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THE CM-AITA DAILY UJSEi JIONDAY , NOVEMBER 19 , 189-1.
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A Dakota Gold Mine that Has Fiodacod
Over Fifty Millions.
HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS IIOMESTAKE
1 ondorfnlljItlcli Ledca Olncorernil In Fool's
limyon , Arlzitnn Tha Florence Petro
leum Ilelt Novr .Mrxlruii Mines
Noir of the Nitrtfiwett ,
Mr. George Majors , a well known civil
and mining engineer ot Lead City , B. D. ,
lias been for a number of years employed on
the famous Homestako mine , near Lead City ,
which Is probably one ot tlio richest gold
producers In the country. The gentleman
Is now on his way to Arizona to take charge
of a large property recently purchased by
an English syndicate , located In the moun
tains near I'hocnlx. Kor several clays past
Mr. Majors has been visiting a brother In
Aspen and stopped off In Leadvllle , haying
heard of our wonderful gold deposits , says
the Lcadvllle Herald-Democrat.
"It would hardly be fair , " he said to a
reporter , "to make any comparison between
I > ; ulvlll9 and the Dlack Hills as gold pro
ducers , one reason being that the latter has
been producing for many years , whllo Lead-
vllle has come to the front only within the
past eighteen months. I should judge
that the Fllack Hills have produced
inoro than $100,000,000 In gold during
the past eighteen years , not Including other
liroclous metals. The. greatest gold mine of
fiat section , and probably in the United
States , Is the famous Homestake , which has
paid Its owners about $50,000,000 In divi
dends during the lant sixteen years. There
are still ere reserves In sight to last thirty
years longer at the present rnto of operation.
I first came to the JJlack hills In 1877 from
California , there being then only a few small
properties In operation , although at thai
llmo ths property had been opened up anil
passed Into the hands of Senator Hearst ol
< " 'nllfornla. Ho secured It for the compara-
t.vely trilling sum of $12,000. Another prop-
< rty next to It , known as the Deadwood
Terra , wan bought for $80,000 , as It was sup
posed to be the better property. When the
ral value of the mines came to bo discov
ered Senator Hearst secured three other
properties the Caledonia , Father do Smel
end Highland. The product ot the three
mines averages $225,000 In gold bullion pet
month.
The various shafts on the different prop
erties are connected _ by about thlrty-flve
miles of narrowgaugo'railway. . There are
ovr 3,000 employes and the pay roll amounts
to $200,000 a month. The Homestako ere Is
of low grade , yielding only from $2.CO to $10
u ton , but It occurs In such quantities and
admits of such a. simple and inexpensive
treatment that the profits are enormous.
It lies In a bedded deposit , often exceeding
200 feet In thickness , and the vein In places
1s over 400 feet thick. A town ot between
3,000 and 5.COO Inhabitants has grown up
around the Homestako mines , known as Lead
City , and the people there ore engaged either
directly or Indirectly In the employment
of the company , which owns the land , but
leatcs the building sites free of cost to the
men. There Is really only one store In the
place , but thU Is of mammoth proportions
and Is owned by Mrs. Hearst herself. It is
a general wholesale and retail supply store
and one can buy anything there from a piano
to a paper of pins.
"There are 700 men working night and
ilay , with ten-hour shifts , at a depth ot 3,000
feet below the surface. When the ore is
lifted to the surface It la taken to the stamp
mill.
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"I do not know of any place In the world
v/hore there Is such an Immense body of free
milling ere as It exists In the Homestake
mine. Ore that does not run over $2.CO is
not touched , but this Is marvelously low
grndo and shows to what perfection the
process of treating these ores has been
brought. "
LUCKY MEXICANS.
The truth of the marvelous wealth of the
Orljalva mines , on the Hassayampa , Is com
ing out by degrees , says the Phoenix Ilcpub-
llcan. The wonderful ledge was discovered
by accident less than three months ago , and
Its discovery lay among a lot ot Mexicans.
They were BO jealous that they guarded approaches
preaches to It and men armed with shot-
tuii3 warned off Inquisitive visitors. It was
only known that the face of the country
had been washed away by a June Hood and
that wealth hidden perhaps for centuries
liad been brought to the surface , and that
Fool's canyon was likely to become famous.
