Coal mine looks promising in Mineral county
Harry Lewis recently bonded his coal property to the Nevada Coal and Oil company and reported the shaft to 80 feet with six feet of good coal exposed. The firm plans a new shaft half a mile west to 500 feet, then drift east to surface, reducing waste handling costs and expanding East Walker river coal mining toward major state industry potential.
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Harry Lewis
Mineral County
Nevada Coal & Oil Company
Lewis
Walker River
Old Resident Adjudged Insane in Reno Hospital
A. Summerfield, once known for keen business sense, was examined by Dr. Davis Judge Walsh and County Clerk Kelso last Saturday and committed to the mental hospital in Reno. At 79, his memory is blank and recovery seems doubtful, reports Walker Lake Bulletin.
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Davis
Walsh
Kelso
A. Summerfield
Sumerfield
Ater
Reno
Summerfield
Walker Lake
Federal Reserve reports per capita money wealth at 47.28
The Federal Reserve board says the country’s money wealth is 47.28 dollars per person. It notes total money in circulation held by the treasurer and the Federal Reserve amounts to 15 409 000 000 dollars.
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Marietta Mines In The Limelight
Captain Whiting of the Black Mountain mine in Marietta visits Reno on business connected with his property. He reports the nearby Sultana group shows past high grade production and current ore on the dump. A tunnel from a gulch could reach high grade ore about 200 feet below, tapping additional shoots. A. F. Price faces two offers and contemplates forming a development company. The Marietta camps expect a spring boom as ore shipments begin and more high grade ore is found.
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Captain Whiting
Black Mountain
Marietta
Reno
Sultana Group
A. F. Price
Granite Pass
Miller Brothers
Pittman Provisions Urged Repeal By McFadden
Representative McFadden of Pennsylvania urged the house banking committee to repeal Pittman act provisions that authorize melting 300,000,000 silver dollars and repurchasing silver at $1 an ounce. He argued silver could be produced at a profit at 30 cents per ounce under normal labor, and proposed amending the standard in silver coins to 90 to 80 per cent.
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Treasury
Representative McFadden
Republican
Pennsylvania
House Banking Committee
McFadden
Local Farmers Dan Callahan and George Otis Visit Town
Dan Callahan a prosperous Lyon County farmer and George Otis from Smith Valley were in town Monday.
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Dan Callahan
Lyon County
George Otis
Smith Valley
Thomas J Rickey Dies in Oakland at 84
Thomas J Rickey former president of the State Bank and Trust Company who failed in 1907 died at his Oakland home at age eighty four He leaves a widow two daughters and two grandchildren in Oakland and two grandchildren in Carson City Rickey had come to Nevada in 1859 and was long known as the cattle king of Nevada He owned large interests in Antelope Valley Long Valley and other properties and once controlled over 200000 acres His banks collapsed during the panic of 1907 ending the State Bank and Trust Company with branches in Carson City Tonopah Goldfield Manhattan and Blair
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Thomas J. Rickey
State Bank & Trust Company
Oakland
Nevada
Mr. Rickey
Sylvia
Roy Crowell
Carson City
Plains
Ohio
Amador County
California
Antelope Valley
Alpine County
Long Valley
Rickey
Nye
Ormsby County
Tonopah
Goldfield
Manhattan
Blair
Where is Gertrude Greene
James L. Greene of Yerington appeals to Reno police chief Nickley for help locating his daughter Gertrude Greene who has been missing for three months after a broken leg left her reliant on county charity. The last letter says she was employed in a private Reno family. Martin Christiansen, Yerington's decorative artist, is busy in Smith Valley this week.
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James L. Greene
Yerington
Reno
Gertrude Greene
Nickley
Greene
Martin Christiansen
Smith Valley
Prepared for Big Business In Rum Operation
Officers and friends of G Vedoli raided his Sutro area home seeking a large cache of money and possessions tied to a still. Investigators describe a large copper and steel apparatus with a 50 gallon boiler, capable of producing 20 to 25 gallons daily, plus extensive copper tubing and mash. A cellar was expanded for future production. the still is claimed to be the largest seized in the state. Joe Giraud visited that week.
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G. Vedoli
Sutro
Federal Grand Jury
Vedoli
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Geo. F. Willis
W. F. Powers
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Lyon County Bank
Foreign Exchange and Letters of Credit
Marietta Mines
Association of Railway E Grecutives
Broadway
New York
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Pittman
Thomas B. Rickey
Joe Giraud
Shubert
WYT
Exta Dla Arcs Co
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