Foreigners Buy California Mines and Look to Profit
Reports from major western mining centers summarize census data on New Mexico mining. Grant and Sierra counties dominate production, with Sierra showing high per ton costs yet vast ore dumps awaiting shipment to profit. Military caution at the Navajo reservation dampens prospecting, while rumors of Adams diggings persist but are deemed unlikely to surpass Grant or Sierra yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Mexico
Grant County
Grant
Sierra Counties
Sierra County
Carlisle Gold Company
Carlisle Company
Carlisle
Sierra 7
Navajo
Fort Wingate
Adams
Sierra
Lincoln County
Mining boom and a perilous rescue tale overshadow Telluride ore
Ore shipments around Telluride reach high values with a Gold King retest weighing 223 pounds valued at $35,000. The Yankee Girl yields ore up to $700 a ton and Silver ton mines near Silver City produce about $150 per ton. New machinery worth over $200,000 refreshes Mount of the Holy Cross district, while many Ouray and Challis properties draw attention for potential bonanzas amid expanding mills at Banner and Elmira. A dramatic rescue recounts a miner freed after 48 hours tied in a cabin, while prospecting parties push to bring new mines to market in Central Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telluride
Nunn
San Miguel
St. Louis
Silverton
Mount of the Holy Cross
Mono Gold and Silver Mining
Comny
Pittsburg
Followig Ouray
Miner's Dream
Mono
Sun
deCosta
Ouray
E. E. Johnson
Horseshoe
Leadville
Johnson
Edward Brane
Brane
Davidson
Sunda
Hiad
Pittsburg Ledge Prospect Found Near Rocky Bar Mines
At 300 feet from the Little Elmore tunnel mouth, Harvey Jenkins & Co cut the Pittsburg ledge prospecting at $10 per ton in gold. Vein width unknown until through cut. The discovery adds the Pittsburg to Elmore county’s great mines. A dale tunnel length reached.
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Little Elmore
Rocky Bar
Harvey Jenkins & Co
Pittsburg
Elmore County
Dale
San Jacinto Mines and Arizona Bond Sale Reported
The San Jacinto estate of London has paid the first issue through the Bank of California and the property deed is conveyed to buyers. Governor Waterman buys the Blue Hills claims for 50000 dollars. The Eclipse mine at Auburn is held by the Sheriff after a sale. the fortune mine near Nevada City sold for 342 dollars. In Arizona, the Wonderful claim near Cliton bonds to Calhoun Montgomery for a Huntington mill, with 5000 tons of ore ready. Rich ore from Mamie mine at Clarksburg is being mined, with ore theft recent and valued at 100 dollars per sack.
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San Francisco
San Jacinto
Bank of California
San Jacinto Estate of
London
Old
San Jacinto Mining Company
Governor Waterman
Stonewall
Bernardino County
Blue Hills
Eclipse
Auburn
Plecer County
J.B. Patterson
S Good
Round
Fortune
Nevada City
Tucsos
Friend Brothers
Messrs. Calhoun & Montgomery
Walrus
N. M
Huntington
Cliton
Clarksburg
Tombstone
Charles McHeory
Virginia Mines Report Rich Leases Near Austin
Rich strikes reported in the Virginia mines near Austin. The Patriot mine shows a widening ledge bearing ruby silver valued at 4000 dollars per ton. The Ruby mine at London Hill opens a 14 inch lode with four inches of solid mineral. the vein will average about 300 dollars per ton. Gypsum beds five miles east of Lovelocks Humboldt county sold for 5000 dollars to San Francisco men.
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Virginia Crry
Austin
Patriot
London Hill
Lovelocks
Humboldt County
San Francisco
Ducktown Copper Mines to Transfer to English Syndicate
A telegraph from August 24 reports plans to transfer the Ducktown Tennessee copper mines to an English syndicate. The mines, long idle due to fuel cost, lie near the Smoky Mountains and offer deposits of red, black oxide and sulphide copper. The Union Consolidated Company would be bought out, reviving production as furnaces restart with coal fuel.