The other night Jose I'cralto came to town
und told a story about the mine which has
never been told before. Ho has been workIng -
Ing for the Orljalvas , but has quit , but he
cays that the mine at Fool's canyon Is the
richest mine ever discovered In America ; the
richest , at any rate , ho has over seen , and
lie has scon all the big mines on the coast
since tlio first ono was discovered by white
men.
men.He
He says that they are working the ore
from a four-foot ledge by means of three
nraslraa , and that no ere which does no )
run $150 a ton Is handled. The productlor
Is $1200 avcek , at an expense ot $2.1. IHil
J150 a ton has really nothing to do with the
richness of the oro. Peralta has no Idea how
rich It Is , but as an Instance ot Its wealth ol
gold ho relates his experience of a single
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clay.
In preparing ore for the arastra It IE
necessary to crush It by hand. In the
course of crushing sometimes nuggets ol
.gold are thrown out. In one day in this
way ho discovered nuggets which amounted
to more than $200 , saying nothing ot UK
rest of the rich ere left for development by
the arastra. There is , Feralta says , no appar
ent limit to the extent of that wonderful four-
foot ledge.
A GREAT OIL IinOION.
Colorado's annual petroleum output ls valued
uod at $1,000,000 a yoar. It Is for the present
ont limited to the district round about Flor
cnco. although there are Indications In man ]
other directions. At Florence there are some
fifty wells In operation , says the Denvei
TImos-Sun. which produce about 2,000 bar
rels of crude petroleum n day. About 1B (
shafts have been sunk to the oil deposits
The oil belt of this section extends 'frorr '
central Wyoming south beneath westerr
Colorado as far as the- Grand valley neai
Grand Jnuctlon. It Is confidently expected
that petroleum will bo found In paying quan
titles near Denver , while natural gas hai
boon discovered near Grand Junction.
The progress of petroleum and gas development
volopment In Colorado and Wyoming durtnf
the year Just closed may bo summarized ai
follows :
New oil wells , 12.
i Now refineries , 2.
Increased output , dally COO barrels.
\ft Number of men employed , 300.
* Men employed In Wyoming , 60.
Monthly pay roll ( Colorado ) . $15,000.
Annual output ot oil In cash , $1,000,000.
Present dally output of oil , 2,000 barrels.
Several gas and ol ) shafts sunk , with sat
Isfactory results , near Denver.
Natural gas discovered at Grand Junction
Colo.
KICH MINES IN OUEGON.
William Mulr , the veteran prospector am
geologist , who has been doing devrlopmen
work lit the Grand Ronde district In Oregon
baa closed down work for thewinter. . Durlni
the summer months , says the La Grand
Chronicle , development work has been drlvei
so hard that suitable preparation ! ) In the wa ;
of buildings , etc. , were not made for I hi
winter , and the work was therefore aband
aned until spring.
Mr. Mulr h s therefore been very conserva
tlve In his opinion of the upper Grand Kondi
as A promising mining district. He ha
maintained the idea that any mlsreprosenta
tlon of a mining district Is an Injury , am
he has always declared that ha had ni
opinion to give until he had made i
full and satisfactory Investigation , H
now Rives It aa hla opinion tha
the Grand Hondo district will become ono o
tha very richest camps In the northwest. Hi
nays that U Is not a "poor man's" mlnlni
country , for the reason that It will take li
almost every Instance a great amount o
money to reach the ledg ! 3. The ledges ar
covered to a great depth with an eruptlv
formation , and this mutt bo penetrated befor
the deposits can bo reached , But when the ;
ara onca expoied they are rich In mlnera
ttnd almost Inexhaustible In extent. Th <
character and quantity of to * ere U wha
cadi Mr. Mulr to believe that thl Is to be
come ono ol the very richest mineral dis
tricts.
The principal claim In that district , and
.lie one on which the most development
work was expended Mr. Mulr has named
The La Grande. "
Concerning the placer claims In that sec-
Ion , Mr. Mulf says that the one worked by
I'aul Dozzlnl yields half an ounce ot gold
per day to the man , and ho considers the
claim located by Joseph Truesdall on Limber
Jim creek one ot the most promising of that
section ,
REVIVAL AT GOLDEN.
The Golden , N. M. , district 1s well known
to the pioneer miners of this state. It had
a boom many years ago , but decreased its
production on account of the cost of * ship
ping to the smelters , the bulk ot the output
being of medium grade. Hut Golden comes
forward for Its share of the revival. The
Now Mexican News announces the establish
ment of a smelting pfant In the district at a
cost ot $100,000. Oneof the promoters of
the enterprise , Mr. C. C. Fitzgerald , esti
mates that there Is $30,000,000 of gold In the
district adjacent to the proposed plant , and
that fourteen of the mines near Golden expose -
pose 1,400,000 tons of medium grade gold
ore , worth close to $22 per ton , in addition
to some values In silver and copper.
