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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
IN D GULCH.
Large Body of Fine Gold Ore I'm
covered in the Kennel.

a correspondent from Virginia City,
New. to the Anaconda Standard says:
Contrary to expectations the Kennel
mine is to resume operations about the
first of the year. The mine has been
practically closed for nearly two
months, only a couple of men work
ms. a large body of high grade ore
has recently been uncovered in the
north end Of the 235-foot level. No as
says have been made. but the ore
shows free gold in large quantities.
Wood contracts have been let. and as
soon as a sufficient quantity has been
delivered TO start the hoist a force
of men viii be put on. All work for
the next two or three months will be
from the 235-foot level toward the
surface.
job Couch, an employee of the Rev
enue mine at Richmond Flat. says that
the Revenue is working a force of
about 20 men and is taking out ore
regularly. and the mill is kept running
constantly. The Or output from this
mine has been from neal the surface
for two years or more, and no ore has
been uncovered in the bottom of the
mine. This is the first mine in the state
to use the Macarthur Forrest cyanide
process for reducing ores. due to the
peculiar adaptability of the ore for that
process. The teaching capacity of the
mill is not sufficient to keep the Corn
ish rolls crushing but Il hours per
daV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
OUTPUT OF THE METALS.
Increase In Gold Production-De-
crease In Silver.

New York, jan. 1.-The Engineering
and Mining Journal tomorrow will say:
The production of minerals and metals
in the United States for the year 1896
is given at a total value of 1858, 81, 46S,
showing a decrease as compared with
1895 of $24, 6S9, 266, or about 81 per cent.
This decrease was largely in values
rather than in quantities, and in no
chief articles was there any marked
decrease, while in several there were
considerable Increases.
The total production of metals in the
yea 1896 was valued at $242. 81. 4S1. an
increase of 1884 Ill over the previous
year; While the value of non-metallic
substances was $40, 999, 9S7, a decrease
of SIG. 3S3,3l7 from 1895. A large part
of this was due to the lower value of
coal, stone and a few other important
substances, very little resulting from
the smaller quantities.
The increase in copper has been ex-
t~raordinary, the total amounting to 49,
$40, $50 pounds.
The production of gold reached the
great total of $57 200, 900, a gain of $1O.-
169, SOC. This is an extraordinary adj
vance, which far sUrpasses the gain
reported from any other country in the
world n puts the United States far in
the lead of gold producing countries.
Our output in gold was no less than 26
per cent of the total reported for the
entire world.
The production of pig iron has been
s, 16S, S69 long tons. The decrease from
1895 being only ca, 439 tons, or about
! oer cent.
The production of lead from domes-
tic ores amounted to 1851 IN short tons,
showing an increase of 20, 1858 tons over
the preceding year. In addition to his
there were 10000 tons produced from
imported ores or refined from imported
bullion.
The OUTPUT of quicksilver was 33,O12
TASKS OF 76l2 pounds each, sEUN. ing a
decrease of $50 TASKS from the previous
year.
The production continues to come
wholly from the California mines.
The production of silver from domes-
tic ores reached a total of 40, 465, 173
fine ounces, showing a decrease of $685.
062 ounces. There were produced or
refined from foreign ores and bullion
by our smelters and other works 10
less than 0 1000. 600 fine ounces of silver,
making the total quantity refined or
put into final marketable form in this
country So. 465, 173 fine ounces.
The total production of spelter or
commercial zinc for 1896 amounted to
1904 short tons, showing a decrease
of 4,774 tons from that of 1895.
The outpu of bituminous coal was
141, 770,O 99 tons. showing a gain of A.
81, 1852 tons. On the other hand. there
was a decrease OF 6,7S2,0 57 short tons
in the anthracite production.
The total coal production was. there
fore, 1873, 351 ,073 short tons, or the total
decrease as compared with 1895 was
2,410, 305 tons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
A MODERN ~MUNCHAUSEN.
Gen. Porter Tells of a Romancing In
dian-Fighter in the War.

