Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1899-03-11
IMPORTANT NEW INDUSTRY.
A Yankee who Proposes to Get
Rich Off what We waste.

Rich Off what We waste.
new and rather important industry
was started at Mud Lake, near Pyramid.
a few weeks ago that few people other
than those directly interested know any
thing about, says the Reno Gazette Of
Feb. %.
| John +. Benson, capitalist from Ban
eor, Maine, recently visited the Pyramid
Lake Reservation, having been an old
schoolmate Of Major Fred b. Spriggs.
He was fond of hunting, and as Pyramid
sbounds in wild duck, pelican, swan and
mud hen, just jostling each other waiting
to be shot, Mr.. Benson found himself in
hunters paradise. He heard the boys on
the reservation tell Of the herd OF wild
horses that fed on the surrounding hills,
| and being Q Yankee with q hidden genius.
concluded 10 turn his pleasure trip into
one OF business. He said nothing but
Sawed wood ss the saying goes, and
when out on his hunting expeditions he
always had an eye to the windwsrd so to
bRtohs iio tcAt tho ACcciFhh oolho hmc
in the latter part Of October. bade every
one goodbye and presumably had gone
for good. But Mr.. Benson had no idea Of
abandoning field that promised so much.
To make long story short. he went back
to Bangor, Maine, and organized q stock
company composed OF such men ss Elvin
L. Baxter, one Of the richest Of the rich Of
Bangor's capitalists, Percy @. Douty, Joel
T. Brogenton, Mrs. Emily O. Patton, a
woman with idle capital piled up in Ban
gor's strong boxes. who, after listening to
Mr.. Benson's plausible tale Of hidden
wealth, sent him back to Nevada TO start
q cannery and tannery. Mr.. Benson se-
lected for the site of his plant hot spring
near the shore Of Mud Lake, and immedi-
ately erected building where he is put.
ting up canned horse meat. He has
hunters In the bills to whom he pays
seventy five cents for the saddle and hind
quarters Of wild horses, and fifty cents for
the hides delivered at che cannery. The
hides are worth from s1.50 to $500. and
therein lies neat profit. This gives en-
ployment to many Indians and white men
who earn as high as S75 q month some
months.
The meat is boiled in the hot water Of
the spring, sailed and otherwise prepared
for the market. and put in one, three and
five pound cans, hermeticslly sealed and
shipped to China, Japan and the Philip
pines. Mr.. Benson has made one ship
ment to Boston and sells IL for canned
"wild goat meat" He has had hand |
some label printed and puts one on each |
can. The meat is put up in convenient
packages OF dozen cans, ranging in
weight from 10 TO 60 pounds. Already |
from this industry alone he derives suffi- |
plant and has the hides left on which he |
hopes TO declare dividend to the stock |
holders in the near future. He is just
now erecting tannery for the tanning of
the hides Of wild horses. He has but
twelve watts as yet and uses ssgebrush TO
tan the leather. but expects to double the
capacity Of his plant early the coming |
Spring.
Mr.. Benson is shrewd follow and his |
foresight and business sagscity will make
men who have ridden the range for years.
wonder why such thing was not thought
OF by them years ago. He is Q fluent
talker, and one cannot listen 10 him ten
minutes without being profoundly i'm
pressed with his business ability and fore
sight.
Mr.. Benson Is contemplating another
trip East just as soon as he declares the
frst dividend. with the view to getting
more money TO build q railroad from
Wadsworth TO the lake, where he proposes
10 put up large sanitsrium aud make Of
the lake what its beauties would seem to
warrant, fashionable resort for Eastern
people and ope.lungers. who are travelling
around the world hunting for Q place
where life can be preserved few months
longer.
Western Nevada was indeed fortunate
when Mr.. Benson came to Pyramid Lake
to hunt, for he has founded an industry |
that promises to grow into one Of the finest
money-making plants on the coast.
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