THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATUliDA\t ! MAY 2 , 1891-TWELVE PAGES. 11
News of the Great West.
Crenm of the News of the Northwest is herewith presented in readable form , No other paper
makes this news a leudlng feature. It is the week's history of the great northwest.
i misVoik. .
The nnnic of Annie Armstrong has been
nddcd to the long list of losldents of Denver
who have died from arsenical poisoning dur
ing the past thrcu months
Annie Armsttong , the last victim , was n
young Swedish girl , vvlio had boon only a
fihort tlmo In Denser Mr Hnnscn bo-
frifjndcd her nnd took her into his family.
About thrco vsceks ago she was token 111 ,
Dr Loblnser was called in. Ho quickly
calloa Dr. Axtoll In for consultation and
the two agreed , nft 'r watching thcgltl for
a shoit time , that she was suffotlng from ar-
scnlcrl poisoning. Tlio plijslclUQS did all
they could to saso her , but without avail
Directly after , the rase was reported to the
coronet but ho took no steps to order an In
quest. Tlio phys clans dotormlned to got at
the bottom of the matter and hud her stomach
ach icmoved nnd given to Professor Hodden
for analysis. Ho worked all das jestoidaj
and this morning announced that ho had
fout.'t arsenic in sulllclent quantity to kill
inanj * persons
Mstilet Attorney Slovens was notified and
ho took ( hargoof thociso Ho vsas sviy In
dignant when QO heard that tlio coroner had
noc ordered nn inquest , mid is determined
that ono shall bo held Ho set Ills dotectlses
ntwotk on the case nnd all the machinci" . of
tlio lasv will bo used to discover whether tlio
girl took tlio poi on with suicidal Intent or
whether it was ndmltnsti'ri'd to her
A ttliitngo fact in connection with the girl s
death Is thnt a worn in whom she was nc
-qualnted with is at the pii'scnt tlmo sutler-
ing from symptoms of nisi meal poisoning.
Her case Is being watched with interest.
I'm nlrd tin * Com t.
The arrival of the I limn steamer Gn'lio at
San I'lancisco rccentlj brought n handsome
Chinese girl , apimcntlj not much over nine
teen vcnis old. She h id no pincrs and was
. clensod on the usual writ of Inboas coipus
along with a score of otheis
The writ was rctuined a few dajs ago and
with it the fair Po Sing She claimed to bo
married , and said that her husband Used In
San Francisco Hotvvcen herself and an as
sistant attorney for the prosecution the fol
lowing convoi'sntiou ensued thiough an m-
tcrptotoi
' How old may you boi" commenced the
attorney.
"Ninc'U'on yoais , " was the piouint reply
"Aro uni rail tied I"
"Yes , s.ii "
"When1 weio vou matriedi"
"In China , five jens "
"Have jon overseen jour husband ! "
"No , sir , tie lias alwijs boon in San Fran
cisco "
"Wc'l ' , well' ' And Is it n custom in China
to mnrtj a man without seeing html"
"Yes , sir '
"Yon 1mo novev seen jour husband ,
thon"1
"No. Mr"
"Would It bo too much to ask jou to tell
tliocoutt how manj' clnldien jou hiuof"
"Two "
This ansvscr f.iitlj paralj od tlio cotut ,
and thu nltnond ojod damsel was ordered to
oturn to her children
Infill iatcd Woman H Poor Aim.
Domestic trouble botw een Aaion Bnjdor
nnd his vvlfo cumo near resulting in murder
at Dons IT , and but for the poor aim of the
dcsortoel and infuriated worn in Snjdervsould
now bo a rorpso and his wile a muidcress.
- Aaron Snjdor , who is emplojcd as a. clerk
in n drj" goods house on Larimer stioet , and
Mrs Jctinlo Chapln sv 01 e maelo husband and
wife tccently. Scaicoti.ul the man iago ties
boon solemimed when domestic trouble
nroso , and after two weeks of married life
the couple separated nnd Snyder took up his
residence nt the home of Mr Glldoisleovo on
South lOluv until street.
DTho deserted wife called several times to
sec her husband , but ho refused to see her.
When they mot n quart < > l ensued. Mrs. Snyder -
dor walked into the stoto wheto Snyder was
at work and after qttcring a few wotds of
rcpioacu for her husband's descttlon drew a
BU-callber revolver and llred at her husband
Her aim ssas not good , however , and the b ill
Dutored the fleshy part of Snjdei'a right leg
just below the hip.
Snjdor ihcn giappledlth the ss'oman and
Mr. uildorsleevo ran to his assistance. 'Iho
two men succeeded invvienchlug tlio gun
from lief grasp and held hoi until Detectives
Loydea nnd McAndiows arrived and placed
her under at rest.
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"y KIIM" Ij ( \o Ael\ornto.
/ Free love for men was Iho theme of At
torney T. M , Patterson's discourse at Den-
yor. Ho U lite leading counsel for the defendants -
fondants iu the Mllilngton murder trial , aim
( poke in tholr behalf and ns apologist for the
Millington social ethics.
It VVDS a strange ctovvd for the closing
scenes of a rourdor trial. Surrounding the
defendants vvoio a gathering oC "ladies
of commiseiatlon , " some of them pto-
fcssional ; but there svas where the
nbanrity came In , us notwithstanding
their occupation they \ver all attitcd in
Eortof Maj day picnic habiliments , sajsth
Times. They had lilacs in their hats and
bonnets ; they woio the gnu/lest and lightos
of miitoiinls with tlio most glaring of pi hits ,
and cvciy ono had n botuiuo . The > table ii
front qj vvhoio the defendants s-it ssas laden
with llowois , anil the sseepei-s insisted thai
the di'fominnts should adorn themselves also ,
Thovoinenin other paits of the building
xsoro all out in spring attiro. Almost olio"
them came picjured for the emergencies
arising from Mr. Pattci son's orntorj- They
had scent bottles , smelling salts and haudkor
chiefs nil in teadincss.
Small Indian War.
An Indian tow occurred at Sauibo Bar
Ktamatb ilsor , about four miles below Oa
Bar , Cal , recently , in w liich tw o Indian
is ere killed , nnd some others seriously
nounded. The difficulty arose out of a super-
itltious notion thnt an Indian known ns
Buelling gave an Indian girl some kind of
niodiriiio , under thu Influence of which she
was seduced from the homo of her patents
Knelling and another Indian weio killed by
Bambo and his son , nnd another svho tried to
stop the trouble ssas nlso sctiously vsoundcd
Bonio Indians from the Oregon reservation
mndo the attack on tLo Hamburg Bnr In
dlans , and ttieio Is likely to bo moio ttoublo
unlos thu Oiegon reset vatloii Indians sko
daddle , as the Scott Vallnj and Happy Camp
I mil ins as well as several linlf-broods , aru
coming to settle the dittlculty necoidlng to
Indian regulations , ssithout the necessity of
thu counts taking any hand In the affair at
cnotmous cost to the ta\paje-rs. The In
dians ssho shot the others have escaped to
ttie mountains , and are no doubt back Iu Oregon
gen , vs hero they eamo from.
Inde'Htriie't.ilillltj of flold.
[ 'Gold Is 0110 of the few things in thJ ss'oild
that is practically indestructible , said Albert
S. Hilts , a ssoll known nssaor of Denver ,
Cole , to a News toportor 'There is but llt-
Uu sve.ir to it and even this little arises from
friction When n Jeweler m 'Its down u pleco
of m muffctured gold , say an old watch , ho
eliminate. ) the baser metals and the gold Is
resolved aguln Into Its earliest puiitv sslth
but u minute loss An ouiue of pine gold Is
ssoith toda ) f-'O.M ) , and us gold comes from
tlio earth It Is ordlnarUs nineteru twentieths
tine , the Impurities beitut sliver , copper ,
quart ? , sand , etc To rcmov e those , various
processes are resorti-d to. dupenu'.ug ' on the
nature ) of the Impurities The usual way Is
to have recourse to chemical baths , acids
being taken , In which gold Is not soluble , but
which dissolve uw as the copper and silver ,
leas lug thu pure gold
"A karat Is ono twenty forth of the chosen
standard , and thus an eighteen karat ring
ssould consist of eighteen paits pold and six
parts silver and copper , the latter being the
usual ulloj used In Jovselty No doubt there
Is gold in our ov er.s etny Jewehy that for-
mcrls existed iu one waj or another in the
old Konmn das , or oven before , and has
come dovvn to us through all these coiiturles. "
Trndmii'd III * l"oi IIIIT AVIIV.
