In 1890, Honey Lake Valley resident invented a new yew type of windmill. In 1891, he went t check out the new NCO railroad town called Amedee on the east side of Honey Lake. It was a bustling in activity and promoters stated that was tip of iceberg of things to come. With that promising of prosperous time, he decided to became an entrepreneur and established a saloon near the hot springs. It should be noted the hot springs offered unique facet-a small geyser, Lane devised a clocked to measure time of the spurts from the geyser. The geyser rose and fell at intervals of 38 second and on occasions the water would shoot up as high as eight feet. The natural wonder disappeared in May 1893, when the ground around the hot springs cracked open, allowing the steam to escape before the eruption. Of the many hats Lane wore, he became the justice of peace for the town and surrounding area.
By the late 1893 the boomtown era of Amedee had peaked, and Lane like so many others made his departure in search of the proverbial greener pastures.