The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-08-12

Improvsznszzss AaeaR the Railroad.
Great improvements are noticeable at
every station and section house along
the railroad in Western Humboldt.
The Railroad Company have set ost
trees---locusts and pOpsars--at every
section house where wstes can be pro-
cured for irrigation. Land owners at
stations are doing likewise. aud in
every instance the trees are doing we'll.
ar MILL cETx
Gould & O'Donnell have planted
several acres with shade and ornamen.
tai trees. Water for irrigation is raised
by steam power from the Humboldt
river and carried to the station in
susstsatial fiums. capable discovering
suAdcient water to irrigate Q quarter
section of land. There is considerable
business transacted at this station,
which 10 the shipping point for Dun
Chem Star City, Central and Union.
vile. A foundry and machine shop.
second to none in the State east of the
Comstock, is in full blast at this station.
.r4- AT HUMBoLDT HOUSE,
Msacham 4 BlAkesley have practically
illustrated what "muscle snd money"
can accomplish in few years on the
sage covered plains of Nevada. Eight
years ago @. w. Meacham undertook
the task of retaining this spot from
the desert, and with his own hands
planted trees now thirty or forty feet
high, win franks from ten tosixteen
iucbes in diameter. Here the desert 10
literally made to blossom like the rose.
Thousands of trees Of almost every va
riety. fruit. shade and ornamental.
grow in tropical luxuriance; blaze grass,
clover and alfalfa blossoms scent the
sir, and passengers over the greet ma
tional thoroughfare concede that they
have not seen more beautifel place in
their journey across the continent.
AT BYE PATCH
Noticeable improvements have also
been made within the last year, aud
Uncle John BorlaDd. the leading splslt
OF the place. is doing lively business.
The Rye Patch CompaDy's mill, which
is situated at the station. is temporari-
ily shut down In consequence Of Ati-
cation. The Rye Patch mine is Sit
uated about three miles fsom, the
station. in the Humboldt range. and
ordinarily gives employment to about
LOO men, though at present the work
icg force il considerably below thas
pambsr. aud probably will be until
suits now pending in the District Court
in which the company 10 involved. are
disposed of.
AT oREANA
There is considerable activity, particu.
larry at the old town. The smelling
furnaces are being repaired by E. T.
Torrey. preparatory to making a run
on ores from the Pearl and Montezuma
minesr situated in Arabia District, three
miles from the river. These furnaces
are said to be the largest on the Pacific
Coast. They were built ~ time when
the ore supply from that mine seemed
to be inexhaustible. by an eastern COM
pany. whose representative abandoned
both the works and the mine the
moment the surface deposit of
ore found in the mine gave out.
The furnaces are now the property
OF Sisson, Wallace Il Co. and the
mine. which is producing consider
able ore at depth of l201fest from the
surface. is the property of ex-Attorney
General Buckner.
THE Ha I. IL d. CO.'S.
Dam, is built in the Humbo river. a
few hundred yards above the smelling
works. and is one of the most substan-
tial works of the kind on the coast. It
is intended to divert the waters OF the
the Humboldt from their natural chan
nef through canal to irrigate THAT
vast area of rich SOIL known AS the Big
Meadows. Half mile south of the