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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15
Oreana Opal Fields.


Mrs. Linehan, who has recently re-
turned from her ranch near 0reana,
brought here large collection of beau
tiful opal specimens found about three
miles from Oreana and immediately
joining the ranch enclosure. Not long
since little boy discovered some very
pretty stones in that section and took
them home, and upon examination they
proved to be opals, Since then these
precious stones have been found on
Black, Hart and Pickett creeks, cover
ing many niil-s of ground. The speci-
mems which Mrs. Liueban exhibited to
us are of various hues. Some present a
peculiar play of colors of delicate tints
and others are like the red and yellow
of fame, and still others of transpa-
rent milky appearance. In looks they
are far superior to anything we have
seen coming from the Opaine fields. A
number of these specimens have been
sent to New York TO be tested for their
value, and doubtless after returns are re-
ceived there will be big rush from this
plac to the 0reana opal fields, which
are only abont 50 miles from Mountain
Home. Mountain Home Bulletin.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15
The Outlook for 0wyhee.

! While the gloomy outlook for the fu.
ture Of silver is causing so many pro.
ductive mines TO be closed down 10 all
the mining states, and while here times
srs not nearly as prosperous as they
wonld be we're justice done to the resto-
ration Of the white metal to it's time.
! honored position of being the money OF
the world, as il still remains the meas
ure of values of all articles of comeerce,
! it is still a pleasure to record that the
future Of the greatest industries OF Owy-
hse county looks brighter this present
spring than it has for score of years.
The great mines on War Eagle, Florida
and DeLamar mountains all carry snffi-
cient percentages of gold to make it
possible to work them at profit even
though silver should go still lower; and
the developments recently made in the
Ruth, Poormsn, Black Jack, Howe
Manhattan ard Lepley, coupled with
the continued and almost unparalleled
prosperity of the DeBamar, gives ro-
seate hue to the Industrial prospects.
All of the above properties are full of
bright promises which bid fair to all be
realized during the present year. There
are numbers of other mines which will
be more extensively prospected and de-
veloped during the year, and no one
will be greatly surprised to hear of 9TH
er producers. The developments made
in the prominent mines has stimulated
the owners of undeyeIoped claims to-
greater activity and more work will be
done by claim owners and prospec:ors
here than ever in ermsr seasons.
This much for the camps in this i'm
mediate vicinity, to say nothing ofI
South Mountain, Cow Greek, the Mann
moth District on Boulder, and the new
properties on which mill will soon be
built on Succor creek.
Further than this, as soon as the ca
nal at Grand View is completed to carry
water from the Brnneau to the rich |
gravel deposits along Snaks river. new
mining industry will be created likely !
to rival our greatest quartz mines in the
production of gold. Then comes the
opal mines, an assured industry, build
ing up new and prosperous settlement
in section known heretofore only to
stock men.
It would not go in this brief mention
Of Owyhee's wealth not to state that still
section, now almost a barren
waste, will be diligently prospected
hiring the summer for diamonds and
'apphires, with probability that this
ield may become as famous as African
kimberley. Who knows to the contra
y?
Grand is Owyhee. Her rugged gran
te and porphyrY mountains; her bar
en- lava stretches the gravel banks
bordering her picturesque streams, and
'er grassy plains, covering an area
reater than couple of New England
tates, are all great.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15

We viii watch with some interest to
see how many Idaho papers have P. PIP.
at the head of Georgia fake patent
medicine ad, about as big as barn
door, for which they are to accept in
payment building lot about the size of
their papers, located in Florida
swamp. The tricky advertising swim
dlers don't all live in Yankeedom, and
all the newspaper suckers who bite
don't live outside OF Idaho Write this
Georgia fake up. What is the Idaho
Press Association organized for, any
way ? The, NUeGET publisher is not
mher of the l. P. A., but when you
see pat. rned. ad in this paper just go
yonr pile n it that it is paid for in cash
at regular rates. No wind mills, Beatty
organs, su bscription books, White mail
ers, Florida alligator ranches. etc. in
ours.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15

THE DeLAMAR co.'s. MONTHLY REPORT
Bullion shipped $S2, ,4O7. 50.
Ore shipped 25,7I9. .48|
Miscellaneous 527li|
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15

Dress shirts, Negligee shirts, spring
underwear, piles of new aud fine goods
IN these lines at the D. NJ. & B. Co.
store. Cheap.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15
A SURPLUS OF MINERS.

