Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 13, 1895, Page 5

PULSE OF WESTERY PROGRESS New Gold Oamp on the West Bide of the fangre de Oristo in New Mexico, PROSPECTORS ~ POURING IN RAPIDLY Railrond to the Camp Projeeted—Itecent Strikea In the Cocur d'Alens Conne try~Another Nows of the Northw Satro Tunnel— The New Mexico mining district in Taos &ounty, New Mexico, is reported to be com tng rapitly to the front and It is predicted by who have visited it that there is sure to be a genuine boom there season, says the Denver Republican. Colonel Richarl | Darling has just returned from a trip) through the district and speaks of its possi- | bilitles in glowing terms. It is known a# the Keystone and covers most of Taos county on the west side of the Sangre de Cristo range, and is sald to be gocd mineral ground from the San Luis valley clear over into the La Belle district. It has been known as Mineral county for some but until the La Belle | excitement attracted the attention of pros- | pectors to the locality, very little attention | was paid to it. “There is very ars, litile development yet,” sald Colonel Darling, “but there has been enough to prove that the gold is there in paylng quantitics, and the rush to that side has already started and very much resembles a genuine The people there are all | Colorado prospectors and investors and the new distrist Is %o cluse to the Colorado line that this state s bound to reap most of the benefit. The new territory covers an area of | country thirly by fifty miles in length, and every foot of It is good prospecting ground, WEALTH OF THE COEUR D'ALENES “The ‘great mineral wealth of the Cocur @'Alenes 1s only becoming manifest,” sald Adam Aulbach of the Coeur d'Alenes re- cently speaking to a reporter of the Spokane Spokesman-Review. “Although millions of dollars bave been taken out, recent develop- ments have shown that the true wealth of our mines Is being uncovered as depth s attained. The rich strikes of the past do not compare with the strikes that have been within the past few months. Take the 'Frisco, for example. They have cross- cut the ledge for a distance of eighty feet through solid ore all the way. Just Imagine a ledga of sold ore of that width, and the end not yet reac “An enterprise is one of the greatest ever undertakan In any mining camp, and fs second only to the | Butro tunncl as an engineering feat. This s a tunel, which 13 to be 2,500 feat In length, and which will probably be extended 1,000 feet further later on. The tunnel is being started a quarter of a mile below the Standard tramway, and 1s designed to tap the Standarl 1,200 feet below its present workings, and the Mammoth 2,000 fect below. The tunnel is In direct line with the Custer, which it would tap at 3,500 feet if extended, and tbis may eventuily be done. The tunnel is now under way, and _three shifts witi be worked from now on. The 'Frisco has orderrl the largest alr compresser ever uted in mining. “The situation in the gold belt is encour- aging indeed. Many people have an idea that the famous gold belt of the Coeur d'Alenes, espacially the placers, is pretty well worked out. As a matter of fact, it has only been scratched, and the mines are looking better than evir before. “The placer mines are not only being worked at Murray, but along Pritchard creek in spots for twelve miles. Trail creck, one of the richest of them all, is being worksd the full length of two miles, The old chan- nel at Murray is being worked in spots Its entire length, and upper Eagle creck and its tributaries ar» being worked—making twen- ty-one miles of placer ground in all. It will | take fifty years to work out the placer ground in_ that locality. “Two miles above Murray is Ophir hill, where are situated the Mother lode, Daddy, Treasure Box, Occident, etc. The Daddy be- came famous only a year or so ago, and s enormously rich, having $30,000 worth of ore in sight it their new purchases alone. They are going to build a tramway, an electric light plant and add ten more stamps. have a ten stamp mill now, and it s un- doubtadly the finest ten stamp mill in Idaho. Say what you will,” concluded Mr. Aul- bach, “continued development will show the Coeur d'Alenes to be the greatest mineral region of them all.” A RICH BAR. The Temple Bar Placer Mining company, W. G. Riffenburg, superintendent, is estab- Mshing large bydraulic works at Temple Bar, on the Colorado river, about ten miles above Rioville, Nev., says a St. George special to the Salt Lake Herald. The “Bar” is on the north or Nevada side of the river, and the gravel beds are quite extensive. The company bullt two large barges and anchored them in the river and placed a water wheel be- tween the barges, which Is run by the river's current. The wheel s expected to generate sufficient power to run two large pumps and force enough water through a nozzle to wash 3,000 yards per day of the gold bearing gravel. The company people say that from 30 cents to §1 per yard can be saved by running the gravel through sluice boxes. We understand the company was organized s of 30 cents per yard of gravel s of Callfornla people. The com- pany has expended up to date about $10,000. A" company of Ohlo people, principally, has located some extensive gravel banks some three miles from “Temple Baj the hills away from the river, whic in gold, and which they propose to work by a dry process. WONDERFUL STRIKE MADE. The Hope mine has long been noted for the richness of its ores, but now it is noted &r the quantity of solid gold that fs broken down In chunks, says the Basin Times. In fact, the blggest strike that has ever been encountered in the mine has just been witnessed. Foreman Buckley for some time has had a de- sire to know what was contained In the hang- ing on the east drift of the 200, and to satisfy his curiosity he put a pair of men to work tearing away the timbers and lagging. The first round of holes blew down a drift full