10 TJEDJS OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , OCTOBER 11 , 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES.
BURNISHED FIELDS OF FUEL.
Overflowing Measures of Black Diamonds in
the Imperial Domain.
T11K HXTKNT UNKNOWN , THE QUALITY UNSURPASSED.
Sketch nnd Scope of the Great Stanford University of California
Changing Characteristics of Mining Towns and
Miners The Hum of Industry Everywhere
Summary of Northwest Mows.
Western Co.il I-'loltls
Ttio ceium bulletin of the coal product of
of tlio Unllod States Is nn Invulimulo record.
I'lio fctio.vu nron of coal beds as well us the
quality or the output and the amount ana
cost of production nrc tabulated by groups
of states , accompanied with maps showing
the total i-oal urea of the country and the
' production of coal ( .ci stjuaro milo. The coal
area of Iowa covers the southwest ono-thlrd
of the state , extending Into the southeast cor-
nur of NohrasKn , thence south unbroken Into
Missouri , Kansas , through Indian Territory
and into Texas. Away In the northxvcstcor-
nor of Nebraska the map shows a ulack spot
Indicative of coal. Wyoming 1 well spotted
with black diamond Holds , hut not to the ex
tent claimed bv tlio people of the state. Tlio
map Rives South Dakota but two small coal
iiioasuics , one In the southeast corner , the
other un extension of a Wyomlne measure
Into the Hlack Hills. North Dakota Is idvoti
n large area in the control western section.
Montana has extensive beds. Colorado Is
' also extensively dotted , and the remaining
northwestern states , according to the ranp ,
have u few isolated Holds of coal.
"Tho western Held. " says the bulletin ,
"embraces thosrfco.il Holds won of the Mis
sissippi river , south of the AM parallel and
east of the Kocky mountains. The most ox-
tuuslvo mining operations In tnls Hold are
carried on in Iowa and Missouri. The boat
coal which has so for been mined in the Hold
Is that from Indian territory. The area of
this Hold is Kroatcr than any other ono coal
Hold In the United States. The coals are of
great variety , and the region under which
they Ho is a rich agricultural countrv. The
domain. ! for local tucls must necessarily in
crease from year to year , so that oven poor
coal beds within this region will no doubt bo
extensively developed to supply local de
mands.
"Tho Hooky mountain coal beds have been
found In the geological formations from the
earhonilurous up to and including the creta
ceous. No detailed Information of tno entire
coal area of the Hocky mountain rozion , sim
ilar to thut which has been determined by
Htato geological surveys of the coal basins
cast of the Rocky mountains , Is available ,
nnd no reliable estimates have been made of
the areas underlaid by workable coal beds.
It has been surmised that the total area of
the cnal Holds of this district Is between UOO-
1)00 ) nnd ; iOOUQO square miles , but this esti
mate ii llttlu more than n guess.
"The anthracite coals of Colorado and Now
Mexico nro of suporlorqualtty and apparently
In ample supply lor the rapidly Increasing
domestic nnd Industrial demands of this sec
tion. Thcro is no doubt that in the near
future they will constitute a lormidablo com
petitor in the western markets to the Penn
sylvania anthracite.
' "In tue PacinV coast region coal lias been
mined in Washington , Oregon nnd Califor
nia. The urea underlaid by workable coal
beds has not been definitely uetorminod , al
though the geographical survey of California
and tun recent work of Prof. Uaphael Piim-
poliy and his associates In Washington have
given very reliable and detailed information
in regard to the geology of the coal bearing
rocks.1
The total coal prouuct of the LJnited States
for the census year was lll.'J''U.rilll stort
tons , and the value at the mines , before any
expenses of shipment , was $100 , ' ( li'3,1. , :
The following table shows the coal product
In short tons lor the census year 1S'JO ' :
Iowa 4.003.3-a
Nebraska . S.S'.U.Ua
Kansas
UlUotas 28,1107
.Montana : iltli01 :
Wyoming ItiS. : ! 7
Utah KJOK > 1
Colorado 3.11J.14 (
Wnslilneton 1,0:10,578 :
Oregon r4M ;
California
STAXFOUI ) UN IVHIIP1TV.
Tlio Great Kdnotuioii'il Institution
of California.
Tno Lcland Stanford , Jr. , university was
formally opened last week with appropriate
ceremonies.
The university is n grand and enduring
tribute to the memory of Senator Stanford's
son , who died seven years ago. The project
of the university at Palo Alto , In the vorv
heart of the rich Santa Clara valley , says u
correspondent of the Now York Tribune ,
was taken up by Senator Stanford as a dis
traction in the great grief of his lifo. Ho
had made an imperial fortune by building
the overland railroad in the iuco of public
doubt and distrust ; ho was preparing to train
Ills son to usaunio much of thu uuvdon of
the caru und responsibility that great wealth
brings with It , when Roman fever cut short
the young man's career.
Tlilu was nearly seven years ago and the
yours have been full of activity. First a
special act was passed by the California log-
slature permitting the conveyance to
trustees of property for the endowment of an
educational institution. A boaru of trustees
was appointed of which Judge Lorunio
Sawyer , who died recently , was chairman ,
und which inrludcd surh lupresontntive men
as Justice Stephen J. Field , Senator Stow-
urt , Judge Ucndy of Oregon , Judge James Me-
IM. Shatter und Irving M. Scott , tno builder
of the crubursCuarlcstouand Snn Francisco.
