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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
5
William Laird of Newark visits Eureka while Whitmore from Mt Hope comes for a few days. Windfall Mining, Far mers Mining, and others attend to business. a heavy rain refreshes the town and a quiet spell follows. The Rescue Hose Company plans Fourth of July parade and ball. initial bill for the Broseemer Orchestra set for June 14 at the Opera House.
Memorial Day services in Eureka were held under Burvie Lodge No 22, 10.0.F., with a large local turnout from the mines district. The procession toured the town to the cemeteries, the Lobster Club Band led with funeral music, and graves were decorated amid renewed civic care and fresh headstones and fences.
Gladden, superintendent of the Eureka Nevada Railway, authorizes the SENTINEL to announce that starting Thursday June 6 the company will ship asched ore from Eureka at a rate of 21 tons every other day until additional power is available. Public notice will be given through the SENTINEL.
On a Wednesday afternoon returning from Prospect tenured driver James Rogantiot lost control of the wagon. A broken line caused the tat to pull into the bank, throwing Mrs Rogantiol from the vehicle with only minor injuries. Delia Rattezzi Celia Delaney and others escaped unharmed as the rig was recaptured andReadied for continuation toward Burek.
The Sentinel notes that the State Engineer has distributed pamphlets titled Requirements and Regulations including instructions on water appropriation and measurement in Nevada. These will aid ranchers and others seeking water rights, with copies available at the office.
The Sentinel received a card announcing the graduation of the 1019 Chase of Berkeley California High Bohon. Miss Grave Jackson, second daughter of Mr and Mrs B A Jackson, former Eureka residents, was graduated from this class.
D H Sherman of Ura Oil met with Windfall Mining and local district leaders in Eureka to discuss bulk distillate contracts. Bulk delivery from Palisade could drop price from 30 to under 15 cents per gallon, with locally laid down price around 10 cents. Officials anticipate rapid signups, expecting Credo Eureka Mines to join as well. Sherman returned to Salt Lake, plans to return soon.
A heavy windstorm hit Eu reka around six on Wednesday evening stirring old town life. A whirlwind on South Main Street tore out the frame front of George E Hondorain’s blacksmith shop, which toppled a backboard and caused severe damage. The shop’s front had already been replaced.
Mrs Hagar was taken seriously this week at the ranch of her son Dr Henry Hagar in Roby Valley Biko County. The Doctor notified his sister Mrs Laura Hoegh of Eu reka. Telegram reached here Wednesday morning. Hoegh engaged J A Gilbert and his aide who left that day. Gilbert reported Mrs Hagar much improved on arrival and not serious when he left. Hoegh and Tracey remained at the ranch while Harry Hagar returned with Gilbert to take Tracey's pony and cart for summer use.
Eureka announces the approaching marriage of Lillian Adelaide Wittenberg Montague to James Parke Montague at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Tonopah Nevada on June 5 1912. The couple will reside in Tonopah after July 15 and host friends there.
A Smerman representative toured Mineral Hill north of the camp in Borski County and outlined a revived operation by Mineral Hill Consolidated Mines Company. Since taking over six years ago, they have opened heavy development on old mines, shipped over 600 tons of gear from Palisade, rebuilt buildings, and prepared about 150000 tons of ore for the mill. Ore is moved via a 2000 foot gravity tramway to two gyratory crushers and through stamps to No 6 Monadnock Chilean mills, with cyanide processing and Dorr classifiers, culminating in smelting facilities and four boilers for the mill complex.
Windfall Mining Company plans milling repairs with changes proposed by general manager George Edwards. Secretary treasurer Harry Benedict will not release details until the board of directors at Chicago acts. Some Windfall mine workers have been laid off this week as repairs begin and contemplated changes are prepared to start.
Justice J M Hegan led an inquest at Mineral Hill on May 23 into the deaths of C Quillici and G Morelli from an accident at the mine. The jury exonerated Mineral Hill Consolidated Mines Co, finding the men’s deaths resulted from their own carelessness as they rode a loaded rail car down a steep grade into a storage tank. Both Italians left families in Italy. Quillici’s wife attended his funeral and the company paid her fare home.
Grand Chief Crisler of Nevada Pythian Sinners will visit Eureka Temple No 15 next Monday evening June 8. Attendance of members is requested. The Mineral Hill mill operates 350 horsepower with a full shop of edgers and saws driven by electric power. The plant is wired for fuel oil but tied to wood due to railroad issues. The tramway is complete and the mill tested. 40 workers currently employed with a peak of 60. The ore is low grade on average, though higher grade ore has appeared in the past.
The Senior Class of Ba reks County High School will hold commencement at Hareka Opera House on Friday evening June 7 at o o clock. The program includes invocations, orations by Eds Jenkins and Norma Verus, music, valedictory by Edna Bray, and diplomas conferred by County Board President Im Obersteg. No admission fee. Public invited.
Eureka County officials and local business leaders push to build a premier east west auto highway from the Eureka County line to the Churchill County line linking New York to San Francisco. Townspeople back a one percent tax to fund a first class road across the county, with Ely and Austin backing the project and Gael Hoag aiding Ely’s efforts. The Eureka route already shows good condition and promises a major throughway once guarantees the route includes Eureka as a key point.
Documents of record note patent to Eureka Windfall Mining Company and various named fractional claims in the Eureka mining district. The deed covers 188 532 acres more or less and was recorded May 27.
Dr. W F Burnett will resign from the County Physician post with the Board of County Commissioners, effective July 1. He has sold his residence and furnishings to Dr G M Roberts and plans to leave for California early in July with his baggage.
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