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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-08
LOW GRADE ORE.

The present season will become
known as one. during which, great
success has been attained by reduc-
tions plants erected to economically
treat low grade ores. Pyritic ores,
at least in Montana, are no longer
avoided by ore buyers, but, rather,
eagerly sought for as fuel indepen-
dent of the values of precious metals
they contain. Another most sue
cessfully inaugurated enterprise is
the Holden Lixivation Works at
Aspen; so successful have been the
workings of the plant that immediate
enlargement has been determined
upon. This process treats the ore
by chemical action, without the use
of furnaces. The ore is crushed in a
stamp mill, and after some manipu-
lation is placed in watts, where it is
subject to the action of hyposulphide
of soda, which dissolves the silver,
so that it drains out of the rock in
the form of sulphide of silver.
The cost of treating ore by this
process is much less than by the or.
dinary furnace method, and ores that
run as low as fifteen ounces to the
ton may be treated pro6tably. The
capacity of the present plant is 12I
tons per day, and this will be in
creased to $50 tones. The cost o.
the plant is $25O,OOO, and the ad
dition contemplated will cost 500,
GOO.
"We shall begin work on the ad
dition to our Aspen plant as soon al
spring opens," said +. r. Holden
President of the company. The ad
dition will include an extension o
the main building and the introduc
ton of more tanks. The machinery
already in use will be sufficient TO
the increased capacity of the plant
"Around Aspen there is worlt
of low grade ore, not of sufficien
value to pay for shipment to Denve,
but we'll repaying the work of min
ing and reducing by the lixiviatio
process. There is enough silver or
in sight in that district to supply ou
smelter for the next twenty years q
least. The great advantage presen,
ed by the lxiviation process is tbs
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-08
MONTANA PETROLEUM,

A special to the Helena Journal
has the following in reference to the
recent discovery of petroleum at
Red Lodge:
Red Lodge has petroleum and
asphalt as we'll as bituminous coal,
and great excitement prevails. The
question, is there oil in Montana has
long been a problem, and it was
thought had been demonstrated fully
several years ago when Kansas
company spent several thousand
dollars in prospecting for oil in
Southern Montana. No formation
of any kind was ever found, but it
was claimed the indications were
good. A considerable sum of money
was also expended in sinking a we'll
at Timberline few years ago, but
nothing was found, and it was
thought that Montana, although the
richest in other minerals of any of
her sister states, had no such thing
as oil to boast of. Recent discover
les here prove this grave mistake,
and it remained for Red Lodge, the
present coal metropolis of the state,
to also be in the heart of vast oil
fields that will probably excel any
thing Pennsylvania ever saw,
Up to the present time but little
has been said regarding the matter
ON account of adverse claimants
claiming prior discovery, but that
matter has been satisfactorily set.
tied and at the present writing ex.
citement runs high, and placer claims
are being staked out and recorded
by the dozen daily.
The first discovery of oil was made
in August last about fifteen miles
west Of Red Lodge on the Rosebud
river, by two young men, J. NJ
White and A. l. Moore. They founo
it running out of the ground in {
large body several hundred feet il
diameter. 1t presented black
pitchy appearance from which 1
strong bituminous odor arose tina
could be noted several hundred fee
away. Chemical assays have beer
taken and it is in all cases pro
nounced rock petroleum; and tn
dry substance lying around the mar
gin of the place, pure asphaltun
that equals that found in the wonder
/ full lake in the island of Trinidad
} Bituminous coal has also been foun
in different places around Red Lodge
and with her coal mines, petroleum
asphalt and other valuable miners
t deposits Red Lodge is out to shin
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-08
IRON CAPPED MINES,

