The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-02-15
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Elko, Tuesday.
The Reveille says green grass is an
inch high On the hills near Kennedy.
The pay roles for the Comstock fer
the month of January amounted to
s69, 289. sc.
The Monarch mine at West Camp.
is reported to be onening up in first
class shape.
Development work was commenced
on the Millior aire and ssThree Jacks"
mines, Monday.
Some rich tin strikes have basn
made by the Harvey Peake Company,
in the Black Hills.
Mrs. Steve Tucker and son, Mr..
Jerry Lsahigh, left for visit with
friends and relatives, in Phoebe Mon
day.
. W. b Graham and family, return
cd from weeks visit in the northern
part of the county, yesterday.
Paul Brand, Berlin engineer, has
invented new military rife which is
worked by compressed air.
Pine Nut is reported to be flourish
ing and miners happy A silver
ledge six feet wide Is the latest discov-
cry.
Most of the machinery used in
South Africa is of American manufac-
ture, and all of the mine timbers are
supplied by ~alifornia and Oregon.
According to the Commissioners of
Education IL out of every 100 persons
in Nevada over 10 years of age can
not read or write.
j. G. Taylor, the sheepman, who
has returned frcm San Francisco, tells
the Reno Gazette that the mutton
market will touch eight cents soon.
The board of managers of the Salt
Like Stock and Mining Exchange
have decided that the rules permit
contracts for future delivery
The records Of the Land Office
show that 6793 acres Of lal d were
81 lected in January, besides forfeited
lands that lave been reapplied for,
says the Carson News.
Cripple Cresk ore carrying $50 per
ton barely pays the cost Of mining,
transpcftstien ard treatment. Camp
Floyd ore carry ng 81 is mined aud
znillcd at profit SAYS the Mining
Review.
When the transactions on the Colo
RADIO Mining Stuck Exchange at Den
yer fall below million shares day
the brokers complain. All the Colo
RADIO exchanges report a temporary
slump.
The new British dollar is said to be
rapidly coming into circulation in the
Orient, where it is replacing the Mex
lean dollar. Great Britain finds 1t
convenient to buy with silver and
sell for gold.
Major Flood Page in the London
Times quotes reports to show that, in
1894, the causes Of fires in the metro
politan district were: Candles, 1877;
gas, 2S4; lamps, 476; electricity 8.
The Jefferson Davis mansion, which
has been und rgoing restoration, was
70 mally turned over to the building
committee of the Confederate Mem
orial Literary Society in Richmond
recently.
An experiment is to bs tried this
winter in the streets of Paris in pro-
viding warmth and shelter fir the
poor. In all but the richest quarters
there are to be awnings, under which
enormous braziors will be constant y
kept burning.
Joseph M. English, at one time
auccessful promoter of mines, and
whose largest deal was the placing of
tho famous Richmond mine Of Eure-
ks district, this state, upon the Lon
don market. died recently in New
York, in poor circumstances.
"My darling ! love you," said
masked man to masked lady at
masked ball III Elko. He felt sick
when she said to him in low whis-
per, "Don't be such fool, John"
know yon by the wart on your thumb.