Western Pacific work rushes forward with 5600 more crews
The Western Pacific plans a rapid push to finish the Salt Lake to Elko line. About 5600 employees will join construction crews in the coming weeks, enabling rail service to run on completion. The Fower Lake tunnel, 100 miles west of Salt Lake, will be completed in June, marking a major milestone on the Salt Lake to Elko section. Regular trains are expected to operate on this division soon after track laying is finished.
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Western Pacific
Salt” Lake
Elko
Fower Lake
Salt Lake
Governor Sparks Near Death in California Trip
Governor John Sparks of Nevada, gravely ill and near death from Bright's disease, departed for California seeking recovery with his wife and attendants. Lieutenant Governor Dickerson expected to assume state duties during Sparks's absence as aid groups express little hope for improvement. Fraudulent mining promoter Barton Pittman was arrested in Oakland for defrauding Nevada and California residents of more than 50,000 dollars with bogus mining stocks, losses including 23,000 by George Waterbury Jr. and claims the schemes centered on Nevada-incorporated ventures.
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Reno
Nevada
John Sparks
California
Texas
Sparks
Bright
Amonia
Dickerson
Barton Pittman
Oakland
Cal
Pittman
John M. Obert
Carson City
San Francisco
George A. Waterbury, Jr
Columbia Mohawk Leasing and Mining Company
Life Imprisonment For Murderer Skinner
Fred Skinner, accused of killing Mona Bell in Rhyolite, was found guilty of murder in the first degree on Saturday night. The jury recommended life imprisonment rather than the death penalty. Skinner shot the 20 year old mistress, beat her in a saloon, and injured himself to stage a prior shootout, then claimed she beat him. He was sentenced on April 3 to life imprisonment and is confined.
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Tonopah
Mevada
Fred Skinner
Mona Bell
Rhyolite
Skinner
Metal Market Quotations Include Mixed Silver Copper Prices
Latest metal quotations show silver at New York 55 cents per ounce and copper at Salt Lake City 13 cents per 100 pounds, with other regional trades cited. The report lists prices for copper and silver across several cities, reflecting prevailing market levels.
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New York
Salt Lake
Balt Lake
Guggenheim letter sparks Utah ore fairness pledge
A Goldfield Mining Review excerpt quotes Daniel Guggenheim, head of the American Smelting & Refining Company, promising fair ore treatment for Utah producers and range of adjustments. It notes smelter charges of 25 to 30 percent and cites miners building reduction works in response.
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Goldfield Mining Review
American Smelting & Refining Company
Utah
Daniel Guggenheim
Samuel Newhouse
Smelter Trust
Guggenheims
Daniel
Mortgage lien upheld in W Phillips suit against Borden & Shannon
Judge Orr of Washoe County rules that a mortgage given to secure a personal note by W Phillips creates the first lien on the bankrupt firm’s property. Phillips awarded 4000 dollars judgment plus 500 dollars attorney fees and costs after the construction company defaulted at trial.
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Borden & Shannon Construction Company
W. Phillips
Judge Orr
Washoe County
Orr
Phillips
Judge Dismisses Miller From Pioche Jury Panel
Judge Brown dismissed Benjamin F. Miller of Searchlight a known White Piner from the district court jury panel in Pioche after Miller defended a negro accused of assault on a white woman aboard the Salt Lake railroad. An armed juror left the room to store a gun while Miller paced with a knife. the next day the defendant pleaded guilty and Miller left town.
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District Court
Pioche
Brown
Benjamin F. Miller
Searchlight
Cats Miller
Pioche Weekly Record
Salt Lake, Los Angeles and
San Pedro
Lincoln County
Miller
Lazy mining experts travel and autos change prospecting
The Las Vegas Age comments that decades of desert treks by mining experts have given way to auto accessibility and quick pitches from promoters. A promoter may hear a claim owner’s enthusiasm and decide only if an auto road exists. The piece notes officials joke about Senator Newlands and seeds arriving before elections.
