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ENERGY'S ' LIBERAL REWARD-
The Gates of Mineral Edens Yield to Hard ,
Persistent Knocks.
A SKETCH OF ENTERPRISE h\r THE BLACK HILLS
Paradise Valley Opens New Business Avenues for Ogden A Typl
cul Mushroom Town Pi'ospects and Developments in
Wyoming Samples of Montana Life Sum
mary of NoJ'thwest News.
Tlin Illnok Hills.
DBAWVOOD , S. 1) . , AUK27. . | Corrcspond
cncc of Tun UKK.JTho Hald mountain ant
Killiy Linsiti mlnliiR districts of thu Black Hill :
wlilcti arc Just now attracting moro attontlor
perhaps , than nny other gold nnd silver min
Inir districts In the United States , lay semi
clRhttnllus north of Dead wood , In Lnurcnci
county. The districts nro some four inllc ;
long by tlirco inllos wide and nro rcmarliahli
for thu great nutnhor of doposltn of pay on
that havu boon brought , Into Might by a mini
mum amountof dovciopmcni. Tlio orowlilcl
Is slllciousoccurs In blanket volns.from three
to twonty-llvo feet thick , and from ton tc
ciKht fuel wldo , as In the Golden Howard ,
nnd ranges In vnluo from $18 per ton upwards
Into the hundrods. The trcncral average bo
Inp about j0. : !
The districts were prospected as lone ngt :
na IbTO. when the pioneers to the hills dis
puted the right of occupancy nnd residence
hero with the bloux Indians , thuy having
Just claim to the hills us part of thotr reser
vation. In 181 IP ere was found and during
the summer of 18i7 thcro wus qulto a stain-
pctlo to thl. ) district , rcsultlnt ; In the location
of UH ninny us tine hundred claims , and the
flnditiK of very promising prospects on most
of thuin. It was only aftar eev-
crul thousand dollars had been ox-
pcnud opuntng tha best of tlic.so ere bodies
that when owner * were ready to treat the
ore , that Its rebellious character wus dis
covered. At that lime the fever was on for
the frco inlltl'ig gold boll and for placer tnlu-
UiC. The Jlontu.stiiko. the Father Do Smot ,
the Deudwood , tbo Terra , the Caledonian
Biid.MVornl other gigantic corporations , each
'possessed of largo capital , htd just formed ,
nnd were hare developing what property they
owned , ami paying liberal prices for pur
chase of other lodes , bhowlng fruo milling
quartz in vicinity of their own property.
II ! Boveral concerns were at the time worlting
the cement deposits around Central City ,
making handsomecloan tips from the enter
prises and paying good prices for prospects
In thu ncignboohood of their own. The
prevalent opinion then yas that thorn was
enough fruo milling ore in the country for
cvcrj'botly , and capital disdained to take oven
a second glance at. the rebellious ores , that
evorj' once In n while some prospector would
timidly present for attention. Tb.u.3 discour
aged , unublo oven to procure grub stakes on
nromlsoof his prospect , the ilala mountain
mid Kuby busiu enthusiast was compelled to
temporarily abandon his locations and seek
fortune In sonio other part of the country
where conditions were moro favorable toward
the realization ot his dream of wealth. In
the course of four or llvo years , however ,
the cement deposits aoout Central City hud
been worked out. placer mining had ceased
to bo as profitable as In tha first four seasons
immediately following discovery of gold In
the Hills. The Ilomcstuko and Its associates
haa acquired practical control of the entire
free milling gold belt , had discontinued pur
chase of claims , or if purchasing
them at all , wcro in position to
dlctato the prlco the owners must accept.
These elrcu instances caused local parties
with sonio capital at their disposal to recol
lect that In earlier days thcro hud been talk
of the rich possibilities of liala mountain and
Ruby basin. An Investigation begun , prov
ing speedily that very little work was neces
sary to disclose Immense deposits ot ore.
Ono thing and another Interfered to prevent
moro than haphazard , unsystematic develop
ment , and it ivas not until the summer of
1881 that the Buxton , Welcome , Snow Storm
nnd Portland companies wcro organized In
the district. These were all outstdo corpora
tions , the Snow Storm nnd Welcome each
having headquarters In Now York , the Port
land at. Jackson , Mich. , and the Buxtou at
Clinton , la. Each one of the corporations
began active development of Its property ,
and with results so satisfactory in tbo openIng -
Ing of ere bodies , that within loss than one
year after their organization each had erected
a mill to reduce the oro. The mills run n
month or six weeks nnd wore closed down ,
having proved costly experiments absolutely
useless for the class of ere they were built to
handle , for which that put through would
how assay vnluo of from $20 to $51) ) per ton ,
practically nothing was saved by treatment.
This setback daunted all the corporations In
cluding the liuxton\vhleh with commendable
energy and determination lost no tltno In be
ginning a search for some process by which
the ore could bo profitably reduced. The other
corporations contented themselves with doIng -
Ing only enough work to enable them to
patent their claims. The Buxton , however ,
continued at work experimenting with pro
cess after process and spending thousands of
[ dollars In a futllu effort to make Us property
'proiUublo. finally It , too , aoandonod thi
t'pursult , nnd what little hope hud hung sus
pended on its operations , fell apparently for-
nvor. This was In lS8.r > , and Just when the
aspect for the country appeared darkest , the
Iron Hill star began to rlso above the horizon.
This corporation , controlled entirely DV
Deadwood men , had for four or llvo yuan
boon cournsoously developing n prospect
at Carbonate camp. Its opurntions bad here
tofore ) been mot with Inditforont success , and
the company was the butt for ridicule from
almost every member of the stock market.
In 1885 , however , u-small body of rich silver
Dramas struck on the 100-foot level. The
stock bogging a buyer nt I or S cents per
share , bccuma in general demand , nnd as the
ere body widened out and the company began
operations for putting up a plant , excitement
ran high , carrying the stock up to $1 a share
. before the year omled. In December the
mill wus completed nnd with Its completion
began a meteoric career for Iron Hill. The
will had only ton stamps , nnd yet was turnIng -
Ing out silver bullion at the rate of 1,000 to
1'JOO ounces per day. The stock began to
rise , the company In February declaring its
llrst dividend of Ti cents per share. The stock
WUH then belling for $2.50 per share. Hu
mored Hints of larger and richerbodlo-i of ere
Blurted It climbing the scalein bounds , until
15 was reached and hero it rested for sonio
llttlo while. Then It declined a trillo us if to
gam Htrength for a bigger spring than over ,
alinont Immediately recovering and goinc to
$8 par share.
