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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
THE RANDsBURG EXCITEMENT
An Old Salt Laker Says It Is on a
Boom

Considerable excitement has been
centered of late in the new gold dis
trict in the AIojave desert in Califor-
mia, on the edge of Death Valley, and
it is the general impression that this
new camp will make a new record for
itself within the next few months.
The Herald has made frequent men
ton of this district, and yesterday the
writer was shown a letter addressed to
Tim Driscoll from r. D. Miller. a
former Salt Laker, who is interested
in the new camp, in which he states
that the district is staked out for 20
miles and that it is not uncommon to
find quartz almost everywhere in which
there is free gold.
Mr. Miller writes that he has a group
of five claims through the entire length
of which there is a strong ledge 100 feet
in width from the pay streak in which
he has taken samples of ore that car
ried $50 TO the ton in copper and gold
The deepest shaft in the district, ac-
cording to Mr.. Miller, is down 14O feet,
and at this depth the ore body is richer
and larger than on the surface.
The ores cannot be treated at the
mines, however, as there is arsenic in
the water. and therefore they have to
be hauled to the mills about ten miles
distant, where several plants are busy
day and night.
Mr.. Miller states that the country is
not a. healthy one, and if it is hard to
winter there il must be a regular burn
ing desert in the summer time.
At the present time the surveyors
are laying out line for a railroad and
il VIII not be long before the camp can
be reached by rail.
A good many Colorado and Montana
miners and investors have been at
tracted TO the new gold fields, and
now and then a Utah man is to be
found in the district.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
cation from that locality to the Elmore

cation from that locality to the Elmore
Bulletin:
The writer says: THE new machin-
cry which was put up at the Golden
King mine this winter has been in sue
cessful operation about three weeks.
The pump has a capacity of raising
5000 gallons of water per hour. So
there is no difficulty in keeping the
mine dry and work in the mine is
being pushed night and day. Dan
Reber, the superintendent, certainly
deserves great credit for the energy he
has displayed in placing the mine on
a working basis, and no one wishes
him more success than your CORE
spondent. The lowest depth attained
in this mine is about $50 feet, but
drifts have been. run on each side of
the winze aggregating about 1000 feet,
and in all the openings fine bodies of
ore are exposed and there is no doubt
but what the Golden King will be a
dividend paying mine as soon as the
mill can be started in the spring.
There is also a force of men working
day and night on the Eddie mine,
about one-half mile south of the Gold
en- King. They are sinking a winze
on a fine body of ore.
Dixie is bound to come to the front
as a mining camp in the near future.
There are immense bodies of ore here
yet unclaimed, but of base nature
and will require different machinery
from the stamp mill, or free process to
work it successfully. There is no doubt
but what it can be treated by the cy-
anide process. Therefore we predict
there is a bright future for Dixie.
This will be a good field for pros
pectors as soon as spring opens. But
when they locate a claim and do
reasonable amount of work on it they
should sell it for a reasonable price,
and not ask for it what a well devel-
oped mine is worth, thereby driving
capitalists away instead of inducing
them to invest. This will kill a mining
camp quicker than ANYTHING else.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
White Rock Placers.

w. D. Higginbotham. the we'll known
Utah miner who has been operating in
El1o county, Nevada. at White Rock.
has returned to the city, and he informs
me Herald that this is one of the COM
ing placer mining camps of the west
He is quite heavily interested there and
as soon as the weather will 9ermit in
the spring he will return and develop his
properties.
At the present time no work can be
done in the open placers. but Mr.. Hig-
ginbotham states that in Vanduzer gulch
three miles from White Rock where
drift mining is being carried on. a strike
has been made on the bedrock where the
gravel carries 50 to the cubic yard. and he
further says that the men at work on
these placers are taking out S35 a day 10
the man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
BY A HIGHER DECREE.
Jennie v. Wells Freed of All Matri-
monial Troubles by the Leveller
of All-Death.

