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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1894)
TOR OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , APRIL 30. 1891. f SHEARING SHEEP BY STEAM Boasts the First Ilnnt of the Kind in tlo DnStod Statoi. DESTINED TO SUPPLANT HAND SHEARING Iontpr Clip I * Worth .Morn I NT J'otinil , llnlilc * Welching Moru 1 linn I lie Ylnhl front the Old J'rotVM. , Wjo. , April 25. Proud Indeed ftaro the cltlrcns of Casper's first manufac turing enterprise , the ntcam Rlicarlng plant. This plain Is located about two miles di rectly north of ttio town , Immediately on tlio north bank of the North 1'latto river. The building Is n largo frame structure , cn- rlo" il with corrugated Iron , Bttrrounded with 4large pons. The engine furnishing the mo- power Is n forly-horao power. The "nil ars tire an English Invention , having been in UBO In Australia and South Africa for " Bcvcrul years , and tlilu la their first Intro duction Into the United Statoi. The shears uro very similar to the inuclilno used to clip lioracs , except that they arc wider and fitronger built and have n faster motion. Jn shearing the sheep Is hold In the same imjltlon as In hand shearing , and the speed of the shearer Is attained In his skill to innko a long clip. The plant started up In full blast last Sun day on a herd of wethers belonging to ! " Okie The wuthera weighed from twelve to fourteen pounds , nnd arc considered about OH hard u class of sheep to shear as can bo ' found The expert overseeing the starting of the plant Is teaching the men how to use the machine , and while the men cannot jnako the speed they can with hand shears , It h the belief of the writer that no person th.it has seen the machine work but Is con- \lnced that the day of shearing sheep by hand Is a thing of the past. William Mar quis , ono of the fastest hand shearers In 'the world nnd the man who won the world's I > rl70 for hand shearing , was n visitor at the pens and after ho saw the expert shear a sheep ho turned to his companions and Hald "Hoys , she does the work. I am going vto pitch In and learn to handle her. She lias come to stay , and whllo I don't tnko odils off any man shearing sheep by hand , I am going to become an export with the machine. " Mr Marquis , with only thrco days' knowl edge of the machines , sheared 100 Tuesday. This same man last year , working with hand shears , averaged ICO sheep dally. The steam shears shear n longer staple , do closer work , and there Is no danger of cutting the nhcep. Now men hove u tendency to crowd the machine , and by doing this they pull out n lot of wool and bring the blood to the sur face , but tlila fault never occurs with ono thoroughly acquainted with the use of the machine. The plnnt Is owned by a Block company backed by J. II. Okie of Lost Cabin , Wjo. It was through the In- fluunco of Mr. Okie that the machines were brought here , and to J. I ) . Oklo Casper Is Indebted for her first permanent Industry In the manufacturing line , and to his enter prise the wool growers of this section are under obligations. Two hand-sheared sheep just out of the Casper Creek pens wore ' caught , and from ono the machine sheared twelve ounces of wool and from the other thirteen ounces. The commission men hero from the east claim that the machine wool will bring at le.ist a cent moro a pound than that sheared . by hand. Taking thcso two things Into con sideration , the machines are surely a great thing for the wool growers , who are faced vvlth a low wool market. At this writing 4,000 sheep nro dally being sheared hero nt the three sheep shearing liens. Although Casper Is not perhaps the larg est sheep shearing point In the United States , she has the only steam shearing jilant In the country. SOUTH I'ASS MINING DISTRICT. CIinvnNNr : , Wyo. , April 29. The history of the rlso nnd fall of the great excitement In the great South Pass Mining district , Is familiar to almost every newspaper reader In the country. There are yet many rich lodes In that section which will some day prove veritable treasures to tholr owners. Ono of these Is the famous Ilurr mine , from which inoro gold has been taken than from any other property In the district. This mine lias four well defined veins of ere running inrnllel the full length of the property. TheBo veins nro from four to sixteen feet In thickness. Some of the ere taken from this mtno has milled from $500 to $5,000 n ton. The story of the discovery of this property by A. T. Durr , from whom It received Its name , Is full of Interest. It was away buck In the sixties that Mr. Durr came to the Swcutwater country from Montana , , \horo ho had boon engaged In mining. A eoldler friend from Fort Washalsle , who was on a furlough , came with him. At Atlantic Mr. Durr met S. L. Spangler , nn ac quaintance , who recommended that they be gin prospecting In the vicinity of a certain spring In a gulch to the cast of Atlantic. The two men found the gulch and the Bpilng. A