Rich ore bonanza reports amid western mining gales
Telegram from August reports heavy rains halt mail and rail in Tucson and Sonora. A J Ritter reports a Mammoth strike with rock assays running into thousands. Silver Bell copper districts seen lifting activity. Montana plant milled 5000 tons for 30 cents per ton, with closure and plans to resume sinking at 200 feet.
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Benson
Nogales
A.J. Ritter
Mammoth
Mr. McNeil
Moore
McNeil
Dr. Peters
Charles T. Gooding
Silver Bell
Silver Bell Syndicate
Grant
Sierra Counties
Lake Valley
Hermoss
Georgetown
Lone Mountain
Ocock’s
Pesk
Deanpwoop
Deadwood
Delay Ware
Chi
Dela‘ware
Maggie
Hester A
Iron Hill
Home Run
Montana
Wal Oil Perployee Ieohanpel
Burlington and
Missouri
Greenwood
Vast California mines remain hidden from public view
The piece notes private ownership of rich California mines such as the Derbec in Nevada County yielding large sums and frequent dividends, unseen by public markets. It cites new metallic ore discoveries, high value samples in White Rock, and reports from Tacoma about rich Olympic Mountains specimens fueling prospectors’ interest and discussions of high ton values.
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San Francisco
California
Derbec
Nevada County
An Who
Areka Haces
Humboldt County
Euroea
Placer County
Tacoma
Olympic Mountains
Olympics
Soneca Prorat
Mines and ore finds across Nevada in early reports
Good Hope mine in Dun Glen district yields ore at about 1000 dollars per ton. Chinese workers prosper in nearby placers. Montezuma district mines in Esmeralda county valued after a 200000 dollar property purchase. Sam Paul finds a vein on White Pine Mountain with 100 ounces silver and 60 lead. Big Creek antimercy mine shows 3 to 5 feet of solid antimony ore, rest of ten foot ledge is quartz with antimony.
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Good Hope
Dun Glen
Hombolt
Montezuma
Esmeralda
Sam Paul
White Pine Mountain
Big Creek
Mirror of Life: The Sunday DispatCH Summary
A Sunday DispatCH issue features 20 pages of daily news plus literary and illustrated miscellany. The paper promises stirring domestic events and broad coverage, with a summary highlighting important features and variety for readers.
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THE
Sunday Dispatch
Cheleo
Dispatch
European unrest and social movements across 1900s dispatches
Reports describe Welsh railway strikes and London socialism progress while Ireland seeks famine relief ideas and the interment of John Boyle O Reilly. Other items note Cardinal Newman’s successor, a Knock apparition, and various European political tensions and cultural events.
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Cardinal Newman
Westminster
Paris
Wales
London
Crystal Palace
Duke of Manchester
Michael Davitt
Ireland
Holland
Hall
Austria
Armenia
Church of
Knock
Berlin
John Boyle O'Reilly
Bismarck
Marie Bashkirteeff
Babbington
Quay pushes tariff vote as nations debate bills
Across the nation Senator Quay introduces a resolution seeking a floor vote on the tariff bill. The river and harbor bill clears the Senate while an anti lottery measure passes the House. Pinkertons raid Albany and a strike disrupts Lake Shore traffic.
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Quay
Senate
House
Pinkerton
Albany
Lake Shore
Tabernacle Trustee
Winchester
Lawrence
Mass
Charles & Wolfe
Pattison
Knights of Labor
Reading
Chautauqua
Brasi
Chicago
City and Seberban Deaths and Labor Tensions Narratives
A jumble of items notes a death in a jail linked to alcoholism and a prisoner grieving for a deceased child. Reports cover a suspected wreck of the AUanno express, tariff impacts on woolen goods, and foreign goods held in bond. Edison motor works and a despondent man asking for a revolver surface amid broad labor and industry notes.
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Charles A. Martin
Auanno Expres
Edison Company
Schheme
Westinghouse
Penn Fuel Gas Company
Wilson, Snyder & Co
Amalgamated Association
Carbon Iron Works
George Jones
Building Trades Council
Sconia
Center
Clearfield
Altoona
Panhandle
Midway
Mansfield Valley
Carnegie Hall
Squirrel Hill Railroad Company
Xchenley Park
Homer L. McGraw
Samuel H. Bryant
Mary Bryant
Mr. McGraw
Harry Davis
Mary Turner
Spring Hill
Julia Chesswell
Wheeling
Cora Hamlin
Pittsburg
Improvements at Webster Avenue Cement and Xavier's School
The Sisters of Mercy retreat ended and improvements at Xavier's are set. Rev Father Smith led the retreat. Sister Sarephitens moves to St Patrick's House to teach. Sister Jerome moves to Braddock. Xavier's school additions total about 10,000 dollars, expanding capacity to 160 pupils. An extra story rises on the old convent at Webster and Chatham to match the new building’s three stories. Misa Kate Schuck is admitted to the order as a postulant.
