Show NOTES FROM VERLAND SIL the fun and Fieh fighting L finn Z cring being our her a 1 to work 13 in orda SMOKE OF THE POLITICO POLITIC 41 battlefield eni end of the campaign of 90 00 no growling gromling our resources ces again A rain on ut at the iho old stand an incendiary haunted town about fires in general american nickel prospects nevadas atall OT alL mino mine ono one of tire ilia best the comstock mines ton to us na of western nevada I 1 VIRGINIA CITY nov NOT 13 1890 well tho the way Is over was thi the expression pres slon generally board beard on tho the street lu in this lily city the like day after tho the election although tho the republicans were generally successful thero there were some n when tho the voles tor for county officers camo came to bo be counted As I 1 predicted somo some time ago no old timers voted lor for their friends friend irrespective of 0 party for instance I 1 miles diles goodman tour our former postmaster a democrat obtained a majority of 21 otes over the republican ap opponent for the office of justice of tile tho peace john INI kelly for recorder majority over richard jennings the iho republican republic publican aa candidate anti anil so on tho the bbate returns are arc not yet in n only the ge on out t of fourteen con counties having at this ahli writing been heard from in this city 0 our ur people are scattered over lie iio much territory and in some directions tho the facilities cili ties for communication of any kind are so limited that thai wo we might hear boar from china or india sooner than from come of ibe outlying precincts of several counties such for instance as lincoln Llo coln hose hoo south cloth 6 line hao Is the colorado river As a rule our defeated candidates on both batik side present faces that would not discredit mark tapley tho the over evor jolly A masterly retreat stands next to a great victory in the worlds annals of glory glary witness in ill ancient lil history story tile tho famous retreat of the ton thousand even tho the man loan who eighty anti and runs away Is worthy of some credit of more that than the man i ft n who runs aay without lighting fighting john connorton tho the lec man and tire tho me ajan who in tho the early days of california lad had the iho courage to wear th the first plug hat bat over seen scon on fosters liar bar independent candidate cau didato tor for county commissioner Is therefore entitled to some home credit lie ilo received one vote voie which Is good evidence that ho he struck at least lea it one blow before ensconce c ing himself behind tire the baggage wagons lit in the roar rear there Is a talk on both sides of men amonoy ey having been spent to influence voters if there was the amount did not ca cause Us even so mile h A as a ripple on our financial A sea 0 1 no one formerly in rags Is now seen scott in gay apparel and no ono one who formerly went ent on oil toot foot now turns turn tit out t with IL ft four ln in haud hand rig riff the small sm at 1 amount spent was doubtless absorbed by tho the pa loons COMES A IlE TITAN TO REGULAR WORK now that politics aro are no longer a disturbing factor actor it will bo be lu in order for our people to resume ilia ho consideration co nil de ration of schemes for tile tho irrigation Irrl Hallon of our arld arid lands land and tho the development of our vast mineral resources resource tho the wealth existing in VOIDS veins ot of tile precious and tho the useful metals untold treasure llo ito almost untouched in the busies balna of our extinct lakes lake lit in ilia shapo shape of borax soda salt aalt and other mineral of a I 1 ii aturo doubtless some of these the iho ahe al lk kalies alles for lIn stanco might bo be used in tho t fos east t to give strength to tho the landi already our people oro aro beginning to turn their eyes once again toward our state beato board of trade slid and ask that the work begun last spring bo be continued and vigorously pushed C lirot may Y A find ai I 1 in n I 1 this his state stale a w his h hold for tho lla ln eat eat agent of and in a groat great variety of industries while thero there era arn many opening in various kinds of bu bathna Ariess that may bo be profitably filled by y won nion of moderate means mcana LN ar TOWN our california neighbors of tho ilia town of I 1 trul ken kee have again boon been almost almon wiped in truly they are I 1 this thia li 14 at least the eighth onto that tile tho town ha been laid lu in ashes and thet hav been several other bail bad fir in tu lu place july i alful camo area thi lh ill clr kreal great furl fin and the th entire town WA away march h 1869 tit railroad rill road roundhouse was dut roved bv ka diary far fire ill atin firt first of to fearful list ef alry of or urea es kindled by incendiary hand the year 1871 was a rough ono one for truckee that year there wore were no fewer bover than three big fires in the town 0 lliel first in january the second ili march anil and a third on tho the enli of july that