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Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25
Vein.

A vein or lode is any zone or belt
 of mineralized rock lying within
 boundaries clearly separating it from
 the neighboring rock. It includes
 all deposits of mineral matter found
 through a mineralized zone or belt coming from the same source, i'm pressed with the same forms, and appearing to have been created by the same processes.
 A vein or lode authorized to be To cated is a seam or Assure in the earth's crust filled with quartz, or some other kind of rock in place, carrying gold, silver or other val nable deposits named ln the stature It may be very thin, or many feet thick, or irregular in thickness; and 1t may be rich or poor, provided 1t contains any of the metals named in the statute. But it must be more than detached pieces of quartz, or mere punches of quartz not in place.
 A vein or lode must be in place. If the ore body is continuous to the ex tent that 1t may maintain that char acter, it Is in place, whether depos- Ited in that form, or moved to its position bodily with it's inclosing walls. Whether the ve1n IS thick or thin, so 1t is continuous. But if the territory IS so broken up, jumbled and mixed, the several parts togeth- CT, that there is nothing continuous. there is no lode in place.
 If the vein descends from the plane of the horizon, 1t is to be regarded as a departure from the perpendicular. It is conceded that if the vein be ex- actly upon the plane of the horizon, it is not within the act.
 If the ore is on top of the ground or has no other covering than the superficial deposit, which is called alluvium, diluvium, drift or debrls, t is not lode or veln within the meaning of the act, winch may be beyond the lines of the To 'ation.-Kocky Mountain Mining Re 7iew.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25
An Arizona Gem With a His.
 tory.

Job NJ. SeamanH, our jeNeler has undoubtedly the bandsomest jewel in in existence. It is an aqnamarine- a stone which belongs to the emerald family, of a beautiful white color. About twenty years ago the gem was left with Sean ans in San Francisco, by a man who had been teaming in Arizona. and had found it in a gulch whilst hunting for his horses. He asked Mir. Seamans to find out what 1t was, and said he would return the next day, but rever reappeared. After keeping it for long time, Mir. Seamans sent it to Europe to be cnt The stone attracted much attention when exhibited i1 the Paris exposi- tion of 1867. It weighs now, cut, 365 carats. Mir. Seamans has refused an offer of S1,2OO for it.-Quijotoa Prospector.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

you are so excessively fond of her
 You asked Parker's dog to put hel arms around your neck and kiss you You even went so far as to tell Park. CTS dog you loved her with all your heart, and that when you cane to die if you could only lay your head on Parker's dogs bosom you could breathe your life out sweetly there. Then you asked Parker's dog to have another plate of ice cream, and if the watch you had given her kept good time. During the night you kissed Parker's dog dozen times. called her all the names known, and proved tC ne conclusively that you ought to live with Parker's dog and not win me-"
 Mrs. Brown has gone to her mother.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25
Powder.

Such has been the competition among the powder manufacturers of this coast that for some time no profits have been made, and, in fact some have been working at a dead loss. Some of the smaller companies first succumbed. Then a larger com pany, the Tonite, had to stop manu- featuring. The SafetyNitro, on the strength of a big railroad contract, had quite boom, but that is some time over, and the company has not made much of a stir of late. The Giant, Vulcan and California pow ders, and some others, have been sold for many months at such low prices that the manufacturers have made no profits.
 It IS thought now that before long the local powder companies will come to some sort of agreement, so that they can make little profit on their goods. In which case, of course, miners must expect to pay little more for thelr powder than they are now doing.-Mining and Scientific Press.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25
Socrates and DiOgenes."

