Nevada-Utah mill shows improved output after tune up
After a four day stoppage the Consolidated Nevada Utah mill resumes steady work and reports higher quality zinc concentrate than before. Daily ore intake runs 20 to 60 tons from mine and stockpile, with one mine shift operating efficiently. Lincoln County Normal School graduation exercises set for May 20 at Panaca include speeches, songs, and diploma presentations. C. W. Garrison, Lincoln County recorder and auditor, weighs a possible Democratic bid for state senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada-Utah
C. W. Garrison
Garrison
Lincoln County
Uvada Copper Mine Manager Tours Camp
M M Johnson, mine manager of the Uvada Copper company at Bristol, spent a couple of days in camp this week. He hurries to the mine and says it is looking fine and making money. He notes mining is hindered by a shortage of miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Johnson
Uvada Copper Company
Bristol
Rabies Outbreak Hits Sheep Herd East of Stillwater
Joe Enos reports about 4 000 head of sheep in the hills east of Stillwater suffering rabies with around 100 deaths in recent days. A coyote jump and dog attacks preceded the outbreak, and seven animals were killed in one day as hydrophobia signs appeared amid a harsh weather shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Enos
Stillwater
Charlie Kent
Will Drill for Water in White River Valley
At an adjourned county board meeting the plan to continue drilling for water with the county plant at the site near Preston in White River Valley was approved. Work will start once a competent supervisor is secured after last year's poor results blamed on operator inexperience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Preston
White River Valley
Ely
Will Install Flotation Process at Cherry Creek
Downer brothers of Goldfield have taken over the dump at the Star mine north of Cherry Creek and plan to install the flotation process to treat tailings. The experiment will be watched by mine operators in the district and may be adopted by the Star Company if successful. Manager Fletcher moves a gasoline engine and compressor from the upper workings and operations will resume at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downer Brothers
Goldfield
Star Mine
Cherry Creek
Star Company
Fletcher
Ely
Death of Pioneer Delamar Trader in Nevada Runaway
Mrs. T. J. Lynch received word in Oakland that her father T. B. Edwards, about 58, died after injuries from a runaway accident near St Helena. A Tonopah pioneer merchant with Nevada mining ventures, he formerly lived in Lincoln county and had run Delamar mercantile business.
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Tonopah
T. J. Lynch
Oakland
T. B. Edwards
St. Helena
Edwards
Nevada
Lynch
California
Lincoln County
Delamar
Jim Butler
Doris Plant Reopens After Shutdown With New Equipment
The Doris Mining and Milling Company cyanide plant resumes operation after a temporary shutdown to install new equipment. A new rolls set elevator 4 inch gasoline engine and other facilities enhance capacity and extraction efficiency.
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Doris Mining & Milling Company
Half Moon Leaser Reports Good Progress in Mine Lease
Paul Gray reports satisfactory results on the Half Moon mine lease as metal prices stay high. The Half Moon is a holding of the Consolidated Nevada company.
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Paul Gray
Half Moon
Consolidated Nevada Company
Railroad renames itself Salt Lake Route for prominence
The San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake line will drop its old name and be officially designated Salt Lake Route. The change aims to reduce clerk errors and station confusion, since Salt Lake is a key city and the new name is more distinctive. The move follows guidance from passenger officials and aims to unify branding across guides and stationery.
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San Pedro, Los Angeles
Salt Lake Rairoad
Salt Lake Houte
San Pedro
Balt Lake i
Salt Lake
Stade
Los Angeles
James
L. A
Southern Pacific
Tribune
Prohibition and Divorce Reform Backed by Nevada Mission Convocation
The Ninth Annual Convocation of the Missionary District of Nevada in Elko urged statewide prohibition of liquor and a divorce law with an interlocutory decree lasting one year. They supported initiative petitions to push these questions to the next Nevada legislature and pledged petitions betweenregistration and December 1, 1911. The group also set Reno as the future meeting site and thanked supporters of the bishop's house and Pyramid Lake mission.
