Copperopolis Boom In Laramie County Wyoming
Laramie county reports a new copper camp Copperopolis near Hart ten miles north of Hart and Waldcat canyon with over thirty prospects Two ships are already sending ore to Omaha and more dumps await shipment Local figures like I S Bartlett Luke Voorhees and General George M Randall are cited The paper notes a mining exhibit at an upcoming Industrial Convention and mentions the death of Hon W R Steel in Deadwood South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie County
Carbon County
Albany County
Uinta County
Wyoming
Big Horn
Sheridan
Copperopolis
Waldcat Canon
Omaha
Clisis
Hartd
Canon
F Nnd
I. S. Bartlett
Luke Voorhees
Laramie
Bartlett
Passing of the "Hello Girl" and Automatic Exchange Debate
The Chicago Record-Herald notes the push to replace the hello girl with a Baltimore 100-line automatic exchange. Subscribes turn knobs to dial, and wait for bell signals replace salutes and manual operators. The feature draws praise for efficiency and calls for full automation nationwide. Captain Perry earns praise for neutrality and progress in Panama transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warnest
A. Faller
Chicago Record-Herald
Baltimore
Faller
Muller
Bold Burglary at Newcastle Saloon Leaves $80 Missing
Last Friday night Leo Polaskey’s saloon was broken into while he was at lunch. The thief carried the cash register to the back yard, broke it open, and left the key on the floor. The register held $80. Two men were seen nearby. one was arrested in Gillette the next day and brought back to town. He is jailed as investigators press the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Polaskey
Leo
Newcastle News-Journel
Thhem
Gillette
Hartville Region Mineral Collection Planned by Bartlett
Sidney Bartlett departs for the Hartville region to collect ore samples for the State Industrial Convention in Laramie next week. He will visit Hartville mines Muskrat and Wildcat canyons and Whalen canyon mines to gather copper iron and onyx specimens representative of the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Bartlett
North
Hartville
Laramie
Muskrat
Wildcat Canons
Whalen Canon
Mondell U S Representative Pushes Chinese Exclusion Bill
Washington dispatch reports Representative Mondell of Wyoming will introduce a Chinese exclusion bill in the next Congress. He says Wyoming has many Chinese and prefers re enactment of exclusion law to prevent population rise. He favors irrigation funding over tariff revision. Senator Clark of Wyoming plans to back irrigation legislation with western allies.
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Washington
Mondell
Wyoming
Congress
Mr. Mondell
West
W. A. Clark
Won the Horse Heirloom Found by Elks Search
The Elks had sought certificate No. 157 for a kangaroo court winner. Yesterday 8 Drobacz, a Seventeenth Street tailor, was found to hold the winning certificate and learned he had won the horse donated by Charles Hirsig. He had not recalled his number until he casually checked the paper notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kangaroo Court
Elks
Drobacz
Seventeenth Street
Charles Hirsig
Oil Strike Near Fossil Field Prompts Caution
Oil was struck last week in the Fossil fields by John Lights while digging a water well for Senator Clark. A small flow of light oil appeared at twenty five feet and the strike signals rich underlying strata though the operation was abandoned due to noxious gas that nearly asphyxiated workers. Superintendent J D Gilchrist of Iron Mines Sunrise is en route to Colorado to inspect new mines and act as expert for the C F I Co. Officials of GC I I Co will visit Sunrise to inspect mines, arriving from the south and returning north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lights
Lights
Senator Clark
J. D. Gilchrist
Colorado
Gilchrist
Kehler
Magician Herrmann's Coat Tricks Disrupt Academy Scene
An uproar at the Academy of Music follows Herrmann the magician as cards fly, feathers vanish, and a dress coat is swapped in a chaotic act. The manager is assaulted by a dresser. Herrmann explains the prank and vows a supper and new coat in restitution.
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Herrmann
Academy of Music
Hellevue Hospital
Big Tom Brennan
France
Peasers
Academy
General Buller's Nicknames and Public Perception
A satirical note questions why people confuse a good fellow with a good general and mentions continued support for General Buller. It recalls "The Perryman" and dismisses a nickname as the "dispatch cock," reflecting Vanity Fair style.
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Buller
Perryman
Vanity Fair
Stockholder Meetings Set for Wyoming Companies in December
Notices announce stockholder meetings for Converse Oil and Refining Aurora Gold Mining and War Bonnet Live Stock companies in Cheyenne Wyoming. Dates span December 4 and December 18 1901 with aims including charter amendments increasing shares trustees and potential dissolution.
