The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1898, Page 32

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1898. The Reign of RIBBONS. This season the hat, the waist, the costume, the parasol, the un- derskirt, overwear—all have exu- berant ribbon garniture. What | more pretty? We have ribbons unique in character, incomparable in beauty—a broad statement, but | we believe it when we make it. { Bayadere Stripes | and effects, Taf- | | Fancy fetas, Louisines, | Ribbons. Plaids, Moires, 25¢ to 93¢ Yard. | | Satin and Gros Grains, double-faced, at exceptionally low prices. 5-inch, double-faced satin, cord edge 50c 8-inch, extra quality, very heavy, $l'~; cord edge. . See Owur New Millinery Department. STORE PROFUSELY DECORATED. HOSIERY AND CORSETS. spliced heel and toe. Price 33%c. Hale's Kid-fitting Corsets in short, medium, CORSETS, s 1.00. and closely boned; colors, blue, white, black and drab, pink, Hale's Kid-Fitting Corset, In short, medium, long fength—4, 5 and 6 hooks, cov- ere top and bottom. Price $1.50 Each. Ladles' Black Sateen Corset, the cut away under arms and on hip, closely striped lace and trimmed top and bottom. Price $1.50. DERWEAR. MUSLIN UN fine soft , ail new sty lace or embroldery trimmed front, neck s and cuffs, { Price—750, 850, $1.00. | DRAWERS LADI WHITE MUSLIN or Fine | Cambric Drawers, umbrella style, em- broldery trimmed bot- tom. Price—0s, 756, $1.00, $1.25 Pair. SKIRTS. WHITE MUSLIN Made In the latest tyle, deep - flounces, with ruffled embroidery bottom. Price 85¢, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2, $2.50. CLOAKS---CAPES--WAISTS. 1 In our new annex, a leading feature Is the | enlarged cloak and wrap department, in which is displayed the new styles in these goods. A Ladies’ Black Cloth Cape, velvet LEADER collar, silk lined, 17 inches long, 1 B sizes 34 to 40. CAPES Hale's Price $4.00. Ladles' Kersey Cir- cular Capes—6 rows of straps, 6 pearl but- tons, velvet collar, taf- feta' silk lined, 18 inches long, tan only; sizes 34 to 4 Hale’s Price $10. t Ladie® Black Bro- caded Satin Cape, trim- med with ribbon, lace and fet, silk lined, sizes 34 'to 42, Easter novelty (see illustras tion). $5.00. Ladles’ Covert Cloth Sult, handsomely braid- ed all over, jacket silk lined, blouse effect, sizes' 34 to 40, In tan and blue mixed. (See illustration.) $12.50. SILK WAISTS. Ladles' Silk Waists— Fine quality Japanese silkc (shirt-walststyle); linen collar and plait down front: in black, green and blue; 3 15 2. Hale's Price $3.50. | —— 1 goods. system—CASH. long and extra | hooks, covered with fine sateen |in all departments. Price $1.00 Each. | long and extra with fine black sateen and | boned with horn bone—silk flossed | new shape, 4 hooks, long in front, | ribbon | FANCY | T ISLE Children’s Black Lisle Hose, fine HOSE. quality, luster finish, narrow | ribbed, high spliced heel, double | {oe, sizes § to 0%, | Price 25c¢ Pair. | C()T{UN lA.d(fle!' flg:('k Cotton Hofl‘P. h:nng‘e“ | HOSE. f acco yarn, plal | Sibbed. nigh spliced heels, double | The sun-Kissed days of Spring are | sole and toe. | | Price 25¢ per Pair. RIBBED ICT' Ffll‘,r;;‘i’l’ :\‘Iul'bl ;{OEE. HOSE. ichell ribbed, ack, or | | e tancy “striped tops; | And everybody will be interested in | wear, Cloaks, et |up any magazi: Our buyers cau, pente (a green of yellowish sheen), 1500 yards all-wool fancy Suit- ings,” specially adapted for sep- arate skirts—your choice of the entire lot, In four-yard skirt “\ngths, For $1.00. SUITINGS | SERGE. 1000 yards strictly all-wool navy- blue Serge—heavy twill, 49 inches wide, Yard 50c. By an exceptionally &ood purchase we are enabled to offer Wamsutta Sheets and Pillow Cases, extra wide hems of Wamsutta muslin—a fabric closely woven— very durable, possessing the merits of being hand-torn, dry-ironed, ready for use: Bleached Wamsutta Muslin, 36 inches wide, | closely woven and durable, 8c Yard. New Scotch Ginghams, 32 inches wide, all new | here, 'tis but a week to a dis; nde (green), Gris (gray), Puritan Gray, Infantrie (French blue) CHALLIES, 90 yards new French printed Challies, in light or dark grounds —30 inches wide—all wool—de- €igns exclusive and & varlety of patterns, Yard 50c. FNGLISH 40 vy o 740 yards English Plerola Sulting—one of the advance styles in black dress fabrics, 41 Inches wide: In raised patterns, now so fashionable; spring two-tone com- binatfons, Per Yard $1.00 and $1.25. HYMMED each SHEETS, each each 90x99 each HEMSTITCHED §1x9 each SHEETS. 