Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-11-22
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There is some talk of enforcing
\ Reno. Saloon men are, consequently
considera bly, agitated about the mat
ter.
i The man with the divining rod
has struck Tonopah. The fact that
no mines were ever found by HIM
does not deter good things" from
taking the bait.
Senator Clark is prepa ring to re-
sumo work in the Travonia, Black
Rock and Ophir mines in Butte dis
trict, Montana, which have been idle
for many years.
The Lovelock postmaster has re-
ceived the necessary papers and
instructions for making application
to have tree rural delivery cstab-
lished at that office.
In the Paymaster mine, twelve
miles from Silver Peak, u seven
foot ledge of $I7 gold ore has been
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by ]. L. Butler and others.
The Southern Pacific Company is
to have engines with big oil and
water tanks, which will enable them
to run 900 miles at stretch with
one charge of water and oil.
A new ledge of ore has been dis
covered near Klondyke, Esmeralda
county, which promises well. Some
of the ore is very rich, and there IS
apparently large body of it.
Tuesday morning bad freight
wreck occurred at Blue Canyon.
Two freight trains piled up i'll great
confusion. No one was killed but
severa were more or less hurt
| John Mckay, resident of Ante
lope Valley, while driving to his
home few days ago, had an attack
of vertigo, and fell from his wagon.
He was severely but not fatally in
ljured.
The Southern Pacific Company
will make Reno the base of supplies
for it's eating houses all along the
line OF road in Nevada. The laun-
dry work for the company will also
be done in Reno.
The recent storms have increased
the flow of water in the Truckee
River to such an extent that the
water from Lake Tahoe is not now
needed, and the gates have been
closed tor the season.
A man by the name of Adonis is
travelling across the continent push
ing a wheelba ROW in front OF him,
He landed in Reno this week from
Michigan and has until December
24th to reach San Francisco and win
$500.
The new mill and power plant OF
the Bamberger De Lamar Company
in Lincoln county, will cost S3oo,ooc
when completed. 1t is estimated
that the company has at least a
million dollars worth of ore in
sight.
Gus Porter, young man well
known In Elko, forged checks on
seve raj parties last week to the
amount of over a thousand dollars
but his father reimbursed the vic
Tins and criminal proceedings were
dropped.
T. B. Hickey has purchased the
Conklin ranches at Black Rock, and
the Yerington, at Fish Springs, Inyo
county. This clears the way for a
big ditch Mr.. Hickey has had in con.
temptation for some time, and upon
which work will soon be begun.
The people of White Pine county
did not vote on the proposed consti-
; tutional amendment as the question
was not placed on their ballots. For
this reason, and other alleged irreg.
ularities, it is possible they may call
tor another election.
A party of prospectors claim to
have discovered spring near Tim
Der Mountain, in the southern part
OF Nevada, the water of which is
highly inIpregnated with arsenic.
Skeletons of men and animals are
said to be numerous about the
spring.
A child of Mrs. Geo. T. Benson,
. |hen getting his usual Saturday
right bath, stepped back against a
hot stove which burned him severe
lH. The child was in great agony