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Arizona republican., 1897-12-14

subsequent investigations confirmed the most eXbravagant stories concern ing the wonderful discoveries of few struggling prospectors in that coun- dry few years ago, and thus becom- ing interested, he set about the or ganization of a development company with favorable results.
 The headquarters of the company and the center of it's field of opera ton will be at the head of navigation on the Copper river, where a town will be started, to be known as Cop per City. Its location will be at the foot of Mount Wrangle. Copper City will be only seventy miles inland, all most due north from the coast, and 26O miles southwest of Dawson City
 The company has secured rights ot way and all necessary concessions m the Copper river country; two tunnel sites have been located, and an addi- tional town site established on the coast at the entrance to the river.
 The official organization of the con- pany is as follows: President, A. M. Beam; vice president, B. E. Parsons; secretary and treasurer, Van R. Kent; general manager, s. M. Rugg; gen. eral superintendent and assistant sec retary, O. J. Hosford; s. s. Large, att torney for the company; F. B. Davis, R. H. Hosford, members of the board of directors. The five latter named gentl emen compose the party that left for Alaska last night. MT. Parsons will follow in a few days, and while participating in the work of the com pany will employ much of his time in newspaper correspondence concern ing the sectIion of country which he has adopted.
 The Copper river country possesses the supreme advantage of a temper ate climate and it is so favorable in this respect that the seasons there are compared with those of Pennsyl- vania The river is said to contain more salmon than any stream in Alaska; the rigors of winter are sub- dued by the warm winds from the Ja- pan stream and the whole area water ed by the Copper and its tributaries is an agricultural country, producing all the cereals that can be cultivated in the middle temperate zone.
 Valdes pass is 1,S00 miles from SaI Francisco and when the transporta tion lines are established the trip to Copper City will be only ten days from Seattle.
 The company will devote the winter to the establishment of their trans portation lines and facilities to build ing houses on the new town sites, anf making arrangements generally flor active mining operations in the spring.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-14
MINING ON THE COPPER RIVER
Five Men Have Left Denver for
 New Field in Alaska.

Five men representing the Copper River, Alaska, Gold Mining and Im- pr0Vemenib company, left Denver last night via the Union Pacific railway for Seattle, whence they will embark for the mouth of Copper river and thence up that stream to the head of navigation, says the Denver Re publican. At this point they will be- gln preparations for extensive Oper- ations in mining and all other pur- poses of the company, including the establishment of transportation lines, town sites and depots of supply.
 This company was organized under the laws of Colorado and Alaska, No vember 23, last, and capitalized for $100,000, and it's plans have met with so much favor that it has been ten- dered all the money needed to carry out all departments of its work. The enterprise originated with E. E. Par sons, who has been connected with various papers on the coast and in recent years with the Sam Francisco Examiner. A few months ago, while at Juneau in the capacity of cores pondent for that paper, MT. Parsons was shown some specimens of ore which had been brought from the Copper river region and which as saved T,000 in gold and copper to the ton He gained from the Indians considerable Information concerning the great riches upon the headwaters Of the stream and its tributaries. His
Arizona republican., 1897-12-14

k1ngnlan, ATlZ., D6c. M.-lOpScl2l correspondence of The Republican.)- Mohave county people feel that the county does not receive the credit that is due it from the Arizona press. A stay of "a week in the, county will enable me to offer many excellent items on this lime and further inves- tigatiOn after contain propositions are more fully developed will afford food for thought. Enthusiasts who have the interests of the county at heart and are consequently patriotic feel that they have a Klondyke at their very doors, barring the ava Ranches and zero weather. What is sadly lacking is water and capital A very large amount of development has been dome by chloriders who in vest their earnings within Mohave county, a fact that affords great satis- faction here. However, this is very slow and with railroad connection capitalists will show their hand and then Mohave will blossom as the rose This year has witnessed the distribu- tion of immense sums in the White Hills and in the northwest corner of the county. If the White Hills road
 
 disbMrsed among surveyors, graders and track layers, ito say nothing of incidentals, such as tics, bridge tim bers and grub.
 Outside of the White Hills and Chloride districts the greatest interest is oentered in the Union Pass group, twenty-five miles northwest of King man, and the place N1ill receive a lift
 
