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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
THE DEPOSITS OF CAMP FLOYD.
The Silver Vein, the Gold Vein and
the ArsenicaI.

The Silver Vein, the Gold Vein and
the ArsenicaI.
A Mercur correspondent of the Den
yer Times, after giving an interesting
narrative of the early history OF Camp
Floyd mining district, has the follow
ing to say Of the formation and ore
bodies, and also of the process used
in the reduction of its ores, as follows:
Throughout the district there are
three distinct ore veins or deposits-the
gold vein. under that the silver vein.
and the arsenical-which is richest of
all. The formation in which the gold
ore is found is lime, with black shale
and a hanging wall, in which lower
carboniferous fossils are found. There
is the usual talk in Mercur, as in all
camps, about the mineral belt" but
the Mercur ore is being found in so
many places that the belt is now
stretched all out of shape and is of
blanket" form. The commonly ac-
cepted theory regarding these ores is
Oquirrh range. the gold bearing stra-
tum was the bed of a salt lake, prob
ably old lake Bonneville, the ancestor
of the Great Salt lake, or that the
stratum was overf1owed by some solu-
ton carrying the metal in the form of
chloride of gold. This chloride was in
or soaked into the rocks or clays-ail
kinds of rocks and all kinds of clays-
forming fifty different kinds of ore,
carrying values ranging from so cents
up to SO, SIS and $40. 1t is a COM
man saying with Mercur miners that
they no longer have any opinion to
express as to the looks of ore. They
are not surprised to find gold in any
thing. If one offered to bet that
brick-bat by the roadside was ore-bear-
ing he could find no takers. All the
old theories about contact veins and
true assures have been knocked out
Gold is wherever you find it. What
does the assayer say?"
The thing which most impressed a
visitor at one of the cyanide mills is
the marvellous cheapness with which
the ores are handled The mills are
common sheds, there is little machinery
and an absence of the noises pecu-
liar to stamp mill, and yet with ap-
parently the simplest appliances 100
tons a day are easily handled, and the
Mercur mill claims twice as much.
The solution poured over a ton of
crushed ore costs perhaps 40 cents. and
is used over again with perhaps 20
cents worth more of potassium cyan
lde to restore the solution to the pro-
per standard. The ore is literally quar-
ried, not mined. 1t is crushed. if it
Will crush easily, if not, never mind.
Pieces of hardest IS ore the size of a
walnut, after lying in the solution for
thirty hours, lose every trace of gold.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02

George Goss. superintendent of the
Good Hope Bar Mining company, who
is up from the Colorado river, where
the property of the company is located.
states that the water in the river is
very low. being lower in fact than ever
known before at this time of the year.
At present sluicing is being carried
on in a limited way, but as soon as
the river rises. the work will be pros
ecuted on a larger scale.
The new bucket water wheel, Mr..
Goss says, works to a perfection, and
with high water will furnish the COM
pany with all the water that it can
use.
Before coming up Mr.. Goss made a
number of pan tests, showing that the
gravel carried values of 81 in gold to
the yard. The gold at this point is
coarser than is the case further down
the river. and the company is conf
dent that a prosperous run will be
made this season.
Tie company is we'll fixed financial
ly and otherwise, and believes that it
will be able to pay dividends before
New Years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
CECIL RHoDEs AS A BOY.

The old nurse of Cecil Rhodes tells
some interesting stories of the cele-
brated Englishman which go to prove
the old saying that in his case the
child was father of the man. He was
constantly getting into trouble of all
kinds. Having been scolded by his
mother one morning while he was get
ting out of bed he jumped through
window with nothing on but his night
shirt and ran around the grounds
chased by the entire household Final
~ he succeeded in climbing up high
wall and refused to come down until
his stockings had been handed up to
him.
One of his weaknesses was fondness
for jam The nurse tells how she made
some on one occasion and put the pots,
as she thought. completely out of his
reach. 1.-TWO of them" says the nurse.
were gone in a few minutes" Cecil
admitted the theft. 1T was very good"
he said make some more" and went
off whistling. His mother was lenient
with him. Let him alone" she used
to say; at is best as long as he speaks
the truth. New York World.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
STEEL AND IRON.
NO DENIAL THAT TRUST Is FORM
ING.
swnnk Relieves, However, That Any
Combination Would Be Justifia-
Bile, IL it Secured Fair Reward
For Capital and Labor.

