Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-03-22
NEVADA HAPPENINGS.
Weekend Mining Suit. Wonderful Ir.
rigaiing Machine. Water for To.
nOpah"'Comstock Drainage.
CARSON Cry, March 10, 1902

ne supreme Nouil Is occupied
with the arguments in the great
Nedekind Bell mining suit, appealed
from the District Court of Washoe
county There is AN extensive array
OF legal talent rmpluyed in the case
on both sides, it being appealed by
Bell from Judge Talbots decision
rendered in favor of the Sparks in
tereSt some months ago. This case
has attracted wide attention in the
mining world. The suit was brought
to test the right Of the locator of a
lode to follow its dip under land Gov
cred by United States agricultural
patent-a point of great interest to
mine owners all over the Pacific
Coast.
Judge Talbot held that when the
apex Of lode is within the exterior
lines of a valid mining location the
locator has the right to follow its did
into adjoining patented land, mineral
or agricultural This decision gave
the Wedckind location and also the
Bell location to John Sparks. who
bought the interest of George Wedc-
kind in the Reno Star location some
months ago for 5000, 900 Subsequent
" Judge Curler denied Wedekinl. in
whose name the suit stands, an in
junction to restrain Bell from taking
out ore on his claim adjoining the
Reno Star, upon land on which Bell
holds IA United States patent issued
some time in the 10s to Mr. Conruy
and bought from COnroy by Bell.
In the interim Bell put up steam
hosting works and worked his claim
to the limit, taking out many thou
sands of dollars of ore every week
This suit has been holly contested
aud it is believed that it will be car
ried TO the t. S Supreme Court 1t
will occupy all the present week here
Two or three weeks ago a letter
was received at the Carson land
office from Thomas J. Linton, 236
Broadway, Providence, r. /, apply
ing for large tract Of arid land in
the eastern part of this State He
proposed to cultivate this land by
means Of a wonderful iriigating ma
chine which he SAYS will take water
from depth Of 1900 feet in the
bosom of the earth. raising 200 600
tons Of water twenty i've feet in five
minutes, requiring only one man and
bOy To work the valves. In re
Spouse to a letter Of inquiry sent to
him 10y John Sal>bcrry Of Tonopah
who is now stopping in Carson he
saws
Now, my dear sir. beg to state
that ! am not theorizing, inasmuch as
| have operated my machines here
publicly more than three hundred
times, aud they never in any one
instance failed in the slightest de
gree. The last one built bad an
induction pipe twcnty-four inches in
diameter and produced stream of
same proportions The machine can
he enlarged so that it will produce IA
stream four fold larger-the size of
the machine governing the size of
stream delivered
II can lift water 5000 feet as
easily rs can lift it one foot have
made the same statement to PreSi-
dent Roosevelt aud he now has my
petition to Congress for the purchase
Of one hundred million acres of arid
land at a given price.
II can throw a continuous stream
on u turbine wheel sufficient to pro
duce AN immense amount OF power
and that, too, in the midst of the
Great Sahara desert, because | can
use the same water continuously by
lifting it to the reservoir from whence
it descends. | believe that ! have
solved the problem of cheap irriga-
ton. II should be noted that there
is no waste of water in running a
turbine wheel save that of evapora-
tion.
IN. b. irrigate undulating land
evenly, the lower parts receiving no
more water than the higher,
Mr.. Linton fails to describe the
source of power of his machine or
the principle upon which it works,
but it certainly is a world beatcr
All it needs is u country loaded with
an abundance of water-enough to
run the machine-with the man and
boy to work the valves, and he could
flood and irrigate verything in sight
He could pump out the submerging
1900 feet of water in the lower levels
of the old Comstock in few hours or
less. Moreover, the Tonopah Com
pany management should commune
cate with him on the subject OF sup
plying Tonopah with plenty OF water
at small expense He settles the
irrigation and all other water ques-
tons without a doubt.
ALE. DoTEN.