The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-08-01
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

no CueFluOIuVG0I TaIlkOu dOSu1 OF
in the shade this week.
Sheriff Rynearscn left for Spring
Valley, Monday.
The Chairman company put sever
al more men to work Monday.
County Commissioner meet Mon
day.
E. Fl. Parsons, of Salt Lake, was
in Ely Thursday.
II. p. Mollison and son Fine, were
dsing buiness in Ely Monday.
John Christensen, of Carson is in
town IN mining business. 49,
J. B. Williamson returned from the
western part of the county, Monday.
General Thomas had another slight
attack of the asthma Sunday night
James Disregard Is reported on the
sick list. Brace up Jim, the boom is
coming
James L. Freeburn, = mining man
from Boise City, Idaho, was in Ely
the first of the week.
Quite heavy rain fell OH Sunday
last, doing some damage to hay that
was down.
Copper properties will, from pres
ent Indications, receive considerable
attention between now and fall.
Besides test to be made with Frue
Commentators, the Chairman Co..
will also make cyanide test of tho
ore. The tests will be made at once.
Under ''new to-day" see notice Of
intention to make final proof before
the County Clerk of White Pine
county, in support of the claim of
Charles f. Goodrich's Homestead ap-
plcation No. 251, by Geo. +. Parker
Administrator.
Joseph Newman returned to Glen
cos Monday, whore he has " lsase on
a. silvsr-lead mine; he has several
tons on the dump already, and ex-
poets to make several shipments be-
fore winter sets in.
A cloud burst occurred near Ham
ilton, last Sunday night, washing ont
bridges, tearing out great holes in the
roads and making the highways for
time, almost impossible Outside
of the roads no damage is reported.
While the season has been against
the fruit crop in outside districts,
it has been exceptionally favorable in
Ely and Steptoc Valley. In Ely all
who have fruit trees, among whom
are Judge Weber, Mr.. Geo. Metz9er
and Mr.. A. d. Campton, report APP
pies and plumbs doing nicely and fruit
trees generally thriving. While in
Steptoe Valley, the trees never were
more heavily laden.
Henry Deiterly, a well known cop
per "king" from Salt Lake City, ar
rived in Ely Sunday. Mr. Dieterly
spent several months here last year
looking over and examining the cop
per prospects, and he comes back at
this time fully convinced that the
copper belt in Robinson District is
among the richest and most extern
sive in the west. He is here in the
interest of Salt Lake parties.
J. L. Fresburn, mining man from
Idaho, after looking over the field
here, said that the Chairman mine
compares favorably with tho Della
mar, New, mines and the much talk
cd Of Murcur district, can beast of no
property that gives greater promise
than the Chairman and that the State
Line district, notwithstanding it is be-
ing extensively advertised, forms no
comparison with Robinson district;
that in point of real merit State Line
is not Sin it" with Robinson.
The people hero were shocked and
panied on learning of the death of
Dec D. Pierce, Of Cherry Creek, the
notice of which appears in another
column, and the entire community
bows in reverence and joins in mourn
ing the loss of the departed. So young
and tend or, while all around was clear
and inviting; just in the morning of
his youth, with life still bright and
sweet, "bscoming weary for a mo-
ment, he lay down by the waysids and
using his burden for pillow, fell into
that drsamlsss sleep that knows no
waking. Rest on, thou child of God,
and sleep the sleep of the Ages. Death
is the common lot of all, and we can
only hope and trust that the inexor-