PHILADELPHIA, April flames NJ.
Swank, general manager of the Amer
lean Iron and Steel association. in re-
Spouse to request from the Associa-
ted Press for statement regarding
the rumorsd combination of steel COM
panies, said today:
/ have no definite information about
pooling arrangement. but any ar
rangement among manufacturers is
JuSutable that secures a fair reward
for capital and labor, and does not
unfairly advance prices. There is no
danger that prices will thus be ad-
vanced. Our iron and steel manufac-
turers have never yet taken undue ad-
vantage of their customers. 1t is not
for their interests to do this, and
they will not do so now, but they
ought not to be expected to continue
the ruinous policy of giving their prod
ucts away. and thus inviting addition
al financial disaster for themselves and
others.
Better prices for iron and steel will
bring better times for everybody.
THE numerous financial failures
among iron and steel manufacturers
during the last three years prove that
the prices of iron and steel. with the
exception of the short lived boom of
last summer, have been too low to be
profitable to capital and to insure good
wages to labor.
1.-The prices of coal, coke and iron ore
have also been TOO low for all con-
cerned in tfair production. The prices
of the raw material and the finished
products derived from them are lower
than before known in. this country. Re
GENTLY the prices of raw material ad-
vanced by a concert OF action among
the producers and this action has made
it absolutely necessary that the man
ufacturers of iron and steel should also
materially advance The price of their
products"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
THE MoNTEZUMA NINE.
York of the Argonaut PIacers Not
to Be Pushed This Season.

W. J. strickley. one of Bingham
most prominent business men and min
ing operators. who is largely interested
in the Montezuma mine in Markham
gulch, informs The Herald that the
property just now is making an excel
lent showing and that two good ore
bodies have been shown up in the mine,
from which regular ore shipments are
being made. Last month Mr.. Strick-
ley marketed so tons of first class ore,
and he expects to duplicate this record
during April Besides the shipping ore.
the mine is producing large quantities
of second class and of this there are
now about 1000 tons on the dump. and
IL is the intention to put in a mill this
year for the treatment of this mineral
The Julian Dean strike by Don Clays
in Markham gulch, is but a short dis
lance from the Montezuma. and Mr.
Strickley says that it is one of the
most important discoveries of the year
and that he is pleased to see ii, as it
Will help along the camp, and also am
ply reward Mr.. Clays for his two years
of hard work.
The Argonaut placers. just back of
Main Bingham. owned by Mr. Strick-
leys father, will not be extensively
worked this year. as it is now a diff
cult matter to set rid of the tailings.
In years gone by the Argonaut has
turned out vast amount Of gold, but
now the town of Bingham has assumed
such dimensions that the tailings can
not be run through the camp without
the risk or mourning damage suits.
and there is no other outlet for the
debris.
This condition of affairs will in all
likelihood retard the working of these
placers in the future. which is to be
regretted, as they still contain barrels
of gold. They may be worked, how
ever. in small way; but if all of the
water could be used, the owners would
reap a rich harvest right along.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02

SPOKANE, Wash, April PRO
ceedings have been begun in the su-
perior court which disclose a domestic
drama in the life of L. c. Dillman, one
OF the most widely known men in this
state. Mr.. Dillman asks that the
court annul the alleged marriage rela-
tons existing between himself and the
woman who has for years passed as
his wife. He says that he met Rebec-
ca Staley in Kansas eight years ago.
she was supposed to be a widow, and
he married her They came to
spokane; he prospered, his fortune at
one time being estimated at 100000.
Ihree years ago the startling news
reached them that Mrs. Dillmans
former husband, Stanley, was not
| dead; that he had not been drowned
as was believed, but had returned to
his old home IN Pennsylvania to in
quire after his estate.
upon his disappearance some of his
clothing was found upon the river
bank, and though the stream was
1t was finally accepted as a fact that
ne was dead. 1t was so judicially de-
termined. and his estate administered
Mr.. Dillnan says that when the
news reached him and Mrs. Dillman
they agreed to withhold the informa-
ton, as the disclosure would have COM
plicated business affairs. They &C
eordingly continued to occupy the
same house. but in separate apart
ments; that these separate relations
have since been maintained
Mrs. Dillman, or Stanley, is now in
Bloomington, Ind. 1t is said that dur
ing Stanley's absence from his old
home in Pennsylvania he was living in
Boston under an assumed name.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
rIURDERED BY APACHES.
Settlers Badly Frightened Over the
Recent Actions of the Reds.

