The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1897, Page 21

LT THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. MARCH 7, 1897. 21 bas some ideas about the State Mining | they asked for. they expected aud by getting practically all | »/HE new State Mineralogist, A. S. Cooper, | wrestle with the Legislature as fortunately as | \ ¢ Bureau and its operation by which he t be differ nd what he announces his policy will be read with in- term of Mr. Crawford expired February Mr. Cooper, on account of private sf- of the patronage re is the usual pesk onlyina 1 service to the in i to exalt petroleum, es somewhat reralogists have done. ry, and the or some years, ived at has resources of that region. reau remains to th nor mi increased attenti mic geolo; a great outhe terranean Coast Range of water reservoi We hu\e boldt ( Market. gvree: for fuel it would product of the State 3 indications slong entire as been virtually for oil done. The discoveries land and Los Angeles f others have beed made while boring ething else. ities of the range when capital takes cost & good deal of money to ations. I would continue th d work in Southern California which has ne by Mr. Watts, possibly with some tons, and would extend the study 1 entire cosst to the extent that the s permit. t valuable work of the bureau is its ,and this should embrace the eco- ric geology of the State and be wholly tical. The undeveloped and slightly de- mineral nd varied. The building stones, es- estones, of the State deserve As one of many things take ter of hydraulic cemants. We import ;antities from England, Germany and manufacture very little, yet the uired excellence undoubtedly and will be revealed with fits economic geology.” of course, the chief thing,” when that was mentioned. would be & good thing for the y what processes are sent in rather than to ke free assays and show the amouunt etals fn th Especial at- be given to mining processes, sses are becoming more im- research shouid aid in s to California ores. be practical and od on any particu- but I shall not try to Coast Range or the 18 the oldest, for instance. has been studied until e daughters ought to thing I don’t tnink I individual miaes in a direc- adapting these proc rthing done sho ave lowed, 1is observation relates to the descriptive erof the mines in the Siate contained in st and in 1o or three old reports of the Etate Mineralogist. don’t thizk it important to tell that this 1 is down 0 many feet and that the horse- power of that eugine is so much. I would give less attention to what man has done and more to what God has done. «Well, as to particular subjects of inquiry there are many. For instance, there are tne gold-bearing beach sands along the southern jast that deserve study. These sands are rown up mairly by certain kinds of storms, snd so can be worked but irregularly, and they are crudely worked. Improved methods and processes might bo found sdspied to . Cooper’s offhand remarks thus given 1 the new State Mineralogist has original idess to start with and that #ome in- terésting and important work may be done by the Mining Bureau during the next two years. The miders seem to be coming out of their iated from other | ids as | This suggests the great | resources of the State are | '*% & | debris bill will be signed ts we have had. There has | rable curiosity manifested regard- al career which | At this writing the debris and | the dredger appropriations are in the hands of | the Governor, with the certsinty that the that the dredger will also be. As soon as the debris bill is signed the $250,- | 000 tnhat has lain in the treasury for four years will be available, and Debris Commissioner | | John F. Kidder may at once arrange with the best that he | water and | higher than other followed his father into the gold te in 1852, and wass gold For & good many years Santa Berbars, andasa inecer and otherwise has 7 with the asphaltum, ion the energies of the seen, but it is erais of the State of California” is to Califor- | | quartz will be well mixed, Federal Debris Commission for its expendi- ture, according to their plans, in paying the s half of the cost of impounding dams. d measure appropriating $300,000 g the lower