The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
FROM DeLAMAR.
When are we to boom again?

Miss Lottie Molatesta has been
quite i'll of late with fever symptoms
but is now mending nicely.
Load after load of brick are 60
ing into the Company mill. Most of
them are used on the big stack found
alton,
The last few days have been cork
ers for heat The thermometer re-
gistered 100 in the shade on Tues
dav
A thousand feet Of rails and ear
have been ordered with which to pro-
secute work on the John Reece claim
ia Jaugernaut canyon on the Helene
side
If H. Cooper is from Deerlodge
for a short visit with his family. He
reports matters at that place as very
quiet just now, though prospecting
goes right along
Unless the season closes too quick
ly DeLamar will supply a contin-
gent of venturesome spirits for the
Clondyke country They are fgur-
ing on freights and fares every day.
The night foreman at the Delamar
mill, Frank Carter, fell from the belt
of one Of the Griffin Mills last Thurs
day night to the floor, some ten feet
below Fortunately he escaped with
few bruises and was not obliged to
lay off work,
Religious services are again being
held in the Episcopal Church. Arch
Deacon Crook of this diocese arrived
from Salt Lake last Saturday even
ing and will remain for the Summer.
The gentleman has officiated at Park
City and other places for a number
of years and is well liked
The Stuttz Theatre Company has
the town billed for a series of per-
formances to commence August 9th.
This is a big Company for inland
travel, embracing 20 people, and it
will furnish the best show the town
has ever witnessed. 1t will hold
down the boards as long as patron
age justifes.
1t is reported that the DeLamar
mill will shut down for week at
the end of this month to effect a
general overhauling of the boilers,
engines and machinery and to con-
meet the new smoke stack with the
boilers. The mill has been running
steadily for long time now and the
lay off will be particularly appreciat-
ed by the hands, coming as it does
in the middle of the hot season.
Bottle trade justifes some of our
merchants in paying the so. month
retail license necessary to sell beer
by the bottle, and some of them will
do it for the next few months rather
than lose the time and expense neces-
sary to test the question in court
of whether the commercial quart
bottle does not come within the pro
visions of the statute permitting UNI
broken packages ofnot less than one
quart, to be sold under a merchan,
disc hcence of $3.50 per quarter.
The Bowman Bros. of Colorado,
who have been working since last
March on a claim on the Helene side,
north of the heavy ridge of white
quartz known as the Snowflake, have
opened up five foot ledge and are
taking out plenty of ore worth $25
a ton in gold. 1t is claimed to be a
contact vein between quartsite and
prophyry and to be very extensive.
The Bowman Bros, prophysy as great
richness, and longer life for the
north side of the District than fol-
the south or DeLamar side. and
other claimants thereabouts, who
have fine showings on the same con.
tract, believe so with them.
Our School.
There has been more or less com.
plant in the past about our schools
Some of this could possibly not be
avoided on account of the newnes'
of things. The present Board o
Trustees desires to act in harmony
with the reasonable wishes of maj
ority of the people, and so called {
meeting recently to discuss sehoo
matters generally and to prepare fol
the term which will open six week.
hence. No one responded howeve,
and so the trustees, Messrs Pomery
Shehan and Hoag are having thu
school building renovated, vii
provide such accomdations as the,
thinks needful for the increased
number of children who will attent