Recent Actions of the Reds.
SAN SIMON, Ariz., April 1.-Settlers
in this part of the territory are
wrought UP to a high pitch of excite
ment over the murder by Apaches of
Alfred Hands. The details of the crime
have just been learned.
Hands head was crushed in by
rocks, the abdomen was cut open and
gun shot wounds were in several parts
of the body. Tracks on the ground
showed that Indians had committed
the crime. The murderers were not
satisfied with killing Alfred and rob-
bling his home of what they had use
for, but they destroyed everything else.
Evidently the Indians had surprised
the unfortunate settler when he was
busy outside the house, and finding
him physically disabled, stoned him to
death and perhaps mutilated him when
still alive.
At present cowboys and detach-
ment of cavairy under command of
Lieutenant Rice are in pursuit of the
Indians, but owing to the good start
there is little hope that they will be
overtaken. The settlers hope that the
territorial government will take this
matter into it's own hands and form
small band of determined rangers well
paid for the purpose of wiping out this
band of murderers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
LATEST FROM THE CAMPS.

the bid of % cents to So and then quit
The lowest offering was at 9715 cents.
Mercur developed some activity and
few shares sold at fiat prices, rang
ing from 1886 to ST.
Mammoth was quiet and inactive
with slight decline in the bidding.
Ontario, on the contrary, was strong
and in good demand, being wanted at
Sl2.65. while the lowest offering was
at $780,
Sioux consolidated was also a favor
lite in the Bidding, but buyers and
sellers were too far apart for the
transaction Of any business.
Silver King closed strong at SIS bid.
Offered at SIG
There was but little activity in Sun
shine. $3.50 being the highest bid. The
stock was offered at S295, and the
chasm between buyer and seller could
not be bridged.
Of the unlisted stocks, Little Pitts
burg again held its own in good shape,
and came to the front with a sale
retro exhibited some strength and
an Increased demand for this stock
is noticablal
Clay Canyon went a begging. and a
buyer could not be found, even at one
half cent a share
Nearly ali of the unlisted stocks suf-
tered bear movement and quotations
were made largely by sellers. Dalton.
however. chronicled a sale of 1000
shares at regulation figures.
The transactions of the day were as
follows:
SALES OF STOCK.
100 Ajax at 97h cents.
100 Mercur at 81.
so Mercur at $685..
1000 Little Plttsburg at 3 cents.
1000 Dalton at 5A cents.
CALL OF LISTED STOCKS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
To Bridge the Bay.

SAN FRANCISCO, April IA
bridge across the bay from San Fran
cisco to Oakland is contemplated. 1t
is magnificent project and was made
public by Colonel Lyman Bridges on
behalf of the Terminal company. Plans
for great suspension structure are
already in preparation. 1t is proposed
to have the bridge stretch from some
convenient point on the water front of
this city to the foot of Peraita street,
Oakland. The structure will be divided
into two 1,000-foot spans. 1t was an
nounced to be the intention of the
Terminal company to make the bridge
so strong that it could be safely used
for the passage of railroad trains, the
time occupied in crossing the bay be-
ing ten minutes.
If this project be carried into execu-
ton it will work a revolution in travel
between San Francisco and Oakland,
binding their interests more closely to-
gether, and may be expected to have
some such result as the bridge across
the East river has had upon the two
cities which it joins. ascot
The distance in this instance is
much greater tnan in the other, but
the scheme presents no engineering OBJ
stacles which cannot be overcome, pro-
vided the money for it's construction
can be obtained and that the interest
on the outlay will justify the expense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02