Hugo Mnusfoldt , formerly a music teacher
af Sacramento , Gala. , but now of Oikland , ,
recently svns divorced from his svlfo and j
shortly after the lady was married to Dr. D. i
D Growley of Oakland. Dr. Crovvlcy and
his brldo wont to Sacramento to ultetid the j
meeting of the state medical society. Dur- I
Ing their absence from Oakland Munsfcldt
published a card in n local paper , traducing
the doctor and the lady Dr Crow lev re
turned to Oakland and met Mansfoldt on thu
street In company svlth a daughter of the
latter and another Indv Tlio doctor seized
the piofrssor by the coat collir , thresv him to
ttio ground nnd struck htm several blows
with n light cane , btulsing him about the
face considerably , aftct sshlch ho svalkcd
nvvav Mansfe-ldt imido no icslstnncc , but
picked himself up brushed nil his silk hat
svhleh ha-l rolled in the street , readjusted his
eve glasses nnd c tiled n cab nnd ssni driven
to his residence. 'Iho affair only occupied a
fevs seconds
Kvpi'i IIIHJIIC .Station' ' .
ThoCarbon county ngricultutnl oxperlmont
station his been established at S.uatoira
Piof McLircn of the Wjoinlng state unl-
vorsltj selected the farm site and started
the ssork , sslth Captain J H Mulllson in
chatgo , sivs ttio hir.tmlo Uoomorang. The
Saratoga Irrigation and implement compinles
gave foitj acres of good sago biush land
Ij ing on the first and second benches of the
Platte s alloj' . This land is unttoi iirigatlon
nnd the farm will undoubtedlv glvo some
vsondeifnl icsults The station is located in
the center of the now town situ which
Charlie Ik'llirny Is now engaged in laving
outHo ssill also do the work in locating
the expeilment station Piof McLaren
biought back with him samples of ttio soil
for chemical analvsis , and also specimens of
an interesting h.mcbting ant. Ho says that
while theio will bo a few standnid ciops
grown at all the stations fet tlio puiposo of
making eompaiisuns and experiments , that
dilleient cioiis will bo grown at the viuious
stations. I'nch station is for Its own com
munity At the station ssest of tini is ei in
Laramie tticj aio plowing and hallowing
nnd getting icidv to plant sshoit , tse , oits ,
potatoes , bailev and all eaily ciops These
\sillboputin the soil this week The in 1-
gatlon boxes nio about tcadj , and wltli the
nid of water the cxtioiimont latin will soon
ptescnt an emerald line
Prof McLaren is enthusiastic over the ox-
peiirnent stations Ho thinks thu Plutte
s alloy is a growing countrv
An Acrobat Knjoincd.
When the Cleveland mitisttels gave their
potloimancc in Oakland , Cal , the sociotj'for
the pie. cation of crneltj to chlldten , by
means of nn injunction. Dies ented Aithur
Ciagg , aged tsvelvo jers the soungcst member
bor of the famous Crags lainlly of aciobats
from nppeanng in his usual performance
Upon the aitisal of tin ) compinv In Sin Pian-
eisco , howevet , Majoi Sniidoison , byittuo
of antliorits de-leg ited to him bj the super
visors , granted Manager Cleveland permis
sion to have young Ctagg appear The local
society for the pies ontiun of cruelty to chil-
ell en immodlalelj made complaint , svherenp-
on the major applied to the cltv and county
attorney for an opinion ns to his authouty to
grant the permit iu question Yosterdaj-
Attoinoy Durst furnished the dcsliod opinion ,
in which beholds that the major has no such
nuthoiitv in view or an act of the legislature
appiosod Maich 80 , 187S , which nnkos it
a misdemeanor for persons hnv ing the
cato nnd custodj' of childtcn under six
teen j-oiirs of ago to exhibit them ns act-obits
and gjmnasts It is undotstood that steps
will now bo taken topievont young Cragg
Irom further appearing nt the Bush stteet
theater during the term of the ptesent en
gagement.
Horiililv
A fatal accident occtit led at the Bust end
of the noted Hust-lvanhoe tunnel on the Mid
land , near l cadvllle , Colo. Three shifts of
men aio working in the tunnel , six men to
each shift. Ono of the force named Pat Me-
Gow an svas struck in the face bv a falling
iiebblo Ho looked upw aids iu time to sou
hu whole roof ditectlv over the men coining
n. Ho Jumped one side and shouted to thu
otheis , but too Into. John Cnrlton of Den
\er , who tind not jot worked two shifts
nt the tunnel , w is crushed almost out of
all semblance. He lingered n few minutes
nnd died In great agony. Putiick Mi Gow on
ss as caught by the fall of rock and had his
tight log and ankle fractured. J. Matson had
"ils loft foot- crushed and lost the larco too
His right log was mashed to a Jolly from the
knee down. It is not known at ptcsciit
whether amputation will bo necessary and
the doctors defence ! setting the fraetutes
until tomorrow
If is Coipsc Dinoovereil.
Ono year ago last New Year's ev o Charles
Bodfoul mjstcriously disappeared from
Loadvillo , and though unremitting search
was continued for several months , nottacoof
him con hi bo found. Thoio was no apoatcnt
cause fet his disappearance , thouch the fact
thnt when last scon alive ho svns emerging
fiom a gambling house witti $ JOO in his pocket ,
led manj to suppose that he had been inur-
dcied. tamdaj * the almost unrecogni/iblo frag'
moots of the unfortunate man's beds vvi'to
tound in a level in the ringstaff shaft , tlio
head ontlicly gone from the bod\ , but a few
ftngmonts of fuse at the cop of tno tiunk in
dicated that a stick of ginntpossder had beci
used to destioj the head. The iciontlllcntloi
of the body \sns by means of clothing and r
penknife and pockctbook , bj' the vsny , con
taining but r cents.
Urittr Iooso In Salt Tj.ikc.
A depiascd ss retch , whoso identity cannot
bo loatncd , attempted to outiago Kll/aboth ,
the olovon-j oar-old daughter of Thomas Law-
lonco , a teamster emploj'od in the tithing
ynid , ono evening last week , while the girl
\vnsoiiherssaj-homo , near the now bridge
over tlio Joidnn in North Salt Lake The git 1
ssas roughly treated bv the brute ,
svlio loft her unconscious on the giound , and
it was nt first bellesed that ho had accom
plished his puiposo. but an examination
showed Hint ho had failed to accomplish his
fiendish designs
The police weio notitled of the facts , but
too latu to take up the trail , and as they are
at n loss for a clew it is bolioyea that his
identity tvill never bo known.
MioT IliH Mcml bfT.
A. C Scrlbnor was shot and killed on
Buffalo slough rancli near Pairplny , Cal. , by
K O rjffo , the owner of ttioranch Scrib-
ner was herding sheep near the ranch by
Tj lie's consent , but was to keep the sheep at
least a mile nwiijYostoiday PjlTo and
wife went fiom Howbort , where they now
live , and found it cntltolj tun oser sslth
Set timer's sheep. This caused n qjarrel lie-
tsseen Sctibnei's holder and l\s Ito , which
ssas tenossed in bj Sctibnor appearing upon
the ranch in a seiy violent and nngrj man
ner , nnd making straight for PvlTc'vlio
.stood shouting "Do not come inside tills
field , ns I do not ssish to hurt jou , " but
Scribiior throw the fence doivn and still ab
preached Fjlfo Ho ssas again warned to
stop or Tvfto would shoot , buo Scribner
kept right on , calling TjlTo a cossnrdlv cur ,
until ho got within two gun lengths of TjITo ,
with raised hand holding a largo roe-k , when
l\v lie shot htm through the head , causing In
stant death.