swept tire tho w m kinle town this thi we was an incendiary cen diary fire anil and was doting a hilz big political meeting in 1873 was a st sl fire may 29 1373 1875 all chinatown november 1 occurred a ore fire march 12 1 1 1878 1 another of the sanio same dimensions august 2 1881 halt hall tho the town wa was laid in leashes ashes january januarys Janu arys 3 1893 afire destroyed dest royed halt hall of f chinatown an incendiary firo fire october 27 1982 destroyed do property valued at ft there hue have been almost innumerable small gain I 1 urea firm ahn I 1 he majority of incendiary origin I 1 havo have only at hand the fire record from is to but it III Is a lively one tor for a period of 0 15 1 years rears thophile Th abo place ophice Is A grand raping ground for tramps ta in summer and being near tho the line between nevada and call california Is made the headquarters of bad characters from both latea thero they sit alt outside tho the lonco fence ready to jump to of either abor side winka fines START this city has of late boon been very tory fortu data as regards exemption from sweeping ores fires this la Is duo due to nor excellent facilities for tho the speedy extinction of any fires that start in all parts of tho the ton lon stand hydrants hydrant sto to which hoso holomay luay instantly bo be attached slid and tho the water turned on when at once a stream Is playing that will rip the shingles shin glos off an ordinary house and one that may inay bo be thrown far over tho the tallest tallo ift building lu in tile tho city in tho the building up of a city it should be the caro care of the authorities to prevent it if pus blot be form aaion any here in tho the business part of A group of framo frame structures it Is in a those these that bwee sweeping ping conflagrations generally start among such buildings liro fire rapidly and very tile tho volumn of flamo Is so grent that oen such structures as aa aro are supposed to bo be fireproof fire cro proof cannot stand against it tho the history of the iba majority of the fires that have aped out great cities Is 13 that they started marled in some little traino fraino shanty A ore fire that originates lit in A brick or stone building oven ever though la in tho the very heart of tho the business part ot of a city Is not so dang dangerous eroin as ono one that starts in ili a shanty about which aro are a sufficient number of frame structures to loduco produce roduco ro duco a conflagration of suniL lont strength to charge in upon tho the main town da as it ft inay generally bo be confined con lined and controlled A ciulo framo frame structure turo amid alre proof buildings would not unless immensely in large produce a cruet such 01 ol nine and strength as to bo be able to march through walls walla of brick and stone but thero there should bo be permitted no groups of such buildings TUB THE KEL now kow that thero there la Is beginning to bo be inquiry tor for nickel it Is probable that tile tho of it that metal at lovelock in an this state will bo be properly developed tho the work already dono done on tho the mine shows allows that it will pay well no groat great depth lias has as yet boon been attained on an tho the vein our comstock Com tock miners would look upon all that has boon beer thus far been dono done thoro as litlo moro more than a beginning good prospects in nickel havo been obtained in some of the copper mines in tho neighborhood ot of walker lake notably in a mine owned by senator J P jones on ono one shia eldo of the jones vein vein 1 Is a streak of ore or composed almost wholly of 0 coball cobal tand anil nickel in kurono nickel cobalt and copper aru are generally found associated still and cobalt balt la Is always considered I 1 to 0 la indicate dicato the iha 0 nickel at the nickel mountain tain in tile hungarian alps nickel Is 1 found in greenish talcose and ill black k graphitic it Is 19 there associated with cobalt and copper pyrites rich cobalt and aichel ores also occur mccu r I 1 in rt mica schist lit in tho the re region glon ol of per letual snow low on tho the mountain didgo that separates parales fe the val dAnni viers irom from tho the turtmann furtmann mann valley irk in tile tho Do devonian district Ger germaux Germ matty auy ukkel la Is found is s SO ladd with cobalt copper and arge ot forties galena tin tho ore at lovelock contal contains n t 11 per cent t k e I 1 anil dwa 7 per con cent t cat i alt to tho the ro en arsh ain ton as w wa was s rt chown j 0 dby by the th working of oc A lot of 0 pounds in san franc isco there aro arn lo 10 clotin dipnall siti ot of ill of 0 nickel tn lit north carolina oue one of 1 arson ides of nickel and cobalt in orean n 0 ono no of pyrrha tite in ili pennsyl syl baula ono one of cobalt and nickel in if is rouff anti and good prospects in ilia many y aces in the mack lack at sod sudbury b u ry canada nickel I 1 found I 1 in a t tho it a copper clah sod and uno ono or two other it occurs it this pyrrha tito