White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-14
COLD WEATHER
AND HIGH WIND
CAUSE DAMAGE

That the weather the past week
mas erratic Is stating IL conserva-
tiyely. A good many are watching
,he weather these days because OF
the long advertised prediction that a
huncb of leading planets are about
~ nool their issues and draw on the
sun for all they are worth, the ex-
act date of this astronomical or as
trologieal occurrence being sched-
n,ed for next Wednesday, December
II More technically, ii may be
said that six major planets are IN
conjunction, and their combined pull
an Old Sol will result IN sun spots
of unusual and enormous magnitude.
resulting in atmospheric disturb
ances equally unusual. The earth,
while not in this planatory combine,
is near enough TO get a walloping
side-swipe, and the weather-wise are
already attributing the low temper
atures and high winds of the past
week to the present solar situation.
Whatever the cause, mortal man
has had busy week keeping track
Of things as we'll as keeping warm.
and plumbers, householders linemen
and railroad men have all had their
troubles. In conjunction with all
this the coal shortage has been an
additional cause OF worriment, al
though this phase is in no wise at
present acute, and everyone has
been able to fight the cold wave with
either coal or wood with varying
degree of success.
With mercury touching 20 below
Zero and even lower, for several
successive nights. there has been a
general freezing OF water pipes. and
individuals have had all kinds OF
trouble both in their homes and
places of business. Local plumbers
have been at a premium and have
been on the hop answering emer-
gency calls aud trying to be IN two
or three places at once.
The railroad company has been
badly frost bitten, with frozen loco
motives and cars Two passenger
coaches 1t the East Ely terminal snf-
fered frozen pipes at an estimated
damage of FIVE hundred dollars 10
make the necessary repairs.
Thursday the cold snap of the
early week was followed by rising
temperature and a chinook wind
that assumed a hurricane gait. In
this instance the light and power
company was handed a large pack
age OF trouble when four or Ave
poles In East Ely went down before
The blast. upsetting the service to a
considerable extent, and making a
lot Of hard work for the linemen,
who remained on the job until
things were Strengthened out again,
Yesterday Both lights. power and
telephones were affected with I'm
terrupted service until the troubles
we're located and repaired. The
warm gale of Thursday turned cold
late at night. with blizzardy snow
storm and mercury low in The tube
Friday and Saturday mornings. As
the News goes to press Old Man Win
Ter appears TO be In control OF the
Jsltuation, and no one is thinking Of
snanging 10 B. Y. d. s.
Frakish Weather Delays News.
With light and power insufficient
10 operate the plant during Friday.
friday night and portion of Satur-
oay the White Pine News was de-
'ayed several hours in getting t.
press, hence the lateness of the ap-
pearance of this issue. II was Sat
arday afternoon before the linemen
succeeded in getting the trouble To-
'a'eu and repaired, and the neces-
sary Juice" flowing through the
wires with the required volume of
rep.
Il Inc atmospheric disturbances
were not local but appear to have
'eeh Widespread with cold and
neasy snow over a wide area. Rail-
0au schedules have been badly up
se' and Friday and Saturday nights
,"e nevada Northern passenger train
W. from Cobre was four OF more
aours late, as the result of waiting
.or s. p. train 10 that had a hard
u'p across the continent and was
o''espondingly late at cobre. The
"u''nent OF trains throughout the
1".rs as coal-conserving meas
~, Wv mas also been contributing
aV,or to delayed traffic.
wrecks on the Western Pacific
" shafier and on the Southern