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Beatty
Las Vegas Age
Newlands
Hamilton Notes and Mining News in White Pine District
News from Hamilton day reports visits by Vya Moroita Kareka Sainr Ed Coyle and oil prospector at Rosevear ranch. Prospectors pass through with 12 barros en route to Monte Cristo. Major updates on George Allen Sr recovering after heart failures. Hamilton Commercial Club formed with officers Roy W. Schenck president Allen G. Bragg vice president Carl Muir secretary Louis Lani treasurer. Twenty-two members join. committees on publicity and town upkeep. Death of Judge Henry Bush noted. resolutions by the club honor his service. Lugubrious Nevada Mining Names end with a Goldfield Review quip about Death Valley.
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Ed Coyle
Six Mile House
Kearney
Rosevear Ranch
Mise
Lani
Currant Creek
Sbhermastown
George Allen
Dr. Pettengill
Mosars, Williams & Hardy
Monte Cristo
F. Hant
Lead King
Hamilton Commercial Club
Roy W. Schenck
Allen G. Bragg
Carl Muir
Louis Lani
F. Hunt
R. A. Dean
Henry Bush
Bush
Woodruff & Ennor
Justice of the Peace
LO. O. F
Brothers O Se
San Francisco
Cal
California
White Pine
Judge Bush
Hamilton
Ely Mining Record
Elg Evening Expositor
White Pine News
Hureka Sexrixmi
Nevada
Goldfield Review
Goldfeld
Death Valley
Coffin
Undertaker Canyon
Funeral Range
Skull
Populists Nominate Thomas B. Watson at St Louis Convention
Thomas E. Watson of Georgia was named as presidential nominee with Samuel W. Williams of Indiana as vice president by the Populist National Convention in St. Louis. The gathering sparked excitement amid a bid to delay nominations to July 16. Watson had run as VP candidate in 1896 with William J. Bryan as the presidential nominee.
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Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Samuel W. Williams
Indiana
St. Louis
Missouri
Watson
William J. Bryan
Lakeview School Disaster Sparks nationwide safety push
Authorities nationwide study the Collinwood fire tragedy near Cleveland. Inward opening doors and wooden stairs contributed to high death tolls. Edicts urge outward opening doors and noncombustible fire escapes in all schools. The era note cites 1901 Lakeview build and urges concrete construction in modern schools. Senator Overman discusses railroad rates while Spooner teases a lone Republican observer.
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Lakeview
Colliywood
Cleveland
Clites
State Board of Health
Tifinois
Collinwood
Admiral Evans in frail health seeks Pasadena springs relief
Admiral Evans, severely ailing with wasting form and pale features, was brought by train from Magdalena Bay aboard the battleship Connecticut to Paso Robles hot springs near Los Angeles for sea air treatment. He told United Press he hopes to recover and rejoin fleet events if doctors permit, though rheumatic pains persist.
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Admiral Evans
San Diego
California
Connecticut
Magdalena Bay
Paso Robles Hot Springs
Los Angeles
United Press
Evans
Infant of Dearys Born at Ruby Hill Eureka County Nev
An infant son of Mr and Mrs Carl Deary, born at Ruby Hill Eureka County Nevada on April 8 1908, is noted aged one month.
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Ruby Hill
Eureka County
Nevada
Carl Deary
County plans bridge over Hlumboldt River at Barth
Koreks County voters petitioned for a wagon bridge across the Hlumboldt river near Barth ten feet from the present ford on the Palisade to Hewwawe road. The Board will hear the petition on April 6, 1908 at 2 p.m. and decide if the bridge is necessary. Notice posted at the designated location.
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Koreks
Hlumboldt
Barth
Palisade
Hewwawe
Eee
R. McCanures
Oun
Board of County
Odorless onion boast from Fresno gardener Wing Hop Hop
Chinese farmer Wing Hop, near Fresno, claims to have produced an odorless onion with full taste. He says he was inspired by plant wizard Luther Burbank and worked four years after a former job in Burbank's garden. Neighbors and rivals corroborate the odorless fruit, and Wing Hop plans to return to China. A Carson Republican meeting also endorsed William H Taft for the presidential nomination.
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Wing Hop
Fresno
California
Burbank
Wing
China
Ormsby County
Carson
William H. Taft
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Eureka, Nevada
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North Main Street
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