90x90 0c each 90x99 each New Dress Ginghams, 27 inches wide, in plaids and stripes, T}c, 10c and 12%c Yard. Organdles (domestic), 31 inches wide, white ground, woven satin’ stripes, colored flowers, in great variety, A c Yard. THE BIRTH OF EASTER play of new Millinery, Dress Goods, Gloves, Laces, Ribbons, Under- c.—all the more meritorious teciuse in many cases the colors and designs are exclusivr. Take ne of fashion and you will reslize that this is a season of fads in Laces, ght these eccentricities of fickl The tout ensemble is wor Marine (blue), Mordore (brown), Ser- , Castor and Olive. FAIRY FABRICS WELCOME THE WORLD OF WOMANKIND. BEASTER DRESS GOODS. STORM 750 yards navy-blue Storm Serge, SERGE. extra heavy quality, tull 60 inches wide, . Yard 85c.; BLACK It seems a strange whim of FABRICS. fashion, but black fabrics are i high favor—Crepons, Grenadines, Foplins, exquisite in design to meke up for the somewhat som- ber color. Our black dress goods | play this week. SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES. 45x36 Inches. 50x36 {nche: HFEMMED PILLOW CASES. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. Imported Easter Organdies, light ground, floral designs, 32 inches wide, 80c Yard. Another lot yet richer in quality, with woven plaid effects and new moss rose and other de- plaids (on show in great varlety), 30 color- | ings, 20c and 25¢ Yard. | KID GLOVES! KID First time on display—100 dozen GLOVE palrs of Ladles’ 2-clasp Pique SPECIAL. Kid Gloves, with three rows wide embroidery stitching on back, all sizes, colors include new greens, tans, oxbloods, ete, $1.00 Palr. To add interest to our Glove Department an- other large shipment has arrived of the Dollar Kid Glove—all_sizes, in new reds, greens, blues, pearls, Suisse pearls, etc. Our country customers know it as ‘‘Hale's $1 00 Glove.” free for a postal. ‘We've & better glove, and being better it's a higher price—it gives longer mervice—it comes in all sizes and in spring colors. $1.50 Palir. (See confirmation gloves quoted elsewhere.) EASTER HANDKERCHIEFS. « FOR MY 250 dozen Ladles’ White Swiss, LADYE embroidered, scalloped edges—ws FAYRE.” know them to be worth 10c—we guarantee them perfect—Easter spectal, 5c Each. 50 dozen Ladles' scalloped, _embroldered | Handkerchiefs—A sample line’ from a large | factory— perfect—you share with us & very good | purchase. e ! 12¥c Each. 27 dozen Ladies' pure all-linen Handkerchiefs, with lace and scalloped borders— EASTER LACES. It's lace, lace, lace on everything this sea- son—on underwear and overwear it is in an exuberant quantity—we've bought enough to please the commands of fashion—bought it right—sell right. 1500 yards Black Chantilly Bllk Lace, 21 to 6 inches wide; worth 12 to 25c per yard—t's a special item—un- til sold at CHANTILLY L.iCE. 10c Yard. | | 6500 vards Dentelle Ori- | ental Lace, Guipure | edge, 2% inches to 8 wide—good value at 15c —in cream, white and butter—until sold, | 10¢ Yard. | 1000 yards all-silk Chan- | tilly ce, in cream, white and _black—just in—4 to 74 inches. “It's a Hale special. 25¢ Yard. 1000 yards White Cot- ton Wash Lace, com- rising Flemish Point, ormandie and Point de Paris, 234 to 5 inches wide—well known be- | cause it wears well—we | offer until sold, 25c Each. 10c Yard. Jlignl, 45c Yard. Ett PERFUMERY . | Talcum Tollet Powder. | Pozzoni's Dove Face Pow Cameline—tace lotion.. Cherry Tooth Paste (Gosnell's). Rublifoam Tooth Preparation | Cream Tooth Soap. | Camphor Ice.. Vaseline Cold Cream. 4-ounce Bottle Vaseline Scented Transparent GI. 3 cakes in a box>. 8-ounce Bay Rum. 6-ounce Eastman’s Toflet Wate: Famous En méry of the, fumery Co.,” London, in following fashionable ex- tracts in bulk at 50c_per oz.