The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-25
STATE INDUSTRIAL
ACTIVITY IN BRIEF

Virginia City-Savage mine makes
new drilling record going down sixty
feet in twenty-four hours.
Ely-Illipah oil well strikes pocket
of oil at 1875 feet.
Goldfeld-Cactus Springs district
showing greatest activity in the his
tory of the camp.
Battle Mountain-Smoky and Moni-
tor Valley ship $40 bales of wool.
neutrality-suspicious. completed for
construction of city streets.
Fallon-All oil companies inter-
ested in local fields now active.
Yerington purchases site for new
city hall.
Tonopah-Silver Peak potash plant
to be ready for operations on June
first.
~Imlay-Large tonnage of silver-tin
ore being developed at Majuba.
Cherry Creek-Old Star mine erect
ing fotation plant.
Illipah-Oil company organized
with s250,0O0 capital; drilling to be-
gin soon.
Arrowhead operators and employees
agree on new wage scale.
Montezuma district booming. Car
racas mine installing machinery.
~Fallon-Four big California oil
companies take over 10000 acres and
drilling will be started at once
Stillwater-One hundred and fifty
thousand dollar company to develop
saltwater Springs into modern resort
and sanatorium.
Tonopah-Western Chemicals Com
pany to start 100-ton mill at newly
discovered potash deposit within a
month.
Observation-Disclosures Consolidated
to blow in Typo smelter in ninety
days.
Ely-Oil company organized to drill
on White River.
Ashdown mine scene of activity;
high grade ore bodies being un-
covered.
Carson City-State fish hatchery
stocked to capacity, containing 900,-
900 black spotted variety and 240,-
900 rainbow trout.
Ely-Road work being rushed
throughout entire county.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Big -Four
Mining Company in Barcelona district
to resume work.
Pioche-Negotiations for reopen
ing of Burke mine completed.
Reno-Concrete highway to Frank
town to be completed before fall.
Midas-Twenty-nine claims in Gold
Circle district developing in pay ore.
Goodsprings-Yellow Pine Mining
Company install complete Cottrel
plant for experimental purposes.
Elko to build county hospital cost
ing s135. 600.
Tonopah-Clean-up from four mills
for second half of April valued at
$236.5SO.
Lovelock water users organize to
alleviate local water situation.
Goldheld-Yellow Tiger Sterlaf
mine completes installation of plant
Elko-Elko Water Company granted
rate raise; improvements costing $50,
900 planned.
Carson City-Auto licenses for pas
four months totaled ~$S4.404.1s.
Fallon-Lone Star mine to con
struct modern cyanide plant in Tule
Canyon.
Tonopah-Last cleanup of Tonopal
Belmont valued at $90,600
Como-Como Consolidated planning
deep development on large scale.
Lafayette Mining Company in Fish
Valley resumes operations.
observation-disclosures silver proper
ties open pay ore.
Tonopah-Mining activities in the
district again normal.
Elko-Commissioners order waite
company to install pumping plant.
Hamilton-Newly organized con
pany takes over Ward property wit
big development plans.
Fallon-Full operations of sugai
beet factory this year announced b.
officials.
Montezuma-Big development cam
paign being pushed by Montezuml
Silver Mines Company with remark
able results.
Rand district mining activity in
creasing.
R~eno-Mining activity in Cactus
district steadily increasing.
Observation-Disclosures Consolidated
starts active operations; hoist to be
placed at Williamsburg shaft.
Tuscarora-Recent placer strike on
49,