Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-08-24
An immense delugc resembling a

An immense deluge resembling a
cloudburst struck Scarchlight Monday
and when the storm was over a rich
ledge OF copper stained quartz was
uncovered in the principal street. Tie
extent and value Of the lind Inns not
been determined but many sample were
picked up with free gold visible. The
strike is said to DO identical with those
made in Butte and leleua recently.
a prospector who included "a Their
mometer in n trip across Death Valley
from Ballarat to Rhyolite, reported to
the Herald that Il temperature OF 100
degrees Is the average in Ballarat
homes. In crossing the valley the in
tense heal sent the mercury through
the top OF the :ube bursting through
the end mt the last mark re eordiug 100
degrees Fahrenheit
Caldwell. Idaho. has just raised a cash
bonus OF $40 1000 for the Montana. Idaho
and San Francisco railroad. This in.
sures Caldwell being made the new
roads point Of junction with tie Oregon
Short Line. Ii may not ie. long before
Winnemucca will have to do something
in the limo o fgiving Il bonus I" uew rail.
roads il this town is to receive proper
consideration from them either rs a
division or action poiut.-tlumhoiut
Star.
The Carson News says that Roll has
been a carrier OF water in the Fusion
ranks. Whether the News editor means
that Ref carned water OH both should
ers, or that lie has been II beast uf
burden is somen hat obs: ur". IL the
former Interpretation If I" he ACCEPTED,
the News editor is Il liar. IL, however,
the latter construction is to be placed
OH the reference. we apologize, for he
never wrote a mora truthful line in his
hfe.--Observcr.
Monday afternoon Tom Ramsay shot
and seriously wounded George Brown
in a quarrel over n mining claim.
Ramsay lives in Reno and Browns home
Is IN Carson. The shooting occurred
near Ramsey, the new mining canIp in
Lyon county. After the shooting,
Ramsay went To Dayton and gave him.
self up to the officers and Brown was
taken to Reno for treatment. Ramsay
claims that he shot in self. de Iense.
Nobody SHOWS what produces earth.
quakes, although it is often claimed
TINT they do. Tho earth quakes some.
where every day. Nobody kno xs when
the earth came or when it. will 20,
where it came from, how it came or how
1t happened to be here. The fact Us,
when you get down to the truth, nobody
knows anything about nnythng-past.
present or to come-and about the only
way to get along III this know nothing
world is not to try to know very much.
-EIdorado Republican.
Tho earthquake news from Chill
grows worse and wor 80. Town after
town has been destroyed and thousands
upon thousands hive persisted III the
wrecks or have beer made homeless.
The horror Of San Francisco almost
pales into insignifigance before the
destruction that has bean wrought in
Chill. The latest reports say that the
earth is still sinking and that the town
OF Quillota, situated about 90 miles
from Valparaiso, and having a popula.
tionOf 10000 people, has been entirely
destroyed.
Following are the officers OF the Ne
vadI Historical society for the ensuing
year: President, K. l. Fulton; vice
president, f. D.. Kelly; secretary, Miss
j. II. Wier; treasurer, Dr.. A.. f..
iiershiscr; members OF executive coun.
Gil, Judge Cheney and Rev. Samuel
Unsworth; vice president for White
Pine county. Charles Greene; vice
president for Washoe county, Il. NJ.
Price; vice president for Ormsby county,
Judge Talbot. The object OF the society
is to preserve the historical records and
buildings Of the State. II is nov in a
prosperous condition.
\ singular accident occurred mt Como
last week during one OF the lively
thunderstorms that visited hat section
lately. Tho storm was particularly
severe in the mountains electricity,
playing around at 4 ratio tina, was my
thing but pleasant. However, tho men
Underground paid no attention Ia the
storm. imagining themselves INN une
from its force; but they reckoned
wrongly. \ fierce stroke OF lightning
struck the mine and, apparently
attrnctcd by tho draft at the airslatt,
pass'd down the shaft, stunning four
men. ono 90 badly that some hours
claspsed before no regaincd conscious.
ness. These men were at least five
hundred icct below the surface but 'oln
MIR. Lightning cotch ON, just tho
same."-Appcal. ..