California Rand Silver and Mining Progress Report
General manager Charles S. Meroney reports the California Rand Silver Inc. progress for the week ending April 21. Drifts 220 feet raises 97 and cross cuts 638 feet total advancement 380 feet as the 1400 cross cut slows through hard schist. No new water, No. 6 shaft to depth 100 feet started April 21 and to be rushed. Shipments total 10 cars from shafts No. 1 and Silver Glance. Plans include through 700 feet to pass schist, expect Williams vein shortly after. McGovern sinking on No. 6 shaft seventh level noted. Randsburg Associated adds a night shift on Silver Queen, down 150 feet with ample supplies. aim to strike silver. Local prospecting excitement grows with new green stone deposits near Victorville and Barstow, and interest from Los Angeles contractors in granite for quarrying amid rising transport costs.
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Raudsburg
Chas. S. Meroneys
California Rand Silver Inc
No. 6
White
Santa Fe
Rand
McGovern
Oil and Mining
Bakersfield Californian
Randsburg Associated
Matt Weidenfenner
Matt
Associated
King Solomon Mine yields strong clean-up as mill run begins
Ray Drain reports promising results at the King Solomon mine with a 124-ton clean-up producing a 12-pound brick from 24 days of testing. The project, cut short by coil burnout, shifts to a mill run as Edward Shipsey, Edward H. Allen, Thomas D. P. D. Nestor, and S. C. J. Nedeman back Drain. Cross-cutting from the 800-foot level reveals veins with 6 inches to two feet of width and gold-bearing drift, plus a higher grade vein that panned gold in trials and shows twelve feet of potential.
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King Solomon
Ray Drain
Edward Shipsey
Edward H. Allen
Thos
Dyraine
Mr. Drain
Black Hawk Performs Dual Monthly Millings On Ore
King Solomon mill continues stamping ore from the large vein at the 800 site as the Black Hawk keeps two millings each month. The operation maintains steady output with stamps dropping ore from the big vein.
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Black Hawk
King Solomon Mill
Sunday school shifts plans to avoid Randsburg visit
Harper Lake Valley items report a county veterinarian letter prompting a Sunday plan change to keep the group from traveling to Randsburg due to foot and mouth disease fears. A 7 o'clock service followed, with Dr. Bell driving to Randsburg solo. Emma Speaker notes Easter program set for the 27 at 10 30 AM with music. Miss Edwards, San Bernardino County deputy superintendent, attended and spoke.
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Randsburg
Bell
Miss Edwards
San Bernardino County
Dr. Bell
Emma Speaker
Free Methodist Rev Watson to lecture on The Coming of the Lord
Pasadena district elder Rev A Watson will lecture on The Coming of the Lord related to current events on Wednesday night April 30 at 7 30. Hear this able speaker on an interesting subject. Regular services every Sunday. Ladies of the Woman's Missionary Society visited Mrs Foot's home Friday for a pleasant time and luncheon. Junior Society children met at the parsonage Saturday afternoon and hunted Easter eggs.
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A. Watson
Pasadena
The
Woman’s Missionary Society
National Old Trail Highway Boosted for Tourism
Arizona bans on California cars are clarified by the Touring Bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The National Old Trail Highway remains open and preferred by travelers to California, with an emphasis on education along the route from Holbrook to Needles and Los Angeles to attract eastern tourists. Each garage or hotel can foster ads by maintaining guest registers and sending periodic travel letters to home newspapers, promoting the Old Trails and local businesses.
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Arizona
California
The
Automobile Club
Holbrook
Needles
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Minne g la News social notes and events
Walter Newbrough and family returned to Wilmington after a week with his brothers. Roy W. Best completed land proof and returned to Los Angeles. The Fairview schoolhouse dance hosted by the Silver Valley Booster's Club drew many, with Barstow youths present. next dance is May 3. A. Peck party honored daughter Dorothy with cakes and ice cream. The school thanks Mrs. Samuel Clark for donating phonograph records to its collection.
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Walter Newbrough
Wilmington
Mr. Newbrough
Roy W. Best
Los Angeles
Fairview
Silver Valley
Barstow
Dorothy
Samuel Clark
Snow Storm Dumps Snow Across Big Bear Valley
Word from Big Bear Valley reports snowfall through the valley and surrounding hills covering the area. Fishing season counts are postponed due to the weather conditions.
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Big Bear
Big Bear Valley
London Observes Good Friday. New Orleans Hit by Cyclone
London observes Good Friday with no newspapers and closed government offices. In New Orleans a cyclone, hail and rainstorm damaged 25 houses near Lake Pontchartrain, injuring about fifty people and causing $500,000 in damage as hailstones the size of goose eggs fell.
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London
England
New Orleans
Lake Pointchartrain
US Silver Producers Hopeful as Pittman Act Purchases Back High-Cost Output
Proponents say US silver miners kept producing despite high mining costs and low metal prices. The Pittman Act measure would authorize the mint director to buy 14,580,730 ounces of silver from domestic producers at one dollar per ounce, aiming to support the industry and preserve jobs.
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United States
Senate
Pittman
Nevada
Mint
Dockstader Finishes Shelton House Re decor in Barstow
Dockstader completes redecorating and papering of the Shelton house in west Barstow. The local project highlights a fresh interior revival and community restoration effort in the neighborhood.
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Dockstader
Shelton
West Barstow
Burnham Chemical plant progresses with 32 workers at Searles Lake
William P Brandts Buys, assistant manager, reports construction at Burnham Chemical near West End on Searles Lake is advancing with 32 mechanics and laborers on the payroll. The site will process borax from the lake using a solar method, with Trona railroad connecting to the Southern Pacific for easy transport. Buys hosted a group of financiers during a visit.
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William P Brandts Buys
Burnham Chemical Company
West End
Searles Lake
Trona
Southern Pacific R. R
Buys
Great Lake
Jewell Plans Finest Desert Store Room Purchases
Jewell Commercial Co. president R C Jewell spends the week in the southern metropolis to review merchandise for the upcoming desert store. He aims to stock a top quality selection as the new store room nears completion.
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R. C. Jewell
Jewell Commercial Co
Mr. Jewell
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Henderson & Tiernan
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Italy
Co. G. Tailore
Hamp Williams
Harper Lake Valley
Minnegla News
Almond Hotel
J. J. Chambers
Prop
Randsburg, Calif
William L. Denton
Randsburg, California
Francis X, Moore
G. Cleveland Taylor
First Bank OF Johannesburg
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