills are filed with the Clerk before
noon Of that day
Little George Nesbitt, who has been con.
fined to the house for month past with
what appears to be rheumatism of the neck
and back, is beginning to mend.
Louis Klein is still confined to his bed
from the effects of the fall which broke his
thigh six weeks ago, The fracture has
mended nicely but otherwise he continues
poorly.
John R. Cook and VIM. Lloyd returned
Friday from prospecting trip to the west,
They examined several properties in the
vicinity of Little Cherry creek in Nye
county.
George Rice, brother to one of tho owners
OF the Utah Spur claim, was in town on
Monday exhibiting some very fine rock which
added fresh fuel to the already prevalent
Spring Valley fever
Word comes from the new strike that
district will be formed this side of the State
Line, it will commence about two miles
from Utah, in this county, and two miles
north of place known as Stark's station.
Where are the prophets who said we were
to have long, hard winter. Our exper.
fence for the past three weeks has been that
this is one of the mildest and most omen
winters the country has seen in twenty five
years.
Mcdonald, Harrison and Ross have be.
gun work on their portion of the Utah
Spur claim under their lease at Line district.
If the ore holds out to any depth, as rich as
the assays which have been taken from the
top, two weeks ought not to pass before
preparations for shipment of ore will be
made.
There is talk Of reviving the brass band
for the remainder of the winter months
Several old hands at the business are willing
to enter and propose it as means of killing
time. II their regular practices prove as
abominable to the public as those of the
last band organization, the members them
selves ought to be killed.
The mint cases continue to furnish food
for comment and reflection at Carson.
Now it looks as though some of the attern.
eys, high in court, will shortly be punished
for contempt. The prospect of a heavy fine
and term in the State prison is not cheerful
to contemplate, and yet matters are now
pointing in that very direction.
The suit of j. Nesbtt & Bro. VS.. The
Phoebe Con. NJ. & r. Co., in which plain.
tiffs recovered judgment for something over
$500, on account OF supplies furnished
to coal burners connected with j. A.
Dentons charcoal contract, has been settled.
Mutual concessions were made by tho part.
les interested (which avoids protracted liti.
cation and expense.
The exodus to Spring Valley is growing
every week. Large numbers of miners can
be seen passing through Phoebe and Panaca
every day. and the outlook iusti6es the
rush, as the assays run high and the ore is
in no small quantities. DeLamar will have
to look after her prestige il things keep look.
ing up as they do at present.
II sufficient amount Of concentrating
ore can be obtained, J. II. Wheeler conten.
plates erecting small crushing and concen.
trating plant near Highland. Frue Van.
ners will be used and it would seem that
Old Highland district ought to furnish some
frst-elass concentrating ore. Nearly all the
Lodges in that vicinity contain heavy per
centage Of lead.