The present condition of things In the dis
trict has necessitated the shipment ot ores
to Ccrlllos and Pueblo for treatment at a
cost of $8 per ton. With the smelter at hand ,
says the News , the transportation of the min
eral from the mlno will cost not more than
CO cents a ton , thus giving n margin of $7.50
a ton , which will be saved by the establish
ment of this smelter. It Is certain that the
effect of this step will bo to bring to the
front the great resources of a region In which
there arc fitly known fissure veins , partly
developed.
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NEW MEXICAN ORCHARDS.
Colorado and New Mexico orchardlsts ore
exempt frtJm all disaster from drouth , such
as has diminished the crops and profits of
eastern fruitgrowers this year , writes a New
York Sun correspondent. In the far western
arid country , where ? growers must depend
wholly on Irrigation for moisture for their
orchards , the expense ot ditching Is compen
sated by the good result that they can abso
lutely regulate the water supply the trees
shall receive. The soil of the Rocky moun
tain slopes Is peculiarly adapted for * fruits ,
grapes and berries , and the people of those
regions more and more ere en
tering upon this branch of farm-
Ing. In New Mexico orchards are
being planted on a scale rivaling those of
California , with the advantage that a finer
quality of fruit can be raised to be sold In a
much nearer market. A scheme Is now un
der way to plant a 10,000-acro orchard In the
Pecoa valley , near Roswell , with the Intention
that 2,000 acres of trees shall be set out this
fall. A Missouri firm will plant 1,000 acres
ot land to apple trees this autumn In Chavez
county , and In several places In that
county the preparations for setting out hun
dreds of acres are being made. The ship
ment of grapes to the east from the upper
and tnlddie Rio Grande valleys has for years
been an Important and Increasing Item of
railroad freight , and this fruit commands a
price usually a half higher than the Califor
nia grapes.
grapes.A
A CALIFORNIA FREAK.
San Jaclnto has a first-class sensat on in
the person of a big Indian named Eduardo
Guata , who lives across the river In the
famous village of Saboba , says the Search
light. Eduar-do's peculiarity Is that he has
( he power of distending himself at will to
most enormous dimensions. When Eduardo
has been persuaded to glvo an exhibition of
his expansive properties ho arranges for It
\\lth due solemnity and dignity. He loosens
his overalls , unbuckles his suspenders , shakes
out a reef or two In his shirt , takes a last
look at the world , and starts In to pump him-
tclf full of atmosphere. It Is a sight to see
him swell up. Eduardo Is no sprinter to
begin with , but when he has successfully en
gulfed a tubful or two ot air he would put
Grover Cleveland to the blush. He keeps
on bravely until the spectators get nervous
with the momentary expectation ot an ex
plosion. Just as the suspense becomes un
bearable Eduardo ceases and displays his
person proudly to the assembled throng. We
have only one tape line , so haven't tried to
measure him when Inflated , but his c rcum-
feronce Is something appalling. When
Eduardo wishes to reduce himself lie merely
makes some mysterious folding motions of
his arms and shoulders , when presto ! change !
Richard Is himself again.
PECULIAR COUNTY SEAT CONTEST.
The most unlquo thing In all the unique
things of the Washington state campaign
Is easily the Snohomlsh county seat con
test. Everett Is giving $30,000 and a build
ing site for a court house , which Is , ac
cording to the point of view , an act of
generous public spirit , or a damnable
effort to corrupt the franchise of free-born
American'citizens. Snohomlsli has the seat
of government now , and views the effort to
dispossess It as a form of brigandage. Ever
ett , on the other hand , prides Itself on Its
life and contributions to public Improve
ments. An Interesting feature of the fight
Is the attack made by Snohomlsh upon
Everett In connection with the Standard-Oil
company. The company Is said to have
deeded the sixteen lots In Everett to the
county , and to have raised the $30,000 cash
bonus. The Tribune , therefore , breaks out
Into such exclamations as this : "Yes , let us
glvo the county seat to John D. Rockefeller.
Then let's throw in the county , for John only
has $150,000.000 and he needs " ' '
, . It ! 'To him
that hath shall be given , and from him that
hath not shall bo taken away , John D.
Rockefeller , the only man who will be bene
fited by removing the county seat to Everett ,
has ? 150,000.000. "
RICH VEIN AT RICO.
