Billy Hawkins Dies in Portland After Bend in Life
William John Hawkins known as Billy Hawkins died in Portland Oregon last week after a varied career in mining and banking in the Coeur d Alenes He was born March 29 1867 in Washoe Nevada the first white child born there He helped build the Northern Pacific Railway between Portland and Puget Sound then helped establish the Ainsworth bank with Captain J Ainsworth and L J Hawkins Later he moved to Murray and aided Californians in damming a ditch linking Dream Gulch to Dry Gulch His richest claim yielded about 25000 cash with total output near 60000 He is survived by his widow and four children He was a 32d degree Mason and is honored in local pioneer memory. The report notes his early Portland return and remarriage before retiring.
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Hy Adam Aulbach
Murray
Idaho
William John Hawkins
Billy Hawkins
Portland
Ore
Short Hines
Washoe
Nevada
Silver
Muget Sound
J. ©. Ainsworth
L. J. Hawkins
Ainsworth Bank
Coeur d'Alenes
Eagle City
Rathdrum
New Eldorado
Engle
Hunreds
Warren Hussey
Coeur d’Alenes
Spokan
Aerivale
Hussey
Eagle
Mr. Hawkins
Wash
Dream Gulch
W. W. Woods
Heyburn
Colonel Singleton
Alex Mayhew
Old Channel Wash
California Ditch Company
Dream Gateh
Hawkins
Nik
A Pair of Sixes at Grand Theatre by Holy Trinity Guild
Local residents star in A Fair of Sixes a comedy to be staged at the Grand Theatre in April under Holy Trinity church Juni or Guild auspices. Directed by Mrs. Harry W. Marsh the cast includes John C. White Homer Lipps James Pearce Charles Hornung Joseph A. Brown John Smith Pruny Gearon Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Harris Faith Newton Shirley Puckett and Theodore Strope with music planned for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Theatre
Holy Trinity Church
Harry W. Marsh
Wallace
Coeur d'Alenes
John C. White
Homer Lipps
James Pearce
Charles Hornung
Joseph A. Brown
John Smith
Pruny Gearon
Lawrence Harris
Faith Newton
Shirley Puckett
Theodore Strope
Hecla stockholders receive 26 cent dividend per share
Hecla Mining mailed quarterly dividend checks to stockholders. The payout was 26 cents per share totaling about 250000 dollars, lifting total dividends paid to 10205000 dollars. Management notes ore reserves at year end were 2057777 tons and promising plans for expansion will significantly increase them.
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Hecla Mining Company
Hecla
Mine Rescue Station to be Located in Wallace
A Wallace central mine rescue station will house a Bureau of Mines rescue car and staff to aid in fires and disasters. The plan, agreed at a meeting with the Coeur d'Alene Mine Owners Association, includes training crews in first aid and rescue, and provisioning each mine with equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Mines
Coeur d'Alene Mine Owners’ Association
Wallace
Bureau of Mines
Hercules
Breau of Mines
F. J. Bailey
D. J. Parker
Bureau of Mines Safety Service
K. T. Sparks
Frederick Burbidge
Thos. M. Owen
Federal Company
James F. McCarthy
Hect
C. W. Newton
Oklahoma
Coeur d'Alene
Bailey
Parks
Sparks
Silver Cable Mining levies five mill assessment in Missoula
Directors of Silver Cable Mining in Missoula levy five mills per share payable by April 28 to secretary treasurer Carl C. Mott at box 14038. Delinquent sale set for May 29. Company may resume operations soon as Montana’s Silver Cable near the Idaho line shows potential for lead, silver, and zinc with high metal prices. A wagon road links the mine to the Yellowstone Trail, with Tait as the railroad station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Cable
Silver Cable Mining Company
Missoula
Carl C. Mott
Montana
Idaho Line
Yellowstone Trail
Lis Tait
Silversmith Mines declares quarterly dividend in Spokane
Directors meet in Spokane declare a one cent per share dividend payable April 10 to stockholders of record April 2 amounting to $25,000, bringing total dividends to $150,000. President John B. White cites policy of waiting for surplus and notes progress at the mine with four feet of good ore opened on the 400 level near Sandon British Columbia with stock held in the Coeur d'Alene district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silversmith Mines
Spokane
John B. White
Sandon
British Columbia
Coeur d'Alene
Specimen of Teton coal shown at Idaho School of Mines
H. 8. Wales of Teton Coal Mines Co present a three cubic foot coal specimen weighing about 260 pounds to Dean Francis A. Thomson to prove area can produce lump coal. The chunk is coherent, high quality, and compares favorably with Wyoming Utah coal. Analyses show moisture 3.47 percent volatile matter 40.74 percent fixed carbon 50.84 percent ash 4.95 percent. Louis Feltman, pioneer of North Side, visits for a birthday party marking his 88th milestone. He was born in Switzerland in 1836 and came to the United States in 1877 and Coeur d’Alenes in 1884.
