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honor OF presdini over the tenth National Convention
of the Republican party. Republican Conven.
ton means something. They have always meant
something. Republican Conventions say what tney
mean aud mean what they say, They declare prsnct
pies and pu..tes ana purposes. ana when in,rusted
with power they execute aud enforce them lChccrsl
The first National Convention of the Republican party
thrty.six years met in the city OF PhHdelp hia
The platform OF that convention read. to-day more ike
an inspiration than the affirmation potical party.
Every provision Of that great ms rument made by the
fathers OF our party the statutes of our country
to-day Cheers. Every one Of them has been
no He'd int pubic law. and that cannot be said OF the
plntlorn of any political organization in this or any
country In the world Whenever there il ANYTHING TO
br done in this country, and hy this country and
this country the Republican party called upon to
II. Applause
There is one thing that can he said Of our organ
ton which cannot bs said Of any other 1t can look
backward without 81 anne or humiliation and It can
look forward with cheer and emulation. Tint cannot
bs said of any other political organization in the
United states
Gentlemen OF the Convention. we are here to-day 10
make u platform aud ticket that will commend them.
selves to the conscences md the intelligence and the
Judgment Of the American people and We will do II
Load cheers. Whateycri Is done. by this Convention
win meet the approval OF the American reople In
November of this year lIhcers.! We have already
heard OF the notes Of victory ,hs is Repub
ncan year Rhode Island has spoken. Applause
only yesterday Oregon spoke tlecting three Repub!
can representatives TO tue Congress OF the United
States. lChcers
when we get through with this Convention its con.
illusions will be the law OF Republican action they
will be the assurance Of Republican victory We are
protective tarin aud for reciprocity. Applause
We propose 10 take lack ward step upon either ON
OF these great Republican principles. Applause
We stand for protective tarir because It represents
the American home. the American hrosiie. the Ameri
can family the American girl and tho American boy.
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sliced Off slide rock. 1t Is agreed by oil who
have examined the mountain where the Holy
Moses. the Ridge. and the Ethel mines are
located. that they arc in the solid formation.
1t did not follow from this fact. even when
the fact was proved beyond question. that the
mines were really valuable Indeed, when
some car loads of the siver-carryng material
had been dug out and shipped to the smeler
and found to carry enough precious metal to
yield u large profit, it was not absolutely GER
tain that great or even good mines had been
found. for silvercarrying material is peculiar
in that no two ear loads are alike in value.
The veins usually contain what are called pay
streaks or chmneys OF valuable ore. sc parated
from each other by other streaks or Chin
neys Of very low-grade, often barren. material
Moreover, these chimneys do not run critically
down tho vein. but In this district pitch of to
the north.
Here were three claims on the side OF n
mountain all IN row and apparently on one
assure or vein. Each was 800 feet long
along the vein. Tho width OF the vein was
easily determined. for on the surface It was
questions were did each have pay streak or
chimney. and II SO. how big streak was 1t
and how. far down that streak could the owner
deive before he would reach the plane Of the
certain, that i shaft were sunk " each
planes Of tho end lines. these shafts
would sooner Or later rass through the
low-grade material In determinin the valne
OF any one Of these claims II was important TO
know the volume OF the pay streak or streaks
that cropped out on the surface ofthe srount,
between the end limos and the volume oil the
worthless material. between these nay streaks
AND the volume OF the pay streaks that came
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Foster. Albany Hotel block. $4,000. to-
tai loss: Sinner h Morse. $500. insurance
$4,000: Tombkins Hardware Company. $780,
900. insurance $4,000: Levy h Benedict block.
5000. insurance $1,000; Willouehby h Hall.
$4,000. insurance $1,000: Larry Byrnes.
$1,000. total loss: Hard Terrace. twenty
buildings. $4,000. no insurance. besides hun
dreds OF other losses in smaller amounts.
