The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-15
FROM ALL OVER THE STAT.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
AS GATHERED FROM OUR BX-
CHANGES.

GOlconda is commencing to boom.
+ The sale of tewenty seven town lots was
reported the fore part OF the week.
The Austin Mining Co has laid off
/ from 40 to 20 OF its men, which is more
/ than half OF its working force. Many
/ have gone to lone to seek work.
The Young American East, one of
Tuscarora' promising properties is re-
| ported to have been sold to Salt Lake
parties for figure over $4,000
According to the Carson News the
case of Attorney Dennis US. the Central
Pacific railroad has been dismissed in
the U. S. Circuit Court, the plaintiff
being paid $500.
Accoring to the Silver State, there
are upwards of 400 head OF cattle be ng
fed for market in Paradise valley. This
is less than last year, owing to the large
sales of cattle from that section early
in the season.
The Elko Argonaut says that the firm
of Swenson Il Sons, New York bank
ers, are planning to expend from S100,
900 to $500, 900 in putting in machinery
and developing their mining property
at Bald Mountain next summer.
All the property of Peck Brothers at
Dayton has been attached by the sher-
iff of Lyon county. They are the pro-
prietors of the Peck patent concentra-
tors and are believed to have become
pretty badly involved financially as a
result of recent failures to make their
process pay.
The S. L. Tribune says that the mill
OF the Stateline Mining and Milling Co.
is now In operation and shipment of
bullion will be made soon. There is
sufficient ore blocked out in the mine to
supply mill three times as large and
the present plant will probably be en-
larged in the syringe.
A sample of ore from one Ct the
mines in western Nye county, assayed
by A. T. Atwell, showed results of
$1,000 in gold to the ton. This beats
Klondike in more ways than one. There
are number of gold claims situated in
are believd to be very valuable proper
ties. All that is lacking is capital to
develope them. Hawthorne Bulletin.
A plan to drain the lower levels Il
the Comstock is being talked of in ST n
Francisco, with view to increase tie
value of those properties and stimulate
business ON the stock exchange. In our
opinion 1t would be much easier and
equally efficacious to draw some Of tie
water out of the stock.
The case in the L. s. District Court
against the four Elko county ranchers,
charged with stealing lumber from
Fort Halleck. has been postponed. \
remonstrance against the prosecution, +
signed generally by citizens of Elko
county, has been filed with the Attor- /
ney General at Washington.
The Wadsworth Dispatch states that
the average out put OF gold per week I
at Olinghouse Canyon is from 5000 to
s400. This is pretty good for new
camp. Two pockets have been struck in /
a shaft ten feet deep that netted the
owners over 1900 each, while on one
of the placer claims a single rocker
yielded s23 81. There are numerous
other claims that are making fine show +.
ings and Oinghouse IS likely to have d
little boom of its own next spring.
The Austin Reveilie contains an ae-
count of tragedy which occurred near
lone on Dec. 80. Cloverdale Jim, an
Indian, having become Jealous of his
squaw, who is young and handsome, /
fearfully butchered her with knife I
and fed. On the next day he returned /
tn the Indian camp at lone armed with /
rifle. Some of the Indians sent word /
to the authorities that he was there,
but on their approach, Jim fled to the
mountains. He finally ended up at
Indian Joe's camp ON Reese river, where
he took a shot at Joe and then blew his
own head off. 1t is though the squaw
will recover.