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WAR ON pnoraNE LANGUAGE

Marshal M%akepeace OF WATERFOWL
Trying to Stop It's Use in Public.
Sioux Falls, S. d., Dec. 13.-The city
mnrshalg of Wntertown, who bears the
significant and appropriate name Of
Maliepeace, has inaugnrated n war on
persons who have been accustomed to
use profane language on the streets
regardless of whether or not women
or children were within hearing. AS
an example and as a gentle hint tc
more prominent men who so far for.
get themselves as to offend in this par,
ticular, Marshal Makepeace has ar
rested an irresponsible character
known as Happy Jack for using
foul and obscene language on a bust
ness street. Happy Jack" who poses
as a STRONG man. and has been Civ
ing exhibitions of his alleged feats of
strength in WATERFOWL saloons, was
taken before a police justice, who COM
PEELED him to contribute the sum of Sc
to the city treasury for not being
more choice of his language in public.
1t is proposed to similarly punish 9TH
er offenders of this character and
thereby make it possible for citizens
generally, and women and children in
particular, to traverse the streets
without having their ears polluted by
foul language.
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Just Il Bal,y's sqnaiI.

DUST u Taty's SqnIiI.
Chicago Tribune: Raymor--"I hear
there is a new baby next door to you.r
syne-"You don't hear it half as oft
EN- as I do"
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Chopnlns Hin or.
LOST With ALL ON BOARD.

Puck: Gabbleton-Have you heard tina
story about
Grlmshaw-Yes; i've heard it!
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-12-16

sIt,wonderfnl how many peonle
Idle c~uriositr keeps busy.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-12-16

Mrs. Leland Stanford,s gifts to cdu.
cationnl institutions on the Pncifc
coast foot upsto 100000 she still
has as much Mt her death,
will go for 81 Exposes.
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The Ohio company refused to pay
the amount of its policy on the ground
that Dischner had committed suicide.
and the Odd Fellows likewise declined
to pay the amount of its policy for
similar reasons. Suit was then COM
menced against the two companies by
the heirs of Dischner. Judge Jones
directed the jury to return oaverdict in
favor of the defendant on the ground
that the insurance policy contained q
clause rendering it void in the event
that the holder committed suicide.
The heirs will appeal the case to the
state supreme court.
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IMPORTANT . III : DEC B ]
on SUICIDE CLAUSE:
South Dakota Circuit Court Decides
Insurance Companies Are
Not Liable.
RESTAURANT KEEPERS CASE
Found Dead in Place or business q,
Garretson Under Circum-
stances Indicating
Suicide.

Sioux Falls, $. D., Dec. 15.-Tmport.
AMI action bearing on the liability of
insurance companies on policies issued
tc persons who commit suicide has ne
suited from the trial of a east in the
state circuit court here. John B.
Dischner, Garretson restaurant
keeper, was found dead in his place
of business on the morning of Janu.
airy s last under circumstances which
indicated that he had committed sui.
eide. Dischner was insured for $4,000,
$4,000 of which was in the Piqua Ma.
tional Insurance company, of Piqna.
Ohio, and the remaining $4,000 in the
Odd Fellows, Of which he was Il mem.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

In his testimony before the United
States industrial commission, Mr..
Hanauer of the Salt Lake smelter
which bears his name, gave testimony
on various points involving the smelter
trust and the cost of mining silver
With reference to the profits of silver
mining he said: There is more profit
in operating silver mines now, with
silver at 60 cents, than there was a
few years back at 80 cents an ounce.
This is owing to the cheaper methods
of working and cheaper supplies"
Mr. Hanauer may have it right in re-
gard to certain mines and localities but
His statement, as reported, is entirely
too broad. Since 1890 there has been a
very general fall of prices throughout
the entire country. This, of course,
tends to cheaper production on nearly
all lines to the extent that the ma
terials employed are lowered in price
1t is also true that mining and milling
machinery and chemical methods Of
treating ores have been greatly i'm
proved. But it must be remembered
that these very improvements them
selves cost money, and that the new
methods of treatment have been ap-
piled quite generally TO the reduction
of refractory ores that formerly could
not be worked at all. This has had the
effect of giving value to properties that
were formerly worthless or nearly so,
but it does not sustain Mr.. Hanauer's
statement.
If we take merely such mines as were
being actually operated in 1890, it is
very doubtful whether their working
expenses have been reduced in any
thing like the ratio of a fall from 80
cents to 60 cents. When we consider
the silver industry we must take it as
an entirety and it is a fact known to
all familiar with this western country
that the fall Of silver since 1893 has
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Progress of the Speculator.