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School of Mines Museum
H. 8
Wales
Teton Coal Mines Company
Driggs
Idaho
Francis A. Thomson
Idaho School of Mines
Wyoming
Utah
School of Mines
Louis Feltman
North Side
Eagle Creek
Mr. Feltman
Switzerland
United States
Coeur d’Alenes
Keane Visits Wallace in Mining Circles
Joseph P. Keane long linked with local mining is in Wallace. He once managed the Granite mine later the Success and facilitated its sale to H. F. P. Samuels who formed the Success company. Since 1910 Keane has mined in British Columbia's Boundary district.
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Keane
Wallace
Joseph P. Keane
Success
H. F P. Samuels
Success Company
Mr. Keane
Boundary District
British Columbia
Notice of assessment and city election in Wallace Idaho 1923
Notice records an assessment of two mills per share on Clear Grit Mining Company stock in Wallace Idaho payable by May 2, 1923 with sale of delinquent shares on May 28, 1923, plus notice of Wallace city election held April 24, 1928 to elect mayor treasurer city clerk and council and bond vote for a fire station with polling places listed.
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Clear Grit Mining Company, Limited
Wallace
Idaho
The
O. W. Lewis
Cedar Street
Oo. W. Lewis
Sisters Leas ing lead-silver ore ships to East Helena
An improved grade of lead-silver ore nearly free of zinc has been developed by the Sisters Leas ing company and two carloads will be shipped to East Helena within the next few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sister
Sisters Leasing Company
East Helena
Voter Registration Details for Wallace Idaho 1923
The notice specifies registration to vote at the election. Registrar is David H. DeLong City Clerk. Registration at City Clerk's office 608 Cedar Street Wallace Idaho from 9:00 p.m. March 29, 1923 until 9:00 p.m. April 21, 1923.
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Fourth Ward
Congregational Church
Fourth
Cedar Streets
David H. DeLong
Cedar Street
Wallace
Idaho
Notice for Publication Timber Claim at Coeur d'Alene Idaho
Department of the Interior notices Harlow H. Dean of Spokane Washington filed in 1910 to purchase NEYSW Section 28 Township 47 North Range 1 West Boise Meridian under the Timber and Stone Law. Land and timber appraisals set timber at forty thousand board feet valued at 2.50 per M. final proof to be offered.
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Department of the Interior
U. S, Land Ifice
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Harlow H. Dean
Spokane
Washington
Boise Meridian
Protest and contest rights on land entry in Idaho
The notice states that any person may protest the purchase before entry or file a corroborated affidavit in the U S Land Office at Coeur d Alene to defeat the entry. Ashley, Register, urges timely filing between March 29 and May 24, 1891, with protest options before patent issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Land Ofice
Coeur d'Alene
Jaane
Iam Ashley
Notice of Forfeiture on Black Hills Placer Claim
Public notice to Joshua Pennebacker and others of failure to pay their share of labor and improvements on the Black Hills placer claim near Heller Creek in Shoshone county Idaho. If unpaid within 90 days after publication the co-owner will gain the interest in the claim. Dated March 29 1923 Thompson Montana.
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Joshua Pennebacker
M. E B. Fisher
al Honeker
Leonard Tutthill
A. McCall
United States
Black Hills
Heller Creek
St. Joe River
Shoshone County
Idaho
Joshua Pennebaker
M. E. Fisher
C. A. McCall
Ik A
Heller
Thompson
Montana
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Billy” Hawkins
Wallace High School
Mra. A. E. Cummins
Diana Ebbley
Edward Flohr
Robert Herrick
Harold Eddins
Frank McKeown
Clara Lippa
Elizabeth Dunn
Kenneth Lawson
Kenneth Best
Curtis Mann
Madeline Compton
Jay Brill
Spokane Exchange
Callahan
Cork Province
Florence
Richmond
Silversmith AG
Ajax
Ambergris
Alaska Petroleum
Boundary
Son East Caledonia
Gertie
Gladstone Mt
Guelph Or Pass
Highland Surprise
Ae Hypotheek
Idaho Gold & Ruby
Imperial OL
Intermountain
Iron King
Ivanhoe
Jack Waite
Laclede
Lead Blossom
McGillivray Creek ST OF Moonlight
National Copper E of
North Bunker Hill
Oreano
Rambler Cariboo
Ray Jefferson
Sidney
Sherman
Idaho Coal
GRAND
Saxton
Army Shoes
Army Munson Iast
U. S. Stores CO
Broadway
New York City
Third Ward
Cedars Street
Colorite
Russell F. Collins
Wallace, Idaho
P. O. Box
Tamarack & Chesapeake
Western Union
Coeur d’Alene Hardware & Foundry Co
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