Boise inspector foresees Pioche as big tonnage ore source
Robert N. Bell of Boise Idaho, longtime lead silver inspector, surveys Pioche district and forecasts a bright future as a major smelting ore producer. He highlights Prince Consolidated and Ely Valley as promising, notes the Ohio Kentucky Mining Company deposits could yield 1000 tons daily with development, and plans to visit Mendha Bristol and Jack Rabbit districts.
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Pioche
Robert N. Bell
Boise
Idaho
Bell
Coeur d'Alene
West
Mr. Bell
Prince Consolidated
Ely Valley
Iron Gassan
Prince Zone
Greenwood
Susan
Ohio-Kentucky Mining Company
Piobe
Mendha
Highland District
Bristol
Jack Rabbit
Death of J. D. Wood at Salt Lake Depot
J D Wood prominent Salt Lake mine operator died last Sunday evening after being struck by an engine while crossing tracks near the Salt Lake Route depot. The victim, once aboard a Pullman sleeper, was en route to Provhe to inspect mining interests with partners including Simon Bamberger. He was a known western figure with extensive mining and livestock holdings and was considered a millionaire. Murray C. Godbe planned to accompany him to Provhe to tour major mines.
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J. D. Wood
Salt Lake
Piobe
Los Angeles
Round House
Wood
Butte
Proche
Simon Bamberger
Ohio-Kentucky Mining Company
Jeonsent
Greenwood
Murray C. Godbe
Mr. Wood
Pioche School District Announces Bond Plans Progress
Bonds authorized at a September election have been sold to a Chicago bank. Pioche’s new school building plans have been drawn and accepted by the Pioche school board. Bids have been advertised for and work is expected to start once the contract is let. The district aims to improve its public school system to meet growing demands.
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Pioche
Chicago
Pioche School Board
Holbrook Endorses Pioche Mining Boom Demand
Lafayette Holbrook, Utah mining operator, tours Pioche from Prince Consolidated to the Point mines predicting world changing developments. He praises Golden Prince and Missouri Prince prospects, notes new gasoline line hoisting plant, and says Pioche could become one of the largest producing camps with railroad facilities and rising investments.
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Lafayette Holbrook
Utah
Racorp
Pioche
Point Mines
Mr. Holdbrook
Prince Consolidated
Holbrook
Golden Prince
The
Missouri Prince
T. C. Duckworth
Thomas 2. Mathews
Selma
California
Pioche School Board to Build New Greenwood Corral, Six Rooms
The school board completed the purchase of the Greenwood corral area in Pioche, a large site to host a six room, modern school building. Designed by Liljenberg Maeser of Salt Lake, it includes ventilation and sanitation emphasis, steam heating, and aims for occupancy at the fall term. Elias Khan, Pioche merchant, has returned from the east.
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Greenwood Corral
Pioche
Liljenberg & Maeser
Salt Lake
Had Book Store in Pioche Recalled by Former Resident
William P. Goodman of Manchester New Hampshire writes from abroad recalling his Pioche bookstore era between 1872 and 1877. He notes selling the Piccus Record on the streets soon after arrival, with Pat Holland and editor F Kenyon at the helm. He also includes a Manchester clipping citing a mine operator praising Pioche Nevada as the liveliest mining camp the West has seen, also mentioning Tonopah Goldfield Rawhide.
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William P. Goodman
Manchester
New Hampshire
Thompson
Meadow Valley Street
Goodman
Piccus Record
Pat Holland
F. Kenyon
Pioche Boom Compared to Its Wild West Era
The writer recalls Pioche in its peak with $20 a day guards and brutal killings. Gambling tables, gold pieces, and large jackpots defined the age. Today Pioche is calmer, with more ore, a smaller population, yet improved overall town conditions.
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Tifmit
Pioche
Patterson District Brimming with Prospects North of Pioche
The Patterson district about 60 miles north of Pioche attracts interest from C. Baverstock of Los Angeles who reports promising surface showings. Copper is found but ore shows gold, silver and lead values. In Cave valley near Patterson several lead prospects exist and oil excitement rises below Ely and California parties. The St Lawrence Mining Co in Shoshone mountains plans a large compressor and tramway with a possible new mill, Roch ester of New York owns the property. James Marriott’s tungsten work at the Golden Prince shaft reaches 280 feet amid shale, signaling possible ore. Bergman from Lake Valley ranch visited the city on business.
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Patterson
Pioche
C. 8
Baverstock
Los Angeles
Cave Valley
Ely
California
Shoshone Mountains
St. Lawrence
Rochester
New York
James Marriott
Osceola
Bell Telephone Coming to Proghe
Bell Telephone to absorb the Loco System and install an exchange. The move signals expanded telecommunication services in Proghe, with integration of local lines and modernization plans underway.
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Bell Telephone
Proghe
Out of Town Talks on Nevada Telephone Camp
Thomas, superintendent of the Utah Nevada Idaho Telephone company, says Pioche District Telephone lines will be absorbed and a local plant installed. A modernized system aims to span long distance lines, with tentative exchange at Caliente and potential north route via Bly.
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Utah, Nevada & Idaho Telephone Company
Rocky Mountain Bell
Hugh Thomas
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Salt Lake
Utah, Nevada & Idaho Corporation
Pioche District Telephone Company
Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Penna
Pioche
Deseret
Modena
Souern Utah
Bly
Caliente
Prominent visitors scout Pioche mining camp
John A. Kirby of Pioche King Mining and W H Webber of Pioche Metals & Mining travel from Salt Lake and southern Arizona with Frank Cook to inspect the Point mine. C W Murdock, a Nye County boom figure, joins to assess mines, and Utah attorney D D Houtz notes Pioche’s surprising extent and ore development. He calls Pioche a wonderful camp.
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John A. Kirby
Pioche King Mining Company
W. H. Webber
Pioche Metals & Mining Company
Point
Frank B. Cook
Mr. Kirby
Salt Lake
Messrs. Webber
Cook
Arizona
C. W. Murdock
Murdock
Nye
Pioebe
Joe Ba Eee
D. D. Houtz
Provo
Utah
Houtz
Pioche
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Jack Rabb
Lacenmood
Comal St
Scott
Rona Bally
Uta
Elias Khan
William M. Goodman
Meadow Vally
O Pine
the Golden Prince
Bergman
Lake Valley
A Thomas
Supetaendent of
Nevada
Ad Wao Company
Sas
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