Jimtown. which is now mass OF smoking
ruins is In a narrow gorge Just on the eastern
slope Of the San Juan range OF mountains. It's
northern end ia In the deep canon. where
walls OF porphyry and granite vary from 100
to 1000 feet in height. and which. at some OF
the sharp and capricious turns made by the
waters that for untold millions Of years have
been cutting through the mass OF rock. arc
not more than 100 fcot apart. The town
proper is about one and hnlf miles long. and
varies in width from 100 to 1000 feet.
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At THE LAST CHANCE AND AMETHysr MINES.
tions OF an extension Of this great vein. At q
poin, SIX nile from Last Chance he found
ounces. Thnrcat he sank a shaft thirty feet in
the VEN, AMI found the vein matter there run
ton by surveys. and rs the vein is precisely
that of tho Last Chance. it Is not unreasonable
to assume that n vein six miles long. III. every
pnrt as valuable as in the 1000 feet so far de-
welcomed. is by Till work got In hand.
!, On Campbell Mountain tho Holy Moses was
afterward by a tunnel run into the side Of the
mountain. The ore. though somewhat dif-
iercnt from that in the Amethyst. was worth
over hundred ounces u ton for long time.
Then the miners are said to have gotten
through the pay streak into oyw-grnde ma
the Ym was s,Ss @ Wien anaser
cemGbeI vas u asked about tbs h IT,, said;
The owners are not trying to sell stock or
float the mine on the public. 4 tramway cost
the tunnel mouth down the mountain to the
ROADWAY n the EorEt,i, Men are retmberIing
:, Pom the Tthel Hnd EidFe are being de-.
n week cut INTO u maryellously rich streak OF
ore. while the Ethel is In ore of moderate value
say from twenty to forty Dances OF silver to
the weight OF ore mined. tint is to say. 1000
pounds Of ore will yield 400 pounds OF lead and
present ratr.-whilc the cost OF trans
nortation and s'neting would not exceed
SO. The Ethel. because OF development
work. ia SHIPPING only one car a day. which Is
much less than it did few weeks ago. Never
th.lcss it is not disputed that It is a really
valuable mine senator ]iowcn's Eidgc while
not shipping is quite as neutrality-suspicious.
the most valuable, with the exception Of tho
Etnc', on Campbell Mountain. The develop
nlent worl; Is not suiiiciently advanced in the
Ecsidcs these three mines there are II num-
her Of prospects, In Campbell Mountain that
indicate Very lnr-c fuiu., developments.
There is the Solomon for instance. with II vein
parallel to the Ethel Ridge vein. Enough
work has boon done TO show the vein. some
say the Ethel and Ridge arc on the Holy Moses
VEN. still others assert that three parallel
veins exist there. President 4. II. Collins
OF Che VI ners' Bank. who made an cXainna-
ton nt the mountain at the request of ex.
Senator Bowen. says that Il genuine mineral
zone exists there and that very great derel-
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LAST CHANCE SHAFT HOUSE

LAST CHANCE SHAFT HOUSE.
umc Of ore in sight. together with the average
OF the Thousands OF assays made. 5 hows that
S2.OOO.OOn worth is now ready to be stopped
out and shipped. \ tlamway that will carry
20 car ioads a day to tho railroad will be done
in four weeks.
Tho work OF drifting along the S0-foot level
in this min" developed y popularity OF the
vein Where located in both the Last Chance
and the Amethyst tho trend of the vcn was
nearly north and south. Curiousy enough. in
following the vein the miners found that It
swung around to the northwest. and crossed
the side line OF the claim about $50 feet from
the south end. Although another claim had
been located IN the west sido Of the Anne
thvst. the owners had not yet reached
mineral ana IN consequence the Anne
in., northwest from tho point where the
voin crossed tho Amethyst side line. This
claim Is called tie lliddon Treasure. Orc0urse
the original lroHtcrs there claim a right t. the
vein and lawsuit is on. The pahllc have no
interest in the merits OF the suit, but the fact
that the vein is definitely located and sutll-
cicutlN developed to show that it neither
pinchrs ont nor detoriorates in the quality of
ore ia very interesting. The vein is known to
feet and To n depth Of 1880 feet
South OF the Last Chance Developments have
been made which seem to show that tho vein
may split II part tr"nding oT to toe - uth-
west and u part 70 the southeast. The coun-
try there is full OF prospect holes, the most
promising of which are rather more than Pros
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gether with the peculiar ideas OF the mnnlHr!.
