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THE EMPIRE OF THE WEST
A. Wyoming Btriko Bald to Bo the Grcntsst
Blnco Oalifornia Days.
WARRING SHEEP AND CATTLE HERDERS
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Wonderful \Venllli In tlie Okniitnn-t ( l lie
Upnli Wyoming' * Cinch on A bMlo
Swnrms of Cricket * t 8ho hone
Jotting * from the Wcit.
' Uoports from nil points of the west Indi
cate conditions favorable to ti fair wheat
crop , which , In view of the fact that the
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I' eastern states run slightly behind nnd these
of Europe will bo extremely short , Is n very
favorable promlso of nn Immense crop of
cash when the final measure Is applied. Corn ,
eaU and other cereals nnd fruits nro nil
looking moro favornblons Iho wnrm weather
nnd Intermittent rains continue. Mlnlngro-
ports f i om all sections h nvo never looked rooro
glowing , and from two sections the dlscor-
! crlis reported promlso to yield a wealth to
' bo compared with nothing else slnco the
f early discoveries of gold In California.
Orrnt Okntingiiii Find Conllrmoil.
According to the story told by C. I. Helm
nt the Hotel Perkins , a fabulously rich mine
has boon discovered In the Oknnonn dis
trict , In Washington. Mr. Helm says that
about two wcolts ape Knuto Campbell nnd
I ' two other poor minors were prospecting on
( Palmer mountain , near Loomls , when Camp-
found some free-milling pold ere lying
on the ground. On Invcstljtation they dls-
11 covered nn eleven-Inch ledge of the precious
metal.
"An examination of tlie quartz , " continued
Mr. Helm , 'Vonvlncod them that It was very
H valuable , and they Immediately wont to
work with pick and shovel. They broke off
& quantity of the "quartz and took It to
Loomls , where nn nssayer examined It and
' said thnt ono plcco assayed SS7,000 to the
\ ton. This piece , ho thought , was an oxcop-
f tlonnl one , nnd very few fragments
„ of equal or higher value would bo taken
from the mhio. Ho said that the ere would
' probably average WO.OOO per ton. Thn pros-
peutors then sunk a shaft and found that the
tcdgo gradually widened until It attained n
width of two feet. Finding that the quartz
was richer below than above , they con
structed n six-foot tunnel from the side of
i the mountain into the ledge , nnd are now
9 inking out ere In largo quantities. The
ji strike Is considered the richest over made in
' | the United States , nnd It will enrich the
men , who have heretofore been j > oor , Indus-
j trlotis prospectors. I visited the mine a few
i days after the discovery nnd examined a
plcco of the quartz. There was no base
, metal In It , nnd it was the finest specimen
1 that I have over seen in my oxporlento in
the mining regions of this country.
' Nearly all the mines In the Okanogan
district are rich , but I have never seen n
moro neglected mineral region. Most of
these mines are owned by poor" prospectors
who have not sufilclont money to develop
them and nro waiting for the railroad to
como through. Mr. Campbell's discovery
will doubtless bring nn influx of capital , and
then all the mines will bo developed. Mr.
Fred If. Oliver of Helena , Mont. , just re
turned from the district and reports ono
picco weighing 125 pounds is literally im
pregnated all through with gold. Work will
be continued in tno shaft , although It Is
toniiwrarlly retarded by the surface water.
Mr. Oliver deems this the best showing ever
made In any mine in the northwest. The
only danger Is that the vein is not continu
ous , although so far there Is no indication of
its exhaustion , while all the conditions are
favorable for continued improvement.
"Whllo In the Okanogan country Mr. Oliver
learned that James Hobinson , J. G. McDon
ald and Mr. Hickabaugh had struck a two-
foot vein of black sulphide of silver and ruby
silver on their claim in the Lime belt. The
outlook throughout all the Okanogan coun
try Is exceedingly encouraging , Mr. Oliver
says , and the people anticipate a decided
change for the better as a result of this
year's development. "
Dcnpcrntn Herding Wnr.
The cattle aud sheep war on the Colorado
and Utah border is assuming a serious phase ,
nnd it is feared that the strained condition
of affairs on the Mesa will result in blood 1-
shed before long unless a halt is called. The
ahoop men are being reinforced by now re
cruits , principally from Utah , who are armed
with rifles and sulo arms. The sheep men
are defiant. The settlers are determined ,
1.u
ana it looks now as though bloodshed is un
avoidable. The section Is n farming and
stock raising country. If the sheen men
should succeed In establishing themselves it
would completely rulu the Industry. All
available nrms and ammunition in this sec
tion have gene to the scene of the disturb
ance.
Charles Kirk , n sheep man , was shot at a
few days ago. Ho fell from his horse , which :
came Into camp but has not been seen since.