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Great Smoky Mountains
Absodoura
Diktator
Onattaxoogen
Ducktown
Union Consolidated Company
Sterling Hotel Fire Cause Tied to Lantern Incident
Worcester August 24 an investigation into the Sterling hotel fire Monday shows six young men hiding contraband beer in a hay mow caused the blaze by tipping a lantern. Edward Whitney age 80 attempted suicide by opium poison but was saved and confessed yesterday.
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Worcester
Sterling
Masa
Edward Whitney
Feudanum
Fresh Reductions in Dress Goods at Wood Street store
Horrert Bros. & Co. OT Wood street offers muslins sateens and silk draperies in stock at short notice. Fresh reductions in dress goods today with new stock at much less than cost. Jos. Horse & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores also feature deals.
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Horrert Bros. & Co
Wood Street
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Jos
Hopper Bros Publishes Short Notice On Goods And Pets
Exposition notes list Matti linoleums oil cloths and pets with short notice. Mentions Musing sateens and silk stock plus quick put up. Also references Hendrcks Co photo shop and a Pittsburg Female event offering a scholarship with times 11 to 13 o'clock.
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Hopper Bros. & Co
Wood Street
Pittsburg
Proientes
Duquesne
Poidey
Austrecht's Elite Gallery Ad in Pittsburg Listing Portraits
Till September 1 1890 the gallery offers 12 cabinet photos or a life size crayon portrait priced at 350 with display at 516 Market street Pittsburg and a note to bring children.
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Austrecht
Elite Gallery
Market St
Pittsburg
Mannington Oil Field Notes From August Drill Report
A detailed Mannington West Virginia oil field telegraph notes extensive operations in the Southwest pools. South Penn Oil and partners own large acreage with many rigs active and several wells in various stages, including a 32 inch first six hours on the Fairview well and multiple spudding and fishing jobs across farms like Hamilton, Irwin, and Hibbs. Production remains limited despite a larger developed area, with ongoing trials at Plum Run and other sites and estimates around 600 barrels per day once stabilized.
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Mannington
W. Va
West Virginia
Mount Morris
South Penn Oil Company
T. M. Jackson
A.J. Montgomery
B. F. Hamilton
Fairview
Bart & Co
Bart Homestead
Watson, McGraw & Co
Blackshire Farm
G. A.J. Montgomery
Hamilton Farm
Gilmore & Bennett
Irwin Farm
Pritchard Oil Company
Pritchard
Dent
Robison
Logan Oil and Gas Company
David Kennedy
Fleming Farm
Flaggy Meadow Oil Company
Hibbs
Smith Farm
Three Acre Oil Company
McDuth
McLeod & Co
Yost
Belmont and Claysville Oil Field Developments Report
Belmont notes a thriving town with hotels and shops. Charley Braden markets gauging services. Claysville reports Victor Oil Company extracting No 3 Carson cable. resumed drilling, targeting sand by Monday or Tuesday. No 4 Carson located 1,500 feet south. glycerine treatment planned for Carson No 1. Pacific Oil shot No 4 on Lindley farm showing 75 barrels. Ohio Oil on Laird farm drilling, Gordon area dry to fifth sand. Kennedy & Co. well on Mills farm extends Claysville belt north toward J. M. Carson farm, possible extension if confirmed.
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Claysville
Victor Oil Company
Carson
No. 4
No. 1
Carson No. 1
Victor
Gonrley No
Pacific Oil Company
Lindley
Ohio Oil Company
Laird
Gordon
Kennedy & Co
Mills Farm
J. M. Carson
Wells and oil activity reported on local farms
Wripwoop Byrne No 2 on Simpson farm found sand and produced two flows. The McCaslin well will be drilled tomorrow. Kanawha Oil Co on Hart farm in 100-foot interval plans producers from the sand. Wahl farm Pine township well ceased flowing and is being cleaned out. Many leases.
