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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
THE DALTON LOOKING WELL.
The Bully Boy and Webster Has a
fright Future in Store.

fright Future in Store.
Major Henry. of Marysvale, who is
in the city on business states that the
outlook for the mines in that locality
is very encouraging.
In speaking of the Dalton. he said
that the mine was looking well, and
that in time it would become a heavy
producer of good pay ore. At present,
however, on account of heavy snow, the
progress being made was necessarily
slow; but that in time the mine was
bound to make a record for itself.
The greatest mine in the district. &C
cordinS to the majors idea, is the Bully
Boy and Webster, and he says that the
long tunnel in this property is still be-
ing driven on pay ore, and that with
DEVELOPMENT this property will open up
one OF the largest ore bodies to be
found in the south.
The Alma. also has all the points of
being a good mine; all that it needs
being systematic development.
AT the present time the southern
country is frightening up over the rail
road outlook. as grading is now in pro-
gress for the extension of the D. &. r.
g. w from Salina to Richfeld. and
there is hardly anv doubt but that if
will build on to Marvsvale, in which
event. this camp, with it's numerous
producing mines. will be strictly in it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21

controlled by men of repute in the
community in which they live, such
mines invariably become good produce
ers and prove good investments for
the stockholders and such mine or
company is rarely. if ever, known to
fail Who would think of employing a
green grOceryman as a lawyer to try
an important suit? Yet the compare
son is equally good in describing the
history OF many companies Of the past,
the so-called mine having been -se-
iected by the fitting tenderfoot and
sold to his confiding friends at a big
price, and they then hmm ediately be-
come miners and directors. both at
home and at the mine and know it all.
The board of directors never go to see
the property, but begin buying all
manner of machinery, recommended
most likely by some old salt who has
been on the ocean all his days and to
give orders by mail to "stope down.
drift edsti then little to the north
west! and finally to go square west!'
and after two months, or perhaps a
year or two, of toll and deferred hopes.
the tunnel comes out somewhere near
the place of beginning. Thus without
knowledge, chart or compass. the bot
tom of the pocketbook is reached and
the company comes to grief, and ever
after that that little town curses the
business called mining.
During the past few years many OF
the abandoned mines of California and
Colorado have been opered up by the
modern miner. who knows a mine when
he sees it, and knows how to work it,
and these mines are now worth mil
lions of dollars. Mining today. as prop
erly understood and worked by compe-
tent men, is the best business in the
world; but "never send a boy on a
mans errandr'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
MunyOn' S
KIDNEY
CURE.

Munyon's Kidney Cure cures pain in
the back. loins or groins from kidney
disease, puffy and fabby face, dropsy
of the feet and limbs, frequent desire
to pass water scanty urine. dark-cOl-
ored and turbin urine. sediment in the
urine, gravel in the bladder, and too
great flow of urine. Price, 25 cents.
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure is guaran-
teed to cure ali forms Of Indigestion
and stomach troubles Price, Csc
Munyon's rheumatism Cure never
fails to relieve in 1 to hours, and
cures in few days. Price. Csc
Munyon's Headache Cure stops
headache in three minutes Price, Csc
Munyon's Blood Cure eradicaGe5 all
impurities of the blood. Price, 25c-
Munyon's Cold Cure prevents pneu-
monia and breaks up q, cold in a few
hours. Price. % cents
Munyon's Cough Cure stops coughs.
night sWeats, allayS soreness and
speedily heals the lungs. Price, 20
cents.
Munyon's Pile Ointment positively
cures all forms of piles. Price, 25c.
Munyon's VitaliZer restores lost pow
ers to weak men. Price, $1.00
A separate specific for each disease
Sold by all druggists. mostly at %
cents a. bottle.
Personal letters to Professor Munyon.
1905, Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, an
swered with free medical advice for
any disease.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
THE GOLD NOTE.
The Company Expects to Resume
Work at an Early Day.