In the early part of the war between
 Chili and Peru, the latter delivered
 some hard blows by means of the
 war ships which she possessed
 There was some hard marine fighting
 with improved guns and armor-plat-
 ed ships. Had Peru been in posses sion of half a dozen armored ships of the rirst class, Chili might have been the humiliated party. While the war was in progress Peru con- ttacted for two powerful ironclads to be built in Germany. These ships were named Diogenes and Socrates. They never got beyond Southampton. Chili also had a war-ship held under the neutrality laws in a British port. The treaty between Chili and Peru requires the latter to dispense with a navy. These powerful ships there fore cannot be of much use to Peru, unless they can be turned over to Chili in partial payment of the debt of the former. They are not fighting ones. They suggest great deal ot philosophy. Peru proposes to sel those ships for two good reasons: viz, that she would not be permitted to employ them. and needs the money which has been spent in building them. If Chili should buy them on account, she would be in a still stronger position to threaten the west coast of the United States. This bankrupt sale of war ships is an interesting fact just now. The two ships, if in order, represent more aggressive power than there is in the entire navy of the United States Ex.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

that were brought back, tied in tn
 shreds of their clothing.
 These specimens have been assay
 ed by government experts, and |;
 part of them were shown to tht
 writer, being Tn possession of the St Louis syndicate already alluded to The result of the assay shows placer
 twenty dollars to the ounce, S250 tc
 the pound, or $48OOOO to the ton
 The ledge shows from $60,000 tc
 $2O0,O00 per ton, perfect Eldorado. if the assay is correct.
 And yet to reach this valuable de- posit many lives will be lost, vast sums expended and the inventive faculty of engineers taxed to over come tho difficulties. Pipe lines and artesian wells will be tried first; caches will be constructed to contain food, and the mines will be reached by easy stages, as in the case of ex- petitions to the pole.
 Another gentleman told the report CT that he was at La Paz ten months ago and saw three Mexicans carry on board the outgoing steamer sack of ore which weighed 15O pounds.
 This bag lie later saw opened at the mint at Guaymas, Mexico, by the administration of the Casa de None da. One lump weighed fourteen pounds, Troy, and looked like a piece of fiagstone; streak of pure gold ranging from one sixte enth to two inches, ran through it, and a subsequent assay showed it to contain 70 per cent pure gold. Another piece weighed seven pounds, and was veritable nugget, with one fine streak of quartz running through it. The result of this assay was 92 per cent gold. The three Mexicans who brought in these specimens were all that remained of large party who lad started out. The rest had died of thirst and fatigue, and when, after l long rest, they endeavored to hire or induce other miners to go out with them, every one asked toutlY refused. They have gone ut alone, and whether they ever re- urn is problem yet to be solved.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

intact, that nearly every industry
 belonging to this class has at ont
 tune or another experienced season
 of great depression, owing to th'
 prevalence of low prices for the par
 ticular product; or, as in the case O
 quicksilver and borax, because of {;
 real or apprehunded overproduction
 Never. however, have any of these
 pursuits failed by reason of the in
 ferlor quality or any lack of the raw
 material.
 But for the greater allurements
 presented by gold and silver mining
 the other mineral resources would
 no doubt have met with much great
 CT development than they have done, the high prices and the instability of labor in connection with the ex citements incident to gold mining having for a long time tended to prevent such development. Since the exhaustion of the more access ible surface deposits, placer oper- ations have been on the decline, re- ducing in like ratio the wages Uf un- skilled labor, and causing that class of miners to seek employment Tn other occupations. With this altered state of affairs inning pursuits have become more diversified, men of en- terprise and means having been en- couraged to experiment with a vari ety of the more common minerals and metals, the most of which had before been neglected or had been worked at a loss. There IS reason now to believe that these efforts will meet with better results and ulti mateiy be so extended that most of the local requirements will be sup piled from home sources, with a sur plus of some commodities for expor tation. In tbe past the Pacific coast has numbered among it's exports quicksilver, lead, borax, copper, and several other important substances, and the list is gradually increasing. Moreover, there is a corresponding increase in amount making itself ap- parent. As the country grows Tn and railroad facilities are attended, mineral deposits become Ivailable which, though they have ong been known to exist, have not ,een before utiIlzed,-Mining and Scientific Press.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

earth, the Chinese defenders of the city capitulated. It is clear that China owed it's knowledge of artillery to the Mahommedans. In the four teenth century commenced the Flu ropean intercourse with China, which then abandoned the Arabs and took the Portuguese as teachers in the construction of weapons of war fare.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25
Minor Miner. Is of the Pacific
 Coast.