An old officer who was passing by,
an acquaintance of the generals. now
stepped up to the, group He had re-
Gently been ordered in from the plains,
and his wild tales of red-handed
slaughter in the and of the avage
had already made him known in the
army as the '.Iniun-siayer." An aide
remarked to him, We'll, as you've been
spelling for a fight ever since you joined
his army, how did yesterdays set-to
strike you by way of a skirmish?'
OH" was the reply. you had large
numbers engaged and heavy losses;
but it wasn't the picturesque, desperate
hand-to-hand lighting that you see
when you're among the I%njuns." No;
but we got in some pretty neat work
on the white man. said the aide. Yes;
but it didn't compare with the time the
Nez Perces and the Shoshone tribes
had their bic battle" continued the
veteran. why how was that" cried
all present in a chorus.
We'll. you see" explained the ar
rator, first the Nez Perces set up a
yell ouder than q blast of Gabriel's
trumpet, and charged straight across
the valley; but the Shoshones stood
their ground without budging an inch,
and pretty 500 they went for the Nez
Perces and drove EN- back again. AS
soon as the NeZ PerceS could catch
their breath they took another turn at
the ShoshOnes and showed them Jack
Just about where they started from.
BY his time the ground between EN-
was so covered by the killed and
wounded that you couldn't see as much
as a blade of grass. But still they kept
on charging back and forth across that
valley, and they moved so fast that
when their inc of battle passed me,
the wind hey made was so strong
that l had to hold my hat on with both
hands, and once l came mighty near
being blown clear off my feet"
Why. where were you all this time?'
asked several voices.
oh" said he. Il was standing on a
little knoll in the middle of the valley,
looking on"
Why" remarked an officer, 4
should think they would have killed
you in the scrimmage."
Then the face of the veteran of the
plains assumed an air of offended in
nocence, and in a tone of voice which
made it painfully evident tina he felt
the hurt, he said, "What?-tke Injuns,
Lord. they all knew me-" The general
Joined in the smiles which followed
this bit of sadly mutilated truth. SINH
lar Munchausenisms, INDUCED in from
time to time by this officer. demon
strated the fact that he had become
so skilled in warping ~veracity that one
of his lies could make truth look
mean alongside of it, and he finally
grew so Enthusiastically that it was I'M
safe even to believe the contrary of
what he said.-"Campaigning With
Grant. by General Horace Porter, in
the January Century.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
Mining Notes and Personals.

W. F. Mellick. of Pocatello, who is in
teTested in mining at Butte, Mon, is in
the city on business.
Lode. De Lamar. New: Several orders
for lumber have been sent to our saw
mills to be delivered in Helene. With
another mine like the Magnolia we may
see a second De Lamar there in six
months.
e. f. Crooks. the we'll known mining
operator has returned from a visit to his
old home in st. Charles, MINI. Mr.. Crooks
is heavily interested in the Northern
Light mine. in Ophir hill. and is well
pleased with re"orts he has received from
this property.
1t IS reported that the Champion mine
at Grass Valley. Cal, has been offered to
through Bratnober, and has for several
weeks been under examination by War
tenweiler and Browne. 1t is probable
that a sale will be made.
Democrat. Baker city, Ida: Superin-
tendent Al GeiSer, of the Bonanza mine,
and who several months ago planked
down his check for 81. 900 and thereby
became the owner of the Pyx mine, will
operate that property the coming season,
and before the year is out will have a
mill plant running.
The Herald is informed that in the
South vans shaft. which is now be-
low the 400-foot level. sinking is being
pushed on a two-foot body of solid high
grade ore. while the vein also carries
large quantities of s~econd-class mineral.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02

by law He will return to Bourne this
morning.
Mr.. Evans was met by a Democrat
representative and asked concerning
the mining outlook in his section. He
responded with considerable enthusi-
asm, saying:
The Cracker Creek district is GER
tainly n of the best from a point of
mineral wealth in the northwest. The
North Pole, which l have the honor 20
represent as its superintendent, is de-
veloped 5000 feet or more, one tunnel
being LOO feet in length. An upraise
of 500 feet in height is about completed
and during the progress of the work
not a single accident has happened,
making a record seldom equaled in
mining. In the lower, or Barring gold,
tunnel, the ore vein is six feet in
width in the face and the ore is of
high grade and concentrating in char
acter. In the slopes the vein is eight
feet in width. In the upper levels the
vein varies from 6 to II feet in width.
Few properties in the west can make
such a showing.
THE mill and furnaces are kept run
ming night and day and the North Pole
is now a handsome dividend payer. Re-
Gently Mr.. Barring purchased the Ten
Strike, an adjoining claim, and that is
to be consolidated with the North
Pole.
Then there are the Z. and E. mines
in close proximity to the North Pole.
two of the most promising properties
in the west. They have immense bod
les of ore and handsome dividends are
being declared monthly.
Other good properties are the CO.
umbia and Ohio, upon which mills
have recently been placed and which
are making good returns.
L have been engaged in mining
many years, and in various parts of
the country, but nowhere does there
exist a better mineral belt or more
extensive deposits of ore than in
Cracker Creek district"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
Grants Reticence About His Military
Work.

