The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-04-01
Nevada State News

The Odd Fellows of Gardnerville
have decided 20 put up a two-story
brick dwelling to cost $1,000.
The mines at Jarbidge in northern
Elko County are becoming steady
producers, now turning out $15,00O
monthly.
On the Reservation ranch in Love-
lock valley, 2200 acres of wheat will
be seeded this Spring. Club wheat
is the variety to be used.
Word comes from Bristol to the
effect that about twenty men are to
be added to the working force of the
Uvada Copper properties. The tram
way has been placed in commission
again and ore is being taken from
the J~ackrabbit side of the mountain.
Train service, it is announced, is to
be restored over the Pioche-Pacific
soon and from now on the shipments
of ore will be a regular thing.
G. L. Kaeding of Battle Mountain
who is nov operating the largest
pumping well in the State, is plan
ming extensive operations along well
drilling in that section in hopes of
discovering an underground channel
of water, according to adviceS re-
ceived in Reno. Battle Mountain is
among the few places in the State
that show good indications of water
supply.
Sodaville has resumed on a small
scale the position it once had in the
early days of the Tonopah and Gold
field rush. Stewart hotel is filled to
capacity every night. Between 60
and 100 head of horses are required
to handle shipments of sheelite ore
amounting to 80 tons a day, which is
the capacity of the Porus concen-
trating plant located nine miles west
of Luning.
1t is claimed that potato raising
should become an important factor
in the success of farming in Carson
valley. Those who have been study
ing conditions declare that far great
er returns per acre are possible than
are realized by farmers raising al
falfa. Many are of the opinion that
the time is near at hand when the
production of alfalfa in Carson valley
will exceed the consumption. In
that event a substitution of crops
will be necessary.
The citizens of Las Vegas have
united to form a tax league. The
league was organized at a mass meet
ing. The purpose of the meeting
will be to prevent extravaganza in the
use of public moneys and to carefully
scrutinize the expenditure of city and
county money. The league proposes
to consult with the officials as to the
most judicious way of meeting any
situation and it does not propose to
interfere with the city and county
officials in the pursuance of their
duties.
T. w. Smith is back from Bullion,
Elko County, reporting that he has
made a big strike on his property.
In cleaning out the tunnel he en-
countered body of rich copper ore.
and in order to develop the property
he has sunk a shaft and run a drift.
In driving the drift he cut an old in
cline shaft that had been run down
On the ore body, which is in ore all
the way to the old tunnel. and from
which the rich copper ore that was
found On the dump was taken years
ago.
Robert Escoe, engineer on the
motor car that is operated by the
Nevada Short Line from Nenzel TO
Rochester. is not expected to recover
from the accident last Thursday
when the car left the rails and turned
completely over. He was taken to
Lovelock in an unconscious condition
Tor medical aid. All seven of the
passengers of the car were badly