Prospector Turns Up Gilsonite Behind Bonanza Utah
Fifty years ago Sam Gibson found a coallike mineral named spinthalite now Gilsonite. Bonanza Utah grew for American Gilsonite Co with 300 tons daily processing. reserves 5 to 30 million tons. Gilsonite is purer with low melting point used in batteries paints and plastics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray M. Moler
Nanza
Sam Gibson
Desert Wade
Utah
Bonanza
Colorado
Gilsonite Com.y
Genial L. O. Barry
Craig
Colo
Thomas
Gilsonite
Bonanza Mine Fire Tears Through Gilsonite Fuel System
The Bonanza mine complex used Gilsonite as its main furnace fuel. Gilsonite lies in coallike seams mined via shafts and tunnels, then moved to the processing plant by belt or truck. Last October a dust ignition in one seam caused a five day blaze that damaged the plant but hurt none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Bonanza
English Soldier Could Be Hanged for Begging in 1812
A historical note claims an English soldier faced hanging for begging with no superior’s permission as late as 1812. It also mentions that early 18th century girls were described as flappers.
Push Button System Aids Blind Flying
New automatic flight controller allows Douglas C-54 Skymasters to take off and land with a single push of a button. The system handles altitude, approach, throttle, and braking automatically while a pilot only presses the activation button. Specifications call for precision anti friction bearings to extreme tolerances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
1799 Silver Dollar Stays In Family
W A Robinson of Pretty Prairie Kansas explains a silver dollar minted in 1789 has stayed in his family for 116 years. The coin was handed to his mother at age four and has been spent only once, in a Kingman store when times were rough, with the grocer holding it for her until she returned. The dollar is slightly later than the modern coin but was said to go farther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kan
W. A. Robinson
Robinson
Kingman
Mail Order Goes Modern with Air borne Telethrift Shopping
Sears Roebuck partners with Continental Air Lines to offer high speed Telethrift shopping in Colorado. Customers select items from the catalog and have them delivered to their door via a fast mail order pipeline from warehouse to airport to Colorado Springs Pueblo and Denver, at an added 79 cent cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sears Roebuck and Co
Colorado
Iieimen
Seare Roebuck
Denver
Continental Air Lines
Denver Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Tones Carly
Relly
Kansas City
Colorato Springs
Pueblo
Estimated 66 Million Pounds of Explosives Used Annually
Report estimates that 66 million pounds of explosives are employed in United States commercial activity each year, highlighting the scale of industrial blasting and handling across sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hotel Fires Spur Cities To Adopt Stricter Fire Codes
Following the La Salle Hotel blaze in Chicago and the Dubuque Canfield fire, cities nationwide push tougher safety rules. Milwaukee begins hotel and dorm inspections. St Louis weighs basements fire resistance or sprinklers. Baltimore enacts smoking bans and occupancy limits. Detroit and Cincinnati among others knit fire prevention into codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.S
Dubuquela
International City Managers’ Association
la Salle
Dubuque Canfield
Milwaukee
Old Peoples
St. Louis
Baltimore
Detroit
Cin
Quiz Comer At 8 Denver Sparks National Hopes
Randy Mi lus Mangaxo, a child from Cincinnati Columbus and Dayton and Rochester and Schenectady, appears set to be a quiz kid. He shows remarkable memory with alphabet, nursery rhymes, and spelling, hinting at future national prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Randy Milus Mangaxo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barry
Dothan
W. Crawford
Cet & Hox of
Jaynes
Japan
E. Main
Rockwood Cocoa
Lendy Small Peas
Staley
Golden Isle
Gulf Coast
Alice Brand
Ballard & Ballard
Armour
Old South Orange
Bailey's Supreme Coffee
Sunshine Grahams Campbell
Phillips Delic
Granny Watt
Cinnati
Columbus
Dayton
Rochester and
Schenectady
N. Y
Richmond
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Berkeley
Oakland and
Long Beach
Cal
Young Drug CO
E. Main St
Rexall
N. Foster
Dothan, Ala
Shetland
Jess
Penney’s
Penney's
E.C.M
J. C. Penney CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!