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In the Great Basin – Mina, Nevada

Historical News of Misdemeanor, Felony and Internment
Death and Near Misses by Natural Causes, Accidents and Human Hand

compiled from newspaper research
by David A. Wright


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Beatty Bullfrog Miner – Beatty, Nevada [was called the Bullfrog Miner during first two months of publication – not to be confused with the Bullfrog Miner, of Rhyolite, Nevada]

Inyo Independent
– Independence, California
Inyo Register – Bishop, California
Rhyolite Herald – Rhyolite, Nevada


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Mina, Nevada



Newspaper Articles

1906

Inyo Register, August 9, 1906
Summary: Railroad man in Mina, Nevada killed when run over by a locomotive when his foot was caught in a switch frog.


1907

Inyo Register, December 12, 1907
Summary: Shooting at Mina.


1908

Rhyolite Herald, October 21, 1908
“ACCIDENTAL DEATH.”
Walter Moore, a Goldfield prospector, was accidentally killed while placing a rifle in a wagon. The accident occurred at Stewart's springs, north of Mina. The deceased was a prominent resident of Goldfield.

Rhyolite Herald, October 28, 1908
F.Y. WILLIAMS DEAD.”
F.Y. Williams, manager for the Lothrop-Davis company and treasurer for the telephone company, died on the train at Mina, while en route to San Francisco. Mr. Williams was well and favorably known all over the country, and was one of Tonopah's most enterprising and respected citizens. He is survived by a wife, two sons, Donald and Russell, a married daughter and a sister, Mrs. Ernest Hall, of Manhattan.

Inyo Register, November 19, 1908
"SEEMS TO BE HABIT"
J.A. Terry is accused of having passed checks in Tonopah to the amount of $185, he having no funds to draw against. A warrant is out for him, but he has not been located at last accounts. Terry is the printer who worked a similar scheme here, before that he got some demerit marks in Mina. He may have tried the game once too often in his Tonopah venture.

Inyo Register, November 26, 1908
Summary: Mrs. Ross Edwards, of Mina, Nevada, has died.

Inyo Register, December 3, 1908
"EVERETT DENIED NEW TRIAL"
Summary: Frank C. Everett, serving a life sentence for the murder of W.E. Malone, has been denied a new trail. Everett and Malone were both of Mina, Malone was the superintendent of the Southern Pacific railroad shops there.

Inyo Register, December 24, 1908
"EFFECTIVE, THOUGH SHOCKING."
Summary: Carl Roland suicided at Mina, Nevada Friday night. He sat beside the track as a train was passing, and after half the cars had gone by he placed his head upon the rails, which was completely severed from his body.


1909

Inyo Register, July 15, 1909
Frank Everett, in the Carson penitentiary for killing Malone at Mina, is again asking for pardon.




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