We have in Montana great many
prospects in veins of oxides of iron
containing gold in quantities rang
ing from IS to $40 per ton at the
surface. These prospects have not
been very highly esteemed by some,
and consequently have not been very
generally developed; but such pros.
poets have value from the start de-
pendent upon the amount of ore they
contain and the gold per ton.
Most oxides of iron carrying $40
per ton in free clean gold can be
worked at large profit for the gold
alone. Such ores, if found in large
quantities and in favorable localities,
can be mined and worked for *2 per
ton.
But such iron ores if free of silver
and other deleterious substances are
much desired by our reduc ton works
as fluxes for the more refractory ones.
Prospects, therefore, showing such
low grade ferruginous ores may be
made profitable by milling or by use
for their gold and for their fuxing
properties in our furnaces.
But while these low grade iron
ores may thus be made profitable
from the start, either as fuxes or for
milling; it must be remembered as
absolutely certain that these free
milling oxides of iron will change
into sulphurets of iron the pyrites Of
American miners and the gossan OF
Cornish men; or into still more valu-
able ores of copper and silver carry
ing gold. Many such mines in Mon
tana have thus changed on develop
ment.
In fact the history of mining has
been so full of such changes in all
ages and in most mining countries
that there has been an almost univer-
sal impression that a vein capped
with iron will change into other ores
and prove rich. This opinion was SO
strong and prevalent among the
miners of Europe at very early day
in the history of mining that it found
expression in several languages as
shown by ulle ''gos..... i,ooas Of Gorn-
wall, "chapeau de fer of France,
and the ''eisermenhut" Of Germany.
These facts should encourage the
development of such veins as are
capped with iron ores, though those
ores carry but little gold. In many
cases the ore will pay for fluxes; in
other cases the ores may become
richer, and in still others the iron
may be replaced with the ores OF
copper or silver, or both rich in gold
We have had many such changes in
Montana mines.- Mining Review.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-08
Y, MONT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1892.

it gives miners an opportunity to
market the low grade ore, which it
is necessary to take out in order to
reach that which is more valuable.
Many mines will thus be developed
that otherwise could never be work.
ed" The process is especially adapt
ed for the treatment of low grade
lead-silver ores, and movement is
on foot to erect plant, in a district
not far distant from Helena, where
ore of such character exist in great
abundance. Montana Mining Jour
nal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-08
NICKEL MINES AND MINING.

The remarkable Development of the
nickel mining industry in Canada is
one of the marvels in the recent his
tory of mining. In 1899 there was
but one company producing in the
Sudbury district, and in the follow
ing year the output exceeded 1000
GOO pounds of nickel, surprising the
output of the famous mines of New
Caledonia. With these two deposits
of nickel, both of vast extent and
contain ore of high grade, there is
evidently no danger that the demand
for nickle will outstrip the supply,
although the consumption of the
metal is increasing enormously.
During the past year this has been
particularly marked, a large amount
Of nickel having been purchased for
the manufacture of nickel-steel, both
in the United States and in Europe.
A large proportion of the worlds
production of nickel has been absorb
ed in this way.
At the same time the demand for
nickle from other chanels of consumpt-
ion, such as nickel plating and manu-
facture of German silver and various
alloys, has undergone considerable
use in the arts, have been invented
the past year. This and the fact that
the United States Governmnt has
definitely decided upon the adoption
of steel for the armor of the new
cruisers and battle-ships insures a
very large consumption of the metal
next year. In view of this the
Soeiete du Nickel and the Canadian
companies have all been increasing
their smelling plants, and the supply
of the metal is limited by the capac-
ity of these works only.
The United States, which formerly
led the world in the production OF
nickel, has dropped to third place
since the opening Of the Canadian
and New Caledonian fields, and for
several years its product has been
steadily diminishing, owing to the
exhaustion of the famous old Lancas-
ter Gap mine. This has been the
only important producer of nickel in
this country, and although deposits
of the ore, which have been consider
ed promising, have been discovered
in several places, nothing has come
of them so far. Oregon and Nevada
are perhaps the most promising
localiticsnickel silicate ores having
been discovered at Riddles in the
former state, and nickel-cobalt sui
phide in Churchill County in the lat
ter. Nothing of consequence has
been done at the Oregon mines dur
ing the past two years, and those of
Nevada, were also long idle. Last
spring, however, one of them was
purchased by an Anglo-American
company, which has done some de-
velopment work since then; con.
siderable quantities of ore has already
been taken out, we are informed,
which it Is thought will assay we'll.
but none has been shipped yet. The
results of this enterprise will be
watched with interest. 1t seems
very. doubtful, however, from the
present outlook, whether either the
Oregon or Nevada mines will eve1
replace the Lancaster Gap. The
only other producers of nickel in the
United States are the Mine La Motto
and St. Joseph Lead company, whose
lead ore contains small amount o1
nickel and cobalt-bearing pyrites
which is saved as Il by-product, but
the production from this source is
insignifcant.--Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-01-08

with any of her sister cities.
Everyone is rushing out to the
coal oil spring bent on getting a
claim and all expect to outdo Coal
Oil Johnny, but who will do it re-
mains to be seen.
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the PENSION OFFICE.
investigation EnIoe Hardly Seems TO Be
Making Much Hcadxay.


