Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-05-02
A NEW INDUSTRY.
A Visit TO Mr.. Eianckarifs Lime
Quarries.

first been very great. Latterly,
however, since the discovery of the
bonanza, the demand has been in
creased almost fifty per cent. Since
the fire of last November the sup
ply has hardly been equal to the
call. The largest part of the mate
rial heretofore used has come from
the Sierras, lumber being the stuff
from which the greater part of the
houses were constructed. Now
there is desire to have every new
building as far proof against fire as
possible, aud so brick and mortar
have to large extent taken the
place of wood. But the expense OF
putting up such structures was Sc
rious drawback, the cost of bricks
and lime being considerably greater
than the cost of lumber. But re.
Gently reduction has been made in
one of these articles, aud at the same
time n better quality insured. Mr..
Blanchard, with a keen eye to the
public needs, located
ALIME QUARRY
Recently, about two miles south of
Dayton, and west of Eldorado Can
yon. Yesterday representative of
THE TINES rode out with Mr.. Blan-
chard to where the quarry Is situate,
and was surprised TO find so many
improvements in progress and al
ready made. A qurter-section OF
land has been secured, which covers
quite large area of well-narked
lime stone. The same locality was
worked twelve or fourteen years
ago. and some good lime was made
from the rock. The Court House
at Dayton and Meyer Il Stegman's
store were built with this lime. To
day the seams between the bricks
are
AS HARD AS STONE,
Almost, and the blade of "a knife can
hardly be made to penetrate them.
Building in those years was not as
brisk as it is now, aud besides, poor
hards, unaccustomed to the bust
ness, had charge of the quarry: so
ii was after short period of opera
tons abandoned. Mr.. Blanchard
now has Il force OF hands. numb Der.
ing twelve or fifteen, who are thor
oughly conversant with lime max
ing from the time the rock is taken
from the quarry until it is ready for
market. Tho demand is now a tri.
tie more than the supply. Virginia
City alone using 1000 or 5000 tons
per month. At present
THREE KILNs
Are being burnt The wood for the
purpose is got from Dayton. II re
quireS one cord of wood To burn two
tons of line. Each kiln will yield
from forty to fifty tons of lime. The
shri0ka@e il about forty six per cent.
of weight. The lime is hauled to
Virginia city by teams, which haul
ore down in return TO the mills, and
take wood back from Dayton to the
quarry The lime is not suitable for
finishing, but is recognized by buiid-
erS as superior To what comes tom
California tor laying up walls and
for first coats OF p,astering. 1t Is
sold al something like four dollars
per ton less than the imported. Mr..
Blanchard has located
ANEW QUARRY,
However, IA short distance to the
eastward from this one, which yields
n very fine quality of flushing lime.
Some kilus OF this have been burnt
and more are ready to be set agoing.
Only about ten per cent. of all the
lime used for building purposes is
what is called "finishing lime" so
that comparatively little of this
quality will be made. \ boarding
house has been put up near the
works, spring of ever flowing
water has been utilized. and, alto
Sether, the vicinity has the appear
ance of
ACTIVE BUSINESS LIFE.
The small pieces of limestone
pieces too small for use in the kilns
are hauled to the foundrieS and
sod for $40 per toa for AUX We
are glad TO know that this branch Of
industry is going ahead with excel
l't'SicNN, IVA SNSis hhu VI VI iCh
burnt in this region is so much EN-.
ploymen. given 10 men, and keeps
so much money in the country. Mr..
b. seems Just the man TO carry such
an enterprise forward and make
success. He has also ia the same
vicinity an excellent quarry of build
ing stone.
DISTRICT CouRr.-The May term
of the Third District Court began
at Dayton yesterday. Among the
lawyers present a. the opening,
were District Attorney Keith, Col.
r. II. 'fay Tor, Frank Drake, John
Powell, Jr., aud ex-District Attor-
ney Gates. After arranging the
calendar, the following business
was done:
David Esley VS.. II. II. Cook.
sheritf-Demurrer overruled and
ten days given in which to answer.
s. B. Segur VS., w. IL. Lester
Set for trial May llth.
Ia the matter of the estate of
David 5. Hodges. deceased, the pc
tition OF Isaac Hodges asking for
letters Of administration was