Meanwhile , on the fame of Iron Hill , a
hundred oilier corporations owning property
at Cnrbonnto Camp had sprung Into life ,
ThoUlauk Hills were enjoying n stock specu
lation ; shares , no matter what their name
was or In what they roprescntod an Interest ,
wcro saleable. New locations , on which It
U extremely doubtful If oven proper discov
eries had over been made , woio stocked and
the stock went lllto hot cakes to nn eager
horde willing and anxious to pay
from $ . " > to ? 50 per share for
It. Senbury-Cnlklns , Joining the Iron
Hill , wont to JI.1K ) per snare ;
Segregated Iron Hill to $1.00 ; Wilkinson-
, Consolidated to Jl.'O ; HutUer-ailroy toSOo ;
Etidymlon , Cornet , Hartshorn and half a
dozen others to fiUu per share , and were hard
to got at the price. Suddenly the bottom
dropped out , the Iron Hill mill closed down ;
the atoelc dropped from tS.UOto loss than $ .MK )
per share. All the lesser lights , except Sea-
bury-Calklus , Kattlor-Gilroy , and Wilkinson
which flickered at two or thrcu cents per
share , were nxtlngulsbed as effectually as is
the llamo of a candle by u sudden gust of
wind. Thi was in August , 18SO. A season
of despondency followed , lasting some thrco
or four months , when the Iron Hill company ,
having completed a smelter and Mulshed a
brief run announced a now dividend of T'.jO
per Mmre. This put tha stock up to three
dollars , but did not help the wild cuts and as
It wus In these that the great majority bad
invested , the general gloom was not much
relieved. The better condition fop Jj-on Hill
itself was not lasting and after a mouth or
six weeks the stock again declined , dropping
rapidly nt first , nud then by uioro easy falls
to 'JUc per share , where It now rcitf , and
where from Mnoo 1SS7 it has fluctuated itown
as low at lOo and up as hlgn as SOo per
bare. The excitement Incident to tbo stocic
boom had worked complete forgetfulness of
tbo Bala Mountain and Kuby Basin falluors ,
and when tbo disastrous flurry was over ,
aUouUtm wu oncq'.moro turned to tbo slll
cious deposits. This time the Dcndwood boar
ot trndo took hold of the proposition , and so
systematically to work to discover if slmila
ores wcro being successfully reduced any
where in the country. After sotna corrcs
pondcnco tbo board entered Into negotiation !
| with U. U. Clark of Cortez , Nov. , to when
| a quantity of ere was forwarded. Aftn
testing this Mr. Clark came to Dcndwood
examined the different mines , studlec
the character of tbo ere and iinaltj
convinced the board that his llxlviutioi
process was Just the ono for which Hills Imi
been searching those many years. A com
pnnv was at once formed with a paid ui
capftal of S10J.UOO , Harris Franklin of Dead
wood , ono of the most enterprising merchants
chants of the community , and who was then
as now , largely interested In mines In the
two districts , being elected president anil
general manager. A contract was entered
Into with Mr. Clark , and work at once com
monceil on the plant. It was completed nt n
cost of $ 100,000 curly In February 18S1 , ran
n few weeks , or just long ouough to demon
strate Its absolute failure , and on March 1st ,
188'J ' , was entirely destroyed by flro. With a
courage and determination admirable , when
the many difllcultlcs standing In the way.
and the long line of misfortunes by which lill
previous efforts hud been mot , nro contem
plated Mr. Franklin nnd the gentlemen
associated with him , refused to abandon the
purpose they nnd in view , nud lost no time
in looking about for some other process. The
Nowborry-Vuutln chlorlnatlon method was
Just then attracting attention In the United
States , as well us in Australia. The com
pany had a small plant in Denver , am !
thereto Messrs. Fran kiln. Uu Hock nnd C. W.
Carpenter went. Several weeks wore spent
studying the process , the gentlemen return
ing to Deadwood satlsllcd that while ae
operated at Denver It was not practicable fet
Black Hills ores , It was susceptible to change
and modifications , which would excellently
adapt It to tbo pocul ! uritics ofitho Hills. Sc
many failures had characterized the cITort tc
treat these ores that when approached foi
subscriptions toward building another plant ,
u. majority refused having anything to do
with the project. The burdo > > , therefor , fell
on some eight or ten , most prominent among
them Doing Hiir.is Franklin , his business
partner ilon Baor , Seth Bullock.
Colonel C. W. Carpenter and George
C. Hickok. These gentlemen or-
gMiizod n corporation under the name ol
" ( Jolden Howard Chiorlimtloti works , " and
nt once began building a plant. Warned by
other failures they started on n small scale ,
the works nt first having n capacity of only
thirty tons per day. The first run was not a
brilliant success. Nothing dountod the gen
tlemen continued putting money In , and some
seven or eight months later were ablate
positively announce tliat the dilllculty had at
length been solved , that the fhlorlnation
process , as operated by them , was an abso
lute success in saving every cent of gold con
tained in the ere , unu that the operation of
Bald Mountain and Kuby Basin mines to u
profit was not only possible , but probable
and practicable. The next four months' oper
ations of the plant proved conclusively all
they had claimed for It. Capacity was
doubled and the plant has boon kept contin
ually busy on ere from the Ooldon Howard
mine , turning out bullion at the rate of
$30,000 to ? : ) : i,000 per month. It is not
claimed for this process , however , that It will
save any sliver the ere may contain , and as a
good many of the slliclous deposits referred
to curry silver in value ranging from fS to
$30 per ton ( Ooldon Howard ere carries from
$1 to $ . " ! silver only ) , In addition to the gold ,
it bccumo necessary to devise a method for
saving the allvor. At the Golden Howard
plant the cost of treatment is something
'under $5 per ton for gold alone , and experi
ments made proved that by adding vnts nnd
resort to llxlvlntlon tha silver could bo saved
for an additional cost of & 3 per ton. The ere
of this particular mine carries soUttlo silver ,
however , that It has not'been deemed advtsa-
blo to put in the additional machinery
necessary to * nvo It. About the
time Mr. Franklin nnd associates
completed this clilorinution plant ,
Dr. Franklin H.i Carpenter , then dean of
the Dakota school i of mines , who had given
close study to Ruby Basin und Bald Moun
tain ores , nnd who had some months pre
viously published an article In the Rapid Ho-
puolican , advocating their treatment by py-
ritlo smelting , mndo n series of successful
experiments with the process nt the school
ot mines Inboratory. At some of those ex
periments Seth Bullock , then president of
the Iron Hill mining company , nnd the Into
J. 1C. P. Miller , of Dondwood , were present.
The gentlemen were both convinced that the
process was an absolute success , nnd return
ed with that Ideahrmly llxed In their minds.
