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BUYING A VOLCANO

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, February 27. (Received l'eb. 28, at 7.50 p.m.) The Standard Oil Company has bought the Popocatepetl Volcano, in Mexico, for five million dollars for the purpose of excavating sulphur. • [The Popocatepetl is the highest mountain in Mexico. It rises to a height of 17,884 ft, and is a peak in the chain of hills dividing tho Plain of Tlasonla from that of Tenoclititlari.], ' '■

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12600, 2 March 1903, Page 5

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BUYING A VOLCANO Otago Daily Times, Issue 12600, 2 March 1903, Page 5

BUYING A VOLCANO Otago Daily Times, Issue 12600, 2 March 1903, Page 5