The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-05-04
Nevada State News

l.. Duterte, the Golconda hotel man,
Ia reported to have sold his ranch OF
nearly 5000 acres including the Hot
Springs. to New York capitalists Tor
EARL $50 eco. It is said a fine health
resort will be built at Golconda.
The mineralized area of Rawhide
which il n of the most prominent OF
the newer Nevada camps, is reported to
be 10 miles long by four or five miles
wide, with the present proved area
three miles long and one and n nan
miles in width.-Rhyolite Bulletin.
Senator George s. Nixon. of Nevada
has introduced a bill in the United
States Senate providing for an appro-
priation Of $500 for the establishment
of a Fish Culture Station on the
Truckee river in Nevada. AT the
present time the trout in the Truckee
river are rapidly disappearing.
At the second stated meeting oil the
Nevada Presbytery at Tonopah 10 dele
gates were present from the various
churches of the state and five new
ministers were enrolled and churches
were organized at S~earchlight n Raw
hide. Rev. Angus Mathewson was
ordained to the christian ministry.
Within about two weeks it is ex-
pected that the bodies of Hercules
Costanti and J. p. Turner, killed in the
terrible cave of the Alpha shaft last De-
cember at Ely. will be reached. Prac-
tically only go feet of earth and timbers
will have to be removed before the
bottom Of the shaft will be cleared.
The new Methodist Church was dedi-
Gated at Carlin, Nevada, on the evening
of April %. The Rev. King, superln-
tendent oil the Nevada mission, offici'
ated. The citizens are quite proud oil
their church, and have worked hard 70
raise the mortgage. Some lime mex
month the burning of the mortgage VIII
take place.
The citizens committee of Rhyolite
having in charge the movement to erect
a custom mill there. has succeeded ID
interesting l.. E. Porter of Ludlow ID
the project, a y the Sun. Mr.. Porter
is to take charge of the enterprise and
to start with an initial plant OF 20
stamps, with cyanide and all the mod
ern appliances.
George Gillian. who was shot at
Goldfeld April 20 by Edward Hughes.
died in that city on Monday. Gillian
was shot three times. Hughes shot
Gillian because the latter had enticed
away his wife. The shooting was done
on Main street when the thoroughfare
was full of people and without warning
to the victim. After the death OF the
latter an inquest was held and Hughes
was formally charged with the murder
Of Gilman.
The business men of Reno have APP
pealed to the Nevada Railroa9 Com
mission to secure for them Q hearing
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission SO that they may formally de
mand a terminal rate for that city
They declare that they are now payins
exorbitaut rates into Reno and othel
Nevada points and that the railroads
especially the Southern Pacific. havt
failed to grant them the relief de
manded.
BY May 10 the new sampling work
of the Western Ore Purchasing Com
pany at Hazen in Churchill County viii
be in operation, Such is the statemen
of Charles Snyder, manager. who wal
in Tonopah a few days ago. The plan
will have a capacity of 800 tons a day
1t will handle practically all the ship
ping ores of Southern Nevada ontsid
of those of Tonopah and Goldfeld.
will take in the shipments from as ia
south as Keeler. California. and as ia
east as Seven Troughs, Gold Circl
and other new camps of that part Q
the State. 1t will also handle tn
Rawhide ores.