Picche Weekly Record highlights from April 20 1906
The Picche Weekly Record notes Bristol Mines bonded to ASS and R Smelting Co of Salt Lake. T J Osborne returns from Salt Lake via Caliente. Nevada Utah M and B S Corp general manager oversees work. Bristol shipments increase as ore moves to markets. Weather improves aid to freight in Modena and local merchants. Printing services expand with new envelopes and stationery. Nevada Utah Co works on water bore at smelter but pipe issues slow progress. renewed effort expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
ASS. & R. Smelting Company
Salt Lake
A. F. Schneider
Nevada-Utah
M. & 8. Corporation
Messrs
Christian and
Lloyd of
Modena
Bishop Bos
Nevada—Utah Co
Orvis Bing Visits Nevada Schools on Tour
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Orvis Bing arrives in Las Vegas after touring county schools from Carson City to Meadow Valley Wash. He notes the Salt Lake Route outage and praises Nevadan roots, while Bell Telephone plans a $250,000 expansion to Pioche Eureka White Pine Elko and Las Vegas, aided by a Caliente rail extension. The piece discusses hopes for restore of the county seat status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvis Bing
Carson City
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Salt Lake
Meadow Valley Wash
Ring
Bell Telephone Company
White Pine
Eureka
Elko
Newhouse
Utah
Pioche
Caliente
Here
Nevada Utah Company Drives Mining Work at Day Mine
The Nevada Utah Company shows strong activity at the Day mine with carpenters framing No 1 and No 2 shafts, timbers being set, and a 50 man bunkhouse erected. Rail shipment comes from the smelter via Modena to Royal City as development moves ahead, while A W Scott plans work at a $10,000 claim in Fairview district. Vagrancy cases and other town news fill the local column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada-Utah Company
Modena
Royal City
A. W. Scott
Fairview District
Scott
Mining Relocation Rules in Colorado Court Ruling
In Boulder Colorado the district court issued a landmark decision on mining claim relocations. Locators who fail to perform annual assessment work can relocate if done before subsequent claim locations, stressing due diligence to protect rights. The article notes value growth in districts and warns neglect leads to loss of preexisting rights. A Nevada land transfer and a stray sensational line follow, detailing the Ward Land and Livestock deal and a sensational blurb about an Indiana physician. Carried opinions mention irrigation use of the Carson Sink canal for transport to homes from a distant railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
Caliente Droppings and Local News Roundup
Ed Clark travels to Las Vegas on business while roads to the Power Plant are cited as nearly impassable. Hazel Foster returns from DeLamar. Mrs Harry Underhill heads to Salt Lake for hospital care. A large pump is installed on Clover Street to aid fires. Mrs Kila Denton visits Nebraska with her son Floyd. Gap Cannen shows slow improvement amid local train arrivals drawing ladies to the Depot. Clark Reed moves with family to the Power Plant. he becomes a fireman. Mrs Nellie Towley returns home from visiting Alphin family. Chas Culverwell runs railroad grade teams. his son Billy oversees. Mrs Bert Pace departs to Salt Lake for her ill brother Walter Kent. George W. Warren revamps his saloon front and interior. Thomas Phillips, bridge and truss builder foreman, dies after a fall two miles above town. he left a wife and three children. Also, a humorous local exchange about a silver wedding anniversary leads to a proofreader joke. Allan C. Bragg arrives from Reno to lead the White Pine News in Ely and coordinat e for the Calkins Syndicate in Ely. Frances G. Newlands is noted in state politics with a crowd of politicians in Winnemucca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clover Street
Kila Denton
Floyd
Nebraska
Gap Cannen
Bert Pace
DeLamar
Salt Lake
Walter Kent
Geo. W. Warren
Times
Allan C. Bragg
Reno
Eureka
Ely
White Pine
Bragg
Evening Gazette
Silver State
Winnemucca
Humboldt County
Nevada
White Pine County
Calkins
Eureka Sentinel
Independent Smelter Plans Utah Plant Near Ogden
An independent smelter venture by The Oregon Short Line Rail Company and Utah Smelting prompts construction of a new 1,000,000 dollar spur seven miles north of Ogden. The project, backed by David Eccles, aims to start within six months, signaling potential benefits for ore producers and Ogden’s smelting profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Short Line Rail Company
Utah
Ogden
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
San Francisco
Utah Smelting Company
David Eccles
Oxden
Nevada Notes Spur Towns and Tracks in 19th Century West
State notice reports Bullfrog Miner moved to Rhyolite and wool contracts at 19 to 20 cents per pound. Borax Smith promises Tonopah road by next April as Nevada prospectors push Siegel Desert districts. Blackhorse chosen for Osceola town site with a weekly paper planned. Beef expected to rise as cattle sold to Western Pacific camps. Ely to Toano road tracklaying at a mile and a quarter daily. Fairview camp grows with 400 residents and 20 buildings under way. Freight costs six cents per pound from Eureka. bullion at Carson City mint stands at 160000 dollars ready for coinage. mint handling quadrupled from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Smith
Tonopah
San Francisco Earthquake Devastates City at Dawn
A 5 10 a m quake struck San Francisco destroying thousands of buildings and causing extensive loss of life. Water shortages, fires rage citywide, and telegraph wires fail. City Hall is ruined while many frame structures south of Market Street burn as residents flee into the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkely
Bay
Postal
San Francisco
Igy
el Oy
Lick House
Palace
St. Francis Hotels
Market Street
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Picche
Publiceed Byer Pretax
Record Co
Picehe
T. J. Osborne
Ploce
J ’S
J. Burke
Jerry Harrington
Orr
Los
Srl
B.L. Godbe
Bently
Bristol Copper Mg
Geo. Wright
Fay City
Rhea
the Gazette
Gies
Ward Land and Livestock Company
Gerlack Land and Livestock Company
Stockton
Indiana
Carson Sink Country
Rafta
Sted
Clark
Mise Hazel Foster
Harry Underhill
Clark Reed
Nellie Towley
Mrs Alphin
Chas, Culverwell
Stine
Billy
Thomas Phillips
Bridge & Trussel Builders
Phillips
Allan Bragg
Frances G. Newlands
Winnemucca Silver
State News
San
Rancisco
Siegel
Desert
Storey County
Blackhorse
Osceola Mining District
Humphrey
Sparks
The
White Pine News
S. P
Toano
Fairvieweas
Proche Lodge No. 23
Thompson’s Hall
Bornaes Loo
A. A. Carman
J. D. Campbell
W. Garrison
L.C
B. Wheeler
Thos, McGee
Ralph’ DeWitt
Fourth Judicial District Court
State of
Lincoln County
Eee Cane CW. Killett, Decansed
H.R Filfett
Eugene Goodrich
F. R McNames
P. Christensen General Merchandise
Saliente Nev Os
Or & Ruslacalf
Rosenthal
Kearny ST
Cal
Hang Chang’s Restaurant
Latour
Pioche, Nevada
San Pedro Roa
Thorugh
Pridhe
Main St
Ralls and Spencer
A. S. Thompson
Vioche, Ney
General Merchandise
General Hardware
Star
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