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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1916
Page
3
Eureka society notes report travelers arriving by Friday train and others visiting from Tonkin and Elko County. The piece also covers political notices, registration deadlines, weather easing road conditions, moving pictures, and herds moving south to Nye County for winter.
New shaft connected with Connolly workings on the Catlin property California Gulch will be 4x8 feet with a man-way. The incline in Connolly is over 400 feet, openings extend through laterals and raises, and air is improved. Hoist at California to be installed next week, targeting 100 feet below current workings for higher tonnage. Shipments average three cars weekly from Harris Bros. on Bullwhacker and from Harris & Fine on Marne Group. Silverado ore runs 65 to 70 dollars per ton with silver lead and some gold. Eureka district mining growth draws inquiries on bond and lease as operators explore depth and multiple levels for expanded mineralization. Summer and winter operations are feasible with good roads and favorable prices versus other camps. A Mining Bureau meeting is set for Sunday at 7 PM to discuss general matters and legal locations.
Eureka's Opera House drew a packed crowd Friday night for the new moving picture show led by William Halen from Salt Lake City. The program featured The Race For a Siding, The Man From the Desert, and Ain't It the Truth, with Nostrosa orchestra providing music and a social dance afterward. A new program lineup is set for next Friday, including The Trapping of Peeler White and Once a Thief, with plans for improved electric lighting.
Documents of record show John A. Hunter transferring all rights in the Newburg mine to H. H. Clark for $10, recorded October 10, 1916. Clark and wife then deed to Cortez Consolidated Mines Company covering the Newburg Marquis Don Juan and Black Hawk mines, also for $10, recorded October 10, 1916. A location certificate for the Union Hill mine in Safford district by H. J. Listy was recorded October 12.
Eureka welcomed D. W. Methvin a Baptist missionary whose Nevada and California reach spans into Eureka from Austin. He spoke Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the Presbyterian church on the Bible and on liquor echoing Billy Sunday’s Chicago sermon to a 40 000 strong audience. A youth choir provided gospel hymns during the services.
Rev E H Price arrived by Monday's train and led a litany sermon and Holy Communion at the Episcopal Church. Earlier he baptized Thelma Marguerite and Franklin Calvin Lewis and Eleanor Morrison, children of local families.
The SENTINEL requests all Registry Agents in Eureka County to forward to the paper copies of names registered since the Primary election for official publication under the Board of County Commissioners order. Data will be published by the newspaper per official directive.
Ore shipments leaving Eureka by rail this week include four cars from the California mine on Prospect Mountain and three cars from the Bullwhacker mine on Adame Hill, bound for smelters in Salt Lake.
Eureka County commissioners meet October 6 with Otis Fulton Edgar Sadler and J M Requa approving funds and reports. Walt er Brown appointed constable of Mineral Hill township at 35 dollars monthly. Jennie Gibellini case considered for state deaf school aid. polling place moved for Ruby Hill. liquor licenses issued. Palisade school district boundary amended. deputies authorized for election day. 70 yearlong Cotswold bucks advertised for sale in the Sentinel.
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