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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-25
MR.. BRYAN's GREAT BOOK.

The State Herald will send to any ad-
dress for $3.50. postage paid, 1.-The First
Battle by w. ]. Bryan, handsomely
bound ard illustrated, tt
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-25
The Legislature Of Ala
bana and Building and
Loan Associations.

The general assembly of Alabama ar
it's last session, enacted a law reouiring
all building and loan associations in tba
state to reduce their interest charges to
those in force by the jefferson County
Building and Loan associe ton, of Bir-
mingham Ala. This association invites
all who desire to invest money in safe
and conservative institution to investi-
gate its plans; also those who wish to
borrow. 6 per cent. participating and Z
per cent dividend stock are most de-
sirable investments for idle money.
Definite contract, economical manage
inent, conservative estimates are It's
strong points.
Write or call on us for literature.
T. w DIXON President.
N. N. POLK, vice-President.
J. Fl. BARR Treasurer.
H. B. URQUHART, Secretary.
]. H. MILLER, Attorney.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-25

Highesl temperature 81; lowest, 40; aver
sge, 81
BEN NJ. JACOBS Local Observer.
U. 3. Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.
ONCE of Station Agent,
Reports received at Birmingham. Ala. on
Mar. "a 1897
Observations taken at all stations at 8 a.
m 18th meridian time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
How to Get Rich.

A good many well meaning people
condemn the investment of money in
mining stocks and mines as a vicious
form of gambling, says the Granger
vile Free Press. AS a matter of fact
there is no more honorable way of Sc
curing wealth than to get it out Of ma
lures treasure vaults. The bowels of
these mountain ranges are scanned with
veins of gold, silver, copper, iron and
lead Capital is required TO make them
productive Once opened they enrich
their owners year after year, and as a
profitable investment they are incom-
parable with any other to be found
OF course, not all mines are good, and
the investor should use the same care,
common sense and good judgment in
placing his money that he uses IN other
forms of business enterprise. Select
something which has reasonable
showing and which will justify the eX-
pense of development. 1t is a long road
from the discovery of a vein and the
bottom of ten-foot shaft, down
through the solid rock to put enough
pay ore in sight to justify the erection
of a milling plant, and this road has to
be cut with steel inch by inch requir-
ing months and even years of unceas-
ing toll.
Then, other things being equal, those
properties showing the greatest amount
of development should be preferred to
those having less development, as they
are the most likely to bring earlier re-
turns. A judicious mining Investment
is the most profitable of any to be
found, and we are glad to note that our
own local community is reaching out
for some of the good things in mining
investments which are now offering IN
our own bailiWick.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
SNAKE RIVER GOLD.
One of the Richest Mineral Sections
of the West

With the revival OF the mining inter-
ests in the west. says the Portland Ore
gonian, attention is being directed TO
the great placer fields of the Snake
river, both in Oregon and Idaho, that
have been worked with different sue
cess for many years. Mr.. David Wilson
of Ontario. Ns;ilheur county, where he
is permanently engaged in business,
saws:
There is more free gold within 80
feet of the surface in the Snake river
valley within so miles of Ontario than
there is in the famous johannesburg
district of south Africa.
Competent experts" he says -.esti
mate that there is S3.s72 0G0. 900 in gold
contained in the gravel deresits of the
Snake river valley, and ii is open to
the world. The average width Of the
valley between first benches is about
two and one-half miles. and it extends
100 miles in length, giving $50 square
miles os territory.
1T is q safe statement to make that a
pan of gravel cannot be found in this
entire territory which will not give at
least 10 colorS to the pan, and from
that up to so cents. The presence of
this vast de9osit has been known for
wears, but the great drawback has been
in saving the extremely light, fiaky
gold. which would wash over the tail
ings in spite of the strenuous efforts
to have it amalgamate with Guicksil-
YER 1t is believed that the difficulty
has now been wholly removed through
the invention of an amalgamator which
will handle three yards of gravel an
hour. These machines are very
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29

