Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-03-17
As IL IL.

past six months and the future pms
poets wunld be Of interest to the
readers Of the INDEPENDENT. l Will
endea'or in my way t" pen a few
items tending to that end.
Ny experience Ill Tuscarora for the
past sI1 months ha- taught me that It
is a good town for mechanic or lal or
ing men who expects To make a
living by the sweat of his brow, aud
not a bad town 'or ii mar Who does
not expect I" make a living 10y the
other mems hrows. a! least several
OF this last class seem to bold the
town down and to all appearances are
getting along nicely.
1uscarora Is, aud has been for the
past two years. on the upgrade.
This fact | have learned from the
principal business men ~ the ton n.
Mr.. PrmeauS, the largest all around
BUSH ess mai in town. says that IN
his twenty three Years experience in
uSlpess in Tuscarora the prospects
and outlook for the town never have
beer better than they are at the
present time. In fact, all the hus-
mess men in town say the same thing
and are making extensive improve
m"pts on their business places.
o her Improvements will follow AS
room as lhe weather aud the conii
tiun OF the roads will permit the
getting ID Oi material which III all
probability will not lie before the
first OF May.
will give a partial description OF
the mines pud mining interests here
gathered from Information and nv
own observation. The Dexter ls the
principal mine 80 far ~ the mines ~
the camp have been developed.
With Its forty stamp mill, cyanide
worIs and eli ctric plant it employs
about seventy men. So far as NY
judgment goes think the Dexter
mining company has been the saliva
ton Of Tuscarora. Still there are
people here who seem TO have Il de-
sire to hamper tile company and
harass il in every way possible. re-
L-arkrd to one NJ the kickers the
o her day that | thought the Dexter
company had been a good help to the
camp as 1t had givsn employment to
the town men who wished Ia work
and had expended ab ut one million
dollars in improvement and devel.
opmen: work and by go doing had
demonstrated the fact that the Tusra-
rora mining district has one Of the
richest and most extended gold belts
in the State. -Oh, WE'LL says the
kicker. If they hal not come some
others would | tCld him perllaps
80, but il Was Il fact the Dexter com
paDy did come and had done all Of
these things with the result stated
and that l thought it was a poor pol.
icy Ter a man that was sharing III tho
benefits secured b. the enterprise and
money OF the d. u company Ia he
finding fault with and kick ing
against them every time an oppor.
tunity presented itself.
| do not mean to infer by any
@ that the Dexter mine is ID,
only great property in the Tuecarora
mining dist rici. There are The Erie
mining company. the OTyhee com.
plpy and Prisons NINE. All tn .ee
OF these mines it is Thought will de.
Yelop into good mines ne rich in & I'D
and ms extensive rs the Dexter
The 70 mines have good ore and pleni,
OF it and will he extensively worked
and developed in the near fuInre
Besides those SPOKEN ~ there are lott
OF o'aions That have been made OF
the gold belt in the past SIX month,
by poor men who coul | do no NOR
than to do the necessary amount o
work required 10y law. pay Tor recrrd
ing, etc. to make their title secure
These claims are iavoraily lOcat"t
aud no doubt will. when properly de
vel"ped. he fonpd equa ly as COOL a
any on the gold belt.
There are plenty ~ miners. me
cbanics and lahorers here Tor ~
IRE cnt and RUnlI not advise an
ore TO 60 ne lpetors The tirst 4 VI I,
What VIC wan, now il capiial-mcr
with some money TO invest that v,
p"or men a get interested with u
to help develop IN mines. We bay,
Sic locations and our titles are secure
What We lack il tho necessary catl
TO derelopthem.
y. L. .louYs.
TUscARoRA. New, March Is, 1893.