few yards beyond the spring was n bare spot of ground , which upon e\- nmlnntlon Mr. Hurr found to bo a gravel formation. Taking a pan of this gravel ho vent to the spring and panned It out , the jlelil being 25 cents In gold. The second imn washed out CO cents and a nugget that weighed $0. This proved that the gulch was rich and ( ho two men laid their plans to mint ) in a buslncss-liko way. A trench was cut to bed rock and the dirt washed In the water. They were en gaged In this work two or thrco weeks and took out considerable gold. JOHN STRUCK THi : LEAD. A Chinaman came along ono day and hired out to them to do the cooking and nsslat In the use of the rocker. One day , about n month after they had taken possession of the ground , the Chinaman prepared dinner nt the tent and then wont down to the dig gings to call his employers. The two miners wont to dinner , leaving the Chinaman at vork cleaning the dirt from the bed-rock , which Mr. Burr had been examining with great care , as the pay dirt had disappeared and this had convinced him that the gold had como from a lead near at hand and It \\IIB his opinion that ho bad passed It , The Celestial cleaned the rock with great care ulilloUho men were eating their dinner , but before they had finished the heathen sot up n howl which HOOD brought the miners out of their tent to BOO what was the matter. The ehlniimun kept up his cries until his companions came running to him In amaze ment , wondering whether the red skins were in sight or It ho had suddenly gone crazy. Arriving on the ground the Chinaman ex hibited to them 0mo specimens of quaitz literally studded with gold. The Chinaman had discovered the load and the Durr mlno was u reality , A few days afterward the soldier was obliged to return to his regiment at Fort Vailinklo. As ho passed through Lander ho sold at the bank J2SO worth of gold. Mr. Durr worked on and during the next few weeks took out about $1,000. In less than llvo years ho took out moro than $8,000 worth of gold , This gold was hammered out of the quartz In a small hand mortar , the most crude manner possible of treating the " ore. ore.Tho The Durr Mining company , of which lion , J. U. Woodruff of Lander Is the president , the present owner of the property , purchased It from Mr. Durr In July. 1S9J. Very llttlo development work was done last season , but the company had made arrangements to thoroughly test the property. The latest Im proved mining machinery will bo used. The coppany has several hundred tons of ere on the dump which WAS taken out this winter. It Is to bo expected that this season's work vvlH demonstrate beyond peradvcnturo the great wealth of the mining camp , It , however - over , Is not a place for men without capital , It will require * a largo sum of money to de velop Urn property In that section. LAHAMIK'S LATEST ST1UKH. Prof. Wilbur 0 , Knight of the university liai just completed the assay of a number of samples of what ho says Is the llnost galena ere ho has over tested In Wyoming. The ore ho has Just assayed comes front the Morgan district nnd was taken from a now prospect discovered by C. D. Hlchlo , says Uia Lnramlo Republican , Ono assay from the prospect ran S16 ounces In allver , $3.20 in gold and 63 per cent In load. Another earaple wont $17 In gold and eighty-seven ounces In silver. Two moro nnsayn taken from the lead , which In three feet In width , Averaged ninety ounces of Rllvcr to the ton , with a thade of gold and a big per cent of ( pad. pad.Tho The new discovery la now being worked In the Interest of the owners. The assays referred to were taken from the surface rock , but the work of developing the claim will bo gone on vvlth at once. The location I * above the Morgan mine , just at thu foot of the main range and at the head of button nnd Cooper creeks. The richness of the ore brought to town Is unquestioned , nnd If the lead holds out the proipect will prove n bonanza to the > owners nnd will cause n great rush to the Morgan district as the season advances. The entire range from Rockdalo to the north fork of the Llttla Laramlo will proba bly be thoroughly prospected this season nnd It will bo very strange If some rich strikes nro not made. A pleco of rock was picked up the other day from the surface of the North Stnr location , n claim just nbovo the Morgan mine , find upon being assayed was found to run $700 In gold , The float found between the points mentioned will run anywhere from $10 to $30 n ton , but whether Its richness continues under the surface or not Is comothlng that nothing but development work will prova. WYOMING OIL , riKLDS. Mr. n. L. Olds , purchasing agent of the Union Pacific , Denver & Oulf railway , came In on the Cheyenne ft Northern from n trip to the central Wyoming oil fields near ens- per , says the Cheyenne Tribune. Mr. Olds has been making a personal Investigation of thcso oil fields and gathering Information as- to their extent , the facilities for production , character and quality of thu