To those trustees Senator Stanford and his
wife conveyed bv deed the line ostuto of Palo
Alto , comprising 7i)0 : ( ) acres the Vina ranch
in Tohama county of .Vi.OOO acres ,
which Includes tlio largest vineyard -
yard In tlio world ; the Orldley
ranch In Butte county of 21,000 acres and
other valuabio property. The total endow
ment Is above $10,000,000 and the revenues
from the various properties is largo. It was
aocluod to erect the university buildings not
far from the senator's resldouro on the Palo
Alto ranch. The site selected Is about three
nillos from Mcnlo park , the most bouutiful
of the collection of suburban homes of San
Francisco millionaires. Tlio silo Is n almost
level bit of land Just at the rdgo of the foot-
bills ou the east sldo of the rich Santa Clara
Valley. It is the Ideal place for a scat of
learning , as It is rumovud about thrcu rullon
from the railro .U a nil is In u district that Is
shultorod from the winds and is especially
sulti'il to the growth of all trees and shrubs.
One hundred acres were sot apart for the
university grounds.
Thu urchltecturo of the buildings U as
uniting as the plan of the university. Tha
prevailing style is nn adaption of the Califor
nia miss ions , low Imlillr.pa , with heavy walls
and , roofs ef tile. The main group of four
teen buildings encloses a quadvnnglo GOO loot
long by SM wide. These bulldlius are
mainly Intended a * class rooms. They are
built of cream colored enndstono , arc seventy
by fifty foot and tlio height from the ground
to ll'u roof trco Is sixty loot. All the build
ings open upon an arcade , with Moorish col
umns , which is twenty foot wldo and
eighteen reel high. This runs around tlio
whole quadrangle and permits ono to walk
around in comfort even during very rainy
weather. The surface of the quadrangle Is
covered with ft heavy coat of asphaltum
pavement and the levels are to
alcoly adjustcd.and all water Is dralued oit In
a tow minutes. Eight circular beds in this
quadrangle are tilled with semi-tropical treas
and plants , which add greatly to the beauty
of the scene. Midway on ono ild of the
quadrangle Is the main entrance , over which
will bo erected an Impoilng arch ; on the
opposite side 1s the mutourn building , four
tlorles high , of pcrollreok architecture. Ou
the west vide of the quadrangle will be built
the memorial cnutcb , cruciform ID shape and
built of tba came materials us the other
Itruclunu. Even la Its proient unHnlined
condition tbo quadrangle Is worth traveling
many miles to ice.rlbo perfect Hue of the
arches In the arcade Is something to which
DO words can do Justice. Standing mslda the
( luadrangla aud looking out through any of
the nrchos between the buildings one has
glimpses of deep green Holds nnd of trees
whoso foliage Is lightly touched by the after
noon wind. Ono seems to bo looking out
upon ono of the hills of the Alhambra , nnd
this old world air Is strengthened b > ' the
mellow toue of the stone work and the
tropical luxuriance of the fan-palms.
Tlio applications for admission Imvoalrondy
outrun the accommodations. Over 400 boys
have applied. Sixty-two girls hnvo been as
signed rooms In thogiris'dormitory. Thirty-
two are from Calltornm , two from Honolulu
und tlio remainder from coast states and the
UO-St.
UOSt.Tho president of the univorslty Is Dr.
David Starr Jordan , formerly of the uni
versity of Indiana.
ItU'K IN TIIIO MINING UKGION.S.
Disappearance ) < > ! ' the Traditional
Prospector.
Mr. Albert Williams , Jr. , a distinguished
mining engineer of Denver , contributes a
very able and exceedingly interesting paper
to the October number of the Knglncorlng
Magazine , under the , caption "Aloaorn Typos
of Gold mid Silver Minors. " It Is replete
with authentic information upon n subject
which has been largely overdrawn by im
aginative writers , and ho reveals a great
deal that is worth Knowing of the interesting
career of precious motnl minors as n class.
1'ho traditional prospector will soon bo as
extinct as the dodo. Ho was n picturesque
character in fiction nnd in reality , and ho
will bo missed. Ills disappearance will not
be due to the nbsonco of ground to bo pros
pected , but to the different conditions under
which such work is now dono. In early
times the prospector ! were literally gold
seekers ; they wore ofter surface placers. It
takes but n llttlo time for enterprising'hardy
men to overrun n considerable territory
in the search for this class of de
posits , easily dlrcovorablo by simple panning
testa hero nnd there , and only to bo
looked for in curtain topograpical situations ,
nnd the country has been so thoroughly 1:0110
over that the likelihood of Hnding anything
of importance in the way of placers has been
steadily lessoned. The prospectors of today
give their attention mainly to veins and lodes
deposits "in place , " which are much more
dlflicult to locate. The pioneers used to
cover great distances , undergo almost incon
ceivable pKvntmns and hardships , and at
times face dangers from hostile Indians.
Now it is found that the immediate neigh
borhood of one's own camp is about as likely
a place to prospect in as ono farther nwtty ,
and many of the ucst lodn strikes have boon
made in the heart of districts where mining
hud been going on for years.