June 5 fifteen masked men held up and tied :
n sheep herder nnmcd Orson and killed about
! ! 00 sheep on the range nnd scattered the
rest. Tno wholesale poisoning aud slaugh
tering of sheep has aroused feeling to the
very highest pitch. Cattle men who own
ranch property have placed men to watch :
the buildings for fear of Incendiary actions ,
such as occurred Inst week. Every ono
seems to bo on his guard for fonr of another
outbroatc. The arrival of moro sheep from
Utah has created an Intense feeling nmong
cattle men. They say the Mormons pay no
taxes nnd that the feeding of SIO.OOO or 40,000
shcop on the cattle ranges will make the
ranges entirely valueless to others.
The cnttlo men have nil built gooa homes
and they will not allow their stock to suffer
for want of feed , but will take the law into
their own hands If It becomes necessary.
There is a law upon the statute books y.of
Colorado which requires non-resident stock
owners to pay 20 cents per head grazing tax
on nil stock running on the range In this
state , nnd which also provides that In ease
stock owners fall so to do the county com
missioners are authorized to bring suit
to collect , nnd to collect at * the rate of
DO cents per head and costs. Under this
law the county commissioners , have or
dered the county attorney to bring suit
ngainst Grant & MeCloory and Lombard &
Grant , sheep owners who have waited to
comply with the law. Judgment is ed
in the one case for $3,000 , nnd costs and In
the other for the sum of $0,000 , nnd costs.
The aheap men have boon In the habit ts.of
shifting their stock from over the Utah
state line into this county nnd back , thus
o ndtng the payment of tnvos. Uosidcs
this , they have for years linrmsscd ; ho
resident stock owners by driving their : op
on their ranges , and from this the present
trouble arose.
Nerndn to the Front.
Vast lodges of gold bearing rook are being
opened In various parts of Nevada , The
bullion from those quartz mines and the dust
and the nuggets from the novrly discovered
placers and old time diggings that goes tend
the credit of 1893 , will amouut to a hand
some sum.
To work the gold bearing ores of all the
lutor-mountula country there is pressing
need for silver load ores. Nevada can furn
ish that class. The big demand for it has
stimulated activity down in the extreme
southern part of the state , cJoso to the Call :
In the Yellow Pine , Good Springs or the '
Keystone district as it is variously called
thcro are mountains of galena and high
grade lead. Without the use of this or Ilko
ores for fluxing , the product of a majority of
gold uiiiio * can't bo worked.
Ono of the most nlgniilcant Indications
that the Nevada
Southern railroad , now
constructing from the line of the Atlantic &
Paclllo rallroud , is to bo expended on into
Yellow Pine was the purchase of nn latorest
lu the KoystoiiQ mine by President laauo E.
Ulnko of the Nevada Southern ,
The Keystone is u gold mine , and was the
first discovery of that metal made in the
section , 'and after it the district is frequently
named. Jones Taylor , an old miner who
prospected for years over these mountain * .
made the original ( hid. Ho retained a third
interest in it. Sam Godbe , well known in
Bait Lake City and all over Nevada , ac
quired another third by purchase , aud 0. C.
Perry , n Colorado mining man , got the bal
ance.
ProMdcnl lllako recently bought the Perry
Interest , the actual cash consideration bring
nliout tlO.OOO. Ulako visited the Keystone
M\ \ , month and spent aotno time In the dls *
trlct. Ho has had nothing but good words
to say for the locality slnco. Inductions ho
ha * Indulged In wcro very hopeful as to the
outlook ,
Whllo ho was thcro ho contracted for
building a wagon road on the west elope of
the range in which the Keystone Is located ,
to facilitate hauling ore toward the railway
which is believed to bo heading that way.
About two-thirds of the ere uncovered , or
what will bo available for shipment in the
near future , comes from that slope.
Keystone district was organised last fall
and George W. Koso Is the recorder. The
laws of the district require that live feet of
assessment work shall bo done on a claim
yearly and sixty days tlmo Is given in which
to record It.
Most of these who have pone In from the
cast overland are not likely to repeat the ex
perience. The journey is a long ono from
Utah , the distance to Good Springs from
Mllford , the nearest railway point , being
about 800 miles , but the road is rough and
sandy , tind at this season it is frightfully
hot.
hot.Tho
The best route Is from the Atlantic ft Pa
cific railroad , either by the Nevada Southern
railroad and around by Vnnderbllt , else over
the old freight road from Fennor. The lat
ter Is a station on the Atlantic & Pacific , ten
miles west of GofT's or Ulako , cs it Is now
called and all the freight and mall goes
that way now.
The l.nrRont Opal In the World.
