The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-15
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE :
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada


lars. There is harly night passes
that some business place it not en-
tered
Samuel Butler. Nevada county COM
missioner to the Worlds Fair mining
exh bit is vesy sick man. He is suf-
fering from malarial fever
Virginia CITY carried off the honors
at the blue rock shoot held at Bow
er's Manson Sunda- afte. noon. Reno
and Carson were well represented and
though good scores we.e made the
trophy was won by w. G. Douglas who
knocked down twenty-f four birds out OF
a possible twenty-five
In the Chamber of Commerce at
Reno is a very old picture which has
| been loaned to Major In~alls b. Sup
e, intendent Ryan OF the Virginia
mines. The picture shows General u.
S. Grant and party in the lower levels
of the c-eat Comstock mines. 1t is
very interesting picture and was taken
when General Grant made his tour In
the West.
William Lindsey. well-known in
Reno. came near bein= killed at Haz-
en- Monday night. As 1t is he IS suf-
fering from a severely bruised and GU
head. He was on his way from Fallor
to this city and came nea~ missing the
train a Hazen. In his efforts to catch
It he fell. his head striking with con-
sidera bic force on the rails close to
the noving train. He was picked ur
by friends. nut aboard the train and
his ir.ures dressed.-Iournal.
| The mortal remains of the late Nor
| ris Jacobs We're consigned to their
| last resting place in the Jewish GEN.
etery Sunday afternoon. The body
had been lying in the Kaiser vault
| for some time. The last sad rite-
| we~e very impressive end We're wit
messed ~ many friends and relatives.
| Quite number of the members OF the
| Knights of Pythias and Reno Aerie of
respects to the memory OF a departed
brother.-Journal.
| Returns from samples sent in by
! Superintendent Rives from the new
| disclosures in the P.oche- Nevada Com
| pany's ground out of Phoebe, New, cer-
| tify to the presence of 6sS per cen.
lead 81 ounces silver and $3.50 gold
per ton A telegram from the same
source during the day assu eS THE
management that the entire bottom of
ha iG in
consignment is being prepa. ed for the
market. The behavior of the new de-
velopment in the Talisman is Identical
with that of the big bonanzas that
| have antedated it at P.oche. and in
the success OF Messrs. Rives, Robert
w. Brady. Judge John w. Burton and
others, all mining men will rejoice.
The discovery is described by those
familiar with developments at Pioche
as the most important that has been
made there in many years. and that
the ground is owned by Salt Lakers is
source of additional congratulation.
Salt Lake Tribune.
The Springfield Nevada Mining
Company. which owns nearly all of
the large mining claims in Olnghouse
canyon, has struck 1t rich and the
prospects of Olinghouse becoming ii
large mining town are brighter today
than they ever were pefo =. saws the
Journal While sinking a shaet N the
Cabin No. 2. which is one Of he oldest
mines in camp. a new ledge vas strnrk.
ha tn g; =
dollars a ton and the ledge is over SIX
feet wide. The old ledge in .hs. mine
had been lost and the miners were
searching for it when this new body of
ole was found. A rich strike has also
been made on the Williams proper y.
which has lately been purchased by the
company. This st ike is very valuable
and a great quantity of or. viii be
opened up by it. The mime owners feel
very hopeful over heir new finds and
speak very highly of the camp. All
of the other min ars in Olin.housa have
been encouraged by these discoveries
and a great deal of mining and pros
pecting will be done there this sum-
mr.. )nghouse ''as not Is-~:reL
boom. but has grown stadeualiv an
frcm present prosp 49,: VIII soon be-
lite a large mining town.
The visit of NJ. NJ. Johnson, field
manager for Samuel Newhouse. to the
new discoveries at Mountain City.
New, VIII probably eliminate i'm the
purchase hy Mr.. Newhouse and local
associates of the Greenback and Kunz
Boys group in that camp. says the
Salt Lake Tribune. The examination
of the mines and sampling of the ores,
said Mr.. Johnson on his return from
the diggings yesterday. was a very sat-
istactory one. some of the assays show