California Wheat Prices Stir Debate On Global Supply
An Australasian article cites Californian estimates showing wheat could be produced at about twenty five cents per bushel with large scale farming and machinery. It discusses how shipments to Australia might impact prices, the cost of ploughing planting and harvest, and the potential for destabilizing prices if surplus wheat is distributed internationally. The piece notes freight and merchant margins and questions how many local farmers could compete at low price levels.
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California
Melbourne
Ballarat
Remarkable California Giant Trees in Sierra Nevada Groves
The article describes new conifer genus named for the late Duke of Wellington, found in Calaveras County in 1850 and introduced to Britain by Lobb in 1853. It details grandeur of several groves, including Mariposa and Fresno, with trees up to 120 ft in circumference, 350 ft tall, and trunks hollowed by fire. It notes other groves 6 to 10 miles east of Mariposa and describes the Frengno grove of taxodium type with trees 60 to 76 ft in circumference and notable straight form.
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Duke of Wellington
Calaveras County
Sierra Nevada
Upper
California
San Francisco
Anid
Lobb
Calaveras Grove
Britain
Hutchings
Grv
Mariposs
Taxodium
Nevada
Sierras
Mariposa
Amador
Calaveras
Maria
Inyo County
Nevadas
Cerro Gordo
Beishaw
San Brancisco Cerro Goido Company
Galezia
Wellingtonia and California Mining Prospects in 1865 Report
The article details Wellingtonia growth in Australia, its transplanting, and timber quality, then shifts to Nevada and California mining. It notes dividends in Storey County, describes Comstock mines like Yellow Acket and Kentuck, and discusses quartz and base ore processing. It mentions new electric gold and silver extraction methods and prospects for Prescott regions and Asotin.
California Mining Prospects Update From White Pine District
Review of California mineral interests from the San Francisco Commercial Herald notes many citizens turning to mining due to value shifts in White Pine districts. It highlights 169 new incorporations for White Pine operations and predicts bullion production will rise once mills are erected, signaling cautious optimism for the sector.
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California
San Francisco Commercial Herald
White Pine
Britain and America over Alabama claims in press
The British press rejects U S demands on the Alabama claims as absurd and insists Britain showed restraint in the Civil War era. It argues the North did not wage war to end slavery, notes Lincoln’s and Fremont’s actions, and defends Britain from alleged hostility while condemning sensationalism.
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England
Anrrica
Britain
United States
Sumner
Thors
Mara
Houar
Bieband
Lincoln
Fremont
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Develo
Sierra Novadss
Colorado River
Storey County
Occidental
Comstock Range
Comstock
Therontaide
Virginia Ci
Comstad
Savage
Kentuck
Co.x
Empire
Imperial Consolidated Alphas
Gould & Curry
Paul Dé ‘Wood
Almarin B. Paul
Meee Beays Asotin
Prescott
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