The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-05
Moot Question is
Definitely Settled
Nye and Mineral Counties Have
Only Claims On Broken Hills
Mining Camp


Broken Hills, New, August a.
Churchill county is out of the run
ming insofar as its claim is concern
ed to Broken Hills being within its
boundary lines 1t has just been
definitely determined that the camp
Is situated partly In Nye county and
partly in Mineral county Nye
county workmen have already start
ed removing the sagebrush from
Maine street here. and will grade 1t
for its full length.
Surveyor L. b. Spencer, employ
ed by the Mineral county commits
sioners to establish the lines be-
tween Nye an6 Mineral counties.
stated today that the Broken Hills
mine, the camps big property, now
being operated by the Broken Hills
Silver Corporation, Is in both Nye
and Mineral counties. The town
site IL located In the Cracker Jack
claim Of the Broken Hills Silver
Corporation at tho southeastern end
of Its property. II Is here that Nye
county has started removing the
sagebruah from the streets prior TO
grading for distance. Surveyor
Spencsr's Official statement that
part OF the Brokon Hills property
Is In Mineral county taken In con-
junction with Nye county's activity
in street grading. makes II apparent
that the northern end OF the Brok-
en- Hills mine Is In Mineral county
and the southern end In Nye.
This line OF demarcation places
the Silver Trailer property adjoin-
ing the Broken Hills Silver corpor-
alton on the southeast, In Nye coun-
ty. and the Thompson group, ad-
joining the Broken Hills on the
west, In Mineral County.
The Mineral county commission
ers will on Thursday hold a meet
ing at Hawthorne and hear the re-
port OF Surveyor Spencer. It is ex-
peeted that before the meeting con-
yenes some adjudication will be
reached between Mineral and Nye
counties as to the exact boundary
lines, II indeed this has not already
occurred.
Reports from Fnllon. county seat
of Churchill county, indicate that
the county commissioners thereof
have given up hope of establishing
valid claim to even portion of
the camp. This is a source of sur
prise to many OF the officials OF COM
panies and individuals operating In
Broken Hills for the reason that tae
camp had been generally supposed.
prior to the present controversy, to
be located wholly within Churchill
county. When +. c. Schrader OF
Washington. ID. c., geologist for the
u. s. Geological Survey, visited the
camp several weeks ago, he gave 1t
as his opinion that Broken Hills
was located about a mile south of
the Churchill county line. but did
not attempt to definitely fix its To-
cation as In either Mineral or Nye
county, for the reason that In max
ing his calculations the only govern
ment map available was an old one.
Apparently the Churchill county
people have accepted his calcula-
lions as correct. They now say that
when the Nevada legislature fixed
the boundary line separating
Churchill and Nye counties. the
former was deprived of the terri
tory embracing the district.
The telephone line connecting
Broken Hills with the outside world
Is completed between here and Fal-
lon. and will be placed in commits
sion late to-day or tomorrow. su-
perintendent Gilkyson of the Pacific
States Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany. with Headquarters in San
Francisco, OF which the Utah. Ne
yada n Idaho Telephone Company
Ia now subsidiary, Is expected
here today TO install the new line
Mining camp enthusiasts who have
aocked here from all sections OF
the state proclaim the lact that the
,amp of Broken Hills. situated 2S
miles from the nearest previous
telephone point. has established tel
ephone facilities quicker than any
other new mining camp In Nevada :
history.