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the sand and quicksilver into a big tub,
known as the settler. and running cold
water upon IL. As thu cold water
touches the mush 1t congeals the quick
silver. The little globules run together,
and having grown heavy finally fall to
the bottom. More cold water is poured
in to WASH oil the sand, and IN four
hours tie sand has all gone, and you
have q bucket full or so OF quicksilver,
containing the silver. This Is drawn
OIL into cUne.shaped amalgam sacks Of
canvas, the mcshes OF which are 50
small that tue silver cannot go through
them. Much OF the quicksilver Idfains
out aud q 40 which Is lClt Is a thick,
pasly amalgam. Containing the silver.
nivoRcisU ruR QUICKSILVER FROM Tux
stLVIK.
hut man cannot use quicksilver and
silver united together. The marriage
was ell right The next question Is to
get them apart. The marriage was by
water The divorce is by fire. The
quicksilver and silver amalgam Is now
taken to a furnace room where there are
six great rctofts. Each fciort is OF cast
iron. II is a great IRON pipe fourteen
inches in dlamctCI and about six feet
long. II will hold 400 pounds OF quick.
silver or about washtuh full Of tins
amalgam This much amalgam has 400
pounds Of pure silver II IS earned IN
whcclbarrow into the furnace room. and
the precious stuff is snovelcd into the
rctort with what looks much like a fire
shovel. The rctort is now tightly
stopped up so that not even the vapof
can escape, except by means Of pipe
at one end Of H. The IRE is made hot.
ter aud hotter until at last the quicksil-
veT. which vaporzss at 200 degrees.
goes of In the form Of steam or vapor.
IL flows away into the pipe, and is con-
densed further on by the cool water
passing over the pipe. II then flows of
into a reservoir outside the furnace. and
Is ready for a second chase after other
silver maidena In the pan room. The
pure silver does not vaponze at all. Al
ter the quicksilver has left Il II melis,
and when the retori is allowed to cool Il
Is found In the bottom, looking iof all
the world like a piece OF cid plank COW
cred with ashes. IL Is silver Stag or inn
pure silver bullion. IL is now broken up
into pieces, fcmelted in smaller fur
mace aud cast into bars. IL is not yet
ready ior the market. but must first be
shipped to refining furnaces In other
parts OF the county, where by means OF
chemicals |, is made pure and ready TO
40 to the mint to become silver dollars.
Fm.A< <. CaIo...LS
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ns big around as your waist are baccl
BY the walls ae ainst tie roof to keep the
dirt and rock from coming down upon
you as you 10 through them. From
these tunnels The miners have worked
upward along the vein, digens out
great caves and rooms In the mountain,
all of which have to be walled AID
rooted with logs and So lfaccd that
there may be no danger 81 their cayng
In. A good idea oi silver mine mighl
be gotten from q big New York apart.
mcnt house. Take tic Ontario Tor in
stance. The mine has fifteen stories,
each one hundred iCci in height. and
the shaft contains an elevator which an
immense steam engine raises and lowers.
carrying the ore aud the men from story
to story, AT each story the tunnels iun
Oh through the vein and connect with
the rooms or slopes. as they are called
by the miners. The tunnels are the pas.
sage ways or halls OF the flats aud e
slopes are rooms oug upward and out.
ward in taking out the ore. Each tunnel
has little railroad running through Il
and there are fifty miles OF such tunnels
IN the Ontario and the Day The cars
OF the railroad are Of iron. They are
HNNhls ihNNNA ~ hthNtA1H ~ RlhNl
that the miners may not have the
trouble Of lifting the ore, from the tun.
mel Of each Of these stories 10 the tunnel
below Il Is cut great pipe or chut at
such an angle the ore being shovelcd in.
to It will roll down and iall into the car
placed at It's mouth at the other end,
100 feet below
GOING down INTO TIM ONTARIO.
But the manager is ready for our visit
to the mine. We stand at the entrance
OF the shalt and watch the elevator
coming w. II IS raised by means Of q
cable made OF wire ropes each rs thick
as your thumb which runs over q pulley
forty feet above the floor, aud thence
straight down into the shaft The cable
looks strong, and we ask the engineer
how much the rope will hold without
breaking. We are told that Il eau
easily support eighty tons. look ut the
manager and the two miners who are to
20 win Us. None Of them weigh more
than 200 pounds, and as my weight Is
about loo feel comparatively safe.
