The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1895. A GRANITE ISLAND Picturesque Nevada City, Queen of the Moun- tains. A GREAT MINING CENTER Ambitious to Become Premier Camp of the State. IT IS ON THE RIGHT ROAD. Capital Pouring In and Properties Being Bonded Right and Left. Special Correspondence of THE CALL. NEVADA CITY, Car., Nov. 8.—Pictur- tains,”’ is almost wholly dependent upon the | ENCIACLED BY GOLD. | private enterprise aione or with the help of State and National apvropriations for impounding dams. Progress is already being made in reopening hydraulic claims as experience is gained in cheap and safe construction. Nevada City mining dis- trict is going to be one of the first to profit by the application of electricity to mining, and the result cannot be otherwise than favorable where so many properties are depending upon steam for power, and where the water charges are so high. The Nevada County Electric Power Company’s plant on the Yuba will start in with a thousand horse power, which can be in- creased to 3000 at any time by the adding can and will furnish power at from 25 to 50 per cent less than it can now be ob- tained in many places. This factor alone ! will certainly stimulate mining to an ex- traordinary degree within the radius of its | influence. cipal mines seems to have been left largely to the German-American elements, repre- | sented by prominent San Francisco capi- | talists and business men. The Providence | and Champion companies have been owned jand worked almost exclusively by Germans, and now the Cadmus and Home companies, in_ close proximity, have as | stockholders a large number of San Fran- cisco’s German-American citizens. Many | mines are changing hands and the prof sional “expert” is very strongly in e | dence. Some important deals are on the point of consummation, but it would be premature to mention names. An im- Constitution quartz mine, in Willow of new dynamos. It is calculated they | The development of Nevada City’s prin- | ! namo and the works are lighted by elec- !tricity. An air_compressor has been put {in and six Burleigh drills will soon be started on dead work. Both mine and ‘ miil are run by water-power, nor was any | provision considered necessary for the sub- stitution of steam at any time, owing to | their particularly favorable conditions for | an inexhaustible water supply. THE SPANISH MINE. This property lies north of the Cham- | pion, and promises to become one of the | great mines of the district. merly owned by A. R.and A. 8.Lord, who | labored under many difficulties in its de- | velopment, the principal one being the Jack of money to erect suitable machinery. | Finally a sale was effected to R. R. Colgate | of New York, something over a year ago, | the price paid being $60,000. Thesale was | made through the agency of A. L. Begbie, | who became superintendent and general manager of the property under the new ownership. Complete new hoisting works and a ten-stamp mill have been erected, which is_in constant and vrofitable oper- ation. The ore generally is low grade, but tiere are spots of very rich galena sul- phurets, which have to be sent to the smelter. The vein runs from eight to twelve feet wide, and large quantities of good ore are in sight. The shaft is now down 600 feet, and is being pushed with eight-hour shifts. The ore being extracted 1s from the 380-foot level, and new ground is being opened up rapidly, and the proba- bility is that a larger mill will soon be added to the present one. The present \ mill, with the aid of a Gates crusher, dis- | poses of from twenty-five to thirty tons | per day. Twenty men are employed at | present. THE TEXAS QUARTZ MINE. quarter miles from Nevada City, in Willow "alley, and consists of 120 acres of United | | States pagented land. esque Nevaaa City, “queen of the moun- | yortant sale lately made is that of the | parallel lefiges on this claim, known as the There are three | Delhi, New York and Mosquito Creek mining for its prosperity. That its mines | Valley district, which is attracting con- | ledges. The Delhi has been traced about It was for- | This mine is situated about one and a | —————————————————————————————————————————————————— the wisdom of delving deeper into the bowels of the earth will be rewarded in | this instance as handsomely as it was in | the case of the Providence across the | creek. As the conditions are so identical | there is every reason to believe that a second series of large ore bodies exists at greater depth than has yet been attained in the Mountaineer. i THE MARCHIE MINE. This is one of the oldest mines in the dis- | trict. Of the many locations now included in this property that of the “Big Blue” is the first of which there is any record. This location was maae in 1851. The Murchie mine has been one of the largest dividend payers in this vicinity, the yield from its many ledgesin the past being enormous. Of these ledges a few of the well-known ones are: the Big Blue and Red, White and Blue, coursing north and_south, and the Independence, Up and Down, Wild West, Lone Star, Alice