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Newspaper
Wallace Miner
Location
Wallace, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
3
Lead-silver smelting in the United States ended 1929 with nearly the same capacity as 1918 though utilization was higher. Data from Mexico is scarce except for American controlled firms. The table lists capacities in tons of solid charge and fuel, with annual figures derived from furnaces in operation through 1919.
Harris Williams and John Nosser discover the Kelly silver mine near Randsburg California, earning early shipments valued over 200000 and high per ton returns. The mine sits near rail lines and road access with Bakersfield owners and Miss Faith Coons backing the venture, hinting at a regional shift from gold and tungsten to silver production.
In a discussion from the Engineering and Mining Journal, A G Wolf argues prospectors are not vanishing though winter work and grubstaking decline. He notes many mines in western states employ winter prospectors, but overall discoveries are reducing yearly. Proposals to boost prospecting include federal aid offering rewarding outdoor work, especially for invalided soldiers needing outdoor activity.
A 1920 Idaho notice argues for employing educated mining engineers with at least ten years of practical field experience to lead prospecting efforts, replacing traditional prospectors. It envisions engineers surveying large regions, examining dormant discoveries, and directing capital to uncover both existing and new mines, with bids to bury pauper dead of Shoshone County and a court attachment in Nabob Consolidated Mining Company case.
In the Probate Court of Shoshone County Idaho the estate of Hiram W Armstrong deceased seeks an order to sell mining stock to pay debts and administration expenses. Judge to hear March 1 1920 at 2 pm at county court house. Notice to publish weekly for three weeks in Wallace Miner.
The Tampa Times jokes that if Postmaster General Burleson attends a convention in California he should send himself by airmail so he would never arrive, reflecting a tongued remark on delays.
The Wallace Mining Milling and Realty Company in Wallace Idaho issues notice to delinquent stockholders for a two and one half mills per share assessment levied October 25 1919. Shares may be sold February 25 1920 at 7:00 p m at the company property Wallace Idaho to cover the delinquent assessment costs and advertising expenses. George G Evans Secretary.
Notice by order of the Wallace Mining Milling and Realty Company board postpones the sale of delinquent stock listed on the notice from February 25, 1920, to March 25, 1920, at the previously described time and place. Secretary, Wallace Milling and Realty Company, Wallace Idaho.
The Shoshone County Board of Commissioners invites sealed proposals by April 12, 1920, for pauper burials through April 30, 1921. Interments to occur in the nearest cemetery with modest wooden coffins, black cloth cover, six foot graves, and headboards bearing the deceased's name.
Notice announces annual meeting of Benton Mining Company stockholders in Wallace Idaho at 2 p m March 27 1920. Elect directors for the year vote on increasing capital stock from 1 260 000 to 1 500 000 shares and address other business. John Callahan president F P Cander secretary treasurer.
Vivian Snyder files suit in the First Judicial District of Idaho Shoshone County alleging willful neglect since marriage to James D. Snyder at Wallace on October 12 1915. Defendant must answer within twenty days if served in district or forty days elsewhere, or judgment will be taken. Clerk Joe Rogers deputy notarizes February 4 1920. Wallace Idaho address listed for attorney Therrett Towles.
The District Court of the First Judicial District of Idaho Shoshone County receives a filing in alias summons No 4919 where Sidney Roberts sues Mary J Roberts alleging domicile and marriage status with Penzance as a referenced locale in the complaint.
On March 9 1906 England charges the defendant deserted and harmed the plaintiff for over a year seeking dissolution of marriage. The plaintiff asks judgment dissolving the bonds of matrimony and the court to require an answer within twenty days if served in the district or forty days elsewhere. Also a lost certificate notice: certificate No 2 for 2000 shares of Copper Age Edison Mining Company registered to James Handlin, warning against negotiation and promising a new certificate within 30 days if not recovered. Wallace Idaho February 4 19 James Handlin St. Regis Mont.
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