Casper Center of Oil Development in Wyoming Booms
Casper grows from 2000 to 8000 residents as oil fields near Salt Creek and Big Muddy drive a boom. Montana investors led by Thomas Arthur of Billings, W D Outman, Edwin Booth, and Col. L J Price push a regional syndicate. Wyoming production doubles from 3 million to 6 million barrels, expected to reach 12 million this year with daily output around 30,000 barrels from Salt Creek, Elk Basin, Grass Creek, Torchlight, and Big Muddy fields.
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Elk Basin
Grass Creek
Greybull
Midwest
Byron
Wyoming Oil Boom Energizes Casper and West
The article describes a statewide push for prospecting with big companies like Standard, Midwest, Ohio, and Texas and Producers’ driving activity. Casper becomes the oil nerve center with pipelines, hotels, and brokers. state land royalties last year reached 240000 dollars and may fund state expenses taxlessly as development expands. Denver and Colorado money fuel the enterprises and the Midwest company is highlighted among others.
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United States
Wyoming
Standard
Midwest Company
Colorado
West
Ohio Company
Texas and Producers’ Company
State of
Casper
Stock Exchange
Goldfield
Cripple Creek
Cheyenne
Denver
Iron Nuxated vigor claim for 50 year old man
An elderly man near fifty described a dramatic revival after taking iron tonic Nuxated Iron. He reportedly gained youthful vitality, improved strength, and endurance within two weeks, claiming the remedy boosts iron absorption safely unlike older iron forms.
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New York
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Meumonta
Grippe
Oman
H. Sauer
Sauer
Draft tale of Longeway and a Canadian recruit in Great Falls
A comic column narrates a Canadian citizen drafted with one eye and light weight. Dr Longeway certifies him fit despite the blind eye and 112 pounds, claiming Germans would miss the flaw and beans would raise his weight. The piece lampoons loyalty and patriotism across borders.
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Longeway
France
Canada
United Empire Loyalists
Wyoming oil boom spreads from modest wells to vast expansion
Financed in Colorado and grown to a 20 million dollar company with two refineries and wells in many fields. New York and other centers show interest as federal geologists survey land and a Walsh bill could open large oil tracts. Development pushes north toward Montana with Elk basin as a key 2400 acre district spanning Montana and Wyoming.
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New York
Wyoming
Walsh
Congress
Montana
Elk Basin
Alaska veteran recalls bygone Montana costs in Butte
Spr4 aon eas tes Sah, Conrad A R Boone reports a veteran from Alaska describing earlier days in Virginia City and mining camps. He recalls $18 daily clerks and $2 56 for baking powder, noting railroads changed prices and life in the placer era.
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Aireinte City
Butte
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Virginia City
Ind
Denver
Peter
Man of Vast Wealth Clark Ends Montana Visit After Strike
Former Senator William A. Clark, famed Montana magnate, arrived fifty years ago with ox team days behind him. He settled a streetcar strike in Butte, knows most workers by first name, and pursues the United Verde mine at Jerome Arizona, valued by engineers at about five hundred million dollars in ore in sight.
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Batte—Gow Lee
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Butte
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American Federation of Eabor
Minera of Butte
Federation
Samuel Gompers
United Verde
William A. Clark
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Central City
Colorado
Senator Clark
Butte Street Railway Company
Glacier Park
Jerome
Arizona
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France Blocks Sale of Ore Asset for Half Billion USD
A French engineer says the property cannot be bought with money raised in France. He notes paying the ore’s value would amount to about half a billion dollars, and France would not permit that much money to leave the country for foreign investment.
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France
Rise in silver prices boosts Montana state outlook
The recent ascent of silver above 90 cents per ounce is seen as a boon for Montana which leads U S silver production. Montana hosts many primarily silver mines ready to resume operations, while historic price highs in 1873 1890 and the Sherman Act context are noted along with subsequent declines after 1893.
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Union
Treasury
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Butte Business College
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Montana Motor CO
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