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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18

welcomed all sir knights and friends
who called. A nice literary and mu-
/ steal programme was rendered. Cards
were enjoyed and refreshments served.
There are eight new applicants for
membership
Mrs. Varian of Michigan. who has
been recruiting the lodge membership,
left for home last week.
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Maccabees.-A smoker and social en-
tertainment was given by the members
of tent No. Of this order to their
friends on Saturday evening. After
the knights and their friends were
comfortably seated. the committee, c.
NJ Hollingsworth. l. j. Kyes and DR..
c. ]. Hanchett, passed around the CT
CARS Worldly cares and thoughts Of
cruel war went up in smoke. and peace
was the drowning jewel of the hour.
! Frank L. Murphy presided, and his
address of welcome was appreciated by
} all the boys.
Messrs. F. E. Woods and John P.
Meakin sang the old favorite duet
THE Larboard Watch with a vim
and dash that stirred the blood of the
listeners up to a high pitch of enthu-
siasm.
w A Wight made a good talk on
the growth and stability of the order,
proving that when a man has policy
in the MaccabeeS, his loved ones are
safe under the banner of protection
which protects.
Messrs. Z. H. Johnson and z. w. Hall
delighted all present with their beau
tiful selections, which were rendered in
mastery manner on the banjo and
guitar.
Mr.. Sanders entertained the bows
with comic songs and ditties in his own
peculiar style.
The chairman then announced that
Mr.. John P. Meaxin would instruct and
entertain for 80 minutes. Mr.. Meaktn
told OF the advantages accruing from a
membership in such an order. He
asked the question, us life worth the
liv1ng?" and answered by saying. yes.
II you make it So" He pointed out the
two elements which permeate all life.
and showed that it is all a matter of
intellectual development Vice in every
form is ignorance and does not produce
happiness. Purity and honor develop
the divine light within and it shines
through every word and action.
The influence of a low man or woman
does an injury to all he or she meets
upon LIES highway. On the other
hand, pure, unselfish man casts his
influence for good and blesseS all he
meets, and the world is better because
or his having lived. A pure life gives
pure happiness: a false life gives false
happiness. Pure happiness lives for
ever and blesses; false happiness dies.
and curses.
The soul that gives
Is the soul that lives,
And he who beareth another's load
Doth tighten his own
And shortens the way.
ana DrlShtenS the hOmeward road 20
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
La Sal Mining Notes.

Grand Valley Times: Captain Tes-
ter" who had so much to say about the
La SAILS and knows so little about
them, is said to be camped in Little
Castle valley
The Wilson Brothers will take to
Miners basin, in a few days, stock
of goods and establish a branch store
at or near that point on the La SAILS.
The Darcy Brothers of Denver came
in Wednesday evening and headed for
Miners basin yesterday. They are ac-
tive. practical prospectors and will I'M
doubtedly be heard from this summer
Messrs. Clark and Merkins have
forced their way through the snow in
the middle division of the mountains
to their claim on Miner creek, but
have found it impractical to do much
work.
George W. Hepburn is down from
Miners basin this week on business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
THE DEXTER MILL.
Thirty Stamps Out of the Forty Will
Soon Be Dropping.

During the last few days. says the
Times Review, of Tuscarora, New, the
flow of water at the electric plant has
been increasing and the power is gain
ing rapidly. The 90 stamps and crusher
are now run with ease. The remaining
20 stamps have been placed in position,
and it is the intention of the manage
ment to at once start ten more stamps
to crushing, as they have now ample
power to run the 30.
Four new teaching tanks have been
ordered for the cyanide works, and will
be placed in position as soon as they
arrive. The new tanks will be oblOng
in shape, Is by 80 by feet in dimen-
sion, and provided with two discharge
vents. These tanks will more than
double the capacity OF the plant and
will enable them to keep pace with
the two mills. which are now producing
tailings faster than they can be cya-
nided.
The mine never looked as well as it
does at present. Immense bodies of ore
have been blocked out, and in the work
of development more ore is being brok-
en- than the two mills can handle at
present. For this reason work on the
additional stamps is being hurried as
rapidly as possible, and it is expected
that within the next couple of weeks
80 stamps will be dropping on Dexter
ore, besides the Kinkead mills, which
are now grinding on the softer ores.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
MANGANESE ORE.
Large Deposits Exist In Numerous
Nevada Camps.

