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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1917
Page
6
A fragment references Nan of Music Mountain with a Selene in copyright line from Charles Scribner's Sons. The readable text centers on a book or character linked to the music mountain setting and author attribution.
In Sleepy Cat Colorado Territory a Morgan gang hangs near Morgan gap as Jeffries appoints Henry de Spain to head the stage line with John LeFevre and Bob Scott aiding. De Spain falls for Nan Morgan and a gambling-house confrontation leads to a staged escape plan.
De Spain endures a hot ride to Calabasas to meet Scott and Le fever while pursuing Nan Morgan. He plans to win her favor with a staged peace offering by arranging a ride, a lame pony, and a coffee stop at the Sleepy Cat inn. Deaf Sandusky arrives as tensions tighten.
De Spain withstands a staged ambush as Gale Morgan Sandusky and Logan close in at the Onondaga bar. Logan taunts while Sandusky questions De Spain in a tense stand off and the door trap tightens around him. Meanwhile mining notes report rising activity in Colorado porphyry districts and oil output data.
The article poses a moral dilemma about whether De Spain could plead for safety by surrendering to gangsters and offering to relocate if they spare him and asks how one would respond in such perilous circumstances.
A dialogue snippet recalls Mrs. Youngwife praising her husband George as an influential political figure. A friend comments on George’s voting record in two presidential elections and their alignment with his choices.
Colorado settlement prices for metals show silver 80c, copper 24.12, lead 11.00, spelter 8.29, tungsten concentrates 25.00 per unit. Wyoming oil operators plan to enter Big Chino valley. Prescott sale signals early exploration. Copper Chief to Humboldt smelter shipments total six carloads with ore valued 20 to 50 per ton, gold and copper split 50-50. Copper Queen branch tops Bisbee output with 5.5 to 6 million pounds in July, about 70 percent of normal 8 million.
The Butte-Detroit mill is prepared to process 200 to 400 tons of manganese ores per day. The Southern Montana Oil Company, active in Powell locality via Elk Basin, has about four carloads of derrick timbers delivered on the Spring Creek property. East Butte company shows strong June output after May copper production of 2,008,060 pounds, with June down 488,830 pounds.
Tailings flume near Mogollon completed to Harry tunnel. Socorro Mining and Milling reports 6000 ounces bullion in H1 July while milling runs at capacity. Oaks company advances Central shaft surface plant and hoist. Pecos Copper lines up large air compressor boiler and starts big concentrator groundbreak, payroll $25 000 monthly. USGS Henderson notes rise in lead copper output but drop in gold silver zinc for six months 1917.
In the Emerald mine of the Laramie range a rich copper vein has been uncovered. The Casper Oil Company is planned to start larger scale operations in the Thirty-three Mile field. The Mexico Wyoming Oil Company reports a new producing well in Grass Creek field adding about 2 000 acres to the producing area.
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