Jim Spicer was a rancher and miner in Nye County, Nevada. James Ray Spicer was born in 1929 in Kennie Mill, Florida. He was a co-owner of the Boiling Pot Outfit ranch near Beatty, Nevada. James Ray Spicer passed away on September 17, 1985 at the age of 56.

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McCracken, Robert D. "Interview with James C. Weeks." Beatty Museum. Accessed June 18, 2020. https://www.beattymuseum.org/oral/weeksjames/weeks.pdf.

Effie Siedentopf Spicer was the co-owner of the Boiling Pot Outfit Ranch with her husband, Jim Spicer. In 1987, she recieved a length of service award from the Western Region of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) for her work recording weather patterns in Beatty, Nevada.

Sources:

McCracken, Robert D. "Interview with James C. Weeks." Beatty Museum. Accessed June 18, 2020. https://www.beattymuseum.org/oral/weeksjames/weeks.pdf.