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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21

FRANC G. Carpenters syndicate story
of How Silver is Mined" which mas
appeared in several western and eastern
papers, is probably very interesting
reading 10 the uHinitiated, and in The
east where the sentimental rather than
the practical phase of life is FIN de
steele" the narrative must really seem
quite romantic with the hero, Mons.
Quicksilver, kissing back 10 life Mile.
Maiden silver; the faith thus ,plighted
being consummated by marriage by
amalgamation. The union is an I'M
happy one, however, and a divorce by
fire is the order of the day, the result
Of the separation being that tickle
Mons. Quicksilver returns to single
blessedness once again, and like a gay
Lotharib. is soon engaged in chasing
another Mile. Silver around the tanks
in the Narsac mill; when, as soon as
he has kissed and won her, and taken
her in, so 10 speak, a divorce is again
quickly obtained in the fiery furnace.
Mr.. Carpenter bases his story on a
visit to the Ontario mine ard Marsac
mill, and one would judge that this was
the first great property he ever inspect
ed. He describes the magnificent On
tario hoisting plant as a large. rough
built barn IN which there is a lot of
machinery. He shrinks as he goes down
the shaft and is scared to death for
fear that a box of dynamite on the cage
will explode; and his candle is con-
Stantly being eXtinguished by great
gusts of wind caused by blasting in the
mine He compares the different lev
els, drifts and Slopes in the mine to a
big compartment house, and every
opening to room. The mineral TO him
IS like country rock. and from his i'm
pressions as TO the appearance Of ore,
a stone quarry might be run through
the crusher, dryer and solution tanks
with most successful results.
At the Marsac nldll the idea still fol-
lows him, as he describes the ore pulp
as sand, gravel and mud He speaks
Of the stamps as weighing $50 pounds
each, when in fact they weigh 1900;
and he is sadly at fault as to the length
of the dryer.
Frank c. may be at home in the dis
cussion of political subjects or in
treatise on the wives of our presi-
dents" or the morality of the Tim
bue.too Indians" but when it comes
TO naming, he might do well to get
few pointers from a carpusher before
attempting to writa truthful and in
teiligent article on the big mines of the
west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
CAMP FLOYD NEWS.
Facts About the East Golden Gate
The BricIzynrd Mil.


The BricIzyard Mil.
MERCUR, Utah, Sept 2O-In view
of the fact that there are so many
vague rumors af1oat concerning the
East Golden Gate, and that the man
aSement is so close mouthed concern
ing the developments now in progress
on this property, it is refreshing to
learn something that can be relied on
concerning this ground. The drill hole
is about 900 feet deep, and the hard
formation through which they drove
for 800 feet of the distance has been
replaced by softer and more varied
matter. In fact, 'all the colors of the
rainbow" have been encountered in, the
last hundred feet
The contract was originally let for
$500 feet. or until the ore body was
encountered. While there were good
reasons to believe that the real vein
has not yet been reached, the drill has
undoubtedly passed through offshooots
from it, and the reports that ore has
been discovered are probably true.
The story told is that a party very
much interested in discovering what
was going ON, stole some samples from
the workings and had some of the ma
terial ASA yed by a Salt Lake assayer.
The returns showed $31 in gold, and
thinking there must be some mistake
in the matter, he took some of what he
had left to another assayer, and the
returns were still higher Just how far
this report can be credited Is g. ques-
ton. There are but two reasons why
so much mystery should be MAIN
tanned by the company. One would be
a desire to sell an undesirable property,
which the standing of interested par
ties would render improbable, while
the other is that the company desires to
purchase surrounding claims as low as
possible, and therefore wild give out no
information that would cause a raise
in prices.
Whatever reasons may exist, the
change from the hard formation to the
softer material has been disastrous to
the drilling machinery, causing many
breakages and vexatious delays.
The report of the Tribune that the
Bricl1yard company would not build a
mill this year has no foundation in fact.
Colonel Wall still holds to his asser-
ton, made some time ago, that as soon
as development work is sufficiently adj
vanced the mill will be built, and at
present it does not seem very far dis
+ant
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
THE FLAGSTAFF MINE.
A Property That is Being scientff-
caIIy Developed.

