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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1907
Page
2
In Pioche Weekly Record a brief item notes a matter involving Wm. Orr and Bowens at the school. Details are sparse but indicate an inquiry or disciplinary issue linked to a local educational matter. Strong names point to community concern and institutional involvement.
In Pioche mining news for the quarter ending September 30 1907 bullion shipments total $996 500 from B F Sides. Lightner shaft ore dumps exceed 250 tons valued over $300 per ton as development continues. Burke and Creole shafts show ore, with September mill proceeds over $200 000. Washington Creole ground bought, vein looks promising, stock values cited on the San Francisco board. Raymond Ely plans a 30 stamp mill as current 20 stamp mill proves inadequate.
Elko County leads Nevada in wealth with a 1907 total valuation of 9.79 million dollars, a gain of 550 thousand over last year and a state tax rate of 1.20 per hundred dollars, while county funds remain unbonded and healthy. Esmeralda County proposes a whipping post style penalty for wife beaters, under 1877 cruelty to women law, to be enforced by Judge Henley’s court. Chief Malley warns dog owners to obtain brass tags or face gas exposure for unlicensed canines, with 2.50 yearly tax for males and 5 for females. Nevada Gold Field Reduction Company to pay about 16 thousand dollars for ore from the Little Florence lease after an umpire’s decision. ore carries 10 ounces of gold per ton.
The community of Pioche anticipates the railroad and Shelton Lumber Company prepares to open local operations. The exact date of the railroad’s arrival is awaited, with celebration planned once shipments begin.
The Meadow Valley Mining Co prepares a new iron foundry near their Dry Valley mill. Lot grading is done and building materials are hauled to site. Machinery orders have been sent to San Francisco and in about a month the camp expects the new industry to begin. The town has long lacked a local foundry, previously forced to import castings from San Francisco.
A fragmented notice outlines forfeiture actions in Fay Nevada involving Richard M Johnson and claims by Vals Mining Dict Lancet County The document references location certificates from a page and states publication timing and required expenditures for the proceeding as approved by authorities in January.
A mining notice publicizes several lode claims in Lincoln County including the LIBBY WILLIAMS EXTENSION LODE, MAY DAY LODE, CHICAGO EXTENSION LODE, G WAT EASTERN EXTENSION LODE, and GREAT EASTERN, NATIONAL, CHAMPION, and related lodes. It lists bearings, distances, and appeal to public sale, with sections on unsurveyed land volumes and conflict exclusions, and cites S Hohn, Register, for publication on Sept 14, 1907.
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