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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
3
Immigrants arriving for Christmas are welcomed with shipboard trees, gifts, candy, and a multi national Yuletide program at the port detention house. A sleight of hand act, national songs, and a tree ceremony unite Jews and Gentiles in a warm holiday spirit amid hardship and war losses.
Western Mining and Oil News lists copper casting and bar silver values with sporadic figures. Spelter in St Louis and lead in New York show quoted prices, though some figures are incomplete or garbled.
Cripple Creek district tables show December 1915 production at 83 550 tons with bullion value 1 245 500 dollars and 1916 year total ore shipments reaching 982 697 tons valued at 16 135 164 dollars the highest yearly output since 1906 The district total from 1591 to end of 1916 amounts to 353 478 836 dollars in bullion value The monthly yield averages 1 244 597 dollars and ore treated averages 16 40 dollars per ton, marking a 2 583 233 dollar rise over 1915
Cinnabar deposits north of Globe show great promise and operations start at once at the San Juan mining property in the Lone Star district ten miles north of Bisbee. Canauea Consolidated Copper Company moves into production as rapidly as men can be placed in the mines and smelters per Douglas camp reports.
The Chino Copper Company at Santa Rita raises its quarterly dividend from 75 cents to $1. Bisbee reports a record payout with 5,000 workers earning $450,000. Muskogee oil men plan a thorough Artesia field test, seeking about 3000 acres. J M Henin to drill a 10 inch well 2500 feet on his land with 10 percent royalty if paying quantities emerge.
Verner Z Reed notes Midwest Oil has taken over properties in Greybull and Torchlight districts expanding holdings. Midwest Refining raises dividend to 6 percent and claims rights in Elk Basin on the Wyoming Montana line. Earnings near 2.5 million dollars. A placer discovery near Newcastle spurs rushes as locals report nuggets from pin head to corn kernel.
Tungsten output in Boulder County totals 1 7 320 60 for the year. Leadville records the highest value output in camp history tracing to early rocker and pan days. Portland Old Mining Company declares a 2 cent per share dividend. Alex Hickman & Co. reports third shipment of twenty tons from Ghetton estate on Shoo Ply lode, Womack Hill Cripple Creek.
Charles M. Schwab, praised in Pittsburgh for securing a large war contract, rejects luck and credits effort. He recalls a New York businessman and notes he is not hoping for better times but actively working, sleeves rolled up.
Advertises Cuticura Ointment for dandruff itching and hair growth with a morning Cuticura Soap shampoo. Claims arrests hair loss and aids skin troubles. Free sample by mail with Book. Mail to Cuticura Dept XY Boston.
Dialog shows two speakers, Rapp and Sapp, joking about a vacation and spending habits. A hungry child anecdote about a ten dollar bill being spent on ginger cakes is included as a humorous aside.
The exchange hints at relationship changes with Jack rumored to have a new partner while another character insists it is merely his former girlfriend. The brief dialogue underscores tension over romantic status in a social scene.
Ad claims PAZO OINTMENT cures piles in 6 to 14 days while noting other remedies fail. The excerpt mentions druggists, ads, and stray lines about secrecy and a laundress, reflecting a fragmented old newspaper display.
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