Plainfield, N. j.. JAN 21-A higher
decree than that of any court has freed
Mrs. Jennie V. Wells of matrimonial
bonds. She and her husband. Robert
C. Wells, formerly lived in this city
Both were wealthy. Three years ago
her husband left her. and six months
ago she began a suit for divorce on the
ground of desertiOn. Three weeks ago,
Mrs. Wells was notified at Los Angeles,
Cal, where she was spending the win
ter, that the commissioner was ready
to take evidence in the case. She
started east Immediately.
While she was on her way across the
continent, a man was blown from a
train near Atlantic City, and mangled
so badly as to be almost unrecogniza-
BILE. Some things about his person,
however. led to the belief that it was
Wells. An investigation was started
by Judge Demesa, her lawyer, and az
ter much correspondence, assurances
were received that it was Wells who
met a sudden death. Application will
now be made to have the suit dis
missed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
ANOTHER SHELTER FOR BUTTE.
Pennsylvania and London Men
Backing the Scheme.


Backing the Scheme.
Butte is soon to have another smelt-
! ing plant to be constructed by the Oc-
cidental Smelling company, composed
of PENNSYLVANIA and London capital.
incorporation papers are prepared and
were to have been filed yesterday, says
the Butte Miner The company will
! incorporate at first for $1,000 and after
wards increase the capital stock to
| $500 000 This is the course adopted by
the incorporators to save the expense
of adding fees TO the state, according
to state law governing incorpora-
tions.
The Occidental Smelling company re-
Gently made an effort to lease the
smelling plant of the Butte and Bos-
ton company, but as the company Will
be reorganized on the first of the
month as soon as the tax sale takes
place, this could not be accomplished.
rne smelling plant to be constructed
will probably be one of about 200 tons
capacity and it will treat custom ore
entirely at first. 1t is said that the
company owns a number of promising
mining claims in the vicinity of Butte
and expects some time to increase the
capacity of the smelter and treat its
own ores. Daniel Roberts, who repre-
sents the foreign capital, has been in
the city for some time looking over
the ground. Speaking of the PROPOSE
ton a local mining man who will be
connected with the new smelling COM
pany, said yesterday:
The men who are in the company
have ample means to carry out the
enterprise successfully and we expect
to have a big plant here very soon. 1t
will probably be started on a moderate
scale, but as the business increases, so
the capacity of the plant will be en-
larged. There is only one place for
smelling ores in the state of Montana
and that is Butte. In the course of
few more years you will see many
times more custom ore shipped to
Butte than there is at present. Many
mine owners ship from the immediate
vicinity of Butte to Helena and Omaha
and other plants very far away. in
volving great expenses of transpOrta-
ton. This is the natural center for
smelling the output of the mines of the
state. and as time goes on more smelt-
ers will naturally be built. Ours will
be the next one in line"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
SKULL VALLEY STRIKE
Reported Discovery of Rich Ore
in Box Canyon.
THE MINES OF MARYSVALE
ENCOURAGING SHOWING IN
THE ALMA MINE.

The Groupings of the Ledge Specked
and Spotted With Gold-The r.
G. W. Extending It's Line to the
'Vale-The Lucky Bill Meeting
High Grade Ore Encountered in
the Upper NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Smelter For NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and London Men Backing the
Scheme-Island Mountain Dig
gings-Stocks on the Curb
White Rock Placers-The Sale of
the Mercur-Ore and Bullion
Silver and Lead - Mining Notes
and Personals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
The u. S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all others.
DISASTROUS POLICY.
Trying to Maintain Naval Organ
ization Without a Sufficient Num-
Der of Naval Engineers.

Washington, Jan. 21.-The disastrous
policy of maintaining a naval organ
ization with an insufficient corps of
naval engineers has again been pre-
scented by the prostration of Fleet En-
gineer Burman OF the Olympia, the
flagship of the Asiatic squadron. A
veteran of the civil war and a man
closely approaching the compulsory
naval age of retirement. he has col
lapsed under the strain of looking out
for the 1900 horsepower machinery of
the Olympia while at the same time
exercising the general duties of fleet
engineer of the squadron. AS result
of understanding the engine room,
heavily powered ships cannot, it is
claimed. hereafter be depended upon
for continuous duty, and the cost Of
maintenance and repairs to the ma
chinery is progressively increasing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
THE LUCKY BILL MEETING.
High Grade Ore Encountered in the
Upper Workings.