Notwithstanding the fact that the business of mining for the precious metals on the Pacific coast has here tofore expressed attention to the ex- clusion of nearly all other metals and minerals, these latter occur in great variety and generally in great abundance. Indeed, there is hardly mineral product of use in the man. ufacturing or mechanic arts or of in terest to science but has been found somewhere iu this region, though not always under conditions which impart to it any large present com mercial value. Thus, while it has been possible to profitably work de posits of coal, col per, clunabar, sul- phur, borax, and few others. there are variety of substances, such as mica, zinc, nickel. nitre, antimony, diamonds and other precious stones, pIumbago, manganese, platinum, etc. which. though justly entitled to a place among the mineral resources of the region, have as yet proved to be of little or no economic value be- cause of their limited quantity. im- perfect quality, difficulty of access, or other unfavorable conditions.
 In addition to those above men toned, the metals and minerals found in the Pacific States and Territories under conditions which give them some, and in most cases, a large present Or prospective value, may be enumerated as follows: Iron, lead, salt, soda, petroleum, asphaltam, gypsum, marls. asbestos, tin, chronic iron, hydraulic cement. marble, chalk, lime. fissile states, neral pig ments, lnfusorial earth, kaolin, fire and other valuable clays. alabaster, magnesia, steatite, mineral soap,
  alum, arsenic, emery, ochre, bismuth, tellurlum, cobalt, molybdenum, etc.
 Besides the deposits named else where in this volume which have been worked continuously and with profit, there are some others the working of which, after a trial, had to be abandoned, labor and other factors of production having been too dear or the demand toe limited to warrant continuance of operations. Thus attempts to utilize the deposits of plumbago, chronic iron, fire and other clays, manganese, ant1mony, etc, have either wholly failed or have been continued Tn only feeble and spasmodic way.
 Some of these industries, after Ian gushing or being wholly extinguish ed during the earller struggles for existences, having at a later period been resucitated, have since prosper ed and grown into large proportions, the production of fcopper, borax and petroleum furnishing notable ex- .ss.sss,I, { this .kin2I lDll;.a-sns.s.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

EFFECT OF OPERA WITH SHAWL
 TRADE.-"When the opera came to Chicago" said the head of ''the re tail" in a large dry-goods house, T noticed there were two or three ex- pensive lace shawls sent home on appreciation, and returned tho morn Ing after the performance. This set me thinking, and when Mrs. B. came in the day of an opera highland ask ed to have one of the most expensive wraps sent home to look at, just slipped out to old Swag's, the ticket speculator, and bought seats imme-
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25
THE HISTORY OF GUN
 POWDER.
Known as Early as t.Ie SeV-
 enth Century.
Nature.

