The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-10

\ New SPECULATIoN.-We noticed
the departure of u State Printer and
senior of the Register firm, on Friday
last, for Utah and elsewhere, and init.
mated that he was after a "big thing"
if not in the mining at least in the
chemical world. AS he probably
reached his destination last night, or
will do SO to-day, we may as we'll tell
his numerous friends where Charles
l.. Perkins has gone and for what pur-
pose he went. \ letter from his old
friend. Thomas Mcdonald, assaverand
metallurgist, of Salt Lake City and
formerly of Cope. White Pine and
Idaho, requested him to cOme for the
purpose of going out into Wyoming.
about 200 miles this side of Omaha
and thirty miles off the Union Pacific
Railroad. to locate under the pre-emp-
ton laws an immense deposit of pure
carbonate of.soda. Mcdonald. who is
4 thorough chemist a. well as miner
alogist and metallurgi>t, says this de
post is produced by the evaporation
of water from the surface of several
ponds, and forms a layer of from three
to six inches thick. looking like ice,
and covering an area of more than one
hundred acres. We have seen similar
deposits. near the confluence of the
Sweetwater and North Platte rivers
perhaps eighty miles from the rail
road which attained a thickness of
eighteen inches. The writer says the
deposit intended to he located is only
thirty miles from the railroad. and
,..,, ,,-,.t,-- n nnp ,,.- - .,I;j
soda can he cut. the anne as ice. Car
donate Of sod is used i'll immense
quantities in the manufacture OF glass,
soap, baking powders and in the prep
aration of various other compounds of
soda. and j. an invaluable tiuX in the
smelling of lead ores. II is worth $40
the ton i'll market, and Mcdonald esti-
mates that it can be collected and
hauled to the Union Pacific Railroad
for $40 per tOn; and allowing so per
ton for railroad freight IA very high
estimate. SO can be cleared on every
ton shipped-lraving an annual profit
of 100000. The shipping point will
probably be Rawlings, 100 miles this
side of Omaha, or Separation Station,
II miles this side of Rawlings. Me
Donald. vino is familiar with the
chemical market, says there is no fear
of o~verstockinG it with carbonate of
soda. as Utah will consume thousands
of tons of it annually, in her smelling
furnaces. the freight on which will not
be more than 81 or 50 per ton.
STATE LANDs.-Patents were vcster-
day issued to the following named
persons for the tracts of lands dcscrib-
ed: To sylvester b. Worden. of Hum
boldt county. for the northeast quarter
OF the southwest quarter of section 6,
township Al north, n 40 east, and
the southwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of section township Al north.
range 80 east: 50 acres. To Archibald
+. McAllister of Humboldt county,
for the northwest quarter OF the south
west quarter of section -, township
40 north, range 80 east: 40 acres. To
\. NJ. WickeS, of Nevada county. Cali
iornia. for the southeast quarter, and
lots numbered l and ,, of the fraction
al northwest quarter of section 80.
township Is north. range Is east; $40
acres. To James Is. Glasgow, of Hum
boldt comfy. for the south half of the
southeast quarter. and the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter, and
the northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter. anu ii4t N'1tilitiNt quarter VI
the northwest quarter OF section %.
township Al month. range 80 east; 200
acres. TO Spencer Benson, of Ormsbv
county. for the southwest quarter of
the southwest quarter of section SO.
township Is north, range 10 east; 40
acres. To Adolph Jacobs, of Ormsby
county, for the fractional west half of
section so. township 10 north, range 10
east: , 40 acres.
Look OUT FOR HIM.-There is a con-
1dence mar floating around in this
State giving his name as Burrows (t
ought to be "BorrOws'O, with perhaps
a different name for different locali-
ties. He generally claims to be from
California, and is a very plausible
scoundrel. A few days since he met
Captain Asher. a we'll known stock
raiser and ranchman of Douglas coun-
tv, at Henry Nansickle's ranch, south
of Genoa, and informed that gentle
man that he burrows had a drove of
cattle. about 600 head. on the way from
and that they would reach
N~ansickle's in a few days. He got
Asher to haul four o of hay to the
ranch for him, borrowed $50 which he
said he would pay back as soon as his
arrived, and then left for parts
unknown. We have received no de- {
scription of the scoundrel, but he will
probably turn up at some other point {
soon. s
PosrPoNED.-The trial of the case of
The State VS.. Denis Peck, charged with !
disturbing the peace, was yesterday '
by Justice Parkinson until {
10 O'Clock a, m. to-day. u