Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 6, 1894, Page 5

PULSE OF WESTERY PROGRESS New Mexican Gold Strike 8aid to Be the Richest Ever Made in the State. CREEDE ORE RUNNING 857,344 TO THE TON the Natural Basin—New Buffalo Waking Up-She is Gatewny to the Big Horn Strikes on the San Juan—General Wostern News. has been made in the Pinos far A gold strike Altos district v the richest yet new strike is big gold mines \ich promises to be by made In New Mexico, The bout two miles from the which are now betng worked at Pinos Altos, and hundreds of prosy have gone over the ground since the ¢ of Pinos Altos was struck In the formation s entirely different locations have been from the millions of dollars in gold have found at Pinos Altos, and until this petors did not think it worth for gold there, The dis- by Willlam P. Dorsey, one pectors in this part of the territory, says a Silver City special to the Denver News, and he lost no time in locating all the ground which he thought contained rich mineral, The strike was kept very short time, but as development commenced [mmediately it was until the discovery leaked out work has now been done upon which to base an estimate of the value of the strike. One shaft is down about fifty feet and several others have been commenced. All show ore In paying quantities and_in one shaft the ore runs a little over $100 per ton in gold. Several specimens have been found which ran up into the thou- sands, but these are of little value in de- termining the value of the strike. The ore is all free milling to the bottom of the deepest shaft, which is considerably below the depth at’ which the ore becomes base in the mines at Pinos Altos. How much further this free miding ore will continue 18, of cours matter of conjecture, but it 18 certain that the ore Is free milling to a depth of fifty feet. The ledge is about 300 feet wide or about seven times as wide as ledge in the big Carlisle mine in the ern part of this county, which for years was the largest gold producing mine in New Mexico. Besides, the ore which has beel taken from the new strike so far is mor than twice as rich as that found in the Cal lisle mine. There may be some dificulty in getting water enough at the new camp to supply a Inrge stamp mill, for the present supply at Pinos Altos is not sufficient to run all of the miils there the year round. It may even be necessary to get a supply of water from the Gila river, which would require the ex- pe lture of a large amount of money, or to sh. the ore to some point where there is we t for reduction. CREEDE Samples of ore ctors mp The where the that in made which been summer pr while to covery was male of the oldest p look quict for a work was not long Enough BONANZA ORE. were brought to Creede last week, which were assayed by F. E. Wheeler, and gave the following enormous results: 2,574.80 ounces silver, 2,787.40 ounces gold; total value per ton, $57.344.37. This sample was a white quartz and free gold was noticeable all through. Nothing can be learned of the true location, says a Denver News special, as the party making the dis- covery has not located the claim, but it is now out for that purpose. When the true Tocation Is made known there will be a stam- pede for the place. David Jacobs of the Free Coinage hotel, opposite the Jimtown depot, has been sink- ing a well back of the hotel, and at a depth of about twenty-five feet struck a vein of tale carrying galena and very much like the tale found in the Ridge and Ethel mines, which carries from three to five ounces gold. No assays have been made, but Mr. Jacobs has made claim fo his location. GATE OF THE BIG HORN BASIN. BUFFALO, Wyo., Aug. 4.—(Special Cor- respondence to The Bee)—The Board of Trade has taken active steps toward the construction of a good road into the Big Horn Basin, and without doubt before many weeks are over it will be completed. A due regard to economy renders it impossible for Johnson county to incur the wholo of the necessary expense, but the Board of Trade has taken the matter In hand and is engaged In raising the necessary amount to supplement the county expenditure. There 18 no doubt that Buffalo is the natural ap- proach to the Basin, and that Increased facilities for transportation are all that Is noeded to draw in this direction a large portion of the trade that now goes out of the county to Billings and Casper. Another factor which will greatly tend to Increase the mutual intercourse of both sides of the mountain Is the establishment of a daily mal from Buftalo to Hyatville. Vigorous of- forts are being made fo this end and there seems every probability that it will be es- tablished. The route to be taken is one s lected by Frank Grouard, the well known scout, who knows the Big Horn mountains like 4 book, and who has pointed out a road which will bring Hyatville, one of the prin- olpal settlements in the Basin, within fifty miles of Buffalo. Access to the far famed Ten Sleep lakes will then be obtained in a day's drive from Buffalo. The latter road will be the most direct road to the Basin for at least eight months in the year, while the former will be available for heavy traffic all the