Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1905-12-09

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equipped with new steel and ties.
Reno wood dealers have formed
a combine and raised the price OF
stovewood so cents per cord.
The Midway Mining Company,
of Tonopah, has declared divi-
dend of FIVE cents share, paya-
BILE January Ist.
Two tons of Thanksgiving tur-
keys were shipped out of Lovelock
this season, according to an esti-
mate made by the Tribune.
Tonopah mine owners have not
vet decided whether mills or smelt-
ers are best adapted for the ex-
traction of values from ores in that
district. --t.
According to the Standard a
creamery is soon to be established
in Churchill county, company
having about perfected organiza-
ton for that purpose.
Congressman Van Duzer an
nounces through the Nevada State
Journal that after the expiration
of his present term he will retire
from the political field.
Denver capitalists are figuring
on putting a water system into
Goldfeld and Ida, according to
the Enterprise, from some springs
in the vicinity of the latter camp.
The Iooo-ton concentration and
smelter to be erected at Ely,
White Pine county, will cover
twenty-five acres of ground, and
the work or construction will
begin this month.
While eating a meal in Reno a
few days ago T. ]. Petrie, a
Churchill county rancher, nearly
choked to death by having a piece
of meat lodge in his throat. Ply
sicians finally dislodged the OBJ
struction.
According to the Express large
low grade ore body has been dis
covered right in the town of Ca
liente, not a thousand feet from
the leading hotel of the place. A
force of miners are developing the
property.
Two tanks of aceteylene gas ex-
ploded on the porch of the St.
Nicholas hotel at Goldfield last
Saturday evening, completely
wrecking the east end of the build
ing and quite seriously injuring a
man named Mcleod.
United States Attorney Sum
merfeld has begun suit in equity
against J. A. Benson, F. A. HYDE
and c. w. Clark to cancel United
States patents for certain lands,
which, as alleged, were obtained
by defendants through fraud.
Reports state that the nitrate
deposits in Death Valley are to be
inspected in the interest of the
Government to ascertain their ex-
tent, nitrate being one of the i'm
portant elements in the manufact-
ure of high explosives.-Age.
Hartman has approved the
plans of construction for 600 miles
of branch lines in the western
States, to cost eighteen million dol
lars. A line from Hazen to Fall
Ion, in Nevada, is among the rail
roads projected in the Hartman
program. t.- .n5s a
Chris Berning, who conducted
saloon at Centerville, in Carson
Valley, committed suicide last
week Wednesday by shooting him
self. He was i'll. had been drink
ing to excess and was Respondent.
He leaves young widow and two
small children.
The money order business at the
Fallon postoffice for the month of
November amounted to over $4,000,
which means $50, a year. 1t is
more than likely the Office will
soon be placed in the Presidential
class as the business has reached
stage that will allow of it.
From reports the Eastwood &
Weitf1e lease at Masonic, is look
ing up in fine shape. They are
driving the tunnel in further in
order to cut the ledge further up