Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-03-14
The Metal Market.
SAM PIES.

lin Ouirk, the genial Sheriff of
Storey county, was in Hawthorne
Monday.
HIP. Krause, for many years post
master of Reno, died suddenly last
Thursday.
George Geisler OF the Vulcan Iron
Works, is figuring on putting an ice
plant in Tonopah. U
Judge Hawthorne is again hunting
for the lost quicksilver mine between
Luning and New Boston. f'a91
DR.. Kaebles, formerly of Bodie,
died of Bright's disease at the Sol
diers' Home at Napa last week.
The Austin Reveille says that John
Bowler has located rich gold mine
in Marysville canyon, on Reese river.
]. S. Lancaster of San Francisco
is at Soda Springs trying to persuade
the traction wagon to run over the
sand.
Mrs. A, T. Taylor and children
spent a few days at Rhodes last
week, being the guests of Mrs. A. G.
Stock.
Joe Budd, formerly resident OF
this county, died in a BARRIERS chair
in Carson while being shaved last
Wednesday.
Editor Brown of the Butte City
Times, is visiting Touopah and its
eayirons in the interest of Montana
mining men.
Bishop w. H. Moreland will ar
rive in Hawthorne on Monday, the
18th instant, and will hold divine
service that evening.
John Breuner, who has branch fur
niture stores in all Of the large cities
of this coast, will open a branch
store at Reno May LIST.
A rich strike was made in the
Wedekind mine, Reno, last Wednes-
day. 1t Is said a 4-foot ledge Of
= $2,0 900 ore was encountered.
Last week ledge of gold ore was
discovered about IA miles northeast
Of Kibbey's wells on the Sodaville
road. The ore is said to be rich.
E. Wood & Co. of Aurora adver-
tise a large lot of store counters,
shelving, show cases, etc, for sale.
See notice elsewhere in this paper.
A prospector named Bishop has
made number of locations on Lone
Mountain, west of Tonopah. The
groupings assay up in the hundreds,
c. M. Sain, Postmaster at Love
lock, and editor of the Tribune of
that place, vts1ted our sanctum yes
terday On his return from trip to
Bodie.
]. A. Yerington says that the
New York capitalists who recently
visited the Hawthorne district mines
were loud in their praises of Neva-
da's possibilities when they reached
the nations metropolis.
The San Francisco papers say that
the Tonopah mines have been sold
to Eastern people for So, 900, 900. AS
nearly half the stock is held by 'out-
sidsrs ia various parts of the coun-
try, the report is dlscredited.
H. G. Cutting has been awarded
: the contract to carry the mails three
J times week between Sodaville and
Tonopah. He will receive $1,000 q
year, beginning July 1st.l Until that
time John OKeefe will carry the
mail. "a fs2f 80 Iil,s
The Keller Soda Works Company
is making preparation for the con
struction OF sixty acres more OF watts
They have about 100 acres in opera
ton at present. They are expanding
over $50, 900 in adding to and improv
ing the plant.-Independent.
Senator WATSON passed through to
Silver Peak this morning He says
he will put ten men to work on the
big Drinkwater ledge in few days
He says he will sink, drift and cross
cut the ledge until he has blocked ou'
enough ore to keep 200 stamps going
for twenty years.
Lincoln county is becoming the
center OF great boom brought abou
by the surveying and grading for the
two new railroads. Probably nj
other county, unless it be Nye, is Sc
covered with prospectors rushing ii