 Der mills of Goconino county will be strictly in it. The group embraces the Independence, Goddess of Liberty and Mabel claims, mill sites and pla- cers. The first menjiored claims are 100 feet wide by 5000 feet in length. The propositions are almost wholly gold in their character and the min ing is much in the nature of quarry ing on exposed face. Hon. o. D. NJ Gadis, B. fl. TPear and J. c. Dexter of this section, each held equal inter ests, and they recently disposed of one-half of their entire holdings in consideration of development, the parties to the transaction being Elm mems, Strong & Go. of No. 1 Broad way, New York city. Captain R. D. Crawford of Philadelphia, who is here, uopOlIS Nllt5 CW W0ihly -iuWO nSA work and the number of employees will be increased as progress is made. The machinery is en route and may be unloaded beginning early next week. A 100 stamp mill is among the possibilities. An electric railway will connect this, running from the Colo radO river, to the big body of ore, a distance of seven miles Captain Crawford said this evening that there was nothing like the Union Pass group in the territory and MT Gaddis, speaking of the group, says that King man will feel new life through the operations of the company which will devote its energies to the develop ment of Mohave's Klondyke Out of residue S55 gold ore is found. | am promised further information as mat ters progress.
 C'cl. Thomas Ewing, a San Fran cisco mining man, is operating a splendid property two and a half miles from the Union Pass group. The colonel is figuring on the erec- tion of stamp mill in the vicinity of his property. I am loaded up with mining news of this county, much frcm personal observations and will detail my find in several letters.
 PJTTONU
Arizona republican., 1897-12-14
Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won derful medical discovery of the age, pleas ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cure headache, lever. habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try box of c. c. c. to-day; 10. D. 90 cents. Sold and guaranteed to sure by all drue gists.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-14

If you have mine to sell, or to bond. or if you know of a desirable mining property that is for sale, please write to or call upon the min ing editor of the Arizona Republican.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-14
THE METAL MARKET.

New York, Dec. 13.-Silver certifl- cates, 58H @59A; silver bars, oSA Mexican dollars, 46A.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-14

Indications Point to a Healthy Re
 vival in This Section.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-14

MINING IN MOHAvE COUNTY.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23

snakes in the grass. His hair Il the
most amazing part of his get-up. 1t IL
al arranged In separate curls. most ar
ustically put together. They are all
eyed black with the exception Of one.
which remains quite white, and on
Grand occasions ia tied up with small
black ribbon" A I'm de steele white love
JOCK adorned with bow may be pic
turesque. but as Mr.. Whistler wears a
very long. black overcoat. like that Of
me little men in . toy Noah's ark. also
: french top hat with straight brim
se.eking all round. and. carries BY way
ot cane a thin bamboo wand about
lo@ feet long, there is little wonder
sna his progress through London thor
oushfares is sometimes attended by an
ecately interested crowd OF small boys
The same freakish vanity which leads
20 these absurdities leads also to a
trNk of startling people with his tongue
Which happens to be clever one.
VAIN as he may be. 1t was probably
mere perversity than vanity which
pr'mpted him to make one of his most
n0ed repartees. An over-ardent ad-
mter once said to him: "Mr. Whistler
thGe are only two great painters. your
ser and Valesquez." With drawl
AMI wink the artist responded, "Why
arg in Valasquez?"
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
"I.orene:" Topeka Kansas.

You have a refined, sensitive and
confiding nature and anything rough or
boisterous Jars on your nervous sys-
tenn and has a tendency to reduce your
vital force. You will manifest consid'
cradle enthusiasm with very little en-.
couragement and will appreciate and
treasure up kind word to the same
extent that you will remember an in.
Jury If anyone abuses you. You will
forgive but cannot forget them. Your
talent runs In the direction of some OF
the fine arts but whenever you have
made any attempts to study anything
YOU have found 1t necessary to over
come obstacles in your path. You are
a firm friend on every occasion. Your
love affairs do not run smooth long at
a time and if married. your hus-
band has a spirited temper and will not
permit anyone to interfere with his
business NO matter II he is right or
wrong and as a rule he Is not able to
successfully execute what he plans.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
FISHING FOR PEARLS.


