05 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1896
Page
1
The paper notes that contracts for advertising are kept on file at EB. 0. DAKE'S Advertising Agency located at 64 and 65 Merchants Exchange San Francisco California in 1909.
Hermosa reports from top of Black Range and Palomas headwaters describe cold nights. Mining updates include R M White’s first ore shipments from Hermosa in 1883 and Crooks’s discovery, plus Olney’s strike on Pelicen properties. Community notices praise Prof Carleton, obituary-style tribute, and local church events amid broad Hillsboro area chatter and weather notes.
Recurring community notes describe a fruit and cream event at Mise Poantoia, a horse accident injuring Jack Wicks, Episcopal meeting picks a delegate for a conference, and reports on gold placer investors planning July start with 500 jobs and half a million dollars. Memorial Day observances, political primary results, and civic activities fill the week's Hillsboro scene with church, fraternal, and hall events.
The Deming Headlight urges Silver City Eagle to back Hon W.S. M Hopewell of Sierra county as a delegate to the national convention. The piece notes Grant county favored Grant and that Sierra county helped elect him, while tensions rise over the division in county support.
The Bonanza mill runs on ore from the Richmond mine for the week while Snake mine stopes near the old 250 foot level slow due to timbering. W.H. Wayland reports rich ore in his LE Dorado lease as Whale back ore improves with a new arsenic rich variety. Smelting rates in Denver for camp ores stay under 87 per ton and copper sulphide ores fetch favorable prices. Exports of US silver top forty million ounces this year signaling rising silver value. Wicks mine work paused awaiting principal owners to set future development and machinery needs. Utrecht Thompson plans another Prosper shipment in a few days.
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