of Milan, Italy, at. the Brown last
evening. My visit to America at this
time is TO superintend the construction
of 50-ton plant to be erected at De
Lamar, Ida. The machinery for this
mill has been constructed for us in
this city, and it will be shipped this
week. Last year an experimental mill
of ten tons capacity was set up at De
Lamar and the results obtained were
highly satisfactory. Now if the new
mill gives equally good results we feel
that we have fully accomplished the
great problem. The process includes
a cyanide solution and precipitation
by electricity done in the watts. Its
merit is cheapness,. for the entire cost,
including milling, preparing the ore
and treating il to the solution and
recovering the gold is less than $3.50
per ton. The inventor is a French
man, named Pelalan Clerici, who be-
gan working on the process more than
two years ago, and the General Gold
Extracting company of London is be-
hind him. My business is that of
mining engineer, and 1 am now on
my way to Idaho to superintend the
construction of the De Lamar plant
This same process was used in an ex-
perimental way last fall in Ward dis
trlct. Boulder county, at the Gray
Eagle mine / am told that these
tests were very satisfactory. Another
plant is to be set up at the Esperanza
mine. 40 miles from the City of Mexico.
we nave the promise of mining men
OF Colorado that as soon as our proc
ess has been proven commercially sue
cessful number of mines will have
pants We are now in correspondence
with a company at Twin Lakes and
another at Breckenridge When 1 re-
turn from Idaho 1 shall be able to
speak more positively of the success
ol our process OF course l feel san
guine enough"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29

filled as rapidly as possible by the local
manufacturers and thousands of feet of
iron IS being turned out The output of
gold from the gravel beds will be enor-
nous and in few weeks the good effects
of an increased circulating medium viii
be felt.
Gazette. Phoenix: c. L. Hall, of Mesa
was in Phoenix on Monday to look after
business interests. He is one of the
field, and at present has a force of men
everhauling the stamp mill at the Bull
Dog mine, a rich claim recently leased by
Messrs- Hall and Sullivan. During the
past few weeks changes have taken place
at Goldleld sufficient TO insure the camp
will now go TO the front Those who
know best say TIE lorna ton is superior
TO that of Cripple Creek. and that 1t is
only question of time until the Arizona
camp is the greater of the two
Mt. Pleasant Pyramid: Rudolph Ben
nett of this place. who has been working
a claim at Cherry Creek. in West TTntic
district, met with an accident last Satur-
day which may have, by this time.
proven fatal. He was working in the
bottom of a 40-foot shaft and had loaded
bucket of dirt to be hoisted. When
near the top. the rope broke and the
bucket and contents fell to the bottom
of the shaft. striking Mr.. Bennett on the
shoulder and grazing down to his hips.
Had the bucket struck him squarely it
would have killed him instantly. AS IL is.
he is SO badly injured that he cannot
be moved. and Peter Larsen. his son-in-
law, came in for medical and other as
SiStance. He lost his way. which, with
the very diSagreeable travelling, had de-
layed him considerably. not reaching here
until Tuesday evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
Manning Notes.

The new Gates crusher has arrived for
the mill. Work in the enlargement of the
mill to 800 tons viii be commenced as
soon as Manager Dern arrives. He is
expected about the first The work Will
consist of putting in eight additional
tanks removing the eight square ones
and putting as many round ones in their
place, and setting up the crusher.
1T is noised about that Mr.. Dern has
bought an electric light plant. and will
light the mill and company houses with
electric light. instead of oil lamps. That
Will make the mill one of the most com
plete cyanide plants in the west.
The Booth. Smith & Co. store building
Is nearing completion. 1t will be a gen
eral merchandise establishment with
meat market and postoff1ce in connection.
The only thing needed here now is a
school. There are about 10 taxpayers
here, without the Mercur company which
is also = heavy taxpayer. The people
here have begged. asked and prayed the
county school commissioners for d school.
and offered to build a building if the
county would furnish teacher but it
all was of no avail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
MORNING STAR AND PooRMAN.
What is Going on Around Silver
City. Idaho.