—English Roses, White Hellotrope, White Rose, Crab Apple, Jockey Club, Corolopsis, ~ Violette de Parme, Peau de Espagne, Matsukita; and also nce-vials put up in.cartoons at glish Perfu- *“Crown Per- 1-ou Crown Lavender Salts. w York Extracts, X8 - -40c per ounce in bulk 937-939-941-943-945-947 MARKET STREET. Millinery and Ribbons. e fashion, and a full display is now made of the season’s novelties rthy of Easter and Spring, for indeed EVERYTHING IS NEW Dress fabrics in the new colors—Emera department makes its spring dls- | | | | patent curtain ring—if you see it you will be- PALMS. Ivy, CUT FLOWERS, CONFIRMATION! This column has requisites for confirma- tlon purposes—new goods—we shall be pleased to match any article you may de- sire; Wil do it intelligently. 9(‘)‘?&"“0“ 50 yards all.wool cream tross; SUITINGS. .wldae R St 40c, 50c and 80c Yard. Plain white organdies—special values— 33-inch, d0-inch, 5i-inch, 60-inch, 16 2-3c. 20c. 25c. e, Plain white and dotted Swisses— 10c to 50c Yard. Plain white ndla Linen and Victoria Lawns wash so well—decldedly economical— 6%c to 30c Yard. White Bgyptian Dimity, 28 to 32 inches wide— new stripes—checks and fancies— 12%c to 30c Yard. HOSIERY. In Children's confirmation cos- tumes of course hoslery should be especlally neat. We show such in white Lisle at B0c Palr. Ladies’ White Cotton Hose.............. Ladies’ White Lisle Hose, plain an Richelieu ribbed .. % Ladies’ White Silk and Lisle Hose. Ladies' Pure White Silk Hose... HANDEER- With the réturn of our buyer CHIEFS, rom the East our handkerchief stock receives special novelties. We show for Easter a very choice line of all- linen, embrotdered and plain_handkerchiefs, 50c to $1.50. And for those who wish such high-grade goods as the ‘‘Duchesse’” lace handkerchiefs we show them from $1.25 to $5.00. In no department can we show a better assortment. For confir- mation there's the 8-button length, muequetaire; suede kid; all sizes $1.50 Pair. l:}clup and 4-button kids—embroidered and plain, $1.00 and $1.50. Also all lengths white silk gloves, 50c to $1.50. NECEWEAR The new neckwear is spec- fally dainty—broad bows, Par- fslan bows, Swiss effects—we show both lace and silk neck- wear complete. GLOVES. 9BazaarSpécials9 8c 4c 10c 1000 sheets Toflet Paper, 2i-inch pack= age, 5x7; was 10c, but now. 100 doz. packages 10-yard plece em- broidered Shelf Paper. 500 cakes (6 oz. In cake) pure Italtan La Margarita Castile Soap.. 3 gross French Tooth-brushes, b row, EASTER DRAPERIE Springtime means cleaning time—that's now, | and we are prevared to show you curtains | which will give a handsome appearance and | wear well—t virtues every housekeeper wishes to get—we sell curtains of good quality | cheap as our reputation will permit. | CURTAINS. 145 pair Nottingham Lace | Curtains, In White and Ecru— | 8% and & yards long by 54, o7 | and 60 inches wide, neat floral | desfgns, Per pair $1.76. | 160 pair—a little better (the extra cost is in the .design) $2.00. Royaline Crepe, a neat dainty fabric for pillow coverings and mantel draperies. New designs in 10 shades—30 inches wide— 20c. Art Denims, 36 inches wide, large plaids, the latest fad for pillow coverings—light or dark blue, red, brown and new gold, . 15c. 30 pair Tapestry Portieres, 3 CREPE. DENIMS. PORTIERES. yards four colors—per pair, Per pair $2.25. ‘We will show you the new Madame Gair come Interested—no other house In town | ong, 42 inches wide, In | 20¢c 25¢ 10c 514 10c waxed back, all bristle 100 boxes fine linen Note Paper (72 of paper and envelopes to sheets mateh) 180 China Cups and Saucers, gold band . & - 8 doz. China individ ual Cream Pitch- ers, gold and tinted.. : 50 (that’s all) Easter Flower Baskets, on stand 13 inches high 6 doz. enameled steel Frying-pans, 13 inches in dtameter; slightly chipped, and that's the ho reason wh they are so cheap 20¢c | VEILING. Confirmation Veiling in Tulle, Maline and Silk Brussels, keeps It. We wish it to be understood that in all cases country customers should write at once in response to advertised We keep one of the largest country order departments, specially to promptly fill these orders. When in the city call-we would like to see you. Our Catalogue is Easter time is a good time to know us—and our one San | Dry 50c, 75¢ and $1.00 