The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-07
HUMBOLDT DISTRICT AGRICUL-
TURAL. MINING AND MECHAN-
ICAL SOCIETY.


ciety, was held at the Office of the Sec
rotary, G. Chenoweth, on the Sd in
slant. The meeting was called to order
and the following named Trustees were
present: A. Wise, G. Chenoweth, E.
Vanderlip, James Manning, j. o. Ivory
and John Guthrie by proxy.
This having been the first meeting of
the Directors under the corporate name
of the Society, the books aud seal here
tofore ordered were accepted and the
Secretary directed to draw warrant on
the Treasurer for SIG rs to pay for
the same.
The Trustees next proceeded to Or
ganize by electing Alexander Wise,
President; j. o. Ivory, Vice President;
G. Chenoweth, Secretary /; and Edward
Vanderlip, Treasurer.
On motion the Secretary was in
structed to issue two shares of stock to
each and every life member of the old
society.
On motion the bylaws of the Nevada
State Agricultural, Mining and Me-
chanical Society were adopted temper
arily.
On motion q com mi.tee of three,
consisting of J. 0. Ivory, E. Wander
lip and G. Chenoweth, was appointed to
draft and report at as early day as is
practicable set of bylaws and rules
for the government of the Society.
A motion that the Society hold fair
the present season was carried.
On motion a committee of three, con-
sisting of james Manning, j. 0. Ivory
and E. Vanderlip, was appointed to
ascertain the probable cost of race
track, and the most feasible location for
the same and report.
On motion each Trustee was ap-
pointed committee of one, to nego-
tate the sale of stock for the Society,
after which the meeting adjourned SUBJ
ject to the call OF the President.
STARTED UP.-The Vanderbilt Min
ing Company started up their furnace
yesterday. We learn from j. II.
Mcmillan, Superintendent of the COM
pany, that they have about 500 tons of
first class ore and a large quantity of
inferior grade ready for smelling. The
Vanderbilt is recent incorporation,
organized for the purpose of mining
and smelling in Arabia District. They
have purchased several mines, some of
which they are now developing, and
have repaired the Strout furnace at
Oreana for smelling the ores. Some
years ago, before the railroad was
built, the business of smelling was car
ried on extensively at Oreana, but for
several reasons, the principal ones
being the high price of charcoal and
transportation, it was abandoned The
mines are situated in the low hills
which bound the Humboldt Valley,
west of Oreana, about three miles from
the railroad, and the ore carries high
percentage of lead and other base
metals. The new company is backed
by men of means from Virginia City,
and from what we can learn the pros.
poets of making the enterprise sue
cess are very favorable. There is con-
siderable ore on the surface at many
places in the district, and none of the
mines have been prospected to any ex-
tent. An immense body of ore was
found at the surface in the Montezuma
mine, but no systematic effort was
made to develop the mine while that
deposit was being worked out or at any
subsequent time.
PERSONAL. Hon. G. S. Varian is here
from Virginia City to attend some cases
in which he is engaged as counsel in
the District Court. wv. W. Weed,
stenographic reporter, has come to re-
port important cases in the District
Court, among others the trial of j. w.
Rover, indicted for the murder of Isaac
Sharp, at the Rabbit Hole Sulphur
Mine. Squire Meador of Golconda,