Eureka Notes on Visitors and Local Life July 1908
A Eureka Sentinel clipping lists visitors and residents in town, including Charley Mincleili from Hamilton, Miss Hattie Irwin of Dockwater, James McDougal from Newark Valley, and many others. It notes church services, lodge meetings, a warming trend of weather, and local activity from mining reps to haying trips and a new phonograph, with several trips to nearby ranches and towns and remarks on mosquito conditions in Golconda and Battle Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Mincleili
Hamilton
Hattie S. Irwin
Dockwater
Eureka
J Dania
Frank McBride
James McDougal
Newark Valley
Yom Rutherford
Currant Creek
Mise Belle Brackett
Miss Cobb
Palisade
H, O
McTerney
W. A. Root
Eureke
Kate Swick
14 Mile House
Peter Schaefer
Charles Read
Diamond Mining Company
Salt la Ray
Manion
Diamond Rebekah Lodge No
Eugene Goraty
Prospect 10
McKim
Nob Hill
Rose Carte
Robert
Warm Springs
Thorsday
Walter H. Whitmore
Goldfield
Parente
Lo. O. Whitmore
W. A. Moore
Don McNicoll
Ely
Mra. M. Farlinger
Simonim
QO. D. Green
Neil
Hozao
Nevada
Dee
W. J. Lucey
Eureka County School Census Returns for 1806
Eureka County school census shows a net gain of one scholar from last year. The report by County Superintendent Low Rogers notes eight more boys and seven fewer girls of school age, with Enoreka district listing 154 in number for both years.
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Eureka County
Low Rogers
Enoreka
Cumber
Piano party honors Misa Wave Loofboorpow
A group of young friends hosted a piano party last Monday evening for Misa Wave Loofboorpow on her Sth birthday. The gathering featured lively music by the host and enjoyed games and focal tunes, creating a cheerful social note in the LAL tradition.
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Misa Wave Loofboorpow
Summer Rates to Tahoe D Omitted by Railroad Official
Summer rates to Lake Tahoe will be in effect from many points via the Southern Pacific Company Reno. The announcement promises low rates and urges publicizing the resort’s appeal while seeking price recuperation for travelers. Also reports engine trouble near Alpha delaying a Thursday passenger train, with repairs and meals provided. death notice for George W Travers, 72, formerly of Eureka, Washington.
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Tahoe
Taggart
Southern Pacific Company
Reno
Sewriven
Ail
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tuhow
Koreks
Aliph
Palisade
Oliver Pratt
Alpha
Eureka
al Clayton
George W. Travers
Mra. J
Lee
Everett
Washington
Mra. Lee
Grace Travers
Travers
Feen
Dublin
Indend
Eastern Capital in Nevada Mining Invests Vast Sums
The New York Mail states more than 50 million dollars have been invested in Nevada mining districts. The Beatty Bullfrog Miner notes much of this from top mine operators in the region and elsewhere, with London capitalists reputed to control over 100 million.
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Nevada
New York Mail
Beatty
Capitalista of
London
New Photograph Gallery To Open On Spring Street Burka
Dumphy Ranch foreman Wil Cat W000 Tons Fout Fulkerson told a Free Press reporter crops in that section will be unusually large this year and ranges are in such condition as to insure fat cattle this Fall. He says he will cut about 4000 tons of hay.
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Spring Street
Burka
Dumphy Ranch
Fulkerson
Boowane
Elko
Free Press
Eureka Water Company Installs Stand Pipe by Rail
Increased traffic on the E and P Railway leads Eureka Water Company to place a stand pipe beside Cedar Hill track where locomotives now take water.
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E.& PB
Eureka
Eureka Water Company
Cedar Hill
Metal Quotations From New York Salt Lake City Markets
The latest metal quotations show Silver at New York 11 cents per troy ounce Land at New York 875 per 100 pounds Casting Copper at Salt Lake City 14 conte per unit of weight
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New York
Salt Lake City
Slash mining system used at Nevada mines described in detail
The article explains the slash system at United States Mining Company’s mines in Bingham Utah and its extension to Ruby Hill, detailing square-set underhand caving with posts, bracers, and dynamite blasts. It notes advantages such as complete ore recovery and safety, alongside drawbacks like high ore-breaking costs and ventilation issues.
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Eureka Con
Richmond
Richmond-Eureka Mining Company
United States
Min
Bingham
Utah
Sentinel
Jordan
Telegraph
United States Mining Company
Eureka Adopts Mountain Time Amid Mixed Response
Last Monday Eureka shifted to Mountain Time. A Main Street visit Friday at eight o'clock showed only some businesses following the new time. By nine, no mail was at the depot and locals debated a universal time standard, criticizing a mixed system of Mountain and Pacific time.
