Local Notes From Hamilton District Hit By Winter Reports
Hamilton district news includes visits by Lorigan Doyle and Mrs Shissite moving to Ne Pios Ultratine for winter. Thomas Rosevear and Clarence Moorman trek through with a large cattle herd. Officials Lightfoot and wife, Dr Cowen, Supt Wirks visit, Wylie opens a three foot ledge of silver ore, George Allen employs five men for assessment and ore discoveries, and Hopple reports a high grade silver and gold vein at White Pine mountain new diggings. Post office inspector finds Hamilton office handling duties correct. Mrs Mary returns from surgery in Salt Lake, Frank Allen uncovers ten foot iron ledge with copper and trace silver. possible lease. Colorado prospector Hopple seeks capital for new silver ore find with 260 ounces silver and $6 to $7 gold per ton reference.
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Hi. F. Lorigan
el Doyle
Mra. A. Shissite
Thomas Rosevear
Clarence Moorman
Behvols
A. B. Lightfoot
Dr. Cowen
Supt
L. W. Wirks
White Pine Load Company
Riy
Charlet Minoletti
Ely
Italy
Carl Mary
Balt Lake
Frank Allen
R A. Dean
Mr. Allen
White Pine Mountain
Colorado
C. Hopple
R. A.D
Nevada Institutions Expand On Campus And Public Aid
Nevada State News reports a steam heating plant at the State University, a culinary arts instructional branch at Nevada University, and a Christmas tree fund raising effort in Elko that netted over 500 dollars for a public tree. Commissioner actions include 100 dollars for the Carson Teachers Institute and a lawsuit by W F Twoomey against Southern Pacific for 10 thousand dollars after a train ejection and ticket theft allegation. Ed Green’s Tonopah home was burned prompting a 300 dollar miners union relief. Postmaster appointment shifts to Searchlight Lincoln County, while Isal Beltram receives life imprisonment for first degree murder at Bonnie Claire mine Nye County. A Carson Valley barn fire kills five horses and forty tons hay, with losses 5,000 to 6,000 dollars. Searchlight Bank closes despite solvent assets, citing depletion of funds and real estate security remains.
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Isal Beltram
Alfred Marino
Bonnie Claire
Nye County
Fritz Schacht
Carson Valley
Nevada outlook for 1908 shows steadier mining town recovery
Deputy Superintendent A B Lightfoot reports Eureka and White Pine counties showing improved conditions despite national financial distress. ore shipments from Ruby Hill rise to about 200 tons daily, 126 miners employed on the Hill, and pilot knob and Kimberly mines expanding. Ely, Preston, Lund, Hamilton, and the Ely district build toward lasting growth with wages steadier and cashless payments accepted via scrip. The Nevada Northern extension appears likely, with route decisions pending.
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Middle West
North Central States
Nevada
Eureka
Ruby Hill
Richmond-Eureka Mining Company
Eureka & Palisade Railway Company
Richmond-Eureka
White Pine County
A. B. Lightfoot
Ely
Pilot Knob
Kimberly
Lane City
Smoelters
Preston
Lund
White River Valley
Hamilton
Eureka County
Discovery of a New Anesthetic Reported by Rockefeller Institute
An American news note states researchers at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research have identified a new anesthetic called swiplate, derived from plate and epsom salt, discovered by Dr Samet J Meltzer. The anesthetic is said to be versatile for both local and general use, potentially enabling surgery without heart risk. It involves injecting a 20 per joint solution into the nerve tract to abolish sensations in the targeted area.
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Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Epsom Ralte
Samet J. Meltzer
Guy
Democrats Accept Denver Convention Funds
In Washington on December 13 the Democratic National Committee debated accepting the full $100000 offered by Denver for the next national convention. After deciding to hold the convention in Denver on July 7, 1998, the committee agreed to take the entire amount despite expenses.
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Washington
Denver
Strike Ends in Cripple Creek District
The Executive Board of the Western Federation of Miners has officially called off the Cripple Creek strike. The camp needs skilled mine workers, allowing union men in less favorable posts to move to Cripple Creek without breaking union pledges. The Cripple Creek strike began August 12, 1903, in solidarity with Colorado City miners.
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Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Croek
Uoion
Cripple Creek
Colorado City
Birth notices from Eureka Nevada 1907 list multiple newborns
In Eureka Nevada on December 13 1907 a daughter born to the wife of N A Whitmore. A daughter born December 1 1907 to the wife of James Kautz Tybo Nevada. A son born December 5 1907 to the wife of Vincent Torre Torre Ranch Eureka County. A daughter born December 12 1907 to the wife of A S Henderson Eureka Nevada. A daughter born December 18 1907 to the wife of Frank L Kelsey Deeth Elko County.
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Eureka
Nevada
N. A. Whitmore
James Kautz
Tybo
Torre Ranch
Eureka County
Vincent Torre
Panaca
Lincoln County
A. 5
Henderson
Ruby Hill
Frank L. Kelsey
Deeth
Elko County
Nevada Woolgrowers Rally Over National Forest Fight
The Elko Elko Humboldt and other counties’ Nevada woolgrowers denounce National Forest land moves. EJ L Taber outlines law on unlawful fencing of public lands and possible penalties. A resolution opposes National forests on grazing ranges and urges state control, with officers elected and an executive committee chosen.
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IL Flanigan
Sheepamen
Nevada
Woalgrowers’ Association
Elko
Humboldt
Lander
Eureka
White Pine
Usta
Washington
J. J. Hylton
Thomas Nelson
Jol Henderson
J. A. McBride
Messrs. Hylton
Nelson
Douborg
Jenkins and Jones
Roosevelt Abandons Third Term Bid In White House Note
Judge Landis signs bill of exceptions in Standard Oil Indiana appeal for 229,240,000 at Chicago. Clearing house data show New York banks under reserve by 40,101,173, a weekly rise of 6,109,175 despite deposit declines of nearly 8,000,000. White House statement confirms President Roosevelt will not seek a third term.
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Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Landis
Chicago
Court of Appeals
New York
Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt Renunciation Statement Cites 1904 Decision
A Galvestian dispatch notes ten railroads in the southwest will lay off 11,000 workers between early and mid January for an indefinite period, with reductions impacting all railroad services. Roosevelt says he has not changed and will not change the 1904 decision.
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Roosevelt
Galvestian
Elko County Delinquency Shows Narrow Tax Gap
The delinquent tax list reflects prosperity with a $10,000,000 assessment roll and only $11,745 in unpaid taxes. Five residents within Elko County failed to pay their taxes, while the $1.20 per hundred rate is maintained.
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Elko County
Elko Couuty
Eiko County
Non-union miners arrive at Goldfield amid tensions
Fifty non-union miners reach Goldfield Nevada and prepare to work on the Little Florence as Sheriff Ingalls and General Funston hold talks. The Consolidated Mines buys a Jumbotows hotel for housing non-union workers. Funston indicates about 400 soldiers may stay through winter while snow disrupts power lines and three mines operate alongside Consolidated and Nevada-Goldfield facilities. General Funston plans to travel to San Francisco.
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Goldfield
Nevada
Little Florence
Ingalls
General Funston
Consolidated Mines
Jumbotows
Kinkaid
White Mountains
Rescue work at Alpha Shaft halts as ground shifts in Ely
Ely Nevada December 17 A change in the Alpha Shaft ground delays rescuers. The cavein site continues to move raising fears of another slide while three entombed miners remain in grave danger if movement worsens. Foreman Gallagher says the recent "saw" was natural sift, not a new slide, and work may resume once the ground stabilizes.
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Ely
Nevada
Foreman Gallagher
Alpha
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