Donald Heldoorn, welds a steel patch over the pinhole break in the Marlette system water line near Lakeview Hill at the edge of Highway 395 North on Tuesday. The 12-inch water main, which feeds Virginia City, Silver City and Gold Hill, ruptured Monday afternoon. Chad Lundquist/ Nevada Appeal

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Storey gets stroke of good luck in water system leak

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• March 20, 2006