Work at the Speculator is progress
ing rapidly and favorably. The usual
number of men are on the rolls, and
about the average quantity of ore is
being extracted. Meanwhile the i'm
provements mentioned in a former is
sue are moving on apace. The new
shaft is now down 210 feet and tim
bered all the way. The new machin
cry is not yet on the ground but will
be as soon as the foundations are ready
and perhaps sooner. The foundations
are being laid as rapidly as possible.
The new steel gallows frame is expect
ed to arrive very soon. The present
hosting engine Is to be replaced by the
much more powerful Webster, Camp
& Lane formerly in use at the High
Ore This engine is now being thor
oughly overhauled at the Anaconda
shops, and it is said that when put in
shape it will be better than 1t ever was.
The engine Is good for depth of 1000
feet, which is twice the present depth.
Among the more important changes
at this mine Is the construction of
switch from the B., A. & p. railroad to
a point near the mouth of the new
shaft The ore bins will be built di-
rectly above the SWITCH so that the ore
can be loaded in the usual way. This
will be a significant change from the
old method of hauling by teams, ind-
eating purpose of shipping very
largely by rail. The switch referred to
is about 500 feet long
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15
MINING MATTERS NEAR PONY.
The Leviathan Mine - New Mill in Oper-
alton,

Reece Wampler has just returned to
his home near Pony after spending a
few days in Butte. He was here on
business and he was busy man while
he was here. Mr.. Wampler is con-
nected with the Leviathan Mining &c
Milling company in the Mammoth dis
trict seven miles west Of Pony. The
company has very recently completed
the construction of a 10-stamp mill,
which, besides the regulation batteries,
includes two improved vanners. Mr..
Wampler states that the machinery is
running smoothly and that the mill,
up to date, has given entire satisfac-
tion.
The ore that Is being treated carries
gold and some copper and about 20 or
25 tons are run through every "a hours.
This is the only mill in the immediate
district, and the several mine owners
in the vicinity are watching with con-
siderable interest the workings Of the
mill, for If the process proves to be a
successful method of ating the class
of ore which characterizes the district
it will be only a matter of time before
more improvements of similar kind
will be made.
THE district so far as the outside
world in general is concerned" said
Mr.. Wampler, lis practically unknown.
Indeed, all that part of Madison coun-
ty traversed by the Tobacco range Is
an almost unknown quantity. 1t is
surprising to note the great expanse of
mineral territory which has never been
scratched by the miners pick and
which offers as good inducements to
the miner as any district in the world.
That is broad assertion, I'll admit,
but you must consider in this connec-
ton that it is a broad scope of min
eral country to which I refer.
TT is also a fact that Madison coun-
ty the stepping stone at the approach
of the greatest mineral state in the
union, has been sighted by capital.
the placer gold fountain around which
every person who came to Montana
struggled and f1uttered in the endeavor
to make fortune. Madison county
was Montana, just as the world in
ancient times was Rome. But 1t was
gold in the gravel the miners sought;
ore was not a consideration. When
the famous gulches ceased to yield
their annual millions they lost their
attraction and the miners went else
where. to Helena, Bearmouth Silver
Bow, Highland, Flint creek and other
well known placer districts. Then
Madison county was, to use a Butte
phrase, "a has BEEN
'It is my honest conviction that the
Tobacco range will yet be the great
mineral producing section in the north
west. That the mineral Is there I can
see no reason to doubt, for wherever
development Is there the wealth is. The
great and urgent need is men with
capital and determination. Give the
district this advantage and its COM
petitors will have to look to their
laurelS."
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

server, that If Mr.. Stratton had chosen
to extract the ore from his mine as
fast as 1t was found. record could
have been made for tonnage and value
surprising by far that of any known
property. and this. too. without any
great or corresponding increase in the
expense of operation.
The total length of drifts in the mine
is over 10000 feet. or about five and
cne-half miles. The total length of
winze and upraise is about $500 feet.
The main shaft is in three compart-
ments and is four feet 10 inches by 13
feet clear inside measurement, and is
now sunk to depth of 900 feet. the
lowest level in the mine, where the
pumping plant is located in an immense
station cut out to receive it. The plant
consists of two Snow compound con-
densing pumps of maximum capacity
of 1000 gallons each. This capacity is
greatly in excess of the present needs
of the mine. but is another evidence
of the wise fore thought of the owner.
Above, on the 600-foot level. there is
left ready for use at any time the Ried-
Ter pumping engine of 350-gallon ca
pacity. which was once the one pump
ing plant of the mine. The steam plant
consists Of three Heine water tube
boilers of 300-horse power capacity
each. or 900 in all.
The hosting plant consists of two
first motion engines of 300-horse power
and a smaller hoist for workmen on re-
pairs in the shaft. Two air compress
sors--one acknowledgement and one
Norwalk compound. 20x20-furnish COM
pressed air for all drills and other need
full purposes. Added to these is an
electric plant of 1,O00-light capacity COR
lighting the workings and premises
above ground. This is the actual work.
ing plant of the mine, and while it may
not be the largest in the district, it is
perhaps the most compact and durable,
and was built especially for Mr.. STRAIT
toms purposes. In capacity it is even
now beyond the present needs of the
mine and is ample for considerable en-
largement of operation in the future.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