Some people suppose that u mining camp is
an unusually dangerous sort of place , full of
desperadoes ana "hold ups , " where every
mr.n carries his life in his hand. The mis
conception has been handed down from
rougher wilder times , nud has ucon kept alive
by the romancing of tender-foot newspaper
correspondents. A man is far safer in a min
ing camp than on Cherry Hill , New Yorlc ;
Tar Flat , San Francisco , or a largo
areas in any of our cltios ; much
more indeed than in Darts of Londoner
or Paris. So fur as robbery is con
cerned ono is not snfo anywhere , in the moun
tains or In the towns. As to affrays of other
kinds a man who Is sober , minds his own
business and docs not set up as a lighter
would always bo let nlouc. If ho docs not
carry a "gun , " so much the better for him ,
for there is. among the roughest characters u
certain sense of chivalry , which they would
call "squareness , " that prevents attack upon
an unarmed man. The practice of carrying
urms is not at all universal In the mountains.
When pistols nro worn they are kept out of
sight. Indeed , there Is not much use to a
peaceful man in carrying unns at nil. If ho
ishold up" bv the "road agents" ho is
always at a disadvantage , being taken uu-
cxpectcdly , and when they have thu dtop ou
him a motion toward the hip pocket would
be to tuko large chances. If the custom--so
far as It goes of carrying weapons may
sometimes lead to un premeditated tutal en
counters , Itnlso has the effect of innkin- < men
quiet in manner nnd cautions ubout giving
offense , so that oven "when whisky is talk-
Ing" there is less noise and certainly less
disposition for a sough-and-tumblo light than
under similar circumstances in cities.
\ \ 1KIO..V . JlKVOriON.
A 1'atlictio Story of Isolation and
Death on nn Island.
The Salt Luke Tribune tolls the following
story of frontier heroism und thu devotion of
n woman to her husband :
The story of Mrs. U. .T. Wonnor's life on
Fremont island is nboat the most pathetic
story ever told on the frontier. She was
born and reared In luxury ; she came to this
i-lty u bride cloven years ngo. When , live
years ago , her husband decided to move to
Fremont island , she cheerfully gnvo up her
luxurious homo in thU city nnd wont with
him. Of course she had no neighbors. With
no one but her husband and her little family
around her , with a lured nnn and girl to
assist , she lived there live years. At ono
tlmo she was thuro two years and u half
without leaving the Island. When , two
years ago , her husband became too weak to
ride ou horseback , she looked after the stock
herself ; she attended to her house ; she
taught her children ; she nursed her hus
band , and in those occupations she was
busy every moment of her tlmo. She says
she was happy , and we do net doubt It. Her
husband was tailing ait iuo , time , but ho had
boon a long time ill , aim sno would not per
mit the thought of the possibility of his
dying to enter her mind , bo It went on until
two weeks ago last Wednesday , when her
husband had a sovoiu hemorrhngo of the
lungs. U was stopped , and ho said ho felt
mote relieved than he had for months be
fore. Of course great prostration always
follows a lut > 'iorrhnga of the lungs , nnd so ho
lay very weak but cheerful.
'
Ou Saturday morning he told her whu't to
cook for bis breakfast , saj lug no wanted a
good breakfast , but while this was In prepar
ation she heard the signal which she had pro-
narud for him to make In case ho needed her.
When she got to his side the fatal hemor
rhage was on his lips ; when she hastened to
glvo him the lucdicina that was always given
him at such p time , ho motioned it away.
Shu put her arm around his nueic. drew his
head on her bosom , and asked him If bo loved
her ; ho answered "Yes , " nud asked her If
she loved him ; at her "yes" bo smiled , and In
an instant , without a spasm , that sinlloivas
trnnstixiHl and his soul had lied.
She was there all atone ; with her own
hands slio washed and dressed her husband's
body , wont outside and got the board herself
and stretched It upon the chairs beside the
bud. She did It alt alone , and wnen all was
composed she wont to her children , told thorn
that their father was duaa , explained to them
as well as she could what death meant , took
them in and allowed them their father's face ;
they all kissed him aud knelt and prayed bo-
ildu him. The day wore along and a great
norm came upon the lake , so that It was
Impassible for thu man to return. U bad al
ways boon understood that two signal tires
meant that she needed help , so as the nlgbl
came down she went ana lighted thosu fires
and then took up her watch beside her dead ,
At Intervals ilirough t ho night she would go
and replenish the llrei , and so thu watch
wont ou till daylight. All that day passed
away. At night she renewed the tires , nnd
Unnllv , at great peril , the man reached the
, Island at 10 o'clock at night. There was no
I possibility to roturu to got a casket , so tbo
poor woman told the man that bo must , from
the boards on the place , make the best box
ho could. The man hclplcsslv said ho could
not , but she encouraged him and told him
Mio would help him , Sc the box was made.
That completed , the man dug n grave. The
only services for the dead was by the wife
nnd llttlo children kneeling around the coflln
before It was moved from the house , and
praylna. But then what other service was
needed !
As best they could they got the box to the
grave ; the man drove stakes on ono side of
the grave nnd tied ropes around them , nnd
that woman nnd that man lowered the body
Into the graya Then she wont back to take
care of her children. The storm was so fu
rious on the Like that it was a week before
flhu could take her children aud leave the
( land.
What she endured through that Saturday
that Saturday night , that Sunday nnd that
Sunday night , no cno Knows , no ono can Im
agine. She did not shcd n tear , she has not
shed n tear since , she says very calmly that
she never anticipated life without her hus
band , but now her children need what
strength she has got And she speaks of
what aha did as notnlng at all. She says It
was n pleasure to her to do the last ofllcos , it
is vorv much sweeter for her to think of
than it would DO to think that It was per
formed by some ono who might hnvo been
less tender in his touch than sho.
