A Century of Mining and Metallurgy in the United States
A historical overview tracing American mining and metallurgical growth from colonial limits to the 19th century. It highlights production figures for gold, silver, copper, lead, coal, and petroleum, compares the United States with Britain and Europe, and notes steam engine impact and national independence in industry. The piece reflects on wealth, progress, and moral growth as intertwined with material expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Liss
Dubuque
Indias
Antil
Bers
Dalry
Stel
Atlantic
Immun Labo
Metallungy
Peltroleum
Weret Gol
Suver
Hell
Ira
Philadelphia Boards of Trade
Aymond
Britain
Great Britain
Uns
Blake
National Museum Ofainnigana Metallurgy
Trea
Emma
Philadelphia
America
United States of America
James Watt
A Pistol That Fires Rifle Bullets On Horseback
Caplan Burton patents a combined pistol rifle bullet device designed to be used from a left grip while extending the arm as in archery. It aims to deliver rifle bullets with reduced shoulder recoil, usable one hand or on horseback. A safety shell explodes on impact with large game but passes through brush without harming the skin.
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Caplan Burton
Adulteration of Sugar In Marseilles Case Sparks Attention
A Marseilles case of adulterated Reunion brown sugar, imported from Bennion, drew strong official scrutiny. Initial tests ruled out brick dust and revealed slag as the adulterant, with the mixture aimed at cutting costs by about £2 per 100 kilograms. The sugar’s bright granule fracture aided a convincing imitation, and sand had been added to bulk weight.
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Marseilles
Bennion
Engineers in Her Majesty's Service Report
Report of the parliamentary committee on the position of engineers in Her Majesty's service recommends engineers become executive officers and rank with captains and lieutenants chief engineers with commanders and ships under a commander to improve pay promotion and retirement terms.
Dispatch on cavalry for Sherman and Custer loss note
A telegraph from July 7 to Gen Sherman discusses calling up volunteer cavalry with costs covered, aiming to raise about 2,000 men for Crook and Merritt commands. It mourns Custer’s death as a costly misjudgment and urges continued updates, while proposing funds for Tongue River posts to stabilize the Sioux question.
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Wasinverox
ParapourHia
W. T. Sherman
22D Infantry
Terry
Crook
Merritt
Éth
Custer
Congress
Tongue River
Big Horn
Goldsmith Maid Aims to Beat 2:14 Record at Belmont Park
Goldsmith Maid, driven by Budd Doble, chased her record 2:14 at Belmont Park Philadelphia. Despite fast splits and cheers, judges kept the official time at 2:14 with reports of 2:13 3/4 from outside timers. Doble praised the mare while predicting further improvement before retirement as crowds celebrated her effort.
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Belmont Park
Philadelphia
Goldsmith Maid
Corbilly
Budd Luble
Catbind
Willem HL Doble
Dabie
Tee Ferteen
Budd Doble
George Stingis
J. H. Camp
TD. W. Blanchard
Uwo Namel
Mystic Park
Belmont
Doble
Petrified Whale Report From Sonoma County Dig
In Sonoma County near Watsons ranche a cut along the Marine Narrow Gauge line reveals a partially petrified whale like formation about fifty feet long at fourteen feet depth. Foreman Joe Castello and crew uncover bones shells and a tooth fragment with boulders weighing 60 to 100 pounds. Alexander Van der Noot brings specimens to town prompting scientific interest.
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Sonoma County
Watson's Ranche
Valley Ford
Frrestone
Joe Castello
Alexander van der Noot
Scientific Notes on Defence Era Telegraphs and Industry
A French telegraph superintendent M Steenackers oversees scientific lectures in Brazil with a lab fitted by government. Local industries include gas production from castor seeds and a stearine candy factory in Rio. German papers discuss zinc soaps as boiler inhibitors, with experiments showing cleaner boilers after six weeks and no new deposits.
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M. Steenackers
Brazil
Portugese
Castor
Rio
Bruckman & Sons
Heilbronn
Antipodes and the Truth Behind Opposite Points
A scientific note debunks rumors about antipodes, explaining that true opposite points lie on the Earth's center line. It cites San Francisco’s antipode in the southern Indian Ocean, New York’s opposite off southern Indian Ocean, and Peking’s opposite in northern Patagonia, with a tangent about a shaft from San Francisco toward Peking.
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China
San Francisco
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
New-York
Indian ‘Ocean
Australia
Peking
Patagonia
Miwng
Scientific Presa
Root Cap Structure Replaces Outdated Spongiole Theory
A recent writer notes that earlier botanists’ spongiole idea for root tips is obsolete. Modern understanding regards the root tip as an outgrowth protected by a multi layered cap. The cap varies in size across species, sometimes visible to the naked eye, sometimes only under high magnification.
Baron's Brickyard Machine Outshines Nobility
A late Baron Palin who arrived in New York valued a brick pressing machine above his patent title. He was sought after as an Austrian noble but faced ridicule when a lady dismissed his invention as secondary to his noble status. The tale contrasts aristocratic pretensions with mechanical achievement in a cautionary note.
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Baron Palin
New York
Cieosophists
Col
Olcott
Baron Palm
Republica
Toya
Henry Ward Beecher Silver Reward Mirthful Query
A fragmentary note riffing on Henry Ward Beecher questions a silver reward and a modest amount, though clarity is limited by the damaged text. Name and exact figures are unclear, leaving only a humorous or speculative tone about wealth and loss.
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Butte Miner
Mills & Kessler, Proprietors
Currier
Ciarter
Ture
SW. Finch
M.D
Montana
Irton House
G Falls
O. B. Whitford
Butte
G. Ww. Beal
Olnee
Hesidener
Henry Elling
Silver
Bullon & Dust
Virginia City
Montada
Prinetar
William Woodward
Rutte
Paprits Congress
Kent Wills
Mike
Isks
Wa Woodward
W. H. Weimar &Co
BEER
Grocers
W.h.weimar & CO
D. Cohen
A. Cohen
D. Cohen& Bro
Grochers
Pealers
Saddlery
Deer Lodge
Attorneys-At-Law
Copperopolis
Moeals
Adl Ejours
Jos
Scott
Any Deer Lodge
Phe Prinemea
Sam. Scott
McBurney House
Deer Lodge City
Aylesworth & McFarland
Sam Dorit Rons
Cirton
Butte City, Mont
Robert Girton
Trorreston
Dodie
Hotel de Mineral
Eauswirth
Proprietors
Jay
Hauswirtit Bros
ST. Louis Hotel
eEntrance
Main and
Jackson Streets
Helena, Montana
Schivar & Zimmerman
Waheye
Butte City
J. W. Beal
EWSP
Abrams. Howitt
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Engineering and Mining Journal
Geman
Pei Vent
Great Maritain
France
Germany
Belgium
Swatzerla
Canada
Her Majesty
Lidisus
Henry” Ward Beecher
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