Show REDMANS TRACTION ENGINE B F redman the enterprising salt laker who has the contract for the haulin hauling fr of freight between elko and tuscarora nevada left for that section the first of the week mr redman has purchased a steam traction engine which is to be put on the road between these two places about the loth of may and the object of his visit at this time is to fo improve the road and strengthen bridges 1 along the route the engine will have a pulling capacity of about forty tons and is scheduled to get over the road at the rate of three and a half miles an hour making the trip in about se seventeen hours and it is believed that the innovation will prove a complete success and that it will mean much for the great mining camp of tuscarora where cheaper and more efficient transportation is greatly needed it is expected that the initial arrival of the engine with its load of freight will be greeted with an ovation that speeches will be made ref refreshments res ments served and that a bottle of champagne will be broken over the engine in its christening the enterprise looks feasible and should prove a success at a recent meeting of the comstock mining company operating in park city the par value of the stock of the association was reduced from 25 to 81 i per share while the capital stock w was as increased from to the surplus will be placed in the treasury of the company as working capital stock it is believed th that at in the big mine in the west mountains not far from beaver another copper producer has been found while but little developed the ledge in this property has been found to be extensive while the lowest assay so far obtained shows values of per cent in copper to the ton the average of the vein being in the neighborhood of 1 15 per cent in the red metal |