The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-07-27
RAB|D WILDCAT
IN KNOXVILLE
Was Rabid and Chased Two Women
Into Their Homes Before Be-
ing Killed; News From
Town Encoura sing
KNOXVILLE, New, July &C.

In spite of frequent assurances
that rabies among coyotes, etc., is
disappearing, Unionville has beer
visited during the past few months
by more strangely acting coyotes
and wildcats that at any time be-
fore.
Perhaps the most exciting and
| alarming visit was that made by a
wildcat last Thursday. Grandma
Thorton was standing in the door,
way looking out upon the morning
scenery, when she saw an animal
bounding towards her. Thinking
to frighten it away, she began
to scream and wave her arms and
hands at it, but it paid no attention
to her gesticulations. Instead of
running away, the wildcat-for
such it proved to be-kept right on
towards the door. Grandma made
as hasty a retreat into her house
as she could, but failed to close
the door behind her in her great
fright, and the cat followed her
right into the house. Grandma
didn't like the idea of being in such
close quarters with the beast, so
she passed outside through another
door and this time closed the screen
door behind her. The cat bumped
against the door, but fortunately
the door held fast and the cat
turned and went out the other
way. By this time help appeared
in response to the calls, but the
cat had gone.
About an hour later Mrs. NJ. A.
Leonard stepped outside her house
to close the gate opening into the
yard when she was terrified to see
the same animal bounding towards
her. Hastely slamming the gate
she ran for the house. The cat
reached the gate a second after it
was closed. Finding his way barred
he passed around the fence into
the brush, but not until shot was
fired at him by Joseph Hatton.
Still later in the day he returned
to Grandma Thornton's yard, where
he was shot by J. E. Thornton
after giving two lads the chase of
their lives.
Now you "Doubting Thomases,"
who say there are no rabies, how
do you account for the action of
this wildcat? This story is true
from A to 2, and it is not the only
one that might be related.
Monday morning at about a 1880
the barn at the Arizona mine was
burned to the ground. There were
six horses tied in the barn at the
time and all but two of them were
burned to death. OF the two that
escaped one was so severely burned
that it may have to be killed. The
horses belonged to A. j. MacPher-
son, an employe of the company,
and were used in hauling supplies
and concentrates, being driven by
Harry Mead. No one knows how
the fire started. Very likely it
had been smoldering all night,
as there was no one up SO early in
the morning. A pipe or cigarette
is the most plausible theory of its
origin.
Very fortunately there was no
wind blowing at the time and none
of the other company buildings
were near enough to catch fire
The Arizona Mining Company
is trying earnestly to get their
milling plant into shape to handle
the output of their mines prof.
tably. At present they are INSTALL
ing teaching plant to handle the
from the flotation mills.
This company has been operating
now for almost four years during
which time at least quarter
million dollars have been spent in
an earnest effort to put these mines
into the dividend paying class.
Different milling processes have
been tried and found unsatisfac-
tory, although experimentally they
were successful. The process they
are now working on bids fair to
May it make good.
Benjamin Hall of Nevada City, |
has crew of men at
work putting in a cyanide plant to
work the old Arizona tailings. Some
Of these tailings have been worked
over as many as dozen times,
at profit each time,
and still there are values enough |
to warrant another handling. What
must the ore have been originally!
It will be sevaral weeks before
is in readiness to begin
treating the tailings. Success to
this enterprise also.
B. F. Marsh of Yerrington is
paying this community visit after
an absence of some fifteen years.
Mr.. Marsh is veteran prospector
md comes at this time to look at
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