Determines tho methods OF developpcnis,,
The Last Ghancn has been developed from
two steam hoisting machines and are sinkir ::
shipped from 45 to 100 tons OF ore day. uc.
cording Y the weatherE and CONSEQUENT condi-
wagons nj the mouth OF the SHAFT, and SIX
horse. haul it up a steep trail to a big
platform on the crest Here II is dumped md
reloaded On wagons when nave down-hil
down / ~ feet in the vein, An ling orc OF il.
creasing richness AZ they dcsceudod. In
drifting $50 ioat in tho upper workings they
places whore tho walls OF the vein clo.cd in
together with no ore between them. In the
lower work iings the ten foot pinch did not an,
iiye.foot vein; Because the lower drift las not
possible to say whether 1t will develop or not.
But tho most important feature of the de-
cross.cut run from the yeln toward the west
ns q s vein had .hsy
was discovered lying parallel TO the old one.
though this cannot be stated definitely as a
fact, because at this writing the cross-cut is
not sufficiently advanced to demonstrate tho
full extent and value of the mineral. The ex-
T. II. Crawford OF the Last Chance because of
the existence Of valuable float above tho apex
OF tho vein he WAS work ing; He expects TO
find third vein still west OF the new discovery
While the owners do not open their hooks to
the public, they say that they have taken out
over SI5o95I.H worth %. oil bullion within five
the mine nays mere than 500 a ton net.
Next TO the Last Chance the Amethyst 10 the
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CREEDE AS A MINING CAMP.
THE FACTS dBoUT THE MINES AND THE
PROSPECT HOLES.

Work OF DEVELOPMENT IL Only Just Begun.
but tho Showing Made IL Uuprecedente ed
Two Million Dollars In Sight In Ono
shipments OF Ore-Future Productions.
CREEDE. Col. NAV 27.-It Is proposed to
give In this article the facts. so far as devel-
oped. together with the prospects OF future de-
vclopments that may reasonably be expected
iii the mineral veins OF the mountains about
this camp rs they appear to one who has
passed three weeks in making Investigations
In the matter As already told In The Sun
the story Of the developments begins on the
2bth OF June. 1880. when Prospector
n. 9. Creole. standing on n hogs back
on tho oastery slopa Of Campbell Mountain.
uncovered the vein on which he located tho
Holy Moses mine. The next step was practi-
caly the discovery OF the Ethel by Creede. and
the next still tho discovery OF the Ridge by Mr..
c. +. Nelson. For more than year these three
claims were nothing but prospect holes, 30 far
rs their influence on the mining world was con-
ccrned. but when in the summer of 1890. David
H. Mofrat and Capt. L. +. Campbell Of Denver
took hold of Creede's properties. and ex-Sena-
tor Tom Bowen bought out Nelson. work was
started on thcm that soon proved the prospect
holes were entitled to rank as mines. Properly
to explain this to reader not familiar with
mining matters it should be said that these
three claims lie on the slope OF n rocky mountain
overlooking q stream that flows about south
by west compass course. This mountain is a
huge stack of rock called trnchite and various
other names by tho geology sharps. Tho
rock is split UP into layers. which have n
trend almost directly northwest and south
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n from an adjoining claim. For instance. the
pay streak in tho Ethel is sure to run into the
Ridge claim II followed down far. enough. The
owners Of tho Ethel can follow 1t only to the
dividing line This is of no consequence. pro-
yiding other pay streaks pitch from the south
into the Ethel to take the place OF those that
leave the Ethel for the Ridge.
