Gold from Australia Leadville Copper Ore Riches Utah and More
The Mining and Scientific Press reports on rich ore finds and mining plans across the West. Australian gold shipments to the U S mint. new 10 stamp mill near Bull Run district in Elko County. copper and silver prospects in Arizona Utah and Colorado. Leadville zinc potential and Cripple Creek gold bodies. thick notes on Le Roi Trail smelter contracts and Humbug mine auctions. copper pyrites near White Pine and promising ore in the Mollie Gibson A J area.
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Leadville
Utah
Cripple Creek
Scientific
Bull Run
Bull Run Mountain
Elko County
Tuscarora
Elko
Navy
Mollie Gibson
A. J
Mining and Scientific Press
le Roi
Rossland
B. c
Trail
Northport
Wash
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Rich lead ore strike at Carbonate Hill mine
A Morgan county Carbonate Hill mine manager returned from the property with a sample of black sand carbonate ore from the upper tunnel near surface. Assays show 77% lead 17 ounces silver and $1 gold. a wider section yields 28% lead 16 ounces silver and $1.20 gold. Two miners work the site with a second tunnel planned 15 feet below. ore is being packed rapidly.
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Salt Lake City
Colorado Springs
Carbonate Hill
Morgan County
Submarine Coal Mine at Arnao Spain
The Arnao coal mine near Spain yields about 25,000 tons yearly from a shaft extending under the Bay of Biscay. Sea side workings require extreme care as shale beds crack under pressure and water infiltration causes roof swelling. The Arnao coal, especially underwater, is hard and whitish with calcium sulfate bands and sometimes concentric surface rings.
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Arnao
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Saar
Zinc Boom at Rico Wells Digs for Atlantic Cable Mineral
A Rico Colorado report notes New Jersey Zinc Company control of the Atlantic Cable property spurring other mine owners to enter the zinc race. Work accelerates with main shaft near town down to solid ore, drifting to test vein extent, two more shafts under way, and high grade zinc ore observed. A 300 ton mill for ore processing will begin soon.
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Rico
Denver Republican
New Jersey Zinc Company
Copper and gold boom in Wyoming Bat tle Lake district
The Ferris Haggerty mine ships a carload of ore daily 75 miles to Fort Steels and yields copper and some gold values. The Dome mine ships heavily with a carload returning 28 per ton in gold and substantial copper. A new railroad and smelter soon to be completed promises to boost profits and spur further mining activity as prospectors swarm the district.
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Ferris-Haggerty
Battle Lake
Wyoming
Fort Steels
Dome
Klondike Gold Output Seen Slowing But Rich Gravels Remain
RR G McConnell reports Klondike production reaching 28.5 million and notes rise over two years may slow as richer diggings thin on El Dorado Nanarza and other creeks. Yet long runs of medium and low grade gravels untouched promise years of output. Bonanza Creek remains the district’s key gold producer.
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Connell
el Dorado
Ponanza
Hunker
Dominion
Bonanza Creek
Klondike
Yukon Placer Gold Prospects Hinge on Local Quartz Sources
Graveled stretches show uneven value with two miles of rich ore from Victoria gulch downstream. Claims may yield over half a million dollars each. local origin of placer gold is suspected from quartz veins and silicified schists. Large nuggets reveal quartz fragments. No. 4 Bonanza creek boulder held 20 ounces of gold.
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Prairie City
George Washington
Minnie
Jim Placer
Ward Brothers and Associates
Victoria Gulch
Connell
Bonanza Creek
Yukon
Denver and Rock Island work advances at De Borgia mine
A busy week at De Borgia Montana as Denver and Rock Island pushes mine development. A survey crew, officer Irving Worthington, and a private line contract with the telephone company accelerate patent surveys, road grading, tunnel and shaft work, and stock-pay mining.
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Standard
de Borgia
Mont
Denver & Rock Island
Irving Worthington
United States
Presley
Butte
Dr. Wells
New York
W. Clayton Miller
Rough Rider
David Cromie
Saltese
The
Telephone Company
Denver
Rock Island
Weat Broadway
New Cripple Creek Mills Stir Ore Market Hopes
The Colorado Springs Telegraph notes miners question where ore will come from as three new mills in Cripple Creek aim for 900 tons daily by year end. The Standard mill in Colorado City will cap 40 tons daily, Florence Union and Dorkas mills also expanding. Ore haulers doubt supply, but district hopes a larger market will sustain both old and new mills.
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Colorado Springs
Standard
Colorado City
Union
Florence
Dorcas
Grinding mills rush at Upper Concentrator Anaconda works
The Anaconda smelters and concentrators intensify upgrades with new tank house for coarse concentrates and a fleet of grinding mills. A 120 ton capacity upper tank, Fraser & Chalmers engine foundations, and multiple Huntington and Chillan mills will widen processing capability and efficiency without increasing tonnage.
