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Show NEVADA STATE DOINGS. The Kcn CarnivalThe Big Tunnel Fire Railroad for Tonopah De La Mar Mining Deal Wedckind Mining DecmonOrphans' Home Disaster New Mining Pumps and Other Items. Carmn Cltv ev , July 10 The grand carnival Ht Keno went through with a whoop and a flouileh and wound up In ft blaie of glory One fourth the population ut the Mtiite wiib theie besides be-sides manv from California, nnd sta)ul with It from tho lommmcement to the fisllve wind up As manv ns coul I be Hccounnoilitted stnyed In Jull but were l pleased on general Hiiinestv nt the end The main feature the fourth of Jul) pniceBBton, bent anything nf the kin 1 evrr incurring In this Stale, and IjiKi n I uiinelltii Avnnwno was a, mat -vel of Iipiuiiv and legal guice She has tmiiiy illglble olTets of muiilage under conslderatlnti The various show a of the Mldvvi y Plalsnnci wire liberally p itronlsed es wire numerous saloons and the rtneta and sldewnlks Mcip irowded with staring exiicctunt nnd happy buinnnlt) Ibolmlba tried hard tog.t l.lltl. I gypl billed out of tlu Ml, lit a) shows, but only sun ended In ndvettlslng the nitot lt Into fur belter patronage than any other As a whole It waa a glorious suuess for Hum with plint) of mono lo pny thi i xpeneea, and herearier all eventn will il He fmin the uirnlvnl TIII3 ICNNFI. K1I1I3 Tlie buinliiB nut of the tunnel on tho Vbgitila & rrin kee rnllinud In the mountain legion hitwein Hold Hill nnd Miglnln cil) a week ago laat Sundiv imived fully aa delrlmentnl to public travel and tralllc us was nntlilpated Man) of the best nils and locomotives weie i ut off at the Virginia etui making mak-ing alt tin rest nf the road short of tolling stoi k esppplnlly for the Heno cat nival The tnnnngemeiit were put to llielr trumps but they got out nil Hull old dlaiiaed cars rlggt 1 up two or lime doxen tints with rails and hinihes plinli st)b and managed to I him. Hi all tin uu nit il (i urslnnlats, Mlulnl trilns nnd all In most excellent st vie thiniighoiit Meanwhile they immediately cm-liloje.l cm-liloje.l nil llu miibanlis and looao miners or the Comsloik nt rlmalng tho lire out or the tiinml r,00 feet In length, clearing up the gnni mnas of hot cinders cin-ders invi'd rock nnd debris ln)lnR an entlri new trn.k tbtoimhoiit and Htart-Ing Htart-Ing substantial nevt tetimbeilng ). ps-terdn) ps-terdn) morning the) sncceedi il In running run-ning it Haiti of Hats through nnd thla I evmlng the legulnl ixpieaa m ill nnd I naaaingei train width wn. i ut off nt I Vbfclnla allpr.l nuletl) through to Iteno Die tunnel la In n prettv good rock fiirmntliin but until II le will mil thor-otighlv thor-otighlv ii timbered It will not be safe fioin dlaiatei bv tinanti of the passing trilns Jarring link down fiom the roof, pirhaps ptoducing n inlaniltous enve Hut all due pieiautlons will be taken and the iullron.1 i lnipiin) Is much tn be uiinm. n.l. 1 foi Its tnergctlc nnd sticcetAful work In thla imtter TONOPMI ItMLIlOAD Hut speuklng of rnlli nails Tonopnh Is llible tu uiuie In for one In fine long, which Is moat devoullv meded nnd dealt! de-alt! d It enn get In there from two or three different dliectl ms but Jbe nearest near-est uml shorltat imposition la that of a broad-gauge road b) the Southern Picllli lompnn) between Tonopah nnd Cnnikliiiln or b'oda slxt)-llve miles connecting w ltti the Carson fz Colorado narow -gauge running n third rail through to Cnrson river nnd connecting connect-ing with the Virginia oV Trurkee brond-gauge brond-gauge Totiopnh Ih asked to put up a bonua nf $250 000 on tills proposition Another la b) wn) of the l.ureka el Pnllamb iinnovv guiice line also owned l.t tliA t.notiiiari, 1,, Itlp rnniilnir smith from l'lllsade lo Hub) Hill, nbout 100 miles fiom lonopoh Hut thlo new section of mad to bo built passes HimitRli a touiitr) rich In low-giade ores will, h would serve as exetllent Duxes for the high grade but ver) n fiactort nren of 'lonnpnh Moreover the fmnniia Sllvet Peak mine among the most vnlunllt In the htate lbs In the direct tome nnd perfei t smelting fm llltles exist nt two oi three uinvili-lenl uinvili-lenl ilnte while letween Candelarli or -oda and Tonop ih Hit country Is ronipnintlvel) desiltute of mines and all mining or olhei rue llltles M hlrli evei mil) be the tllltmati conclusion. It la