As is usually the case, the Aourishine
condition of the mining camps here and
at Silver City has caused an influx oil
miners seeking employment until there
is now surplus here. We are fifty
miles from railroad and it is not pleas
ant to have men come in here and per-
haps have to wait several weeks to find
work. The hotel and lodging houses
here are all crowded and the NUGGET
would advise miners not to come here at
present unless they have job secured.
As soon as the snow disappears there
will be room for a good many more men,
for many now employed will quit their
jobs to go prospecting; but at present
We have more men than are needed
The NUGGET will announce it whenever
there Is an opening for miners.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15
sUccoR CREEK MILL.

The Huntington mill to be erected on
Succor creek has been shipped from the
shops and will probably arrive in Nam
pa on Monday. The parties say they
can put it up and have it running iu a
very few days after it is hauled to the
mine. Bricks have been purchased for
the construction of roasting furnace.
No permanent building will be put up
until methods of working the ore have
been thoroughly tested.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15
GONE To NEAL

Bob May, Archie and Miss Mamie Jor-
dan left town on Wednesday with
mining outfit, to spend several months
in the Neal District working claims
owned by the Jordans in that district.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15
Notice of Dissolution of Co-Partner-
ship.

Notice is hereby given that the co-partner-
ship heretofore existing between the UNDER
signed underline name Of he~Silyer City and
dissolved by mutual consent, Mr.. Frank
Crosson having Withdrawn from said co.
partnership. The remaining members OF
said firm are authorized TO collect ali out
standing accounts due said firm and assume
the payment of all of said firms debts and
liabilities. FRANK CROSSON,
ANTHONY BROOKS
GEORGE w EPTTftF
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15

be injured by having even greater
neighbors The more the better he de-
clares to be the sentiments of his COM
pany.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-15
THE ORAL MINES.

THE OPAL MINES.
! A gentleman interested in the opal
mines writes US that he has received
letters from New York and Denver lap
idists stating that opals sent them from
this county were of exceptional hard
ness and brilliancy, and were equal to
any found anywhere 10 the world. AT
present not much is being done on any
of the claims except the original Shir-
ley mine. This gentleman, however,
writes that, from specimens he has ex-
amined from different claims, be is sat-
lsfed the opal belt extends for several
miles and that il is probable other good
mines Will be opened. He says that no
difficulty is found in disposing of all tho
gems that can be produced.
neat two story hotel is nearly COM
pleted, about one mile below the Shir-
ley mines, for tho accom- modation Of
prospeetors and visitors, aud quite a
town of canvass tents has grown up at
point called Opaline, but the owners of
the original mines declare they will not
permit their mines TO be known under
such cheap name, and call their loca-
tion simply Opal Mines. They have the
real fire gems, and as Webster defines
the ajective, opaline, pertaining to, orr
like opal" the name, they claim, is
missft.
Opal mining is now one of the estab-
lished industries of Owyhee county
which will eventually employ both la
Dor and capital very extensively.
The Shirley mines, in the hands of
Messrs. Anchor & Host, are being skill
fully operated and their product intelli-
gently handled.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Sizes In Tiger Skins

That the royal Bengal tiger is no incon-
siderable beast is a well known fact, but to
even give an approximate guess on the
length of one of the monsters skins would
puzzle many persons who really believe
themselves to be naturalists. For the ben
eft of scientific readers, as well as would
be Nimrods, who wish 10 appear TO be load
ed with animal statistics and facts of all
kinds, / will say tina: the length of the
largest tiger skin ever taken latter being
stretched and dried was Is feet o. inches,
This must not be taken as meaning the
actual length Of the living beast. for the
skins expand surprisingly while undergo
ing the curing process-a green skin of 10
feet being accounted a wonder In fact.
Mr.. lnglis, the recognized tiger authority
of Great Britain and India, says that the
greatest known length of an undressed skin
was 10 feet q inches
1t Is believed, however, that the predeces-
sors of the present tribe of Bengalese cats
were from a fifth to third larger than the
gigantic striped feline that roams the In
dian jungles of today, and that the old
stories of their carrying of full grown oxen
are not exaggerations.-StL Louis Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
An Electric Fan.

