13 May 1892
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1892
Page
1
The Walter C Hadley Co merchants offer a nice line of general merchandise. Buying direct from manufacturers for cash allows cash purchasers to get best goods at reasonable prices. They promise prompt attention to all orders large or small and invite calls or letters for prices.
The report covers a 103 men workforce at the Anaconda mine in Cripple Creek, a $175,000 ore shipment from the Mollie Gibson at Aspen, and a seven year mining suit between W H Abbott and Gen D J Cook settled with Abbott receiving $15,000. It mentions float ore near the city worth $40,000 potential, and a Creede Chronicle vignette about Creede, mining life, and marriage letters to N C Creede. It cites a Mexico mining law reform, then reflects on tariff-era farming and a Chicago wheat-bet tale about Ed Pardridge and farmer protection.
Mr. Herbert Lang reported to the American Institute of Mining Engineers on using cordwood in Mineral Idaho furnaces. He found wood to coke weight ratio of 11 to 27, cost advantage, and better sulphur burnout, though increased flue dust and reduced smelting capacity. He noted wood converts to charcoal slowly and may form volatile sulphur compounds in the smoke.
In Harper’s May issue Julian Ralph notes the Black Hills offer vast mineral wealth including gold silver nickel lead tin copper and coal. Output nears 3.3 million dollars in gold annually with silver between 100000 and 500000, plus a large Homestake operation run by a group led by Haggin Tevis and the Hearst estate.
Gold claims surge as railroads unlock ore for new Mexico and Arizona districts. El Paso prospectors eye Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque. author notes rich veins in Bernalillo Valencia and Socorro regions. The piece contrasts promising finds with ongoing Pacific clash and praises Wyoming's naval victory.
The sloop of war Wyoming at Norfolk Navy Yard is condemned and to be sold. Its defense at Shimonosaki, Japan, on July 16, 1863, under Commander McDougal, stands as a famed Civil War naval action amid Japanese anti foreign hostility.
At the Royal Geographical Society meeting in Hagland Mr J Theodore Bent described his Mashonaland explorations. He details the Zimbabwe complex with a circular temple, a hill fortress with an inner temple, soapstone phalli, carved birds, iron bells, copper spearheads, glazed pottery, and a gold smelting site with cement furnaces and quartz remains. He argues the mining capital was chosen for defense and suggests Arabian origins, though the full identity remains unclear.
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