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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1897
Page
3
Leal More Visable notes Utah mine owners split focus as lead and silver output rise. They cite average lead price near 3.34 per unit this year versus 298 previously, while silver fell from 67 cents to 56 cents per ounce, suggesting lead gains could exceed last year’s returns.
Many stampeders at Juneau and Dyea are stranded for winter with no boats or overland routes to the Klondike this fall. Hosea Eastman of Boise writes he will return to Idaho as soon as a boat is found, while others await spring conditions and better lake traffic. A ranchman named Dennis Orman is missing after a horse trek near the Oregon line, with search efforts continuing. A new rich mineral strike at Morrison gulch near Trinity Center, California, draws miners toward the area as claims relocate.
Judge Campbell presided as the inquest on Lanae Hoffman's death resumed in San Francisco. Photographs of the deceased and evidence from Doctors Gallagher and Morgan suggested Hoffman could not have caused all his own wounds, shaping testimony and the investigation. In a separate note, Supervisor M. Poetes reported two men with seven horses traveling toward Klontike after a prior visit, hoping to reach the expected destination next spring.
The report notes the arrest of W A Sheahan in Peoria on embezzlement charges with $2500 bail, claims it is an overdraft, and mentions Virginia's nominations J Hoge Tyler and Edward Echols for governor and lieutenant governor. It also covers a Port Arthur telegram about the Comache yacht ashore near Nipigon and a Falls Creek tannery shutdown from a disease among workers tied to Chinese hides. Additionally, London’s Westminster Gazette critiques Secretary Sherman and Hanna’s influence, while Ohio heirs of the Comstock claim rights to a Nevada mine and ponder a dukedom amid proposals to distribute $163000020 among them.
Consolidated California and Virginia management arranges to process 709 tons of low grade ore with Kinkeads mill. Assays range between SLL and 12 dollars per ton. The test aims to prove the ore can be worked profitably and underpins the mine’s future potential, attracting interest from managers and mine holders.
A lawn social will be held at the courthouse tonight featuring a short program and refreshments offered at a modest price. All are welcome to attend.
Henry Cramer a merchant police shot and mortally wounded Pret Myers in his Cripple Creek store after demanding arrest. Eyewitnesses recount Myers denied arrest and was fired upon as he backed away. Cramer fled toward Colorado Springs to escape a mob after delivering the fatal wound. Also notices on water curtailment, horse losses, blanks for sale, and local goods advertisements accompany the page.
A former Pennsylvania Volunteer describes chronic diarrhea since 1862 and credits Chauberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for a full recovery after trying many medicines. The testimonial from Allentown, PA hopes others try the remedy and notes the Toledo firm Hall's Catarrh Cure and other patent medicines promote their products.
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