The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-31

the Copper Queen mine, owned by Ver-
zan & Garaghan. Further shipments
will be made as fast as teams can be
obtained. The ore is going TO tho Salt
Lake market via Oasis.
Geo. Dale, who came in last Tuesday
from Currant Creek, informed us that
tho damage by frosts to the fruit crop
OF that section is not so great as last
year, but there will not be more than a
third of an average crop. Tho peaches
and anricots are an almost total failure.
A NEWS representative visited the
Morris group OF mines, owned by X. A..
Riepe and partners, in West Camp last
week. The assessment work has just
been completed on several Of the claims
and a most encouraging showing has
been made.
w. II. Bray arrived here last Satnr-
day from Austin with the intention, we
understand, of making this place his
headquarters. Mr.. Bray Is skillful
assayer and suecussfnl mining pro-
motsr whose location here may result
in great good to the camp.
Snpt. Jos. Bray moved his head
quarters last Monday from the Rags
dale house in Robinson to the mines on
Copper Flat, where accommodations
have also been arranged for the men
employed The wife OF Foreman Tip
nett will continue to run the boarding
house at its new location. A second
shift was put to work this week in the
Star OF the West shaft.
The Chairman sent to the Salt Lake
market last Friday its regular month
ly consignment of cyanides and bullion.
Some slight changes have been made in
the teaching process since Mr.. Wick
ham took charge Of the mill and we
understand that a higher percentage
of gold extraction has been obtained
than In any previous month in the his
tory OF the plant.
The magnificent dwelling of Indian
Pete and Big Jennie on the Heights
north OF town was destroyed by fire
last Sunday evening shortly before mid
night. The family was awakened by
the flames and barely escaped in their
night.clothes from their apartments on
the first floor. All the valuable con-
tents of tho house, including several
pieces of buckskin aud quantity Of
horsehair we're total loss. No insur
ance.
Messrs. A. T. Stearns and W. J
Stewart will start out tomorrow morn
ing on their work as census enumera-
tors. Some people may think that
many OF the questions that will be
asked are trivial and almost imperti-
nent; but 1t must be remembered that
the answers all taken together will form
the basis of very valuable statistics and
also that enumerators ara sworn not to
divulge any information which they
may obtain to any person not connect.
ed with the Census Bureau.
Gabriel Zanoli OF Lane City left last
Sunday for Palisade, where his pres
ence was required to close mining deal
whereby tho title to the Zanoi mine in
Stafford district is to pass to Salt Lake
parties. We understand that the con-
sideration is $40, 900 aud that the mon
ey Is in the Henderson bank at Elko,
to be paid over when the deeds are
signed Mr.. Zanoll located the mine
In 1881 and now owns one-third inter-
est. II Is a silver mine from which
considerable rich ore was shipped be-
fore the price OF silver went down and
there is now said to be strong ledge
exposed. assaylng from 80 to 300 ozs.
of silver per ton. Tho mine is excep-
tionally well located, being only miles
west OF Paisade and close to the Gen.
trial Pacific railroad.