oil and all other features of the matter. At the present llnio the only outlet to market Is by the Northwestern system , which Is under the control of the Vamlerbllts. This line , like most of the big trunk lines , Is receiving nt nil times enormous patronage from the Standard Oil company , which controls most of the oil production of the country , but has not yet sebcd that of Wyoming. In consequence quence , the Northwestern has not even seen lit to make rates by which the Wyoming oil ean be marketed. It charges $700 to trans port a car of oil for the same distance that It charges $200 to transport a car of cattle. The Inference Is very plain that the North western docs not want the oil carrying trade. The well owners have applied to the Den ver & Gulf railway for a freight rate from Orln Junction to the gulf. If n satisfactory rate Is obtained the Pipe Line company , which has already been Incorporated , will at once commence the work of building the pipe lino. nighty miles of pipe line , with two pumping stations , will connect the wells vvlth the Denver & Gulf nt Orln Junction. A three-Inch main will be laid. Ample capital Is ready to be put Into the line the moment the fact Is assured that a market can bo reached for the oil so that it can bo shipped nt n reasonable profit. The quantity of the product Is unknown. At the present time two wells which the Pennsylvania company have In operation have u capacity of 230 barrels per month each. There Is 150,000 acres of oil luuls In the belt , all of which Is said to be eqmll > rich In oil , and the number of wells whlc'j may bo put down Is almost unlimited , The Interest taken by the Denver ft .Gulf ofllclals in the resources of central Wyoming and In the country tributary to the Cheyenne & Northern Is awakening now hope In the people of these portions of the state , and the feeling Is growing that there Is soon to bo a substantial development of the re sources which have so long lain dormant. ouunN RIVER PLACURS. The plncer diggings on Green River have been attracting a largo nmount of attention during the past few weeks. Thousands of acres have been located nnd considerable development work done. Numerous holes have been sunk nnd the deepest Is fifteen feet , but even then bed-rock was not reached , says the Green River Star. From the sur face the pay bcems about the same for the entire depth. Sufficient gold It Is claimed Is found from the top down to make the whole pay dirt. The now devices for saving fine gold will bo given a thorough test hers anl If they do the work successfully machines will bo shipped In by the hundreds , for the pay ground extends 200 miles. A new machine from Omaha Is now being put up and another la expected In a day or two from New Mexico. If these get to work wo will know something of the possibilities of the Green River placers. There will also be a new electrical machine put In soon , which the Inventors claim Is the thing for flour gold. One thing Is certain , the prospects brought do > vn from the rockers on the river show up Immense , nnd If much pay dirt llko this Is struck the Green River placers will be the wonder of the age. Parties who have looked over the ground claim that all the bars In the river nro as rich ns those now being worked nnd this means miles upon miles of good pay ground. Ah Say nnd other Chinese experts claim that from the work they have done that these bars will pay good wages worked by the simplest process. It was rumored that they are now engaged In making arrangements to bring In several hundred Chinamen , Mining experts by the dozen have been here recently , nnd nil except ono pronounce the placers ns remarkably rich nnd nil say that the now placer machinery will bo able to save the gold. CHAIR OP IRRIGATION. A very Important conference has been held at Huron , S. D. , upon the subject of practical Irrigation work for the coming season. It was between Captain C. S. Fas- sett , state engineer of Irrigation , Dr. Wil liam Dlackburn of Pierre university. Captain 13. F Sheldon , president of the board of trustees of the agricultural college , and President Shannon of the board of regents. The regents nt tholr February meeting , says n special to the Sioux Falls Argus-Herald , made arrangements for the establishment of a "chair of Irrigation" In the agricultural college , with n view to teaching Inlgatlon engineering , the analysis and application of Irrigating waters , etc. , on the theory that Irrigation Is n sclonca of great present Inter est to the people of this state , the teaching of which comes clearly within the tcopo of the provisions of both state nnd national loalslatlon. The faculty of the college have Joined in the recommendation of a plan for Immediate work for the present season only , the en tire cost of which , teacher , expenses , bul letins and all , will bo less than $1,000 , and that Is provided for mainly by national funds. The teacher , it Is proposed , shall do his work from May 1 to October , out In the