Oil Industry Growth in California Spurs Prospecting
The oil business in California expands, with boom activity reaching Colorado Utah and Arizona as prospectors eye new fields. Canon City Boulder and San Juan region show signs of potential large holds, while persistent work may revive lesser prospects and sustain long term value in California Texas and Colorado oil fields. Fragments note Yu Arizona mine near Rock being prospected on the Carlise ledge with six claims located three miles from the original discovery.
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California
Texas
Colorado
Boulder
Canon City
Utah
San Juan River
Frank Eichelberger
of Arizona
Yu Arizona
Ste Rock
Carlise
Silver City Enterprise
Rich Gold Strike Near Silver City Sparks Mining Upset
In Grant county the Carlisle mining district about forty miles southwest of Silver City. Sim Ise bel and Lem Spaw lead a strike at a shaft twenty feet deep revealing a twenty foot wide ledge with a six foot pay vein. Assays show gold from two hundred fifty to three hundred dollars per ton, drawing intense excitement around Duncan and Clifton.
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Carlisle
Silver City
Grant County
Sim Isebel
Lem Spaw
Duncan
Clifton
Parrowery
Comets Stir Curiosity as Halley Return Feared May 18
Scientists worldwide debate Halley’s comet as earth may pass through its tail. Harvard’s Pickering suggests a distant impact near the Grand Canyon, with a desert mountain 150 feet high buried 7/8 of its bulk, exposing a molten core of nickel shale and silica.
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Halley
Edward Halley
Trononer
Comst
Englshman
Pickering
Harvard College
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Acetylene Lifts Ship Using Balloons on Seine
An experiment used acetylene gas from calcium carbide to inflate small balloons under a ten ton boat in the River Seine, lifting the vessel. Inventor M. Ducashe says the method could be applied to prevent chips from foundering and to assist ships in distress.
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River
Seine
M. Ducashe
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