The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-11-03
CHURCHILL COUNTY.

Of Cattle-Thieves.
. SALTWATER, Nov. l, 1881.
EDITOR SILVER STATE. Although we
are completely isolated from the bene-
fits accruing from direct railroad COM
munication, still Churchill county ex-
lists, and Saltwater, her magnificent
capital, reigns triumphant as the lead
ing city of her prodigious domain. Last
Spring, you will remember, the
Churchillers organized joint-stock
company for the purpose of
PROSPECTING FOR ARTEsIAN WATER.
The company purchased 300 feet of six
inch pipe, and contracted the sinking of
the well with r. H. Parker. The
gentleman bored, and bored, and bored
for six long, weary months, through
sunshine and heat, and finally got the
pipe down the 300 feet. Contrary to
general expectation, the water came to
the surface only in very small quanti-
ties-not flowing quite half inch,
miners measure, and that is so impreg-
mated with sulphur, salt, magnesia,
borax, soda, and other unpalatable in.
gradients, that neither man, beast, fish
nor fowl dare partake of it. If it only
flowed enough of such water SO to do
some irrigating in the yard and garden,
it would not be so much of failure
but as it is, the company have about
81 200 invested in hole in the ground,
with no possible show of getting their
money back. 1t was the intention of
Saltwater people to bore an artesian
well to supply the town with water,
but since this ignoblc failure they have
concluded to supply the town by other
means. Accordingly, Mr.. Pike, of
Saltwater, has undertaken
THE WINDMILL PROCESS.
The Sink of Carson is land of pro.
pitious winds. The wind blows around
the shores of this inland sea when other
portions of the State are comparatively
calm. This fact is ascertained from
the meteorological reports published by
the SILVER STATE. The fact can be
scientifically accounted for only by the
general shape of the country. The
Carson river runs almost due east from
the summit of the Sierra Nevada noun
tains. OF course the river follows
natural water course, and is confined
by small mountain ranges nearly all
the way. Sometimes the valley is
broad and expansive, again it is narrow
and confined. The theory here is that
the winds on the west of the Sierra
Nevada are confined by the same
mountains into this pass in which the
headwaters of the Carson rise, and are
accordingly forced down the valley of
the river, and, following its general
course, expand and exhaust their force
in the country adjacent to the Sink,
and in a nearly due easterly direction
towards West Gate and Austin. Re-
lying upon this theory, an experiment
is being tried with windmills. An in
exhaustible supply of good water can
be had anywhere on the Sink at from
ten to eighteen feet below the surface.
Mr.. Pike proposes to supply Saltwater
by pumping the water-with wind
power-into several large tanks, ele-
waited about twenty feet above the
ground, holding from 1900 to 5000
gallons each. Whether it will be a
success or not is matter of conjecture;
but it seems that our constant winds
should serve some better purpose than
to fill our eyes and houses with sand,
and, if so, he proposes to make use of
it. The wells are completed and the
tanks are on the ground, while the
wheels will be ready to catch the breeze
in few days.
We noticed something in your col
umns the other day, concerning
THE MYSTERIOUS WOMEN