Show IN another column in this issue we republish the syllabus of an important mining decision by secretary hitchcock of the interior in department this ruling Z is important because it shows that the department is becoming less rigid in its requirements regarding k the work to be performed in the entry of a claim or group of claims for patent yet at the same time the rulings are logical and just removing many of the inconveniences and restrictions which have heretofore confronted the owner or owners of a claim or group of claims for instance in the running of a long tunnel for the development and operation of a group where the claims are all contiguous and where the tunnel tends to the development and improvement of the grouping the owner will be allowed to credit credit to each claim a pro rata of the expense entailed in the driving of the tunnel another feature of the ruling is that the claims may be entered for patent separately and at the same time benefit from the work done and the expense entailed in the driving t of the main tunnel the decision is a most liberal one and will be most beneficial in its results covering C the future as well as the past inasmuch as it reverses several decisions by local land offices thus restoring rejected applications so that they may now be pushed to successful entry IN anticipation of the building of the railroad connecting el salt lake with los angeles t an organization entitled the lincoln county real estate mercantile company has platted a townsite two miles south of sandy lincoln county nevada and it is understood that the new town is admirably located the new road to the coast will open up a virgin country which really teems in valuable resources mining camps will deck the route through its entire passage through nevada in all of which there are producers which will in time make en enviable records as dividend paying propositions heavy timber is found in certain localities the valleys are fertile the climate mild and salubrious and the scenery in places is magnificent the section to be traversed by the new road is really an empire in itself and it will not be long now before other enterprises than the one alluded to will spring up as the road advances and new and thrifty towns will be founded where now there is nothing more than a trackless waste the matter with nevada well nothing very much although 11 the Batt battle leBorn born state has long been ignored and neglected nevada citizens have been patient notwithstanding slights and want of recognition they have long realized the wonderful possibilities of the state in a mineral a way and know full well that in its ore depositions there is no spot on gods footstool that is more richly blessed in this respect and they jud judge ge the future by the past and are confident that the mines of the state are fully able to duplicate their records of the past for be it said nevada before the existence of mineral was known in colorado or utah produced in the neighborhood of six hundred millions in the precious metals it is an old saying t that once a mine always a mine 17 and this applies to the old producers of our sister state which are now many of them being resurrected and these ancient money makers are again M dropping into line as regular producers and dividend payers nevada is ia all right at the annual meeting of the krichm richmond ond anaconda mining company at provo a few days ago a new directory was elected as follows jesse knight J W knight john roundy charles reese S W morrow and rulon bulon S wells |