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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23

r HE method of working gold from rock and
 gravel IS the same in all the hydraulic mines in
 California. By heavy stream of water thrown upon the banks from the nozzle called a mon S~T ltor, or giant the gravel is broken up and "'aieu uo"n into the heads of the suices by which II IS conveyed to the different places where the gold is collected
 These monitors are cumbersome affairs but so ar. ranged as to be easily directed by one man. and are rapaDie of throwing stream of water from eight to ten inches in diameter. In many cases the water is conveyed nearly hundred miles in fumes before 1t IS used to work out the precious metal
 The collecting and storing of water for this nurnose IS one ot the greatest problems encountered by the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23

H TIER the discovery of gold in "a California, in 1S4S, the number 4 less mining population. which
 soon covered all the streams of
 California and Oregon, was mostly devoted to individual mining. The pick, shovel and some light wash ing tools, easy to pack along the rough trails of the early days diggings, were forming the modest outfit of those pros pectors.
 They first invaded the richest and shallowest placers. and their large crowd estimated at more than 50.OOO men, in September, 1850, had very soon exhausted the surface diggings. The miners then had to turn their ef- forts on the poorer and more extensive beds of auriferous gravel deposited in the ancient and inferior channels of the rivers-deposits on which the in- dividual laborer had small chance of success and which required the union of a certain number of men.
 Uyp to that period the prehistoric methods of working gold bearing ground were the only ones known. The California miner could be seen at that time using the ground sluicing about
 
 of the time of King Solomon, who washed out the high placer mines on the southern coast of Spain. They di- Verted the water from the mountain creeks, accommodating it sometimes in a reservoir, and mining with a big head of water the rich bed of some gulch, into which they also wheeled or shoveled whatever concentrate gravel was encountered on the rims.
 The inconvenience of that long and costly method brought to light in the ingenious and inventive mind of the California miners two ideas which revo- lutioniZed the gold mining process. The sluice appeared flrst-a wooden canal, paved with rocks, blocks or riff fies, which, taking the place of the ir- regular bed of the ground cut, allowed them to save quicker and more con- pletely the gold of the gravel. But ii was yet necessary. to bring the gravel to the sluice, by the tedious means of the shovel or wheelbarrow. At this juncture GS52) in the quick develop ment of mining E. Matthison of Con-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23

and in the working methods bring about ways of working these old mines that will satisfy the law and be an other great boon to the growing Golden State E SALADIN
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23
GROWTH OF HYDRAULIC
 MINING IN THIS STATE.
BY E. sALADlN

Manager of the French Hydraulic Mining Company.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
Cara Raiders To Be Shot.

The criminal district Judge in New
Laredo after these many years has put
the finishing touches TO the abortive
Catarina Cara revolution which in
the few months of it's existence on the
Rio Grande border created so much ex-
element and exaggeration. He last
Thursday sentenced to be shot Gerado
Saenz. margarine Martinez, Aniceto
Villaresl and Eugenio Gonzalez for be-
ing active participants in Cara raid
on small detachment of Mexican
troops encsmped opposite San Igna-
clio, Texas, in which several Mexican
troops were killed and their DO lies
burned. Two of the condemned men
were captured on this side and turned
over to the Mexican authorities by
this government. The day of execu-
tion is not fixed.-Two Repub les.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
Mrs. Brann Has Brought Suit.

A Waco dispatch says: A suit was
filed in Judge Sam r Scott's court
which will bring out the details of the
famous tragedy occurring here in the
1st day of last April, 10 which w. G.
Brann, the apostle, and Tom Davis,
son of distinguished deceased pioneer
Of McLennsn county, slew each other
in a bloody duel with sixshoOters.
standing close up and emptying their
weapons into each Others bodies with
the fearless fury of bitterest hate.
The suit is styled Mrs. Carrie Bell
Brann We. the Aetna Life Insurance
company. The plaintiff is the widow
of William Cooper Braun. the deceased
apostle. She alleges that her husband
owned policy in the life and accident
al company against which the suit is
brought which entitled him to S25 q
week in case he was disabled, or $4,000
in case of his death. and although duly
notified the company declines to pay
wherefore she sues for Judgment for
$4,000 with II per cent added for inter-
est and attorneys fees. The death OF
both duelists placed the case beyond
the reach of the court, therefore testi-
mony giving full details has never
been taken. The inquest was limited
to one or two witnesses. The trial of
Mrs Brann's suit is likely to bring out
details never yet given to the public,
and therefore the case possesses great
interest.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
The new furniture Factory and plan