Is but at ai their iber name for iron in the mines at ihla ore from to 0 9 per cent of nickel it ii will be bc well for prospectors an tho the i col to have of any deposits of pyrrha tito of 0 iron magnetic pyrites as it lisala Is said by tho the managers ot of tho the canadian mine that even though those pyrites contain 10 per cent thoy they show allow n no hango in appearance will ch pe arance tims thug it will ho e seen that magnetic pyrites that ar aro a over halt nickel show allow no change to the eyo eye it Is not unlikely that ninny many rich nickel wines havo have been passed over by prospectors on tho the pacific coast as being nothing more valuable titan than iron it ii 19 best for the prospector to always have careful essays assays mado made ot of aery kind of oro ore hn he brings in from rom his prospecting trips A demand tor for nickel would undoubtedly bring to light an ail abon abundance danco of that metal on undo uncle sams own soil it is said that pyrrha tito exists in great quantities all along alone tho the black hills which even on oil tho the surface faco shows IX to 2 per cent of 0 nickel very little has baa ivor ever boon done toward the development of oc any ot of these deposits TDA MINING situation on tho the comstock continues continue sl abent the same as before tho the election tho the ex ported spurt la in mining stocks did not it to ii now said that shares will bo be more actively dealt in when people fully recover from the shocks and whips and scorns incident to tho the political campaign man never Is but always to bo be blest there Is no lack of water for running the river mills and thus far oro ore has easily been found to keep thern them going the draining ol of tho the lower levels of tile alio gold hill mines drags draga at the start the talk was that the now pumps would bo be in operation by tho the of 0 baly last although they aro are at last going they do not seem to bo be all that at first lancy fancy painted them it Is probable pro bablo thu that tho the first of the old bid levels will bo be recovered some timo time this winter aith ith such a beginning made wo cn can wait vath more pit jett louco lenco tor for the capture of another level J W Mackay Macka haa not yet put in an appearance pe arance on tho Comstock it if ho he does not arrive during tho the contin continuance nance of tho the fino fine weather LO ho will be likely to mako make but a brief sojourn with us though wo we now havo have some cold nights the tha weather has been almost like alko that ot of su summer ever since tho the ot of october there has as yet been no freezing tret ln up rip of 0 tho the small mouD mountain taIn streams that are tributary to tho the carson canon river OUR oun TOWNS not much la in the way of improvements la Is hoard board of in any ot of tho the towns of western nevada reno lieno however claims that she lie Is 1 to become tho the Woo lopol 3 of novala tho the papers of that town say that eliat a wool warehouse toot foot Is to be erected created thero there within 60 days and that it Is ili to ho be constructed of brick ascarson at carson tile tho government b bul lillne that has boon dragging its slow length along for or go fio many months Is at lust last reported completed the citizens of 0 that town aro are already preparing for the next session of tho the legislature an event aich will give the place some appear anco of life and bring to tho the people a in mild ild avalanche of 0 antu anlu in this city no now buildings are going rip our boom has been in the alio repair line it has born been found necessary to take down the liro fire walls walla repair slid and rearrange rear ilia lower part 0 of ahn id root roof of our courthouse all round tile the odd fellows building anti and other I 1 largo argo buildings have own been d in the same way tho the big lall fall ot of snow last w winter filter show showed d up tire tho faulty construction of all buildings there oro bre probably many other buildings in town needing a similar overhauling that will bat trot got it their owners are arc phil philosophers of tho the A akan saw dayton anil and silver city have ceased to grow havo oven open to aspire to 10 bo be any bigger bleger yet they would any attempt that thab might bo be madi made to fence them in proceeding on an the even tenor of their way tho the people of these towny SO enjoy joy an ample and do not sigh after affluence the town of sutro arow like a cows cow let lall it now consists principally of the butro butra mansion adolph butros palace virginia VirgInis city Is not yet down at tho the mouth month of tile tho tuno it over ever it t goes there it will bo be in a big ovon oven then it will bo be on top lonso town still bohli its own it is 1 still a rallying rall yinK place for coyotes coyote foxes and wildcat wilu rat had thero there over ever been any to result in mini rueni the stark and ad tho the pelican of tho the wilderness would now bo be ro on them DAS DAN DIS DE QUILLE |