year round, and will, in its course, accommodate all the various placer mines which are now being worked on the slopes of the divide at Otter creek and else- where. Another improyement to be made is accelerated mall and passenger service from Clearmont to Buffalo. Th Board of ade, which has only recently bee established here, 18 doing good work in making known (he resources of Johanson county and the Big Horn basin, and will make it thelr spe- clal business to welcome and assist all Intend- ing visitors, settlers and seekers for inv ment. They will be glad to correspond with any secretary and to give them every infor- matlon they require, Everything necessary in the way of outfits can be obtained here for hunting, prospecting, and mountain explora- tion, and guides, rigs, pack or saddle horses can’ be ordered by correspondence, and the secretary of the Board of Trade, who is the well known mayor of Buffalo, Hon. Charles H. Bemite, will see that a fair deal and good treatment 1s obtained. Parties are dally passing through Buffalo on their way to the Shoshone hot springs and to other points in the Big Horn basin, and it s certain that a large and peaceful invasion of this favored portion of northern Wyoming will take place this year. The News Northwest, which will shortly be pub- lished, contains a sketch of the resources and at‘ractions of this section, which will glve Some faint idea of the matchless character of the country, both ae a home and a field for Investmen Buffalo being within two miles of the mountains, enjoys a clima'e which is more exhilarating than that of any city in the west, with the possible exception of Denver, and 1s the natural outfitting point for hunting and fshing parties in the Blg Horn mountains, Land is still cheap, on account of the distance (thirty miles) from the railroad, and llving expenses are reason- able and rent low. ST. CLAIR O'MALLY. SAN JUAN PLACERS. Manager . F. Walsh of the new smelter at Silverton returned to this city for a brief stay at his home, says the Denver News. He is decidedly enthusiastic oyer the condition of affairs in San Juan county, of which Sil- verton is the center and counity seat New strikes are of daily occurrence in Hansen Dbasin and other districts, many of them yield- ing fifty ounces in silver and from 200 to 300 ounces in gold to the ton. The country about Silverton 18 strongly mineralized, the veins being wide and permanent. More develop- ment is going forward now than at any time in the past fitteen years, and with better r sults. The search for gold has been won- derfully rewarded The blg mines of San Juan county, the steady producers, are the Nevada, Sliver Lake, Big Grant, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Ex- tension, Mastodon and Silver Queen. The number of producers is being added to dally, and in another season San Juan county alone should produce $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 in gold and silver The section has taken on season. In Silverton there are no vacant houses, and & dry goods concern which woved In last week was obliged to hire new lifo this 4 from the galena. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE::'MONDAY. rooms in the second story of ome of the ] reduced from 15 per cent lead and 35 per hotels The new the Austin basis Is 100 tons of tons of ore smelter on running regularly, handling per day. It has 10,000 stored in the bins, so that bad roads or heavy snow falls will not interfere with work. The process has proved a great sticcess, and has brought Into Silverton large quantities of ore that could not bear the cost of shipment to the Denver and Pueblo smelters CHAFFF 2 COUNTY GOLD. A correspond writing from Schwanders, Cha y 5., to the Times-Sun, say of the prospects in that vicinity, which lles near Crocked ereek “There are a number of prospect holes and open-cuts within a n » of this static which is three and one-halt m s southeast from Buena Vista on the Den , Lakewood & Golden raflroad. At five of il 1 found men at work in a emall way. They all claim to have free 1 ore ranging In value from 0 to $400 per ton. The veins are of two Kinds, econtacts between granite and gray porphry, or true flssures in granite. In the former there is always a streak of hard iron, stained quartz and a large amd t of blue or gray tale, while in the latter there §s a brown honeycomb quartz with sireaks of black iron and very little tale. A pecu larity of the district Is that there are hundreds of prospect holes where I could not find a man. At ch of these is a pile of assorted o ranging In size from a few hundred pour to several tons. The holes are of all kinds and shapes, from two feet to forty-five feet deep, and open cuts from a few feet wide to forty are several tunnels, one feel like going to the breast of, as there was no fresh signs of men at work, but unmis takable signs of bears’ work “I secured samples of ores from twelve places, where there had been good rigld pile of ore sorted it and pounded and panned some from each sample, and in no case failed to get a fine showing of bright gold. I don't think, however, that any I found will run over $400 per ton, but [ belleve any of it