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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1872
Page
1
Advertising cards show WH KE PABOR and ALLEN REAL ESTATE AGENCY among local property listings. Includes names and brief agency identifiers used in classified space.
The December 4 1872 meeting led by Capt D Boyd discussed private versus public reservoirs for irrigation. Members including Eli Hall N C Meeker and J W Spencer examined costs, winter work, dam design, evaporation, and the role of cooperative schemes for storing water to irrigates acres, with cautions on climate and soil moisture.
A Bucks County Intelligencer report details Williamson's steam plow trial on Seamesdale farm, D. Landreth & Son, Nov 8. Five plows, later six, furrows about seven inches deep. one acre per hour at moderate speed. Promising results despite rain and sod ground, with claims of high potential in dry conditions and westward adoption.
A Central Register report details Bela Buell's exploration of the Leavitt and Briggs mines near Mountain City. It covers shaft depths, ore yields, milling costs, pump and hoist power, and the Protecor mine works economics, with wages for miners and engineers, and the Bobtail tunnel drainage project. The piece notes the Boston and Colorado Smelting Company facility and ore pricing structures for gold, silver, and copper content. It also mentions water power and seasonal milling differences and the potential revival of the Gregory and Bobtail veins through new drainage.
Mrs Richardson reports from Greeley Colorado where the colony thrives as a town of 2000 with five churches brick blocks and an agricultural college site. Irrigation transformed dry prairie into wheat corn and vegetables while land buyers pledge to curb liquor, creating a disciplined communal culture with lyceum debates and diverse skilled residents.
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