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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1894
Page
2
Readers learn of political talk in Higera County Hillsborough and Avoca with notes on potential candidates for the legislature. Reports cover boxing talk, mining operations in Wick's gulch including ore yields and smelter activity, and local financial shakeups from bank failure in Wichita.
Output report for Hillsboro gold mines for the week ending Thursday August 16 1894 shows total since January 1 1894 at 16060 ounces. Includes mills and smelter figures compiled for Tue Avyvocark.
Colorado and New Mexico mining reports describe the Bonanza Mine grant to Fernan- was a major concession. Serenea and other mines near Wicks gulch, El Oro and more push ore development with plans for reduction works and a 490 ton weekly capacity. The article notes active work at the New Hope, Whaleback iron oxide vein, Lilly of the West extensions, and Wicke-Ross mine expansions. A new Blanca town site forms as a result of a large gold field find in Mosea, Colo.
The tires were manufactured especially for very dry climate and for mountain roads and are better adapted to this country than any ever brought to Sierra County.
Hillsborough Mercantile Co promotes custom made clothing from Henry W. King & Co of Chicago. The ad showcases a wide stock including boys wear and South Bend Wagons, urging readers to inspect at Miller Callavar.
You may strike f RICH. If you could pick up $21 002 in gold by one week's work it would be worth going a few hundred miles to get. Aztec mine Colfax County New Mexico produced nearly a million dollars to date. Moreno Valley and Ute Creek placer and quartz districts offer rich prospects. Take Santa Fe Route to Springer New Mexico thence stage to the camp. Short winters healthful climate and rich prospects. Ask local agent A T and B F RR for illustrated pamphlet.
A historical notice touts Pure Messilla Valley Honey at Collards and Muscat grapes. It includes a testimonial for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy by Wm Roach J P Primoy Campbell Co Tenn, with druggist C C Miller carrying the full line. Also advertised are bleached ladies underwear at Hillsboro Mercantile and a Springer Cimarron Elizabethtown stage service with fares and schedules.
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