Among the guests at the Grand Central
hotel at Helena , it Ed H. Fleming , who
registers from Opalvlllo , Idaho , and brought
with him n number of specimens of the
Idaho gems. Talklnar last night of the
Idaho npal fields , ho said they are located Irt
Owyhco county , sixteen miles west of
Nampa , on the Union Pacific , In the Snake
river valley , and are in extent five miles
long and two wide. The discovery of the
game was duo to a cowboy , named Anchor.
The man was riding over the ground where
the fields are located , when his horse
kicked up a stone. The rider noticed a
peculiar llcht In the stone as It rolled over ,
and ho picked it up. On returning to Nampa
ho showed it to a drummer and
nskcd him what It was. The traveling
man told him. that it was nn opal , and
advised him to go and take up the claim
where ho found It. This Anchor did. Mr.
Fleming also heard of it , and ho went out
and located some ground , and slnco the fields
have been covered with locations. The opals
are found" In decomposed lava and In the
scams. The stones have been tested by Now
York lapidaries and pronounced equal to the
best. Mr. Fleming has with him some
beautiful op.ils , cut and in the rough. Ho
has ono which ho says is the largest in the
world , a beautiful peacock , weighing 700
carats. Helms specimens also of the ilro
and water varieties.
The town of Opalvillohas been established
at t no _ fields and altogether things are very
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llvrly In that section. Most of the claims
are taken up as placers.
Ten TliniiMtm ! Tnxn * Steers.
A syndicate from North Dakota and Mm-
nc.'ota is now making arrangements to
put 10,000 Texas steers en the range near
the mouth of the Little Missouri river , in
the choice section southeast of Fort Buford ,
says the Hlvor Press. This recalls a mis
take made by some of the outfits who drove
cattle to Montana last fall. Their object
ive point was the section between Malta
and Glasgow , which was already full of
cattlo. Iho newcomers were advised by
Kohrs and others to stop their Texas drive
on the Little Missouri , but notwithstand
ing their cattle wcro thin from the long
drive , and the season late , the animals wcro
kept going , over 200 miles further northwest ,
and placed on the Milk river range. La to in
the season , gauntod and not acclimated , the
animals wcro caught bv an early and hard
winter , and over 05 per cent of them lost ,
simply because the owners did not take tlio
advlco of experienced Montana cattlemen ,
and occupy a good range earlier in the sea
son. Last year the persons wno drove from
Texas refused to tnluk of taking the Llttlo
Missouri range ; this year it Is eagerly sought
for as ono of the best ranges in the north
west.
I.liton tn the CrlrltrtV Chirp.
The cricket pest Is on big about Shoshone ,
Idaho. A great army of crickqjs not yet
half grown Is moving southward after hav
ing cleaned out much vegetation up "Wood
river and along iho Malad. At Shoshone
thcro is a wonderful sight in the river of 10a
great mass of crickets floating down stream.
For many miles these- pests hop into the
stream and are carried down at > a speed of
three or four miles , ior hour. There nro so
many of them as to make a string four to six
feet wide , without hardly a uroak at any
point. It would bo safe to estimate ono
bushel of crickets to every 100 foot of the
stream as it flows through town. The
millions thus carried by the water ts almost
beyond computation. They do not drown in
a long tune , and hcnco a small proportion of
them find their way to dry land whenever
washed and lodged against the shore.
Around Shoshone the hopping pests will
average ono to every square foot , and they
find their way to nil parts of residences ,
making a great source of annoyance as well
as loss to citizens. No ono appears to know
from whence they came , and fifty miles north
there seems to bo no diminution in their
numbers.
Fabulous Uoiit Kind.
Information has been received at Chey
enne confirming the wonderful gold discov
eries nt Minors Delight , near South Pass , VIn
Fremont county. ' The principal discoveries
are in n mountain containing nn immense
deposit of conglomerate or Potsdam cement ,
which miners say once formed the bed of ado
mountain torrent. Tests have been made
by the first locators which show tho' whole
body to bo rich In loW
gold. Mill runs show )
uniform results varying from 810 to $20 per
ton. There nro also rich placer fields in the
range which parties are preparing to work
when the snow disappears. The camp Is
reached by a stage from Knwllns on the
Union Pacific railroad , a distance of 140
miles. A new road is being opened from
Point of ROOKS station which reduces the
distance to seventy miles , The snow is still
deep tn the mountains nnd active operations
cannot bo begun for two or three weeks. It
is assorted by competent authority to bo the ,
greatest gold region found since tbo oarlv
days of California.
' ' Wyoming Anlicitni.
