Lincoln County record., 1905-08-04

Meat Market.
The Woo Tom restaurant closed
il doors on the first OF this month.
Several of our young men and
women enjoyed days outing at
Round Valley last Sunday.
A. @. Hose, editor of the sparkling
caliente Express, paid the county
seat visit during the week.
Ala pound baby boy is the latest
arrival at the home of Bill Wheatly.
The new conner was ushered in on
Tuesday last and William is happy
Jas Hulse and family and Jas
Cleine and family returned the fore
part of the week from their three
week hunting trip.
Quite a number of our citizens
went TO Caliente Tuesday to take in
the horse races which took place
at 4 o'clock that day. Several races
we're run and some money changed
hands.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Thompson
and daughter Ada departed Tuesday
for Salt Lake City. Mr.. Thompson
who has been suffering considerable
OF late with heart troubles and goes
in search of health.
It'll reported by several of our
exchanges that diamond field has
been discovered near Tonopah and
one man owns twenty acres. What
next. Radium excitement, Suppose.
The Las Vegas Land and Town
site Company has brought nine in
junction suits against parties who
are encroaching on the Company's
rights at that place.
County Recorder Henry Lee and
bride returned from their honey
moon last Wednesday having visited
Salt Lake and Los Angeles. They
will make their future home in
Phoebe and are welcomed back by
their many friends.
John Hancock, who was sentened
some weeks ago to be hung at
Carson for the murder of DR.. En-
gelke, from this county has been
granted 10 days additional time in
which to take an appeal to the
Supreme Court. 1t is reported that
Hancock has raised funds to make
a defense for himself.
Ed. and John Deck returned last
eve from Alameda California, where
they were called several weeks ago
on account Of the serious illness OF
their mother. Mrs. Deck was an
old resident of this place and was
well and favorably known to almost
everyone. She went to California
three months ago for medical treat
ment only to learn that she was
afflicted with tumor of the breast.
An operation was resorted to but
without avail, and she passed away
on July 2lst last.
The work of cyaniding the failing
PIT at the Janet Company, or Half
Moon mill, stopped on Tuesday.
The extraction was not uniform and
~ was deemed best to stop the work
until another run of the mill is made.
The old tailings worked up reason
ably well, but the fresh tailings
from the mill, failed to yield to the
cyanide treatment. 1t is thought
additional concentrating tables
must be added to the mill so as to
lower the percentage of lead in the
tailings, which has at times in the
past run as high as five per cent.
The Nevada-Utah Company under
its option on the Phoebe Consolidat-
ed Mining and Reduction Cos prop
critics here, having removed part OF
the building of the NJ. v. No 5
works and removed the big engine
there, are placing smaller engine
on the old foundation, and this will
be used for purposes of timbering
the No 5 shaft. 1t is expected that
electric hoists and pumps will oe
used when work is fully going, and
little, If any of the present steam
machinery on the various mines will
put to service again. With q rail
road here to haul the stuff out, it is
expected to put it all in the scrap
pile for junk as has been with much
similar machinery on the coast will