The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-12-03

something suitable fer a Christmas gift If
you pay his store welt.
The building boom has subsidized some
Whist. Less actual construction IL going on
in town now than for some time past, but
many new buildings are spoken Of, among
them a two story brick residence which
Dave and Sam Wertheimer propose to build
in the upper part of town.
The ball given on Thanksgiving nigh.
here was so largely attended that until after
midnight little pleasure was found in dane.
ing The building is totally inadequate to
accommodate those who desire to attend on
such occasions. This fact is beginning to be
well known about town, and it prevented
many from putting in an appearance at all.
After supper hour the crush was not SO
great, however, and dancing continued
with a full floor until i've o'clock the follow.
inc morning.
The new brick school building in the up.
per part of town, which is to form such q
generous gift from Capt j, Il, DeLamar tc
our school district, is rapidly nearing com
pletion. 1t is located about the middle o.
the Hat or wash, and will be divided into
two rooms each "a feet square, with en-
trance, etc Each room is well Lighted
from three sides. The basement can b,
utilized for the storage of wood, etc. Til,
building faces westward, or down the guleh
aud when completed and the surrounding
ground is cleared off, it will be the most at
tractive looking building in that vicinity
The school trustees are arranging for a
entertainment at which to raise funds t
equip the new school building with furn
tire. 1t will require double the number {
desks and seats now on hand to acoomodat
the pupils who are expected to attend.
would be we'll also TO arrange for the col
struction of a small bell tower midway
the roof of the school building before tn
carpenter work on the building is completed
and to put in it silver.toned bell. TIL
he raised by subscription. Our town is {
large now that some means Of the kind wi
have to be adopted to summon the scho,
children at school hours.
Magnolia Strike,
The development work on the Magnol
mine has resulted in the finding of ore, an
the first gold mine located in the distri
bids fair to again become a large produce
The prospect tunnel run from the south en-
of the claim has penetrated some S34 fee
Last Thursday small seam of quartz white
had been followed for some fifty feet. su,
denly opened into two feet of ore. TIL
brings the workings directly under ii
Wine, which is near the north, or viii
shaft, and strikes depth of something lii
rs feet below the bottom of the winze.
The ore seam has been stripped for son
twenty feet and an average of the ore 4
that distance gave s43S.OO in gold and
ounces silver to the ton Other assays we
much higher than this. The old ore cha
mel has evidently been reached, and Il
owners propose to prospect in every direC
ion and number of men will be put on
som as placss can be made for them. II
present owners of the claim are t. r. Jone
the banker of Salt Lake; j. Eisenmann
Pioche and John Purtscher and John Wet
here. The find is not unexpected as Il
past record sf the claim in the high gra(
gold ore shipped justified the belief, t
gether with good mineral indications, tn
the ore chute would again be found VIII
prospected at depth.