The Ocean Floored with Gems-How
They Are Found.
The agent of the English proprietors
of the concession granted by the Mexi.
cal republic for monopoly of pearl.
fishing In the gulf of California recent
ly arrived in San Francisco and gave
some interesting details of the present
mthods employed in the industry,
which has continued ever since the oc-
clpation OF the country in the time OF
C,rtez, says the San Francisco Call.
Tie whole coast of the gulf OF Cali
frnia abounds In pearls and the con-
cssions control the entire territory,
Ultil within the last few years native
Overs were employed and the depth
tt which they could descend did not
exceed thirty-fve feet. With the in
tpduction of diving apparatus the lin
# of depth was increased to thirty
fthoms. The best divers could form
ely remain under water not to exceed
tTo minutes. A modern divers thinks
pthing of a two-hour stop In the
water 100 feet in depth, though at
eeater depth the stay Is necessarily
siortened on account Of the enormous
pessure of the superintendent water.
A diver when upon the floor OF ths
osean looks about for an oyster, which
lh tears from the object to which II
i attached and places 1T in small
hx hanging to rope, which is hauled
Ato the boat on a given signal. Some
dmes the number of oysters SECURED IL
Arge. at other times only few are
kught. The diver does not confine
HIMSELF to the pearl oyster alone. but
he sees a rare specimen OF coral or
Anew species of shell he places 1t in
10 bag and sends 1t to the surface.
There 1t becomes the property OF the
bncession and one source Of its large
Acome.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
The Spirit of Love.

Beyond all question. it is the unalter-
lble constitution of nature that there
eficacy-divine, unspeakable efnca-
(y-in love. The exhibition OF kindness
las the power to bring even the ira
konal animal into subsection. Show
Kindness to q dog, and he will rsmem-
lsr It; he will be grateful; he will In
6llibly return love for love. Show
ltndness to q lion, and you can lead
lim By the name; you can thrust your
hsad into his mouth; you can melt the
sntamed ferocity of his heart into an
aRection stronger than death. And II
~ blessed influence should extend it.
sDR ever the earth. \ moral garden Of
D6sa would exist in every land; IN
stsaA Of the thorn and brier. would
sDeinG up the dr tree and the myrtlsl
tho Desert would blossom. and the soh-
NJ place Be made glad.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
THE TRANSvAAL.

The Gold Resources of the Country Are
the Largest In the World.
From the Popular Science News: OF
his recent extended study of the gold
resources of South Africa, DR.. Becker
says that the Transvaal Republic con-
tains the largest gold deposits in the
world. Within fifteen miles of Jo-
hannesburg there is an amount of gold,
practically in sight, estimated to be
worth $500, 100000. or nearly as much
as the entire volume of gold coin now
in the world. The gold is extraordinar-
lily uniform, as uniform as coal in an
ordinary deposit, as shown by shafts
which have been sunk to depth of
1900 feet, and diamond drillings which
have gone still further. At present the
gold is being taken out at the rate Of
500. 10000 year. The most surpris-
ing news which DR.. Becker brings is
the testimony OF an American who was
formerly his assistant in the Geolog-
ical Survey. and who is now engaged
in mining in the Transyaal, where he
has made several millions of dollars.
The American mining expert says to
his knowledge and belief the gold de-
posits, instead Of being thirty miles
long the region now In sight is practic-
ally 1,200 miles long. except that in the
rest of the region later deposits have
come in over the gold. This, however,
will not prevent economical mining,
but will simply delay II.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
whistler the Artist.

James Whistler. the artist. has given
rein to his oddities until they have
made him scarcely less q London in
stitution for public entertainment than
Punch itself. His costume, for In
stance, as 1t was recently described by
one who knew him. might successfully
rival the historic attire of green coat.
lace rufies. purple velvet waistcoat and
cable -lengths OF heavy gold chain in
which young Disraeli first caught the
eye and stirred the laughter Of the
great British public that 20 ardently
admired him In later years. Herr u the
pen portrait Of the Whimsical Mr..
whistler: His face L. . fsmarkable
one. 1t 10 covered with countless
wrinkles. but IL clear Of complexion and
evidently very we'll groomsd. He wears
Q well curled gray mustacAs sAd slight
imperial His eyebrows are unusually
b0sAy. and hfs giistening brown eyes
Dssr cut from underneath then IKE
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
Hs Married Too Soon.

