30 Nov 1907
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1907
Page
1
Senator W A Clark of the Salt Lake Railroad is due on train No 2 this morning and may discuss railroad shops location. He and his party proceed to Goldfield on a LV & T special, with no layover planned. He will return in a few days.
Local hotel register shows arrivals including Phat, Le Groves, S Foe h Carter, Milwaukee, Salt Lake, Morrill, Memphis, Clayton Smith, B Rhyolite. Names appear in a scattered ledger style, with destinations and affiliations noted alongside.
Thanksgiving pages record local residents and officials offering thanks for water, banks, oil fields, weddings, and tranquility after a year of civic echoes. Notables like Judge Lillis and Commissioner Hawkins share hopes for Las Vegas and Caliente while editors note meals and delayed interviews amid holiday bustle.
A Goldfield letter reports a general strike closing mines and many industries leaving streets filled with idle workers. W. W. agitators may worsen the situation, risking potential trouble or bloodshed as strikers refuse scrip for wages.
A large borax deposit is reported at Tick canyon, a branch of the Soledad, about 40 miles north of Los Angeles. The discovery could signify a major mineral find near the regional mining district.
The article reports on local marriages and wedding jokes in Las Vegas Nevada. It details the unions of Simmons and Edgeworth and the Staley Pine event with a public wedding ruse. It notes a Charleston hotel name contest, prize winners, and civic commentary by Hon. Frank Williams on a possible special legislative session.
J W Humphreys of Los Angeles appeals to The Age with a notice about remitting the annual assessment work for mining claims in 1907 at Goodsprings. He owns two claims, had funds in an LA bank, which ceased cashing checks and issued scrip. He offers $200 in Los Angeles bank scrip to any miner at Goodsprings who will perform the assessment work, denouncing what he calls an unfair treatment.
Wanted assessment work in Sunset district by an experienced miner. Address W. C. Boyle Sunset via California.
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