Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DATIiY ME : MONDAY , JANUARY 27 1890.
Ira Pulse of Western Progress.
The j nr 1895 was the greatest cattle year
Mont/inn has had , so far as total receipts
from sale * arc oo.icorncil. Rovlted flg'ires of
tli n liuilnws done ( liir'ng llio yiir , prepared
In the ofTlco of the Montana Hoard of SlocJc
CommlbS'lrvneri , give the total receipts at $11-
03Sr..10. This exccols the next hlgh5J t year ,
ISO ! , by nearly $1,000,000 , says the Billings
Recorder. Tha secretary of the board has
handled during the year on account of strayn
$17 ! > ,721. The shipments of cattle during the
ycvir 1S95 agsregaltd 240,400 he-ad , the fclaugh-
Icr for home consumption being about CO.OOO
head , making the total output 306,460 head.
The average price fcr Ilia year was a trifle
over ? 30 per head. Thus It' will be reen tliat
the catllo Industry brought mor ( < than $11-
000,000 Into Montana during 1895. The > re
port of llio "tatei veterinarian shows there
wore brought Into Montana In 1895 70,005
head of cattle ,
Referring to the new bounty law , the com
missioner's report Bays It Is the > most bene
ficial law for the piotcctlon ot the stock In
terests cvfr enacted In Montana , Wolves are
fast disappearing , and on fome slopjs. are
becoming scarce. The report saya It Is a
question of a few years when the wolves will
be wiped out , Whllo feed I * reported kliort
on almott nil of the ranges , cattle- are In
good condition. Up to this time the winter
lias been an Ideal one for range cattle. As to
Bhlpmcnta nc.xb season , they will not ba far
behind the past year. Some of the big ship-
pern who did not sell In 1893 will sell In
1S96 , tf > that the uvcrago will be maintained ,
HIGH PLACERS NBAU BLA1NB.
Gcoreo Webber , a United States customs
Inspector , tells of a great excitement among
the people at lllalno. Wash. , and across the
British Columbia line ovnr a "gold find. "
Mr. Webber's tory sounds lllto a tale of fic
tion , and whlln tlicre Is nothlnc romantic
about It , there tire exciting suggestlona of
wealth to bu gotten frcm the earth. Mr.
Webber says tbat a rancher named James
Ooodfollow , who-io acquaintance the Inspector
made while on duty at Point Roberts , came
to Dlalno and asked him to return to Point
Roberts with him and pass an opinion on
what Goodftflow. considered gold In the sand
and dirt In the hills In the neighborhood
of the canneries of the Alaska Packers' asso
ciation. Mr. Webber , who waa at first skep
tical , having had a number of years' prac
tical experience as a , miner , at last con
sented , and hiring a team , accompanied by
Goodfollow , made the fourtccn-mllo drive to
Point Roberts. Ho procured a pan and went
to the hills , directed by the excited rancher.
Goodfellow pointed out the place where ho
bad first mada his dlyc6vorlcs , and Mr. Web
ber , scooping up a pan of the dirt , went tea
a creek near the place and began washing
It. The flrs3 thing after the toll and tmrfaco
dirt had been removed was a black sand
lying at the bottom of the pan. After this
had been washed out Mr. Webber states he
could hardly btflove his eyes , for the bsttom
ot the pan was covered with shot gold. Hav
ing In mind several "silting" propositions ,
Mr. Webber again took up a pan of earth
at a considerable distance from the place
where Gaodfollow claimed to have made his
discoveries. This second pan was oven more
prolific of the yellow metal than the first ,
and upon convincing himself that Goodfellow
had told the truth , ho Jumped Into hlo buggy
and as fast as possible made for Blalnc , from
which T/-aca ho proceeded to Whatcom ,
where ho recorded two mining : claims and
then returned to Point Roberta In the
meantime Goodfellow , who Is not a cltlzqn
of the United States , had started- his son
to Whatcom to take out his naturalization
papers In order to be able to
nio upon claims far himself. When
passing through Dlalno young Good-
fellow told the story and In less than
half an hour half the population of that town
was on Its way to the now Eldorado.
"Not only Is IJlalne represented In the
mines , " said Mr. Webber , "but the majority
'of the men from Ladner's Landing , across
the British Columbia border , are pouring
acroso and panning out the dirt of the Point
Roberts hills. "
SANTA FE EXTENSOINS.
Unless all plans anil preparations ore
abandoned , the Santa Fe Railroad company
will do more railroad building In California
In the present year than It has done alto
gether In the last eight years , says the San
Francisco Examiner.
Slnco the recent reorganization of the
Santa Fo system , some 100 miles of new
railroad In southern California has been
decided upon by that company. For the
past year the Southern Pacific company has
"been " extending Us line Into the heart of the
most prosperous orange growing portion of
the state , and now the Santa Fo company
la not losing any time In following close
upon the Southern Pacific In the construc
tion of feeders to the Santa Fe system In
the same territory.
The work of building the Pomona and
Elslnoro.railroad toy the Santa Fe company
will bo bfgun In less than twenty days. Sur
veyors are now In the field and over fifty
condemnation suits have been begun In Rlver-
olde county. Santa Fo officers say they have
ample means on hand and are now going to
do In railroad work what they have long
planned.