Sacramento is indi- e way to the resump- raulic mining and the lessening of u that will result. Strong influence ght to bear t . ion for the support of the Mining Bureau for two years and the To cut down State rt promises to be successful. ution w slopment of the mineral resources of the SAMPLING. The auriferous lode matter from which the working test is to be made should be taken from the lode a¢ the end or face of the drifts, | and 8 probubility | aportance to the miners, largely in | aintain at §50,000 | ount would be to paralyze this impor- | h may do so much to aid | the “patio” and other smalgamation pro- cesses. Many of our California experts use it in prospecting for gold. It is of various shapes and sizes, butall of them too small to treat s quantity of pulp sufficient for a washing test for gold, besides which the grease from the finger ends in stirring up the pulp in the spcon causes s large proportion of the scale gold to float away on the water, particu- larly that form of gola generally met with in the cellular portions of the guartz and mostly associated with ferruginous matters. To prove how easily the gold attaches itself to the grease, take some seabeach gold, put it into the horn spoon and rub it with the ends of your fingers, then add water to it, and you will find the greater partof 1t will float away. Nevertheless, with the horn spoon the pres- ence of gold may be detected, but 1 cannot recommend it for & mechanical or washing assay, the results not being reliable, in fact, mere guess work. Fourth—The “Bates,” s wooden bowl or ves- sel used for washing gold by the Mexican and Bflzlllln miners, and though these two im- | plements differ very much in size and shape, in skillful hands. very good resuits are ob- tained from both. My improved form of Bra- | zilian bates is the result of many yearsof | study. The pattern of my latest improved form I have given to John Taylor & Co., and to Justinian Caire of this City, who are mak- |ing them in good form and of suit- | able wood. The improved batea if skill- | fully handled will give very accurate results, ® | showing uearly every particle of mechanically | combineu gold in the lodestobe. Itisvery | useful a» & concentrator to find the percentage | ot pyritic matter in the ore. When the miner | 13 desirous of making a very accurate working | test twu bateas should be used, so that the | tailing irom the first operation can be worked | over sgain. Tne right hand fingers should also ve covered With rubber cots, so that the zrease from them may not float the gold. A little washing ammonia should also be sdded from time to time during the wash- ing or panning out. In case there is any | taicose or greasy matter in the samples, it snould be soaked in boiling water with a little caustic soda for ten or fifteen minutes before | panning. | When the gold and pyritic matter are | brought together in the center of the bates | and well freed from the gangue, allow them | to be covered with one or two inches of water, and then With a bar magnet remove all mag- netic iron, which can be easily effected, but | care must be taken at the same time, that (-4 2 ’Zx =t R_HOR| TERN L PA TOOLS FOR TESTING AND miner in & quantity not less than thirteen ¢ feet and should be of &s true an average of the ore in sight &s can possibly be obtained. The broken thirteen cubic feet should then | be convered to the place selected for making the test and with spalling-nammers broken to thesize of macedam stuff, of which, atter a thorough mixing, 200 weight representing &s nearly s possible sn average of the whole | should be taken and placed on a piece of can- | vas sbout two yards square, in the center of | which is a stamp-die, and then with cobbing- hammers the 200 weight should be reduced smell enough to pass through & two-inch rid- dle. The die is then removed and the canvas raised from each side so that the broken from which two samples of four pounds each can then be taken. The cobbed four-pound samples should then be passed through Taylor's hand rock- crusher till it is fine enough to go through a | seive with tnirty holes to the linear inch, or | finer if considered advisable. Ta ylor’s hand-crusher has many advantages