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Anaconda
Standarda
Fraser & Chalmers
Chillan
Huntington
Webster, Camp & Lane
Akron
Ohio
Mining Consolidation Trend Reaches Southern Nevada
The article notes a shift toward consolidation among mining properties, likening it to trusts in intent and scope. It cites recent amalgamations in Cripple Creek Colorado Utah and the Dakotas and reports Southern Nevada negotiations involving April Fool and Del Lamar as part of the same economic trend.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Mercur
Golden Gate
Utah
South Dakota
Idaho
Nevada
April Fool
del Lamar
Buch
Times
Slow Changes Form New Islands in Aleutians
The Mining and Scientific Press reports gradual debris deposition in the Yukon area lifting the seafloor and island formation along the Aleutian chain. Some new islands arise from crustal rise, others from volcanic activity, signaling future connections between America and Asia though not in our lifetimes.
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Bering Sea
Yukon
Aleutian Islands
Aleutians
America
Asia
London Markets Show Quiet Week on Investors
London stock activity remained muted with buyers scarce and selling pressures weighing on prices. Consols dipped 0.4, war loan 2, home railways declined heavily, Chinese securities fell 2 to 4 points while American issues led gains, Union Pacific up 2⅕, and money market rates easing to 2½ percent for the week and ¾ percent for three months.
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London
Stock Exchange
Union Pacific
Berlin Markets React On Mixed Signals From Iron And Trade
Berlin stock activity improved on stronger American iron markets and China news but cooled as new orders for iron goods declined. Coal shares rose on mining reports while iron shares retreated after rumors of American export pressure. The Bank of England move boosted London exchange but Berlin money rates remained low. The German sugar industry laments that Hay-Hoyle pension terms do not lift the American sugar duty.
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Berlin
China
Bank of England
London Exchange
London
Trade bulletin shows Philippine Islands merchandise value 1899
The six months ended December 31 1899 trade bulletin reports total merchandise value for the Philippine Islands. It notes the pattern of imports and exports and provides figures reflecting economic activity during the period.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Import and export figures for the islands period
Reported figures show imports totaling 11,456,680 with 582,246 duty free. Import duties collected 2,071,706 while exports reached 8,645,626 with 237,856 in export duties. Total gold and silver import 1,251,357 and exports 1,297,416.
Deserted Paying No Penalty Soldier Kelley Survives
A Washington Post tale recalls an American sergeant nicknamed Kelley who deserted once but continued to serve. A regular army officer details Kelley's clever risking of desertion, his stint with recruits at Fort Assiniboine, and eventual honorable discharge after five years.
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New York
Kelley
David's Island
Fort Slocum
Fort Assiniboine
Mont
Assiniboine
Fort Leavenworth
Weather Tales of Long Ago in Palestine and Europe
The article notes rainfall and climate observations across eras from Joshua's time to modern days. It cites Jordan floods in February, ancient river freezes, Greenland naming, and long record observations in France and St. Petersburg showing little change. It argues that, apart from extremes in ancient winters, climate has not appreciably shifted since early historic times.
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Popular Science Monthly
Palestine
Jordan
Joshua
Egypt
France
St. Petersburg
Parnassus
Socrate
Greenland
New York
Washington
Texas cattleman plot foiled by Kiowa girl heiress
Annie Trueheart Dillion, a 14 year old Kiowa girl, sole heir to John Dillion’s fortune of over 1 million, was key to exposing a murder plot against the Texas cattleman. Dillion, famed for cattle ranches on the Rio Grande, was saved from a half breed assassin by the girl who warned him, leading to his later plan to educate and protect her as guardian bishop of Monterey oversees her education and inheritance. The will names John Rogers as executor. the girl inherits cash and a ranch once she reaches legal age or marries.
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Denver Times
Annie Trueheart Dillion
Black Wolf
John Dillion
Monterey
Dillion
Ireland
America
Texas
Rio Grance
Indian Territory
Bill Hawk
Rascal
Chickasha
Hawk
Boss
John Rogers
Presidio
New York
Rio Grande
Mexico
San Antonio
Trueheart
Annie
Wells That Are Worshiped Across Scotland and England
The article describes wells revered in Scotland where mothers bathe ill children and hang offerings, noting rag and pin adornments on bushes. It also covers English rag wells, Holy Thursday rites in Cornwall, wishing wells, and well dressing in Derbyshire with elaborate floral mosaics and verses, sung hymns, and clerical processions.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Scotland
Highlands
England
Newcastle
Cornwall
St. Roche's Well
Spirus
Derbyshire
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Buster
Bradford Mountain
Baker City
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Eastern Exchange
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Ashbrook
Box Elder County
Hugh Park
Imperial
Frisco
Aspen
Yankee
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Ely
Nev
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Tintie
Jesse Knight
Chainman
White Pine
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New West Drift
Zine
Rico, Colorado
Battle Lake, Wyoming
RR. G. McConnell
VBOT
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New Cripple Creek
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Duplex Corliss
Ingersoll
Pehle
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London Markets
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Philippine Trade
Washington Post
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