Bell, Cole and numerous small ledges, having an easterly and westerly course, The present drain- tunnel taps'the Cole ledge. _Large deposits are still known to exist in the mine, but the limited working capital of the present company does not permit of the prosecation of such work as is neces- | sary to reach these coveted treasures. A small force is now employed in the mine, | and a tunnel is being driven for a ledge which, it is expected, will soon be encoun- tered. Work on the Alice Bell ledge will be resumed as soon as necessary arrange- ments can be made. A. W. Blundell 1s the lcomvany’s superintendent. The mine is the largest in this district next to the | Champion, and contains more known | ledges than any other one. There are over 400 acres of patented ground in the claim. THE STANFORD QUARTZ MINE. This is an old claim and was until quite recently known as the Oro Fino auartz | mine, from Nevada City, in a westerly direction. It was located in” 1857, at which time work was begun by sinking an incline shaft, which is now down 325 feet. Jobn Curry, It is situated about three ‘miles | the Charronat people, which has now been driven in 600 feet. This ledge was struck at a vertical depth of 100 feet at a distance of 300 feet from the mouth of the tunnel. Ore taken out from other chutes has since averaged $25 per ton. It is expected that the other ledge—called the North Star ledge—will be cut into a distance of from 150 to 200 feet more of this tunnel. Water for power can be had for thé mine from the Idaho ditch, which at this point wiil give 350-foot pressure. This mine is at present being worked under a lease by Thomas and James Peard of this city. THE BELLEFONTAINE GOLD MINE. This is a quartz mine situated three miles northeast of Nevada C; on Deer Creek. 1Itis owned by W. H. Smith, B. F. Snell, T. B. Gray and F. J. Thomas. | The vein runs north, 35 degrees east, dip- ping west 45 degrees, and lies on the gran- | ite side of the contact. The claim is 1200 feet in length by 350 feet in width. The ! vein is from four to twelve feet in width between well-defined walls. A tunnel is run on the vein 480 feet northerly from the creek, starting just above high-water mark. An upraise is being made to the | tunnel. The upraise will be about 600 feet on the incline before the surface is reached and is all on a pay chimney. The pay part of the vein is quartz from four to twelve inches in thickness, while the bal- ance of the vein is a gangue filling of al- tered granite mixed with sulphurets and rich veinlets of quartz. These indications warrant the belief that within the next 300 feetin depth below the tunnel the vein will be all quartz. The ores of the pay chimney are remarkably rich, milling free | gold that yields from $20 to $50 per ton and some has run as high as $100 to the ton. This hundred-dollar ore was sold for smelting, as 1t contained teluride and was | too rich for milling. Some tailings from this ore was smelted and gave $17 in addi- tion to the above figures. The character of the rock is what is known as ribbon quartz, and it is heavily sulphur- eted. Assays run from $150 to $350 on the surface, and Mr. Postlewaite went back to the creek and opened a crosscut tunnel, which was driven 120 feet when the ledge was encountered. Then they began drifting_east and taking out ore. The total yield of this mine to date has been "abont 110 tons, which aver- aged $10 per ton for the first three crushings and the last milling gave a result of $15 ver ton in free gold and about §4 in sulphurets. This property is in splendid condition, being opened up under competent management. The cross- cut tunnel drains all the water from the mine, and no waste has been allowed to accumulate in the drifts. The ground is of such formation as to require but little timbering, while a forest of material for that purpose covers the property. The mine can be worked for years through the crosscut_tunnel above ‘mentioned, there being 600 or 700 feet of ‘backs” to work out before any further development of th claim will be found necessary. Negotia- tions are pending for the sale of the mine to a San Francisco company, which, the writer is reliably informed, will soon be consummated. THE COAN MINE. This claim is situated about two miles west of Nevada City. It is 1500 by 600 feet and is a continuation of the contact veinon which the Champion and Providence mines are located. The Champion mine divides | this claim from the Nevada City mine. The Coan mine is opened by an incline shaft which is now down 100 feet on a good | ledge. The formation is a slate foot and a granite hanging wall—both walls being well defined here, the distance being from | ten to twenty feet between. The ore runs | from $5 to $10 per ton in free gold, carrying | little sulphurets, which are rich and of | a high grade. The mine is pretty well | opened up for its present extent in | depth, east and west drifts having been | run for a considerable distance. About twenty tons of ore have been extracted from the mine. A small pumping and | feet, when the ledge was struc hoisting