A consolidation has been formed of the
McConnell Asbestos company , limited , the
McConnell Asbestos hoW
Mining company ,
limited , nnd the manufacturing department
of the asbestos business of John A , McCon
nell & Co , of Plttsburg. 1
The asbestos mines of the company are
located In Wyoming , Natronn county , nnd
are the only mines in the United Statqs pro
ducing long , pure wffUcs asbestos 11 bro.and ; it
Is stated that while these inmos produce
white asbestos they also furnish It in'ubun-
dance. Italy formerly produced about all lof
the asbestos that was used , but the mines iOf
the province of Quobeo , Canada , furnished a
better supply , having for the past dozen
years practically furnished the worlds' sup
ply of asbestos. It is confidently stated the
MoCoiinell company mines aro' moro prolific
and more easily worked than the Canadian
mines , and it seems probable that the Mo-
Connell company will soon furnish most of
the asbestos used lu tbo United States , and
then the United States will no longer bo de
pendent on foreign countries for this staple.
Another Tremure Vault.
Mining men are all cxritod today over the
rich strike in the Plko's Peak Jodo of the
Union Mining company at Cripple Creek.
Several days ago the company leased COO
foot off ono end of two or three of Its claims
under a work lenso to E. B. Thaycr and
three other prospectors , They commenced
work on an old shaft , and at a depth of forty
feet have struck n vein which assays from
183 to 600 ounces gold.
This is the richest strike over made In the
camp and uvoryono is much oxuited over it.
These properties arc located on Gold
moun
tain , juit beyond the Pharmacist ,
Nobnuku unit Ko
The sixth annual reunion of the Central
Nebraska Veterans' association will bo held
Auirust 22 to 25 , aud bids are now being asked
from the towns In the district to secure the
locution of the reunion ,
Contracts wcro let lat week for building
thrro now bridges by DIxon county ,
The Clay county Sunday schooli hold nn
interesting convention at Clay Center last
wcok.
Walter A. Noel , late of the Dallas County
( towa . ) Now * , has become ono of the editors
and proprietors of the Uoatrlco Times.
After having successfully given birth to
twins. Mrs. A. M. Thomas of York died a
week later of rheumatism of the heart.
ThoSoward People's Rights ha-j been suc
ceeded by the Independent. D. M. Median
stops down to give place to M. D. Carey as
editor.
Whllo George Lane of Table HOCK was
carrying a load of lumber on his shoulder ho
stepped on a nail and drove It clear through
his shoo and foot.
The town of Allen , Dlxon county , has boon
incorjiorated and now the citizens have
begun nn agitation for the removal of the
county scat to their village.
J. L. Makolvcr of Oscoola Is on the pro
gram to read an original poem before the
annual meeting of the Western Association
of Writers at Warsaw , Ind. , Juno SO.
Mrs. Webster , a Lexington lady 01 years
of age , fell over nn obstruction going front
ono room to another , and fractured the thigh
bono. It Is feared slio cannot recover.
Whlld M. G. Soigler of Wallace was
driving his horses to water ono of the
animals fell on htm , crushing his breast nnd
injuring him Internally. Ho may recover.
J. V. IMmon , formerly pastor of the Con
gregational church at Wymoro , dropped dead
in n street car at llclllngham Bay , Wash , ,
Juno 3. His death carao from a stroke of
apoplexy.
All the Ancient Order of United Workmen
loOgcs in Seward county will unlto In a pic
nic to bo held Juno 23 in n grove Just west of
Sownrd. There are six lodges In the county
with . , a membership of 500.
Whllo Sheriff Moran of Grant county was
rounding up cattle his horse stopped Into a
hoi la the ground and throw his rider. The
sheriff was severely Injure : ! and the horse
turned a somersault and was instantly
killed.
killF
Frank Monha , an inmate of the State
Soldiers Homo at Grand Island , died there
las week. Ho served as sergeant in Com
pany A , Fifteenth Now York heavy artil
lery for n period of four years. His widow
1st inmate of the homo.
Whllo Hobcrt Nicholas and Miss Mlnnlo
Grant were driving across the Turkey creek
bridge near Plymouth the other night , the
central : span fell into the water , carrying
down horse , buggy and occupants. Luckily
the fallen span floated , and carried its load
safely until aid reached the unfortunate
couple. '
Tramps J entered three or four business
houses at Scribnor the other night , but se
cured llttlo plunder. At W. B. Gardanier's
hardware : store they entered the shop by
prying open the window , and being unable
to open the door between the shop and store
they ! broke the lock on the front door , The
cash drawer was broken Into , but their re
ward was only 17 cents , They were fright
ened ( away before they cou'd ' got anything
else. ]
else.Frank
Frank M. Williams , ono of the unfor
tunates killed in the catastrophe at Ford's
theater in Washington , formerly resided In
Washington county , this stato. Ho taught
tin sluing term of 18SS at Herman , and then
taught a year at Kcnnard , returning to his
homo at MIddlcton , Wis. , lu the fall of 1880 ,
and in November of that year was appointed
to a clcrushlp in the War department at
Washington , which place ho occupied until
ho died.
It Is quite evident that the cowboys now
racing to Chicago are the gcnulno article.
