8 THE OMAHA DAILY fUEE : MONDAY , MAJIOIT 21 , 1892 ,
The Advance of Spring Stimulating Ac
tivity in All Directions.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS IN THE BLACK HILLS
Utah * * Mineral Weiillli-lleinlnUconcn nt
* * HlR Mine-hull l.nke
with Natural < ln Ociicral
of tlio Northwest.
The mineral output of the Blncic Hilts for
16W promises to exceed that ot nny previous
Soar In the history of the district. Confi
dence is bated on substantial grounds. Not
only nro the old reliable mlnos holding their
own ns wealth producers , but now mlnos nro
being opened and worked with unusual
vigor. Increased transportation facilities ,
local smelters nnd Improved labor-saving
appliances have wrought n great change , In-
.creased the Income of the richer mlnos nnd
made profitable the working of low grade
ere , heretofore wasted nnd thrown nsldo on
the dump ) . "Tho monthly product of the
mines tributary to this city , " says the Deadwood -
wood Pioneer , "Is now , tn round numbers ,
$100,000 , nnu according to the estimate of
ono of the best Informed nnd most conserve-
tUo business men It will within ninety days
hnvo Increased to not less than S7&0.000 per
month. The figures were reached by care
ful calculation nnd are susceptible of easy
verlllcatlon. They credit the llomcstako ug.
jrregntlon with ? 3 ; > 0OUO per month : the ( Jol-
den Howard , when increases now bolng made
to capacity of Its works nro com
pleted , $60,000 ; Consolidated Milling com
pany , 100,000 ; Welcome works , $00,000 ;
McUco & Unegllng mill , ? 40,000. ( tbo three
last named to bo In operation within nlnoty
days ) ; the Sam mill ( lllg Missouri ) , $10,000 ;
Deadwood smelter , $135,000 , with increase
now being made to its capacity ; Bald Moun
tain Consolidated company , f.20,000 , nnd
Ilawiteyo mill $0,000 , or n grand total ot
8760,000 per month. It will bo observed that
this estimate does not Include probable out
put of stamp mills on the Monitor nnd Co
lumbus properties , nor of the now process at
present being experimented with at thoBux-
lon mill , nor does It tnko Into consideration
tbo value of ere shlpued to reducing plants
outside of tbo Hills. "
The Fresno Mullmttiin.
Habbit drives In California are a prolific
source of wlld-oyed stories nnd slaughter.
Tlio wholesale killing of bunny appears to
have demoralized tlio local scribes and pro
duced a painful coolness botwoeii them nnd
truth. Heretofore tueso wlerd tales of bunny
nnd blood paiscd unnoticed , but this Indiffer
ence provoked the champion liar and induced
on eruption that throws several dark
shadows over the best efforts of Mullmttou.
During the ( Jrand Army encampment nt
Fresno on the 13th , the veterans to the num
ber of 600 participated in n rabbit drivo.
Tholr number was swelled by tno towns
people , forming an army of 5,000 persons ,
dividing into three wings. But lot , the
Fresno genius have his any : "A slowly con
verging line cloven miles long was thus
formed of fully 5uOO people. When within
flvo miles of the corral , the center and wings
wore joined , the people , dismounted and a
semi-circular line of battle was formed , with
carriages In the roar.
"Tho slowly converging line inovod on ,
'
driving before' them the Jumping , leaping ,
dodging mass of hares. Auout eighteen sec-
lions otland had boon covered.
"When within view of the mouth of the
corral the Blent was ono which once wit
nessed could never bo forgotton. Before the
contracting line of men , women , boys nnd
girls lay about 500 acres of plain so thick
with madly rushing hares that the ground
was actually hidden from sight.
"Photographs were tnuon of the mass as
they lay huddled un , and thnn tlio veteran
guard of California , clubs in hand , were
formed in line of battle , and with a yell'
moved down upon the mass of W.OOO bunnies ,
clubbing as they ran. A sickening slaughter
look place , lasting about an hour. "
Five hundred acres of plain bidden from
Bight by 25,000 rabbits I There Is nn ugly
discrepancy here , ovorlookoj doubtless in
tno wild cyclone of slaughter. Three ordin
ary rabbits would not bo inconveniently
crowded on n square foot of ground. But
allowing the California animals ono square
foot each.tU.fiOt . ) could bo accommodated un
nn aero of ground , or 21,780,000 on fiOO acres.
Putting aside analysis , wo dofC our hat to
the Fresno liar and the ozone that sustains
him.
IJtiih's AVvulth In Mineral.
The Salt IjUito Tribune maintains , without
qualification or mental reservation , that "in
the abundance und quality and variety of-
mineral products , no other slutu or terri
tory compares with Utah. " The claim is
based on comparative figures. "In 1690 , ' '
says the same authority , "this country nro-
auccd 51,500,000 ounces of sllvor. Ofthat ,
umount Utah produced ntout one-sovontb ,
and has about the best silver mines in the
world. In the same year , 101,751 tons of
load wcro produced of a value of Jl4,2CO,70n.
\Vo believe that Utah produced moro of
that amount than any other state or terri
tory , and that .she bus the best load mines in
the world. In the same year , 04.0S3 tons of
y.inc , of n vnluo of { 0,200,407 were produced.
Utah could easily supply one-sixth of that
amount annually. One hundred nnd twcnty-
Jilno tons , valued nt $10,750 , of antimony
wcro produced ; Utah could easily supply
that amount annually in antimony of a purer
quality than that tound anywhere elso. The
value of building stone is put down nt
7,000,000. Utah could easily supply
that amount without any diftlculty. all
by herself. Twenty million dollars worth ot
natural CHS was produced. Utah hus natural
Kas going to waste. Six million dollars wet th
of cement was produced. There Is no place
on earth whcro cement coula DO in ado
cheaper , easier and bettor than right hero.
Tno value of the salt produced In Ih'JO was
$4,752,280. Utah has a suit sea and salt
mountains enough to supply the world.
