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200 and one 100-pound gun of the same
make and a mortar battery, was built after-
wards. 1t was constructed under FIRE CO the
rebel forts. Gregg was about 1000 feet 10
the left of Gilmore, facing James Island, on
which were he rebel forts, Citizens BIttery
aud Fort Johnson. Gilmore was 10 the
right, facing Fort Moultrie. across the bay,
on Sullivan's Island. Its other front was ex-
posed TO the fire of the guns of Blttcry 3
and Castle Pinckney and Fort Sumter. At
the time Charleston was 6red on 3. stery
Gregg consisted of two 10-ineh Colum oiads
and a water battery of six 32-rilled P.rrott
guns a detachment from my regiment the
18th Me- under Capt. Selmer, aud the eele-
brated Swamp Angel.
common practice among our artillery
men was the knocking down of tfss flag
staff on Moulirie. But the slickest irb by
our artillery was sinking n Johnny Bull.
block AIDE runner on the night of Feb. p.
She had run through our fleet. it be az .
foggy night, but was discovered by our Boys
aud sunk.
Fort Gilmore was sometimes called Bat
terry ChatheId, and Fort Wagner was c,illed
Fort Strong, after the death Of that gallant
ofiicer.-Wm II. DOUGHTY, Co. f, 18th Me-,
Orr's Island, Me.
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the first, since the heavy stones heing gotten
rid of, not so much fall is necessary to keep
The material moving The finer gold Is
thereby given chance to settle. After an
interval comes another grizzly, the bars
being placed closer together than those OF
the first; and so on, till the stuff remaining
is all sand.
From time to time cleanup is made.
The pavement of the top boxes is removed
and the sand taken out and washed III a
special short sluice, or. where lis richness
warrants it. PANIED Water is usually kept
running through the sluice at night to pre-
vent unlawful clean-ups.
A conven ent method of handling large
quantities of dirt is what is called ground
sluicing. A creek is damned and stream
of water turned over the dirt to he washed.
Men stir the bottom up with picks and when
it las excavated itself channel with their
assistance as low as it is possible or desirable
to 90, the banks are tumbled IN till as much
dirt as possible has been sent down stream.
The sand and stuff remaining IN the bed of
the artificial stream are then panned.
Where it is possible this is very good
method in primitive mining. 1t Is very
waseful. but very cheap.
In Alaska owing TO the peculiar conditions
OF climate, Il new Httuou vi heatihoh' mas
been evolved. As the ground is frozen most
OF the time. ordinary methods of siulcing
will not answer During the Winter shafts
are sunk through the gravel until bedrock
is reached. The method of penetrating the
frozen ground is primitive but effective.
Fires are built on the ground, and when
thawed ont n few feet the dirt is removed
with pick and shovel. When bed rock Is
reached, drifts" tunnels are driven in all
directions, the same procedure of alternate
thawing and picking being followed. The
dirt removed is piled, and when Summer
comes it is washed in short sluices. By this
method Of working the expense and1trouble
of handling tie more or less barren material
near the surface is avoided.
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Asthma and Hay-rever cure.-rree.

We are glad to inform our readers that sure.
specific cure for Asthma and Iiay-fever is found
i'll the koa Plant, new botanical discovery
from the Congo River, West Africa Many
sufferers report most marvellous cures frs IN it's
use. Among others. Mr.. Alfred C. L. Wis,
Editor of the Farmers Magazine. snd Rev. J. L.
Combs. of Martinsburg. West Va. were COM
pletely cured by the Kols Plant after thirty
years suffering. Mr. Lewis could not lie down
at night in Hsy-fever season for fear of chok-
ing, and Mr.. Combs was lifelong sufferer
from Asthma. Hon. l.. G. Clute, of Gree 81,
Iowa, writes that for eighteen years he slept
propped up in chair, being much worse in
Hay-fever season, and the koia Plant cured
him at once. II is truly most wonder fni
remedy. IL you are sufferer we advise you to
send your address to the Kola Importing o.,
1864 Broadway, n. Y, who to prove its power
will send a Large Case by mail free 10 eyory
reader of The NATIoSAL TRIBUNE who Moods
it, All they ask in return is that when cured
yourself you will tell your neghbors about it.
It costs you nothing aud you should surely
try it,
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TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 49, 1897

