Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-12-15

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Goldheld is about to install an up-to-
date fire department.
The Nevada Supreme Court will hold
a session the 18th of this month.
The Silver Peak railroad will be run
to Ida as soon as the business warrants
the venture.
James Slaughter, of Elko, was given
four months in Jail this week for whip
ping his wife.
Tonopah is testing the Ignite deposit
at Coaldale, Esmeralda county, as sub
stitute for fuel.
The railroad from Hazen to Fallon is
the latter place.
Reno prizefght fans are making ar
rangements to pull off several fights
with noted celebrities.
A contract has been awarded for the
building of hundred stamp mill at
Blair, Esmeralda county.
The new roundhouse at Winnemucca
is nearing completion. The old one was
recently destroyed by fire.
The freight congestion at Sparks has
been relieved. Trains of freight are now
running on schedule time.
The incoming Legislature will be
asked to establish reform school for the
detention of youthful criminals.
A quarry of black marble has been dis
covered near Nina, Esmeralda county,
and is claimed to be of commercial value.
The daily passenger train from Battle
Mountain to Austin was tied up several
days this week owing to lack of fuel.
There were Is, 600 votes cast at the re-
cent election, an increase of 5000 over
the preceding election of two years ago.
At Ely last Monday night H. H.
Thompson was shot and probably fatally
wounded by Albert Enright, a saloon
man.
1t has been demonstrated at Search
light that the ore below the water level
is free milling and higher grade than
above.
Goldfeld was cut off from all telegraph
and telephone communication this week,
owing to a severe storm, which wrecked
the lines.
John Mcdonald, well-known pros
pector of western Nevada, dropped dead
of heart disease at Wellington last Sun
day night.
The Commissioners of Esmeralda
county have ordered that a school dis
trict be established at Schurz, on the
Reservation.
Tono pah mining men have become in
terested in prospects to the east of Lun-
ing and intend to extensively exploit
that section.
Notwithstanding that there has been
several convictions for selling liquor to
Indians, the traffic is on the increase at
Gardnerville.
Two engines have been received at
Nina for the Goldfeld and Bullfrog
railroad. They are freight locomotives
of late type.
DR.. ]. Grant Lyman, the absconding
Goldfeld mining promoter, was arrested
in Boston last Monday. He was prepar-
ing to leave for Europe.
Supervisor Fred P Nichols, of San
Francisco, who has been indicted by the
grand jury for grating, was former
resident of the Comstock.
High graders tapped the store house
of the Hayes-Monette leasers on the Mo-
hawk at Goldfeld last Sunday and got
away with $40, 600 worth of ore.
Owing to lack of workmen and ma
terial the Las Vegas and Tonopah rail-
way will not reach Rhyolite until some
time the latter part of this month.
E. S. Kendrick, prisoner serving a
life term in the penitentiary at Carson,
has presented the Presbyterian Sunday
school of that town with an organ.
The Nevada Hills Mining Company, of
Fairview, Churchill county, will pay out
SIS, 900 in dividends on December 20
This is the first dividend of the mine.
A prospector, who arrived in Lovelock
last week from Seven Troughs, Hum
boldt county, displayed gold-bearing ore
that runs as high as $50, 900 to the ton.
1t is stated that 50-stamp mill is to
be built at Wadsworth. The Green Hills
Company estimate that more than S.
600, 600 worth of ore is now blocked out
Tonopah mine owners have purchased
the Bodie & Benton railroad and will ex-
tend it to Nina so as to supply the
southern mining camps with wood and
timbers.
]. A. Tudor, claiming to be a lineal
descendant of the Tudors, who, at one
time, furnished tailor made kings and
queens for England, died at Tonopah
last week.