County Commissioners Ledger Entry December 10 1904
The board audited the treasury and approved transfers from the General Fund to the Salary Current Expense and Mineral Hill Road funds. Deputy Trevelli’s election service was voided and funds redirected. Communications regarding Daborg ranch, Mineral Hill Alpha road, Willow Creek J P Raine roads, and Mrs Winzell road repairs were noted. The board adjourned to 8 PM Saturday December 10 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tus Eureka
Rd. of Commissioners
General Fund
General Road Fund
Mineral Hill Road Fund
Jon Trevelli
Mineral Hill
H. Daborg
Daborg
Palisade
Joy Trevelli
Migeral Hill
Alpha
Raine
Willow Creek
J. P. Raine
Hay Rapches
Local MENTION of residents and visitors in Eureka area
Local notes list Assessor W. J. Hooper visiting Carlin, multiple residents traveling to Tonopah Elko Ely and Diamond Valley, and others in Eureka for holidays, medical care, or business. Names include James Grainger, B L Smith, Paul Irwin, Mrs Chas Richter, Miss Ferinda Curto, Byron Morrish, G H Spencer, William Wainright, Pate Schaffer, and many more. Weather notes cite warm days cold nights and a passing storm. Toys and holiday merchandise arrive at Mrs C D Green’s store ahead of Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hooper
Carlin
EA Looney
Tonopah
Paul Irwin
Duckwater
James Grainger
Hamilton
B. L. Smith
Elko
Frank Winzell
Alpha
Edgar Sadler
Diamond Valley
Eureka
Eugene Norris
Eureke
Chas
Salt Lake
Robert Bailey
Frank Mahoney
Byron Morrish
Ruby Hill
Reno
E. Norris
Eureka School
Bremenkawpt
Ferinda Curto
Ely
Mia
P. Salvi
KR. J. Reid
J. J. Minoletti
G. H. Spencer
Los Angeles
Cal
William Wainright
Bay State
Newark
Pate Schaffer
Maryland Wells
Hamilton Road
Eoreke
Bellé Bracken
G. PD. Abbott
Pavia
Farrington
Eiko
Elg
Karl W. Tremont
Eurekelsat
Lincoln County
Death of I ke Wolverton and Jubilee Events in Eureka
William I Wolverton a former Eureka County resident and long time driver on the Eureka Palisade route died December 5 1904 in the Railroad Hospital San Francisco after a brief illness and a fall from a tender he suffered a fatal injury and typhoid fever aged 86 He leaves a wife and four children The funeral was held in Sparks after a large turnout Jubilee services were conducted at the Catholic Church in Eureka with a golden jubilee proclaimed by the Pope and Father Manion delivering sermons A Goldfield dining club named Dozen Lovely Bachelors includes Walter Whitmore of Eureka as a member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Manion
McElroy
D. P. Bartley
Ely
San Francisco
J.D. Fleming
White Pine Copper Company
Ely Shuraday
Joseph Meister
Newark
St. Brendan's Church
Chris Johnson
Kurcks
William I Wolverton
Wolverton
Southern Pacific
Winnemucca
Sud
Eureka County
Eureka
Palisade
Cortez
Sparks
al Dees
B K A Party To-Night At Eureka Opera House
The B K A party hosts a free social dance tonight at the Eureka Opera House. Bopper will be served at the Brown Hotel as preparations for Christmas continue. Sunday School teachers plan events to entertain children with Santa Claus. A large Colorado gold nugget, weighing 120 ounces and valued around $2000, was found at Snowstorm placer in Park County between Alma and Puny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. K
Eureka Opera House
Bopper
Brown Hotel
Folke
Santa Claus
Colorado
Park County
Alma
Punsy
San Francisco
Holiday Goods Sold at Eureka Store Widens Range
A Eureka retailer announces a broad holiday assortment including dolls games toys crockery albums toilet sets fancy boxes cuffs handkerchiefs neckties and gloves with fresh candy available in ball or holiday boxes and baskets. Ernest May notes the inventory and price points. The University of California adds phonograph use in Chinese language study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest May
Eureka
Metal market quotations in New York and Salt Lake City