fields of those farmers who have water and lands ready for crop. There ore probably n score of those In the state and ns ninny will be dealt vvlth as can bo reached with thorough work. All will bo under the 1m- modlato charge of the college authorities and all official reports will emanate from the school. Dut the owners or operators of the lands and. in fact , all who at any point see lit to attend will receive Instruction In laying out the lands , constructing reservoirs , ditching , applying the water to the various crops , In short , In everything pertaining to the theory and field work of Irrigation after the water Is secured and the land made ready. The state engineer offers to do all In hi" power to aid the matter , without charge to the college , and It Is believed that several of the farmers having wells will aid In the local expenses of the Instructor. NKDRASKA. A colt born nt Fullerton last week had nn extra leg , and Its owner killed It. O. D. Jones , n resident of Drock since 1851 , Is dead at the ago of 72 years. A patent has been granted to M. L. Hall of Omaha for n check row corn planter. K. C. Wright has retired from the Wahoo Wasp , nnd will go to Idaho to edit n paper. Young Frye , who was accused of robbing the postofllco at Lexington , has been ac quitted. The Nemaha County Teachers Institute will bo held nt Auburn Juno 13 and continue In session two weeks. The sheriff of Dawcs county has started a rogues' gallery , and the first faces to adorn It are those of the men who robbed the depot at Crawford. Traces of ix mastodon have been discov ered on a farm near Kearney , and scientists are now digging up the soil In the vicinity for the purpose of unearthing the carcass of the prehistoric mammal. Howard Clarke of Paplllton has become such an enthusiastic bicyclist that he Is about to make a' tour of Kuropo on his wheel. Ho starts fer Kngland May 2 and will spend the entire summer abroad , Roy Ilaker , n son of ix Furnas county farmer , wont out to till the soil with a riding plow , and when ho returned homo In the evening his head wai cut open for a dis tance of thrco Inched. Ho didn't know ho was hurt , though the blood was flowing from the wound freely. Ho had evidently been tUred by the accident , nnd U still unable to tell how It occurred. Mrs. Catherine Clifton , probably the oldest person In the state , died the other day nt her homo In Alexandria. She was born November 9 , 1737 , In Lincoln county , North Carolina , nnd wns therefore at the time of her death ngcd 10ft years , C months ind 1C days. She lived In her native stale until she was 13 years old , nnd then moved 10 Tennessee. She afterwards lived In Ohio , ImlUfia ami Illinois , nnd cam ? from the last named state to Nebraska. She was of Irish nnd Pennsylvania Dutch descent , of strung build , nnd wns n largo nnd healthy woman , Last summer the planted and cultivated ere of the best gardens In Alexandria , II r mind , too , was clear and strong to the 't ' i Last January she was taken vvlth la grippe nnd wns not afterwards able to bo out. Last week she had an attack of erysipelas nnd this wns no doubt the cans ? of her death. List week she presented her cane , which she had owned for the past fifty years , to n young druggist In appreciation of his kind ness In bringing her medicine while she was sick. She became a Christian early In life und her faith never failed her In nil these years of trial nnd alllictlon. TUB DAKOTAS. A heavy hall storm visited Drooktngs , S. D. , breaking the glass In the windows of nearly all the residences nnd business housco. Spring seeding Is well advanced In South Dakota , where the ground Is reported In excellent condition , with an abundant sup ply of moisture. Largo number. ? of prairie schooners are passing through In the vicinity of Faulk- ton every day , filled with emigrants for homes on cheap lands. A feed mill engine at Iroquols blow up and smashed the building Into kindling wood , nnd Instantly killed Ted Calkins. Pieces of the engine went forty rods and several persons narrowly escaped. A meeting of the Missouri River Stock men's association nnd nonasxoclatlon com mittees Is called for May 1 nt Fort Pierre , to arrange wagons , etc. , for the annual round up , which starts from Fort Pierre May 1C. Rhodes Bros. , who have the contract to supply mares for the Indians , are shipping the her es to Klmball preparatory to de livery to the agency west of the river. There nre now nt that place about 300 head and more coming every day. Dispatches from Mdgcmont are to the effect that the recent rains have so swelled the Cheyenne river that It has overflowed Its banks , and fears are entertained that the wagon bridge and the D. ft M. railway bridge will bo washed out. Major Clements , Indian agent , has been at Flandroau distributing houses nnd barns to thu Flandrcau Indians. About fifty houses and barns have been dlslilbutcd among the Indians Soon 250 head of cattle will bo distributed among the same Indians. At Northvllle