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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
2
The notice states subscription price of $3.00 per year paid in advance and mail matter of second class. It directs communications and remittances payable to The Yerington Times and lists local ad rates: 10 cents per line for first assertion and 5 cents per line for each additional insertion, with cards of thanks and sympathy resolutions charged at the regular local rate.
The Mason Valley area led by Yerington anticipates a prolonged prosperity as the Thompson smelter resumes and contracts secure three years of high capacity production. Leases surge, ore movements to the plant increase, and regional business expects a sustained copper boom across mining districts.
The piece notes prices for essentials rising 25 to 50 percent while wages stay flat. The Associated Charities fears increased winter need for the poor and Gospel Mission reports a record run of cheap meals. Farmers and homemakers seek admission to university short courses in agriculture and home economics starting January 8, as Dean Knight oversees the program.
Applications come from all over the state and attendance is expected to exceed last year. Ten weeks of practical and theoretical instruction in agricultural and domestic science will be provided. The annual farmers week begins January 22 and runs five days.
William Licking will start shipping ore from the Black Jack property in Alder Creek district. The old mine produced copper ore ranging from 7 to 21 percent copper with a 35 foot shaft and 125 foot drift. Home owners plan to sink another hundred feet this winter as Alder Creek properties develop. Specimens of white quartz with ruby silver came from the Nevada Packard mine at Reno, with ore from a cross vein the Kramer Frampton lease previously operated. Supt Wilkey reports the mine is in good condition and nearing $25,000 daily value. two shipments to Selle refinery totaled $24,000 this month.
A timetable lists departures and arrivals for the Nevada Copper Belt line. It notes trains between Wabuska and Yerington and Ludwig with specific times such as 9 30 a m departure from Ma son and 11 00 a m departure from Ludwig.
Receiver B J Cooper will sell at public auction all shares of Smith Valley Mines Company stock that have not paid the 1 cent assessment. Sale at the company office in Yerington Nevada on January 6 1917 at 2 oclock. First publication December 16 last publication January 6 1917.
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