The new furniture Factory and plan
ing mill, recently built by Joseph
Jackson at Colonia Juarez, is now oper-
ating On small scale. At present
they are only turning out doors, win
dow sashes, holdings, lath and shing-
les, but will commence making
furniture of all classes this fall.-Chi-
huahua Enterprise.
Very few inventions have at the out
set received more attention and attrac-
ted more notice than that of Mr.. w.
S. Isham, which consists of firing a
shell charged with dynamite from an
ordinary cannon with s0rdl-
nary powder. Yesterdays TEL PO-
pular," following the lead of many
other Mexican papers. remarks that
the Mexican government, which has to
be credited with the fact that it ena-
bled Mr.. w. S. Isham to make his first
experiments, is about to test the inven-
tion with rihed cannon. FL Popular,
however, says that the bronze cannon
will not be used, and that although the
shells are being constructed in the ma
tional cannon foundry, they are not
yet completed. But further ex-
periments will shortly be made.-Two
Republics.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
Land of the Sky"

In western North Carolina, between
the Blue Ridge on the east and the AL
leghanies on the west, in the beautiful
valley of the French Broad, two thou
sand feet above the sea, lies Asheville,
beautiful, picturesque and world-famed
as one of the most pleasant resorts in
America. 1t is land of bright skies
and incompatible climate, whose
praises have been sung by poets, and
whose beauties OF stream, valley and
mountain height have furnished SUBJ
ject and inspiration for the painters
brush. This is truly the Land of the
Sky" and there is perhaps no more
beautiful region on the continent to at
tract pleasure tourists or health seek
ers. Convenient schedules and very
low rates to Asheville via Southern
railway.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

ONE result OF the war has been to in-
crease the interest in everything of
Spanish origin or connection. Not the
least important OF the new ideas that
have been developed is the recognition
of the Importance OF the Spanish lam
guage among the many tongues of the
modern world. Superintendent E. Ben
jamin Andrews of the Chicago public
schools is perhaps the first city super
intendent in the north to suggest SER
iously that Spanish should become one
of the regular studies in the public
schools. The example is one worthy of
imitation. We on the border see the
real Importance OF this movement per-
haps more clearly than those who new
err come into contact with Spanish
speaking people. But it is not hard to
show that the compulsory study of
Spanish In the public schools all ovt r
the country would on general princi-
Piles be g very good thing for
the youth who are now growing
up, one day to have part in
the fast developing commerce with our
southern neighbors. With Mexi' o
our people are coming to have more
and more to- do. Mexico, lying along
our southern border, will some day
be one OF the best markets opsn to our
merch ants, and one of the most prom
ising fields for the enterprise of your
men. Further south are the states of
Central and South America, all of
which, with the single exec ption I
Brazil. use Spanish in common inter
course aud in commerce. Our trade
with these countries is already large
but IL will develop wonderfully during
the next twenty years. III we could
send into these countries numerous
commercial agents who were fully ia
miliar with the Spanish language,
they would soon gain q valuable know
ledge of Spanish customs and would be
Invaluable In opening up our trade re-
lstions with the rest OF the continent.
Again, the new acqu sltions OF the
United States will add Spanish
speaking population OF several mill
lions. IL will be many years before
these people can be taught the English
language. Meanwhile the man who
has command OF Spanish will have the
advantage there in every line of activi-
ty. These new possessions and the
Spanish speaking countries Of the Anne
rican continent will offer steadily in
cressing opportunities to young men
TO get start under the most favorable
circumstances. And as the boys now
in school will very soon be the business
men of the nation, so will 1t be a sound
application OF a practical business poll
cy il the public schools all over the
country adopt Spanish as regular
atndv
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
An FL paso Mining Syndicate.

. The following charter was filed for
record in the secretary of states Office
Aug, 26
transaction of general mining bust
ness. and the purchase and sale Of such
goods. wares and merchandise neces-
sary for the maiu tenance of said bust
ness. A branch Office of said corpora
tion shall be maintained at the Pilsres
mines, Montezuma district, stale of
Sonora, Mexico. Ipcorporators: H.
L. Newman, Jr., and w. H. Austin, of
FL Paso, and l. Lindsay, of Nogales,
Ariz
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
Government Will Run Steamships.