will go over $20. I got a plece of ore at a newly open cut half a mile from here that ran very rich. At the point where I got it the upper part of the cut shows the streak to be three-quarters of an inch, while It is three and three-quarters inches thick at the bottom, six or seven feet down. I couldn’t find a name or representative for the place. There is probably a location and the location work Is well done. T should not object to working such a prospect for what 1 could get owt of it."” OURCE OF THE “GOLD" BRICK. cent alleged gold brick swindle, of which mention was made in The Bee rec ntly, has all been explained. The Colorado Na- tional bank, the Albuquerque bank and the mint have not been swindled. Had it not been for an Associated press dispatch which stated that the Albuquerque bank had been muleted in the sum of $11,000, the truth of the story would probably never have been positively known. The Albuquerque bank people, however, do not like such a report circulating and’ have written to the mint authorities a true statement of the ‘‘won- derful gold brick,” says the Denver Times- Sun. Two old Mexicans were digging among some mines in the neighborhood of Al- buquerque, when they found a mass of what closely resembled gold. Tales of the golden ornaments that formerly adorned the churches filled their mind and they speedily teok their find to_the First Natlonal bank of Albuquerque. The stuff lcoked like gold, but the bank officlals were wary, and they accepted the trust, to be sent to the mint, only on condition’ that the finders of the treasure trove pay the express charges. This was done and the only persons who are out of pocket on account of the find are the finders. The ruins of old Mexican churches hava long heen thought to contain much treas- ure, but the Albuquerque experience will un- doubtedly have a tendency to prevent any undue clevation of feelings when gold retorts are found. ANOTHER “LOST MINE.” The Silver Qity (Idaho) Avalanche says: Messrs, Richard Benham and John Price, who have prospected the Quicksilver moun- tain country for several years past, were in this weelc and are feeling quite hopeful. It is said that in the carly history of this camp a prospector had brought some rich gold quartz from that locality on several occa- sions, but died without divulging the whereabouts of his find. Messrs. Ben- ham and Price think they are on the same ground, and have christened thelr property the “‘Lost Mine.” .They have done any amount of work in the form of open-cuts, etc., trying to discover the source of the rich float to be found in that neigh- borhood, and are now sinking on the ledge. The extent of their ore body is not yet as certained, but they brought in samples this weel which assayed $65 in gold and four or five ounces in silver. The property is about ten miles from Silver City. Mr. Price informs us that there is an old river channel over there which is very rich In placer gold, and he anticipates a lively camp there in the near future.” RICH MONTANA MINES. From all reports the Little Rockies min- ing country in Choteau county Is going to be a world-beater within a very short time. The district is located sixty miles from Harlem, the nearest railroad point, and there are at present between seventy and 100 men in the camp, either developing claims or prospecting. Some of the richest strikes yet made in the district were made last month. Jacob Harris returned from a visit of twenty days spent in the Rockies and brought with him a number of specimens of the ore, says the Helena Independent A portion of the Little Rockies is on the Indian reservation, and that part s said to be richer than the portion outside. An Independent correspondent, writing from Landusky, says: For the last few days this place has been the scene of some of the biggest dis- coveries made in Montana for many years. On July 1, Messrs. Blackwell, Whitehcad and Newman struck the Hawkeye lode, which shows up a twenty-foot vein of free milling gold ore that assays from $50 to $500 per ton. The same company also owns the Columbia, Humboldt and several other fine locations. Al these lodes are situated on the divide between Rock creek and Alder gulch. This find started every one out pros- pecting, and has been the means of. turning the Little Rockies from a humdrum camp into one of the most active in the state. DEPARTED GLORY. “A poet could write on ‘The Deserted Vil- lage, with Virginia City as a subject and surpass Goldsmith’s immortal production on the same topic,” sald a resident of San Fran- cisco to a reporter on the Condon (Nev.) Globe. “Phe first time that I was ever there,” he sald, “the population of Virginia City was greater than that of the entire state now: Eveythng 1en wide open. li gnificent ho'els 0l opera halls, palatial residences, stores that would have done credit to New York millionaires who spent money freely,maintain ing a soclety that for brilllancy and gayety could not bo equaled in the United States I was there a short time ago. The hotels and opera houses are closed, the residences emply, the stores removed to other and more prosperous places. Dwellings that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars are given over to the bate, and the brioken panes of glass, the shutters hanging upon a single hinge or flapping in the wind, give a grow some sense of loneliness. In years to come it will aftord magnificent spectacles of ruins, aud even a sense to the beholder of being in a city of the past. Millions were made and lost, and the history of Virginia City would be one of the most thrilling stories ever written CREEDE LIVENING UP. Great is Creede! and prediction is ture it will be greater before the flies, notwithstanding it Is known as ver-producing camp, and mining metal there is at present not much inc tive. But the recent discovery of more lead bodles which carry gold, and the marked improvement in the copper find, will give this locality the impetus referred to, says a special to the Denver Times-Sun. As was announced in these dispatches some two months ago, the Ridge lead mina was at that time producing, with the use of a pair of Hartz jigs, concentrates that the smelter returns showed carrled as high as 75 per cent lead and $13 to $16 gold per ton, and that there was a world of this character of ore in sight. Lately Manager Nickel has been experimenting extensively on methods to extract more values than the above, believing that much gold (which is mainly carried in a blue talc) was aplng through Imperfect machinery. Now the ore is pulverized through rolls, sized (n revolving screens and then pas into the jigs, where the zinc is separated At this point the ore is of which I did not ven- snow | from good | | 1s ready or fifty feet, and there | | cent zine to 6 per cent zinc and from 70 to 80 per cent lead. As an eyldence of the satisfactory work the present plant Is doing, It may be men tioned that a test was made on small tail Ings on the present Jig and mills, and worked as they would a slimer, with the re sult that ore worth $07 a ton was pro duced. It has furthermore been shown be yond a doubt that a fortune In gold lines the sides and bottom of West Willow creek the Ridge mine to the Rio Grande river, which has escaped the owners from an average output of twenty-five tons a day since last August A few months ago the smelters returned on an average of three- fourths of an ounce in gold per ton; now they return nearly two ounces, and the lead values keep steadily above the 70 per cent mark OUTPUT OF CRIPPLE CREEK The universal expression heard on all sid: 18 the output of the camp Is increasing faster than it ever has yet and that business is bet ter than at any time since last January There were 150 miners put to work on prop: erties on Battle mountain and Bull hill the past few days. An additional force will find employment in the Strong when th: new shaft house is completed and hoisting plant for work. It is reliably reported that the miners union will pay for the im- provements being put in on this mine. Soon the Independence holsting and electric light plants will be completed and the force of miners will be at l12ast doubled and the out- put incre d at least four fold. There Is no reason why the Independence cannot send at least 1,000 tens of high-grads ore to the smelters for the next four months, says special to the Denver News, as there is at least that amount of ore blocked out ready for stoping. The discovery of lead northwest slope of Mineral hill, close to Spring creek, has aroused mors interest among the Leadville miners and prospectors than any find which has been made in the camp for some time. The or: is similar in appearance to the Leadville carbonates, and a dozen or more assays made of it would in- dicate that it was as rich as the best ore of this kind found in Leadville. A sample assay made returned 330 in gold, fifty ounces in silver and 40 per cent lead. Al old silver prospectors who have seen the ore by visit- ing the ground where it is being mined say the formation is entirely different from any thing they ever saw and are convinced that no lead with ore in place will b2 found on the territory where discovery was made. Ingersoll and Finch have opened up a small pay streak on the western slope of Nipple mountain which assays from five to twenty ounces in gold. Superintendent M- Closkey of the Pike's Peak mine has three men sinking on a lead which he discovered in excavating for a cesspcol on one of his lots In Cripple Creek heights. HUGE MINING SCANDAL. Mr. A. G. Renshaw, a British capitalist, has commenced suit in_the United State district court to recover $245,000, say: Francisco special to the Denver News. He charges that the sale of the Bears' Nest group of mines in Alaska was accomplished by gigantic frauds. He accuses James Treadwell, John Treadwell, Captain James Carroll, 'W. M. Murray, A. Fuller, and George J. Smith with conspiracy to make the sale by placing gold-bearing rock from the rich Treadwell mine in a barren mine adjoining and treating the ore from a dia mond drill with chioride of gold to make a showing of rich ore. He asserts that he has a confession of the entire fraud. He declares that three British experts were deceived in the salted mine, each one reporting that it would yield a profit of $1,000,000 a year. The enormous amount of money