Eureka’s Mining Outlook Brightens as Operations Resume
The Windfall Mining Company plans to resume property operations in Eureka boosting local hopes. Prospect Mountain work by Farmers Mining and imminent openings on Adams Hill add to optimism, while Richmond-Kareka awaits railroad rebuilding and May 20 redemption equity. Labor demand risks oversupply. the SENTINEL advises workers to avoid moving to Eureka now to prevent disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Mining Company
Proxpect Mountain
Adams Hill
Richmond-Kareka Company
Eureka & Palisade
Sentinel
Eureka
Where Women Are Wanted On Westbound Trains
A frontier era note describes farmers near Winnipeg and the Canadian west seeking wives through emigrant girls. Bishops and officials cite a severe shortage of women in Canada with eight men per woman and limited domestic help, while wages offered range from ten to fifty dollars for various skilled and unskilled roles.
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Governor General
Canada
Winniper
Rockies
Great Northwest
London
Arthur M. Grenell
Earl Grey
Mineral Location Notices From Sulphur and Lyon Districts
New documents record Proofs of Labor on the Lone Star mine in Sulphur district by James Romano and John Ferrari dated April 17. Proofs of Labor on the Silver Flat Nos 8 and Sand Gand Trail mines in Baf ford district by Frank Warning and family dated April 19. Location notices list Black Horse Best and two Lyon district mines by Gus Lindbloom dated April 19. Notices of Location for several Lyon district mines by John Adams dated April 13.
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Lone Star
Sulphur
James Romano
John Ferrari
Bafford
Frank Warning
Mary Warning
T. H. Warning
J. H. Warning
Black Horse Best
Lyon
Dstrict
Gus Lindbloom
Chicago
Omaha
Legs Tender
New York
St. Louis
John Adams
Infallible Test For Tinned Fruits Exposed
An old method suggests opening a tin and inserting a bright steel blade. If copper is present even in tiny amounts, it will visibly deposit on the knife after a few minutes.
Eureka Rail Line Rebuilt Broad Gauged to Aid Eureka Prospects
Reno Gazette reports Eureka and Palisade Railroad to be rebuilt and broadened to standard gauge. After major freshet damage four years ago, mining districts revived as ore bodies proved larger than expected. A principal mining company purchased the line, planning reconstruction starting June 1 to restore transport, connect camps, and revive Eureka’s thriving era.
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Reno Gazette
Eureks
Sewrinet
State of Nevada
Eureka & Palisade
Eureka
Ps World
Bank of Eureka
Eureka & Palisade Railroad
Optimistic Nevada mining outlook from Wingfield visit
Goldfield Tribune reports George Wingfield returning from Reno enthusiastic about Nevada mines and prospects. He plans two to three engineers this summer to survey properties, notes reduced wildcatting, better terms for development, and a bright future for legitimate mining. He warns against heavy taxation on mine earnings.
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Goldfield Tribune
Reno
George Wingfield
Nevada
Wingfield
Rates Raised for Orphans at Carson Home
The Orphans’ Home Board of Directors proposes new monthly rates effective July 1 1911 for nonfull orphans at Carson. A single child would pay 15 dollars, two or more siblings 12.50 each, with these rates applying to new admissions from April 1 1911. The Virginian Chronicle notes the jump may reduce admissions and burden families, urging care to avoid turning the home into a money making institution.
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Board of County Commissioners
Orphans’ Home
Carson
Boards of County Commissioners
State Orphans’ Home
Joms Epwanps Bray
Virginia Chronicle
Manies
Storey County
Cho
Lochargor
Rancher Ferdinand Frolich Ends Life on Easter Morning
Ferdinand Frolich a Washoe County pioneer rancher killed himself Sunday morning after his wife and children left for church in Reno. His body was discovered in the bee house by his wife on her return from services. Despondency from a long illness is cited as the cause of his act.
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Ferdinand Frolich
Washoe County
Reno
Bee House
Eureka Mining District maps offered by The Sentinel
The Sentinel announces limited new black and white maps of the Eureka mining district, including the Pardy map plus Windfall and other mines in the Secret Canyon area. Price is one dollar with six cents postage extra by mail.
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Eureka
Sentinel
Eureka Mining District
Secret Canyon
Sure Cure Doubt as Surgeon Reassures Patient
A London throat specialist advised removing the larynx for malignant throat disease. The patient feared danger, but the surgeon insisted recovery was certain, explaining the mortality rate is nineteen out of twenty and he has witnessed nineteen deaths already.
Another Way to Escape in Newark Nowa
A quoted scene shows a fatherchild dialogue on inquiry and learning. Theobald asks for permission to question and the father emphasizes continual curiosity as a path to better work in the world. The boy forgets his question, illustrating a moment of reflection.
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Papa
Theobald
Newark Nowa
An Odd Slip
Dr Johnson meets the village postman on a hot afternoon as he learns the worker still has miles to walk to deliver a single newspaper. The doctor quips that he would not cover such a distance for a trifling paper.
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Johnson
Weary One-Tlang Jtt I Wish Ded Stop Talking to Sleep
Fragmentary quotes from Har per's Weekly and New York Herald describe a losing participant in a game, with a penny remark from the 81 Louis Post Dispatch. The text shows humorous or clipped dialogue about a clubman known for losses and a spectator’s coin reference.
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Harper’s Weekly
New York Herald
Louis Post Dispatch
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B. A. Seillman
Ratra
the Recorder
Eureka County
Henderson Banking Company
Elko, Nevada
Tous Hexpenson
L. C. Hesversos
Haven Hexpensox
Laxnaxr
Huxpensox
Reat
Wigher
State Home At
Philadelphia
Press
Weather Forecast
Him
Terry
Ho Terry
Henry Unker
Palisade
Minoletti Bros
Karaka
Mineral Hill
Palinade
Europe
Plummer Bros
Freight
Eurek
Telegraph Office
D. H. Gorman
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