The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-10-28

Manager Cohen OF the DeLama
Co, is expected to drop in almost an,
day on brief business trip.
China Dick has leased his restaur
ant building and all fixtures TO Chin
Ell, and Ed will take charge on tn
LIST of November.
A good many of our citizens ar,
preparing, but not without jus
grumbling is some cases, for yisi
to the county seat next week.
Several inches of snow and ha
fell last Saturday and Sunday. The
storm come from the north and il
was a peletrator. 1t was bad time
to be out in.
DeLamar furnishes most of the
revenue to run the county, but it al
SO furnishes most of the criminal
and other business to eat that re-
venue up and so the matter is about
a stand off.
Shiers new goods have begun to ar
rive. In addition to full line OF
new drugs and toilet articles he has
enroute an extensive invoice of TOYS
and goods for the holiday season.
Abusiness directory of the the town
is being printed at the Lode office.
1t will contain representation oil
nearly every enterprise in town and
should be OF considerable benefit in
an advertising way.
The banquet given last Saturday
evening to the members Of Masonic
Lodge here by the young members
OF the orderas was very pleasant and
entertaining affair. 1t took place al
Palmers after the regular lodge meet
ng The time was we'll occupied until
lo'clock in the morning. The re.
sponses to the various toasts propos
ed were distinctive feature and the
participants venture to hope that the
affair may be repeated at no distant
date
James Scully who is working the
ZIP Coon and Gold Eagle claims on
Tinhorn mountain under lease. has
made new discovery a short dis.
lance to the south of the old working
1t is on the old ledge and few DAYS
ago showed up three feet of gold ore.
The samples brought caused many
to climb the hill to see it. If Tin
horn mountain will only show up
half the ore it is beliyed to contain De
Lamar will have u new lease on life.
FROM TIE LAST LODE.
A contract will soon be let to furn-
lsh the DeDamar Company with s.
700 cords of wood and as soon as
the contract is let many teams will
be put to work. If the winter con-
tlnues as it has started, wood will
bring higher price about town than
It was last year, which is already sell
ing at So per cord.
Rumor has it that miners wages
ire to be cut here on the LIST. inst.
Such rumors as this necessarily come
rom evil dispositions; because we
Ire personally aware that there is no
such intention on the part of the
nine operators, and thoughtless in
lividuals little know what such a
story Injuries. The great majority
If people are always ready to accept
BAD news and II single word started
n the morning becomes a volume be-
ore night. Let US be cheerful and
,nly meet evil when it comes.
Preparations are being made to
construct more teaching tanks at the,
DeLamar mill and the work is de-
aged somewhat by not having lum-
Der. Another $50 ton tank
will be put up besides number of
ones. DeLamar has about
he largest teaching plantin the State
here turning out, it is said, over
million and a half dollars a year.
Saturday noon an alarm of fire
vas sounded at the Delamar mill and
hose that were there at the time re-
'ponded to the call Immediately.
An Clubhouse that was built out on
he failing dump some distance from
he tank rooms, had caught fire and
vas nearly destroyed before the
water reached there; however, it
inally died down and the remaining
,mbers were soaked. The cause of
he fire is supposed to be from a Gig
irette which was carelessly thrown
INTO the vault by some of the men
at the mill. II the wind
lad been blowing toward the mill
t might have caused fire to start in
he tank rooms and the loss would
nave been great.