Property That is Being Scientifi-
caIly Developed.
1t was the pleasure of a Democrat
representative to pay a visit last Sun
day to the Flagstaff mine, east of the
city about seven miles, a property that
IS being developed by the Exploring
Syndicate of Mines & Milling company
Of Havre, France. The property is
under the superintendent of w. o.
Reynolds, and how scientifically the
work is being done visit alone can
determine. A double compartment
shaft has attained a depth of 500 feet
deep and deep sinking will continue I'M
til at least water is reached. For most
Of the way down the shaft a strong
vein in ore can be seen and in the
crosscuts wherever explorations have
been made. Other shafts down the hill
have been sunk to a depth Of $50 feet
on the vein and all the work has been
done with that scientific knowledge
that when water is struck in sufficient
flow for mill uses, the mine will be so
developed that plenty of ore will be
obtainable when the mill is ready for
reduction.
The scene of the Flagstaff presents a
typical mining camp. with its numer-
Gus company buildings and small resi-
dences. and in the near vicinity the
hills are dotted with cabins of mine
owners. Altogether the district has
made surprisingly rapid progress in
mine discovery and development and
the prediction is not speculative to say
that in the next five years a dozen
or more mines will be operated with
mills in the Flagstaff district.
The Exploring Syndicate have great
faith in their property and its splendid
showing certainly warrants such con-
acknowledgements. Boise City, Oregon.
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V(|RI 4

an Inter-Mountain reporter and asked
as TO the truth OF the reports he re-
piled substantially as follows:
we have been running a cross-cut
north from the 60O-foot level and went
through 4-foot VEN last week, and
have had fairly good assay from it,
but as it is not up to expectations. we
are continuing the cross-cut to strike a
larger vein, which we believe is in that
vicinity. We are only handling about
SO gallons Of water per minute now and
the present pumping machinery is ade-
quate for all purposes. We win not
do any work on the small vein and will
make no attempt to take out ore until
we strike the larger vein
Around the Meaderville district many
wild rumors are afioat relative to the
richness and extent of the ore body en-
countered at the Atlantic, but the
statement of Mr.. Gilbert effectually dis
poses of them.
The Leonard mine is running on its
usual large scale. The new Reidler
pump, which handles about 400 gallons
of water per minute, is undergoing re-
pairs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
BRUTAL OUTRAGE.
whitecappers Get in Some Awful
work Near Toledo Ohio.


Work Near Toledo Ohio.
TOLEDO, Sept. 2O.-The fact was
learned today that brutal whitecap
ping outrage occurred within a few
miles of Toledo ten days ago. but the
region is so terror-gtricken that no
one dared to carry any word to the au-
thorities until this morning.
A farmer living near Holland, in
this county was the victim. His two
children were returning from Holland
them and accused them of finding and
secretlng pocket book containing $50.
This was denied, and the children were
searched. The same men went to
Huntsman's house that night, and
again insisted that the pocket-book
was in the possession of the family.
They finally went away, threatening
vengeance. The following night band
Of dozen or more men took Hunts
man from his bed and beat him out
rageously That done, he was strung
up for q few moments to a tree. He
was then lowered again, beaten and
partially buried. Given chance to
make a statement, he claimed to be
innocent, and was strung up by the
heels and again buried. He was then
notified to leave the county within
twelve hours or die. The mans jaw
was broken and he was frightfully
bruised, but his fear was so great that
he and his family remained in the
woods without food or medical attend
ance for the two following days
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21