NdLur6s
 A writer in the North China Her
 aid, on the history of gunpOwder II
 China, asserts that this explosive wa'
 known in the seventh century of oul
 era. The alchemists of the Han dy
 nasty, and subsequently, m the fourtl
 and following centuries, worked with
 saltpetre and sulphur, as we'll as cin-
 nabar, red oxide of lead and other
 common compounds. But in the seventh century we find gunpowder
 used to make a cracking noise and afford an agreeable sight to the Court of Sul Yang-ti, the Emperor of that time. The earliest exhibition of.&re- works mentioned in the Chi
 nese.history belong to that date. The substances used 1n the composition of gunpowder are all native to China and the writer appears to prove con cluslvely that the Arabs derived the art of fire-work making, as we'll as gunpowder, from the Chinese. The discovery once made, the Chinese alchemists, owing to the badness of their hypotheses and the futility of their aims, were slow at improve ment. But the doctors of the Arab coIon1es in China carried to Bagdad the germs of the Chinese discoveries, and there they were elaborated into new forms. In short, in many arts and sciences the Arabs learned from China, and, assisted by Nestorians, Jews and Greeks, improved on what they learned. In course of years cannon, matchlocks, and shells for use in sieges were brought to China from Mahommndan countries. There are faint traces 1n the eleventh cen tury of rude firearms; in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the records of theIr use in the Chinese wars be- comes frequent and distinct. The Golden Tartars, in their wars with South China in the twelfth century, used cannon, which they called ''heaven-shlaking thunder" In an iron tube was piaced powder, which was ''se5 fire to, and So9ld burn down half a square of houses aud pierce a coat of mall made of iroE, rings" It is expressly stated that Genghis Khan, the Mongol conquer or, used cannon in hls wars. Kublai Khan also used these weapons at siege celebrated in Chinese history that of Slang Yang. Hearing, it is said, the sound of the explosion, which shook the sky, and seeing tllat th9hlaazf fsntered seven fkt into the
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25
Facts For Land -LubberS.

The stern post is not an evening
 paper. The berths on board do not
 necessarily add to the census. The
 hatchways are not hens nests. The way of the ship is rot the extent of her avoirdupois. The boatswain does not pipe all hands with meerchaum. The ship does not have wake over dead calm. The swell of a ships sides is dot caused by the dropsy, nor is the taper of bowsprit a tallcw candle. The deck is not pack of cards. Tue hold Is not the vessels grip. The trough of the sea is not dug out of the ships log. The crest of a wave is not an indication of its rank. The buoy IS not the Captains son. The men are not beat to quart CTS with a club. Ships are never boarded at hotels. When a vessel Is buried in wave 1t is not wrapped in it shrouds, and when she is hogged she is not necessarily laden with pork. The bow of ship is not an evidence of politeness. A sailors stockings are never manufactured from a yarn of his own spinning. The cat-o'-nine- tails IS not lusus nature of the fe 
 line species. The sails of ship are not made by an aucticneer, nor are the stays constructed by a mlllin CT.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25
Results eff Talking When
 Asleep.
When

"Who is Maria?" was the question that startled Mr. Brown (who talks in his sleep) as he walked the other morning and found Mrs. Brown sit ting up in bed with aD Interrogation point Tn on eye and an exclamation poi2t in the ether.
 "MarisS, Maria who?"
 "That's just S&at Iwant to know; you repeated that name over ana over again last night
 'Let me see-oh, yes; hat's Park CTS dog-a splendid ani1lal' nave been trying to buy her.%
 sYA ought fo kno-- J1er, certainly;
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

A NOVEL SHIP.-To build asalfp As that in case of accident to sthe bon the stern half can be instant 6nsI5 separated from 1t. and can contin securely and easily on it's own count, is the latest contributi the list of safeguards aga1 dangers of the sea. The idei of German inventor, ana
 forth with some details Tn u burg Courier, which sees nd. red why it should not be ent1rel7 fes ble. It would require many aers lures from the present mode ofbuAd ing vessels, as we'll as from their Il ternal arrangement and equipmep but the inventor asserts that, ss whole, vessel so constructed eor be fully as seaworthY and swift any built cn the present plan, would be twlce as secure againss aster.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

British seamen are now begin to complain because the 'Heatben Chinee" is crowding them out of British steamships, on which China men are now being employed as ire men.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

An Illinois man has capped the climax by marrying his wife's moth CT. The milk of human kindness in that mans breast must have been all cream.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

A Stratford, Conn sEeman dre ed that she saw her bnsbaTt kIzs neighbours wife. 5eks struck him in the fsc6 - - nose, ass
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

dlately behind those of Mir. and Mrs B. When I came in a little lata there was Mrs. B. seated in front o| me, witL the elegant lace wrap sent home in the morning over her shoul- ders. When she StnEped I greeted her politely, and Sad as 7siight- ed the wrap hs Ter ss5Aa looked rather dAaapa aaEi1 fhe' performance, but the shawl was not returned, and I charged my opera ticket to expense account. ."-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