of the richest ore that was ever emcoun- tered in this property. Six inches on the hanging 1s virtually solid gold, with only scattering particles of quartz among it, and it laps close to the hanging, with a thin gouge between it and the wail, and in fact it is as strong as at the time of putting oft the first round of holes. Upon the discovery of this fabulous find Foreman Buckley sum- moned Manager Fletcher to the scene at once, and the first piece he picked up con- tained over $500 In pure gold. The surround- ings falrly dazzled Lis eyes, and it is, in reality, one of the greatest discoveries that has ever been encountered In the state of Montana. Foreman Buckley surveyed the scene with the utmost composure and immediately gave orders for the careful sorting of all the valu- able material. The others present were much excited. The men who put in the shot hardly Xnow where they were, and Manager Fletcher busied himself picking up piece after piec and even then considered himself in Al Adin cave or in a dream. Many of the -ichest plcces were gathered up, and each one pres- ent, laden down with the precious metal, flled out toward the station and the valuable load was holsted to the surface, where the gold sparkled and glistened in the midday sun. Manager Fletcher and Foreman Buckley, boa experienced miners and either of whom has had & lite's tultion at this industry, are omphatio In thelr expressions that the Hope 1s the wonder of their life. At this writing the showing warrants the statement that the find s continuous. Foreman Buckley has placed a guard on duty by day and night. Canvas has been placed where the gold will fall, and every particle Is carefully sacked. The men are scarched when coming oft shift and every precaution 1s belng taken to save the precious Yellow metal. A plece of ore coming from the vicinity of the gold was welghed and it w estimated it would run as high as $16,000 to the ton. A BIG PRODUCER. The largest bar of gold bullion ever cast at the Bolse assay office has been turned out. It welghs 1334.34 ounces, is 937 fine boom | the oth | ing the ledge about eighty-five feet on the | incline from the upper wo | ing | the fishin | through the winter. | business have been figuring on it They | and s valued at §25,835.15. This bar is not ouly remarkable for its size, but for its color as well, heing a thing of beauty as well as & representative of great value, says the Doise Statesman. It is from the Virtoe mine, at Baker City, and Is the product of a run of twenty-three days, or an averag? of a little over a thousand dollars a day. The Virtue is maintaining its reputation as a great property. Quite recently a new ore body was discovered in it that will no doubt increase Ite output, enabling It to send even rger Dricks than this. A rich striks has been made in the Kestder mine, on Shaw’s mountatn, owned by the Wyman brothers of this city. The strike was ninde several days ago In the face of the 0ld tunnel. No assays were made, but the quartz showed gold all through, and the result of horning several pleces of it was highly graitfying to the owners, The ground caved in several times after the strike was made, and work in the drift had to be abandoned until new timbers can be put in. The owners went around to side of the hill and drifted in, strik- The ore found to be fully as r he hanging wall bas not yet besn cut, but it is believed the ledge is at least four feet wide A FISH OIL PLANT, nery and plant for the fish ofl and fertilizer we to be established near Pillar rock have arrived, accompanied by two experts from New York to superintend r crection, says the Portland Oregonan. The process is the same as is used by the Preston Fertilizer company of Brooklyn, N. Y., which has the largest ofl and fertilizer works in the country The right of thi The mac rocess for Oregon and Washington has secured and the plant st $26,000 when completed and will have a_capacity of sixty tons of offal per day. The offal will be gathered up every day from twenty of the principal canneries on the river, from Willlam Hawes' down, and dur- the season will amount to about 4,000 This will keep the works busy during season, and in the fall it is ex- t out of the thousands of seals he mouth of the Columbia enough to keep the factory runming The men engaged in this for three years, and are now prepared to make a sucs cess of it. The fish offal is collected and used fresh each day. It Is placed in a boller with a perforated bottom, and steam turne on at the top, under a pressure of forty pounds. Much of the oil is extracted In this way, and then the remainder is ex- pressed, The offal is then drled in a rotary steam jacket-drier and sacked for fertilizer. The salmon oil 18 used for tanning, and is one of the best ofls known for this purpose. It will be recooked and purified 50 as to keep sweet for any length of time. The factory is now being built and the machinery goes down at once and the concern will be run- ning early in May. HORRIBLE CHARNEL CAVE A sheepherder named Antonio Vincent has discovered a horrible charnel cave of human remains near the village of Quechultenago, ys a Chilpanzingo (Mexico) dispatch to the an_Francisco Chronicle. Over a hundrel skulls were counted piled with thelr bones into one great heap mot far from the high- way leading from the City of Mexico to Acapulco, on the Pacific coast. The herder's story has been corroborated by others whom he has gulded to the cave. It is supposed the remains are the ghastly souvenirs of one of (ne numerous at- tacks made on the travelers and whole caravans of freighters in past decades. As vet no clew whatever has been developed which tends to throw light upon the identity of the pile of bones. The cave is under an overhanging bluff, a few rods from the main road. Small trees and brush choke the entrance. One story Is to the effect that in the 80s bandits led by the noted revolutionist, Juan Vargas, attacked a richly