Mr. Bullock shortly.afterward determined
on a practical test at .the Iron Hill. The re
sult is conalsoly told In the following clipping
from the Black Hills Times ol Janury 1 , 1890.
"Thofirst practical test of tno pyrltlo
sohomo was made by Seth Bullock at the
Iron Hill , when the basslc ores of thai mi no
were mixed with the dry gold-silver ores of
Kuby Itasln nnd pyrite from Galena , also
carrying n llttlo gold nnd slver , thus modify
ing but very slightly the process as usually
practiced. The process was n gratifying suc
cess as demonstrated by the treatment of
over -100 tons of oro. Two runs were made
nn experimental one of four days and n moro
thorough test of eight dnys continuance , the
only chamro necessary to.tho smelter being
the filling of the lead well. The proportions
of n charge cannot bo stated moro definitely
than that from 11 ft con to twenty per cent of
pyrites Is nn incredlont with Iron Hill and
Kuby ores and lime , effecting n concentra
tion of ton tons into ono and giving an abso
lute clean slug. " *
J. 1C. P. Miller , who had boon an inter *
ested observer of the result at the Iron Hill ,
visited Wilmington , Do ) . , a few weeks later
laid the facts before Joseph nnd William II.
Swift , of Swift Cortnoy parlor match fame ,
who wcro already heavily Interested in Deadwood -
wood real estate , and Induced them to erect
an oxparlmontnl plant In Dead we od to more
thoroughly test the process. Work begun
October 1 , 1SSU , nnd the plant was completed
la about sixty d vH , starting for Its initial
run about December 1 of thnt year. The
point to bo determined wus In regard to the
style of furnace to bo used , whether revor-
beratory or blast. The former was known
to bo practicable , but with the latter It was
doubtful whether , mntto could bo made eco
nomically or not. The blast furnace was
adopted , and though eminent metallurgists
hud predicted Its failure , it proved an un
qualified success. By this process all thu
gold , silver , copper and load the ere may con
tain Is saved. The absolute success mot \ \ 1th
In the experimental plant determined the
Swifts to put up much larger works , aud In
June , IS'.H ' ) , ground was broken for n plant of
IW ) tons capacity. The building was so con
structed that capacity of the entire works
may boqua-Jrupleu at any tlmo by the addi
tion of three moro stacks. This plant was
completed In July , 1SIII , at a cost
of f.'ftl,000 ) and was blown In for Its
initial run July t5. ! Tbo run lasted
ten days , during which thirty tons of Iron
matte valued tit 4111,000 were accumulated.
Thn plant then closed down while bolts wore
tightened uud u few slight changes njade In
furnnco arrangement. * . After live days' Idle
ness it was again put In blast and hii * since
beou continually In operation , producing on
an nvoruo of $ IIOO : per day with ono stuck.
As before stated ovorytbinu the ere con
tains is saved. Tbo cost of treatment Is loss
than nt any other smelter In the country , and
while absolute figures are not obtainable. It
can safely bo stated as less than
$7 per ton. The fuel problem
which In other days entered largely
into calculations ot all Intending to launch on
mining reducing enterprises in tbo Black
Hills , have bcon satisfactorily settled , so far
as tbo Deudwood and Delaware Smelting
company Is concerned , by a ten years' con
tract with owners of the Newcastle coal
mines , to supply coke to tbo smelter at fi.OO
per ton laid down at tbo works. This Is said
to bo much loss than coke costs smelters any.
whore else in the United States. Tbo iron
IHU company never paid loss than f 10 aud
often as high as f 5.
Tbo success of those two processes ) IM had
n most wonderful effect on the development
nnd prosperity of tne-entire Blnck Hills , and
particularly of Dcnitwowl , having Induced
two trunk lines of railroad , the Fremont ,
KlUhorn & Missouri Vnllo.v nnd the B. Si M.
to build Into the city , the former completing
its rend In December of 1800 , nnd the latter
in January of IS'.ll. ' While making this terminus -
minus for their standard gauge lines the two
roads Imvo reached out with uari , v gnugo
feeders to thn mines of Kuoy Basin and Bald
mountain the B. & M. by the Dcndwood
Central , and the Fremont , Klkhorn & Mis
souri Valley by a narrow gnugo system bear
ing the same nnmo. The main line of each of
these narrow gauge roads Is about seventeen
miles , nnd both Imvo spurs nud branches up
every gulcn nnd to dump of nearly every
mine In tbo district. An Idea may bo gath
ered of what they thought the ere traftlc
would bo worth when It Is understood that
the Fremont , Klkhorn & Missouri Valley
narrow piugo system cost the company up-
wnid-t of $1,000.000 to construct. Competition
of the two roads gives mine owners n choice
of routes by which to ship to Deadwood or to
plants ut other points , and has been a won
derful stlmuluus to development of prop
orty.
orty.A moro specific description of some of the
best developed mines of the district will
form subject matter for a future letter.
K. N. OUDEN.
OMAI1 \ AX I ) MONTANA.
The Iniportniiuc of Kullrotul Connec
tion Forcibly Sot I orth.
Slnco tbo Omaha business men announced
their Intention of roncntng out for Montana
trade und establishing business relations
through the construction of n railroad to some
point In the state there has beou much dis
cussion on the subject , says the flutto Miner.
Helena naturally took It for granted thntsho
ww the objective point , nnd went upon tbo
theory that she would enjoy the advantages
of terminal facilities and headquarters for
the Omaha lino. But Helena's clulm to supe
rior advantages over all other points In east
ern Montana docs not go undisputed. Miles
City comes forward with an address to the
Omnhn hoard of trade In which her transcend-
ant advantages nro most eloquently sot forth.