The Chadron Signal says of them : The
Cowboys who have been attracted to Chadron
by the forthcoming cowboy race had a little
circus of their own circus day. When twelve
cars of excursionists rolled into ( Jhadron
half of them were crazy to see the much
talkeu of cowboy racers. So Doc Middlcton
nnd five or six others wcro mounted on their
ponies and galloped nround In front of the
Hotel Blalne , while Dr. Leas nnd John
Maher , as the two most export local paraly-
zors of truth , Introduced them to the visitors
with llttlo anecdotes of their prowess and
achievements that would make Ell Perkins
blush. The tourists , and especially the ladies t
were loud iu their expressions of astonish
nicnt , a bundled koJaks wcro sprung to
take pictures of the croup , and when it was
announced that Dee Mlddletou's horse ,
which came from Dr. Waller's pasture , was
the ono that rode from Crow Uutto to
Omaha pursued at every Jump by howling
Sioux Indians , several ladles Insisted on
hugging the horse forthwith while Dee
looked on rather sheepish. After the excur
sion loft the circus parade started.So did
two of the cowboys , They had been drink
ing poison-weed Sagwa all the morning .and
with a yell and a whoop they mounted their
horses and ispurrcd down the procession.
They circled around among the performers ,
now sailing up close to the elephants and
giving them a smart jab in the side , now
twisting the scalp lock of the same clown
until things began to look decidedly promis
ing for a fracas. Officers went after the
boys and after drawing their guns convinced )
them that the best thing to do was to
surrender. Dee Middleton wont on their
bond and later Judge Mears assessed thorn
2 and costs a total of $7.70 each for the fun
they had enjoyed.
Tlio Dukotus.
Th ? report comes froci Sioux Falls that
the Great Northern railway has purchased
the terminal grounds In that city.
There Is only one drawback to rushiug the
work on the Sioux Falls & Yanlcton line , and
that is iho utter Inability of contractors teat
secure moro help.
Pierre's now artesian well gushes water at
the rate of 500 gallons per minute aud it
shows a temperature of 03 degrees. It will
soon bo possible to pipe hot aud cold water
to even the humblest residence.
James Conzotto of Galena , while prospect
ing in Horrible gulch , near the old twenty- ;
stamp ( Davoy ) mill , struck a fine body of
copper ere of such grade that n piece of the
ere put iuto an ordinary forgo molts 10ko
lead.
lead.The
The Rosebud lamb per cent , with few exceptions ! -
coptions , Is above the average for this year ' ,
being from 85 up to a reported 100 per cent ,
nearly all bands standing between 'JO and 'Jti
per cent , the greatest loss being from coyotes
and wolves.
Parties who had located cattle on the Milk
river ranges are now satisfied that ho
losses are oven greater than was od
early In the spring. Several of the outfits
wish to abandon the Milk river country sa
cattle rango.
Sergeant White Buffalo Man , an Indian
soldier at Fort Mo.ido , has been detailed to
proceed to Fort Yules to see If ho can in-
diieo seine of the Indians at Standing ) inck
agency to enlist Iu the military service i of
the government.
The Lou Hay lode , situated in the town of
Galena and formerly known as the Manga
nese lode , lias developed into a gola proposi
tion. An eight-Inch vein was found on ttio
surface upon which a shaft was sunk twelve
feet. At this depth the vein had widened
out to four foot. Assays made from the ere
gave returns of til gold and four ounces sli
ver per ton ,
Wyoming.
As high ns sixty colors were recently
taken out of a single pan of dirt near the Me-
GUI ranch lu Albany county.
T. A. Kent sold the Herd ranch , nlno miles
northwest of Cheyeiino , to Lewis Ingalls i , a
Chicago capitalist. Tlio ranch contains
14,304 acres and the consideration was
{ 140,000.
The Aztoo Mining company has filed arti ,
cles of Incorporation with the secretary of
state. Lar.imio men nro at t'jo head of the
enterprise and the capital stock Is placed at
11,000,000.
Work has commenced nnd will bo pushed
on the road grade to Yule Creek niarblo
quarries , ten miles from Crested Uutto. It
is the only marble suitable for statuary
located in the state thus far.
The people of Evanston are earnestly en
deavoring to secure the location of a woolen
mill. A proposition has boon made to locate :
a ilrst-class mill there aud It will doubtless
bo accepted. There is a largo quantity of
line wool grown In Wyoming and a woolen
mill would DO a paying enterprise.