In the Mount Wilson district , which has
been prospected extensively this season on
account of the gold In the ores , another
success has been scored by a hard workIng -
Ing miner. John Anderson , owner of the
Palace vein at the head of Elk creek basin ,
has spent the past summer crosscuttlng for
the vein. A few days ago , says the Rico
N&ws , he was rewarded by striking the vein ,
which Is flvo feet wide. Ho Immediately
commenced drifting , but the quartz looked
so good that ho thought ho would have an
assay made. The assay proved very satis
factory , but being a miner of experience , ho
decided to make a more thorough test. He
extracted what ho thought would be two tons
ot ore from what ho considered to be the pay
streak , which is eighteen Inches wldo , packed
It on burroa to the railroad and then shipped
It to the Rico Public Sampling works. The
ore weighed just 3,208 pounds , and after de
ducting freight and sampling charges netted
Mr. Anderson $56.63. The sampler assay
shows tha ore to run 8.9 ounces In silver and
2.76 In gold per ton. The ore Is tellurium
and there Is a vast quantity of It. Mr , An
derson says that his Is not the only now
property In the district that will be a shlprr
the coming season.
THE DAKOTAS.
Contracts have been let for sinking two
wells In Honllla township , to be used for
Irrigation purposes.
A largo consignment of trout have been
recently distributed In the streams of the
Ulack Hills country.
Articles of Incorporation have been filed
at Pierre for the Hot Springs & Wlndcave
railroad , a short line of twelve miles. Tlio
capital stock Is $150,000.
Parties from Osceola , on the Great North
ern railway , about thirty miles northeast
of Huron , deny the report that settlers In
that locality are using horse flesh for food
on account of a scarcity of other meatb.
Deef cattle , sheep and hogs are plentiful and
cheap , and there Is no ground for the report
above referred to.
The largest brick ever shipped by the
Golden Reward Mining company of Deadwood -
wood for an eight-day run was sent east via
Adams express the other day. It weighed
exactly 1,000 ounces , valued at $18,000 , which
Is equal to $67,600 for a thirty-day run.
The product ol this company will be nearly
doubled when the cyanide annex Is In suc
cessful operation.
COLORADO ,
At Cripple Creek rich ore has been found
In the 400-foot shaft ot the Raven mine.
Near Silver Plume the Mary Etta mine
baa developed a fair amount ot gold In Its
ores , which run high In silver.
Forces at the Lamarttno mine , Clear Creek
county , have been recently Increased. The
output of ore Is larger than ever.
The first ten tons of Dakar Contact ere ,
La Plata mountains , run at the new mill
cave a return ot JD.80 per ton saved on tha
platen.
Splendid roiults have been obtained by
the Deam process on ere from the Cowboy
mine , located In Poverty gulch. Qooso Creek
dlitrlct. A sample run returned 23V ounces
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We have now overSOO OVERCOATS
AND SUITS , in every size and style , all in
one lot , ior $5. They are displayed in our
window , worth two and three tim.es our price
for a five dollar bill. The Overcoats are
single and double - breasted kerseys , with
silk and Farmer's satin lining , and the
Suits are cassimeres and cheviots , single or
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double breasted , and in four different patterns ,
this week's choice
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t ' > J Successors to Columbia Clothing CO. ,
u ( > 1 3th and Farnam Streets , Omaha.
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gold nnd 1C % ounces silver per ton. The
property will be worked at once If the dis
agreement among the owners can be patched
up satisfactorily.
The vigorous prospecting being done In the
lialfour district Is having a telling effect.
New mineral finds of Importance are clirpn-
icled almost dally.
The placsrs on the Dolores river where
Dear creek empties In will be extensively
worked next season. Miners make wages by
the use of the pan.
The Freeland mines , Clear Creek county ,
are noted for their liberal yields of free millIng -
Ing ore. The Onelda tunnel , which will rev
olutionize mining In this camp , Is being
rapidly pushed ahead.
The twenty-five stamp mill at McCourt , ut
the southern end ot Cripple Creek deposit ,
Is expected to start up In about ten days. It
Is claimed that the enterprise will pay If the
ere averages only $2 per ton.
The Champagne property , located over the
' In the Lead-
range from Bird's Eye gulch ,
vlllo district , worked for several years on ac
count of Its silver values , has developed gold
In paying quantities and Is again a producer
on the new gold-silver basis.
