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lead This is done in the bllndest man
nGz. No measurements arc made and
frequently men begin work on tunnel
that will require thousands Of dollars
worth OF work to reach a point under
their groupings. Everywhere through
out the district one can find tunnels,
varying from twenty to two hundred feet
in length, that do not contain an ounce
oi ore. and that aim to reach veins not
certain to exist. Another drawback to
the successful development of the dis
trict is the habit Of abandoning a shaft
or tunneI and beginning work in Il new.
place. Tue writer knows II one claim
that showed /; good body ,l ore in Il
saaft thirty feet deep IN 1851. During
the past tive years tbs one claim has
been worked in three or four different
places. and several hunlrce; feet of IN
neis run. but in no place does il show AZ
good prospects, ;.s; in the cd thirty foot
s,laft. now completely caved in and
ruined Some prospcctora follow this
p ,licy Of development be"austthcy want
I" gain depth in their work, and arr con
stantlv moving down tho SIDE II the
mountain. Others are more ;lnyiols to
have cu,y work for the annual asses
mcnt and stop all work when he rock
bYnMr4 hard .: water recrssitntrs the
need ot pumps.
III spite vi AL this lost work. tnr New
World Mining District can l,ou:,, .;urh u
showing ii nrc rs II rarely ss,'n IN any
new t;t,n;,. 1t is d very tl"t'rr'ns ching
tha; Prof. ri. &. Swallow, after yi ing
every camp in tho territory III his official
capacity Of territorial min" inspector.
has w:i,tnE Il series of art lr4 in the
Helena lnleiwndcnt rroa the mines of
Cooke T.. From this one cannot help
drawing ltI" conclusion that th:scmincnt
The Livingston enterprise., 1889-12-25

be materials for mans use. While the
Ozark range have furnished no valuable
mire; of gold and silver, they have vast
deposits of iron, lead, zinc, copper,nickel,
cobalt and marble. The northern part
of the Alleghanies furnish large guam
titles of slate, marble and mica, the
middle portions anthracite and iron, and
the .outhern portions gold, mica and
marble.
Some have imagined that the most
ancient rocks are the richest in the
precious metals. But this is a mistake.
Whllc the iron mines of the Ozarks and
Adirondacks are in the oldest rocks
and mountains of the continent, and the
anthracites Of the Alleghanies are in
mountains more recent, the gold and
silver mines OF the Rockies are in noun
tains comparatively new. The whole re-
gion of the Rockies, the Sierras and the
Cascades. was under the Pacific ocean
whe', the Alleghanies were formed.
So this whole region of the Rocky
mountains and the Pacific slope, SO rich
IN precious metals is as comparatively
recent in the geological ages as it's ciyili-
zation is in the historical times.
The highest mountains about Cooke
City present feature which, though
common in this part Of the Rocky noun.
tains, is seldom seen in the mountains of
the Atlantic coast. Mountain ranges
and spurs and peaks usually appear az
II the central and highest portions had
been forced up through the horizontal
surface strata, leaving the latter frac.
tured, tilted and lying against the sides
2s the mountains. But in. -ths~ highest
mountains at Cooks City the central and
highest peals hsys bssn forced nm
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.'y.'f. i.Ai4la3 ttlIl4bE NATIONAL.
mining expert fully believes that tho
New World District is The great future
camp of th!; new state. Many experts
haze visited different mines and looked
n:as tiic camp during the last six wears:
N they have gone in the in crest OF pri
vate persons; they have rot given their
opinions to tho public. The fart that
purchase; have not followed t.,ose visits
does not Indicate that the mines were
Eot valuable. bat is easily exula;nc,: by
the ahHeac2 i ,leaD transportation.
The futvrt Of Cooke is now han, py
Snle'E On the problem of 4 ral,< ad.
thorough surveys have been made cur
M the past GUNNER upon three ro, 1cs.
oI' leaves the Northern Pacific rear the
M eth OF Saltwater creek ard enters the
district from the north: another leaves:
'he town "f Ped Lodge and works Its
way up Rock creek and Clarks Fork.
The third comes from Billings through
the Clarks Fork canyon. Tho route
through the northern portion Of the
Yellowstone National Park from Cinna-
bar, up the Yellowstone river and its
tributaries has not been surveyed thor
oughly. as the authorities in charge of
tie Park would not give the engineers
permission to make it. This latter route
has, however, been carefully examined
and is undoubtedly fur the cheapest to
build and requires the easiest grades, and
every effort will be made to have con-
gress pass bill granting right of way
this winter. II it is impossible to pass
this bill there is very good reason to ex-
pect that the eNofthern Psciac railroad
.s company have received sufficient enconr-
aeenent 70 put through ! rad q on, y
OF the Other md mudh most expensive
.
The Livingston enterprise., 1889-12-25