with very dilute solution Of potassium cy-
ande (about Q. percent}. This dissolves the
gold The solution is run through box
filter filled with zinc shavings, when the
gold is thrown down and the zinc dissolves.
The liquid emerging from the filter is used
over and over again till it accumuiates so
much zinc in solution as to be worthless
when il is run out TO waste. Potassium cy-
amid is extremely poisonous, being nothing
in the world but a combination of the
| famous prussic acid with potash
In South Africa, in the Transvaal, the
ores are treated by Il combination of
methods. The are stamped rather
coarse in stamp mills, and the coarse gold
| saved. The fine stuff leaving the stamps Is
sent over vanning machine, by which the
heavy particles OF pryites are eliminated
These are roisted and treated with chlorin
The fine stuff leaving the vanners is treated
with cyanid The waste cyanid liquors are
run into ponds, where in the course OF time
| the cyanid disappears. At first the mortal
| ity anon. the cows aud Kafirs of the region
| (ihe two are supposed in Africa TO rank the
| same in the social scale) was terrific, but
| nowadays they are reported to have learned
| that these teachings are bad medicine.
| In this country many ores not adapted to
other treatment are smeted. They are
charged into blast furnaces along with cop
per or lead ore, limestone, iron ore, aud
coal. The limestone and iron ore combine
with the gangue" rock containing the
god) to form glass, or Stag, while the cop
| per or lead reduces to metal and dis
solses the gold. Silver, when present, ac-
| companies it. The melted metals dissolve
| the gold, just rs mercury does in ordinary
methods of working. The CLASSY Stag is
| tapped out of one hole at the bottom of the
furnace, and the lead or copper carrying the
gold from another From the gold or cop
per ("base bullion " the gold is afterwards
| separated by chemical methods. When once
| started the action of the furnace is continu-
| Gus, and it frequently runs along for years.
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| versal Western term for any auriferous vein
| matter is rich enough it is worked up in an
arrastra This is Mexican machine, and
although slow and cumbrous, it saves q
greater percentage of gold Than many mod
ern and more pretentous machines. 1t Is
made by constructing round Enclosure with
walls of stone or board. In the center is
an upright shaft. The bottom is paved
with heavy stones. From The shaft extends
a horizontal arm, to which is secured large
fragment of rock by rings and chain. 1t is
so attached hat rs shaft and arm rotate the
stone is dragged in circular path over the
bottom To the outer end of the arm Is
hitched horse.
The ore, broken up by the hand TO The
size of walnut or a baseball Is thrown INTO
the arrastra, pound or two of mercury
added, and the horse started. When the
material is reduced to slime aud sand, water
is added, and the mass stirred up 10 make
the amalgam settle. The top stuff IS then
taken off and the bottom material PANIED. OF
course, several charges may be worked before
a cleanup is made. The amalgam, finally
separated by panning, is squeezed through
! a chamois- skin bag end the mercury cap
ing used over again, while the solid ANAL
gam remaining in the bag is placed in a re-
tort and the mercury distilled eff, leaving
impure gold behind. The retort is made of
one of the iron bottles in which the mercury
is bought, a piece of gas-pipe being tapped
into the neck.
Only free-milling" ores are suitable for
the arrastra; that is, ores in which most of
the gold can be recovered by simply crush
ing and panning. Where an ore contains
pyri,es or changes materially in burning it
is not free-milling, and must be treated by
modern processes.
The stamp-mill is the usual method for
treating free-millng ores. s.amp-mill
consists of series Of iron mortars placed in
| a row. The front is cut down and provided
| with sieve arrangement. Into the mortar
| drops heavy s,amp.shoe to puiverize the
ore The shoe is lifted by slender rod which
engages with cam wheel and is lifted by
| power, and allowed to drop of its own
The National tribune., 1897-09-16
BY KARI McELEoY.
PART IL.

