Local Buzz From Eureka on Week of August First 1903
Reno visitor J P McElroy and several residents are noted in Eureka’s week of August first 1903. Attendances include Dr W T Millhone praising New To-Day, Miss Bertha Man’s San Francisco trip, and Judge Wren’s return to Revo. Community updates cover church notes, court visits, hospital renovations, railroad work, and regional mining data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. McElroy
Reno
W. T. Millhone
Brown
Elko
District Court
Ely
The Death Penalty and Buck-Jeu Arnica Salve Ad
An old advertisement extols Buck-Jeu Arnica Salve as a preventive for burns sores ulcers and piles. It claims even minor injuries can be fatal and urges purchase for 26 cents at Mrs H M Schneider Co’s Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Schneider & Co
Life Insurance Offer From New York Life Agent
A New York Life Insurance Company agent, Ty Sarr, urges readers to insure their lives to protect families. Mining location blanks are offered for sale at the Sentinel office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Life Insurance Company
Sarr
Sextinel
Western Pacific Railway Incorporation Reported
A certified copy of the articles of incorporation for the Western Pacific Railway Company was filed with the Secretary of State. The company is capitalized at 50 million dollars with 500000 shares of 100 dollars each and 1.5 million dollars subscribed. It owns several railroads totaling about 1250 miles and plans a San Francisco entry via Haywards to San Jose with a 1120 mile target including branches. A deed recorded in Stockton shows right of way conveyance valued at 93,562.30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake Heald and Tribune
Western Pacific Railway Company
Alameda and
San Joaquin
San Francisco
San Francisco Terminal Railway and Ferry, the Stockton and
Beckwith Pass
Sacramento and Oakland
Western Pacific Railroad
Butte County
Nevada
Haywards
San Jose
San Mateo County
Asmat
Salt Lake
Oakland
Stockton
Sacramento
Oroville
Stockton & Beckwith Pass
Cal
Western Pacific
District Court Proceedings Foreclose Mortgage in Antone Case
The Third Judicial District Court on July 24 before Hon. G. Brown heard A. Jackson vs P. H. Hill administrator and others without a jury. Counsel Thomas Wren appeared for plaintiff. H. A. Jackson testified for plaintiff. The court ruled for plaintiff, ordering a decree foreclosing the mortgage and entering judgment as prayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Judicial District Court
G. 8. Brown
A. Jackson
P. H. Hill
Martin P. Antone
Thomas Wren
H. A. Jackson
Principal Butler May Leave Winnemucca School
Winnemucca School Board plans to elect W. L. Butler as principal. If chosen he will leave Eureka High School where he currently serves as principal. The meeting is set for Friday to consider his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Winnemucca
W. L. Butler
Eureka
Keystone Group Opens Nevada Mines Under Peter Porter
Keystone group of mines near Cortez Eureka county Nevada received its first payment from a Chicago syndicate through Peter Porter. Porter organized forces for systematic work after arrival at camp, reporting new copper bearing ore at the limestone granite contact and strong silver and lead as well as copper and gold in porphyry to limestone. Development will continue under Porter’s direction. figures are kept private but believed high with rival interest noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Group of
Cortez
Eureka County
Nevada
Peter Porter
Keystone
Porter
Rails for Salt Lake route move toward Nevada start
The Salt Lake Herald reports rails for the Salt Lake line arriving this week and converging at Calientes for the Empire Construction Company. Officials target a September 1 start, with grading bids due by week’s end and contracts to be let after bid tabulation. Once begun, contractors will rapidly mobilize men and equipment despite extreme southern Nevada heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Calientes
Empire Construction Company
Nevada
Jerome B Mathewson Dies After Prolonged Illness at Ely
Jerome B Mathewson born in New York in 1833 died in Ely on Tuesday after a long illness. He and a brother ran a mercantile business in Hamilton for twenty years before relocating to Ely after a fire in 1879. He leaves a widow and a daughter, Mrs A D Campton, of Ely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Pine News
Jerome B. Mathewson
Ely
Mr. Mathewson
New York
Hamilton
A. D. Campton
John Heuss
St. Thomas
Cape Valley District
Heuss
de Lamar
Mining notes across Nevada show ore values and new leads
A Nevada wire reports tin from a Lone Mountain assay as a local misnomer while Humboldt County hosts ten strong mining outfits after near-standstill conditions. Five tons from Gold Mountain at Kin kead mill yield 90 percent recovered in amalgam and concentrates. Daisy Bell claim on Knob Hill yields a gold streak worth 31,000 at 105 feet. Cottonwood shipments to Tren ton price ore at 1,000 per ton with 820 in express. Raycraft dry placers near Carson City attract new capital. Pioche E and F opens a seven-foot ledge with about 10 copper, 20 silver, 10 lead. Lynch and O'Meara sue Tonopah Mining Co. for 32,000. Golden Traces in Searchlight district holds 3,000,000 in sight, owned by Boston people hauling ore fifteen miles on a Colorado river narrow gauge road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wagner
Daisy Bell
Knob Hill