Now the elevator Is at the top. Two
cats, each holding 800 pounds Of
rock, are wheeled Oh and we are
motioncd to take their places. As we
do so the manager gives a signal to the
engineer. aud we start down into the
bowels OF the earth. We descend as
fast as though We were in the elevator
OF Chicago hotel, and We drop at
once into the darkness. We are warned
to keep close within the cage. as a hand
OF q head might be taken OIL by pro-
iecling timber We hold on Tor dear
lie TO the iron rail over our heads aud |
try 10 shrink myself inward as Ear as pos
siblea we 10 down, down, down. Now
We pass one OF the levels, aud we catch
a glimpse OF candle IN the opening.
Now our ears are dinned by the shoot.
Ing Of a blast, and the sound so shakes
the air that our candles are blown out.
We light them again when we tall u the
next level, and the faces OF the miners
about Us look weird and ghost-ike Ia
their Pickering glare, 1t makes one
shudder. and y1u 'ecl aitimea as though
you were on the edge Of the grave. At
least felt 20 when the elevator was
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stopped at the sixth level. anil there.
6-n feet below the earth, a miner step.
ped on with a box OF dynamite candles
IL was no bigger than a soap box u
could n q have been more than two icli
square, but 10 contained enough dyna.
mite to have blown up toe Capitol
building at Washington and to have torn
the State, War ANA Navy Department
into atoms There vas no top to the
box, and ig the miner placed it close to
my feet, ] thought oi tn terrible pos
sihiltes. suppose rock should drop
from the top down upon that dynlmiicl
Suppose a spark from candle VOC a bit
OF wick should tall into il a sudden
Jar might throw one OF ~ uuun %, /
could lecl my hair rising aud NY face
whitcu. asked q, to the danger, and
was told that il was comparatively
small, but that the box contained 90 per
cent Of nitro glycefinc. was much te'
lieycd when it was taken away.
4 roRrsr ANuARtvrR UNDERGROUND.
And so We went on down to the bot
ton. where we were % visit one OF The
creates, icaB OF mining engineering
known 10 the world THIS Is the famous
Oniafio tunnel, which has just been
completed at cost OF 100000, in order
to draw the water of OF the mine. The
Ontaiio Is a wet mine, and a river Of
water flows through It's tunnel. u b., 10
TACT, a great subtcfranean passage, 50
wide YOU could drive a buggy through
10, and so high that We walker 10 u with
out stopping. The thfce.milc tunnel
has floor running through is middle,
upon which there is . railroad, by which
the ore and men are dragged BON one
part oi the mine to another hy mules.
As we walk over the road We hear the
rushing OF water, and look down be
tween the boards, There ~ n torrent
flowing under "a. II comes ifOm the
mine AZ the rate OF ten thousand gallons
a minute, and as We listen We hear the
water ial ing. falling, as II comes rom
the levels above. There was not an
ounce OF silver In the rock which was
dug away In order to make this tunnel,
aud il gives you some idea Of the cost
OF minng when YOU learn that this hail
million dollars gas spent ior dead work,
and solely 10 get water away rom the
other parts Of the mine. Unlil this tun'
mel was built all OF the water had to be
taken out by means OF pumps, one VI
the pumps used costing the enormous
sum Of !sso,ooo. II had a capacity u
1000 gallons a minute, but II Is nov
lying idle and a. less, It's work being
done by the tunnel.
Il is the water that necessitatcs the
walling OF the tunnels and toe slopes
with logs The vet earth and rock Is
always pressing Ia, and without iimbcrs
the mine would not last for an hour
The force Is so great that II sometimes
grinds these great pine logs-some o.
which are as large around as your waist
to powder. Some vi the highest
priced men employed In tbs mines are
those who take care OF the umbcrs, who
walk through the mine daily. looking iol
weak spots. The best OF timber is re
quireJ, and that used IN the Ontario
mine comes from the forests OF Oregon
a DYNAMITE EXPERIENCE.
And so we 70 along from tunnel e
tunnel. Nov we climb into one OF thu
| stopes and watch the men at work. W.
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stacks,ar seen scattered over the noun
iains, and big four horse wagons travel
from daylight until dark up and down
the valley with loads OF silver ore. In
going up TO the mine you pass here and
there enormous bins or square buildings
into which the ore, dragged from the
bowels OF the earth, is empucd, pre-
pafatory TO loading II on the wagon.
