The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-09
Nevada State News

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chasing Company.
Harold Chatham, son Of I. r. Cheat
ham. 9 druggist Of Reno. fell beneath
train No. q, winnemucca Sunday night
while attempting to get aboard. and had
his right arm mangled below the elbow.
He was brought to Reno and the arm
vas a~mputsted.
White Pine and EIko Counties have
Joined issues in the establishment Of a
new school district in Butte Valley in
the extreme northern part OF the former
county. The district being sparsely set
tied will answer for both counties. the
expense to be shared BY each.
Because Of the double enactment Of the
school tar Law. the last adding four cents
to the tar, il has become necessary for
bullion tar collectors all over the State
to make a demand upon mining COM
panies for an additional payment for
the last quarter, to balance the books on
the new rate.
That the unknown man who was killed
by Constable Phil Wolf at Loyelock
Monday Eight met his death through the
accidental discharge OF the Constable's
pistol was the verdict Of the Coroner's
Jury which heard the evidence in the
case. This exonerates the Constable
from all blame.
The Ely Expositor states that Oscar
c. Larsen, one OF the highly respected
citizens of Ely. has left for parts IN
known. deserving his wife and child and
taking all the loose change be could
place his hands on. He was the pro-
prietor of q livery stable and was sup
posed to be doing a good business.
On Saturday morning the foreman Of
the Mizpah mine at Tonopah found
Gabriel Aspasich. q miner, dead in the
workings between the third and fourth
levels. There was no accident or dis
turbance of any kind throughout the
mine, and from all appearances the
deceased was overcome by an unexpected
flow Of gas.
Joe Clark was given the decision over
Kid AIlard OF Butte Saturday night at
Ely on q foul. The referee stopped the
fight in the fifth round after Allard had
knocked Clark down knd jumped on him
The foul came as the elimination of four
rounds of the dirtiest and most unfair
fighting ever seen there, during which
Allsrd bit Clark on the lip and back.
Declaring a dividend Of s1,779,574 was
the result of a meeting of the Directors
Of the Goldfeld Consolidated Mines in
Goldfeld Sept. l. The amount was divided
into two payments, the regular dividend
OF 80 cents and an extra" Of 20 cents,
both payable on October 81. In all. the
Goldfield Consolidated Mines has paid
eight dividends totaling nearly $4,000
900.
Congratulations over the withdrawal
Of the suit Of Miller and Lux versus the
Mason Valley Smelter Company, seem
to have come too soon, for. on the same
day that the withdrawal occurred in
Lyon County, another suit, similar to
the first. was filed in the Federal court
at Carson. A session of litigation is
promised before further Roadway is
made with the new smelter.
Lazer Perobich was crushed to death at
the Pittsburg-Silver Peak mine Sstur-
day night. The ore chute had become
choked and Perobich was attempting to
Although warned not to enter the chute,
the man stepped inside aud while stand
ing on top Of the muck it gave way and
slid. carrying him down and crushing
him to death. Perobich was about 25
years Of age and unmarried.
The Tonopah Banking Corporation
has foreclosed a mortgage on the old
Stimler ranch, near Belmont, in Nye
County, and a receiver has been appoint
ed to run the ranch for the present
This mortgage was forecl osed to satisfy
a judgment for $50. 900. The ranch was
formerly known as the Ojdie ranch. for
several years being the property OF Gov
ernor Oddie, when he was actively en-
gagged in mining in the southern part Of
Nevada.
When the shaft Of the Giroux Consoli-
dated mine at Ely. which was closed
Friday OF last week Il ~extinguish the
fire which caused the death OF seven
men, was unsealed. the body OF Daniel
Drea, secretary Of the local Miners
Union, was found on top of the ladder
platform within Is feet Of the surface.
He almost had reached safety when be
was overcome by the smoke and heat.
The remains of John McNulty are still
in the mine. the shaft being too hot to
hermit OF further search at the present