Silver City Mining Camp Busy in December Operations
A month in Silver City reports mills and cyanide plants running at capacity. Leases and shipments dominate, with Hart ford and Midas producing ore for Nevada Mining, Reduction & Power Co. Improvements at Woodbury plant cut costs and boost recovery, while the new 50 ton tanks and a large derrick enhance tailings handling and reservoir capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City
Deventher
Ellis
Hekley
Cassidy
John Larsen
Joe Hardy and Associates
Hartford
Dennis Nola
Buckeye
Jack Indermunht
Tom Mayne
George Wilson
Hardwith & Hommes
Hayward
Nevada Mining, Reduction & Power Co
Dayton
Woodbury
Donovan and
Phillips
American Hoist & Derrick Co
Minneapolis
Christmas Pageant at Methodist Church Recites and Songs
The program features Miss Sperry as organist and a sequence of school recitations and songs led by Mildred Leavitt and Ruth Johnston. Students from Class No. 6 perform pieces including A Little Christmas Secret and Legends of the Fir and Poplar. Santa Claus arrives with a choral conclusion as the event ends. A separate note reports A J McDaniel of Buckskin promoting the Yerington Copper Merger Mines Co from Gasfield seeking ground acquisitions to bolster his company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Hirnsemons
Galts
A. J. McDaniel
Yerington Copper Merger Mines Co
Buckskin
Gasfield
McDaniel
Pleased to Meet You Mr Mitchell Meets Mrs Davis Pupils
Deputy Superintendent for public instruction Prof Mitchell visited a grammar school and Mrs Davis's primary school. Miss McKay introduced him as a new friend, and the pupils chorus greeted him with a hearty pleased to meet you, Mr Mitchell. He fumbled for a reply and spoke warmly to the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof Mitchell
Prof. Mitchell
Miss McKay
Mrs. Davis
Mr. Mitchell
Tam
Ven
Honor Roll of Yerington Schools Names Read
The Yerington schools honor roll lists students across grade levels including Beatrice Carroll, Ray Hilton, Stanley Davis, Fern Dillon, Virgil Bernard, and others. The district notes spelling contest winners Beatrice Carroll in Third Grade and Ray Hilton in Second Grade, while a civil suit Henry Blair vs Ver mington Copper Company for 188 remains decided for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Carroll
Dorothy Carroll
Vera Snyder
Marie Sloan
Stanley Davis
Ray Hilton
Stanley Martin
Eunice Carpenter
Lucile Wishart
Fern Dillon
Virgil Bernard
Idelle Hironymous
Mildred Leagitt
Henry Blair
Vermington Copper Company
Carter
Remains Sent to Old Kentucky for Riley Grannan
The body of Riley Grannan, famed plunger and turfman, is sent from Rawhide to his Kentucky home. The removal was directed by his brother as per Grannan’s wishes. His funeral in the camp drew a wide cross section of western life, with H. W. Knickerbocker delivering the sermon and Mrs. Dan Edwards at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Grannan
Rawhide
Desert
Kentucky
Grannan
Racetrack
H. W. Knickerbocker
Dan Edwards
Maude Lonne celebrates sixth birthday with friends
Last Sunday week Maude Lonne invited her little friends to celebrate the sixth anniversary of her birth. From 2 to 5 the children played games and enjoyed themselves. Those present included Lola and Ruthie Gruber, Lorrain and Charlie Ross, Elwyn Tamkin, Eunice Carpenter, Libbis Littel, and Mildred Leavitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Lonne
Lola
Ruthie Gruber
Lorrain
Charlie Ross
Elwyn
Tamkin
Eunice Carpenter
Libbis Littell
Mildred Leavitt
Notice to Trespassers Sparks Rural Missouri Tension
A rural Missouri posting warns trespassers of harsh measures including two mean mongrel dogs and a double barreled shotgun. The language reflects local conflict over property rights and enforcement on the farm. An item notes a December 10 1910 date and mentions Mason Mcleod family details with a wife and a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Hornx
Mason Mcleod
Thinks Well of Jarbidge Camp Confidence Grows