A-%~~So1.
Park City, Jan. 21.-The board of
directors of the Lucky Bill held a meet
ing Wednesday and levied an assess
ment of IL cents. The funds will be
applied to the work of drifting for the
ledge at the 1000 foot level which was
begun last Sunday. AS is well known
To the readers OF The Herald some
pockets of ore carrying high values
have been found in the upper workings
One assay gave 81 ounces in silver 20
per cent lead and SIS in gold. The
Lucky Bill is represented by 120, 900
shares. The officers are Joe Hatch,
president and superintendent; G.. A
Gibbs, secretary and treasurer.
Messrs. G.. A. Gibbs. w J. Burton
and Robert Burns of Salt Lake were
present yesterday at the meeting of the
board of directors of which they are
members.
The Silver King shipment Wednes-
day amounted to nearly 80 tons. No
other shipments were made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
Stocks on the Curb

The mining share brokers of this CITY
were very busy yesterday and most of
them report that business was good with
them, while a majority of the stocks held
their own or made slight advances.
At the close of business the quotations
were about as follows:
Swansea. So. 25 bid.
Northern Light. SO cents bid. 81 asked.
Bullion-Beck. $ bid and Sis asked.
Mammoth. S2.35 bid and S245 asked.
Ajax. Sc cents bid and So asked.
Buckeye, 1015 cents bid and liz asked.
Sunbeam, II cents bid ana i asked
Mercur. sales at S.25.
DAILY. s. bid.
DeYter of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
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GOOD DAY FOR STOCKS
Northern Light Jumps to the
Dollar Marx.
ACTIVITY AT STATE LINE
COLORADO CAPITALISTS EXAM
INING THE DISTRICT.

Bond on the Rice Brothers Property
The Rich Strike on the Charlie
Ross Holding Out Well-The
Randsburg Excitement--An Old
Salt Laker Says it is on the
the Boom-R. D. Miller Has a
Group of Five Claims There-The
Golden 1ing-New Machinery at
This Mine in Successful Operation
The Property Largely Owned by
Salt Lake Capitalists-Mag nifi-
cent Bodies of Ore Exposed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
South Omaha Live Stock.

South Omaha, Jan 21--Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $500: market averaged steady
Light and mixed, 3.25@3.40; heavy, 3.15
$3.50.
Cattle-Receipts, 200: market strong
to 1Oc. higher. Steers. 3.50G4.75; cows,
1.5O03.65: feeders, 3.00@4.25.
No sheen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
Ore and Bullion Receipts.

The ore and bullion receipts yesterday
were as follows:
Bamberger & Mcmillan. ores. 81 go.
T. r. Jones & Co., bullion $1,000
Mccormick & Co., ores, $1,000; cyanides,
$1,000.
Wells, Fargo & Co., bullion, Sc. 3sS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
Silver and Lead Quotations.

The silver and lead quotations yester-
day were as follows:
Western Union-Bar .er, 64at cents;
lead, $3.50; casting cor9 105s nts.
United Press-Bar silver, 64s cents;
lead. $3.05qS3.10; casting copper, $11.S5q
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22

srandfather's hail And within 1t you see.
Grandtather's favorite cough remedy.
Whether twas Asthma, Bronchitis or
Group,
Or baby at night walked the house with a
whoop,
With Ayers Cherry Pectoral Gran'ther
was sure
That no cold or cough would e'er fail of
cure.
In hats the styles change. but the records
will show
Coughs are cured as they were 5oyears ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
THE GOLDEN KING.
New Machinery at This Mine in Sue
cessful Operation.

The Golden King mine in Dixie. not
far from Mountain Home. Ida, is
largely owned by Salt Lake people, and
is mentioned as follows in a communi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
JAnES A. POLLOCK,
$50 Main Street.