over the common mortar and pestle—first, in the rapidity with which it will crusn the ore 10 the desired fineness without the stamping and grinding action of the mortar and pestle, by which action so large a proportion of the gold is laminated and floats away when at- tempts are made to obtain the gold by me- chanical assay-washing. Those conversant with mining and milling there are three modesof reducing gold ores, copper, silver, lead and other ores namely, “crushing,” “stamping” and “grind- ing.”” The firstis effected by horizontol roll- -breakers; the second by stamps; the edge-miils, pans, arrastras and mill- stones. The great objection to the two latter modes of reduction in the treatment of gold ores are the lamination of the gold, and the produc- tion, when siiver, copper, lead and other ores areso reduced, of so large & quantity of slimes. The various simple appliances employed for panning out gold and the separation of it from pyritic matter aud earthy materials are as follows: First, “flat shovel,” the use of which is by Cornish ore-dressers termed “van- ning.” The foreman of the different dressing floors where copper, lead and tin ores are as- sorted and coucentrated for market meces- sarily “van” with considerable skill. Vanning is occasionally brought into use in testing for cond—The “‘pan’ es used by placer miners and prospectors. It is made out of one plece of sheetiron, and for washing gravel and cleaning up in milling it is superior to any other utensil. A small ridale (picking riddle) similar to those used in ascorting lead and other ores, would greatly assist the operation of washing smail quantitieso! gravel. The earthy matter would be more essily removed or cleansed than by rubbing the gravel be- tween the hands. The picking riddie, with sbout eight holes to the linear inch, has two long handles fixed to it to Work it. A large tub, partly filled with water, is re- quired. The riddle, with the gravel in it to be washed, is then immersed in the water, and by & sharp, quick, half-rotary motion the clay or sofl is soon removed from the pebbles gravel. What will not pass through the rid- dleis then emptied on & ‘table or board, so thatit can be examined to see if there are | any nugeets or cement that require crush- ing. In estimating the value of “‘drifting gravel” it is best to do so by the cubie foot, d in the absence of sluices to nse the picking riddle and then to wash out the gold with & pan. “In place” the average small gravel will weigh eighteen cubic feet to the on; on the dump twenty-seven cubic feet. Third—The *horn spoon” used principally, I believe, by the Mexican miners and millmen 10 test the mercury in the different stages of ATTWS%S 6°Hbmih PR"SPthlné HAMMER, STAFF; AND MEASVRE, MAKING ROUGH TRIALS OF DIFFERENT ORES. ynone of tha gold is picked up with the iron; by striking the magnet slightly against the side of the washiog tub the iron will fall from the magnet. When all the gold is well collected in the | center of the bates a little pure mercury is | 2dded, sufbctent o form s hard smaigam. | This mercury being rubbed by the finger cov- ered by a cotavill rapidly take up the gold, the wooden surface of the batea greatiy as- sisting the operation. The pyritic matter left, it thought to con- tain any gold, can be ground up fine with water and mercury in an agate mortar or roasted in a clay dish with a little nitrate of soda and then amalgamated. The four-pound samples sre then to be treated as directed in using the bates and the resulting amalgam put in a piece of charcoal and the mercury volatilized by the aid of & blowpipe; the resulting gold being weighed, the value per ton of rock will be found by the accompanying tables. In case the fineness of the gold appears to differ from that of the district it can easily be determined with sufil- cient sccuracy by the touchsione of testing needles. It will be necessary for the miner or pros- pector to have a portuble, accurate and cheap balance, which can be had of Messrs. John Taylor & Co., First street, San Franciscos Prospector’s and miner’s zold table to deter- mine free gola per ton of 2000 pounds average. Sample for working test, four pounds avoirdu- 8,000 grains: % = = = R z of [ gt 2 LN 3 B2 | 2o z e3 | 22 4 57| &° z TS 2 gt z z 671+ 50 38 33598 1879 1511 1343 1 751 1007 8 40 671 503 836/ 168 Many years ago I had occasion to make a cursory examination of what at one time was considered a very important mining district. & large town was built, then called “Summit City,” which *‘city” might be said to have been bullt up by hign assays, and let down by working results. It is impossibie to say how many indes- cribable processes were tried there to save the gold, from numerous high assays they were led 10 believe the lode mater contained. The samples which gave high assays were supposed to have been taken by parties who thoroughiy understood the business. The as- say ceriificates ot Meadow Lake rock, if bound up together, would make quite & large volume. Vast sums of money must have been exponded, how much it is impossible to tell; but I feel assured that had the simple, practical test which I have now tried to describe been applied st the mines by some experienced band, the greater part of the money would have been seved, and from the cursory exam- ination I made of the district I feel satisfied many of the large mines would now be in suc- cessful operation. 1 hope the day has gone by when breaking snuall pieces of rock from here and there in the lode for fire assay, or worse 'still, pound- ing in & mortar and afterward attempting to wash out the gold with greasy fingers in a ‘horn spoon and thea by the aid of a powerful magnifier guessing the goid contentsof the | rock, will be considered a reliable assay. | "It might save a great deal of trouble in case the prospector feels satisfiea that the lode matter is worth it to have the four-pound samples carerully washed and then send the concentrates tobe smelted. Professor Price’s Charge for such work is about §3. MINING MISCELLANY. American Fiat seems likely to be drained at last, and if so, & partial revivalof the pros- perity cf the Comstock region will follow. American Flat is an eleva.ed basin close to the Comstock group of mines. and contains extensive veins of good ore which were partly devbloped years ago. Water appeared so abundantly at comparatively slight depth that work was abandoned on =ll the properties, ‘which have been idle ever since. Pumps were inadequate to overcome the flow, and the de- velopment of the lodes was seen to be impos- sible without deep-tunnel drainage. Such & tunnet has long been a Comstock dream. The cheapest pian is to connect with the Sutro Tunnel by a tunnel from one of the Com- stock mines, and to bore such a tunnel 7500 feet in length from the Alta mine, a company has been formed at Virginia City with a capi- | tal stock of $10,000,000. The directors are to be: H. M. Yerrington, W. E. Sharon, J. W. Eckley, H. M. Gorham, E. D. Boyle, Albert Lackey and J. R. Ryan. The Thistle Shaft mine in Plumes County is 10 be pumpea out at large expense and s mile drainage tunnel is talked of. A great amount of mining machinery and supplies is stored at various mouutain points waiting for the roads to become passable. The Taylor diggings hydraulic mine of Plumas County is 10 he put into operation with | twenty-five men &s s00n as the water season | opens. A ledge of gold ore fifty feet wide has been located in Muletown Mountain, Shasta County, and hes been traced for over a mile. The Rappshannock mine, Tuolumne County, 18 to have a fifteen-stamp mill. The Accident mine at Big Oak Flat, Tuo- lumne County, has been bonded for $3000. A French company, which has pought the idle Punchbowi gravel mine in Tab.e Mount- sin, Tuolumne County, will scon begin opera- tions. Copper has been added to the discovertes of the Randsburg district. A marble quarry bas been located in San | Bernardino County, twelve miles from Victor. | The Pittsburg mine, in Nevada County, wiil 500D resume operations on an extensive scale. C.J. Bandman has sold his interest to Mr. Epstein, one of tne original owners, who will pay all claims ana employ a large force of men. The Hidden Treasure mine, in Placer County, will soon have a 75-horsepower elec- tric-power plant, and the scale of operations generally will be increased. At the Red Point gravel mine, in Placer County, the main