Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1905-10-21

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"A spur TO the gypsum deposits
some six miles south of Las Vegas
is to be built by the Salt Lake road
These immense deposits will be
made valuable producers of mar
ketable article under the manage.
ment of P. Wadelet.-Age.
According to the Bridgeport
Chronicle-Union a juror in that
town, one night last week, feeling
dry took fire extinguisher stand
ing in the barroom of hotel for a
water refrigerator and filter, and
turned the machine loose to quench
his thirst. The results are not full
ly explained.
The Nevada Chamber of Com
merce, at Reno, has fixed up all its
difficulties and starts out under new
management free from debt. A plan
is on foot to have the association
own a building of its own as soon
as possible. Every county in the
State should stand in to make the
Chamber success.
Henry Miller, the venerable mem
Der of the firm of Miller & Lux,
whose name is synonymous with
the cattle industry of Nevada and
California, has closed a deal for the
purchase of the Linderman range
and cattle in Surprise Valley, in the
western part of the State, for var
iously estimated price OF from SIS,
to 100000.
S. w. Stewart, a Tonopah express
wagon driver, while en- route to
Jefferson Canyon with two pros
pectors one day last week, murder
ously assaulted Mike Buckley for
the purpose of robbery during the
temporary absence of Buckeyes
partner. The appearance of a party
of prospectors thwarted Stewards
design, and he retreated, after ex-
changing shots, in the direction of
Belmont.
The Monte Cristo mining property,
near Sweetwater, which was closed
down few months ago on account
of failure to extract values from
the ore, is now being tested by COM
petent mill men. The property con-
sists of large body of low grade
ore, equipped with a good water
power mill, and is well situated for
cheap work. If the present tests
are satisfactory the mill will soon
be running to its full capacity.-Car-
son News.
With a 100000 bonded indebted
ness and with only 81, 200, 900 assessed
valuation, and with what money
there is coming into the treasury
being squandered and embezzled,
how long will it take to clear the
county, with no money at all being
applied to either principal or inter-
est? Should the bondholders fore
close the judgment that they hold,
where will the property interests
merge, and where will you all fetch
up?-Caliente Express.
The Southern Pacific company has
issued orders to conductors to carry
all passengers from the east, bound
for Tonopah, to Reno and return
from Reno to Hazen by the first
train-fourteen- arrival. The
Harvest jumps on the S. P. with
both feet and pronounces the order
an "unadulterated lie." 1t says there
are two good hotels at Hazen that
can accommodate the travelling pub
lie The Harvest burns the railroad
officials for issuing the order.
1t is officially announced that the
United States Smelling Company
has taken over the Richmond &
Eureka Consolidated mines, and
these famous old properties, which
were one time the subject of long
and expensive litigation, are to be
opened up on large scale. The ores
are to be shipped to salt Lake and
will be used chiefly for huxing pur-
poses by the United States smelters.
The Eureka & Palisade railway will
be extended to the Richmond dump
at once, and rate of S2.75 will be
made on So ores. Eureka is already
booming as result of the announce
ment-Eureka Sentinel.