The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.

The sOth anniversary of Odd Fellow
ship falls on April 20.
Over 900 voters have registered In
Carson for the city election.
A force of 200 men Is employed in ex-
tending the Nevada, California & Greg
on railroad north of Reno.
Several contracts have been let in
Elko for houses that are to be put up
during the coming spring and summer
Douglas county viii soon have pub
lished full aud complete list of all cat
tie and sheep, the number of each and
by whom owned.
Business is lively in Elko. During
the past thirty days about 1900 cattle
have changed hands between the ranch
crs of Elko county.
The remains OF Andrew Mikkelson,
a member of the Nevada troop who
died in Manila over month ago with
typhoid fever, were buried in Reno last
Sunday.
Shaw and Bowie, the men who have
been on trial at Winnemucca for hold
ing up the c. p. express train at Hum
boldt House last fall, have been acquit-
ted
The Bald Mountain Mining Co which
o. rs mines near Elko, have suspended
operations ut that place and ordered
their superintendent to take out all the
mic hinery and move it to Elko for
storage.
Captain Linscott and Second Lieu
serant Wright of The Nevada Cavalry
Troop are both reported to be- down
with the fever at Cavite, but the disease
is not of the malignant form.
A 2-foot vein carrying 81 per cent
cad and 235 ounces of silver per ton is
reported to have been recently struck
IN the 500 level in the Utah mine at
Fish Springs.
A lot of ore from the National mine
in Phoebe district was marketed in Salt
Lake City last week by Salisbury Gill
ner. Assays disclosed no less than 30
per cent copper and 40 OF. silver per ton.
The State University men are train
ing faithfully for the coming field day
with Berkeley. Every evening the
race track at the fair grounds presents
: holiday appearance, athletes being
everywhere in evidence.
The Supreme Court last Wedne day
ieciaed the case of the Reno City Coun-
I'll vs.. the Board of County Commits
sloners. sustaining the demurrer and
dismissing the proceedings regarding
the validity of the law disincorporating
Reno. The Commissioners will now act
as ex-otfieio town trustees.
At conference between the Pres,i-
lent, Secretary Alger and Adjutant-
General Corbin held in Washington
last Thursday. it was decided that all
The volunteers in the Philippines shall
be brought home IN the order of their
arrival there. This makes the Nevada
Troop the next to the last to leave. and
i will probably be midsummer before
the boys arrive home.
The Salmon district IS the largest and
richest copper district in Nevada, and
il less than two years there will be over
1000 mt n emp Dyed in tn camp. The
IRE Is there in large quantities and in
quality ranging from 30 to 20 per cent
copper. Eastern capital is being in
vested in Salmon properties and the
camp will, no doubt, soon experience a
boom unequaled by any camp in the
great West Silver State.
The hydraulic pump in the c. & c.
shaft on the Comstock is an acknow-
lodged success, so far as the Virginia
group Of mines goes, but unfortunately
there is not sufficient water available TO
run any more pumps to drain the mines
On Gold Hill and intermediates territory.
For that purpose there is project on
foot to utilize the power of the Trurkee
river. The Report states that the
agents of several la-ge electric com
panies have been looking over the field
and report ftyorably At point be-
tween Reno and Wadsworth full $50 IT.
fall can be obtaiue / which would af-
ford ample power to not only pump the
mines dry, but also to run the hoists.
c0mpressors, etc. The power would
have to be transmitted distance of
from 10 tn q miles, but much greater
works than that have been accom-
plished in rec mt years.
Some MonGfrOnG Madame