The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-02-22
Fred Altenberg and Frank Freitas
drove over to Bullion Monday.

WI W OQIilOn B1OIuAHs
Chas. Grayham is in town from Elkc
on his way to Bullion to do his assess,
ment work on his mining claims.
A twelve-inch vein of rich ore has
been struck by Benton and Kennedy
in the Fourth of July mine in Ken.
nedy, Humboldt county, that assays
better than $500 per ton.
Messrs. Vinson and Carey of Mill
EFT, a camp forty miles north and west
OF Manhattan on the road to Austin,
have bonded their property to Chicago
parties for 800, 900, receiving $4,000
in cash.
Arthur Morgan was shot four times
Monday in a gambling house at Man
haitian by Jack Evans. 1t is believed
that Morgan will recover. Evans was
arrested and held to appear before the
grand jury.
Sheriff NJ. J. Murphy of Lander
county has gone to Chicago, after Sc
curing e~xtradition papers, to bring
back H. Peacock anu r. Peacock,
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses.
Joseph Jory and wife came down
from Willow Creek Monday, return
ing home Tuesday. Joe tells us that
the snow is fast disappearing in his
section and that the grass in the hills
is growing very fast.
Supt. ID. j. Bousfield returned from
San Francisco last Thursday where he
spent the Winter. He went up to
Dean Friday. The company intend
to start operations as possible and
will put miners to work in a few days.
Work was commenced yesterday on
the Western Pacific yards in Salt
Lake City. Grading has been going
on for some time and by the 1st of
May track will be laid for a distance
of rs miles from Salt Lake City.
The price of wool this season is
higher than ever before in Arizona.
The average price of that bought TO
date has been 20 cents. Forty thous-
and pounds were bought Monday at
21i cents, and on another lot of Co.
600 pounds % cents was refused.
A number OF new engines for the s.
P. has passed through the past week,
The engines have 81 inch drivers with
22x30 cylinders and stand 1S7 DOC
pounds ON the drivers. All are oil
burners and are equipped with what is
called the Vanderbilt tanks of the ca
pacity of 1000 gallons.
Alonzo Trip of the Tonopah Rail-
road in an interview says his COM
pany has abandoned the extension oil
the road from Goldfeld to Bullfrog
The line, he says, would cost $1,000
900 and as another road is going in
there, the business at present in Bull
frog does not warrant the building oil
the extension.
The Elko Free Press says:
According to reports the Western
Pacific is not having perfectly smooth
sailing in securing rights Of way. 1t
seems that persons are not inclined
to dispose of it at prices which the
Western Pacific officials fix. We are
informed that a number of law suits
are inevitable.
Agent Onyon is feeling like a
"bloated mining stock holder these
days. Some Tonopah parties are after
mining property in which lac is in
terested, located between Austin and
Manhattan. They wired him last
week for an option on 100000 shares
at a cent per share, but so far Mr..
Onyon has not yet given the option -
Lovelock Tribune.
ii. d. Rockwell and wife were in
town from Galena Monday to attend
the banquet given by Argenta Lodge
No. 10, X. of p, on the anniversary of
the Order. This was Mr.. Rockwell's
first visit to town since his recent
marriage and he was kept busy receiv-
ing congratulations of his numerous
friends in town, who have known him
these many years and who without
exception rejoice in his good fortune.
1t will soon be up to the people of