Sailors and Their Work Not So Many as Last Year
United States Shipping Commissioners report for the year ended June 2, 1899 total 75 106 shipments and 45 444 discharges of seamen, up from 72 647 shipments and 43 762 discharges. Main increases seen in Boston San Francisco and Port Townsend with New York aiding army transport.
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Washington
United States Shipping Commissioners
Norfolk
Boston
San Francisco
Port Townsend
New York
War Department
British North America
West Indies
Central
South America
Recruits Wanted for Volunteer Army in Nevada Poster
The Carsop Appeal reports a post office poster calling 18 to 35 year old unmarried men to enlist in the Thirty-fifth Infantry U S Volunteers. Recruits receive pay clothes rations and medical care with a June 16 1901 end date. Recruiters can be found in Reno inviting Carsop residents to join before potential combat in the Philippines.
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Carsop
Thirty-fifth Infantry
U. S
Itme
Armour Co
Condiiton
Philippines
Reno
Riverside
Uncle San
San Francisco Visit Reveals Wives Recovery and War Relic
Judge Bonninera returns from San Francisco where his wife heals quickly. He brings a silver mounted buffalo horn cane found on a Philippine battlefield with a fallen officer. He noted light crowds at polling places and commented on San Francisco press about possible troop calls.
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Bonninera
San Francisco
Carson
Mining reports from Denio region entice with rich ore prospects
Leonard from Denio discusses the R A D mine near Pueblo Company works with 16 to 18 tons daily. Nearby shows include Gold Blossom prospects with 5 to 60 dollars per ton values and copper veins at King prospect. Salt Lake City totals rise with 26,200 in gold bars and dust from multiple mines.
Washington mining tale and farm condition notes
A Washington mining report describes the Golden Tunnel mine in the Cascade mountains as a rapid paying wonder with ore resources valued over 4 million dollars and a tramway under construction. The agriculture section lists August 1 conditions for corn oats barley buckwheat potatoes and hay across multiple states with rises and declines. Also notes on Mrs Winslow’s Syrup and Karl’s Clover Root Tea advertisements and a Paradise Valley church notice.
Cheap Power Plan Picks Truckee River Site Near California Line
The cheap power committee and Floriston Company have a ratified transmission contract for Truckee river energy to the Comstock. A dynamo plant will be built east of the California line where the river bends south, about thirty miles from delivery. Vista near Reno was a second option but excluded due to dam concerns and irrigation diversions.
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Cheap Power Committee
Fioriston Company
Floriston Company
Truckee
California
Central Pacific Railroad
Vista
Reno
Comstock
Washoe Lake
Prospects for Bristol group near Pioche praised
George Small reports favorable impressions from the Bristol group of claims near Pioche recently purchased by Adison Bybee of New York. A 500 foot adit extends ore with copper bearing veins showing high grades and assays around 9 percent copper. Twenty men work the site as the outlook remains encouraging with extensive drifts and 18 percent copper in ore.
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Salt Lake Tribune
George Small
Bristol
Pioche
Adison
Bee
New York
Small
Deer Lodge
A. W. McCune
Dexter Cleanup Hints at Strong July and August Outlook
Dexer Mining Company officials report July cleanup earnings of no less than 12000 in gold bullion and dust at the mill. They expect a heavy if not sensational rise in August aided by a new lower level strike and planned extractions, signaling a very bright outlook. A California miner describes winter Alaska prospecting by sinking to bedrock through four feet of snow, with pay streaks determining the season’s success.
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Salt Lake
Dexter Mining Company
California
Alaska
Strike at Huntoon Valley Mining Claim Discovery
In Huntoon Valley about forty miles southeast of Hawthorne F M and J H Lee locate a new gold strike with Archie Farrington aboard Lee reports a gold ledge two to eight feet wide at thirty feet depth capable of milling $500 per ton He has traced the ledge over 000 feet on the surface Water for a ten stamp mill can be brought within three miles and wood is abundant The Lee brothers, seasoned miners, express cautious optimism The discovery lies on the same mineral belt as Bodie and Silver Star mines.
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Golden Tunnel
Casscade Mountains
State of Washington
Northwest
Anaconda
Huntoon Valley
Hawthorne
F. M
J. H. Lee
Archie Farrington
Mr. Lee
Lee Brothers
Bodie
Silver Star
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Boonfield
Levi Strauss & CO
Denio
Nevada
Dexter
Leonard
Pueblo Company
H. J. Bradley
Fulton & Taylor
Rose Valley
Oregon
Borax Works
C. B. Hanson
Blomsom
King
King, Leonard & Sona
de LaMar
Nev
Stateline
Little Johnny
N. P. Dooley
Mr. Small
Salt Lake City
Tuscarora
Mercur
Lion Hill
Foot
Washington Mining Experts
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Indiana
Tlinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Towa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Timothy Day
New England
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Texas
Kentucky
Minois
Mrs. Winslow
Karl
Eagle Drug Store
Fiee
Paradise Valley
Hamin
Paradise
Leparte
Wade
Huntoon
Pierce
Io R. V. Pierce, M. D
Great Invalids
Surgical Institute of
Buffalo
N. Y
Recanzone & Forgnone
Arenette
Toiel
Winnemucca
Winnemucca Jewelry Company
V. E. Campbell
Ian
D. Cordano
Bridge Street
Steck
Silver State Publishing Co
Winnemucca, Nevada
Humboldt River
Humboldt
O, Reil
C. B. BrOwn & CO
OLD Reliable Hardware House
Mm. B. Staunton
Golconda
Gogongd
Union
Arkansas
Lois
Louis Dutertre
Golconda, Nevada
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