These buildings have many mouths or
holes at the bottom, so arranged that,
by the lifting OF board, they can be
opened and the ore will fall down into
the wagons on the road below. You
pass boarding houses devoted to the
feeding vi the army OF men In the mines,
aud go ON until you reach the big barn.
fudely built, and you would never
imagine that they represent a product Of
$50 100000 They contain, however,
little more than the hosting machinery.
The real workshops OF any mine are
underground.
now \ GREAT MINE LOOKS.
But let me give you IN simple words
some idea Of this enormous silver nine
When discovered, It was, you know.
merely a mountain OF rock, through one
part OF which ran little streak which
the prospectus thought carried ore
values. They broke some OF the rock
In pieces. II looked not much different
from any piece OF broken granite which
you might pick mp ON the roadside. but
10 their experienced eyes II contained
silver. They laid out their claim and
dug shalt or well. They found the
prospects grow richer as they went
downward, aud AZ last the hole was sold
10 Senator Hearst, Lloyd .Tevis. !. b..
Haggin and other uiilllonaifcs, Who put
in expensive machinery 10 get the ore
Out. This was Almost twenty years ago,
and Il has Ia that time produced The
enormous amount Of silver above stated.
These men took the well or hole made
by the projectors and they have sunk
1t more than 800 feet down through
that mountain oil rock They have
made Of Il what Is known as the shalt,
which Is little more than a hole walled
with boards five feet wide aud fourteen
feet long, running l1r more than a
quarter oi a mile straight down into the
earth. This shaft was sunk lust beside
the vein OF silver rock, aud at intervals
OF one hundred fee, on the way down.
ward they have run OF tunnels into the
vein and have taken out the ore. Each
oi these tuunela IS from four 10 six iect
wide and from six TO nine feet high. II
Il walled and rooted with timhefs. Logs
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Tue tett norulos f)r rii maaes q
sewing machines. kogiug machine
oil " absolute purity can bo mai %
Singer Sswiug Machine now show
taoms. a. Sou;h Main, three doors
eluth Il. e.. NJ. l..
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Nhieh Is the biggest silver mine in the
United States, and which Is said to be
the biggest working mine In the world
today The Ontario has already pro.
daced more than s5o.ooo, oco worth OF
silver, and Il has paid its owners more
than 10000 oo In dividends. For the
past two years II has been putting In
very expensive improvements, and ow.
Tx to this and to the demonstration Of
silver. the dividends have dropped, bu,
am told tina, II will pay more than ten
per cent this year, and is silver deposits
arc still OF inoaleulable value. Connect.
ed with the Ontario is the great Daly
mine whose dividends have amounted
to between two aud three million dol.
lars. and near II Is the Daly.IVes, mine.
now Just about ready Tor working.
and other things which have large dc.
posits Of silver.
Our BIGGEST siLVHV CAMP.
You reach Park City by a branch OF
lhr Union Pacific. Its situated ia the
Wasateh mountains. Just about a mile
sud a half above the sea, aud within
ihlrly'two miles oi Salt Lake City. The
town has about 7coo Inhabitants. IL
lies along both sides OF gulch. and its
main street Is tlled with dust in the sum.
mef and mud In the winter. A around
u are silver mines. and tho town lives
upon silver. Ia IL palmiest days It's
pay roll has amounted to millions a year.
ana the Ontario mine alone pays out
now more than sioo,ooo annually In
wages Inc Ontario properly is
situated just back OF the city. When
we mine was discovered It's surround.
lngs were those OF bleak, bare and
sesolale hills. Now immense frame
puiuings' with steam pipes aud smoke
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Qtsi FrfeyeH in he ontario dYgeR Of
I4sS- Eo'e Of 7Dbe, and rs Sb,yapea Dlgc,s
@ Dynamite and Oher CArc
Gotten Om@ the hayhd ISR 10 Big Romantic
LoTrS Of Qnekit0s, and Sitter 6y Wlit ne DoiiG
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HAVE COME
to Park City to
tell YOU how sil.
yer is gotten out
OF the earth.
This is one of the
worlds great
treasure vaults OF
the white metal.
the site Of the
Ontario mine.
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copyrighted. 1870 by Prank @. Carpeptorj
,pseil Correspondence OF the NEWS
PARK CRY. Utah, September slh, 1896
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How Silver Is Mined.

Visit To Our Biggest Silver Mine. Which Has
Produced More Than S3O,OoO.OOO in silver and
Paid More Than $l3oOOOOO in Dividends.
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lgRLIE ]. STONE, GsnsaloeIst.