ergetic worker In the person of Brother
William Spier, who is going to leave
in a short time for Santa Barbara, Cal
ifornia. May success attend him, is the
wish Of all the members of No. TO-
The entertainment to take place Sep
TENDER 30, on the lodges second ami
versary, is to consist Of songs, speeches,
instrumental selections, etc. All broth
ers Of the order are cordially invited to
be present
Superior Chief of Honor Ginevra
Miller has issued a circular, in which
she explains the object of the institu-
ton Of the superior lodge. She says:
The object of the supreme lodge, A.
o. U. W., in instituting the Superior
lodge, degree Of honor, was to place It's
mana cement entirely under the control
of it's own members members OF the de-
gree, and as far as practicable put the
affairs Of this branch Of the order into
the hands of ladies of workmen's homes,
for whose benefit the degree was de-
signed"
Then she adds: Social interest in
subordinate lodge meetings and in
such Informal occasions as lodges may
arrange for the benefit of themselves
and their friends is Of the highest
value. The lodge does it's best work
which best provides for the entertain
ment of ITS members at its meetings
and secures for itself the best standing
as a social factor and as a source OF
enjoyable social events in the commun-
ity. This KIM of work 1 would earn
estly commend to every subordinate
lodge, and urge upon the grand officers
that they stimulate it to the fullest eX-
tent Let there be an entertaining
programme for each meeting, and an
earnest effort to enlist outside friends
in the membership.
THE beneficiary feature of the
order must not be overlooked in its
social pleasures. This is the rock Of our
foundation; but while it best secures
permanency, it may likewise speedily
result in our downfall if we be not wise
in it's management and active in keep
ing up it's membership. This feature
subjects US to the conditions that sur
round all institutions which pay death
benefits, and this makes it necessary
to build it up with young and healthy
m en- hers"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
SECRET
S0CIE TIES

Things are frightening up in the fra
ternal world and work for the fall and
winter is now fairly under way.
The principal orders in the city re-
port satisfactory meetings, with good
attendances, and a spirit of progress
and activity prevalent.
The blue lodges of the Masonic order
held their stated meetings last week,
and now that their summer recess has
terminated, work from this on Will be
steady and increasing. The command
cry met on Saturday night and worked
in the Royal Arch degree. The attend
ance was good and the work passed off
in good style.
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According to the reports from State
Line district, that place will come to the
front as one OF the best mining camps
in the state in six months time. The
Utah Spur has been bonded for $4,000 and
$1,000 has already been paid.-Lode, De
Lamar, New.
Tom Ferguson, the well known mining
man, is the father of a fine 12-pound boy
which arrived last Friday night during
the terrific wind storm that swept over
the city, and in consequence of the con-
dition of the elements at the time of the
birth of the youngSter, many of Toms
friends insist that ne be named Cyclone
Bill"
Messrs. John and Thomas Bell also Mrs
John Bell, have taken up their abode at
Hardscrabbie. 1t is reported that Mr.
Bell and Samuel Porter have received
large offers for their interests in the
Harascrab bile mining district, but Mr.. Bell
preferred not to talk in this regard when
seen by a Mirror reporter this week.
Morgan Mirror.
The Kansas City smelter people are now
said to be negotiating in earnest for the
Pilot Bay smelter but nothing definite
can as vet be learned. It is reported, too,
that orders have been received at the
smeter from the HendryX mana cement
directing that everything be placed in
readiness for the resumption of operations
at an early date-Post-Intelligen
Seattle, Wash.
The Merrill Miller Mining company held
its annual meeting at Helena this week
and elected. the following officers: Thomas
G. Merrin, president; Charles O. Merrill.
vice-president; John S. Miller, treasurer;
W. f. Whitaker, secretary. This COM
pany operates the Liverpool mine in the
Lump Gulch district. There are no pros
poets of resuming operations at this
mine, and it is reported that one of the
principal shareholders makes the follow
ing statement: L won't put a dollar into
the Lump Gulch district, nor permit nv
friends to do so if I can influence them,
until we can operate our own property
IN the way we see fit.''-W estern Mining
World, Butte Mont
SID Nashton, a teamster who recently
was in the employ of Horace Lewis at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21

this part of the district at least. On the
Maggie the shaft went through the vein
at a barren point, but the values were
found around it by drifting from the
Golden Gate, the Marion company
sunk a shaft and hit about the only
barren place in the property large
enough for shaft to go through with
out striking ore on one side or the
other; the Cannon shaft penetrated a
barren place in the vein, but has since
obtained the values by drifting; the
Brickyard shaft found the vein at a
barren spot, but is drifting toward 1t
from the groupings on ore of very good
milling values; the Seal shaft and the
Eagle both are now drifting on the vein
with the prospect of getting good ore
soon. The history of the Surprise shaft
was of like nature as those instanced
above, and quite a number OF like
cases could be enumerated In the
light of these curious facts 1T does not
seem unreasonable to think that there
may be such a thing as luck after ALL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
THE NORTH MINIS.
The Tunnel in 1900 Feet-That Great
$4,000 Tramyvay.

