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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1896)
H * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY , PJ3BB.UARY 10 , 1806. Pulse of Western Progress. Perhaps the most Important public move ment on foot In the croat northwrst at the present time , and which will now , tot the first time , be given publication , says the IJuUo Miner , It the propased extension of the Columbia Hlvcr & Western rallroid from Its present terminus west to the city of Pentlctlor , a dlttanca of about 200 miles through the Boundary crock country. Tills very rich mining and extensively tim bered area has no railroad. Labor , which always leads the van of capital , has In this Initanca been no exception to the rule. The sturdy prospector has made many valuable discoveries In this district , not one-tenth of which has ever been told In print , and only these familiar with the country are aware of Its. richness In mineral wealth. Theno facts have been recited to capitalists with the urgent appeal that a railroad be built so that the mines may bo opened up and bper- oteJ. It Is said that valuable and extensive coal deposits have been opened up and that they cnh burn coal Instead of wood when trans portation facilities are afforded to market the product. F. Aug. Hcluzo received at his office n lingo blue-print map showing In complete detail the route and topographical plans of the proposed extension by a syndicate of capi talists of which Mr. Hclnze Is a member. As shown by the map , the railroad tra verses along , around and over a chain of moun tains , reaching all the Important of the nu merous mining camps of the Boundary dls- trlcti It will bo a narrow gauge road equipped with mogul engines P.ml the largest capacity freight cars. The capital , It Is understood , lias been subscribed and ready to bo paid In as soon as a few minor details of right of way , etc. , are completed. At all events It Is expected that the road will bo finished by next fall ami In full operation by November 1. BALD MOUNTAIN'S BOOM. Bald mountain has for several years been regarded as only a placer district. Although containing vast bodies of cement known to bear gold , It was not supposed that milling would pay until the Fortunntus company put In a ten-stamp mill last November. The result has proven a surprise to even the most sangulrre. Yarlot & Shaw aliw In stalled a mill shortly after the Fortunatus and both plants have been running day and night ever since , the ore ranging from $ G to $50 per ton. The cement-lies on top of the ground In blanket formation , ranges from eight to thirty feet In depth , and Is easily milled. The tailings , to which no at tention has been paid until recently , have boon concentrated and found to bo rich , running the estimate to double what was first claimed. The district Is about fifteen miles by sixty , extending to Buffalo , where mills are now being Installed. Several com panies have been organized and contemplate bringing In machinery as peen as the roads are passable. Over 300 claims have been lo cated Blnco January 1. The Fortunatus com pany will put up a now 100-stamp mill In the spring. The directors of the above com pany visited the works recently and re turned to New York , highly satisfied with their Investment. A mall route will be established In the spring from Ranchester to Bald mountain. About twenty business firms will arrive with the disappearance of snow , and a saw mill to furnish the necessary lumber Is now cnrouto. From preyant. Indications 'Bald ' Mountain will be the liveliest camp in Wyo ming by spring , and the merchants of Sher idan , Dayton and Ilanchester , as well as the farmers of the Big Horn basin , are corre spondingly elated. RICH IDAHO PLACERS. A remarkable section of placer ground Is now being developed on the south bank of the Snake river Immediately above the , movUh of the Bruneau , says the Boise States man. The pay "dirt Is a stratum of crushed lava and flno river sanil. The lava Is broken Into very small fragments , but shows no Indication of the action of water. It Is sharp , as though It had Just come from a rock breaker. The regular stratum Is found under about eight feet of top dirt of the kind ordinarily found along the river , this super incumbent layer 'being valueless. The pay stratum has been developed alonj ? that bank of the river for a distance of from one to one and a lialf miles , and has been exposed for about seventy-five yards back from the stream by the digging of a series of pita. It Is about two feet In thick ness. ness.Thoso These who are working this remark able deposit save $2 a yard from It In or dinary rockers with plates. The gold Is very fine of the ordinary Snake river char acter. A peculiarity of the ground Is the unusual proportion of black sand found In It. One party of three men , working twenty- two days , cleaned up $785 , Their work Included the stripping oft of the surface dirt. This Is an average of a little over $11 a day to the man. All the men workIng - Ing there are doing well , none of the re turns being less than $2 a yard. This Is , perhaps , the best poor man's proposition In the state. ALASKAN STRIKES IT RICH. Amonc tlio1 passengers on the Topelca was John Schultz , a prominent mining man with valuable property on Douglas Island , within four miles of the Troadwoll , says the Seattle Post-Intolllnenccr. In speaking of hla experience ) , Mr , Schultz said : "I wont to Alaska ten yo.irs ago with almost no capital , and for the flrst three ycarj earned my living as a musician In Douglas City. At the end of that time I wont on a prospecting trip , as a result of which I discovered a lodge on Douglas Is land and got $800 for my share. On this cap ital