a young man was engaged In cleaning out the bottom of a grain bin In an elevator when the adjoining bin burst , letting the Immense load of grain In upon him , smothering him to death , A hole wns cut In the side of the elevator In trying to reach him , but life was extinct when ho was found. Prospectors down from Dald mountain re port more snow on the ground In that sec tion than over before known. Ono branch of the Dead wood Central railroad Is covered with a ten-foot blanket of the beautiful , well packed , nnd should n heavy rain como there Is no question but that an Immense volume of water would down this gulch. Work on the big Irrigation ditch at Hdge- mont Is progressing finely. The ditch will be completed In time for use to water this year's crop. The water will bo stored In two large reservoirs until It Is necessary to use It , nnd there will at all times bo enough water to supply the land. The ditch Is large enough to furnish a forty- horse power reserve of water to bo used for manufacturing purposes at ndgemont. A Hot Springs man who has had a force of men at work excavating fish ponds struck a few colors of gold in the gravel , which loads him to believe that the source of Solomon's revenue has been rediscovered at last. As n matter of fact , all the gravel In this country Is more or less auriferous , and a healthy , Industrious man can go out with a gold pan nnd make from 15 to 25 cents In niO.t any sunshiny , ten-hour day. The Highland Mining company at Lead are now having timbers put on the ground preparatory to adding forty moro stamps to their 120 stamp mill , the woik to commence ns soon as the weather will permit. When this Is completed this mill will be equal In slzo and cipiclty to the Star of the Home- stake company , which has long been known as the largest gold stamp mill in the world. This Improvement will necessltato an In creased force In the Highland mine. Whllo Joseph Duslck , an Aurora county farmer , was hunting along the creek on the Metzer ranch In thitt county ho killed n very fine specimen of water fowl. It was measured and stands five and one-half feet high , with a spread of wings of six feet. The plumage which Is In four different colors , Is very beautiful. No ono In the vicinity knows the name of this strange fowl , although there U llttlo doubt that It belongs to the stork or heron family. Hunters who have killed birds of every variety common to the country say they never before saw anything of this kind. On account of there being no taxidermist within reach It was found Im possible to preserve the Interesting specimen. COLORADO. Ophlr camp , San Miguel county. Is employ ing about 150 miners. Work on the Alice 200-ton concentrator has been begun nt Ynnkee hill. It Is reported that the largest cyanide works In the state will bo erected nt Lead- vlllo. If no late frosts occur there Is every prom ise for n very largo fruit crop In the Ar kansas valley about Durango. Mining troubles In Cripple Creek district are gradually dying out. The differences at Ibsiie are too small to last long. A new drift has been started In the- Moose at a depth of 100 feot. U Is over seven feet wide nnd brings $350 to the ton. Alfalfa is up nnd growing In the Arkansas valley. It Is thirty days ahead of Its de velopment at this tluio last spring. The Rio Grande river Is low for this sea son of the year , and water Is therefore not as plentiful as it should bo In the San Luis valley. The Sllverton road will bo open nnd op erating into the Red Mountain district be fore May 1. An Immense nmount of ere Is nwaltlng shipment. In the Llttlo Anna claim nt Jasper a 10- Inch vein of gold quartz has been struck , assaying thirteen ounces of gold and seven of silver to the ton. The Raven tunnel , Cripple Creek , Is In over 250 feet and Is outside of the Jack Pot lines. A good vein Is expected to bo cut within a short distance. The first sale of mining property In the Geese Creek district has just been made by L. Shcrbano selling $50,000 worth of Geese Creek prospects to parties In the east. Sunset claim , ono nnd a half miles cast of Ilalfour , owned by J. n. Roper , shows free gold at a depth of eleven feet , the first free gold shown at this depth In the camp. The Fort Collins Kxpross says that a train load of seventeen cars of fat lambs , valued at $17.000 , loft that city for the Chicago mar ket. There were 3,600 In the lot and- were the finest bunch of lambs ever shipped from Colorado , Dubols camp Is greatly excited over rich ere discovered on Wolf creek In the Iron Cap claim and the Gunnlson lode. There Is about ono car of ere on the dump of the Iron Cap ready for shipment that , according to camp assays , shows $ SO per ton. Some good discoveries are reported In the vicinity of "Mossles Cabin , " an old Arkan sas river camp of the early CO's , whore Ore City and Granite minors used to do placer mining. In this vicinity an eruptive porphyry occurs , In which prospecting has been going on the past winter. The following