The Avalanche of Silver City. Ida,
has the following to say regarding the
mines of that locality:
Morning acknowledgements con-
tinue very encouraging at this prop
erty. The ore body in the north drift
at the 400-foot level has widened out to
about three feet of a good quality OF
milling ore. Some of it is said TO be of
high grade. AS the shaft is sunk
deeper the ore is coming in better. but
with it is a heavy flow of water. which
greatly retards work. From 80 to 90
buckets of water have to be holsted
from the shaft on every shift. The water
problem is becoming serious, and large
pumps may have to be installed in the
near future if sinking is continued
Poorman.-The hig gasoline hoist
which will he installed in the Belle
Peck level of the Poorman mine, for
sinking purposes, has arrived and will
soon be in position. The plant is of the
Hercules" horizontal type and is said
to be a very efficient and economical
machine. Developments at the Poor
man are more encouraging than for
years, and everyone hopes that they
will result in richly reimbursing the
company for its heavy OUTLAWS and
fully redeem the great ledge upon
which they are operating.
Jacobs Gulch.-The boys who are
working the Sullivan property on
lease have celebrated Their 18th of
March holiday and are again polishing
drills in that promising ground. They
expect to ship considerable ore as soon
as the roads are open.
Scales failing mill. below De Lamar,
is now in operation and will have a
steady and profitable run until the wa
ter subsidies, next August.
Nugget.-Harry Davis and Charles
Danielson have a lease upon the Nugget
claim, belonging to John Crete, jr., and
are pushing work upon the same.
Big I.-Superintendent Fisk of the
Big 1 mine, at Wagontown, was in Sill
yer the first of the week and paid his
respects to this. office He reports
everything prosperous at the mine,
with regular shipments of smelling
ore. They are running but light force
at present, owing TO the frailty of the
old cable now in use, but the new rope
is en- route and the crew will soon be
increased Since they cross-cut tc the
ST. John ledge they have been bothered |
considerably with water in the shaft, !
and Mr. Fisk informs US that he ex
poets soon to put in a pump. He is |
feeling highly elated over the condition |
of the ore bodies Of the property.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
Mining Notes.

Richfield Censor: l.. Goldbranson and
J. Botna have located a mine TO be
known as the Norwegian about one mile
from Elsino-e.
Herald. Wells. New: H. D. Rippeto
came in from Kingsley last night, where
ne has been examining some mining prop
erty IN the interests of George Lowe of
Ogden. and l.. H. Fairbanks of Salt Lake
Ctt---
Loyal Journal: Mr.. John Donaldson.
OF Teton. Ida, called here on his way
up from Salt Lake on Thursday He
is identified with mining interests in the
Salmon river country and elsewhere. He
inquired as to the outlook for La Plata.
and announced his intention of visiting
it rs soon as possible, with a view to
making investments.
Deeth, New. Cor of Nevada State
Herald: ]. E. Quinn, of Park City Utah.
and a party of five miners came in Mon
day night and, started Wednesday morn
ing for the MaTdiS mining district and
intend TO give the property formerly be-
longing TO Mr.. Charles. a thorough test
and i = proves to be a success we NAV
expect big boom at Deeth and Mardis.
They are all men of business, and vent
well supplied with tools and provisions.
A special from Santa Fe, \. NJ. saws:
The Ortiz Mining company. operating the
old Ortiz mine under lease from the New
Mexico Mining company near Cerrillos
has struck astonishingly rich ore. On
the 18th inst. the miners struck body
of ere the full width of the working
smart at depth or Zbl feet. which runs
800 per ton in gold. The ore body ex-
tended beyond the sides of the shaft and
its actual extent is not as yet known
The ore is free milling. a new mill will
be erected at once
. Democrat Baker City. Or: The owners
of placer mines are now hurrying up
their arrangements TO take advantage of
the first flow of water. In all the gulcheS
where paying prospects have been found
operations VIII be carried on and scores
of ra.ines that have been idle for years
will this year give up their golden treas
ure. Orders for hydraulic pipe are being
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
SILVER CITY TOPICS.
Items of Interest Clipped From the
Star.

