The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-28
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

The gypsum deposits in the foothills
east Of Lovelock have heen sold and a
contract has been let to extract and
ship a carload per day to California.
A republican meeting will be held on
Wednesday evening next at the Opera
House to ratify the nomination of
Roosevelt and Fairbanks by acclama-
tion of the National Convention
tendance is ssured.-Tonopah Bonan-
"a.
The bic tunnel run to strike the
contact vein on this ncine in Humboldt
fcotwall side and the first assays
showed values of $50 to $50 or silver
to the ton and a good percentage of
lead. A compressor plant has been
installed al the miro ard the mill is
running to its full capacity Bonanza.
The Tonopah Hardware Company
has let the contract for the construc-
tion of fire-proof stone building. IS
by rs feet in size, to be erected o a Ine
0ddie lot on Upper Main street, just
company. The building will be pro-
vided with iron doors end shutters,
and the roof will be of corrugated iron.
Miner.
The twelfth annual convention o
the Western Federation of Miners. be-
fore adjournoment, appointed delegates
G. G. Mitchell of South Dakota c.
Mahoney of Butte, and Hen~v L. Lane
Of DeLamar. New, to proceed to Grip
pie Creek ard make a thorough inves-
tigation Of the disaster at the Inde-
pence depot, and to spare no one in
their report
/ Governor Sharks returned Sunday
| morning from an extended visit to the
Worlds Fair ard from a side trip to
! Texas. whe~e he looked after his cot
| ton and eattie interests in the Lone
| Star State. The governor is greatly
pleased with the Nevada exhibit A
number OF his fatted Hereford steers
| will be slaughtered to make a barbe-
cue at TIE fair on Nevada day.
The will of Ed odell. who died re-
Gently at Santa Aana. California. waS
/ aled for probate with Clerk Dawley.
The e-tate consists Of real and person.
al property in California and Elko
county, Nevada. The portion in this
county is inventoried at about s2S.OO0.
All the estate, except the net proceeds
of growing crops i'm Santa Ana. goes
to his relatives in Iowa. New York and
California. AL Cotant pets the net pro-
ceeds of the c~oos.-Elko Independent
The track-laying forces have made
excellent progress during the week,
and by tonight should reach a point
nine miles ard a hale from Toncrah.
Material is being delivered in good
| Quantities. and it is evoected that the
track will be con.'eted to the Tono-
-nh depot within from twelve to fif-
teen days. A station for handling both
freight and nassenge~s, to be known
as Goldfe'd Junction. will be establish
ed near Kelsey's early next week
Coldfeld continues to he TIE heaviest
shipper OF ore. and most OF the teams
are hauling to and from that point
Miner.
Last Saturday evening Jacouis Ba-
die. in company with his fiend, AL
nhonse Naydon. went to the Reno
Wheelmen's Club to take a plunge in
the bic bath. end a few minutes later
was drawn from the tank dead The
young man was suddenly missed by his
friend and companion. who did not
know that Re lad sunk beneath the
surface of the water and before any
| assistance could be rendered the spirit
# life had flown He entered the bath
in company with Navdon ard several
other members of the club. and was
apparently in the best of health and
spirits. They swan for considerable
length of time, and seemed to be en-
joying the evening.-Gazette.