involved, the prominenc: of the parties to tha suit and the charges of frand make these dis- closures the sensation of the day in mining circles. The mine was sold to British invest- ors for $2,600,000 in stock and $1,500,000 in bonds drawing 7 per cent interest. This was in 1887, and no gold has ever been taken from it. The projectors of the sale have so far recelved about $600,000 in money. LEAD'S LUCK. The excitement over the new strikes on cllow creek, near Lead, is still at a fever leat, says the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. There are a large number of men working on the different properties there, and some first-class ore s being taken out. A Lead business man had two assays made by Charles Hen- ley. The first one went $69.91 in gold and silver, the second $792.32. The men who dis- covered the ore have six tons already on the dump, and are sacking it as as it is taken out. The ore body is flat and im- proves with development. The men at work are stripping the ledge, and as yet do not know its extent. All claim owners there are confident the camp will be a good one. THE W. & D. RAILROAD. The new town at the Larabee coal mines will be called Aladdin. The grading ow the Wyoming & Dakota road between Minne- sela and the coal mines is progressing very apidly, something like seventy-five teams being at work now, and about forty more coming. It is now understood that a plant will be erected near the caral falls shortly, says a Minnesela dispatch to the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. The flour mill will resume op- erations in a short time. New and improved machinery will be put in, making it one of the best mills in this section. Manager Nix of the Wyoming & Dakota line said that it was his intention to have the new road hauling coal by September 15. He purchased an engine for the coal mine, which will be used to pump air into the tuns nel. It is understood that Chicago and Dubuque parties will soon arrive and put up a hotel and some stone blocks. A FISH STORY. There is a report current of a lake re- cently discovered by John Edge at the head of Derby creek, near the county line be- tween Garfleld and Eagle, says a Red Clifte special to the Denver Times-Sun. The locality is Isolated on account of its rough character and has evidently been avoided by prospectors and explorers. The lake con- tains about forty acres, and the fish stories told in connection with it bar all competi- tion, One report is that the water Is fairly allve with trout, another that one party caught sixty that weighed 120 pounds, another that ninety were taken which weighed 140 pounds, ete. In fact, one does not need a hook and line at all—just go to the inlet with a big square polnted shovel and go to throwing them out. The Blade here has been unable to find any one who has been at the new found resort themselves, but common report s that the lake was dis- covered by John Edge, and was before un- known to white men. X NEBRASKA of West Point fell into a her collar carbonates on the Mrs. A. Metz cellar the other day and broke bone. Ed Larson of Clay Center had broken by a horse he was riding, through a defective culvert. Dakota county ploneers and will hold their annual reunion park, Dakota City, August 30, The tramp who robbed the Elgin depot has been arersted and lodged In Jjail to await trial on the charge of burglary. The minsterial conference of the Beatrice district of the United Brethren church will be held at Crete, beginning August 27, It 1s predicted that the Kearney cotton mill will be running again by September 1, and that 300 to 400 people will be employed all winter. The Christian Endeavorers of Dakota county will hold a reunion picnic at Crystal lake August 8. There are over 300 members of the soclety in the county Mrs. Northrup of Wakefield has a gold ring which was bought by General George Wash- ington and presented by him (o her grand- mother about a century ago. It is needless to say that the ring is treasured as a pricy less keepsake, Altred Gelst and his son, while riding near est Point, were thrown from a wagon by the breaking of the pole and seriously in- jured. The boy had his leg broken and the old man was dragged for a long distance and severely bruised ) A son of R. Kenner, residing near Pawnee City, became insane and attempted to kill his mother, but neighbors broke into the house and prevented him from carrylng out his design. He has been in an asylum, but had been discharged as cured A rather ludicrous scone transpired at the Congregational church last Sunday, says the Alblon News. The hitching posta on the south side are quite close to the church and the basement windows. A. B. Johnson's horse was hitched opposite one of the win dows, and in some manner while fighting flesm, became entangled in the harness rolled over and crashed entirely through the basement window and landed on its back in the middle of the floor. The crash of break his leg falling old settlers at Clinton | The , AUGUST 8, many thought the Whdlé church was coming l leys. Two hundred miles of telephone wire down, and (nvoluntatily started for the door. animal was led out through the door, and services