Nevada Enacts New Mining Law Effective July 1907
The Nevada Legislature passed a new mining statute approved March 29 1907 and effective July 1 1907. It requires locators of lode claims to post notices with details of the claim including name locator date and measured boundaries and to establish monuments or markers at corners and centers. It also prescribes discovery shafts and official record requirements, with penalties for incomplete filings, and clarifies filing with district or county recorders and prima facie evidence rules.
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Nevada
United States
Courts of Justice
Natural Smuriset
Goldfield Men Send Funds for Carson City Student
In Carson City on April 12 Miss Mamin Benning learns that a thousand dollar gift from Goldfield investors Milton Detsh and R L Colburn has arrived for Orvis Ring at the business college. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction is named trustee of the fund. Miss Benning plans to study stenography and express gratitude to the donors.
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Carson City
Mamin Benning
Journal
Milton Detsh
R. L. Colburn
Goldfield
Orvis Ring
Nevada
Waitroxs
Business College
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California
Lever
Reno
Heavy Fine For New York Herald Indecent Personal Ads
James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York Herald, was fined 25,000 for circulating immoral ads in the paper's personals and the Herald Co. paid 5,000 while advertising manager Manley M. Gilman was fined 1,000. Total 31,000 cash. Bennett attended the proceeding. Mansion site chosen in Carson City for Nevada governor. T B Rickey donated the land for the mansion, with a 40,000 building bill to be finished by November.
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New York
James Gordon Bennett
Hough
United States Circuit Court
New York Herald
Herald
New York Herault Company
Manley M. Gilman
Cosh
Bennett
Manson
T. B. Rickey
Carson City
Mansion
Nevada
Rickey
Miners Expel Mining Superintendent From Berlin Camp
In Nye County Berlin a widow Stevens lost her home in a fire. She sought housing in one of F. G. Bowen’s company cabins but he refused to rent. Miners held an indignation meeting and escorted Bowen seven miles from the camp, warning him not to return. He went to Tonopah and officials were told, with officers returning to Berlin. Report says workers quit while Bowen stayed in charge.
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Berlin
Nye
Stevens
Nye County
Severs
F. G. Bowen
Bowen
Tonopsk
Nevada News Briefs From Tonopah To Reno and Humboldt
Nevada reports shift to cash in Tonopah businesses, Reno earns first class post status, and the Lost Year receipts exceed forty thousand dollars. A Nevada Prose Association session is planned for April sixteen in Reno. Charles Grock’s attack on attorney Shutter-Cottrell leads to commitment to a state asylum. Rail commission secretary appointment follows Etgar Walker’s transfer. Mining employment hits about fifteen thousand with twelve thousand in the Western Federation of Miners. Dr. Henry Bergstein sues J. M. McCormack over instruments valued at two hundred sixty seven dollars, while McCormack claims seizure for a bill. A miner named John Keavy dies in a shaft accident at the Diamondfeld Florence. Ely miner Albert O Nichols, burned after burning a shirt in gasoline, is hospitalized.
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Humboldt County
Tonopah
Reno
Letet
Vreridout McQraney
Nevada Prose Association
Charles Grock
Shutter-Cottrell
Indiana
Etgar H. Walker
Southern Pacific
Nevada
Railroad Commission
Mines and Mills of
Wester Federation of Miners
Henry Bergstein
J. M. McCormack
Reno Hotel
John Keavy
Iver
Dismondfeld
Florence
Albert O. Nichols
Ely
Nichols
Mr. Nichols
Tonopah Ely Telephone Co to Build New Line
Tonopah and Ely Telephone and Telegraph Co formed to connect Tonopah with Nevada Smelting and Miney Corp properties and camps. Brock syndicate linked, with Tybo Reveille Bellwhelen Clifford Elen Rattlesnake and Hot Creek as targeted line taps. Construction will start immediately.
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Tonopah
Nevada Smelting and Miney Corporation
Tybo
Reveille
Bellwhelen
Clifford
Elen
Rattlesnake
Hot Creek
Enforcing Pure Food Law Dispute Over Whisky Labeling
President Roosevelt overruled Secretary Wilson on whisky labeling under the Pure Food law. The clash centered on how blended whiskies should be described and labeled, with Chief Chemist Wiley pushing for detailed ingredient transparency. The President sustained Wiley, signaling insistence on precise disclosure to buyers.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Wiley
Wilner
Miners Strike at Ely Nevada Over Wage Increase
Twenty five McDonald Ely Mining Company workers in Ely Nevada strike after owners refuse to raise wages from 3.50 to 4.00 per day. Miners warn a districtwide stoppage could idle 100 to 700 workers. union officials say a general strike is likely unless demands are met. Local union affiliated with Western Federation of Miners.
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Ely
Nevada
McDonald-Ely Mining Company
McDonald-Ely
Ldry
F. J. Cox
Miners’ Union No. 261
Lave City
Hiss
Western Federation of Miners
Cox
Western Federation of Minera
Doctor files suit for divorce in Reno against Dora Jones
Dr J B Jones of Reno sues wife Dora Jones in Reno for desertion. They wed in Austin in 1904, lived in San Francisco, then Reno before she returned to San Francisco where she now resides. Jones is represented by his father Judge W D Jones.
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Dr. Jones
Rono
Nevada
J. B. Jones
Dora Jones
San Francisco
W. D. Jones
Lower Prices For Goods From Tonopah Mining Company
Tonopah April 10 reports a movement to supply residents with cheaper provisions. The Tonopah Mining Company allegedly lists high profits in current prices and freight costs and may start selling at lower margins, though General Manager Frank A. Keith denies plans to open a company store.
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Tonopah Som
Tonopah
Tonopah Mining Company
Frank A. Keith
Cooperative Store for Washington Clerks Initiative
Washington clerks face high living costs and rising prices, prompting a cooperative store experiment. The Department Co operative Guild forms to run the venture, modeled after London army and navy reform cooperative efforts and civil service programs.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
United States
Department Co-operative Guild
Army and Navy and
Civil Service Reform Co-Operative
London
Warning to Saloon Interests Across the States
A national Anti-Salson Leagos reports saloons face rising public hostility and restrictive legislation. The Bonfort circular warns of nationwide prohibition unless retail liquor trade reforms occur, noting laws approaching bans in Tennessee West Virginia Illinois Indiana and Kentucky amid political pressure.
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Anti-Salson Leagos
United States
Bonfort
Tennessee
West Virginia
Kentucky
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