The Pomona and Elslnoro branch will bo
run from near North Pomona station on the
main Santa Fo road southward through Po
mona valley to the boot sugar town of Chlno ,
thence to the Riverside line of the Santa Fo
company and oa to Elslnoro , whore there Is a
rich mineral deposit , and where a large area
of very valuable pottery clay has been slight
ly worked- since last November.
GOLD AT CORK'S INLET.
"I have never known a country to come
forward BO rapidly as Alaska , " said E. A.
Gardner of the Cook'o Inlet Mining , Trading
and Transportation company to a Tocoma
Leader reporter. Mr. Gardner spent last
summer In western Alaska , establishing trad
ing posts for his cor.ipaiiy , and Is now on the
zound for the winter. He will go back to
western Alaska in the spring.
"While north last peanon. " Mr. Gardner
continued , "I mode thorough Investigations
of the mineral resources .of that country , ns
well as of the opportunities for selling goods.
From what I learned I am convinced that
the territory of Alaska and especially the
undeveloped region about Cook's Inlet and
to the westward Is marvelousrich. ! . It Is
a fact little known that the Alaska Commer
cial company la now and has been for a
long tlmo operating a mine on Unga Island ,
the output at which Is $60,000 a month. The
f output Is shipped monthly to San Francisco
by the company's steamers. A large stamp
mill on the Island reduce * the ore. The
. ' whole Island has been prospected and
PEN PICTURES PLEASANTLY PUT.
IMUVIIIGISS
They can sit down In the coldest
VonthiT ami thulr foot will not RO to
Bleep nor not cold If tln > y are provided
\vltU those celi'bratfd police shoes that
wo sell for $ a.X ( ) to ifa.OO. Kverybody
uska1.00 and ? r .00 for boots no better
than our $2.50 and & 1.00 Kind that are
water proof .sheep lined. Heavy cloth
bootn beaver and flannel lined and
double sok'd-at if-.W ) and $3.00.
f
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1419 Farnam
claimed , and Is rich In free rattlingore. . The
same conditions exist on the other Islands
In the vicinity. They abound In rich , free
milling ore , offering splendid profits for
mining. My Information. Is gathered largely
from men cgagcd In the Industry and from
Personal observation. These Islands nro
about 200 miles to- the westward of Cook's
Inlet. 1 took tip a claim cf my own In this
vicinity on Whale Island , nnd In loss than
three hours , with three men , I one d y
wanhcd out $3S of gold ,
"Tho Cook's Inlet country Is prac
tically unexplored , but enough has
already boon discovered to prove It rich be
yond compare. The men who left the Inlet
before July 15 last left discouraged. They
did not remain until the storm * had abated
and the streams subsided. The men who
rcniAlncd until conditions allowed them to
prospect , without one exception , did well.
Their success was almost phenomenal. Not
a man failed to miltc good wages and a num
ber came down with $3,000 or 11,000 to
show for their season's work. On the Inlet
most of the work has been done at Six Mile
creek and Canyon creek , but Resurrection
oreck at Turnagaln arm In the Inlet l "till
good camp. No prospects have been made-
on the other streams. "
IN SEARCH OF BURIED GOLD.
A largo party ot men are digging for hidden
treasure In a canyon In Elyslan park , says aLes
Los Angeles dispatch to the Sin Francisco
Examiner. R. D Morris , nn American scout ,
Is nt the head of the compiny.
The treasure they are after was burled by
a wealthy Spaniard , Francisco Avlla , when
Plo Pico waa governor. It Is will Uo accu
mulated about 1100,000 In coin and Jewels ,
and , fearing bandits , decided to bury It , se
lecting o canyon In what la miw the park. Ho
pointed cut the spot one day to his wife , but
omitted to tell her Itn exact loartlon , and
died soon after.
The only other person who knew the place
was an Indian peon , who helped the Don
conceal the treasure , which was packed In
ten ollas. Singularly , the Indian died a
day or two otter the expedition. Sonora
Avlla had plenty of property , and It was
some tlmo before she made any attempt to
find the treasure , and then failed. She
died after telling the story to a young girl ,
who , some time ago , Informed an Arizona
miner of the matter , and ho tried unsuc
cessfully to find the coin.
Mr. Morris claims that he has derived
positive Information and Is sure of success.
His party has been working for six weeks
and he has spent considerable money , but
pegs away with perfect confidence. Ho Is
not the only treasure seeker here.
Adolph D. Rtllman Is a funny little man
here , who Is confident that he knows of a
burled treasure of $200,000 In coin and $500-
000 In quartz. This treasure , ho says , was
hidden In a cave near San Pedro forty-three
years ago by his father. There were three
men In the party , but two were killed by
Mexicans , and the father died after telling
his son the secret. The cave , ho says , has
since fallen , burying the treasure.
Rlllman has been here six months workIng -
Ing on the matter , and nt last located the
cave on the ranch of Mrs. Narbonne , four
miles cast of San Pedro. While most people
ple think he is deluded or a fakir , a number
of old-timers say that there Is evidence that
some such occurrence as he describes did
take place about the time ho mentions near
San Pedro.
EXTENSIVE LINE. OF BOATS.