And ns wo run down the Hat and note the
articles llmostono , mineral waters , potters'
clay , gypsum , pyrites , manganese ore , as-
nhaltum , oto. , " with whloh the territory
is abundantly supplied , the fact Is apparent
that Utah affords a most tempting Hold for
profitable Industrial enterprise.
Natural ( IIIH mill Water.
' The discovery of natural gas In Utah Is
scarcely two months old , yet in that brief
period the fortunate prospectors give ovl-
donco of u thotouch realization of the value
of the llud , The company controlling Is al
ready capitalized at $5,000,000. Major T.
Doxlo , the natural gas man of Indiana , has
bought a half interest in the property , pay
ing $250,000 therefor. In return the company
has lot to him the contract . ' * $500,000 , it is
nald , to plpo natural gas from tao lake shore
to Salt Lake City and Ogdcn.
Natural gas has boon found near Opdcn ,
After boring six days and attaining a depth
of 200 feet a six foot How of perfectly odor
less gas was strucu. In boring the drill
passed through n sbalo which is so Impreg
nated with oil that it would cause no surprise
if petroleum was found nt any tlmo.
Tno region of country east of the Great
Salt lake shoru and the Utah lake shore has
been for many years regarded us i-.ch in oil
and gas. At llrigbam City , twenty-live inilot
north of Ogdcn , natural ga has been used
for three or four years in burning brick and
lltno. The same thing has been done at I ohl.
twenty-two miles south of Salt Luke City.
This shows that abundant gas exists in Utah.
The ( Suit * To OKI ,
W. C. Roichonocker , n Souttlo jeweler , has
begun n suit involving the possession ot two
Buddha gods 700 years old. The Idols in
question are two hideous llttlo specimens of
Japanese carving In ivory , and the material ,
once snowy whlto , is now brown with ago
nnd the touch of thousands of devotees.
HoichouecUer who , by the way , is no
Virtuoso bought the gods some tlmo ago
from a Japanese importer In San Francisco ,
Ichl Ban by name , They came with a lot of
other ourlos , but when HolchonecUer un
packed them be was much disgusted to Und
that the llttlo ivory deities bore every np-
pcarbuco of ago and use. The correspond
ence , which has since been raudo public ,
shows that Holchonockcr wrote an angry
letter to Inhl Ban declaring that goailio
merchant * wcro uot country peddlers to have
old shopworn Buddhas p&lmcd 6ft on tncro.
Tno importer politely answered :
"You speak of the Buddhut being old and
shopworn. That it exactly wbnt gives them
their value. They nro pieces of work made
perhaps 000 or 700 years aco.- None ha * been
made In tbo last fifty years. These have been
handed down from agd to ago In some old
Buddhist tornplo through ton generations of
priests.
"Thoy arc as perfect fls nny that might bo
found. They were made by dlvlno command
before the prwont dynasty came into power
in Japan , some DIG years ago. And let mo toll
you that , there nra but few Buddhas loft
there now , ns the finer and older ones have
boon bought un and carried to Europe.
"If the two- pieces you have now were in
Yokohama they would doubtless bring twlco
what wo charged you for thorn , as wo bought
them several years ngo , having completely
gutted two or three temples. "
Kolchoncckor. however , still frit that ho
was cheated In his bargain for tbo gods , nnd
has had rccourso to the courts ,
A Hole That Yielded IIrtO.OOO.OOO.
"I was strolling with John W. Mnckny
some years ngo In Virginia City , " writes
John Huspcll Young , "when wo looked down
a smoking cavity In the ground that wai
soon lost in the darkness , nnd nt tha mouth
of which n windlass was slowly grinding ,
'Out ' of that hole,1 , ho said , 'I took $150,000,000
In bullion.1 This was ono of the famous
Bonanza mines , whoso history nil mon know.
The Big Bonanza , as It was called , nnd ns
Mackay described It to mo nt the tlmo , was a
'kidney , ' or a 'pockot' of crude ere , nbout ns
high ns the stocplo of Trinity nnd in area as
largo ns the City Hall park of Now Yon : .
Thin ere shoveled out and reduced , gave the
stupendous yield to which Mr. Mackay re
ferred , and was the foundation of the
Bonanza fortunes. Associated with him
\\oro three other gentlemen whoso names
were to win n world-wldo mining fame
James O. Fair , afterward senator from
Novndn , whoso skill a a mining export had
attracted the attention ot Mnckav ; William
O'Brien and James C. Flood. O'Brien nnd
Flood had come to California as friends In *
the Argonaut days , and had , like other men ,
taken tholr humble parts in the creation of
the Pacific states. Jn those times' mon who
wcro to bo major generals in the nrmy drove
drays for a livlnir. Other ) who were to be
come luminous in statesmanship and Juris
prudence joyfully mended their own trousers
nnd washed tholr own linen. They wcro
'partners , ' a term that Bret Hart has
pathetically explained in ono of his ex-
"
nulsito stories , 'Partners , ' that Is to "say.
friends , with a friendship such ns wo who
live outside of the atmosphere of adventure
Which enfolded the Argonant days can not
understand and which would be nut vaguely
explained it wo compared it to the love ot
muu and woman. "
A Slitndcr ou Wyoming.
A Harvard man who has boon living in the
west writes to the Boston Herald detailing
an Incident In which Bishop Tolbot was the
principal figure. The bishop had arrived ono
day In a small mining town In his dlocoao
( Wyoming ) , where ho had promised to hold n
service. Walking up the street , ho noticed
some preen handbills flying aoout , and ho
picked ouo up. It rend as lollous :
"Bishop Tnlbot preaches tonight. Lot him
bavo a big crowd.
"P. S. Leave your puns with the usher. "
The bishop wns not easily scared , but ho
thought the postscript odd , to say the least.
