Mountain View Nears One of Its Greatest Booms
Four leasers extract high grade ore as Mountain View prepares for a major shipping era. The Big Twenty claim yields ore worth over 100 dollars per ton, seven feet wide, with several veins crossing the Red Crow Gold Mines estate. Development includes a tunnel planned at depth and a 400 foot lack site. A boarding house is operating and businesses are to follow.
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Mountain View
Jam
Lamkin
Werington
Mountain ‘View
Wilson Gold Mines Company
Nordyke
Red Crow Gold Mines Company
Local Millinery Firms See Trade Grow in Town
Mrs Legg travels to external markets to buy a stock of spring millinery while Mrs Vege reports strong business in Verington as she keeps pace with fashion trends, building a large customer base.
Fire Destroys Office Building At Ludwig Mine
A Tuesday night blaze at the Ludwig mine office in Nevada Douglas destroys the building and its contents, causing about 2500 in losses. Officials Arentz and Forbes narrowly escape with nightwear as flames consume the structure, with the laboratory also damaged. A new office building will be erected to replace the loss.
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Ludwig Mine
Nevada-Douglas ‘Company
Arentz
Forbes
Yerington to Field a Strong Baseball Club
Yerington will host a capable baseball team with notable local talent. The first practice game is set for tomorrow on the Harton tract which could become the finest Nevada diamond with modest upgrades. Local enthusiasts plan to participate, and the town is expected to back the club as a healthy, popular sport and strong town advertisement.
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Yerington
Neck of the Woods
Harton Tract
Nevada
Congress Discusses Dry Farming Plans in Western States
A Saturday meeting in Representative Mondell's Washington committee room gathered lawmakers from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, Washington and Oregon. A new dry farming homestead bill is being drafted to cover 320 acre parcels in arid states, require residence, prohibit commutation, and demand proof of improvements and cultivation.
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Representative Mondell
Washington
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Montana
Oregon
Mondell
Smoot and
Dixon
Nebraska
Truman
Lyon County Camp A Expands in Dietrich Area
A force of eleven men is now employed in Dietrich, once Hercules district, Lyon county. An eastern company has secured Joseph Dietrichs interest and plans large scale operations including a milling plant. The district has been named Rosedale.
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Dietrich
Hercules District
Lyon County
Joseph Dietrich
Rosedale
Chronicle
Notice to Stockholders Yerington Water Company Meeting
Stockholders are informed that a meeting will be held at the company office on Main Street in Yerington Nevada March 9 1908 at 10 oclock A M to consider sale and transfer of all assets for the companys best interests A full attendance is desired C H Miniae Secretary
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Yerington Water Company
Main Street
Yerington
Nevada
C.H. Miniae
Yerington mine ready for long term copper dividends
English engineer Mr. Williamson praises Nevada-Douglas holdings at Ludwig mine. He says rich surface copper, a vast vein system, and a favorable site for a smelter promise high grade ore and potential dividend income once development expands.
Mining Gold at Doors of City of Yerington
Northern Licht group conducts prospecting near Yerington with the Red Bird claim beyond Mason Pass. Veins show strong gold values with assays up to 151.60 per ton and as low as 3.60 per ton. A deep shaft is planned to start soon, aiming to add a new local producer.
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Wm. Richards
Yerington
Red Bird
Mason Pass
Northern Light mine vein yields sensational copper values
The Northern Light group at Black Mountain near Verington reveals a five foot vein with assays of 21.83 23.77 47.34 25.91 and 13.77 percent copper. Shaft down 150 feet, cross-cut 120 feet to reach ore, with plans to expand the workforce and development funded to support a lengthy campaign.
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Black Mountain
Bartholomew
Big Injun mine at Mount Grant closes amid funds shortage
The Big Injun mine at Mount Grant shuts down as the company cannot pay its workers. About twenty miners lose work while the property faces mortgage scrutiny. the site has a long history of intermittent operation and a plastered six-stamp mill. Directors are tied to Topeka Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Inen
Guggenheim predicts copper rise amid improving business
New York february 28 daniel gly Guggenheim president of the american refining company predicts a turn upward in business conditions copper will lead the turnaround as a key index of activity enterprises halted last winter will be financed this year with fresh capital expected after the elections Wall street remains pessimistic but he foresees a steady betterment through the year.
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New York
Daniel Guggenheim
American Sureing & Refining Company
Guggenheim
Steel and Iron
Wall Street
County Sheriff Enforces Licenses and Local Developments
Sheriff Randall from the county seat was out this week collecting licenses. Mrs Lizzie Sampson is expected back from San Francisco in a few days. Rev Molyneux has returned from Rawhide. A movement seeks to establish a Catholic church in the new camp.
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Randall
Lizzie Sampson
Dobbins
San Francisco
Molyneux
Rawhide
Brush Fire Near Hironymous Residence Threatens New Warehouse
A strong wind fueled a brush fire on the city outskirts Wednesday night advancing through nearby fields toward the Hironymous residence. Citizens fought the blaze to prevent damage, narrowly stopping it before reaching the new Hironymous warehouse, underscoring farmer field-clearing risks and the need for vigilance.
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Hironymous
Bees for sale in Nevada in painted patented hives
About 50 colonies of bees in first class condition, all in painted patented hives with fixtures, within a quarter mile of the railroad station, will sell for less than actual cost of hive. Poor health the only reason for selling. For particulars write Mrs. N A Connell Washoe Nevada. Seed Advertise your business in the Times.
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N. A. Connell
Washoe
Nevada
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