laden train of wagons ‘ueavily guarded. Strangely enough, the bandits seemed to carry off the dead with them, and diligent search revealed no trace of the victims. The discovery seems to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of this and other caravans. The governor of the state will probably take official action in the case and order a full investigation. TO OUST NEZ PERCE RENTERS. A recent order from the Indian bureau at Washington invalidating all leases of allotted lands on the Nez Perce reservation created surprise and consternation among the lessess as well as the Indian lessors, says the Lewls- ton Tribune. The clerk at the agency has been busy for nearly a week sending out notices to the couple of hundred of alien oc- cupants of Nez Perce lands setting forth the requirements of the order and warning them in no uncertain terms that the spirit of the letter of the law must be observed. The re- sult as seen upon visiting the agency that the offices, yard and grounds were found fllled with an eager and excited throng of white renters and Indians, who were anxious to learn their exact status and to have the plein English of the notification further in- terpreted to them. Agent Lane says that he will strictly and impartially obey the instructions. He does not believe any undus hardship will be im- posed on worthy and reliable renters, who will be able to perform: the new conditions. But irresponsible and unreliable persons who have attempted to speculate with the re- sources of confiding Indians and creditors will find some difficulty in furnishing a sub- stantial bond, and the unworthy will there- fore be weeded out. In talking with the renters they express considerable dismay at the order and had some fear that they would lose the entire re- sults of the season’s work, together with the Improvements. But upon further informa- tion most of ‘them find they ean probably furnish a satistactory bond, except in cases where a lease for a term of years has been taken, when there will be more difficulty. Merchants in Lewlston and other nelghboring towns are much interested In the effect of the order in cases where they have been fur- nishing supplies to the lessees. A RICH GOLD VEIN. One of the most important strikes of the year s the recent Forest hill gold strik says an Ashcroft special to the Denver New: Forest hill is situated about a mile south of Red Mountain ranch, in Taylor park, on the old stage road from Ashcroft to St. Elmo, For seversl years rich gold quartz in large boulders has been found scattered over the hill, but no sign of a ledge or vein until the prospeetors concluded the float had been car- ried there and deposited by glaciers. How- ever, Superintendent Forest of the Forest hill group pinned his faith to the hill which bears his name and, backed by St. Paul cap~ ital, worked two shifts all of last winter and discovered the vein and has developed a large body of rich gold ore, which also con- tains from twenty-five to 100 ounces in silver, the silver contents Increasing in equal ratio with the gold value. Arrangements have been made to ship regularly until a suitable plant for the reduction of the ore can be erected near the mine. Taylor park has been noted for years for Its rich placers, but this s the first strike of gold ore in large quantities in a vein, and it will cause a lot of active prospecting for gold velns in that locality. The owners of the Antimony are going to put up a holsting plant and sink on the large body of I°ad ore exposed In the bottom of the shoft. This ore hody has steadily in- creased in its gold and silver value with depth, like the Gidelis, which increased from nine to over 100 ounces in a depth of ninety foet. tons, pected t which visi will be caught A LUCKY ACCIDENT. R. B. Walker, who is working a placer claim on the Payette near Grimes creek, writes to the Boise Stat:sman that he fs weeting with gratifying success. A few days ago, while they were getting ready to clean up In thelr main workings a rock slide came down and broks part of the sluice, The slide proved a blessing In disguise, as it disclosed a streak of gravel that is very rich. Some panning from this streak re- turnad $1 to the pan. A clean-up made on the upper part of the claim, where the ground s not very rich and which is #o high up on the hill that it can be worked only while the snow water is running, pald $7 & day to the man. Mr Walker is fng twelve men on the prop- erty and ¢xpects to put on a number more soon. QUICKSILVER MINES Big excitement has been caused here by the discovery of a deposit of native quicksil- ver in the center of town In the rear of the Magnolia hotel, says a Calistoga dispatch to the San Francisco Chronicle. While excavating for a swimming tank the mud and sand was found to b> largely filled with globules of quicksilver. An or- dinary gold panful of the mud when washed produced as much as an ounce of pure quick- silver, while a grape boxful yielded on wash- Ing one-half of a pound of pure metsl Th= deposit was found about four feet from the surface and continues increasing fn rich- ness as the excavation deepens. Mining locations have been filed and more are contemplated. The ground where the ex- cavations are made and much of the surround- ing ground abounds in hot mineral springs. LIZARD OR DRAGON. Tn an abandoned prospect hole on a hill side behind Old Sausalito dwells a monster which has spread terror among the children who visit that locality In scarch of popples, says the San Francisco Call. It is lizard shaped, with red scales, and basks every sunny afternoon in front of the cave. One day recently a party of young people halted In front of the hole and were preparing to have lunch when the lizard appeared. It thrust out its long tengue and crawled toward the children, who fled screaming from the neighborhood. They saw enough of it, how- ever, to describe it as a most repulsive and feroclous looking animal. Its