Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1905-01-27
INTERESTING ITEMS.

his way home. Something in the
stone attracted his attention, and
upon examining it he found gold
bearing quartz. Winter quietly took
out miners rights, and with mate
pegged out claim. This was only
a few months ago, He recently
sold his interest for 100000 and
has gone home TO his parents, who
has not heard of him for ten years.
Pat Hannah, the daring Australian
bushman who, in the early nineties,
discovered Kalgoorlie, one of
the worlds richest go.dfelds,
is now a pensioner of the West
Australian government. Hannah,
who is past the prime OF life, was re-
Gently compelled to apply for assist
ance to the authorities at Perth, w.
A, This was promptly given, and
G2O0 a year was settled by the gov
ernment upon the intrepid explorer
for life.
By series of tests conducted in
his garden, a gentleman has discov-
cred the answer to the conundrum:
"What becomes of pins?" He has
found that pins are resolved into
dust. Hairpins, which he watched
for 154 days, disappeared by rusting
away at the end OF that time. Bright
pins took nearly eighteen months to
disappear; polished steel needles
nearly two and a half years; brass
pins had but little endurance; steel
pens at the end of fifteen months
had nearly gone, while their wooden
holders were still intact.
Mining was good near Campton-
vile in the spring Of 1869. The
Appeal said, June oath: eve are
informed by gentleman from the
upper country while in Camptonville
last week he saw at the Bank of j.
2. Brown & Co. the proceeds of the
Eureka quartz mill for ten days run
with five stamps, crushing only day
times, about 500 ounces of gold,
valued at $40, 900. He was inform
ed that their cleanup was $6 1000
from five days washing, While at
work during their last run they took
out one specimen valued at over
81, 800. The fortunate owners of
this mine are most of them citizens
Of Camptonville, five in ALL"
Thirty,two years ago the Standard
Oil Company was an Ohio corpora
ton, with million dollars capital,
having daily capacity for refining
1900 barrels of crude oil. The
Standard Oil Company of today is a
New Jersey corporation, which con-
trolls 80 per cent of the eastern oil
production. 1t makes twenty-one
and one-half million barrels out of
tWenty-four million barrels of
petroleum products made in this
country. Its receipts are enormous
For five years its annual dividends
have averaged about forty-fve mill
lion dollars, or nearly so per cent
on its capitalization-a sum, which,
capitalized at 5 per cent, would be
300 million dollars.
Tuttletown, Tuolumme county,
has "buried treasure" story that
has been revived of late and the find
ing OF which would make someone
comfortable for life. In the early
tifties, when the rush Of gold seekers
fiocked to Mormon Greek, among
them was one who afterwards be-
came known as cold Man Camp
bell" He built cabin at the point
where Long Gulch meets the creek,
which at that time was very rich and
is said to have yielded $4,000, ,000
The old man who remained on the
creek over forty years was Industri-
GUS, always being at work and very
thrifty, never spending anything
more than for clothes and the neces-
saries of life, says the Mother Lode
Magnet. From his cabin he had
view up and down the creek a
quarter of mile on each side, and
when at work he never got beyond
the limit, always keeping the build
ing in sight. If anyone approached
it, he would stop work, return home
and keep watch until the party left
About ten years ago he was found
dead in his cabin. After his death
it was reported that he had $40, 600
worth Of gold buried near his place.
He is said to have shown one mug