PROFICIENCY OF THE GE "A successful experirnes 5. made with the object df- readiness of the German navy On sudden emergency. At s o'clock Tuesday morning, April 22d, ord. were issued, without warning, the mobilization of the maneuyerl squadron lying at Kiel. In a 1 hours the sailors and marines WI on board their vessels, and proyisil and ammunStis with great I'd
 squadron of tSesi W6 If necessary, have gone to sea vi twenty-four hours.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-25

Entered at the postofice in Mineral Park aS secOnd-class matter.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-01
The Best seed Corn.

Germantown Telegraph.
A great many of our experienced fam
ers agree that corn for planting taken
from the middle of the ear is the best, and
of course TO avoid taking any from the
ends and We have always heretofore
commended this as worth following.
Recent Investigations, however, have
shown that what nature might call the
best for her purposes is not always the
best for ours, because the objects are
different, and 1t will not do to take nature
as our guide in everything We want TO DO.
In corn, for instance, We may want 10 get
plenty of grain or it may suit us best to
have plenty of fodder in the tirst place,
leaving the quantity OF grain as a second
ary consideration. Then again We may
want in some cases early corn, and In
others late corn and even IN the height
of the stalks at the adaptations of the
peculiar soils or climates, We need
peculiar varieties aud for all OF
this nature cares but very little As
general thing, however, those who have
experimental considerably with corn in
the selection Of seed, have looked TO ouly
one single point, and yet We see in how
many points we may want to be accOmmo
dated. Yet there is one point that seems
to be clearly establiShed-at least il is
generally believed and acted on--and that
is that corn left to ripen on the stalk as it
grows is not as good for planting as that
which is taken from stalks that have been
cut before the frost appears, in order to
use the fodder. Why this should be so
we are not prepared TO say, but Il would
seem to show that corn secured b'folo the
plants are quite ripe is better for planting
than the corn would be which is matured
in natures own time and mode.
There would appear that in all these
things, no matter what has been our ex-
periences, there is room for more. The
seeds from the top of tho ear may give
plants that will produce more grain in
proportion to fodder, or the reverse, and
30 may the seeds from the middle or base
of the ear. We really believe that there
are all Of these differences in seeds, and it
is we'll worth finding out just what the
differences are and reap the benefit.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-01
nromnr nonrenoin ,nnaera.

IL the most effective Pain Destroyer IN the
world. WIN most surely quicken the blood
whether taken internally or applied eNter.
nally, ana thereby more certainly RELIEVE
PAIN, whether chronic or acute, than any
other pain alleviator, and 1t - warranted dou.
BILE the strength than any other similar prepa.
ration.
IL cures pain in the Side, Back or Bowels,
Sore Throat, Rheumatism, ToothaChe, and
ALL ACHES, and Is The Great Rensver OF
Pain BROWNS HOUSEHOLD PANACEA" "
should be in every family. a toaspoOntul OF
the panacea In "a tunbler OF hot water tswcet.
ened, II preferredl taken at bedtime, will
BREAK UP A COLD. - ceuts bottle.
mayl-T,Th,FSw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-01
Letter from Dr. serre.

Is WEST 3iru STREET,
NEW YORK, june |, i>S3.
I have been a sufferer in the past with Ma
laria, which finally became Chils and Fever.
Treatment by my physician failed to help me.
I used BRANDRETH's PILLS and was cured.
Thirteen months have elapsed since then and
have had no recurrence. other members OF
my family used them for the same trouble.
with the same good result
cheortully endorse them fOr this illness.
and also pleasant laxative or purgatiYc, ac.
cording to the number taken. laey are now
u household remedy with me and | am never
without them. l would gladly give the de.
tails of he foregoing to any who might choose
to call upon me for them.
J.E. sERRE. Dentist.