And that was by a llttlo woman who never
know what work was , or what isolation
meant ; who know nothing nt nil about the
rougher side of Ufa until she gave her heart
up to her husband und thenceforth llvodonly
for him.
A WO.VUKItKUIj MINI- ; .
An Enormously lliuh Kind In Wyom
ing.
Biullo Oratiler , proprietor of the Christian
mining works at Atlantic City , in thu Wind
Ulvor mountains of Wyoming , visited Lara-
mlo this weok. Mr. Grantor told a reporter
of the Uoomcrang that u great deal of tbo
talk about Ins mines up there had been Idle
gossip. Thu report that ho had cleaned up
? 97,000 from bis placers was pure nonsunso
and devoid of truth. No such amount bad
been reall/.cd.
"But , " said Mr. Grantor , "tho last wool :
wo struck a wonderful quartz mine. After
paying nil cxpi5nso of hauling and smelting
It netted (700 per ton.
Mr. C5 ranter said ho had mnda tests which
showed ? I,1K)0 ) to the ton , white a test made in
Denver showed it to contain $31,000 to the
ton. This mine is sunk to udopth of twonty-
flvo feet and tins u vein of glittering ere
seven feet wide. At a depth of ton feet ,
where they struck the vein , it was two foot
wide. It is u nice frco milling quartz. The
shaft is ( Ixi ) feet , from n glance into the mine
thu gold can bo seen all over It.
Up there In the Wind river mountains
everything is covered with snow now , und
nothing c'.m bo done with this mine until
spring. The people in that part of the coun
try. Mr. ( Jranicr estimates , hnvo carried
away $9,000 worth of ere since the mine was
discovered. Some beautiful specimens of
almost solid gold which were loft lu the
mine a short time while the men were absent
were stolen. Baskets and sacks of ere have
boon carried uwav moro for their value than
us specimens. There were no startling sur
face Indication ; , whcro th's ' mine is located.
Air. Oraniur commenced work there on the
advice of ono of his man. Mr. Granier tins
some seventeen claims near this now discov
ery. A gentleman who owns nn adjoining
claim has struck the same ore , showing that
there is an linmonso body ot it there.
Mr. Granier has been engaged in mining at
Atlantic City for eight years. His attention
was attracted to the region by a newspaper
irticlc , nnd ho concluded to embark in the
mining business up thero.
Ho has been engaged in placer mining
almost exclusively , and hus over twenty-
live miles of ditches for this purpose. Ho
lias created an immense reservoir two miles
on ? and a milo wide. Ho has cut und
Dins toil channels twenty-seven feet deep
: hrough solid granite walls to make un outlet
for the water. The canal has been carrind
through forests and through hills for miles
until the immcnso works have made an ox-
londituro of $ (00,000. There ura dams four-
icon feet high. Wheu State Engineer Meade
visited thn works ho was surprised at their
extent. lie has 190 foot of water pressure ,
which It Is snld could bo Increased to .100
'eet. The company owns 0,000 acres of land
.hero. Tbo mines are situated on the Pacilio
slope of thu Wind rlvor mountains.
Mr. Granior was accompanied hero by J.
A. SkorbeeHlv of London , a mining expert ,
who has neon to Atlantic City to maKe some
suggestions and devise machinery to operate
the placers. The works will bo made moro
extensive than over.
UTAH'S OHH/Vr UliSOUHCKS.
About Her Agricultural nnd
Mining Wealth.
Here nro n few statistics about Utah ns
ircparod by Territorial Statistician Lippmnn
n hlb recent report :
The nvcrago yield of boots is 3tS barrels to
the acre , of tlio market value in 139J of 33
cents per bushel or fSO.SJ per aero. Iho
average yield of cotton is 000 pound ? par
acre , oats 33 bushels per aero , corn 19 bushels
) cr acre.
The total acreage of wheat In 1893 In Utah
was 101 , lit , producing 'J , 103,4 j ( bushels.
Cache was the banner producing wheat
county , the yield being 517,131 bushels , of
thn total value of f ll.,701.SO. !
During the same year. 'll,703 ) acres of oats
produced 1,1 1- ! , -1 3 buthols of thn value of
$ SUlt-tU. , ! ! Utah county Joad in the pro
duction ot oats , the number ot bushola being
182SW.
Thcro were 8,7lrt ) acres planted to corn ,
yielding n crop of Uir > ,0 ( > 7 bushels of n total
valuation of SllS.SIS.L'l , Utah again ranks
again as the banner county , having produced
1(1,1158 ( bushels , the vnluo of which was
g.U.59a.
In 1890 the acreage in lucerne was 101,721) ,
production : ) Ui,100 ( tons , the valuation of
which was ? J,7ir > ,107. The county producing
the largest number of tons of lucerne was
Utuh with a total of 15,0-JI. The total acreage
of hay was bOH7 ( , and the product I0n7d ! !
tons , valued nt ? lii7(17. ( ; : ! ( Cache county
produced the largest amount , running its
columns of figures to n total of 17.fi- ! . ' .
There were 7.SI5 acres planted to potatoes ,
yielding lKi5S7l bushels , the value of which
was placed nt M'.MI.OIM.'JJ. '
The total yield of beets for the year was
21,7:1(1 : ( busllels , value $7,001. The larger portion
tion of the product was confined to Salt Lake
county.
