Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-02-21
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Union, for his part in the Traylor kill
ings some weeks ago, will take place at
the next sitting of the District Court at
Ely, which it is expected will occur in
May.
The eastbound flyer struck a broken
rail, while running at a speed of sixty
miles an hour, east of Winnemucca
Monday night, and bad wreck was the
result. Two persons are thought to be
fatally injured, and a dozen more badly
injured.
The stage running between Bridgeport
and Bodie slid off of the grade in the
snow last Friday when about two miles
from Bodie. No serious damage was
done. Andy Mahoney, the only passen-
ger, walked into Bodie and reported the
accident.
A delegation of Tonopah business men
has interviewed w. A. Clark with the
view of having branch road built to
tap the line of the San Pedro, Los An
geles & Salt Lake road promising if
this is done to ship the product of the
mines to Salt Lake.
Pipe is now arriving in Hawthorne for
the line to bring water from Cottonwood
Canyon to the Pamlico and Lapanta
mines. The pipe line will be eleven
miles long and the work of digging the
ditch for the pipe will begin as soon as
the frost is out of the ground.
Frank Kinney, the colored man who
shot and killed Will Lamb, at Truckee,
several weeks ago, was acquitted of the
charge of murder by Nevada City,
Cal, jury few days ago. Kinney's
plea was self-defense. He bears good
reputation and holds an honorable dis
charge from the army.
man named Ewing, who had been
chopping wood at Montezuma, 25 miles
south of Tonopah, was frozen to death
last week while en- route to the latter
camp, and only three miles from it.
Ewing's partner, Butterfield, came on
to Tonopah and gave the news. Butter
field is liable to lose one, or both, of his
feet, also.
The cost of power, as furnished by the
Truckee River General Electric Com
pany to the mines on the ComstOck lode,
is 81 per h. p. per month, based on con-
tinuous service and two-minute peak
lode. The saving over steam power is
said to be over 200 per cent, as steam
costs in the neighborhood of $2l per
h. p. per month.
Charles Beeler was released from the
State penitentiary of Texas few days
ago, after serving fve-year sentence.
He robbed Wells, Fargo & Co.'S. express
at San Antonio of $4,000 over four
years ago, and as none of the money
was recovered it is believed that Beeler
has it buried somewhere. Detectives
are watching him closely.
Utah's Senate has passed bill max
ing it misdemeanor for any mine oper-
ator to store in the mine powder or
other high explosives more than suffic-
lent to run the mine for "a hours a
fine of from 800 to $1,000 to be imposed
for each infraction. The fatal accident
at the Daley West mine, al Park City,
last Summer, drew public attention to
the necessity of legislation of this ma
ture. so.
The Southern Pacific engineers have
nearly completed the line for the long
tunnel through the Sierras. 1t will be
over five miles long, if built, and one of
the finest in construction in the world.
1t will eliminate curve of twenty
miles over the high line, and do away
with climb on either side of 1000 feet.
The west portal will be at Blue Canyon,
and the east portal eight miles west of
Truckee.
Stagg, a camp in southern California,
founded about two years ago, gives much
promise. The ore body in the group of
mines is said to be enormous. Several
shafts have been sunk, the deepest being
so feet, and over 500 feet of drifts and
crosscuts have been run, and no foot or
handing-wall vet encountered. 1t is
estimated that there $l1 900, 000 worth
of ore in sight. The property is bonded
for 81 100000. The place is one-man
camp, r. G. Stage owning the mines,
water, store, etc. No saloons or gamb-
ling are allowed in the camp. No ore
averaging less than SIS per ton is sent