The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde Gate
Brouilliard chief engineer explains reclamation work to Cartwright who forms a company and secures contracts. A gold rush follows as Brouilliard doubles as consultant, faces debts, love, betrayal, and a looming dam abandonment in Mirapolis.
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Mirapolis
Mundays
Cartwright
Brouillard
Stork. Company
Amy Telly
Browlard
Gortweight
Ornian
Little Susan
Brouiliard
Dave Mansingale
The Little Susan scheme drags Massingale toward ruin
In a bank backroom Massingale secures an extension on notes from Brouillard while plotting to use funds for his old trick. The exultation fades as the old craving returns. In a bid to resist, he leaves with money but heads to Haley’s Monte Carlo where whisky defeats him in a final collapse.
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Brouillard
David Massingale
Victor Bruillard
Mr. Massingale
Schermerhorn
John Wes
Masaingalo
Susan
Massingale
Hardwick
Cartwright
Bruillard
Monte Carlo
Niquoia
Victor
Murray Grislow
Steve
Broullard
Metropole
Bongras
Mirapolis
Haley
Davia Massingale
Amy
Onc
Amy Massingale
Brouillard and Amy Trace Father Through Mirapolis Slump
In Mirapolis a night of high bets and buzzing unrest leads Brouillard and Amy Massingale to Haley's bar. They find Amy's father missing after a day of speculation, and in a brutal reveal Amy consoles a ruined old man while Brouillard confronts the harsh cost of their quest.
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Mirapolis
Brouillard
Chigringo
Valley Electrics
Niquola
Metropole
Murray Grislow
Grislow
Amy Massingale
Victor
Mirapolis Boom Feeds Feverish Market Madness
In Mirapolis the surge in property values continues amid a flood of speculation after the visitors from the East arrive. Brouillard slashes force and halts to the wall, while a rampant market remains unworried by danger as the reclamation chief appears among the few who see the risks and possible debacle.
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J Wesley Cartwright
Mirapolis
The
Niquela
Brouillard
Old Man Massingale Faces Pressure Over Amy’s Marriage
The text questions whether Brouillard will manipulate the Old Man Massingale to secure Amy’s marriage and soothe his conscience with the adage that all is fair in love and war. The implication is a conflict over financial obligation tied to a marriage.
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Massingale
Amy
Brouillard
Brouvillard Question Raises Dam Project Doubts
The remark by Brouvillard questions whether the dam will ever be finished or if the wonder city will be abandoned and destroyed, implying concern over the project’s feasibility and future.
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Brouvillard
Wonder City
Pruning Tips For March Shrubs And Spring Bloom
Readers are warned against early trimming as many shrubs bloom later. March pruning should target fall towering shrubs only to avoid cutting last year buds. Species affected include lilacs forsythia snowball Japanese quince mock orange and bridal wreath.
Mining and Oil News Prices and Cripple Creek Output
Western Union News Service reports metal prices including Spelter Denver 8.67, Copper casting 27.26, Lead New York 6.65, Bar silver 677.0. Tungsten concentrates 60 percent in Boulder Colorado 18 to 23 per unit. Cripple Creek mines produced 95,268 tons in August at 13.00 per ton value, gross bullion 1,294,343, with increases from July. Figures from treatment plants follow.
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Denver
New York
Boulder
Colo
Cripple Creek
Arizona mining district reports strong ore findings
In the Warren district a concentrator may be erected amid signs of mixed ore values at the Oatman Amalgamated. A big strike of high grade black sulfide ore was made at two Cobrita property sites. Miami sees a new forty horsepower hoisting engine for Nellie mine and a fresh pump installation. Chris Vogt of True Blue at Kingman notes 160 feet of tunnel with fifteen feet along the vein in rich copper ore. United Western north drift at Oatman level 500 reports the richest ore outside Tom Reed and United Eastern.
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Miami
Nellie
Chris Vogt
True Blue
Kingman
United Western
Oatman
Tom Reed
United Eastern
Colorado tungsten boom and rich gold finds in camp districts
Unprecedented activity in the Alma tungsten field continues as Telluride shipments for August total 129 cars, surpassing August 1915 by 19. Bright, Keller and Vaughan lease the Jumbo near Ironton and ship a carload of gold silver lead ore averaging about 60 dollars per ton. London capital funds projects a 10700 foot Camp Bird mine tunnel in Ouray district, while a Hanson and Walther lease near Georgetown exposes two feet of quartz with visible wire and flake gold. samples yield 250 ounces per ton and a second assay reports 88.50 ounces per ton.
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Alma
Bright, Keller and Vaughan
Ironton
Europe
London
Ouray
Camp Bird
Hanson and Walthers
Raise No. 15
Capital
Georgetown
New Mexico Mining Gains Mentioned in Carlisle Sale Notes
Word arrives that a second 640000 payment went to George H Utter for the Carlisle mine at Steepbrook sold to wealthy New York interests. Kingston mining rises with United Mines Company men working the Franklin group, seeking a Kingston to Lake Valley wagon road. A US Geological Survey article lists Kingston camp ore from Lady Franklin and others totaling about 6.86 million in marketable production.
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George H. Utter
Carlisle
Steepbrook
New York
Kingston
United Mines Company
Franklin
Lake Valley
United States Geological Survey
Virginia
Kingston Camp
Lady Franklin
Superior
Comstock
Black Colt
Caledonia
Bullion
Kangares
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Francis Lynde Gate Tehers Ten
Victor Brouillard
Mining and Oil News
Union News Service
A.V. Gr.Val Golden Cycle
Portland
Springs
Port. Vic
C. C
Portland Indo
Arizona
Warren
Cobrita
Colorado
New Mexico
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