proceeded as usu Frank Ralston, traveling man Hastings two or thrée times a y the past five years it has never fafled to rain in the summer o snow in the winter when he has been there. He visited Hast ings the other day Adfing the drouth and that evenin some ridfn fell As a rain maker Mr. Ralston, seams to be more of a success than the professionals that travel about the country THE DAKOTAS s was struck in an is being bored at Pierre at a feet. The flow is strong and the city with fuel and light. Jublilant The fourth annual expositic D. D. Fair assoclation land September 25 to Dast thres years this successful fair in the makes nd for depth of § will furnish Citizens of the 8. S il be held at Scot inclusive. For the has been the most state. This year again renewed energy will be put forth to have a grand exhibittion—$2,000 will be paid in purses and premiums. he supreme court afirmed the decision of the lower courts In the case of A. C Phillips against the city of Sioux Falls, in volving the validity of paving assessments in 1889, The supreme court knocked out the ment and fn 1890 the city reas- Phillips protested, and the case before the supreme court for two is a test case and the city has been rs. This won. Rev. James Garve an Indian preacher at Santee agency, has distinguished him- self by arresting Bill Campbell, a notorious half-breed desperado belonging at Santee. Campbell, a short time ago, claimed to own eighteen head of government cattle, which he sold for $200. Officers fastened the crime upon him nd started in pursuit. For about a week he has been closely pressed by the sheriff’s posse, but succeeded in evading arrest until the preacher took a hand. After arresting the desperado Rev. Garvey held him until the appearance of the officers. News comes from Chamberlain that Jim Coleman, with the Flying V Cattle company, has a curlosity of the animal kind in the shape of a ar-old Texas steer with three horns and one eye. The steer is of the o and form. Its only eye is upon right side of the head in the usual place provided by nature, but the place where the other should be is smooth and devoid of any place for an eye whatever. The horns of the freak are about fourteen inches long, and are three in number two horns grow out of the side of the head, in the usual manner, but the third horn grows directly on top of the head, giving it a peculiar appearance. Deputy State Auditor B. F. Swartz a few weeks since completed a table showing the cost per capita of conducting the govern- ments of the states that were admitted at the same time as South Dakota, and proved South Dakota 40 per cent less than any of the others. He is now engaged in getting up a list of the comparative appropriations for conducting the business of these same states While the list Is as yet incom- plete, the table for South Dakota for the past five years is as follows: 0, $440,071; 1801, $4. $340,6567.97 18903, $660,670.62; 1894, 25. The seeming extravagance of ~is due to the large appropriation made by the state that year for the state exhibit at the World's fair, COLORADO. A large body of paying ore has been struck in the Ridge mine at Creede. Citizens of Rocky Ford are raising $1,000 for the sinking of an artesian well. El Dorado camp, Boulder county, claims 150 prospects that are ready to lift ore. The Mastodon mine, Picayune gulch, shows fifty ounces in gold to.the ton, with some silver. The Moose, Crippfe Creek, expects to ship 250 tons of high-grade ore. It has sixty men on its pay rolls. It is stated that the capacity of the chlor- ination plant at Cripple Creek, owned by Captain DeLamar, will soon be increased to 200 tons per day. The Cripple Creek placers are to be worked by machinery with water supplied from the city water works. From 150 to ‘200 tons of earth per day will be handled. The Fruita Fruit Growers association is crowded with orders, and like the Grand Junction association, finds ready market for all the fruit it can furnish of all grades. Six hundred tons of Bulldozer ore, now on the dump, Is to be ndled at the Lewis mill and is expected to average about $20 per ton. The Bulldozer fs in the La Plata district. The Black Flag mine, coming into large bodies of ore. running three shifts per on Boy ore, but is unable to handle supply. Recent consignments from Summit county to the branch mint at Denver aggregate 161 ounces in gold, worth about The retorts came from the Victoria and Exten- sion properties. At the Union smelter, Leadville, grading for the new buildings is finished. Their erection will be pushed. There are four lead furnaces in the plant, two of which are now in operation. The Grand Junction Star-Times says that Messrs. W. P. Ela and Thompson Bros. have about 400 head of cattle on the Pinion mesa ready for shipment, but in consequence of the great fall in the price of cattle they now intend to pasture them until the market improves. The Lake City Phonograph, as the result of a personal visit, states that development work is being prosecuted in the first, second and third levels of the Golden Fleece mine, owned by Denver parties. The rich ore dis- covered in the first I holds good and promises to surpass