The address is signed ny such distinguished
citizens as Samuel Gordon , C. II. Loud , G.
K. Mllourn , K. Butler and G. W. Myew.
Thcso gentlemen invlto tlio committee of
the Omaha board of trade to visit Miles City
and learn that It Is tbo point of all others In
eastern Montana where the now railroad
should cross tbo Northern Pacific. They call
attention to her importance as u shipping
point ; they point out that the Fremont ,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road is within
KiO miles of their town , and that tho.oTteu-
sion would bo through a prodyuli.o valley ;
that an extension of iuor _ < vul across the Yel
lowstone river at- hat point would curry it
into a rorK'o country , from which 30,000 head
cl beef cuttlo are shipped annually ; would
tap Fergus county , which Is rich In cattle ,
sheep and mines ; would roach Great Falls
nnd could branch Into the Cnstlo district and
finally reach Helena. Miles City's mutton
and wool shipments are touched upon , and
tbo committee closes by calling attention to
the fact that Miles City is the trade center
for all the run go country for n nullus of 100
miles the euttlo center for all of eastern
Montana"easily controlling the trade of this
vust industry. "
The Minor congratulates tbo people of
Miles City upon the spirit they have shown
in this matter und trusts that they will not
only secure the road but that they
they will reap a harvest of well earned pros
perity therefrom. Tlio uddress culls to mind
most forcibly the wonderful possibilities of
Montana and the great future which the
building of railroad , ? and tbo consequent de
velopment of her resources assure. Wo truu
that the now road will not only build to Miles
City , but that It will tap the resources of the
numerous valleys and mining districts of the
stato. Wo will not urge the company to build
to Buttc , as that 13 n foregone conclusion in
the case of any railroad that enters Montana.
Butte will give the company moro business
than nny ton other points in iho stato. How
ever , wo will w.itch with interest the contest
between Helena mm Miles City for the honor
of being the point nt which the road will llrst
tap the Nortborn Pacific.
Everything should bo done to encourage
: be building of now lines tbrough the state. .
Railroad building and railroad competition' '
will mnko Montana's future great. Lot
them come. The moro the merrier.
PARADISE UAN\'ON.
The Hush to the Now District Ncnr
Ogdon.
Ogdon's mineral boom shows no sign of
diminishing. A shocp border found some
louldors of gulonu in a soft talc or olay on the
top of a neighboring mountain. These bould
ers will weigh from ono pound to fifty , and
will assay 83 per cent , load and two or throe
ounces in silver. Development Is going on
on this claim , and an attempt is biing made
to find tbo source from which this mineral
comes There has also been n llttlo ere
ound In ono or two other claims which assays
'rom twelve to twenty ounces in silver and
as high as 30 per cent In copper.
The principal claim is known cs the La
Plata , but there are a dozen moro. Including
.ho Saco lion , Queen nf the Hills. Northern
Star , Blue Bird and Jim Down. The ere as
says 83 per cent lead and from three to six
ou'nces in silver. Great excitement prevails ,
and there Is a grand rush of prospectors and
minors to the Bear creek country. La Plata
City was laid out In ono day August 13
and before the sun wont down tbat night sev
eral blocks had been taken up and real os-
, ate speculators , as well as mining specula
tors , were on hand to.turn nu honest dollar
nnd got quick "action" on their money ,
freight wagons rolled In with lumber , and
the sign of tbo carpenters'1 saws and nam-
ners rang In one's ours from every side as
icw buildings and board shnntios were being
rapidly constructed. Sovorul hundred people -
plo had Hocked In tbo first day , and before
light the camp had all the lively chnractor-
stics that murk nn old-tlmo mining camp In
.ho western country. Old speculators were
.hero who had grown gray In seeking a for
tune. The liquor sellers wcro there , too.
And , of course , the furo dealers were around ,
For minors would rather cnmblo than eat a
Christmas dinner. Hundreds of wagons ,
"
oadod with provisions and prospectors' "tools
cnmo rolling In from Ogden. It was simply
i town springing up in ono day. Anew
now wngon.road will bo made to the camp
From Ogdcn which will bo only one-half the
ongtb of the present circuitous route. A
man from O < ; don has already opened a hotel
nnd restaurant In La Plata City. An Ogden
firm which is interested In the boom , will put
several hundred men at work at onco. Talk
about the rapid growth of mushrooms 1
Mushrooms are not 'in it' when compared to
; ho rise of La Plata City. The poor sheep-
lordor who accldently discovered the first
mine on Bear creel : , promptly sold out his
claim. But speculation Is rife , and portions
of tbo claim chanced hands in a few days.
This Is nil there Is at present on which to
miig the present excitement which U shaking
.ho town of Ogdeu. A stage line is reported
to have been started from there , and people
ire going Into Ln Plata In droves. It Is not
Ikclv that tboro Is a foot of vacant land
within a mile of the La Plata mlno. At the
ast reports there were about four hundred
> ooplo In the district. Tliov wcro locating
: lalms In every direction , building houses to
bo used for dwellings , stores , hotels , oto.
Ogden Is making the most of the exclto-
ncnt , The facts are , however , that some
nlner.il has been found In the La Plata dis-
net which encouragas some prospoctlng.nnd
f the lodge is found In place from w hlcli it
comes it could bo made to pay.
HOW IMllCi : GOT A W1PK.
A Tlicrnpoiitlunl Itonmnun from n
Montana Mining Town.
John II , Prlco of Pbllllpsburg , Mont , , en-
oys tbo distinction of being one of the few
mman beings who has "yearly recurrent ,
losquamntlvo erythema scarlltlnlform. " In
other words bo sheds bis skin annually llko a
nake.
Prlco has been aflllotod with this peculiar
ilscaso since tbo first year of his life , bus it
never occurred to him or anyone else until
recently that It was a blessing in disguise , or
bat be would owe to It any great' measure of
lapptness. Such , however , is the case , and
heroin llo a romance.
A year sgo Prlco underwent bis annual
change of edermls at St. KlUabsth'a hoipl-
al , Chicago. The case was closely observed
> T Chicago specialists in skin diseases , and
t'ot into too papers. The story was read by
i Nebraska schoolmistress , to whom U
( roved of special interest.
tiomo years ago Prlco had a swoathearf
An estrangement took place. Prlco cnmo on
to Montana , and bh former swoctlicar
moved to another lornllty. They lost Irani
Of each other entirely until she road thu stor ;
of the man at St. Elizabeth's hospital ami re
cognized In the patient her former lover.