free smelling carbonate ore mixed with
galena. This is very gratifying to thosc
interested in the camp, us many leople
predicted that as depth was reached the
ores would become SO base that tho ex-
pcnse Of reduction would preclude any
profit to the miner. The same owners
have shown up an immense bod. of ore
on the Black Warrior" lode; conserva-
tive estimates have been made that there
are forty thousand tons Of ore III sigh.
in this mine alone. The ore carries lead
but is bascr than that found III the
Morning Star The "Shoo Fly" has
produced Il great deal Of ore that has
been used in both the smeltcrs. and the re
is now about five hundred tons pn the
dump; it is q heavy carbonate.
Mr.. George L. Fisher has slc1t ..cy
eral years in developing the ''El!.h,rn," :"
and the mine is Il monument of What one
man without capital can do in the wa,
of prospecting. About six ilundrtt. fee
of tunnels and drifts have been mad.
and show Il Vein OF six feet in the cuntlct
between lime and porph.ry. Mr.. Fab j.
shipped several ear loads fore tD Omaha
in 1885. on which hc received returns nf
over one hundred dollars per TON, but
the payment Of fifty dollars 70. freight
alone eat up ~ much III the prolific that
no more has been shipped.
'Ihc Little DAISY. owned bg N.rfsra.
kcarns. Brnnscr Il GasS.'rt. has " c.lvtt.
/; great deal uf attention and iaMndUubi-
elly very valuable property. I'caa thie
lode specimens "f ghlrna containing Wire
gold have been taken. There are ;:i.ura-
ber nf large dumps upon which i:lorc
than thousand tons Of ore l!c5 waiting
cheaper transportation. The "!ion,-
stake" lies next to the Little Daisy"
and has; been bonded several tins-. but
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Anthracite is simply a
natural coke produced
under great pressure by
the heat. which meta
morphosed the accom-
panying rocks. The vast
coal beds north and east
of Cooke City may ex-
tend in the mountains of
this district and may
yield the anthracite. or
natural coke, SO much
needed in smelling it's
oresof gold, silver, lead.
copper and iron. II this
should prove true and
anthrac.ue beds be dis
covered in these noun
tains the cost of working
these ores would be very
much reduced.
But in the mountains
and the adjacent region,
where the rocks have
been fractured and NOR
phosed, are the only
places where we find
productive mines Of gold
and silver. Anyone can
verify this statement by
consulting the great min
ing regions and observ-
ing the relations to the
mountain systems of the
world.
Some mountains con-
tain but little gold and
silver, and even some
parts of very productive
ranges produce none of
the preciosu metals. But
nearly all the mountain
ranges Weld some yalua.
The Livingston enterprise., 1889-12-25

