Romance and Reality of Prospectors Life in Mines
A Northwestern Arkansas dispatch portrays aged prospector Hubert K. Stevens credited by the New York Herald as a Cripple Creek gold field discoverer. The piece traces early mining figures, the lure of prospecting, its risks and rewards, and Stevens dying while searching for lost mines with unsolved ore samples and a lifelong call to adventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Hubert K. Stevens
Cripple Creek
New York Herald
Colorado
Stevens
Yellow Pine
Bol Womack
Stratton
Thomas JF. Walsh
Womack
Leadville
Camp Bird
Sutter
Veras County
California
John Marshall
Pacific
Klondike
Alaska
Wonderful Scales and the Bank of England’s Great Balance
The Bank of England houses a seven foot high two ton weighing machine called the great balance used for testing light gold coins and later weighing gold coinage as notes replaced cash. It requires dust free surfaces to avoid register errors and its accuracy even detects a postage stamp movement of inches. The article notes a nearly five million dollar loss in gold due to abrasion over 26 years while mentioning civil service examinations for several positions and a delinquent tax certificate involving Idaho property with a July 10, 1922 redemption deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
England
State Timber Sale at Wallace Idaho
Notice announces a public auction of Idaho state timber in Shoshone county on April 15, 1922 at 10 00 a m. Units 1 8 9 offer full timber with bonds. units 4 3 4 6 6 7 allow only white pine 14 inches diameter. unit 10 specifies white pine and cedar poles. Bond 20 percent required. failure to complete sale leads to forfeiture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Shoshone County
Idaho
State Board of Land Commissioners
Capton
Hearing Petition for Probate in Wallace Idaho
A notice dated March 23, 1922 in Wallace Idaho states a novice of hearing a petition for probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace, Idahio
Notice to Creditors and Probate and Mining Plats in Idaho
Notice to creditors under the Idaho probate and mining district filings. The Western Union Mining Company seeks patent for multiple lodes in Shoshone county, listing claim areas Superior Nightengale Lusitania Revenue West Limit Aurora and Wilson. Also probate hearing set for the will of David Cromie in Wallace, Idaho, with executor John Cromie. estate administrator Henry Lamb cautions creditors to file claims within four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur d Alene
The
United States
Western Union Mining Company
Erik Hagman
Wallace
Shoshone County
Idaho
Iipcar
Lusitania
Discovery Nwse
Discovery
Media
Shoeone
Sec
Dons 15
Township
United States Land Office
Coeur d'Alene
David Cromie
John Cromie
John E. Sherrard
Beal
Shoshone
Leslie Lamb
J. E. Gyde
Gyde-Taylor
Notice Expiration of Per Cent of Redemption in Idaho
Notice to Stewart Mining Company Adirondack Trust Company and others that Delinquency Tax Certificate No 883 for 1918 taxes was purchased by Shoshone County and later by J E Codd, with terms of sale requiring 20 percent cash or four annual installments, timber removal rules, five year removal period, and state contracts on cutting and debris. describes land descriptions Lusitania and Revenue Lodes with coordinate bearings and acreages.
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Stewart
Grandview
Jeffrey
Lazy Jean
North Fir
Donie
Red Rose
Spokane
Shoshone County
Idaho
Dell
Race Builing
Stewart Mining Company
Adirondack Trust Company
J. E. Codd
Corporation
Tdaho
Notice of Lost Giant Mining Certificate in Oregon
Notice is given that certificate No 43 for 1000 shares of Giant Mining & Development Company Limited in the name of John Mangold has been lost or misplaced. Advised parties are warned not to negotiate the certificate. Within 30 days an application will be made to issue a new certificate for the same amount. Dated March 23, 1977, Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giant Mining & Development Company, Limited
John Mangold
Maren
Portland
Oregon
Consolidated lode survey and claims near Samson area
The notice details multiple mining lodes including Aurora, Hailstorm, Wilson, Superior, and others, with cor. points, bearings, and boundaries. It lists areas in acres for each lode, notes conflicts with the Samson, Lusitania, and Majestic lodes, and names PRANK LANGLEY as Register. The adjacent claims and unsurveyed areas are described along with the plot reference and date codes F23 A27 10t 241 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Samson
Pa Ace
Lusitania
Recr
Uus Survey
Con Jode
Mt ‘B
Wilson Lode
H. E
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Prospecior
Bonanza
Flood
O'Brien
Mackay
Fair
Senator Tabor
William M. Stewart
Nevada
de Soto
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Standards
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Indian Service
U.S. Civil Service Board
Focal Post Office
J. H. Nash
State Land Commissioner
Mineral Survey
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Blackstone
Superior Lode
Cor. No
C . No
Nightengale Lode
Henry Lamb
Lusitania Lode
Samson Lode
Cor. No. 3
Wallace Stock Exchange
Cor
Sur
Aurora Lode
Gor
Lode
Cor No. 1
John F. Ferguson
Wallace, Idaho
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fourth and Pine
L. Sanders
D.D
Bunker Hill
Bradley
Kellogg
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating CompAny
Frank M. Smith
Paulsen Building
M. H. Sullivan
Kellogg, Idaho
Paulsen
J. W. Tabor’s Book & Stationery Store
Aetnaize Rossi Insurance & Investment CO
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