The Virginia enterprise., 1897-03-19
WILD WEST NOTES.

"A resident of San Francisco claims
to have invented 4 torpedo rocket for the
aid of the Cubans. 1t travels mile and
eXplodes by concussion or time fuse, de-
stroying all animal life within 100 feet
Of it,
-Four raccoons captured near Starkey,
in Union county, Or, have attracted con-
siderable attention from old-timers dur
ing the last few days. AS far as known
these are the first 'coons ever captured
in that section.
An interesting sight was to be seen
in the John Day river near poriar.
in Grant county, Or, during the recent
cold snap. Three otter, one of them of
large size, played up and down the river
for several days.
The Bimetallic mine in Granite coun-
ty. Mont, which, in connection with the
Granite Mountain. is one of the biggest
silver mines in the world, has already
produced 2.00O.O 900, and has paid $12.-
100000 in dividends in nine years.
The Lindsay lease on the Areuua
townsite is proving to be one of the great-
est finds ever made in the Cripple Greek
district. In four days recently 157 tons
of high grade ore We're made, and other
heavy shipments are constantly follow
ing.
The option which was in January last
secured by Capt De La Mar upon the
property of the Mercur Mining company
was yesterday surrendered. and the con-
tract under which negotiations were be-
ing prosecuted is now in the hands of the
company.
The O. & \. tunnel of Ouray county,
Col, which has cut the famous American
ore measures on the gold belt, shipped
out a single car recently which netted
over $4,000 in gold and the mineral be-
ing taken from there every day by four
teen men is very rich.
One of the peculiar conditions that
exist in the whitehall district. Mont, is
shown by another discovery. In the
coal vein, found right by the Maytlower
mine. was found some iron ore that as
Sayed s. per ton i'll gold. The rcmarka-
bic discoveries in this district continue
to puzzle mining men all over the coun-
try.
A number of caves have been met in
the Ragged Top district, South Dakota
among the latest being one found in a
blast at the Ballarat group, where at the
bottom of a twenty-five foot shaft cave
was opened which has been explored for
eighty-tve feet in length and fifty feet
in width Its floor was covered with a
white. snowlike dust
The .American-Eettie gold mine, a;i-
joining Ouray on the northeast, is again
in the same kind of ore which made it
famous in the early days. and is now
making shipments running as high as
$4,000 to the car. says the Denver Times
Forty-ounce gold ore and $500 silver ore
come out together. and the average is
very gratifying to the management
A. J. Ross Of Spokane has an inter-
esting relic of the days of the fur traders
in that section. 1t is the rusted lock of
an old fintlock musket. found eighteen
inches below the surface of the ground
~ ola
east end of Spokane. 1t was discovered
by an employe of Mr.. Ross, while dig
ging posthole in ground that had never
been disturbed
The Corvallis (Or.) Times says that
Dead river is the name of slough that
cuts across from one part of the Villa
mette river to another, among the ISL
ands near Bonneville. and in the years
gone by there was 4 rapid current from
west to east. OF late the water became
sluggish in its movement, and Il year ago
ceased to move at all. This winter it
runs quite rapidly from east to west.
The great De La Mar mine at De
La Mar, New. and the mill connected
with it have been shut down, the bullion
coach taken off and its armed attendants
who each month held their Winchestcrs
over gold bullion of the value Of about
$20O.Wh. allowed an Indefinite vacation
Ee dctlon naS hteil taken because or the
recent organization Of miners union
The shutdown is for an Indefinite period
Charles Lee harvested $1,000 worth
of honey from his bees in Yakima coun-
ty. Wash, last year. AS it required but
two and one-half months attention of
himself and son to look after his apia-
ries, which are scattered throughout the
various valleys of Yakima county, aggre-
eating between POO and 800 colonies, and
the increase of new swarms more than
paid for the work and material eXnended