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Sisters of the Mercy Order
Father Smith
Order of Jesuits
Xavier's
Sarephitens
Braddock
Bia
Daneionas
Man
St. Patrick’s House
Liberty Avenue
Jerome
Allegheny
Washington Street House
Xavier
Webster Avenue
Chatham Street
Misa Kate Schuck
Fragmented ad copy touts cakes and remedies in Pittsburgh
A garbled advertisement claims Dr Fil s Remely cures colilaperend a snow and prevents recurrence of others when used as directed. It mentions Mack Drur Co and a Pittsburgh audience, praising Marvin bakery products and Stanley cake including sponge cake. The text is unreadable in places but promotes baked goods and a remedy.
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Fil
Mack Drur Co
Mannington Oil Field Notes Show Mixed Results and Setbacks
In Butler County and surrounding districts, wells at Beasley, Webber and Sculley prospects on the 100-foot sand indicate potential producers, with some lines such as the Joe May and McKeown No. 4 facing equipment issues. A contractor from Mannington calls the field the worst drilling he has seen, predicting cost pressures and possible bankruptcies, while new sand discoveries near Murdo cksville and West Virginia wildcats heighten ongoing activity expected to extend the field late this week.
Westview Oil Drilling Updates Across Fields
Westview Oil reports No 1 Ivory back on stream at 5 barrels daily. Wolfe farm No 27 stuck at 1600 feet. extraction unlikely. Rouser No 2 on sand horizon could reach oil by week’s end. Bear Creek Refining taps sand Thursday or Friday. Several rigs at various depths show mixed progress and delays.
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Westview
Westview Oil Company
Huffman & Co
Wolfe
Rouser Oil Company
Bear Creek
Smith & Rae
Munhall ,&Co
Thair
Rouser
Fisher Brothers
Butler special reports oil wells near Kamorer and other fields
The Butler special notes Long 0 Company completed No 3 Wah farm well 100 feet good for 100 barrels daily. Hunter and Cummings drilled a Kamorer farm well 0.5 miles southwest of the Wiles corner, yielding 176 barrels in one test and the Wiles well producing 175 barrels per day. A test on the Gi-to Worth township nears 20th depth with sand results pending. Nearby investors reportedly spent 1000000 in exploration west of the current wells, while Pettit and Co. reports no third sand at their site. Other wells, including No 2 on Miz and Kicker 2, progress in Ohio Valley and Canonburg areas as Fisher Bros. and Manufacturers’ Gas Co. drill at 2900 and 1900 feet respectively.
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Butler
Long 0
Hunter
Cummings
Kamorer
Worth
Pettit & Co
Ohio Valley
Jacob Flinner
Leidecker
K & Uo
James M. Ray
Reisner & Black
Hiram Graham
Thomas Graham
Opening of Oil Exchanges Signals New Trade Order
Lima traders anticipate a shift to certificate based oil handling tomorrow as Buckeye Pipe Line announces issuance of certificates for most barrels. The statement lists receipts, liabilities, and reserves, while several fields report new wells and steady output across multiple counties.
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Lima
Buckeye
Nee Standard
Danial O'Day
Usations and Customs
National Transit Company
All
Thomas
Osceola Inquest Set Over Train Wreck Disaster
Coroner Mc Dowell will hold an inquest on September 2 into the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train wreck at Osceola. The delay aims to aid detectives in finding train wreckers and to secure witnesses. Most passengers were ten day excursionists who will have returned by then.
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Osceola
Baltimore and Ohio
McDowell
Local soap compare sparks debate over quality claims
A reader notes that a product marketed as “just as good as the Ivory” fails to meet expectations, prompting discussion about quality standards and consumer trust in advertised claims.
Good as Money Found. Half-price Custom Suits on Sale
About fifty custom-made suits on hand are offered for sale at one-half price over the next ten days. The store promotes its own make garments and tailoring to order with about 2,000 styles and direct-to-customer pricing.
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W. L. Douglas
Congress
Brockton
Mass
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