A Windlass has been put uD on the
Molly Gibson and work will be resumed
there Monday morning.
The owners of the Buda, claim, which
lies south of the Buckeye, now have
three men at work on that property.
The shaft is now down So feet. and a
very favorable showing is reported.
We understand that the contract for
sinking the shaft on the Rabbit Foot
has not yet been let, but that Phil
Richards has Ill the lowest bid and will
probably be awarded the contract.
The Star Con. Mining company yes
terday received a new and complete
assay outfit, which will be put I'D at
the mine. The company will now be
able to handle their own samples,
which will greatly facilitate work.
]. L. Tibbitts and M. II. McGlynn
commenced work this morning on the
Y. H. Bates claim. which joins the
Morning Glory, and which they hold
under a lease and bond. The claim is
in a good locality and DEVELOPMENT
should make it a valuable piece of
ground.
Frank Hines, superintendent of the
Northern Light mine at Ophir was in
camp Wednesday, to make an exami-
nation of the Black Dragon. It is
stated that there is very fine showing
VI ore III lildl anu IIldl IcSu-
lar shipments will soon commence. Mr..
Hines is very much pleased with this
property.
Manager Toll of the New State, came
up from Provo the first of the week in
response to a message from the men in
charge of the property. We are advised
that fine body of ore was opened in
that property a few days ago, bat the
extent of the strike nor the assay val
ues have not yet been made public.
A very important strike was made in
the Triumph last Sunday at a depth Of
100 feet The ore body is four feet wide
and shows an average of 80 ounces sill
yer and % per cent lead, picked sampl
running as high as 129 ounces silver.
The Triumph ground lies between
the Undine and Sunbeam, and is con-
sidered q valuable piece of ground. We
are advised that stopping will commence
in day or two, and a shipment from
the Triumph may be looked for during
the coming week
The owners of the Picnic are wearing
a very expansive smile these days,
caused by q strike of ore made in that
property a few DAYS ago. The streak
st pre- sent is small. but the ore is very
coed grade, running 59.4 ounces silver |
49, per cent lead and 40 cents gold. The !
ore was encountered on the 375-foot !
level. from which a crosscut was run
and owners OF the property Will follow !
the streak. confidently expecting it to |
open out into large ore body.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
The Yuma Gold Strike.

The big strike near Yuma, Ariz-,
continues to attract general attention.
John w. Darlington, in conversation
with a Phoenix Republican reporter,
is quoted as saying: There is no
longer any doubt in Yuma or among
old prospectors and miners that the
Lost Frenchman' has been rediscov-
cred after more than % years. The
mine whose very existence was half
doubted was so named because 1t was
supposed to be worked by a couple of
Frenchmen. one of the other of whom
used to make periodical visits TO Yuma
after supplies which were always paid
for with large gold nuggets Fruitless
attempts were made TO learn from
them the locality in which the mug
gets were found and equally fruitless
attempts were made to follow them.
The Frenchmen always but once sue
ceeded in leaving town unobserved.
That time they were followed by a
aged to elude near Aqua Caliente. At
last the Frenchmeno came to Yuma no
more. AS it was evident that they
would likely leave the country in no
other way than through Yuma, ii was
supposed that they had been murdered
by Indians. Years afterwards a
skeleton was found in the vicinity of
the late strike. 1t was believed to be
the skeleton of one of the F'renchmen
and, though there was no workings
in the vicinity. interest in the sup
posed fabulously wealthy mine was
revived and the whole country was
prospected over and over again. OF
late years people only smiled when
the Lost Frenchman' was mentioned
The gold brought inrfrom the new
strike is said TO be;of the same char
Frenchmen fired up Yuma a quarter
of a century ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29

