The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-01

mails which have been slaughtered Tor thelr
hides Thousands are killed every winter lor
their skins and thousands more during the sum
mer season by the Indians and by nistocrauc
neonie fur The fun of the thing This has been
The ease during the past ten or fifteen years, YET
| the number aud extent Of the herds on west
ern plains. Judging by the quantity oi robes an
nually shipped east are rs great us ever
] Many of the rich petroleum brokers arose
| from very humble beginnings II. L. Foster
whose commissions have amounted TO s6OOo II
| year, went 10 Oil City, Pennsylvania SIX years
| ago with 81 In his pocket Dan Goelet OF Brad
| ford ten years ngo was II bootbluck and messcn'
ger boy. Five years ago he had saved enough
money to speculate In oil. He developed nerve,
, endurance and daring and today he IN worth
| $500 900 j. !. Fisher, Of oil city, Is probably
The stiilcst broker in the trade He operates for
| Dr IIostetter, of Pittsburgh, who carries nun
dreds Of thousands of barrels OF oil constantly,
| and for other capitalists In the carry days oi
olllom Fishers operations had a much
| influence ON the rude as the Standard Oil com.
pany's have to-day. Henry Lewis, of Oil
| City, is generally believed To be the buyer
| for the Standard OIL company. When he bids
for oil, no one pays any attention To the bids OF
other parties. ". d. ATcbbold, Of Timsvilc,
was formerly preacher His brother, John
| D., OF the Standard oil company, brought him
| into the business. His commissions have been
| $50 900 In three months,
Business and crop prospects are highly prom
| Using In and throughout California. The rains
| that have been the past week and are now fall
| Ing IN such abundant measure, says the san
Francisco Commercial Herald, produce con
| graduation on every hand aud the country re-
joices from siskiyou to San Diego In the nssur-
ance Of II more than expected harvest II has
| added millions TO the prospective wealth of the
| entire state and has stimulated every branch
| OF trade. IL has quickGned trade Investments
| and has dlssipated the fears of dry
| season that were urged asan argument against
| the purchasing Of no more stock than the cir
oumstances would warrant Now, however, this
| fear has passed away, and we shall look for q
very active season In all our varied trado rcla.
| items Money continues abundant and can bo
| had on reasonable terms Real estate invest
ments are Increasing, and prices of property are
| augnsntng"
| There is constantly increasing evidence that
Albuquerque New hexicO) IL surrounded by ono
of the greatest IL not the greatest copper belts In
| the world, In the sandia mountains on the
south and east, the kacmiento copper mines
| on the north and In the various ranges
on the west, almost pure copper IL being
found. and new discoveries are being made
almost daily, When the Indians. whose only
means of reduction are their iireplaces can pro-
| duce one thousand pounds of pure PIPER per
month, Of which fact we made mention last
month, and which they are doing, there must be
u rich deposit of ore, and where there Is one
thore is bound 10 be more Tho entcrprisng
| citizens of Albuquerque, realizing the above
| facts aud the importance oftaking early adv0n
| tage OF them, WILL ut M early day, erect large
| snclter for the reduction of these ores and
| company Is about 10 be organized for this
purpose.
Camel coal has been discovered In Red Rock
township, Marion county, about thirty miles he.
low the city of Des Molncs Iowa, by parties who
were prospecting for coal on the new line of the
Wabash road into Dcs Mslncs. Finding II In a
| regular seam in one place. they tried in three
| or four other places, distant mile or two, and
| found II there also, II lisa vein five feet thick,
| the lower two and half feet f which Is pure
camel coal, and the other half n coal much re.
| sembling Blossburg coal twas tried by the
gas company at Dts M0!nes, and pronoun ced
| fully equal 10 the Virginia camel coal II burns
| 10 white grayish, and an Il ooZes out oft ~
| IL burns. A vein of six feet of common btu.
mlnous has also been found 10y these prospec'
tors sixty feet below this camel vein. There N
| great excitement over these discoveries and
land In thatregion ID being eagerly bought up