Mining News Focuses on Manhattan Mammoth and Nevada Prospects
Northern California copper firms expand capacity with new furnaces and mills. Manhattan Mammoth at East Manhattan shows high grade free gold with assays up to eighty dollars per ton. Washoe City Commonwealth mine saga ends with a profitable mill start amid strong district activity. Nevada’s Searchlight district emerges as a major gold producer rivaling Butte, with Water Spout and Boston mines driving excitement.
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California
Mammoth Copper Company
Shasta County
Great Western Gold Company
Great Western
Bully Hill
Baluklala
Coram
Ballycoop
Ballychop Mountain
Redding
Manhattan Mammoth Mining Company
East Manhattan
Consolidated Manhattan Mining Company
Manhattan
Nevada
Commonwealth Mining Company
Washoe City
Kansas
Commonwealth
Postal Department
Butte
Searchlight
Helena
Montane
Santa Pe
Boston
Quartette Mining Company
Earthquake devastates Valparaiso Chile computes losses
Aug 19 report from Valparaiso Chile describes a severe earthquake with 82 aftershocks, widespread fires, and massive destruction. Casualties exceed 200 with estimates up to 500, and property losses may reach 25 million dollars. food, water, and shelter are scarce as railways and communications fail.
Valley disaster eclipses San Francisco quake says Chile notes
A Valparaiso area report describes greater catastrophe than San Francisco, with Valparaiso and nearby towns burned or wrecked, martial law in effect, and couriers sent north and south for troops. Food stocks hold flour and rice, while major infrastructure remains intact except for the sea cable. The piece highlights Valparaiso’s historic progress and port role amid the quake's aftermath.
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Paraiso
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Aconcagua
Chile
Sevires
Talcahuano
Corcesion
Talca
Zone
Santiago
Valparsigo
Central South American Company
Destructive Chilean Earthquake Wrecks Cities
The report describes a major earthquake in Chile with Valparaiso heavily damaged and many lives lost. It notes widespread destruction from the plaza Del Orden to Plaza Prat, with towns like Quillota Lily Lluy Thapel Vallenar and San Felipe severely affected. Rail lines are wrecked and communication with Chile is cut, causing national gloom and suspended festivities.
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Chile
Valparaiso
Plaza del Orden
Plaza Prat
Valparizino
Tox Andes
San Felipe
Tment House
Quillota
Lily Lluy
Thapel
Vallenar
Santiago
Ize
Republic of Argentina
Island of Juan Fernandez Destroyed by Earthquake
A New York report states the island Juan Fernandez off Chile was destroyed by an earthquake. It housed a penal settlement and a fort and is known from Daniel Defoe as the home of Robinson Crusoe. Refugees report 1000 corpses buried at Valparaiso aftermath. authorities report order measures and 25 pillagers shot.
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New York
Juan Birnandez
Chile
Daniel de Poe
Robinson Crusoe
Santiago
Valparaiso
Valparaiso Takes Rank With San Francisco Destruction
Valparaiso, known as the San Francisco of South America, rose in rank amid horror as the city faces destruction rivalling the recent disaster at San Francisco. The narrative notes a striking parallel in scale and public impact as Valparaiso endures widespread ruin.
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San Francisco
South America
Valparaiso
Alaska Packers Move Headquarters to San Francisco
The Alaska Packers’ Association bought thirteen acres from Oakland Waterfront Co on Fort Mann basin Alameda. The deal brings total land to about twenty five acres with over three thousand seven hundred feet of waterfront, securing SF dominance in salmon packing and likely keeping headquarters in the Bay Area. London reports Arctic leader Walt Wellman abandoned North Pole balloon plans due to late season. Great Northern Northern Pacific and Soo announce ten percent grain rate cuts with anticipated savings of one to one and a half million dollars on this year’s crops.
