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Show FIRED BY CARELESSNESS. Cyanide Mill nt Florence, Colo., Totally To-tally Destroyed. Florence, Colo., Jan. 21. The cyanide cy-anide mill of the United States Reduction Reduc-tion and Refining company, two miles north of this city, was destroyed by fire this morning, entailing a loss estimated at from $75,000 to $125,000. The mill had not been operated since the beginning of tho strike of the company's com-pany's employees nearly two years ago. It was the largest cyanide mill in the world, but It was being dismantled by the company, the machinery to be shipped to Utah, where a new mill Is being built. Carelessness of some of the employees Is believed to have caused the fire. |