The growth of cotton in Utah thus far has
been largely experimental with the most
satisfactory results. The seven acres in
Washington county yielded 000 bushels per
acre.
It is shown by the table that Utah pro
duced lu 1MH ) 3'J0Oi ! ; ' . ! pounds of fruit of thu
total vnluo of fc > 0i ) , 151.55. Utah was the
nntinor fruit growing country , producing
1,001,850 pounds of the total viiluo of $75-
100,21. The territory produced fldr &iiO pounds
of grapes valued lit XKI , < KKJ. This Industry
s practically in its Infancy.
The total valuation of nil agricultural
products iu the territory was fS,309,705.bO.
Utah's wool product , ns shown by this re
port , for 1890 was 7,161,252 pounds , valued ut
( l,22H-ia0.5y Sanputo county stood nt the
head , the clip bolng 1-in.OiW pounds.
The table shows thut there were lu the
torrltorv In 1MK ) , 52,00(1 ( milch cows of thu
value of il.Rdl.dSO ; cattle , KI-MM head , val-
uodatf.r ; ! > 0i,870 ; swine. 20,111 liond , valued
ut $ USM,2S. The number of horses was SO-
002 , valued at $1,030.100. Thn number of
sheep was lUO,02l ; , head , valued at $2,917-
)17.-IJ. !
The product of the mining Industry for
the year \b'M \ had n total valuation of ? ll-
U4,42.5li : ! , distributed among the following
minerals : Copper , $7i\BM.iVl ; rollnud load ,
$20iil2 : : : unrefined loud , $ I.U3,45t.5l ; silver ,
gold , kl7,020.
Tlio Htar ol' Umpire.
Ivnto Field's Washington : The course of
empire Is flowing so fast In the direction of
the west that Bishop Berkeley ulmsolf would
bo amazed at the speedy truth of his proph
ecy. And now that htarvlug Europe looks to
the west for salvation now that thu west
feeds the world Americans should follow
the example of the MlnnuapollUins , who , ut
night of the Initial banner of the harvest fes
tival , recognized Ita propriety nnd thanked
God for the dawn of prosperity which comes
as n blessing to all His creatures. "Huts
oft I" cried Colonel W. L. King and all
heads were uncovered. Huts off to tbo west I
say I. _
Wyoming.
Colouel S. W , Downey h contracted to
erect and opernto a tta-stamp mill at GolO
Hill.
Hill.Another
Another depoiJt of coal has been uncov
orcd near Snratogru
Last month fi.nQO cars of coal were shlppod
from Hock Springs. '
The Buffalo Mining company , capital $250-
000 , has been Incorporated.
The vacant 'public land la Wyoming
amounts to GOtH243J , acres.
The government U talking of establishing
a weather station In the Big Horn basin.
Deer and oik artiiiald to bo plentiful around
Larnmla nud the southern part of tbo stnto.
A company with n capital of $10,000 will
build and operatean oloctrlo light plant lu
Lander.
During the past twelve months tbo Lara-
m'o County Protective association exchanged
$1,153 for 2,11 wolf scalps.
The Sarntoga Sun Is convinced that the
upper Platte valley Is Just the place to culti
vate sugar boots nnd plant n sugar factory.
Two Hookj of sheep , aggregating 13,000 ,
wuro recently shipped from Hock Creek to
Sycamore , 111. , rea.tzlug n profit of WO.OOO.
In all parts of Wyoming there nro Indica
tions of renewed activity In mining nnd ng-
rlculturo , nnd the outlook for the coming
year Is very promising.
Douglas wants n flour mill bad , nnd parties
there nro ready to put In ono if the farmers
of the vicinity will promise to plant sufficient
wheat to glvo the mill steady wor * .
The Douglas Ditch company offered nn
lown colony of fifty families privilege to con
struct a ditch on its survey with water
rights free. The offer will bo accepted and
the ditch constructed this fall.
A big ditch enterprise has been Inaugurat
ed by Laramlo capitalists. It will bo built
between the Big nud Llttlo Laramlo rivers ,
will bo thirty to fortv mlles long nnd will
bring 40,000 ucros of choice land under culti
vation.
Noutli Dakota.
A strike of twenty-two Inches of galena
ere is reported from the Madagascar lode in
Jim Creek district.
The Golden Howard chlorlnizatlon works
turned out a gold brick worth $13,500 , the
proceeds of 11 It con dnys' work.
The Golden Howard has been operating on
blanket veins , producing for the last few
months an average of $10,000 per month.
The regular somlmonthlv"bullion ship-
moiits from the Homostako. Caledonia ,
Highland , Deadwood , Torrn and Golden Ho
ward aggregated $ . ' 73,000.
Under what is known as the enabling act
there is appropriated to the state of South
Dakota 720.00J acres of puolio lands for the
support of educational and charitable institu
tions. Of tills amount 1(13,000 ( acre * have
oeen Hied on nnd 125.0UO acres solcctcd.
J. W. Fowlorof Hipld City savs the own
ers ot the Harnoy Peak tin mining and mill
ing plant , for which Mr. Fowler Is attorney ,
have recentlv invested $3,000,000 moro in tin
property in Custor nnd Pennlngton counties.
