Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-06-13
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The old Bowers mansion in Washoe
Valley has been formally opened as a
pleasure resort.
The once celebrated May Lundy mine,
in Mono county, has closed down, for
keeps, probably.
The residence of Fred Behler, at
Wadsworth, together with the contents,
was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday.
The Calkins Newspaper Syndicate has
purchased the Truckee Republican and
a tvpesetting machine is to be installed.
The Searchlight Miners Union has
struck and the men walked out on ac-
count of being required to work l. hours
instead of 8.
MIS- Dave Lindsay, OF Huntington
Valley, Elko county, has been attacked
with religious dementia and taken east
for treatment.
Grandpa District is the name of a new
one some 20 miles from Tonopah. The
lodges there show large values in gold at
depth OF only Is feet.
1t is claimed ore carrying 50 per cent.
nickle and cobalt is being extracted from
a mine at Cottonwood. Churchill county.
Cobalt is worth 81 pound.
May Howard, Tonopah tenderloiner,
has been held to appear before the Grand
Jury OF Nye county on charge of arson.
She set fire to the Tonopah Jail.
A Reno man who was convicted of
poisoning a dog has been given the
choice between paying fine of 500 or
spending 100 days in the county jail
On the 10Th of this month the Tono-
pah Mining Company viii decide what
sort of a reduction plant it will erect i'll
Tonopah for the reduction of its ores.
The automobile for use between Ely
and Cherry Greek has been shipped from
the factory and is expected to be run
ming over the route within few days.
Work of cutting stone for the Orphans
Home is going on at the prison. A full
force of convicts are engaged in the work
under the supervision of Robert Logan.
1t seems the labor trouble in Tonopah
is not yet settled. 1t is said that all the
trouble is due to handful of agitators
who are not willing to let well enough
alone.
he I Trih
carrying s. per cent. nickel and cobalt
is being produced from the mines at Cot
tonwood, which have been bonded for
$4,000.
hailstorm at Elko few days ago did
considerable damage to fruit trees and
vegetable gardens, and it is reported the
storm broke nearly all the windows in
the buildings at Halleck.
Winnemucca people are doing some
guessing. A big party of surveyors have
made their camp at that place, and it is
thought they are in the interest of the
Western Pacific, the new railroad.
Officer Terrell, of Reno, has received
from Walla Walla, two fine bloodhounds
The animals have been taken to the
State prison, near Carson, and will be
used, when occasion requires, by officer
Terrell.
The body of Chinaman was found
on the C. p. few days ago. The body
was entirely naked and very much de-
cayed. The Cinnamon gathered it up
and buried it,
jealous husband fell into a mine
shaft last week in Lincoln county while
prowling around in the night. He sus
pected his wife of infdelity and was do
ing some amateur detective work when
the mishap occurred.
William Brown, teamster, was ac-
cidentally killed at Twenty mile house,
Washoe county, last Sunday. He was
rolling bale of hay from a wagon when
he slipped and fell, breaking his neck by
striking the hub of wheel.
The Union Pacific has commenced the
work of replacing all of its frame bridges
now in use on the Wyoming division
with steel structures, and by the end OF
the season there will not be frame
bridge on the Union Pacific.
The gross output of the Quartette MIG.
Company, the Southern Nevada Mining
Company and the Nevada Keystone Min
ing Company for the quarter ending
March 3lst was $ll4,9 OBEY. The first