The citizens of Rhyolite have organized a vigilante committee for the purpose of ridding the town and vicinity of many objectionable and suspicious characters.
Mr. C O Whittemore, attorney for the Salt Lake route, is in camp this week and brings news that Senator Clark is going to build a railway line from Las Vegas to Rhyolite, with Tonopah as the ultimate terminal.
James Clayton, one of the original locators of the Amethyst mine and a heavy stockholder in the Polaris, and John Sullivan, a bartender, were shot and almost instantly killed in a pistol duel at Rhyolite.
Revolver duel in the town of Rhyolite in Nevada results in death of two men. Ball hits a gambler. Witness to shooting fails to dodge in time and is shot in the right breast.
Eclipse, Denver and Tramps - These properties are so closely connected with each other in their discovery, location and present management that their stories are best told as a whole.
Ross Clark enthusiastic over prospects. Pronounces Rhyolite most marvelous. Predicts repetition of Comstock. Mass of machinery to go in when road completed.
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