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Show 1 $450,000,000 MERGER BEING WORKED OUT San Francisco, Jan 8. Word reached reach-ed this ell bj wire from New York today that the details are now being worked out in the offices of Daniel Mruggenheim and J. Pieipont Morgan of the mosl gigantic consolidation of mininp, railroad and steamship line properties in the whole varied history of the golden Pacific coast. In fa( i the merger now said to be in process of consummation Is of a magnitude that would rank in monetary value with the very greatest transfers in American financial records. Only the organization of the steel trust exceeds it in actual dollars Involved, while In comprehensive geographic scope including, as it does, properties in Chile and the remote interior of Alaska Alas-ka this projected consolidation makes rne steel combine seem but a paltry neighborhood affair |