An Unprovoked Mimlnr.
A mjstorlous muider occurred at lied
Bluff , Cain , in tlio yard In the roar of Hath-
Jn's saloon The victim ssas a .voung man
named Oscar Crandall , svho was born and
raised in iced Bluff Ho and others wort )
plajing caids in the saloon sshon ho vsont out
for a few moments , His eompinlons hcarj
n pistol sttot soon after but hoard no alterca
tion or light , and it was supposed Crandall
had flrod the pistol for fun. Ho vvtus found a
few minutes later by the proprietor of th o
saloon vslth a bullet wouad oser the loft car ,
the ball ranging downward. There is no
dliectclovv to the muuiorur. No ono wit
nessed the shooting and Craudall noserspeko
after receiving thu fatal wounJ. The mur
der was a cold-blooded ouo and clicumstaiiees
Indicate that the shot might linvo been flrod
from ubov e.
Deceased svas a member of Company D ,
National ] Guard of California , and also of the
lire ' department.
'llio UHIIIII Kcmilt.
A frightful accident occuued at Black
Hawk j , Colo. , by which a Ufa was lost and
over ( which the whole town svas throssn into
a fuioro of oxcltomc it.
Hv some ] sad mistake ! n cartridge of gin
povs dor w as placed in the oven of n cook
stos-o in the residence of , Fa mes Ilnmblej' ,
who tesldos on the Dota Hill load. The fit o
In the steve become Intenselj- hot , \shlch
caused the povsder to explode sslth groit
violence , scattering the contents of the
room In oil directions and mining the stovo.
A piece of llj Ing Iron stiuck the two-J ear-
old cnild of Mr. Hnmbloy , killing it In-
stnntly
Another child who was present in the room
nt thn tlmo was also seriouslj' , If not fatally ,
injured.
Vollrd In
When J. AV Tabor ssith two men , frank
WldttaKcr nnd Kd Montgomerj- , were at
work enlaiging the Hnrlan ditch , near Kock
cieek , Wjotning , the bones of n human being
ssoro unearthed , They were somcvshat do-
civ ed , but had been placed In the gtound In
n slanting position , the head some six inches
below the surface and the lower extremities
about thteo foot below Skeleton cxpeits
niu at vniiamo as to whether the remains are
tlioio of n uhltu man 01 Indian , but is pie-
sinned they vveien sshlto man's Ttio oldest
Inhabitants do not remouiber of anj ono
being missed In thnt localitj and the hlstorj *
of the bones is veiled In mjstcrj' .
Pi olltalili ; Ot'j an 'irindlni ; .
A woman called on Mnislml Mabcn and
asked to bo allowed to piny a hnnd 01 gin on
the stieets , sajs the Marj ivillo , Cal , Ap
peal She was accompinli'd bj' her tins b md
sv ho hid n small monkoj- She svent mound
fiom door to door , and collected eonslduiablo
money Two diuniiaeis who saw hoi on the
stieots , said thnt she paid taxes on WO.OOO
wortli of pionertv In San Pianclsco , and had
such a love foi mones that she tiaseloJ all
ov 01 the state with the hand oigan u.ittioilng
in fiom $10 to $ JO a daj Many who gave
her inonej did so out of chat it j.
An Inl'atiiittod Girl.
.Too Silva and n man named Blown were
nested , charged wltti abducting fiom
> hastn , Cal , a fourtoon-j'eat-old gill named
lso IVatus. Shodeelaius that she ssent
with the men v olunt.it llj , and that she loves
sllsa nnd will love him ns long ns she lives
he infatuated gnl is r.'thor handsome ,
.vtiilo . Silsa is n homols old Poitugueso of
illiinous anpcatnnco The trio were found
it Holllster , vs hero Sllva and the gill weio
'iving ' together
1'i'i'niiti'li' Indi'i'd.
The Walla Walla Statesman owns a hen
hat seems able to lay nnj thing. Sometimes
> holajslike anj ssoll icgulatcd hen onel.t
o , then ag lin she is ns erratic and eccentric
as n pohticil crank who is trjing to make ttio
icoplo belies o that thes cannot do ssithout
him Of Into the hen his been laj ing eggs of
an astonishing size and weight : ono of her
recent efforts was to lay ono ssoighlng six
ounces ; a few days later she laid ono as small
, s a pigeon's , and later she outdid all her pro-
Ions petformances oj- laying one tbo size
id shape of a peanut.
I"1. M. Mellalo of Denver proposes to build
a $ r > 0,000 hotel at Liramio.
The buildings for Georgetown's electric
ight plant are Hearing completion.
. Theio has been $5,000 to $10,000 wotth of
.tees sold lit Bent countj this spilng
Klbott county scholars w ere tlio onlj- ones
n the state vs hooted for the lose ns u state
lower.
Custor county school children Invo do-
claied the tiger lily to bo their fas otito for the
state flower.
Monument people are fooling well os-er the
rospectiso state losors'oir that is to bo built
at that place.
Largo bodies of ell : are reported to bo roam
ng iu the neighborhood of tlio Marvhio gun
! lub house at Meeker.
Key Dun ell , a Union Pacific brakeman ,
ivlng at Kisvllns , fell tiom a freight tiain
at Green Ulvcr. His sKttll was ftacturod.
George S. Olls'cr and his corps of survcj'-
ors have started to run the prellminoiv line
of tno Boulder Terminal tallway company.
The shooting tournament to bo held next
week on the Broidmoor grounds Is already
attracting much attention fiom sportsmen.
Willis Brothers , who farm near Sundance ,
have seeded llvo acres to sugar beets. The
ciop svill bo shipped to Grand Island for a
tostSalitla
Salitla is oiiBiged In a crusade against
Sunday saloons , and is taking hold of the
matter In a vigorous svay that promises suc
cess Sing Lee attempted to clean out the Kvans-
ton Kegistcr ollleo. The Chinaman made
havoc svith a poker till lie was nabbed and
locked up
round Canon City the 01 chat ds were never
in liner condition for the opening of spring
than at tills time , and Intgo crops of all kinds
of fruit are looked foi.
The papers are earnestly Stirling up the
matter of the extension of the Denser & Klo
Grande road fem its piesontteiminus at Espanola -
panola to Albuquerque.
Many of the ranches along the Big Ilotn
aru irrigublu for the first tlmo this sptlng ,
and their osvnois ospect to do some ctain
raising on n laigo scale.
Major Talbot has planted 15,000 tices on
his country place above Tort Uussell , just
outside of Chojemio. Ho has set out alto
gether this season ii',1,000.
A Mormon by the name of Wheeler , ssho
has been running the saw mill uearMancos ,
was arrested on a charge of bigamy. Ho is
said to have been enjojlug the luxury of two
w ivos.
J. T. McDerniott , the Wjomlng man svho
used his infant son svith fatal effects as a
shield iu a pistol duel on the Madden river ,
svill recover A laigo bullet was removed
from his skull.
A good many farmeis from Nebraska who
have boon working In the Cambria co il mines
nil ssintet nro leas ing and going homo to put
in their crops. An agent has gene to Kansas
Cits after uo nesv men.
In the supreme coutt atChovenne I"1 D.
Taggart iittoinoy for Charles Miller , the boy
double murdcu'r , was given until Juno 1 to
prop ire n brief , and Attornoj General Potter
was gt anted to September lr > to make answer.
A stoclc compiny has been formed nt
Brighton among line horse bieedois. They
purchased n line Cleveland bay stallion , Just
imported by a Toil Collins firm , fromsshom
the horse svas bought. Tno price paid svas
JJ.500.
