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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1909
Page
3
Local notes record Decoration Day plans in Eureka and surrounding towns. Mentions include LM Pillmere aiding Memorial Day events. Jones visiting Palisade for family ties. a baseball game scheduled for Sunday. and various social and business updates from Diamond of Exculsior mines to Union Bakery and Eureka High School commencement preparations.
United States Land Office Carson lists lands in Nevada eligible for entry under the 1908 $20 Homestead Act. Applicants may file for vacant surveyed lands. Nevada Eureka County lands described by township ranges are partially listed. Postmaster Bray received a permit to move a local post office to a new building location north of its current site.
A fragmentary note lists motel quotations and river spot prices. Mentions New York and Lake Galt with figures like 629 seats per sauce and $4.28 per 100 pounds. Includes laboratory and tax style numbers, but details are unclear.
A full Eureka Windfall Mining Co board meeting last Saturday discussed rapid property improvements after a 60 day disclosure surge. They report 225000 tons of high grade milling ore across three levels, a new cyanide plant handling 150 tons daily, and planned production planned for late May.
Communication from Attorney Alf Chartz recalls William Spinner’s praise and recounts Edison’s early years in a Osn ons a telegraph office where Edison was discharged for neglect. It notes Spinner’s promptness, Edison’s duplex system invention, and a potential joint ownership by Borax Smith and the Bernheimers for the Tubo and Hot Creek railway. Also covered are the Nevada Insurance Commission report by J Eggers and a demurrer in the Robert H. Locke damage suit against Eureka Windfall Mining Company with a May 29 court date.
New mining record entries list W E Barney and others in Goldzordam and related Compromise Nos. 3 through 15, plus extensions Iron King and Gulzoridam claims in Lynn district. Deed filings show transfers near Cortes Antelope Creek and Beowane, each $10. public notices announce eighth grade exams May 26 27 and standard diploma rules for high school admission. Alder reports mark Wiedman resigning from Eureka Windfall Mining, with Clark to lead operations. ore shipments resume from Hamilton Hugh Coyle mine as part of summer plan. Windfall secures water from Raby Hul Water Co for cyanide plant operations south of Horeka.
At an adjourned Eureka County meeting the board discussed filling the vacancy from the death of William Spinner. Gorman proposed appointing himself to back Miss Alma Spinner, then the board chose G. H. Gorman, bond set at 5000 dollars with Griffis and Morrison as sureties. Also debated a special election to establish a Eureka County High School, with estimates of a 10 to 20 cent tax, contingent on next year’s Western Pacific property growth. no action taken pending third commissioner.
The Great Northern Railroad issued a circular offering a reward of 90000 dollars for the arrest and conviction of six bandits who held up the Great Northern fast mail at Morise Waah early Sunday morning. The circular states that 10000 dollars will be paid for each of the six men identified in the robbery.
A Gret call for candidates drew about 20 players and a crowd to Eureka’s bell grounds last Sunday. Despite cold winds, enthusiasm grew as two teams formed with Joe Rebalestt and Carroll Short leading. Next Sunday a rematch is planned and a Decoration Day game with Windfall is hoped, while Carroll Short suffers a swelling jaw from a foul tip.
Local notes describe summer wood gathering, cleaning, and visits. Miss Effie Eather and her aunt from Eureka stopped by Sunday. Several residents, including J H Littlefair, travel to Hamilton for claim assessments. A sheep drive passes through toward Spring Valley. Alfred Hocking Jr departs for Ruby Valley area. Inside woodwork at A P Mayberry’s house is being painted. Arthur Venton assists with water pipe work. Elisabeth Rosevear returns from Palisade to stay. John Kitchen prepares for his yearly round up. a colt dies from cold. A saddle horse damages Six's store door and windows. A new social club named The Saturday Night Lo rk ers plans dances and events.
Miss Emma Zadow returns from a three week stay in Ely. Thomas D. Drew visits Salt Lake City on mining related business. Charles Minoletti leaves for Eureka returning Monday with R. A. Dean accompanying to Pintoreek and Newark valley before also returning. Prospectors increase as the Burro awakening fuels dreams of Hamilton mine wealth and a call to press for ownership.
One of the largest ranch sales in White Pine County closed this week as Packard and Zinoobee sold ranch properties in the southeast to Utah buyers. The abeep fetched 80000 dollars the ranch and range 20000 dollars and the wool clip 25000 dollars for a total cash price of 125000. Ely Record.
We express heartfelt gratitude for the many kind acts during our husband and father’s sickness and death. Our thanks go to friends and neighbors for expressions of sympathy in our bereavement. Mus, Mary Sixxen and Davethrens. Location notives and legal blanks for reale at the SmwTuvEL, offic.
The two-route study for the Ely Goldfield railway favors the Little Antelope Pass route through Fieh Uresk valley, aiming to end two miles from Pinto Canyon mouth and 19 miles from Eureka Court House. The old Rio Grande line could serve as bed, linking Eureka to a broad gauge axis, with northern routing boosting tonnage and reducing grading over a 100 mile stretch. Mining prospects in Eureka Hamilton districts likely influenced the decision to favor northern alignment and direct smelter access.
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