routes. This would leave the present
center of the district of Of the main line
and result in building up new town
but almost everyone who has spent a
winter in the camp feels confident that
Cooke will always remain the business
center. CHARLES TArpAS.
The following letter from the pen OF
Prof. &. c.. Swallow. state mine examin-
or. will be of especial interest as coming
from Il disnterestcd source and from so
high authority. Prof. Swallow held the
chair Of minerulogy in the State Cniver-
sity Of Missouri for a number Of years,
and is fully qualified to Judge of the
mines of the New World District, re-
GENTLY visited by him:
The geology Of "a country governs the
character Of it's mineral deposits. There
are but few mines. save those Of coal,
iron. salt and diamonds, far away from
those disturbances and metamorphic
agencies. which produce and and accom-
,anv the formation Of mountains. All
The vast coal beds Of Montana. so far as
discovered, are away from the noun
tains. u: in the foot hills where the rocks
are not 50 fractured and metamorphosed
a., to produce veins Of gold and silver.
Bnt, should our coal veins extend into
tho mountains, where the heat was suffi-
cicnt to metnmorphose the rocks and
produce mineral veins. they will be
changed from bituminous coal to anthra-
cite. us they are in the mountains Of
Pennsylvania, Colorado and British Col
umbia. Hence We may expect to find
wherever our coal leads extend
into the mountains; and prospectors will
do we'll to look for anthracite where
common coal is known to be in the foot
hills or valleys near the mountains.
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Cn Sheep mountain are many !uca
tions. The principal one is the "White
Warrior" owned by Judge ii. L.. Collins.
The ore lies in contact vein. which has
Il thick seam of barren quartz next to
the ore. Tho vein is very wei! tctinv,:
and can be traced along the side tf t!.s
mountain for several Thousand r,el into
the locations adjoining. Two hunt!r,t!
and fifty feet of tunnel has been ruu, the
ore extracted lying on the DUMB. "
one point the ore was extremely ..ich. ;,..
saying us high as $1,000 per ton.
The keystone is now being worked
by a tunnel ut much lower level rhan
the old work. This tunnel is expected
to show whether the ore on the west side
OF Saltwater Basin has any depth, as
none of the workings in that vicinity
have gone more than fifty feet under
ground. Tho tunnels on the "Keystoa.a
aggregate three or four hundred rec,.
but do not gain much in depth. Some
OF the ore returned very large ASSAYS; in
silver with heavy percentage of lead
The mines mentioned have all bacn de-
veloped by three or four hundred tcet OF
work. 1t would be impossible in this
article to mention those that have been
less worked. There are prospectors
working quietly at their claims and oae
may 60 over the camp without hearing
Of them. Sometime these mep will be
heard from, but they are not ANXIOUS to
sell until they have shown the faot of
their having mine.
One OF the greatest evils around Cooke
is the amount Of dead work that has
been done. Prospectors too often refuse
70 follow their ore, and instead 20 to dig
ging blind tunnel, hoping to strike the
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unfortunately all Of the
bonds have been allowed
to lapse. The workings
show large bodies oI ore
carrying lead, copper.
silver and gold.
The "Alicr T." Mining
company "ni. ro.nincnr-
ed operations m Nnv"m
beg, lSss. and have been
ia" more than half the
tlinc since. lnl, they have
a tunnel nn. hundred
rcr1 long. Nlth cross
cut. tifty frpt each way,
and MinSr"" fifty feet
deep. i,hs " hole of the
NoLk is in r'rr. The ore
has 'Nen called FREQ MD
in. a samrl" OF several
hnl0'red pounds v, :
/ s@' r"st Tn' Il mlll test.
"a IL ,'anltS have not
b. NJ pu'oAi-mc-l. s
i he "Acnl." and" Rnrn
SSAi:s" i'll titc granite
country We're worked IVY
THO Republic company
during H." winter oi'
~ VI. The vein con
tains pay ehutes Of very
high grade ore, selected
lots having been shipped
that assaycd three hun
drcd dollars to the ton.
The veins are true lis
| surrs. e;rh about three
feet in width. Ih csc
claims owned by
Mcssrs. Fraser &Dona-
gin. and arc under lease
to Messrs. ,rredinnick i
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It has been shown in this article that
there are at Cooke City and in it's imme.
date neighborhood numerous mines
which have yielded and will continue to
yield vast qantities of the ores of gold,
silver, lead, copper and iron, suitable for
smelling; that there are two furnaces
which have smelted large quantities Of
these ores and are now prepared to con-
tinue smelling them and adding the bull
lion to the available wealth of the world,
pay the miners for their labors aud long
waiting, give dividends to the companies
which have made the roads, built the
furnaces and paid the expenses generally
of the experiments which have proved
beyond all doubt and cavil the great
value Of these ores; and that there is in
all parts Of the district an abundance Of
water and timber suitable for all mining,
smelling and domestic purposes; that
there is vast bed Of fire- clay, which has
been made into fire bricks, that have
proved as good a. any made at any local.
itv in the country.
Bnt there j. one dilncplty in the way
q the profitable working Of these mines
tho great COST Of Transportation. TIE
leed which u % desirable an ingredient
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
A RICH PAUPER.
Living in a PoorHouse with Plenty
of Money.

CRAwFoRDsyGLLE, IND, March s.
George Cook, aged seventy years, an ins
mate Of the poor>house, was discovered
to have Sc. 528 hidden in box under his
bed, $4,000 of it in gold. Cook came to
the poor farm seven months ago. Day
before yesterday he got into a quarrel
with the superintendent who put him in
the calaboose to cool off. Fearing that
he mighe have arms, the superintendent
searched his room and found about $l2.
This he returned to Cook. who, suppos-
ing the whole amount had been found,
confessed. He was discharged from the
poor farm and now has his money in a
bank. He is queer character and claims
to be Russian exile,
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
MILAN, TEN n.
A Destructive Fire Yesterday De-
stroys.the Depot, a Residence
and Quantity OF Cotton.

