The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-14

Parry, George I. Mills. John Little ana
W. D. R. Graham. The interment was
in knights Of Pythias cemetery.
Early homegrown apples will soon be
there will be much rejoicing. for the CALI
fornia fruit has been selling at high fig
ures since its advent. The local crop
will command a tolerably high price at
first, but as the bulk of the yield comes
In 1t will fall to a reasonable level There
will be a good crop of early apples and
the quality will be better than last year,
according to fruit men. The yield in 1858
VII at any stage In the year. High winds
that blew much of the fruit to the ground
before IT ripened was also an annoyance.
The first of the seasons early apples will
be marketed next week.-Gazette.
Salt Lake parties are becoming interest
the Reno Evening Gazette. and in the
next few months will invest considerable
capital In their development Several
rich samples of silver ore from the Kun
kel & Standmeyer claims. three and -four
miles from Humboldt, have been placed
in the Chamber of Commerce. They were
brought here by Reno parties who are
interested in a financial way In the prop
erty The samples show a rich yield and
the average is said to be much larger
than has ever been credited to the Hum
ore was taken runs from six inches to
twelve feet in thickness. and much OF
It's ore assays from $3.50 to 5000 a ton.
The Walker river at Bridgeport very
nearly claimed some victims last Tues
day. Mrs. j. N. Anderson and children
| of the stream when tie overhanging
earth gave way, throwing Viola, aged IL
| into the water. Mrs. Anderson sprang
into the. stream and caught the child. but
was swept off her feet by the undertow.
| Guy Anderson then rushed into the wa
/ ter and met a like fate. Alma Anderson.
aged s. attempted to wade into the river
and pull her companion from the water.
/ aged to catch hold of post, and as the
others came along they managed to
clutch the little ones garments. rhey
were taken from the water by anxious
hands. badly scared and very wet, but
/ otherwise all right.-Enterprise.
that a rich strike of bismuth has been
made in the Diamond range in eastern
| Nevada. The discovery was made BY
| Tobe Connors. Jim Mulligan and eter
| Holm, and is about three miles north OF
| the Overland on the west side of the
range in White Pine county. The ore is
/ found in a dixie walled in with ranite
and maganese on one sde and with por-
| phry on the other Assays made of the
surface rock revealed Ssi ounces of silver
1 and "a per cent copper. The ledge, which
! 4ns.
grass roots down. 1t is said that ore
taken four feet below the surface car
lies from 1000 to 5000 ounces of silver.
The ore is of the bismuth variety. like
that found in Colorado and Montana. IL
is the first discovery of its kind made in
the State. and the prospects are that il
win prove one of the richest mines in the
State.
From grass roots to depth of S5 feet
on the Florence group. ten miles north
west of Phoebe. high-grade ore has been
extracted from manganese gangue. The
quality of ore not increasing with depth,
1t was determined the ore shoot lay TO
the south, and an incline was according
ly started At ten feet depth heavy lead
carrying 80 ounces of silver per ton was
encountered in larger quantities than pre-
viously. Since then the grade and vol
/ ume of ore has steadily Increased with
depth when this week the climax was
reached by opening a streak OF ore one
foot in width carrying 60 per cent. lead,
1 50 ounces of silver, 81 in gold and some
copper per ton. Ore is being taken out
/ and sacked for shipment from the high
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