I continued prospecting , and two years ago found a ledge hardly four miles from the Troadwcll , over which prospectors have been running for fifteen yeara. You may appreciate the value of the discovery when I toll you I was offered $230,000 for the mine shortly before I left. "Laot summer , whllu prospecting about the mouth of Nevada creek , on Douglaa Island , I ran across gold In small quanti ties on the beach , and after following it up for a mlle and a half camu across a lodge fully as valuable as the other. I named U the Red Diamond , and It has been tracoi for 0,000 , feet In length , with a width of 200 feet. A great advantage in Its development lies In the fact that It Is 1,000 feet above the salt water level. The ore asjiys $25 a ton. \ "I suppose you are tlrod of heirlng eulo gies on Alaska , but I cannot restrain my THIS nilKATBST SUCCI3SS * " ' All day long the store has been crowded with eager buyers who appreciate the fact that the bargains offered are far beyond anything ever Klveu-thlnlc of buying a ladles' $5.00 shoo for 9Sc small ulzes cause the price otherwise as good as any other $0.00 Bhoc. Drexel Shoe Co. , Send forour lllus- trutod catalogue. 1419 Fnrimm. unthtislaim In speaking cf Ita possibilities , It is a grand country , and Its Importance l.i Increasing with great rapidity. The most Important mining center la Douglas Island , though the attention of miners Is being turned more and more to Cook In let , nnd noxl summer It will bo a strong rival of the Yukon In attracting prospec tors. There will be plenty ofwork for all comers next tmmmcr. "A mill Is going up at Funter bay , on the west Bldo of Admiralty IsOand , for the mine recently bought by George Oarsldo and another will be put In the Heady Bul lion mine next rprlng. " ntSCOVKHED IIY ACCIDENT. Uy the merest accident what promises to bo a valuable field of rich ore was discovered about three weeks ago , says the Denver News. About the middle of January a man named Wilson , well known In Akron , drove past the ranch of Chris Schulthlso , located a few miles from Linden , on the way for mall. Near the house , which has bean de serted , Wilson ran across a mound of dirt which had been thrown up whllo digging n well. The latter for the past two years was never In use. as no water could bo obtained , although a goodly depth was reached. Wil son , who has figured very conspicuously In the gold excitement at Akron , was attracted by the appearance of the soil , and at once Investigated. The compstlon ! was black dirt and gravel , freely Interspersed with gold , and Its true value was at once realized by the miner. Parties named Kvans nnd Qrlswold , the latter postmaster of Linden , were consulted regarding the discovery , nnd with WlUon they gathered a small quantity of the soil , drlswold and Evans were quite skeptical of tha find , as the age of the well and the familiar sight of the mound of dirt were very well known to them. Wllstn , however , kept quiet and sent a specimen of the soli to an assaycr In Denver for analysis. The metallurgist valued the specimen very highly , claiming that the soil will run fully $150. Grlswold has signified his Intention , In a letter written recently to n. M. Blake of 310 Falrvlew avenue , of sinking several holes on his own land adjacent to that of Sclmlthlee. being confident of a like reward. Wllscn ib more than sanguine and will make Immediate preparations for examination of his property near Linden. The ranch house of Schulthlso Is situated about midway between Linden and Grls- wold's property. Akron Is thirty miles north of Linden , and the latter point Is ninety miles almost due cast from Denver. Uy some means Wilson's discovery gradually leaked out. although It Is said ho intends to purchase the Schulthlse land If possible. SAN DIEGO GOLD. Captain W. N. Freeman , a well known mining man of this city , brought In from his mlno at Cajon mountain , sixty miles north- cast , a sack of ore that assayed $500 to the ton , nays a San Dlcgo dispatch to the San Francisco Examiner. It was taken from the bottom of n twenty-foot shaft and Is a tol- lurlte , or calaverlte. abundantly supplied with pyrites of Iron. The first assay from the ore near the surface , by the cyanldo process , gave $6.25 per ton and gradually grew richer until it reached the $500 limit. There are twenty-five tons on the dump that had been tested In the ordinary way and cast aside as worthless. The cyanldo process chows It to bo valuable. Assayer Anbury has Just received samples of the richest tollurlto ore from Cripple Creek , and placing the San Diego county rock alongside of It , experts are unable to separate the two. The new strike Is about ten miles from the recent rich development ? near Banner nnd Rsnchlta , and mining men claim that all three mines are on the mother lead. The shaft In Freeman's mine Is five and one-half feet wide and the vein shows full across , no walls being discernible. Other mines In the locality show porphery and granite walls. Prospectors are being "grub staked" here now that could not raise a dollar lar for the purpose ouo month ago. WILD INDIAN ORGIES. A dog was devoured raw , entrails and all , by two Insane Kako Indians In Alaska , the other day , rays a Tacoma dlspitrti to the San Francisco Examiner. The Kako Indians have been enthroning a new chief , Angooshe by name , the principal ceremony balng a pot- latch. In honor of which Angooshe tore up and distributed 800 pairs of blankets. Every morning at 10 o'clock tha bucks as sembled on the bank of Kalte Island , whore the potlatch took place , and amid Ice and snow , they stripped naked and Jumped Into the water. After the cold bath , they would draw their blankets over Wielr shoulders and run Into the dance luluse