/ w WtSiuNGroN, April 23-lhe pension
office Investigation was resumed today
Representative knioe read letter from
( Charles A. DE Mnaud, charged by Com
missioner Haum with having pcrsonated
another DE Arnand to secure pension.
The letter denied that the writer had ever
personIteh' or needed to personate' any one
else t" secure pension lie wrote that he
applied for pension in his own behalf
/ BY mistake of the government officers
thtN con1onnuen him WIN ahothcf lie AT
maud aud by NOT their mistake wrong
fully accused him of rersonating another
man. lie declared that Commissioner kaum
knew the charge was untrue, and alleged
that the rejection OF his clam and his prose
cuilon was due TO malice on the part ot
Raun because he dc Arnaud) refused to
accept 5000 the senate military committee
agreed to allow him as payment for the
! claim Of s5o,OoO that he had against the
! government. DE Arnaud wrote that he had
IA contract with Gen. Kaum by winch he
agreed TO pay Gen. Raum 80 per cent of the
claim II allowed, and Raum wanted blm to
accept the 5000 offered,
&C. Greenewaii. the special Pension of
zee examiner who made an investigation
which resulted in Raums preierrng charges
against Representative Cooper, was asked IT
lie furnished 80 to Morgan which Repre-
sentative Cooper refused to accept and re-
turned Witness SAID he made the invcs'i-
CATION ns subordinate, but hal Instruc-
tions TO do anything he might think ncces-
sary To elicit everything connected with the
| transaction. He admitted he furnished
Morgan s2o to send to Mr.. Cooper to draw
out the Information he wanted. lie did
tins in good faith, believing Morgans state
ments-
General Raum told the witness he should
not suffer any pecuniary loss through the
payment OF the money to get information.
The witness understood that Raum would
reimburse him out OF his own POCKET II
necessary, for the witness knew it could
not be paid from the public funds. wit
Ness was still out the 30, as Morgan had
not returned the so after Cooper declared
( II. W illness saih he destroyed one letter
from Morgan because 1t made charges
against men IN the office who were above
/ suspicion, and two other letters he nnsiaia.
! Cooper wanted to know If the witness
was acting officially what right he had to
destroy letters. Greenewaii replied that
the letters were addressed to HIM person
allN anil he rfTprtIpd tttpm : upTSppdi
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BuRNHAM.
A Big Business Being Done in Buying and
Shipping Hoop Poles.

Spe,.ial to the kEsStBEc JorRSAL.I
BtENutN. April 29.-EIon aud Mrs. /
{. Libby, w ith their son Bertie, have just
rsturnel from Il trip To Montana. where
they visited their SON. Mr. C. l.. Libby. wha
is in charge of the great rancho Of the com
pany in Cascade Go. They report the tril
pleasant one. but il is well known thai
they have no desire to make that part OF the
country their home. They say the old
state of Maiue is good enough for them.
\ big business is being done this year il
the bnying anil shipping of hoop-peles bs
mer having hi. home at South Gas
60, the latter at West Baldwin
Their agent here is Mr. c. +
Mitchell He tells the Journal that hi,
company buys at thirty different stations or
the Maine Central Portland & Og,lensburg
Portland & Rochester and Grand Trunk
roads, and that they handle about . 900 .00'
of these hoop-poles per year, for which
from 81 to s20.0n per Thousand is paid
This ]. the first year they have bought il
this place and the total number handled here
viii amount to not far from 3 900 ,oo0. beinl
hauled in from Winslow Nassalburp, China
Clinton. Troy, nifty, Pittsfield and Detroit
The company regard this as one of the yer,
hest points for the business that they hav,
struck Years ago hoop-poles were made al
most wholly OF ash; now birch predominates
though ash is brought in to some extent.
\ glance in at the laboratory of DR.. DYE
& Co, the noted pill firm, disclosed Il snial
but active crew at work filling orders, ant
sending samples and advertisements to al
parts of the country. Their pills, plaster,
and ointment, are known far and wide
They keep two teams on the road all tn,
time AMI one person travelling by rail.
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Ktspe'tfuITy,
Al