Alfred E. Bartlett, well-known
Dawes county farmer. obtained a di-
vorce from his wife in the district court
at Chadron, Neb.. nearly year ago.
Within three months he married a
school teacher. Mr.. Arthur Bartlett,
his son, who is the sheriff of the
county, induced his mother to bring
suit to have the decree of divorce set
aside. One OF the reasons advanced
was that Mr.. Bartlett had failed to
comply with the law which prohibits
marriage by either party to divorce
suit within six months from the grant
ing of the decree. In the district court
the other day Judge Westover annulled
the decree.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
MISSIONARY CARS.
Al American Ide. Used by the Russian
Church In Siberia.
(Snacial T.attarN

Church In Siberia.
Especial Letter)
The missionary railroad car, invent-
ed by an American clergyman, has been
tken up by the Russian church au-
torities and four Of these peripatetic
disseninators are now regularly used
In Siberia. The car is moved from
station to station and the Siberian
PEASANTS literally take advantage oi
the chances thus offered for attending
services. The Russian cars are fitted
up with much Of the rich barbarity and
spl.ndor Of oriental art. The interiors
Of he walls are covered with painted
images. and the car is provided with
an altar. tabernacle. candelabra and
the trappings pertaining to the ritual
Of he Russian Greek service. Access
to his travelling church is had In the
usual way. At the end of the car Is
a chime Of bells and the top II sur
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
A Common q liver Coin.

There does not seem to be much confidence
In the minds OF bimetallsts concerning the
success of Senator Wolcott's mission TO
Europe. He will probably find Great Brit
that question, although the chief lord OF the
tred.ury l. hin.eIf silver man. A more
feasible scheme for satisfying the demands
OF the silver advocates and for enurging the
use OF silver as metal would be to carry
out Secretary Blaine's proposition for a coin
actions between citizens of the American
republics This would not only afford a
large market for silver and be recognition
OF that metal In the currency system of the
western hemisphere, but would go very far
toward promoting commerce between the
United States and the other republics.-Chi-
cago Record.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
STATISTICS.

The largest state of Mexico is Chi
huahua, with an area of nearly 10000
square miles
The Vermont Legislature has adopt
ed a law requiring heavy wagons to
have wide tires.
Bowling, billiards and card playing
are unla wful In Michigan. according to
some dead-letter statutes.
Joe Jefferson's son possesses an al
bum of thumb prints. some of which be-
long to very famous people.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23

Of the tremendous risks which they
took in carrying tho survey across
chasms that had to be bridged and
along the sides of high and precipitous
cliffs on which shelves, so to speak, had
to be constructed to carry the Iron
tracks. Remote from civilization and
supplies, sometimes isolated for long
periods by snow or foods and in the
midst OF perils. the surveyors and en-
gineers felt like explorers, and the pro-
visioning and discipline of the hosts Of
roadmakers that followed them were
similar to those of an army on active
service. Now and then this was in.
tensified by real fighting. as when forts
were attacked and defended in the con-
test over the right of way through the
Arkansas River canons.
When, toward the end Of the 70's,
half dozen new railways were push
ing into the almost unknown west. pre-
liminary surveys were really explora-
tions. and engineers, to be successful.
were obliged to develop qualities the
schools had never dreamed of. Their
parties often remained in the wilder
ness whole year, linked with civiliSa-
tion only by the tough little pack-mule
They travelled on foot over every bit OF
the neighborhood, measuring, levelinE,
hewing trees, wading and sounding
torrents and swamps. studying quick
sands and freshets. letting themselves
down steep rocks. and scrambling mp
bold precipices. l have seen men hang
ing by ropes or gingerly creeping along
the face of an almost vertical canon
wall. painting surveyors marks on
the rocks, which the dynamiters and
pickmen would follow in cutting out
gallery for the track. The beautiful and
startling canon OF the Rio Las Animas
in Southern Colorado witnessed much
of this acrobatic engineering.
This sort of work very frequently in
volved frightful hardships. Men were
starved or famished from thirst in the
deserts of Idaho and the southwest, and
fought Indians everywhere. Few Arctic
explorers ever encountered more Sc
rious difficulties than beset the early
builders of the Canadian Pacific win
tsr-bound north of Lake Superior or
Pacific, especially IN the Coeur d'Alene
Mountains, much work was done in
midwinter, through most dimcult
country. The snow lay from seven to
ten feet deep, and travelling was pos
sible only on snowshoes. Poles were
pushed down to the ground, and the
leveling was done from these, with an
allowance for the depth Of the snow. At
night the men dug down to the ground,
cleared a narrow pit Of snow, and
crawled to sleep under little shelter
tents around the embers of the cooks
fire.
Perhaps no engineering in the world
involved SO much risk to the surveyors
at the transit and the staff as that re-
quired to carry the Canadian Pacific
Railroad through the canons OF the
Bow River in the Rockies, those tray-
ersing the Selkirks and the Big canon
through which the lower reaches oi
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
IiOw'- This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Cutarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, o..
We, the undersigned. have known f.; j.
Cheney for the last II years, and believe
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their iirm.
West Il Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Tole-
do. o.
Walding. Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure ia taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system Testimonials sent
free. Price Toe per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
The Livery of Blliousne.s