The third step lin advance in mining is the
use of suice. A sluice is a trough made
of three planks nailed together Towards
one end 1T has slight taper 10 permit its
insertion into another box" Any number
OF these boxes may be placed together, and
in the large hydraulic workings the total
length may be several miles. Every portion
catches some 20 d. but 80 per cent are found
in The first 100 feet.
Across the bottom of the sluices are placed
rifles. Just as in tie cradle In large suices
III bottom i paved with powders laid to-
&c her or with blocks of wood. In operation
Inc dirt is shoveed into the upper end, a
stream of water being made TO flow through.
Sand and stones go down stream while the
god sinks behind the rifles or into the sand
between the powders of the pavement. In
working with sluices mercury is generally
poured into the upper end from time to time,
the idea being that ii vets the fine gold and
clings 10 il, the two together forming an az
glomerate too heavy to be transported by
the water.
in the great hydraulic diggings of Cali
forn.a the dirt is mined and washed with
the same water, stream under heavy pres
sure being directed against a bank until it
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ClUB-RAISsMG
MADE EASY.

DEAR COMRADES:
Each old or present subscriber who
gets US one or more new subscribers
during the month of September will
receive, postpaid, two books, 1.-The Cam
noneer" and Capturing a Locomotive"
The new subscribers will also receive
them, and the promise of these two great
books makes it an easy matter to get their
subscriptions,
These books will be withdrawn posi-
lively on Oct. 1 !; therefore, you had
better start the club at ouce.
We know how highly you esteem
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE and how you
work for it, keeping it ahead of most all
other weekly papers in point of eircula-
ton. We know, too, how surprised
some of you are, at times, to run across
people who do not fully appreciate The
TRIBUNE-who, indeed, are inclined to
dispute your statement that it is the best
paper on the face of the earth.
Well, there are such people. But let
us tell you this: If you once get them
to take the paper, they soon come around
to your opinion and subscribe year after
year with great regularity.
Now this situation suggests a remedy:
Why not offer subscribers such big in
ducements that the elub-raiser will sue
coed with every person solicited?
With this end in view we have
made the offer you will see elsewhere
on this page of giving two large books,
"The Cannoneer and Capturing a
Locomotive" to everyone who SUBJ
scribes during the month of September.
We intend, also, to send these two
books with every premium sent to a
club-raiser. That Is, in addition to the
premium he works for and earns, whether
it be large or small, we will send these
two books as present. We never forget.
old friends when cutting watermelon.
Surely this makes Embarrassing easy.
All you have to do with persons solicited
to subscribe is to show them the paper
and its attractions, describe the free
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Remit the dollars, with their full adj
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year, and to you We will send the books
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All comrades who are at present
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books to each subscriber. This enables
them to promptly complete the clubs
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Comrades, just try for clubs now.
You will surely succeed.
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LADlES' HID SOCIETY.
Annual Convention of the Auxiliary to the
Sons.


The indianapolis Convention of Ladies Aid
Society was held for three days. Miss Anna
Sims President of the Indiana Division. on
behalf of the State, and Miss Addie Wallace.
on behalf of the city. welcomed the guests.
National President Raynor responded.
National President Raynor read her annual
report. The National Secretary, Mrs. May X.
Baldwin, reported balance in the treasury of
S24i.S5 She reported the number in good
standing at the present time Is: Societies. 202 :;
members $3.50; n gain OF Is Societies aud Coo
members in the year.
The Committees on Ritual and Rules and
Regulations recommended that n committee be
appointed to revise the Ritual and Regulations
during the coming year and report at the
next Convention. This recommendation WAS
adopted.
After close contest Miss Kate G.. Raynor
was reelected President, the other candidate
being Mrs E. II. Il. Davis OF Washington ID. {.
Other officers: V.-P, Miss Adde Wallace, In
diana; Chap. Mrs. Mary Homahor, Illinois
Treas. Mrs. Lydia Tanner, New York; Ins.,
Mrs Emma Schuer, Louisville, KY; Muster
ing and Installing Officer, Mrs. Sarah Lyon,
Minnesota. National Council, Mrs. Mary l..
Warren. Wakefield Mass Mrs Mamie Dorsey.
Maryland, and Mrs. Elizabeth Herr, Lancaster
Pm
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| by the mercury surface Of the plate. From
! time to time the mill is stopped, the ANAL
| gam removed from the mortars, and the
plate scraped with knife. Where the ore
is free milling and power cheap, there is no
| method for treating gold ore cheaper than
the stamp mill.
At the Dalmatia Mine, in Amador County,
| CAL, the total cost of mining and stamping
ore at one time did not exceed 43 cents
| ton. Many of the biggest mines OF the
world do not have ore that averages more
than 81 or So ton. This is the case with
the great Homstake mine in Dakota, which
has yielded many millions, and with the
| Treadwell Mine, situated ON an island oppo-
site Juneau, Alaska. In these two mines
the ore is quarried Senator Jones, of Ne
vada the Silver man, is large owner In
the Treadwell.
Chemical methods of treating gold ores
are not of great interest 10 the prospector,
since more or less capital is required to work
them. The Oldest is the ch!oriuaton method
The roasted ore is areated in a vat with
water and n mixture of bleaching powder
and sulphuric acid, which sets free chlorine,
which in turn dssolves the gold. Bromine,
a heavy, horribly smelling red liquid, is often
substituted for the chlorine, as 1t is cheaper
to transport than bleaching powder aud sui
phuric acid.
The purpose of roasting the ore is to
burn off the pyrites, which use up and waste
chlorine. Ores free from pyrites are gener-
ally iree-milling and treated in stamp mills.
The water carrying i'll solution the gold ID
run into large wooden watts, and mixed with
solution of copperas (green sulfate of from,
which throws down the gold in the shape OF
heavy brownish powder. The treated
| liquid contains no more gold, and is run
into the ditch.
Cyaniding is new method and is par
| ticuIarly adapted to some gold ores, but not
to the majority. The powdered ore is treated
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What 1t Is and What is Said of It..