plant has recently been erected | and is working hard to realize his expecta- tions. THE IDA E MINE: > . This is a quartz claim, situatea in Wil- low Valley. The claim is on land that forms part of the Doolittle patent, being purchased, with other land, from Mr. Doo- little some years ago. The claim was lo- cated and is still owned by Thomas Jones. A vertical shaft was sunk to a ael;(uh of 75 X lmtls_u much water being encountered at this point work through the shaft had to be abandoned and a drain tunnel opened up. This tunnel has been run on the ledge for a distance of about 175 feet, and good ore extracted therefrom. The ledge averages about 12 inches in _thickness, and is improving both in width and character as work progresses on it. Three crushings have been made, the yield from the first being $75 to the ton, the second $18 50, and the last crushing netted $22 50. Another ot will soon be crushed, which is expected to largely exceed 1n valueany of the crush- ings yet made from this little mine. THE DA CITY MINE. This claim adjoins the Champion on the north, being 2500 feet in length on the contact vein and embracing forty acres of ground. Itis an old claim, having been first opecned up in 1850. There are two shafts, the principal one being the south shatt, which is down 800 feet on the incline. Two or three miles of drifts have been run and some high grade ore taken out in years gone by, but the owners have never had capital to do systematic work on a large scale. The total product of the mine is said to exceed a million dollars. The ore is almost identical in character with that of the Champion, and this_ is likely to be one of the future great mines of this dis- trict. Negotiations are pending whereby capital will become interested and the de- velopment of the mine be prosecuted more extensively and more vigorously. B. M. Shoecraft is superintendent. THE HARMONY DRIFT MINE. Thisis “one of the oldest and largest Sketch Map of the Principal Group of Mines in the Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California. [From the official surveys and original notes and other sources, by W. W. Waggoner, M. E., being the first map of the district ever drawn for newspaper publication.] are flourishing is evidenced by the bustle on its streets and the improvements everywhere progressing. It is estimated 1hat a thousand people have been added to its population during the past year. From 600 to 800 miners are employed in its im- mediate vicinity, and the number is being added to almost daily. The big paying mines are rapidly opening new ground and enlarging their plants; old neglected properties are starting into life again, in some cases reanimated by enterprising owners, but more generally by the infu- sion of outside capital; prospecting on a large and small scale has received a much needed impetus, and mining property of all descriptions has greatly enhanced in selling value., The city itself has kept pace with the mining revival. Confidence being fully re- | stored in the permanence of “the contact’ by the developments in the lower levels of the Champion and Providence mines the citizens have resolved to make Nevada City the banner mining town of the State, and huveAgune about accomplishing their purpose in the right way, Appearances are often deceptive, but they may be made very attractive. Clean streets, neat vards, fresh paint, good sidewalks all appeal to the inquiring stranger. Nevada City is looking after these small details. Good health is more important, but generally re- ceives less attention. Nevada City is awakening to the importance of a sewage system, and its progressive Council has promised one. Nevada City has a water company, and it isthe usual soulless mo- nopoly. The city has just voted over- whelmingly to build and own its own water works. But probably the strongest influence brought to bear npon the man temporarily divorced from ‘‘home com- forts” is exercised through his stomach. Nevada City is fortunate in possessing one of the very best hostelries outside of San Francisco, conducted by gentlemen who not only know how to run a hotel, but are among the most liberal and enterprising of its citizens. Nevada City is a granite island, encir- cled by a golden zone. *‘The contact,” or mother lode fissure, dividing the slate and granite, accompanied by its parallel ledges, sweeps around the city in a half-circle, and where it ends the big gravel banks be- gin and complete the environment. The millions lying in reserve in these gravel banks willeventually be extracted, through siderable attention just now. Those other claims were sold in connection with this one and the purchaser was Peter Taut- phaus of San Francisco, an officer and principal stockholder in the Providence mine. Development work will begin at once, but will not be prosecuted exten- sively until next spring. Four or five days’ stay in a lively min- ing-camp as extensive as that of Nevada City affords but the opportunity to grasp its salient points, and to comprehend these but superficially. One must depend largely upon hearsay for