Yard. Francisco’s Most Progressive Goods House. CAPTAIN (F THE CASPAR EXCORIATED His Negligence Causes the Death of Thir- teen Men. Scored by Captain Ber- mingham for Appeal- ing His Case. Vessel Wrecked Through the Criminal Negligence of Her Master. LOWER COURT LENIENT. A Hot Roast on Mariners Who Make Poor Excuses for Losing Their Vessels. Captain Bermingham, supervising in- spector of steam vessels, yesterday rendered an opinion in the case of the appeal of Captain Ole Aufindsen of the steamer Caspar, which went dowm on Saunders reef with thirteen of her offi- cers and crew, which should make that mariner feel worse than a green hand who has just been ordered aloft on a stormy night. The decision not only crit- icizes the captain for his willful negli- gence in losing the vessel, but practically accuses him of being the murderer of the men who lost their lives on ‘her. Aufind- sen’s plea of ‘“‘unusually strong currents” only holds him up for stronger criticism, as it goes to show that he, like other mariners who have used the same argu- ment when their vessels were lost, should have used extra precautions for that very reason. The steamer Caspar left this port on thé afternoon of October 22, bound for Usal, an outside port, about 130 miles northwest of San Francisco. At about 3 o'clock in the morning she struck on Saunders reef and out of the crew of fitteen the captain and one of the sallors were the only ones left to tell the tale. An investigation of the case was made by the local board of examiners, and Captain Aufindsen's license was suspend- ed for a term of one year. This was con- sidered at the time as letting the cap- taln down very light, but he thought very differently, and appealed to the supervising inspector, he result can hardly be considered as satisfactory, as Captain Bermingham not only sustained the decision of the lower court, but says he thinks it was extreme- ly lenient and is surprised at what he terms the impertinence of Aufindsen in' appealing the case. He also suggests that many others who lose vessels along this coast might advantageously be dealt with after the manner of the captain of the Caspar. In his decision Captain Bermingham says: “The appellant testifies that his steamer passed three miles of Point Reyes at about 6 o'clock on the afternoon of October 22. It was raining considerably, with a strong southeast wind, which con- tinued until the vessel struck. Usal is an open port about sixty miles north of Saunders reef, on which is located a whistling buoy. The appellant testifies that he aimed to pass within two miles of the reef to get the sound of the whistle. After that it would be neces- sary to avold Point Arena. To do so he would have had to head to the windward a little, and agaln two points to the north- ward to reach his port or destination, which was an open roadstead where navi- gation' would be very unsafe during the arevalencu of the wind and sea at that me. “Therefore, it is apparent to me that the appellant displayed criminal negligence in navigating his vessel as he did without getting a cast of the lead. As a consequence, he not only lost her, but caused the loss of the lives of thirteen of his officers and crew—all, in fact, but himself and one seaman, Chris Larsen. “‘Aufindsen in his appeal states that the ‘Inspectors did not pay sufficlent atten- tion to the reports of Captain Bennett, steamer Umatilla; CaptainCousins,steam- er Pomona; and Captain Dunham, Steamer Chilkat.’ The sald masters herein men- toned have filed a report of a strong in- shore set, much more than usual. “‘But as all those vessels passed throush those waters simultaneously with .the Caspar, it is in evidence that neither of them took the bottom at any point on the coast. It is In evidence, however, that Captain Dunham got his soundings in thirty-three fathoms off Saunders reef and hauled hig ship out to westward one- eighth of a point. “If it was necessary for the appellant to get the sound of the whistle. why did he not approach the reef carefully and not go ashore full speed without getting a cast of the lead? In almost every in- stance where a steam vesgel 1s wrecked on the