figures show about the nmount of money spent at La Jaru the past BX ! months. Grain and potatoes , $50,000 , eggs , $10,000 ; butter , $10,000 ; poultry , $3,000 , hogs , $15,000 ; cattle nnd sheep , $10,000 ; and farmers In that vicinity still have on hand about CO cars of hay , 40 cars of potatoes , 30 cars of oats nnd 20 cars of wheat , Consternation , sayB the Pueblo Chieftain , prevails In Huerfano county. Farmers along the Huerfano river who have used the water of that stream for many years have been ordered to discontinue Irrigation on account of priority of water rights of farms In Pu eblo county. The order practically means that there shall bo no more farming In Huer fane county and that the water shall bo allowed to flow through there to this count ; IrnvorilnR on the way lorife reaches of xnml which will absorb the ntd'iVbf ' It and do no body much good. KVPCJN possible legal ro- nlstnnce will be mn'Vi to the attempt to de prive Huerfano county of ( he water of its ' 7 own streams. OREOONV At Toledo they nro using , n box cir for n city jail. U Is the only , ona they have. A Joint stock company Is being organized In Illllsboro for n vegetable and fruit can ' ' ' nery. , Rev , Mr. Irvine of Albdhy has n copy of "Calvin's Commentaries' ' 'printed In Genoa In loG5 , / Sam Whetstone killed n. black bsnr near Coqulllc weighing between 700 nnd SOO pounds nnd measuring soyon feet four Inches ncross the breast from the tip of one foot to the tip of the other. I < Hope I3ros. of Vale lost U700 sheep by the high water n few days ngo. They were feed ing them on nn Island , and the water rose so rapidly that they did not have time to got them off. They saved eighty head. Mr. Tcnnlson of Randolph Is building n flume three miles long to bring water to bin black sand .claim on the ocean bench. The wntcr Is being brought from near the old Lane mine , nnd two miles of the flume Is nlready completed. N. S. Merrill has laid out n new town on his plnce , twenty-two miles south of Klamath Falls , says the Express. Thomas Martin will build himself n beautiful residence there , ns his new mill site Is adjoining , nnd , ns the site Is on the main road to California , It will make n fine location. There are sixty men working on thp Hamp ton ditch on Grave creek , nnd the construc tion will be completed by the first of May. The company has 760 ncrcs of rich placer ground , nnd ns they have all Grnvo creek to drnw from , wnter will be nbumlnnt for wash ing down the banks the year round. Julius R. Miner , who owns 18,000 acres of timber land up Rogue river , Is having trouble over holding Its possession. The government agents sent out have secured some evidence In regard to how It was secured , and the de partment has ordered a hearing nt the Rosa- burg land office , where Mr. Minor Is at pres ent. ent.As As no trains were crossing the Island City bridge , the railway boys used n novel method In the trnnsfer of a carload of hogs shipped from Elgin. They built a sort of animal cage or den on n push car , coaxed fifteen hogs thereon , nnd by means of a big cable and the Iron horse , the whole outfit was hauled gaily over the river. WYOMING. In view of the stampede to the placer diggings on Green river a newspaper Is being started up. About 250,000 sheep will be shorn about Casper , Wyo. , this season , the shearing hav ing nlready begun. Duffalo Dill has Invested heavily In the Dald Mountain placer properties and a lively season Is expected In the camp. The shearing season will open nt Fort Steele nnd It Is estlmnted that nbout 63.000 sheep will bo shorn there during the season. The Durllngton 1ms nn order in the Pueblo rolling mill for 7,500 tons of rails for the now extension from the north of Sheridan. The snow on the hills In the Lewlston country of Wyoming has nearly all disap peared , and already the Influx of prospectors is great. Ranchmen complain that there are 15- 000 Utah sheep In the v.cstern part of Ulntah county trampling down the meadows . and eating every vestige of grass. Two hundred elk were seen In ono band on the mountains above Hyattvllle the other day. This is the largest bqnd of elk that has been seen on these mountains for several years. 1 Frank Grouard left Shorldan to cross the Dig Horn range on n isecret errand. Grou ard Is chief of the regular army scouts , and there Is much speculation as to the rea son for the trip. The placer mining excitement along the Green river still continues. Many Chinamen from Rock Springs hn\o started for the now fields , and It Is reported they are making ; good wages taking out gold. What with the excitement over gold dis coveries In the western part of the state and the railroad building In the northern part , there Is every .indication that there will bo good times In Wyoming this year. A rival town Is being laid out ten miles above Otto , Wyo. The new town will bo christened Durllngton , and It is said will bo a candidate for the seat of the new county which will bo taken from Fremont county. A