Nevada Sparks and Sparks of Change in Nevada News
Ticket sales at Reno office of Southern Pacific reach 100000 with freight receipts 1040 tons daily. A Nye county Lincoln mine waste operation cleans 2010 dollars in gold and silver and copper ore worth ten dollars per ton. Las Vegas Age notes Looming George Bartlett to run for senator to succeed Francis G Newlands. Franklin Lane tours West. Reno race conditions discussed. University of Nevada enrollment expected near 3000, about fifty more than last term.
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Southern Pacific Company
Lincoln
Berlin
Nye County
Las Vegas
George Bartlett
Francis G. Newlands
Interstate Railroad
Franklin K. Lane
Nevada
Utah Nevada Plaster and Cement Co Formed in Utah
The Salt Lake Tribune reports the incorporation of the Utah Nevada Plaster and Cement company with principal place of business in Salt Lake and claims in southern Nevada. Capital stock is 125000 dollars, par value 1 dollar. Officers are John Sharp president C L Tingey vice president James Chil iamson treasurer C Hyde Ting secretary. Directors include W V Rice C O White and William McClary. Purpose to manufacture plaster and cement using gypsum beds 15 miles northeast of Las Vegas and 100 miles from the Salt Lake railroad.
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Salt Lake Tribune
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Utah-Nevasda Plaster and Cement Company
Nevada
Salt Lake
John Sharp
C.L. Tingey
James Chiliamson
C. Hyde Ting
W.V. Rice
C.O. White
William McClary
Las Vegas
Salt Lake Railroad
Nevada Exhibit at Mining Congress Shows Nevada Lead Role
Commissioner Mark W. Musgrove reports Nevada has secured one third of Madison Square Garden space for the mining congress showing high grade ore samples. The exhibit, planned for May and June 1908, will feature premier mineral producing regions from around the world.
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New York
Madison Square Gardens
Mining Congress
Thor
Nevada
Ventrigger Copper Claims Sold in San Bernardino County
Mrs Gussie Barnes of San Bernardino paid 1000 dollars for an interest in five copper claims in the Ventrigger district on the Saayta time from Ghike to Manuel midway between. The district is attracting considerable attention.
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San Bernardino County
Gussie Barnes
San Bernardino
Ghike
Manuel
Ely Copper to produce 25000 tons daily in ten years
An insider in Ely predicts the firm will exceed 25000 tons of output per day within a decade and requires about 25 million dollars for reduction works. The note adds oil prospects and common oil region indicators like rocks, shale, surface stains, salt and gypsum, underscoring oil’s value where fuel is scarce.
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Thenggenheimn
Ely
Utah
California
Crescent Mill Plans Stamp Amalgamation Plant
Geo. W. Morgan reports perfected arrangements to erect a custom stamp amalgamation plant in Crescent. Initial equipment will include five stamps and necessary tables. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy is well named by the Wilson Drug Co.
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Geo. W. Morgan
Chamberlain
Wilson Drug Co
Mining Patents Publication Rule Declared by Washington Lawyers
Washington lawyers Copp and Luckett state mining patents must be published in the newspaper nearest the claim rather than by airline routes. Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior ruled on a Prescott Arizona case, defining the nearest newspaper as one with established circulation accessible by direct travel to the claim.
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Copp & Luckett
Washington, D. C
United States
Las Vegas Age
Hitchcock of the
Land grab plan eyed for Goldfield streets
A dispatch from Goldfield reports a proposed move by the Las Vegas and Tonopah railroad to close multiple streets and dedicate portions to railroad use. A petition aims to block east west communication in Goldfield and Columbia, relieve the railroad of grade crossings, and present the action as a gift of public land.
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Reno Gazette
Las Vegas
San Diego Arizona railroad contract let for grading work
San Diego Railroad President John D Spreckles announces the letting of the first contract for the San Diego and Arizona railroad. The contract covers 40 000 yards of grading within the city limits. Old Southern Californians will reach numerous eastern railroads already built east from San Diego. The LV and Tis line is expected to be completed by September 1. Salt Lake will run a through train from Los Angeles arriving at Goldfield next morning, relieving the heavy overland train west of Las Vegas.
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Mining patent notices must publish near land claim
Law requires mining patent notices be printed in the newspaper nearest the land. Copps Luckett of Washington DC says the rule is settled by the interior secretary in a Phoenix Arizona case. Patent seekers should note the delay in the Syphus railroad bill case as five railroads and state attorneys agreed to move the US circuit court date from September 16 to September 30.
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Eminent Land Lawyers
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Interior
Phoenix
Arizona
Nevada
United States Circuit Court
Sec
Land for Sale and Water Prospects in Vegas Valley
The item lists numerous parcels of land by township range and section, noting 160 acre and other sized tracts in various see locations and adds a note about Vegas Valley lands. It mentions artesian water borings with initial flow at 262 feet and rising with depth, and expresses optimism for the valley's future with water provision.
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Vegas Valley
Tecopa Mines Rail Rate Boosts Salt Lake Smelters
The Borax Smith railroad set a rate of 4.25 dollars per ton for ore from the Tecopa mines to Salt Lake smelters. It recalls how distant Inyo mines once seemed unprofitable to work.
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Tecopa
Salt Lake
Inyo
Mining Blanks The Age prints best forms at reasonable prices
Mining Locations and Cert low prices. ates, at.
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Lots for Sale in Las Vegas Offers
Several parcels in Buck's and Buck's Additions offered for cash or easy terms. Listings include lots 1 and 2 in block 17 at 1000 dollars, a small cottage with lot at 700 dollars, a 3 room cottage and lot at 1000 dollars, and bundles of 3 cottages with 3 lots at 2500 dollars plus a 5 room house on 2 lots at 1250 dollars. Several good business locations and houses to let.
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Buck’s
Bucl’s
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