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Eighty-five percent of the world's productive veins of quicksilver ore (cinnabar) lie in Spain and Italy. The great Spanish mine of Almaden, worked at least since Hannibal's time, was a prime pawn in the late Spanish war. A European cartel, pioneered by the Rothschilds, controls the world price. No. 1 world consumer, the U. S. uses 25,000 to 35,000 flasks * a year, normally buys half its quicksilver from the cartel, produces nearly all the rest itself...
...famed Almaden mines in Spain and the Idria mines north of Trieste, Italy, have many times the capacity of all U. S. deposits combined, and until now have pretty much controlled world mercury markets. But the pre-war arms race so increased world consumption that last year the U. S. became a net exporter of mercury for the first time since...
...State which seven others and the Vatican (de facto) recognize as the newest of the Earth's States is, on the whole, naturally wealthier than the State it must conquer to survive. Leftist Spain has the mercury mines of Almaden. But these are more than matched by Rightist Spain's coal, iron, copper. The country's olive orchards, cork forests, vineyards are about evenly split between the two warring groups. The Leftists control the orange groves in the eastern province of Valencia, and thus the principal Spanish export in normal times. But the Rightists own Spain...
...front. Their places were taken by long over worked Moors and Spanish Rightists. One hundred and fifty miles to the southwest another Italian force was in the field, operating against the Leftist city of Pozoblanco. Nearby was a prize almost as valuable as Madrid itself, the mercury mines of Almaden, oldest and richest in Europe, vital to munition makers throughout the continent. Anxious to make up for the ignominy of Guadalajara, these Italians with their Spanish allies attacked, were beaten back, attacked again, ended Holy Week just about where they started. Other fronts were at a standstill...
Sophomores: Bow. S. Parker, Boston, 152; 2, Q. A. Shaw, Jr., Boston, 152: 3, W. M. Randol, New Almaden, Cal., 149; 4, G. Winthrop, New York, 161; 5, F. Winthrop, New York, 163; 6, G. T. Goldthwaite, New York, 174; 7, T. N. Perkins, Milton, 162; stroke, H. R. Bishop, New York, 142; coxswain, W. J. Farquhar, Newton...