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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1917
Page
10
British and American actions feature in a wide wartime digest. The note highlights U boat losses by destroyers, German air raids on Russian ships, and Italian gains on the Bainsizza and Carso plains. Home front items cover bakery control talk, wheat price policy, casualties, and naval project ground breaking in Charleston.
Western Union reports metal market figures with lead at 10 percent 10 cents, spelter 7 to 8 cents, bar silver at 90. Prepared for New York markets, Boulder tungsten concentrates priced at 20 to 25 dollars per unit with crude ores at 60 percent valued 20 to 25 dollars, 25 percent 12 dollars, 10 percent 9.40 to 12.20 dollars per unit.
Arizona totals show 4,092,800 in gold and 4,394,600 in silver for 1916. Hillside notes brisk mining activity near Jerome where United Verde Extension operates. American Smelting and Refining ships 150 tons of ore from the Mascot property. Jerome cross cut near Pittsburg Jerome shaft shows improving prospects while Vertde Combination shaft adds 75 feet with each worker earning a 25 bonus.
The El Monte mill at Jasper runs a good concentrate. A car of Black Bear concentrates netted just over $10,000 at the Durango smelter. In Georgetown district about twenty men work at the Josephine mine with the mill at capacity. In 1916 Colorado ranked second in gold at $19,185,000 and silver at $4,967,900. Telluride reports progress on Farrell and King lease work in Bear Creek gulch with ore soon due for shipment. Tomboy mill tests flotation, claiming lower cost and higher recovery. The Smuggler plans a tram from Pandora to Bridal Veil Falls to service Blue Lake plant and haul timber from the basin.
Montana led 1916 mining with silver valued at 9 240 100 and gold totaling 4 328 400. A drilling rig from Reynolds and Sypher is sent to Wy om ing section 8 41 80 for a syndicate of Butte Anaconda and Montana capitalists. The Washoe strike prompts Anaconda Copper to shut down its Montana operations including all mines and the Anaconda Great Falls smelter. The Minerals Separation Company wins a patent dispute against Butte and Superior Mining Co over oil flotation for mineral recovery.
In New Mexico the first half of August yielded 2,800 pounds of gold and silver. 1916 gold output reached 4,092,800 with silver at 1,138,000. A new mining camp near Gallup is planned, Catalpa property is being explored, and Oaks company reports 15 to 30 ore at Maud S in Mogollon with rising shipments. Oil drill progress continues at Anderson farm Luna county with drillers back to work, reaching 700 feet. Toltec drill now 400 feet, expecting faster progress amid favorable formations.
Wyoming Blackfoot Oil Company, with 440 acres in the Big Muddy field, prepares to spud a new well on the southeast quarter of Section 4-32-77. Alfred Steele of Carmania Oil and Refining Company says new leases add 160 acres on the Tisdale dome, adjoining the Rispin completion.
Soldiers intervene to thwart a pacifist plot described as a protection operation. Details identify the involved unit and location as authorities move to secure the area and prevent further escalation.
War Department orders Illinois National Guard to report for reserve duty as veterans rush to suppress a pacifist meeting in Chicago. Governor Lowden and Mayor Thompson clash over authority while Seymor Stedman and others are named to lead a new Peace Party. Rabbi Magnes speaks as committees form on liberties and peace terms.
A roundup of Arizona items reports mobilization fund drives and troop mobilizations. Peter county notes include a new Bisbee post office, smelter expansions, parole actions, and gold and silver production figures.
German forces captured Riga and push toward Petrograd as Russians retreat north. Italian army advances in Trieste campaign, gaining positions in Brestovizza valley and on the Cas o plateau. Austrian losses reported high. German air raids hit English coast with no casualties. President Wilson bids farewell to 35 000 drafted troops amid more enlistments for a national army of 687 000.
An old advertisement promises whiter clothes on wash day using Cross Bag Blue with a vivid line about snow whiteness. It appears across grocers with emphasis on the product.
A small boy on Riverside drive identifies a khaki clad man as a United States marine after noting an eagle globe and anchor emblem on his hat. The exchange with a nearby lady underscores how civilians distinguish service branches by hats and cords, with marines remaining harder to spot.
A clipped dialogue shows a couple debating marriage due to financial strain. One partner accuses the other of delaying plans, while the other notes a lack of funds, signaling practical obstacles to wed.
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