On inquiry ho learned that young Mr. H.
wanted to raise n good crowd to great the
bishop , and ho * had issued the handbills ,
knowing that many who would not coma tn
hear a bishop preach would como at the hint
of a dlsturoance.
The bishop's stay was "n great go.1'
One ; ot the ItoyB.
Old Governor Routt. of Colorado his a
way with him that goes right to the heart of
the Colorado minor. Just before the sale of
public land In Crccdo the other day ho got
un and , amid wild applause , made the follow
ing speech : "Boys , I'm no tondorfoqt 1' m
ono'of you. " I'vO.been . through the mill nnd
know-nll about yourdosiros. You have como
here in good faith to make this your homo.
You hnvo sqattcd on public land nud you
ought to have it. The statutes require us to
sell to the highest and best bidders. You
are the best bidders , hud , by the ctornal , the
'mute's your'n. Howl down the speculators ,
but don't shoot. I left my gun at homo.
Tnko yours back to your cabins. Now , go
on with your bidding , but don't shoot. "
Kebnultii.
An extensive revival is in progress at
Exeter.
The Fillmora County Republican has boon
enlarged and improved.
Jefferson county's court house will bo
ready for occupancy May 1.
A ladies' athletic club has boon formed by
the young women'of Geneva.
It is rumored that another democratic
paper will bo started at Plattsmouth.
A camp of Sons of Veterans has been mus
tered in at Genoa with sixteen members.
The wheat acreage of Lincoln county will
bo 5'J ' per cent larger this year than last.
The Ancient Order of United \Vorlnnen
ledge of Bolvldcro talks of building a hall.
Broken Bow citizens have formed a Busi
ness Men's association with sixty members ,
Flro In C. C , Dawson's grocery store at
Ilarvarddld damage to tha amount of $3,000.
The machinery has arrived at Harvard for
the new cheese factory being built near that
place.
S. II. Kingory of Fairmont lost four teeth
and had his Jaw crushed by the kick of a
horse.
Mark M. Reeves of the Sidney land ofllco
wants to gata.tno Minneapolis convention as
a delegate.
Clara Molchor , n little girl of Wlsnorwhllo
putting on a cloak foil backward and broke
her arm. :
The Callaway Agricultural Fair association
has purchased forty acres and will lay out
fair grounds. .
Severn ! prominent citizens of Louisville
wcro urrosted by the police during a raid on
a gambling houso.
Mrs. Jon.ilo F. Holmes of Teoumsoh , the
well known temperance worker , is very sick
with congestion of the lungs.
Valentino people can taste oil in tholr well
water and they bcllovo that the greasy lluld
exists under the cily in paying quantities.
O. Robinson of IJecatur , ix prominent
Mason , utarved to death last week. iiu
could not cat on account of cancer of tbo
throat.
A district convention of tbo Baptist Young
People's union will bo hold at Grand Island
April 1U , U nnd 15. Ninety dologutos will bo
in attendance.
II , C. Worthao , now serving his second
term us treasurer of Pawnee county , will bo
a candidate for the nomination of state treas
urer on the republican ticket.
Two hotel men were arrested at Oxford
for crossing the "dead-lino" fixed by the B.
ii M. eating house and soliciting patronage ,
but they were dismissed without a trial.
An extensive prairie llro destroyed con
siderable hay east ot Broken Bow. It
burned two dayu , but about twenty-live mon
and boys finally succeeded In getting it under
control.
QWhilo Rev , S. Pearson was attending a
funeral at West I'olnt ho was thrown from a
carriage and injured so .badly that for a tlmo
it was believed ho would did. Ho is now re
covering.
For the third tlmo Axtol Cnrliou , a fnrgor ,
has broken from Jail itt Tckamah and has
made good his oscupo. Tbo sheriff was attending -
tending ibo opera when the prisoner gained
his freedom. i
Mtnnecuaduza crook , which furnlsh08"tho
water 'supply for Valentine , has boon be
fouled with largo quantities of < reuse matter
nnd the Republican urges that something bu
done before aloknoas results ,
Ravenna proposes to celebrate the Fourth
of July nud plans for the event uro already
being matured. The coujrnlttco has three
orators in mind Governor Boyd , Henry D.
Kit a brook of Omaha and Congressman Kern.
Albert Kellay and A. H. Boy03 engaged in
a list light at Goring , which wont against
Kelley. Kelley then drew a kulfo nnd
slashed Boycs in. several pluo.es before the
combatants _ " could bp separated. The
wounded mau"\ViU recover.
The comwlttoo appointed , by the Elkhorn
Vulloy Association of Indopenduut Order of
Odd Fellows Lodges has decided to bold the
next anniversary celebration of that order ,
which occurs on Tuesday. April 20 , at Madi
son , The lodges forming tbo association ore
those at Madison. Burnett , Btanton and Nor
folk.
folk.Tilden
Tilden citizens have brought suit agalnit
the Norfolk Boot bugar company for $1,520.
Tbo product of thirty-eight acres of beets
wn § shipped to the factory from Tlldcn last
fnll and the company has refused to pny for
them. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wyoming.
A find of asbestos Is reported hoar Casper.
A vein of line copper has been uucovcrod
near Casper.
. A gold quartz vein hns boon uncovered on
Casper mountain ,
Tests made nt Denver fix the value of
Bald mountain placers nt $18,870 on acre.
The wool shipments of Rawltns thU year
will amount to 2,000OOJ pounds against 1-
500,000 lailycar.
The Cheyenne Board of Trade propDso to
raise $1,000 with which to determine the
vnluo of Uorso creek iron oro.
Henry Buckley , n Chcyonno boy of 14 ,
fooled with n six shooter. The bullet pene
trated his forehead nnd sent his spirit over
the range.
The railroai snur from Ravllns to the
Kearney stone quarries will bu commenced
in n few days. The distance from Rawllns
to the quarries is four miles.
Wyoming Is ono of the few states In
which llro insurance companies nro making
money. The profits to the < o concerns lust
year amounted to some $00,000.