The demand for manganese ore for
steel work is rapidly increasing, and
Colorado mining companies are making
daily shipments of manganiferous ores
to the Illinois and other large steel
works. Manganese is also used extern
sively to neutraliZe the green color of
glass. In England there are Sc patents
involving the use of manganiferouS
ores in iron and steel. Salts of man
ganese are used as tonicS in nervous
diseases.
There are large deposits of mangan-
iferous ore in nearly every mining dis
trict in this state, says the Argonaut,
of Elko, New, and as it is worth from
SIS TO SIS per ton GO per cent fine),
where deposits are located near facili-
ties for transportation by rail they can
be shipped to market for that material
at a fair profit. Manganese is found in
Flowery, Wolverine, Desert, Sunrise
and Siegel districts, in Nevada, and
could be profitably mined if the market
price was less than SIS per too.
Formerly nine-tenths of the mangan-
csc of commerce was consumed in
chlorine and bleaching powders. Fol-
lowing are among its various uses: To
color and discolorize glass; manufac-
ture of iron and steel; painting and
glazing of porcelain pottery; produce
ton of the various salts required in
medicine and the arts. Minute quanti-
ties of the metal have been found in
the composition of the human body, but
whether they are there by accident or
as a component part, has not been de-
cided
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18

visit to the placer mines of Mr.. James
c. Bernard, the recent improvements
of which are of considerable interest to
our readers. Mr. Bernard has erected
fiume of 300 feet, connecting with
ditch of 1000 feet, the water being
pumped from the Snake river by a 35-
horse power engine and 10-inch CEN
trifugal pump-the water having a
flow of $50 inches at the hydraulic box
The grizzly boxes are 300 feet in
length, and at the terminus Mr.. Ber-
nard has an ingenious construction, II
tables covered with blankets, which, he
believes, will save a larger percentage
of gold than any contrivance he has
heretofore used. The concentrates he
handles by rocker covered with plates,
the same being also treated with cya-
hide, salt, etc.
Mr.. Bernard expects shortly to be
able to handle 200 cubic yards daily,
and judging from preliminary results,
believes he will be able to realize at
least so cents per cubic yard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18

class. and Miss Lenora Sampson to rep
resent the normals- Both of these stud
ehts are worthy of the honors given them,
as their clasS-work has always been OF
Inc highest grade. Mr.. Clark has added
special star to his credit this year by
ms able management of the Chronicle.
he TOOK charge of the paper with an in
cumbrsauce of about $500, and by skillful
management, succeeded in raising the old
DEBT and placing the Chronicle in a posi-
tion to maintain itself during the school
year.
After an absence of a year and half,
Miss Edith Eilerbeck has re-entered the
school. While connected with the univer-
sity she distinguished herself in the liter
airy department of the Chronicle and dur
ing her absence she has continued her
work in that line. One of her stories ap-
peared in a recent issue of Munseys
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The James A Garfield Lyceum is head
and shoulders above any of its local
rivals as an oratorical and debating So
ciety. Its ideal is a high one and what
is more. the ideal is lived up TO. Its
meetings are often prolonged until after
midnight, so earnest and interested do the
members become in the discussion of ma
uonal and local questions. Mr.. McCrea,
the founder of the lyceum. is now at Cor
nell. where he holds his own in the field
OF debating and oratory. Before leaving
for college, he made a strong effort to
nave the lyceum made an organized
school for the study of political economy
and government. This movement is now
very well under way, and some decisive
action will occur in the near future. If
it succeeds, the lyceum can be relied upon
to turn out some excellent statesmen.
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The best thoughts of the high school
seniors are conferred about their gradual
ton exercises. and the best thoughts of
the juniors center about making fun of
the seniors On that occasion. President
Russell of the seniors IS preparing for
good deal of trouble from the juniors and
will not be taken By surprise by their
pranks. President Young of the juniors
is famous as a fun-maker, and promises
TO sell the seniors out as they never were
sold before.
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Unless the juniors decree otherwise, the
seniors will hold a banquet at the Knuts-
ford next Friday evening.
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Work on the graduation theses are well
under way and some of them give prom
Use of being masterful efforts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
EAGLE VALLEY TOPICS.
What Is Going On In This New Ne
vada Gold Camp.


