The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-07
OVER THE STATE


its efficiency in treating ores of all
descriptions. All parties sending ores
will have them treated gratis.
A San Francisco weekly attributes
the cause of smallpox along the line
of the Central Pacific In Nevada to
the dead bodies which have been car
ried to the Eastern States from the
Philippines. This is hardly the case
as the following item shows that
portions of Europe also are infected !:
In Glasgow the smallpox epidemic is
somewhat alarming. Twenty nine
fresh cases are reported and hundreds
of cases are in the hospitals.
A petition is being circulated among
the citizens of Reno and numerously
signed. 1t asks the legislature to per-
nit Washoe County to bond itself for
300, 900 to build new Court house.
In the event of the bill passing, re-
ceiving the requisite number OF votes
in the county and the bonds sold, the
old edifice will be used as Jail and
police court. The new Court house
will be erected in Riverside park.
At the Coroner's inquest held over
the remains of E. E. Copeland who
was found dead in ditch at Reno Sat-
urdry, verdict was brought in by the
jury of accidental death. 1t was
learted that the deceased had pawned
his watch the night before and was
greatly intoxicated before starting for
home. 1t was the opinion of the jury
that he became bewidered aud lost his
bearings and fallidg into the ditch was
unable to rise.
The Census department has just COM
pleted bulletin of Nevada, showing
the population of the state by counties,
towns and precincts. 1t contains con-
siderable statistical information re-
garding this State from the date of its
admission into the Union to the pres
snt time.
Nevada was organized as territory
March ,, 1861. and admitted as "a State
October 81, 1864. When the census
was taken in 1870 the State had
population of ~, 49l, as against 6, s57 in
1860. In 1880 it had increased to G., :
266, and ten years later, in 1890 it had
fallen off TO 10. 76l, while the last CEN
sus showed only ~, 335, or l56 less than
in 1870.
w. c Williams, the bon ANA king Of
Olinghouse, was in town yesterday
carrying bar of gold weighing l29. 10
ounces. 1t was the product of A tons
of Gold Ledge rock which was crushed
at the Slip mill
Mr.. Williams took the brick up to
the mint and received Sl935 s5 for it.
His mine is showing richer with every
foot of depth. Recently seam an
inch wide was struck that assays s21, :
600 ton. He is running a 600 foot
tunnel to tap his lead.
1t is now in more than half that dis
tance and has cut three lodges which
assay from So to S25 a ton. He ex-
poets that the ledge he is running for
will yield him S400 feet of stopping in
two feet of ore running nearly 300 a
ton. This with his shafts will throw
half IA million dollars worth of ore in
sight.
One of the gold bearing formations
he cuts in his tunnel is nine feet vide
and assays So ton in free gold. 1t was
struck so feet deep aud horns only
traces on the surface.
BY the aid of eight men Williams
has taken out 800 in the past ten
months. Nevada State Journal
Chas Bell recently began an in
junction suit against George Wede-
kind enioining him from mining on
certain lands claimed by Bell adjacent
to Wodekind's s Star mine. The case
was tried before Judge Curler in the
District Court on Saturday, and it was
shown that Wedekind was not within
seventy-fve feet of the ground claimed
by Bell and the case was dismissed
without prejudice and the cost of suit
taxed to Bell. Hon. Thos. Wren and
Hon. A e. Cheney protected Wede-
kind S interests, while 7. S. Ford and
w. A. Sleet of Nevada City, threw the
sponge in the air for Bel. Reno
Journal
A car of silver-lead ore has inst ar
rived from the Monarch mine at Spruce
Mountain, New, which brings the out
put of the mine to the present time for
January up to nine cars. The returns
from these shipments have shown a
remarkable uniformity, averaging
about 30 per cent lead and 40 ounces
oflsilver TO tho ton. An ore chute was
encountered "A few days ago on drift
from the 300-foot level which covers
the entire face OF the drift, the pro-
ducts showing the usual values of the
mine, but the extent of the chute has
not yet been determined. A drift will
also be run at once from the main
shaft on the same level, but in an op-
posite direction, and another good body
of shipping ore is expected to be opened
with about 100 feet of work. This is
practically new mine and the pros
- ,,oe oOapal lael than two Vanps