Sierra County Advocate Publication Note
Sierra County Advocate, w. C. Thompson, proprietor, annual paper of Sierra County.
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1909
Page
3
Sierra County Advocate, w. C. Thompson, proprietor, annual paper of Sierra County.
Local notes include court sessions led by Judge Francisco Montoya and visiting officials. Fires destroy the Baucus residence while the post office outfit is saved. Kingston gains mining momentum with W. H. Harwood leasing the Comstock and Overlook claims. Miners report renewed activity along the Black Range from Flourine to Macho Creek, and several prominent residents and lawyers visit Hillsboro.
In Albuquerque District Court Mrs Mota Behren was awarded $6000 damages against the Albuquerque Traction Company for injuries received while alighting from a car, the incident occurring recently.
Notice states the New Mexico Survey Commission, under authority of an order from the Third Judicial District, will execute and deliver to the baker a property described by detailed boundary monuments and coordinates in Sierra county. First publication May 7, 1909.
Articles of Incorporation discuss the corporation’s purpose to extract minerals from ores and substances, engage in smelting, refining, milling, and selling, and to operate offices outside New Mexico. It specifies authorized capital stock at 600,000 shares of $1 par value, with 300,000 designated as Treasury Stock, and details on office location and meeting/record-keeping provisions.
Articles of Incorporation detail Twenty Five Hundred dollars capital stock for Victor Mining and Reduction Company with five directors including an actual New Mexico resident. Names listed: J. W. Yard, W. P. Miller Jr, B. J. Bran, H. A. Lay, N. A. Clarke. Incorporators subscribe 500 shares each totaling 2500. Notaries public in El Paso Texas and Sierra County New Mexico certify the instrument dated April 1909.
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