The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-08-04
NEVADA WONDER GETS POWER
From the Pacific Power Com.
pany, Which Generates
Near Mono Lake.

Money and determination are two po-
tent factors in the consummation of
projected enterprises, and the Nevada
Wonder Mining Company is lacking in
neither. Gradually, but surely, as time
passes the financially strong group of
men who comprise this company, are
preparing to work the immense body of
moderately rich ore that lies in the
Wonder mining district, that forms the
basis of endeavor that has been so
much in evidence for three years.
Under date of .Jnly 10Th. the secre-
tary of the Nevada Wonder Company
mailed to each of the stockholders of
the company circular letter setting
forth the plans of the company, which
include the immediate erection of a
suitable mill on its mining property at
Wonder. Already the contract for the
machinery and mill complete has been
let and the company has stipulated
with the contractors for the greatest
possible haste in completing the work.
Simultaneous with the erection of the
mill is the installation of eleven
miles of water mains between Horse
Creek and the Nevada Wonders s mining
property. Pipe laying will commence
next week and within three weeks from
the date of this paper every foot of
the pipe necessary to complete the line
will have been hauled to the trenches
for laying.
In the meantime the machinery for
the mill aggregating altogether some
thing like 700 tons of material, will
soon begin to arrive in Fallon for for
warding to Wonder, where it will be
installed with all possible rapidity.
The mill will be operated by power
brought from Mill Creek, over in Mono
county, California, and not from the
Truckee chute, as had been fondly
hoped by Churchill county residents.
This move was decided upon after q
long period of dickering with the rec
lamation department, and failing to
make, what appeared to the, company
TO be satisfactory arrangements, me-
gotiations were entered into by the Me-
vada Wonder people with the Pacific
Power Company, whereby sufficient
power for all purposes is secured for
period of ten years. The stringing of
poles by this company has progressed
to point near Rawhide and when the
line is completed as contemplated,
Fairview, Wonder and Rawhide will be
served by this company. Altogether
between twelve and fifteen hundred
horsepower will be used by Churchill
county's two premier mining COM
panies, the Nevada Wonder and the
Nevada Hills.
The news of the abandonment of the
Truckee chute power project by the
Nevada Wonder Company will come
as positive disappointment to all lo-
cal people. To the Nevada Wonder
people it is likewise matter of the
keenest disappointment, for from the
outset its management had hoped to
have its privately owned power line.
Later the impracticability of the idea
seemed to be demonstrated. However,
they still retain their contract with
the government, and while the possi-
bility is remote, it is not altogether re-
moved, that the company may take
the matter up at latter date. Gener-
al Manager J. B. Daniel regrets ex-
ceedingly, the turn of affairs.
With the Nevada Wonder, the Me-
vada Hills, the Nevada Sugar Com
pany and many enterprises of lesser
magnitude, all actively at work on the
various projects, having for their pur-
pose the utilization of part of Chur-
chill county's natural resources, this
papers oft repeated prophesy that big
things were in store for this county,
seem in fair way of realization. Now
watch Churchill county pull out of the
dumps!