anything ever taken from the mine. There are forty-one men on the pay rolls, A party of masked men rode up to George S. Allsebrook’s ranch, a few miles south of Meeker, and, after making Allsebrook help- less, they clubbed to death about 250 sheep. The sheep were in the hands of the sheriff. After this they rode to Smith and Trimmer's camp and shot 101 blooded rams. The mob gave Allsebrook five days to leave the coun- try. They are thought to be a secret or- ganization”® formed to rid ring counties of sheep, which country destitute of grazing. Superintendent Butler informs the Sa- guache Crescent that the present force at theOrient and Calumet iron mines ot the Colorado Fuel and Iron company is 110, and that he had tele- graphed to Salida and elsewhere for an additional seventy-five men to report at the mines for immediate employment The working force will be rapidly increased until the number reaches 250 men. 'he present shipping capacity is 600 tons, or an av age of about thirty:seven cars. But 600 tons of iron ore will mot supply the com- pany's demand, apd with the increased working force the, dally shipping capacity will be Increased to 740 tons. WYOMING A stage road is being idan to the Big Horn basin. Miss Addie McDerniott, who has been teaching school at /Little Medicine, dis- patched a large bear st the first shot the other day. Stockmen are undwimous in the expression that cattle are fattdriand in better condition now than at any timé for seven years. Ship- ping will now begin and the Wyoming range steer will bring thd' top! prices. Last June the stateii#nt was made In these columns that the W. ¥ 'Cody Hotel company was to erect a $12000 hotel at Sheridan. We now learn that fhk Sheridan Inn, the structure in questioh: tepresen's a cost of $60,000 Instead of $121000, News from South Pass says Ed Collins has just completed a twenty-ton mill run of ore trom the Empire State, the result being $1,300 in gold. D. D. Wolff made a six-ton run from his property, from which he realized $160, The camp Is doing well Charles Johnson, returning from a month's business trip in Utah, Idabo and Moutana, says he could have bought sheep on his trip for $1.256 to $1.50 per head, such as they were. He considers Wyomlng sheep fully as cheap at 82 to $2.50 per head, as they are a much better grade of sheep than those in the states above mentioned Ex-Senator Warren's Wy 5x100 miles, stocked with 2,000 horses, 15,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. The sheep are di- vided into bunches of 5,000 to 10,000, and driven from place to place, or rather lo- cated for a short time in one place, the berders living in movable houses bullt on wugons. In summer they are driven up ioto Park county, is The mill is Orphan the full the neigl keep the yed from Sher- ming ranch s ing glass was sufficlent Lo startle all, zad | the wountalns, in winter grazed iu the val arteslan well which | covers this vast ranch, and cow ranch has telephone connections With the “home ranch, enabling Mr. Warren tc commu with the several foremen at any hour Many r en In northern northwestern Fremont countles fear trouble with the rcving bands of Indians in th vletn t Fall River basin. They have lately been Killing cattle on the ranges and mak themselves obnoxious. Thoey are not ba rd in telling white men that they have no bu 88 in or around the basin. Notwithstanding that the Big Horn rings on the Big Horn river are over 200 miles from a rallroad there are now over 100 people camped there enjoying the exhilarating influences of the bathing afforded A local physician sent a sealed package of water from the springs to an eminent chemist in Ger many for analysis. The analysis shows that the water anks among the best mineral waters of the world for rheumatic and blood troubles. Some remarkable cures are claimed to have been effected by bathing in the springs. About two miles west of the bridge across the Platte river at Douglas an Elkhorn train a few days ago encountered a water spout On both sides of the track the water ran three feet deep, and in ten minutes from the time the engine encountered the water the vast Fetterman bottoms, embracing abo two townships of level land, had the appear. ance of a lake that would average two feet deep. The cloud burst east and south of the big Fetterman cut. A stream twenty-five feot wide and five feet deep poured out of the east mouth of the cut. The Fetterman bot toms are uninhabi ed ORE IN In Linn county the aphis Is se the tobacco plants. There are 2,600 headers at grain fields of Umatilla county. Salmon fishing Is over on the Rogue after a light run. Smelt and sardines are plenty The dewberry has been introduced in Marion county, and is producing well, both in quality and quantity. Some nine and one-half miles of the Bo- hemia wagon road fs completed, and is sald to have been very well constructed. The hop aphis is kept on the dead jump these days to keep out of reach of the deadly sprayer, loaded with a decoction of quassia chips and whale ofl. Mr. Parker, a South Omaha stock buyer, has contracted at Prineville for hetween 1,600 and 2,000 head of beef cattle. They will be taken to ebraska in September and