and dancs until they fell on the ground from exhaustion. During the closing days of the potlatch , the medicine men ordered a four days' fast. There was plenty of rank whisky and the fasting Indians drank freely , and at times fought desperately. On the third day of the fast two braves de-veloped symptoms of Insan ity , and , finally dropping their blankets , which constituted ttielr entire wardrobe , and with yells and shrieks , dashed out Into tlio woodg. The snow was a foot deep and the air freezing cold. The medicine men believed they would be frozen to death , and no at tempt was made to capture .them. A law hours later the Insane Indians re turned to the vicinity of the potlatch , still yollltiK and acting like wild beasts. A small , scrubby , ehort haired doc gave chase , and barking at the heels or one of the Indians , was captured. The Insane Indians shouted exultantly , when they seized the cur , and falling on their hands and knees , began gnawing at the dog's throat. They sucked its blood , and , together , Uie two Indians de voured It entirely. Including everything , ex cept the tall and pieces of the hide. The particulars of the potlatch and of the killing nnd eating of tlio dog were brought to Junoiu a few days ago by Captain Piper of that place. CALIFORNIA'S RAND , Several of the richest quartz mines at Randsburg , In the gold district of San Ber nardino , are In litigation. O. B. Stanton of the Baldwin hotel has brought suit to com pel the owners to carry out the terms of a bond to Pill to him and hla associates , says the San Franclrco Examiner. The mines Involved comprise fourteen locations. The first of these was made last spring. Mr. Stanton gave the history of the prop erty and explained the dispute which com plicates Its ownership. "ThoEH ) men , Burclmm , Moores and Sin gleton , who had been working In the Goler and Summit diggings for two years , " Bald Mr. Stanton , "were sitlsfled that with so much gold In the gravel there must bo rich quartz veins In the neighborhood , so last spring they started out to prospect In the mountains. They found a quartz cropping standing aven feet above the surface. They eunk fifteen feet nnd developed a ledge six * PEN PICTURES PLEASANTLY PUT. TUB GUUATI5ST MUSICIANS The people who have , music In their souls und judga a .piano moro from tbo music It turns out than from the elaborate finish Invariably say that our $175 piano at $15.00 down and JS.OO u month IB good enough for them It's nicely finished , too , except that It doesn't have any $100 carvings on U , Come and eo U , A. Hospe , jr , Music and Arr. 1513 Douglas St. feet wide between well defined walla of porphyry phyry and mica schist , the vein In the foot- wall nfjaylng $97.50. "They prospected further and made four teen locations. H then appeared that the 'Hand' ( the flrst location made ) was rlmply a spur from the msln lode , a vast bcdy ol ere running northeast and southwest , and by mill tci'ts assaying from $4S to $1,440 a ton. The mountain Is covered with 'float' showing gold which pays well for dry wash- Ing. "There can be no question of the grest value of the mines. They are located at what is now called Itandsburg In the moun tains , about ten miles from Goler. Since the discovery of this body of ere a number of other veins have been found with very rich pay ore , I am told. " Mr. Stanton , speaking of this gravel , raid : "Tho deposits or chonnels extend over an area of about fifteen by twenty mile ? , and are Immensely rich. With water to work them they would yield an Immense amount of gold , As there Is no water avail able at prepent. miners have resorted to dry washers. Gravel must be very rich to pay to work In that way. A washer will work about two cubic yards of gravel a day. In orJcr to pay wages this should yield at least $2.50 a yard. While most of the gravel would yield from 70 cents up , the rlcho-st only , which Is near the bedrock , Is worked. From about Goler over $300,000 has been taken out by dry washing during the past eighteen monthr. Much of It is coarse , the nuggets found ranging from $1,000 each down , "It can bo a question only of tlmo when water will bs brought In. There Is no water nearer than Owens lake , eighty miles away , and that has been suggested as a source , but I am afraid that plin will have to bo abandoned , owing to the difficulty of conveying the water through that country such a long distance. " THE DAKOTAS. Langford , S. D. , Is to have a creamery. About $1,209 has already been subscribed and the remaining amount will bo readily raised. Over 400 cowo have been pledged. The Carthage Creamery company opened for business and took In 4,000 pounds of milk the lirot day. This Is a much better record than made by any of the creameries In uur- roundliiH towns. Reports from Bismarck say the Fort Lin coln military reservation has been thrown open to oettlcrs and ssveral claims have been filed on. Settlers must pay the appraised valuation at the end of the hcmcstcad period. An enthusiastic mooting of Irrlgatlonlsts was hem at uocineia anu u wua uuumeu i hold a state convention there March 4 and C , at which time speakers of prominence and authority In Irrigation matters are expected to bo present and discuss ways and meant1 for furthering Irrigation Interests by artesian wells. Every county In the state Is Invited to send representatives and much good Is expected to result from the meeting. The magnitude of the flow from a good artesian well Is hardly realized. As an Instance - stance the Chamberlain power well , flowing about 4,500 gallons per minute , In the course of each twenty-four hours , brings to the surface of the ground the Immense amount of 6,480- 000 gallons ot water. In Brule county there are twenty-tour large