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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1921
Page
4
Nevada mine operators say low profitability and rising transport costs threaten mining. Smelters report underutilization while ore shipping needs rate relief to restore activity. Attendees urged railroads to revise freight and treatment charges to revive Nevada’s mining and regional economies.
On Monday a fierce Washoe Zephyr tore through the valley. Roads and highway travelers faced strong gusts as cars lost tops and a big Cadillac lost its roof. A V and T local train braved the wind with the engine cab overturned into a nearby field. Hay stacks were stripped and debris scattered.
Testimony from Bramley of States Smelting and Refining linked high coke freight rates to delays in ore smelting. The State Public Service Commission hearing, led by J F Shaughnessy, heard that lowering rates could boost ore shipments and help mines like Ruby Hill resume operations. Representatives from shippers, carriers, and chambers urged rate reductions and comparisons of Eureka Nevada Railroad with Nevada Central Railroad to justify changes.
Carson Nevada Nov 19 The pre rate conference ended after a session where mining representatives from Ploche Oreana and other Nevada points argued ore freight rates were excessive hindering mining development Nevada Mine Operator Association secretary Henry M Rives estimated ore value this year would fall to about one fourth of 1915 and half of 1919 and 1920 due to high rates Speakers Brumblay Cook and Marriage described current mining conditions and Oreana Ploche communities while railroad officials attended only to ask questions.
Carson reports rail representatives at the ore rate conference showed willingness to fix agreeable freight rates for shipments of large ore tonnages. W Forster of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad voiced cooperation with shippers handling heavy ore cargoes before Nevada Public Service Commission Chairman J F Shaughnessy.
Carson Nevada November 23 freight rates of 130 percent in advance will be charged on small ore shipments to smelters from Nevada starting November 28. The tariffs filed with the Nevada Public Service Commission by the Pacific freight tariff bureau restore a prior schedule governing all railroads in the state. The move follows pre rate conference recommendations to help small high grade ore producers and spur mining development including low grade ore through higher quantity shipments.
Notices announced plans to cut wages effective January 1 across railroad yard and shop jobs in Spa Nevada comments from worker committees. Train and engine service wages revert to March 1, 1920 levels. switchmen lose sixty cents daily. Shopcrafts and helpers see reductions up to sixty-seven and one-half cents per hour with various apprentice scales. car department and telegraph linemen also cut. Maintenance of way sees five to ten cent hourly cuts by class, no cut for common track laborers.
Carson valley completed six months of haying with the first crop starting in June and the last crop stacked last week. The November crop on the F. C. Springmeyer ranch yielded about 30 tons of third crop. Despite mid November, alfalfa remains green and late feed is excellent, signaling big hay savings according to the Record Courier.
Two masked robbers entered the John Brown place in Elko Sunday night and tied up about ten card players. They relieved the patrons of money and jewelry, with several hundred dollars taken. No suspects or crew identified.
A fragment from Hojas Selectas of Barcelona includes quips about husbands at home and wives inventing new ways to epend. The piece muses on people following their own advice and the sudden chaos that would ensue.
Desth quarantines five homes for small pox. Douglas county schools install crude oil heating plants. 228 Indians under Nick Connor at Gorr itute agency near Ibapah. Fallon prints 92 oil company data. Round Mountain yields $125600 in year. Elko soda factory burned. Wingfield ranches appointed. Virginia City mine profits cited. Candelaria ore plant planned. Collinsville area colonization schemes noted.
The U S Bureau of Mines report for 1920 notes Nevada had one of the lowest death rates in metal mines nationwide, excluding iron and copper properties. It lists fatality and non fatal injury rates by state, with New York and California high and New Mexico Idaho Alaska and Nevada among the lower end.
John W. Maddrill, an early Nevadan newspaper figure and Nevada state printer, marked thirty years at the Palace Hotel press in San Francisco. Manager Halsey Manwaring honored him with a substantial check, noting his rare thirty year service with only one one week vacation. He recalls stubborn dedication during fires and edits from the editorial chair, shaping a lifelong press career.
Three carloads of light horses will move from Winnemucca to San Francisco. Frank Gorham of the Double Square ranch near Gold Circle has sold horses to San Francisco dealers who say the trend favors horses over light auto trucks for frequent stopping routes as a more economical transport option.
Lincoln Highway changes its Placerville branch routing after Sacramento backs the Northern or Victory Nevada route. Gail S Hoag of Ely Nevada announces switch to turn Folsom road at Perkins and rejoin main highway seven miles south of Sacramento. The battle reflects long running rivalry over Nevada routes and tourist trade effects.
San Francisco November 22 Pilot Claire K Vance flew from Reno to Elko a distance of 235 miles in one hour twenty minutes at 175 miles per hour setting a speed record for the nonserv division. He left Reno at 7 10 a m and arrived Elko at 4 30 p m with the earlier record of 165 miles per hour and one hour thirty seven minutes toppled.
Report notes more than 11 cases in Tonopy with doctors split on diagnosis. Some see a mild scarlet fever form while others suspect a virulent illness. Dr. G. L. secretary of State Health will travel to Tompak to determine facts.
Dr Mabel K Young announces her new office on Spring Street offering full range of medical services with all work guaranteed and ready to handle all kinds of cases.
Notice to all interested parties that M Price of Reno Nevada has filed to enter land under the public land laws. The described parcel is the SSW of Section 11 Township 18 North Range 67 East Mount Diablo meridian. Affidavits opposing the entry must be filed at the United States Land Office in Nevada by December 1921.
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