A largo number of the farmers of Grand
valley nnpreclato the fact that theio Is ngtoat
profit for them in the lalstng of poultiy for
the mountain nud homo markets , ns well ns
supplying these markets sslth ficsh lanch
eggsWork
Work has been commenced on ttio lofotma-
torv at Buena Vista So far the onlj * work
being donu Is the election of suitable build
ings for the accommodation of guards and
convicts Vorj little fteo labor will bo em-
plojed this jear.
estimating the output of the Lemlvlllo dis
trict In IS'.hi nt 14,000OiX ) ounces , the teturns
upon it ssill , nt an average valuation of 95 bo
I.Inoo,000. Free coinage will give to it u
valuation of fl.'J'JSO. ' or | lS,100,000-a dlfler-
encu of f l.bOO.OOO.
Kanch property Is beginning to move sslth
old tlmo vigor near Cheyenne Ono of the
biggest sales recorded for some time ssas
that in svhich W. D Currier sold his fine
ranch of 'J,700 acres near Lookout to Prank
O Hntrison for flO.OOO cash.
A novs nnd important enterprise Is being
worked up at Aspen Capitalists are en-
deavorlnc to gain the consent of pioperty
owners on south Mill street to permit mining
under > iuir property. I'lvo hundred shares
of stoc n In tills company per lot U offered for
the pris ilcgo.
I'd Herndon from up on the Blc Lnrnmlu Is
preparing much uatiyo timber for market.
Ho lias started up hlsmll , ) nud expects to furI I
tiUh the Lnramio market the present year
with 800,000 feet of n\lno } limber ns vs as ever
cut in the mountains. ,
Dr. H. Julian Allen IIRS just completed his
mammoth ditch , running from the Arkansas
river to lib farm three miles above Buena
Vlstn. Thu ditch , Including lt tributaries ,
is forty miles long nnd will hrlgato about
l.-HX ) acres of land , ovwiqd evcluslsolj" bj Dr
Allen. ,
Since the last windstorm n strange red de
posit on the snow , between Haworth and the
Canadian river has been attracting some at
tention. It seemed to bo o line led dust ,
which cut nnd molted the hard crust of the
snow. As there Is no wd soil or rock any
where near , It created a gient sui prise.
There is an unusual waking up among tlio
farmers of Prowers county Push and ac
tivity Is the watchword , and thov will plant
n voiy large acreage of crops. Tlicsscather
is line , thu soil In splendid condition , and
overj thing points to u j car of piospcrlU for
Lnmar and Provsors counties.
Notwithstanding thu fact that the signal
sorvicu icports the buds in Mesa countj In-
Jurea by frost , the fiult grossors say their
trees nnd buds nro not injured , nnd thcie Is
nothing \snrrnntsuchannsscttionns has
been gisen to the public. The outlook for the
fruit crop svas never moio ptomlslng
The Grand Army of the Kcpubllc boys of
soiitheastetn Colorado nio stronglj In favor
of Captnin H A. Billow of Latnar as candi
date for Junior s ice commindcr lor Colorado
nnd Wjomlng dopirtment of ttio Ginnd
Armj of the Kepublic nnd will vigoiously
pusti las candidacy at the encampment at
Mnnitou Springs
Hlsllitelj th it at a meeting of bishops to
bo held nt Newcastle , I ml , Mas 7 , n state
missionary to succeed Key D L Kader w ill
ho appointed It Is undei stood thnt Dr
Kadei has built a house on his land claim
near Uvn , on the Chevuntie .1 Northein , und
svill live thcie with his famllj until final
ptoof is made
Picsldont Johnson of the state university
is getting ready to visit the nuileultutal e\-
pi'timent stations Locations nroot to bo
made In Crook nnd Lir.imie counties Knelt
station will have n supeiintondunt and fore
man , besides the Inboreis Appatntus svill
bo sent on \\nslilngtonami the govein-
ment foots all the bills
A cow buffalo which had bfon running on
the i an go near Kock Spi ings w i tli Ab Luman's
cattle for about four ycius was shipped bv
expioss in a wooden cage to California The
animal ss us tame and brought to town with
some cuttle and driven into a coiral She is
a fail specimen of ti | natiso buffalo and in
good condition , sseighing about tssclse hun
dred pounds.
Another hoivj tiansfor of roil iM Ue has
Ixcn made at Liiramor. involvingcitj Instead
of t.mcli propelty. William D Thomas of
the Htm of Thomas . \ , Douglas-Wlllnu put-
chased of Fold G Barclaj and John W
Young , trustees of the Paiille Investment
compinj , for the sum of $ r > ,000 , the entile
Charles J Gcoigo piopettj , adjoining the
citj on the east
Kntl Queioun ? fell fiom ttio Union Pacific
btidgo spanning Dale cieek and was hoi-
nbh mutilated. Ho stiuck on tlio top of tils
skull , sshich svas bioken into little bits Ono
side of it , the left sido. ciacked open fiom
the ciown to the loft temple , and tluougli
this houlblu gash the hi Uus tel'ed ' out on
the rocks where they laid in n sickening
mass The head was flattened until It looked
llku that of nn npe
A bicu/o of excitement svns cteated in
Salida when it was uunminced tli it ShonIT
Cijmblo was in town and had swoin In six
teen deputies to assist In suppressing what
is comnionlj toimed hen ; the "tin hoin ele
ment , " sshlcli seems lobe inclined to inn
things their wav. Most of the deputies aio
said to oo milloul men nnd other citbens of
piominenco Two gamblers weio ejected
fiom the depot platfoim just bcfoio the
trains arrived.
Thorn is , hotter known ns Kid White , was
almost instantly killed while trying to break
n vouiis bionco at the Cede & Parker ra..ch
on Powder liver , i'ho horse was lunnlng
rapidly nnd White nulled Him up suddenlj1 ,
the animal thiuumy itself backwntd and
ct ishiiig the i ider beneath the saddle. When
nicked un White \vas Head Ho had only
been wotking ut the runnh a few dajs
A joint stock cotnppnj bns been formed for
the purpose of conni'etuig the Hutton and
Kound lakes togethcV and placing these
\satcrs undei navigation rules Ono bundled
thousand dollars ssill bo expended in this im
provement It is pioposed bj' the company
to cut a steamboat canal through the small
ildge separating the two lakes , thcrebj unit
ing these ssaters , on svhich will bo placed
tv.o or moie llgtit draft steamboats.
Coloi.ulo.
Coal creek minors has e issued an appeal
asking for an eight-hour ssorking daj- .
The attoinoy general has directed the land
boaid to withhold a deed to the Artro tiact of
school land.
The United oil companj- Florence Situr-
das at well No. 51 struck oil at a depth of
about 2,000 feot.
Duiango has organl/ed a military club anil
uunts to attach it to the stuto militia before
the Italian ss ar is over.
Subscrintions to date for the Aspen hospi
tal amount to fl.KT ! ! > . The building svill soon
bo completed and readj' for occupancy.
Leadvillo police arrested a suspicious char
acter , who is believed to have been connected
svith the late robborj In the Midland yard.
The management of the Pike's Peak rail
ssay has invited President Harrison and
pii tj' to ascend the mountain on the now
load.
load.Tho
The Boston Farm compiny have tlio'r '
steam plow successfully nt work near La
Junta , They plow tnlrtcon to fifteen acres
pot day and has o fifty-Use nands emplojed.
'I ho Son Miguel placer companj has abin-
cloned Fall crook as the source of their ssater
supply and ssill build a flume lls'o nnd one-half
miles long to tauoatei from the San Miguel
river.
The people of Longmont wore thoroughly
shaken up by the tcriitic explosion of the
Boulder now dor magazine. Many people
ple thought it svas the shocic ot nn oaith-
qunko.
A number of Boulder fturnors propose try
ing trying to raise a half-aero or so of sugar
beets that the adaptability of the soil in Col
orado for this product may bo thoroughly
tested.
A Imckman by the name of Tucker , famil
iarly knosvn as ' "luck. " was nt rested at
Pueblo for stealing a trunk from u passenger
whom ho was hauling to the do | > ot. \ \ hen
tils faro got out the huckman drove off svith
the trunk.