fed on corn The Pendleton scouring mill now expects to handle 4,000,000 pounds of wool this sea- The flouring mills are being enlarged, and some Springfield, 1., men are lcoking at the foundry plant, with a view (0 buy- ing and operating it. The people of Union are endeavaiing (o secure the donation of the requirsd bonus 00 acres of land to start a sugar beet factor The company making the proposi- tion offers a bond of $200,000 for the faith- ful performance of its part of the ccntract. The tide of the wagon emigration through the Rogue river valley irom b th noith and south has been unusually heavy this vear. Much of it is directed acrcss the Ashland- Klamath Falls road, which is morc traveled than for several years past. Large numbers of the Indians from other reservations who visited with the Umatillas on the Fourth have returned to their homes, many of them minus their bright-colored blankets and herds of cayuses. It Is said the Umatilla braves won everything in sight at the races. The barbers of La Grande have agreement not to do any work on Sundays or to keep open later than 8:30 p. m. any night except Saturday, when they will keep open until 12:30. They have also agreed to treat the first one breaking the contract to a coat of tar and feathers. G. W. Kellog is to dig the new Harney county well 860 feet deeep and within twelve feet of the old well; will use the new jetting process. The county court is to pay inel- dental expenses, according to contract, until a good strong flow of water is obtained, which he is convinced can be secured. WASHINGTON. The Davenport flour mill is to be enlarged to a capacity of 200 barrels daily. Five hundred cars of delayed shingles have left the Tacoma yards for the east. Prizes amounting to $8,000 will for the racing events at the state North Yakima this fall. Mr. Loney, a Dry creek farmer, has begun threshing thereabouts, bushels of wheat. A band of 1,150 cattle were driven through Tekoa, on the way to Spokane, from whence they will be shipped to Montana. They came from Camas prairie. The Garfleld city council has ordered that all property owners shall cut down the this- tles on their respective premises, the city employing a man to cut them in the streets and alleys. The water of the Fraser has receded very slowly from the low lands and many farmers will be unable to cultivate the land this year. Where the water has receded heavy crops are anticipated. Pendleton, Athena, Dayton, Waitsburg, Ba- ker City and Colfax fire departments have signified a willingness to joln with Walla Walla in forming an association. Delegates are to meet for the purpose at Walla Walla August 15. each sheep and Unita and Hot tling on work In the son. > offered fair in (Walla Walla) his 31,600, or MISCELLANEOU The Utah wooi ciip is going eastward to market very rapidly. Las Vegas, N. M., will ship about 8,000,- 000 pounds of wool this year. Egyptian corn s becoming one of the popular grain crops of the Pecos valley. The Woodland Orchard company of Las Cruces is shipping peaches east in refriger- ator cars. Santa Fe boasts of a cherry tree which for cach of the past fifteen years has pro- Aueed two crops. Shipments of gold from the United States assay office in Boise, Idaho, one week last month amounted to $72,173.42. The farmers in the Pecos valley, Mexico, are shipping alfalfa to Cuba. price pald on the cars is 38 per ton The Lemhi Republic of Idaho reports the organization of a racing association and the acquisition of a fine piece of ground for a trac Fifty years ago 30,000. Now the tribe numl and in a few years will disappear entirely. They go into American history as the bray- est, most oruel Indians on the continent. Prof. Aldrich, entomologist of the agri- cultural experimental station at Moscow, ldaho, has investigated the grain aphis, which is found sll through that section. Prot, Aldrich belleves that the aphis will do no serious damage to crops. The Salt Lake Herald reports a noted searcity of silver dollars in that city. “Sil- ver is not to be had in sufficient quantities for commercial uses, and frequent drafts are being made upon San Francisco and Denve Even in those financial centers the coin is not forthcoming in its accustomed white flood. All of the banks of this city are com- plaining of the scarcity of the white metal.” H. W. Johnson, an old trapper, came into Ketchum, Idaho, from Lightning mountain, on the middle fork of Salmon river, bringing with him a valuable lot of pelts, comprising bear, beaver, lynx, ete., which he shipped to New York. Among other curlosities which he had was & set of nineteen-point deer horns, one of which had a hole pierced through it near the head, which was probably done by a bullet while in velvet. Sl Refreshing, exhiilrating, a bath at Courts land beach. —_— NATURAL AS NATURE And sometimes a great deal prettier. You may have the color of halr you most admire. 1f your own is gray, or spolled by bleaching and lo- jurious dyes, use IMPERIAL HAIR RECENERATOR: 1o and coloring of perfect clea . which comes in several shades. One uf on will last for months. It ks absolutely ible to detect its use. 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