Attorneys for sureties In suit
The four trustee suits against NJ. {. Per
cival which have been settled according to
the court records in the settlement of the
suit of the Shoe & Leather Bank against
the buudsmen of NJ. c. Percival are Mum
hers 1856, i37, l3s and l39 of the continued
docket Of the 5. j. court and are as fol
lows:
Thcodate B. Colby, Skowhegan, proms
sorry note for $1,000. one year from date
April, 1857 sally 5. .iewett, Skowhegan
prommlssory note for $1,000; Homer PEREZ
val of Wateryille, promissory note fo'
s5n0o; John \. Smith of Fairfield, one
note for $1,000, one for $1,000 and one toi
-
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UGder section three of the ballot law
nominations can he made rs follows
Each of the three parties, To wit Repub
Iiean. Democrat, pr0hhitory. can nominate
a full county ticket for two senators. Judge
of probate, register of probate, clerk OF
courts county attorney sheriff, county com
missioner fonc), county treasurer,
Representatives 10 the Legislature can he
nominated as follows;
Three parties Republican. Democrat am
Prohihitory-m make nominations in the
following districts, viz:
Calais Que; Harrington, Columbia Col
umbia Falls and addison, one; Easl
Machias, Marshtield. Craw ford Marion,
Whiting, Dcunysvllc, Edmunds No. II Pi.
and No. * n, one Pembroke. Charlotte
Mcdly bemps, Cooper, Alexander and Rob
binstor, one; .ioncsport, Machiasport ana
Cutler. one; Princeton. Danforth, Fancebo-
70. Bailcyvile Barring TopsticId, Brookton
Waite, Forest City, kossutb, Talmagc
Colyyillr Pl., Lambert Lake H.. and No.
81 Pl., one.
Republican, AMI Democrat parties may
nominate in Lubec, Perry and Prescott,
one: Cherryfied. Stcuben, Milhridge, De
blois and Bcddington, one; Machias. ,iones-
boro Rogue Bluffs. Conteryille, Whitney
willie. Northficld and Wesley, one; East
port one
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JAPANESE HORRORS.
Long List Of Fires, Wrecks and Other
Disasters and Bloodthirsty Deeds,


SAS FsaNclsca, April 81 .--Stcnner Rel.
gic, which arrived today, brought s,isioes
from japan. There was great tire at To-
kio April 10Th. The fire started early in
the morning from a candle oyerturning in q
house II spread in three lirectious through
the deusek populated districts, The fir,
WAS eStiuguishcd by noon. after consuming
5000 buildings on ~ streets, including
~ warehouses, police station, panaroma
building, grammar school, Toxic English
school, kinji school. residences of Niscouni
Fols, Admiral Akamtsu, Court karasamru
Marquis Tokudaiii, II is variously estim'
a,cd that l. To Is persons pcrished in thu
flames.
Steamer Raivlcn. Maru, was sunk by
floating lee in kushiro harbor and 30 per
sons were drowned.
There was an election riot in Shitagun,
April ., in which II persons were seriously
injure.
A native paper states tha, that the en-
peror of Japan is likely to visit the World
Fair,
4 tempest ragged along the coast of
Nunoyo shinimia, Awaeun and Chiha, April
ist aud of 50 fishing boats out nj the time,
eight were wrecked aud the others were moi
heard from up 10 April 18th. Nine ha,lie'
were washed ashore from hcwreckcd craft
The steamer idznmo, Maru, engaged in
trading between Cscnmlo and Fusan
struck rock near an leland in the Korean
Archipelago. April I, and sunk. OF 80
persons on board II were saved. Ii is sup
posed that the others were drowned,
An explosion of fire damp occurred in the
lIoronoa collicry. March 18th, one hun
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THIN EXCUSES
Made by the Democratic Mem
bers of the House
For Their Absence---0ne Attended
Races to See Their Evils,
In Order Tha, Ne Night Draw Up a Measur,
10 Remedy Them.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., April ea.-The alb
sent members, arrested Yesterday by the
sergeant alarms. were brough, before the
bar of the House today. A motion was
made to excuse Bowers of California Bur-
rows of Michigan made the point of order
that the gentlemen under arrest could take
no part in the proceedings OF the House.
Reed of Maine seconded Burruwes in the
point Of order and in the course of his re-
marks said that all this fuss and difieulty
arose from an atteapt to override the con
stituiion. applause on the Republican
side derisiye laughter on the Democratic
McMillin of Tennessee, inquired whether
the gentleman aud the other gentlemen ON
the other SIDE did not SET in their seats and
1 refuse to vote Reed said the gentlemen
we're present under the laws and the eonsti-
tuition and they constituted quorum and
I were ready 10 be countcd as such As TO tine
question of voting that was an affair, tas
/ he had heard the gentlemen on the other
J side saw between them and their constitu-
/ tents.
Bailey, Texas, inquired whether the gem
I tlemen and friends were not violating a
clause OF the constitution which requires
representatives TO vote unless excused
)
not authorize the House to override its pro-
! visions This House had deliberately over
! ridden the constitution by requiring vot-
| ing quorum instead of present quorum II
was this that made the House laughing
stock for gods and men.
! The Speaker did not think he had the
/ authority to order a members name eiimin-
ated from the roil-eall, and overruled the
I point Of order. Bowers was excused :
! Yeas, t30; NAYS, 81. Dunphy of New
/ York was excused having been called home
( on account of death in his family. Ellis
of Kentucky was excused as was tarter of
Ohio, Notwithstanding Caruth's appeal tina,
/ he bc fined one silver dollar. Hemphill's
! visit 10 his dentist was considered a valid
( excuse for his absence. and Mcdonald
walk with his wife ani children as deemed
/ & sufficient excuse.
| Meredith of Virginia ackuow ledged
/ being at the racccourse, He had gone
there to see whether there was anything
demoraizing in racing, that he might draw
/ up measure to remedy any evils that
might exist. He was excused.
t Picker, Randall, Stackhouse Tracey
ami Warwick were also excused. This
/ cleared the dock.
/ The Walker cSpunging matter was post
poned until tomorrow. The House went
into a committee Oh the whole. Hatch of
Missouri, in the chair on the private calen-
dar. After considering few private bills
the House took recess until O'Clock, the
evening session to be for the consideration
of private pension bills.
The House did nothing at the evening
I
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NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North, East. WesI
and South.


