The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-05
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA CITY.
VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA,
April 4, 1871.

being no crowds of people visible
about the streets. Renoists explain
this by saving that they have very few
bumIHers in their town-nearly all
their people work at something.
Times, they tell us, are not bad with
them. The town V a great deal OF
ground, is, in fact, a town of magnifi-
cent distance. When the census was
taken they had a population OF over
1900 and they now claim that it has
increased to nearly 1900.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
They have organized a vigilance
committee in the town and such as re-
ceive notices to leave this city are only
allowed to stop in Reno until a train
arrives on which they can depart.
Some of those who have received
"bIue tickets" as the motto to leave
distributed i'll this city are called by
the RenoiSts, 90 to California but most
of them strike out for the new mining
towns in the eastern part of the State.
DAM LOwN UP.
The citizens OF Reno have for a long
time been indulging in very wrathful
feelings against the Indians and Rev.
MIR. BalcoIn, the Missionary Baptist
Indian Agent. on account oftheir hay
ing built a dam across the Truckee
between Wadsworth and Pyramid
Lake which prevents the trout from
ascending the river, II a few days
since they undertook to enlov the
obstruction. The citizens raised 800
by subscription which they gave to a
man to 90 down and blow up the dam
with giant powder. The charge used
was five pounds ofthe powder and the
explosion is described as having been
terrific. The charge of giant powder
was sunk oil the uppersid OF the dam
and when the explosion took place a
column of mud and water was thrown
up to the hight of nearly Il hundred
feet: long pine trees that had tfoateI
| down the river and lodged against the
| dam were lifted several feet INTO the
air and broken into dozens OF pieces.
and a shower of rocks was sent high
into the air and rained down every
where. The man who fired the charge
had screened himself behind Il biz cot
tonWood tree and down among the
limbs ofthis tree anne crashing a rock
of fifty pounds weight, causing him to
do some lively lodging. As he was in
| doubt as to on which side of the tree
the rock would ON down. The dam
was totally destroyed and doubtless
great numbers of fish killed. but the
man who bossed the "bloW-up' did
not stop to look for fish. He travelled
from that vicinity at a lively pace, as
he expected the Indians to take his
trail as soon as they discovered what
he had done. The blowing up of the
dam gave free passage up the river TO
the trout and there is now some fishing
as high up as Reno, but l was told
that Balcom and the Indians are at
work putting in anotherdam. In case
no ti>h-way is left in this dam the
people of Reno will send down a party
OF forty or fifty men and blow it up.
They will also endeavOr to make Mr..
Balcom and the Indians understand
that no such dan will be allowed to
be built across the river. The lndians
have been taking trout by the ton at
the dam. The Remedies say that i'll
case the dam is allowed to stand and
the trout are prevented from ascend
ing the river to spawn there Will not
be a dozen of these fish left in either
the river or lake i'll three years.
PLAN FOR ROBBING TIT EXPRESS.
| was informed in Reno that a plan
had been laid for robbing the express
car at Reno. There would have been
four men in the job, but owing to the
arrest and imprisonment of one OF the
men in this city it IS thought that the
speculation" has been given up. Had
they undertaken the robbery they
would probably have been nabbed i'll
the act.
\ PAPER MILL.
There is talk OF building a large pa
per mill at Reno. The mill is to cOS
about $4,000. The Truckee would
afford an abundant supply of fine
clear water, a very important item.
aud Il good market Tor the paper could
doubtless be found tor the paper
manufactured, as the only paper mill
between the Sierra Nevada Mountains
and the Missouri river is that at Salt
Lake. Where the company Wouldo OBJ