A ward of the hospital at Monk Springs
was supposed to bo haunted by the spirit of
a miner who was refused n drink of whUity
In his dying moments. Probably It U lookIng -
Ing for the flask.
The Big Horn range is covered with snow
to a great depth. Andy Cameron , living at
Spring Creek , slid on snow shoes from * his
homo to Buffalo , over forty miles , and not n
tree or shrub was In sight. Ho reports cat-
tie in the basin tn a deplorable condition.
The western cart of the stnto Is declaring
itself for Superintendent Wurtelo ot the
Union Pacific ns the democratic nominee for
governor. Rock Spring ; , G.rcon Rlvor nnd
Kvan'ston have started the movement nnd
the tallroad boys nil along the line hnvo
taken It up with n hurrah.
Gold Hill reports an Important strike in
the Arapahoe. i'ho shaft l only twenty foot
docp , but Is showing n six foot vein carrying
brlttlo silver , as pronounced by old prosp'eot-
ors In the camp. This property isi owned
by W. Carrlgan nnd Colonul S. w. Uowuoy
and is n parallel vein with tbo Wyoming.
Vlllottc is the nnmo given n now mining
district Just organized In tho'Modlolno Dow
range , that forms the eastern boundary of
tbo upper Plntto valley. A postofllco nnd a
town to bo established In the now district ,
distant nbout eighteen miles nnd southeast
from Saratoga , uro to bo similarly chris
tened.
A. B. Gillosnle , postmaster nt Rock Creek ,
is u public olllcial Intolerant of criticism.
Two years ago ho smashed a man almost to
death for daring to question his methods.
Last weak Engineer C. B. Griffin insinuated
that the postmaster was a fool in ofllclal
harness. Doctors nro now trying to patch
up Griniri'3 mutilated situll , whllo Glllosplo
is meditating In Jail.
South Diikutu.
The Ilorsoshoo Cornel Is shipping ere to
the Omaha smoltcr.
A pralrlo llro a few mlles south of Huron
destroyed several farm houses , barns nnd
grain stacks.
From all quarters of the ntata comes the
report that farm lands are in.eood demand.
The big crop of 1801 has given the state u
good recommendation.
A quarry of lithographer's stcmo has been
unearthed near Blunt. Upon investigation
it was found that the stone bed Is an ex
tensive one and promises good results.
A discovery of dry slllclous ere is reported
from Burno gulch in Carbonate camp , which
assays S40 per ton In gold. The property
is owned by A. Mabbs and Julius Burno.
A mass meeting held in Dendwood pronounced -
nouncod In favor of resisting the payment of
bonds issued In 1S77 , amounting to $375,000.
It is claimed the bonds wcro Illegally issued.
The Ueadwood Terra company has an
nounced its thirty-ninth dividend of 5 cents
per share , aggregating $10,000 , caynblo at the
Now York oftlco March 21 , making a total of ,
dividends paid to date $1,080,000.
A new to\vn has been laid out on tbo
Omaha line eighteen milosKoaat of , Mitcuoll ,
In the northeastern part of Hanson county , .
It Is to bo called Farmers' station arid
promises to bo quite ashipplnc.point. ' It is
the center of a thrifty Gormancommunity.
The opening of the SIssoton reservation
which Is now so near as to bo practically
accomplished , Is having a revivifying effect
upon the business situation aVWatortowu.
Already the city Is lining up with now
coiners who have taken every habltabto
tenement and still the rush continues.
Montana.
Great Falls is negotiating for a largo flour
mill.
Owners of the Blue-Eyed Nolllo , near
Wtckes , claim to have struck a largo body
of high grade carbonate ere , silver largely
predominating.
It is now thought that the brook in the
Anaconda machinery , which throw several
hundred mon out of work , will bo repaired
within n wooic , and that work will bo re
sumed full fcrce.
A cross-cut on the North Homomlno , Rad-
ersburg district , nt a depth of liftv feet ,
shows the vein to bo thirty-eight feet wide ,
all the ere averaging Tinnds&molv , nnd some
of it running very high. 4
The total subscrlbtlons todiUo toward the
building , of the Helena , AVhlto Sulphur
Springs & Castle railroad amount to $240,500.
Of this Helena has raised $105,000 , Wbito
Sulphur $ . ' 15,000 , and Castle $10,003.
Tno lead of the Umatlllo group , sixteen
mlles from Helena , contains a streak of free
milling gold ere which assays from $20 to
$140 in gold. Levels will ho run in both di
rections from the shaft for n.distance of $100
foot , when stopmg will bo commenced.
A line body of first-class ere has been en
countered in the 15'J foot level of tha magpie
mlno. The ere body is twenty-two Inches in
width nnd carries gold and lead , the assay
value of the former being $100 per ton. The
mine is in the vicinity bfabo famous Silver
Wave , Moaghor county.
Governor Toolo is very much Interested in
the co n oral observation of Arbor dav. IIo
snys now is the tlmo for preparations. Lot
the work begin , ho say's , and 'in a few years
shade trees will to the rulo.iusto.id of the
exception. Tbo governor urges nil county
and city superintendents of schools , mayors
and city councils , to assume c'hargo of ibo
work. „
lUllllci.
A man named RuttiDlo.1 who was run over
by u Union Pacific train at Boise Citv , suea
lor $20,000 and was awarded $10,275. '
The World's fair commissioner for Idaho
has made arrangements to exhibit a herd of
elk nt Chicago In 18J3. ( The animals are in
Blngham county , nnd will bo cared for thora
until they are wanted.
C. S. Wllkes of Suit Lake , engineer of the
Salt Lake. Boots & Seattle , railway , reports
that about 55 per cent of the capital stocit of
thn concern was already taken nnd that pros
pects are very bright for construction work.