The young woman lost no tlmo In foiiowlm
up the olew to the whereabouts of her forme
sweetheart. She wrote him nnd received i
reply. Other letters passed between them
the old engagement win renewed nnd n. qule
wcddlncr followed. This Is how Mr. Price1 !
curious nflltcllon bos proved for him n bless
Ing In dUirulsc.
H.ivutl Tli. ou
Captain J. B. McDonald Is the htro of th
Sacramento , while coming down the river n
his sU-am launch In advance of a stname
towing n barge , n sklfnattuchud to the latte
copslzed , throwing Kbbort Finnic , his wlfo
nnd n two-year-old babe Into the water. Me
Donald stopped nnd siuv Flunlo floundcrlni
In the wntcr. Hu leaped Into n small boa
towing behind , nnd pulled for him. H
caught him und got * him to hold on to th
boat nnd then set outito look for the others
boy was seim clinging to the rope drngglni
from the barge nndn s ! > nfo. Mrs. Flunli
was rising for the third tlmo , and McDonalt
caught and pulled her into the bout In an tin
conscious condition. Presently ho saw tb <
Infunt beneath the surface of the water , nm
succeeded In catching Us clothing btiforo i
sanlc to tho' bottom > for the last time nm
rescued it. All wcro tnlton ashore nud nfto
being restored were tdkon to a neighboring
farmbouso. The rescue of the husband , wifi
and child was n most lomarknblo feat nm
onn few men uro cool headed enough to uc
compllsh , after all were so near dead nm
only ouo In sight above water.
Will ( .ontcHtH.
" \V hero there's a will there's n way ti
break It , " Is becoming a 'fixed policy In Uu
west. The enormous cost of the Davis con
test now in progress In Butte does not detc :
others from airing family skeletons in cour
wherever there is n prospect of smashing i
will. Timothy Hopkins proposes to test tin
will of his adopted mother , the late Mrs
Seorles of California and Massachusetts am
the disgruntlqd relatives of the Into Dr.
Cowhtck of Cheyenne Imvo nskod the courts
to sot nsldo his last will nnd tostlmont. The
Cowhide ostnto is valued at.10,000 and wus
bequeathed to Anna Elizabeth Neer , sister ol
the deceased. The contestants of the will
are O. if. Cowhick , D. H. Cowhlck and U'in-
field Scott Cowhlck. George G. Cowhlck ,
Mary C. Wnnnmaker , Eliza J. Thorp , Eliza
beth Lafovor , nil of whom are' half brothers
nnd sisters of Mr. Cowhick. Mlnnlo M.
Otis one ! Muudo Kenner the daughter * ol
. . . .uuier hnlf brother , Davis S. Cowblok arc
also among tbo contastants.
Tlio Iiicly Nine.
The figure 0 Is curiously and intimately
connected with all the great gold minim ? ex
citements of the nineteenth century. The
great Algerian gold bubble formed nnd broke
in 1809. Next cnmo the MnnUunn mountain
craze in 1S39 , wlietn solid bowlders of gold ag
Inrgo ns Hour barrels were reported. The
California gold fever broke out In IS 10 aud
raged until counteracted by the Pike's ' Peak
boom in 18.VJ. Ten years later , in 1S09 , "Old
Virglnny , " the celebrated miner , struck the
lucky load which made Virginia City und
Nevada famous in the mining nnnals of thn
world. Eighteen hundred and sovonty-nine
came In on time with the Leadvillo frenzy
nnd the famous "carbonates" of Lake county ,
Colorado. Eighteen hundred nnd eighty-nine
broke the charm , but Is1. ) ' . ) may make up for
lojt time , thcro being two Os in that date.
Another Tommy Cltisc.
For several years , says the Helena Jour
nal , Archie McGrcgar has boon running n
tunnel Into the mountain on Boulder gulch , n
tributary ot Confederate , for the purpose of
reaching nt depth u. group of loads carrying
gold-bearing quartz , which are exposed at
the surfaco. Ho has pursued his purpose
with indofatigaole perseverance , resting , us
it scums , upon a well founded faith that rich
ere would ultimately bo reached.
Arrivals from Diamond City bring the
news that at a point In the tunnel , 500 feet
from its mouth and ! WO feet below ilho sur
face n tend of high grade 'gold quartz bos
been struck.
MoGreggor deserves all the good fortune
the mountain can giva > him.
Oregon.
'
The building at Portland of the now homo
for fallen women Is neurly completed. It will
cost $10,000.
Nearly 135,000 has been raised in stock for
a hosiery and underwear factory to bo built
at Waterloo , Linn county.
Farmers living on ttho east fork of Hood
river have determined' ' to utilize the water of
that stream by buildln ? an irrigation ditch
four feet wide nt thot bottom nnd about the
same depth. The head of the ditch will bo
1,500 feet above the Columbia river.
An Irrigating ditch to run between Yreka
and Littio Shasta Is to be constructed at a
cost of ubout $300,000. The flume will bo
twenty foot wldo by four deep , and it will
not only irrigate thousands of pretty d r.v
aoros , but also float lumber from the 'upper
IClamath mills.
The discovery of gold on Soldier creek ,
four miles west of Hurnoy , consisting of
quartz and placer , bids fair to create a little
fever , for it is now evident tbat there Is gold
to bo found in paying quantities. Minors of
axporience say the placers will pay $10 to $12
per day and expenses to the man by sluicing.
CulH'oriiia.
A 35-pound cantaloupe is on exhibition at
Ban Diego.
Six tons of pig tin were shipped from Ktv-
2rsdo ! to San Francisco the other day ,
The raisin crop of Fresno county Is the
largest on record. The growers made great
jfTorts to secure white labor , offering $1.'J5
per day for grape pickers with board , ' and
B1.75 without board.
Forest tires nro raging in Nevada county ,
ind a large amount of valuable property has
been destroyed. Many poor people uro ron-
Jorod homeless , and tlio food , for miles on
stock ranges Is burned oft. Eldorado county
If nnything , has suffered worse than her
neighbor , Nevada.
