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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
2
In a humorous plea Yerington agrees to join Mason City for a railroad day while noting limited resources and potential embarrassment. The piece highlights local pride, concerns about funding, and a lighthearted invitation to participate without outside help. It mentions a symbolic $5000 crow bar as a joke about lifting the venture.
The Reno Gazette notes a new railroad planned to cross the heart of the Mason Smith and Antelope valleys, promising to ease transport for farmers, ranchers, and mine owners by shortening shipping distances and boosting fertility and acreage in the region.
The Nevada Copper Belt Railroad, promoted by W C Orem of the Nevada-Douglas Copper company, aims to connect the Nevada Douglas mine to a smelter site in Churchill Canyon and then to Mason Valley. Local merchants and farmers back the project to open rich mining areas and boost Mason Valley's agriculture and trade with Mason City and Yerington. A mass celebration is anticipated upon completion to Mason City, with Reno business interest expected to join in.
Notice records that Nevada Kleen Copper Company seeks patents for multiple lodes in Lyon County Nevada including Copper Queen Nos 6 2 o Santiago Jack Clubs Iron Cap Monte Christo Colorado Strings Pocahontas Cash Hoy Santa Inez Juanita Wortuna and Scorpion with associated surface and underground claims and locations in Mason District. clerk notes filing by William McTaggart, with official fees and maps on file in Carson City Nevada.
Fragmentary text notes Mason Valley contributing added wealth to the city, with a mention of a report for that part of the state. No further names or details are legible.
The government abandoned the Watke River project and citizens are urged to form a district by twenty landowners drafting a mass meeting plan. A committee would publish the procedure to authorize maximum bond issuance with tax levies set by County Commissioners and collected by the County Treasurer.
Charles A. Vary, co-owner, declares expending 1908 costs on the Cas mining claim in Mason Valley Lyon County Nevada. If other owners John Beckman D B Tranter Anton Mogile or Thomas Cescutti do not contribute twenty dollars within ninety days, their interest will become Vary’s property under Section 2324. First published June 26 1909.
Bargain ranch opportunity with 440 acres near Veringte. Well stocked with good water right buildings barns and outbuildings. Includes farm implements and is already under cultivation. Owner seeks cash due to other business needs and offers reasonable terms. For details contact BM Whitacre & Co.
A $250 reward is posted for information leading to arrests and convictions in a theft at the Gallagher ranch on August 30. The notice mentions hunting permits and enforcement by the superintendent and ranch managers.
Notice states a buckskin saddle horse branded 2 on the right hip strayed to the ranch of B Sules & Co. Owner is requested to call to reclaim the animal.
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