Golconda Mines Boom Sparks Townsite Plan
The Golconda copper mines near Golconda begin a major development push with a 150 ton daily concentrator and two reverberatory smelting furnaces. A new town is expected opposite the milling works as traders move in, led by Louis Dutertre and assisted by his son Eugene.
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Silven
Chris Diehl
Rockaway
Humboldt County
Golconda
Adelaide Wining Company
Salt Lake
Antone Buschazzio
Lwiler
Louis Dutertre
Golvonda
Eugene
W. A. Nixon
J. A. Longwith
State Supreme Court
Lew Dunn
Jus. Bell of
Reno
Owen
Taylor
Dr. Hood
Battle Mountain
Destructive Fires Hit Georgetown Monrovia and Tragedies Abroad
Telegraphic news item summary reports Georgetown California nearly wiped out by fire and Monrovia struck by a destructive blaze. It notes the electrocution of Howard A. Scott, a murder case, at Sing Sing and the exchange of the final boundary treaty between Great Britain and Venezuela. Also mentions yellow fever aboard City of Para arriving in San Francisco and navy orders for the Oregon to Victoria for queen's jubilee festivities. Additional items cover a Cuban recognition petition, tariff debate in the Senate, a double child death from fire in Dayton, a false Havana insurgent death report, Tillman Hoar senate clash, Calcutta earthquake shocks with heavy damage, and three lightning deaths in Ohio linked to corset-related risk.
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Georgetown
el Dorado County
Cal
Monrovia
California
Howard A. Scott
Sing Sing
N. Y
Great Britain
Venezuela
State Department
City of Para
San Francisco
Sanday
Panama
Central American
Secretary of the Navy
Oregon
Victoria
B.C
Sulzer
Spooners
Dayton
Ohio
Frank Prestel
Rosa
Albert
Washington
Havana
Key West
Rivera
Bacoloa
Senate
Tillman
Hoar
Calcutta
India
Jacobsburg
Bellaire
Zaneaville
Mining buzz from Olinghouse Canyon sparks big future hope
Reno Gazette notes C. T. Bender and O. J. Smith visited Olinghouse canyon Sunday and forecast a brilliant camp future. Smith, with mining experience in Colorado New Mexico and Arizona, predicts a second Cripple Creek within six months and says millions may lie in the croppings. He plans to return after his lawsuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno Gazette
C. T. Bender
O. J. Smith
Olinghouse Canyon
Smith
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Mr. Smith
Mandamus Proliferation and Crime in 1897 Carson Capitol
A fragmentary column reports furious mandamus suits erupting among state officers in Carson, a San Francisco dispatch details Victor de Martini escaping a pistol shot by Gladys Matheny, and a Winnemucca post office notice listing unclaimed letters. Local ads promote plumbing, merchandise, and patent medicines amid routine notices and a piano tuner arrival.
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Carson
Capitol
Supreme Court
Madamas
San Francisco
Kearney Street
Victor de Martini
Gladys Matheny
Cascareta Candy Cathartie Cure Claim Ad
An early 20th century medicine advertisement promotes Cascareta Candy Cathartie as a general tonic. It touts kidney liver and bowel cleansing, cold relief and headaches and urges readers to buy a box for 10 25 or 50 cents with a guarantee from druggists.
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Ed. Lyng and Son
Paradise
George Berk
John BR. Loosley
Rebel Creek
Charles McConnell
McDermit
Connecticut
Paris Petit Journal
Lake Tahoe
H. G. Gillilan
W. A. Miller
Kyle Springs
Oro Iande
Gold Creek
Elke County
Elko
Empire
A.M. Latta
Careon
Latta
Echoal
The
Independent
J. M. Hardy
Elko County
J. W. Spengler
West
Mouse
Panaca
P. Sweeney
Pleasant Valley
Austin
Kiwood & Sears
Bull Lake
Stauffer & Sweetser
Frank Cook
Nebraska
Oscin Hippesrandt
Telegraphic News
Ronixs & Co
Carson's
Winnemucca
Barmby
Thomas Bliss
John Copeland
Sam R Cadogan
Don Holtz
Samuel R- Potter
Frank Y Shea
Jerry Persons
H. Warges
J. Row
Cras
Weerrete
F.C. Ronrxs & Co
Hood
E. Bergnarr & Co
Snapers
Enterprise
My7th
E. Bermanr & Co
James Perdue
Monroe, Mich
Chamberlain
W. A. Brown
G. W. Richards
Duquense
F.C. Ronrys & Co
Central Hotel
Bridge Street
Proprietress
Tuvrza Cuoare
Oscar Hildebrandt
Pereale
F.C. Rosis & Co
M. Hormas’s
G. W. SuuMenrirt
Mason
F.C. Rontis & Co. A
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F.C. Ronis & Co
ROYA
Royal Baking Powder
New York
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