Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-12-13

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Judge Murphy is quite i'll at his
home in Carson.
The late John w. Mackay left an
estate valued at 100000
A centrally located business lot in
Tonopah sold this week for $4,000.
Ice on the Truckee River ponds
has been damaged some by the warm
spell.
The Nevada Central railroad has
paid its first installment of taxes
under protest.
The Tonopah mineral belt is believ-
ed by some experts to extend to the
Colorado river.
About thirty carloads of beef cat
tie were shipped from Reno to San
Francisco this week.
A rich three-foot vein of free gold
ore has been encountered in the
Eclipse mine at Tuscarora.
One of the chemical engines for
the Tonopah Fire Department ar
rived in that town last week.
The freight-handlers employed at
Mound House have asked for an in
crease in wages to So per day.
Several of the Tonopah business
men are putting concrete sidewalks
in front of their places OF business.
A thirty Thousand dollar brewery
is to be established by Montana peo-
pie on the western outskirts OF
Reno.
1t is reported that Ed Toupin will
erect brick building on the site OF
the one recently destroyed by fire In
Carson.
A poker game, $40 ante, and fire.
quently 81, 500 i'll the pot was in pro-
gress in Tonopah for several days
last week.
The Carson Appeal says Nevada
potatoes are again in great demand
and farmers are now receiving $40
per ton tor them.
1t is reported that Chas. D. Lane is
examining the Wedekind and Black
burn mine, in Antelope Valley. with
a view of purchasing.
The Tonopah Extension Company
will soon install a hosting plant
which will enable it to sink to a
depth of thousand feet.
The N. G. o. company has officially
announced that it will extend its
Sierra Valley line from Mohawk
Valley to Quincy next season.
The new mill at Allison Ranch is
running steadily. 1t has been in
operation tor several days and is
said to be running on very good rock.
1t is said that the finest apples
grown in Nevada are those which
come from the Pahranagat Valley,
a Mormon settlement in Lincoln
county.
A letter from Tonopah to Salt
Lake parties says that consolida-
ton of the big companies of the new
Nevada camp appear to be positive
ly scheduled.
1t is reported that the boiler
makes employed by the S. P. Go.
will go on strike unless paid at the
rate of 40 cents an hour tor their
labor in the future.
The American Nickle Company, of
Cottonwood Canyon, will shortly
resume operations on an extensive
scale. A large plant will be put up
to reduce the ore to matte.
Tom Crane, formerly of Virginia
City, will shortly begin the erection
of mill near valuable mine which
he owns short distance from Camp
tonville, Nevada county, Cal.
Krne Michel. formerly of Virginia
City, who has acquired great rep
utation as baseball pitcher since
going to California, is to be given a
trial by the Sacramento club.
The tunnel of the Mizpah mine, in
Tonopah, has broken into the Lynch
and O'Meara workings at depth of
$50 feet. and ore assaying as high as
$1,000 per ton has been encountered.
The Crystal Water Company. at
Tonopah. is now securing enough
water from its two wells to supply
the whole town and have consider