The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-27

Few of the citizens OF the county are prob.
ably aware that Joseph Corwin one OF the
most successful and heavy farmers In Seds-
wick county spent several years of his life in
gold and silver mining in Oregon, Nevada and
Idaho. But such is the fact. His experience
among the glittering and valuable ones
away from civilization, in regions Of eternal
SHOWS: among frownng mountains inhabited
by hostile Indians, make up, to say the least,
an exciting and interesting narrative. He re-
tains 10 this day many little souvenirs and
mcmentoes gathered during several years Of
the life mentioned, and the other iay he made
us present Of some very valuable and rare
specimens and curiositcs which we have add
ed 10 our cabinet, and which we enumerate
Between two and three pennyweights Of very
bright gold dust from Powder River, Oregon.
prospect which he panned out with his OWN
hands; large piece Of silver bullion. !. e..
melted silver, from the Rising Star mine, Ida
no, comes next. Black and heavy one would
kick il aside a. an old piece OF led did he not
know its value The greatest curiosity TO u.
Of the collection j, a piece of tin ore taken
from stream in Owyhee, Idaho. Then. FOR
value. again. comes rusty piece Of burnt
quartz cncased in the precious yellow metal
from Granite creek, Oregon. Among the col
lection is piece of silver ore as large rs ones
fist that j. so rich that it j. malable in places
This piece Of silver ore was taken from the
Paige x CorwIn mine at Eureka. Lander
county, Nevada. 800 feet under ground. II
turned off S2,S00 10 the ton. Then there are
two other large pieces of rich silver o:c, one
from Idaho and the other from Nevada mines.
At the same time friend Joe presented u,
with q curiosity and valuable relic found b,
him in IS52, on the Blue mountains, in Ore
gon, the article being an Indian pipe. hewn
from Il solid black stone-stem and all-and
ornamented with rings and gcometrical flg-
ures cut into the stone and filled with some
kind Of bright metal, probably pewter The
pipe yet smells strongly of kinna ka nick OF
the brave who may have drawn consolation
aud clouds al peace smoke from il, stem hun
dreds of years ago. We have placed these
valuable specimens in our cabinet where they
may be seen at any time by visitors. Mr..
Corwin has our thanks for the valuable con-
tribution.
pamphlet entitled "where do you buy
your lumber" has just been issued from this
office, edited by Billy McClure-seyeral thou
sand IN numbers and are Tor gratitous dis
tribution. 1t contains great amount OF use
full matter. Among the many things we note
the following 1.-The number Of trees hills etc.
to the acre; years that seed will grow if prop
erly keep; weight of lumber; receipt for
whitewash mixture; days work for car
pentcr; ready reckoner OF dimensions of lum-
Der; the best time TO plant seeds; table OF
weights nails required in building house OF
a given size how 10 vote school bonds; how
to take a claim; what wood is made for. fares
and ireights from different points of the Uni
ted States and Canadies to this place. II also
contains advertisements Of the leading bust
ness houses Of the city. Get one and preserve
il for reference.