The Yukon Transportation company Is the
name chosen by an association of eastern
capitalists who will operate freight and pas
senger boats on the Yukon river and Its
tributary streams and lakes , the entire run
extending from Seattle to Circle City. The
organizers are men of experience In various
enterprises In Stlllwater , Minneapolis and
Chicago , and the head ofilce of the new com
pany will bo opened In Seattle on February
10 , sayo a Seattle dispatch to the San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Two lines will be operated , one for passen
gers from Juneau. via .Linn canal , the Chll-
koot pass and the upper lakes , and the other
via the Yukon river , over the route usually
token by miners to 'Circle City , over the di
vide ( Chllkoot pass ) , a distance of twenty-
eight miles.1. Refreshment and lodging sta
tions will bo established at Intervals of from
five to ten miles. Steam launches will bo
put cii Lake Lindeman to the half-mile portage
tage at the head of Lake Bennett. From
this portage to Threo-mllo portage , at Miles
canyon , about nine miles , a steamer will
make dally trips. From Miles canyon to
Sixty-mile * post. Forty-mile pest and Circle
City two light-draft steamers will run. The
construction of these boats Is now under
contract. ,
The second line will operate from the
mouth of the river and will bo used princi
pally for freight. Ono large , four medlum-
tzed ! and one small-sized steamer will bo put
on this part of the river and will make at
least ono trip this reason. It Is the Intention
of tha company not to do any trading , and
hcnco it will accept and handle all freight
by whomsoever offered.
ANOTHER COAST RAILROAD.
The Vance Mill and Lumber company's rail
road extension now being constructed from
Mad river to Eureka , via Arcata , and Incor
porated on January 3 as the Eureka &
Klamatb River Railroad company , has re
ceived Its first setback , says a Eureka spe
cial to the San Francisco Chronicle. This io
In the nature of an Injunction asked for by
Its rival , the Arcata & Mad River railroad ,
owned by Korbel Bros , of San Franchco , to
restrain llio new road from crossing their
track.
At the point where the now road crosses
Mad river to the Arcata side the old load
follows the river bank , and numerous tide
tracks and switches are maintained there.
The new road will cross thei'a tracks twice
In a distance of 200 feet and again at a point
on a Bleep grade on the old roid.
The building of the new road Is being
pushed rapidly , two crews being at work be
tween Arcata and Mad river , working In op
posite directions. It Is expected that the
road will be complete : ! to Vance's mill
at Samoa , opposite Eureka , by April
of this year. Vance's big "biy
steamer Antelope Is now being fitted up for
ferry service between Eureka and Samoa , a
distance of one mil ? .
According to the articles of Incorporation
the terminal will be Eureka. It la the plan
to extend the road up the coast to the mouth
of Klamath river , on the- Del Norto county
lino. Branches will be run from the main
line to the mills and towns on Mad river , be
yond Arcata , now tapped by th * Aicata &
Mad River railroad , and still another branch
Is contemplated to connect Arcata and Eureka
by a road around the opposite side ot the bay
from the Samoa route.
The capital stock of the road , which has
been fully subscribed by the Vancea exclu-
WUIHH.VGS
To coino off In the near futnra tlmt
will bo pulnsantly remembered jwrtlc-
ulnrly because of the nbsciii'o of pickle
castors , butter knives and American
cut { 'lass lu many duplications-ami because -
cause of the artistic tone of the pres
ents u duplication of which Is almost
Impossible. The flne water colors , for
Instance handsomely framed Unit wo
have especially arranged for tlu-so wed
dings are , In point of price , the equal
of the plcklu castor , but far superior as
a lusting moincnto.
A. Hospe , jr ,
Music end 4rr. 1613 Douglas St
slvely , Is 1500,000 , ot which (60,000 ( has been
paid up.
NE\V IDAHO RAILWAY.
Ocneral Manager Dickinson ot tha Union
Pacific Is reported to have visited Llolso last
week. The object ot lilt visit was to tiring
Information to the committee ot Dolso busi
ness men from the receivers concerning the
proposed road from Nampa to Silver City
and Delamar. The committee asked the re
ceivers for terminal facilities , rates ot trans
portation for construction material , etc. The
rates fixed by the receivers was satisfactory
to the committee , and after a few more de
tails have been Attended to the work ot buildIng -
Ing the road will be commenced , Tbo men
who are back ot Iti are confident ot carrying
out their plans. The statement that the
Union Pacific Is back of the road Is without
foundation , The Union Pacific will , how
ever , RVO | the road every encouragement pos
sible , the receivers having agreed on a policy
of building up and fostering local business.
The road , as proposed , will be one of the
best feeders on the system.
THE DAKOTAS.
Five hundred thousand bushels of wheat
have been marketed already this season , and
300,000 bushels are yet unsold. In Holctto
county.
Stokes Dros. struck a good flow ot water
In an artesian well flvo miles northeast of
Ilrltton , S. D. 200 gallons per minute. The
success of this well assures a Joien more In
this county soon ,
There are rumors tlmt the Milwaukee will
extend Its line to Wesslngton Springs , sev
enteen miles west of Woonsocket.'ca
slngton Is the county seat of Jcrnuld county ,
with 250 population. U has one of the largest
colleges In the state , and Is greatly In need
of a road.
