Colorado gold and metal production totals for 1900
The Seattle Assay Office reports gold and silver deposits totaling 1,345,122.41 troy ounces worth 22,038,755.12 with 7106 depositors. Nome Idaho Utah and Colorado outputs are outlined, with Colorado leading at 35,183,810 in gold and 76,622,674 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Wing
United States Assay Office
Seattle
Klondike
Alaska
British Columbia
Wash
Idaho
Colorado
Rocky Mountain News
Output of Bopslans Camp Ore Shipments and Value
The year ended saw shipments totaling about 321902 tons valued at roughly 3.5 million dollars. Since 1894 to 1900 output rose 22 percent but value did not keep pace due to freight and treatment rate declines. Custom smelting now costs 4.5 dollars per ton including transport to the smelter.
Low Grade Ore Shipping Curbs Value Per Ton
The text notes that two causes increased tonnage but reduced the average value per ton, while overall output remains satisfactory. It discusses shipping of comparatively low grade ore to the smelter and implies the balance between quantity and per unit value. No specific dates, people, or organizations are named.
Mining and Industry Outlook in British Columbia
Honorable C H Mackintosh tells the London Financial Times that the Cariboo and Omerica districts yield gold by hydraulic methods and Fraser River dredging may rise with new companies. He notes rich river beds and strong potential for diverse industries beyond mining, including agriculture, water power, and timber driven pulp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Mackintosh
London Financial Times
Cariboo
Omerica
Fraser River
Department of Mining
British Columbia
Three Men Die in Abbeville Card Duel Deadly shootout ends in sheriff’s death
In Abbeville South Carolina Sheriff Kennedy William Kile of Massachusetts and John Dansby a U S marshal are dead after a confrontation over a card game Dansby shot Kile and fired on pursuing officers before being fatally wounded by the dying sheriff as he moved to surrender Dansby later died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Abbeville
S. C
William Kile
Massachusetts
John Dansby
United States
Dansby
Kile
Public ownership trend in railroads and telegraphs
A New York Journal analysis outlines Prussia and other nations increasingly shifting railroads and telegraphs to public ownership, with governments funding through taxes and debt. It contrasts private and state systems, arguing people already pay for utilities and should control them, citing international examples and urging U S policy alignment.
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Prussia
Russia
Austria
Hungary
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Sweden
Denmark
England
India
Australia
New South Wales
Cape Colony
Natal
Egypt
Japan
Chile
Argentine
Brazil
Spain
Europe
Asia
South Africa
America
Philippines
Porto Rico
New York
Vanderbuilts
Goulds
Huntingtons
Ice Trust
New York Journal
Demand for Court Martial of Imperial Yeomanry Leader
Major General Sir Henry Colville arrives in Plymouth demanding a free inquiry and trial by court martial over the Lindley disaster. He argues the surrender stemmed from headquarters information and resists being made a scapegoat, naming Lord Roberts and General Kitchener in a wartime power struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Colville
War Office
England
Gibraltar
Plymouth
Lindley
Lord Roberts
Spragge
Colville
William St. John Broderick
Kitchener
South Africa
Sir Evelyn Wood
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Wolseley
Wood
Yeomanry
Heilbron
Orange Free State
General Colville
Lord Kitchener
Arbitration plan hailed by AP publishers and typographers
A Chicago pamphlet outlines a new arbitration plan between the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the International Typographical Union. It covers local conciliation first, then a national board with a third member if needed, and binds publishers with union contracts to arbitration. The plan awaits action at the New York meeting in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American
National Board of Arbitration
International Typographical Union
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Novel Greeting of Labor Poem at New York Dinner
Edwin Markham read his poem at Arlington hall for Labor's Greeting to the Twentieth Century. The event, organized by the Committee of 100, featured speakers including Bird S. Coler John Swinton and Henry George as Markham drew cheers from the audience. He recited lines about mighty years and the Great Law shaping mankind.
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Arlington Hall
Workingmen of
New York
Labor
Committee of 100
New York City
Labor and Reform Societies
Bird S. Coler
John Swinton
Henry George
Edwin Markham
The Strong New Titan of Democracy Urges Reform
In a prophetic voice the speaker calls builders to safety for the soul and condemns greed. He envisions a rising youth of democracy marching boldly, challenging privilege, and laying the foundations for a envisioned kingdom of fraternity amid urban perils and social upheaval.
Prince Su to Apologize in Berlin over Murder Case
Dr Morrison says Prince Su will likely travel from Pekin to Berlin to apologize for Baron von Ketteler’s murder. Su, senior to Prince Ching, leads imperial rites in the emperor’s absence after the siege destruction. Russia seeks a railway restoration convention with Germany, retaining rolling stock and Shan-hai-kwan workshops, while Britain presses to modify terms. Count von Waldersee expected to approve as German interests are not involved.
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Pekin
the Times
Morrison
Prince Su
Legation
Berlin
Baron von Ketteler
Prince Ching
Emperor Kwang Hsu
Russia
Germany
Tien Tsin
Shan-hai-kwan
Great Britain
Dr. Morrison
Russian Press Questions Chinese Peace Terms Skeptically
The Russian press largely ignores or doubts Chinese acceptance of peace terms. Papers stress dissension among powers, cite Morrison dispatch, and label Count von Waldersee a brutal old man. Vladivostok reports Japanese and Russian fraternization and a typhoid fever illness of Prince Jamie de Bourbon in Nagasaki.
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Dr. Morrison
Pekin
London Times
Novoe Vremya
Count von Waldersee
Vladivostok
Jamie de Bourbon
Don Carlos
Imperial Hussars
Alexieff
Nagasaki
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Bopslans
Tay Diese
Padiepaenseen
Colville Defiant
Imperial Yeomanry
Ed Sons of Millionaires
Typographical Union
Arcturus
Democ
Rebel Heart
Hell
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