23 May 1885
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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1885
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text shows a local item mentioning Trimms, One Penn, and Mall. The readable words imply a place or event in a northern town with a commercial or mall reference, but specifics are unclear. No dates, names, or concrete actions are discernible to form a solid summary.
A Montana style summary of mining reports across the West notes rich ore strikes near Albion in Cassia County and Skull Creek Nevada for placer and sluicing. It mentions a potential bonanza near Magalia and a two foot vein with ruby silver at Harshaw. An independent miner in Beveridge district reports eighteen tons of ore at 85 per ton and 1700 from one claim.
British engineers predict English coal use will decline as petroleum engines gain traction. Petroleum fuel already dominates the Caspian merchant marine, Russian gunboats, railways, and even households in the Caucasus, where refuse is often burned as fuel.
A chaotic tale from a Ham Pranciven Call reviewer describes mermaids leaping from a vessel near the Porinosa group in the China Sea. The crew, led by the captain, allegedly encountered serpentine creatures, ropes snatched, and sailors ordered to sing as the mermaids swam and vanished. A second note reports on Chicago Herald’s animal and labor chatter, plus a paleolithic skeleton find in an Indian mound with carved stone pipes and a wooden-handled sickle.
The notice announces a sheriff sale in Lincoln county on a court decree after a civil action. It outlines the sale to satisfy a judgment and costs, with the property description and terms, and names the involved parties and locus in the proceeding.
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