Lincoln County
Cottonwood
Churchill County
Trenton
N. J
Pioche
Salt Lake Tribune
Searchlight
Boston People
Colorado River
Kicked by a Horse Injures Harness Crew Leader
Frank Kopp was kicked by a harness horse on Thursday morning while handling it. The impact struck his left forearm, but no bones were broken and he expects to resume work soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kopp
Mr. Kopp
Leach Sells Kennedy Assets to Move to Winnemucca
Al Leach has sold out his Kennedy store and all property except his home. He plans to move to Winnemucca to start a new business, a move described as advantageous to the town. Mrs Leach, visiting relatives in Eureka, will return soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Leach
Kennedy
Winnemucca
Mrs. Leach
Eureka
Goon
Standard
McClelland to Join Mutual Life at Reno
R A McClelland long time principal of the Ruby Hill School has accepted a position with the Mutual Life Insurance Company at Reno. Mrs McClelland will join her husband next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.a.mcclelland
Ruby Hill
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Reno
Presbyterian Services Schedule Front Page
Preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sabbath School at 12:15 p.m. Special music at evening by Miss Nellie Reid. A sermon at Ruby Hill at 4:00 p.m. All invited by Minister in Charge J. E. Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Reid
Presbyterian
Will Stewart
California
Mies Nellie Reid
Ruby Hill
J. E. Jonxston
For Sale House and Lot of H Cronant in Clark and Maen Mowrie
For sale the house and lot belonging to H. Cronant at the corner of Clark and Maen Mowrie. Inquire at premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Cronant
Clark and Maen Mowrie
Virginia City to End City Lights After August First
State notes show Virginia City will discontinue city and town lights after August 1. The Reno Wheelmen won at Reno by about a mile over Oakland last Sunday. Labor unions prep for big Reno demonstration on Labor Day September 7. The Tonopah fire department received $14 left from Fourth of July expenses. Thermo Electric Company of America incorporated in Carson City with $1 million capital, principal business in Reno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Oakland
Reno Ledger
Tonopah
Fire Department
The
Hathaway Grain Company
Carson
Virginia City
Truckee
Mins Hattie Riddle
Elico
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Free Press
Hawthorne
Thermo Electric Company of America
Carson City
Indiana
Pioneer Nevada stage driver John Gibbons dies at Elko
John Gibbons, a pioneer stage driver who aided Nevada’s early development, died last evening at Elko County Hospital. He drove routes from Austin to Belmont in 1868 and later connected Austin with Battle Mountain Tuscarora and Elko to Tuscarora. After rheumatism disabled him in the early 1880s he suffered years of pain. He was regarded as an honorable, upright man trusted by his employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
John Gibbons
Nevada
Gibbons
Commonwealth
Austin
Belmont
Battle Mountain
Tuscarora
Joan Gibbons
Saving of Cyanide Regeneration by Various Means
The article reviews cyanide regeneration in metallurgy. Sodium sulfide has successfully regenerated cyanide solutions and electrolytic methods are under trial. Earlier losses in weak solutions and wash waters may soon be greatly reduced, allowing cyanide to circulate longer like mercury in an amalgamating mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ore Shipments Over the Eureka and Palisade Railroad
Weekly ore shipment totals for July 24, 1903 report Eureka and Palisade Railroad activity. Includes Excelsior mine figures and tonnages such as 118,850 pounds of ore and 62,260 pounds for Bevelle county white pine copper ore. Names and places mentioned include Oon trees BATT Warre Proz Cousry Lani & Co. and Bevelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka & Palisade Railroad
OME
Excelsior
Eureka
Batt Warre Proz Cousry
Lani & Co
Bevelle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gureka
Sentinel
E. A. Skillman
J. M. Reyna
Palisade
Burake
Judge Wren
Revo
A.B. Smith of
Wintamucca
Town
H. Bremenkampf
Elgar Sadler
Mineral Hill
G. A. Bartlett
O. H. Cronant
Father Manion
St. Brendan’s Church
Pope Leo XII
Ethel McGarry
F. X. Murphy
E. Schendel
Tybo
M. Ferrell
Paul Lane
Will Thompson
Bert Henderson
Panaca
Humboldt County
Salt Lake City
Rocco Homestake
Reno Chamber of Commerce
Eunor
Raine
Supreme Court
Paliaade
Board of County Commissioners
G. Dugan
M. Hoey
Mr. Dugan
Hot Creek
Nye County
Anna Gibson
Western Pacific Railway
New Coast Line
Utah
District Court Proceedings
Keystone Group
Chicago
Salt
Lone Mountain
Esmeralda County
Gold Mountain
Kinkead
Raycraft Brothers
Buckeye
Lynch & O'Meara
Tonopah Mining Company of
Philadelphia
Will
Presbyterian Services
Eght Feet
W. D. Phillips
Harry Butts
Southern Pacific
Phillips
Henry Beaglehole
Eva Beaglehole
Beaglehole
England
Ogden
Vereste
McKimt’s
H. A. McKim
Eureka, Nevada
Eureka County Bank
Main Street
Oscar J. Smith
J. H. Hoegh
Bert L. Smith
W. E. Griffin
H. F. Golding
Hoegh John Hangoce
W.e.griffin
Oscar J.smith
Leeteceses
Western National Bank
New York City
the Crocker-Woolworth National Bank
Knauth, Nachod &Kahne
McCornick & Co
Jrytt
Eureka Cash Store
J. B. Biale
North Main St
George W. Hanna
J. J. Hylton
General Merchandise
Mound Valley
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