Mines Miners and Mining Near Boquillas District
Dr Phillips reports Bird-Caruthers mine geology similar to Shafter and predicts ore body with shaft depth of 400 to 600 feet. Dallas Mining sends Hunnicut to locate D E Lindsay claims. he travels with T J Miller to Boquillas. Hunnicut brings Austin Land Office records. Armen to settle claims. Dryden's kiln fires half a million bricks for 60 ton furnace at Big Bend. Mariposa turns out 400 flasks of quicksilver monthly. Nesmith installs pumping for Dallas shaft. Travel between Terlingua and Boquillas increases. no roads, crosses Rio Grande twice amid guard risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Bird-Caruthers
Shafter
Dallas Mining Company
Hunnnicut
D. E. Lindsay
Hunnicut
Marathon
T. J. Miller
Boquillas
Hurnicut
Austin
Armen
Harry Dryden
Big Bend Mining Company
Mariposa Mining Company
Nesmith
Terlingua
Rio Grande
Mexico
Brewster County Democratic Call Sets July Conventions
Brewster County Texas Democratic Chairman W Van Sickle issues call for county convention in Alpine on July 16 1904 at 2 PM and precinct conventions July 9 1904 at 2 PM to select delegates for state Houston August 2 1904 congressional district San Antonio July 23 1904 district and Alpine July 23 1904 for other party assemblies. Precinct locations include Alpine Courthouse Mexican Schoolhouse Clanega Ranch House Terlingua Mining Co Store American Schoolhouse Marathon and Haymond and Avary Store House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
Alpine
Texas
State of
Houston
16Th
Congressional District
Baird
Fourth Supreme Judicial District
San Antonio
99Th Representative District
68Rd Judicial District
J. R Sanford
N.S Murphy
Clanega
R. L. Nevill
J. Turney
Terlingua Mining Company
I. A. Dew
Gothic style church plans by William Daugherty adopted
Building committee approves plans for a new Christian church with Gothic main features. Exterior dimensions 57 by 37 feet including tower. auditorium 35 by 49 feet with a 25 by 9 foot platform at the west end. baptistry and dressing rooms behind the platform. Tower 50 feet high with steel finial. stone foundation two feet high. Wood frame with pressed steel brick veneer and steel trim. interior finished in oil with paneled wainscoting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Christian Church
William Daugherty
Hannum in Trouble Again in El Paso
Deputy Sheriff Ryverson arrests Joe Hannum a noted teamster on a charge tied to earlier seizures of A B E Smith and H H KE Martin. Martin bonded for 1500, Smith and Hannum remain jailed. Officials promise more sensational disclosures as district court trials approach next fall. An Agriculture Dept test found chemically preserved foods costly unhealthy long term, while ordinary wholesome staples proved most nutritious. Texas Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso Herald
Herald
Ryverson
Joe Hannum
A. BE
Smith
HH. KE. Martin
Hannum
Martin
Molina
Rynerson
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Land surveys near Marathon auction divided among hopeful buyers
About twenty surveys of school land east and northeast of Marathon sold or divided among seven bidders as midnight filings followed a courthouse rush. Applicants listed sections and blocks with prices from 1.25 to 2 dollars per acre. several surveys remained unsold as not worth the asking price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon
E.O Lochausen
Boyd
James Yearby
G H& SA
Wesley Best
Wgh&sa
J. Ardoin
H&s A. T. C. Taylor
H&s A
Dan Farley
Mk& T
Robert Adair
F. QO. W. Bennett
Gh&sa
Alpine base ball team elects officers and plans funding
The Alpine base ball team elected Captain George Blackburn and business manager George Baines with Miss Holland as sponsor. A committee including Geo Blackburn and Bill Baines was formed to raise funds for proper practice materials. Delegates to the National Democratic convention and the sixteenth district are named, with the state convention favoring Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Blackburn
George Baines
Miss Holland
Geo
Blackburon
Bill Baines
John Fl. Reagan
Charles A. Culberson
Josep W. Lusley
Jas
Ph. Wells
T. D. Dobbs
Thomas H. Ball
Clarence N. Ousley
Howard Sempleton
Sixteenth Congressional District
J. C. Murpony
San Angelo
First National Bank of Alpine Authorized to Begin Banking
The First National Bank of Alpine Brewster County Texas is authorized to commence banking under U S law as certified by Comptroller William B Ridgely in Washington DC on April 16, 1904. The notice lists office seal and official signatures along with a local sales offer by Mr or Mrs J Bo Gincevy in Alpine Texas for household items and livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department Office OF
Washington, DC
First National Bank OF
Alpine
Brewster
Texas
United States
William B Ridgely
National Bank OF
Wikremof
Ws. B. Rippery
The
Treasury
Fort Stockton Weather Improves Grass and Water Condition
Delayed Lett v Pecos county shows better grass and water condition after unprecedented rains in Fort Stockton. Heavy rainfall last night spurs relief. State land agent Carter arrives to oversee weeks of work. Witnesses return from Eagle Pass for the Oxseer murder case as Commissioners Court sits as board of equalization. Dallas bridge mine plans county bridge over Pecos River with two thirds cost by Pecos and one third by Crockett. Oliver Seeley to be heard on habeas corpus in Sanderson on the 24th. Mayor Neighbors recovering at his ranch attended court sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos County
Carter
Oxseer
Eagle Pas Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Dallas
Sheffield
Pecos River
Crockett County
Oliver Seeley
Aurder
W.R Lerrin
Sanderson
OM. Wilson
Sanderseou Ia
Comuutse Soners Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
R.B Slight & Co
Beever & Hindes
Itinenid Altgelt Co
Alpine Lumber Co
C. H. Larkin Co
Roory’s
H. Larkin
Base Ball News
First National Bank OF Alpine
Roswell
N. M
Gillis
Callon
J. Bo Gincevy
Fort Stockton
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