The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-09
Great Prosperity in Store for
Philipsburg.
EVERY ONE Is CONFIDENT
A Good Start Made Toward he Goal of
Business success-The Consolidated
Mines-stories From the
Klondike.

Sounsy' VIM mas oetn attending the
most interesting session the committee
yer held. has returned to his home.
Mr.. Holland has been connected with
the big company on Granite mountain
for evera years and is acquainted with
the ins N outs Of all that has been
done over there in a mining way. He
Is confident that Philipsburg IS on the
stralght road TO prosperity after FIVE
years OF depression caused by the fatal
slump in the silver market. The camp
has pulled through the wide slough Of
dependency and comes out of IL in
very good shape. Since the consolida-
ton OF the Granite and Bi-Metallic
companies last spring an impetus has
been given to the place. even before the
company showed any signs OF actual
resumption. Now thai n start has been
made confidence takes the place of I'M
certainty In business circles there and
there Is an air OF prosperity that
savors Of the days Just preceding the
financial tumble In June, 1893.
Mr.. Holland says the Bi-Metallic mill
Is dropping so stamps on good orc from
h mine on the hill. One hundred and
fifty men are employed in and about
h mill and 100 In the mine. The ore
Is high-grade silver, which Is the char
ottth oA III III ~ u III That tAtCn@lNC
district. In addition to extracting ore
for treatment the company is putting
h mine I'm shape for more extensive
operation. which seems TO indicate that
the company Is confident tina silver In
soon to command more than SO cents.
No work Is being done at Rumsey, hut
work on a number of small prospects
is being prosecuted with renewed ac-
tivity and, taken all together, Philips
hlrrr anneNoahaa Tho ~ nsAr aaaaAo az
a feeling Of confidence not enjoyed for
five years.
All kinds Of stories come from the
Klondike, but the story Of a man who
recently returned from there with his
system full OF gold dust IL entitled TO
the large end OF the bakery. AT the
present time this man is, to all intents
and purposes OF the story. nothing
more or less han a human anode to be
placed in a bath of mercury and other
chemicals and a current of electricity
run through him. This current deadens
he electric fluid which he generates
himself. weakens his grip on the gold
dust and IL comes out of his pores In
more than paying quantities.
The name OF this wonderful consumer
Of gold is Charles J. Yohe. He left
New York more than a yea ago for
Alaska, and is now In New York again.
telling how IL happened. In a talk
with the Sunday Telegraph's clever re-
porter of sensations he remarked. some-
what f~ippantly. II must be confessed.
for so weighty a subject:
Talking about your gold cures. that
is exactly what I need. A gold cure
IL the one thing on earth for me. for
] am almost as badly of as was Midas
of old. You may remember that every
thing that old duck touched turned to
gold. and he starved TO death. Well,
I'm a better a than he ever thought
OF being. I'm mostly gold myself. II
I don't get all this gold out of my sys-
tenn ! am as apt to kick the bucket as
he was.
What I need is a lot OF mercury and
magnetic baths. They not only do me
good, but they also make money for
me. The last one I took netted me
over 5000. The only reason that I don't
tab more OF them Is that my system
can't stand it. 1 am different from most
mines, because can stand being
thoroughly worked"
The trouble with Mr.. Yohe. who used
to be i'm the glass business In New
York. is a strange m He has been in
the Klondike region for over a year,
and has magnetized gold into his sys-
tenn In remarkable quantities. The doc
tors say that he and other freak indl-
Nldudif IhNt a faculty OF KtncFdtlnk
a queer, back-action sort of electric
ity. There have been such instances
all through history. One Of the strang-
est instances was Holmes, the Ameri-
can. who so years ago raised himself
and the chair in which he was sitting
high in the air i'm the presence of
Charles Dickens and Bulwer Lytton.
Holmes just wanted TO do IL. but did
not know how he did Il. He could
W, Cnafiza nfhayo hv Arawfnr aWra. a..
electricity from them. IL is now be-
lieved that most Of the old so-called
magicians and wizards had this same
power. They were burned or hanged
for having II.
In Mr.. Yohe's a 1t just scooped in
the fine gold dust Of the Klondlke.
II flled his pores, got into his veins
and he became III. He could not reverse
his magnetic machinery and get the
gold out again. He became phenom-
enally heavy. his joints would not work
and he thought he was the victim Of
n new and awful sort OF rheumatism.
When ne struck San Francisco the
doctors laughed at him. They told him
that at least a score Of miners had re-
turned from the Klondlke In the same
condition. They were walking mines.
and the thing was 10 get the gold out
OF them safely and yet ave IL. They
put Mr.. Yohe In a hot room. bathed
him with mercury. applied strong cleo
trio batteries 10 him m on the first
try he assayed s27s above all expenses.
This liked Mr.. Yohe up so that he
was able to get bach TO this city. and
he has la a special place. half labor
atory. half bath. arranged for. He
gets into a bath. one of the constitu-
ents of which II mercury. and electric
currents are run through him and H.
These deaden the negative electric
fluid that he generates himself. weaker
his deadly grip on the gold dust. n
II comes out OF his pores In more thai
paying quantities.
These baths are extremely weaken
ing. however. and he can only take one
every fortnight. The last one ne took
10 days ago brought out s237.5s worth
of pure gold.
IF I could take these baths ever
day" said Mr.. Yohe. Il would be a rich
man. ] would like TO do it, too, be
cause 1 feel better every time. auE
when ] have made one Of these clean