Broker Hill sold 100 shares of Ontario
yesterday after call at s13.25 per share.
d. w .Heaston of Bingham, and DR.. G.
| Walker.
The late assessment on the canitaI
stock of the Little Pfttsburg has been so
largely paid that it will probably not he
necessary to publish a delinquent notice
This speaks well for the property and is
an instance of the faith that the stock
holders have in it.
The contractors who have Just COM
pleted hundred feet of work in the
Couger mine, in Pine gulch, Bingham,
came in the first of the week and re-
ceived payment for the same. The Couger
classed as a shipper.
In the reorganization of the Gold ReIt
Mining company mention of which was
made in yesterdays Herald, it was ar
ranged that Mr. H. A. Cohen should have
company. The Gold Belt water company's
office will now be located in the Della
mar offices in the Dooly block
The work of making an addition of
forty stamps to the Eureka-Hill mill is
now nearly finished. This will make this
one-hundred stamp mill, which, when
fully completed, will constitute one of
the largest and best combination stamp
amalgamation and concentration mills
for the treatment of gold. silver and
1t is reported that the new ore body re-
Gently encountered in the Matte incline
shaft of the Mercur group, is all of 100
feet thick. This is a wonderful body of
ore and is but a sample of what is shown
up in other mines in the camp and what
developments in other parts of ssie camp
will bring to light. Mercur is undoubtedly
the greatest low grade gold camp in
the world.
P. J. Carney, who came in from Mercur
last night. informs The Herald that the
footwall has been reached in the Bad
ger mine. and that fine body of ore
has been uncovered that is improving in
size and value as work progresses. He
also says that the Mercur Gold Syndi-
cate and Development company has
closed up number of deals of late, and
that the outlook for the future is bright
G. S. Holmes has recently acquired title
to the Maud mine, situated in Bingham
between the Winnamuck properties, and
not far from the Dalton and Lark mines
There is an eighty foot incline shaft in
the Maud, the face of which shows a
small ore body running Ito ounces in sill
yer and .73 in gold to the ton. It is now
proposed to develop this property by a
long tunnel, which will cut three veins
at a depth of 400 feet.
BOSS" Mclaughlin. of the Argus mine
near the keystone mine. at Bingham is
in the city for the purpose of purchas-
ing an ore car, rails, supplies, etc, for
the mine, in which he recently made a
strike of good ore running 20 per cent.
lead, Is ounces silver and Sl2 in gold to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
THE DIRTIEsT PEOPLE ON EARTH

The dirtiest people in the world have
recently been discovered by an explor-
err in the Caucasus. They live in All
| inaccessible mountain range between
the Black sea and the Caspian. their
village being so snugly hidden away
| that no government has yet been able
to reach them. AS they were twenty'.
five hundreds years ago so they are u
this day. Seen from without there is @
certain pictureSqueneSS about a Swan.
etian village. although it merely con-
sists of miserable stone novels without
any attempt at form or adornm5nt-
Within, however, the houses are incon-
ceivably filthy. They are filled with
rags, vermin and dirt Of every de-
scription. All the cooking in fact il
done over a hole scooped out in the
middle of the floor
In these houses men, women and chils
dren are huddled together; during the
long winter months they are shut up
for days at a time, the cattle often
sharing their quarters. Every aper.
ture has to be closed on account of the
cold. The long Imprisonment IS, per-
haps. the chief cause of the degrada--
ton of the people; horrible diseases re-
suit from it, which are aggravated by
an abnormal consumption of arracks
the strong distilled drink of the Asia
tics. Besides being the dirtiest they
are probably the LATEST people c.s
earth. 1t is an invariable rule to take
four days a we5k holiday, with saints,
days as extras. Since they have adop-
ted the holidays of every other country
with which they have come in contact
1T is not surprising that the men find
little time for work.
Farming. bee culture and cattle
breeding are the only industries Of
these lazy people; throughout their ter
rftory thsre is not a single manufate
tured article, the children marry whiIs
verv young. they attend no school anes
lastly. they have no money.-New YORK
Mercury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
HAS PLENTL OF PATIENCE.
wisconsin Man Who Has Worked
Ten Years in Making Fifteen Cab
inefs.