MILAN, March S-A destructive fire
occurred here at 1:30 O'Clock this morn
ing, The joint depot of the Louisville
& Nashville and Illinois Central rail
roads, together with the residence Of
Thomas J. Woods and 125 bales of cot
ton, were destroyed. Several firms lost
heavily, freight belonging to them being
destroyed. The depot and platforms
were valued al $4,000; insurance not
known. The residence of Mr.. Woods
was valued at $4,000; insurance $1,000.
The cotton was valued at 5000, and was
insured for $4,000. 1t was owned by A.
Jordan and P. G. Lovelace. The total
loss is estimated at from $4,000 to SIS,
600. Several other buildings in the inn
mediate vicinity were badly scorched
The origin of the fire is not known, but
is supposed to be the work OF an incen-
diary.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
VERDICT FOR THE DEFENDANT,
An Accident Insurance Company Not
Reliable for Death Caused by In
teniionaI Injury.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March s.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March s.
The case Of Mrs. Mary A. Littleton
vs.. the American Mutual Accident AS
sociation, which was tried in the circuit
court yesterday. was concluded to-day,
the jury bringing in verdict for the
company. This was suit brought to
recover $1,000, the amount Of an insu1-
ance policy held by Mrs. Littleton on
the life Of her husband, Mr.. John J.
Littleten. The case was decided upon
the law in such cases. The company
insured against inevitable accident, but
the policy contained clause to the ef-
feet that the company would not be re-
sponsible for an Intentional injury, and
the jury held that Mr.. Littleton's death
came under the clause of intentional &C.
cident.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
A HALF HOURS ENTERTAINMENT
FOR OUR YOUTHFUL READERS.

4 Description Of Kings Bed In Ancient
Times. with an Entertaining Account oil
How and When and Under What Cir
cumstances 1t Used to Be Made
First, a page took a torch and went to the
wardrobe where the bedding was kept. The
articles were brought out by the keeper to
four yeomen, who made the bed, while the
page held the torch at the foot One of the
yeomen searched the straw with his dagger,
and when he found there was no evil thing
hidden there he laid a bed of down on the
straw and threw himself upon it, Then the
bed OF down was well beaten and bolster
AID il It's proper place Then the sheets were
spread y die order, and over these was laid
tust!an Then came pane Sheet which
we now 'all coUnterpane Finally the
sheets were turned down and some pillows
aid on the bolster after which the yeoman
made a cross and kissed the bed where their
hands were. And then an angel carved in
wood was placed beside the bed, and the cur
tains let down. After this a gentleman
usher brought the kings sword and placed it
ut the beds head, and the whole was tnen
delivered into the custody of a groom, or
page, who watched it with light burning
until the king retired to rest.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
CUT IN TWO.
Horrible Accident at the M emphis 4
Cha rlestOn Railroad.

About Il o'clock yesterday morning a
thirteen year-old son of John Smith, a
colored baggageman at the depot of the
NJ. & G. Railway, met terrible death
under the wheels of some freight cars on
the track at the depot.
We learn that the boy was attempting
to jump on a coal car when the train
was in motion, and he fell to the track
between the two cars and the train pass
ed over him, severing the body in two
pieces. Death was instantaneous. The
practice of small boys jumping on mov-
ing trains should be stopped. as their
lives too frequently pay the penalty OF
their daring and rashness.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
Pay day with the teachers.

Pay day with the teachers.
Two new moons this month.
Over seventy conversions are
reported as the result So far of the
great revival in progress at the white
NJ. E. church.
Jim Mayield, a prisoner, made
an unsuccessful attempt to escape
by setting fire to the ceiling Of his
cell in the county jail on the night Of
the 9th. Sam Davis who occupied
the same cell gave the alarm and the
FIRE department soon quenced the
flames.
Spring City Lodge No. 276S G.
u, O. Of 0. F.'s was out in full force
last Sunday observing the usual
Thanksgiving services Of the order.
The able Thanksgiving sermon by
Rev. J.F. Humphrey at the 2nd c.
?. church made lasting impression
on the great congregation that was
out to witness the services.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
PERSONAL.

Hon. and Mrs. Oscar r. Hundley
are at home from Montgomery,
Elk Aid. Meyer B. Wise made a
business trip to Chattanooga Tues.
day.
Maj. Jos. H. Soss is back from the
East.
Mayor Austin Of Decatur, was a
mong the pilgrims to Washington.
Mr.. H. G. Binford and sor, Mas ter
Charlie, are back from Washington.
Mrs. Ellen G. Scruggs has returns
ed from visit to friends in De-
catur.
Mrs. Moss, who has been the guest
of the family Of Mr.. W. B. Wise,
has returned to Cincinnati
Mr. Henry j. Lowenthal, head of
the great business house of Herstein
& Lowenthal has gone East to re'
plentish his stock of goods
Our wide-awake County Sup't Of
Education, Prot. Lovett, is back from
his trip to Washington in the inter
est Of the great educational work in
which he so enthusiastically engages
NIT h bao ~ opd cou1
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
c. HI. & b. II. r..
Railroad Meeting Last Night.