coast of California or Oregon the master immediately sets up a plea of un- usual Inshore currents. Ts it not time that some allowance be made for such cur- rents If they sometimes exist? “In the case of the appellant thereseems to be no extenuating circumstances that would justify me In setting aside the ver- dict of wne lower court, which seems to have been lenient with the appellant, therefore its decision must stand, and it 1s so ordered. —_—— ARRESTED FOR CONTEMPT. Fifteen More Members of the Kla- math Lumber Company Added to the List. Deputy United States Marshal Moffitt went to Klamathon,, Siskiyou County, yesterday with a citation issued by United States Circuit Judge Morrow for the arrest of fifteen emploves of the Klamath River Lumber and Improve- ment Company for contempt of court in having disobeyed the injunction recently issued by Judgfi Morrow in the suit of the Pokegama Milling and Lumber Com- pany against the Klamath River Lumber and Improvement Company. Their bonds have been fixed at $1000. The men were engaged in holding the mill property by force of arms. This arrest, .udded to others In the same matter, brings up the total to twenty-seven. ——————— Postmaster Montague Protests. Postmaster Montague has filed with the Board of Supervisors his protest against the contemplated renumbering of the south side of Market street. —_————— Ladies’ tatlor-made suits; latest designs; we &lve credit. M. Rothschild, 211 Sutter, r. 6 & 7. NEWS OF THE MINES. A Glance at the Rising Development of Our Copper Mines. A New Chemical Process in Montana—Notes of Prog- ress Through the State. California will be fully represented at the International Gold Miners’ conven- tion of this summer at Salt Lake City. ‘When this broader getting together of the miners was started last year, the leaders of the California Miners' Associa- tion were doubtful about it, fearing that the silver question would be dragged in among other things, but their fears were unwarranted, and the convention pro- ceeded on broad lines, doing much good. This year’s convention promises to be a greater success, and according to the decision of the executive committee of the California Miners' Association, held last week, efforts will be made to send a large delegation from all parts of the State. At _this meeting it was decided that the efforts of the committee on a department of mines should be directed to getting a commissioner of mines and a separate bureau in the Interir . Depart- ment, rather than the larger and better measure, which seems a present impossi- bility. The annual report of the Mountain Copper Company, which has within two years developed a vast enterprise in its copper mines on Iron Mountain and its smelter at Keswick, Shasta County, is interesting as measuring the scale of the leading copper mining operations in this State, and as an indication of what can and will be done with the copper resources of California. During the year the company invested $19,220 in enlarging the smelter at Kes- wick and in other ways the scale of operations has been enlarged. The quan- tity of ore mined and smelted was 165,060 tons, an average of about 550 tons a day. This ore ylelded 14,129 tons of copper. From these general figures in the report the Redding Free Press, figuring the value of copper at 10 cents a pound, estl- mates the gross value of the copper at $2,825,800. his one contains gold and other values and the quartz ore pur- chased in large quantities for flux yields a good deal of gold. The silver in the ore is estimated to average $4 30 a ton, and the gross output of copper, gold and silver is placed by this journal at about $4,600,000, which is probably not far out of the way. ‘The pay roll amounts to about $60,000 a month, and thus . a year is dis- tributed there in wages alone. Whether the estimate of $2,425,000 net profit is justi- fled or not, the showing is one of enor- mous and quick success with.a Califor- nia copper mine. This property lay unde- veloped for many years, until Hugh Mc- Donald got a syndicate’ of British capi- talists interested in it and there are awalting enterprise and capital other cop- per nrogertles