The electric fan las come to be such an
indispensable element of comfort. if not of
existence, during the summer months that
new and improved forms are constantly
making their appearance. One of these
adds the very decided recommendation of
extreme economy to that of efficiency Its
first cost, with battery complete, is small,
and the cost of operating it afterwarl is put
at 25l cents an hour. 1t is claimed that the
battery will last 10 weeks without renewal
at one hours work daily, or 10 days at a
steady operation of ~ hours per diem.
1t is designed TO be suitable for the parlor
or dining table, being both ornamental and
noiseiess- Il viii not drop grease on the
tablecloth ard carpets, for its bearings are
self oiling and carry or their own lubrica-
ton without loss of the lubricant. The
whole outfit packs up in small box and
can be carried without inconvenience
New York Telegram
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Some Letters to ,Junius.

In Mr.. Bayard is vested the copyright of
the story of the two western cowboys who
mad been to hear lecture on Junius, and
one of whom subsequently mbibing too
much whisky straight" got at last into
the lachrymose state of inebriety, and sit
ting up in bed passionately besought his
companion to tell him who WRIT them let
tiers to Junius." Nor would he be pacified
till the other cowboy assured him that he
knew Junius very well and that he had
made him present of the letters in ques-
ton, which had been securely locked up in
the hotel safe by the clerk in the office be-
love-. a. Sala in London Telegraph.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Ue Docs Away With Pauses.

Clifford Harrison, the English reader. has
his own ideas of the total depravity of in
animate things" He says it is usually fatal
to introduce an effective pause into recita-
ton, for something is sure to mar it, He
adds plaintively:
If / am reciting in hall where there is a
striking clock, or past which a train runs
with shrek and roar, know that striking
clock and shrieking train Will make them
selves heard at a moment when it is most
important for me to have unbroken silence
l once wrote some verses for recitation
into which l was 80 injudicious as to put a
sudden exclamation:
Listen. What is that's"
might have known what would happen.
Clocks chimed, doors slammed, special
trains screamed, old gentlemen coughed.
some one was convulsed with an irrepressi-
BILE sneeze, dogs came from distant parts on
purpose TO bark, candle shades fell off. a
waiter dropped tray and teacups, a baby
cried, and deaf old lady was heard to say
20 her neighbor:
Would half cucumber be OF any use."
learned bitter wisdom and cut the pas
sage out.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
A Liru. Girls Experience in a Lighthouse

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Prescott are
keepers of the Gov Lighthouse at
Sand Beach, Mich. and are blessed
with a daughter. four years old. Last
April she was taken down with
measles. followed with dreadful
cough and turning into a fever.
Doctors at home and at Detroit treat
ed her. but in vain, she grew worse
rapidly. until she was a mere ''hand
full o. bones Then she tried DR..
Kings New Discovery and after the
use of two and half bottles. was
completely cured. They say DR..
Kings New Discovery is worth its
weight in gold. vet you may try a
bottle free at Hartz X Ullemeyer's.
STRENGTH AND HEALTH.
II YOU are not feeling strong and
healthy. try Electric Bitters If La
Grippe" has left YOU weak and weary.
use Electric Bitters. This remedy
acts directly on liver. stomach and
Kidneys, gently aiding these organs
to perform their functions. If YOU
are afflicted with sick headache, YOU
will find speedy and a permanent re-
lief by taking Electric Bitters. One
trial will convince YOU that this is
the remedy you need. Large bottles
only soc, at Hartz II Ullemeyer's.
BUCKLEN-s ARNICA sALvE
The best salve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum-
Fever sores, letter. chapped hands,
chilblains. corns, and all skin erup,
tons, and posi- lively cures piles or
nc pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by Hartz & Ullemever
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
nrsk.ns rhem AN Zee, Good.

