Heinze’s Spectacular Career Ends With Butte Miner’s Rise and Fall
Frederick Augustus Heinze, a towering figure in Western mining, died at Saratoga. His career spanned Butte ventures, banking gambits, and political moves, ending after a decade of legal battles and financial peril. His 1907 panic linked to failed United Copper corner marked the dramatic close of a controversial epoch.
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Saratoga
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Shorted Stocks and Shortened Life
F P Richardson a Goldfield stock broker committed suicide Monday evening by cyanide of potassium leaving a note that he would end it all. He blamed losses from shorting Jumbo Extension stock and said he could not face his friends.
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Woman Confesses Murder of Reno Area Farmer
Mrs Jensen admits killing her husband George RB Jensen a farmer living near Reno. She said he intended to desert her, and she decided death would part them. She shot him in the back of the neck as he stood in a field near their home. he died instantly. Friends had long feared her unstable mental condition. Jensen had warning that she might become dangerous and refused to send her to an asylum.
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Nevada Votes Officially Counted Across All Counties
Official results from all Nevada counties show state office totals finalized. The report confirms completion of county tallies and statewide certification across the state.
Nevada News Waves of Elko County Aridity and Political Contests
In Elko County aridity hampers the hydro plant and ranges as sheepmen complain of drought. At a Ely mass meeting locals protest a Tax Commission reassessment of Nevada Copper Co. Then the Tonopah Bonanza notes Salt Lake City visits by Mrs Averill linked to a knife wound and a missing diamond ring. James L. McGovern faces murder arrest. Elko candidates Booker and Sehoer plan contests over vote irregularities, citing rivals Winters and McBride. Reno druggist A L Sandmeyer is arrested in Roseville on illegal drug sales charges. He is said to head an opium ring and has long been watched in California and Nevada.
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Cora Cowing
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W. W. Booker
John J. Sehoer
Elko County
Frank Winters
Allen McBride
Carlin
A. L. Sandmeyer
Reno
California
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San Francisco
California State Board of Pharmacy
Sandmeyer
Knowledge of minerals saves fortunes in mining
The Mining and Engineering World urges prospectors to learn simple blowpipe and wet chemical tests to identify minerals in the field. It recounts Leadville and Arizona cases where misidentified ores cost collectors money, stressing that basic in-field testing can reveal true value without full assaying gear.
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