tunnel isin 10,000 feet, and sixty men are employed. Directions for sampling auriferous lode mat- terand a simple working test for determining the quantity of gold mechanically combined in it Garlock. in the Randsburg district, has tele- graphic communication, mail twice a day leven stages each way daily. It is again rted that Southern Pacific surveyors are in the fleld pioneering for a branch road into the district. The town has about 300 people, four stamp mills ar.d one cyanide plant. The Ford mine is almst the first effort at deep mining around San Andreas, Calaveras | County. The mine wes operated for some time | by the Ford brothers, but later corporation was effected, & number of the leading citizens | of San Andreas and their friends taking a | portion of the stock. and they have kept fores of men employed under the Ford broth- ers. Thé snatt is now down 400 feet. The company intends to continue the shafton to | the 1000-foot mark. A mill test of 1000 toas | 18 to be made as soon as a mill can be secured | for the purpose in the neighborhood. At the Kennedy they are sinking the south shalt from the 1950 level, and will probably %o down to the 2200 level before stopping. The are working the levels from the 2100 level | in the north shaft, taking out ore euough to | keep the 40-stamp mill.running nizht and | day. The Bonanza on Grizzly Guleh; Siskiyon County, will be opened up this spring, some | very rich ore having bsen discovered last winter. The men who have a bond on the Allen mine in Quartz Valley, Siskiyou County, are | meeting with succefs. On the 350 level they drifted north and found a good 4-foot ledge | tht prospects well. Compressed air is used | for drilling and also for running tne hoist. | The quartz is crushed in a 10-stamp mill. The Opera mine in the Biack Hawk mining dlstrict, San Bernardino County, has been soid by 0. G. Leach to R. F. Harrison and | Llewellyn brothers of Los Angeles. The Minnesota mine, Shasta County, will be started up again. There is-a 10-stamp mill on | the property and at & depth of 400 feet the ledge is from three to six feet wide. The Gisdstone property, Shasta County, is 10 be exniored with a diamond drill, | The Le Roi mine, British Columbia, hes | shipped 100 tous of ore daily on an average | this year. The Kootenay country, British Columbia, has vroduced this_yesr.up to February 20, $1,296,800, of which §632.906 is the v, the product of smelters suipped and $6 is the value of ore exported. IN THE FUTURE Fashionable Clubs Will Entertain Their Friends. The second grand concert ot the United Ger- man Singers, consisting of Verein Eintract, Teutonia, Freund-Schaftsaengerbund, Bayer. bund and Verein Vorwaerts, will take place Sunday, March 14, at Eiutract Hall, Twelith | street. ‘A fine programme has been prepared for the occasion. The opening hop to be given by ths mem- bers of the Hyacinth Club will be held at As- sembly Hall, 1412 Polk street, on the evening of Wednesday, March 3. The Entre Nous Cotillon Club will hold an assembiy and german Tueaday evening, March 2, in the Maple Hall of the Palace Hotel, BIRTHDAY PARTY In Honor of Mrs. Hisgen’s Fiftizth Birtaday. An elaborate birthday party was given at the residence of Mrs. E. C. Hisgen, 1307 Web- | country in the war of the Revolution. ster street, on Saturday evening, in honor of the Indy’s fiftieth birthday anniversary. The spacious pariors and hallway were hand- somely decorated with potted piants, paims, ferns and hothouse plants, through which were interwoven streamers of ‘smilax, honeysuckle and ivyrin, producing a most charming effect. This, with' the aid of Japanese lanterns in minfature globes, presented a most beautiful scene. Mrs. Hisgen was elegantly attired in a mag- nificent black satin gown trimmed with jet and costly old lace. Her ornaments were dia- PERSONALS. Miss Minnie Gorman of.Newport, Or., is visit- ing Mrs. Captain Rickards, 2002 Powell street. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Butcher (nee Staeg- lich) have moved into their new home and will receive uext Sunday. Mme. B. Biber left on Friday evening, March 5, 0n & business and pleasure trip to New York. Harry A. Williams of the firm of Williams, Brown & Co. i8 to leave by the mext steamer for Australia, where he will reside for the future. Sydney is his objective pont,and he goes there to represent the firm to which he bs- | longs and_ establish for them a permanent representative in the Antipodes. Mr. Williams will be accompanted by his wife and famiiy, who wiil also make Sydney their home. Saturday night last a banquet was tendered him by sixteen of his frienas, and it proved & most enjoyable affair. Those who gathered round tne table were W. W. Foote, H. Corson, F. W. Henshaw, Cnaries Hirsch, W. G. Menshaw, Rudolph Herold Jr., A. T. Vogelsang, H. F. Emeric, H. N. Gray, H. H, Lynch, H. F. Fortmann, F. de L. Carrington, T. B. McGovern, W. A. Frederick, Charles Hey and H. Siiverstein V. H. Keith, the American_barytone, won a grand success at his concertin Paris in the Halle Rudy iast month. Among the large and tasbionsbie audience were many Amerieans, smong them being Mrs. D. D. Colton and family. Mr. Keith has returned to his head- 1s ut the Hotel Cecil, London. F. Goad and the Missés Afleen and Gene- vieve Goad witnessed the Mardi-Gras fesiivi- ties in New Orleans this week. Mr. and Mrs. William Robinson Whittier, nee Carroli, will sail from New York to-day for the Mediterranean Sea 10 visit Turkey and Egyot . Jane L. Stanford arrived in Washington, D. C., last Wednesday. Donsla de V. Grahem isexpected to arrive here from Honoiulu next Thursday. Mrs. J. F. Foulkes and Miss Foulkes have leased their home and wiil pass the remainder of the winter at 1605 Scott street. Dr. W. B. Foulkes left last Ssturday for a prolonged stay abroad, where he will continue his medical studies. Colonel W. R. Smedberg has returned from a visitto Los Angeles, Pasadena and Santa Monica. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bradford, nee Badiam, are visiting Pasadens, Los Angeles and other points of interest in Southern California. Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Spence arrived in New York City lasi Monday from Europe, where they had heen for several months. Mrs. Wiiliam H. Smith is visiting Mrs. W. B. Wilshire in Los Angeles. Mrs. Edward A. Belcher is visiting friends in Santa Cruz. Mrs. Ben C. Traman, for a long time a resi- dent of tnis City, but now of Los Angeles, is staying at the Occidental Hotel. J. L. Moody aud Miss Mopdy are passing a few weeks at Paso Robles. Colonel and Mrs. M. H. Hecht are en route home from the Eastern Stares. Dr. Chinton Cushing will return to this City next Weflneldle; Mrs. Aibert W. Scott has returned home folly restored to heslth and will receive on the last Wednesday of each month at her resi- dence, 305 Buchanan .street. Herman Oelrichs arrived here last Tuesday 6n & brief business trip and is at the Fair m: | sion, 1122 Pine street. _ Mr. and Mrs, William Haas of this City are in Paris. Mr. and Mrs. N. passing a fow we Mr. sod Mrs. W D. Rideout of Marysville are atPaso Robles. ter Scott Hobart are pi ing & few weeks in Southern California. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. de Young have returned from Europe after a prolonged absence. George E. P. Hall has retarned (o the City after s montn’s visit to the Eestern and South- ern States, Judge and Mre. W.C. Van Fleet and Miss Julia Crocker passed tne first of the week at the Hotel Rafael. Colonel and_ Mrs. Charles F. Hanlon and Miss Blanche Loughran have been visiting | Mrs. Dantel Hanlon at the Hotel Rafael dur- ing the past week. Edgar B. Carroll will retirn to-day after a month’s trip to New York and other Eastern cities. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hagan have removed to 2061 Alameds ayenue, between Chestnutand Willow streets, Alameda. Mrs. M. Samuel, accompanied by her son, Clydie, leit for Chicago on the first of th month, on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. L Daspres, 10 be gone about three months. The Samuel home is now being occupied by the Bradburys of Los Anseles. The other mem- | bers ¢f ‘the Samuel family are comfortably quartered at the Hotel Baltimore. Miss Hattie Nathan, the clever dramatic réader, enteriained the members of the Chan- ning Auxiliary Monday afternoon by reciting several aramatic and dislect selectiods. | INCIDENT OF THE