length is about three feet and it is some eighteen inches wide. The head was round and feet flat and the tafl short; the eyes were flery red and the claws short and stumpy. A description of more detail it was impossible to procure from the badly scared party. The most self- possessed, a girl of 14, declares that it was unlike anything she had ever seen before. Its attitude was decidedly aggressive, and it emitted a musky and very disagreeable odor. WESTERN HORSEFLESH. Second Lieutenant Smith of the Second cav- alry, United States army, spent a few hours in Eddy, en route to San Antonio, Tex., says the Pecos Valley Arg The officer in- formed the Argus that he left Fort Wingate to make the ride of 1,000 miles to test the en- durance of native horse stock. The route was to be covered in thirty days. It was the fifteenth day and the distance traversed was 466 miles. The rider stated that the horse was as fresh as when he started, and that none of the big cavalry stock of the east could have made the journey. One day he traveled seventy miles in fif- teen hours, resting an hour at noon, and was ready for the road next morning. As the trip was made around by Fort Stanton, and down the Penasco, it is evident that the hard- est part of the journey was over when Eddy was reached and half the allotted time re- mained. The licutenant expected to reach Midland within four days. The horse is a splendid animal, weighs about 990 pounds, rather large for native stock and Is a stayer. NEBRASKA Gosper County Sunday School convention will be held at Elwood May 30, One end of a large livery barn was blown out during a wind storm at Hardy. May 18 and 19 the district Christian En- deavor convention will meet at Columbus. Superior High school alumni are taking steps for the purpose of forming an assocla- tlon. There are just fifty-seven persons by tho name of Robinson who get their mail at Cedar Rapids. The Pythian Sisterhood of this state will meet in third annual convention at Shelton May 16 and 17. Sheriff Kelly of Dakota county has arrested Henry Tidd for fishing with a seine and Tidd has been fined $25 and costs. Rev. John Kuehen of Jamestown, Mo., has been called to the pastorate of the German Evangelist church at Unadilla. Richardson County Assoclation of Wood- men of the World will hold a grand basket picnic at Salem next Thursday. Mrs. C. W. Preston has been licensed to preach in Frontler county and will take charge of a church at Stockville. Pawnee Clty is looking out for a large flour- ing mill, which an eastern gentleman fs de- sirous of opening up In the city. The North Nebraska Eagle, published Dakota City by Atlee Hart and Mell A. Schmled, has completed the nineteenth year of its existence. The Newcastle Times has suspended opera- tion on account of lack of support. It is probable that new blood will be infused into the management. The English Lutheran church at Oakland has been sold to the new soclety known as the Free Mission for $650. It cost $2,300 twelve years ago. Osceola is to have a curfew bell. In other words, the fire bell will be rung every even- ing at 9 o'clock as a warning to all children under 16 years of age to go home. G. W. Ferry of Wayne has a young pac- ing horse named Warren G, which he is anx- fous to match for $1,000 against any other horse of his class owned In Nebraska. J. W. Thorngate, a farmer living near Hastings, was knocked down by a bull and died after a week's suffering. It was not thought at the time that his injurles were dangerous. June 28, 20 and 30 the annual mceting of the state turnfest will be held at Platts- mouth. Plattsmouth, Omaha, Lincoln, Ne- braska City, Fremont and Millard will be represented in the contest for prizes. Beatrice people are planning a co-operative telephone system, by which each subscriber becomes a stockholder, and telephone service is obtained at actual cost price, which Is es- timated at about $1 to $1.25 a’ month. A chlcory factory that is to be opened at Louisville by E. D. Van Court & Co. offers to furnish seed to farmers at a cost of $1 per acre, and to pay $10.50 for the chicory when grown and delivered at the factory. Thomas Cremmins, living in Holt county, lost a hog and after a diligent search for it gave It up for lost. The animal was later on found by a neighbor at the bottom of a well, where It had been for a month. The hog was rescued and found to be in good condition. A. L. Spearman and Dr. Taylor of Spring- fleld had a novel experience with a snake. The animal was a large one, measuring not less than five feet long, and in some way it became entangled in the wheel of the buggy. It was some time before the creature could be dislodged. Louis Band was planting corn in Polk county recently when a storm came up. He bad just thrown off the check rower wire and was starting home with the planter when lightning struck the wire and melted It into small pieces. He bad unhitched just in time to save his life. There Is talk of erecting a monument to prevent the desecration of the grave of the Indlan squaw who met death in the famous fight between the Sioux and the Pawnees near Trenton in 1873. The squaw was found by a hunter on the battlefleld, but died, and w: burled on a bluff near Indlanola. Dell Akin, who threatened to do fo much execution during the Barrett Scott troubles in Holt county, came very near killing his man the other day. He was examining a 45-caliber six-shooter, and thinking it was not loaded, pulled the trigger. Just at that moment John Ingling entered the room and the bullet passed through the rim of his hat. A Hayes Center young lady, who has propensity for gardening, says the Republican of that city, sowed a quantity of fiea powder under tbe impression that it was mustard. She didn’t know the difference in results be- tween mustard seed and the pulverized arti- cle of commerce, and hence sowed the flea powder in the edltor's own garden. A few days later a colony of red ants made