Three young mon on the middlo.fork of tbo
Payetto wont out on horseback some two
weeks ago nnd lassoed a largo ? six-point oln'
-weighing about 700 pounds. 'They uot'-him '
into a corral , where they have him tiowToed-
Inghlm. _ „ * f
Deputy United States Marshal Bob Dryden -
don has gone north fully determined to clean
out the gang of counterfeiters that have long
been operating in northern Idaho. He thintts
ho will bo nblo to make important arrests
within thd'vveok.
With'ho now school building costing $10.-
000. the Odd Follows' homo costing from
$3.000 to $10.000,1)10 ) new hotel at $15,000. u
now two-story double stone building und tuo
putting In of tno water power nt a cost , of
from $40,000 to $00,003 , besides many other
smaller structures , most of which la nssured ,
Idaho Fulls will surely prosper this soasou.
DoWltt's Sarsapariliu is reliable.
i
Dr. Culllrnoro , oouust , Uoo building
SILVER IPITS NATIVE LAIR
An Endless Tfabng Hustling for the Stuff
nOOreeoVs Bhrino ,
MILLIONS IN FANCY AND IN FACT
ltr.il i : tnto Spnoiiliitlnn ItlvnU tlio llunl. ' for
Mineral r.and < i A l.tirky Prospector
Omnlin V nplo In Cninp Scenes
nnd Incident ) ,
CiiEEtin , Colo. , March 15. ( Special to Tun
niu.J The wonder of the west still booms.
Things nro Just ns lively a * they were some
two wocks ngo. Many come here expecting
to maxo n fortune in a day or two , nnd after
looming at the hills nnd not seeing a pro
fusion of silver ere visible to the naked eye ,
shrug their shoulders , shako tholr heads nnd
make n break for the first train going oast.
This tenderfoot clement do n camp of this
kind moro harm thnn good , ionr corre
spondent hns been hero now a llttlo ever two
weeks , nnd during that tlmo has seen n great
many changes. Because trndo Is n trlllo
lighter is no indication that the camp is not
Improving. For quite a whllo there was n
great number ot land speculators horo.
After securing what they wanted they
packed tholr traps and pulled out.
The llulldlni ; llonin
continues. Jlmtown proper Is jammed full ,
nnd now what Is known ns South Croodo is
building nt lightning pace. As soon ath'o
snow begins to disappear you will perhaps
hoar of some wonderful developments. At
present things nro working slow , but thora
will not bo n 100-foot i.paco of this district
for twenty miles square that will not have
been prospected by July 1C , nntt by that tinio
the population will roach I'J.OOO or 15,000 pee
ple. The present population is botwoeii 0,000
nud 7,000.
A now town Is to bo nbout two or three
mlles cast of .llmtown on a high , loval ground ,
It is called Wnison. Thn owners claim they
are going to put in largo ccmont , brick
work < < , n llrao kiln and a number of other per
manent enterprises. The site selected Is
certainly a very beautiful ono on the banks
of the Hlo Urandc , where the water U as
clear ns spring water. In fact it is spring
water und molted snow. The location is between -
twoen Jlmtown ana Wagon Wheel Gap. The
latter is nil old summorrcsort which contains
mineral and hot springs. An electric railway
is to bo built from Wagon Wheel gap to Jim-
town , which will run through Wnsson. The
Denver & Hlo Grande railroad has bought
property at Wasson and expect to muito the
town a junction , nnd also extend the road
nbout fourteen miles up tbo river , with a
branch toCrcodc.
There is no doubt but there will bo n largo
town located between Creedo and Wagon
Wheel Gap sometime before the midsummer.
The Denver & Hio Grundo have ! )00 ) feet on
both sides of the tracu at Wasson. Lots have
been taken ofit/the / market and will bo hold off
for a few days. Tbo mountain sides
along Wasson are covered with tali cedars.
About the Mines.
From export minors I loam that this is the
strangest mineral formation that has over
been discovered. It is entirely different from
anything they have seen. H is mixed with
sand , sprinkled very much with mica nnd
streaks of Iron and hmo formations. There
are some parties who intend to boio to the
depth of 5UJ feet with diamond drills to prove
the theory thatrthero is anundcilyiug vein of
rich oro.
The Holy Moses mlno , the first location in
the camp , is nearly a mlle nnd * n half from
the head of the railroad. .Tbo ere is
huulod by teams for a mile , , the rest of the
distance being covered b.y a wire tramwav ,
recently coTnpleted. If his tramway is nearly
S.100 feet long.ond has a .fall of l.US'J feot.
The mlno Is tlrorefore ) Atpjin , , altitude soms-
wh'afgreUtar.tban that.ofj.eoil'vHli ) ( , thb ere
bin'at tbo lower end ot the-tramway is right
down in the gulch , so there Is no difllculty
nbout tramming. Tbo Moses hns two shafts ,
ono 800 loot nnd the other 12J ! foot deop. A
tunnel has been driven which strikes tno
vein at a depth of 120 feet nnd numerous
drifts and upraises bavo boon run , some of
them developing very largo bodies of oro.
The mine hns produced steadily and there"
Is'no apparent limit to its oro. While the
main body runs 80 to 100 ounces of silver
to the ton , some chambers run very much
higher , but the average Is about 103.
There was a wild rumor started Sunday-
thai Jolt W. Suiitn , probably bettor known
ns "Soany Smith , " bail struck n high C notn
on Creedo Crag , claiming that the ere would
run 1,000 ounces , but I have failed to get any
tellable information regarding his great find
in what bo calls tbo "Llttlo Cinnamon"
mlno. Smith is a rustier and will some day
como out a great winner.
The directors of the Lust Chance mlno
have already commenced putting In their
machinery. They have Juit received ono
175-horso power boiler uud moro are on the
way.
way.Tho owners ot the Amethyst mines have
oirerod the owners of the Daisy $125.030 for
their property. The Daisy adjoins the Ame
thyst on the north and lies sldo by side with
tbo Cleopatra.
The owners of tho.Littlo Vernio and Black
Girl claims ou Mammoth mountain refused
115,000 for the property. They are holding
out for $80,000.