most facts stated, with little opportunity for verification. The drawback has been largely overcome at Nevada City by the enterprise of the Tran- scrirn in engnging W. D. Plunkett, a spe- cially qualified reporter, to write up the principal mijnes of the district, who has visited each one personally and obtained the data for his articles from the owners and superintendents. THE CALL is largely indebted to the Transeript for the incom- plete review following. The map accom- Wnying this article, drawn by W. W. aggoner, is designed principally to show the magnitude of the consolidated Cham- ion and of the Providence claims, and the ideal facilities for working both from Deer Creek, whose bed is from 500 to 800 feet be- low the apexes of the parallel ledges trav: ersing both claims at right angles to it. THE MAYFLOWER MINE. This claim, which was formerly owned by William H. Martin and others, was purchased last spring by a San Francisco company, of which C. D. Lane is the head, the consideration being $50,000, to be paid in installments, the first of which was met promptly on time, as will undoubtedly be the second, which soon falls due. “The property is situated on Canada Hill, above the old Charonnat mine, and comprises 186 acres. The oreis gold-bearing and con- tains 4 per cent of sulphurets. The forma- tion is slate and diorite. There are five ledges in the mine. The new tompan, began operations in June with E. A. Davis as superintendent, and four months has witnessed the erection and full equipment ofone of the best and most practical mining and milling plants in the country. At present the underground work is con- fined to the Beckman and the Mayfiower ledges. The mill is now runnin§ ay and night on ore from the Beckman ledge ex- clusively. The richest ore thus far en- countered is in this ledge. Fifty men con- stitute the working force of the mine and mill, besides about fifteen engaged in car- peuter work. The present capacity of the mill is forty tons daily. There are four batteries of five stamps each. The con- centrators are eight in number. An assay office is fitted up on the battery floor and all the assaying is done by l\i’r. Davis at the mill. The company has its own dy- | 1250 feet, showing good ore at different } places, the ledge averaging three feet. A | crosscut tunnel was run a distance of 200 feet, which cut this ledge at a vertical | depth of 100 feet, and from this tunnel ore | has been extracted of the value of from $5 | to $7 per ton in free gold, besides sulphurets | that "paid about $40 per ton. The New | York ledge runs parallel with the Delhi, | about 200 feet north, and can also be traced | the entire length of the location. Ore has | been taken from this leage running from | $7 to $10 per ton. | _ A shaft has been sunk on this ledge 140 | feet, which showed in the bottom a good | ledge two feet in width. A tunnel has | been run south from Mosqguito Creek and | crosses this ledge at a depth of 100 feet, | which connected with the shaft. Ore | from this_ tunnel paid = $10 per ton. The Mosquito Creek ledge lies 50 feet further north and runs parallel with the other ledges mentioned. There has been considerable rock taien from this ledge which paid well. Through one shaft, if sunk on the center of the claim, al three ledges could easily be worked —cross- cuts to either would not be over 250 feet. There is a water right connected with the property. THE MOUNTAINEER MINE. This mine is situated on Deer Creek and adgoins the old Merrifield mine on the east. It has an extent on the lode line of 3000 feet. The vein courses northwest and southeast and dips to the northeast at an angle of thirty-eight degrees. The mine is opened by a tunnel 1700 feet in length. At a distance of 1000 feet in from the mouth of the tunnel is erected the company’s hoisting and pumping plant, the machinery of whichis overated by water power—a great pressure being obtained at this point. At a distance of about forty feet from this plant is the opening of an incline shaft which has been surk to a depth of 800 feet. Fifty feet from the mouth of this shaft an upraise has been made to the surface, b; which a double purpose is nccomplishe g Bty means of this raise a good circulation of air is furnished the mine and a safe exit is afforded to the underground employes in case of fire or other casunalty. The ore is free milling and heavily sulph- ureted—as high as $300 per ton having been obtained from sulphurets alone. Present operations are confined chiefly to pumping the water irom the lower level that became flooded during temporary sus- pension of work therein, and to the re- pairing of the shafi, etc., preparatory to sinking six or eight hundred feet deeper. The Mountaineer mine for the past four- teen years has been controiled and oper- ated by a San Jose company and has been | under the management of W. A. Dennis | for ten years. The mine has yielded large | profits in the past, and it is hoped that one of the present owners, has had an in- terest in the property ever since its loca- tion. This gentleman and Hon. John Cald- well