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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1897
Page
4
Local items report Steamboat discovery of cinnibar, social dances with Hon W D Ripperson among arrivals, and various Nevada happenings. It notes a coroner election victory for Joe Peers, a San Francisco visit by Commissioner Westfall, and planned rail links. Also mentioned are horse and cattle movements, legislative talks, athletic bets, eclipse forecasts, mining progress, and weather implications for farmers.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a Piute baseball game with garbled names and lines likely referring to a park, players, and a tavern. Readable elements include unclear team mentions and a score or event at a local park.
The Nevada Central Railway Company sues eight workers at a Crom Canyon coal mine near Battle Mountain where early signs point to extensive coal beds. Coal exists in Ty Tamaralda county near Columbus and Candelaria is used domestically. past prospectors near White Horse found a vein but discontinued.
At a regular meeting on Wednesday evening the Engineers and Mechanics Library Association elected H. H. Forney as President T. F. Done lin as Vice President and Treasurer Miss Gertrude Dunlop as Secretary and Librarian J.B. Cunningham as Engineer Don Cadogan as Fireman Ed Fealy as Shops HH Hale as Conductor James Dorsey as Jositimen and A.M. Clippenger as Directors The retiring Treasurer Morpheraon shows a deficit for the past year due to insufficient support for the library.
Chief Clerk candidate Nate Rufiaw has extensive experience in various legislative bodies in Newade and no poor record in that field. The election promises to matter to the people as delays in duties will be avoided. He is thoroughly competent and likely to win wide approval.
Mass for Father Kiey will celebrate in the new Catholic church at 1080.4 a.m. Sunday. Dedication services will be held at a later time, with details to be announced.
The revived manual by Howry N Copp and a Colorado mining engineer offers an accessible guide to mining and mineralogy. It covers mining laws regulations surveys and related forms for prospectors and benefit to serious mining interests.
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