Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-06-16
CandslaSi. Mates.

sue hfio"lng ltems afe ffuh the
7rtss fissHfe os las, Saturday,
Hon. i. &. McAfee was IN town last
"Wednesday. He says that, on, OF The
4,W0 fanng trout he received last week
from Fish Commissioner Cary, only
sesenlf.ieur We're alive upnh their 1T
rival here These were blamed in
White Rose Creek, Fish Lake Valley.
While drawing charge ffoN he
Furnaces at the new mill last Monday,
Dan Barnes and Jake German were
quite badly burned. The hot pulp
flowed ont so rapidly thai it covered
their feet before they could ct out Of
the way.
| W. VI Eva, who has been devotion.
ing his mining property AT Fish Lake
Valley during the p2Sl two years. went
below last week Ia Interest capital M
+ the ereclina OF reduction works. The
/ properly Is said to he very valuable.
r. B. Caiherwnoi. one of the prin.
eipal owners IN the mining properties
n Palmetto md Silver peak, returned
last Tuesday from making II thorough
personal inspection OF the mines and
mill sites. he told Il reporter that he
Was fully satisfied from what he saw
that he and his associates would be
justified in resnming operations. He
NJ once telegraphed his report to New
York and received mlvice. IN return
authorizing him 10 go ahead NJ his
discretion and stating that money had
been deposited tn meet all demands.
lie has engaged men and purchased
supplies, which will be forwarded a,
once and the work of cleaning ont
and repairing the shaft will be hegnn
| Immediately and the mine put in thor.
oush working order. This viii, Of
course, involve a considerable outlay
| nj money. AS said in last weeks
issue, an association of English ca3i
| taists is DESTROYS IT Investing in the
property, and negotiations 20 that end
are now going on. In short time
the workings will he sufficiently
opened up and cleaned ont to allow OF
expert investigation, when the result
nf THESE negotiations will be known.
Messrs. ONhout Il Catherwood aar!
the several other gentlemen associated
with them in The enterprise are all
men of wealth and practical business
capacity, occupying high and hon.
orcd position in financial centers
They intend conducting their onera.
tlons as Legitimate business propo
sliion, NOT rs speculation Mr..
Ga herwood is pushing the prelim.
mary work as rapidly MS possible
and viii for .the present make
Candearia the base Of operations. He
brought in some unsolicited samples
with bin that were taken from The
bottom OF seventy.foot shaft They
were assayed by the G., w. w. & NJ.
Co. Olmitcd) ard showed 800 in gold
and $1S 10 in silver. These samples
were from what they call their low
grade ore body and there are hundreds
of tons of it in sight In a mill run
from November 81, 1868, to January
10, 1859, the pulp assays went all the
way from $50 96 to $20i 81. hut the
appliances for saving the metals were
so defective that n large percentage
was wasted. That taken In cornec.
ton with the Frightful cost Of getting
IN supplies, necessitated the closing
down OF the properties With The i'm.
proved m machinery in use al present
and the great reductions In freight.
MIR. Catberwood has not the least
doubt OF the entire future prosperity
of Palmetto.
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