with ore bodies as great and with equal conditions for economical development. ¢ The copper belt, thirty miles long, which sweeps north of Redding. contains a number of undeveloped properties which will be enormously productive some day. - There s every prospect that the big copper mine at Copperopolis will be reopened soon. A promising deposit 1s being developed in Fresno County, and attention being given to other copper clalms in San Bernardino County and other parts of the State promise that the copper output of California will be im- mensely increased within the next few years. Here is another repetition of the daily tale attending California mining and the faith and enterprise of men who go be- low the surface to find out what there may be there. The Grass Valley Union says: ““Thé well-known Gold Flat mine, which of late has been called the Unity, is un- der new management now. The ten miners who have been operating it for a year past yesterday relinquished their bond on the mine, and it reverted to the owners, Messrs. Weissbein Brothers of Grass Valley. It is understood that the miners ‘were well pald for giving up the property, which has been developed and put on a paying basis by them. At the time when they took hold o. it there was nothing in sight, but by practical and economical work the pay shoot was dis- co ered and some excellent ore has been extracted. The shaft is down to a depth of about 3o feet. The new operators have already put a crew of men to work, and will develop the mine thoroughly, and in time it will doubtless prove a dividend payer.” Anything in the line of cheaper pro- cesses or those adapted to ores which have defled the processes heretofore in use is watched with great interest by mining men. In Montana Alderson, who has long exverimented with the cyanide process in that fleld, has been developing an original treatment for certain refrac- tory ores, and the status and promise of his work is thus described by the West- ern Mining World: ‘“He is at present sxgeflmentln! with the tailings of the Southern Cross mine. This mine has long remained idle on ac- count of the intensely refractory charac- ter of its ores. Thousands upon thousands of dollars have been expended in the past in an effort to devise some method of treatment by which the values could be successfully and economically extract- ed. Experts from various parts of the world have pondered over the. problem and been compelled to give it up. The mine, with its wealth of ore bodles, was closed down, it being impossible to realize enough values from the ores to pay the expenses of working the property. Mr. Alderson recently grappled with the diffi- culty, and has at last succceeded in over- coming it by chemical processes known only to himself. He has discovered that in the original treatment of the ore less than 25 per cent of the values were saved. From ninety-seven tons of tailings 8o far treated he has obtained over $800. Mr, Alderson’s successes mean a_great deal to the future of the State. It will be only a question of time when hisleach- ing plants will be adapted to the treat- ment of refractory ores all over the coun- try, and almost revolutionize mining in that thousands of abandoned properties will quickly respond to the new order of things and take their place among the rich producers of the northwest.” Two Australian mining_ men—Messrs, Lee and Elliot—are in El Dorado County looking for properties to develop. A Redding assayer received a specimen of eruptive rock a short alme agp, with a request that it be tested for “nicotine,” as the finder belleved it to .be *nickel ore.” Ely Hutchinson, representing- an_East- ern syndicate, has en-up a bond upon the California l&unrtx mine, twenty miles northwest of Nevada City. and paid W. . Tozer and Charles D. Lane a purchase ‘price of $50,000. Consliderable activity {s reported from the Muletown district. and property” is changing hands every day {n that locality. P. W. Pyne recently sold his interest in the Golden Jubilee¢ group to Colonel Moore and S. P. Johns. The purchasers, with L. M. Ludlvici, who owns the re- maining half interest. will continue de- velopment on what tl.ey believe is a very promising property.