The latest metal quotations note silver at 699 cents per ounce in New York and land at 4.20 dollars in New York, with ore priced at 3.50 dollars in Salt Lake City. Copper in Salt Lake City is listed at 149 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salt Lake City
Wurgick Sweeney Sheriff Election Contest Began
The incumbent T A Wurgick filed a contest against W H Sweeney for Eureka County Sheriff. Sweeney led by 1 vote in the last count. Judge Peter Breen set a hearing for Wednesday the 21st at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Wurgick
W. H. Sweeney
Eureka County
Sweeney
Peter Breen
Death of Harry Gardelli Jr in Italy
Harry Gardelli Jr died in Italy after a family voyage involving his father Harry Gardelli, owner of Ne Plus Ultra mines in Hamilton White Pine County. The boy, born in Hamilton 14 years ago, had long suffered from epidemic fever and was an invalid until his death. The Gardelli family moved from Hamilton to Eureka then to Italy, returning with one son while Mrs Gardelli and two other children remained behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gardelli Jr
Italy
Edeka
Harry Gardelli
Hamilton
White Pine County
Gardelli
Eureka
Mining Revival at Kennedy Kept Alive by Black led operation
Captain James B. Black now runs the Shamrock section of the Gold Note property at Kennedy sixty miles south of Wisne mucka Nev. He has a crew extracting high grade ore from about 700 feet underground and plans to ship soon. Ore values range from 40 to 200 dollars and 13 to 20 ounces of silver per ton. Black cautions that shipment prospects depend on further results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
James B. Black
Wisnemucca
Nev
Salt Lake
Engineers head to Peru to map Andean rail links
Eastern engineers passed through Sparks on their way to Peru by way of Panama to survey a rail network linking Peru with Argentina via Bolivia. Surveys start next January for lines 12,000 feet above sea level. Chile plans the Andes tunnel to connect with Argentina, with Peru Bolivia Chile and Argentina forming a regional system. The tunnel will take three years to complete and cost seven and a half million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Sparks
Panama
Argentine Republic
la Paz
Bolivia
Chile
Andes
Argentine
New Cross in Sheep Surfaces in Utah Park
J D Wood of Utah presents at Liberty Park Salt Lake City a living cross between a wild mountain duck and a domestic sheep, the sole survivor of thirteen similar crosses. All were born last February. the others died soon after birth, leaving this rugged specimen to mature under its sire’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Wood
Utah
Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
Saize
Strengtherer
Herald
Bold sale contract for World’s Fair structures signed
A Chicago wrecking firm signs a contract to demolish eleven major World’s Fair structures including palaces, pavilions, a hospital and fire stations for 386000, with rolling stock of the intramural railway sold separately. Demolition began Tuesday as the Goldfield camp records mining output totaling about 9.65 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roll of Honor Durrant Creek November 190
The public school at Durrant Creek Nye County lists Emma Perry Katie Pastorino Sylvia Pastorina and Alice Perry on the November honor roll. Harts 5 Inwix, teacher. Mining location blanks for sale at the Sextinel office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qurrant Creek
Durrant Creek
Nye County
Emma Perry
Katie Pastorino
Sylvia Pastorina
Alice Perry
Harts
Inwix
Tender invites bids for Carson River irrigation ditches
Government invites sealed bids for construction of about 150 tiles of lateral irrigation ditches with headgates rails weirs and bridges for the Carson River old channel canal in Carson Sink Valley Nevada near Leetville and Pallon. Work involves about one million cubic yards of earthwork and bids close December 15 at 2 pm in Hazen Nevada. Each bid must include a certified check for 8 percent of the bid amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Reclamation Service
