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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1891
Page
2
A row of brief items from Sierra County includes antiwar threats to Navajo Indians, marriage licenses, editorials on sentencing, and frustrations with local journalism. Resignations, appointments, and the push for Fourth of July vigor mix with calls for statehood, jury law changes, and mining investment chatter from English capital.
A fragmentary account lauds Judge Burns for guiding New Mexico through a stormy and beneficial legislative session. It credits his foresight and will, noting Sierra county’s voters elected him to higher office and suggesting a challenging path ahead.
Work has begun on the Bobtail claim with three men employed and more to join. Outside miners eyed the Opportunity mine for leasing. The Tiger at Animal Peak shows surface pay ore from two shafts and owners plan full effort to bring it to production, arguing practical mining drives camp prosperity and investment.
Mind News reports a laboratory assay showing a rich sample with silver and platinum values igniting a rush near Snohomish. Farmers rush to stake claims as notices appear and locals debate mining rights while Seattle reacts to the spectacle and legality questions linger.
The Seven Devils in western Idaho near Weiser show promising copper deposits. Access is by boat from Huntington and the range, sparsely explored, holds surface oxides and carbonates with deeper sulphides likely. Prospector activity rises as copper ore becomes more abundant in the United States.
An old newspaper fragment touts Syrup of Wigs as a perfect laxative, praises Chanter lain's Consh Retwoay, and includes notices about licensing and bans on selling meat in Sierra County. It mentions Wm Cotton and Lake yaney in Honewell and Hileborou ies.
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