ptetty safe to am Hint Tonopah will have a railroad 1 efore she Is many inontha oldei DI3 I. M MIMNfl DUAL Humors come front New York of a gland consolidation of heavv i-tpltal-Ibis puithsalng the famoua De ta Mir llilnia together with Ihe prll Pool, Mngnolli and other valuable adjoining prop I tli a rbia mmprls, s ibout 1600 mrta ot i dbtilii, nf three miles of Hit entire gold b. arlng vein It Is ccr-tninlv ccr-tninlv one or the host known and mot valuable mining properties In Nov ad i having ) bl lei nearl) 111 000 000 during the laat al cr eight )enia wlih plent) of propect for magnificent continuance TUB UHDnKlND M1N13 lohn Hparks, owner of the greit edeklnl mine neat Heno, having re-ccntl) re-ccntl) become owner bv purchase of tho Desert King, in Bell mine adjoining adjoin-ing la now sole proprietor of the entile situation lawsuit nnd nil Hut the case hiving been settlul by the purchase, relievos the Supremo court from the necessity of lcnleiirg a derisive xer-ellot xer-ellot upon the true merits of the cusp which It proceeds not tt, do In a tvvo-(Olumn tvvo-(Olumn dei lalon published trail) The inai hinged upon Iho right of the original orig-inal lointlnn or npex ol the Wedckind mine to be followed downward Into nd-JolnlnR nd-JolnlnR Rioiind hibl b Hill under nn agrliullmal patent Thla was regarded regard-ed b) all mining men ns a decision of vital Importance, and the willing failure fail-ure of the Supiemo court to lender n sciuiire decision nflcr hiving had the caee undct advisement for about three inontliH nittirall) cauaes liiiuh dlaap-piilntnient dlaap-piilntnient .Meunwhlle ""pinks his been progresa-Ing progresa-Ing well with his mining operations, and stalled up the Hell hoisting works on hla new Deaert King pin chase to-tln), to-tln), resuming the extinction of rkh ote In addition to th tt i inning from hla old Wedi kind shaft near bv Ills new electric mill la also now In full run nnd the Hist clpan-up Is exppcted to nnuum t to neurl) or ittlte tJ" fwo He employs about llfty men and will put on incite na occasion requires lie cer-talnl) cer-talnl) Is now In full undisputed poa Bpaslon and inamgement of one of the richest and most extensive known silver sil-ver mines In thla State und perhaps on tin i oast, not excepting Tonopnh No mine has ever en) where near equaled the old Comatock In size or pro. duction, but thut la a haB been nnd ii may be STATI3 ORPHANS' HOMI3 Tho loss of tho Spite Orphans' home it this place 1 lire last Friday morning morn-ing was nt first lCRarded as a public cill.llnlt), but not so now The big woodin building was destro)ed, but Its contents weie saved, nobody was hurt and $10 000 Insurance Is collectable as v total loss A temporary roof was placed ovei the kitchen ratiRe, and all the children chil-dren were comfortably housed near li). The new building to be elected ns soon as practicable will be of stone from the State pilson qtinrr), larger and much more commodious thin tho old one, and to cost nbout J30 000 It will be nn eligible eli-gible improvement that thi State can well afford NnW MINING PPMPS Tho nevi electric pumps to be Installed on tho 2160 level nt the f AC shaft of the Con Virginia Mining company are expected lo arrive from Chicago about Julv !i",th There flic three of them, ot Ileldler pattern weighing, without the operating machlner) 260-00) 260-00) pounds coating JW0CO Vlong nbout the latter pirt of October It Is expected that the) will commence draining Pie mine down to Its 2i00 level or bottom of the shnft This will he an Important Impor-tant point In the drainage of the Corn-stock, Corn-stock, and other mines ulong the lode lie expected to loin ln and assist, thereby getting nt their own lower levels The entire vertical depth nf the workings of the Comstock Is 3500 feet OTlinrt 1TI3MS John Herron a llenolte who lina been to Thunder Mountain states that tho country la not what It la cracked up to be nn.l don't count It In the samo class as the Wcdeklnd or Tonop ih Many arrests for drunkenness were made In Heno during the I arnlvnl, and one mtn was ahot In thn leg while tr) ing to escape arrest and another In the shoulder I ongiessman New lands and family nte expected tn nrrlvo In Heno fiom Wnahtngtnn In i da) or two nnd Jones nnd Stew irt will prohably both stump the State during the coming campaign AM' DOT13N |