Eureka Mining News and Local Notes Apr 20 1912
Windfall Mining Co. general manager George Edwards departs for Salt Lake on business. Dissolution of copartnership notice for G. Paccinelli and A. Mernaldo of Palisade published. Stormy weather persists with snow hail and rain. barometer remains low. Eureka residents plan new ventures and note arrivals and departures including moving picture plans by Steve Sheckells. Postmaster OC L. Broy missing then located in San Jose. Local stockholders in Credo Eureka Mining Co. depart after organizing Adams Hill properties. Sheep shearing delayed by storms. about 800 ewes lambed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Z. Edwards
Windfall Mining Company
Salt Lake
R. A. Broy
Delbert
OC. L. Broy
Eureka
San Francisco
San Jose
California
Bob Mabry
J. O. Buchanan
Spokane
Washington
J. A. Wardlow
W. T. McDowell
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Credo- Eureka Mining Company
Adams Hill
R. O. Vanderford
Grand Jury Seated As Judge Breen Swears 17 Jurors
Judge Peter Breen presided as 17 of 24 summoned jurors were sworn in a Grand Jury. Foreman George D. Shultes led the body with instructions on indictments, presentments, jail access, and duties to investigate public records and misdeeds by officials. The panel, except W. S. Raine, was completed despite some exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Peter Breen
T. A. Burdick
Ernest Affranchine
W. J. Mahoney
John Depaoli
John Swan
E. T. Flavin
C.H. Hyjal
Dave Morris
T. A. Braffey
Joe J, Sirk
Dennis Keefe
A. C. Dibble
Spencer Plummer
John Conway
Frank Kopp
J. H. Jury
George D. Shultes
W. 8. Raine
Palisade
San Francisco
P. H. Bennett
Raine
G. Dye
J. O. Tyler
Johnson
Abram Laird
F. C. Lewis
Breen
Grand Jury
Equal Franchise Society Holds Eureka Meeting
The Eureka Equal Franchise Society met at Mrs. G. M. Roberts home on Spring Street to establish the group and elect officers. New officers include President Laura Hoegh, Vice President Effie Eather, Secretary Christie Falton, Treasurer Ed Berryman, and Press Chairman F. J. Brossemer. The next meeting is set for April 24 at 2 30 p.m. at Laura Hoegh’s home with an open invitation to interested readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equal Franchise Society
Eureka
G. M. Roberts
Spring Street
Pally
Laura Hoegh
Effie Eather
Christie Falton
Ed Berryman
F. J. Brossemer
Anniversary Ball for Eureka Lodge Odd Fellowship
Eureka Lodge No. 22 0 O F hosts an Anniversary Ball at the Eureka Opera House Friday night April 26 to mark the 98th anniversary. Committees work to ensure a pleasant social event celebrating brotherhood and friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Lodge No. 22
Eureka Opera House
Odd Fellowship
Buckhorn Mines Seen to Expand After Railroad Start
Deputy Sheriff Peter Keller of Buckhorn is laid up with an illness. Judge 8. 00. Stanton of Buckhorn travels to Salt Lake City for appendicitis surgery. George Wingfield and mine manager Fred Siebert are awaited for plans to boost Buckhorn mining activity with the E. P. railroad going into operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Keller
Buckborn
Stanton
Buckhorn
Salt Lake City
George Wingfield
Fred Siebert
E. & P. Railroad
Death of Mrs. Fred Fisk
News comes from Los Angeles of the death in California last week of Elizabeth Fisk wife of Fred Fisk a former Eureka citizen and aunt of Mrs. James Kautz. The Fisks lived in Eureka for years married in the 1880s then moved to Portland and later Southern California. Her death followed a sudden heart attack after a period of poor health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Elizabeth Fisk
Fred Fisk
Eureka
James Kautz
Fisk
Portland
Oregon
Dance To Night At Eureka Opera House Social Event
A Saturday evening dance in the Eureka Opera House hosted by the Grand Jury with the Lobster Club Band providing music. The event aims for a good time as the court reviews cases including the State versus Jean Bannon who faced a preliminary hearing and was bound over for Grand Jury consideration before being released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Opera House
Grand Jury
Lobster Club
Jean Banon
James Kauta
Justice of the Peace
L. W. Cromer
Banov
E P R ailroad Prospects and Damaged Engine No 10