4 force of fifteen or twenty men IS
now employed on the Consolidated
mines north Of Brigham, says the
Brigham City Bugler. The great tun-
mel is in to a depth of 1900 feet. 1t
is said that considerable good ore is
being exposed along the main tunnel
and small side tunnels. It is said also
that the object OF the owners is to ex-
pose as much Gre as possible, then open
Che mine for inspection and sell.
Work on the proposed $4,000 tram
way has already begun. It will prob
ably be two miles or more in length
from the mine down the mountain side
and across the fields TO the Union Pa
cific railroad track Men are already
at work grading and cutting the way
for this great structure.
Photographer Compton was UP to the
mine the fore part of this week and
secured several good pictures of the
rugged gorge and the mining buildings.
mouth Of the tunnel, etc, which can
be seen at his gallery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
Tale of a Prospector.

It is related of Tommy Cruise Of
Helena, says a Montana exchange, that
once upon a time when his cayuses
were about to be sold for unpaid taxes
he struck a friend for a loan. The
friend could not help him, but gave
him some advice Strike old Sam
Ashby for a couple Of hundred dol
lars" the friend suggested. Sam Ashby
was one of the rich men of Helena,
and ran a small savings bank. Tommy
Cruise tried old Sam Ashby." All he
got, however, was some pretty free
talk, in which the banker assured Tom
my Cruise that he would rather throw
paper money into the home of his
satanic majesty than loan it to such a
shiftless fellow. Tommy Cruise got his
he located the Drum Lummon gold
mine. He knew he had big thing,
but somehow he could make nobody be-
lieve in his mine For years he work.
ed at it, however, living at times a
dogs life.
Once, while talking to a friend he fell
forward unconscious; he had not eaten
a mouthful of food for thirty-six hours,
and yet with logged persistency had
worked on till he fell in his tracks. At
last his day came, he opened up a big
vein, and had G million dollars to his
credit in a good, safe bank. Hard times
over, he decided to pose as solid
citizen" so he opened savings bank
in Helena One of the first men to ap-
ply to Tommy Cruise, banker, for a
small loan was the one-time banker,
old Sam Ashby. now less prosperous.
Then came to the old prospector the
happiest moment of his life, one that
wiped out all memory Of starvation
Cr1Ic
showing his would-be customer to the
door, assured that customer in
language too emphatic and graphic for
English ears, that he would sooner
throw paper money into the home of
his satanic majesty than loan it to
such a drunken, shiftless fellow as
Sam Ashby.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
THE MzNEs OF WILLARD.
over $4,000 E-nended in the De-
veIopment of One Claim.

The Brigham City Bugler says that
several of the best mines in the tops
of the mountains east of Willard are
stu being worked. Within a radius of
a mile there are probably a dozen good
prospects, considerable work having
been done on many of them. The
Surprise. for instance, has d shaft some
gao feet deep, which strikes a body of
good ore A tunnel is now being run
into the side of the mountain 10 tap
the bottom of this shaft, when great
nuantity of valuable ore viii be taken
out. over $4,000 have been expended
on this claim and still the owners are
so encouraged that they continue. to
push il
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
FRANKIE. Carpenters Write
Up Of the Great On
taTiO Mine.
CAMP FLOYD NEWS
Facts About the East Golden
Gate Mine---The Backyard
Will Build a Mill.
THE MINES OF WILLARD
Over $4,000 Expended in the De-
veIopnent of One Claim.

The North Mine Near Brigham City
Building $4,000 TrRmwny-
Strike in the AtIantic-Luck After
AII-The Flagstaff Mine, in Ore
Eon-TaIe of n Prospector-Green
River Soda Weus-The Finding of
Centen nfaI-EureLn Stock After n
Lapse OF Several Years-WiII De-
str9y Location Notices on the I'm
cOmPohgre Asphaltum Lands
Park Record Jostings.
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knights of Pxthins.

