The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-06

known mining anu ousistocs mans
nounced his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress.
Uncle Jack Able, one OF the few sur
vivors Of the Mexican war, fell at his
home in EIko and broke his left hip. The
injury is likely TO cause his death.
The Masonic Gold Mining Company
ut Masonic, Ormsby County. has closed
down its property for an indefinite period
and the manager, W. III. Paul. has re-
turned to his home in Denver.
Ollie Gather has commenced an Is
months sentence in the Nevada peni-
Tertiary. She plead guilty to the charge
Of being implicated in the robbery Of a
Mrs. Wilson at Rawhide, some time ago.
Jesse @. vortress has been found guilty
by q jury in Goldfel6 Of extortion. Vor-
tress is the man who worked the old
time "'badger game" on the youth OF
Goldfeld with the aid Of the pretty Mrs.
vortress.
A very rich deposit Of borax is said to
have been found at Gerlsch. the West
ern Pacific terminal west OF WInnemuccs
The fiud was made while excavating for
turntsble. The borax is said to be in
crystalline form and very rich.
Workmen in the Combination mine
at Goldfeld are busily engaged in try
ing to recover the three entombed miners
In the mine who were caved on several
weehs ago. Recently the men unearth-
ed some candles and it 10 believed that
they are nearing the place where the
men are entombed.
Mrs. Jennie Walsh, aged &c, a nurse
in the Red Cross hospital at Reno. drank
. quantity Of csrbolic acid Monday and
died soon after. The only cause for her
act so far known is dependency over the
fact that her children and other relatives
have entirely deserted her. Her lonll-
nees had preyed on her mind for some
time past.
Austin is greatly elated over the re-
ported striking OF the Panamint vein.
Lander hill. in the Frost shaft IS feet be-
low the tunnel level. or at actual depth
below the surface Of over 700 feet. Find
ing Of the vein here is considered to es-
tablish that the vein system which pro-
duced millions above the 600 will prove
equally rich below.
1t is stated that Mrs. J. w. Smith,
wits Of the United States Army officer
who is said to have left San Francisco to
avoid prosecution for smuggling costly
Japanese silks and other goods into this
country, is in Reno and is selling the
goods. She has informed friends that
she intends to pay the Government all
the duty due on the goods.
With the development Of artesian
water in the Las Vegas country, 1t is
very probable that the officials of the
Clark railway, if not the company itself,
will soon development oil
water on an extensive scale, following up
this work by colonizirg some 150, 900 to
200. 900 acres of land that lies in the ar
tesian belt. A number of employees Of
the road have already filed on some OF
the land.
Gust Sanborn, recently arrived from
the East, and who committed suicide at
Rawhide on Tuesday night was cremat-
ed when the morgue was burned at that
place Thursday. After the c~oroner's in
quest had been completed the body was
removed to the morgue. Shortly after
the building wac discovered to be on fire
and the body of the young man was
nearly reduced to ashes before it could be
rescued. Dependency and illness are
given as the cause Of his taking his life.
The Ely Record is informed that there
is a strong demand throughout that dis
trict at the present time for miners and
others who have had experience in thai
class Of work. Assessment work 10 nov
going on all over the district. which o
Itself has created no small demand fol
miners. Many new companies have aiss
started up, which together with the
leasers has absorbed about all the idl'
men in the camp. Any man who wants
work can find it without looking very far
Grading has begun for the next largest
mill in the State. This is the addition
of 20 stamps planned for the Pittsburl
Silver Peak mine at Blair. which will in
crease the capacity Of that plant 20 pei
cent, or in other words. enable it to out
put 81, 250, 900 in gold every IL months,
The mill now has q capacity of 450 toni
per day, with an almost i~nexhaustiblt
low grade reserve that manage Juisser
says can keep 200 stamps going for the
next so years.
1t has just become known that Mlsi
Maud Shirley, sister-in-law of Cashier
Fred Grob OF the Farmers and Mer
chants National bank, and Harry John
son, Of the Dalton, Clifford & Wilson
Drng Company, of Reno were welded in
Carson City last July. After the we'd
ding the couple quietly returned to Reno
and kept mum on the subject. Mrs.
johnson went on with her duties at the
bank, where she had been employed,
and Johnson sssa we'd wood.o The proom'e