The Company Expects to Resume
Work at an Early Day.
The Gold Note Mining company. who
are the owners of patented property
in Ophir Mining district, expects to
resume work in its mine at an early
day.
This is an old producing mine, and
has a record of So, 900 in ore shipments
to its credit, its ore values averaging
about 20 ounces in silver and 81 in
gold to the ton.
The incline shaft in the Gold Note
is down a distance of 175 feet. with
eight feet of pay ore in it's face. but to
facilitate the development of the prop
erty a vertical working shaft is to be
sunk
a. "A. Brim is president of the Gold
Note property. and he informs The
Herald that the balance of the treas
ury stock will soon be placed on the
market. The private stock of the COM
pany is selling quite freely on the
street at from II to 10 cents a share.
The proximity of the Gold Hill to the
Lion Hill and the Camp Floyd gold
zone, together with it's record as a pro
Queer. should make a desirable specu-
lative stock
Mr.. Brim is now out near the mouth
of Ophir canyon, in Camp Floyd dis
trict, in company with A Murphy and
3. T. Lloyd, for the purpose of exam
ming the Zelnora and Deemster groups
of mines.
At present there is considerable ac-
tivity in that locality, and when spring
fairly opens we may look for some
good reports from there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
UTAH IS GOOD ENOUGH.
DR.. Fell Discourses ON the Merits
of Mercur.

DIR. Fell Discourses ON the Merits
of Mercur-
There is always tendency among
the children of men to banker aitel
strange gods; to believe there IS some
thing they have not that is better IMAM
that which they possess. Verify IS II
trl1e that distance lends enchahllileHt
to the view. 49,
This last is particularly true at tne
present time when Utah people are
I1ebino To Cripple Creek and neglect
ing the opportunities that lie at their
doors. 1 am not disposed to belNtle
CriDDle Creek, which is without DOUBT
the greatest gold camp the world mas
ever seen. 1t has produced millions IN
a short time and will produce many
millions more in a much shorter
period. Indeed. 1 have 1T on the au-
thority of an old miner that IN lew
DAYS one of the principal owners OF
the camp will make good his boast
that he will hoist from the earth IN
one day gold ore to the value OF 81
600 600 Gold ore is so rich there that
the miners cannot be trusted TO handle
it on the surface and as consequence
it is all sacked in the mine, and each
sack as carefully guarded as II II
contained diamonds. 4 lump as big as
a mans hand means in many cases
months wages for one of the miners
SO it stands the owners in hand to
guard we'll the precious stuff
And that is where the trouble comes
in 1t might strike my readers as
ridiculous We're I to say that the rich
ness of the ores is the very thing that
should keep the working man away
from the camp. But that is a fact.
The ore is so rich and is mined SO
1 vol
to operate the mines and take out
millions of gold a month; whereas,
were it a silver-lead or copper PROPOSE
tion four or five times the number would
be needed. Then again, there are no
smelters in the vicinity and all the
ore is sent away as soon as it is
mined.
Attracted by the richness of the ore.
many poor fellow rushed into the
camp who would now rush away with
the same alacrity if he only could.
But he can't.
Prices of every kind of food and
clothing are very high. The saloons
are the only lodging places of many
hundreds And it is an act of charity
for the proprietors to allow the men
who are penniless to sleep upon the
! floors
Cripple Creek is essentially a rich
mans camp.
Rut turn to Mercur. Mercur is es-
sentially a poor mans camp. There
are not many big propositions. but
tbera are MANY more men at work
n now in a' comparison 1rs to the number of
properties operated than there is in
Cripple Greek. There are few, II any,
idle men there, and many OF these are
Idle from choice Cripple Creek IS now
at it's height. Mercur has hardly CON-
menced to ascend the upgrade ou' 1t
is plainly in sight.
II would not seem to be very hard
question:: Which camp shall l
! choose" Dh>- hLh-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
UNLISTED STOCKS.
IN SKULL VALLEY.
Development Work BEING Pushed
ia the New Mercur District.

