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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1909
Page
2
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The Interior Department enforces development work on mining claims, disqualifying locators who fail to perform required work from relocating for three years. The rule closes loopholes and aims to curb speculative locations, though schemes to sidestep the rule with quitclaims may emerge.
Palisade reports welcome visitors including G D Abbott and Fred Siebert. Phoentz and Branley near Raine station readying ore for shipment. Nevada Central Copper ships ore to Salt Lake, another load near ready from Alpha area. Elko checks drawn to fund Hig Turve Mining financing at Mineral Hill. Dennis, a mining engineer, returns from New Backhorn district. camp praised as promising. Backhorn option on four claims expires October 15. parties travel to Elko to finalize. E P plans spur at Blackbars along Palisade Eureka road, gauge distance from Buckburn. Local political tempers rise as EKP prominent to lay plans. article notes mood shifts and potential delays.
Utah and western states may see freight relief before the Interstate Commerce Commission action. A report says George Gould plans mileage based rates when the Western Pacific opens this fall, lowering Utah rates relative to California and Colorado. Frank B. Kindell cites a letter from a Denver rate expert predicting wholesale reductions, with Wells Fargo consignments to be moved by Denver & Rio Grande and Western Pacific. If express tariffs change, freight rates are expected to follow, reshaping connections among Gould interests, the Globe Express Company, and regional lines.
Reno Nevada October 11 Secretary of the Interior Ballinger and his party hinted at a large scale federal effort near Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. The plan reportedly includes a massive water storage and canal system with a cement dam funded by a substantial federal outlay as part of a broader conservation scheme. Captain J B Menardi H B Menardi and F R Nicholaas toured Mill Canyon as part of related mining interests in Cortea district.
A Nevada statute requires that the states fish and game laws be read to public school children at least twice each school year. The law imposes a condition that no teacher may receive public funds unless compliance is achieved.
The United States Smelting Company has acquired mining property at Contect, Elko County, and plans extensive work. An Oregon mining crew has been ordered to operate in the mines as part of the project. Local reports describe the acquisition and preparation efforts.
A. O. Florio of the Brown Hotel asks the Sxwrises to announce that anyone stealing wood from the hotel yard and rear woodshed should stop or expect a warm reception. The notice emphasizes immediate action against ongoing theft.
Eureka County Publicity Committee received a booklet on county resources last Monday. Copies are available at the District Attorney's office for the public.
Nevada state items report a saloon keeper shot by his wife in Atlanta Lincoln County and a Reno mine suit for 10,000 by W H Edwards against Julian Little and Nixon National Bank. Other notes cover Goldfield mills expansion boosting output, Las Vegas divorce filings, Death Valley irrigation wells, a Tonopah railroad accident, and rugby victory for Nevada in Reno.
Stanley Perry helps W. B. Smith on his ranch while school opens at Strawberry with R. A. Dean as teacher. Frank Pastorini visits H. Wedekind's ranch for hay. Obas Minoletti visits Pinto Creek en route to Eureka. W. B. Wainwright returns improved from Eureka illness. Local notices include Bank plea remarks by Senator La Follette and Spring Valley settlement plans with artesian projects. Engine trouble delays a Palisade to Mineral Junction train by over three hours.
The latest metal quotations show Bilver at New York at 511 seats per cunits and copper at Salt Lake around 12 1 16 cents per pound with land at Salt Lake quoted at 4.40 per 100 pounds.
John P. St. John former Kansas governor arrived in Spokane to campaign for prohibition stating Roosevelt is the only Republican chance to succeed Taft. He predicted Roosevelt would be nominated or else no Republican could win and that Spokane will be dry within five years. He faulted Taft as a pliant party man and mocked Roosevelt’s Africa trip while foreseeing a national rally for Roosevelt within 18 months.
The Bernheimer Syndicate holds a bond on the Medicine Man group at Golden Arrow adjoining the other group. The property shows in neighboring claims as an excellent prospect with ore shoots and a 475 foot depth. Victor Barndt acts as Bernheimer’s representative and has bonded the Reveille group. a one year bond is in place amid Railway prospects.
The Zacatecas mining district yields 14,000,000 tons of tailings with gold valued at 140 to 200 million dollars. Engineers plan draining Laguna de Pedernalillo to mine and process the bed using modern methods. An American concession secures island title and outcrops for extraction.
Judge Somers Frank Leslie and Tom Ryan return from Las Vegas after inspecting land with government potential. Report says Cartesian water strike has boosted farming land value as thousands rush in recently. New water flow improves crop quality and yield. Las Vegas expected to grow rapidly.
A committee of 30 teachers in Philadelphia has devised a modified penmanship system for the public schools, replacing the condemned vertical and Spencerian styles. The change aims to end cramped writing and teach faster, clearer handwriting.
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