The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-11-25
COMPANIES SEEKING POWER
The Nevada Hills and The Ne
vada Wonder People
to Mill Ore.

is steadily employed getting out high.
grade shipping ore. Mr.. Weber, gen.
eral manager of the mine, said that
carload of ore has just been ship
ped which he estimates will net the
company $l0, 1000, ard these shipments
are being made with remarkable regu-
larity, says the Wonder News.
The policy of the company, accord
ing to Mr.. Weber, will in the future
be to make permanent Improvements
on the mine, while continuing to take
out and ship high grade ores.
A new and powerful hoist has been
purchased, and all preparations made
for its installation az soon as it arrives.
As soon as this new hoist can be put in
operation it is the intention to resume
sinking in the main shaft, and to con-
tinue indefinitely, cutting stations at
intervals and crosscutting to develop
the ledge at the same time.
The milling proposition has not at
this time assumed definite shape, on
account of the large amount of de-
velopment work yet to be done, be-
fore the size and character of the mill
can be determined. 1t is definitely set
tied, however, that mill is to be built,
and that it will be Of sufficient capacity
to handle all the ore which the mine
can produce.
The question of motive power for
the mill and other machinery lie un-
der consideration. The plan of rum
ming a wire from the Bishop Creek
Power Company's line at Hawthorne,
by way of Fairview and on to Won
der, to supply power for both camps.
is looked upon with favor. This plan
calls for the construction of the line
at the expense of the Nevada Hills and
Nevada Wonder companies. the cost
to be returned to them in the form Of
rebates on the power bills. and the
line when paid for to be the property
of the power company. The distance
from Hawthorne to Fairview is said
to be about sixty miles.
The scheme Of erecting a generat-
ing plant at the point where the water
of the great irrigating canal falls into
the bed Of the Carson river, and
where an almost unlimited amount of
power can be generated, has been set
aside on account of the fact that sat-
isfactory terms cannot be made with
the government.
At the Fairview Eagle much work is
being done. A new ore house has been
built. and the gang of ore sorters is
working steadily.
At the Fairview Eagle much work
is being done. A new ore house has
been built, and the gang of ore sorters
is working steadily. For a short time
the crew of ore sorters was reduced to
two, while some dead work was being
done in order to get at the ore body
from new point, but this work is now
complete, and the full force of ore
sorters is again at work.
Sinking in the shaft is kept steadily
in progress. Nothing startling is ex-
pected from this work until sufficient
depth shall have been reached and a
crosscut run to the ledge, when great
developments are anticipated.
The water in the mine is not giving
any trouble, as the pumping plant is
capable OF handling all that has thus
far been encountered.
Apparently, the writer of the above
article does not know of the govern
ment's latest proposal in the Truckee
chute power matter. Project Engineer
Thomas H. Means has been empowered
to treat with the mining companies d.
rectly and whoever else may desire to
enter into a power contract for from
two thousand to twenty-five hundred
horse power. Co-incident with this
authorization came the avowal from
the Secretary of the Interior that nc
would not refuse to sign any reasonable
contract which his Truckee-Carson
subordinates may see fit to recommend.
This puts new phase on the matter
and with the knowledge that both the
Nevada Hills and Nevada Wonder peo-
pie prefer the Truckee-Carson power
to that of the Bishop Greek Power
Company, we along with all other local
people, have strongest hopes that
deal will be consummated for our wasted
power and that it will soon be utilized
by the two big mining companies OF
the southern part of the county, with
mutual profit to the mining companies
and the project water users. With the
sale of this power the project manten'
ance fund will be materially added to