Silver Lake mining boom fuels optimism across multiple claims
Prospectors report robust activity at Silver Lake with nearly all claim owners at work and notable finds. Chas Hoch reports an eight foot ledge averaging over 20 dollars per ton in gold while L E Flormann drills 250 feet with good ore values. Thomas Cunningham hauls 300 sacks of silver ore and plans to continue at 400. The Garrison Co. expands labor at Wanderer and explores west of town, Cha Orzech notes a large ore body found about 1000 feet deep, 800 feet below surface promising for the Uncle Tom property.
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Chas Hoch
L. FE
Garrison Co
Wanderer
Cha. Orzech
Uncle Tom
Group of Six Mining Claims in Soda Lake District
Six mining claims in Soda Lake Mining District San Bernardino County lie 17 miles from Silver Lake on the Tonopah and Tidewater R R and near Manuel on the Salt Lake railroad with access by a wagon road. A smelter at Silver Lake is under consideration, enabling direct ore hauling. The property shows massive dykes with ledges and promising values, plus abundant nearby water and water near the surface. For details contact Willis B. George 517 Hobart St Oakland California.
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Soda Lake
San Bernardino County
Silver Lake
Tonopah
Willis B. George
Hobart St
Oakland
California
Sunnyside Nursery Ships Northern Fruit Trees at Low Price
Apple and other fruit trees clean northern grown four to six feet high are being shipped carriage prepaid by The Sunnyside Nursery Washington The Trees for this Climate Refer to A G Trendell F R H S Horticulturist Victorville Calif for particulars.
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Sunnyside Nursery
Washington
A. G. Trendell
F.R.H.S
Victorville Calif
Barstow Printer Seeks $1 Monthly Payment
A message requests payment of six one dollar installments to support a Mohave River and Desert newspaper. The note urges sending the money promptly, stating no bill will be sent and emphasizing the publication will carry industrial news.
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Barstow
Mohave River
Community News and Local Changes in Goldfield
Local visits include Ludlow figures and Los Angeles trips as May and family head west for summer. T. and T. railroad notes announce June 3 start of Sunday service suspension between Goldfield and Ludlow. Borax mine at Ryan to close for summer. Tecoma mine unlikely to resume soon. Pacific Mines explores expanded shipments and current engine operations. Expert engineers signal potential directorate changes in the near term. Don is anticipated to prosper in his new venture.
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F. M. Jenifer
T & T Railroad
Cahill
Los Angeles
D. N. Stewart
The
Santa Fe
M. Preston
Don
Goldfield
Ludlow
Borax
Ryan
Tecopa
Pacific Mines Corporation
Residents prepare Hinkley town plans and farming expansion
Dr J Gibbs of S Pasadena moves to his 800 acre Hinkley ranch to plant an apple orchard while his wife follows. O S Plotner brings a 175 foot deep well pump. Prof Flack returns to teach the Hinkley school and has taken a desert claim nearby. N Vipond and wife return from Los Angeles on land business and a July 4 barbecue is expected. A P Fillpot of Whittier will plant 20 acres maize and 20 acres apples, noting a strong local well nearby likely on Morrison water course.
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J. 8. Gibbs
S. Pasadena
Hinkley
Gibbs
O. S. Plotner
Los Angeles
Prof. Flack
N. Vipond
L. A
H. M. Henning
Langstaff
A. P. Fillpot
Whittier
Morrison
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Central Machine Works
Stover
J.T. Evans
Lubin J. Henderson
U.S. Deposita
E. D. Roberts
W. S. Hooper
I. E. Bruwn
H. E. Harris
J.S. Wood
Smith
J. E. Davis
H. B. Stow
Pendleton & Clark
Meadow
the People’s Furniture Company
Office of Camp
ER. T. Hillis
George Yick
San Bernardino
A. R. Montijo Barstow
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