The Dcadwood Term mlno has resumed
payment of monthly dividends after a lapse
of ten years. A body of blgh slllclous ere
was recently found In the mine which had
heretofore been thrown asldo aa waste rock
becauseIt could not bo treated by the free
milling process or stamp mills of the com
pany , The free milling ere runs $4.50 per
ton , whllo the now find goes from $40 to $50.
Prof , Kaufman of Fargo , member of the
faculty of the North Dakota Agricultural college -
lego , gave a lengthy account of the dairy In
dustry In that state before the South Dakota
dairy convention held at Huron. North Da
kota has twenty-eight creameries , and these
factories last year made 300,000 pounds of
butter nnd 350,000 pounds of cheese , as
against 120,000 pounds of butter and 200,000
pcunds of cheese In 1894.
Ono firm at Miller , S. D. . has shipped east
this winter 1,000 Jack rabbits. Presuming
that the other towns on this line of the
Northwestern , Including Huron .and Plern > ,
have done as well , the total would be 10,000
rabbits. They have brought 10 cents apiece ,
which gives a grand total of $1,000 to those
towns for this strictly Dakota product. It Is be
lieved that the wolf pelts taken this winter
In the same territory will not nearly the
same amount.
COLORADO.
A dispatch from Creedo announces the dis
covery of an eighteen Inch vein of ore on
Rat Creek.
There are said to be more than 1,000 or
ganized mining companies In the Cripple
Creek district.
A number of discoveries of rich quartz are
reported between the Freeland and Larmar-
tlno mines , near Idaho Springs. These lodes
are to be opened up at once.
An Important strike on the Chesapeake , at
Yankee Hill Is reported. An eighteen Inch
streak Is aald to Jiavo teen reached which
assays $100 to the ton. It Is smelting ore.
The Newhouso tunnel In the Cripple Creek
district has reached about 4,750 feet. It is
being driven to reach the mines of Scaton
Mountain , Russell Gulch and Ncvadavilto at
a gre-jter depth and give them drainage and
transportation , tlrtis saving holotlng and haul-
Ing. The tunnel Is twelve ' fest high and
wide.
The uncovering of a clearly defined ten-
Inch vein In the Midnight lode , an Inch and
one-half streak of which assays $1,000 In
gold per ton , and the vein matter three
ounces gold , is the talk of the camp at
Duena Vista , and has drawn many minors
from Aspen to their properties In that
locality.
Another Important etrlko Is reported In
Uio McQulety hill section , on the north side
of South Llghtner. Ore samples were brought
In from nn elghteen-lnch vein In the Little
Annlo of a high grade gold character , con
taining sliver and a precentago of lead. Pros
pectors nnd miners at Durango attach great
Importance to this discovery , the ore body
of which has not alt been cut yet.
A miner who Is operating on the new
placer fields at Pallsido writes as follows :
"In our new placer mining district , the
Great ) Bonanza , four miles northwest of
Palisade , the claims of Pawell , Stewart ,
Stannert and Batmi have she n well. They
received an assay of $26.35 per ton. It a no
trouble to show from fifty to 100 colors from
two pounds of gravel and sand. Claims are
being staked off very rapidly , and this camp
will be > a gold producer In sixty days. Cabins
are being erected and work will commence
In great earnest soon. "
WYOMING.
A new coal mlno has been opened near
Hllllard , Uinta county.
Carper In to have a now 'business block of
rtone , estimated to cost $25,000.
Tlio citizens of Otto , Dig Horn county , are
agitating the question of the establishment
of a dally mall line from Casper to Meetcetso.
Cosgrlff I3ros. , the sheppmon of Fort Steele ,
have commenced the construction of a bridge
across the North Platte river at that point.
A gold mining excitement has Just been
started in Sheridan county over the reportoj
discoveries on the Plney. The ere lu In a
cement deposit similar to that at Bald moun
tain.
tain.Tho
The Indians from the Pine Ridge agency
have- been hunting during November and De
cember and It IB estimated that they kllleJ
nearly 1,000 head of deer In the north and
eastern sections of Wyoming.
The new "find" on Topoa- crock , within
seven miles of Big Horn city , Is causing a
great deal of excitement In the basin coun
try. Prospectors are flocking in by the dozen
and the entire country Is being located.
A discovery of cement has been made In
the Big Horn mountains , seven mlleo from
Big Horn City. The deposit Is similar Ui
appearance and character 'to ' the Bald moun
tain cement and assays $30 to the ton.
All work on the Cody ditch has been cloasd
for the winter on account ot the mow and
cold woathur. The company will Iteep a
force of men at work In the mountains cut
ting logs and building a now saw mill , with
which to furnish themselves with lumber.
Green river ID to have n ww mill , planing
mill and sash and door factory , It Is the
Intention of the promoters to cut the timber
for use In tha mlCls from the largo forest en
Upper Green river and float It down the
river to the mills. Fifty thouaind dollars
la to bo expended1 In the enterprise.
A ! teamster has Just reached the city from
North park and icports that a town site hau
been laid out near the Red Hloplmnt claim
In the Independence mountain district. Logs
are being cut and hauled to build two hotels ,
two salmns and a livery barn. A number cf
bouujs are being built , but the work U pro
gressing slowly on account of the scarcity ot
men In the cimp. Every man that cornea
along Is hired and put to work on theeo
buildings. Another town rlto Is to bo laid
out In the same- district OB 800:1 aa men can
bo procured to do the work.