their appearance and the aforesald young lady a servated that the evolution of species w taking place right under our nose withou arousing our sclentific acumen. She now ad- mits that she knows more about typesetting than she does of protoplasm. Engineer William Gilmore, one of the most careful and best englneers on the B. & M. system, had a narrow escape from running over and killing a 4-year-old boy near Nebraska City. His engine was leaving the city and golng at a very fair speed when a cow ran down the embankment and jumped on the track. A small boy fol- lowed and undertook to drive the cow off, and refused to get off until the cow was off, so it was with the greatest difficulty that the en- gine and train were stopped before the boy was run down. The little fellow did not seem to care for anything but to save the cow in his charge. Engineer Gilmore said that the little fellow's escape was with such a close margin the thought of it made him sick all day. SOUTH DAKOTA. Dakota horses are reported as selling In the south at §75. The creamery at Iriquols Is to receive 12,000 pounds of milk daily this year. President McGillicuddy of the State School of Mines has found a deposit of asbestos near Rochford. One thousand gallons of water per minute began flowing from an artesian well on the farm of A. J. Glidden, a half mile northwest of Hitchcock. Work had been prosecuted for several weeks until a depth of 1,140 feet was reached, and no water to speak of coming trbm the weil, it was abandoned about two weeks ago, after splitting the pipe 970 feet below the surface, il The pressure of theswater from the Flan- dreau water works g sufficient during a re- cent test to throw a stream of water 126 feet high. e ok One of the celebbadiing of the season will be the encampmemt: of the Lake Madison Veteran's assoclation; which occurs at Dell Rapids July 2, 3, 4 and 5. S. H. Alberts of Jerduld county Is putting down an artesian Wéll on his farm and has reached the depth,of; 4,00 feet, and expects to strike the flow pow at any time. The spring roundup at Fort Plerre starts on the 15th. Cattle re in prime condition. The stock men hawe bad the most success- ful winter ever knowm; absolutely no losses Several farmers ia| the nelghborhood of Hitchcock are preparing to irrigate from one to four acres of gronnd each this season. Garden vegetables' and corn are the crops and water will be holsted for irrigating from wells by windmills, Experts have estimated that the gold pro- duction of the Black Hills for 1805 will be $10,000,000, distributed as follows: Bald Mountain district, $3,000,000; Lead, Terra- ville and Central, $5.000,000; Southern Hills, $1,000,000; all the other districts, $1,000,000. A law passed last winter depriving foreign corporations of standing in courts in South Dakota unless they flle a copy of their arti- cles and appoint a resident agent in the state. The result is that foreign corporations are rushing in their articles. Among the main ones the past few days are the Deere Har- vester company, Moline Plow works and Min- nesota type foundry. The Golden Slipper property at Custer City has just been opened and the owners have found a bonanza, although it does not come up to the Holy Terror phenomenon, It was thought that the Golden Slipper would prob- ably give up about $10 a ton, but the first test run of thirty-five tons went $21 to the ton. The owners are preparing to operate the mine on a large scale. Considerable Interest is being shown over the results of Incomplete prospecting in the coteaus near Gary. In using the magnetic needle in prospecting for iron the needle dipped in many places sixty to seventy points. A test was also made for gold and “colors” were found, which, under the magnifying glass, prove to be genuine. Further investi- gations will be made as soon as better facili- tes can be had. A _number of farmers living ten miles west of Yankton have established a telephone sys- tem, covering eight miles of wire. The farms in this vicinity are surrounded by barb wiro fences, Each farmer Is supplied with a_transmitter at his house, connected with the middle wire of the fence. The staples have been removed from the fence and insulators substituted. A cell battery has been constructed, and now the farmers are ablo to converse with each other. The expense for the entire system will not ex- ceed $25. COLORADO. The Independence at Cripple Creek fs now down 400 feet. The met product in gold in the past month was over $130,000, and no end yet to the ore in sight. Better ore and more of it as depth is gained. North of Boulder, within 500 feet of the city limits, a derrick for boring purposes has been erected. The contract calls for sinking a hole 500 feet deep. Jt is supposed coal will be reached, and perhaps a flow of coal ofl. The parties working the Morning Glory No. 1 at Cripple Creek are reported to have recently cut a six-foot vein in their drift, the whole of which has an assay value of over $30, with a five-inch streak which runs from $300 to $600. The Arena Gold Mining company at Cripple Creek Is pushing development on its seven mining claims, Tt' has shaft houses up on two claims and hoisting plants. At the pres- ent time the Azstic and Crystal claims will ship ore, as they ara preparing to drift on the veln. The orc runs from $35 to $150 per ton. Two miners haye made a strike on the divide between Silver creek and Pine creek which is causing considerablo excitement. Ore from near the grass roots assays $90 per ton. They have a streak of white quartz about three inches wide, specimens taken from the streak being literally bespangled with gold. The Iron Cap mine, near. Spencer, Gun- nison county, shipped ‘forty-seven ounces of gold to the Denver mint. This was the clean-up of a six-day run from five stamps, which is certainly a very good showing. A few more mines like the Iron Cap will give the gold fields south of Gunnison a world- wide reputation as a