East Wheal Abraham Copper Mine Shareholders Meet
A London Tavern gathering of East Wheal Abraham Copper Mine Company shareholders appoints officers and plans immediate work. Captain Henry James becomes manager. H Wills secretary. Henry Cowling resident agent. five directors form a finance committee. A 5s per share call is set with 5% discount for early payment. The property lies beside Creaver and Wheal Abraham mines, with high prospect seen in drilled lodes and adit drainage enabling underground expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Wheal Abraham Copper Mine Company
London Tavern
B. W. Willes
County of
Cornwall
Creaver
Wheal Abraham
Wheal
Redruth
Elvans
Granite
Killas
James Porr
Poole
East Abraham
East Abrahama
Paull
H. Wills
Henry James
Henry Cowling
Messrs
Willes
Milsted
Bancks
Alcock
Green
Drought Halts Iron Works and Oil Nuisance Diminishes
In South Wales drought cripples iron, tin plate and coal mills with blasts blown out and many workers idle as re pumping systems provide only temporary relief. Petroleum imports drop sharply in 1864 from the United States and overall costs rise by about 165000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron and Coa
Iron
Tin Plate
Coal Works
South Wales
Liverpool
United States
Peace commission proposal to Richmond eyed by New York Herald
The New York Herald urges a peace commission with authority to seek a six month armistice from rebel leaders and to convene a national convention for buildable peace plans. Other notes include weather hints, cholera in Lincolnshire Fens, railway prize at Wimbledon, and various Society items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Richmond
Lincolnshire Fens
East Fen
Boston
Bell Drain
London and South-Western Railway
National Rifle Association
Wimbledon
Lansdowne
Kerry
Kenmare
Athenaum
London
Natal Mercury
Colenso
Natal
Garibaldi
Paris
The
Independance Belge
Napoleon
César
Dundee Advertiser
John Skinner
Longside
Skinner
Lancashire
Burnley
Salford
Edward Lazard
Moorgate Street
Limoges
Metropolitan Hospitals
Guy’s Hospital
J. Braxton Hicks
F.R.S
St. Thomas’s
Clapton
St. Mary’s Paddington
Toynbee
King’s College
Cartwright
F.R.C.S
University College Hospital
Quain
Middlesex Hospital
Greenhow
St. Bartholomew's
Call
Chase
Fires Devastate Dartford Hostelry and Nearby Premises
A fire in Dartford's Hight Bells on Monday morning endangered landlord Mr Woodwear his wife and six children who escaped using a ladder. The blaze destroyed most of the adjoining Smith warehouse and damaged Kerr linen draper and Jeune and Co carpet works. The loss falls on Phoenix Kent and Sun Fire offices. Also noted is the burial of Rebecca Bruce in Portmoak after she was fatally burned trying to extinguish flames in a house fire.
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High-street
Dartford
Woodwear
W. H. Smith
Phoenix
Kent
Sun
Messrs. Jeune and Co
Sugar-house-lane
Stratford
Rebecca Bruce
Michael Bruce
Lochleven
Portmoak
Rebecca
Kinneswood
Bruce
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