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...afternoon last fortnight a battered flivver joggled and clattered over a desert road leading into Tonopah, Nev. Two dusty boys of 19 sat on the seat. They talked now and then but not much. When they reached Tonopah they took some heavy, dirty bags out of their car and locked them up. That evening they walked around the town, which is one big mining camp, showing chunks of glittering rock to the oldtimers. The chunks glittered so brightly and looked so rich that the oldtimers said: "Hell, that ain't gold!" The boys went to bed dubious...
Next day they went to see one Nick Ableman, a businessman. Mr. Ableman took one of their chunks of rock to be assayed.* After a while he told them what that particular kind of rock was worth- about $39 per pound, or $78,176 per ton. Tonopah, Nev., began to seethe with rumors...
...gives academic courses and also business, domestic science, farming, dairying, gardening, masonry, carpentry, painting, blacksmithing, wagon-making, shoemaking, steam-fitting, printing, electricity and many more useful occupations. There are other Federal schools for Indians at Flandreau, S. Dak.; Pipestone, Minn.; Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Fort Mojave, Ariz.; Carson, Nev.; Tomah, Wis.; Pierre, S. Dak.; and 210 others, including 77 boarding-schools...
Secretary to the Governor Carson City, Nev...
...Lincoln Nev.-Carson City N.H.-Concord N.J.-Trenton N. Mex.-Santa Fe N.Y.-Albany N .C.-Raleigh N. Dak.-Bismarck Ohio-Columbus Okla.-Oklahoma City Ore.-Salem Pa.-Harrisburg R. I.- Providence S.C.-Columbia S.Dak.-Pierre Tenn.-Nashville Tex.-Austin Utah-Salt Lake City Vt.-Montpelier Va.-Richmond Wash.-Olympia W. Va.-Charleston Wis.-Madison Wyo.-Cheyenne