promising gold produc- ing section. A Welshman by the name of Robert Jones, an Inveterate prospector, has met with great success In opening up a prospect south of the Manhattan lode, Hawkeye district, which is known as the Hattie. At a depth of less than forty feet crevice matter of an average width of four feet mineral is exposed, which assays $100 per ton. The strike has caused considerable excitement among miners in that district. Dirt will soon be flying on the great ditch, seven miles long, to be dug by the Leadville Water company for the conveyance of water to their new power house west of town. The water will be taken from the Arkansas river and piped to town, the power being used to generate electricity, which will be sold to the miners and smelters. It will effect a practical revolution in mining here and will result in a great saving. The surveyors for the proposed Inter- Mountain railroad have secured an excellent grade. Instead of running all the way to Left Hand creek before beginning to crawl up the mountain side, as soon as Twelfth street Is reached, says the Boulder Herald. The consequenco is that Instead of losing some eight miles of travel the amount of altitudo reached in that distance is consider- able, under the new survey. Gold has been found inside the town limits at Newcastle. The town turned the water through a new channel. It has been digging to change the course of Elk creek through Park Place. A prospector named John Bar- rett began examining tho freshly dug earth from the new channel and the dirt in the bed of the creck. With a mining pan he readily obtained a number of colors by wash- ing. Several trials of the dirt produced about the same amount. Experlenced miners differ over whether there is enough to make it pay dirt. WYOMING. P. J. Quealy of Rock Springs has purchased about 1,200 acres of excellent coal land on Ham's Fork in Sweetwaler county. A rich quartz discovery is reported on the Big Laramle near Laramie Peak. Assays of the ore have beeri made and show up very rich. A rich gold strike is reported in the Ferrls mountain region, in the northern part of Carbon county. ‘A rich vein elght feet wide is claimed and has been traced on the sur- face for half a mile. The oll refinery at Casper is working day and night and is being put in shape to pro- duce high grade oil, {he present output being lubricating. As the undeveloped field s large, a heavy Influx of ofl prospectors is looked for. Parties who have taken up the placer ground in Wanufrjed gulch, on Upper Horse creek, took $380 rom a hole, going to bed- rock, ‘a distance of three feet. The gold was certainly taken out, but non-believers around Lander ciaim that it was salted. There are a few going into that country dally. The snow Is deep in many places. There 1s considerable placer mining excite- ment in Jackson's Hole, in the northern part of the state. Jackson's Hole is a valley fifty miles long and runs from ten to twenty miles wide. There Is a large amount of fine farm- ing land and at the present time thers are about sixty families living in that country. Nearly all these people are engaged In stock farming. 4 WYOMING. M. Chrysles of Wheatland discovered a vein of bituminous coal thwea miles south of town. Work will be commeneed to determine the value of the coal. ' Money has been raised by business men to sink an arteslan well in the vicinity of Cas- per. It will be sent 1,000 feet to test the ground for coal, oll and 'water. State Engineer Mead, who returned a few days since from northern Wyoming, reports that Sheridan county is rapidly filling up with settlers, and the acreage pnder cultiva- tion will Be over dcuble what it was last year. Two car loads of well drilling machinery passed through to Casper on Monday, con- signed to the Wyoming Lubricating Ol com- pany, and was started out to the new oil fleld, says the Douglas Budget. The company has lately been formed In Colorado for the purpose of . developing 1,280 acres of land stock Is placed at $1,000,000. They will push development as fast as possible. The con- tract has been lot to A. T. Seymour to drill the first well, and it calls for a depth of 1,600 feet, if ofl {s not struck at a less depth. Henry Jordan, a practical miller from Sher- idan, has made all arrangements to erect & flouring mill in the Big Horn Basin, in the vicinity of Haytville this summer. A large acreage of wheat has been sown by the farm- ers In that section of country. A number of the enterprising cltizens of Green River have determined to ascertain whether the ofl flelds near the city contain oll in remarkable quantities and values. W. W. Breese of Laramie of the Unlon Pacific well boring force has been engaged to put down a deep well and thoroughly test the matter. OREGON. The Tillamook Creamery company has the milk from 600 cows contracted for this sea son. A ferry has been established Grand Ronde river for the Wallowa and Lewlston The Salem woolen mill is sald to have run without stopping, except for Sundays and holidays, day and night for three years. The first wool of this year's clip has ar- rived at the Pendleton scouring mill. Fires have been started and the new machinery will be tested J. M. Zoosman, a Brownsville hunter, cap- tured ten coyotes in a hollow log the other | day, secured their scalps and traded them at Albany for $25 bounty. The Union street and suburban rallway is to be extended up Catherine creek into the extensive timber beit east of the Grand Ro:ds, The survey is now being run William Levens, who is working a claim on | Tennesse gulch, has, it is thought, one of the best paying mines in southern Oregon. He was in Canyonville recently with $700 or $800 in gold dust taken out of two or three sluice boxes. The 16-year-old son of Mr. Keeney, resid- ing three miles above Holly, on the Calapooia, a few days ago ran upon an old cougar and three yearling cubs. The boy only had a 22-caliber rifle, but he faced the music, and