A special to the Dallas News says:
The government proposes 10 establish
q line I steamers to ports In Cuba.
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines.
1t Is new departure in governmental
policy, since the line will be controlled
by the United States directly.
Assistant Secretary OF War Meikle-
John SAYS that the movement is made
to meet an emergency and as soon as
the emergency has passed the line will
cease.
Other officials of the war department
think differently. They hold that the
line will prove such saving to the
government and troops will be kept in
the Philippines and Porto Rico for
such an indefinite time that the new
line will become fact. 1t is an ecOnO-
mical move on the part of the govern
ment, but doubtless will meet with OPP
position from commercial circles. The
line of steamers will carry the United
States mail.
The war department has q number OF
steamers which it purchased outright
and which are now government proper
ty. S of these will be selected for
the Porto Rico line, but it has not been
determined how many will be needed
for Hawaii and the Philippines. These
steamers will do what might be called
carrying trade for the army and the
postoffice department and to that ex-
tent, which is q large and important
one, will come into direct competition
with private enterprises.
The assistantHsecretary of war, lin
discussing this last feature of the gov
ernment's enterprise, said
II do not think that this transport
lire of the war department can be
construed. as departure in practice
nor as governmental ownership of
line in the carrying trade. 1t has been
established for an emergency and will
cease with the emergency"
At the same time the government
| will do with these transport lines vast
deal of commercial business which
corporations. The contract for carry
| ing the mails to Cuba, Porto Rico, and
Manila would aggregate several hun
dred thousand dollars, even II the
mails on the government lines shall be
confined to the soldiers in garrison in
the colonies. The freight charges
on any stores would also amount
to large sum. AS explained
by the assistant secretary.
| the business to be done by the govern
ment for its own people by these trans
ports will last as long as'the emergency
lasts. That means at least until the
proclamation of peace. 1t is, however,
not explicitly stated that the emergen-
cy will not continue so long as it will
be necessary to keep soldiers in the
Philippines and the West Indies. The
war department, as already stated, will
not sell any of its transports. 1t is
therefore probable that it will transfer
some of the vessels it owns to the Paci=
| fic coast if it cannot. get a sufficient
number there to be used in its new
| business.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
MEXICO.

The Mormous in the western part of
Chihuahus have cooperative. stores in
ColOnia Juarez, CO!onia Diaz and Dub
Enterprise.
A plan is under consideration by the
department of public works to make an
exhibit of the federal telegraph SER
vice in the Paris exposition.-TwoR Re-
publics.
George j. Reiger has just sold the
San Pablo mine in chihuahua for $780,
600. This valuable property is situst-
ed five miles from the city of Chihua-
hus.-Mexican Herald.
The largest candy factory in this
state Is at Colonia Diaz. 1t is owned
by T.. w. johnson aud has been in
operation for seven years. The capa-
city of the factory is 2500 pounds per
day.-Chihuahua Enterprise.
There are three saw mills owned by
the colonists in the Sierra Madre
mountains, one at Garcia, one at Chui-
chups, and one at Pacheco. All are
in good running order and working
steadily.-Chihuah Enterprise.
1t is reported that the city council
is about to make a contract with an en-
gineer in this city for the erection of
a large crematory of novel construc-
ton, in which all the city offal is to be
disposed of without causing injury to
public health or Inconvenience to the
neigh borhoOd.-TwoR Republics.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
The Auxiliary Fleet.

A Washington dispatch says: The
disposal OF the large fleet of auxiliary
cruisers and naval craft, about 100 in
all. including a mum Der of large ocean
going merchantmen, which have been
improvised into cruisers. colliers etc.,
will be'taken up at the navy department
by special board of naval officers
consisting of Capt. Clark of the bat
tleship Oregon, Capt. Higginson of the
battleship Massachusetts,, Capt. Chad
wick of the cruiser New York, Civil
Engineer Andrsde, who inspected the
ships at Santiago, and Naval COnstruc-
tor Tawresey, who was a member of
the auxiliary board at New York
which originally recommended the
purchase of these vessels. Capt. Clark,
being on leave, may be represented by
another officer.
The fleet includes thirty eight
cruisers and large yachts, four of the
cruisers being the transferred Morgan
liners, each Of 1900 tons, now known as
the Prairie, Dixie, Yosemite and
Yankee: fifteen GOLFERS of from 1000 to
5000 tons each, several supply ships,
ambulance ships, distilling and repair
ships, the largest being the Celtic,
$3.50 tons: eleven steamers for various
uses and twenty-seven tugs, the larg-
est being the Iroquois, 700 tons, and
Tile SLn6lleSU tue olOuA. bc uccb COsI
many millions of dollars. The yachts
averaged in cost about $4,000 and the
tugs S75, 900, while the big liners trans
formed into cruisers aud cOlliers cost
several hundred Thousand dollars
earh.
The board will determine what YES
sells should be retained as colliers, sup
ply, and ambulance or distilling ships.
Those to be sold will be appraised and
the navy department will then adver-
tse for bids for the ships not wanted.
Bids will be received at the navy de-
partment. the sales being made to the
highest responsible bidders at not less
than the appraised price.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
ARIZONA.