P Joubert travels from Jarbidge to Yerington era and reports funds secured to keep a lease in the Nevada camp. He notes mills planned at Jarbidge and cites ore prospects and abundant wood and water as signs of a prosperous camp near the Idaho line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Joubert
Yerington
Jarbidge
Joubert
Nevada
Idaho Line
Santa Claus in Yerington Jewelry Ad
A fragmentary notice describes a visit to Yerington with promotion of Judson Smith's jewelry shop. It touts a festive display of rings pins cufflinks and solitaires said to be the prettiest and new since last Christmas day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerington
Judson Smith's
Soltaires
Wateles
Saloon Burglary at Mason Stolen Sump Supposed Hidden Money
Grant's saloon at Mason suffered a break in last Sunday night when a sack containing money hidden under the bar was stolen after an entry through a broken rear door. A suspect was arrested by Constable Ambrose but had a full alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Mason
Ambrose
Heroes of Civil War May Have Met For Last Time
Veterans of the Civil War gather for annual encampments and campfires as numbers decline. A photo at Atlantic City shows old soldiers on the boardwalk with H. J. Rhodes of North Dakota, a Union gunboat Paw Paw veteran, visiting the boys in blue. High travel costs may end future reunions, making such images rare relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
H. J. Rhodes
North Dakota
Vemsons
Mason Valley Copper Mines Advance in Nevada District
United States Investor reports Mason Valley Copper properties at Mason Valley in the Yerington district show 1 million tons of ore grading 4 to 5 percent copper. An 800 ton smelter is under construction near Wabuska with Jules Labarthe managing operations and plans to process 300 tons daily. A 16 mile railroad link from the smelter to mines is nearly complete, improving ore transport and attracting contracts for 250,000 tons of ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Valley
Yerington
Jules Labarthe
Finlly
Wabuska
Nev
Southern Pacific Railway
Mason Valley Mines Company
Nevada Douglas Copper Company
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Dayton Happenings Special From Dayton Nev Dec 15 1910
Local notes report quiet life in Dayton with views on law and Indians whisky penalties. School closed for diphtheria holidays after rain benefits roads. New jail cells, births, tramway tests, wells going dry, and a Dayton prospector Mr Cornell, who lost a leg in the Civil War, appearing near Hepworth's Birdsell mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Nev
Justice of the Peace
Urrutia
F. J. Penilli
Nevada Mining & Milling Company
Deitcher
Dutchy
Mike
Scott Cornell
Hepworth
Birdsell
Morningstar and copper belt notes visit and activity
Morningstar notes from Salt Lake City and Mason visitors, with plans to complete the Nevada Copper Belt Railroad to Morningstar by May 1. J J Beatty and Murphy of Conway Construction engaging one hundred men for Morningstar work, and local inquiries for business lots and a restaurant and laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Orem
Salt Lake City
S. S. Arentz
Mason, Nev
Mason
Mr. Murphy
Conway Construction Company
Nevada Copper Belt Railroad
Clem Jackson
Jackson Hotel
Morningstar
Copper Belt
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McTigue
Fred Ninnis
Reno
Silver
Keating
Jack Keating
Srothy
U the Methodist Church
Miss Sperry
Ruth Johnston
Seseceee
Viola Polglass
Aybil
Dla Markwell
Doris Rumsey
Idell Arway
Letin Kueirim
Unice Carpenter
Vert Snyder
Elizabeth Kisther Nichols
Littell
Cee Jeavne
Ruth Fox
Santa Claus
Miss Whitman
Yerington Copper
Walker
Yerington Schools
Katie McNeil
Laurene Hrway
Lora ‘Lamberson
Hilda Sanstedt
Donald Warren
Carlton Hironymous
Oscar McNeil
Coral Sonne
Georgia Littell
Emil Purser
Emily Powers
Edward Riggs
Dorothy Walker
Verner Hironymous
Walter Whitacre
Mary Cox
Emery Archer
Harold Pilkington
Cleora Fish
Gradis
Miss Davis
Old Kentucky
American Press Association
United States
Cornell
Morningstar Notes
J. J. Beatty
Messers Bovard and Smith
Verington
Joseph Marthosen
Nevada Douglas Company
George J. Main
Wabuska Copper Company
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