One of the fine properties In Spencer
camp , Gunnlson county , Is the Superior lode ,
now down forty feet. At a depth ot thirty
feet , says the Spencer Times , the vein was
four Inches In width , but In the last ton feet
an enormous body of ore was cncountere-l.
the vein now averaging four feet , the mass
being about $100 rock , although picked as
says have yielded upwards of $2,000.
The Silver Queen mine , near Sllverton
yields rich eold-sllvor ore. In sinking the
shaft to make connection between the upper
and lower levels good ore has been cncoun-
tecrd as far as the shaft has been sunk. H
Is down tv.cnty-fHo feet , nnd assays gave
returns of 1,450 ounces silver and thirty
ounces gold , and 2,474 ounces slUur nnd
twenty-one ounces gold. This meins an av
erage value of $1,500 per ton.
WYOMING.
A lead ot cobalt and nlcklo has been dis
covered In a mine near Laramle.
A stalk of celery grown In the Big Horn
basin measures four feet In length.
Big Horn settlers have circulated a peti
tion praying for a dally mall service between
that place and Casper.
The platinum ore discovered In tuU state
Is said to compare most favorably with the
best ore of the kind from Australia.
The number of sheep In Sweetwater county
Is estimated at 350,000. With-the exception
of two herds the sheep are reported entirely
free from scab.
The syndicate of Chicago capitalists who
are now operating the Four-Mile placers are
having a survey made for a largo ditch and
will commence work at once.
There are twenty men at work at the soda
lake getting out soda. A number of men are
still at work on the branch out there getting
It In shape so that a locomotive can go out
over the track to haul In the soda.
Ore from the Miners' Dillght mine returns
from $50 to $60 per ton over the plates , and
from a shaft 225 feet deep , with levels at
sixty , ninety , ICO nnd 200 feet from the sur
face , over $500,000 has been produced.
The work of killing wolves which have In-
tested the state this season U being pushed
vigorously by northern county ranchmen. H
Is stated that the animals have been driven
Into Wyoming from the burnt out districts
of neighboring states.
The Mason mineat Lewlston , on which
considerable money has been spent , now
shows a lead ninety feet wide of pay ore ,
Some of It Is high grade and some low , but
the average runs over $20 to the ton. A
twenty-stamp mill Is being erected on the
property and It will be kept at work crush
ing all winter.
OREGON.
The Empire City cannery has closed down
with a season's run ot 9,500 cases.
The Athena mills are running night and
day on a flour order for the China trade.
The Gllllam county girls raise their pin
money by poisoning coyotes for the scalp
bounties.
A seven-foot gray eagle has been captured
alive near Sclo and Is on exhibition In B
store there.
One ot Newberg's wonders Is a cabbage
which Is bearing Its seventh annual crot
from Its apparently perennial root.
H. P. Warner , one ot a number of Ne
braska cattle buyers who are fattening about
1,100 head of cattle In Wallowa , Is gathering
up about 00 head of 3 and 4-year-old steers ,
which he will feed for the Omaha market.
Two hundred men are working at the
upper part of the Cascade locks and are
making good headway. The gates have all
arrived and will be put In aa noon aa the
masonry work U completed. Arrange-
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menta have been , mude for keeping the ma
sons at work until , nig'1 ' water again Inter
feres. ' ' '
Excellent sand"1 stone for building pur
poses has been found' within a few miles
of Ontario. The stonorla ot firstclass , qual
ity and , of an unlimited amount. It Is found
In layers varying from two to ten Inches In
thickness.
Recently 17G head ot cattle were sold at
Paisley under execution. The cattle were
not In the best condition , and , with the
exception of about nine head , all went to
one bidder at $10 for all ages , bucking calves
thrown In.
Deer , driven by the snow down from the
cold , blue Cascades , are now working their
of the foothills
Innocent noses Into the shrubbery
hills , while wandering over the divide toward
the coast , nnd hunting Is highly spirited ,
says the Klnmath Star.
Some 0,000 head of cattle have left the
Enterprise , valley this season for outside
markets. The Chieftain saya there are not
more than one-third that number of calves
on the range now , and considers the outlook
for the Industry somewhat problematical.
A few days ago a Sherman county farmer
drove thirteen hogs Into Rufus which
weighed 4.9GO pounds , and eight of them
weighed COO pounds each. For these he re
ceived 5 cents a pound , and they were fed on
damaged wheat that he could not sell at
any price. This Is n very successful exper
iment ot feeding gra'n to hogs , and one that
will pay better than selling wheat at 30 cents
a bushel.