OREGON.
A herd of cows Is said to ba starving to
death at Seaside , Clatsop county ,
The Chronicle say * that for wool alone
$600,000 was disbursed by The Dalles banks
last cummer ,
R. D. Wilson killed two largo white cwans
on Moss lake , near Oregon City , They meas
ured eight and a half feet from tip to tip.
Stock Inspector Turner of Harney county
reports 110,000 sheep In the county , free
from any disease , an Increase for the year
of 31,525.
Heel river bas been declared a public high
way by the rounty commltslonera of Wasco.
They will give any one tba right to float
lumber , logs , telegraph poles , etc. , down th
river.
C. B. Trowbrldga of Grant county has a
3U-year-old half-Percherort horae that tips
tbo hay scales at 1,840 pound * . The horoa
never ate more than 200 pounds ot grain
during Ms whole llfo , hl principal means
of subsistence being the flno ptinchgruss on
the hills and good ttttiothy buy and pure
water from the mountain *
Robert Wallers , who Jives on Dutch Flat ,
brought to The Dalles a bald eagle , which he
caught In a trap./ The bird , which Is not
yet full grown , mwuros seven feet from
tip to tip. , (
On Ing to the mildness ot the winter , says
the Prlnovllle RevleW , considerable stock has
been driven to thc-ideaert to i-hllt for them
selves. It Is reported that tbo stock on the
desert Is In fair condition.
The work on Astdrl.Vs water system Is
nearly completed , saysi the Astorlan , All
but sixty-four feet of the tunnel Is finished
and the work thereon 'Is ' progressing at the
rate of slxt cn feet ) a day.
The Pacific Christian Advocate says that
a ton of John Drown , lives In Salem , where
ho has a little butcher shop In the eastern
part ot fho city. He la G9 years old , and
came to Oregon In 1SGG. He- was with bis
father In Kansas In 1S65.
A steam sawmill plant Is being put In on
tbo mountain about five miles east ot the
Redford Coast Forlc bridge In Linn county by
J , I , Jones of Cottage Grove. A flume wfll
be built from the mill to the railroad at
IlMlford. A planing mill will be 'built nt the
railroad and a lumber yard established. It
Is estimated the flume will cost about $1,000
per tnllo nnd that $10,000 will bo required to
place the plant In operation.
WASHINGTON.
A team In Chehalls and ono In Wlnlock
have been playing whist by mall.
The value of the ere shipped from Trail
creek during 1S95 was nearly $1,000,000.
The cost to the federal government of
stocking Wlllapa harbor with oysters last
year was $1,044.
Only about 150,000 feet of logs were lost
from the boom lit the Snohomlsh river during
the recent freshet , nnd not 10,000,000 feet , as
It is reported that largo quantities ot
salmon are being taken from the Yaklma
and Natchez rivers. In Washington. The fa
vorite way of getting them Is with the spear.
Richard Brown , a logger ot Jefferson
county , will try the experiment ot using
horses Instead of oxen In his camps. Mr.
Brown already has orders for 16,000,000 feet
of logs.
The Bell Lumber company , capital $100,000 ,
has bought the Standard Lumber company's
plant at Klrkland , end will move It to Ev
er ott , putting up a new mill of 75,000 feet
dally capacity.
Wine making In the vineyards along the
Columbia , In the vicinity ot Watervllle , wjll
assume greater proportions this year than
has before been attained by the vintage of
the state , say grape growers who are watch
ing the development of the river country.
All Washlntonlans. are stuck on their
state. It they don't see what they want ,
they go and find It. The latest discovery
Is a gum ar.tblc mine , which the Spokane
Chronicle says has been discovered In that
largo country known as eastern Washington.
A logging deal has recently bean consum
mated betwean the St. Paul & Tacoma Lum
ber company and McDougall & Jackson , a
logging firm of Tacorna. by which the firm
was awarded a contract for supplying the
mill with 35,000,000 "feet of fir logs. The
timber Is to be taken from the company's
land In the timber , district east ot Carbon
ado. The contract will require two years to
complete , and the work of removing the
camp from Preston vto Carbonado will be
begun at once. fl ,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Riverside shipped C51 cars of oranges for
the season up to January 11.
Rich free mllllrig' 'gold ' ore was brought
Into Phoenix , A. T. , recently from the Salt
river country , and . .Jt..lsrsaid much rich float
Is picked up In that 'vicinity.
The olive Industry lsr'taklng ' quite a boom
In the Bear nnd Sanil'asqual valleys In Cali
fornia. From 10,000 tp 15,000 trees will be
planted In these valleys this season ,
The speedy completion of the electric road
to' Santa Monica Way ba anticipated , the
contract' for Its construction having been
awarded by the company back of the project.
The Chlno sugar ( factory has closed for
this season. The sugar output of the fac
tory for this year wits about 20.000,000 pounds
of refined sugar , 'olmosti ' doublo-.last ( year's
production. ; t
A dispatch from Graham , N. M. , says that
gold Is reported to have besn found thlrty-
flvo miles to the north In the Blue Range
Samples of gold bearing rock brought In run
up to $500 a ton.