Commenting on events in the new
gold district of Eagle Valley, in Ne
vada, the Phoebe Record says:
The Barney Brothers and company
nave slapped work temporarily on the
/ Segregated Homestake. property, which
| lies south of town.
Eagle Valley district is bound to
come out all right. 1t will take time
though, and the expenditure of a large
amount of money, on account of the
magnitude of the lodges there. 1t will
be a producer for 80 years, however,
when once started.
Colonel r. H. Aiken, who bonded the
Goldbug property two months ago, has
been working few men there for sew
eral weeks past. He broke camp on
Friday and moved his assay outfit
over to Stateline and is reported to
have thrown up his option on the prop
erty. Another report states, however,
that he would visit San Francisco and
expected to return here again in a few
weeks.
Work on the Charlie Ross mine has
been stopped for the past few days.
Mr.. Andrews, who came last week to
inspect the mine, returned to Salt Lake
on Saturday. The mine is in fine shape
and looks we'll. 1t is past being a
prospect, and it is thought the present
change of plans and a resumption upon
a more extended scale as soon as DR..
Nelson himself becomes well enough to
personally take charge of affairs.
By actual survey, the Nelson mill, if
erected on the site now contemplated,
will be so feet on the Nevada side of
the line. At this point the ravine
runs nearly north and south. The
road from the mines will come in at
the top of the hill. back of the mill,
and the tailings will be held in a IA
turai pit formed by a small arm of
the ravine running off to the north
west. Some 1900 feet below the mill
site the ravine broadens out slightly.
and here the town of Nelson is to DE
built. From present appearances, it
will be mostly on the Utah side of the
state line.
Deerlodge town is steadily growing.
Among the heavy wood growth there
a good nut pine is found from which
20-foot logs are cut, and log houses are
most numerous so far. Lumber is be-
ginning to come in from the Utah side,
however, and frame buildings are also
going up. H. H. Cooper has a large
saloon and restaurant building finely
finished up on the south side of Main
street.
Jack Ryson and James Knight, on
the opposite side of the street, have a
good frame building ready for paper
and are doing business in it. They are
also putting up a frame dwelling
house this week
A dozen different log structures are
building also. George Moody proposes
to enlarge his store by building large
warehouse.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
IMPORTANT WORK At MERCUR
DOES THE GREAT GOLD VEIN
COVER RUSH VALLEYP
Oakland Capitalists Sinking a Deep
Shaft to Determine This Question
Reached Depth of 500 Feet.

Mercur, April 1.-THE Importance of de-
velopments at present going on at the
| Oakland can scarcely be oVerestimated.
! The group lies west of the Daisy, about
mile. and a shaft is being sunk to de-
| termine whether the vein fiattenS out and
covers Rush valley. The workings in the
La Cigale and the Daisy led many to be-
| lieye that this was the case, and the fact
that the same formation is found on the
west side of the valley served to confirm
the theory. So strongly impressed with
this idea were some Oakland capitalists
that the shaft in the Oakland group is
being sunk TO settle the matter The
shaft has now reached a depth of nearly
800 feet. and already the bottom of the
wash and gravel has been reached. The
formation is now a heavy iron sand, and
the company Is now more Satlsned than
ever that the ore zone will be reached
before much greater depth is attained
The Oakland group joins a large area of
ground owned by Captain De Lamar, on
which 1t is proposed to do a great deal
OF work this year. 1t is believed that the
vein will be found more regular in values
and formation than in other parts of the
district, not having been disturbed by the
great commissions which threw the noun
tain range above its surroundings, and
would show gold deposit larger than any
other on the face of the earth.
The period of talking has passed now in
Camp Floyd district, and everywhere is
found effective action, and the amount of
work being done is more than ever before.
Golden Gate ore to prove that the process
is successful. The machinery is all in
motion, and few matters of detail about
the mechanism of the roaSters is all that
is needed TO make the plant equal to the
expectations of its inventor The tanks
are now being filed with ore, and leach
ing is in progress. In the mine, a large
force is at work getting out the ore for
the immense mill, three shifts being kept
busy in both.
The Geyser-Marion is again running
and 1OO tons of ore are being treated daily
most of which is being taken from the
upper vein. discovered d few weeks ago.
AT the Northern Light, ore is being run
through at the rate of a tank per day
or a little over 80 tons. All winter eXper-
iments have been conducted TO find out
the best method of treating the ore. and
1t is reported that greater success has
been attained than heretofore.
A force of men is busy putting in the
new crusher at the Sacramento. and it is
the intention to have the new tanks ready
by May !.
The lumber for the Daisy mill is being
transported to the west dip, where it is
being framed ready for the erection of the
mill.
Work at the Sunshine end of the dis
trict is progressing rapidly. and besides
the work being done at the Overland,
there are great many men at work in
different properties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
THE MILLER LEDGE.
The Efforts of the Prospectors Are at
Last Rewarded.

Last Rewarded.
a good many years ago Fred Miller
discovered the groupings of a very rich
quartz ledge about four and one-half
miles south of Canyon City that at
tracted general attention at the time
owing to the fact that large amount
of gold was taken from it by the most
primitive process. says the News of
Canyon City, Ore. Since that time,
though more or less work has been
performed on the property, no sys-
tematic development was undertaken.
About one year ago Bob Hines and Yves
Silsby uncovered what has turned out
to be a well-defined ledge, averaging
about five feet in width and carrying a
generous deposit of gold. Everything
indicates that this is the Fred Miller
ledge proper, the ore being of the same
character and the nature Of the quartz
Identical Hines and Silsby are now
engaged in running a crosscut tunnel
to encounter the vein in the neighbor-
hood of $40 feet deep. This opening is
now in about 40, feet and will be pushe;s
along vigorously until completed All
the samples they have tested have
given good returns. and everything
leads to the conclusion that most val
liable mining proposition will ultimate
~ be opened up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
TEDDY WILL JOIN THE ARMY.
Roosevelt to Resign the War Office
and Enter Active Service.

