13 May 1905
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Newspaper
Laramie County Times
Location
Wheatland, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1905
Page
1
A San Francisco Bulletin excerpt condemns dawdling as wasted time and lost opportunity. It argues thrift and steady work beat excuses and boasts, noting small delays add up to a life of lost progress and a dozen months wasted over years.
Negotiations advance to extend the Shoshone project and use waters stored in the planned reservoir under the reclamation act. Private interests along the Big Horn Basin consider coordinating with the U S reclamation service to gain government construction for about 46 000 acres. State officials and the corporation push to expedite and avoid complications.
Mrs Mary Small reports a ten inch iron pin embedded in fossil rock at Fossil near Pinedale Wyoming suggesting iron manufacture dates back far earlier than previously thought. The piece rings like silver and indicates prehistoric people in parts of America showed advanced metalwork while other methods remained crude. Nearby mining at Whalen canyon by Colorado Fuel and Iron reaches 200 feet with ore 65 to 6 percent iron as a second shaft is planned. The Burlington ore grade remains unsettled but engineers press on to define Chicago mine quality.
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