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Plenty of Boy Soldiers.

James NJ. Baird a veteran of the 112th Ill.
Med Inf. Almsria. Neb., referring to tho
young Cuban patriot of Michigan who regrets
that no cannot enlist in aid OF Cuba because he
is only ID years old. says: BLESS his young
heart Doesn't he know that we had plenty of
good boys in our army in the late war only 10,
and some even IA and Is? A good recruit in
my company, who served IS months faithfully,
was only IL when he enlisted, and Capt. John
Glenn, who immortalzed himself by killing a
rebel Colonel at Chickamauga, was only IL
years old and small of his age. We read Of
Gen. Andrew jackson fighting the British
when he was but IL years old. The Cubans
would certainly appreciate any help that we
could give them. So, my young friend, do mob
deceive yourself by thinking you are too young
for q soldier"
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weight Broken ore is dropped into the
back of the mortar,t together with thin
stream of water. Asthe ore is crushed into
a slime by the dropping of the stamps 1t is
splashed through the screen, and runs off.
together with the water. across an inclined
copper plate, the topoof which has been sill
vered and then amaigamated with mercury.
Mercury is kept in the mortar and retains
the coarse gold there while the finer gold
and mercury slime are caught and retained
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feet square, the ends being mortised. The
timbers are placed at intervals of five or six
feet 1t is understood of course that these
sets," as they are called, are horizontal.
Small poles or boards when they are cheap,
are driven back of these sets next the dirt
wall, extending from one set to the next
below.
The same method of timbering is used in
shafts sunk in vein mining. In primitive
vein mining where the quartz" the uni
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SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.
An nth Me. Man Tells What He Knows
About 1t.

EDITon NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrade
George Barber, Co. G, 10th n. T.. in his
article Bombarding Rebel Strongholds,"
says that on the extreme end OF Cum
mings Point was situated Fort Wagner.
This is mistake. The point mentioned
was Fort Gregg. Fort Wagner was at least
one,half mile down the island, on a narrow
neck situated fronting the ocean, and only a
beach between the water and its ram
parts of sand To the rear of the fort q
mash extended, through which creek ran
tc the rear of what we called the water
battery, part of Fort Wagner.
After our forces had driven the rebels off
Morris Island, the forts were remodeled to
suit the situation, aud Fort Gilmore, which
contained one 300-rifle Parrot gun and one
The National tribune., 1897-09-16
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Chapter Secret Military Expedition H. Midnight Consul
alton Ill Companions and Incidents " Locomotive an
Train Captured v Unforeseen Hndrances VI Terrible Rail
road Chase VII Night in the Woods VIII In the
Power IN Other Captures x Horrible Prison XI. Lights
and Shadows of Prison XII The First Tragedy Kill
ederae Courtlartia XIV The Growing Horror XIV
Religion. XVI. Liberty Death XVII Romantic Escapes
XVIII From Atlanta the Gulf XIX. From Atlanta Rich
Xxx Libby and Castle Thunder XXI. Sickness and
ibeIty.