The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-30
Nevada State News

Sunday at the Insane Asylum near
Reno two fine stacks Of hay were de-
stroyed by fire. The hay was valued at
$500 and the State is out that amount.
The origin Of the fire is unknown.
The old wedekind Mining District
near Reno. which resulted in Governor
John Sparks losing so much OF his
fortune, is soon to be revived. Edwin
Arkell and his associates have discover
ed some extremely rich ore on their
properties in the Wedekind District, and
il will mean that much prospecting and
development work will be done their in
the near future. The ore discovered by
Arkell goes rich in silver and lead and
comes from q good sized ledge.
An artesian well has been struck at
Elko by the contractors drilling for the
Western Pacific. The water is nearly
warm and is lightly i~mpregnated with
sulphur. This is the first artesian we'll
developed at that section and there is
rejoicing in consequence. The flow was
encountered at $50 feet and the well is
producing three gallons a minute. h
drillers are going deeper and hope to de-
veIop other flows as they gain depth.
The finding of one we'll will mean the
drilling OF many others in that section
fox ;rr;uat;op purpoaaa
Reports from the recent development
work at Terrell in Churchill County are
not as encouraging as those received a
few weeks ago, says the Goldfeld Tri-
bune. Work on the old shaft reached a
depth OF 10Y feet where it was abandoned
after prosecuting the ledge. which was
not OF such a character as to justify ex-
penditure. The new shaft on the main
showing on the hill is down about 100
feet and followed three small stringers,
but they have so far failed to show a
commercial ore body. Crosscutting will
be done from the bottom Of this shaft,
but on the present showing the prospects
Of the camp making good are not con-
sidered very bright.
At the Giroux property neal Ely the
Giroux and Alpha shafts have been I'M
sealed and Saturday a number OF trips
we're made down the big shaft to within
about 10 feet of the 1000 station. The
cage could not go lower because 1000 feet
OF the temporary steam pipe with which
the fire was fought got away from the
men while they were trying to pull it out
and it blocked the shaft just above the
1000. Enough could be seen Of the 1000
station to learn that the fire had de-
stroyed practically all the timbers in it.
Below that point it could also be seen
that the timbers are badly burned
though it is not believed any Of the sets
are burned out entirely.
DIR. Frederick II. Wichmsnn now
eight years in the Nevada Peni-
Tertiary for the murder of Mrs. Ross at
Reno, is in disgrace in the prison and
has been taken from the hospital, where
he formerly served as assistant to the
prison physician, to a position as one OF
the "bucket brigade" While in the
prison hospital he was bothered by a
negro convict WHO had some nervous
and suffered intense pains in the
head and face. A few days ago Wich-
mann painted the negro's prison num-
Der, 49," on his forehead with nitrate
Of silver, which will stay a long time.
Wichmann was placed in the dungeon
and was afterward placed in the ''bucket
Brigade" the most hated detail in the