The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-02-08
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

w. g. Gallagher and wife were
visiting in Ely the first of the week.
Druggist Clark left on busin ess
trip to Elko, Wednesday.
Mrs. G. L. Ballenger is reported
to be very sick.
The latest dispatches show that
Gov. Jones is recovering very fast.
Refined silver, 67B; Lead, exchange
price, $3. OF; Copper, firm, at from
SO to. SOLO. =.
w, B.. GrabaIn, and family, left
yesterday for Glover Dale, where they
will spend several days visiting.
Jerry Leahigh reports the ore body
on the Cumberland to be increasing and
carrying q good grade of copper.
The proposition to prospect Camp
Flo I'd formation with drills is again
under consideration.
A number of the gold properties in
tho Deep Greek country are being
developed with good results.
'tBuy 'sm on the slumps and sell
'em on the jumps" is tho motto of the
Colorado Mining Stock Exchanges.
The annual report of the Philadel-
phia and Reading companies showed
deficit ct 81, 538, 8O5.
German exports to the United
States during the last quarter of 1895
showed an increase of 90 to 100 per
cent.
In Carson few days ago WAS ex-
hihited a piece Of ore from Silver Star
district weighing five pounds and
worth $500.
The exports from Sheffield, Eng
land, to tho United States during the
year 1896 STOW an increase of E150,-
900 oyer those of 1894.
The Carson Mint has been sighted
in that it has not been included among
those which are to resume the coinage
of silver.
The Southern Pacific compsny has
put ON five new Wason coaches, fer tho
accommodation of second class pas
sengers.
VI lille hunting at Tho Nichols and
Parsons ranch last week, James Har-
ris killed an eagle which measured
2 feet from tip to tip.
!, James Berry, the Barber, after a
protracted siege OF sickness is rscov-
.ering rapidly, and will soon be on
deck again.
Chris. Ostergard and ohas. Gurbeth
have run onto large body of gold ore
in the Jim Grow mine, which averages
about 800, considerable of it being
free. @
K. G. Davis departed for Della
mar, New. last Monday with the in
tention of looking into practicability of
opening meat market there. Mr..
A O.. House is also interested in the
proposition.
There is not one-half the amount of
snow in the mountains now, that there
was one year ago this time. This
means q scarcity of water especially in
placer mining during the coming sea-
son.
Senator Skaggs Of Elko county is
reported to have said that he would
not vote for any man for U. S. SEN
ator who was not q bona fida resident
of Nevada.
1t is reported that shares in bogus
mining companies, owning no proper
ty and not even Incorporated, are be-
Ing peddled about the streets of Colo
RADIO Springs and sold to servant girls
and workingmen.
According to the Dispatch, word
has gone out that the G. p. Co., will
take off its pay car. Hereafter en-
ployes will receive avoucher on the
21st of zach month.
What boon it would be to mining
communities, says Utah exchange,
could the Grim Reaper transfer his
attentions from tho shining mark to
the mining shark.
According to the Enterprise Char
Icy Wallace is working to effect =
union between the Silver party and
Populist organizations As the lat
ter are strictly anti-railroad he has .
hard task before him.
A dispatch from Pierre, S. d. says
that within a few months there have