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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1891
Page
2
A noisy mix of notices and editorials from New Mexico towns. Comments on Las Cruces church journals, Albuquerque fairs, and the Santa Fe Sun versus Kingston Shaft exchange. Local sales reports from Silver City and Hill store, plus mining camp talk and press criticism about back cappers and rain balloon schemes.
A mining overview praises the El Oro vein for free milling gold and rich sulphide ore, noting potential for a mill as freight costs drop. It describes the El Oro shaft, development by Mr. Troeger, and the Golden Era and Richmond mines with improving outputs, plus historic effort by Wallapi district prospectors and the promise of future returns from the Cerbat range.
Mining in Mojave county Arizona has faced greater disadvantages since the first discovery by California volunteers in the early days. The narrative notes the long struggle of miners to carry on the business from a distant base of supply.
A Mojava County Miner correspondent argues that a four mile long tunnel with extensive ledges could unlock rich ore, water from the mineral belt, and new towns at Capelwash. He compares to Colorado tunnel booms and urges enterprise, capital, and intelligent mining to bring prosperity and material advancement to Mojava.
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