Tlio J'ouncler ol Crcrdo.
Few of the thousands who have struck it
rich in the west have shown greater indlffor-
croaco in his changed financial condition
than N. C. Ctcede , the founder of this camp.
No ono could toll from his mnnnor or conver
sation that his wealth already mounts into
the millions or that bis Income at present
exceeds $ IIUU a day. IIo was offered $1,000-
000 for his interest in ibo Amethyst mine , a
proportv on which ho gave an option for
$73,000 last Uccomber.
Mr. Croodo is n native ot Indiana , horn In
1843. Atthoagoof 10 tie culls ted In ibo United
States army nnd for seven years served us a
scout with the Pawnees , Since lb"0 ho has
tramped over the west , pursuing the llcltlo
goddess of fortune and participating In vari
ous mining stampedes. Ho was in tbo Black
Hills before gold was discovered. During
thb last 11 ftocn years ho has been prospect
ing in Colorado , enduring great hardships
and privations that would kill the avorugo
man ,
The llrst Indication of mineral in this sec
tion was struck by Mr. Croedo in May , 181)0 ) ,
on the sldo of Mammoth mountain , it was
float. " 1 climbed the mountain , " ho said ,
describing his experience , "along the trail
of the float. The sun was boating down
upon mo nnd the glint ol the float under my
feet was Dlindihg. Just when the western
sky was tinged ) with that gorgeous rod wo
BOO hero sometimes 1 lifted iny hoiul and
there , projecting out in front , of me , was n
hugo bowlders of silicate , big as a houso.
That's whcro the llont 1 had f611owed'nll day
1 came from : tlboa God I ! almost so'rcumed
with delight. II know it'was hound to come
some day , butn.no idea of Uncling it in such'
shape wai appalling to me. I staked it off ,
and It was miua. I named it the Mammoth.
When I went U ck to my camp that night I
slont as I tiaililll for months before , I know
there must beomu of it close around and I
kent at work tor u month , until In Juno I
found the Uthol. As to the Holy Moses ,
about which thb newspapers have woavcd so
many falrv tales , I found that on mv ilrut
trip hero ifi IBM * . It was ou Juno ' . ' 5 , and I
located it thojecond day after striking the
Jloat. Tbo Clttt Is on the same vein. They
nro both In Camp Dell mountain. I u'nvo it
tbo name Holy Moses simply because 1 ilko
odd names. "
Mr. Ureedo has two partners , Captain L.
K. Campbell and Colonel Dave MolTatt , tha
latter well known in Omaha. The partners
'C
d
Powder :
Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard
erub-stakcd blm to the extent of t--OO oncb ,
andnrariow sharing with him an income
ranging from H.OOO to ttf.OOO a day.
Omnlm Visitors. 1
This weds there hix been qiilto n number
of Omnhogs bore. Mr. Enmost Hlnil hns
boon here nearly ft WOOK , accompanied by his
\vlfo. I understand ho ha * made some very
important purchases. This is kpt very
quiet , AS I cannot learn what or where ho
boucht. They nro stopplnc nt the Hralnnrd
& Bccbo hotel , the only hotel ot nny conso-
mionco In Cruodo camp. Mr. Urnlnnrd is nn
Umahrt man.
P. II , Green , who formally kept the Garfield -
field ialoon on Howard no.ir Sixteenth
streets , was hero for n day. Ho nlso stopped
nt the liralnnrd & Hccbo hotel. It wai
laughable to see how nervous ho would cot
when coining out of the hotel , which Is sltti-
ntcd nt tbo very bottom of n perpondlculnr
mountain of solid rock. IIo would look un
nnd nMt mo to walk down u piece , saying ho
wns afraid eomo ot that stotio would
fall on us , ns ho had Just
KOUO through nn cnrthqunko experience ,
whllo llvlnn on Dr. Pcubody's nronorty on
Fourteenth and Jones streets. IIo says the
cnrtbqiiHko shook the high embankment next
to bun nnd flattened the building tinon him
self nnd family ,
A. U. Frost nnd , T. K. Norrls of Omaha
hnvo boon taking In nil of the mlno * nnd sur
rounding country. They thlnlr this a won
derful nlaco nnd hnvo made some very gootl
real cstnto investments.
A well known character here Is the many
times killed 13ob Fonl , tbo slayer ol .Tosso
Jnincs. IIo runs whnt Is Knownns the
Croedo Exchange , a saloon and gnmDlliif
house ,
The weather hero nt present is very flno.
YVoUNnnt )
DUIIUNOTOX , la. , AprlU , 1801.
Dr. J. 13. Moore Dear Sir : Hnvo been
troubled with uatiurh In my bond nnd ftico
for three years nt times Ansunnbla to hoar ,
had a constant ringing la my oaw nnd for
two years wts almost dcnf. Have tried sev
eral so-called remedies nnd been treated by
roRttlnr physicians nnd noted specialists , but
fntlcd to got any relief. I tried ono bottle of
Mooro's Tree of Llfo Catarrh Cure. It gave
immediate relief and effected a permanent
cure. 1 heartily recommend It to all suffer
ers of this disotiso and will cheerfully give
nny.furthcr Information on being addressed
nt HIT homo , No. U'JJJ Sweeney nvo. , Burling
ton , In. For sale by all druggists.
Hospcctfulllv.
_ _ n. L. licit ) .
OM : rAiti : I\CUHSION
To Oklnhonm AInrrh U' ! .
Round trip tickets will bo"on snlo via
Santa Fo route , March 22 , from all
points in Kansas und Nebraska to points
in Oklahoma nnd return at rate of ono
fnro for the round tria Tickets { rood
until April 21. Stop-overs allowed in
Oklahoma. For tickets and full information
mation apply to your nearest ticket
agent or address K. L. Palmer , passen
ger afiont Santa Fo Route , 1310 Farnam
street , Omaha.
The Kiisor thu Only Liquor Cure.