Bear hunting Is thfr principal diversion "on
the Upper Deschutes this fall. C. B. Allen
Informs the Prlnevllle Review that James
Dlllman succeeded In bagging a large grizzly ,
the first ono that has put In an appearance
on the Deschutes since In early days. Wil
liam Vnndevert killed two large blacks re
cently , and Johnnie Hlnton haa killed five-
all largo bears except one. These nnlmala
seem to have Increased wonderfully In that
section In the last few years.
WASHINGTON .
A new creamery ot large capacity Is about
completed at Tenlno.
Excursions ot homo-seekers are being run
from South Dakota to Washington , as well
as to Oregon.
A Walla Walla county fruit grower shipped
5,000 boxes of apples to Victoria , receiving
$3,000 for them.
The Everett Herald ( .ays 140 tons of paper
will bo shipped from the Everett paper mill
to Australia by the next steamer.
N. N. Brown killed a swan on Crab creek
Tuesday that was nine feet from tip to tip
of wings , and six feet from bill to toes.
Davenport reports that numerous teams
loaded with people and mining Implements
have been going through that town to the
Hunter Creek fields. .
U Is a noteworthy fact that the country
In and about Prosier-expects to winter about
30,000 head ot Oregon sheep. As a winter re
sort Washington ( urrilshea an unexcelled
cl'mate. s' '
The fcalmon cannery Cosmopolis employs
sixty Chinamen amjmwelvo white men , and
from 250 to 300 casepf black salmon ara put
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up dally. They expe'ct lo put up 22,000 caes
of salmon this eea oi
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There is a rush for lands In Chehalls
county. As a result not the decision of the
secretary of the Interior , several thousand
acres of land whlfch , ave for the. patt six
years been held by the- Northern Pacific rail
road as Indemnity ! lulls have been thrown
open to entry. 1 n '
As a test.mony. jti'.the ' Uelllngham bay
"boom , " this utterance of Thomas G. New
man , In the Whatcpuj U vellle , Is Interesting-
"I am charged wlthbbelng a stockholder In
the Bolllngham BayUioom company. If I
could deny the soft'impeachment ' I should be
batter off by $0,000'vfifch , I brought with me
and earned In my' cjktess on , every cent of
which nas gone to ids laboring men and
merchants. We have spent In four years
twlco as much as government In keeping
the river clear , and for an expenditure of
$50,000 the company have the right left to
boom logs , "
MISCELLANEOUS.
There Is good clay for the manufacture of
tile In the vicinity of Hddy , N. M ,
The average value to ( the ores now being
taken from the Coin stock lode Is about $60
per ton.
The Arizona Gazette reports the Discov
ery of a remarknble' ledge of free milling
gold ore on the divltflni ; line between Marl-
oopa acd Gild counties.
Utah's sugar factory bun paised the 2,003-
000-pound mark ot Its 1891 production and
the plant Is turning out sugar with the
utual regularity -nd without a hitch.
The owners of the Bull T)3g gold mlno ol
Gold Field , thlrty-flve mllet from Pho nix ,
Ariz. , refuted an offer of $200,000 cash for
their lease , which has still a year to rua. Ulcti
ore was struck about three weeks ago. The
mine Is bonded for $35,000 and the owners
nlready have taken out 1,000 tons of ore , run
ning from $30 to $40 a ton.
The Steen family of Boise xpect to get
a share ot the estate ot William McKay ,
who recently died , leaving an estate In South
Africa , the appraisement ot which Is said
to bo $1G,000,000.
News from Alaska says that A. Hayward
and C. D. Lane of San Francisco have pur
chased twenty-one of the richest quartz
claims In the Sliver Bow basin. The Alaska
New : ) of Juneau states that it is the biggest
mining deal In the history of that city.
It Is said that England has laid claim to
the head of the Chllkat Inlet , 400 miles
northeast of Juneau and near Mount St.
Ellas. This claim Is made as a result of
the International boundary survey work for
the purpose ot establishing a coaing [ station
there.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby the construction of the San Juan Ir
rigation company's system Is an assured fact.
W. II. Eastland of San Francisco Is at the
head ol the company. The system will cost
$2.r 0.000. and will Irrigate 10.000 acres. The
originator of this enterprise , George Gates ,
has , after two years work , achieved a grand
success.
The steamer Princess Louise , just down
from the north , bring * Intelligence of a land
slide at Shusartlo bay , at the northwest end
of Vancouver Island. which completely
wrecked the settlement recently established
there , known as the Canadian Co-operative
Commonwealth. The settlement consisted
of six persons , flvo men and one woman. It
was at the foot of n big mountain , near the
shore ot Shushartle bay.
