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Submarine torpedo boat saga and death trap tale
A correspondent asks if a miner can void $100 work obligation yet keep a claim. The answer: start work on December 31 to avoid relocation. if work begins January 1 and reaches $100, the claim holds for that year. Failure to continue may not forfeit the claim, but others can locate it. A long historical note on submarine experiments, failures, and the Payne torpedo boat with Charleston and Fort Sumter trials.
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Taventor Holland
Santiago de Cnbo
Mobile
New Orleans
Payne
Fort Mordin
Gunlly
Tomates
Fort Sumpter
Stang River
Charleston
Watley
Soun
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D. Corson
Geo. J. Dison
Solelick
Caplan Corlaon
Eulioerine
Puffer
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