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ehlogiss, iineaEcs etc. 1hese volumes will 10
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70 almost every American fAniiy MAHes \
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OsAns., A(alAAy s.4 = RsasrkeAls
Curs. 81.

Co. 60 Ts's
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when great, peppiar ..pemsdy. rises to
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theme Of eommentin q. wholS section h MY MY
fairly be treated - a matter Of news rather
than moro businoss, because tits In sense y
public henefactof. p In yiew.ofthis fact q lady
reporter was deputed to investigate persons
ally the remarkable tcaic and curative effects
which DR.. Williams Pink Pilis had shown,
particularly In cases OF nervous weakness and
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Atypical oase was readily found IN the
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on Erie street, Borcester. Mass. who had
been, according to her own testimony, suffer-
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weakness, accompanied by palpi,f tlon Of tho
heart and irregularity of functions
ut Is true" she said, "that have met
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use OF DR.. williams Pink Pills For some
dme was completely run down. and the
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MY lips were white and my heart pslpitated
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III shall continue to use the Pink Pills"
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Inquiries Of physicians and apothecariss
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E = ~ churchyard the grass grew
Z ksss the peaceful dead .were lying;
+ II tAelg quiet and holy sleep
p - buttarf1ies white were flying,
| lone little child was playing there
1.-The chvrchyard, sunny and still;
d waqdescd away. In his innocent
Il sm the litis white house on the hill.
kterfiies, butterfliesr' cried the child,
g he played on the grassy sod,
fdn're the souls Of the little dead chill
dren here
iuttering up to God"
e In the churchyard a place new-made,
Waits FOR the innocent dead;
n. Tor the dear little sleeper, there
AFaited his quiet bed.
4 = long farewell they say over him,
18th kisses on lip and brow;
IN with flowers sweet at head and feet,
goes from his mother now.
ylerfies futter above her head,
she kneels on the grassy sod,
the little white soul of her precious
one
lutters away to God.
ladies' Home Journal
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GIddness Comes

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Peasant spoKe TO our lerp doctor
and he advised me that ! should-
Doctor UnterruptingeOn he gave you
some idiotic advice, I don't doubt.
Peusant-He advised me to see you
Humoristische Blaetter.
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S~N AVs3AB SASC VIII Oo Wf0AS.
Our trails show Us how strong hold
wt have on God.
Don't throw away your ticket when
yen get II tie tunnel.
The moro We love the more God will
permit US to soc to love.
The nex> best thing to owning n thing
is to be satisfied without 1t.
Don't run from a shadow. 1t means
that there Is light close by.
Faith Is always a giant killer. nc
matter how humble 1t may look.
The hedgehog should not complain II
he receives porcrpinc treatment,
Don't pick out the cross that shine,
if you would bear the hight ono.
True religion ought to be Just as tru.
in street car as It Is II church.
Truth may be put in the grave, but !,
Will come out when least expected.
1t Is only wher the I.erc's forces ars
divided that the devil e1mes ou. ahead
The world is not so much IN need OF
better preaching as it is Of better prac
tice.
If the devil ! I'd to travel with ur
covered face, only devils would follow
sim.
Holding ON to any kind Of q sin vii
sooner or later cause us to give u,
Christ.
When n wise man and q fool ar:
thrown together the fool docs all IT,
talking.
a good man will not camc all nis.,
on ground that he does not know 20 b,
safe.
People who have never fc9Bd gu
that they have any faults have no .ru
friends.
One way Of, hiding your ligh. under :
hushel is to keep your church letter !:
your trunk. - !.
Every step a good man tnkrS tor!
some sinner that he cnght to hchay
himself.
Not to preach so that somebody wi!
want to know Christ Is to fail 20 praaci
the gospel.
Every man should remember thc
other people are setting their watchc
by his clock.
Too many are ready to shu: up :l,
Bible and quit whenever a tAmla
comes in sight.
God does not trust important matter
to people who have no business OF ,hai
own to attend to.
If men had the power to call for nr,
from heaven, the world would hav,
been destroyed long ago.
Gods law is that unless a man vii
do good with his money he cannot ge
any lasting good out Of 1t himself
Don't expect much from tho man who
Is always talking about how nuch h,
would give u he had some othcr man,
purse.
The devil has never yet taken pris
oner who hsd on tie whole armor o.
God, and was armed with tt. sword O.
the Spirit.
When Elijah said. "If tho Lord bt
God, follow him." not soul r"spon
I'D. But when he said, 'Fill four bar
rols with water" what a crowd stepped
out.