Notice of timber land entry in Wyoming 1901 hearing date
United States Land Office announces Daniel McAlvan of Cheyenne filed sworn statement No. 196 for timber land in Township 18 N Range 66 W section 2 and will prove land valuable for timber or stone. Hearing before the register December 11, 1901 at Cheyenne with witnesses Frank Jones John Martin Henry Altman Morris Wasserman. Also notice of contest against homestead entry No. 3366 with Franz A. Luwe and Anna Woodhouse, hearing December 5, 1901.
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Department of the Interior
Cheyenne
Wyoming
United States Land Office
Wyo
William H. White
Little Bear
Lena C. Lukens
Litle Bear
Benjamin F. Lukens
Isaac N. Bard
Congress
California
Oregon
Nevada
Washington Territory
Daniel McAlvan
Laramie
Frank Jones
John Martin
Henry Altman
Morris Wasserman
Anna Woodhouse
Franz A. A. Luwoe
Franz A. A. Luwe
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Spain
Register
Haying
Chaplin
Geddes Sheep Company Stockholders Meet on Name Change
Notice of a special meeting of Geddes Sheep Company stockholders at 10 a.m. December 14, 1901, at Van Orsdel and Burdick office in Cheyenne Wyoming. Purpose to consider changing the name to Pioneer Sheep Company. J D Davis president. Finest stationery on short notice in The Leader Job Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Converse O l and’ Refining Company
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ibaac Snedaker
Jamhms EH. Pharson
Aurora Gold Mining Company
van Orsdel & Burdick
Kent Block
Geddes Sheep Company
Pioneer Sheep Company
J. D. Davis
Abel Sheep Company
Rawlins
Carbon County
Wyoming
L. KF. Abel
Able Sheep Company
Stockholders meet for Doctor Jack Pot Consolidated Mining
Colorado Springs notices a December 11 1901 meeting of The Doctor Jack Pot Consolidated Mining Company at Room 13 Kent block Cheyenne Wyoming to elect a board of trustees for the ensuing year and to handle other business. Stock transfer books close December 8 reopen December 12. Also notices offer Kaycee Wyoming school district bonds 800 par value with 6 percent semiannual interest. Proposals due December 81 1901.
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Wyoming
Board of Directors
Fremont
State of
Fremont County
Board of Trustees
George W. Woolf
Lost Cabin
Wyo
War Bonnet Live Stock Company
B. W. Mann
Cheyenne
Colorado Springs
Colo
Doctor Jack Pot Consolidated Mining Company
Doctor Jack Pot Consolidatea Mining Company
Kent Block
M. Woods
Kaycee
Johnson County
Buffalo
St. Louis
Wyoming Editorial Association
Laramie
Call to Meeting Bid Held in Laramie
A notice announces a call to hold a meeting in Laramie. Details are limited in the readable text, specifying location and purpose without dates or participant names.
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Sun-Leader
E. A. Slack
Cheyene, Wyo
Daily Leader
Wildcat
Wildcat Canon
W. R. Steel
Deadwood
Steel
Democrats
W. W. Corlett
McLaughlin
Hart Russell
George M. Randall
Union Acific
Post Office Department
Tthird
Perry
Panama
Colon
Chicago Tribune
W. , Chaplin
General Transfer Business Office
G. Wilson
J. W. McCoy
B. L. Young
Stockgrowers’ National Bank
United States Depository
HENRY @G. HAY
JD. Whipple
J. D. Freeborn
WM. L. Whipple
First National Bank
Capital Stock Surplus
T. B. Hicks
Q. E. Abbott
J. H. Loomis
Asst. Cashier
Cheyenne Dancing Academy
Turner Hall
Geo. P. Quigley
Lumbeoher
East 16Th and
van Lennen Streets
Metropolitan Restaurant
H. Beck
Ferguson and
15Th Streets
Just
F. Jenkins
West Sixteenth Street
P. S
P. S. Cook
Lise
Chapman
J. W. Griffin
Watson & CO
W. BH. Chaplin
Cheyenne, Wyoming
The
Wyoming Industrial Conven
Laramie, de
Trans-Mississippi
Deforest Richards
C. G. Coutant
W. H. Holliday
W. H. Chaplin
B. A. Slack
W. C. Deming
Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern Lines
Missouri River
Norther Western
J. F. Barron
Colorado and Southern
Texas
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
Rockport
el Paso
Louisiana
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Mexico
City of Mexico
Monterey
Guadalajara
Florida
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Cuba
Havana
New Providence
Nassau
Ours
South
la Carte
T. D, Fisher
Denyer
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