Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-06
SILVER PEAK.
"Volcano" Sends Forth Some In.
teresting Notes.

IofeStiflS iNoteS.
ED. BTLLErIN: We are enjoying
the holidays, and the beautiful wealth
err makes us feel as though our trou-
bles might end with the year. we
shall gladly hail the advent of the
advent of the new, and hope never
to see another like SO, which began
In storm and disaster and ended in
famine and misery.
Most of the miners hereabouts are
doing assessment werk-that is, they
are doing 800 worth of work for $40
or $50 and getting certificates to
prove the work was done according
to law Decentralization lowered the
price of silver, but this kind of work
Is running the State. In Colorado,
Montana and Idaho the boys jump
any claim they think they can hold
aud let the fellows who want the
earth prove their title or get out.
Every other location in this State
has been forfeited, and every decent
man knows it. They should be open
to location, and this thing of man
or company holding mineral land by
the section should be stopped We
should have law to limit man or
company to one location on a ledge
and not more than five in district,
and the government should guaran-
tee the title against all corners. Such
law can be written in hundred
words, and should be enforced in the
exact sense Ia which it reads. Work
should be done yearly and since per
Gnnum has been decided to mean
practically two years, we should use
plain American language, say year
ly, and put limit on the year We
have all the time there is, and if
majority want to make year 20
months long, let EN- go it, but at the
end of some time the land should go
back to the people. Such thing as
relocation should be unknown.
When our Legislature meets it
ought to pass law licensing prize
fights. Patrons of the great dailies
are tired OF reading acres of language
about fake fight We ought to
give Fitz' chanoe to get even.
and if we make it condition that
all lights shall be to a finish and
see the law executed. there won't be
enough OF them 20 hurt the most or
thodox Christian.
The mining outlook here is very
encouraging, and the next few
months will show marked improve
ment. The Silver Peak mines are
producing good ore, the mil has
been running steadily for some time,
and but for the lack of wood would
still be running on ore from the
Western Soldier snd Drinkwater
mines.
Sam WATSON, as agent of the Blair
mines, is having the assessment work
properly done, aud is not trusting to
cheap contractors for fear of legal
complications in the future.
The tunnel on the Mary mine is IN
300 feet, the last 10 feet being in por-
phyry and quartz, which resembles
the old Comstock very much. A few
weeks ought to develop pay ore and
will cause stir.
harnes and partner are still taking
out ore, as are also Poor & Bauer.
Tule Canyon plaoers are still turn
ing out gold.
George Leidy, Joe Raush ct al. have
have fine mine in the White Noun
falns weston Fish Lake valley. Az
erage essays go $2l in gold; "A OF.
q s'fVer and 40 per cent. lead-eood
enough for any working man--as cid
Shock said about his grub.
Deputy Sheriff Reed of Montgom-
cry district came in n few minutes
ago w'th Harry Ramsey, accused of
killing Superintendent Gillespie of
the Montgomery mines some time
ago, Two deputies aud two witness
es for the accused were with him
Whether or not there is any evidence
against Ramsey we were unable to
learn, but think not. The party had
Winchesters and six shooters enough
to arm half the Cuban army. We
wonder who constituted the gang
that assassinated Phil Foote down in
that country year ago, and why |
the Nye county officials don't try to
find out. II nothing is done to stop
this work Nevada will get to be as
bad as California, and that's useless.