Four Century of Mining and Metallurgy in the United States
Gentennial address notes hydraulic mining boom since 1853, with California gold sands, Comstock mines wealth, and rise of American ore processing. Discusses Lake Superior iron mining, regional districts, and advances in mining machinery and smelting. Reflects on government role and future prospects amid cycles of fortune.
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United States
California
PaeHic
Isary Aimer
Laway
Arth Uy Snowheld
Ci Fl
Lake Superior
Femmnsula
Michigan
Cleveland
Poorsyhvania
Nevada
Unionville
Reese River
Belmont
White Tine
Eureka
Kanieryton
Pioche
Inyo County
Idaho
Owyhee
Utah
Colttonwead
Bingham
Qolorde
Clear Creek
Boulder
Sawmit
Sin Juan
Thome
Comstock
Raymond
Higue
Europe
Unis
Tam
Halik
Spain
Mexico
Dom Pedro II Bonded Escape Story From Rio De Janeiro
An 1831 revolt forced Dom Pedro I to abdicate, and the future Dom Pedro II hid in a Brazilian house. Captain Thomas Dunbar of Stonington aided his escape by transporting him aboard a cargo ship after carts of ship biscuits were wheeled to the vessel. The emperor reached Stonington unrecognized and later returned to Europe. Dunbar was paid 200 dollars and later recalled the tale before dying at his son-in-law’s house in Westerly, Rhode Island.
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Wartford Téwea
Boston
Pugs
Azores
Kate Williams
Beebe
Dom Pedro
Portugal
John VI
Dom Pedho
Uerved ii
Hin
Stonington
Rio Daneses
Thomas Dunbar
Darbar
Odo
Pedro I I
Europe
Dunbar
Dunlar
Captain Hail
Westerly
R. 1
Emigration and Fire Foreshadow San Francisco and New York Harbors
The San Francisco Call reports a Tone Kong steamer awaiting departure with Chinese coolie passengers and female stowaways. In New York Harbor a circular Battery building burns, trapping hundreds of emigrants as flames engulf the upper floors and roof.
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San Francisco
Tone Kong
China
Tem
Yokohama
Yokozama
Battery
New York Harbor
The Comstocker and the New Liberty Bell Story
A Virginia City correspondent depicts Comstocker as an independent, money loving urban character who shuns convention, enjoys saloons, and bets heavily. The article then describes the New Bell for Independence Hall, weighing 13,000 pounds with parts from historic cannons and a coat of arms, inscribed for July 4, 1876.
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Virginia City
San Francisco Post
Comstocker
Shane
Virginia
Tlenry Seyhert
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Burgoyne
Saintdy
Elis
United States
Andresus
Largest Okefinokee Swamp Survey Report
Surveyors measured the Okefinokee Swamp in Georgia and Florida as the largest in the United States, thirty by seventeen miles, with a circumference around 142 miles and 180 miles in total, home to Suwannee River and extensive timber. The area served as a historic refuge for enslaved people and Indians, with reports of bears, panthers, and a possible pre Indians race settlement unearthed by the survey team. Skeletons were found in excavated mounds, some crumbling when exposed.
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Oketinoke Swamp
United States
Georgia
Florida
Suwanee
Fiday
Gulf
Cedar Keys
Okefinoke
Manada
Exterminating Bedbugs with Sulphur Gas Warned
Instructional notice describes using powdered sulphur and burning gas to exterminate bedbugs in confined rooms. It advises sealing rooms, burning sulphur, venting smoke, then applying corrosive sublimate to cracks and furniture before reoccupation. Also mentions Lt. Cameron’s return to England from Central Africa and remarks on Congo waters and wealth.
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Cameron
England
Central Africa
Congo
Tanganyika
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Mules & Kessler
Carrie
Euuon
Furt
Butte
Finch
Engelaian
Montana
Girton House
Wid
B. Whitford
Omice
Tani
G. Ww. Beal
Penn
Porter
Ari
Attorneys-At-Law
Henry “Elling
Virginia Clpy
Anurea
William Wooodwarb
Bute
Aoa
Letina
Arnos Wali
Cuping
Bnaxk
W.H. Weimar &Co
Deer Lodge, Montana
Grocers
H.weimar & CO
D. Cohen
A. Wee
D. Cohen & Bro
Saddlery
Deer Lodge
Jean
Niewepam
Copperopolis
Favonte Eating Room
Rosentital
Hte
Scott? House
Sam.scott
McBurney House
Deer Lodge City
Cirton
Butte City, Mont
Robert Girton
GMTC
Aupe Cipy Munama
Proprietors
Bug
Wilendy
Tauswirtit Bilos
ST. Louis Hotel
Main and
Dackson Streets
Helena, Montana
Schwab & Zimmerman
Borin Oy
Levins
Butte City
W. Beal
J. W.oreat
Holl, Abram & Herzitt
American Tactitute of Mining Engineers
PAGT
National Iron Works
New Brunswick
Mawn
Keanate
Conatey
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