The principal business at the Railroad
meeting at the Court House last night
was to have subscribers execute their
notes for the respective sums. All those
present promptly executed their notes,
All who have not executed their notes
will do the committee a great favor by
calling on Mr.. w. L. Halsey and execute
them to-day. This should be attended to
at once and thereby save the committee
the trouble of hunting them up.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09

ulation of 5000 to 10000; but he is the
founder Of the town Of Proctor, where
he makes his home, eight miles from
Rutland.
The strong political Following of Gov
ernor Proctor is shown by the fact that
he was able to solidify the Vermont dele
cation to the last Chicago convention,
that being the only state delegation
which voted solidly on every ballot for
urn. Harrison. a Tew DAYS before the
convention the delegation was at sea,
out Governor Proctor was able to unite
it. His business capacity and fair deal
ing as much as his party services have
given him strength in the Republican
party which even Vermont's senators do
not rival.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
WASHIN CTON,
Telegraphic Dots From the Nation
al Capital.

WASHINGTON. March S.-The navy de.
partment has postponed from March Is
1889, to April 3, 1889, the time for re-
celving proposals for the construction OF
an armored coast defense vessel This
order OF postponement was Secretary
Tracey's first official act.
For the first time since he entered the
White House the president was to day
able to devote the entire forenoon to
visitors having business with him.
Secretary Blaine received a number Of
the diplomatic representatives Of foreign
governments this morning.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
Penal Servftude.

Mr.. j. I. Rodgers. agent Of the Pratt
Mines, arrived in the city last evening
ana carried off the following convicts,
setenced at the late term of Circuit
Court: Jim Mayfeld, Henry Davis. Tom
Bradley and Frank Watkins, The con-
vlcts are all colored.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
An Eagles Egg.

The eagle belonging to the aviary Of
Mr.. Chris. Mcdonnell laid an egg yes.
terday-the first since it was brought
here several years ago. The egg in
question is about the size of hen egg
though in shape it i, little different.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
FINANCIAL FACTS.
In Answer to 1.-The Peoples" Criti-
cism Of the Jew Merchants,
wha Thsy Have Done for 9th e
Roads.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. March 7th, g

HUNTSVILLE, ALA March 7th, 'S9.
Editors Huntsville Gazette:
You will confer favor upon the "Jew
Merchants" of this city by publishing
the following:
In the issue Of the MERCURY Of the 9th
inst. there appeared an article signed
"The People, which would convey the
impression that the "Jew Merchants of
Huntsville were lacking in public spirit
because they had not attended the re.
cent railroad meetings.
We submit that the record of the "Jew
Merchants will compare quite favorable
with that of other merchants and citizens
both as to their contributions to harity
as we'll as matters of public ent erprise.
They subscribed over 50, 10000 to the
Flora Railroad, every dollar of which
was paid promptly.
They also subscribed over So, 700 90 to
the Tennessee and Coosa Railroad, every
cent of which will be promptly paid
when due.
Now we do not know who your CORE
spondent is, but we venture the assers
ton that the people of this community
do not endorse the sentiments which he
expresses.
The "Jew Merchants" of Huntsville
generally endeavor to do their duty in
all matters of public importance and we
think they should at least be accorded
the privilege in matters of business, Of
acting upon their conscientious judge
ment without being singled out for criti-
! ylsm,
We give list of the names OF the
"Jewa subscribers to the Flora Railroad
and the Tennessee and Coosa Railroad,
so as to judge for themselves.
JEW SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ELoRA RAILROAD:
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
Secretary Of War.

Ex-Governor Proctor, of Vermont. has
ranked high as cabinet possibility, and
as power in the administration Of
resident Harrison; and as far as politi
cal shrewdness and business ability %
ne Justifies the claims made for him
he Is chiefly known for his development
OF the marble industry, and is probably
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
WISCONSIN,.
Ex-Governor Dewey Dying.

LANCASTER, Wis, March S.-Ex-Gov
N. c. Dewey, tie first governor of this
State, an old-time democratic leader, was
stricken with paralysis Monday and is
dying. Gov. Dewey is seyenty-fve
years OF age,
Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-09
CAPITALISTS COMING.

A communication from the Davies
Warehouse Co., of Chicago was read in
which the latter expressed themselves as
desrous of locating factory in the city
for the manufacture of white oak slaves.
The Company in question represent a
cash capital of from one to two hundred
thousand dollars. Their communication
was referred to committee of three
with instructions to conduct correspon-
dence leading to the location of the fac
tory.