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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
1
Lincoln county Nevada board meeting May 11 1908 approves budget transfers and disallows several claims. It enlarges Pioche school district boundaries and approves Henry Lee subdivision map after compliance. Discussion over Pioche rail line boundaries cites lack of western residents and conflicts with described limits.
A large gathering of mining leaders attended a banquet hosted by E d Greenwood for Ohio guests at the Owl Cafe in Pioche. F R McNamee of Caliente acted as toastmaster with remarks highlighting the camp’s mineral wealth and prospects.
Lincoln County commissioners ordered the sale of property to the highest bidder, considered a petition to establish an election precinct at Gold Butte, and approved licenses for engineers Phillip Kusorae and Daniel L. Williams. They appointed inspectors for Hiko road district, repealed the street commissioner office in Caliente, and directed bond refunds from the old Lincoln County issue. The Pioche water mains must be kept in repair, with potential prosecution if neglected. A state school tax of six cents per hundred dollars was levied, and indigent county levy was increased. Meeting adjourned with no further business.
Boston message praises Pioche ore shipments and rising value at Day mine Jack Rabbit. Nevada-Utah company reports 12–60 carloads monthly, high grade strike near $120 per ton, and expanding smelter markets. Weddell of London tours Pioche holdings and presides over Nevada Horn Silver Mining and Ely Valley meetings with ongoing diamond drill plans.
T. J. Osborne, arriving from Salt Lake City, visits Pioce to oversee Mendha mine resumption. Machinery ordered and en route, expected on site within days, enabling ore shipments and large tonnage handling with machine drills. The mine, long developed, is ready to employ many muckers as operations restart.
Will C Higgins editor of the Salt Lake Mining Review visited Ploche for several days inspecting many mines. He praised what he saw and predicted Ploche is rising among producers. The Higgins party, returning from the Coast, was led by County Assessor Roeder on a countywide assessment tour.
Caliente merchant C L Alquist and fellow owner Mr Hall visited Pioche en route to Freiburg property to assess machinery needs for an urgently needed shaft installation. Prospects include summer railroad access and ore value offered by smelters ninety miles from Ely. C C Allen arrested for vagrancy. pleaded guilty. ninety day fine suspended to leave town.
General Manager D C Mahedy of the Nevada Des Moines company has returned from an extended trip to Iowa and the east to secure machinery for the mine. The shipment includes a gaso line hoist, new machine drills and an air compressor. Three shifts will run in the shaft once installed to reach the depth where the diamond drill found rich gold and silver values. Deputy Sheriff Fitzgerald is at his dying father’s bedside in Douglas Wyoming, aged ninety eight, with grave fears for recovery. Leonard and Stephen Carman from Salt Lake City plan a brief visit with relatives.
The Reno Journal reports a new gift from Clarence H. Mackay to the University of Nevada. He offers to fund the mining school entirely and to provide 6000 dollars annually for School of Mines upkeep, adding to past gifts including 100000 for the Mackay School of Mines and 30000 for the Mackay statue to be unveiled in June. Governors and regents welcomed the pledge as a vital boost to campus improvements and commencement on June 20 will feature Mackay among distinguished attendees.
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