by the tremblor was a chasm three feet wide…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

James Milton, George i Larsen and Tom Thurson. ? The most striking phenomenon produced ) by the tremblor was a chasm three feet wide and beween 200 and 300 feet long. Although wegihts attached to lines several hundred feet in length were let down, no bottom could be found. From this remarkable fissure issues a smoky vapor which disappears after a few hours, but the air in the neighborhood is permeated with a gaseous odor very irritating to the lungs. The people in the neighborhood are very much ■; alarmed, fearing a repetition of the earthquake, i and the superstitious Indians are holding reli- gious rites to placate the Evil One. KINGSTON The Mineral Gem of the Great Southwest The great producers of the Kingston dis- trict are the Bullion, with a record of $250,000 besides $30,000 expended in dead work, the ’ Superior with $250,000, the Comstock with $680,000, the Lady Franklin $900,000, the Illi- • nois, Andy Johnson and Brush Heap which have i produced $400,000 and are still producing, and many others, whose product we are unable to f give. i A mining deal of much importance to the Hillsboro district was recorded by county clerk Webster the other day. On July 28th Simon Leyser and Johanna Leyser, late of Hillsboro ( 70 )