Development Work Being Pushed
ia the New Mercur District.
At The present time a great deal of
activity is noted among the prospec-
tors and miners who have invaded the
sacred precincts of Skull valley, and
before the season is over a large
amount of development work will have
been done there.
Yesterday the Golden Era let a con
tract to the Crotons for the sinking of
g. 1ON-foot shaft on its group in Mercur
district Skull valley.
The company also own group of
twelve claims in Columbia district,
known as Little valley, Just south of
tract is finished on the Golden Era,
the Croton boys will sink shaft on
this group The lodges on this ground
up values at the grass roots of from
S1.S0 70 SO in gold.
Messrs. Murphy and Brown. who
own claims in the same locality, are
opening up fine body Of ore. which
carries values going as high as 50 to
the ton.
The Skull Valley comnany. who
own a group of claims in fdercur dis
trict five miles south of Orrs ranch,
have just sent out a force of men
equipped with tools and provisions. and
it is the intention TO develop this pro-
perty in a thorough manner.
Tomorrow the Independence COM
many vii! let g. contract for 100 feet of
work. The ccmpany's property is To-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
PoLLoCK's LETTER.
Weekly Review of the Mining
Share Market

Share Market.
James a. Pollock will say in his
weekly mining share letter under date
of Feb. q, 1896.
Business in the local stock market
during the past week was marked by
a very satisfactory increase in bust
ness over that of the previous same
period, the improvements being on both
local and outside orders. Prices were
very well sustained. some of the heavy
stocks making very creditable advan
ces in prices.
Ajax is putting out some very high
grade ore and the properties are re-
ported to be in very good shape. Ali
ance has levied another assessment of
10 cents per share, being the twenty
first Some work is being done in the
properties of the company. Anchor de-
Veloped strength which it has not
done for some months, bidding being
made as high as $3.50 The develop
ment with the diamond drill is ex-
pected to show up some good ground
Began stockholders seem a little
nearer to settlement and some
agreement will probably be reached
during the coming week. Bullion Beck
paid its monthly dividend of s25, 900. or
20 cents per share, on the 18th. Pre-
parations are also being made for the
prospecting of new territory in the
Bullion-Beck properties with the dia-
mond drill. The management reports
the recent uncovering of splendid ore
bodies, and the mill is doing good
work
Observation-Disclosures was very strong
at advanced quotations. Small blocks
i
ding on heavy amounts was very spir-
tied. Very little indeed of the stock
is being offered. Dalton has levied an
assessment OF cent per share, but
the stock about held its own during the
week. The money to be raised will be
devoted to the payment Of the COM
pany's debts and the development of
the properties which are reported to
be in good shape and capable of ore
Shipments as soon as the snow leaves.
DAILY has not declared dividend yet.
but one is still expected The presi-
dent Of the company states that the
treasury contains $195, 700, while there
is some S130.000 tied UP in unsold bull
lion. Splendid developments in the
properties of the company and its
neighbor. the DAILY West, have given
the stockholders of both companies
great encourag cement. The Daily West
is reported to be showing up greater
and richer ore bodies than at any time
in its history
The Geyser mines are looking we'll
and the mill is doing good work. but
the stock did not show much strength
during the week. Horn Silver will
sink its main shaft from the 1900 foot
to the 1,T00 foot level and thereby omen
up some new and evidently rich terri
tory. It is also anticipated that the
sinking of the shaft will develop suffi-
cient water to operate the company's
plant, which would be a great saving.
Shipments continue about as usual.
Little Pittsburg was very heavily
traded in and the quotations were on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Aard=d Gold Medal Adiiwinter Fair. Sar. Francisco.
WASHINGTON s BIRTHDAY.
Exercises to BE Given at Mrs. DuII's
School.

Exercises to BE Given at Mrs. DuII's
School.
a great many of the schools of the city
will honor the memory of Washington to-
day by giving programme of exercises.
At Mrs. Dulrs school the following will
be given:
Welcome song Observation-Disclosures. School
Recitation, 'The Flower of Liberty.
..........................F Florence Graham
Recitation, "origin of the Flag"
Song, Love of Country" .... School
Recitation, "In Seventeen Hundred and
Thirty-Two." ............. Florence Ait
Recitation, little George Washington"
Observation-Disclosures. Ralph Parmelee
February" Several of the pupils
Washington Maxims,' ................
Observation-Disclosures. Welthea Barnard
"Washington's Birthday" Several
of the little ones
Recitation II did it with my Ratchet"
Song, Washington Little Hatchett.'
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Robert Roy
Recitation "Lincoln's Grave" ........
.......................... Saida Hauerpach
Recitation, "Washington's Birthday"
Song. Sing a Song of Washington:
Recitation, independence Bel"
Recitation. The Birthday Cake, -,
A flag exercise by the school
Recitation Recitation "fhe Minuet," Edna Terhune
Recitation, Our Nations Hero"
Observation-Disclosures. Lulu Taysum
Song, Our Washington -.........,..
........................ Florence Graham
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
BUSINESS, Mining AND STOCKS

