Tonopah Ore Returns Reach High Tonnage Values
The Tonopah camp reports a $16,977.42 mail total with $5,126.79 from 16 1/3 tons sent by Brougher Bros from lease 36 at an average $376.41 per ton from 130 feet depth. The lease area holds a potential quarter of a million dollars in ore, central to a famed ore chute. Additional returns come from leases 19 and 20 on the same chute, while lease 44 yielded over $65 per ton from waste dump ore. Selby shipments top $9,985.78 after freight and smelting deductions from 93.59 pounds. Lease 9% of Stevens & Crocker produced 456 ounces silver and 7.21 ounces gold per ton on 19,380 pounds. Lease 19 of Cuting & Brown yielded 295.72 ounces silver and 3.64 ounces gold per ton on 41,489 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah Bonanza Bays
Brougher Bros
Selby
Stevens & Crocker
Cuting & Brown
Yerington Creamery Milk Payments Rise for August
The Yerington Creamery Company distributed over two thousand dollars to thirty-two milk producers in August. Farmers milking forty to sixty cows earn a solid monthly income while hay prices help feed milch cows. The creamery processes about one hundred pounds of milk per day per farmer, with 4 percent butterfat and 71 cents per hundredweight. The annual average price last year was 62 cents, with expectations of 65 cents this year. Capacity is double current intake, inviting more valley residents into dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerington Creamery Company
Yerington Times
August Flower touted as universal cure in old ad
The ad claims Green's August Flower is the largest sale medicine in the civilized world. It asserts it cures indigestion biliousness and supports digestion by cleansing the system and stimulating bodily functions. It promises quick relief with a few doses and urges buying from Brown Bros. Drugists and obtaining Green's Prize Almanac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Brown Bros
Mining News From Western Nevada and Surrounding Districts
Reports from Pioche Reno and Tonopah detail mining activity. Golden King near Pioche suffered a fire loss of 8000 dollars and a work stoppage. Copper Queen near Reno shows four feet of shipping ore. Grand Prize at Tuscarora sees development after a 5000 dollar option. Additional notes cover Jumbo ore samples and Red Mountain vein findings with high ore values and uncertain county locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden King Mining Company
Pioche
Lincoln County
Copper Queen Company
Reno
Tuscarora
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad
An old advertisement offers a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It guarantees a refund if the remedy fails and notes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
It Happened In a Drug Store and a Glove Ad
A Ontario New York druggist touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy after a customers recommendation and offers refunds if not worth the price. The ad notes agents for Hansens gloves suited for railroad workers with a new glove line. Also promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for piles as a safer alternative to surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Grandin
Ontario
N.Y
Brown Bros
de- Witt
Elko's Oil Field Grows With New Rigs Expected Soon
The Independent reports revived interest in Elko's oil fields as a standard rig is planned. Eastern investors back large acreage holdings and funds, with two rigs anticipated before the month ends after a Duluth company sold stock to finance the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Independent
Baldwin
John B. Merritt
Duluth
First cough treated in Western Plowman cures potential consumption
Dr J H Hanford in the Western Plowman touts early cough treatment to arrest consumption progression. Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs advertised. other remedies claim success. Brown Bros. markets Lane's Medicine and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with customer testimonials from Cedar City and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hanford
Kemp
Brown Bros
G. A. LeDeis
Cedar City
Patent cures and tonics for headaches and dyspepsia
An old ad offers Sher man's Headache cure claims instant relief for headaches headaches and neuralgia with 25c and 10c boxes and a guarantee. It also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a stomach rest that lets you eat freely and relieves distress after meals, from Brown Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Brown Bros
Kemp's Balsam and One Minute Cough Cure Promotion
A vintage advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam with a money back guarantee and a trial size, claiming it cures persistent coughs after the first dose. It also promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a trusted children's remedy praised by mothers and sold by Brown Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Bros
To Mothers of Large Families Seek Advice and Aid
A plea to mothers of large families to seek intelligent aid from Lydia E. Pinkham's Laboratory Lynn Mass. A reader testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased menstruation and enabled her to resume housework for a family of eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wats
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Betteville
Ludington
Mich
Pianos Tuned by J A Harvey Visit in October
Mr J A Harvey of Kohler Chase Music House Sacramento will visit Winnemucca in October with an experienced piano tuner. Save your tuning and have it done by a first class man. Leave orders at the Lafayette hotel Winnemucca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Harvey
Kohler & Chase ‘Music House
Sacramento
Winnemucca
Lafayette ho_tel
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Mines and Mining
William F. Newell
Selby Smelting Company
San Francisco
Fureka
Salt Lake
San F Vancisco
Eureka Sentinel
Harris
Virginia Chronicle
Tonopah Mining Company
Nev
J. C. Anderson
Salt Lake Tribune
Red Mountain
Comstock
Storey
Lyon County
Cooney Wood Ranch
Locatere
Sl Mountain
Distel
Virginia
Hansen's
BH. Reinhart & CO. Inc
Elko’s Oil Field
Lewis Ockerman
Goshen
Ind
de Witt
Lane
Kohler & Chase Music House
Cal
D. McB. Rose
Felix Poulin
Bridge Street
C.D. van Duzer
J. T. Wheeled
Wheeler & van Duzer
Attorneys-At-Law
Diehl Building
Bert L. Hoop
Courthouse
Winnemucca, Nevada
Giroux
CIA See
French Hospitalrofsan Franch States
W. L Samuels
D. T. C. Hanson
Ree
Eagle Dray Re
Alfred Chartz
Carson City
W. H. Holt
Humboldt County
Paradise Valley
Charles M’connell
John O'Kane
Lovelock
G. W. Summerfield
Diehl’s Book Store
Winnemac
Remon
City Bakery
C. Diehl Sr
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