Forty-six oil claims , covering 10,500 acres ,
have boon located in the Uattlesnako dis
trict in Nntronn county by Colorado parties ,
At present the railroad rate is $887 a ron
oil to Chicago , while the cattle rate is only
$ UO. An effort Is
being mndo to secure a i ro
auction , so that tbo district may robe
worked ,
Herman Dohack , living near Lost Soldier
postofflco , in the northern part of Carbon
county , has discovered a voln of lixuito coal
sixteen foot In thickness In a canon near his
place , The mine is twojitjY.nvo mllss from
the Union Pncltlo nUlfwM and torty miles
from Iltwlln * . It Is near ITfa proposed line
of the Northwestern ojtfU ( lon from Casper
to Ogdcn nnd the nttcntiou of the onlelals Of
that road will nt oncobocMlod to the find.
Unlnrndn.
The Amethyst mine , fcrVe'tlo , has Just paid
jullvldcndof00,000. ' 1"
"Lcadvlllo has produced'Over ' $170,000,000 in
precious mo tals slnco 1970,1 ,
The May profit of the Vlptor mine , Crlpplo
Creek , was S2fl,700 , mid tTio monthly divi
dend was f 10,000.
The tunnel on tho.TnmoS'A. Ollmoro group ,
Rolllnsvlllo district , Is In ; pOIO feet , which
constitutes ono of the longest tunnels in the
stato. ' '
Colorado's gold product * , which has heretofore - '
fore halted at $4,000,000rBr , less per year ,
stands nn excellent chancp.of passing $0,000- ,
000 in 1893.
Consldcrnblo excitement has been created
In Gunnison over the roiwrtod finding of gold
In good paying quantities in the gold basin
south of town.
The Montgomery lode In the Black Hawk
district has been sold by William Kelly , ono
of the old-Htno minors , for $70,000. It ad
joins the famous Running lode.
Another rich strike of free-milling , gold-
bearing rook has boon found about six miles
south of Crcedo. The rock In the lode has
been assayed to run 8103 to the ton.
A strike Is reported from the HofnerQi uccn
mine at Dry canon. In running an uprai so : In
the mine a body of ere about a foot wide was
encountered , which assays 103 ounces In
silver and some load ,
The first wool of the season was offered on
the market at Antonio , but found no buyers.
The wool Is light and In splendid condition ,
but the uncertainties of tariff legislation
make buyers very cautious.
The strike reported yesterday in the
Golden Treasure , Gllpin county , means that
the management has struck high grade ere
lu the COO-foot level , exactly where they
expected to find it. Gllpin is all right.
UedClift district , Eagle county , has a
nnmbor of heavy producers , among them the
Boldon mine , which the Rod Cliff Times
credits with a possible output of 100 tons per
day when the second grade ere is broken.
A deal has been nearly completed for the
sale of thoPcrlgonnd Gold Dirt groups nnd
othnr properties of the Rollins Gold & Silver
Mining Co. at Rolllnsvlllo , in Gilpin county ,
bv a syndicate of eastern capitalists for
$400.000.
The strike in the Piko's
Peak- lode on Bull
mountain is causing a great sensation in the
camp. The ere is so rich that for the pres
ent It has been found necessary to pinco an
armed guard over the prospect. Some of tlio
rocic is valued at $4 to tbo pound.
A very lucky mining strike was made this
wcok In the Rio Grande cation , twelve miles
southeast of Antonio , A number of assays
show thirty-six ounces of silver to the ton.
At twelve feet deep a-good lead was ex
posed which grows hotter further down.
Colonel Henry C. Lowe , the well known
mining operator , reports the discovery of
rich copper and merchantable mica deposits
on Boar crook , Dead Man's cannon , in El
Paso county. The copper veins assay from
10 to 42 per cent and appear in a hornblcudlu
form.
Ono of the greatest gold strikes in the
history of Colorado was made near Mancos
when the Brittain brothers found n five-Inch
streak which assays ISO ounces of gold and
fifteen ounces of silver. Captain Johnson
gets a return of 2,300 , ounces of gold from his
load.
load.Timber
Timber flrcs nro playing Jhavoc with mine
J improvements on Bachelor hill. Every mine
Jalt the hill is in danger and the damage
already done will ngcregato about $3,000. The
destruction of timber , however , is of the
greatest < Importance , and on this the damage
cannot bo estimated. ' '
Minors' wages in thd Virginlus camp have
been reduced to $2 per day and board. No
doubt this example wlll.bo ollowod through
out the San Juan. It yrlll .affect thousands
and may result in the closing down of all the
mines in both the gold and' * silver districts.
It Is a reduction of DOcontfji day or moro.
The State Horticultural boanl has returned
from a visit to Mesa.'Dolla Montrose , La
Plata , Fremont , Pueblo and Otcro counties ,
where It inspected the fruit prospects.
Largo crops are reported from all points ex
cepting Otcro county , Svhero all the fruits
were killed by late frosts.On the western
slope the crop is unusually'hcavy.
James McBride of Hot Sulphur Springs a
few days ago found where a bear was feed
ing on a dead cow and sot his trap there.