Gated mile and a. half north of
White Rock, adjoining the Croton
mines.
Kahn and Loofborough, the we'll
known Salt Lake attorneys. are the
owners of group of claims in Skull
valley. They have 5000 feet on the
ledge, which is 500 feet wide in places,
and shows surface values of from 80
cents to $2O6 in gold. They viii send a
force of men out this week to work the
property.
General Penrose is now in Skull val
ley with a good outfit He has an as
sayer along with him, and proposes TO
demonstrate the merits of that re-
gion to his entire satisfaction. The
general will be retired from active
service within two weeks. when. we
are informed, he intends devoting MS
whole time to mining.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
Ore md Bullion.

The ore and bullion receipts yester-
day were as follows:
Commercial National bank: Ores,
$500
Bamherger & Mcmillan: $7,416
Wells, Fargo & Co: Bullion, $S,71o.
Mccormick & Co.: Hanauer bullion,
$1,000: silver and lead ores, $1,15O.
T. r. Jones & Co.: Ores, So 100; bull
lion, $4,000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
VERY WEALTHY PAUPER
j. q. feathers, an Inmate of the
Infirmary, Worth 100000.
PROPERTY IN CALIFORNIA
AND COLORADO FROM WHICH HE
DERIVES A GOOD INCOME.

Said to Have a Large Sum in Gold
Coin Buried in the Infirmnry
Grounds-LeathersD Denies That He
Has ANYTHING. But InvestiSn-
tions BY the Selectmen Seem to
BE Conclusive That He is Very
Well Fixed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21

The ore and bullion shipments out of
the state for the month ending Febru-
airy Is, 1896 We're as follows:
Seventeen cars Of bullion, aggregat-
ing 62S,S6S pounds.
Ten cars of copper matte, 356,57o
pounds
seventv-one cars of silver and lead
ores, 2,79S,671 pounds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
now TO WORK a NINE.
Employ None Hut Expert Miners
If You Womb Win.

Mines that are located and developed
by reputable mining engineers, says
the Financial Record, and worked only
by experienced miners. and the man
agement of the company's affairs at
home is under the practical advice and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
DAILY Went Up Like a
Rocket on the
Exchange.
OUT in SKULL VALLEY
Development Work is Being
Pushed in the New
district.
THE MARYSvALE MINES.
Reports From the South Con,
tinue to Be Encouraging.

latest News From the Camps-Orc
and Bullion Receipts - Bank
MISUNDERSTANDING Quotations
The Gervase Brown System
BEING Tested on Hardscr"bble
Ore-Business Briefs-Miuing Notes
and Personals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
WORTH OVER $50, 900.

When R G. Lambert took charge of
the infrmary last month he at once
began an investigation OF all the in
mates to ascertain if any of them were
able to support themselves. The story
that feathers was q well-to-do man
also reached him and an investigation
followed revealing the fact that he is
the owner of a valuable piece of prop
erty in San Diego as we'll as a business
block in Las Animas, Colo. Only re
Gently feathers was offered 1880 for
his San Diego property. but refuses to
sell for less than $4,000, as he is re-
alizing sufficient from rents to keep up
taxes and repairs. From a banker at
Las Animas it was learned that Leath-
ers owns a business block and several
tenement houses at that place from
which he also secures a good rental
Just what feathers does with his
money which he undou btedIy receives
from his agents is much of a mystery.
1t is believed that whenever he goes
up town he gets it changed into gold
and that many a thousand of the yell
low ducats are buried somewhere in
the poorhouse ward That feathers
receives money regularly there is now
no longer any doubt He receives more
letters than all the other inmates
combined and spends a comfortable
amount each month for postage
stamps. He goes I'D town frequently
and ALWAYS seems to have money to
buy small articles. although no one
knew from where it came
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
Rank Clearingn

The clearings of the associated banks
yesterday were S23O.566. For the same
day last year they were 1854, 4l0.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
Silver and Lead
Ore and Bullion Shipments.

Bar silver was quoted yesterday at
672t cents; lead, SO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
LEATHERS INTERVIEWED.