artesian wells , flowing , on an average , 2,000 gallons per minute , which would bring the aggregate flow of all the wells to something like 72.000,000 gallons every twenty-four hours. In every direction other wells are being hurried down , and thirty days from now should see seven more wells added to tbo list , with an additional now of probably about 20,000,000 gallons every twenty-four hours. Lorenzo Rlnell of Gregory county , South Dakota Is a United States prisoner In lank- ten county Jail on charge of stealing cattle. Last winter when Gregory county people were being cared for largely by eastern cuar- Ity. as a result of an utter failure of crop * . Rinell attempted to buy a steer from the ranch west ot him belonging to a banker In southern Nebraska. As ho had no money he wanted to trade his team for an animal to kill. The foreman cf the ranch refused to take any stops In the matter , as he did not care to assume any responsibility In the ab- asnco of the proprietor. Rlnell , In despera tion at the thought of his starving family , took the matter In his own bands , drove a steer homo and after killing It divided among his hungry neighbors. When spring came Rlnoll sent his brother to the owner of the ranch with an explanation of his taking the steer and offered to pay for It. It was the rtrat notice the banker had of his loss am instead of accepting payment for the animal ho had Rlnell arrested for stealing cattle , thereby taking him from his family , who are In Bare need ot his presence and support this winter , whllo he Is lying In Jail with a term in the penitentiary before him. COLORADO. A somewhat remarkable placer discovery has been made In the vicinity of Parker's Station , on the Gulf road , about twenty miles from Denver. In the Tourtelotto park mining has re ceived a renewed Impetus from numerous good strikes which have recently been made in that locality. That the Saw Pit district Is growing is evidenced by the fact cf a weekly newspaper plant being darted In the town. It wilt be called the "Saw Pit Hummer. " At Omo , twenty miles east of Placcrvllle , the Gold Note and Philadelphia properties will BOOH start their twenty-stamp mill to work a five-foot vein of rich ribbon rock. On the Rico-Aepsn and Enterprise mines at Rico a number of miners are at work. Three Welshmen , who have a lease on a portion of the Enterprise , are reported to have- made $8,000 apiece In ninety days. The La Plata mountains have made n record for themselves this , winter. Over 100 men are at work in the district doing de velopment work , and part of them are tak ing out ore for shipment early In the spring. The camp at Sunnyslde. near Ward , Is much excited over the strike recently made In the Ruby mine at that place. As there are several moro mines at work on the same vein , development Is being pushed rapidly. The Parla Bourse Mining company , owners of the Red Wine lode , near Spencer , has recently struck a vein ten inches wldo of galena ere that assays as high as $145 to the ton , and they are now getting ready to go to work driving a tunnel 100 foet. An Important strike was made In the Christmas mine , located on the southern slope of Bull hill , at Victor. In the north drift of the 170-foot level better ere than has ever been found in the property was en countered. The breast io practically all ore , which averages from two and one-half to twenty-one ounces to the ton. A body of ore was struck in the Midnight at Buena Vista which is by far the richest yet encountered. At a depth of twenty- seven feet the ore was found , and a piece weighing a pound was exhibited , which U thickly Impregnated with gold visible to the naked eyo. The owners will commence taking out ore for shipment. The vein , which was ten Inches In width at first. Is bteadily widening and becoming richer with depth- WYOMING. The Ilawllns artesian wells flow 1,300,000 gallons of water every twenty-four hours. A strike Is reported from Deer. Creek canyon , near Glonrock. The lead carries copper and silver. Extensive deposits of onyx have been discovered on the Big Laramle river , within eight miles of the Cheyenne & Northern railway. A now ditch Is to bo taken from the head of Tongue- river , eaya the Sheridan Journal , to Irrigate the Pass creek , Twin creek and Parkman country. The various oil companies operating near Casper have engaged nearly every freightIng - Ing outfit In Casper and vicinity to haul rigs and Bupplles to the wells. The Ilawllns sandstone quarries have been purchatcd at sheriff's ealo by M. W. War ren of Boston , and will be operated to their full capacity the coming summer , Monte niovlus , a ranchman 011 the Mlchl- man lu North Park , says that many fish have been killed the present winter by the streams freezing solid to the bottom , Itawllns citizens are raising money to repair the road between that point and Columbine , In Colorado. There are rich mines at Columbine and U the road can 1)0 ) put In Bood repair It I ; believed the cro will be shipped vfaRa.wlins. Work l proBresiIng on the Penn mlno nt Scmlnoc , and ( h < < quality of th ore U Improving as tho' lead Is further pens- ttntc.l. The slope ,1s now In 285 foot. Work Is to beresumed on the Helen G , mine at Lewlston , In Premont county. A shaft has been sunk 100 'feel nnd n local company has made arrangements to run a drift to the vein. , l The mining excitement at Buffalo , In Johnson county , Is 'Ih'creaslng. ' Recent de velopments on Kelly' trcek have shown the cement deposits lo | } | richer than ever , and the town Is falrljr carried off Its feet. Over 200,000 helil ot'shtep have been regis tered for shearing t the various shearing pens near Casper during the coming sea son. Indications point to a larger wool clip for this ycvir than