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With the nation unusually occupied with questions of paramount importance, domestic and international. Congress still concerns itself with little more than a wholehearted meddling in the choice of the next president. For the last two days, the Senate has devoted its time, almost entirely, to a discussion of the resolution...
At Gillette, Wyo., as at Minturn and elsewhere in the region, the coal deposits are on or near the earth's surface. A few country mines are operating. Ranchers have long scraped what they needed for household fires from outcroppings in bluffs and streambeds. Large-scale production can be...
The Gillette field is crossed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. on the north. The Chicago & Northwestern R. R. passes within 25 miles of its southern edge. None of the coal is more than 60 miles from shipping point.
In grade, the Gillette coal is a sub-bituminous kind called black lignite-tough, deliquescent, easily crumbled when exposed to air, when it also tends to combust spontaneously. Storage of it requires a special technic, but since one-third of its weight is water it is cheaply shipped after treatment...
The Gillette Co. had traced the bogus blades after hearing that the South American market was flooded with them. Eight suspects were held for questioning.