Washington. April 17-Hon. Theo-
dore Roosevelt probably will resign his
office as assistant secretary of the navy
in case of hostilities with Spain, to ac-
cept a commission for active service
in the army. Nothing definite has yet
been decided upon as to what assign
ment ne viii accept, but it is believed
he would prefer to serve with the New
York state troops. From the begin
ming of the present difficulties with
Spain, Mr.. Roosevelt has been prom
inent among those who believe that
war is the only solution of the problem,
and since the disaster of the Maine his
advice to the president and the mem
bers of the cabinet has uniformly been
for immediate action against the Span
iards with the full power of the army
and navy. He has never doubted that
the Spaniards were responsible for the
wreck of the Maine and believes that
that act fully justifies an immediate
declaration of war
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
AN EXCITING FIRE.
Spectacular Confagration In Boston
Caused By Explosion.

Caused By Explosion
Boston. April IA million dollar fire.
prefaced by an explosion that shook the
whole city, occurred in CharIestown at
$3.50 this morning. 1t was the most
spectacular and terrific confagration
of the year. A huge grain elevator at
the HOOsac tunnel, az Water streer.
was completely destroyed. together
with 900 bushels of grain awaiting
shipment to Europe. 1t is mostly
owned by Mr.. Joseph Letter, the Chi
cagO grain king.
One of the watchmen in the building.
Thomas Carroll, is missing. 1t is sup
posed that either dust or hot air
caused the explosion, which was fol-
lowed by fiery volcano of flame
A rain of sparks and burning brands
descended upon the navy yard adioin-
ing and upon the United States vessels
that were there. COmandant Howison
and the commanders of the Enterprise
and Lancaster, which, with the receiv-
ing snip Wabash, are afiOat, and Ban
croft, which is in the dry dock. acted
promptly. The ships beat TO fire quar-
tiers and the sailors hurried to their
stations and extinguished several Incl
pient blazes- In the yard the marine
guard was called out and placed to
protect the property of the United
States. Every electric light in the vi
cinity was eXtinguished by the shock
of the explosion.
Thomas Sullen, one of the watchmen
at the elevator, ran from the burning
structure with his clothing on fire. He
was badly burned. The total loss is
estimated at about 81, 00O, 0O0
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
THE MINES OF BINGHAM.
Items of Interest Culled From the
Bulletin.

The Bingham Bulletin, in its weekly
mining summary, says:
Manager Hill marketed an S5-ton lot
of Fortune ore this week.
As result of improved roads, ore
has begun to move again at lively
rate.
ore from the Julia Dean was completed
Tuesday.
some fine specimens of native ore are
coming from the face of the Fortune
long tunnel.
There is a good prospect that active
operations win be resumed at the Dali
ton & Lark in May.
Manager Weir handed around about
1OO checks at the Highland boy mine
and mill Tuesday.
Monday was pay day at the Wilma
muck. and the Standish-Jimpson COM
pany also made their big crew happy.
Pete Clays this week completed a
survey for protest, also for patent OF
his Victoria. and Ina claims, in main
Bingham canyon.
Much activity is noticeable in the
main canyon from lower town to Upper
Bingham. quite a number of promising
copper prospects being in process Of
development
mas now Dtt1l run lou 1CCA anu N4lCl al z
indications that it will soon be in the
vein. We expect TO have something
good to report from this property in
week or two.
Legal complications between the
Giant Chief Mining company and the
CcngIornerate Mining company (Oid
Telexraph) has caused a present par
tial suspension of Giant Chief opera
tions We understand the latter is
enioined from working in disputed
territory.
George E. Lee, manager of the Star
Ius Mining company, this week made
some highly successful experiments in
precipitating copper. using nitric acid
as an agent in the process of liquidiza-
ton The result can be seen at the
Starlus Office. and suggests that the
problem OF how to treat our low grade
copper ores profitably is about to be
solved.
A drift IS being run from the bottom
Of the Stsrlus incline now down $50
feet ana at the water level, which was
started to be run TO loose ground near
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-18
The Grand Fncampment.

Vernal Express: James Power came
in last Saturday from the Grand En-
campment mining district. in Wyom-
ing. He states that work is going on
at a rapid rate in the camp, and the
prospects are it will be a good camp
this summer. An, English syndicate
has purchased several claims there and
Will spend considerable money in de-
velopment this season. The camp is
young, but two towns are started, and
they have newspaper in one of them.
Jim will go back soon to look after
his interests in that locality He has
enrolled in the cowboy cavalry that
Wyoming will send to Cuba in the
event of war with Spain.