Traffic congestion to Tonopah and Goldfield strains Nevada railways
Freight to the Tonopah and Goldfield districts bottlenecks at Mound House and Reno crowd sidetracks with merchandise for the new camps. Operators and merchants suffer as shipments lag, with cars idle along lines while mines ship heavily. New rolling stock will ease the overload, as the army reports $5,521,750 spent on feeding the force in the last fiscal year.
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Tonopah
Goldfield
Nevada
Mound House
Reno
Todd
Proposed Constitutional Amendment No 26 Nevada 1904
The document presents a proposed Nevada constitutional amendment adding an article. It sets that if 10 percent or more of voters request, the legislature must submit any law or resolution to the people at the next general or state election. If a majority approves, the law stands. if disapproved, the law is void. Dated October 10 1904. J H Horgh Eureka County Clerk Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Horgh
Eureka County
Nevada
Ranch for Sale Mc Menemy Ranch Newark Valley Nevada
The Mc Menemy ranch in Newark Valley White Pine County is for sale with improvements, horses, and cattle. Sell as a whole or separately. improvements include a new dwelling, barn, and cellar. Producing about 100 tons of wild hay yearly with alfalfa land. good outside range. Contact A. Florio or J. B. Braue in Eureka Nevada for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMenemy
Newark Valley
White Pine County
A. ©. Florio
J. B. Braue
Eureka
Nevada
Apples For Sale From Eureka Ranch Prices By The Ton
Wealthy Hass Duchess of Oldenburg and Strawberry apples offered at cent per pound for less than a ton. 13 cents per pound for quantities under a ton. Delivery in Europe at 2 cents per pound. Orders taken in Eureka by William H. Smith Newark Valley White Pine County.
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Hass
Duchess of Oldenburg
Europe
Eureka
William H. Smith
Newark Valley
White Pine County
Annual Assessment Work Requirement Emphasized
The Mining Review warns claim-owners that $100 must be expended in actual development work on each unpatented claim. It urges timely, thorough labor to defend rights and avoid loss of property, noting non-resident owners face added difficulties and the need for positive proof of completed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mining Review
Insurance Profits Highlight California Report
California insurance profits are outlined by Commissioner E Myron Wolf in a report to the Governor. Over twenty years fire and life premiums total in the tens of millions with substantial losses paid. title insurance shows premiums and losses for last year. The 1903 tax and fee intake was about $68,762 with office expenses of $6,765 leaving $61,996 to the state.
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E. Myron Wolf
California
Sacramento
Call's Art Supplements at World's Fair Images
The San Francisco Call secures a concession from multiple European nations to reproduce famous World’s Fair paintings in its art supplements. Masterpieces will be reproduced from original oil works with descriptive write ups. The Call plans a Sunday Comic Supplement starting October 80. Readers are advised to order early to obtain the Art Supplement.
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Call
San Francisco
Must Show Books
Milwaukee judge rules policy holders may inspect insurer records to prove claims. The case involved a 20 year Equitable Life policyholder who said his settlement was too small and he sued to access the company books for evidence. The ruling grants access to collect necessary proof for his claim.
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Terrant
Milwaukee
Wis
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Equitable
A New Song Acknowledged Before Wells Death
A note acknowledges a copy of a new song titled My Mercedes written by the late W Wesley Wells author of I Wait Alone For You A few weeks before his death publishers J W Jenkins Sous Music Go of Kansas City offer a special price of 25 cents per copy.
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W. Wesley Wells
J. W. Jenkins
Sous Music Go
Kansas City
Observations on Tonopah and Goldfield Nevada Mines
Detailed survey of Tonopah and Goldfield districts describes geology with pipe hills lava mesas and faulted contact zones. Mining methods include vertical shafts crosscuts drifts and stoping, with water scarcity hindering milling. Ores are largely argent ine with some manganese and salburata, shipments to Salt Lake City belud and plans for a new water plant to enable higher via ore processing.
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Nevada
Argentine
Comstock
Eureka
Great Basin
Tonopah
Goldfield
Camp Gulch
Pipe Hills
E. J. Spurr
Valley View
Miz Psh
Huntington
Salt Lake City
Tonopah Mining Company
Rye Patch Water Company
Mispah
Midway
Bay District
Belmont
Salt Lake
Santo Camp Supplies Keep Flowing Along Rail
Santo sees strong supply movement along the railroad despite lack of rolling stock and long delays from washouts. Thunderstorms each afternoon since weeks earlier culminated on August 14 with a foot deep flood over the main street. Mines visited the next day showed underground effects minimal, though railroad fills were washed out for miles.
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Virginia & Trucken
Carson & Colorado
J. F. Weston
Senate
Trewin
Duckwater
Ralph Irwin
Lew Rogers
Brown Hotel
Tonopah and
Henderson Banking Company
Joux
Henperson
ELKO
Bank OF Nevada
Virginia Street
Reno, Nevada
Daniel Meyer
Herbert Fleishhacker
Moritz Scheeline
Geo. F. ‘Yurrittin
P. A Flanigan
Henry Anderson
A. G. Fletcher
Vonute
Banka
Bayard
United States
Canada
Asis
Africa
Mesars, Scheeline
Osburn
Grand F. Toxnrrmy
Moxitz Soneeine
Betti
North Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
John Pardy
Uw. Se
Mutual Life of New York
Travelers’ Accident & Health Insurance Co
Atlas Fire of
London
New York
Manchester
England
George Gavin
Wes
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