The Klo Grande has been going uosvn
lately. 1 his is a good sign for the irrlgators.
H shows that the snow in the mountains is
molting slow ly and the spring rush of water
down the Kio Grande is not likoljto como
until the ditches and ' to
are opened readj' receive -
ceivo it.
William Bincol , the missing Del Norto
Blower , ssas found in .tbo hills about six
miles fiom his biossory. Ho was not dead
when found , though be had taken iwison that
svas fast doing Its svorkt ( ind ho died within
an hour aftci being found. Business nnd
domestic tioubles caused Blngel's suicide
Captain D. H Nichols , of the boifd of
penitentiary commissloncrs , , has gonu to
Grand Junction to nrraugo preliminatios for
pushing the construction of the state ditch
as piosided bj tha ItxU ) general assembly
Ho expects to crowd tto ) woric with all thu
force thu penitentiary can spare
Cattle nio now all turned out upon tlio
open range , save n fovv registered herds
which me being fed anil piobiblj ssill bo
until it is known whjother or not larkspur
ssill reappear this spring us It did last. The
probability is that the "poison j svill not bo us
plentiful this year , a3lh0 range escaped llio
last fall.
The first daj' of May Will bo ono of great
interest to the workingmen of Pueblo , as It
has been decided to make a general demand
for oieht hours on that date. The opening
move will bo made by the carpenters and If
thej- are not successful thoj- ill bo joined by
nil the other building trades organizations in
tbo citj in u general strike.
J IJ Wheeler has been in Hldgoway look
ing out the most fcaslb'e ' route for u railroad
vs hlch the Santa Po company intends building -
ing at a not very distant period. The pro
posed line of reid runs fiom Glenwood
Springs to Delta , thou out to Kldgowny ,
through the San Miguel mountains to Dutun-
go and on to the capital of Nesv Mexico.
Some excitement was created atAlomosa
by the finding of a dozen sticks of giant
powder under the sidewalk , near the armory ,
wrapped In n cloth H Is not hellos-dd to
base been placed there vslth nnj evil Intent ,
but residents ssho have walked over It sev
eral times a day would prefer owners of
"giant" to store It elsewhere ) , The marshal
took care of the powder.
A man forty-five years of ago , and evidently
n minor , was locked up Iu a drunken condi
tion at Grand Junction. Ho complained of
fooling \ory sick , but did not request any
medical nid. Ho gnvo his nnuio as C. Frank-
Hit and said ho svns from Tollurldo. At C >
o'clock ho was found dead on the bunk In his
cell Ho had f 13 on his person bealdes nn ex
press receipt for n package sent from Glen-
ssood to Kldgsvny
The Ice In the Bear river has broken up ,
causing largo Jams nnd a larfio portion of the
river bottoms nro flooded near Sidney The
Ice was piled up In the cuiyon at the upper
cud of Nott bottom to , \ height of llftcen
feet , completely flooding the ranch abos i.
When the dam broke there ssas n mighty
rush of waters , convcjing oveij thing mov
able sslth it , footbridges , piers and a fovv
cattle that happened to bo on the nvcr bank
below the Jam
Latgo bands of elk nio occasionally coming
down off the rimgu between Koutt county
nnd Noith park How they ha\o existed on
the range nil winter is u pu/zlc , since * the
snow near the summit ls reported to bo from
eight to twelve feet deep on the level. When
passing the elks usuallj head for Whlto liver.
Ono band h is langed on Black Tall , west of
the Yellow hickot pass all , v inter Thi-io
weio soventv t'lieo ' head and only elcht head
have been killed out of this bunch
The state an lltor is loceiving slowly the
anssscri to bis request that the institutions
of the state tvduco tholr demands fornppto-
prlaltonsv Tucse ate coming In ro slossly
that ho believes tlifit ho will bo compelled to
cut some of them out of tlio gonetnl appro
piiation bill altogether Senator Glider's es
timate places the amount of money ut ttio dis
posal of the state tteasueernt ? ! tsO.HV ) This ,
Auditor Hondctson says , is ssiong as , includ
ing the intori'st on the ssarraiits , tlio ssiu-
Hints thcmsolsc's nnd the bounties , the
amount to bo deducted fiom this estimate is
* IM)0,000 ) Kx Auilitoi Schssanbeck's estimate -
mate ol $1JM,000 is too nigh The total
amount nppiopiintod bj the Icgislutuio is
' '
e'allfoi nl.i.
At ttio blood horse tac-es in Sa-t Finncisco
Homer inn the mile dash In 1 I. .
A sosendaj conte-st against sleep is being
rinnged to take placu in San Francisco , to
jogln nt Irs Ing hull
The vs heat mm Uct in San Francisco has
lilted ilowu , though vstioat Is still abuse the
ate quoted pies ions to tliotlimy.
J W limes , state orgnni7ci of the fanners'
llianco , is otgani/ing citi/ens' alliances in
ho cities and towns mound the bij ,
Piesldent lluntlngton of the Southoi n Pa
ilk1 Is detei mined to do awns svith deadhead
idmg on the tialns thiough Oakland.
Genotal Thorn is H linger , the i > ovv com-
nander of the Division of the Pacific , has
Hived in San Fiaiieiseo wltti his staff.
Ttio international league of piess clubs will
lold its next annual meeting in Sim Fian-
iseo on the last Wodnesdaj in Januaij , IV" " . '
At the public leeoptlons to thu piesident in
in Finncisco Hun [ son could not "shako"
A ith the crown. His tight aim had given
nit
1 ho state boaid of health has deckled that
icait failuio will not bo incepted as n cause
if death heieafter iu a phjsiciun s ccttili-
atc.
atc.The
The pool sellers iccontlv diivon fiom San
Aanclsco bv the Illicit oidliianeo hasoabau-
oiieilWtio ictea of establishing tlieinsolsos in
Oakland.
At Sacramento Helen Christen , adome-.tic ,
upset i 1 imp , svhich exploded. Thu 1)1 ) uing
all ig lited her clothing and shu ssas bunied
0 death
Fruit interests have dodclopod so lugch
it Nesv Cnstle that joo,000 ) Imptos omoiits In
ailioad facilities aia ruquiicd to handle the
iresont crop
( V pool has been formed among the Biltlsli
nsurancii complines doing business in San
" "lancisco to raise the charges on wheat car
goes shipped to Uuropo.
Chatlej Tumor , tin1 colored middlo-vs eight
of Stockton , and Aleck dreggains of San
Fianelseo will contest for a puiso of $1,000 at
the Occidental athletic club.
Thn Gentlemen's dttving club of Oakland
is ill not unite with tlio lecently organi/ud
ockey club , but ssill ituorpoiato bj1 itself ,
and construct a tiack at Fruitvalo.
The Injuries inllicted bj' Dr. Ciowloy upon
lugo Mansfoldt in the fracas in Oakland are
moio serious than at Hist supposed , though
thu'phjsicinns think thu victim is likely to
recover.
Ex-Secrotarj Stone of the Commonwealth
01 Jesus has been nrrostod In San Fiancisco
on the chat go of stealing * J75 worth of fui-
nlturo fiom the l.ito quarteis of the common
sscaltu.
Near Tinne , Los Angeles countj' , Gustivo
Ilolmis , a tin-scai-olcl boj' , was bitten bj
rattlesnake in the calf of the log and died six
hour later. The father tnoa to suck the
poison out , but failed.
II. L Lovenduo. a pioneer of Amador
count ) ' , suicided at his homo , two miles fion
Jackson , by shooting himself in the head
Ho had been out of employment for sovera
jcars and this is the onlj' cause surmised.
Iho shipments of California w incs to eist-
oru nud foicign markets for the month of
March , WJ1 , reached about ono million onu
bundled thousand gallons , nenrlj- double the
amount for the coiresponding month of last
j o ir.
Iu the case of J. W. Su ailing , on trial n
San Andreas for u. second time for the killing
ot his brotber-in-livv near Burson last fall
the jurjbioujht In a verdict of muidor h
the Hist degree. The prisoner was sentenced
to the suite prison for lifp.
