Wire gold discovery boosts Ramsey mine prospects
Ramsey Oct 24 A strike of wire gold at Hawksnest mine yields a three foot wide ledge worth $100 per ton. Owner H Talterman bought from Ramsey brothers. shaft 30 feet deep. The find spurs active prospecting with several properties opened. Rattler No 2 reaches 200 feet, Ramsey Comstock ships seven cars worth $14,700. Wingfield Nixon control and a mill are planned. Ophir and Ramsey leasers push to 160 more feet before crosscut.
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Ramsey
Hawksnest
H. Talterman
Ramsey Brothers
Halterman
Carl Krug
H. Goodwin
Oroville
Ramsey Comstock
Wingfield and
Nixon
Ophir
Silver Bow shipments boost Nye county mining boom
The Goldfield Tribune reports daily freight from Nye county after the McCormack road. Fred Gelason delivered ore from Silver Bow’s Silver Bell ground for sampling, with assays suggesting around 300 dollars per ton in gold. Wingfield and Nix own a large Silver Bow acreage while Brazier brothers drive a tunnel on rich shipping ore. The Broken Hills at Clifford send regular shipments to Miller’s.
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Silver Bow
Bellehelen
Clifford
Stone Cabin
Nye County
McCormack
Fred Gelason
Silver Bell
Manhattan
Wingfield
Nixon
Brazier Brothers
Broken Hills
Goldfield Tribane
Poker joke between father in law and son in law
A Washington Star quip asks if the speaker has played poker with his son in law. He recalls only one game. The son in law did not win, but the outcome required the speaker to write him a check that he could endorse back to him.
Muddled note hints at formal call to Bo welllttor Will
A fragmented line suggests an invitation to someone named Bo welllttor Will for a formal or ceremonial engagement. The text is garbled but centers on a request or summons. No clear date, place, or organization is stated.
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Suling
Binding
Miners Face Land Loss Amid SP Suit Over Mining Claims
Hundreds of mine owners and prospectors fear losing lands as a federal suit by Bud Ingalls of Olinghouse against Southern Pacific could set a binding precedent. Colonel Proskey reveals a plan by the railroad to claim thousands of acres along the line between Winnemucca and the California border. Land rules state alternate sections may pass to the railroad by January 3, 1909 unless owners act. Land officials vow support to miners in fighting for their rights. The weather weekly report from Tonopah shows varied conditions with a trace of snow and overall cool data.
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Bud” Ingalls
Olinghouse
Southern Pacific Company
Wingfield Scott Proskey
White Horse
Tallapoosa
Ramsey
United States
Ingalls
Southern Pacific
Colonel Proskey
Washington
Dennett
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Ramsey Mine
John Gregovich
Beabon
Tonopar
NKV
Weather Bureau
Tonopah
Kenneth Donnellan
Ws Tock Bnokers
SAN Francisco Stock and Exchange Board
Cons Exchange
Goldfield
San Francisco
Coder
Bedford McNeill, Clough’s
Wilkes Warehouse Company
COA
McLean and McSweeney
BAKDA
Sonman’s Lillyy Blacksmith
Lower Main St
Wittenberg Warehouse & Aeve Coal
Pioneer Stables
Summerfield & Johnson
Tonopah Banking Corporation
George #. Nixon
Eugens Howell
H. ©. Brougher
W. J. Dough
Europe
George Wingfield
Moore
Harris
Chas. K. Knox
L. Oddie
Bonanza
H. J. Hall
Tonopah’s New Wholesale
Liquor House
Nevada
Lower Main Street
Depot
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