Laudabie as the desire to make every one
feel pleasant is, there is point beyond
which it can scarcely be commended Sam
Bassett was one of the hardest and best
workers in Greenyille, a1d in harvest time
he earned large wages by hiring out" as
he had no farm of his own, to the various
farmers who needed extra help. Sans
chief fault was his apparent inability to re
fuse to do anything for any one who asked
him.
Once when farmhands were scarce one
man had secured Sans services at the be-
ginning of the harvest. The first day,
while the two were at work, another farm
er came up and asked Sam to help him the
next day.
IN see what I ken do for ye,'' said Sam
encouragingly.
Presently another farmer came along,
asked the same question and received the
same answer
The farmer for whom he was working
was somewhat indignant and amazed at
Sans evident intention to assist three
different people on the same day
Sam said he, what do you callate to
do? First you promised to help me tomor-
row, and now you've agreed to help two
others. What DO you mean"
''Oh, well, said Sam easily, Il like to
see folks go oil feeIn good; treat 'em all
alike, that 5 my motter, when it comes to
talkin. As fer work, I've got to tote my
wife over 10 Slowtown tomorrer, an you
can settle it betwixt you three which'll hav
me next day Jest make it pleasant all
round
And with a smile of universal good will
Sam returned to his task, evidently feeling
that his method of adjusting a delicate
matter was above enthusiastically Com
panion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Grow from more to more,



MIR. Buchanan has disclaimed reverence.
About his knowledge we need not speak.
He has truth with him, no doubt, when he
says that he has scarcely met one individ-
ual who has not deteriorated morally by the
pursuit of literary fame" To pursue fame
instead of art, to begin by announcing ones
intention to be laureate, is indeed to I'M
derstand literature in the wrong way. Lit
erature is her own reward, and though
fame may be pleasant if she comes men are
really drawn to letters not by the wages.
but by the allurements of the muse. The
world, we conceive, is perfectly capable Of
speaking well of a man without demand
ing the price of praise, and that price posi-
bly, his living soul" The world is not like
the devil in story of witchcraft. 1t does
not want anybody's soul 1t wants in
poetry charm, grace, nobility, fire, thought
the art Of Shakespeare and Scott, of
Southey and Wordsworth, Tennyson and
Virgil, of men who, though crowned by
fame, kept the bird in their bosoms, who
won recognition without fighting for it,
who had knowledge and had reverence.
who are models of excellence, as we be-
ieve, in other things. as well as in letters.
London Saturday Review
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
How Fast a Horses Feet Move.

Did you ever think how fast horse in a
2:2O gait moves his feet, When q horse is
trotting 2:2O gait, his feet move q little
faster than mile in Ito As his body is
moving at 2:20, and as each Of his feet when
in contact with the ground is stationary
and then is picked up and moved forward
to take the next step, the foot must move
as much faster than the body as to make
the step, which is over twice as fast. Now,
the action is: The foot is at rest upon the
ground and is raised some one or two feet
high, then forced forward nearly the full
length Of the leg, then lowered 10 the
ground and is at rest for nearly two-thirds
of the time that the next step is being
taken. The time, nearly two-thiris, I
think is too long, but it is from one-half to
two-thirds Of the next step-Coleman's
Rural World
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
The Mohayan "Snirit Owls "

The Mohaves believe that all who die and
are not cremated are turned into owls. and
when they hear the dismal screech Of one
OF the above named creatures of the night
they tell you that it is the spirit of some
dead Mohave who has returned TO advise
his people to submit to the ordeal Of fire
When one of the tribe dies, his relatives
and immediate friends do not eat salt or
wash themselves for four days. Their
heaven IS white mountain" They know
nothing of hell or any place of punish
ment except ''Biemia,' - the place where IN
incinerated warriors are transformed into
owls.-St. Louis Republic
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Couldn't just Place Her.