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San Francisco
Alaska packers’Association
Oakland Water Front Company
Fort Mann
San Antonio
Alameda
Alaska ‘Packers’ Association
Puget Sound
London
Chritiania
Daily Mail
Walt Wellman
North Pole
St. Paul
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Soo Lines
State Grain and Warehouse Commission
Public improvements to beautify the city plan the way
A Local editorial urges a board of architects landscapers and engineers to draft a city beautification plan for public improvements. The piece argues such a plan inspires heroic civic effort and cites models from leading American cities as wholesome governance guidance.
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Board of Architects, Landscape Gardeners and Engineers
America
L. A. Times
Increased Demand for Farm Products Under Pure Food Law
Indiana Farmer reports that passage of the pure food law by Congress and similar state laws will raise demand for farm and orchard products used to make canned goods, jams, cider, and vinegar. Enforcement via state laboratories will curb impure foods, yield safer table products, and strengthen farm markets.
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Congress
USA State
Indiana
Good Northern Olive Crop Forecast for Northern California
The olive crop in Northern California is set to be very heavy this year with fruit well formed and processing facilities expanding. Oil and pickling operations, including a large Oroville factory, are gearing up for boosted production as demand for pickled olives rises, threatening to outpace packing capacity.
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California
Orovil
Stockton
Treatment of Plants for Shipping and Potting
A California Cultivator guide outlines handling plants for mail and express shipping. It covers removing soil for mail shipments, using damp moss and paper, rehydrating wilted roots, careful replanting in slightly larger pots, watering properly, shading, and gradual acclimatization. Bedding plants may be set outside when frost danger passes.
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California
Choice Fruit Pays for Growers and Dealers
Reprinting from American Fruits, the piece notes how hundreds of fruit growers report buyers transformed into lavish purchasers through persistent offerings of choice fruit. It urges growers to focus on ripened varieties to boost profits, arguing regular exposure builds healthier demand and tastes.
Horse radish crop yields and farm notes from Country Life
A farmer recalls a bottomland plot near a creek with a sandy topsoil and two acres of fertile soil. He crops horse radish, weeds and harvests in barrels for sale. profits reach about $3.80 per barrel, totaling $95. The piece also offers practical poultry tips and egg setting guidance, noting large numbers of incubators sold nationwide.
Keep Cultivator Working for Moisture and Growth
Farmers learn the cultivator has uses beyond weed control. Light cultivation stirs soil to conserve moisture, boost later growth, and withstand drought. The practice pays when done with cover and late summer seeding, with cover crop plowed under in spring to add humus for soils where trees are planted.
Bee Species Diversify In Tropical Regions And Imports
The article notes about 50 000 bee species known with tropical regions favorable for beekeeping. It traces Italian, Cyprian, and Carniolan bees introduced in the United States over two decades, and discusses stingless bees now studied in Venezuela with import efforts. An authority urges a national pest inspection and federal controls to prevent injurious insects like boll weevils and gypsy moths, arguing prevention beats post import action.
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Ite
Department of Agriculture
Carniolan
United States
Venezuela
E. Dwight Sanderson
New Hampshire
Popular Science Monthly
Mtis
Texas
Massachusets
Sanderson
Selection of Potatoes and Market Quality
Discussion explains how poor potato selection in the past caused inferior market quality and low farmer returns. The piece blames growers lack of knowledge and failure to distinguish wild potatoes from true varieties, urging better discrimination.
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Manhattan Mammoth
Z. F. Vaughn
Los Angeles
Scientific American
A. C. Bookam
Siskiyou County
Golden Eagle
Hammon
Oroville
Veina del Mar
Quirihu
York
Valparate
Interva
Valparai
Associated Press
Tingo
State Department
Washington
Tworby
Galveston
Santiago de Chile
Ely
Republi
Trans Andines
Pines
Riverside
Tulare
Ventura
San Quentin Prison
Marysville
American Farms Company
San Joaquin Lee Company
Gregory
Ein Proupricots
Punt
Riverside Enterec
Germany
Choice Fruit Pays
National Control of Pests
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