a ) , any previous time. "Steel" Nelson , n bay who lives In the vicinity of Rockdalo , whllo out In the hills hunting a few days rince , saw a huge moun tain lion and fired at It. The lion at once started for the boy , who kept shooting nt It. The firing did not seem at flrst to liava much effect , as the huge animal continued to advance. The boy dropped en his knee and taking careful aim , dropped the lion when within ten feet of him. Examination ot the dead animal showed that five bullets had struck It. The boy was badly frightened and fully realized his danger , but knowing It meant a fight for life , plucklly kept up his fusllado until the beast was bagged , OREGON. A census of prune culture at Yon alla shows about 43,000 trees In the vicinity. Hay Is worth $10 a ton around M tcholl and there Is 1 tU ! for sa'e at that price. The Dalles Chronicle says that $500,009 was disbursed for weal alone by the banks ot The Dalles last tummer. A sheep buyer , after rldlnsever the mst of Lane county In search of mutton sheer , found only enough to make half a carload. It Is ftatcd that Dr. Ds'trlch ' contem plates Inducing a cMony cf Germans to locate in Wasco county and cngago In to bacco culture. In GlU'am county tin new Industry 1m developed of robbing coyote traps. Tile thief makes away with tha scilp , which brings * 2 bounty. The Albany creamery U now flll'ng an order for 1,500 pounds of butter for Alaska. The demand for the butter ia lnc-oisnj. ! : nnd no ono ever USES It without wanting U again. The Owyhco ditch Is now completed O about twenty-one miles In Isngth , Is twenty- two feet wldo on the bott"in and flvo feet deeo at the head and carries eb ut 1,500 Inches of water. The Dalles Times-Mountaineer says the construction work on the locks is BO nearly completed that tha contractors have bsen able to dispense with the services ot 15) hands tint have bean employed on the works. Members of thn new m'l'tla company at La Grande are talcing a great deal of In terest In the question of bul'd'ng an ar mory. The plan sutge ted Is that of put ting up a btilld'no ' : G.lxSO feet at .T\ esti mated cost ot $2COO , to b ? bulit by sok ! subscriptions of $10 each. The mild winter thus far Is welcomed by every stockman''In northern Grant , says the Long Creek Ea'sle. The small1 hay- staclui to 1)5 seen on .every . hand Is Indica tion that a largo numbr of cattle wou'd have suffered had we experienced a dupli cate of the winter of > 1S90-1. WASHINGTON. An effort will tie made this spring to Induce - duce Adams countyfarmers to give a thor ough trial to Kafflr corn. About a hundred families of Inlanders are on the way to the1 'Wlllapa valley. About half of them expect , to settle at Holcomb and the others at Pe-Ell. Chpnoy's creamery received 310,000 pounds of milk In 1890 , 500,000 In 1891 ; then 040,000 , then 970,000 , then 2,293,000 , and last year 3,301,164 , or Justten ' , times as much as flvo years iefore. ' ' > J. T. Cory , whfo picked up a silver-tipped sea otter in the Burfin Wlllapa harbor a few wcoUa. ago , hasbeen offered $100 for the skin , but refused It. This specimen/ worth from $000'tc > $800. Port Townsend Is1 In hopes arrangements will be perfected for the establishment there of a plant for canning sardines. One firm stands ready to take 100,000 cans of the sardines as soont as they can ba furnished. It is not at all Improbable that the old Fort Townsand site will be converted Into a government Indian Industrial school prop erty , nnd that the Puyallup Indian school work will be transferred to that point , tuys the Port Townsend Leader. A Pasco judge , owing to the Inactivity In matrimonial circles , and to encourage the fair sex to exercise the privileges extended to them during leap year , offers to perform marriage ceremonies for a Back of flour In cases where the bride Is the payer. At the camp nf Welst Bros. , at Oak Point , In Wahklakum county , the past sea son they put In 7,150,000 fectof fir logs with one teum ( seven yuke ) of cattle , and a donkey engine. The engine did all the road work ajid the cattle the yarding. Seattle Is making great efforts through a subsidy committee to secure the location there of a Unltsd States army post. It Is desired to raise $155,000 for a 040-acre tract on Magnolia bluffs , which , It Is thought , will secure the establishment of a post with sixteen companies. The Pacific Coast Trading company ro- pcrta having shipped from Falrhaven during 1895 nearly 300,000 pounds of fresh fish , for which the fishermen received nearly $7,000. The principal shipments were of silver and ntcel head salmon , although there were a good many pounds of smelt and herring In cluded , and 40,000 pounds of halibut and 150 dozen crabs , Sugar beets grown experimentally In What- com county yielded an average of 14,0 per cent In saccharine substance ; 12 per cent was all that was required by sugar chem ists. Seed costs $2.16 per aero. It Is esti mated that fifeen { tons per aero would pay and sell for $4 per ton , and the profits per aero would be $20. The land would grow twice fifteen tons per acre. MISCELLANEOUS. There wore forty moro divorces last year In Fresnp than marriages. Idaho'o mineral output Is estimated to have been $7.353,310 for 1695. In Phoenix milk Is plentiful nt 5 cents a quart and butter scarce' at 30 cents a pound. A good many small lots of very rich ere have recently been worked up from the mines In Silver Star district , Nevada. The coal mines on , Kachamack bay , Cook's Inlet , Alaska , will tjo extensively developed this spring by a Jargo company , A report comesJroim Carbon county , Mon tana , of a rich discovery and the find- Inc of new beds pf ' .coal and asphalt , Many rich stakwliavo recently been made along Yankoj Fcric and Salmon river , Cuo- tcr county , Idaho.