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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1879
Page
2
In a Virginia era piece the critic misattributes Tristram Shandy to Laurence Sterne, then questions Bulwer Lytton’s authorship, calling Sterne’s style unlike Bulwer’s. The note laments the error, notes the Enterprise editor may be ignorant, and cites other items from the Virginia Chronicle and local mining notes.
A Utah forwarding firm rebutts a journal article claiming wagon dealers influence freight waits. The letter asserts the company only acts as wagon sellers and explains October to November freight declines due to wagon shortages and delays at rail hubs. The reply defends precision in notices from Southern settlements and Salt Lick shipments.
Reports from Enterprise and N Graves after visits to Union Consolidated mine state the east crosscut of the 2400 level holds 72 feet in ore with ore remaining in the face. Graves and associates anticipate a large body of ore on the next level below. A Reno Gazette snippet notes a letter mentions sending through Reno post office to Goshen Arkansas via rail and later belonging to B C Fritz of Washington Co.
Reports from Washington and New Mexico confirm plans to unite the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe with the St Louis and San Francisco to form a joint line from Albuquerque on the Rio Grande to the Pacific coast. Construction funding of 25 million dollars is to be raised for a roughly 1000 mile extension once weather permits next year.
A collage of notes from Nevada towns mentions debt totals for Humboldt and Storey counties, property values near Eureka and Elko, and municipal projects like court houses and hospitals. Rumors touch on mining sales in Galena, railroad expansion toward Austin, and a large Christmas charity tree in Elko. Local reports note a 1862 Thanksgiving proclamation, race dates at Cherry Creek, and a Martin White Company tunnel milestone amid possible railroad shop closures.
The notice outlines an annual meeting of THY STOCK with details in a terse, partly garbled line. It references a May or Maye meeting, a specified location in California, and a date described as Wednesday the 94th day, with a plan to elect or appoint seats and to discuss a sum around $1900.
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