What is called a caliche pold ledge h s
been discovered In the Ore Blanco , A. T. ,
district. There Is a large ledge of porphyry
phyry , nnd lylns against It la a deposit sim
ilar to caliche , carrying from $50 to $75 to
the ton.
The best figures obtainable estimate- the
output of Now Mexico at $1,230,000 In gold
and about $300,000 In silver. Copper , lead
and turquoise mining has been quite active ,
and the coming year bids a roseate hue for
all the mines In this territory.
A number of Butte men recently became
Interested In some mining property a short
distance above Bonner. and began prospectIng -
Ing it , with the result that they struck a rich
copper lead , There are a number of other
claims In that vicinity , but heretofore little
or no development work or extensive pros
pecting has been dono.
There- will probably be a great rush early
next spring to the Blackfoot Indian reserva
tion In the northwestern part of Montana ,
as the preliminaries have been arranged for
opening up a large mineral district In ths
western part of the reservation , said to con
tain some ot the most valuable ledges In the
stole. The hills about St. Mary's lake arc
full of copper veins' , rich in gold.
The decay of "Chinatown" is one of the
mont remaikable features of San Francisco
life. Five years ago Chinatown had 25,000
Inhabitants and trade was lively , many of
the larga merchants doing an extensive busi
ness. Rents wore higher In Chinatown than
In other parts of the city. Now rents bave
fallen more than one-half In this quarter ,
leal estate Is unsalable and the population
has shrunk to 15,000 , The last China nteamcr
carried TOO Chinamen back to their homes ,
the greater pjrt of whom will not return.
At tlpresent rate , Chinatown < n six
months will not have 10,000 Inhabitants.
The Farmers' Union Ditch company of
Star , Idaho , 1ms been In existence about n
year anU a half , and was organized for the
purpose of constructing and maintaining an
Irrigation ditch twenty-six miles In length
having a capacity of 10,000 Inches , and to
cost about $40,000 , The ditch win water 8,000
acres of laml situated In Ada county. At the
head of the ditch , near the Soldiers' home ,
has been constructed , at a coat of nearly
$3,000 , OIIB of the best headgutos In th ?
county. Altogether about $10,000 has boon
oxpendoi In cash and labor , and water will
be running through the- ditch to Dry creolt , a
distanc& of about nine miles , by July 1 ,
Tllfi STATI3 OP I'IKE.
i '
MUhOiirl'tf FIIIIIOIIH Cuuiily mill KM
Illxtnry ,
The county of Piltc. says the St. Loulu
Republic , lu older th'dn the state of Missouri
Itself , having been'lald'out by the territorial
legislature In 1819 , ° bcf4ro Missouri was ad
mitted to the slitei'hioil of states. The town
of Louisiana was ja/il / 9111 In the earne year
the county wau organized by Shaw & Caldwell -
well , the proprletor 'dfl the land upon which
the town now stands , t > o that Louisiana and
the "state of Plko" came Into history at
' ' i' i
the ssmo tlmo.
When the territorial government estab
lished Pike county"lt9 southern boundary
was tbe northern line cf St. Charles county ,
The western line wab along the ridge divid
ing the waters of'lthBI Mlsslwlppl and Mis
souri rivers , to thtf'axti'eme ' northern bound
ary Una of the tortltory of Upper Louisiana.
At that tlmo tho'dlvMJng line between the
Spanish and French possessions was claimed
by Spain to run along the summit of the
Reeky mountains to the 49th decree of north
latitude , while France claimed the whole of
the teriltory now embraced by the states
of Oregon and Washington. This question
was finally settled between the United States
and Spain by Hie treaty of 1819 , which was
not made and ratified at the date of the
passage of the act creating this county.
If the French claim was correct , then Iho
county of Pike extended to the Pacjflc ocean
on the west and to the 49th degree of north
latitude. Tbe wonderful area of the county
the territorial legislature was creating
struck one of the early-day Solons so for
cibly that , rising In his seat whllo the bill
was up for consideration , ho exclaimed :
"Tho county of Pike ! Why , gentlemen , tt
Is not a county we are creating ; It's the
biggest state In tha union. " And so Pike
county has gone down lit history as the
"State of Pike. "
Not excelled by any high-priced liniment ,
Salvation Oil , twenty-five cents a battle.
MAGNETIC ORE SEPARATOR
Edison's Latest Contribution to tlir World
of Invention ,
RESULT OF YEARS OF EXPERIMENT
An Iniii rniit Mcotinnlini for Ilnnit-
llnjc Ccrlnlii Iron Orcn Scimrn-
tloii of < lic Mctnl from the
Hot-It ! > >
The Idea ot using magnets to assist In the
separation of Iron from the rock with which
It Is sometimes associated In the earth has
been made the basis of a good deal of experi
ment and Invention during the last few years.
Several devices cmbodylne this principle
have already been patented and put In opera
tion more or less successfully. The most
conspicuous worker In this field , says the
New York Tribune , has been Thomas A.