The company has a capital of $11,000,000 , 20
per cent of which is owned in England and
the remaining SO per cent in tbo United
States.
The Tel ford Bazoo Is the latest nowsp iper
venture in the Black Hills. Its weekly bustle
nud blasts will , wo are informed , invigorate
"valleys of untold richness for farming. On
tno west , the hills , underlaid by rich mines ,
are dark with waving pines in mature
inalornltr. Lumbering , ruining , farming ,
stock raising ami gardening iiro all ex
tensively carried on. , A place where rustle
and industry nro sure to bring , in n satisfac
tory reward. " '
The Hawkeye Gofd Mining company is a
rocontlv organi/ed company , Incorporated
under the state laws of Iowa , with head
quarters at Des Moinos. The property of
tlio company is located on the free milling
gold belt , consisting of eight claims in a
group or body and lying between the Cale
donia , Pluraa and Ilomestako minoa. The
company also has a itatontod mill slto at the
mouth of Gold Hun oh Whltewood as well as
a water right.
The designs of , the Northern Pacific on the
Hills arc again revived. The line between
Oakcs nud Aberdeen , which is already sur-
voved and the right of way mostly obtained ,
will bi1 completed this fall for the running of
trains. The line Is fifty-three miles in length.
The grading of tho'Black Hills extension is
going on steadily. The'gaps from Pierre to
Aberdeen will in all probability bo closed
this fall , but the road may not bo ironed this
vear.
Montnnu.
A 2. > 0-ton smelter , to coat $230,003 , is to bo
erected at Boulder.
Butte papers are complaining that the
schools over there nro crowded and Insist ou
the building of moro school houses.
The machinery for tno Boston & Monta na
concentrator , near Great Palls , is being
rrpidly put in placo. It will take about ' . ' ,000
men to run the conqontrator.
Tno Klkhorn Mining companv paid Its
ninth regularly quarterly dividend Septem
ber -'J , aggregating W3.003. This is at the
rate of 40 per cent par nni uin.
In 1S77 there were lu Montana 7'.t , ' sheep.
How immensely the businesi has increased
uiiiv uo judged by the fact that thorn uro
probably 53,000,000 linnd iu the stuto toduy.
London capitalists are reported to have
bought 100,000 shares of stock in the Queen
Nbihnrt district , for whicli they are to pay
$ J. > 0,000 , the money to go toward develop
ment.
The Standard Consolidated Mining com
pany of Bodlo , Cal. , has declared dlvldond
No. 75 of 10 cents a .share , iigcregatlng $10-
000 , payable October ! ; ; ! . Thls mako$1,5110 , -
000 paiti by the compatiy to dato.
The revised llgurcs of the State Board of
Equalisation show that there were In the
statu nt the time of making the assessment ,
horses to the value of $ > , ( Ki,7G J , stock cattle
13,1101,712 , und sheep fyS3li,05tt.
Ttio school children of Helena nro raising n
fund to got a handsomogold medal to present
to Charles Curtis of thut place , who rccontlv
risked his life and broke n log iu rescuing n
'child from a terrible death in front of n run
away horso.
An explosion of ( MO pounds of Riant pow
der shook Butte from hilltop to valley lint
Saturday. The powder was located In the
Butte copper claim. A vast amount of damage -
ago wuo done to building ) in the city nnd one
man was seriously Inliirud.
The survoyorKenor.il of Montana lias been
autnorized by the national govern niont to
award the contract for the survey of the
boundaries of lha timber reservations on the
eastern anu southeastern boundaries of Yel
lowstone park , und to push the work during
Ing the coming season. Nine thousand dollars
lars is call muted as iho cost of the work.
Utah.
A Park City prospector lias uncovered
seven distinct veins of coal on Weber river ,
six miles from Pcra.
Very llttlu mining is going on at proton t in
the Deep Crook , cautry , ( ? ) and everybody Is
waiting for n rullwwl
At Spring Crc'fiU1 there is more activity
than at uny other plauo. The ore In that lo
callty Is high graderunuing from 20J to 1,100
ounces In silver. , j ( „
At u recent mootinr of members of the Salt
LuUij mining Exchhugo stops were taken to
place the tustltutfai | ou u sound llnuncinl
tmals nnd to push'.forward the good work of
developing thu ulvryalod ( mineral resources
of this territory.
Development wbVk U progressing st adlly
m Liil'lutu. Graili'bylngtaKon out of the Kit
i'la tn inliio nud preparations made for n big
shipment from ( Horn Legal disputes , to
gether with uufaVjbrliblo weather cuuso con-
sldornblo delay umlufiiioyuuco , but the wealth
of the region insure * this permanency of ttio
camp. '
It. C. C > ) ambors,1qfUiu ? tlornld , C. C. Good-
win of the Trlbuud\i\ , \ & O.V. . Powers unlled
in the following ilNpatcu to CJrovor Clovo-
Innd : "CotiirriiUiluUons ( if domocratsaiidall
people of Utah. May Baby Frances omiilnto
tier motnor's virtues. Democrats everywhere
will crown her queen , "
Another rich mineral discovery is reported
near ORdon. Tno Unit is located twelve
miles north of that city nnd U said to bo 100
feet in width nud can bo truced for nearly a
milo. Tbo contact Is graiilto nud slatowhich
seldom deceive-i , und uio rock U of tlio irou
mlllltiK character mid in bollovcd to bo
a bonanza.
lilnlin.