—Redding Searchlight. The dry winter threatens to severel; fect the gen.t hydraulic mines about Junction City, on” the Trinity River, as well as smaller placer mines generally. Some of the important mines at this point | are working about half the force em- ployed at this time last year, and the output for the season to date has been correspondingly reduced. Development” wirk is being pushed to quite an extent on Harrison Gulch and Hall City properties, says the Search- light. Boswell & Johnson have been en- gaged in opening up a claim near Hall City that is reported to be especially promising. Work on this claim has been prosecuted for over a year, and the showing at present is all that can be de- sired. A good body of rich free gold ore has awarded the efforts of the owners, who have a right to feel confident of the outcome of their venture. J. R. Hal will start his mill by the first of the month on ore from the Lucky Hall. The Midas Mining Company is employing over sixty men in its mine and mill, and is producing good values right along. The cyanide plant is successfully treating the ore in an economical manner and 'the ?crmanency of the mine is an established act. Another strike has been made in_ the Valpariaso mine, Amador County, fifty- three feet below the tunnel level. According to the Amador Ledger, clean- ing the south shaft at the Gwin mine is progressing rapidly. The old shaft is opened about %0 feet from the collar. The work of mining through the new shaft goes on steadily and the 40-stamp mill is grinding 150 tons of ore per day. Drifting and cross-cutting at the 1200 level of the South Spring shaft is Ero- gressing. Ore is being encountered which is good, but so far has not come in quan- titles sufficient to justify the starting of the mill. The Colfax Sentinel says the six months Jjust closing have been disastrous for hydraulic and shallow gravel mining operations, owing to the scarcity of water, The rainfall at Colfax to date has been 25.09 inches, as against 60.44 Inches to corresponding date of last season. At Robinson’s Flat, near Forest Hill, the snow Is at present only 1% feet in depth. Last season at this date there were nearly sixteen feet, well settled and frozen. The Kaffa gravel mine in Butte County is to be worked on a larger scale by an Eniush company. The Denver mine in Butte County is to have a chlorination works. The Calaveras Citizen says it is stated that C. D. Lane will develop the Illinois mine at once. A shaft 135 feet is In good order, and sufficient ore is in sight to warrant the erection of a mill. Burton, who has been successfully mining quartz crystals in_ Calaveras County, has bought the Boucher & g‘l;&cket gravel mine in that county for Operations are to be commenced in the magnesite mines near St. Helena. Orders for ore shipments have been placed with the owners of the property. The rich claim discovered several weeks ago by John T. Newcomer, near the Star mine, Tuolumne County, is showing up splendidly. A shaft is being driven down, and at twenty-five feet shows a_strong ledge of rock that will mill over $100 per ton, while a like amount of the concen- trates is worth from $150 up to $1000. The percentage of sulphurets Is heavy.— Union-Democrat. Developments at the Central Eureka mine are progressing at a lively gait. The shaft is being sunk from the 900 level at the rate of five feet in twenty-four hours. A drift was started to the north on the 900 level last week. The uprise is being continued from the 600 to the 500 level. On the 600 level they are drifting on a fine body of ore.