Sulphur Beds Discovered in Washoe County Nevada
A Gold Hill News reporter describes recently found sulphur beds at the base of a mountain near Steamboat Springs in Washoe County. The Wheeler and Spencer claim has been leased to Jimmes Dinty and Thomas Stith of Carson City for three months. Five to six tons were already extracted with fifty more ready. The deposit yields about 75 percent pure sulphur worth $50 per ton in San Francisco markets.
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Gold Hill Nees
Washoe County
Wheeler
Isiac Spencer
Keno
Wheeler & Spencer
Jimmes Dinty
Thonus Stith
Carson City
Joseph Scott
Humboldt County
San Francisco
Rising the Merrimac battery and dockside spectacle
The remaining timbers of the floating battery were raised by River West and towed to the navy yard dock with pontoons and a lifting lighter. The diver’s work cleared a dangerous obstacle and the Welk will enter the dry dock for examination. The hull’s live oak timbers will be reused for cane manufacture and the public may view the hulk in the dry dock.
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Norfolk Virginian
Navy Yard
Navy
West Point drill and daring artillery display at academy
An early May West Point examination featured a light artillery drill with a six gun battery. Cadets manned the pieces while spectators watched, as one horse was wounded and cadet Swift led the disabled horse away. The event drew hundreds including the Board.
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West Point
Mills
Cadet Swift
Silver World Production in 1873 by Region and Total
The article breaks down 1873 silver output by region, listing values for England and colonies, Norway Sweden Denmark, Russia, Austria, Germany, France, Spain, Sardinia, Mexico, Central and South America, Canada, and the United States, totaling 85 250 000. It notes rising world production from 1850 to 1873 and references discovery of the New World by Columbus.
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England
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Russia
Austria
Germany
France
Spain
Sardinia
Mexico
Central
South America
Canada
United States
New World
High Altitude Silver Mining Explored in Historic Text
A 19th century passage argues famed silver mines like Great Potosi and Colorado deposits lie at elevations from 8,000 to 12,000 feet. It cites Sinenier and Fuller noting enduring wealth in silver ore, with mines worldwide continuing unless war, machinery lack or indigenous conflicts cause abandonment.
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Mexico
Great Potosi
Mount Blane
Colorado
Sinenier
Fuller
Petroleum Bonanza Expands in Bradford County Va Oil Field
The Bradford County discovery near the New York line grows into a major oil area. By May 1876 fifty wells operated, producing 100 to 500 barrels daily at first, now 30,000 to 50,000 barrels monthly. Pipelines and tanks rise as population and investment surge while costs climb for deeper drilling and equipment.
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Bradford County
New York State Line
Bufo
Seaboard
Erie Railway
Branford
Forest
Timeville
Oil City
Petroleum Centre
Pithole
vYord
Venango
Izducers
Baltimore
Rohefelds Concentrator and Schofield Sulphurer Device
A California invention the Schofield sulphurer concentrator uses wood boxes and multiple sluices with water pressure to separate heavy sulphurets from sand. Coarse sands and amalgam stay in the first box while finer sulphurets move through successive boxes, aided by quicksilver for gold recovery and water jets to prevent packing.
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Schofield Sulphurer Concentrator
California
Selentifte ‘and Mining Press
World Exhibit Highlights Oddities From Many Nations
Mexico shows a silver ore mass containing five percent chili silver powder. Switzerland brands a giant watchlike ring with a larger diameter than a silver half dollar. Two massive Krupp guns stand in the Gérs Than Machinery Hall while France is noted nearby. New Hampshire displays two preserved hog hides weighing pounds each. A workshop in Machinery Hall claims to produce and polish type.
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Switzerland
Machinery Hall
New Hampshire
Water Proof Leather for Fire Hoses
A German proposal describes rendering fire hoses completely watertight. Leather is cleaned dried and impregnated with glycerine and carbolic acid while brass fittings receive shellac coating. Hoses are dried cleaned and reimpregnated after use and reportedly resist freezing and extreme pressure.
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Bavaria
The California Soap Mine Discovered near a Canyon Beach
A report details a discovery by a prospector named A vard of a soap rock mine accessed via a canyon opening onto the coast. The vein runs 2000 feet along the opening, with slate and sandstone walls, gypsum nearby, and a rugged ravine leading to the waterway capable of carrying large boulders and trees during floods.
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Avard
Crobek
Coast Line
Castile
Palace of Powhet Royal Ruins Visit Recorded
A visitor recalls remains of Powhitan royal palace near York at Timbereck, Werowocomio, on John H. Seawell’s farm. A massive stone chimney and fireside mark the site where Powhatan and royalty once gathered.
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York
Nouth
Foresta
John H. Seawell
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