Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-16

past six mouths and the future pros
poets wonld be Of interest to the
readers Of the INDEPENDENT, will
endea'or i'll my why "a pen few
items tending to that end.
My experience in Tuecarora for the
past SIX months has taught me that it
IL good town for mechanic or LAT or
ing men who expecrs m make
living by the sweat of his brow, and
not bad town or man who does
not expect t" make living hy the
sweat of his brow but 10y the sweat Of
other mems brows. At least several
OF this last class seem to hold the
town down and to all appearances are
getting along nicely.
Tuscarora is, and hae been for the
past two years, on the upgrade.
This fact have learned from the
principal business men Of the ton n.
Mr.. Primeaux, the largest all around
bush ess man in town. says that IN
his twenty three ears experience in
BUSINESS in Tuscarora the prospects,
and outlook for the town never have
been better than they are at the
present time. In fact, all the bus
mess mon in town say the same thing
and are making extensive improve
ments on their business places.
Other improvements will follow as
soon rs The weather and the condi
tiun Of the roads will permit the
getting IN Of material which Ill all
probability will not he before the
first of May.
will give partial description Of
the mines pnd mining interests here
gathered from information and my
own observation. The Dexter le the
principal mine so far as the mines of
the camp have been developed.
With lts forty stamp mill, cyanide
WORKS and ele ctric plant it employs
about seventy men. So far rs my
judgment goes think the Dexter
mining company has been the saliva
ton OF Tuscarora. Still there are
people here who seem to have a de-
sire to hamper the company and
harass it in every way possible. re-
L-Hrkrd to one of the kickers the
o'her day that thought the Dexter
company had been good help to the
camp as it had given employment to
the town men who wished to work
and had expended ab mt one million
dollars in improvement and deveI
opmen: work and by 20 doing had
demonstrated the fact that the Tusca-
rora mining distric has one OF the
richest and most extended gold belts
in the State. ooh, wen," says the
kicker. IF they had not come some
others would" told him perha ps
80, but it was fact the Dexter com
pnny did come and had done all OF
these things with the result stated
and that thought it was poor pol
icy fer d man that was sharing in the
benefits secured by the enterprise and
money Of the DE- xter cOmpauy to be
finding fault with and kicking
against them every time an Dppor-
tunity presented itself.
| do not mean to infer by any
means that the Dexter mine is the,
only great property in the Tuscarora
mining district. There are the Erie
mining company. the Owyhee com.
pany and Prisons mine. All three
Of these mines it is thought will de-
velop into good mines as rich in gold
and as extensive as the Dexter.
These mines have good ore and plenty
Of it and will be extensively worked
and developed in the near future.
Besides those spoken Of there are lots
of locations that have been made on
the gold belt in the past six months
ny poor men who could do no more
than to do the necessary amount of
work required by law. pay for record-