—amador Ledger. At the Central Eureka in Amador County the shaft has reached 1000 feet. At the 600 level drifting is progressing in a lnfie ledge of low grade ore. A drift has also been started in the 900 level. It is likely that a 40-stamp mill will be erected In the fall. The output of the Argonaut in February was between $56,000-and $57,000 in free gold and $%000 in sulphurets. The expenses are estimated at $15,000 a month. The Jamestown Magnet says the Sterra Railroad Company has men at work near Cooperstown prospecting for coal. At a depth of fifty-four feet they struck a seam of indifferent quality three and a half feet The company intends seiting up machinery at perstown, where they will bore to the depth of sev- eral hundred feet. It is stated that G. Simmons, discoverer of the turquoise mine on Timber Moun- tain, Nev., has disposed of $67,000 worth of gems to New York jewelers, and that he has two cutters on the ground freeing the gems from extraneous matter. W. Beddig, representing the Krupp Bros. at Essen, Germany, is in Salt Lake City. He is visiting the State in 5?"4!::11 of uranium. This is one of the ‘rare earths,” and of economic value for hardening gun metal and armor plate. It is quoted at 60c per gram, $2 50 per pound. It was recently reported discovered in commercial quantities at Black Hawk, Colo. Active work is being pushed on the Iron Chief mine, in the Virginia Dale dis- trict, which was recently sold for $150,000. The owners have four eight-horse teams from this city, besides two of thelr own, | at work hauling lumber and pipe from | Walters station on_the Southern Pacific, for the purpose of building a cyanide plant, and running the pipe line thirteen miles’ for the water. The owners claim they have $500,000 of ore in sight. They are down between 200 and 300 reet fl.ndl have crosscut the vein for 35 feet without | finding the walls, all in clear solid ore | that runs from $25 upward. The dredge experimenters are going for | the bars of the Missourl River. Up to this time California has furnished the entire output of quicksilver in the | United States, no cinnabar deposits else- | where having commercially developed. Now Oregon may go on_the record, ac- cording to” the Oregon Mining Journal, | which says: *'Quicksilver is soon to be produced in large quantities from the Black Butte mines in Lane County, about seventeen miles southeast of Cottage Grove. There is a mountain of ore of all degrees of richness, up to 56 per cent mercury. A contract has been let for the construction of a thirty-ton quicksilver furnace, with condenser, fryer, etc., and every prepara- tion 1s being made for working the prop- erty the coming season. The report of experts who examined the Black Butte mine says: ‘All the indications from present developments warrant the con- clusion that the entire mountain is an immense deposit of quicksilver ore, which will produce grnctically 2 to 3 per cent, which, with the ease and cheapness with | which' it could be worked, makes it one | of the most valuable mining propositions in the world.”” —_—— A SMART CABIN BOY. M. Akada of the Steamer Belgic Ar- rested on the Charge of Extortion. M. Akada, a cabin boy on the steamer Belgic, has been doing a land office busi- ness with his countrymen who happened to be passengers on the steamer. He is | now in consequence locked up in the City | Prison on a charge of extortion. Kusutaro Baba and four friends were passengers on the steamer arriving here | in January last. On the voyage they got | talking to Akada, who informed them | that they could not land on American | sofl under the exclusion act, but on the | payment of $15 each he could fix it. They gave him the money before the arrival | of the steamer, and did not know that | anything was wrong till they began to | talk with their countrymen here. Then | they discovered that they had been vic- | timized. { ‘When the steamer arrived on her pres- ent trip they ca.ed upon Akada and de- manded back their money, but he re- fused, and {ealerdny Baba appeared in Judge Joachimsen's court and swore to a complaint for the arrest of Akada on a charge of extortion. His four friends were with him. and each was anxious to swear out a warrant also, but it was thought that one would be enough. Akada was arrested yesterday after- noon. just before the steamer started on her voyage to Caina. —_———————— To Visit President McKinley. George E. Morse, Clerk of the United States District Court, left here last even- ing for a trip to Washington for the pur- z % é pose of bringing home his wife daughter, who have been visiting Pre ident McKinley and family. 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