Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1905-04-29
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HlGH lew my Ilo ago anu DClOl {
Hoy realized who his opponents
were they heeced him out of 81 so.
Young Corbett passed through
Reno the first of the week on a
westbound train. He stated that
after his match with Hanlon he
will endeavor to pull off a contest
with Britt, and prefers the river
side town for that event.
Considerable excitnent still eX-
lists in Moss district, a short dis
lance from Virginia City. Assays
from some of the lodges discovered
show up very we'll and much de-
velopment work has been laid out
by several claim owners.
1t is now reported that most of
the Olinghouse mines are located
on Southern Pacific land which
the company has patents to, and
no more shipments of ore will be
allowed from the claims until the
ownership of the land is decided.
Governor Sparks has imported
from Germany thoroughbred
Mecklenberg stallion He will be
the only horse of his kind on this
coast. The Germans use these
horses for cavalry purposes, and
they are said to be powerful and
fleet.
The Record-Courier reports that
the Douglas Mining Co. has de-
cided to again begin operations on
its properties at the Winters mine
in the Red Canyon country, the
financial end of the company hav-
ing been put in a healthy con-
dition.
The new government diverting
dam on the Truckee River, which
takes water out for the big reCla-
nation ditch in Churchill county,
has been completed and will soon
be accepted by the government,
no doubt 1t is said to be a fine
piece of work.
An old prospeCtor named Chase
recently sold his interest in a
claim in the Goldfeld district for
$4,000 and blew his money in in
just a week. He then got a grub
stake and struck out to look for
more mines, as though his little
diversion was an everyday occur
renee
Sackett Cornell formerly en-
gagged in the newspaper business
in Tonopah and Reno, is under ar
rest in San Francisco for failure to
perform his duty as a revenue
officer. He went on a spree in
southern California and gave
orders to many people for his
salary.
The Lovelock Tribune reports
the finding of four skeletons near
Unionville some days ago by Joe
Thornton. The bones are evil
IDENTITY those of prospecting out
fit as there was an old saddle and
othes prospecting tools short
distance from them. An endeavor
will be made to learn who the
skeletons were in life.
U. S. District Attorney Summer
field has drawn up a number of
complaints against the persons
who are conducting saloons at
Derby, Camp Six and Hazen on
the government ditch line, and
will endeavor to close those dead
falls on the ground that the law
prohibits the sale of liquor on land
withdrawn from entry.
Judge Murphy, of the Esmeral-
da District Court, has decided that
the impeachment proceedings
against ]. f. Davidson, District
Attorney of Esmeralda county,
and Justice of the Peace Bell and
Constable Russell of Gold6eld,
were legally presented, and the
defendants were given twenty
days in which to answer the ac-
cusations.-ReView.
Edward Rowe, an engineer on
the Southern Pacific, recently
made the run from Carlin to Og-
den in five and one half hours.
The maximum rate of speed was
8GH miles an hour. For $50
miles the rate was 70 miles an
! hour. There were five heavy