The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-07-27
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.

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dered from Ohio.
Nevada produced 300 600 pounds OF
copper last year. From the present in
dieations this number will be more than
doubled this year,
NJ. Scheeline has been appointed
Commissioner of Washoe county by the
Governor TO fiji the vacancy of II. +.
Beck, resigned.
There are now over fifty men work.
ing on the mines at Contact and new
works, shafts and tunnels are being
projected.
p L. Flanagan viii ship the first
consignment of 80, 900 lambs from Reno
to Kansas City, Missouri, the first Of
next month.
An Elko lady who started the fire
with coal oil escaped with the loss Of
her eye. brows. but it was a tough fight
to save the town.
Frank J. Button of Golconda has
struck a splendid copper prospect at
his mine seven miles south of Goconda.
The analysis indicates 60 per cent cop
per-
In the last two years ss6, 900 has been
paid to benefciarles of deceased mem
bers of the A. o U. w. in Nevada.
The present membership in the State is
about 100.
The Carson valley Creamery runs
IL, 600 pounds of milk per hour through
their separator every day. The oper-
alton lasts between three and four
hours.
We see it stated in one Of our exchanges
that Miss Egan, Superintendent of the
indian School at Duck valley, is to be
transferred to Klamath, Oregon. This
will doubtless please Agent Mayhugh.
Elko county has population OF I, coo
with an assessed valuation of 81, 52S, go
in real and personal property. The tax
levy this year was nearly 500, 900, all but
$50 Of which was collected.
A line of freight wagons is operating
between Milford and Modena. Ore is
now being carried between these points
for sixty cents ton less than train
rates, while saving of seventeen cents
ton is made on goods,
An important mining deal has been
made in Potosi district with Salt Lake
parties. The mines belong to Joe Far
rem, an old Nevada and Utah mining
man, says the Silver State.
The Charley Ross OF Stateline, that
last season came forward with ship
ment that afforded very sensational
values in gold and silver, has similar
lot now on its way to this market, says
the Salt Lake Tribune.
George Sharon, Nevada boy born
and reared in Virginia City, has re-
ceived an appointment as Second Lieu
tenant in the regular U. S. Army, hav-
ing passed very creditable examinations
at tho Preside. He win probably be
detailed for service in the Philippines.
According TO measurements given
out by the Dexter Mining Co. of Tus-
carora, Wednesday, discovery OF a
six-ineh ledge was made in that mine
on the 250-foot level which shows val
uation of 1880 per ton in gold.
The Nevada authorities are trying to
induce Governor Gage OF California to
pardon John Hancock, who is serving
a ten year sentence for burglary, so
that he may be taken to Lincoln county
and tried for murder committed on
the Nevada desert over two years ago.
The kissing bug has bitten three Reno
residents, says the Journal, but from
the description given of the insect it be-
longs to the class of vampires classified
as cimex lectularis and vulgarly desig-
mated as bedbugs, thinks the Virginia
Chronicle.
There is on exhibition at the Club
Saloon a string Of rattles taken from a
rattlesnake killed on Smith Creek that
is a curiosity, says the Elko Independ-
ent. The rattles number forty-fve and
a button. This would make his snake
ship forty-fve years old when he was
killed.
Joseph r. Ryan, the capable and ex-
perienced present superintendent OF the
Hale & Norcross and other Comstock
mines, has recently been appointed SUI
perintendent OF the Con. Virginia.
The SUPPLEMENTARY OF the Gould &
Curry, Best & Belcher and Utah mines
was awarded to Heber Holeman.
On Thursday, the 18th inst. the
crew working at the Verdi mill. at YER
di, New, struck for shorter hours, want
ing ten hours instead Of eleven. at the
same wages. The boys made a failure
of the strike and are again working at
the old schedule.
Peter Hall postmaster at McKinney's,
Lake Tahoe, for the past ten years, shot
himself through the head with re-
volver Tuesday morning. He was drunk
the night before and said he did not