Mining notes on Colorado and Wyoming telluride prospects
Correspondent reports explorations across Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming. He details mines at Providence Jim Creek Last Chance Cannon lode Smuggler and near the St Vrain, plus the Centennial mine near Laramie. Copper and gold prospects are mixed with many false leads and high hopes for future discoveries.
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Central Register
Colorado
Wyoming
St. Vrain
Thompson
Cache la Poudre
Pacific Railroad
Rocky Mountains
Jim Creek
Providence
A. J. van Doren
John Jay
Terra
St Vrain
Big
Buckhorn
Laporte
Livermore
Salt Lake Stage Road
Poudre
Long's
North Platte
Big Thompson
Grand River
Middle Park
Rabbit Bar
North
Middle Parks
Medicine Bow Range
Laramie Plains
Little Laramie
Big Laramie
Laramie City
Great Grassy Park
Jamestown
Billy Waters
Davis
Lovelace
Sheep Mountain
Pierson & Co
McGrevy
Laramie
Pompeii remembered as a living city by Grace Greenwood
Grace Greenwood writes in the New York Times that Pompeii feels almost habitable again after its excavation. She contrasts the vivid plaster casts of tragedy with the site’s human warmth while noting its theaters, amphitheatre, and Cornelia’s house. The piece ends with a Chicago comparison and a quirky postscript about loafers.
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Grace Greenwood
New York Times
Pompeii
Torre dell’'Anunziata
Porta Della Marina
Pompeiians
Egypt
Cornelia
Mme
Council of Divines
Chicago
Descent Into a 2000 Foot Gorge in the Arkansas Canyon
Charles Wheeler leads a mountain excursion by N Y World detailing a perilous canyon edge. A driver warns danger as rocks are dislodged by a crowbar sending debris into the depths of a roaring gorge and the Arkansas River below.
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Charles Wheeler
N. Y
Arcadia
Arkansas
Railroads Transform Continental Travel Speed Across Nation
The piece contrasts early overland routes with modern rail and mail service, noting ox teams took 90 days from St Joseph to California, steamer mails 21 days, the pony express 12 to 14 days, and stagecoaches 28 days, while railroads cut mail transit to seven days and heralded rapid, line-haul journeys. It highlights the era’s rail stock quality as essential to this progress and mentions the Jarrett Palmer lightning express.
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California
St. Joseph
Pony Express
Ben Holliday
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
Lightning Express
Jarrett and
Palmer
Feat Cuts Mail Train Time In Half
The San Francisco Bulletin notes a demonstration showing mail trains can cut time by half. It cautions rapid adoption is unlikely, but says further improvements to railroading may still occur.
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Medicine Bow Range
Medicine Row Range
Tony
San Francisco Bulletin
World Exhibition Notes on England and Colonies Display
The Philadelphia Star highlights England and colonies as major Exhibition players with Elkins London silversmiths showcasing expensive works. It details a $80,000 Helicon vase, Milton Shield replicas, Pompeian scenes, and rich majolica, china, and enamelware. Oregon’s agricultural and forestry displays, including cedar and fir sections, alder wood center table, and remarkable cereal yields, are also described.
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Philadelphia
England
Elkintons
London
Apollo
Homer
Shakspeare
Moliere
Byron
Handel
Beethoven
Haydn
Mozart
China
Sheffield
India
Jamaica
Canada
Victoria
New South Wales
Oregon
Agricultural Hall
Sec. E
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N. Rogerson
Pioneer Saddle and Harness Shop
N.B
R. BE. Hart
OLD Colony
Main St
Greeley
A. H. Boughton
Fort ColLins
Coronapo
Larimer County
Ponte
Alan B. A. Haynes
Eder T. Dunning
Albert E. Giprson
ColoRnavo
J. F. Banborn
J D Buckley
Weld County
F L. Childs
BAKra@y
Greeley Weld Co
Grant and
Sherman Ste
Paerwan
Jos
FeeeMan & Shattuck
Yagenius
New Masonic Block
Colo
Dpxver Machinery Depot
GEO. W. Tiffts & Sons
Selden
Blake
Roebling
Carr
B. C. Adams
Lawrence
Denver
Col
Pompe
City OF the Dead
Frank Slie
America
Frank Leslie
Pearl Street
New York
New Milford
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