With scientific treatment , no failures
and no tlmo lost. Visit the institute ,
South Omaha.
To Oklnhonm anil tlip Territory , Cheap.
The Chicago , Rock Island & Pacific
railway will sell tickets March 22 to
above points at ono faro for the round
trip. Tickets peed for IIO days , and
they cnn bo purchased at all principal
"Rock Isltxnd" towns in Nebraska , Kan
sas and Colorado.
Jxo. SKIJASTIAN , G. T. & P.A. , Chicago.
doji'i get
what jyoii want ,
if you expect to
buy Dr. Piorco's
genuine modi-
cities nt less than
the regular prices.
You can buy
counterfeits , imi
tations , dilutions ,
, and substitutes ,
' from unauthor
ized dealers , at what are called " cut prices , "
but the genuine guaranteed medicines cott
more , and are worth more.
If you do get the genuine , they're the
cheapest medicines you can buy , for they're
guaranteed in every case to benefit or cure ,
or you liavo your money back.
lint you icoii't get the genuine , except
through druggists regularly authorized ns
agents , und nt tbo following uniform and
long-established prices :
Dr. Picrco'a Golden Medical Discovery ( the
remedy for all diseases arising from a torpid
liver , or impure blood ) , . . $1.00 per bottle.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription ( the rem
edy'for woman's chroniu weaknesses nnd de
rangements ) , S1.00 per bottlo.
Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets ( the original
nnd best little Liver Pills ) . 15 ! cents per viol.
A noir nn I Corn pie to Treatment , consisting of
Suppositories. Ointment In Capsules , nlio In HOT
anil I'llUt a Positive Cum tor Hxtarnnl , Internal
llllnd or llloodhu Itclilnz , Chronic , llecent or
Hereditary files. Thin Uomcdy h.-u never bocn
known to full. (1 perbox.n fur ? ) ; sent b/ mill ,
Wliy suiter from till" terrible illnjasj wlicnu writ-
tea uuiiriniBO Is positively KlvciiTllliUtioioi , or
refund tlio inonuy If not curj.l. Bon t itamp tor
freo'Simiili" ( iunr.iutuo Isiual by Kuln k Co. ,
Urarclstai' Bee Auonts , curuar IStli nnl Doughn
recta. Omaha. Neb.
\V KJT3 NKIIV.S AND IIU UN TllKAT.
MKNT.n pecHlufnr Hr terK Ulzilnoii , I'lti , .Vou-
nvlula , Jlnulaohi ) , Ner om Prostration causoJ by !
rohoi ortobnceo , Wnkofulnaii , Mental DoproislJi.
Softening of the llraln , ci'ulti ; Iniinlty , misery ,
decay , ileith , from itiira Old Ajo. Ilirrjnnoii. I/-JM
of Power In clthorHOt , linpotenuy , 1.9 icorrjiooi a 11
all KumMo Wuiknostoi , Involuntary I.oijoi , SUIT-
matorrhooi eiusuJ by ovuroxortlun of tli3 brali
Bc'ir-'ibll" ' , ovor-lnrtiilfono ! . A HI mill's trettiiDV
II , U for J5. by null. Wo cluarantm U boiait )
euro. Kioh oiJjr forH hutis , wltiti ! will aoi I writ
ten nimr.intoo to ii'fnti'l ' It nit c.iroJ. ( Jnarinti )
l < mi ilunly by A. Sclirotor , Dru xltt. ole n ; ; > n tl ,
1C.cor. loUi and Kirnain its , , Omilii. NaU.
GONORRHEA , GLEET AND LUCOERRHEA CURED
In2cl4ys by the Trench Itoinody , entitled , Tbo
King , It dlaaolves ugiiliHt nutl U absorbed Into
the Inlliimmlatla. . Will refund money If It
doja notcur * . or c.iuws stricture. Cuatlemaa
here U u rallnblu urilcla. 11 p ik ija or a fur t i
by infill prepaid , Bno\v. Limn & Co , Omnlm.
For Ncrrous I'roitrutlon ,
> u ana I'liyilcal Debility. N
ihaustlon. Insomnia Jain. .
the Hack.CV > lil llnnilourl'ect . ,
-
UaaClrcu
r t once .
"r" > 'lonlo I'lll. . Ib.
IIJr lcrr ! .r. r.Occnt
r a vial , 1'cr > ale tir Drue *
C < > U , ortciitbr niulf.
SAFE , CERT/IIH / , SPEEDY.
IOHH > S KIKItlCIN CO. ,
' ( JA.N FUAISC'IHCOorCIIICAOO.
r'OIt 8AI.K IX OMAHA. KI.ll. , 1)V
Kulin ft Co. , Co r IMIi d Jiouclis EU.
J A I'uller &l'o. Cor. Hili & Douclai EU.
A. U. foster & Co. , Council lUuHi. la.
INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS
I'crfiims who have lu > t property frnii Indl.in
rnds ) oho lid flo ! tliolr claims iimlur the Indian
Ueprolut'oii Aotpf Miirh ' , 13)1. ) Tlio tlmoU
limited , unJ the claims are tukon up by tha
court in IhodrJtTJn which thuy uro roolvod ,
Take Notice thtitatl contracts cntarci into
with attorneyj prior to tha Act ara mi-lj
null nnd void. Information Kit un uuJ all
clulinsoroinptly attended to by tlio
; JJfili BUREAU 01 ! CLAIMS.
VtfO life
OMAHA , NElUl-iASKA
tVThls Ilnro&u Is puarantcoJ by the
Oniithu lice , the I'lonucr rrcbs anJ the Sju
J'rauclbco Kxauilui-r.
LJTTUR : BOYS ,
boys from four to fourteen years old ,
whose clothes are getting "frayed" and
v/ho are "afraid" that they wont have any
new ones on account of mamma's cas
ter bonnet or "Dads" new spring overcoat
costing so much money are requested to
call their parents' attention to the fact that
we are going to sell during the present
week Knee Pant Suits made of handsome
"wool brown plaid cassimere , for two
dollars and very fine Havana brown di
agonal Knee Pant Suits for three-fifty
just your size.
