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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
2
OCR fragment notes a publishing schedule with copies and timeframes and a postal filing claim. It mentions carriage by Carriar and a Pontoffice Earacks second class matter designation, indicating a limited newspaper circulation note and filing status.
Nevada reports 1673 children under 21 in Goldfield. Dayton court house insured for 89000, near policy total. Jack Symonds and James Day attacked in Elko gambling den, taken to a hospital penthouse. Frank A. Lacy named Florence Goldfield superintendent, dies from shaft fall. Elko postal class rises to second. Hhyolite drops to third. Beally Fairview Wonder drop to fourth. Wandell vs Sixty-Six Club of Rhyolite ends with 9672.50 verdict for plaintiff. he sought 10000 claiming roulette losses. Hoepleo alleged under 21 at time of loss. Jury and judge presiding.
Mre Carron of Carlin visits her mother Mrs Kenyon while Palisade hosts dances and gatherings for the baseball team. The Palisade squad prepares for a game with Eureka on the 20th at Raine’s ranch, with plans for surprises.
Gouri June 4 1900 Eureka County Democrats plan Flag Day events on June 14 in Goldfield precinct to honor Major Minnemascot. The notice invites editors and officials to parade, speeches, and supper with Governor Dickerson expected. aims to showcase Democratic gains and Republican-era prosperity. Also reports London Mining Journal plan by T A Rickard, and indictments of Goldfield Florence mining officers over false reports to state tax collectors. Names include Oliver, Flynn, Parker, and Lockhart.
Old prospector G W Lynch returns from Hot Creek range near the Ely Goldfield line reporting little mining activity. Irwins at Duckwater plan 100 acres of apple trees. Alfred Sharp and partners haul 500 head of cattle from McGill to American Falls Idaho. Miss Imogene Irwin runs extensive eel business with over 1000 spring chickens. Ely Record notes cattle and crops look prosperous with good prices and promising grain and hay yields. Tax Agent E B Ryan retires after forty years with Central and Southern Pacific. Jere Burke to assume supervisory duties. The Mining Record lampoons small investors, quoting a broker’s hopeful dividend buyer seeking 1000 shares despite lack of funds.
Tonopah area reports describe a massive mining strike near Salabury Wash about thirty miles east of Tonopah and four and a half miles southeast of Salabury Wash with a six to eight foot wide ledge. Mrs Joe Nay with Ed and John Clifford located the main ore and Jim Clifford holds several claims. around 1000 claims total in a six mile square district. An assay reported 31 400 per ton in free milling gold. the site to be shown after townsite plat is filed. The camp will be named Ellendale and the district Ellen in honor of Mrs Joe Nay.
Roughly 680 acres of patented land plus 40 acres contract land, much fenced as hay land. 50 head of cattle including 18 cows and heifers, spring furnished house, barn, chickens, pigs and turkeys. Good water rights and a pleasant place to live. Seller cites lack of good range for horses, cattle, and sheep as the reason for sale.
The record lists multiple McKelvey deeds transferring real property and mining claims in Eureka and Nye Counties to Charles McKelvey and others, with minimal consideration, plus a patent notice to Giscoma Meattel and a windfall location filing. It notes the Dale Estate sale of Cham pion mine in White Pine County for 9500 dollars and new mining safety rules posted in mines across Nevada. It also mentions India beginning silver exports to London and a birth event in Eureka Nevada on June 1 1909.
A record shows expenditures approved by the county commissioners on June 7 1900 with details naming individuals and amounts. Clerk McCauslum signs the correct-copy affirmation.
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad chief engineer C M Rasor reports surveying crews from Goldfield Ely and a third party near the hills. About 45 miles surveyed so far with three months expected to finish. Eclipse of the sun on June 17 will be visible nationwide except extreme south with about half the sun obscured at maximum.
A historical notice documents shipments of horses by the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Over the Barak Wisconsin Falls line in 1908 1909. It lists numerous branded horses with varied marks and left body placements, inspectors including M Manoxey and Jems Mackey, and counties Harvis Kurska Nevada and unity Missouri.
A Hobart M. Cable piano and bench offered for sale in perfect condition. Cash buyers only. For details apply to A. B. Lightfoot.
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