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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1906
Page
3
Eureka residents share travel from Sacramento to Kalifornia and Nevada. Mining engineers and business visitors arrive, and a new track to the Richmond mine progresses. Local church services and school updates accompany reports of injuries and railway delays in Eureka and surrounding counties.
In Caliente Nevada May 11 two Sun Medro road employees figure in a shooting incident. W A McLeod of DeLamar confronted E H Remey in a room with his wife. McLeod fired injuring Remey. Remey sent to Salt Lake for treatment. McLeod discharged after arraignment for assault. Presbyterian services announced for Sunday at the church.
Eureka sees a surge of travel to Bald Mountain as miners from Macbatten Goldfield and Towopass join Eurekans heading to the new gold camp. Reports from Join Repetto note rich quartz strikes three miles northwest of the White Pine Placer Dam, with Skaggs Bros in a deep tunnel and townsite plans forming as prospectors pour in and merchants stock up to serve the influx.
Judge 5 J Bonatheld of Humboldt County presiding, the court approved the administrator A Jackson's partial account in the estate of RK M Beatty deceased and authorized sale of remaining real estate for the estate's best interest.
View Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Nevada arrived in Kureka Tuesday and visited Beatific Lodge No 7. After the meeting an adjournment was taken to the Brown Hare for a supper in honor of the guest.
The San Francisco Post Office cannot deliver to city subscribers unless they collect papers at general delivery. Ten papers will be sent to city subscribers for now. R. H. Locke, assayer for the Richmond-Eureka Co., arrived in Eureka from Salt Lake City and will oversee the company’s assaying until a new building on Ruby Hill is ready, working from the old Eureka County office.
Frank Brossomer loaded Frank Romano's team with a bar, fixtures and liquors on Wednesday and started the project for Bald Mountain. JR. Valentine and W. H. Carter lead the venture and expect to open for business by Saturday using the new facilities.
Last Monday the Richmond Barake Company began hoisting ore from the Eureka Con on Raby Hill and dumping into new ore crates. It is expected the firm will start regular shipments to Salt Lake smelters soon.
Nevada notice calls for candidates to file names with the County Clerk by May 23 for the Bureka Comsty school trustee election on May 28. Two trustees will be elected, one short term and one long term. Spencer Keynolle is the current trustee. Filing rules require compliance with the 1901 amended law, with a five day advance filing window.
Misa Nellie Reid of Eureka wed A F Earnest in Goldfield confirming a surprise nuptial for Eureka friends. Reid, eldest daughter of R J Reid, lived with her father in Goldfield where she was musically active and part of a church choir. Memorial Day services will be held May 30 by Eureka Lodge No 22 F O O F with a procession to cemeteries afterward.
A New York dispatch to the San Francisco Chronicle dated May 16 reports Lew Hopper and John Hopper, long-time prospectors from Ismac Hopper, may have struck a silver bonanza near Eureka Nevada after 21 years in the field. Levi Hopper, who briefly stayed with the uncles, claims a silver find and invites Linao to West with him to develop it. The Nevada mining area has drawn prospectors for a month, but the details and identities of the Hoppers remain unverified.
A DeLamar Nevada dispatch reports a strike near DeLamar on the Gold Chain property. the ledge runs over a mile long and 200 feet wide with low grade ores averaging from 16 dollars upward. The report notes wide attention among mining men and parallels past rich yields. Weather: Eureka shows cold, wet conditions with recent heavy frosts threatening fruit trees and crops.
Bishop Spalding of Sale Lake will arrive in Eureka on Tuesday in May and hold a talk at St James Episcopal Church Wednesday at 7 30 PM All are invited. Charles Stanton who shot Victor Elis near Wadsworth has been exonerated by the coroner's jury.
Rail traffic to Ely blocked as Nevada Northern imposes embargo pending formal transfer from Utah Construction. Only employees and officials may travel. other passengers must use Eureka or Wells autos. Freight destined to Ely redirected via Southern Pacific to Eureka. Local merchants’ shipments curtailed until construction clears Currie’s ranch area. General Manager Requa says real operation awaits transfer.
Evan E Phillips longtime Eureka resident died at his Nob Hill home on Saturday May 12 1006. His wife Mrs Phillips and son Edward were the only immediate family in Eureka. Mrs Phillips had just returned May 1 from Los Angeles where she spent the winter with daughters. She found him in good health but soon after a severe bronchial cold led to rapid decline and death.
Roll shows pupils attaining 90 plus in attendance, scholarship and deportment across Kereka Eureka region schools. Names span multiple grades with students named alongside teachers and local officials, highlighting long regional schooling history and notable residents in May 1906.
Tonopah on Saturday witnessed a fatal pistol duel between Chief of Police Alexander McKenzie and prospector W. Anderson. Anderson, creating a disturbance, broke away from McKenzie and fired twice before McKenzie could draw. McKenzie answered with six shots, three hitting Anderson in the chest. Anderson died before assistance arrived. Two loaded revolvers were found on Anderson.
William Garrad former Warden of the Nevada State Prison and later Superintendent of the Carson U.S. Mint died in Seattle Washington on May 3 at age 81. A Mexican War veteran he served with the 56th U.S. Infantry and was noted for his massive build and dignified presence during his residence in the state.
John Carlahas Jobo B Asrosbss, an old Barekan resident, died after an accidental fall near his cabin on a ranch 45 miles west of Eureka in Rareka County. He had recently recovered enough from illness to leave the Conty Hospital and lived on various ranches. He was a native of Arkansas, 72, and requested burial at the ranch where he died. Bart Cerrari arranged for a coffin and burial after retrieving the body.
Frank Edwards, a miner from Eureka, was found near Monitor Valley in a nude state with bloodied swollen feet after wandering for ten days. He survived thanks to an Indian who sheltered him, fed him, and delivered him to a freighting outfit in Austin.
The METAL MARKET reports New York silver at 668 per ounce, lead at 5.62 per 100 pounds, and casting copper at Salt Lake City at 18 conta.
Large audience at Bridey on May 11 applauded the California relief benefit by the Base Range Dramatic Company in A Uncerful Line. The troupe earned praise for a strong, varied program with songs recitations and dancing. net proceeds reached 83 dollars for charity.
Correspondence from the North End of Eureks County reports Rand returning home from the western state and hints at a Spring rodeo next week. Parry traveled from Ballion to Barre Montana, Thornton of the Palisade Hotel welcomed a new travel bag, Abbott family returned from San Francisco, Teresan Seseran arrived from Carle Thoraday, and W F Quinton of Southern Pacific at Reno notes a snow location with engineering crews. The Humboldt River bridge under Southern Pacific construction will finish soon, a new river bridge will rise about 50 feet above the county bridge, and a contract for the left wing of the Rivers ide Hotel in Reno is let costing 50000. Mining location blanks are for sale at the Sentovet office.
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