New Mexico Lawyer Reports Silver Solvent Craze in Mining Era
Attorney 7 W Parker notes Chicago convention dynamics shaping 1892 Democratic nomination with Cleveland leading in New York. The piece surveys budgetary and political shifts, then shifts to a sprawling chronicle of mid-19th century mining mania in New Mexico, detailing improvised chemical techniques, alchemist types, and various so called universal solvents pursued by miners seeking silver from ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Harrison
TSRS
Mason
Hayvison
Platt
Iscom
Depew
York
Dermon
Atlal
Jenn
Geent Soret
Trowever
Amalgamation processes and early ore milling practices
The article outlines historical ore processing methods including patio and Freiberg barrel methods, early roasting and amalgamation in large iron pans, and the shift to modern quicksilver-based amalgamation. It notes heat control challenges, salt and bluestone roles, and the slow pace of older techniques, with references to Ophir company operations in Washoe Valley and expert figures like Mr. Palmer. It also touches on public notices about politics and livestock scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tantibannla Felena Courte
Tym
San Francisco
Thayer
Novelty Company
Johnson
Hurd
Hayden, Norton
Arant
Dr. Veatch
Gould & Curry
Gautier
Gaudier
Carson River
Lons¢werrt
Ophir Company
Ab Washoe Valley
Freiberg
Pana
Palmer
Deal del Monte
Pachuca
Mexico
Ophir
Artificilly
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W. Parker
Hillsborough
New Mexico
A &. Ellioty
Attorney At Law
Hillsborough, N
Ay Ames S. Fielder
Silver City
J. E. Smith
Public
F.C. Martsolf
J. J. Conway
Lake Valley, N. M
James Adams
Postoffice
Hillsboro
New Menico
Action Monte
Vee Ph
Dmendson
Kingston, N. M
Diay
Ofice
Mountain Brite Hotel
A. H. Whitmer
Anohes
Eyadal
Tom Handel
CL. Stron
Laine and
Logan
Harrison and
Morton
Laine
Republican Party
Blaine
McKinley Hall
Mills
Quay
Kings County
T. A. Atkins
National Medical Association
Detroit
Las Vegas
Advocate Office
W. S. Standish
Droggis
Lake Valley, N.M
Plemmons
N. M
Levi Strauss & Co
Trapr Marx
Mach
Tam
Senator Quay
A. W. Dillinga
Chicago
O . Billings
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Senate
House
Whitelaw Reid
Whitelaw
Louis Timmer
Armij
Albuquerque
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