large party of Fort Collins gentlemen will outfit for the. Lo Gardo creek placers about Mny 1. This party will go prepared to stay nwhllp In that section , and , after the snow goes off , will bo prepared to do some extensive and systematic prospecting. The mlno at Almy Is turning out an average - ago of 500 tons of coal per day , that being about the average for a number of yeais. This gives employment to about 225 men , hence the town at Almy Is In a much moro flourishing condition than it was a few months ago. Probably the largest specimen of the Amer ican eagle over seen In the Rocky mountain region is now on exhibition In Lander. The englo measures eight feet from tip to tip nnd four feet from bill to tall. It weighed four teen pounds. The bird has been In the vi cinity of the Little Pope-Agio for a number of years and has killed a good many Iambs in that neighborhood. A gentleman who has Just returned from a prospecting trip to Fremont county states that It Is not generally known that there Is an abundance of the finest coking coal In the world In that county , but It Is nevertheless tiue. North of the town of Lander there Is a vein nine feet In thickness. The great distance from any line of transpoitatlon has prevented any development of the mlno , ex cept for home consumption. WASHINGTON. A citizen of Whatcom 'has ' subscribed $2,000 to the fruit cannery project. There Is a project on foot to establish glats works at Tacoma , to cost ? 150,000 fcr the plant. The Prosscr Irrigation ditch was for mally opened and dedicated , with speeches and enthusiasm unbounded. A sawmill Is being constructed at the mouth of the Kllckltnt. Another mill and a grist mill will probably bo built at Lyle , In the baiuo county. Claims for homesteads or mineral loca tions on the Klamath Indian reservation will bo received at the land ofllco at Eu reka , beginning May 21. In the Trout lake scttlcmqnt , Kllckltat county , there are seventeen unmarried ranchers with good homesteads , according to a paper that does not conduct a matrimonial menial bureau. Promoters of the potato starch factory at Nooksack are awaiting a guaranty of 1,000 tons of potatoes nt n reasonable pi Ice before proceeding with arrangements for establishing the plant. Work Is being pusiod ] on the lands of the Willis ditch , and 10very kind of grain , fruit and hops Is being t > r\ved nnd planted. Soon this desert-looking part of the Walla Wnlla valley will blossom ns the lose. The Mohican paid off nt Towrucnd the other day. It took $20,000 $ to go around. The Leader thinks the Boring sea fleet wilt disburse same $100,000 this wny , nnd thereat congratulates Hsolf nnd the town generally. The populists of Klttltas county have organized n co-opcratvri ami Industrial association , nnd will open n store In Klletis- bur- . burTho The Dlue Canyon coal mlno hni now what It claims to be thu finest expose ! vein of any mlno on the coast. The breast shows twenty feet of coal , nil fit for the bunkers , nnd ten feet of which Is absolutely free from bone nnd other Impurities. The schooner Volunteer Is now nt Aber deen , loading with lumber for China , nnd her cargo will mnko the sixth ( lint has gone foreign from Gray's harbor within n short time. The Vol ntccr's deck load , consisting of timbers > AO feet square nnd 100 feet long , would astonish nn eastern lumbcrmnn. Contrnctors nre preparing bids on the proposed Great Nothorn tunnel nt Ever ett , which will bo 2,000 feet long. It will bo thirty-nine feet wide nnd thirty feet high over all the walls of masonry , the nrch of brick , unless It should be decided to build It of timber. It will require 5,200.000 brick , 51.000 ynrds of masonry and 2,000- 000 feet of timber. MISCELLANEOUS. King alfalfa Is towering high In the Arkan sas valley. The melting of the snow has caused heavy floods In Idaho. Dull fights nro n feature of the Spanish fiesta at San Diego. The cold snap at Eddy , N. M. , killed Just enough peach blossoms to assure a good crop. A very rich gold strike Is reported to have been made In the Dixie district near Dolsc , Idaho. There Is likely to be a lively fight ngntnst the confirmation of the land grant In the Cochltl ( N. M. ) district. A line of the Postal Telegraph company Is now being constructed along the Atlantic & Pacific In northern Arizona. William Thompson of Napa , Cal. , has erected buildings nnd made preparations to cultivate mushrooms for the market. Work In the Truckco sawmill has been commenced. U Is expected that at least 10,000,000 feet will bo cut this year. There Is said to be big excitement over the placer gold fields In Hell canon , within fifteen miles of Albuquerque , and at least 100 loca tions are made. The new placer discoveries near Ivcs Pledras , N. M. , are turning out rich. Some of the miners claim to have made $1 per hour with ordinary hand rocker. The Pccos valley of New Mexico Is begin ning the shipment of nlfalfn-fed cattle to the eastern markets , and In tlmo this will he one of the greatest