At La Canjnda twelve miles from Lcs
Angeles , a ssell-to do Chinaman named Al
Sal was found in his laundrj dead. Hl <
tlno.it wai oil and It is suppcs'ii ho was
mur lered and robrod Suspicion falls on a
Chinaman who was about the place.
A hiimin bodv svas found In the tunnel nt
Summit bj- the trackwalker. The coipso was
flightfully mutilated and had evidently been
stiuck bj > a pissing train The remains were
finally Identllled as the bodj of George Millet -
lot , who had been employed at Alta as a rail-
toad laboioi.
On the baseball ground at Jackson a scuflle
Declined between A. Badaracca nud V. Bel-
luomini , both about tssonty-llso j-cars old.
Badaiucca diow a knlfo and approached Bel-
luomlni in a threatening manner , sshon the
latter sci/ed a bat and struck him over the
head , fractuilni ; his skull.
One of the chatitles stalled in Los Angeles
is a lunch loom for svoiking pitls , ape-nod by
the Young Women's Chilstian association.
Luncheon majbo brought to the rooms bv
the girls and a nominal price of 1 cent is
asked for lea , coffe-o or e ocoa. Several prom
inent societj' ssomon has'o shargu of ttio lunch
room.
Sylvester Tjrado and Francisco Olives
fought n duel at Cantau cauj on ss Ith pUtols.
Olives ssns killed ami Tiuiuo has Leon nr-
iQjtod nnd taken to Fresno. The men ow noj
adjoining sections of land and had had
numerous disputes about trcspa'sing cattle ,
and finally ngioed that the next tlmo they
met they would fight it out.
The mssteij of the svhereabouts of An-
diosv Heugobeig. the muidorer of Mrs. Pos
sum of Sin Francisco , has been cleared at
last The dead beds of Mi's Possum was found
in a cellar at the Bay , and suspicion attauhod
to Hcdgeborg , ssho fled. Being pursued the
guilt ) man cut his thtoat and loapea Into the
has- .
The bodj'of Cliniles French SSMS discovered
near Pa/o , San Luis Obispo county , under a
tico which ho had felled , He had been missIng -
Ing eight dajs. Ho had ovidentls worked
nnd struggled duspernloly , but vnliily , to iu-
kaso himself with his knifo. Ho Uad dug
away nt the bind uaith , and his torn and
bloody nails showed the terrible offoits hu
had made
A wealthy ami tespocted business man of
San Francisco went to u vuiiety show tlio
other day lor the first tlmo in his lifo and
became very much interested in the high
kicking of ono of the peifoimcrs. When hu
ssent homo ho astonished Ills wife bj trslng
to imitate the kicker , and in m iking nn ef
fort to kick n gas Jot that ssas SOVIMI feet
fiom the floor lie dislocated his thigh and
could not low or his leg
Australia is nosv supnljlng about till the
onions used In California 'Iho Australian
onion is Inferior In size nnd appearance to the
Callfoinia nrticlo , butwhtlo small It Is very
hard and firm and keeps ssoll It comes
packed in common box crates holding about
ono hundred and ten ixjunds In thu retail
nlarkoii Australian onions command about 10
cents a pound
To datu 'Mi carloads of oranges have been
handled In the jaids at Turay , nguiist n total
for all of lust season of 'Jil ! cars. 'Of this
year's iccelptssfj cars vsont east , Portland
took ' ,11 and Sacramento .11 It is expected
that the orange shipments ssill extend to
Juno next and that the total shipments via
Sacramento ssill reach 1JOO carloads This
will bo the largest iccord jot made , tlio nox
being in l , sshon 1,100 carloads ssent Wk
. -4 IH
Character of the Minor.il Discoveries of tbo
Utah Eldorado.
IMPAIRED BY SCARCITY OF WATER.
Inipi I'Kimti'tl Volim Which llnvo Horn
Itiokun Dossil li ; , Dlliutnn Tot-
ii'iits lit thu ( ilaulnl
1'ilorto MIIII'M l\lsUnt'o. ]
Within the pist few wrchs Tnr HPB has
mndo ficqucnt mention of n now mining ox-
cltomcnt In w tint Is know u as thu Deep Creek
country , situated on the hoinuliuy of Utah
niul Nevada Piospcvtlnp In thnt section hits
bcou going on for sonic time. Hwasonlj n
few sseehs ago , though , that anything definite
ssns known loganllng tlio uhiuactur of tlio
mineral discos ones in ulo Ihoio. The lotnoto-
ness of the dlstilot ftotn the tailroid lius iini-
ilerod It ilinicult to got unv thing llko n lolln
bio icpoit : xs to the extent and Impoilunce of
the finds.
It was n stioko of ontcipriso | ou
the pail of the Silt Lake Tiibuno
to m.iko u special fcatuio of the
history of the Deopcieokoxeltoment. together
\slth n description of tlio countr ) rind un no-
count of \ \ hat had been done to open up the
illsttlit Fiom th it souuo the following 111
formation Is elurlsed
PiofV 1 * Illnko , nftor nn Inypstigntioii
of the now dislilct mnilo an interesting 10-
poit In that ho staled that Doopeioitk lies
about ono liundioil and luonty-lho inllos
\ \ osi and south of bait 1 , iKo citi mis noi th
and di.iins Into tlio westoin extension of ttio
Salt Luke basin It Is Just east of tlio
Nevadnund ft ih line Thu nook Is not so
voi ) deep , it is n sluggish little stio mi Unco
or lour juidsldu , pet Imps \\ith seine
iloep holes nnd u fuvv flinging willow
shrubs H is fed In the snow Holds of
the high t ingo on ttio cast , called on
some of tlio map * "Hoop C'u'ok Mountains , '
but should bo known bv the n.uuo of the
princlp il pealc 1 ba pah First comes the
Oquiuli lange , sketching fiom Black Hoik
ou tlio lake to'lintii The \aluo of tlio pro
dm tirm fiom this nugo alone is conntid by
millions and tin mines mo In their iiifmcv
Blnghum , Stockton , Ophif. nuu'ka , Tintie ,
nil piodiutlvo distrkts Second , the Ona
qulund Ktatmhuis tango , thlul , Cedar moun
tain , fouitli Diigwav mid Gtunlto mountnin
tango , llfth , 1'ish Kpilng rnugo. sixth , ttio
Ib.ipih All thesn langohnvo their Knoi\n
niul utilniiMMi itches Being ditlleult to pios-
nett uj reison of the titilv deseit suriound-
ings , the scarcits of stater nnd tibsonio of
transput tatloii , the1 } * has o not roicisod that
catoful intention sshich thov Insite.
< ; ci > lo < ; iral I'r ukH.
IIoio in the lie lit ot the continent Is n
not th nnd south r.mgi * , or n scnos of a chnols
lolatod inngui , in sshieh the oeeiiiiciuo of
gold is so pionounicd us to nnlto a mmkoJ
contrast ss 1th the doinlna'it sllvci prodm ing
eli.uacteiists ol llio ranges ssest in Nuvada
and oist in Utah The Ibipah iniigolsgolu
beii ing , and fui thor south on the same line
wo have the Oscoola plao is and veins , nil
pioducing coaiso gold "Mo niiL'gt'ls of tlio
Oscoola aio largo , much i minded anil toll of
hcavil ) impiPgnated \\hicliha\obLen
oliOti down b ) dllnvinn toirents In the
ici il ago before the w01 \\asinutoie.ulj
for man , nnd none but the nil seeing oj o
could Jmotell tlio present closet t like conili
tlons Go east or goest from this aurifer
ous tango and von do not find tin } thing com
pilable with it in the natuto of Its product
until jon climb over the crests of thuSieiia
Nevada 01 the summits of tlio Hockies.
