The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-04
HAPPENINGS IN GUR
OWN STATE
late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

Senators Fairbanks and Dolliver will
speak in Reno Wednesday evening.
The ore shipments over the Tonopan
railroad last week aggregated 625 tons, of
which about $50 tons were from Cold
field
The county commissioners of Esmer-
aida county have authorized the building
of a county hospital and a new jail at
Goldfeld
The Western Union Telegraph company
is adding another wire to it's line along
the c. & c.. This move is made neces-
sary by the great increase in business
Six San Francisco race horses at the
Reno track will be shipped to Austin at
the close of the Reno races, and from
there will take in the Battle Mountain
and Elko races. The horses are owned
by one of the members of the. board of
supervisors in the city.
The body of an unknown man was
found in ditch about three-quarters or
mile from Reno Saturday The ind:ca-
tions were that the body had been in
the ditch about three weeks. From a
mark found on his head it is suspected
that the man was murdered
]. W. Wheeler, U. S. district attorney
of Nevada under Harrison's administra-
tion, fell in Virginia City the other cay
and broke one of his legs at the thigh.
He was taken to the county hospital and
at last accounts was resting easily. On
account of his health not being good, and
his age, serious results are anticipated.
Mr.. Whitcher is one of the Oldest attor-
neys in the state.
The chances that Lincoln county will
go Republican this fall are excellent.
Searchlight, Delamar am Las vegas will
pile up big majorities which will more
than offset the returns from along the
Muddy. the Democratic stronghold.
Ploche will not cut much figure; there
will not be over thirty-five registered
voters. nor will the registration at Sandy
and Good Springs be up to that of two
years ago.-Searchlight.
Although Tonopah subscribed $500 to
help pay for the Nevada exhibit at the
Worlds Fair, and other cities made guar
antees in proportion, none of the money
has been paid in and the State building
is being kept open from the private purse
of Commissioner James A. Yerington
says the Tonopah Sun. How long he will
continue to pay the expenses is not
known. but it is not likely to be much
longer. These facts were given to the
was in Tonopah recently.
Sheriff Clark of Elko interrupted a BAN
quet which was being enjoyed by -four
youthful tourists who had boarded an
eastbound freight at that place Sunday
The boys had broken into "a refrigerator
car loaded with canned goods. and sue
ceeded in transferring to their stomacns
seven cans of peaches, cherries anc
grapes before falling into the clutches OF
the guardian of the law. who captured
the quartet after a lively chase. The
boys were all about 15 or IL years old
and said they live in San Francisco.
There has just passed through the
sampling works in this city another rich
shipment of Goldfield ore. This shipmen,
consisted of about 1880 sacks. aggrega,-
ing 100 tons of general mine run ore from
the Bowes- -Kernick lease on the Jumbo
property and brought net returns ar;er
deducting freight, sampler charges. etc..
net. something over $iO0 per ton gross
The continued rich shipments from this
lease indicae that before November lst
when the lease expires. the total gross
receipts will exceed $l.0O0.O 900. a phenom-
inal record for any mine.-Gazette.
The Goldfield News says; That q
mine greater than the wonderful JUMBO
may yet be opened up in the GoldteIo
district seems too big thing to even
dream Of. much less to expect. But
nevertheless. from the present showing
in the Quartzite claim of the Diamofd-
field Mining company. such is a stronH
possibility At a depth of S6 feet In the
Quartzite the ledge has been crosscut for
36 feet and only one wall is in sight. The
astonishing claim is made on good au-
thority that this whole 36 feet will aver
age over $500 per ton. Wednesday ana
Thursday three waggonloads or ore were
shipped out and a large number were
still on the dump. and all this ore was