Lucky Baldwin report-rio the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce that from soventy-llvo
icres of his orange orchard bu picked 80,000
boxes , giving him a gross return of $104,000 ,
ind n not profit of 510'JS'J3 , or nearly f 1-IOU ,
per aero. Tbo Irrigation nnd cultivation of
tlio land cost him only $11,005. no fertilizer
being used. The orchard is half old and half
young trees.
The evidence Increases every week that the
iUclilsou railroad will soon bo running Into
3an Frunclsco. Purchases have boon made
in the interest , of the company at North
Roach , where terminal facilities will bo made
Tor freight business , while the main passen
ger trafilo will como In by way of San Mutoo.
i\n entrance to the heart of the city has been
allied bv moans of the olootric railroad from
lero to San Mateo.
Tbo apparent cbango in the cllmnto of thnt
icctlon continues to bo a subject of great In-
; erost in Los Angeles , especially with hortl-
mlturallsts who dry their fruits. The ruins
ivhich hnvo occurred in San Bernardino
: ount during the past ton days are phonoma-
lal and unprecedented. Ordinarily , the bed
if tbo Santa Ana river at this tltno of the
ronr Is a dry waste of sand. Now , qulto a
itreum nf wntcr Is flowing buck In the nioiin-
: alns. Knlnfall Is almost of dally occurrence.
Prior to this year they were unknown during
\ugust. Llttlo doubt U now entertained thnt
, hls change Is nuo to tbo now lak $ on the
loaort.
Mnutnna.
Francis Murphy is dispensing pledges in
ilutte.
The sapphires fields along iho Missouri
Ivor are being thoroughly prospected. The
lutput Is not llattorlnjr.
The preliminary examination of the BUS-
iccU arrested for the murder of Editor Pen.
ese , continues In Butto.
George Schermer wiu run In at Billings by
ifllcers from Cincinnati , O , , where bo robbed
.ho postoftlce some tlma ago.
After October 1 boys and girls found on
, hn streets of Butte , .unaccompanied by par-
mts or guardians , will'.be liable to arrest ,
The Burlington andFUIssouri railroad sur-
royors are nearly through tbo Judith basin ,
rhoy will reach GruntiFulls about thu middle
if October ,
The Victor mlno , largely owned by Helena
: apltallsts , is located la Doer Lodge county
ind nas become 0110 ot tbo steady producers
) f Moqtana.
A.M6atana miner went out to sco the olo-
ihant'ln Eau Clare , Win. , the other night.
Ho did not ice It , but ho mot the luay who
rides the elephant In tbo street parade am
uho relieved him of f'JtO.
At the depth of eighty fret n solid pai
fttivak of galena and curbonato elghtoci
Inches In width was encountered In the SI
Henry Curtis nilno In the Four Mlle district
near sulphur Springs , Menghcr county.
Idaho.
Wnrdnor minors nro on n strike ,
The Ked Clolld mlno nt Hiilloy netted the
owners ? IO,000 during July ,
fifty thousand dollars worth of property
wtis destroyed by lire In Boso City.
The Irrigation annuls In Idaho nro nssum
in , ? enormous proportions , and It is uvlden
that within a row VOPM tbo state will become
the best Irrigated In tbo union.
A now gold win discovered this week by
two Blnck Hills miners in the hills Justnorti
of Soldier , forty miles west of Bellovuo. Nc
reliable estimates of tbo vnluo of the quart ?
nro at hnnd , but the excitement has gone fat
onoueh to call out over ono hundred pros
pceto'rs.
Indian Agent Cole has completed his worl
of enrolling the CuMir d'Aleno Indians entlt
led to u share In the distribution ofjOOtXHl
paid by the government for lands roccntlj
coded. It Is found thnt 4'Jil Indians nro ontlt
led to n shnro of the monuy nnd thnt each wll
rocolvo $1,100. Some of lluim uro already wel
to-do.
Some wonderfully rich gold bearing decom
pojcd quartz rock wns brought to Wclser
Monday by thnt well known minor nnd pros
pcctor , Mr. E. B , Lockwood. The mines
from which this ere wn liken nrolocntcd n
what Is known as tbo Hnpld Hivor district it
Idaho county , nml about forty-five miles
north of the famous Seven Dovlls.
Two hundred pounds of glunt powder exploded
plodod ut the mouth of the lower tunnel ol
the Black Bear mlno near Burke , wltu tcr
riblo results. Four mou were imprisoned1 !
the breast of the drift bv rock which caved
In nnd were suffocated. The bodies of four
other minor.huvo not yet been found , nnd nl
hope of llndinp tbemnllvo bus been given up
The explosion wns terrific , touring up the
onrth nnd caving In the tunnel for n distance
of 100 loot.
Some Bald mountain ere essavod $ " , ' , ' 00 to
tbo ton.
Fort Husscll is to bo improved to the extent
of ? I5,000.
Development work in Gold Hill Is being
prosecuted vigorously.
The great mineral convention begins in
Cheyenne , Mondny of next week.
The liniil figures on state valuation nro $32-
537 , 101.72 , an increase of ? ' 000,000 over lust
your.
your.Wyoming's building nt the World's ' full
will belOxtM ) nnd two stories high , nnd will
cost $10,000.
Grams of gold the size of wheat-Kernels
nnd iu profitable quantities nro being washed
out at Halm's Peak.
The Northern Wyoming Cnnnl company ,
to retain 57,000 acres with $100,000 , has liled
articles of incorporation.
Another Installment of $ ; t,000 from the
National treasury , will soon be placed in the
bunds of the Slate university.
A Sundance family named Scholordt were
poisoned by drinking milk from n cow bitten
by n rattlesnake. All recovered.
Two dollars Is the mining piico In Bald
mountains. The deposits of gold bearing
conglomerate have been traced 150 miles.
A company bus been organized to build a
railroad from Casper along the Big Horn
river to Montana. The headquarters of the
company nro in Washington ut present.
Circus day in Cheyenne was n Hvelv ono.
The accompanying gutig of thieves raided
Individuals und homes und cleaned up $ y,000.
Twelve of the guug were run in at Laranuo.
The burning of the railroad station nt Car
bon moans a loss of $ r > ,000 to the railroad
company. It , is said the tire wns sturted oy
Agent Compton , who perished in the flames ,
as a means of destroying evidence of crooked
ness , but tbo coroner's jury did not indorse
the assertion.
