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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
THE RUNNING BIRD

was located about 1885, by Robert S.
Spence and Henry Mayetts, of Paris.
They worked the mine for a couple OF
years, and then bonded it to some Lo-
gan parties, who worked it for while
and then threw UP the option. The
original locators then took hold of it
again, and after spending several hum
dred dollars, they abandoned it, and
it was not worked for several years.
Work was again resumed on the prop
erty till a depth of about 100 feet was
obtained, but the manner of develop
ment made it Improbable to work, and
it was again abandoned for a while.
In the spring of 1897, MessrS Spence and
Margetts relocated the claim and COM
menced to work it from a tunnel from
a point lower down the hill. They had
rot gone far into the hill before they
encountered a body of rich copper ore,
over 40 feet wide. They then bonded
the property to Colonel Shaughnessey
of Salt Lake City, who at once pro-
ceeded to work the mine on a business
scale. \ tunnel has been run into the
hill for the purpose of determining the
course and extent of the vein, and has
been driven to nearly 400 feet in length,
alongside the first body of ore. Another
vein has been encountered of good size
and richness, as a result.
A shaft has been started at or near
the foot wall, and is now down to a
depth of 20 feet. A drift has also been
run at this depth to tap the ore body,
and ascertain it's dip and course and
the vein of increased richness has been
caught at a distance of Is feet. Work
is now being prosecuted on this drift,
as we'll as on the shaft. A steam hoist
is doing the work in a systematic man.
ner.
The ore is erav conner with q GOOD
portion of green carbonites and azure
tie. 1t is not the object of the owners
to ship the ore, but to reduce it on the
ground. 1t is expected that work will
be continued right along, and every ar
rangement has been made to keep go
ing all winter. A great many build
| ings have been erected, and every nee
essary comfort has been looked after.
There are at present about % mer
engaged, and the force will be increas-
| ed from time to time, as the work de-
mands it. There seems to be no enc
to the ore body, and the outlook fol
this mine IS very good.
r. S. Spence is the manager of this
| property, and under his experienced
management a. vast amount of devel-
| opment work has been done, as vel
as a great deal that enhances the value
of the mine. Mr.. Spence is above the
average as SeOlOSlSt ana mlHerdlO-
gist, and does all his own determinative
assaying, and as a manager he is as
much at home as he is at the bar prac-
ticing his profession.
Assays from the Humming Bird have
gone
SIXTY PER CENT COPPER.
and S12.O5 per ton in silver and gold. L
is expected that a potion smelling plant
will be put in early in the spring, a:
! also electric light conveniences, etc
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as The result, although having COM
menced late in the season.
The Lake Creek Gold Mining COM
pany is operating about 20 miles from
Narrens. It has 1 coo acres of ground,
W. of which is known to be good.
bitches were built last summer and
everything put in readiness for active
operations as soon as spring opens.
STANLEY BASIN.
Stanley Basin. in Blaine county, has
contributed a rich piece of placer
ground this year. S. j. Roberts and
Carl Lane, of Challis, and Joe Mont
gcmery, of HALEY. have bonded from
prospectors a find to the credit of 1897,
800 acres of ground that pays from the
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a constant dividend-payer, and has, in
consequence, restored to Owyhee coun-
ty Q portion of the glory that years
ago made noted the Golden Chariot,
Morning Star. Ada Elmer and other
old-time producers on War Eagle
mountain The mine is worked through
the Blaine tunnel which extends into
the north end of Florida mountain 1854
feet, connecting with the B. j. tunnel
The hosting plant is located $500 feet
from the tunnel entrance, and is oper-
ated by an Ingersoll- Sargent air COM
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Bucklen,s Arnica salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. Corns and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles. or no
pay. required. 1t is guaranteed 70 give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price rs cents per box. For sale by z.
G. N. l. drug store.
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grass roots to bedrock, some Is feet.
a test of the ground gave a return of
AZ cents to the yard, and an estimate
of the entire 500 acres gave a value
of $1,000, 0G0, figuring that every color
could be saved.
ALONG SNAKE RIVER.
The discouraging work of securing
the fine gold Of the Snake river bars
goes on, but as yet but little success
has attended the efforts. Several elab-
crate plants have been put in within a
radius of so miles of Boise, but, it
seems that if the flour gold is TO be
saved the old burlap system is the only
thing that viii do it. Men working the
burlaps have made good wages on most
of the bars this year.
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Wallace Billings of Provo, Utah. A
large shipment of school furniture and
apparatus from Chicago is expected for
this institution in time for the resump-
ton of school after the holiday vaea-
tiO~
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MONTPELIER,

