Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-26
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This own choice) Signal Officer.
The United States Geological Survey.
WASHINGTON, November 25th.-Clarence
King, Director of the United States Geo.
logical Survey, has completed his first annual
report to the Secretary of the Interior. 1t
outlines the organization of the numerous
fields of work and the present plans of this
newly established Bureau, embodies the pre-
hmluary reports of the various staff officers
now engaged in active operations, and fore
shadows the completion during the coming
winter of no less than twelve volumes of
practical and general geology, ETC., as the re-
suits of the work already accomplished dur
ing the one and a half field seasons which
have elapsed since Congress provided for the
organization of the survey. Among the
volumes will be an deliberately practical, as
well as scientific, treatise upon 1.-THE Precious
Metals. by Clarence King; 1.-THE Geology
and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colo
RADIO" by S. F. Emmons The History
of the Comstock Lode" by Eliot Lord !;
1.-The Geology of the Comstock Lode" by
and Milling on the Comstock Lode" by w.
r. Eckert; GEOLOGY of the EurekaMining
District, New" by Arnold Hague; Lesser
Metals and the General Mineral Resources,
by Raphael Pumpelly. 81 have SO arranged
the initial work of the survey. says Mr..
King. IS that special volumes on the most i'm
portant geological subjects and mining indus
tries in the four western divisions of the sur.
vey shall be brought to prompt publication.
There can hardly be two opinions on the de-
sirableness of Immediately working out such
problems in these great districts, which, In
! the past and present history, offer examples
of instructive geological structure and great
bullion yield, and which have required OF
mining men special mechanical skill and 3
large outlay of capital. Proper scientific
reports on such typical districts become
records of remarkable phenomena In the field
of industrial geology, and the principles of
distinguished success in the department
of mining engineering Among the great
numbers of mining districts which merit a
rigid. investigation, have chosen three,
which more than Others seemed to offer har-
4 vests of technical Information, of which the
mining population stands in immediate need.
ELeadville, the extraordinary district in mid
die Colorado; Eureka, Nevada, which for Is
! years has been the most productive silver
| lead district in America, and the incompara-
| bic Comstock lode, are chosen as the first
three districts to he illustrated by special
monographs.
Further on in this preliminary report
the Director remarks that although foremost
among all nations in the production of the
| PtSCiouo HiSI1is, IdEhllS IlrSt III tLS TSSOuECts
of petroleum. coal and iron, and abundantly
lendowed with nearly every mineral substance
demanded by the civilized arts and sciences,
the United States has conspicuously failed to
gather and publish systematic statistical
knowledge of the yearly mineral productions.
He adds: " 1t is estimated that the mere
raw products of the mineral industries do not
fall far short of 500, 900, 000 annually, and it
requires no gift of extraordinary foresight to
reach the conclusion that few years will
bring the yield to S1,0O0,0 900, 600. Until
Congress extends the field of the geological
survey over the region east of the one hun
dredth meridian this Bureau will contine
its own operations in the Department of
Mines and Statistics to the industries of
| the far West" He says that an appropria-
ton of $500 per year will be sufficient to
carry on all the work that is desirable over
the whole United States, and submits that so
small an appropriation as this would not be
an excessive contribution towards the devel.
opment Of SO vast field of American enter
prise.
magnificent Specimens OF HorsefIesh.
CHICAGO November 18th. = The Inter.
Oceans New York special says One of the
latest turf purchases by Pierre Lorillard Ii
that of the stallion Mortimer, famous in
| England and France as race horse, and the
sire of race horses. This stallion arrived this
morning in the steamship Italy, of the Ma.
tional line, in charge Of e. w Bishop and q
groom. He is Il years old 16 hands aud
inches high; weighs about /, $50 pounds
1 color, bright golden chestnut; form admir-
able; straight, clean limbs; long, curving
neck small, handsome head; bright eyes
and look Of much intelligence /; English
bred, though he has been used in France fol
some time for breeding purposes Among
| L ii
Guiding Cham0nt and Clemenstone. Morti
mer was bought Of NJ. Lefevre, of France
for $25 600 Mr.. Lorillard also imported by
the Italy the brood mare Augena, by Adyen.
turer, and her weaving colt
Congressional Contests.
WASHINGTON, November 25th.-Informa.
tion is received here that there will be solid
delegation Of Republican contestants from
South Carolina. There are five Congressional
/ Districts in the State, and every Republican
candidate has filed a notice of contest. The
fact that the next house will be Republican
| will increase the number of contestants in the
| South to an unprecedented number. OF late
years Republican contestants had no show,
but now the boot is the other leg. Con-
gressional contestants are Usually decided on
a party line-indeed, this has got to be a sort
of precedent.
|
Washington this winter.
WASHINGTON, November 256h.-In the ex-
element of the Presidential campaign sew
eral very strong structures were made by
Senators and Representatives belonging to
the two parties upon many of the public and
private acts of each other. In consequence,
it is anticipated that some unpleasant scenes
may occur when Congress meets. A friend
of Conkling says he is very much aggrieved
concerning the comments made upon his acts
| by Senator Bayard, and Bayard will be
called upon for an explanation.
Cold Weather I'm the East.
New YORK, November 25th-A light snow
is falling, and everything wears Sunday air.
CHICAGO, November 25sh.-Two inches Of
snow fell here to-day.
| CINCINNATI, November 25th.-Four inches
of snow on the ground here, and there is good
sleighing.
ANNAPOLIS (Mdl November 25sh.-It is
showing hard here tonight.
No Laundry 10 be Started by the Pullman
Company.
| New YORK, November 18th. = Reports
which were circulated in this city that the
| Pullman Palace Car Company are erecting a
| large building at Blocker and Grove streets,
| to be used for laundry purposes, and that a
large force of Chinese will be brought from
San Francisco, prove unfounded. A Tribune
reporter says that the laundry business was
something the company has not yet contem.
| plated, and the story Of the Chinese is abb
surd.
No AmalgamatiOn of Atlantic Cable Com.
panies,
! WASHINGTON, November 25th-Secretary
Evarts says that the reported amalgamation
of the Atlantic Cable Companies, for the
purpose of raising rates, cannot be consum-
mated. He caused clause to be inserted in
the commission to the French company pro.
viding that no combination should be made
between it and any other organization to raise
rates, under penalty of FORGETTING the right to
land the American end of the wire. They are
also prohibited by the French concession
from making any such combination, and none
T, could be made.
| Fire in PcniteDtiary.
| PITTsBURG, November 25th.-A fire broke
out under the roof of the east block Of the
Western Penitentiary, at Allegheny City, this
morning at IL o'clock, and for time fears
were entertained of serious confagration
but by the prompt action of the authorities
this was averted.
Hotel Burned.
| BRADFORD PA, November 25th.-The
Tuna Valley House was burned this morn.
ing. Loss, SIS. 900; insurance, So. 600.
Quietly Crenafed