before he was through with the cougars every one “bit the dust.” Four in one day is a good record, and the boy has the scalps to testify to his prowe Joe Briggs of Toledo was out on the beach about a mile north of Cape Foulweather light- house and discovered the remains of what he calls a “sea cow,” on the beach. It was about twenty-five fect long, had a tongue like a cow, but had no eyes. There was also a smaller anfmal, of the same kind, near It, that measured only about seven feet In length. The animals were much of a mystery to Mr. Driggs, and so far no one has furnished him a correct and sclentific name for them. George Hyde of Kellogg, Douglas county, had quite an exciting fight with a panther a tew Jays ago. His dog came upon an old one with three young, and a lively fight en- sued, in which the dog was driven to close quarters, and was being worsted, Hyde went to the rescue of his dog, and the old panther turned upon him. He succeeded in keeping her oft until the opportunity came for him to fire without endangering the life of his dog, and a lucky shot in the back of the neck stretched the panther dead. Mr. Hyde captured two of the young ones, and still has them as trophies of his victory. WASHINGTON. Walla Walla has two Chinamen who ride a tandem bicycle. Prairie schooners, headed west, are familiar sights in Walla Walla. Forty-five thousand cases of salmon were shipped at one time from Blaine. A Freeport man has promised to build and operate a cheese factory and creamery at Kelso this summer. Another installment of colonists from Min- neapolis and Chicago has arrived at the Rap- perswyll colony, near Acme. A sea lion about ten feet long was caught in a dip-net belonging to Simmons and Hyblerer, at Ilwaco. Ten gallons of oil was obtained from the carcas. A spar, 114 feet long, without a knot or blemish, forty-elght inches in diameter at the big end and twenty-nine inches at the small end, was run into Lake Whatcom at the Aus- tin camp. What may turn out to be a rich strike was made the other day along Snake river, near China gardens, about twenty-five or thirty miles above Asotin, by a prospector who acc dentally stumbled upon the place. The rock carries both gold and silver. The ledge where it appears on the surface is from ten to twelve inches across. The Union Brick works of Tacoma has been awarded the contract of furnishing the North- ern Pacific railway 2,200,000 bricks to com- plete the arching of the great Stampede tun- nel in the Cascades. The company has been gradually replacing the woodwork in the tunnel with brick for six years past, and this firm has supplied 12,000,008 bricks for the work. A queer little wreck 1s reported to have happened Wednesday on the Northern Pacific near Cheney. A gang of laborers was “fill- ing in” a short bridge with dirt, and had loosened the stringers, but as it was not anywhere near time for & regular train they carelessly neglected to put out a flag. A light engine and caboose suddenly thundered down upon them, struck the gap and promptly went Into the ditch. By sheer luck nobody was hurt, but hereafter flags will be put out with great diligence by that gang of men. MISCELLANEOUS. Cutworms are killing flowers and other vegetation at San Diego. The grape crop of Sonoma county, Cali- fornia, will probably be great this season, as the lateness of the spring has kept the grape back and they will, on that account, escap> any damage from frost. A rich veln of copper ore has been discov- ered near Highland, Wis., the prospectors being on the lookout for lead. The vein was opened on Blue river, at a point elght mil from Highland and seven miles from Mus- across the road between | ities | Jerizo coda, As far as unearthed it is from two and a half to three feet thick. Twenty acres of celery in Orange county, California, will produce twenty-five ca loads. A carload of celery will sell for $400 in the Chicago market. ~ At this rate the total product of the twenty acres would be $10,000, or $500 per acre, less freight charges. The celery is raised on peat lands. It is reported that the Paclfic Sugar com- pany, formerly the Anaheim Co-operative Beet Sugar company, has closed a contract with E. F. Dyer of Alvarado for the erection of a factory at Anaheim. The bonds of the company have not been sold, however, and nothing further can be done until their sale is accomplished. It is reported from the north that Peter Olffson of Paradise, Cache county, Utah, has just made a rich strike of gold ore on a pr erty he has been working for some time past, located in the vicinity of the town named. Ho has a three-foot vein, samples of which have been assayed and gave returns of from $16 to $64 in gold. The novius koebeli, a parasite that devours the cottony scale, is at work In Riverside, Cal. Horticulturai Commissioner Havens re- celved from the State Board of Horticulture a box containing 200 of the parasites. He placed them In orchards where the cottony scalo exists, and the new arrivals lost no time In attackivg their enemy. A Mexican boy whose home is among the rocky hills beyond West Riverside came to town, bringing with him a couple of very largd rattlesnakes, says the Riverside Enter- prise. The polsonous ‘“varmints” were cap- tared with a rope lasso. One of the snakes possessed eight rattles beside the button plece, and both were very large specimens. The boy was looking for & purchaser for his viclous captives, but, although a big crowd gathered to take a look, none seemed ready to invest In snakes. The “slang cord” Is a device by which the younger people of Pacific Grove, Cal., are at- tempting to ‘“keep tab” on themselves in regard to the misuse of the mother tongue. A plece of cord Is attached to the button- hole of the initiated, and upon each use of a slang word or misuse of a correct word the wearer of the cord ties & knot In his or her “register.” By the knotty appearance of most of the “index cords” the majority of the