Ncviidu.
The n.arblo works at Verdi have Just com
pleted two beautiful moss agate inurolo col
umns for the Mills building in San Francisco.
The ficht by Nevada authorities Is still
going on against those who persist in selling
liquor to the Indians , and convictions are ot
every day occurrence.
Another big gold nugget , weighing t wnty -
three ounces besides the quartz , was rrcontly
found in -hydraulic workings nt Oceola.
It is a smull boulder and only a little pnl-
tshod , indicating that it had not traveled for.
Tno A'irgima Chronicle says that Nevada
may be retrograding In tha matter of popula
tion , but in agricultural products is forging
to tlio front. Nevada took the prize at the
centennial exhibition for her potatoes , and ut
Now Orleans her apples , potatoes nnd wbent
wore voted the best. Nevada boot also linds
ready sale In the markets of California nnd
the cast.
On the 18th inst. , the Con Cal. nnd Vn. dis
bursed a.mouthly dividend of 50 cents per
share , aggregating $108,000 , besides carrying
a surplus of $15'.000 after paying tbo samo.
ThuTstocU also climbed from $ ( % Friday to
$ S1 yesterday , being n dividend of $1.25 n
share , or $ : > ? 0OUO. Previous to the consoli
dation of the Con. Virginia with the Califor
nia in 1881 the COD. Virginia paid In divi
dends $40,000,000 , and tbo California paid
SJl.aao.OOO. Since the consolidation § 3,57.1,800
have been paid In dividends , making a grand
total of $74,891,800 for tbo two claims.
Dakota.
A largo elevator U to bo built In Hupld
City.
City.Kcports
Kcports from tbo mining camps are favor
able.
able.Tho
The Golden Howard mlno cleaned up510-
000 during July.
A. C. Buckuer , the pioneer barber of the
hills , died lust week , aged 81.
John Brandt , nn nlloge-d euttlo rustler. Is
resting In the Hnpid City Jnll.
The erection of Hotel Cusoy gives Deadwood -
wood brlckynrds u lively boom.
Deadwood is anxious to know the true
reason of the shut down of the now smeller.
The Lend City Dally Herald Is no more , it
hankered for Journalistic pie and strangled
on mind.
The mid-month shipment from the Ilomo-
stake mines cuisUtod of six handsome bricks
of gold valued nt $111,000. ,
Knpld City put on Its holiday togs to colo-
brute the commencement of work on the now
railroad through thu hills.
Lightning played dangerous capers In Load
City recently. Several people were shocked
nnd stunned , houses struck and ouo building
II red.
* v _ _
Utnh.
The La Plata mines promise to boom busi
ness In Ogdon.
Salt Lakers are preparing to entertain tbo
Montana editors , who are expected next
week.
Snnpoto Is enjoy Ing greater prosperity since
iho Hlo Grande Western wus extended
through there , than she over enjoyed before ,
The grain crops uro the heaviest known In
years.
A cloudburst nt MIncrsvlllo , caused an extensive -
tensive Hood , The water came down a
canyon and through iho town in a shoot ton
feet high and fifty foot wide , but fortunately
did but llttlu damage ,
A man named Anderson residing In Salt
Lake arose from bed ono ulgiit last week ,
grabbed u gun and started for burglars ho
imagined were in tbo housp. Tbo gun was
accldeutly discharged , killing Anderson.
A census bulletin Just Issued , giving the
statistics of the Catholic church In all Its
tranches In this country , shows that In Utah
: here nro twout.v-olghtCuthollo organizations ,
twelve church edifices , with a seating cap
acity of SaiU ! ; sixteen halls , with a heating
capacity of 070 ; church property of the value
of * t)8,000 ) and 5,053 communicants.
Washington has a population of 340'IOO
and an assessed valuation of $ ' 'Ul,44Sii : ( ) .
There nro IliS farmers' alliances In the
utalo , Whitman county loading with forty-
nine ,
Cuarlcs Brooks , the old negro who mur
dered bli young wife in Juno at Spokane.
says ; "They will bang mo because 1 um old
ind black and hnvo no friends nor money.
You see , there huvo been twoutv-throo mur
ders In this county and they never banged
any ono yet , so I think tho.\ will commence
on mo. "
People of Blalne evidently havu not bcon
n tbo habit of using water , It would seem
'rom a notice in tbo Blalnu Tribune , speak *
ng of the now water works. The editor In
its article says : "When the USD of water
becomes Kenoral It certainly will bo found as
good as the best , as U comes direct from
iprlngs. " It is to be hoped tbat water soon
bo in "general" use in that vicinity.
OMAHA
MlllfaCiiima
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DIRECTORY.
; 1 WXJXGS A XJ ) T1WS.
Omaha Tent & Awn
ing Oo , ,
Vlntts. linniidorkt , oil nml
nilibor clolhliiif. HiMid for
Oiitntoffiie. tllll Farimm.
HAGti A XI ) TWIXKS.
Bemis Omaha Bag Oo.
Importer * nn.l Mumifnc-
tiiri'rs.
Flour S "ki. llurlnpn nml
Twlno.
lllCYCLES.
A. II , PcrriTQ & Oo. M , 0 , Daxon.
IttM DodKi ) 8li03t. Illcjdoolil nn niontlil ;
piiymcnla.
Send for our cntnloituo
mid prlros. \ffl"ti \ t'nrnnni St. , Omni
HOOK HIXDEItSund STATIONJlHi
Ackorman Brothers & Hointzo ,
Printers. Llndorn , cloctnitypors , blank book nmna
fnetnri'm.
Itlii Howard street , Omnlm.
HOOTS AND SHOES
Ohas. A. Coo&Oo. KirkemlallJoncs&0 , <
MaiuifacturiTM nm Job- Wliolo < n1pMBnnfitrtnr'ri
bum. Alients for lloilon Hull
her Slum Oi. IWl , HOI
HOT Howard street. ami HIM. llnrncjr ttroct
Williams , Van Aor- W , V. Morsa & Oo. ,
nnm & Harto Shoe fnetnry.Corner IHI
nml liouulas ats. Omalu
' '
I'll' ! llnrnor ulroet. .Mnrelinnti Inrltoil ti
Omaha , Neb. rail and examine.