The Sentinel reports no arrival of owner George Whitell in Palisade and no HQ orders for regular service on the E and P railroad. Stormy, soft roads delay freight and repairs as engine No 10 remains in a ditch after February 14 wreck. Repairs and roadbed work continue near Diamond Station while Whittell plans a prompt operation timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Dye
Senti- Nel
George Whittell
E. & P. Railroad
Palisade
Eureka
Pine Valley
The
Sentinel
KE & P
Whittell
Baby Hul
Diamond Station
Fred Morey
Diamond
Wative Eurekan to Wed in Newark Next Week
Miss Mac Kind of Tonopah Nevada will marry Mr Herbert Goldsmith of Newark New Jersey at the home of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Jonas Kind in Newark on Wednesday April 24 They are to reside in Newark where Mr Goldsmith runs his business interests The bride is the youngest daughter of the late Henry Kind and Mrs Kind a Eurekan who grew up in Eureka and Tonopah and is noted for her music and piano playing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Is Mac Kind
Newark
N. J
Mac Kind
Tonopah
Nevada
Herbert Goldsmith
New Jersey
Jonas Kind
Henry Kind
Eureka
Goldsmith
Dusty streets and rising bullion yield reported
Thirty nine years ago the article notes dusty streets as businessmen use small hoses to control dust. Five furnaces operate with daily bullion around 30 tons, nearing last year’s total. additional furnaces may push output to 50 or 60 tons daily. Colonel Lewis reports strong coal mine prospects with a five foot vein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
McKinney
Robbins
F. H. Harmon
Horse Buyers Arrive in Eureka From Nebraska Purchase Horses
Eureka hosts travelers Eureka E Moore and 8 P Beach who arrived by stage from North Platte Nebraska seeking four or five carloads of good horses. They plan to stay about a week and inspect stock. A sharper is described as a keen man with a dull conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
E. Moore
8. P. Beach
North Platte
Nebraska
Mines Revive Eureka County Camps Along Cortez Buckhorn Districts
Nearly a dozen mines employ 65 to 75 men around the Cortez and Buckhorn districts in Eureka County as the Eureka Palisade railroad restoration approaches. Developments include the Quartz district near Cortez with a private Salt Lake group and a 164 foot tunnel plus a 50 foot winze, with ore averaging 25 to 85 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortez
Buckhorn
Eureka County
C. Stratton
Nevada
Oull
Salt Lake
George Wingfeld
Charles Hymer
James Murphy
Denver
Sam Ball
Backborn
Tom
Parker
Corrupt Practice Act Gains Favor In State Politics
The Corrupt Practice Act by Judge Ben W. Coleman of Ely Nev is praised as a cure for political corruption. The Sentinel and state papers urge adoption of the act in Nevada, with White Pine Republicans supporting it and urging its consideration at Fallon. Both parties are urged to endorse the measure at their state conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben W. Coleman
Ely
Nevada
The
Sentinel
the Sentinel
White Pine County
Fallon
Nevada land and mining notices from 1912 filings
Records show patent deed from State of Nevada to Mabel Noble for 160 acres in township 20 north range 52 east with M D B M, recorded April 18 1912. Mabel Noble to R H Peale deed recorded same date for 160 acres for 1600 dollars. Also location notice for Hellen No 2 mine by P H Hill recorded April 16 1912 and labor proofs on Iron Mask Bland Thurman Beck mines by Leo Lucey recorded April 19 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Nevada
Mabel Noble
Wig
S. W
N. R
R. H. Peale
Hellen No. 2
Eureka
P. H. Hill
Iron Mask
Eureka Mining District
Leo Lucey
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John Spadazzini
Main Street
Mineral Hill
W. J. Tonkin
Steve Sheckells
White Pine
Reno
A. P. Mayberry
Rogue River Valley
O. P. Barnum
Fish Creek
Isadore Sara
Eureka Land and Stock Company
Oak Station
Eureka Lodge
John T. Martin
William O. Stewart
Spencer Reynolds
J. B. Biale
C. O. H. Hill
W. C. Stewart
Brossemer
Joan Banon
Guide Boards
Boards of Co. Commissioners
Bar of Justice
O. F
Dance To
Jean Bannon
E. & P. Railroad Matters
Mineral Hill News
Pete Carletti
Alpha
W. R. Amidon
O. Hymer
Mr. Phelan
Montgomery
Ala
James S. Wilcox
Daniel Pratt
Frank Stollenwerd
Alabama
Mineral Hill Mines Consolidated Company
J. P. Raine
St. Mary 'S Hospital
of the
Eureka High School
Sarah Imobersteg
Kate del Bondio
Norma Green
Edna Bray
Edward Berryman
Brossemer Orchestra
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