The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1902-07-11
STATE NEWS


Reno's Union barber shops have es-
tablished the uniform rate of twenty
five cents for shave.
]. w. Henly of Hawthorne, Esmef-
aida county, has been admitted 10 the
bar by the Supreme Court.
The average value of ore from the
Alaskh-Tredwell mine on Douglas
Island, near Junea, is sl.92 ton and
il is handled at a profit.
Yucca trees are being planted fof
shade around Tonopah. These trees
are said to grow on deserts without
any irrigation after once started. They
are very slow of growth.
The White Pine News says the
! trial run at the new Chairman mill Is
proving very satisfactory. Over a
/ thousand tons of ore have been treated,
and the mill is still running
Tom Murry is engaged in killing
! iaekrabbits on the Miller q Lax ranch
es in Humboldt county, for which he
is paid regular salary, and slaughters
several thousand every season.
! Johny Piper, n piute, was caved on
while working in placer mine in Tule
canyon, Esmeralda county, last week.
| He WAS alone at the time and was not
missed for three days. When found
/ he Was dead.
The Carson Appeal says a man
named Tupbs has discovered n four
/ foot vein of ore six miles east of Reno,
showing gold values Of from SO to S60o
per ton in gold.
The ore roasting plant at Sparks mill
at Wedekind is more than satisfactory.
The charges now put in go upwards of
80 per cent and ii only takes four
hours To roast the ore.
Fire destroyed 6j4 feet of -nowshed at
tunnel Is, west of 1'ruckee Wednesday,
! The debris was cleared and the track
relaid in four hours.
Nearly all the business men Of Wads-
worth who were burned out three
weeks ago have opened up again in
temporary quarters.
At the National museum in Phila-
delphia an entire section has been
set apart for mineral disnlay from
Nevada-a distinction accorded no
other State.
The demand for lumber is constantly
increasing. Local dealers estimate
that at least go, 600 feet is nov, consum-
ed monthly, $4,000 feet by the Tonopah
Mining Company; and the remainder
in the other mines and in town.-Tono-
/ pah Miner.
The salt Lake Tribune says a ship
ment of 200 head of steers and 20 head
of range horses We're shipped recently
to one of the largest packing houses in
Chicago from Lincoln county. 1t is
said we will meet the horses again in
cans labeled "corn beef
Ii was reported in town this morning
| that blacksmith working with one of
the construction gangs near Carlin was
drowned yesterday in the Humboldt
/ The man was drunk and asleep on the
/ .o anl rnll.,I into fha ,;,~a, nh.
Independent.
\ woman in Clay county, Missouri,
fell into a creek and when she was res
cued II twenty-five pound bass was
found tangled up in her hustle. Her
husband tried to "set" her again but
she positively refused.
a lot of mining machinery passed
through town yesterday for Peter Curt
at Loope, Alpine County. From the
great quantity of material that is being
shipped up that way there must be
something doing. Appeal.
There is still scarcity of hay
hands in this valley and from 20 to 40
good men can find work on the ranches
here at good wages. Unless men can
be procured the farmers will lose con-
| siderable, as they cannot get their hay
up right at the proper time Lyon
County Times.
Negotiations are now being made
which, if consumated, will start the
Bluestone mine up in fun blast inside
of another month or six weeks. 1t is
To be hoped there will be no miscue in
the deal. The Bluestone is an excel.
ent copper property, and ought TO be
producing the rel metal at profit tc
the owners right now.
One of the most unique structures il
this or, perhaps, any other town, say,
the Tonopah Miner, stands in the reai