The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-09-02

| T.. I'll. E'llott ano wire we're Vlslbofs Oh
Wednesday.
GEORGE Walters is having 'dobe resi-
dence built.
1t is sad that Wells, Fargo e. Co. will
soon establish an office here.
Dirk Miller is preparing to erect
three room brick reeidence.
Jerry Ahprn, one Of the pioneer merch-
ants of Tonopah, was visitor this
; week.
/ Jim Butler contemplates constructing
large building soon for rent as Offices
and stores.
Tom Arden, one Of the genial pro-
prietors of the Merchants hotel, was in
camp Wednesday.
Lumber Is the cry on all sides. and
the lumber men are keeping in seclusion
as much as possible.
Mrs. Il. A. Aubrey and two children
arrived this week from TnnopaL and will
make their home IN Columbia.
1t IS reported that two leasers on Co
! lumbia mountain have made rich strikes
within the past few days but their ex:
tent has not yet been made public.
Tire walls of Captain John A. Hasscl's
ten-room 'dobe building are about com
pletei but progress will be stopped on
account of the scarcity of lumber.
p. Dunlap of the Montana Tonopah
mine at Tonopah on Wednesday pur-
chased house and lot aud intends to
erect a residence in the near future.
ID. NJ. Fraser and C. w. Adams Of San
Francisco are here looking at the mines
with view to becoming interested. Mr..
Frasier is connected with the San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
The lumber famine still continues and
lis a result there is but little building
being done but as soon as material can
be procured the town will double in
sizc III short time.
Wesley and Joseph Watson, two
plpHttlS VI tue CdiIip' lcio 1h"iouaJ ioi
the s.. Louis Exposition and incidentally
to visl their sister whom they have not
seen FOR several years.
A. II. Barlow has purchased lot
and is now preparing to bring lodging
house owned by him at Candelaria to
! Columbia and will conduct it himself.
It is ten room building.
A horse valaea at $3.50 and belonging
10 the Columbia Lumber campany had
It's leg broken tuesday ny being kicked
10y another horse and it was found
necessary to shoot the injured animal.
Percy Gardner, the head clerk at the
Nevada State Prison, has returned to
Cailson after short visit i'll this vicinity
and is loud in his praises Of this district.
He is nov making arrangements to
have a mill owned by him moved from
near Carson to Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Bntler, the
founders of ronoplh, spent the week in
Columbia and will return the first of
next week by their own conveyance to
their home at ishop. MIR. Butler is
very mnch pleased with the outlook OF
his mining property at Columbia noun
tain.
Messrs. Dunlapp, Badgett and Thomas
Lynch of ronopah passed through camp
Tuesday on their way home from Reveille
and they state that the mining proper
ties in that vicinity are becoming more
valuable every day and the Old camp is
beginning to again present lively APP
pearance.
! T. l.. Osborne, who is managing the
Merchants hotel during the absence of
Casey. has purchased five of the milch
COWS brought from Governor Sparks
ranch near Reno and is engaging in the
dairy business. He expect, to have
several more cows soon and will then be
prepared to furnish the people of this
district with dairy products AMI intends
to later start icecream parlols ill both
Columbia and Goldfield.