Oil Fields Near Virgin City Spur Development Anew
Maxwell and J H Ladd report progress at Virgin City Utah oil fields. Wells reach 610 feet in oil sands and deeper drilling is planned. Leases multiply as rigs expected to rise to about twenty within two months, with travel by land via Land said to be shorter and roads improving.
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Maxwell
J. H. Ladd
Virgin City
Utah
Cedar City
Modena
St. George
Dixie
Meadow Valley
St George
Ladd
Chadburn Farm
Railroad to open daily mining train to Bonnie Claire
Las Vegas officials announce a mining train will run daily starting around August 1 to Bonnie Claire, four miles north of Beatty. The train will depart Beatty at 6 a.m. and connect with the eastbound to Las Vegas, serving the growing mining camp.
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Las Vega
Bonnie Clai
of Beatty
Beatty
Las V
Two Brokers in Nevada Quarrel Sparks Public Reprimand
Sullivan and Rive, brokers who have long discredited Nevada mining ventures, were involved in a disgraceful quarrel at Reno. The incident prompts a call for the public to drop such figures from business circles.
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Sullivan
Rive
Nevada
Reno
Hotel Nevada Arrivals F Wiler Owner and Manager
F Wiler arrives as owner and manager of Hotel Nevada delivering new direction for the property. The posting notes leadership changes and invites guests to experience renovated rooms and improved services. Local officials and business leaders welcome the revival efforts under new management.
Local Names Highlight Crumbling OCR Record
Fragmentary OCR list shows scattered names and places including Los Angeles Denver San Francisco Goldfield and Lake City with multiple personal names such as Keenan Murray Robertson and Falkenstein. The garbled sequence suggests a damaged clipping lacking coherent event or context.
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Worthen UL
Los Angeles
Nightingale
Sor
Angele Pal
New Angeles
Alefieldt TV
Lyon
Denver
Mary Keenan
Goldfield
Imipon
San P
Kmer
City
Alt Lake City
Moapa
New
Ettingly K Stingly
Chase French
San Francisco
A Landon
Tonopaly
Her Trenbolin
JW Murray EJ Robertson
WE Boyington
JA Falkenstein
Mopaly
Spectacular Freight Wreck Kills Two Tramps Near Victorville
Los AngelesTimes recounts a massive freight wreck on the Cajon Pass killing two tramps and destroying rail cars as a 52-car train derailed over long distances. Cars burned after plunging into embankments. air brakes failure caused a runaway, with extensive track damage and hourslong delays to passenger service. The Salt Lake Overland No 01 also derailed in Colton yards but suffered no serious damage.
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Los Angeles Times
Barstow
Los Angeles
Cajon Pass
Oro Grande
Victor Narrows
Victorville
Salt Lake Overland No
Colton Yards
Biggest Hoist at Ely Tells of New Plant Construction
The Tuggenheim company is erecting one of the world’s largest hoisting plants at Ely. Masons are building an eighty foot wall around the shaft for a foundation for the stove, which will support a frame over sixty feet high. Structural steel has been in Ely for weeks.
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Tuggenheim Company
Ely
Well Work And Finance Of Vegas Artesian Water Syndicate
Minutes record payment to Booth and Madison for Well No 1 work including 38 feet drilling at 2.50 and 10 days hard rock labor. a committee to examine the well was appointed. The syndicate authorizes sale of Section 21 parcel to actual settlers for 30 in real terms, and a third capital call for 25 percent is ordered. The financial statement shows Well No 1 at 301 feet depth, 28 000 gallons per hour flow, cost 1646.90, and 8791 shares outstanding with 6800 to be issued upon paid subscriptions.
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Vegas Artesian Water Syndicate
Booth & Madison
Falcon Tobel
Peter Buol
Lincoln County Commissioners Proceedings July August 1907
Lincoln County commissioners meet August 5 1907 at 10 am with Nesbitt Hawkins Horsey Orr and Clerk present. Claims approved or returned. jail cell bid from Pauly Jail Building Co was accepted with $5000 deposit. licenses for engineers granted. resignations and appointments noted. road repriation petition referred for investigation.
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Proche
Nev
Board of County Commissioners
J. A. Nesbitt
W. E. Hawkins
Chas. Lee Horsey
Atty
Orr
Pauly Jail Building Co
St. Louis
Pauly Company
Strike on L. V. & Tonopah Instigated by I.W.W.
Las Vegas & Tonopah railroad builders, heading north from Beatty, walked off Wednesday demanding the wage scale used on Tonopah & Goldfield. Company took no action yet but will seek to build the road their own way paying laborers what they deem due. Strike settled Friday afternoon with workers back but dispute unresolved.
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Las Vegas
Tonopah
Beatty
Tonopah & Goldfield
I. W.W
Imperial County Formed With El Centro as Seat
Voters in the Imperial War area of Southern California approved a county division by a decisive majority on Tuesday. The new county will be named Imperial and El Centro will serve as the county seat, as residents sought relief from distant county administration and taxes that benefited them little.
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Southern
California
San
New Refrigerator Cars Stir California Fruit Trade Rumors
Daily papers claim the old Army refrigerator cars are sent to the California fruit shipping service while thousands of new cars marked Pacific Fruit Express are introduced. Veteran railroad men doubt the upgrade, hinting the "new" cars may be painted to look newer than they are.
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Armour
California Fruit
Pacific Fruit Express
Winter fuel crisis looms as coal uncertain
The public should seek oil or wood for winter as coal supply remains doubtful. Questions arise about wood from the saw mill on Charleston Mountain, with snows threatening to bury the mill again. Mining deeds noted at The Age office.
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Charleston
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First State Bank OF
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Garret Lo Hogan
Wo W Stockham
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