'ihe rocks tins o not boon sullloiuntlv studied
to make possible , as jot , n compaiison with
the caiboniloions and seeondaiy stiata of
Cahfoinia Tliero aio poeuliat phononienunt
the noith end of the Ibapah nt and about
Cano Borings , Clifton and ( ! old IIill , and
cold occuis thoio undei ( Oiulllions hereto
lore unobserved or not loportod in mlnoia-
logic.il and geological llteiatine. The foima-
tions nro c.ubonlferons limestone tno Old
Mountain limestone-mid ginnlto dykes and
ip heavy undotlsing fuundit'on musses 'Hie
limestones have been caught up , Hftod.tiunod
nnd liven bv the gianito , nnd nt the
contact tlio litne tone has lost Its
blue color and h is assumed n coirso
ctjstalli/ation with , in places , the for
mation of the soiios ot crvstilllno mineral
silicates so charaotoustle ol the altoicd lime-
stonss in the ancient piimordial formations
Wo thoio iintl such minerals OH garnet , Ido-
uaso , tiomolito nnd toiiiiiialino All this is
familiar enough to the mineialogist , hut to
IIml coarse gold imbedded In tiemolito and in
llinostono without quattz is novel and unex
pected , but so it is. Goner ill v the gold is ac-
compinlcil bv some copper sulphldo and this
in decomposing gives n grcon stain , n toloi-
nbly ccitain indication of the ptc'scnco of
gold And this gold is not low grade , it docs
not cat tv much sihcr , it is above the as'ctago
of Callfornln gold , being worth % ll per
ounce , and beautiful in color.
Ono can teadlly concoiso that around such
outcrops of gold bearing llmestono ttieio
should DO placer deposits , of value , but ttioro
is no soutco of water for sluicing , no chance
for a poor man to make n day's good wages
svlth pidc , shovel and cradle , und really with
out some capital and tianspoitation little In
ducement to a lieu man to go to work.
Storage ol' Water.
The scarcity of water is a gieat drawback
to the whole tcglon , jot theto ate many
spnngs , and many snow-fed btooks and rivu
lets from the Ibipih and ottior tniigps.
These are to bo utilUcd bj damming at the
mouths of the canj ons so as to make storage
roseivoiis. Deep crook gives permanent
water and doubtless good mill sltos 'I ho
iljnks of some of the \allo.vs allot d nn abund
ance of overflow Ing water fiom diivo wells
nnd ptobably many Dirts of Deep ctcok vnl
lev , nvvav from the cicok , could bo watoiod
by their dovico.
The obsei vatlons upon the gold nnd geologv
apply chlollj to the notthorn portion of the
Ibapatt range. The central and northoin
poition appears to bo largely composed ol
gtanito , but it requires exploration. 'J ho
other langes are largely mido up of carbon-
ifctous limestones and shales , but no good
evidence of the occurrence of coal could bo
found. The ago of these locks is conclusively
shown by such fossils as Productus anil
Spirifer.
Load ores lorm tno outer baiic or the min
eral riches and svill glvo tno bust support to
n railway bj' the laigo tonungo. Owing to
tlio scarcity of fuel nnd water the natural
market for those ores is the smoltoi s of Salt
Lake volley
Dulch mountain is credited with many lo
calities of losv-gtado lead otcs , so also is Clif
ton where formerlj Harker of Nus-ada fnmo
had a small smelting plant and ran out many
n ton of "bullion" of svhleh no tollable rec
ords aio accessible
Some of tlio mattes seen on tlio dump nro
hlghlj aisonlcal and some nio cupiiforous
There ate conper ores ol promise In that 10-
gion but too low to ship , jet If auriferous
they might bo concentrated with prollt nt
Deep Creek If cheap rail tiansportatlon svoro
provided
As described In the Tribune the Deep
Cieok country Is within the "Gieat
Basin , " which means the hisln
occupied bj thoirrcat lake which has in long
ages settled down to tlio present limits of
Great Salt lake , now ninety miles long nud
fortv n ilos ssido iu its meatest , limits Or
iginally the lake Huifuio svas 1,000 fcot
higher than at picsonl , hcncu m my of the
mountains woio quite or nearly covoiod ,
sshilo the higher ones show the ancient water
lines of the soseial csclos of time in sshioli
Uiu lake remained at dilToient levels. The
east side of the gieat basin Is bounded by
the Wasateh range ilslng thousands of tci *
above thu vallo ) . The lake itself lies on the
cast side almost at thu base of the Wusalch
range
It Is stated that tlio host -oids to the Dsop
Cieok countrs asoid the ssoist portions of
tlio desert bv bending southward far enough
to t'scapo the dillli nit poi lions , and now the
roads aio so ssi'll muiked as to leave no
tioublo In hooping the light track Then
again the mountains using up out of this
great plain or basin , llko Islands out
of the sea , form snob prominent land
marks as to bo seem at great dist mcos
und thus become watch towers to gtildo
the ssajfnrer Thin contilies the t hlof dllll
cuitles of travel thither by tuiin to llio I" \
of watoi and lood Persons going th > < I
bo pronarol fur 110 joirnov wv jury In thj
niao cf feed for tholr nnltr > , cruXr nftoinr.oi
It t i not saf * to d " * ' . .
hoisis Tl " ' ' l 'to 1 9. KMlIt.v of ombez.
fur boti' . " " < > Woodrufl'h shortagesvns J4. ! 00 ,
out fjiiOO S * . us afterward nald In Wordruff
attempted to piovo the defalcation svas trnco-
ttlilo to Postmaster Oshorno Sh innon In hay-
In ? drawn money flora the ottien .sl'.bout
charging himself svith it.
almost duo vvoit to Chambers nt the point of
the mountnin. Hero ttioro Is water nnd food ,
Tncnco to Unrtlcld Jioach six mlles , to
( Irantsv Ille poventeen mlles This route then
goes tiotthwnul llftuon miles to the Dig
Springs nl tlio norUi end of Skull Milloy.
This wntor is not good , nnd the road hero
folks , the tlehthand road going to I.ukesldo
district Taking the loft hnnd toad It Is ton
miles to Mnskrat Sptlngs , the llrst good
water utter leaving Gi.uitsvlllo Jhcnoo
ten miles and Kanaka mult Is reached
where good water and feed can
bo obtained The loul divides into
thtvo near the Kanaka tanch 'J ha
rleht hand road leads tlitough Uockwlth's
pass of Cedar range nnd on to ( Jranlto Kock ,
a dlst inco of foil ) llvumlios. Thoio is gooii
water on both sides of this pass , which is
located about hilf way between Kanaka
1,1111 h nnd ( linnlto Kock.
The middle toad from Knniikn tanoli goes
via White Kock und leaches Gtanlto Kock In
a distance ot llfty mlles without aiiv water
on tno road
The left hand road from Kanaka ranch goes
southwaid to the Ccdiu pass mute , and Is
the freighting louto , whlM tin ? othci two
routes nio stioitei and aio diivcn ovei by
persons with light ilgs On tlils loute
it Is fiom Kanaka ritirh twelve
miles to Hlckmiin cwok , where tlieic
is plenty of water , theme to Scrib
net's Kanch twelve ) miles , vvhoio thorn in
watoi , tluMieo to Dugvvav dlstilct ttilttv Iho
milt's , the next vvate'i , theiuo to 1'isli
SptlngH , twentj mlles , on to Kenuioj's
tuncli twelve miles , vvlieio theio Is plenty of
the best nitoslnn water , thence to Clifton
tvvfntv miles , wtieio theio is vvatci , and it Is
then eight mile's to Deep Crook and good
water The above Itineiaty concerns the
bliiill Vallov ivnto , mid at the end Is ever the
sumo i onto us when going by Stockton , as
follows Salt Ualte I'll.v to Gnulold , eighteen
miles , when a few miles bovond ( inillcld the
left hand to id leads to Tyoelo t lU , distant
fiom ( iatllold soventcen mile's , thunco
to Stockton seven miles , to St .lohns
ten mlles , theiuo to Seiibuei's
rancli sovcnti'cn miles making tin' distauco
sixtv-nino mlle < to Scribnoi s vi i this ionic ,
against nmntj-foni nnliivl.iGi mtsviilo and
lllir i-prlngs The oh ! ovoilan I stage line
tan via Stockton niul ne-arlv over the s uno
loute that is now being tutveled mosllj in
pitgiiins nnd fielghlois to the Deep Crook
count rv
Thou Is nnother louto fiom Salt Idkq
Citj to lAhltvventj seven nnlos , tlu'iico tu
Camp riovd unto miles , on to Point Look
out twi'iitj-llve miles , thoneo to n junction
with the stage * to id neai Scilbnoi s , nnikliiH
tlio distance fiom Salt hu\eCit\ miolhinii
elghtv miles Tor the 1'isli Spiingi mei n
tains , thev me now trjing to os'.iiollsh a
old diioctlv west fiom lionton ,
I he Hlclii'si I'liulM.