members underestimated their ability to keep from talking slang by about three feet. A Southern Pacific engineering corps of ten men has engaged quarters at the Chino hotel, says the Chino Champlon. They bave a lot | of surveylng instruments awaiting them at uthern Pacific depot, and evidently will | here to do work. Just what the character f this work Is to be, or what the coming of the engineers portends, we are as yet unable to say. We understand that the company has had surveyors at work near Monrovia, and it appears not at all lmprobable that active be work may be in sight on the new Monrovia which they own near Salt creck. The clfllllllnd Riverside lne. TROOPS LED INTO A TRAP Spanish Roldiers Went Forty-Eight Fours Without Any Food, Uaptaln Who Surrendored Without Making n Show of Resistance Shot by the Authorlties for Cowaralee—Tn- surgents Had Him Penned In. SANTIAGO, Cuba., April 30 ence of the Associated Press)--The follow- Ing details of the action near Ramon de las Vagues were obtained in an inte with Major Tojcriz er his arrival at Santiago, id that Lis consisting of soldiers, orders 1o co-operate fn Ramon des Jugues with the column of Major Santander for the purp of making an exploration of that district Tejerizo's force left Maya early In the morn ing, but already in the neighborhood of Tiar- riba the Incurgents commenced hostil- The Spanlards were harassed all along the march and two hours from Ramon were vigorously attacked. It has just been learned that the | force numbered 1 Captain Miranda was sericusly wounded, went to the front to dispel an im- pression that he had been killed, ‘e troops arrived in the vicinity of Ramon without knowing of their whereabouts, Night came on; the situation was critical and Tejerizo took refuge in a wooden hous from which his troops could repol the insur- gents. He personally reconnoitered the camp of the encmy, stumbling over the bodies of sixty-two men killed by his force. IHe then ordered a feigned attack upon the enemy's rear guard and immediate retirement, o as to look as though all intention of withdrawing had been abandoned. silent retreat was made in the darkness. They succeeded in reachiug Caney, after twelye leagues march without having met any of the enemy on the way. Here the troops for the first time in forty-elght hours secured provisions. Apparent friends had invited Captain Gal- lego, who was statloned in Ramon, to a party. While he was absent inturgents sud- denly rushed into the town, making prisoners of the soldiers found outside the fort and de manding the surrender of the fort, threaten- ing to shoot all the prisoners it the demand was not complied with. Gallego, who had re- entered the fort, to save the llves of the soldiers, surrendered without defending the fort. It was for this that he was shot. RS R ANNOUNCEMENTS, (Correspond- tview immediately a The major 260 lumn, The advanced sale of reserved seats for the Elks' minstrel performance at Boyd's theater tonight opened with a rush Saturday, over 600 seats being disposed of, and the indica- tlons are that when the curtain “rings up" on the first part this evening standing room will be at a premium. ‘“The boys with the horns” have strained every nerve to furnish a performance in which mirth, merit and originality will be prominent, and if yes day's rehearsal may be accepted as a cri- terion they have more than achieved the re- sult hoped for. The performance will have no attractions for the admirers of the an- tique, as every line is bright and new, and all music, both solo and choral, Is written for the occasion. Good seats in the balcony may still be obtained at regular prices. The great event of the present season mu- sically will be the appearance of John Philip Sousa and his magnificent concert band, which includes fifty musicians of the fine: skill, at Boyd's theater on tomorrow (T day) evening. The announcement of their coming 18 gsynonymous to a declaration that the musical excitement and anticipation of this city will be at fever heat until the con- certs are over and supreme satisfaction re- places them. Unparalleled success has but nerved the magnetic Sousa to greater effort, and his organization is now greater than ever. So perfect is the training, allied to the individual and collective talents of the band membership, that the greatest musical works are produced with the finest results Sousa’s unrivaled marches will form promi- nent features of this program. The continued popularity of marches is something phenomenal. Two splendid young artists are added to the attractions of Sousa and his aggregation in the persons of Miss Currie Duke, violinlst, and Miss Marle Barnard, soprano. Miss Duke is the type of the rare combination of beauty and taient. She is a southern girl, the daugher of General Basil Duke of Kentucky, and was, during the greater part of ler studies in Europe, the favored pupil of the great Joachim. Her playing is simply beau tiftul, and in her hands the violin becomes almost a living voice of harmony. Of Miss Barnard it may be said that her singing is marked by great intelligence, and this, added to her unusually fine soprano, and her per- sonal beauty, combine in her unusual at- tributes. Sousa’s The company which will present N grave's exquisite comedy, “Our Flat,” at the Boyd op Wednesday and Thursday, with matinee Thursday, is composed of excellent material. It is doubtful it a stronger or better comedy company exists in America. Miss Emily Bancker has won renown throughout the United States as a beautiful woman and an_accomplished and finished actress. For three seasons she remained urder Mr. Frohman’s management and made pronounced hits in all characters for which she was cast. Last season she was sent on a tour as star of “Gloriana." Miss Bancker now comes forward as the charming Mar- gery Sylvester in “Our Flat,” a role for which she is vminently suited. 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