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Eureka
Main Street
Sewrtven
Death Valley Heatsclaims Many Prospects Die
In Death Valley Nevada July 16 heat and thirst ravage the desert. Thermometer readings soared for weeks as prospectors lose their way or collapse. Livestock perish and trains halt in Amargosa canyon as survivors retreat to California. Two men believed Nelson perish at Emigrant Springs after starting with a water canteen and wandering off trail.
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Nev
Death Valley
Tonopah and
Tidewater
Amargosa Canyon
California
Nelson
Californians push for federal judgeship in Nevada
Rumor swirls in Carson City that a California candidate may fill the vacancy created by Judge Hawley’s resignation from the Federal Court. The report ties Congressman Needham and Victor Metcalf to sought positions, with Massey of Reno and Warrington of Elko also in the running, though no official confirmation exists.
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Nevada
Carson
Nev
Hawley
Federa Court
Californiau
Needham
Victor Metcalfe
Department of Commerce and Labor
W. A. Massey
Reno
E. 8. Warrington
Elko
Miss Fort Injured in Ely Runaway Accident
Eureka Miss Gertrude Fort daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Fort of Eureka went to Ely in April to take a stenographer job. She was riding with Janes Gasle when the frightened team ran away the buggy was toppled and she sustained a broken arm. Mining location blanks for sale at the Sentinel office.
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Ford
Eureka
Gertrude Fort
Joseph Ford
Ely
Janes Gasle
Misa Ford
New Smelter for Nevada Advances with New York backing
Malcolm L. Macdonald and Donald B. Gillies form a New York backed company to seize options on Southwestern Nevada mining properties including Reveille and Goldreed. The firm plans a large smelter midway between Reveille and Eden, with an executive committee and 1,000,000 shares par five dollars each.
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New York
Malcolm L. Macdonald
Donald B. Gillies
Nevada
Kawiah
Saya
Reno Gazette
Malcolm Macdonald
Arthur W. Joseph
Henry L. Frideneberg
E. A. Montgomery
Leonard A. Desner
Charles B. Morris
Reveille
Goldreed Mines Company
Goldreed
Kawich Range
Eden, Clifford
Bellehelon
Golden Arrow
Eden
Paull
Nevada Smelting & Mines Corporation
Gillies
Tonopah
Macdonald
Eureka Faces Warm Days with Pleasant Cool Evenings
The Eureka area reports a string of warm days causing mild discomfort, while evenings remain cool and comfortable. Residents note better sleep at night despite daytime heat, aligning with overall hot summer conditions across the country.
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Eureka
Drowned While Forcing Humboldt River Ford
O N Martin drowned while fording the Humboldt River near Winnemon s on July 16. He and a horse were swept from the saddle as the animal went under. Six vaqueros witnessed the drowning.
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Humboldt
O. N
Martin
Humboldt River
Winnemons
Insurance company list for Nevada readers to review
A dramatic appeal urges Nevadans to check their policies and ensure payment of final obligations. The notice names insurers such as American and Newark firms, London underwriters, Hartford based United States groups, and multiple international companies, urging emphasis on honor and prompt claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Nevada
Actua
American Qeutral
American of Newark
Atlas of London
California Insurance Company
Citizens’ of St. Louis
Continental
Connecticut
Hartford
Hone of
New York
Insurance Company of N. America
Kings County
Liverpool
London and
Globe
London
Lancashire
London Assurance Company
Manchester
Mercantile
Eaton
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Zealand
Niagara Insurance Company
Northern Assurance of London
North British and Mercantile
Orient of
Belican of
Phoenix of
Queen of New York
Royal of Liverpool
State school moneys second semiannual apportionment Nevada 1906
State Superintendent Orvie Ring has issued the second semiannual apportionment of state school funds for Nevada in 1906. The distribution uses a per census child base of 84 704643, allocating funds to each county according to the 1900 census counts.
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Nevada
Orvie Ring
New E. and P. Agent Installed in Eureka Office
B Newcomb former Southern Pacific agent at Lovelock Hum bolds County Nevada has become pacite agent of the Eureka and Palisade at Eureka. C A Nickles has realigned. Mr Newcomb arrived last week with his wife and young son and has already taken duties as agent at Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New E. & P
B. Newcomb
Southern Pacific
Lovelock
Humbolds County
Nevada
Eureka & Palisade Way
Eureka
View
Going Out of Business by Kind & Kraus in Koreka
The firm known for 35 years will close its Koreka stock at cost and below. Mr Kind runs a Tonopah business while Mr Kraus pursues Tybo mining, leaving groceries meats tinware shelf hardware clothing and fixtures to be sold for cash at remarkably low prices. Sale is now on and customers may set their own figures.
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Bay State
Wm. H. Wainwright
Tonopah
T—Hanavan
Miner
Sun
McKim
Nevada
Joshua
Mc- Kim
Kind & Kraus
Koreka
Kind
Kraus
Tybo
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