The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-09-14
STATE NOTES.
A Few Short Items Of Interest
Around the State.

little town of Nesasln, is sidetfack-
ell by n change of railroad route
anl the town is ruined. says nm
exchanges. A petition by the peo-
pie far communication with the
main line by means OF switch
engine and caboose lias been de-
MED. Hereafter mail will be taken
to aud from Hawthorn OH hand-
car. and freight will ba uni aded
in the desert eight nils away.
Property values have faded to not
ing, many people being ruined in
consequence.
The remains OF J. Sylvia. Me:-
lean. were found ON the desert
about mile west of Ocnla t.o
weeks ago. A bullet holo in his
head and rev .lyer with every
chamber empty lar few feel from
the remains In his clothing were
found deposit tags on the Fallen
Bank aid on the Washoe County
Bunk for about 1915, and about
SO in silver and gold. There was
no evidence of struggle having
hken'place. Sylvia was about 30
! years old and bore COOL reputa-.
ton. The presumption is that he
was killed by some unknown per
s,n. The Churchill county au
thorities are investigating.
On September 4 +. Hayel, while
driving to Lone Mountain, notic
+, ed the jswbone of man lying IN
the road, and further search re
vealed other portions OF the holy.
which hal e, ,dently been partially
1arvonred by coyotes. The remains
We're taken to 1onopah. where
they were Identified az those of joe
dlffaey of Cripple Creek, Col.
who recently worked Mt the Tono
pah Extension niue. At the
Coronor's ingue,.. friday. Sept. s
evidence wp. given showing. that
the deceased had been drinking
Heavily during Fourth Of July
week and it is supposed that in
this condition he wandered into
the desert and succumbed TO ex-
posnre. The jury returned ver-
dict of death from natural causes.
|, A dispatch to the Salt Luke
Herald from Moiena. Utah, says
that additional verefcatlon of the
new gold strike at Fay. New, has
been received. The name of the
particular property upon which
tn, discovery was made is still
withheld from the publicgenerally.
1t is stated that the new strike is
the greatest ever made in this
southern country, and ia running
ND TO several thausand dollars
ton, and some even surpassns the
81 a Lound grade found in the
Johnny six years ago. This is a
big, well placed vein of fine quart
zite in porphyry. A lesser strike
on another property lie also in ev::-
dence, having at least S. per ton
ore, chiefly in silver and in a CON-
paratively small vein.
Crescent is the name of the new
townsite out from Ssarchisht.
lincoln county, and a boom has
been started in the town because
of the great ore values that have
been found on the surface. In the
Lucky Dutchman mine some free
gold has BEEN encountered that
runs up into the thousands of dol
lars while OH the surfaca the out
groupings SHOW values o. $500 TO
the ton. Considerable excitement
has been caused at both Las Vegas
tand Searchlight over the new hud
and people are making run into
the new territory, locating claims
and buying town lots. There is II
daily stage and an automobile line
into the new station from Search
light the fare OF 81 being charged
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