BIO BOYS ,
boys from thirteen to nineteen years plx
v/ho have arrived at that time of life when
they want their clothes to look as near like-
a man's as possible in cut in style
in pattern can get fits ( in suits , of
course , ) during this week in very fine all
wool diagonals for five dollars and sev \
enty-five cents. These suits are in three
pieces , coat , vest and long pants , and are
"right in line. "
: UITTLAEi MEN ,
boys in years but men in experience , par
ticularly the ones who have to get out and
hustle to earn their own living , and who
have to make every dollar count for all
there is in it , will have an exceptional op
portunity to make a dollar do the work
of a dollar fifty this week , by taking
vantage of our sale of young men's suits >
ages 13 to 19 , strictly all wool , handsome
patterns , at four dollars a suit ( exactly
two dollars under value ) .
BIO MEN ,
little men , short men , tall men , stout men ,
slim men , strong men , weak men ,
"square" men , "flats , " "rounders , " and in
fact every man , is hereby cautioned
against buying a spring overcoat without
' Nebraska Clothing Co. " on the hanger
inside the collar. To do so means a loss of
from three to eight dollars. "Nebraska's"
spring overcoats are $5 , $6.75 , $7.BO , $9 ,
$1O.8O , $11.SO , $14.5O , $1S.
Open Till 8 p. m. Saturdays , 1C p. m.
DB. J. S McGKE&EW ,
THE SPECIALIST ,
PRIVATE DISEASES
AND ALL DISORDERS AND
DEBILITIES OF YOUTH AND
MANHOOD , 17 YEARS' EXPERIENCE.
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS.
14TH < t FARNAM STS. . OMAHA NEB.
SYRINOEX.
Tlia Only 1'jrfnH V.i tin Mn
Itrctal hjrliuo 111
the world.
U the only irrhiKO over In-
\cnicdb ) which vnglnnl In
JrUlurib cnn bo mlmlMl trm !
without Irnkliu "Mil aulllliic
Iiu clothing or nt'cujslt'itlnt
Iiu mo ot nonal. . mill
which nin nl.o bj uainl for
rcvtnl Injections or Irrlti-
lun.
tIT ) KllltlUCU , IIUI.II
II Mil ) llinillKIUIKLU
r7r.ii' , yu.oo.
Mull oitlcra folkllui *
The Aloe & Tenfold Co
istlt Afr.-rf. .
, Xc.rt to i'ontoffliie.
* ' proscription !
rnrclnlly | > ruiarcil ; ill low
NEBRASKA
National Bank.
U. S. DEPOSITORY. OMAHA , NEB
CnpHal $100,000
urpin. !
omcers n ml Director * Henry \V Vnloi. iiroddint
It. C. ( 'luhlnir , vlui pro 1ilcnt. I.1 , ti .Mjiuloi , W V
Memo , Jolin rt. Colllii > , J , N , H. l' < itrl < j < Ijjwlt A
llccd , Cusliler.
THIS IRON BANK.
Corner lath nni Fnrnam 813.
INTERESTPAIDONCEP05ITS
ATOMAhftlOMTRUSTCO
SELGOn. IG fcUDUGLASSTB ,
, CAPITALS : 100.000.00
DineCTORS lA U.WYMAH-E.W.rJASH
JKHIU.AnD-CUV-CQARTON-GU.I.AKi :
J.J.qROWN-TMOS-L.KIMBALL. ,
Dr , Bailay , $ j
The Lending
Dentist <
Thltd Floor , Pjxton Bloa'r.
TeleplioiiD 108 > . Kltli au.l F.UMIII Sti
A full iet of leotli on ruOUjr for fi 1'jrfmtiU ,
Twin without platm or remumUlj brl Us wor * .
juilttiethlnif ( or ilnjuri or | UUH3 vjvkorj , iu/j ;
dropdown.
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN.
Allllllljui at reiionablo r.Uei , all wjuw irr-iatJU
Cat tbli ( Ml lor a xulU * .
REGULAR
' " i . . . i . . ( I l
Army and
Navy
PENSIONS ;
Soldiers in the Regular Army\ \
and Sailors , Seamen and J
incs in ( he United States Navy\ \
since the 11/ar of the Rebellion , \
who Uave been disohnrcjed from
the service on account of dial
abilities incut'r'ed therein while I
in the line of duty , nro
Entitled to Pension\ \
at the same rates and under thej
same conditions os persons pen- \
.doping the same service duiingi
the War of the RcbclMn , .
except that they ara not entitled |
under the new law or act of |
June 27 , 180O.
Such persons re nl&o entitlecll
to pension whether discharged' '
from the sepvica on account ofj
disability or by reason of cxplr-j
ation of topm of sepvlce , if.J
while in the sepvlce and llnoj
of duty , they incupred any ]
wound ; injury or disease win
still disables thevt- for
labor.
IVido ws a nd hildren-\ \
ofpopsons rendering service
the regular nrmy and nnvy
Since the War are
* >
Entitled to Pension.
If tlio death ofthesoldjer wasdael
to his service , OP occurred whiloj
lie was in the sopvlce.
Parents of Soldiers & Sut/ct'S\ \
dying in the United States ser-f
vice since the War of the Hebel-
lion , OP after dlschapgo from the ,
service , from a cause original- ,
ing therein , leaving no widow' '
or child under Uio ago of sixteen
years , ai > 3 entitled to pension
now dependent , upon tieir ) ownr
labor fop support , whether the !
soldier ever contributed to the !
support or they were dependent'
upon him at the time of hl
death or not. \
FOR INFORMATION OR ADV
As to title to pension , ADDRESS
THE-
Bee Bureau of Claim
UOOM 220 , BKIi UU1LDING ,