Stocks bought and sold for cash or on
commission. Weekly market Letter and
questions upon application. z. II Wool
ley, jr. Member Salt Lake Stock Ex-
enAnge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
Ayers Cherry PectOral

has no equal as a remedy for
coughs, colds, and lung dis
eases. Where other soothing
elixirs palliate, Ayers Cherry
Pectoral heals. It is not
cheap cough syrup, which
soothes but does not strength
en-; it is a physicians cough
remedy, and it cures. It is
put up in large bottles. only.
for household use4 It was
awarded the medal at the
Worlds Fair Of ninety three.
It has a record Of
SO Years of Cures.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22

English-German syndicate, and it seems
probable that the sale will be made
There are great possibilities in the dis
trict if it is properly worked.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
LIVERPOOL Wheat.

Liverpool Jan. 2L-Spot wheat quiet.
poor demand; California club, IS ID;
No. l northern. 6s. 10d.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
On the Tiles.

Fun: We have no objection to every
dog having it's day. but what we OBJ
ject to is every cat having its night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
ACTIVITY AT STATE LINE.

Colorado Capitalists Examining the
District.
Line City, Utah, Jan. 19.-The out
look for the State Line district grows
brighter and brighter IS the season adj
vances, and it is believed that early in
the spring the camp Will witness in
creased activity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22
Stock Broker.

E. E. Crooks. Ill and T12 Mccormick
block Telephone $40.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22

See our s1.s5 Shoe window. Davis"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22

San Francisco. Jan. sl-The official
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22

CALL OF LISTED STOCKS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22

New York, Jan. 21.-Money on call,
easy at 1902 per cent, last loan at
IL and closing offered at IL.
Prime mercantile paper $685. per
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22

CALL OF UNLISTED STOCKS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-22
FOUNDATION OF THIS REPUBLIC.
Prayers of the Pilgrims Had Some-
thing to do with II.

In closing his very interesting dis
course on the Prophet Elijah at the
First Presbyterian church last night,
the Rev. James Mcleod, d. D., said:
Do you pray? I do not ask do you
say prayers? For doubtless we all do
that, but do we really pray? Many
have tested the power of prayer as
truly as Elijah and the saints of old
THE Secret of the Reformation is to
be found in Luther'S closet" so says a
good historian. What made the Purit-
ans and the Pilgrims such mighty men
of valor? 1t was by their prayer that
they stopped the mouths of lions and
quenched the violence of fire. This ma
ton owes an immense debt to those
men of whom the world was not wor-
thy.
Their prayers had something to do
with the formation of this Republic.
THE Father of His Country" whose
birthday we celebrate, would have been
impossible without the prayers and
the heroic fortitude of the Pilgrims and
the Purtans. To them we owe under
God, THE Declaration of Independ-
ence" and our civil and religious lib
erty. The God of Elijah of Paul of
Luther of Calvin and of Knox was
their God. He claims our hearts love.
He has promised to hear us when we
pray. Let us pledge unto Him our
everlasting fidelity, and let us say,
with steadfast purpose: This God is
our God forever and ever. He will
be our Guide even unto death"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-22
SERMON ON FAITH
Delivered by Rev. ii. A. Grant, ID. d.,
in Howard Place NJ. f.. Church.

At the Howard Place Methodist Epis-
copal church last evening the pastor,
Rev. II. A. Grant, B. D., spoke on
Faith as Related to the Bible" He
said in part:
Faith is conviction that the Bible is
the word of God, and confidence in the
fulfilment of the promises therein con-
tained, as soon as ripe for fulfilment, or
conditions complied with. Men have
some of the best reasons conceivable
for beI ewing this proposition. Among
these ar, three common sense presuRp-
tions and two facts: First, it is pre-
sumable God would not leave man
without revelation of His will for
his guidance. Two facts are undeni-
ably true; first, man is ignorant. He
does not know much until instructed
by a superior intelligence; second, God
is illimitably wise. This needs no
proof. He who made all things knows
all things. Can we, on the SuppoSition
that God is wise and good, bring our
selves to believe that when man need
ed knowledge about the vital questions
of life, and God had it for him that He
would withhold it.
Can, we believe that God would
leave man in ignorance of the manner
in which he should manage his own
powers? That He would set up an en-
gine and start it and give the engineer
no knowledge of it, or control over it?
Common sense says God would make
a revelation of His will to man. The
second presumption IS, that God has
made such a revelation. Many thous-
ands of years passed since man sprang
forth from the creative hand of God,
and as soon as he lived he needed the
Divine law to restrain and guide him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-22

