Location notices for mining claims require precise marking
The interior department stressed that locating notices must be clearly marked on the ground with identifiable boundaries and references to permanent objects. Claimants should describe discovery directions, distant edges, and adjoining claims, and file an accurate notice within about 20 days to preserve the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
department
Secretary of the Interior
Prince of Wales
Liddy
Mining Press
Skirmish Over Skunk Ends in Fatal Wounding
A Cook at a water reservoir trap kills a skunk by boiling water. After retrieving the animal, he fights it with a carving knife and ends up killing his opponent, Splovi, as he lunges. The incident occurred near Ophir and involved the Virginia Enterprise report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ophir
John
Splovi
duhn
apaiv
Jol
stinker
ginia Enterprise
Keely
Philadelphia
Ouachita
Kan
High Jinka Ex Piaiced Explanations of an Old Term
A historical note explains the phrase High Jinka or Ex Piaiced from Sev eand and Allan. The game mixed drinking and betting with dice and a cup, where players paid forfeits and the “jinka” cry determined who drank. The term later signified a social gathering, often literary, where drinking was not required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
fomnerly
Seevand
ANia Ramsay
ovine
Allan
mosey
Musical Mountain Sounds Heard From Iron Rock Slopes
A Virginia Enterprise report describes a traveler’s inspection near Truckee District where iron rich rock chips on a mountainside produced wind driven tinkling music. The sounds rise and fall as fragments move, and miners noted a magnetic iron presence with continuous surface motion.
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solien
HUCh binwim
abilabagi
Le Lud
fee
Virginia Enterprise
Perilous Ride After Missouri Kansas and Texas Train Rhythm
A derailed incident describes a man named Sigal hidden under a couch on a Missouri Kansas and Texas train arriving at the Garrison House. He rode from Warsons Kansas, carried about $500, and fled toward Parsons after assaulting a brakeman. He recovered, worked for meals, and later attempted to rejoin a train to Parsons, Kansas. The account ends with a note of his discomfort and a final date of October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Garrison House
Sigal
Warsons
Kanses
Leas
Ulinvis
hyn
Waco
Lui
wsikteok
rey
Tie
Parsons
uader
Juabas soun
nike bnaS
Wingelf
Sedalia
Bazoa
Octoder f
Fragmented Humor Gems From 19th Century Papers
A collage of humorous bites, cartoonish anecdotes, and stray quotes from various papers. Jests about fashion, police, court cases, and social observations surface alongside oddities from Cuba to Colorado, reflecting a noisily eclectic 19th century comic miscellany.
Abolition clashes and political tensions in Kentucky era
Fragmentary reminiscence describes Cassius M. Clay and a tense abolitionist scene in Kentucky. A preacher faces loyalty conflicts over anti slavery rhetoric while a plan to confront a slaveholder’s actions unfolds amid hostile reception. References to New York owner William Beachy suggest broader national tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassius M-Clay
Kentucky
audress
Ciey
New: York
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