- ' /Most cf the mines are placers , c c.b According to statistics ' compiled by the Ventura Free Prdss , the county's bean crop of 1895 amounted1 'to1 ' 2,500 carloads , worth $1,100,000. I' ( - ' A coal mine has bOfctt located about twenty- flvo mllea from idalw , Falls , Idaho. It Is a superior quality of cpal , and can be dcllvjrc.1 at that place fgr Ji350 ; per ton , one-half of the prlco of Eotfc6jU ( , ; at the present tlmo. Two otrango mJ\e.rjiJ recently brought ore Into Congress cauip A. T. , which goes all the way from $ f)00vt ) ' } $1,000 per ton , but they refused to , ffato whore they got It , although It was uawgnplaco in the Immediate vicinity. j "j * Mr. Ingels , a stockman , whoso ranch is lo cated on Oak mountain , east of Selrim , Cal. , has had a lares number of suckling pigs carried off by large eagles. He estimates that during the past few months the eagles iiavo carried off fully 200 head of plga from tlio ranch. Stockton has a rival to Schlatter , the di vine healer of Denver , who has cured thous ands of tha maimed and halt who have placed their faith In him. The Stockton healer Is not unknown to the public , for ho wa formerly the"pastor of a local church , and acquired much notoriety before resign ing hla pastorate. Prescott , the capital of Arizona , boasts that It Is the- nearest approach to the New Jerusalem as described In the bible , as Its streets are being paved with gold. The granite used for pavements contains $1 In jolil and 20 cents In silver to every ton , so that In time , when less expensive methods of reducing ores are used , U may pay the city to tear up and crush Its street pave ments. THE SPOILS OF CONQUEST Progress of thi ! Partition of Africa by Eit- ropcan Governments. DEVELOPMENT OF THE DARK CONTINENT Completed mill I'rojcptnl tini'i'ovo- niriitn. Climate mill Ml ! Life Ill-telly SKr < eheil ly Kxiilorcr Sduiley. Henry M , Stanley , M. P. , has written an article entitled "The Story of the Develop ment of Africa , " which appears In the Feb ruary Century. Recent events In the Dark Continent give this a pirtlcular timeliness and Importance. Concerning the partition ing of the continent , Mr. Stanley s.iyr ; Until the Berlin conference no Kuropean nation appeared to take any special Interest In the fate of the Dark Continent ; but the three months' sitting under auspices of Bis marck was a splendid school for Europe. The dally telegrams and editorial comments on the sayings and doings of many celebri ties regarding river basins and delimitations , and the products niul possibilities of Africa were just what was wanted to Instruct and start into energy the slumbering ambitions of nations as well as of Individuals. What King Leopold , Do Brazza and the writer had done , others could do ; and the scramble for Africa was the consequence , with all Its Jeal- ousle-s , spites , newspaper banter and menace. Thoughts of the period from 1S85 to 1S90 remind - mind mo of the way my black followers used to rush with gleaming knives for slaughtered game during our travels. Foremost among the countries whose lust for territory was awakened by the Berlin conference were Germany , Franco and Italy. I do not blame them at all ; on the contrary , I think It admirable , necessary and inevita ble. The starving white man must be satis fied , or ho will become ugly. Before these nations was revealed a huge continent with many millions of square miles undeveloped , In possession were several millions of black men , divided Into minute fragments of tribes , each of which was isolated on its ten-square- mlle plot , upholding with tooth , spear and arrow Its singular African Monroe doctrine Ugogo for the Wagogo , Uganda for the Wa- gauda , Uguhlm for the Waguhha , Unyora for the Wanyoro , and so throughout all the thousands of ten-square-mile sections of Equatorial Africa. And a fine mess those tribal fragments had made of themselves and their lands after some fifty centuries or thereabouts of occupation ! Murder In every conceivable shape rioted throughout their ter ritories. Naked and bestial they had lived from prehistoric time. It was death to any unarmed'stranger to come among them , and death to any member of their communities who showed the least sign of capacity or genius. From the Hottentot to the Shllluk , the Masai to the Bakongo , they were all alike ; and so long as they excluded outside Influ ences they would continue to deteriorate morally and physically until they would be come as degraded as the Pygmies and the Bushmen. Therefore It was not harm , but the high est good , that was coming to the savage Afri can by the advent of civilizing white men among them. Ho was to be protected from the black-haired , yellow-faced Arab , who was Incapable of pity. Ho would be saved from himself , than whom there was nothing more deadly. Ho was to ba taught how to be human , and how In time ho would become the equal cf the white. Talk about the emancipa tion of the American negroes and the Rus sian serfs ! They were mere commonplaces compared to the emancipation of Africa from 'herself ' that dates from ISSb. England was the last European power to engage in the rush for African territory. Her efforts for some years after the Berlin 'con ference had been confined to reserving sphcrfs , of inlluence , rather than .to violent annexa- t'on , and to moderatlng'tho passion for Afri can land manifested by Germany , Franco and Italy. If any power bad the moral right to Inter fere with this fierce lust for annexation. It must bo admitted that , after policing the Af rican coasts for over half a century , explor ing the Interior , and establishing Christian missions In East Africa , Nyassa Land , and Uganda , England was fairly entitled