ELY, Nev., July 17 (by Associated
Press).—The romance surrounding the
life of the miner and prospector has
frequently been responsible for sto
ries of mines which yielded fortunes
in the precious metals, and which sud
denly stopped production because of
loss of the ledge or vein carrying the
values. The Black Mule mine, in
Spring valley, about twelve miles from
here, is one of those mines which gave
up a fortune after having been aban
doned. f
The fortune, however, was not in
gold, silver or other precious metal,
but in liquor—red liquor, which now
commands a price that is fast ap
proaching the figure, per ton rate, that
y “high-grade” used to command in Ne
* vada’s early mining camp history.
The Black Mule was a producer of
rich ore in the early days of White
Pine county mining activities. Every
rich stope and drift was worked out,
however, and the shaft has been board
ed up for years. A man said to be a
resident of Ely recently imbibed too
much, and as a result talked too much.
Like the rumors of a mining “strike.”
the talk spread, and with it the “val
ues” that were rumored. Then came
rumors of the location of the new
“strike.”
These rumors reached the ears of
Sheriff W. S. Enslow, and with sev
eral deputies he started on a “pros
pecting” trip. The old workings of
the Black Mule were explored, and
from the drifts, stopes, tunnels, in
clines and levels from which the rich
ore had been exhausted were taken
something like 400 cases of whisky.
Further explorations resulted in the
location of 2,000 pint bottles of whisky
hidden around the grass roots in the
immediate vicinity.
The “strike” in the mine is said to
have netted something like $40,000—
“bootleg” values—but it lias not
caused a Stampede, as such a find
would have done a few years ago.
Men who have tramped over the same
ground without finding even a “color”
have not even approached the scene
of the new “strike.” They seem not
to desire to show any familiarity with
the section.
Reports have it that it was not a
genuine “strike,” but merely the ex
ploitation of a “salted” mine.
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TWO CHANNEL ISLANDS
OFFERED FOR RENT
BY THE GOVERNMENT
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VENTURA, Cal., July 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The government has
announced that two of the Channel
islands, about sixty miles off shore,
are for rent, and their descriptions are
on file in the Ventura county court
house here. The islands are Santa
Barbara and San Nicolas. The latter
is at present under lease to J. G.
Howland of Los Angeles.
San Nicolas, forty-tour miles west
ward from San Clemente, is seven
and a half miles long and has a gen
eral width of two miles and a half.
The highest point is 890 feet. Two
thirds of the island is practically bare
sand and the balance is covered with
coarse grass and a few patches of
scrub oak. There is a good flock of
sheep on the island.
Santa Barbar is a mile and a half
I long and a mile wide. There is no
I water and no grass, but plenty of
prickly-pear shrub. This island rises
to a height of 547 feet. Landing is at
all times a little difficult.
O’CONNELL MONUMENT
DAMAGED BY BULLETS
DURING “REVOLUTION”
DUBLIN, June 17 (by mail).—Exam
ination has just revealed the fact
i that in the shooting which took place
jin the streets of Dublin during Easter
I week in 1918 the great O’Connell mon
! ument was penetrated by eight oi^nine
bullets.
A proposal has been made that the
damage should be repaired. The city
engineer, however, has advised that
the bullet holes do not involve any
risk to the monument, are invisible
unless attention is specially drawn to
| them, and in the future will have a
considerable historical interest. Ac
cordingly, the corporation has decided
jfhat the monument shall remain as
it is.
No one should be without an elec
tric plate, especially the kind with 3
different heats. Northwestern Hard
ware company.
It’s the flavor and the grain which
make the bread at the City Bakery
famous.
Special dinner served from 11:30
o’clock every day at the City Bakery.
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WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
CAN BE CONVERTED
INTO CERTIFICATES
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17—The
war loan organization of the Twelfth
Federal Reserve district has just been
advised that hereafter war savings
stamps may be converted into savings
certificates of $100 and $1,000 denomi
nations, according to a new-plan of the
savings division of the United States
treasury department, to afford greater
convenience in handling war savings
securities.
The development of the war savings
idea is one that has been urged for
some time, in oi’der to attract larger
investments. The holder of a suffi
cient number of thrift stamps may now
exchange them for a $5 war savings
stamp, and in turn the holder of twenty
of the $5 war savings stamps may
convert them into a $100 savings cer
tificate, or the holder of two hundred
of the $5 stamps may turn them in for
a $1,000 savings certificate.
Conversion may be made at all first
and second-class postoffices and at all
banks and trust companies that have
qualified as agents of the second class.
The treasury savings certificates are
to be issued in registered form, and
will bear the names of the owners.
They will yield 4 per cent compound
ed quarterly, as do the war savings
stamps. The limit of the individual
investment still remains at $1,000.
The new treasury savings certifi
cates should prove particularly attrac
tive for the investment of the funds
of fraternal societies, labor unions and
other civic, social and religious organ
izations, because the interest is added
to the principal automatically each
quarter, the entire amount being pay
able at maturity.
HARVESTER WORKERS
ARE OUT ON STRIKE
CHICAGO, July 17 (by Associated
Press).—Between eight and ten thou
sand employes of the International
Harvester Company are on strike for
a closed shop.
Try the Club Billiard Hall for
golden, silver and royal fizzes. 23-tf
Special turkey and chicken dinner
served at the Cordova Grill on Sunday
from 12 to 8 o’clock. Price $1.00.
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
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