Edison , who has been busily engaged In
perfecting the process In the vicinity of a
large deposit of Iron ore In northern Now
Jersey. At a place formerly known as Ogden -
den , but now called Edison , operations have
been conducted on a largo scale. An extensive -
tensive assortment of machinery for drilling
and blasting the rock to n depth of thirty
feet below the surface , scooping out the ma
terialthus , loosened and crushing It until It
Is as 'flno as granulated sugar , has been set
up there. It Is possible to take out at least
2,600 or 3,000 tons there a day , and the
crushing , conveying and separating appara
tus Is said to hfivo a capacity of 10,000
tons.
In a vague way It has been known that
Mr. Edison had encountered certain dlfil-
cultlcs In the application of his theories ,
but these are now reported to have been
overcome. Some of them grow out of the
enormous quantities of dust developed during
the preliminary treatment of the ore. So
fille'd was the air with minute particles of
grit and dirt that the workmen could not
breathe without wearing mufflers over their
faces. They continue to do so , but the
nuisance has been largely abated by sur
rounding the buckets carrying the pulverized
ere with the coarse bagging commonly called
burlaps. Another problem related to the
lubricating ot the bearings of the great
crushing rollers , some of the latter being de
signed to chew up rocks weighing ten tons
each. Mr. Edison , In this and other parts
of his establishment would tear out very
expensive appliances which did not work
right and replace them with different ones ,
and It Is raid that a plant which could , with
his present knowledge , be reproduced for
$500,000 , has cost him up to date about five
or six times that amount.
PLAN OF SEPARATION.
Tha general plan of separation by means of
magnets Is to let the powdered ore fall so as
to pass very close to the ends ( or poles ) of
several horizontal magnets. Those grains ,
which ore made up chiefly of Iron , will w
attracted by the magnets and drawn an Inch
or two to one side of the path which they
would otherwise follow , and will bs held
temporarily , sticking to the poles , while- the
purely stone matter , Insensible to the Influ
ence of the magnets , continues to drop. To
perform this service electro-magnets are
used pieces of Iron which derive their mag
netic qualities from a current of electricity
sent through cells of wire encircling them
and devoid of any attractive power as soon
as 'the current ceases. In Mr. Edison's ar
rangement the downpour of ore Is checked
every five seconds , and then the current Is
shut off , so that the particles of Iron tem
porarily attracted to the poles of line magnets
are released. They fall on the other side of
a thin partition from the nonmetalllc refuse ,
and the two go out through different chutes
and are carried off by separate conveying
machinery. Inasmuch as the first treat
ment by this method dooa not extract all the
Iron from' the ore. the refuse Is exposed a
-second and a third tlmo to the Influences of
the magnets , thd three operations being con
ducted on separate floors. The amount of Ironer
( or rather oxide of iron ) orlglnallyln the rock
and remaining uncollected by the magnets
U estimated ot less than 5 per cent.
An electro-magnet may bo mode In a
great variety of shapes. Almost every one
has seen the long , flat otrlp of wood around
which , from end to end , a fisherman some
times winds his lino. Mr. Edlsn , for
reasons which will bo apparent on reflection ,
adopts this design for his separating magnets.
HIS SEPARATING MAGNETS.
Ho takes a slab of cast Iron four Inches
thick , twelve inches wide and nine feet long ,
cuts a notch In each end , and then winds hip
Insulated copper wlro on It lengthwise. The
ordinary bar or horseshoe magnet attracts
only at the end , not along Its side ; but by
his method of winding Mr. Edsion makes ,
the whole nine-foot edge of his slab a "polo. "
That Is to say. It will possess attractive
power along its whole length so long as the
wlro carries a current. This la much the
moot economical use of the Iron In the core ,
of copper In the cells and of current that
could bo made for the particular kind of
work done. Four or flvo such magnets
are mounted , all horizontally , and ono above
another , and the powdered ore falls In a
thin sheet from a properly arranged trough
In front of the edges of the whole set. It
ID said that no less than 500 of these nine-
foot magnets are used for the first sopara-
lon. For the second and third processes
magneto of the same general design are em-
Jloyed , except that the wcond set have a
width of only about eight Inches instead ot
twelve , and tue third t'ct are only four and
a half Inches wide.
The stcny refuse , or pind , left by this
system of treating the ore Is sold to the rail ,
way companies for bailout. The oxide Is
then ready to go to a smelting furnace. In
stead of shipping It thither in a pulverized
form , Mr. Edison mixes It with various plas
tic materials that will facilitate smelting ,
and shapes It Into bricks , which are pressed
and dried. This latter process , Invented
by Mr. Edison , Is said to render the product
rnoro salable. It should bo remarked that
Mr. Edison's method of separation Is not
available for all Iron ores , but only for a
certain class called "magnetic" Iron ores ,
which ore uometlmea actually magnetic , but
not always so , but In which the oxldo is free
from various Impurities found In other ores.
Even were the new system applied nowhere -
where else In the country , it promises to be
a great thing for Now Jersey. The extent
of the Iron deposits in this state are not fully
known , but the great electrician controls
8,000 acres , or about fourteen square miles.
