The Lucraft Case of Rum and Ringside Bargains
A narrator recounts a debauched bargain with a devilish benefactor who lures him to drink and disease through debt. He confronts Boule de neige the servant and Mr Grumbelow the merciless patron, while a haunting cluck cluck echoes of the doomed scheme. The tale shifts toward a police court and a grim warning about charity turned to ruin. The fragmented confession ends with the narrator awaiting what comes next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucraft
Bucklersbury
Boule de Neige
Strand
Morning Chronicle
Henry Luke
Backlersbury
Crackett & Charges
Luke Lucraft
Mr. Crockett
Crockett
Boule-de-neige
Berny
Berry
Gegieman
Mr. Grumbelow
Ebenezer
Grumbelow
Messrs. Crackett
Massa
Gegleman
Bull—Webber
Boyeau
Women Yet Not Seen Crowding Husbands From Work
The article notes talk of female superiority but reports no women taking over men’s labor tasks such as sawing wood, keeping men at their own work as press time arrives.
Gold Boom in Antelope District Sparks Mining Craze
The Antelope district sees rising gold excitement with ore shown at Payne's store. Assays from Barker claims yield over 32 dollars gold and several ounces silver, while Dick Little and Joe James report from five to forty dollars gold and up to nine ounces silver. Three camps named La Barker Willette Whisper City planned, as houses rise and a boom looms, likened to Cripple Creek.
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Custer County
Antelope District
Messrs
James
Barker
Little
Hamill
Long
George
Charles Aiken
Payne's
Cripple Creek
Silver Cliff
West End mill and Black Wonder mine shut down
Hinsdale County reports the West End mill and Black Wonder mine near Camry Sherman, sixteen miles south of Lake City, will shut indefinitely due to funding shortfalls and miscalculated capital needs. Abel A. Allen, former superintendent and stockholder, says operations paused to raise capital and install a sampler. all debts are paid and no new shares are planned. Lake City Camp work remains steady with Ute and Ulay resuming and hundreds of miners expected by mid next month.
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Hinsdale County
West End
Black Wonder
Camry Sherman
Lake City
Abel A. Allen
Black Wonder Gold and Silver Mining Company
Allen
Ute
Ulay
Denver News
Gold output dispute at Ophir among Suffolk Tom Boy and Yellow Boy
In San Miguel County the Suffolk mine at Ophir competes with the Tom Boy for ore yield while a title dispute between Suffolk and Gold King Consolidated over the Yellow Boy complicates reporting. McCoy acts as receiver for the Yellow Boy ore kept separate in the bank as litigation proceeds. The Smuggler Union transported 5000 tons of ore via the tramway during June.
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San Miguel County
Suffolk
Ophir
Gold King
Suffolk Group
Suffolk Company
J. K. McCoy
Suffolk Mill
Smuggler Union operates a forty stamp mill for ore output
The Smuggler Union sustains a forty stamp mill processing ore from the Sheridan dumps, handling 140 to 150 tons daily with about eight tons refined to one. Roughly one car of high grade crude gold-silver ore is shipped each day, while the rest goes to the mill. About 300 men work for the Smuggler Union directly or indirectly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Smuggler Union
Bear Gulch Emerges as Rich Montana Mining Hub
The new town Bear Gulch center of a mining district attracting notable attention. The Bear Gulch Mining and Milling Co's twenty stamp mill cleans up over 500 dollars daily using water power. The Legal Tender mine supplies ore. Montana Mining Co declares third dividend for year ending May 31, payable July 1. Cast le residents relocate abandoned Castle mines with about 100 locations, some costing 6000 to 7000 dollars, though bolder claims arise from misrepresented patents.
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Montana
Bear Gulch
Bear Gulch Mining and Milling Company
Montana Mining Company, Limited
Castle
Placer Mining Flourishes On Hassayampa River District
Arizona reports booming placer mining with over fifty men working within fifteen miles of the upper Hassayampa. Dry ground and dry washing replace water where scarce, and Venezia mill at Crook Canon stands as a premier plant. Charles Thompson returns with coarse gold and rich ore samples. Benjamin S. Church tests the Rich Hill Amalgamator, proving promising though water limits halt full operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassayampa
Venezia
Crook Canon
Charles Thompson
Humbug
Benjamin S. Church
Church
Prescott Journal-Miner
Mining deal and ore outlook at Gold Mountain district
The Monte Christo Mining Company awards a tunnel drift contract to tap a vein at Big Cottonwood. Upper workings yield fine ore. shipments reach 221 981 94, up 8 319 from last week. Advices on Sevier Mining Co control bolster hopes, with payments to Charles Lammersdorf totaling 99 000 in mid July and 50 000 after sixty days. Colbran of Midland Terminal Railway seen backing the venture, signaling strong future prospects for Gold Mountain.
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Monte Christo Mining Company
Big Cottonwood
Sevier Mining Company
Charles Lammersdorf
Godbe
Colbran
Midland Terminal Railway
Colorado Midland Railway
Queen & Crescent Railway
Gold Mountain
Salt Lake Tribune
Germany Demands Large Sum From Nicaragua Sparks Fear
The note warns that Germany's demand of 3 750 000 from Nicaragua, equating to about 1 500 000 in local currency, backed by force could topple Nicaraguan independence and lead to a foreign protectorate. The commentator notes this would amuse Europe but be hard to accept for Latin American republics.
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Germany
Nicaragua
Europe
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MR. Lucrafy
Walter Besant
James Rice
Colorado
Sostilla County
Duncan Camp
Crestone
Sand Creek
Winona Mill
Winona
Lake County
Iowa Gulch
Williams
George B. Harker
I. B. Griffith
Coronado
Seventh Street
Arizona
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