While sitting at the mess-table taking
breakfast. | asked the gen~eral-in-chief:
In all your battles up to this time,
where do you think your presence upon
TIE field was most useful in the ac-
complishing of results?' He replied:
well. l don't know then, after a
pause, perhaps at Shiloh" | said: Il
think it was last night, when the attack
was made IN our right He did not
follow up the subject, for he always
spoke with great reluctance about any
thing which was distinctly personal to
himself. The only way in which we
could ever draw him out. and induce him
to talk about events in his military
career. was TO make some misstatement
intentionally about an occurrence. His
regard for truth was so great that his
mind always rebelled against inaccur-
acies. and in his desire TO correct the
error he would go into an explanation
of the facts, and in doing so would often
be led to talk with freedom upon the
subject.-c-Campaigning with Grant" by
General Horace Porter, in the January
Century.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02

Now that the holidays are over, it is the
intention of the ompany to make mat
ters lively in the development of the
property II also i'll the way of ore ship
mentS.
Bulletin. Mountain Home, Ida: Cy
Doom was here Saturday from Dixie,
where he is employed at Dan Reber's
Gold King mine. Under the supervision
of Il gentleman named Bryant about ten
men are employed erecting the new hoist
ing machinery at the shaft. The Eddie
company is employing six men sinking Il
Wine IN the ledge in their tunnel about
80 feet from the surface. Cy predicts
that the coming summer will bring Dixie
to the front as a gold mining camp.
Lode. DeLamar, New: The Sunbeam
Mining ompan has commenced work on
its Docklestich property. This is the
north extension of the Sunbeam, and Mr..
McDonough. one of the owners. was in
terviewed yesterday and said ii was the
intention. after the annual work was per-
formed. to let a contract to continue the
tunnel for considerable distance. These
two claims, lying as they do. Immediately
between the De Lamar property and the
Magnolia. are, since the recent develop
ment in the Magnolia, looked upon as
most promising.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
New Utilities to be Devised From the

Some very notable advances have
been made in the science of kite flying
during the past year. The great utility
of the kite fol- military purposes has
been conclusively proved. In the line
of signaling especially. the kite has
shown its a~daptability even more thar
the captive balloon. Our recent feat
at Bayonne, n. j., of carrying a tele-
phone wire through the air on a
kite string and dropping it to the
earth 1000 feet away from where the
kite was anchored, so that signals
could be transmitted back and forth,
is another distinct advance in the
science. Its practical utility is great
and could 1 have been in the rear of
General Grant at Vicksburg for in
stance with such a device I would have
peer able to have exchanged mes
sages with the C~onfederates pent up
in the city. 1t could be accomplished
during any siege in fact and during the
night time when it's presence would
not be known to an enemy.
However, the advances of the Dast
wear have been in a measure conclus-
i've and l think the next development
will be in the line of midnight air pho
Biography. BY this / mean the taking
of pictures in cameras suspended from
the kite string at night. Large city
districts have been accurately photo
GRABBED during the daytime, but no
midair kite photographs have been
taken at night. 1 am experimenting in
this direction and ! am convinced that
very satisfactory and useful results
will ultimately be reached. With a
highly sensitive plate manipulated in
midair 1 am confident of being able to
photograph objects on the earth below
which could not be distinguished by
the human eye. If this condition ac-
tually exists, midnight kite photo
graphy will have a wide military ap-
plication. Notifications n hostile
camps could be accurately pictured,
and the condition of an enemy become
known to a general whose foe need
not know he IS in the neighborhood.
The idea would be useful also in time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
CRACKER CREEK MINES.
Properties In Oregon That Are Com
ing to the Front.

A visitor in this city at this time,
says the Democrat of Baker City, Or,
is Mr.. Thomas Evans. superintendent
OF the North Pole Consolidated Mining
company, with basis of operations at
Bourne. the center of what is known
as the Cracker Greek district, in which
is located such extensive min proper
ties and producers as the North Pole,
Eureka and Excelsior, Ohio, Columbia
and others. Mr.. Evans was called to
Baker City on important matters. chief
of which was the filing of papers of an
nual assessment work, ETC., as required
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
FOUND RICH GOLD ROCK
Stampede to Sheep Rock Gulch in
Montana
THE MINES OF TINTIC
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
EUREKA DEMOCRAT.

The Ore Atomic-Process-A New
System For the Treatment OF
Gold Disseminating of Inter
est to MiIl Men-In Alder Gulch
Large Body of Fine Gold Ore
Uncovered In the Kennel Mine
The Cracker Creek Mines-Prop-
critics in Oregon that Are Coming
to the Front-Meadow Lake Dis
trict-B. A. Cardwell Operating
In Nevada County, California
A Mountain of Quartz-Mining
Notes and Personals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02

certain leaders connected with the
Federation of Labor TO have adopted a
resolution declaring hat the right of
the supreme court of the nation and of
the states to declare a law unconstitu-
tional is a perverslon of the right of
self-government and is only another
evidence that certain men who become
leaders in labor organizations do more
to injure labor than its worst enc
mics, if labor has any enemies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02

bruises, sores. ulcers. salt rheum. fever
corns and all skin eruptions. and posi-
tiveiy cures pies or no pay required
It Is guaranteed To give perfect satisfac-
ton or money refunded. Price % cents
per box Fol sale hy L. c. NJ z drug
dept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
The Anchor Reonened.