John L. Wilkio , Louis Hellor ,
Omaha paperboy factory Ilutchcr-i nnd Packers
1817-1311) ) Dotijjlas. Tools imrt supplies , lice
ho.t nnd sheep raslniM
Orders promptly tilled. Illii-niS .lock-.in street
cA mil AGES , ni'GGiEs ,
CIGA US.
West & Fritsoher ,
-Miinufncliiros tlnoehinrs ,
Jobbers of lenf tobacco ,
lull Ktirn.im Street.
COAL , COKE , ETC.
Omaha Goal , Ooko & Ooutnnt & Squires ,
Lima Oo. , Html nml soft coal ship
Han ) nml xott eoal. S. K. pers.
13U3
Knrnntnntroct
cor. ICth nmt Douglas .
Oumha.
BtrectH , .
American Fuel Oo , , Howell & Op , ,
Shipper. * : md ilenlori In
nnlhrncltu and bltu- 2ITS lith Street ,
moitH mat.
215 B. 15th street. Omani , Neb.
Nebraska Fuel Oo , , Johnson Bros , ,
2I3 8. 15th Street , ? U Knriium Street ,
Omalin , Noli. Oninhn. Neb.
. CORNICE.
Eagle Oornico Works , F , Ruemping ,
Manufacturers ol Oiilv.-inlred Iron eornlooi ,
flnlvanlzed Iron Corulrc. Dorniar windows , donr
Window caps , melullio - nips , tlnliili. etc. Tin
xkylltlits , etc , HID and t Iron and M ito roofer.
H12DodKoSt. | EH Karnam St.
CEMElfT A J 'Li'MK.
J , J , Johnson & Oo. , Cady & Gray ,
213 S. l.tth Street , I/lmo , cement , etc. , etc.
Omaha , Nob. Cor. ' . 'Mi ' and DoimlaH Sti.
DRY GOODS.
M , E. Smith & Oo. , Kilpatrick-Koch Dry
Dry coods. notions , fur Goods Oo. ,
nishing k'Ood.t. Dry Bonds , notioncents'
fiirulnhliiK KOod-t ,
Corner llth and Howard. cor. llth and Howard Sts
ELECTR'ICA L SVPPL JES.
Wolf Electrical Oo. DICTHOIT-AUTOMATIC
Electric Motors
Illustrated catalogue and Dyaipos. Catalogue
freo. free. H. A. Klunoyion'l (
11114 Capitol Ave'niie. Agt. KI2 : i N.V.I.1(0 llld'g.
FA IIM MAC1IIXKU Y , ETC.
Parlin , Orondorff & T. G. Northwall ,
Martin Oo.
, General western agent
Corner .Tones and Uth Sts. Skamlln 1'low Co. ,
Omnlm , Neb. M4H-llM : Shorraan Avo.
FLOUR.
E. L. Welch & Co. , R. T. Davis Mill Oo ,
1012 N. 16lh Street. C. O , I'mlorwood ,
J. K. McCray , Malinger. Manngnr at Oinnho.
Mill at Hondcmon , Minn. Cor. 6th and .luckson 8ti.
S. F. Oilman , Omaha Milling Oo , ,
N. ICtli . .Merchant .Millers.
013-IA-17 , Street.
Otllfuand Mill 1313 North
2. K. Illactr - Mannger. Kith ntreet.
FURX1TURE AXD CAHPKTS.
Dewey & Stone Furniture Beebe & Runyan Fur
niture Oo , , niture Oo.
Successors to C. A. lloebo
Furniture and carpets , .V fn ,
U5-IIIO l-'arnam Street. OrtH-o and lllth sUsOmaha
GENT'S FUltNISIIING GOODS.
Schneider & Loomis , J. T. Robinson Notion
Oo.
ohbors and Importer" of
( Jems' furnishing goods ,
nolluus nnd fiiriilshlni ; in f'g i-olnLrate.l tir.ind
goods , " lluckikln " overalls ,
pniiln , nltlrlt , coatH , etc.
Hll Howard Street. Cor. 12th and Howard St .
IT and 019 South Kill St. Wi-10 ! I o-ivemiorth St.
Omaha , Nob. Omaha , Neb.
Paxtou & Gallagher , Meyer & Raapku , '
70J-TI1 B. lUtti Street , 140.1-UMIIariioy Street ,
Omaha , Neb. Omaha. Neb.
D. M Btcola i Oo , Sloan , Johnson & Co. ,
Uth and Ix'svenworth
Ittl-rJO ) Jones Street , Streets ,
Omiihu , Nub. OmatiH , Nttj.
Allen Bros. , McOord , Brady & Co. ,
1108-1110 Hume ? mri-ot , 13lh and l.euvcmturlh ,
Oiunha , Neb. Omaha , Nob.
Ql'XPOWDKH ,
Hutch H. Olark.
Gcn'l WB.tern Agent of
luponl'n Sporting ( iuu
owdor , Atlm hUheiplo-
Ire ulattlng cap > , fus i.
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nH nI no
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Hbv
I
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jvho
"It'e '
Mi. 210 nnd X12 South IHU
llti-118P. llithSt. , Oninhn. Street.
MUSICAL 1NSTHUMUNTS , ETC.
Max Mayor & Bro Oo A. Hospo , Jr. ,
M'f'is Jewelers , dealers In Pianos , OrKnn , Artlatt'
musical Instruments etc. , Mntcrlnls , Kto. ,
K.irnnm nml Il'.lh. 1513 DoiiBlis Street.
OYSTERS.
Platt & Oo , ,
Oyster ? , Fish nnd Celery ,
31 ! ) South 10th Bt
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Total iwuei of CITIES ,
COUNTIES , OCMOOU
- , v. , . , DIBTRIOTS , WATER
COMh-AWE8 , 8T.rt.lt.COMPANIESuto.
Ctirrttpondencv lullnud ,
MWHAnRIS&COMPANYBankers <
101-109 Oonrhorn Street , CHICAGO
IS Wo'l Stroot. NEW VOItK
70 Kioto 8k. UOUTOri
ft Y R u sS
ur ilvu ; relief Ilku" lit.
rrui . ' JtliaucurrdtlioumiKUl youwnn
ihl'BOiul ! { lulnuumpi < orfreel'auiphUtN
llaguclla liuullo Truss Co. , bsu Praucisce ,