Randsburg Prosperity Seen As Gold Boom Returns
The author argues Randsburg and the Rand district are not dead. He cites the Black Hawk Mine improving under foreign money, the Dredge Placer Mining Company installing costly machinery, and the Phoenix Mine and Mill opening to milling under John Fox. He notes prior downturn from tungsten tariff rises and predicts a strong winter with silver and gold activity revitalizing the town.
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Randsburg
Rand
Rand District
United
Kelly
Black Hawk Mining Company
D. A. Blue
Nothwest
Stringer
Randsaburg
Wilson
Atolia
Doc Bush
Randeburg
Operator Mine Company
The
Phoenix Mine and Mill Company
John Fox
Julius Goldsmith
San Francisco
Charley Hamill
Almond Cove Grove Shows Fruit Farming Transform
The east side of Red Mountain hosts the Dygart almond grove praised for turning a desert waste into productive fruit farming in five years. After years of attention by the Printer, the grove now exists in fact though not fully bearing as trees still mature. Mrs. Dy- (text cuts off)
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Barstow
Almond Cove
Dygart
Guthrie
Charley Hamill
Guthrie Ranch
Atolia
Red Mountain
Williams Family Vacation Plans Spark Surprise Reunion
Mrs Hamp Williams, her son and daughter, with Miss Lillian Bush, arrived at camp on August 8 and journey onward to Kern River then Lake Tahoe for two weeks before San Francisco and home. Mrs Williams, nearing 40, remains spry and danced at the White House Cafe prize dance. Wade shows steady improvement. Mrs Shoemaker hosts a surprise reunion with Mr and Mrs Armstrong from Oatman.
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Hamp Williams
Lillian Bush
Kern River
Lake Taho
San Francisco
Wade
Dance Night Brings Surprise Winners in Local Ball
The Saturday prize dance ended with Frank Fernald and Misa Wolf clinching the top honors, beating early favorites Grover Kane and Bertie Wells. The crowd cheered, old timers noted a revival of the west end, and Jean Gustave’s personal supervision ensured a fair, orderly contest.
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Tron
Grover Kane
Bertie Wells
Frank Fernald
Misa Wolf
Randsburg
Jean Gustave
Summit diggings set to revive Mojave placer mining
The Stinwit and Summit diggings near Orofino see preparations for active work with a dredger style plant. Superintendent Culver reports fifty workers at full capacity, tests show potential profits, and foreign capital backs five and a half claims as the camp aims to become a leading Mojave desert mining district.
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Billy Anderson
Summit
Orofino
Culver
Valdemar Schmidt
Mojave
President Harding Life Insurance Details Revealed
A public statement on August 9 by the Insurance Press shows President Harding had life insurance totaling 52000 dollars with six companies. The largest policy was 15000 dollars with Mutual Benefit on a fifteen payment life plan taken out in 1914.
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Harding
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