Ho came Into town with tour hides as
trophies. The skins tire beautiful specimens
of their kind. An old female grizzly and
three cubs wcro feeding on the bait , nnd
the old one , being caught in the trap , the
little ones stayed there until all wcro killed.
MoBrldc has had a part in the killing of
cloven boars this spring.
A mining company with a capital stock of
$150,000 will soon bo organben at Dallas.
A ledge of gold-beurin ? quartz was found
on the hill land cast of the depot in Cottage
Grovo. Expert miners say the quartz shows
indications of being rich.
James G. Blrdsoy
of Willow Springs precinct -
cinct , says that $10,000 have been taken out
of pockets of quartz , ivlthin a radius of a
few miles of where he lives.
Articles of incorporation of the Washing
ton Consolidated Mining and Improvement
company have been filed at Spokane. The
amouut of capital stock is placed at 5,000-
000.
000.A.
A. B. Conley , the Grand Rondo wheat
king , has just finished seeding and has sown
7.000 acres of grain. Under favorable condi
tions the yield will not bo less than 175,000
bushels.
A notion on a door In Albany reads : "I
have gene to the mines. Where are you
going ? " Some ono wrote underneath the
significant sentence : "To the poor house ,
1 have been to the mines. "
Twenty-five loading fruit growers of the
Mud crcok neighborhood. In the eastern end
of Umatilla county , have organized a corn-
pany for the better disposal 71o
5 of their products -
ducts , to bo known as the Frultvalo Fruit
company ,
Not slnco the memorable disaster of 1885
las there boon such a loss of Hfo as during
the present year along the Columbia or
iishories. Fifteen fishermen have en
drowned , slnco AprlJ 10 und ilftyseven boats
liavo capsized.
A ledge of free
gold-bearing quartz has
boon discovered on Palmer mountain , Oicau-
egan county. There are about 2,000 tons inof
the free gold quartz In sight in the develop '
ment tunnel , and it is hard to correctly call-
niiito the value of the mine.
Five Portland capitalists have incorpo
rated , at a capitalization of $20,000,000 , here
Golden Gate Itailw.iy company. The pro
jected line Is to run from San Pablo bay ,
Sonoma county , California , northward
through Lake , Harnpy and Malhour coun
ties , Oregon , and on to IJolso City.
The permanent surveyor the long mo
at the Canyon villo mlnqs m southern ron
Is now being ostiiblinhiMln Fifteen men are
at work and saw mills , yi\\\ \ \ \ soon bo put in i to
conunonco the work ( of. making lumber for
the Hume , which is soyoral miles in th ,
and will require 0,000,900 , joot.
Doadmond Bros , hamtv-'drlvo of 10,000,000
foot of logs In the CviuHcu/Io river which
they are running to t-hjoiiuillls at Coburg ,
Harrlsburg and CorvajU.e ( They are putting
thorn In twenty-four ipjjos up the river , and
some of them have uhnuyi\u'hea the \V11-
lamotto river , and by JiejutimH the whole
drive is in the water souio pf the logs will I bo
at Corvallls. n . . .
Charles Honor and , Ffpii Smith , while ; at
the Gco mining camp ahovo Ashland , enter
tained n big black bear , which hud been eat *
ing their giant powderfor some tlmo ast.
and called to return It'vrtillo ' the boys were
yet asleep , Ho cnuAfrd\ sensation , but
found out what Inad
tasted Ilko before
get
ting up the mountain side , after scaring the
boys half to death.
Tncoma's whistling wojl has commenced
operations again nfter a sllonco of two >
Melons weighing sixty pounds have boon
produced along the Columbia river , and 200
line specimens will be sent to Chicago ,
The now forty-stomp mill being put in at
the Blowltt mine In the Pcschastln district
will commence operations lu a few days ,
employing 125 men about the works at the
start.
Nelson Bennett of Tacoma received a tele
gram from the superintendent in charge i of
his gold quartz mines lu Montana , stating
that a vela llvo foot In width had been struck
at a depth of 2,000 , feet. At the cropping , at
the top of the monntnln the ere yields
ton , nnd It costs 3.60 a ton to uork U. U Is
frco milling oro.
The trlplogr.iph Is the nixmo of combine
typewriter , wish register nml calculator In
vented by u young man nt Kllonsburg , ,
The Sknglt Ilnllwny nnd dumber company
owns $300.000 worth of timber lands and real
estate In the stiito , but Is unable to realize
upon them ,
111 assays from tlio Silver Quocn mine ,
near D.ivenport show Ml iWj copper , ? OU2 ;
! c.-ulHUl ; tot.,1. SUI.S5. The mine has
three feet of solid ore.
A petrified fish has been found Imbedded
In solid bedrock twenty-two feet beneath
the surfnco of the ground on William
Pudge's ranch , near 1'amp.i.
