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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1894
Page
1
W Parker attorney at law and solicitor in chancery announces practice in all courts of New Mexico with prompt attention to all business offered.
A dry Colorado desert tale tells how Wild Bill, buried near Telluride, lies now a flawless petrified statue with clothes turned to rock. An old scout mislocates the grave but reveals the rock solid figure of the famed desperado and his warning friend.
Supreme Court holds that filing land plats without reporting lands as agricultural or mineral and railway grant designation does not confer title without patent. Land department officers decide land character and patent finalizes it. no implied mineral rights from later mortgage or taxation needs.
Report from Lower California describes four Jacalitos mines yielding $120 per ton in free gold from decomposed quartz. Forty to fifty men work with rockers and dry washing, aided by water from Elder's pumping device. A separate note mentions W H Lala's conviction for mail fraud and a fatal shooting between Slaughter and Smith amid gangland tensions.
A technical journal describes arsenic production at Devon Great Consuls in England. Once copper driven, waste copper ore proved rich in arsenic, turning the mine into an arsenic operation. Arsenical pyrites grade 25 to 30 percent iron and 14 to 24 percent arsenic, with earthy matter, then are milled and sorted by age workers.
The article details arsenic production in a calcining setup with rotating furnaces, warned of skin and eye injury, fumes from sulfuric acid, and the need for strict cleanliness. It notes workers rarely fall ill but can suffer symptoms like nausea and headaches, and describes risks of entering the upright shaft and the severe consequences of careless exposure. It also reports a Mexico border incident where Aman, alias Valdez, was arrested in Juarez for Schatz murder and potential punishment.
The undersigned seeks to buy or lease on a line of railroad gold silver quicksilver onyx copper or mica properties. Provide location price and extent of sale. only paying properties will receive attention. 3 Dalton J and Maine
A young woman accused of violating a moral code is seized by Slavs in Connellsville Pennsylvania. She is stripped bound to a stake and whipped for over an hour, reviled and spat upon, left immobile for six hours as a man’s offer to aid is repelled. Multiple details reflect a brutal mob incident and public cruelty. A separate note reports Alaska Mining Record optimism about Juneau and Yukon activity, while John O’Brien Boiler Works plans capital increase and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employs 3,000 workers.
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