The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23

will erect a bank building soon at Gold
field. 1t will be OF stone or pressed
brick and will be two stories at first, the
third floor to be added later.
The citizens OF Tonopah and Gold
field will raise $1,000 for transportation
and at the close of the session the men,
bers Of the Legislature will be asked to
visit those places in a body.
Railroad contractors are assembling
at Sacramento to bid on grading a
stretch of the new Western Pacific road
beginning at Oroville, Caly and extend.
ing east by way Of Reno.
Southern Pacific detectives are after
an organized gang of robbers who were
operating between Reno and Winnemuc-
ga, breaking open cars and stealing the
contents.
Again it is reported that the V. & T.
Company is to build a road from Car
son to Gardnersllle. Surveyors are re-
ported to be in the field seeking the best
route.
Grand Duke Sergius, uncle Of the
Car OF Russia, was assassinated at the
kremlin palace in Moscow, by a bomb
thrown under his carriage by two meo.
The bomb was thrown at such close
quarters that not only was Sergius killed
but his assailsnts were wounded.
X. Rodgers, expert for the Bingham
Mining & Smelling Company of Bing-
ham, Utah, returned to Salt Lake this
week from making an examination of
the Copper King mine eleven miles east
of Caliente. He reports finding 30 tons
of 800 gold silver-copper ore sacked and
ready for shipment.-De Lamar Lode.
The following out-of-town people were
registered at the Capitol Hotel the latter
part Of last week: Joseph Jones, Grass
Valley, CAL; NJ. B. Pope and Vim. Peake,
Copper Basin; J. Capaul and W. Capaul,
Golconda; Joe Schloss, A. Schott, ]. s..
King, G. r. Webster. W. E. Devan, E. j.
Nixon, ii. G. Pittlehow, Jas. Treadwell,
Chas. Reitler, of San Francisco; N. j..
Kessler, Omaha; Scott Spencer, Walter
Dobbs, Trout Creek.
G. D. Rockville, one of the directors
and a stock holder in the Austin-Gold-
field Mining Co, of Austin, returned
| Wednesday from an extended visit to
relatives in New York. Vic reports hav-
ing had a first class trip, visiting the
friends, and scenes of his boyLood days.
A company possessed of unlimited
capital and backed by some of the lead
ing mining men OF America has just
secured contrl Il of the Richmond and
| Con, Eureka mines, two OF the loading
properties located at Eureka.
II the citizens OF Lander county have
any new measure that they desire enact
ed at the present session Of the legisla-
turc, they should ba sent in at once as
prompt action will be necessary for the
reason that the session IS nearly over.
The following transient people were
registered at the Capitol Hotel this week;
C. ". Medar, Sacramento; Wan. Green,
Geo. Miller, Copper Basin; e. ". Van
Deventer, Reno; Marcus Levy, G.. s,
Miller, Il. f. Ball, G L. Clark, b. J.
Isaacs, San Francisco; j. A. Crescenzo,
and wife, G. v. Rockville, Austin; ii. d
Truohs, Chicago; H. Kneutchson, Reno.
The Southern Pacific, through its divi
sion freight and passenger agent, Mr.
Rising, OF Reno, Saturday reiterated
it's embargo on all freight consigned to
the mining camps in Southern Nevada,
owing to the congested condition oil
freight in that district. Between Truekee
and Sparks there is alone 400 carloads oil
freight consigned to Tonopah and Gold
field.
An Indian buck named Black Bot
went on the wal path about 20 miles
south of Bullfrog last week and killed
another buck and two or three of his
squaws. A party composed OF Indians
was al once formed and the mountains
are being searched for the murderer.