The Tai-omn Smelting and Hoflnlnp com
pany turned out during the month of May
11,400 bars of bullion , weighing aOO.'JW
pounds , nnd valued nt $ OI,99J.a3. ,
An artesian well nt Hoslyn has developed
n now of JH.OOO gallons every twenty-four
hours , with n depth of 17 , " feet. This solves
the question of city water works.
Funds for the now road from Tflcoma to
Mount Knlnlcr have not yet been raised. In
case of failure the road will bo built by pri
vate parties and toll charged for Its uso.
Bnlltml did n good business In slilnglo
shipments during the month of May , send-
ln out nearly ! ! 00 carloads , or n totn'
shlumcnt for the mouth of about 3700COO.
D. S. Paisley lias completed his practical
test of the grjtptiito recently found near the
upper Cowlitz. The test was mndo nt the
Olympla foundry , and It is stated the ma
terial is equal to India load for foundry pur
poses ,
William Miller , an old tlmo resident of
Crow valley , on Orcas Island , Washington ,
has among his curios an nntin.ua threshing
machine. It is of the old swoop class , mid
wits Imported from England to Victoria by
the Hudson's Buy company in 184S.
The Luiiiml In J huii havn n younij klootoh-
mnn whom thev nro willing to back as a
sprinter to the extent of $100 for a 100-yard
dash. Age , sex or previous condition of any
p.ilofaco will not bo barred. In the nomen
clature of the tribe she Is called Kle-a-ta-ba ,
which means swift.
Considerable excitement has been created
over the reported discovery of rich plucer
mines on Nigger crook , about tvrcnty-flvp
miles from Wenatchco. The party bringing
the report exhibited ? 13 worth of gold Hakes
that ho had panned out' In n half day's \vorlc ,
aud said thcro was plenty moro of it thcro.
Mlscolliuicoiis.
The Senator Mining and Milling company ,
located Jn Arizona , has placed § DOU,000 worth
of stock iu the cast this spring.
The Nevada Is proving herself to bo ono
of the Inrcest producers of valuable oru that
the San Juan country has turned out.
Hcrmosn camp , Now Mexico , reports good
progress this season. The wmeontr.itor Is
In full blast , running day and nhiht shifts.
In Chloride district , Now Mexico , the
Omega mine is credited with a pay streak
fourteen inches In width that runs 1,800
ounces in silver to the ton.
Down nt Carson Sink , Nevada , there Is
located quito a colony of Advcnlists , who
strictly observe Saturday as a day of rest.
The community is sud : to totally discard
both liquor ami tobacco.
Wendell Benson has organized n company
to put two larco steamers on the Great Salt
lake to cost fCO.OiX ) . The steamers will bo
built on the shore of the lake. They will bo
fitted up in a palatial way and provided with
largo cabins. The dock will bo finished for
dancing.
Mike Mahoney arrived a day or so ago
from the Henry mountains and went on
up to Salt I ako. Ho declares that ho
'
wouldn't , s'pcnd a summer in the Henr.\s for
love or monov. Tlio climate is simply torrid ,
and when ho loft the foothills a small
thermometer , which ho always carries , reg
istered 130 = lu the shade of his hut.
Ono of the most curious rock formations
in the world is to bo seen in Arizona. It is
a short distntico cast of the stngo roiul be
twepii Tucson and Oracle and stands on a
knoll several feet nbovo the surrounding
sand hills. It Is a most perfect representa
tion of a camel and is formed of ono piece of
granite. It Is about
sixty feet high and is
very white nnd smooth.
Charles Hegi ? came up from Marysvalo ,
Utah , and seems to think that thcro is going
to bo a big revival iu that camp within a few
weeks. Only a few days ago the Dalton
company struck a vein of ere which was en
countered nnd lost last winter , nnd It looks
as if they have got it this tlmo for keeps. It
is the richest body of mineral that has over
been struck In the camp , and old miners have
gone wild over the find.
A Prpaauro of n Million Pounds.
Some interesting experiments have
boon made at Wusliinerton university ,
St. Louis , with tho. largest hydraulic
testing itiiichino in the world. It. cun
exert a pressure of 1,000,000 , pounds.
Timbers such as ere used for pillars in
largo commercial buildings were
crushed , not broken , lengthwise. A
picco of timber capable of sustaining
8,000 persons was crushed like an egg
shell when plucod in the machine. The
best brick piers two feet square , columns
of granite a foot square and sandstone
three feet square are ground to powder
with the greatest ease. The machine
was designed by Prof. J" B. Johnson ,
who occupies tlie chair of consulting engineer
ginoor in the university , for the pur
pose of pursuing investigations being
made by the government of tlie strength
of commercial woods grown in the
United States. The specimens crushed .
will form part of an exhibit now at the j
World's ' fair.
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