Out in the wilds of Wisconsin, in
the little rural village of Martintown,
Green county. lives one of the most in
dustrious men of the century. He is
Peter Haase, a cabinet-maker. Ten
years ago he conceived the idea and
perfected plans in detail of the most
ingenious and elaborate combination
bookcase and writing cabinet in the
world Having saved enough money to
support him the remainder of his life,
he began the construction OF not only
one of these cabinets. but of fifteen.
finishing a certain part OF each at the
same time before advancing further.
The cabinets are inlaid with al of
the native woods, the boards having
been in his shop seasoning for over
eighteen years. When finished the fif-
teen cabinets will contain 100000
pieces of wood. Some idea of the time
required for the completion of this
Undertaking may be had by knowing
that it would take man, working
eight hours a day, one year TO simply
sort and count 100000 such pieces,
many of which will have to be handled
twenty times by Mr.. Haase before be-
ing permanently adjusted. The top of
each cabinet is to contain 1900 pieces
and each OF the posts 1000 pieces. The
aged workman figures that it will take
him six years more to finish his work,
and the fifteen pieces of furniture will
be finished at the same time.
Mr. Haase is II years of age, but is
hale, hearty and full of hope and de
termination to complete this wonderful
work to which he applies himself en-
Enthusiastically every workday. His pa
tience and perseverance are remark
able. He counts on each cabinet be-
ing worth s5,O00-s75.0OO for the lot
when completed. and believes that in
vesting his time in making them will
prove more profitable than spending
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
A Household Treasure.

D. w. Fuller of Canajoharie. N. Y.
says that he always keeps DR.. Kings
New Discovery in his house and Els
family has always found the very
best results follow its use; that he
would not be without it if procurab BILE.
G. A. Dykeman, Druggist, CatskilI,
n. Y, says that DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is undoubtedly the best Cough
Remedy; that he has used it in his
family for eight years, and it has
never failed to do all that is claimed
for it. Why not try a remedy so long
tried and tested? Trial bottles free
at a. C. NJ. I. Drug dept Regular
size. SOC ana s1.00.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
his money on life insurance would have
been.-New York World.
IVES AND scHAEFER.
Napoleon" Won Great Victory
Last Night


NEW YORK. April 1.-Madison
Square garden concert hall was crowd
ed tonight by a big crowd of billiard
lovers. eager to see Frank Ives and ia
cob Schaefer cross cues for the first
time at the eight-inch balk-line game.
Ives Won the break and chose the
white ball
The first good work of the evening
was accomplished in the fifth inning.
Ives failed to score, but Schaefer PLAYED
very pretty billiards and forged ahead
rapidly. When he had made fifty bv
good oil round play he was loudly APP
plauded, and the applause was renewed
when the score called IL Schaefer's
best run on Monday night was as and
he had thus beaten his previous high
record. His 9th shot, difficult masse.
was beautifully executed and the audi
ence cheered rOundly. There was am
other outburst when Jake passed the
century mark He kept on until he had
115 buttons. and after falling on a long
two-cushion shot, he gave way to Ives.
who was no points behind. the score
standing Schaefer 153. Ives a. Ives
face bore a very determined expression
when he began his sixth inning. and by
a succession of draws and gathering
shots he soon put up fifty and cOntin-
ued until his 18th shot, a difficult at
tempt to bank off two cushions for a
carom. His cue ball passed between
the red and the white, missing both by
the narrowest or margins. Schaefer's
seventh brought out some of the pretts
est work that has ever been accomplish.
ed and although he only made 66 the IN,
ming was more replete with brilliart
plays than the preceding one.
In the tenth inning Ives scored 70
points and Schaefer failed again I.
score. The champion struck fast gait
in the eleventh inning and very quicf'-
ly ran up 119. In the 18th Ives again
got his nerve and ran out the game
with an unfinished break of 103. amid
a good deal of excitement and cheer
ing at the end of the last play.
Summary
Ives-O. SO. /. 3. o. 70. 27, 8. /. 10. u.s.
q. As, 3, /. 81. 0. g.. 10000. Highest
run 119; average 81 11-19.
% 81, q. 0. 7. g. 0. 1884. Highest run
us; average 81 1918.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
A HANDBooK OF UTAH MINES.

1 have this day transferred and sold
to Robert w. Sloan all my right to
publish handbook of Utah mines. Mr..
Sloan will complete the book as orig
inally designed and fill all contracts
made with me. His we'll known adap-
liability for this work will commend
him to all interested in Utah's great
mineral wealth. and the successful is
sue, assured by his energy, will aid
materially in advertising Utah.
GEORGE E. BLAIR