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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1903
Page
1
A short Eureka Sentinel item lists weekly team notes entered for postal processing. Readable fragments show civic notices and local entries reflected in the Eureka post office docket.
Prospectors lacking access to assayers can test ore by pulverizing rock finely then mixing one part pulp with two parts gas powder. Form a cone, dry in sun, place on a flat stone, and heat with live coal. When the cone sizzles, any mineral present appears as a button on the rock.
The Southern Pacific Company plans to retire thirty five long term Kentucky workers and several top officers over age 70, with pensions set at 1 percent of average salary per year of service. Notable retirees include Joseph L. Willett and N T Smith, among others, all over 70 and with at least twenty years of service. The pension fund is company funded with no employee contributions, and recipients may pursue other work after retirement.
The Utah Station report finds alfalfa cut before blossom yields fastest gains, full bloom moderate, one week past bloom worst. Gains scale to 100 before bloom, 78 at full bloom, 68 after bloom. earlier cuts are more palatable per pound. Caliente becomes end of a division with side tracks, roundhouse site, water tanks set, and planned grading resuming, signaling bustle for Muddy and Virgin valleys ranchers. Local rail work expected to open markets for produce soon.
The Carson News reports on the Thorne ranch in King's Canyon near this city hosting Nevada’s greatest turnip patch. Egg variety turnips weigh several pounds with many reaching about 8 pounds, noted for size and soil adaptability.
Texas fever outbreaks spread by ticks threaten cattle on numerous ranches across the county. Immune stock resist but new arrivals succumb within fourteen days, making movement dangerous. State vet Dr C H Blemer surveys San Luis Obispo co as Hester urges dip applications to wipe out the pest.
The Mining and Scientific Press reports cyanide recovery using sodium sulfide and mentions ongoing electrolytic attempts. Improvements may reduce cyanide losses in weak solutions and wash waters, allowing longer circulation. Also notes Storey County treasury cuts and reduced public services in Virginia City. Patti's San Francisco visit planned for January with two performances.
The United States general Land Office regulates mineral survey charges. Effective July 1, 1902 the costs cover placer claims 35, lode claims 30, millsite 30, millsite with lode 20, each lode within a row survey 20, several lode locations first name 0, others 20, several placer locations 35, affidavit of 500 expenditure 5. An amended order requires additional deposit. The Western Mining World reports. Also notes a fatal shaft accident at Great Western mine Steamboat Springs with a man parboiled in hot sump water and buried in Reno. Includes an advertisement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Haynes Parker & Co. Lineville Ala. Available via Mrs H M Schneiders & Co.
White Pine County reports Miss Mary O Roake engaged to teach Cherry Creek school for the next term as ranchers face harvesting shortages. Local Miners Union plans a Labor Day public demonstration after the state holiday was declared.
Pat Spillane and B T Murphy examined Stein mountain mines in Humboldt county for the Bisbee Oregon Gold Mining Company. They found ore returning 40 to 60 cents in gold and 80 cents to $1 in silver per ton after six weeks’ assays, a result that condemns the property though ore remains abundant. The site has attracted attention but surrounding factors render it nonviable to handle.
A cup of hot coffee can serve as a barometer. Sugar lumps drop to the bottom. bubbles gathering in the middle signal clear weather, forming a ring suggests rain or snow, and scattered bubbles indicate changeable weather.
Elko Independent reports Mrs Chapman improving after limiting drinking to whiskey and milk. She remains active, walking at home and in the yard, and enjoys evening spins around town in a wheeled chair.
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