now own and are operating the mine. Upward of 6000 tons of ore have been taken out in the past, but extensive operatin, had not prevailed here for a number ol years until Judge Caldwell became inter- ested in the development of the property. There are three levels in the mine. A tun- nel 600 feet in length intersects the shaft at a vertical depth of ninety-five feet. A good ledge extends for 500 feet in this tun- nel, which has-averaged from two and a half to three feet in thickness, yieldin, $10 to the ton in iree gold, heavily sul- phureted. The next level, No. 2, is fifty feet below this tunnel. A drift has been run for a distance of 200 feet south of shaft on the vein and 120 north, also on the vein. Ore from this vein averages $18 to the ton much of it going above that figure. Leve] 3 isopened 60 feet below No. 2 level. A 300-foot drift has been run from south of shaft. The vein in this shaft averages about the same asin the tunnel—being from 2)4 to 3 feet thick, yielding about the same value as rock from level 2. Another level is being driven at bottom of shaft— forty feet each way. A raise has been made from bottom up to level 3, prepar- atory to stoping on the south side. The Stanford property is 2100 feet in extent— 600 additional feet having been purchased since the original Oro Fino location. There is an excellent ten-stamp mill on the ground and a complete hoisting and pumping plant capable of sinking 500 feet below present shaft bottom. THE HOLMES QUARTZ MINE. Situated on Canadz Hill, about half a mile from Nevada City, the Holmes mine enjoys the distinction of comprising a part of one of the richest undeveioped minin sections of this district. Adjoining as i% does the Mayflower mine, which at present is in such "a flourishing condition, and lying so contignous to the old Charronat claim, from which over $1,000,000 has been extracted in years past, it certainly has the merits of favorable locality to bespeak for it a promising future, The prospector on this hill will find himself bewildered in a confusing network of ledges and veins, one of the unusual characteristics of which is that they continue on their regular course, each ledge cuiting through the other where they cross. The Holmes mine has been the profperty of William Holmes for the past fourteen years. The property consists of two claims, each hav- ing an extent of 1500 feet. The main or Holmes ledge runs north and south and Fnches east. Some ore has bren taken from this ledge that_yielded $120 per ton in free gold, carrying sulphurets which sold for§87. A tunnel was opened ina cutin a piece of ground purchased from a ton. The sulphurets average from 214 to 3 per cent, and are worth $85 to $100. he mine is favorably situated for running the year round. A short pipe of but 600 feet in length will convey water from the Snow Mountain ditch to” the mine, where it will have a pressure of 250 feet. The celebrated Beach shaft is located on the croppings of this mine. Ore taken outa great many years ago was so rich in free gold that it was all sacked. Ore had to vield very high values at that time to warrant shipping, as the methods of trans- | portation were then so primitive and ex- pensive. A patent has been applied for and will be issued some time next month. It is pretty certain that the mine will | change hands in a short time, and an English company, represented by Mrc, Treadwell, become the purchasers. THE FEDERAL LOAN. This mine is situated about three and a half miles northeast of Nevada City, on the south side of Deer Creek. The prop- erty consists of one full-sized claim of 1500 by 600 feet. This is an old claim, but for anamber of years little work was done on the pmrerty owin’z to pending suits to uniet title thereto. These suits were finally 1sposed of and August Lademan came into undisfm!cd possession of the mine. In the fall of 1888 this gentleman sold the mine to the Vincent Bros. and A. ‘Wutke, who immediately began the erec- tion of works and the development of the property. In 1891 considera- ble stock was sold and a company incorporated, Messrs. Vincent and Wutke retaining a majority of the shares thereof. During the spring following a 10-stamp mill was erected. The hoisting, pumpin, and milling machinery has been enlarge and unsmved from time to time, as prog- ress of development necessitated, untii the property to-day boasts of the equipment of one of the most practical and substantial plants for its size in the district. An air compressor was recently put in at the mine at a cost of $5000. ~This is the latest improved Ingersoll and Sergeant com- ressor, capable of running three machine rills. ‘This compressor now furnishes the power to drive the pump which raises the water from the mine. The total output from the mine to date reaches $130,000, every dollar of which has been paid out in the erection of works and mucl‘:’inery and the development of this property, of whose future the company is very hopeful. THE LA BELLE QUARTZ MINE. This claim is situated on Little Deer Creek, next above the old Lecompton mine, of which it is an