The opening of spring will undoubtedly sec
a big rush ot travel over the new Burlington
extension Into Montana The termlnui ol
the extension Is fortunately In the great Yel
lowstone valley , one of the richest agricul
tural and stcok regions of Montana , and thla
si-ctlc-n of the state should get a largs Influx
of Immigration the coming season. If the
road pushes on Into Meaghcr county next
spring other rich valleys will b ? opned up.
The Burlington is going to bo a great factor
In the building up ot the state.
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bles Trial size. 25"cents. . All druggists
A LIBRARY TUNNEL.
Dlstrllmtlne IliinV , * liv nil lliulvrgrnmnl I'.n-
The plans of I.lbrar an Spofford and Super
intendent Green of the new Congressional
library building. says _ tue Washington Star ,
Include an ingenious device for supplying
books to the capital. They expect to meat
the demands of senators and members of the
house for literature from the nation's vast
store through an underground conduit con
structed between the two bulldinga , and they
bellevo that It can bo done In this way so as
to Involve very lltt e If any mere delay than
U now experienced In securing books frum
tha present quarters of the library In tli-j
capltol building. At present the books tin :
oljta'ncd by personal application to an assistant -
ant librarian , who when ifbook la called for
simply goes to a shelf nnd gets It ; but
owing to the extent of the room occuploil
by U considerable time Is often consumed In
the search for the desired volume
The new library building Is only .tlw.it U3' '
yard. , from the capitol building , an.I It h
believed by those who liavu given uttuntloi
to tha aubj.'ct that the obstacle of dUtunct
cm bo overcome by the const ] notion of ai
underground passageway and the uie of i
pulley vIth an Ingenious car which un-
Invented especially for tills purpou' . A pnu
mat'c ' tube la uUi to li amp oytxl fur tin
purpose of ordering bookh. A clerl. will lit
stationed at the capital at a convenient plan
near the center of the b.ilMlm ; , for the equa
accommodation of the two homed , who wll
receive nil orders for liuoka .and transml
them to the library through the pneumatli
tubu , and who will also receive the book'
when neiil un the carrying inuclilnt ! .
Superintendent Green estimates that tin
cnilra proc/esu of ordering nml procuring i
book lit this way will consume nut to ex
ceul four minutes' Hint' , A portion of tin
hooks now In the library about 70,000 o
them will bo left In their present quartan
for still greater convenience. Theno vslll ton
hist of books of ref renc ? In the main , bu
they will also Inclu.le ono eel of each o. tin
itumlanl Kngllth author ) . The cirrylng de
vlco to bo used In the proposed conduit wll
form a foJtura of every-day work In th <
now library tulU r.g lltclf It will be ( i
constructed Uiat It will carry a book to an ;
designated floor or 8 ctlcn m the hUKO atruc
nJ fi M It at the pr-pu epat , thu
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is your sight failing
when you patronize a first
c'ass , experienced opti
cian such as ours are your
eye troubles will be over
that is if any one can help you. Cost you nothing to
visit us , anyway.
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Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts.
HAND SAW is A GOOD THING , BUT NOT
SHAVE WITH. "
0
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\S THE PROPER THING FOR HOUSE-CLEANING.
saving an Immense amount ot time to both
render and library employe.
THE 11ETIRE1) BURGLAR.
Ills romliif'Ha fur Mttlo Children Cut Him
Into Trouble
"I always was fond of little children , "
said the retired burglar to the New York
Sun , "and I once served n term on that ac
count. I had gone Into a house In the west
ern part of .he state and rummaged about
down stairs , ami finally got up and got Into
a room where there was a man and his wife
I'nd a little baby , all asleep. The baby waj
In a cradle that stood at the foot of tlin bed.
Not far from the cradle , xtandlng against
the wall , was the bureau. I transferred what
ever thtre was of value In the bureau and
then I turned to the baby ; I couldn't help It.
I turned my light on the kid to look at him
pud It woke him up. It stared at mo a little
unil thru lie began to smile and double up its
llxtr. Rt me.
"Well , he looked EO funny thnt I chucked
him under tlio chin , and that seemed to
tickle him Immense ; ho threw up his logs
nnd his aims , and laughed more'n ever ,
and tried lo say Fomethlng ; all ho could say
WBH 'Uoo o-- , ' but that was enough.
