Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1905-10-28

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About 60 gallons of water per
minute is flowing out of the long
tunnel in Aurora. Work on the
mill is progressing rapidly. 1t is
reported that another big deal will
be made this week. 1t will not be
long before old Aurora will blaze
again. Bulletin.
Claude Piper committed suicide in
Virginia City Sunday morning last
by shooting himself through the
heart after retiring for the night.
He was a native of the Comstock,
aged 26 years. He was brother of
Ed. Piper, George Piper, Mrs. Lou
thinner and Hazel Piper.
The Appeal reports the sale of the
Monte Cristo mine, in the Sweet
water district, to H. G. Wernse, H.
G. Cutting and others, with cash
payment down of $1,000. A. G. Pratt
and H. Mighels, of Carson, were the
principal owners of the property.
The mine will now be worked on an
extensive scale.
According to the Bodie-Miner In
dex a rich strike was made last
week in the Pittsburgh mine at Ma
sonic. A ledge was cut in the tun-
mel, ore from which gives assays
running from $3.50 per ton to $2,5So
in gold, and only a trace of silver.
The ore is said to resemble the black
quartz of Funeral Range.
Hilda Osuna, who is charged with
rape on his stepdaughter, Harry
Averill, at Schurz last week, has
been held to appear before the Is
meralda county grand jury. Osuna
is a half-breed Mexican. The crime
was committed in boxcar in which
the family lived, but Mrs. Osuna
was absent in San Francisco.
A man named Clark was here
from Keller Tuesday, and stated
that the Western Ore Purchasing
Company was advertising for $50
miners; that large body of high
grade ore has been opened up on the
seventh level of the Union mine at
Cerro Gordo. and that Keller will be
a very lively camp this Winter
Inyo independent.
Mr.. L. H. Taylor is in San Fran
cisco in connection with the Lake
Tahoe injunction suits, and is not
expected back before the 25th. The
land owners at the Lake seem deter
mined to cause trouble, but it is
learned on good authority that the
Reclamation Service has the matter
well in hand, and an early settle
ment is looked tor.-Harvest.
A pretty Piute girl attempted to
commit suicide near the Sparks
ranch, in Washoe county, few
days ago, but a physician pumped
her out and saved her life. She is a
girl who has attended school for
some years and received some edu-
cation, but after leaving school could
find no way of living except to re-
turn to the Indian life, which dis
gusted her.
Virgil Earp, for many years Uni
ted States Marshall in Arizona, died
last week Friday at the Miners
Union Hospital, at Goldfield, from
pneumonia, at the age of 62. The de-
ceased, who had several notches on
his gun obtained in the discharge of
duties in strenuous times, was a
member of a well known family, his
brother, Wyatt Earp, who also has
a great reputation as "gun man."
having lived in Tonopah three years
ago.-Tonopah Miner.
A man named Burns, who has
been sent to the pen for fourteen
months for attempting to hold up a
saloon in Reno, has confessed that he
and a man known as Ten Thousand
Kelly" were the ones who held up
ex-Sheriff Hayes and others in the
brewery saloon some months ago,
for which crime Sabin and Christie
were sentenced to 80 and IS years in
the pen, respectively, last week.
Reno people are not inclined to take
much stock in the confession" but
Sheriff Terrell says he believes
Burns is the man who should be
credited with the crime for which
Sabin and Christie are serving time