to it. Between 1886 and 1890 Englishmen began to stir , and succeeded In forming the famous South African company , the African Lakes company , and the I. B. E. A. company. The Royal Niger company had obtained a charter In 1S8C , and In October , 1889 , a somewhat similar one was granted to the South Afri can , with administrative power over 750,000 square miles. In 1891 It absorbed the Af rican Likes company , and thus British Cen tral Africa , with 500,000 square miles , was formed. To the British East African com pany was given authority over 700,000 square miles. LIVINGSTONE'S FIRST EXPEDITION. The causes which Induced1 Livingstone to explore Central Africa Mr. Stanley explains as follows : Between Livingstone and his Boer neigh bors , however , there was little love. He ac cused the Boer farmers of cruelty to the na tives , and they resented his interference , and threatened to drive him out of the country. He published their misdeeds In the Cape newspapers , and In revenge for his strictures they finally set flro to his house and burned him out. This It was which first Induced Livingstone to travel to the north , In hopes of finding a land where he could follow In peace his voca tion as missionary , and where the Boor farm ers could no longer molest him. in Ms search for the Ideal territory ho had In view he en tered regions utterly unknown to the best In formed geographer , and niado many discov eries of importance. It was' then that he discovered LakeNgaml and the southern feeders of the Zambesi. It was from this tnottvo that ho was led to continue his jour ney across the Zambesi , to follow its course to Its head waters , and to make his way to San Paul do Loanda In Angola ; an-1 - this was why ho retraced his steps and followed the Zambesi to the eastern ocean , where his first series of remarkable adventures ter minated after sixteen years of travel. Just as tbo Boer persecution bad started him 'on his explorations and diverted him from his cherished missionary work , BO the creat renutatlon he obtained by these bril liant feats of travel and valuable discoveries of great lakes and rivers tended to pcparatu him still further from his true rolo. HL had revealed the existence of a tropical world , of luxuriant savannas and extensive forests , whore animal life was prolific and the vegetation was of marvelous variety and growth. The Zambesi river was 2.000 miles long , the lakcu were full of owect water , the .sail was fertile and well repaid cultivation , the natlvo products were varied and useful , and as for the natives , when let alcno by the roving Arab and unmolested by the Portuguese tuguese half-caste , the account of his long residence among them and his many adven tures with tbom proved that they were a guotl deal bettor than English people had any notion of. However , the slave trada wu > rampant In tbo Interior , whole districts were bolng devastated and thousands of human beings were annually perishing through the bloody violence adopted by the Arabs. The nights In the flavo tlilp's hold were not to bo compared In horror to what ho had seen In African kraal and camp. Livingstone was much occupied with de livering addresses In the principal Drltlth cltlej , and after warming his audiences with his glowing pictures of African lands , Lo would make their flesh creep by telling them of the wholesale murders perpetrated by the Arab and Portuguese marauders , and then close with an appeal for the help of Christian England to stop theao horrid Inhumanities. FOUNDING THE CONGO STATE. During my recent descent of the Congo I had revolved over and over in my mind the question of the destiny of tha river. Heated at the prow of my boat , which led our flotilla , and dally watching ( lie river devel oping iUelf. I was preoccupied with thews thoughts every leisure moment. Ther > ) was , It seemol to me , no other powers but Eng land that could Interest Itself with this part of Africa ; and , as I said , there wan not a single white man In possession of any portion of the equatorial bell , except at the mouth of the Congo , where a few traders had gathered. But despite numerous ad- dreiso lu England upon thin subject , I failed to awaken moro than a geographical Interest in Equatorial Africa. The terror of the African climate In general wan too strong upon everybody. Everywhere , however , the reports of mjr nddrtss * In the English newtnaptrs Uklni ; effect. After nearly nine months' liusjr life In Hnglaml , the king of the Bel gians Invited me to visit him , mid I was then Informed of hi * strong Inclination to undertake for Africa whnt I had been so strenuously advising innll hmen tn do. Ho wns already president of the African Intcr- natlounl association , which wns about tn seton on foot a humanitarian enterprise from the cast coast , and he led me to understand th.U If I were free from other engagements lie would like to employ mo In opening ( he Congo basin to European Influence.and civil ization. It was my opinion that the best way of setting about the work was te construct a light surface railway , which thould skirt the cataracts of the Lower Congo , and then to launch steamers on the upper waters , which 1 estimated would furnish about 6,000 miles of navigation. We argued about this matter fiom August to December , 1S7S. The best Belgian engineers were consulted , but after the moat elaborate c.ilcnl.Ulons as to cost , It was finally decided that , as the expensj would be grwt. wo ihould runtcnt ourselves with making wagon roads past the cataracts , mid build a series of military stations for the protection of caravans , inul that the annual expenditure should not exceed $00.000. AFRICAN MISSIONARIES. Concerning the missionaries Mr. Stanley writes : " 1 was the only