Park City. Jan. 1.-The Anchor mine
was re-opened this morning. a force of
90 men being put to work at prospecting
and STOPPING.
mill was 90 bars containing %, 49, 3 fine
unces of silver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02

Sense.

{ Any sarsaparilla is sarsapa-
] rilla. True. So any tea is tea
! So any -four is flour. But grades
J differ. You 7Oant Tie best. It's
so with sarsaparilla. There are
{ grades. You want the best. If
{ you understood sarsaparilla as
! well as you do tea and -four it
! would be easy to determine.
{ But you don't. How should
! you? When you are going to
J buy a commodity whose value
} you don't know, you pick out
I an old established house to
( trade with, and trust their ex-
! perience and reputation. Do so
J when buying sarsaparilla.
J Ayers Sarsaparilla has been
I or the market 50 years. Your
| grandfather used Ayers. 1t is
a reputable medicine. There
are many Sarsaparillas-
, but only one Ayers. 1t
z cures.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
JAnES A. POLLOCK,
g Main Street.

Stocks bought II sold for cash or on
Commission. Weekly market letter and
Questions upon application. e. G.. Wool
ley, jr. MEMBER Salt Lake Stock Ex-
ehSnga- &.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02

Assay for silver Soc. gold and silver
75c., gold, silver and lead, 81. ]. H.
Korty & Co.. assayers, 217, 219 South
West Temple.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
A Mountain of Quartz.

F. A. Fem has returned from a trip
to Rapid river, says the Statesman, of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02

semblages, celebrations, multitudes of
people, or exhibitions.
WILLIAM A. EDDY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02

Buckicn's Arnfcn saIve.
The best salve II the world for cuts.
sores, letter, chapped hands,, chilblains,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02

The impurities in the blood which
cause scrofulous eruptions are thor
oughly ~eradicated by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. Try It.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-13

Some of the Vast Sums Invested i'm
Them by Municipalities.
New York Sun.

With few exceptions the most important
of which is San Francisco. the chief cities
of the United States own and improve from
time to time their systems Of water works.
Cincinnati, which has 5000. 900 invested in
water works. Is soon TO begin the construc-
ton of an entirely new water-workS syS-
TEN. 10 cost s6.500.O00 more. The commits
sioners have adopted resolution to employ
only home labor. In New Orleans extensive
improvements are making in the water
works system. New Orleans is only a little
larger than Newark. yet il has only los
miles of water mains while Newark has PIG.
Chicago is another American city which
has made recently an investment for the
Improvement of its water-works system.
issuing bonds for the purpose. The control
of the water supply I'm Chicago is in the
hands OF the city. and the works in North
tanned from Lake Michigan. Cribs have
been constructed several miles from the
shore. the principal one being four miles
out. The water mains of Chicago extend
nearly two thousand miles.
The water works of Baltimore represent n
municipal investment of <13O00.000. Those
OF Boston which is territorially smaller
than Baltimore. cost SIG 10000 The water
capacity of the Boston works is nearly
four times as great as that of the Baltimore
works. The Philadelphia water works cost
SIS. 900. and the average consumption of
water in that city is 10000 gallons daily.
The st. Louis water works cost S25, 0oO. coo
and have an average capacity of 5O,OOO,000
gallons Gay, but in respect OF StOraPe ia
cilities the Mound City is far behind some
other cities. The sab Francisco water
works cost s2l. 600. those of Brooklyn
$25.0OO000. and those of Denver So 0G0 000
The average daily consumption of water in
Brooklyn is about S0,00O.00D, and there is a
contract in force not yet completed for in
creasing the amount by 5000O.00 gallons a
day. Brooklyn il, furthermore. under con-
tract for three pumping engines of 20. 900, 000
gallons capacity each. now in course of
construction, to increase the daily pun ping
capacity at the Ridgewood pumping station
TO about l25. 900 600 gallons.
The city's new aqueduct cost up to last
Jan. l some $3300o.OO0 which. added to the
original cost of the old aqueduct, $50 600. 900.
brings up the total expense of New York
city water works to $50. 600. 600. The aver
age consumption or water in New York
city Is 230.OOo.OOO gallons day. and during
the three months of last summer the
amount drawn from the storage reservoirs
averaged 10000. 600 gallons a day. The work
which New York is now completing aims
at increased storage capacity, the water
works themselves being sufficient for the
cityS needs for many years.