The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-14


The Comstock pay rolls for Febru-
aay amounted to $64,313. Is.
A four-room upholstered log house
at Cripple Greek, rents for $40 per
month.
Lew Carpenter while at work in
mine at West amp, was struck with
pick inficting a painful wound in
the wrist.
Rumsey City is the name of a new
town in Five-Mile pass, near the
Camp Floyd district, whore many els
coveries of mineral are being made.
One of the new rules for prospect
ing in India is that the owners of an
exploring license is not allowed to
turn up the ground beyond the depth
of two feet.
Governor John E. Jones is expect
cd to return to Carson and resume his
duties as Chief Executive the latter
part of this month. Tribune
An exchange says the receipts from
passenger traffic at Reno, the natur-
Al railway center Of Nevada, were
$4,000 more this February than they
were tho corresponding month last
year.
It is estime ted that it will require
1900, 900 feet of lumber for the build
ing to be used by the National Re
pulican Convention to be held at St.
Louis, Mo.
The business outlook for Nevada,
ismuch more encouraing, prospects
in every branch of business being in
every respect decidedly better than at
this time last year.
Two more wedding were celebrated
in Snake Valley last Wednesday.
Ed. Lake was married to Miss Estelja
Candle, and Charles Clawson to Miss
Elvira Miller.
Twenty-Five year ago the corner
stone of the San Francisco new city
hail was laid. The structure was t.
cost $4,000, 600. It has cost over
S., O0O,0 900 ami is not yet finished.
-. The Keystone mines i'll Lincoln
county, New, have been leased to
Denver parties, who will expend
800, 900 in setting up the debts of
tho company and adding to the plant.
A Johannesburgh South Africa,
editor. commenting on the bullion
production of tie United States' says
that "steps are being taken to revive
interest in the mines of Chicago and
Philadelphia.
A. r. Nuckols, former resident of
this county has received The appoint
ment of Guard at the Nevada State
Prison, in the place of Frank Paul
who resigned to go into business at
Keno.
Steve Williams and VIM. Blair
came in from White River, Thursday.
Mr.. Williams has been quite sick for
the past five months and is still far
from being we'll man, and is on his
way to Salt Lake City to receive med
ical treatment.
A Colorado mining company offers
its stock at 81 cents per share, with q
guarantee to bny it back within sixty
days at 10 cents per share. The In
ter Mountain Review says ii il in
credible that there are suckers ready
to swallow such bait.
seNinety five percent gold and Ave
per cent silver" il the alleged cen
stituency of ore in a mine the stock of
which is offered by a Chicago mining
broker to a confding public for the
rsdiculously low price of q cents per
share.
Rev. M. Gill, of the church of
Notre Dame, at CRANKY, Que, has
been committed to prison by the mag
istrate for refusing to disclose the
secrets of the confessional in suit at
law in which he was called as wit
mesa.
Railway Age, Chicago: Massa-
chusstts is another State in which no
railway passenger was killed or seri-
ously injured in train accidents in the
year ended June 80 last, although
the number of passengers carried by
the railways of the State was 10Y 800
348 and the total number of miles
travelled was l, $3.50, 1917, 1881.