Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-31
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The dwelling house at Laws Station
was burned one day last week. The
house was occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudolph, who lost all their clothes, etc.
The loss, all told, was about $1,000.
The result of the recount of the votes
for Assemblyman of Washp county be-
tween Wright and Souchereau gives the
election to Wright, Republican. Sou
chereau still holds down his job, how
ever.
Ex-Governor Colcord, Superintendent
of the Lapanta-Pamlico group of mines,
in Esmeralda county, put force of men
to work last week driving tunnel for
the purpose of securing an increased
water supply.
The trial of John w. Mullins for the
murder of William EIDE, at Beckwith,
last Fall, which has just closed, resulted
in verdict of guilty of murder in the
first degree. He was sentenced to life
imprisonment.
In the Ray & O'Brien mine, at Ray,
the ledge at depth of 225 feet shows
thirty inches of solid ore, which runs
from $3.50 to $500 per ton. Another
streak on the hanging wall goes from
$500 to $500 per ton.
Tom Harvey, of Nevada, and others
of party who were to colonize the
Tiburon Islands, have returned to San
Francisco. The Mexican government
refused to concede several demands
made by the colonists.
H. A. Parmeter and Sam Toxic, of
Bodie, have mining claim in Antelope
Valley, near the Golden Gate, which
they think will prove to be valuable
property. They are arranging to do
some extensive development work.
James Stages, who was killed on the
9TH inst. at the Keystone, was not a
member of the Miners Union. 1t is
said his desire for trouble, which made
him notorious wherever he has lived in
the State finally lead to his death.
Twenty-one recruits for the navy
passed through Reno few days ago en-
route to San Francisco, where they will
be placed upon one of Uncle Sans bat
tie ships. They were all from Ogden,
and were fine looking lot of fellows.
The second payment, 100000, was
made On the G. & H. Tunnel prop
erty at Tonopah last week. This is the
property in which Doc Hudgens was a
one-fifth owner. There is still $72 900
to be paid on this property next March.
The mining suit between the Tonopah
Mining Company and the Salt Lake
Company, which has been before the
United States Court for the past two
weeks, has been submitted and the wit
nesses and lawyers have returned to
their homes.
Ex-Constable Ward McNeilly, of
Reno, has been appointed Proctor of
the State University. His duty is to
take notice of all serious violations of
the rules of the University and report
the same to the Committee on student
affairs for their action.
w. D. Phillip, the Reno station agent,
and Harry Butts, sport, have been
arrested and charged with the recent
robbery of the S. P. Office in Reno. The
men are out on $4,000 bonds. The peo-
pie of Reno seem to think the detectives
have made big blunder.
Mrs. w. T. Bunney has paid into the
Inyo county treasury the entire sum
found to have been missing at the recent
investigation, and has also paid an
amount to cover the cost of having the
vault opened. Not trace of Mr.. Bun
ney has been discovered up To the last
advices received.
An interesting law suit is on hand
over some large salt deposits near St.
Thomas, Lincoln county The salt de-
posits resemble an immense quartz vein,
and some of it is so clear that print may
be read through a six inch block of it,
while it is so free from foreign sub
stances as to be practically pure.
The distance to Los Angeles from Salt
Lake by the future San Pedro road is
said to be $50 miles. This will mean a
tremendous saving of time, railroad
fare, meals and sleeping car fare between
the two cities. Figured at the slow rate
% 80 miles an hour for trains it means
only 26 hours to Los Angeles, saving
of SO hours.