Is pronounced yellow. 1t is visible In the
c9'untennnce ana eyepalis IL Is accompanied
shoulder blade, sick headache. nausea and
irregularty Of the bowels. To the removal
of all OF these discomforts. as well as their
cause, Hostetter's Stomach Bltters IL ad-
mirnb!y adapted. This pre- eminent family
medicine also remedies mnlarlal, rheumatic
and kidney complaints. nervousness and de-
bility. 1t promotes appetite and sleep.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
THE EXTERIOR OF CAR.

mounted by Greek crosses. Tho idea
was first used in the United States In
sparsely settled parts of the country.
such as Montana. 1t was readily seized
upon by English missionaries, who or
dered a number of these cars built fol
india. Greek priests at once saw the
car and the Russian government COM
missioned number of them for use
In Siberia, where settlements are far
between and the people can seldom at
tend divine service.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
Her Word of Praise.

Miss Cayenne complimented you
very highly after you told that story at
the dinner table," remarked one young
man. "She liked that story, did she?"
mo, but she thought it illustrated a
very admirable trait in your character.
It showed that you never went back on
IN old friend. Star.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
JEWELS MATCH THE EYES.
rhs Istsss Fad Of F.shsoaabls Wensa
Of European Bonlsty.

The Latsst Fad Of Fashioaabls Wonsa
Of European Society.
The very latest fad among the rich
women on the other side Of the At
'lantic u to select their Jewels 20 that
they will match the color Of their
eyes. The result Il that the great jew
elers Of London and Paris have al
ready devoted much tasteful Ingenuity
to the subject. and almost every color
that II to met in the human iris
seems to have been provided for. II
the eye Is Of light blue. 1t must be
matched by the turquoise. with the
pearly white Of its surrounding cor
nea represented by a setting of pearls.
For the Irish eye," on the other
hand. the darkly. deeply, exquisitely
blue eye, there is the sapphire. and to
match the dark lashes which veil its
beauty, some arrangement In Jet. Jet.
however, is not what is used to match
eyes that are "as black as sloes." As
there Is no black Jewel, fashion has
decreed that dusky orbs are most ef-
fectively set on by diamonds.
Hazel eyes are hard to match, but
with these goes the somewhat undis-
unguished and not highly esteemed
topaz. Gray fares little better. for
with them should be worn the ruby. or
even the carbuncle. Green has raised
q rather delicate question. 1t Is un-
doubtedly color which occurs in
varied but unmistakable shades in
the human eye. and Is sometimes not
without q cnrtatr hooufv ~ ito own
But 1t is not fashionable, at any rate
under that name, and SO this new fad
has not caused an appreciable in
crease in the demand for emeralds and
cat's-eyes.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
Nice, Pleasant Practice.

Policemen went to the morgue in
New York the other day and fired
many bullets into corpses there for the
purpose of learning II powder burned
the skin at a distance Of three feet
Exchange.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
Especial Letter.)

EW people wne
travel across the
continent on any OF
the railroads trav.
ersing 1t from sea-
board TO seaboard
ever think Of the
dangers which be-
set the men who
laid down the pre-
liminary surveys OF
these roads and