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The five granite beehive-shaped charcoal smelting kilns that have survived in Frisco were created by the Frisco Mining and Smelting Company under the supervision of Benjamin Y. Hampton, primarily for the Horn Silver Mine, between 1877 and 1880 for $500-$1000 apiece. Each kiln varies in size from the other, anywhere from 16 to 32 feet in diameter.
In Norse mythology, Gjallarhorn (Old Norse: [ˈɡjɑlːɑrˌhorn]; "hollering horn" [1] or "the loud sounding horn" [2]) is a horn associated with the god Heimdallr and the wise being Mímir. The sound of Heimdallr 's horn will herald the beginning of Ragnarök , the sound of which will be heard in all corners of the world.
[2] [3] The Horn Silver Mine was discovered in 1875, [2] [3] and had produced $20,267,078 worth of ore by 1885. [3] By 1885, over $60,000,000 worth of zinc, copper, lead, silver, and gold had been transported from Frisco from the many mines in the area. [2] With 23 saloons, Frisco was known as the wildest town in the Great Basin.
Family of Scatterable Mines (FASCAM) is an umbrella term for a range of systems of the armed forces of the United States, which allows a maneuver commander to rapidly place mines as a situational obstacle; as a reserve obstacle emplacement capability; and to directly attack enemy formations through disrupt, fix, turn, and block.
The Mark XVII using new switch horn triggers was an evolution from the previous Hertz horn based contact mines, which entered service in 1917 during World War I. [1] The Hertz horn triggers in British naval mines had been copied from German World War I contact naval mines whose Hertz horn triggers were more reliable than their British equivalents.
He was a great-grandson of Jacob Horn who is rumoured to have fought at the battle at the Plains of Abraham. (Jacob Horn was granted land in Eastern Passage , [ 1 ] Nova Scotia. Jacob's son, Andrew Philip Horne, brought his family to settle at the eastern side of Shubenacadie Grand Lake which would become known as Horne Settlement and later ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – As Interstate 275 touches down off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and snakes north toward this scenic downtown, sports aficionados are naturally inclined to crane their necks.
Along with James C. O'Neil he discovered the rich Star District mines in Beaver County, Utah, and also became a part owner of the Horn Silver Mine near Frisco, in Beaver County in 1876. With an investment of $25,000, Cullen and his three partners, A.G. Campbell , Dennis Ryan, and A. Byram would become owners of one of the richest silver mines ...