The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-11-29
BIC MEADOWS
PROSPEROUS
Prominent Resident OF Love
lock Tells All the News 0f
Our Sister lows

Hon. w. c. Noteware came up from
his empire on the Big Meadows yes
day to contribute his proper ion to the
county's exehequer. When seen by
Silver State reporter at the Lafayet,e
last evening and asked what news ne
had for a great metropoli an sheet Ike
the S'lvr st te he answered: Lets or
news. What do you want 10 know" Mr..
Noteware was requested to unload wha.
ever information he had about the Love-
lock Valley. and this Is what he sac:
Last season on the Big Meadows was
ore of unprecedented prosperity. The
wheat yield of the valley amounted to
about 80 900 sacks, 1900 sacks of wh'c.,
were produced by the Fig S and 1o."oJ
sacks by the Rodgers es ate ranch. big
Mesdows produced three good crops Of
alfalfa. aggregating about 60 900 tens
the greater portion of which has been
soId and is row berg fed to beef anc
mutton sleep.
1.-THE principal feeders are: The West
ern Meat. Company, Henry Mofh't. "
Levy. the Go,conda Land and Sock Co
and Horn Bros. In addition to these
Colonel Joseph Marzen and Senator w.
C. Pitt have bought and are feeding ca:-
tie of their own. There arc approximate
ly 20 900 head of mutton being fed an
10 900 head OF cattle.
1.-The general government has a corc-
of eight surveyors doing the prelimina,y y
work of the Lovelock Valley irr.g ting
system Tfey ae a'so making t.
pegra phical map OF the valley. looking !,
the bringing In the Truckee river sys-
tenn. 1t Will take at leas. six months 10
complete this preliminary work now In
hand.
There ere several new bui'ds~ gs gong
up at Lovelock The OF cary two tori
brick is now nearing compile ion. Senator
John O'Kane has just finished a very
pretty cottage and moved his family INFO
It last Sa' urday. DIR. McDonaid's brick
is progressing toward completion. Also
new outage is being built for Kon
Peer Anker. Thee new buil6i~gs. to
gether with a new town nall and livery
barn of Sandy b. Hi,l are going up f.
town and the same activity obtains
throughout the Meadows. The build ngs
going up in Loveiock would be credit
to any town on the Pa lie slore.
The hotels are full every n'ght and IT
is impossible to accommodate al who
town. There has been on an average
three carloads of lumber shipped from
the west every day for the past ha;-
month.
Tie steam traction engine ard com-
bined harves er used for harvesting the
crops of grain on the Big s. holdings
have been stored at Lovelock and will be
used by the above company I'm plowing.
ditch'ng ard harvesting next Sc so:.
This company is actually prosecuting
the reclamat on and cultivation Of ovc
acres owned by them and expect mex;
season to double the acreage In cu.t.va-
tion this year. the crops being whea,
and alfalfa. All conditions point 10 ali
adequate water supply next year. the
ccmpany's reservoir. capable CT iir gat-
ng 1900 acies, beirg filed at the present
time.
j. b. Fit Ing. who has purchased the
Bonanza King mne at Spring Valley
has PUT on large force of men 10 repair i
the mill, open up the shaft and putting |
he property in shape for taking out and
shipping ore.
The Federal Mining Co. intend to re-
sumo operations on their placer deposits /
in Spring Valley and Dry Gulch. Next /
season will witness revival If not a
genuine mining boom in Spring Valley. |
The citizens of Lovelock, together with |
the people of Humboldt county take |
q eat pride in the election of George S. |
Nixon to the United States Senate. Mr.. |
est in the Lovelock Valley"
WILL START UP ON CUSTOM ORES. !
The God Mining and Milling Company |
at Kennedy will shortly s.art up on Gus
tom ores. The camp has very bright |