sources of wealth to that val ley. There are now fifteen oil wells flowing In Los Angeles. The yield Is steadily Increas ing as new wells are being bored all the time. The oil finds a ready market nt $1.50 and $2 a barrel. Albuquerque reports the discovery of payIng - Ing gold In several mines In Hell canon , about thirteen miles from the city , nnd nt least fifty people from Albuquerque have made locations. The hay crop of the Salt river valley of Arlrona will bo ono of the largest ever known , and even better than that Is the fact that the prices to be icnlbcd promise to bo far moro than obtained last year. An old Virginia , Nov. , miner. In a letter written to Nevada City , sijs that the great mining town Is fast decaying. He says that most of the people who are leaving are going to California mountain towns. The various orange orchards In the Salt river valley , Arizona , present a beautiful ap pearance In their white rose-like blossoms. The orange crop the present year will ba ex ceedingly largo In the valley. It Is proposed to supply Santa Clara with pure water by piping It to the city from Ste vens creek , nbout eight miles from town. The pipe line and pumping plant to ac complish this would cost $120,000. R. D. Spencer of Denver is nt Santa Fe after an Inspection of the Cochltn district. He says ho has a very high opinion of the district. If It were In Colorado ho says there would bo 15,000 people there and all at work. A curiosity that Is attracting a great deal of attention Is a block sawed from a tamarack tree. In which the horns of a deer are Im bedded. The tree from which the block was taken grew In Lost canon. Mono county , Cal. The surveyors of Dutte and Yuba counties have begun a survey to determine the owner ship of several Islands In the Sacramento river. They comprise altogether about COO acres and are claimed by several ranch com panies. Some fine specimens of galena ore from the twp lower levels of the Cook's peak mine in New Mexico , owned by Colorado -Springs men , which are at the respective depths of C20 and C25 feet , are being exhibited at the Springs. A Phoenix , Ariz. , Jeweler visited court n few days ngo , nnd while there went to sleep. His sleep wns so noisy that Judicial proceed ings were disturbed. Ho was fined $5 for contempt , and when ho refused to pay was taken to Jail awnko but very profane. Borrego Springs , In the Cochltl district , N. M. , has been Incorporated as a town. The town lies seven miles south of Kent City and fifteen miles northwest of Wallace sta tion , on the Santa Fo road. It Is the seventh town recently laid out In the district. The Indians of northern Arizona hove n pe culiar branding Iron. It Is undo of steel and placed on the head of an arrow. Then with unerring aim It Is shot vvlth such force that It cuts a mark on the animal , which , when It heals looks as If It had been burned. Farmers living near Giayson , Cal , are wrought up over the presence of a so-called wild woman In that vicinity. She sleeps In barns or haystrcks. Her clothing Is said to be worn to shreds and her feet are bare. A party of men has gone In pursuit of the de mented creature. C. W. Greene says In the Eddy , N. M. . Argus that while ho Irrigates C.700 acres of land In various parts of the valley the aver age cost of distribution of the water for each of these Irrigations Is but 25 cents per acre. When the land Is properly graded ho bays the cost Is about 10 cents per acre. A recent discovery near Marshall pass Is n valuable deposit of Iron ere carrying sliver. The property Is ono of the most peculiar ones ever heard of In the United States on ac count of the fact that a flno body of hematite Iron Is found In Ilmo formation , nnd Immedi ately under It Is n body of coking coal of un known extent. The meeting of the Montana Stockgrowors association at Miles City took Important action looking to the ridding of the ranges of wolves. People not familiar with the stock business In Montana were surprised to learn that the nnlmnl losses from the stock-debtroy- Ing animals nre greater than thos > o from the severity of Montana winters. A Yuma. Ariz. , dispatch reports nn Im portant strike two miles south of the Monitor placer mines nt Glla City In a high mountain. The vein Is eight feet wldo on the summit. In the bottom of the canon It crosses GOO feet below , almost perpendicular It Is twenty feet wldo The vein Is very rich In free gold , carrying rich streaks of nuggets nil through It Enthusiasts pronounce It the richest gold strike over made In the territory. and similar annoyances nre cnuscd by Impure blood , which will result in a more dreaded disease. Unless removed , slight impurities will develop into serious maladies. SCROFULA , ECZEMA , SALT RHEUM I have for some tlmo been n ( Offerer from n torero ARE THE RESULTS OF blood trouble , ( or which I toot many remedies that did mo no good. I Imro now taken four bottles of wnu jne most wonderful resulu. 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