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Wripwoop
Byrne No. 2
Simpson Farm
Byrne No. 1
McCaslin
Kanawha Oil Company
Hart Farm
Wahl Farm
Pine Township
Baltimore and Ohio expands Chicago run to boost coke and coal trade
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad gains entry to Chicago via Wisconsin Central and Northern Pacific routes. The plan strengthens west coal shipments from Pittsburgh by cutting lake transfers and creates a large northwest coke market hub. Improved connections to stockyards and meat shipments aim to boost through freight to the Atlantic coast, improving Chicago’s role as a distribution center.
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Pittaburg
Tspacisal Thlegham
Dispatch
Curiaco
West Virginia
Camden
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
Illinois Central
Wisconsin Central
Northern Pacific
Chicago, St Paul
Kansas City
Northwest
Pittsburg
Cees
Lakes
Milwaukee
Duluth
Ashland
Ohio
Atlantic Coast
Chicago, St. Paul
Deserted His Family Sentenced to Hard Labor
W E Edwards was tried by Squire Brush under a new state law to compel support for children. He abandoned his wife and three children near Newark last May 24, living with his mother in Zaresville. He received 365 days of hard labor and must pay prosecution costs.
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Zaresville
W. E. Edwards
Squire Brush
Edwards
Newark
Jail Sunday Service Led by Rev J J Jones
The usual Sunday services were conducted at the jail yesterday with Rev J J Jones of Allegheny officiating. Officials report the service as the most successful of its kind ever held and the cee sang as they never sang before.
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J. J. Jones
Allegheny
Peon Avenue
Mra
Henry Hunziler
Colwell Street
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New Mexica
TIN
California
Appeaid
Rew Developments Daily
Spano Crry
Sheep Mountain
Bestoam
Chris Mobler
Challis
Philbrick
Wood River
Chisholm
Bernard Summit
Denver
Saree
Ountsin
Seafoam
Idaho
Ameliera
Elmira
Banner
Arizona
Tennessee Copper Mines
Mel Canerd
Hendrcks & Co
Federal St
All’y
Pnoeee
Gpomnanems
Paria Trobes Reores & Bown
Mannington Oil
South Penn Company
B. B. Smith
Preston & McBride
Phillips Farm
Red Rock
Wright & Co
Hunt Lot
Fairmont
Koheo
Forber No. 1
Phillips Lot
A. P. Bennett
Dansies
Bart Sons
Bart & Latshaw
Cherokee Oil Company
Montgomery & Wm
Morgan
Graham & Co
Brown Farm
John McKeown
Beaty
Hoffman & Co
Thomas
Glover's Gap
Dodds Farm
West Virginia 601 Company
Belmont
HF. A. Pritchard
Charley Braden
Ucers
Spalik Wallet Iin
Wildwood
Mesteur Ventures
Monrovar—Murphy
Nair Farm
Sill, Odell & Co
Miller &8 McElhern
Tate
Banday
KEW
Foundling Asylum
Irene
Au-Lim
Hoffman
van Houten
Holland
Henry Hunstler
Henry Hunziker
Penn Avenue
Pittsdure
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W. L. Douglas
Ita
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H. J.G
GEO. K. Stevenson & Co., Fine Groceries
Sixth Avenue
Kornblum
Optical Establishment
Fifth Ave
Douglas & Mackie
Eas
White County
Douglas & Maceteh
Geo. W. Snaman
Federal Street
Keech’s
Cash and Credit House
Mr. L VE
D. F. MeInros
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Sharpsburg, Pa
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Hite Stak Line
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Royal
United States
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Britannic
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Senordink
White Star
Britain
W John J. Mgourmick
Smiteld
J. Bruce Ismay
Broadway
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Glasgow
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Londonderry
Liverpool
Europe
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Blairsville
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Pitteburg Union Station
Pennsylvania
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Cincinnati
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Hridgeville
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