The stale board of equalization at Bolso ,
placed the railroad assessment at t7,000 , for
main lines , nnd (0,000 for branch lines.
It U n very unusual sight to sea grain
standing lu the Held ready to cut , whllo
thrco Inehus of anew covora the ground , but
thU could hnvo boon socu on the 1st day of
October , Ib'Jl , lu rittalio river valley ,
There ha boon issued the prospectus of
the college of Idaho located nt Ualdwoll , uud
conducted by thu Idaho Prosbytury. Au
offer Is mstlo to the person giving ftO,000
toward the erection of sultablo buildings , of
the privilege of naming this institution of
learning.
Exports , roproiontitifr ft French syndicate ,
are examining the Hold Hill property ,
eighteen mlles west of Idaho City. This
company has kept a twenty-live stamp mill
running day and night for twenty-one ycnrc ,
and each year has boon ono of largo protlts.
The Pioneer mine , from which the ere
crushed fur the past three or lour years has
been extracted , Is a phorphyry vein sixty feet
in width. All of the ere Is milled without
any assortment whatever. The bolt has boon
traced several miles west of the Pioneer and
considerable wonc has been don ? each loca
tion. They all show up well and would pay
handsomely In the hands of comtmiilos nblo
to develop them nnd erect largo mills.
The Idaho World says Bolso county Is be
coming n great agricultural as well ni a min
ing county. Twenty years ngo there were
but few forms In our valleys , and no attempt
was made to raUo anything on them except
the most hardy grains and vegetables. It
was thought that fruit could not bo ralsod at
all , on account of the cold r.lghts. But someone
ono ventured to try apples the trees grow
welt and the fruit matured. Others sot out
trees and wont further by trying peaches ,
plums and other fruits supposed to flourish
only in warmer climates , Llko apples , they
did well , and now Bolso county oroduccs as
line fruit of all kinds as .can bo found any-
where.
Nevada.
Every available housn lu Plocho Is occupied
nnd many nro sought for in addition. A build
ing boom Is expected.
With the present number of men employed
Piocho ought to take on a very different us
pect. There nro no less than ! ' , ' . " > men on the
payroll of the Piocho company nt this tlmo
and the force Is liable to bo increased.
A resident of Antelope valley tolls the
Itouo Garotte that the valley is full of grass
hoppers depositing their eggs , and suggests
that ut.less the ground is burned over there
will bo trouble ahead In a year or two from
those posts.
Kalph B. Stanley was Killed in a base ball
game at Carson , by being struck on the neck
with a ball thrown by Charles Eltlo. Ho
dropped on his knees , arose , started to run
nnd stopped , saying , ' 'liuti the bases forme. "
and pitched forward on his face , dying in
three ininutp.s. Stanley was SO years old.
und had n birth mark of a stilt nock.
The cattle on the rnnBOS ot Nevada are
now roiling fat. Tnu owners are already be
ginning to start them tu market. Doubtless
they will sell all their beef animals as soon
as possible nnd while they have their lat on
them , as it will not pay to keep and feed
such animals at the hay ranches at this side
of the state. If the cattle now lit for the
market are sold there will probablv bo plen
ty of hay in eastern and central Nevada for
the remaining stock animals , no matter how
severe the winter may provo to bo. The
owners of hay ranches on the Truckeo
meadows would seem to liavo taken this
view of the matter as they are not waiting to
find customers from the eastern part of the
state but nrc balling and shipping their alfal
fa and timothy hay over thu mountains to
"alifornta.
Artesian water hus been secured in Seattle
at a depth of sixty-live feet.
Silver salmon are osglnning to run In the
Snohomish river and In the course of a week
or ton days there will bo rare sport trolling
'or these beautiful fish.
Stories are told by travelers through the
Cascade mountains of nn active volcano to
JO seen some distance east of Mount Hauler.
Plans are being made for seeking It out next
summer.
The local organization of the lumber trust
it Tacoma is broken up temporarily , so that
urnbor is retailed there cheaper than It will
jo sold by the carload for the purpose of
foreign .shipment.
' 1 ho election at Colfax to bond the city for
tfO.OOO to put in water works was carried.
Colfax will have a water system which will
give a force of about fifty pounds to the
square inch on the mains in the city.
Through the exertions of Commissioner
31uleck the largest and finest assortment oi
ompernto zone fruits over collected on the
'ncitlo coast lias been gatnnrod together ut
\ \ alia Walla for exhibition nt the Tacoma
and world's fairs , Before the fruit is boxed
and shipped it will bo exhibited at tlio Walla
Walla county fair.
It is generally conceded that Washington
coking coal veins are thn largest and purest
over discovered. Ono of thcso is thirty-
eight feet thick and has been traced ono milo
and a half. Her coal veins run under portions
tions of Fairhavon. Washington in 1SOO had
a coal output of l,772i.Vi ( tons , worth $3,000-
000 , and twenty-two mines are now being de
veloped in sixteen counties , employing 4,500
neu.
Oregon.
The banks of Portland havn sent to coun
try bunks throughout the state , ? , ilS. , > ,000 in
cash since the hr.rvost begun.
Tbo Portland Orcgouiau says the deer
about Upper Soda and Warm spring are
joing wantonly killed by the Indians this
full.
Preparations are in progress for a grand
line on the occasion of the visit to Pcndle-
.on on October 15 , of Picsldent Polk of the
National Farmers' alliance ami industrial
union.