The Information wanted very much by tho
owners OF these mines, andincidentally by tho
public. was as TO the volume, OF the pay streaks
be obtained per ton from them. Tho public is
further Interested In learning how many veins
OF ore exist, and how far these veins have been
traced round about Creole. The tondcrfoot
who goes TO mining camp to learn I1 such facts
saying that u mine Is hole In tho ground, the
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The Bachelor. til" claim lo'atol years ago.
r1m WIKI the m9nnnIin IS it, ng I'm
nn nG" @c a" art ts Wy s IN "Sy sy n
not shipping ur" by my means. The Com
modure ana the SlnnysId" are IA lk"d about as
mines; so i the Aspen But tho work Of de
veIopmcnt hne not Lern carried on to point
where tho value ni those PROSPECTS can tv
estimated. That tley A." Iligly to prove yalI-
tie hm%'hy,! "nd i,E, ETy,,.'ilS. fIey are
ph,prinr or" noforo ,h."nd N The. summrr.
or the claims BInS ,rortn II the Hidden
Trea.n.. j, can only be- said that thcy 40
rluiingtic Argcn'a. the Hard Cash, tho BALI
more, ant the Domingo known as tn" siodman
;n"HM 4' No HHt .Ta" "a Inysr 1srT'toty about
% the vein as it Is traced from tho Amethyst
;d% linz ,hr1"sH Of m Sn II t;an Trsasar"
hynE at w. enc 81 td tnr ,Ia "a I re,
but in which ono the vein will be found can
not now hr told. n can ans on" say how dnnpp
owners are rerresrntcd hy j. J.. Rondopnsh o.
IL Wall street, New York. and he snya he will
go down 200 feet. and then run 1osS-cut at
until tho vein Is tapped. This kind OF prospect
work is 80 expensive that II Is worth mention
ing as an indication Of tho faith Of mining "x-
ports In tho mineral RESOURCES OF the camp.
kn"wn as the Park Regent group. Mr.. 4, l..
s aSn Sse S and 3 n@ Ss iSnk
ming cross cut into the mountain to catch
the vein. They sank 70 feet through broken
formation. They are getting assays OF So
ounces Of silver and 20 PER cent. Of lead on the
face of the ,cross;cut; but. unlike the Del
to BE- IN the vein, but holds that the mineral
bearing rock or vein matter from which these
assass have been taken Is aRparently, an
might wh'n, having heen forced up through a
erev.ce in the mountain. it had cooled on the
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nect holes. For instance, there is the Del
ny Whining Engineer D. q Miller from dnta a,
to the trend OF the Last Chance Am ethyst
vein. 1t was practically locating II prospect
hole by mathematical prucesS-the use Of
transit Workmen sank a shaft 3E7 feet
large. - feet through t,nk"n rock. and
matiom Sa assay I' thirtY ounces '' Of i'' 81
y.y and 20 per cent, of lead. Mr..
Miller and tho owners. who are Colorado
apex nf the extension OF the Last Chance vein.
This has set the mining SHARKS by the, ears.
vein that. swinging to the southwest, conos
into the Del Monte. Others say it is II new
and parallel vein. still uthcr think til" vein
splits. rs sad above. 1t will take time o toll
but meantime the strike Of gallon adds much
t. the prospects Of the claims TO the south
ward OF | "A Il Chance.
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east. and stand at an angle OF. say. $50 with tho
horizon. Tho formation Of the Mammoth
Mountain on the cast and Of Bachelor Noun
tain on the west is practically the same. 1t
appears as though the three mountains were
originally thrown UP rs one great ridge. after
which the elements cut the two deep gorges
where now run the waters OF East and West
Willow Creeks.