The lodges of this order held their
usual meetings without anything of
special interest occurring Calanthe
had well-attended meeting on Mon
day evening at which several visiting
brothers were present and made inter-
esting talks On subjects of interest to
the order.
Myrtle as usual, had a large and
pleasant meeting on Tuesday night, at
which work was done in the esquire's
rank.
Monitor, on Wednesday, had a large
attendance, and two applications for
membership were received and referred
to the proper committees. Monitor is
getting along nicely and adding to its
list Of members right along.
Rocky Mountain keeps up it's record
and is still the largest lodge in the
Jurisdiction. Thursday nights meeting
was fraternal in the proper sense. De-
gree work was done and several appli-
cations for membership received.
Zion is we'll to the front in the swim
and doing excellent work. Friday
nights meeting was both instructive
and enjoyable.
The members of the order are glad
to welcome back Captain w. w. Hall,
who has just returned from a six
months sojourn in the republic of
Mexico, much benefited in health
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
MATTHEW'S ON BRYAN.

NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y. Sept. 20
Governor Claude Matthews OF Indiana,
accompanied by several members Of his
staff, a committee Of leading citizens OF
Indianapolis and a number of ladies,
arrived here yesterday en- route to
Tompkinsville, where. on Monday at
p. m, they will present the new bat.
tleship Indiana with the handsome sill
yer service raised by subscription. Cow
ernor Matthews says he thinks Bryan
will have the biggest majority Indiana
ever gave.
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Luck After All.

The fact that the Golden Gate COM
pany followed the pay ore to within a
very short distance to the Maybe shaft,
says the Mercur Mercury, where the
ground became barren, shows but one
instance of the remarkable luck which
has attended the sinkjsN Of shafts in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
INNING ENfs1NEERs nrEEr.

DENVER, Coz, Sept. 20-Over 10S
members of the American Institute Of
Mining Engineers arrived in the city
today to attend the seventy-second ses-
sion of this body OF scientific men. The
programme of the meeting consists Of
the reading and discussion of papers
interspersed with visits to smelters and
other ore reduction works and to soma
of the best mining districts of the state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
KILLED A BURGLAR.
He Fails to Halt When Told to Do Sol
by q Policeman.

He Fails to Halt When Told to Do So
by Il Policeman.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-Early this
morning, Officers Brecker and Carey
saw three men, John O'Brten, William
Walsh and a third whose name is un-.
known, leave a cigar store at 1885
Broadway. Supposing that a burglary
had been committed, the officers called
to them TO halt, but they broke into a
run through West Thirty-fifth street.
The policemen gave chase and cap
tured Walsh. O'Brien was q. consider
able distance ahead, and one Of the Of
ficers fired twice. The first shot missed
O'Brien, but the second hit him in the
back and passed through his heart,
killing him instantly. The third bur-
giar escaped A bundle that O'Brien
had thrown away contained six boxes
Of cigars. O'Brien's body was taken to
the morgue.
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oNE HUNDRE0 THOUSAND Loss.

OsWEGO. N. Y, Sept. 2O-Fire yes
terday destroyed the entire plants OF
the Silver Medal company and the
Sediger Toothih Novelty company, to-
gether with the three-story block OF
Timothy Donovan and the house OF
Patrick Murray and William Grant.
The loss will probably aggregate $780,
900. The insurance will not cover tina
loss. Two hundred and fifty hands are
thrown out Of employment.
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4 GOOD Old AGE.

DENIsON, Texas, Sept. 2O.-Mrs. SAL
lie Alberson, aged lis years. died near
Colbert this morning. Mrs. Alberson
was the wife Of Charles Alberson, who
was in the Creek war with Jackson in
1872. She was the oldest person in the
nation, and has great grand children
'who have passed. the haf-century mile
post.
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womnn,s Relief Corps.

The ladies relief corps have gone to
work in earnest this fall The social
at Mrs. Schenk's was a success in ev-
cry respect and on Friday afternoon
Of this week all ladies interested in
corps work are invited to a, Kensing-
ton tea given at the home Of Mrs.
James Harvey, 8 Wellington Court.