A hundred and ninety-nine pounds of po
tatoes from a single pound of seed ! That Is
what n Howell prairlo farmer raised this
; car. And ho wouldn't tell a lie for u single
> ound of spuds.
The people of Astoria are very much
pleased with the progress boiuif man a In the
government work at tbo jetty. They say
.hat the long talked of bar Is no longer
there , and that the mouth of the Columbia
can take in the largest ship that sails the
Paclllc.
A lodge of stone has been discovered at
3hecto , which ns yet no ono has been able to
deutify. The rock is of a sandstone forma-
ion , having a grcusv touch , and is susuupti-
ile of a high polish. U can bo sawed or
shaved with a knife , but when exposed to
ho action of lire becomes Hard.
There Is to bo seen on n Portland dock a
olio of early dnys in Oregon , In the shape of
i portion of the keel and ono end of the
steamer Kagio , the llrst stoamhoat that plied
on the waters of the Willamette. The hull
vus of iron , about forty feet long , and carried
welvo tons. Tlio Kudo was brought from
'
San Francisco , o'n the brig Success , in Juno ,
851.
851.A
A subsc.-ibor of TUB BII : : writes of the
country in the vicinity of Enterprise , Oro. :
'Wo have a climate here Tor all fruits and
ceieals , nnd magnificent crops have beenhnr-
e.sted this year , litch loads of the precious
uotals liuvo been discovered in the neighbor-
ng mountains , nnd claims are uclng taken
daily. The rush to the district is a repetition
of the Pike's peak excitement. An export
vim recently wont to the camp tolls mo the
irospects nro good. "
C'.ilirorniii.
Ono man in Anaheim has raised 115,000
mmpas plumes this season , und lluds a
eudy market for them.
The Mongolian pheasants which were
urnod loose in the woods near Grass Valloy.
nro prospering. It will bo the ye.ir 181 > . " > bo-
ere the law will allow tbo killing ot thcso
ilrds.
A corporation composed of fourteen young
mtlvo Callfornluns has been formed to plant
51) ) acres in prunes in Pajaro valloy. Just be-
ow Santa Clara valley. U is expected to
nuke this ono of the largest prune orchards
n the state , as each year now ucres will bo
ilantcd.
"Hough" O'Neal , an old-timer on the
YcsnoTints , mot a horrlblo death tbo other
lay. A section of u largo tree which Ho hud
eUod rolled down on his legs , pinning him
o the earth. Alone and powerless to release
ilmsolf , ho slowlv died of starvation and ox-
; austion. The earth adjacent nnd the barked
rco told of his awful struggle to extricate
its limbs.
A lovely young wife , Gala Mendoza , says
ho Hod 'Bluff Sentinel , iravo birth a few
lays ago to three girl babies. The bablos
ooued so much allko that the nurse bad to
ilu different colomd ribbons on their clothes
o Unow "which from t'other. " The happy
mother and lovely babies r.ro getting along
ilcoly. The papa still lives and may con
tinue to survive the shock.
England Is becoming ono of tbo best pa
trons of California wino and brandy. Iho
nnrket was llrst opened by tbo sweet wine
makers of Pomona , many of whom r.ro Lug-
l h , and It has now Incroasott until on en-
ire cargo of wlno nnd brandy has been
shipped this week on tbo Clan Mackenzie ,
which carried out 19,000 gallons of wluo and
JT.OOO gallons nf brandy. The whole cargo U
valued at f = 5,000.
WORLD'S FAIR.
NATiONALHYMNp/ .
ASR SANTA GLAUS SOAP
My Country'tis : of thec.
Sweet latul of liberty ,
Of tliee I sing ;
Laud where our fathers
died ;
Land where our Mothers
cried ,
Over the wash-tub tied
Let freedom ring.
A\y \ native country thec
Land of the noble , free
Thy name I love ;
I love thy tucks and frills
But oh : what laundry bills ;
My soul with horror thrills ;
When I think of thec.
Let music swell the breeze ,
And blow through all the
trees
Hall SANTA GLAUS :
Let tired mortals wake
And Kindly try a cake ,
Let all for cleanness sake ,
Join the applause.
MAKERS FOR AU
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B SL/RGEON DENTIST , 0
El Is prepared to do all Dental Work In n scientific and snUsfacpj
12 tory manner at reasonable prices.
All the Latest Improvements , B
Both ih Mechanical and Operative Dentistry Employed , m
Painless Extraction of Teeth.
a 1 < 3OY Street ,
a OFFICE ESTABLISHED , 1878
STILL"WE
Continue to Make a Full
SET OF TEETH FOR FIVE DOLLARS ,
AND A GOO I ) FIT
TEETII WITHOUT TEETH EXTRACTED
PLATES , or removable
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bridge work. Just the
und without thu use of
thing- for Ministers ,
chlororoiiu , other or ettH ,
Lawyers , Singers and
of wonderful
by means our
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' cos for the use of this an-
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only ofllco whom you viin
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Don't Forget the Exact Location.
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OFFICES THIRD FLOOR PAXTON BLOCK.
Tnlco oloviitor at 10th htroot ontninco ,
TELEPHONE , 1OS8. - - 1GTH and FARM AM STS. , OMAHA
Cut this out as a guttta.
TheTNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS
that the
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Sole Agents , Omaha , Nebraska.
Established 1866. _ _
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