Hazen
Carson River Old Channel
Leetville and
Pallon
Carson Sink Valley
Nevada
Office of the Reclamation Service
Nev
Lincoln County Strike at Capitol Hill Nevada Rich Gold Find
A new rich strike is reported at Capitol Hill in El Dorado Osoyou Nevada near Vegas wash. The porphyry dyke vein runs with Tephiticup mine and was long thought barren. Assaya assays run from 400 up with gold values around 20 000 per ton. El Dorado Canyon is an old Nevada mining camp dating to 1664 and once supported two big mills with hundreds employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County
Capitol Hill
el Dorado Osoyou
Nevada
Vegas Wash
el Dorado Canyon
New Mexico
Pleads for Funds for California Church Endowment
Bishop Moreland of Sacramento, leading the Northern California diocese, urged Easterners to fund an endowment to aid church work in California. He cited 93,000 square miles with just 43,000 people, six counties lacking a Christian church, and mining camps without ministers, noting a Chinese slaughterhouse is the only worship site in one large county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moreland
Sacramento
California
Church of Heavenly Rest
Nevada
Funeral Range Mining Boom Near Death Valley
The latest mining excitement centers in the Funeral range five miles from Death Valley’s eastern edge. Captain DeLamar has bonded the Keane Wonder mine for 160000 dollars. Located in Inyo County California just over the state line about 14 miles south of Bullfrog. Average values around 760 dollars per ton in free gold with sample assays ranging from 200 to 800 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funeral Range
Death Valley
Captain DeLamar
Inyo County
California
Bullfrog
Nevada World Fair Building Sold and Tonopah Rail Freight Details
State notes show the Nevada building at the World’s Fair sold for $5 after a $4000 cost. Tonopah railroad shipments last week totaled 1960 tons with 486 from Goldfield. An eastbound through train came in three sections. the final section carried raw silk to Europa. Lovelock creamery uses milk from 200 cows, with high butter quality. Final $1000 payment on Muldoon mining claims in Humboldt County was received by O M Harvey and Peter Henry from Otto Stahlman. A Main Street Goldfield lot sold for $1900 in September, resold December 1 for $10,500 at $210 per front foot. Winnemucca residents D F Abel and Mise Della Hammond wed in San Jose California. Abel plans to reside in Humboldt County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Tonopah
Goldfield
Europa
Lovelock
Silver State
O. M. Harvey
Peter Henry
Muldoon
New Central District
Humboldt County
Otto Stahlman
Salt Lake
Main Street
D. F. Abel
Mise Della Hammond
Winnemacos
San Jose
Cal
Abel
Bie
Winnemucca
Leap Year Romance Versus The Steadfast Widow
A witty column contrasts the bold leap year proposal idea with a cautious widow who resists naysayers. It highlights social norms, flirtation, and the tension between daring courtship and cautious love within a small community setting.
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Chas. Richter
Julia Brown
The
Caroline Huebner
B. Cicala
Lonopab
Buroke
John Depaoli
al Street
Austin Jackson
Rocon-Homestake
Oscar J. Smith
Mr. Smith
Goldfield News
John Venton
Rocco Homoestake
Raby Hill
Venton
Mra
C. D. Green
Ike Wolverton
Walter Whitmore
Mureka
Holiday
Department of Oriental Languages
University of Californa
Metal Market
Jambo
Waada
State News
BANK
BOAR
J. Smith
Borch
Bert L. Wuira
W. © Griffin
S. F. Golding
BORGA
Jobx Sps
Em Commission
Lees
Mall
Express
Mart
Johnson Mercantile Co
Hiram Jtomnson
Eureka Cash Store
Royal Manufacturing Co
Brazil
J. B. Biale
North Main St
Schneider Drug Store
H. M. Schneider & Co
Brylin & Williams
Philip Paroni
Rorske
Hylton & Williams, Proprietors
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