Bradstreets says: Failures in the United
states 'lis week aggregate '+'' aga'hst i'o
III '''c sa'''e "eeA year ago
Schooner Mary ID. Wilson of Calais. was
wrecked on the draw pier at Mobiles Island
bridge, Portsmouth, \. H.. Friday.
In the English House of Commons Fri
day, Mr.. Clarks motion IN favor of local
government for Great Britain and ireland
was rejected: ~ TO 81.
The bye-election in the Wclland. Ont.
division for the House of Commons, Friday
resulted in the return of James A. Lowell.
Liberal. bv a majority of 800.
Hoger. G osgood's ba, m,,,fac,orv q,
Rarra Nass uas J,,,ao,ad ,I,,,t sy5 onn
By fire THURSDAY night. Insured. One
hundred hands were employed.
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t,,i,,r Ie raror,,, ,,nl, ,,ias,, E,iI'.,
p;,,ata,.. 1;t,,,r,I - H.. -
ma;or;,v
uat spencer ah'i ''aek burnett t~o 10,
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Nv No''','ei''"' nditH "' 81 au,' MINI
','' ~ 'oo's 'ei'"s'Hy' aHl' na'l'lS
I'm u''an'e 10 sveuie "e'p' nas assigned
W ueiIps'.',s VI" -, p'i' III ,''i a. i. 'ne
~ a'' A''"'e i'' 'N''e '''e "'"o"'''
Vi "ie" s'o'A
y week ago Mrs Jarrett Aewhouse OF
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THIS WILL BRING EN-
Proposed Plan to Deduct Representatives Pay
for All Time Lost.

WAsHIScroS, April 2a. Bailey of Texas
introduced in the House an amendment To
the rules which, if adopted, will assure a
large attendance of members at the daily
sessions. The amendment directs the ser
geant-at-arms to withhold at the end of
each month the pay of the member until he
files a written statement declaring whether
he was absent from the House during the
preceding month.
If the member has been absent, and such
absence was not necessary on account of
the sickness of himself or SONG member of
his family, fihe statement to set forth the
exact number of DAYS abseefe oerasionetl
ts other than the above causes), the ser
geant-st-arms is to deduct the salary for the
days on which such absence occurred, al
provided in section 10, revised statutes. ANY
violation of this rule by the sergeant at
arms shall make him liable on his bond for
all payments made contrary to the provis-
ions of section 40.