You've heard of women so tlied you couldn't
wako 'cm up firing a cannon In the next
room that would wake up In a minute If the
baby turned In It's cradle ? Well , when this
baby uald ' ( ! ooo o ' It's mother not only
I woke up Instantly , but she begun to get up
befnio t-'lio \\nn fairly auake ; and all the
time Mho a- < looking toward the cradle , nnd
hc hHthi < light long before I could douse
It. Then BIH ) t.creamc < l , and I made a groit
lirrnU fin the door.
| ' But i lie man got lucre before I did ; and ,
liphldi-s liclng very quick , hu was very nble-
[ bndlfd nnd net the leant bit afraid ; In fact ,
I liii uas u better man than I was and the
upshot of this business v.us that I got four
! years and six months Ju.u for stopping to
cliuck a little iliavcr under the chin. "
Captain Sweeney , U. S , A. , San Diego ,
i'al. , mo a : "Shlloh's Catarrh Ilcmcdy Is the
first medicine I have ever found that would
do mo nny good. " Price 50c ,
l--l.ll.
Ill Uio Swls-8 colony near St. Kloren , Ala. ,
r.in be been u beautiful jmniK girl wheeled
1 aruiiril In u porumbulat-r , tliu lower por-
lion oC which Is coverpil , 8ho haw nevei
li'LMi Hi'i-ii mitflilo of this b'lxxy except by
hr-r own paivulH , although who bus enjoyed
jnrft'rt hfiillh during the HlxtuKii ycum ol
her life. She IB unummlly bright and In-
1 diligent , and fiom hur carriage thoroughly
i < itiji > ) 'x the society of ycuiiK people of liei
agu. The rt'iieori that the Klrl IH doamcC
ito > peml her days In the corllnca of liei
bu rty Ix that flie In a ri'ullxtlo rnermald
; IJffnrc her lilrih hei mother was bodlj
frlvititi'iird by u shark while croHalnp tin
A thin I Ic oc. an , and tint lower rmrt of tin
i ohlld'H bo.lv la that of a llsh. Iler father
i Anton X.lmrl , Is a highly tiuccpHsful urn pi
- liiuwcr nnd iuus become well oft us wealtl
. i Is cvuntf'l In tills Hoctlon , but no nurglcu
. ' treatment hail yet been found that can dp-
vise a means fi > r correctlrg the deformity ol
his daughter. Hhe him none of the char-
ucteilstlcH of a llsli and IIUB no more fond
IIPHS for water than U usually possessed b )
girls ot her age ,
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FOR INTERN\L AND EXTERNAL USE.
ClUUH AM ) I'JIUVKNTS
Cblds Oon < rh , B3wTh-oatInflucnziBron ,
011 a , Pneumoiiia , Bwdllin ? of the
Joint ? , Lumbigo , Inflammations ,
P.H mmm , NEUHALGIA ,
F OsTLirES , CHILBLAINS , HEADACHE ,
T001II\CIIE , ASTHMA ,
DIFFICULT BREATHING.
cunca TIIIJ WORST TAINS m from one tu
tncnty mlnutva. NOT ONIJ HOUlt after reading
IIHn ( uKertltdiicnt need unjonu SUt'KJSIl WITH
mivi ; > } * J'.nuly Itfllol U Mire Ouro for
l.vAi-y ! I'niiiiiruui | , llrinnei , I'ulni In the
Iliirk , rhmt or l.illlln. . It if UH th first
unit U tlin OHM PAIN Hi\l \ HIY.
Thnl liiBtuntly top the mont excruciating
IMlns , nllnyii infliinmllcm. and cures conResUotn ,
nliMhrr ol th I.UIIISM. Stomach , llowclt , or other
Elands nr orKUlis. liy uiut application ,
A hulf to a team > oonful to half a tumbler ot
water will In H few mlnulrs euro Cramp , Hpai-
in.i. Hour Stnmnrl * . lle.irlljurn , Nervouincra ,
MeoplehMenB , Kick lleuUncho , Dlnrrhea , Dyeen-
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Tho.-o In not a remedial iiKcrit In all the world
Unit will euro fever tulii IIKMO und all other Ma-
KnloUH. Illlloim unit r.tlu-r fcvrrs n tiled Ijy HAD-
WAY'S I'JI.I.S. no quickly as ItAUWAY'S KISA
UY IUJLIUF.
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8EARLES
SPEGUUST5 ,
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Manhood and all Private Dis
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Call on or nddrcm ,
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