S4es, wagons and some on foot all
headed south. are seen from day
| light until noon, and on the return
trip from shutdown until the middle
of the night. The scene of excite
ment is on the lower end of the cedar
ridge. about eight miles south and one
half mile east Of Vernal, where some
exceedingly rich fioat-aSsaying as high
as $500 in gold-has been picked up
during the past few months. The
float was found by the Ashton boys,
who were keeping it on the quiet I'M
til the snow went off. but somehow it
leaked out Saturday, and another
run on location blanks was on at
the express office. Tuesday after
noon the writer, in company with Dr.
Rose, was driven to the new Eldorado
behind the doctors span of sorrels.
The south hillsides We're bare. We
began looking for nuggets and thumped
every boulder in sight. Every foot
of good ground seemed to be located,
excepting a fine stone quarry, where
the doctor promptly built a monu
ment and placed a location notice. evil
IDENTIFY having an eye to business in
case town should spring up in that
vicinity. Prospectors were digging
here and there, and men on horseback
we're seen o., every ridge and knoll.
No we'll defined vein has been discov
cred yet. Farther up the ridge to
the northwest, several groupings of
mineralized rock have been uncovered,
which dip tow ard the main ridge, in
dicating a blanket vein. Assays from
these groupings run in silver more
than gold. Some locations have been
made on the gilsonite lands claimed
by the Bullion-Beck company, of
which T. r. Valley is manager, and
should mineral be found there would
be a good chance for an argument be-
tween the Bullion-Beck company and
the recent locator. Other locations
have been made lower down on the
ridge and over the line on the Uncom-
pahgre reservation. There is lots of
country to prospect yet as soon as the
snow goes, and a good vein of ore may
be discovered. There is a chance at
least, and we firmly believe an I'M
commonly good one. Thorough pros
pecting alone will tell, and the ener-
getic people OF Vernal seem to be
equal to the occasion. Mining prop
erty is already changing hands. DR..
Gould has purchased a couple of val
liable claims and other transfers have
been made. A stock exchange will be
the next thing on docket, to sell stocks
in the new mines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
PROMISING WYOMING PROSPECT
A Pioneer Prospector Meets With
Flattering Success.

William Kerwin, one of the pioneer
prospectors of the Kerwin mining dis
trict, says the Cody News. published
IN Big Horn county, Wyo., has just re-
ceived returns from samples of ore
taken from one of his properties in the
Kerwin district, and now feels that the
day is not far off when he will reap his
reward for long years of waiting, toll
ing and bearing the burdens of a pros
pector for the precious metals.
Mr.. kerwin has known for some time
that he had uncovered great lead,
but hardly thought it as great as later
development work has proven it to be.
In the early part of February he sent
samples to Butte, Livingston and
Laramie, and the returns are as fol-
lows:
Livingston-Gold, s44; silver, 5sa
ounces per ton.
Butte-No. /: Silver S96 ounces;
gold, $50. No. .: Silver 1913 ounces;
gold. SIS.
School of mines. Laramie-No. 1: Sill
yer. 676 ounces; Gold, s11-55. No. 2: Sill
yer 429 ounces: gold, S19.42.
Professor Knight of the school of
mines at Laramie writes Mr. Kerwin
that his is the best Wyoming ore he
has ever assayed, and is enthusiastic
over it. The pay streak is now ten
inches wide and is increasing slowly
as depth is attained. Mr.. Kerwin will
prosecute work vigorously with the
opening of spring and will ship at least
one car of ore to Omaha during the
summer. More would be shipped but
the great distance from the railroad
prevents it. However. mining in the
basin will receive more attention dur
ing 1897 than ever before. and by those
who are in a position TO judge intelli-
gently, it is predicted that before the
close of summer a number of paying
mines will be in operation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
SO Years of Cures.
When Is a Woman Old?

This query on my mirror hung:
when is woman old?"
It clingS 10 me and long has clung
The answer must be told.
All. some are old before half way,
And some are never old.
For these but laugh life's cares away,
While those both fret and scold.
And yet it is no easy task.
However well controlled.
To answer one. if she should ask
When IS p woman old?"
The graceful ones are still young,
And those alone are old
Who try to make themselves look young
When age has taken hold.
The oldest ones of all the old
Are those who would look young,
For they will always fret and scold
When ages sign is hung.
The old in years who live among
Those younger in their hearts
Will find themselves remaining young
Long after youth departs.
AS long as women cling to youth
And disregard their age
They never can be old. fo-sooth
Their youth fills up the page.
Yes. some are old before their time
Old age uSJIrDS their youth
And some are Young beyond their prime
Unless they hide the truth
Washington Post.