ten miles northeast of Paris, the prin-
cipal business point and commercial
center of the fertile and prolific Bear
Lake valley, has We'd with the county
seat in the era of growth and prosper
ity during the past year. Montpelier is
the only railroad town of any import
ance in the valley and is therefore
productive region The population of
about 1850 people support the two COM
modiouS and elegant school buildings.
There is a spacious opera house and
churches of the Latter-day Saints,
Episcopalians and Presbyterians. Ey-
cry branch of business is represented
in this thriving city, and a newspaper
the Examiner, edited by Charles e.
Harris-that is heartily appreciated by
the enterprising business men of Mont
pelier. The municipal affairs are con-
Quoted in a most commendatory man
ner The town was incorporated in
1891. and Hon. Ed Burgoyne, known
throughout the length and breadth of
the land as the oldest merchant OF
southeastern Idaho, and the backbone
of MONTPELIER, was honored with the
distinction of being the first mayor.
The income from licenses, etc, has
for the past two years paid the run
ming expenses of the city. This being
the divisional terminal of the o. S. L.,
where is located round-house and re-
pair shops, considerable money is
placed in circulation every month, the
railway payroll amounting to about
Sc, 900 every 80 days. One of the most
accommodating, genial and exemplary
agents on the entire o. S. L. is here in
the person of P. II. Murnane.
Montpelier is the supply and trading
point for Bear Lake county, Thomas
Fork, Diamondville and Kemmerer coal
camps, and Star valley, so that prac-
tically the wants and business of 1900
people are supplied and transacted in
this city 1t is from this point that
daily stages leave for Paris, Blooming
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MINERAL SPRINGS AND LAKES.

ton. st. Charles, Star valley and other
sections that lie in the immediate VI
entity.
MINERAL SPRINGS AND LAKES.
1t has only been but recently that the
fame of our hot springs has been pub
lished abroad All through the beau
tiful Bear Lake valley mineral springs
are plentiful. The most important,
however, are the
BEAR LAKE HOT SPRINGS,
situated on the shores of Bear lake.
Here a, stream of mineral water comes
pouring from the side of the mountain.
nearly boiling hot, furnishing water
sufficient for two splendid plunge
baths. The curative qualities of the
waters of these springs are marvellous.
For rheumatic complaints, skin dis
eases, catarrh and kindred ailments.
they are unexcelled. The waters have
never been fully analysed, but sulphur,
mercury and nitre exist in quantities
sufficient to make the waters the best
natural medical bath known. Mont
pelier, on the Oregon Short Line, is the
most convenient railroad point. Hunt
ing, fishing and bathing are all COM
bined with this resort, and there is a
good family hotel, conducted by Sen
ator Joseph C. Rich.
Within a radius of two or three miles
there are a group of mineral springs,
near Soda Springs, which are consid-
cred most remarkable, because of their
waters ranging from almost ice-cold to
warm, containing magnesia, soda. iron
| sulphur and various other constituents
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There are several springs and no
pumping is required the water being
run through wooden pipes into large
galvanized iron pans, in which the salt
is made by boiling the water. The
water IS as cold as ordinary spring
water, and is perfectly clear, showing
how completely the saline matter is
held in solution. The salt is shoveled
out once in 80 minutes, and after drain
ing 25 hours, is thence thrown into the
drying house, there to remain until
sacked and ready for shipment. The
supply of water gives 4,500 pounds of
salt per day, and the owners market it
al. 5 cents per pound. An analysis made
by DR.. Piggott Of Baltimore shows a
higher percentage of pure salt than the
celebrated Onondaga brand of SYRIA
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are very severe from early in January
to the middle of March
CHEESE MAKING

has become to be quite an industry in
Bear Lake, and during the summer
season of 1897 it is estimated that the
cheese factories of Bear Lake county
of which there are 17-have turned out
ten tons of cheese each week, almost
every pound of which has found its way
into Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Mon
tana and Colorado markets. This has
put considerable means into circula-
ton.
A short distance from Montpelier,
near what is known as the old Lander
Emigrant road, are located the Oneida
SALT WORKS.
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NORMAN COPPER MINES
BEAR LAKES WEALTH.
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

