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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
3
A vintage ad blends a lively promenade dance description with a medicinal pitch for electric Hitters. The copy touts nerve and digestive benefits and claims the tonic cleanses impurities while boosting vigor, listing price and sale location.
About 600 people are now engaged in mining operations in the Rondsbung district Kern county Gala. The activity reflects a growing mining push in the region as workers sustain production and local economic activity.
Public notice lists Pore Bilure novice and successors heirs executors and assigns. It warns all interested parties to contribute their share of expenditures on a mining claim in Grant County New Mexico with filings in Book 8 pages 471 472 and Book 217. If no contribution is made within ninety days after publication the interests will be forfeited under the revised statutes dated January 7 1898.
The article outlines church and university changes, with Bishoprics and deans under discussion. It notes moves toward reform, new appointments in London, and ongoing political and religious tensions influencing ecclesiastical leadership and education.
The article surveys the Black Range and Sierra County mining belt in New Mexico, detailing Kingston's silver output of seven million dollars, Hillsboro with high gold ore in porphyry, and Hermosa shipping two million in silver. It notes major camps like Lake Valley, North Percha, Tierra Blanca, and Chloride with rich veins and notable mines such as Bonanza, Midnight, Colossal, St. Cloud, and Tvanhoe, urging investors to move ore to processing near mines.
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