A great deal of the labor performed In the
works at Ed'son will bo done by machinery ,
but there will bo employment for hundreds
of men , nevertheless , when the establishment
Is In full blast. It Is probable that In tlmu
manufacturing Industries may be started In
this vicinity , to make use of the Iron pro
duced. At the present time operations have
been suspended for the winter , and both
skilled workmen and ordinary day laborers
have been laid off. The Inventor's prime
object was to perfect the apparatus , and this
has now been accomplished. He can take
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Mr. Kdlunn Is raid to take great prldn In
this latest achievement. Indeed , he Is- re
ported AS claiming that It Is "llio groMMt
effort of his life. " So completely In love
Is ho with everything that ho undertakes ,
and so closely ilcea ho concentrate Ma whole
thought , time and energy upon It , that It Is
natural for him to esteem Ills mo.n recent
succwi ns the most usetiiF of all his contri
butions to civilization. 1C ho ro.tllr.es his
own expectation ? , no doubt the m.iRiiHle
separator will bs ft .lourcj cf great profit to
him and his hutne associates. Gre.it
economies are effected by his process mid
methods. In the first place , ho excavates
only on the sin face , nnd to a depth cf thirty
fret , thus avoiding the great cost of sink
ing deep shafts , hoisting ere from them and
pumping the water out.
Two temporary and parallel railways , about
BOO test apart , are made to carry thu ends ot
an Immense traveling crane , by ine.ins of
which the "skips , " or buckets , nro lifted
from the shallow excavation between , nnd
deposited on cars for transportation to the
cninlicrs. And , ns already Intimated , a good
deal of the Apparatus used thereafter Is ail-
tomatlc. It U evident that n great deal of
ere which would bo considered worthless ,
hero and elsewhere , can thus bo turned to ac
count und made to pay , Ju.H as the Invention
of the to-called "basic" process permitted
the employment of noii-npssomer oil's which
had formerly been unmarketable.
While wiestllng with the problem * Involved
In magnetic separation , Mr. KJIron has gone
out to the mlnos every Monday morning nnd
stayed there until Saturday evening , when
ho came back to Llewellyn Pnrk , near West
Orange , to spend Sunday with his family.
Ho was Inaccessible to the public , and oven
his charming wife had dlfllciilty In communi
cating with him , PO Intense was tie ! preoccu
pation and absorption of this strange genius.
When possessed with a now Idea , Mr. Kdlsua
Is oblivious of everything else In the world.
Even food and sleep are neglected ; and he
often falls to realize that his most helpful
assistants have physical need ? , too. So i-nger
Is ho to attain oven a minor end , when once
ho sees his way clear , that ho awaits the
manufacture of the necessary devices bicith-
lossly , and Is nut happy until he can make a
test.
Precisely what will bo the next Important
work undertaken by Mr. Kdlson It la dlillcult
to predict. He has been quoted as . " "aylng
that ho had retired from the field ot Inven
tion , but the assiduity with which ho fol
lowed up the Idea of a magnetic separator
docs not harmonize with such a theory. It
has long been known that be had t-omo no
tions about a new method of electric lighting ,
to which ho could not find time to pay any
attention. Possibly ho will give tint matter
a little thought durlnc the now year.
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looking over pome old war records came
across the following characteristic tele
gram from President Lincoln to General
Joseph Hooker Immediately after the bat
tle of Chanccllorsvllle.
To fully appreciate It It Is necessary to
explain tbe conditions under which the
telegram was sent. The magnificent armies
of Hooker and of Leo had rested all the
winter of 1S62-C3 the first on the north
bank of the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg -
burg and Lee on the south bank both
waiting for the spring to open so that thu
struggle might begin again. Finally the
1st of May , 1SG3 , found the two contend
ing armies on the eve ot battle , and on
Sunday , May 3 , 1S63 , the battle of Chan-
cellorsvllle was fought. Jackson's .strate
gic movement on the flank of Hoker's
army , the death of Jackson , the defeat of
Hooker's army , driven in disorder back
across the Rappahannock , are all matters
of history not now necessary to repeat.
General Hooker , to hide bis mortification ,
left somewhat of an Impression through
out the north that while he had not
achieved all h& set out to do life had
really gained a victory , but the truth soon
came out.
Martlnsburg Is about 300 miles from Fred-
erlcksburg. and Is In the lower part of the
Shenandoah valley , but a few miles from the
"
Potomac river. After Longstreet's and Sw
ell's corpa had reached the Shenandoah val
ley and commenced tearing up the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad the news , of course , soon
reached Washington that the rebels were
down In the valley. So the first telegram
comes from President Lincoln to General
Hooker : "Where Is Leo's army ? " General
Hooker answers : "From the best informa
tion I can obtain the head of Lee's army Is at
Martlnsburg ; there Is quite a force in my
front on the plank road between Frcderlcks-
burg and Chancellorsville. " Now comes the
famous telegram of Mr. Lincoln , so charac
teristic of the man , which contains a vein of
humor , a little sarcasm and a very largo
amount of military strategic suggestion.
This telegram will be found on page 39 ,
series 1. volume 27 , part 1 :
"WASHINGTON , Juno 14,1863. 5:50 : p. m.
Major General Hooker , Frederlcksburg , Va. :
So far as we can make out bore the enemy
have Mllroy surrounded at Winchester and
Tyler at Martlnsburg. If the head of Lee's
army Is at Martinsburg and the tall ot It
Is on the plank road between Fredericksburg -
burg and Chancellorsvlllo the animal must bo
pretty slim Eomewhero. Can't you break
him ? A. LINCOLN. "
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