The Gavelyte, January 1912

I 111 1 , \ l I I I A UMNU L T ( lJ ~ I )11 r I 1d I "ill c,111, , 0111 t. 1111 rt n11l It' t ·r , .1 ·ill 1 , 11 d11,11t 1,11n1onth .,,1, li11t, n\\111g 11•, 1111,11s IC,1 Ill)., \\C h l\l IHI I, lll thl • It> p11l II h rt 11ntrl thl I•~· cnt , 111·. It ,,ill h,l\ t' j 1,\ lltJll' ii II 11111111.tl lllll'I • t, h n, ,, er. 1, 11 i p111H_ip di g1, ·11 up tt1 .1 d s1 rrpu ,11 1 I th' I 111d .ind tlH· 1•1•11ple ol , t'\ ,td,l in ~ ·ncr.d, ,llld ,~r l' 11111<1 \lu111 t,lin, 111 p.1rt1 11I.1r. \Ve ,tr,· -..ure it "ill prtl\C h111h i11t ·re~ti11g .111d i11- tnicti,·e tu th11. e ,,ho re,111 it. \\'e wi:-h 1111>rt: 1•f the Al1111111i would full w t>ur o HI lri,•nd" c ..1111ple. R11unJ ~lu11nta1n, • ev.1da, 01 t • ~!I, I\111 I>,•ar ,,t\'elyte: l stqJpo_e tit.it ,·,nt ha\'e tile ame trnnble that we had when I w,1 one ,,f the Club-Alumni will nut write . ow I can nut write uf the hea11tie, ol nature, a l d'd la ·t year, ,H nf the 1·ndle: ex– pan e of Bau Lands, as the yt~ar he– fore, but l can tell n[ ume thing that are uf intere t tll th11 e o( y11u ,, Lo have nut yet hact the uppnrtunit) to ee tlie re 'ou rces of . •e,·ada. Immediately after coming here the curiuu · formatilin of the cu11ntr\' chal– lencred my attention . ..-\ curi,,us mixture, truly. The town i nn the cuntact of Granite and Rhyolite. llere the Quartz, Cinnehu [ung·ten, and all imaginabl.: ore· ar~ found l am told that Anti– m1.>n). Bi:-muth. Tin, Iron, L'ranium, Platinum and, in fact, all the mineral - that nuke the life of the Chemistry _tudent (?) the mt> t miserable uf the het,~r.e11 th'-· l<ll\11111 SCI I l ,II!\ rtl,11 kl'd fill ti he ec11 [111 mile "1 ( >I g,1111t• 111<! tit• like the r 1 o ote· 11·1rl l,tk· th Rabbit ;n • found ~ hil · ~l,1111tt.1111 h,uder to -..lip up 1>11. 1 '< 11,1te ,ll the oming nf f.tll. 11d is supJHJsed th,tt th'\' do ., h , ,re 11, ,-ecn <dt r the fir l ol S ·plcrnl, r. tk nake ar · ,truund .rnd l lio11e t11 nne bl'fure going to he L,1 t ,1, 1111 ,l that hcts lltll hec11 nl) prl\ ilege d irtll all the time I h;we been \\ l There I an lnJi.111 c,1mp lu e u th· chuol huuse i he) ht•h111g \11 tit Shll·hune t the "e" is pr >not111ced .inti accented.) lndu tri"u· and c,1µ.1h ·, each day finds them d ,iug tht: th111g that they might du. I >f course th ·v have tu be treated a )OU tre,H tie nigger but they ( the people, 11 ,t 1 • Indian ) don't eem tu think ,111y m r · of it than yott people do Th'\ I I rl wood into tuwn, charging$ .O I per c 1 for it. That i nut e:wrhitant t,,r tl11, countr) . Years ago the , hushone Indian, and another tribe gut into c1 L m– flict . l{e-ult; the Slw hune" wen! l>.1dl · defe ated and a a re ult ol the treo1t they were tu walk fur a certain number of year . Cun eq uentl y ) e Ind 1.111 were hur e]e-.: - . There i but one mine here th 1 i working a full crew. The munthl cleanup i about fifteen thou. and tlc,1- lars. That 1s the le.1 t ,1muu11t th.:1t l woul<l put un their cleanup , too. 0