Now. when this original ridge was thrown UP
it was split open from below by volcanic
energy. so that cracks OF varying width were
formed and into these cracks certain molten
materials were forced that were Of a very diff
ferent character from the rocks that walled
them in. Naturally these cracks or crevices
followed the general trend Of the seams in the
adjoining or. as miners call it, the country
rock. The trend is as rule from northwest to
southeast. 1t was into one OF these cracks
that Prospcctor Crcede drove his pick when
he discovered the Holy Moses nine The
crack had boon filed by material that held
silver in combination with other matters. But
because he had found such deposit by no
means proved that he had found mine.
In the first place these three mountains . re
covered by chunks Of rock called slide. that
have been broken from the solid formation By
the action of frost and water. These chunks
slide down the mountain sometimes singly
and sometimes Ell masse. 1t looks In places
as though large slices had been shaken loose
from the mountain side and showed bodily
down toward tho gorge by an earthquake
shock. Naturally a slide Of this kind sliced of
the top Of the vein Of silver material as we'll as
the top OF all other groupings. ard when the
slice had ceased to travel this vein material
occupied the same relative position to the rock
on each side OF it rs Il did before. Mr. Creole
had to determine by digging whether his vein
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LONDON. Juno 5.-In addressing a National
meeting at Bradford this afternoon John Dill
lon said
Tho Irish demand the power to make and
administer their own laws. They also insist
unon home rule ms tho first plank OF the Glad
stoninn platform: otherwise there will be II
split in the Glndstonian party"
MIR Dillon also suggested. with n view to
ayertng bad blood in the Irish elections. that
a board OF arbitration be appointed to nppor-
ton seats between the Parnellites and anti
pnrpallitra.
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owner OF which ia a liar. There are so many
holes In the ground and SO many
owners anxious to induce capitalists to
invest that the tenderfoot has no little DIM
Guilty In distinguishing tho real from the
fraudulent This difficulty is Increased by the
fact that the owners of mines that are not for
orc rather than to sell stock-nre in indepen-
dent positions: they will toll what they have
and what they are doing only as mn,eer Of
favor. This condition OF affairs. however. has
its advantages for the Investigator because it
seems fair to assume that where mn owner is
On reaching Creole found that four mines
only were actually shipping ore. These wero
the Last Chance. the Amethyst the Holy
Moses. and tho Ethel. At first thought one
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that the walls are VOL defined. A drift IN this
level to- tho, north from shaft PASSED for III
feet through a body of orc that measured from
nine to sixteen foet in widh-the vein had
bulged out to that extent at that place; know
line Tho whole length OF this drift s 90 feet
north from shaft >. There do not nprenr to he
any chimneys Of worthless mnterial anywhere
along this level. Down shaft =, loo ioet. they
are drifting both north and south. End have
found here their richest ore: In addition to
from the upper level to, the surface of tho
mountain showing width of vein. II Mt least
4 = feet in all cases. The ore so far shipped
from this mine has been wholly taken from
these developing works. OF the value Of the
ore it may he said that in no case has any been
shipped that showed less than 20 ounces Of
silver to the ton, while n fair average of tho
shipments mas been from 40 t. 30 ounces
per ton. Many assays q rich .strcaks have
shown values OF from $4,000 t! 5000 per
ton. while the king assay OF all yielded of tho
rate Of $1,000 per ton. Several Iiaces Of
quartz show native silver. and plenty Of them
the black sulphurcts which CLEAN white I'M
der the rasp OF a file. A calculation Of tho vol
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largest shipper at this writing. Capt. L. =:
Campbell tho general manager, OF this and
several other properties was willing Il, open
pearhd from these that two shafts had been
sunk. Shaft was down 10 feet IN vein I'VE
material was taken. shaft . is $50 foot north
of shaft !. and Is 1870 feet deep. all the
way In ore. as Ia the other, At depth 81
the way in ore. Any one walking along this
DRIFT. whether tenderfoot or expert. can 500
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DUBLIN. Juno 5.-John Redmond took the
steamship Etruria at Queenstown to-day for
New York. In replying TO an address made in
behalf Of u party of friends who saw him OF,
he said that he favored an hrmlstice according
to which neither Irish faction should contest
seats held by the opposing faction. In case
the anti -Farnrllites refused such proposition.