Globe was visited by good shower
Thursday. A good deal of rain is
needed to make feed for stock the COM
ing winter and to replenish the water
sources.-Belt.
1t is rumored that stock company
is being organized in Globe to embark
in the printing and publishing business.
1t is said that the new paper will be re-
publican in politics.-Belt.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

SPAIN is making 60 many claims for
indemnity and damages and things that
the rst question the peace commission
will have 10 decide will doubtless be,
'Who was the victor in the late war;"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

SOME people OF extremely opposite
temperaments, who get married, seem
to do so in response to the philosophy
of the cook who boiled potatoes and
eggs together. When asked why she
did this she replied, because it makes
1t easier all around: the hardness boils
out of the Eaters into the eggs. aud the
sof'ness boils out of the eggs into the
itatersn
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

SECRETARY ALGER has passed
through the letter writing stage and is
now engaged 10 making public threats
o. prosecution of newspaper editors
who have had the temerity to publish
the facts about him. We hope his
thread is nearly spun, and that it will
soon be severed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

IN view Of the recent experiences OF
Hobson and Schley, it might be In line
to suggest to Dewey that when he
comes to the States he wear muz-
Zle
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
poem used for children teething It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is
the remedy best for diarrhoea.
twenty-five cents q bottle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

OF the twelve heroes of the war nam
ed by the New York Times, seven are
southerners.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
Pure Hygenie Ice.

Made from distilled water. Ask
your family physician or druggist as.
to purity and heslthfulness of our ice.
Telephone No. IA.
hi PASO ICE & REFRIGERATOR Co
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

Special low round trip rates to all
points on Mexican Central Ry for the
National Holidays. Sept. 18th and 10th
See B. j. Kuhn, Coml Agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

THE reconcentrados have been all
but forgotten in the stress OF public
feeling over our own suffering soldiers
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

SOME men seem to run into debt il
order that they may be remembered b!
their friends.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

THEY have all explained now but
Dewey. He doesn't have to.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
dNONNN

Any erroneous reflection upon the char
acter standiug or reputation of any person,
Arm or corporation. or any misstatement of
fact, which may appear In the columns of the
HrRAID will be gladly corrected upon its
being brought to the attention of the pub
fishers.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

Ask for Eel PASO TRANSFER,"
the best cent GIG AR on the market.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
UNITED STATES SENATOR CUSHMAN X. DA

commission Senator Davis
relations has been VI
romine q w a a scholar
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31

Muslin Underwear-very cheap this
week. CALIFORNIA STORE.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-31
NEW MEXICO.


Socorro needs q number of modern
-Socorro Chieftain.
Fall shipments of cattle have com.
menced, and prices are better than
known for many years.-Enterprise.
The railway extension from Roswell
to Amarillo is promised to be complete
by Dec. 10. The contractors are quite
positive about this, but it will probs bly,
require a month or two longer for
there is now only twenty miles of track
laid with 1876 more to lay. At one mile
per day which is good work it would
require six months.-Eddy Current.
The news was brought in by the
train from the south last night that
the stage had again been held up, on
the road been San Antonio on the
Santa Fe, and White Oaks. No par
ticulars could be obtained except that
the work was done by three men, who
succeeded in getting the mail pouches
and made good their escape.--Albu-
querque Democrat.
In the cases of James Haynes, Will
liam +. Gilliland, Wilson Kountz and
William johnson who were convicted,
at the last term of court held in this
city, Ol WulIc Coppluk AiNdA W. VII
ford in eastern Dona Ana county, the
supreme court of the territory, last
Friday, affirmed the decision of the
lower court. The convicted men were
sentenced by the district court to pay q
fne of one hundred dollars and to be
imprisoned for one year in the peni-
Tertiary. -Enterprise.
The Santa Fe New Mexican consid-
ers C. NJ. Foraker a large sized posi-
bility as candidate for delegate to
congress. The United States marshal
says: 81 may be a candidate and may
not be. There are a lot of fellows in
New Mexico who imagine that individ-
ually each one is the only pebble on
the beach, The territorial republican
convention has not been called yet, and
this matter of my being q candidate for
delegate to congress is something that
will be settled between this and the as
sembling of delegates to that conven-
ton. IL / should determine to make
the race, it will be found that your I'm
Gle Creight is pretty good sized peb-
ble." The reporter was satisfied with
the answer, and made up his mind that
perhaps Mr.. Foraker was q candidate
and perhaps he was not.-New Next
can.