The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-26
STATE NOTES.

A large and valuable deposit of
tripolite has been found in Esmer-
aida county about three and half
miles northwest of Crow springs.
This is one of the few known de-
posits in the West, outside of that
a short distance from Virginia City.
The new deposit is owned by Tono-
pah people, Bunting, the oil king of
California, and a prospector by the
name of Todd. There are two large
veins of the tripolite which extend
for distance of mile. The stuff
is chalky in appearance and is in
great demand for the polishing of
metals and as an absorbent for nitro
glycerine and in the arts. A large
supply of the stuff is imported into
this country from Tripoli, northern
Africa.
When the Western Pacific railroad
is completed across Humboldt county
through which it is now building,
! the total trackage of two trans-con-
| tinental lines will exceed that of the
| Southern Pacific in Washoe by nearly
| 26O miles, says the Reno Journal.
! For a distance of 40 miles the Har-
riman system traverses Washoe coun-
ty. while in Humboldt it extends for
142 1-2 miles. The Gould road also
has 142 IL miles in Humboldt, &C
cording to the figures on a prospec-
tive time table. In former sessions
of the Legislature the county bound
aries were changed so that each divi-
sion of the State of Nevada could get
a part of the railroad taxes. Hum
boldt county will soon reap the har-
vest of the taxation.
The jury called by the coroner
to hold an inquest over the. remains
of John Edwards, the convict found
dead in the sagebrush after the sensa-
tional fight on Monday a week ago
returned the following verdict:
THAT John Edwards came to his
death on November Is, 1907, from a
gunshot wound above the right tenn
pie. self-inficted with suicidal intent
A queer coincidence connected with
the case is the fact that Edwards had
appealed his case to the supreme
court, and that just about the time
he fired the bullet which ended his
life the attorney general had just
completed his reply to the appeal
brief filed by the prisoner. The case
would most likely have resulted in
his favor, owing to errors in the dis
trict court Although lengthy search
was made, the guns in the possession
of Watson and Forrest, the two des-
pareradoes captured, have not been
found Forrest claims that the gun
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had whitfield out-Carson News.
The management of the Columbus
Extension Mining company at Alta is
! fighting one of the most interesting
battles with stubborn nature under
| ground that has ever confronted a
mining company in that section of
| Utah. Some time ago the main tun-
| mel was driven into great cave, into
which has been continually sliding
| tremendous tonnage of wet sand
and boulderS. The faster the miners
worked the more sand seemed to
come down to confront them, and the
efforts there have seemed to be of
no avail. But for time success ap-
peared to be near, only to slip by
again with the usual tenacity of adj
verse circumstances.
President Tony Jacobson stated
yesterday that the management had
determined on conquering this stub
born condition by means of an up
raise, and this work is progressing
satisfactorily. These conditions are
especially tantalizing for the reason
that accompanying this sand are
great boulders of splendid ore, while
the sand itself is made up of much
sulphide ore in small particles. The
officials are of the opinion that above
the cave is fine ore body, and if
there is, and the ore must come from
some place nearby, it soon Will be
brought to light.
The find is an important one, for
at this point the fact of the tunnel
at this point the fact of the tunnel
and on the dip of the formation there
is depth of 1900 feet. A deal is
being rounded out by which the
Columbus Consolidated is liable to
secure the control of the 100 acres
within the Columbus Extension lines.
The Jacobson boys are positive that
the property is what its name i'm
plies, the extension of the Columbus
Consolidated ore system, and the
work in and near the above men
toned cave is being watched closely
both at Alta and Salt Lake. A. o.
Jacobson is in charge of the battle