be- said the Parnelliles would contest every
Ilish anaf
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JnIIINGS ABOUT TOWN

arY Tracy was In the city on Friday and part
a. ~. ie PM up at the 'iiisey House ON shtur.
The 6IIsey agrn ~ night
ine iitaSaEI Department has decided to grant re-
W We cases ol hftesn contract lnborers de-
cts,nn n The Eiis Island au,horiues The de-
hio''eu lhiihlgIdhlH VIII be returned.
Eta n'nhuinhaG4 Is old, of l23 Allen street.
~ e o "2 Attorney street; Annie Klein ~.
~ HtiuiA sFec' Christina RothfuEs - of 2o3 East
strre' an Rosa Lewis were hed tor trial at
k.d.eSs Grand street ei1r,,
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Mammoth Mountain is considered last he
cause, icing dhicull Of Access, it is tho least
a",t lord %, H. th,oI 1t anEar"I 70 Pros
d~.oy"roi il til" Holy Nose" was s Nn that he
ought - m an "Nt"nsion Q! il on the Nam
mH% @, A Mln ,'aoj H,so.in.!y he went oyGr
thnl covered tn" surface. OF float there was
m ,o rott bsinEthe technical nnEir Tor stray
IIP"n ~ nnlntnin side hy frost and water
10 followed This, NJ uptil he rcachcd
bearing !ndgc; He called It In" Mammoth
claim, What he really. ionna. : a matter Of
Col ror.Ti S nars n S"n Ght ,n@ cm
q good valU. H. somewhere there Tho ia t
TIM H." vsin here nlifhe7 out Of Inc, mountain
M!mmOth,wns started below tho apes of the
VEN a. " iar" on I" g., down deep enough
ninety feet. and cross cut H. proposed. How.
ever. some ono MAY meantime, locate on tho
nn"N, which would be bad for the Mammoth
,Another claim there is the Eclat an exton.
sion sion Of tn" Iommnth, 1t was heated hy Mr..
Cowrapy rora the f"g innns Of of' d"'1 !
nrithrr thu ,ii"f,m"th nor the Ec lat : sn6l.
ciently developed to called a mine, it Is lair
tS tail tEas ICED TnS i is Es25%."y
IMMORAL in solid formation
or ono ~ tho icnst a're.sille parts If tho
GROUP, OF claims located hy Harry II. Henlor:
son. Henderson is one 4 tho Youngest and
most artN" prosroctors IN the state. He c,"so
tho site Tor work. not l"rnuse il was almost
inaccessitlc., but, becauer the llont on tho
mountain side below wa very rich. as well ~
abundant. he located III all eight claims. IN
which gangs OF men nro working day ard
night. The fact that the prospects were sut-
i!ciently good to induce ar expert and capital,,
Of the group Is in the favor Of The group.
On the Eunice claim shaft has developed the
walls Of a vein that is fifteen feet wide. A tun-
mel has also been run into the side OF tho
mountain thirty feet. where II tapped the vein.
Two claims are staked on this vain II Ia rAA.
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Note. or Foreign Happenings.

Three Passengers and seaman died on ne
tlly Of Rome during her passage cast she
arrived at Neville yest erday.
n, nn police to-day would not allow the anti.
tWhItihteillt"s to hold an outdoor meeting ~
mnitchurch and ii was held indoors. me
I,afneihtes have decided to submit to the far-
ttisYn .HhLen'iun, WHICH will select Candidates
LOB IOrk, the name of William Redmond,