An old lady was accosted in London
street by well dressed and refined looking
stranger, who effusively claimed her as a
friend Il really don't believe you remem-
Der mel" she exclaimed reproachfully, and
the old lady, never doubling that her mem
DRY was at fault, confessed that she could
not quite recall the name "Ah. but have
changed it since you knew me-" said her in
terlocutor gayly, and after few more
lively speeches she passed on, having pos
sessed herself meanwhile of the old lady's
purse
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
TIE How OF L.

How poo, how rich. how ahiect. how august,
how com. licate1 how wonderful, il man. sud it
might he added. how more so'' is woman. With
her peculiarly delica and intense organization
she the suTerlati'e degree OF man. Even in
dis &c she excels him. having many that be has
no. he has however. found out a grand RENE
dial a tnt for the cure of her diseases in DR..
Pierce's Faverits Prescription "a medicine
suited 70 her no,ure naie for the express cure of
those diseases which affect her. II is esp cially
elective in all weaknesses incidental to mother
hood, while it is also potent restorative tonic
for the feeble and deblitsted generally.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Great Rock Island Route
TO THE EAST.

Best Dining Car Service in the World
The Rock Island is foremost in
adopting any advantage calculated
to improve speed and give that lux
ury, safety and comfort that popular
patronage demands. Its equipment
5 thoroughly complete with vesti-
Duled trains, magnificent dining
cars, sleepers and chair coaches. all
the most elegant. and of recently i'm
proved patterns.
Faithful and capable management
and polite, honest service from en-
Ployes are important items. They
are double duty-to the company
and to travelers-and it is sometimes
a task difficult Of accomplishment
Passengers on this line will find little
cause for complaint on that ground.
REMEMBER
The Great Rock Island Route runs all
regular trains to Englewood subur-
ban station, close to Worlds Fair
grounds, and YOU can save time and
;rou,,e by getting off at that point
md avoid the crowd in the city.
For full particulars as to tickets,
maps, rates, apply to any coupon
ticket office in the United States,
Canada or Mexico, or address:
JNO. SEBASTIAN,
Govt TIT. & Pass. Agt., Chicago, Ill.
Ohm, Gen1 Mgr. Chicago Ill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
New Hork's Rich Iaces.

New York buys more lace than any other
city IN the world, and there are said to be
scores OF New York ladies whose collections
Of lace vary in value from SO. 600 to 80. 600
The Nanderb!lts possess laces which rival
the Prussian and Austrian crown laces
and are valued at $4,000. The late Mrs.
Astor had a lace dress that cost s15, 900, and
another was recently sold to an American
lady for 81, Oo0-Philadelphia Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

When Baby was sick, we gave ner Castoria.
When The was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss. she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Worse Than Lies

so you have it in for Smith? What has
he been doing? Telling lies about your"
No, the dinged thing is he's been telling
the truth about me''-New York Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Complete
Manhood
and how to attain it.

At last a medical work that tells the causes.
describes the effects, points the remedy. This
is scientifically the most valuable, artisiically
the most beautiful, medical book that has ap-
peared for years; 90 pages, every page bearing
a half-tone illustration in tints. Some of the
subjects treated are Nervous Debility, Impo-
tenCy, Steriity, Development, Varicocele, The
Husband, Those intending Marriage, etc.
Every man who would know the grand truths,
the plain facts, the old secrets, and the new
discoveries of medical science as applied to
married life, who would atone for past Sollies
and avoid future pitfalls should write for this
wonderful little book. II 7-iN he sent free,
Under sell. Address the -s
Erie Meric,-, - 70, n. X.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
LiteTaturc and It. ToIlnr-c....

Literature is not necessarily an ennobling
profession. What can ennoble1 number
of people not born to be magnanimous?
Nothing can; neither can the blo3d of all
the Howards nor the profession Of letters
But it is not the blood nor the profession
that Is to blame; it is the individual Lit
erature is profession in which knowledge
should