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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
6
A list of numerous land parcels for sale with township, range, and section descriptors. The OCR shows repeated references to 160 acre tracts in various sections, ranges, and townships, plus scattered numbers that resemble prices or lot identifiers. The readable content centers on land availability rather than a single event.
The Ajax Bullfro mine project by the Strank family aims to begin in Crescent this fall. Frank Strank and Charles Strank discovered surface ore and arranged initial shipment plans. A mass-working shaft extends 20 feet with drifts at 100 and 200 foot levels, showing fire ore. M. L. Cook of Searchlight has drafted future development plans to reach 12,800 feet.
Freight dispatches report Santa Fe and Tonopah & Tidewater railroads planning to seize about 2000 mining industry shipments by preparing 4000 freight rates. The aim is to connect San Francisco and Oakland with Bullfrog, Rhyolite, Goldfield and other Nevada camps, enabling lower rates on low grade ore shipments and boosting development in the Tonopah region. The article notes infrastructure work, mill construction, and ore blocks at Johnnie district as rail rate reductions are anticipated to spur activity.
Proceedings cover road establishment from Las Vegas to Falls and Eldorado Canyon, bonds approvals for Crescent Township Justices, a petition for a county road, study of a new well under state act, contracts for cedar wood delivery, bridge construction site committee, water pipeline right of way, town franchises for Pioche and Caliente, curfew enforcement, bond debt funding plan and levy changes, and authorization for Hawkins and Gondrich to oversee county bond printing in Los Angeles.
A meeting of mining men from Goldfield, Kheelite, Tonopah and Los Angeles formed a governing committee of eleven to organize a Los Angeles mining exchange. Seats priced at 200 each, with 2007 total and a 1M barter list. Members include Mayor A Hare per, George W Parsons, J S Doran, Robert Marsh, and others. The new exchange aims to surpass bucket shops and will include Goldfield Bullfrog and Greenwater miners.
Advertises multiple parcels in Las Vegas with prices and terms. Includes small cottage lots priced at 700 with 18 income, three room cottage and lot at 1000 with 18 income, three cottages and three lots, 5 room house with two lots at 1250, and cheap lots with easy terms in Buck's and Buc's Additions. Encourages calls or writings for bargains.
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