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Show Corastock Pioneer Dead. RENO, Nev.. Feb. IT. Col. W. P. Keves. the pioneer mining man of tho Comstock. was found dead at tho bottom of the dump of the Mammoth mine at Six-Mile canyon, near Virginia City, yesterday. Keyes had been" at work In the mine and was riding an ore car to the -dump, when he loet control of It and rolled over toe i precipice to his death. Keyes died a comparatively com-paratively poor man. though at on time the late John W. Maekay offered him $75,000 for his interest in one mine near Virginia City. . |