white man during 1876 In Equatorial Africa , but In 1S77 , when only a short distance from thn Atlantic.tho first mis sionaries landed on the , cast coast In re sponse to an appeal that I bad written In 1S75 from Uganda. During the ye.irs from 1S70 to 1SS4 ml.'slonarles followed closely my trncki' up the Congo , and as a hundred In fluences wore In the course of a few yc.us enlisted In the cause of Africa , Nyassu Laud and the eastern and southern part nf cen tral Africa began to be studded with Chi It- tlan missions , and missionaries hive con tinued to enter Africa ever since , until now there must bo about 300 of tin.ni , and the number Is still Incrcat'lng. Tncy are not nil reputed to be first class men , but It Is won derful what earnestness and perseverance will do. Wo have only to think of Uganda , with Its 200 churches and cathejrjl anil Its 50,000 natlvo Christians , read the latest of ficial reports of Africa , to bo convinced of the zeal , devotion and Industry of the mis sionaries. Mission hourosi do not grow of themselves. Gospels are not translated Into Atrlc.m tongues , nor are converts spontaneous prod ucts of human nature. I am somewhat fa miliar with African facts , and to me these things represent Immense labor , patience and solf-sacrlflcc : but other * expect Africans to fall In love with the missionary's eyea. "It Is true , though strange , that for the first six yeara or so very little visible effect Is produced by missionary teaching and In fluence. The mlnfl of a pagan descendant of Innumerable centuries of pagans rppears to be for some time Impenetrable to the ( jnrisiian uocinnc , aim no niaiirr nun * eji- ously a mlwlonary may strive with him , bo continues to present a wooden dullness , until by and by there Is a gleam of Intorrst : he catches the Idea , as it were ; and the Interest becomes Infectious and sproids ! r > m family to family , and converts multiply rapidly. Cast thy broad upon the waters ; for thou shall find it after many days. ' I have In my mind , as I write , the ex- arrples furnished by the Wngunda , Wnnyasaa and Bakongo. At the town of Banza Man- teka , for Instance , one day 900 natives came to Mr. Richards , the missionary , and re quested to bo baptized by him. He had labored among them many years , but hith erto converts had been few. The mission ary Imposed conditions on them. He said that they must first assemble their fetishes , Idols , and stores of gin , and destroy all In tbo market place. And they went rorwlth and did it. it.AFRICA'S AFRICA'S CLIMATE. As for the climate , It IB no worse than that found elsewhere In tropic lands. The lieat Is not so great ) as In India , or as It Is somo- tlmes In Now York. In summer. Fortunately the coast belt on both sldEe of Africa , where the heat Is greatest , and where the climate Is mos.t unhealthy. Is narrow. In four hours a railway train at ordinary spee3 would enable - able us to cross it , and so avoid the debili tating ternperaturc. Ascandlng the sides of the coast range by the same means of con veyance , we should In two hours reaolua rolling plain , whldi gradually rises In height from 2,000 to 3,500 feet above tha sea. Hero the climate Is sensibly cooler , and the white man can safely work six hour ? of the day In the opn without fear of sunstroke , though ho must not count on immunity from jevw. In from ten to twelve hours the traveler by train would meet another steep rise , and would find himself from 5,000 to 8,000 feet above the- sea , on the broad central plateau of the continent , which varies from COO to 1,000 mil 2s across. It Is In this section that the great lakes , snowy mountain ? and tallest hills are found. Here wo have cold nlghte and a hot sun when the skies are. not cloudd , though the air In the shade is frequently cool ei ofgli for an overcoat , and It Is upon tills Immense' upland that the white man , when compelled by circumstances , may find a home. RAILWAYS IN AFRICA. I estimate that there are at present 300 Eu ropeans , inclusive of missionaries , In French Congo , 150 in British east Africa , 350 In Brit ish central Africa , 250 in German east Af rica , and 1,400 In Belgian Congo altogether , say , 2,500 Europeans between the Zambesi and the Nile. Thei railways about to be con structed In British east and central Africa and the German possessions will be the mfans of attracting several hundred more , just as the Congo railway has been the cans ; of the greater European population In the Congo state- , and fJnce roadless Africa during the last ten years has attracted so many whites. It needs no prophet to predict that where one white traveled during iu primitive state , a hundred will travel by railway. There are now only about 130 miles of railway with in the limits of Equatorial Africa ; but at the end of ten years from now wo shall have the Congo railway 250 miles long ; the Stanley Falld railway , thirty miles ; the Mombasa- Nyanza railway , CCO mlley ; the Shlre-Nyassa railway , seventy miles ; the German Usam- bara railway , 120 miles ; and probably the Nyassa-Tanganylka railway , 220 miles , In complete working order. The Modern Commends Itself to the well-informed , to do pleasantly and effectually what was formerly done In the crudest manner and disagree ably as well. To cleanse the system and break up colds , headaches , and fevers with out unpleasant after effects , use the delight ful liquid laxative remedy , Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by California Fig Syrup Com pany. The calling tonage of all countries fell off 300000 tons last year , as compared with 1891. Hut there wutj an Increase of about 82IXX ( > tuna In steam tonnage a very xlgnUicunt Hiffii of the times. 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