The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-05
COAST ITEMS.

200 laborers for work in the mines near
Santa Rosalia, in the State Of Colims,
Mexico.
At st. Helena, Cal, last week sale
Of 5000, 900 gallons of red wine was
made TO San Francisco dealers at
prices ranging from 1915 to Il cents
per gallon.
Work on the proposed Monterey 1
(Cal & Fresno railroad has begun,
the first work under way being the /
building Of an ls00-foot wharf at Pa
cifc Grove.
Victoria, b. G., reports boom" in
west coast mining. THE Rothschilds''
Gas usual have bought properties on
Barclay sound. The local mines at
Quatsino are proving valuable.
The steel bridge building across the
Snake river between Vineland, Wash,
and Lewiston, Idaho, is to be 1885 feet
long and 80 feet above high water.
The total cost will be $4,000.
Colorado jobhers are pleased with
the new tariff published by the Santa
Fe. Shippers say that the result will
be increase of shipments to points in
New Mexico, Arizona and southern
California.
James J. Hill is credited by the Spo-
kane Chronicle with saying that the
plans for Spokane's new depot have
been drawn. The improvements
which the Great Northern will make
in that city will approximate $780,
900.
A Santa Cruz, CAL, powder company
has contract calling for 65, 600 kegs of
blasting powder, to be LIN lui1-
ing railroad in Greg dSslis Is said
to be the largest sim oT blast
ing powder ever ~ g country.
The torpedo EVAN, built by
Moran Bros,s Wash, last week
had her oaie ia test. During the
fir. hopv ~ maintained an average
spegd se09 knots an hour, or 1881
miles A-f.02 knots above the contract
speed.
Skagit county is second in the State
of Washington in the number of feet of
standing timber, according to the re-
port of the United States geological
surveyors, having 10, 362, 422, 900 feet
Chehalis is first with 1882, O5S, 900
feet.
Montana sent 1876, 975 head OF cattle
to the Chicago market during the ship
ping season OF 1898, against 147, 972 for
the year 1897, $780, 1886 for 1896 and
235,644 for 1895. This years shortage
is about u, 900 head as compared with
last year.
The Los Angeles, CAL, Herald has
positive assurance that the Pacific
Coast Steamship Co. has passed into
the hands OF the Great Northern Rail
way Co., the object being to bring the
Great Northern system into the field
as competitor for California business.
The Pecos Valley & Northeastern r.
r. is pushing the extension of its road
from Rowell, N. NJ, to Amarillo, N.
NJ, to connection with the Atchison
r. r. One hundred and sixty-fye
miles OF the extension have already
been completed, leaving only forty
miles yet to be built.
The production of the mines in the
Mexican State of Guanaiuato rose from
1880, O9S in 1868 to SO, 974, 374 dur
ing the year ending July /, 1898. A
number of beneficiating haciendas have
been abandoned owing to the fact that
miners have found it more profitable
to sell their ore.
AT Stockton, last week we're sold all
the appurtenances of the Stanislaus &
San joaquin Co. s irrigation works for
$217 800. The system cost upw ard OF
$500, 900 and includes the dams in the
Stansilaus river above nights Ferry
and the distributing bitches extending
throughout the northern part of Stanis-
laus county and the eastern and south
ern portion of San Joaquin. There are
many thousands of acres under its
bitches capable of irrigation.
The total Puget Sound cargo shin.
ment for the month OF November were
3l,666,6l5 feet of lumber and 6, l67,-
GAO lath, OF which 11,102, sos feet OF
lumber and 500, 440 lath went to for.
eign countries and 20, 553,0l7 feet of
lumber and 5,27l, 200 lath went coast
wise. As compared with November of
W, the total increase for November of
this year is 5000, 900 feet of lumber.
The gain is in foreign shipments. which
show Tor November of this year over
the same period of '97, 1000, 900 feet.
The lumber. shipments from Wash
ington by rail for the eleven months of
W reach total OF l6l, l6S, 900 feet, as
against IA, POS, 900 feet in the cores.
ponding months of '97. The shipments
of shingles in November were 1889
cars, as against 923 cars for the same
month of last year.
ID. P. Cameron of San Francisco has
q contract with the Risdon Iron Works
Tor three dredges to mine the bars of
the Sacramento river, Cal. These
aredges are to be set on barges, whose
hulis Will be 20 feet long, 80 feet wide.
90 feet deep. They will cost $S5, 900
each. The dredge buckets are TO be
armed with blades Of manganese steel,
capable OF cutting through gravel, and
also to depth of 80 inches into the
bedrock at the bottom of the river.
Inc buckets will work so feet below
the surface of the water, bringing nm
mud gravel and gold dust into perfor.
ased screens of la-inch steel on board
'ne oarges. One of these dredges is
now working successfully in Boise
Dasih, Idaho. The timbers for the
uredges are being framed. When com.
pleted they will be shipped to Oroyille.
pnt together and placed in operation
Mr. cameron expects to operate his
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