Under the efficient administration of
County School Superintendent Alfred
Osmond. the year 1897 sees the district
schools in better condition than they
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

sulphur lake, out of whose center liquid
sulphur necessarily boils and coats the
shores with thick deposits.
But the most famous of all the lakes
is
THE BEAR LAKE,
from which the county is named. This
body of fresh water is 20 miles long by
eight miles wide, reaching from ST.
Charles Ca prosperous, cleanly city
eight miles south of Paris to Lake
Town, in Rich county, Utah It's ele-
walton is $500 feet, and abounds in fish
of various kinds, such as several kinds
of trout (salmon, silver and specl1led),
and mullet, white fish and club. With
i'll the past few days Utah's state game
and fish warden has deposited a large
amount of black bass in this lake, and
ldaao's executive is now arranging for
their protection and care.
The lake is fed by several mountain
streams, and these also abount in fish,
mostly mountain brook trout It has
an outlet, emptying into Bear river, in
the north The shores of the lake are
sandy and gravelly, affording a clean
and easy approach. The water is shall
low for a distance of about 100 yards,
when it gradually deepenS to an extent
not as yet determined. A little north
of Garden City, Utah, a sounding line
ran out 900 feet, but no bottom was
touched. The water is very clear, af-
fCIding view of the bottom at q depth
of ter to fifteen feet. 1t is a splendid
bathing resort, and the inhabitants,
living on its shores, delight in it's ex-
who visit the lake in the summer from
Idaho. Wyoming, Utah and other dis
tant Localities. The Oregon Short Line
skirts the northern shore.
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Bear Lake County Court House, Paris

The mine is located about five miles
from Paris, up Paris canyon.
THE BLACKSTONE MINE,
near st. Charles, eight miles south of
Paris, is another excellent piece of min
ing property, well supplied with a
quartz crushing mill, and all other nee
essary machinery This property. with
IA others, are owned by the Dodge COM
pany, of Salt Lake. 1t produces a low
grade galena ore running about rs Der
cent lead and a few dollars in silver
and gold. There is about $4,000 of ore
on the dump, and two shifts are being
run.
NORMAN COPPER MINES
are being worked, and are showing up
brighter all the time Money is needed
to develop these claims and the pros
poets are that they Will shortly pass
into the hands of Montana capital
lists.
BEAR LAKES WEALTH.
The assessed valuation of Bear Lake
county is slightly over $1,000,0OO this
year The levy is 80 mills on the dol
lar, and consequently the revenue col
leeted viii be about $4,000. OF this
amount the state gets $3.50, leaving
S21 $50 to the county, with which to pay
running expenses. The gain this year
in the assessment over 1896 is about
$500
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
! Under the efficient administration OF
County School Superintendent Alfred
J Osmond. the year 1897 sees the district
schools in a better condition than they
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MINING.

Movements made in mining circles in
Bear Lake county during the last half
of 1897, compel one to believe that this
county will yet rank as one of the fore
most mineral producers of the state.
This is made especially the more forci-
bic on account of the wonderful devel-
orments being made in the Humming
Bird property, recently bonded by Col
onel Shaughnessey of Salt Lake City
and others.
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OTHER BUILDINGS.

The new district school house of Paris
and the county court house, are both
elegant brick structures, the former
costing $4,000 and the latter $4,000. Be
sides these public buildings, Paris is
noted for being "a city OF homes, nav
ing more modern palatial residences
than any other place of its size in the
state.
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by the Paris Roller Milling company,
and one of the brightest newspapers
in Idaho-the Post edited by James IL.
Wallis. well known to the newspaper
fraternity of Utah. and now United
States commissioner of the district of
Idaho. Paris is also the home of Judge
Alfred Osmond, author of Osmond's
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sIXTY PER GENT COPPER.

and $12O5 per ton in silver and gold. 1t
is expected that a potion smelling plant
will be put in early in the spring, as
also electric light conVeniences, ETC.
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ton. st. Charles, Star valley and other
sections that lie in the Immediate vi
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ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

There is a most inviting field in Paris
for the erection of an electric light
plant. Being the county seat, an in
corporated city, the headquarters of
the Mormon church in the stake. as
well as having other advantages, it is
a wonder that capitalists have not in
vested in this direction before this.
THE COUNTY SEAT INCORPoR-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-22

ise Is Of three tickets: a noE-partisan
business mems ticket. a regular republican
ticket and a regular democratic ticket.
the first two tickets will divide the sound
money element, while the third will rep
resent the democracy, which in November
last supported Mr.. Bryan.
If this plan is adhered to, will not the
democracy-the Tammany of the new met
ropolis- the town next fall? 1t
would appear to be very likely. Although
Tammany was defeated last fall. 1t was not
overwhelmingly defeated. 1t polled one
hundred and thirty-f1ve thousand votes for
Mr.. Bryan. and the record in the circum-
stances Is ore that cannot at this time
safely be ignored.
1t would unquestionably give the new
metropolis a black eye to fall at the very
outset under the control of a rejuvenated
and an enlarged Tammany and. II possi-
BILE. such q misfortune ought to ne pre-
vented. The friends of good local govern
ment should come together, as did the
friends Of good national government last
fall. In no other way can Tammany again
be defeated. And It might be a matter Of
consequence beyond mere local bearing
II greater New York at this time should
surrender, as Chicago has done. to a move
ment composed in the main of men who
are still reckoned among the staunchest
champions Of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
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The New York Complication,