Hence Gods statue of laws and book
of instructions must have been COM
piled, issued, and distributed long ere
this, and we avert is now in the
world. The third resumption is
Gods book must have something about
it that distinguishes 1t from all other
publications. The very idea of a rev.
elation implies this for If there is
nothing about it as a book from God
it might as well not have been issued
at all.
The book Of divine laws Is IL the
world and so unique and peculiar that
it cannot be counterfeited, mistaken or
hidden. Consider now the two facts.
First, there is no book, If you lay
the Bible aside that comes up to what
common sense would say a divine rev.
elation should be.
The second fact Is, that the Bible Is
just what we might antecedently sup
pose a divine revelation to such a
creature as man would be. 1t gives
us the information we need concerning
God, Satan, ourselves: the means of
recovery from the fall, the nature of
holiness, sin, heaven and hell. Such
consideration as these carry us along
to the conclusions that the Bible is the
word of God. And this is the first
layer in the masonry of the temple of
faith
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-22
UNIVERSALIST YOUNG PEOPLE.
Susquehanna Association in Session
at All Souls Church.

Saturday and yesterday was held in
All Souls UniVersalist church on Pine
street the quarterly convention of the
Young Peoples union of the Susque-
hanna Universalist association. Sat
urday's three sessions were of bust
ness nature while those yesterday NOR
ming and evening We're of a purely de-
votional order. The union will meet at
Foster in May.
The feature of Saturday morning s
session was a paper on younger peO-
pies work, read by Mr.. Eldridge, of
Brooklyn. The afternoon was devoted
to routine business and reports of Off
GERS and societies. 1t was determined
to begin the publication of an official
union paper, and, if it's success was
assured, to continue the publication. a
varied entertainment programme of
recitations, papers and music was rem
dered in the evening.
Revs. f. w. Whippen, pastor of All
Souls church: Rev. r. +. Horn, of
Brooklyn, Pa, and Rev. f. E. Adams,
of Foster the three ministers attending
the convention, participated in yester-
days services. Mr.. Horn preached in
the morning and Mr.. Adams in the
evening. The one hours devotional
period which preceded the evening SER
vice was conducted by Miss Emma
Eldridge, of this city.
The annual meeting will not be held
until next autumn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-22

a real estate man acting as agent Is
negotiating for the purchase of the
residence property at the northeast
corner of Adams avenue and Linden
street. An informal offer of $4,000
has been mentioned.
George Wahl, of GIL Linden street,
and Henry Dimler, are joint owners
of the property. Today the parties will
confer and If the owners name a def
mite figure that suits the agent he will
probably be given an option on a sale.
Fifty thousand dollars is the price at
which the corner has recently been
held. The agent has intimated that he
would bid within $4,000 of that sum.
Mr.. Wahl was interviewed at his
home last night by Tribune reporter.
He admitted the particulars of the deal
as mentioned in the foregoing but
declined to give the name of the agent.
The latter had stated that he was
acting for Scranton woman, a widow.
1t is presumed the intention is, in case
of purchase, to remove the present and
ordinary dwelling and erect on the
lot store building with upper floors
for offices or living apartments.
Following the erection. of the Carter
& Kennedy building at the southeast
corner, work was started and is now
nearing completion toward converting
a dwelling into a store and apartment
building in the block midway between
Adams and jefferson avenues. That
will be the first business structure east
of Adams avenue between Lackawanna
avenue and the present termination of
Adams avenue, nearly a mile away,
excepting the stores in the vicinity of
Nay Aug park.