Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-12-09
From Silver Peak,

NV ., ana are now enjoying biz
lard which would do credit to Mon.
tana, We are still hopeful and ambi.
hous. For four or five days the
thermometer has rang d f.om eight to
as loH as two degrees above zero. A
gentle north wind has searched our
clothes to find out what kind of fan.
nels we wear and in truth we are not
as comfortable as we might be.
The Silver Peak Co. has another
run OF ore on the mill dump, which
will keep the mill going for ten or
fifteen days. The ore comes from the
Drinkwater and Western Soldier
mines, which would be valuable prop.
critics if developed and properly
worked: but as long as the present
process of gouging goes Oh and the
mills are employed half the time, they
are curse rather than a benefit.
Carpetbaggers have Quilted and
gouged here for all the thirty years
since the discovery of the district,
and the S00-foot tunnel on the Mary
Mine is the only legitimate mining
which has been done in all that time.
Two men are sinking an incline on
the Owlast mine by contract, and
as they are to follow a elldefned
ledge, we may expect good result
something which nearly always fol
lows when men try to develop mines
in Nevada.
Chiatovich' mill made a short run
on ore belonging to Joe August and
Charley Lynch, which gave very sat
isfactory returns This ore was
taken out under contract and was at
tached III suit for nearly 81 ,C0D, or
the value of the ore. How a man
who takes out ore on u lease and
agrees to pay 10 per cent. royalty
and eight dollars a ton for hauling
and milling can be sued for the whole
value of the ore puzzles an ordinary
mortal. But great is Hanna, and his
representatives in this country are
trying Ito run it by injunction.
Over in Aida Valley, Barnes. Key
ser and Cunningham have made an
other shipment of silver ore which
will average 1000 ounces TO the ton.
Poor and Bauer are taking out ore
of the same kind.
Bottsford and partner are working |
the Death Valley mine with good |
prospects.
Thad Harrel has gone to work on
the Browns Hope and Jerome Vido-
vich is taking out some exceedingly |
rich rock below Tule Canyon. He
brought in some rich specimens of
native silver a few weeks ago.
The defeat of the silver cause
makes a vast difference to these men,
but it will not trou5le the tariff men
of the East, SO long as there is money
enough extracted to pay the taxes on
the protected interests of Pennsyl !
vania, New York and other Eastern
States. II Congress talks tariff in-
stead of finance, the few working
mines viii! shut down and we will
have to resort to counterfeit coins
for change.
We mustered up courage to cele-
brate Thanksgiving with turkey
shoot and a dance, and had a jolly
time. The farmers of Fish Lake have
gathered their crops, which were eX-
cellent in spite of "a late Spring and
can now sit by the fire, eat apples i
and read that is they could if they |
had ANY apples or any other litera
tnre than last years almanac.
IIoggadl Jim says The pinenut crop
is above the average. so if it comes +!
down to cases this Winter we can
fall back on the Saoshone reserve
and hold out till Spring,
The camps off to The far South are
nearly all idle. Items are scarce as
" YalIer Money, and we are all ran
Mag in rabbit track away of the
road Business men here want to
trade with the States, the men of
which helped Us in the last electon
Whey can t the miners OF the West
buy from St Louis, Omaha aad |
other cities? We ought to boycott
every gold bug firm East and :,
West Let them know we are still
10 the ring and propose to lightitou! +
on this line If it takes 100 years.
VOLCANO
Silver Peak, Dee. 3, 1895.