Keeping the Road Open to Black Lake
The Gold Coin Midiigy o and Rankin General Milling Company keep the road to Black Lake open with four 12-horse teams transporting supplies and machinery from the railroad to the mines. Rankin has taken over 75,000 pounds of machinery with more en route. Gold Coin has several thousand pounds on the road and more to come. Snow lies about three feet deep. Gold Coin, owning Ed Ford’s claims, will start a cyanide plant around January first, operating it continuously. Plant capacity, originally 50 tons daily, has been increased along with other improvements at the camp, signaling bright prospects.
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Rankin General Milling Company
Black Lake
Rankin Company
Gold Coin Company
The
Ed Ford
Willow Creek Mines Prospective Gold in Willow Creek District
Willow Creek Mines owner W A Fredericks reports rich ore from a 16 foot shaft with a 73 foot wide ledge. Assays range from 140 to 900 dollars per ton. deep snow halted summer and fall work. Partners Robert Holman and James Jennings share four claims. Russell claims yielded 3000 dollars per ton. four men work at forty feet. A district rush is anticipated next year.
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W. A. Fredericks
Willow Creek
Robert Holman
James Jennings
Huntington
Mr. Fredericks
Man Killed at Huntiveton Bridge Huntington Ore
Chas H. Little, an Oregon Short Line employee, died from injuries after a 60 foot fall from the Snake River bridge near Huntington on Saturday. He was on duty when the accident occurred and after slipping struck the false work before hitting the ground. He died after prompt medical care.
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Huntington, Ore
Chas H. Little
Oregon Short Line by,Co
Snake River
Ditch Work Advances on Malheur Ditch Project
J. 8. Stark reports 85 crews with expectations of 100 at work soon. Nearly three miles of canal finished with sections cut more than seven feet deep. Favorable weather, light snow prevents frost, with completion aimed for Dead Ox fist upper end by April first.
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Stark
Malheur Butte
Dead Ox Fist
Big Creek Placer Sale to J H Thompson at Warren For $500
W A Beaver and wife sold one sixth of 160 acres of Big Creek placer ground to J H Thompson of Warren for $500. A note reports a bunch of keys lost at the post office with a finder urged to leave them with the postmaster for a reward.
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W. A. Beaver
Big Creek
J. H. Thompson
Warren
Portrait Session with Faulkner at McBratney’s
A narrative recounts an artist’s humorous encounter with Mr. Faulkner as he sits for a portrait. Lapses into reminiscence about censorship, gambling imagery, and rouge et noir while the sitter discovers his own natural expression offers the artist the desired likeness. The scene ends with a plug for McBratney’s wallpaper store.
Big Thur city surface feet out of which o
Limited readable text mentions surface, freight, and companies but is fragmented. The readable fragments hint at a Thur city feature or event involving surfaces and freight, with unclear entities or dates. No coherent names or actions can be confirmed from the OCR fragment.
Man Arrested in Case of April Tiver Tors Att
A man was taken into custody in an April case described as tors attack. Police reported initial findings and ongoing investigation, with no further details released at this time.
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Alexander
ONE Price Clothier
Weiser
Boise
Baker City
Churchill
Harper & Jeffreys
Lew Weaters
Iday Presents
Davis Drug Co
DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Ferguson
Brewery
Kelley's
Weiser, Tpanoy
Huntiveton Bridge
Malheur Ditch
Royal Cafe
Eoff Street
Waterman and Parker
Candee's
McBratney's
J.A. Wiseman
Withys Market
Haviland
Furni
A. G. Cordelle
Dist
Hollis
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