extension. The La Belle was located by J. J. Lyons of Willow Vailey in 1892 and has been worked con- tinuously by J. L. Postlewaite as agent for Mr. Lyons at first, but since a part and the muchinerr is on the ground for a ten-stamp mill, which will soon be put up. A pipe line 2000 feet in extent supplies the water for power and furnishes a pressure of 300-foot fall. The new electric wires of the South Yuba Power Company are within 2500 feet of the mine. San Fran- ¢isco parties are expected daily who have in contemplation the purchase of the c}alnx. The Coan mine is owned by M. Coan and sons, who have done all the de- velopment work thus far performed on the property. THE MULLER AND WALLING MINE. This claim is situated in Woods Ravine, about two miles from Nevada City, and comprises twenty acres, having an extent on the lode line of 2600 feet. The property lies between the Spanish and North Merri- field on the north and the Nevada City thensxo‘n on the south. An incline shaft now reaches a depth of about 90 feet and some very rich ore has been extracted therefrom. The vein runs northwest and southeast and pitches to the mnortheast about 45 degrees. Several tunnels have been driven and numerous shafts sunk to test the ledge. The rock has averaged from $10 to $15 per ton in free gold an«f’ carried sulphurets that Yielded as high as $158 to the ton. The claim is covered by United States dputem and is owned by Professor Edward Muller and Hon, J, M. Walling. THE RED HILL MINE. This is a patented quartz claim and is now owned by A. Trevaskis, Mrs. I. Ma- rion and an English company represented by Professor George Treadwell. This isan o'ld claim, and in the past thirty or forty geus many rich products have been taken rom the property. Stringers have been Tollowed—which were encountered near the surface leading from these pockets—by the smkilng of shaits and driving of tun- nels until hundreds of these are to be seen on this hill. The owners contemplate a thorough and systematic development of this property as soon as certain arrange- ments are completed looking to that end Thi 1 »JULIA QUARTZ CLAIM. 13 claim is situated about half a mile west of Nevada City, near the Mountaineer ground. 1t was located in 1882 by the present owner, Philip Dunne. A tunnel 300 feet in length was run to drain the mine. Another tunnel is now being driven fur- ther up the hill. One hundred feet more of this tunnel will have to be run when & rich oreshoot will be encountered. A crosscut of 140 feet has been run from this tunnel, 100 feet of which is on the ledge. Ore from this ledge is free milling and iv'l!ldfl $15 in gold, and the sulphurets run rom $80to $120 a tor. This is another property whose development is retarded for want of the necessary funds, but Mr. owner with him. Croppings were found Dunne is hopeful of the Julia's future gravel claims in Nevada County. T h property is situated in a well-timbered section, two and a | miles from this city. It has a total area of about 215 acres and an extent_of nearly b on tbe channel. Much work b done at this mine and good results have frequently been obtained, but owing to various causes the best laid plans of the earnest management have at times borne little fruit. Success has finally rewarded t dence and perseverance, howe' tune bestows upon the wo ers to-day gilt-edged smil smile. aepti of sixty feet, from which a ne nel was driven 1000 feet before the ¢ was reached. This was proven sary in order to facilitate the band the gravel, which was greatly impede y the low grade of the old tunnel and the water to be handled there. No trouble is now being experienced in keeping out the nfie or- hy stockhold t 50 cents per An incline shaft was sunk :0\3 un- TOTAL ABSTINENGE IMPOSSIBLE. But Here Is Something Just as Good. In spite of all that has been said and written by advocates of total abstinence it is indisputable that modern methods of work and living make the occasional and even irequent use of gentle stimulants highly beneficial if not absolutely neces- sary to the great majority of men—es- pecially those engaged in business and mental pursnits. Lack of exercise and the excessive consumption of nerve force and vital energy consumed by the brain breeds sluggishness of the digestive system, which reacts on the brain. A corrective stimulant is needed. The curse of alcoholic and vinous liguors is that they over-stimulate and create a morbid appetite for more. Peruvian Bit- ters, though composed largely of old Cali- fornia Brandy, has no such effect. It permits the healthy, stimulating effect of the brandy, but completely obliterates its tendency to create a morbid desire. Pern- vian Biters is a palatable but powerful tonic that impels sluggish functions to normal action ; exgslling cold, fevers, ma- larial poisons and other disease germs; building up the weak and convalescent, and by promoting a regular and healthy appetite, perfect digestion, sonnd sleep, and steady nerves, tends to produce physi- cal perfection, good cheer and increase of human happiness. Mack & Co., San Francisco, All deslers end druggists.