Is greater New York to follow Chicago
into tie democratic fold? T..is is one Ct
the interesting problems Of the day.
At the November election the republi-
cans carried Chicago by an overwhelming
majority. All the friends of coed national
government strove together and achieved
q great victory. But when the municipal
contest came on this spring. the men who
had supported Mr.. Mckinley last fall d.
vided up for one reason or another, and
the regularly labelled democratic ticket
swept the city. Carter Harrison was
elected mayor. and Mr.. Bryan was among
the first Of the democratic leaders Of ma
tional reputation to congratulate him en-
his success The result was everywhere
hailed in democratic circles as a reversal of
the local November verdict.
In New York city and Brooklyn at the
November election similar results were OBJ
tained by similar means. The friends OF
protection and sound money. regardless of
differences On otEer questions. stood to-
gether and carried the day. Those two
cities are to be consolidated, and the first
municipal election under the new order OF
things will take place next fall. Thsnsit.
uation is already being canvassed. an a
division CT the sound money forces, as in
Chicago, Is threatened. The present prom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-22
Good Work In Alexandria.

The results of the democratic primaries in
Alexandria yesterday are all that the
most earnest friends of good municipal
government could desire and prove that the
citizens of that community are thoroughly
aroused not only to the opportunity at their
hands but to the necessity of accepting it
without further postponement. The choice
was expressed with such emphasis as to
leave no doubt of the will of the people
They gave the candidates who had per-
Hftted Themselves to be supported by the
undesirable element distinct turning down
and thus served notice on the policy sharps
the gamblers, the race track supporters
and the immoral factors generally that
rev leaf is about to be turned over In Alex
andria Yesterdays nominations will doubt
less be followed by the election of the men
Famed and upon them Will then rest the
burden OF carrying out their campaign
promises to give the city a clean, honest
administration. They have been put to the
front by the citizens who recognize Alex
ahora opportunities and facilities for de-
Veiopment and regret the time that has
been lost In the past. They have it in their
power to turn strong tide of immigration
towards the old city. to rehabilitate it and
TO cause 1t to bloom with modern progress
siVeness and prosperity. For upon their eff
iorts VIII rest almost entirely the absolute
ciVorce OF the city from all corrupting in
nuences. the expulsion of the undesirables.
the punishment of all law breakers without
rear or favor and the general moral cleans
ing OF the community in such fashion as to
remove from it the stigma which has of
late years attached to 1t. This duty Is one
that all good Washingtonians earnestly
hope to see cohscientiously performed. for
Aiexandria's prosperity and rehabilitat ton
are not more heartily desired by the citi-
zens OF that city than by those of its neigh
bcr. and we'll wisher, the capital of the ma
ton.
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Confirm the Commissioners,

From the Washington Post today.
1t seems to us that the Senate would do
well to take prompt action upon the Presi-
dents appointment of Messrs. Ross and
wight to be Commissioners of the District
of Columbia. There are reasons Why the
local government should be organized as
soon as possible. and, so far as we can see.
none at all why the nominations in cues
ton should be held up. Nobody questions
the fitness of either gentleman. Each has
the respect and confidence of the COM
munity. And. in the special case of Hon.
John W. Ross, we know by long exper-
fence that he Is in every way thoroughly
equipped for the duties and responsibilities
Of the place. He has served two terms al
ready: he has given universal satisfaction
so far as concerns his official conduct and
he is. personally. one of the most popular
men In the District with all classes and
conditions.
Nothing Is to be gained while much h
to be lost by delay and uncertainty in this
matter The only argument we have heard
advanced II that Mr.. Wight IL not good
enough republican and MI. Ross not a sood
enough democrat to suit certain gentlemen
Of very stalwart party feeling on either
side. 1t has been sufficiently shown In this
connection. however. that Mr.. Wight has
never been anything but q republican nos
Mr.. Ross anything but q democrat, and
this record Is, for all purposes Of District
government. quite sufficient in the minds
OF the taxpaying element Of the commun-
lily. What We chiefly need in the District
Commissioners after all IL moral and intel
lectuai fitness. and 1t would be difficult to
make any one beiieve-any one who knows
the men at least-that either Mr.. Ross OF
Mr.. Wight Is lacking In this respect.
We hope. therefore, that the Senate VIII
not needlessly withhold favorable action
upon the nominations. There Is no con-
siderable opposition to the confirmation OF
these gentlemen and no good reason why
they should not be installed at once.