The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-01
WE WESH YOU
AHappy New Year

/ ed dy Aeneas Riordan this week. Over
500 head of horses were killed in the
valley this fall, which may help to ac-
count for It.
| Among those who were present from
out of town at the Christmas entertain
ment we're Mrs. w. c.. Gallagher and
children, Mr.. Jerry Kent and daughter
and Masters George and Willie Camp
bell.
Miss Florence Lamb, who has been vis-
iting her uncle, Fred Clark, and other
friends here for the past two months,
viii leave for her home in Reno next
Sunday. She will be accompanied as
far as Cherry Greek by Miss Kelly,
who has been spending the holidays in
Ely.
VIM. Moyle came In ON the Eureka
stage from Hamilton last Wednesday
having accepted position as clerk
with w. B. Graham. The business of
the latter has so increased that it now
requires two clerks and book-keeper
to handle the trade which a year ago
he handled alone.
Thos. Lane arrived last Wednesday
from Angels, Cal, to in pect the Chain
man mine and mill in which his father
is SO largely interested. He expects to
leave on Sunday The mill has been
running steadily all the week and we
believe satisfactorily. The work of put
ting in tracks and shutes in the lower
levels of the mine is being rapidly push
ed.
Mrs. W. n. McGill entertained the
young people of Ely last Wednesday
evening at an old fashioned candy pull
ing, in honor of Miss Josie Kelly. The
evening was spent with music. games
and ''taffy" and passed only too quick
ly. We know that all win agree with
US when We say that Mrs. McGill and
Miss Kelly are delightful hostesses.
The Paul boys are engaged this week
in running some ore from the Joana
uAlIC tAlOusA tu6 11tbtc bOu
mill in Robinson canyon. The pump
ing of the water from the Chairman is
also lowering the water in the Joana
md has enabled them to extract some
good ore from below the water level.
We are glad to see the development OF
ibis property resumed and hope that
ihe present run win be financial sue
cess.
If one needs evidence of the increased
prosperity of Ely, he has only to go to
he Postoffice and watch the arrival OF
he mails, which have increased in
volume nearly so per cent from what
hey were year ago. To show this
more clearly we have secured the fol-
owing figures from Postmaster Hip,
comparing the business of the Office for
he last quarter of this year with the
ame quarter ofiast year: The num-
Der of registered packages and letters
las increased from 12s to about 224;
he money orders issued from 267 to
bout $50; the cancellation of stamps
rom slO7 "A to about s166, and the
,mount of stamps sold from $3.50 80 to-
about s277. 1t is impossible to give the
business OF this quarter to the exact
,ent, a. it yet lacked day to the close
,f the quarter when these figures were
obtained, but they are accurate enough
.or purposes of comparison.
In company with its owner, Mr.. p.
c. Weber, we made visit to the Eli
this week. This claim is located on the
sast side of the Saxton patented mine
and from the outcroppings appears to
be ON the same ledge that crops out so
prominently ON that claim. Two men
have been at work for the past two
weeks doing the assessment work. In
one place an incline has been run in to
depth of about fifteen feet, exposing
a ledge OF tale, four feet in thickness,
between lime hanging wall and
porphry foot wall, while Immediately
beneath the lime is vein OF iron stain
ed quartz about in. thick which bears
every evidence OF carrying good value
In gold. About 200 feet from here
shaft Is being sunk through the lime
which is expected 10 encounter the ore
at depth OF ton to twenty feet. As
this claim seems to lie Ia the same belt
as the Chairman and several other
promising claims, We look forward to
future developemcnts with much in
terest.