Road Improvement Becomes Live Issue in County
The Ploche Commercial Club pushes road upgrades sparked by the Russell law. A six member committee from Pioche Panaca and Caliente will press county commissioners to form a highway board and pursue bond funding, with Ely and Clark County cadres pledging support for a north south route.
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Lincoln County
Ploche Commercial
Board of County Emmissionars
Scott
Board of Highway Commissioners
H. BE
Freudenthal M. L. Lee
C. A. Thompson
W. H. Pitts
Caliante
J. Wesley Smith
Caliente
Wly
Ploche
Pataca
Calient
Meadow Valley
Clark County
Los Angeles
Antro
Ely
Messia
Thompson
Pitts
Pische
Las Vegas
Pahranagar
Delamar
Pioche
Pioche Panaca
Board of County Commissioners
County Highway Commission
Colonization project update at Battle Mountain in Nevada
Judge Thomas L. Mitchell and M. R. Evans visited town aboard the Western Pacific train. Evans aids Salt Lake Land & Development, which owns Blossom and S terrett ranches near Battle Mountain, totaling about 20 000 acres along the Humboldt river. The firm plans colonization by dividing land into forty and eighty acre tracts with perpetual water rights. George Conley dies in Caliente after brief illness. remains sent to Tamaqua Pa for interment. Hughty McCarty accompanies coffin.
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Thomas L. Mitchell
Salt Lake
M. R. Evans
Western Pacific Crain
National
Evans
Land & Development Company of
Blossom
Sterett
Humboldt River
Wells Herald
Geo. Conley
George Conley
Caliente
Tamaqua
Hughty McCarty
Conley
Bristol
Jas. Nesbitt
Cole Circus Fails To Make Good Here
Circus owners and manager are blamed for a failed Cole Brothers show advertised to exhibit yesterday. Prince Consolidated Mining Company prepared a special train to Pioche for families and employees. it was canceled after the circus train did not arrive. Community anger grows as past schemes by Jones' Broachets are recalled and Caliente is billed for today.
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Ploche
Godbe
Bristol
Eagle
Jones
Caliente
Lincoln County
Uaa
Tonopah Mines Set August Production Record
In August Tonopah camp mines produced 53,182 tons of ore valued over one million dollars, with profits surpassing 425,000. The record exceeds last year's 41,086 tons. New properties Merger North Star and Halifax entered production, with plans for two new mills to support dividend paying growth and expanded ore reserves attracting investors.
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Tonopah
North Star
Halifax
County Commissioners Meeting Schedule and Adjournment Plan
The county commissioners will meet next Monday morning as a board of equalization then proceed to regular monthly session. Due to the volume of cases, it is likely the board will not finish until Tuesday.
Tonopah Mines Enter Aggressive Development Era
The Tonopah area expands with multiple mines like Buckeye Belmont Gypsy Queen Migpah Extneaion Rescue Umatilla New Golden Crown Monarch Pittsburg Victor Cashboy and Great Western entering vigorous development. Stocks jump 1 to 600 per cent in hours amid optimistic forecasts from Tonopah Miner. A Smith lease papers signed for Yuba Leasing & Development to operate under Amalgamated lease name with 1000 feet of Raymond Ely shafts, plans include cross-cut pump station and reduced ore handling.
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Buckeye-Belmont
Gypsy Queen
Migpah
Rescue
Umatilla
New Golden Crown
Monarch Pittsburg
Victor
Cashboy
Great Western
Jim Butler
Tonopah
A. ¥. Smith
Amalgamated
Raymond & Ely
Smith
Lloyd
Gol Conditioon
Raymond & Bey
Nevada Experiment Station Names New Director
Prof. 8. B. Doten, University of Nevada graduate, was appointed director of the Nevada Experiment Station, succeeding Prof. G. H. True who left for California. Doten, with BA and MA from Nevada, has served as history and mathematics instructor, entomologist and meteorologist, and more recently entomology professor. 8. B. Ross becomes soil expert, and G. D. Powers advances to salaried professor of engineering.
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B. Doten
University of Nevada
University
G. H True
Agricultural College
California
B. Ross
L. T. Sharp
G. D. Powers
S Alutant
George B Greenwood Dies in Salt Lake of Brights Disease
Obituary notes the death of George B Greenwood a Bank of Pische officer born 1875 in Dixon Illinois. He moved to Utah in 1896, lived in Salt Lake and Milford where he practiced law and aided Beaver County development. Funeral held in Salt Lake under Masons auspices.
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Yeater
Salt Lake
George B. Greenwood
Bank of Pische, Inc
Bright
Mr. Greenwood
Dixon
Utah
Milford
Beaver County
Masons
Indians Find Rich Vein at Mud Springs Mine Discovery
The Elko Independent reports a major strike at Mud Springs in Elko County, claiming Indians exposed rich surface ore long hidden by white search efforts. County Recorder Greathouse and others pursued the mystery as prospectors, including RK. HB. Skaggs and a mining partner, later established claims on the Teal vein.
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Elko Independent
Mud Springs
Medicine Springs
Death Valley
County Recorder
Greathouse
RK. HB
Skaggs
Diamondfield Jack Davis Wounded In Street Affray
A Butte dispatch reports Diamondfield Jack Davis wounded in a street affray amid an alleged LWV attempt to assassinate him over a long standing grudge. The gunfighter gained Nevada and Idaho notoriety, once parading in Goldfield during turbulent days. The piece notes prior murder conviction and Governor Sparks’ aid, plus a modern denial of a Mexican firing party report. Also listed are three divorce suits filed in district court this week: Black v Black, Meyer v Meyer, Buck v Buck.
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Butte
Mont
Diamondfield
Jack Davis
LW. W
Idaho
Nevada
Goldfield
Davis
John Sparks
New York
New Copper Mine Prospect Draws Rush to Elko District
Rich ore in lead copper and silver signals a potential world class copper mine. Development has been quiet to avoid a rush, but nearby claims are piling up as a new district forms 70 miles southwest of Elko between Ruby and Butter Valleys seven miles south of the Delka district. Surface ore shows up to 590 ounces of silver per ton and the vein runs for over a mile with much uncharted. Elko investors including A. W. aon hold property over the hill adjacent to the find.
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Elko
Ruby Valley
Butter Valley
Delka
A. W. Aon
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Battle Mountain
Pah
Pioche Record
Pioche, Nevada
Nevada Experiment Station
Georgeb. Greenwood
Diamondfield Jack" Davis
District Court
Dorcas A. Black
Parley P. Black
A. I. Meyer
Sara & .Meyer
Caroline Buck
A. W. Buck
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