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Missionary District of
Nevada
Elko
Hunting
Convocation
Reno
Pyramid Lake
Board of Missions
St. Paul's Parish
Biko
Tungsten Ore Prices and Protectionist Tariff Effects
An analysis explains tungsten ore sale units at 20 pounds and 1 percent ton, with 60 percent concentrates yielding 12 pounds acid per unit. It notes prewar prices under $9 a unit, postwar spikes to $110, ferro-tungsten retailing $8–$10 per pound, and argues tariffs hurt infant industry protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Y Steel
Colorado Minora
Iit
Accident at the Doris Company New Mill
A worker named Callahan fell about 12 feet from a trestle while dumping a car at the Doris Company cyanide mill last Tuesday. He suffered severe bruising to the arm and shoulder and a minor head injury.
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Doris Company
Callahan
Mexican Attacks Woman and Destroys Cemetery Markers
Two youths vandalized the I. O. O. F. cemetery desecrating headstones including Carman and Neabitt pieces. A separate incident in Caliente involved a Mexican man stabbing Mrs. Alexander, tearing her clothing, and abducting her before escaping as deputies searched and riders tracked the suspect.
Fish Commission Busy Restocking the Streams
Chairman Hunt of the California state fish commission arrived in Nevada to inspect the Verdi hatchery with Nevada officials. California loaned 100,000 eyed spawn rainbow trout to Nevada for immediate placement, while 18,000 rainbow trout were placed at Derby dam and 500,000 more expected. In the Truckee area 30,000 eastern brook trout were added recently.
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Hunt
California State Fish Commission
Verdi Hatchery
Nevada Fish Commission
Miller, Mille
O'Brien
Verdi
Nevada
Miller
California
Nevada Commission
Derby Dam
Truckee
Elko Man Sentenced to Five Years in State Prison
Joseph A Bish op pleaded guilty as an accomplice in a poison plot against M B Connell. Judge McFadden sentenced him to five years. Mrs Connell allegedly invited her husband to visit in jail and confessed the plan.
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Elko
Joseph A. Bishop
Mining School Test for Tungsten Sales
A mining school outlines a chemical procedure to test a tungsten sample by pulverizing, panning, mixing with soda and potash, fusing, dissolving in hydrochloric acid, and using tin to aid coloration. A blue color confirms tungsten, while absence of blue indicates no tungsten. iron can cause yellow residues mistaken for tungsten oxide.
Caliente Briefs Quiet Returns and Local Happenings
Caliente notes share several reappearances and moves. Chan Wing returns to run local business after two years away. Lewin Cattledge’s baby dies in Lehi Utah. Date Edwards back in Panaca. Beaureau returns from California. A steam laundry to open soon. Sheriff Ronnow visits. Ronnow family travels to Las Vegas and Good Springs. Hotel Lincoln run by Mrs. McIntosh resumes control. electric theater project progresses. Pace back in butchery. Elliot Lee assists. Bert Eldredge takes post at Gold Bug mine in Good Springs. A truck aids scrap iron hauling from Delamar. Four carloads of cattle shipped this week, with more to come.
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Caliente
Chan Wing
Wort
Lewin Cattledge
Lehi
Utah
Edwards
Panaca
F. J. Beaureau
California
Sherif Dan J. Ronnow
Joseph Ronnow
Panges
Las Vegas
Chas
Phil Mathews
Panaea
William Culverwell
McIntosh
Lincoln
F.C. Pace
Death by own action pact ends life of Tuscarora couple
George Ham and his wife, both drug users in Tuscarora, shot and killed in a death by own action pact after opiate access was restricted by new law. Ham killed his wife then attempted suicide, bullets piercing the roof, and he was captured to face trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ham
Tuscarora
Ham
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Lincoln County Normal School
W. H. Edwards
Miss Leavitt
Han
Laos
Miss Devlin
Miss Figgina
Mrs. Bunker
Miss Earl
John Edwards Bray
Mr. Edwards
A. V. Lee
Normal School
Rose C. Bunker
Amy A. Devlin
Vida Earl
George W. Edwards
Erastus A. Hansen
Laura M. Higgins
Roxis Leavitt
Senate
Uvada
T. E. Edwards
Nate
Doris Plant
Railroad Company
Carman
Alexander
Fish Commission
Elko Man
Virginia City School of Mine
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