California Gulch mines sold to St Louis company sparks talk of riches
The Gallagher Brothers mining claims including Camp Bird and Young America near California Gulch were sold to the St. Louis Smelting and Mining Company for a windfall in investors eyes. Writers urge assaying discolored quartz, warn green miners, and argue Colorado mining will outpace agriculture for state prosperity.
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Gallagher Brothers
California Gulch
St. Louis Smelting and Mining Company
Camp Bird
Eystone
Young America
Charleston
Colorado
California
Hoosier Pass
King
Fe Fnovensinn
Kansas
Salt Lake
Ethel Cummings
Frederick Cummings
Denver
Platte
Jamie
Frank
Lancaster
Mass
Nashua River
Canyon City Avalanch Editor Reports Growing Miners Excitement
Can yon City Avalanch editor Mr McDonough was in Denver and notes rising excitement at Canyon with engines and derricks readied for work. Pueblo's first baseball club organized last week as California Gulch faces Chinese issues and miners drive out Chinese workers. The Golden jail prisoner made a wooden key but it broke, trapping him, while Golden lights may come from Table Mountain. The Seer Hall lode is found in Nevada Col. Monument may become state headquarters for cheese industry. The Monument Cheese Factory aims for May 15 startup with 1000 cows.
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McDonough
Canyon City
Avalanch
Denver
Canyon
Wesdville
A Grande
Pueblo
California Gulch
Leadville
Golden Jail
Golden Globe
Prof. Hill
Capt. Berthoud
Golden
Table Mountain
Seer
Nevada
Mentor
el Paso
Monument
Longmont Post
Yount
Richmond
Black Hawk Post
Trinidad Chronicle
Purgatorio
Lard Refiners Charged With Water Adulteration
A dealer recounts how lard is adulterated by adding water then refining with chemicals to look white. He alleges slaughterhouse scraps are boiled with fat, producing dirty brown lard later sold as refined products while dead hogs also contribute fat.
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New York
Nile Floods Reused to Fertilize Deserts, England Independence
Sir Samuel Baker argues in a London Times letter for diverting Nile floods into Nubia Libya and Sudan. He envisions dams and sluices at cataracts to fertilize sands with Nile mud and irrigate cotton fields, making England independent of American cotton.
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Nile
Nubia
Lybia
Soodan
Equatorial Lakes
Africa
Mediterranean
Samuel Baker
London Times
Egypt
England
America
Gondokoro
Poudre Valley Notes Listings of Wheat Oats And Ditch Farming
James Hill on B H Eatons lower place sows about 400 acres of wheat and oats while T BR McCall on the upper place plans a large acreage. Lee Bros and others under Collins Ditch No 2 will cultivate hundreds of acres of wheat barley potatoes corn and peas. A log house near Collins reveals a rich interior with two organs a sewing machine and many books. John Brandis near Collins finishes a new frame house with a 120 acre transparent lake attracting ducks and geese. Nearby flocks of 1 000 sheep prosper despite a recent storm and several large farms, including Amy Bros Baxter Nelson McPherson and others, plant extensive acreage under the Collins ditch.
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L. W. Welch & Co
Mason & Hottel
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Collins
Omaha
Touth
Dale Creek
Larimer County
A McGinley
A. A. McGinley
J. W. McGinley
Abbott & Faton
Lake Canal
Frank Michaud
la Porte
Jerry Brockway
L. B. Callahan
Colorado
James Hill
B. H. Eaton
T. BR. McCall
Mr. Hill
Lee Bros
Greeley
Collins Ditch
John Brandis
Brandis
C. Warren
Denver News
Cuthberson Bros
Immense Central Mail Flow and Western Rail News
Frontier telegrams report 634 sacks of foreign mail across the route weekly, with 286 sacks Friday and 198 Saturday. Union Pacific delays at North Platte stretch times, while Black Hills railroad plans push from Sidney to Cheyenne toward Rapid City. Wyoming cattle losses cited as about three percent. Mary Anderson to headline Omaha season. Parkersburg town rises along UP line with emigrant settlers. Deer slaughter spikes at Spearfish. Deadwood notes booming mining, valley settlement, and high vegetable profits. Darwin cited amid historic reflections and practical jokes about ancestors.
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Australia
England
Zaramie Sentinel
Union Pacific
North Platte
Ogden
Green River
Omaha Bee
Black Hills
Sidney
Cheyenne
Rapid City
Wyoming
Mary Anderson
Charlotte Cushman
Omaha
Jt.& Sickles
United States Department
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Deadwood Times
Deadwood
Omaha Herald
Spearfish
Redwater
Spearfish Valley
Myrk
K. W. Whitcomb
County Notes and Weather Roundup Mixed Storm Losses
Journal items report scarlet fever cases in Evans and losses from a recent storm with over 3,000 cattle returned to range and at least 2,500 cattle perished in West County. Pawnee Buttes natives faced Indian threats. a cabin burned and horses survived. Estes Park and Big Thompson plans discuss water diversions and irrigation prospects.
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Evans
Karkins
Descon Folett
Platteville
Charles Mayfield
Journal
West County
Frank Gard
Pawnee Buttes
Larimer County Express
Rocky Mountains
Middle Park
Big Thompson
Little Thompson
Estes Park
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Tanner
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K. Thompson
Lancaster Academy
Boston
Young Men’s Christian Association
New Central Presbyterian Church
Ceca
Middle
South Parks
Ife
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Ouray
Greeley Tribune
Wilberforce
Howard
Wesley
Channing
John Quincy Adams
Gerrit Smith
Neal Dow
Horace Greeley
Collis’ and Vicinity
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
T. J. Anderson
General Western
New Mexico
Charles Dyer
W. H. Pettibone
Detroit Free Press
Sanitary Police Force
Paris
N B. Dearborn
DRUCS
Justice OF Peach
J. M. Freeman
Attorney At Law
J.D. Boewry
Union Colony
Reeman & Buckley
Union Bank
H. N. Rogerson
Greeley House
Greeley, Weld County
D. L. Dawley
F. L. Childs
Tstill
R. Bennett
Poudre Valley Notes
Mr. Darwin
Otis
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Prenediain Wiescee
Black Hitke League
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