Mr.. Lambert yesterday reported the
result of his investigation to Select
man ChristopherSon, who. in company
with the reporters. visited the infirm-
airy. Mr. feathers was found in the
coy sittingfeS9m reading a magazine
He is the perfect picture of a pioneer.
though his long confinement at the
institution has taken away that ruddv
glow from his face Superintendent
Lambert requested him to come into
the office for an interview. and not
knowing the real object of the news
paper mems mission, readily hobbled
into the room and replied to all uues-
tons.
It had been previously agreed by the
visitors that Mr.. feathers should not
be informed of the fact that the So
perintendent knew anything about his
property, and so the questioning was
conducted accordingly. He was not at
all evasive in his replies. but spoke
bluntly, though it was evident he sus-
pected that something was wrong.
Mr.. feathers said he had been an
inmate of the poorhouse for only two
years and six months. instead of. as
the record shows, over four wears
This reply was probably given because
the inquisitors had told him the object
of their visit was to determine who
should be turned out of the institution
10 make room for other inmates. When
asked about his property he siren
uously denied that he had any. save
a house and lot in Colorado worth
probably $780, but which was covered
by a mortgage for much more than
the value.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21

Old and descrepid. his body afflicted
with paralysis, hair grown gray from
threescore winters, ]. G. LeatherS
passes his days among the wards at
the county infirmary. There is nothing
particularly striking in his appearance
and a visitor to the institution would
not single him out as being different
from dozens of other inmates This
fact probably explains why Mr. Leath-
ers has succeeded in deceiving the
county as to his real condition for the
past four years. Now it develops that
Mr.. feathers. subsisting on the chart
ty of the county as he is, is wealthy
enough to own and maintain an lnstl-
tuition similar to that in which he now
resides under pretense of being power
ty stricken. Not only is he the owner
of property in San Diego, Cal, valued at
s25, 600, but it is now also known that
he is the owner of a large business
block in Ian Animas, Colo, from winch
he realizes handsome monthly reVe-
n1Ies
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
MORE BUILDING

To Go Up on the KimbaH Block
site.
Although nothing has been decided
unon. H. w. Lawrence, who has charge
~ the Kimban block property, is con-
sidering the advisability of erecting
two store buildings on the site of the
old KiinbaIl block on First street the
structures will not he of pretenuous
nature. but will. nevertheless, be de-
cided improvement
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
AN AGREEABLE INMATE.

Mr.. feathers proved an agreeable in
mate and so well did he guard his
secret that neither the superintendent
steward or matron ever dreamed that
beneath the roof in pauper's bed
slept a man wealthy enough to occupy
stone mansion About year ago,
however. it was talked about consid-
erabIy that feathers in a conversation
with some of the other inmates had
mentioned something about owning
property in California. The rumor
reached the selectmen's ears and Mr..
Christopherson instituted an investiga-
ton He went to the peorhouse and
examined Leathers closely. but the
only result was a positive denial that
there was even a shadow of truth in
the story. This dismissed the whole
matter from the selectman's mind.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-21
PLEADS POVERTY.

ooh, no; don't like to be turned out
of this place. 1 have no money. moth
ing to depend on" he continued. Il
would not stay here a single day if /
had some place to go"
He denied enrphatically having any
property in San Diego and said he
was willing that the officers should
investigate. 1t was evident he did
not like the subject, as he inquired:
What do you want to know that for?''
The questions were put more direct,
and then he finally said: "If you find
that my property in San Diego is
worth anything L am willing to re-
imburse the county for my board dur
ing the period l have stayed here"
Mr. feathers complained of rheuma-
tism and said he did not have money
enough to provide fluid for his battery.
which he used for treatment
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EARLY HISTORY NOT KNOWN.

Concerning the early history of the
man nothing is known. He made ap-
pIicatfon and was admitted to the coun-
ty infirmary on June is, 1892, coming
from St. Marks hospital where he had
been treated for rheumatism He ap-
reared to be worthy man and no
one talking with him would doubt the
veracity of his tale of woe. He claimed
to have been in the city for some years
previously and engaged as an archi-
tect and carpenter. Passing years
and a tendency to paralysis, however,
caused him to take up the trail to the
poorh0use. This was in substance the
story he told the seIectmen who were
looking after pauper cases at that
time