P. iglo dlstiict , loctte'd on Kein mountnin ,
jiioinUi s to DO ono of thu big producers of
iichoios Itislwentv live ) miles scnthvve'st
nf Deep Cicek or Ibipili poslolll. . o .lolin
Vippotts , the rocnrdi't of the dlstint , his
boon thfio seven jeirs piosp otlng and Imid-
Ing on to liis el urns lie has benn t il.lnft- it
oiiough nio to keep nun going d'lrn ' g tlio-m
joirs Iln llatrison inino located in irrinlto ,
lias hoe n the chief shipper fiom a vein tluco
to sife'ot wide and cuivlng 010 th it
coos fiom Mto \ f > OJ ounces silver
His tunnel inn 100 fci-t on tha
vein and in oio nil the vvnv except tin1 Hist
tenor liftcc'ii feet His Anna , on which ho
li is a slmft sixtv feet down , lias jieMed 100
tons In the past that vielded ore up to MU )
ounces silver. The vom live orslfci't < vida
is ono h df ticli and the' other Inlf will piy
well if rcduc'cd bj a mill , and being chloiidu
oiocinnot bo concentrated without gunt
loss His Pavmnstur has oto up to lr > U ounces
silver and J" > per cent load with some lion
'Phis vein is ton to twelve foot wide Then
ha has a number i mining lower in silver an d
some which tun high In coppoi 'I ho lion-
told bojs , who linvo sovei.il claims theie ,
1ms e Just made a big stiiko of two to sifcot
of line galena ore Somooio sent In fiom n
stiiko in Kaglo di'trict in a ilnlni belonging
to Iho Midland Investment cempiny , gave 1111
assaj equal to $ ' DI r pouud of oio , tins in
gold and silver , while a picked sample from n
claim belonging to 1. C Kuiiiek assavod in
gold ? -n'lli' . II Those instances of small
samples nio given as laiitics and to show
ttiat tticro are some rich 'UJciinons in that
country.
John Tippctts tells of himself and compan
ion starting to follow up u bndgei hole and
being led flftj fce't thronub soft carbon to ere
all tlio wnv to llnd thnt it was n big vein with
over llftv feet between the walls , ono being
lime , tlio other qnatt/ito This find , on
which they tiave sank ilfteon fcot in ere , tins
not been assnjod vet to llnd its value WhiUi
Cloud dlstuct is ton or fifteen m'les ' south of
Kagle ncioss the deseit , and on the north end
of Mount Moiinh. lloie aio big lodes of
gnleim with rich streaks of silver. The
inountiin is high and coveted with float , but
the mines so far discoveied ate at the foot.
Them is no water nnd the camp is idle now.
Dugway has been considnied alow grade
lead cain'p ueitilvitliln ttio p ist few weeks
It is now noted for its high giado ores , of
which recent shipments have been made to
bilt Knke Dugwny mountn'n U about forty
mlles long and from thteo to ten miles vvido.
It uses out of thodcsoitto an elevation ot
O.SOO foot at tlio highest point , or 'J.r)00 foot
nbovotho desert , but most of the mountnin
is much lower , ttio mines now being worked
Dcii.g about 1 , 10 or 1IOO ! fe-ct nbovo the
desert \allov. . Ttio mining i hums nro at tha
north end of tlio range , where the veins
cariv lead , while in going southwaid gold
and silver aio more common. Ills an easy
conntiy to mine invlth the exception of a
lack of water , but this w'lll soon
bo remedied by nrtcsiin wells In
the valloj- , or by piping in
501110 of tlio vnuous springs accessible.
S II. Gilson wont tlieioin Septi'mher lust
nnd made some locations at Dugway and at
Indian Springs , five being at Dugway. Some
titno in Mirch of this jenr , only six or seven
weeks ago , they stni ted a drift on ono of the
claims , the Kuckliom. The drift had not
progressed far when rlih oio was stiuek and
after duving ahead in the oio thirty feet ,
( jilson went homo to got teams unit
sacks to bring the ere to market. In
H few dajs tliovblockrd out a body of
oio thirty feet squnro by driving the second
cut. Gilson toturnod to Ducvvaj' at once ,
nnd brought in n catload of oio which told
the story of Its vaiuo better than ho could do
it. This ere \vas sampled at tlio CoiiKlin
sampler , nssiyoa and sold on April 0 , vvlt'i '
the following results :
Uot 1 , flrst class , 0,5'M pounds , sold for
* 3,701.07.
ijuu srrumi ciuss sum mr
M , , 1,1.111 puumis ,
f41i.'J7 ! , making the eight tons and fiSS pounds
of ere net ? ! , ! ! . ! 'J1 , making nn nsorigo of
$ . )77 ) 'JS , ami jot this ore ssould have brought
moro had tlio two grades been loft togoihor
In shipping. Since that Mr. Gilson has been
out to the mlno again and tiiougtit In another
curio id of oru and savs ho has ton
cailoids in sigtit and don't know how
much moro Just before leaving a shot
broke into a chamber of chloride ere , soft as
n fiosh ash-heap , from which an assay svas
made sslilch mailo the biggest kind of a but
ton , shosvlng 1.1,010 ouncofl silver and UIVj
ounces gold Of coutso thoj' do not expect
much of such oie , prolubly only n small
pocket , and vet theio may bo many of thuio
The second lot of oio biought bj Glhon
from the Bucktiorn , amounting to seven tons
and UU pounds , assayed 'I 5-'i ' percent lend ,
21(1 ( ounces silver nnd , ' ) ,0fi'j OUIICIM gold , thu
value of the I'old being ? i > l .10 The analysis
of this oio shovscd the following porc'entngos.
Silver , -IDS. lion , 'I , / Inc.I , lime , 10.
I'liii d" fn-77j
- K off.
A miner on Klnmath river , some distance
fiom Yreka , Lai. , mot with a tettiblo ucoij
dent Whllo working alone dining t'.iu noon
hour ho placed a iopo used to hoist grasol
out of ttio ditch and reset It on a huge drum ,
svhich lie stalled to rovolsing , when his log
became entangled iu the cell and ho was
diawn up to the ilium , ono leg being com
plntelj pulled off near the knee , whllo the
other was i rushed In a lolly Both legs t ave
been nmmitntod , but thcuo Is little hopes en
tertained for his life
I'oor Indi'i'd.
The state of Loluiado is getting to ho n
very poor paymaster. Last Rummcu * nnd fall
most of the nowspipors published for thu
state thu propoied constitutional amend
mints , says thu Denver News The bill In
oncti ease nmotitu'd to about fls , and sshon
the various puhlishois presented tnrlr tills
the si'crcturj of state wrote them that thu
pi luting fund had been exhausted and they
ssonld haso to unit for their ssnriant till the
loglslntuiu mudo an iippioprhition fiom svhich
todiavs After six months'dolij'tho tegls
iutnio finally did , on thu last day of the t > cs
Hlon make thu nppioptinlion , but through
thu juggler'of bomu $ J commltti-ii clink the
oinoigeniy dnuso svus mnillud from the hill ,
u , d so tlio poor publlshois svill have to sv.ilt ,
ninety days morn befoio the law can bo
opurullvo.