REVOLUTION. The Famous Chain Stretched Across the Hudson to Defend the River. There are not many people who would { recognize in the name Samuel Wheeler a person who did valuabie service for our It was he who made the famous chain that was stretctea across the Hudson River to stop the British warships from ascending the stream. At the time General Wash- ington was puzzied about defending the river. “I wish I could get achain made, but that is impossible,”” he said, and General Mifflin, who overheard the remark, ex- | claimed: “Notso. We havea manin the army, a townsman of mine. one Whealer, who make you such a chain.” General Washington bad Wheeler brought to him and said: . I want a chain to put across the North River to stop the British ships. Can you make it?"” “I can,” replied Wheeler, “but I cannot ‘do it here.” “Then,” said Washington, “I will cheer- fully give vou dismission from the army to do 50, for badly as we want such men as you I ‘cannot afford to keop you.” Mr. Wheeler made the chain, and its links were hauled scross New Jersey, to be finally strung across the river, where it did good service. By buiiding a fire under one of the links and then nsing a sledge- hammer and a chisel, it was ultimately cut apart.—Harper's Round Table. Dot ieees o The land covered by new houses in Greater London every y<ar is 1163 acres. NEW TO-DAY. HEALTH INSURANCE S ANDS - Complete Nourishment CONTAINED IN EVERY CAN OF HIGHLAND EVAPORATED CREAM, (Sterilized). BECAUSE: IT IS GERM FREE. IT IS CLEANLY PREPARED. IT IS ABSOLUTELY PURE. IT 1S UNSKIMMED. IT IS RICH IN FOOD SUBSTANCE. Declared Highest in Rank by Official Report by the Board of Health of San Francisco. 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CA SKIRTS, brocaded, regular price §2 sach, will be @ A5 : B 100 BLACK ALPA offered at. 100 BLACK BROCADED ALPACA SKIRTS, regulnr rice $3 each, will be offered at r > $1.90 80 BLACK ALPACA SKIRTS, brocaded, regmar price $3 50 each, will be offered at $2.45 80 BLACK BROCADED SKIRTS, vanety of designs, each, will be offered at. = 60 LADIES’ MIXED CLOTH SU!TS former p fered at...... 60 LADIES’ SERGE SUITS, offered at GLOVE DEPARTMENT! 90 dozen LADIES’ 5 AND 7 HOOK ]\lD GLOVES, in black only, Xeguhr price $1 25 and $1 50 a pair, will be offered at. 90 dozen S-BUTTON LENGTH UNDRESSED MODSQI’LTA[RE KID GLOVES, former price $1 50 a pair, will be offered at. ... £ 80 dozen 8-BUTTON LENGTH DRESSED MOUSQUETAIRE KID GLOVES, siate only, regular price $L : 80 dozen S-BUTTON LENGTH UNDRESS] GLOVES, regular price $1 75 a pair, will be ptaced on sale at. LINENS! LINENS! LINENS—The good standard grades will be pushed out this week if prices count. The VALUES ARE GREAT. CHECK, ALL LINEN, GLASS TOWELING, fast edges, 14 inches wide. Special at.. 18-INCH WIDE CHECK GLASS TOWELING, well made and undressed. 71 Special at 3 ..yard :C BARNSLEY BLEACHED PURE LINEN KOLLER CRASH, the kind that 1 absorbs freely and wears well. . ..yard HALF-BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, dice patterns, 59 inches wide, a great value ...yard 55¢ 75c¢ 90c ED \IOUQQ('ETAII‘E KID $I 00 B FRENCH a paur, will be offered at CREAM TABLE DAMASK Irish linen (not the cotton mixed kind)........ .yara A SUPERIOR BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, not a great deal left. Special at . 500 dozen HEAVY UNBLEACHED TURKISH TOWELS, the solid large ones, were 15c. On special sale at each EXTRA SPECIALS! 54 BLEACHED PILLOW CASING, undrened Special at 9c 35¢ 15¢ . yard 20 dozen 6-4 BLEACHED SHEETS, for single beds, well made........ 3 cases 9-4 XXX SHEETING, nnblenched 81 inches wide, very strong. Special at.. : LADIES’ SILK UNDERSKIRTS! About 165 LADIES' BLACK AND COLORED SILK UNDERSKIRTS, an importer’s sample, higbly finished, new and stylish, bought at 500 on the dollar, and on sale at the same rate. Prices from $3 9 to..... BLANKETS ! Last week of our very successful sale of Fine White Wool Blankets. Prices again cut, See «Examiner”’ for a few special numbers— and prices. $11.00 #3 OUR NEW SPRING CATALOGUE will soon be ready for distribution to OUT-OF-TOWN RESIDENTS, to whom it will be mailed free on application. MURPHY BUILDING, Market Strest, Cormer of Jones, San Freancisoo.