closed many silver mines entirely, and
reduced the operations Of others to a
mere fraction of their old time propor-
tions. The circumstance that in the
face of all these improvements which
have rendered it possible to reduce low
grade and base ores formerly unwork-
able. the output of silver is practically
at standstill while rich mining prop
critics are lying idle. is conclusive that
the cost of production has not fallen
with the price.
1t is not wise for any man to attempt
to state general rule with regard to
the profits of silver mining because
there is such a difference in mines and
the conditions which surround them.
such attempts, besides being altogether
unsatisfactory, are liable to do harm
in many ways. Almost invariably they
are seized upon by those having ulterior
motives and paraded as positive evi-
dence of something which they are
anxious to prove. 1t is clear that Mr.
Hanauer's opinion was based upon a
knowledge real or supposed. of certain
mines, and, looking at those mines only
there may have been some basis for mis-
statement. But, as is well known, the
opponents of silver reconciliation have
always laid stress upon the assumed
cheapness of silver production, some of
them claiming that the cost is no more
than fourteen cents an ounce. Mr..
Hanauer's statement may be construed
as conclusive evidence that silver can
be profitably mined at sixty cents an
ounce. SO it may be in some mines but,
taking the industry as a whole, con-
sidering the invested capital the dead
work and unsuccessful operations, two
dollars an ounce comes very much
nearer tallying with the actual cost. In
saying this it will, of course, be under
stood that distinctively silver mines"
are referred to--not those in which the
| silver merely occurs as by-product.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15
The Butte Copper Deposits.

1t is the opinion of many experienced
is by no means confined to the limits of
the district as thus far developed or ex-
plored; their view being that both to
the east and west the copper bearing
ores lie a greater depths. T1,re seems
to be no good reason to doubt that
there is some foundation for this view.
1t is well known that in this district
the copper values are found in the
granite. in contradstinction to the
rhyolite, which is one Of the other
great basic rocks of the district.
This rhyolite, where it exists. overlies
the granite. Consequently the thicker
the layer of rhyolite. the deeper the
prOspector must go to reach the cop
per deposits. Few. if any. of the pres
ent copper mines were opened as such
The original prospecting was generally
for silver, the copper being struck as
depth was attained. The belief is ex-
pressed by not a few mining men hat
to the east and west of the region thai
has been prospected. the beds of
rhyolite are much thicker than they
are on the Butte hill proper. but that
below these beds will be found the CON
tinuation of the great copper lodes.
Whether this theory is sound or not
can only be demonstrated at great
labor and expense. Poor men, OF
course, cannot sink shafts through
three or four thousand feet Of rhyo1ite
to reach the copper below if it is there
But there is an abundance Of capital
in the Butte district and undoubtedly
the soundness of the theory will yet
be tested.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

The Standard has received the ad
Nanced sheets of the tables of mineral
production of the United States for 1898.
which are 70 appear in volume seven of
7he Mineral Industry, as compiled by
iFtchard P. Rothwell. editor of the En-
Sineering and Mining Journal. The tables
eIroper are followed by summaries re-
1at!ng to and explaining the various
items. The work appears to have been
done with care and the arrangement is
tadmirahle. making it easy and conv4n-
Eient for reference.
The preliminary statement shows
1hat the years product was not only
tfhe greatest in the history of the coun-
DRY, but greater than that of any other
country in the world. In the produce
tion of iron and steel the United States
Is far in advance of any other country,
while in coal it was second only TO
Great Britain, and by very small
quantity. The copper product is con-
siderably more than one-half Of the
worlds total supply.
Such showing as this should be
gratifying to every American. besDeak-
ing. as it does, most eloquently the
tremendous strides the country is max
ing in material development along the
lines which usually involve the great
est difficulty. AS is well known min
ing enterprises upon a large scale re-
quire the very highest order of en-
Eineerng skill, and the employment of
the most massive and advanced types
of machinery. Steam power. water pow
er, electrical power and compressed cir
are all brought into play in the work
of extracting the ores. while in their
treatment are required not only the
most improved forms of machinery
but chemical skill of the first order.
1t is along these lines that American
tntellect has shown the greatest lctiv-
ity. and the rapid growth of our min
eral production is one of the results.
Of course, in conjunction with this
must be considered the fact that we
have the mineral resources. All the
skill and energy Imaginable cannot
drag mineral from ground which con-
tains none: but upon the other hand
the greatest of natural resources in the
absence of energy and intelligence in
their development, will add nothing to
the wealth of a country, but will mere
ly serve to emphasize the weakness and
irefficiency of it's people
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

the company, general manager and
consulting engineer. His active con-
nection with mining enterprises has
been widely extended, even reaching
INTO Mexico. AS mining expert he
was conspicuous in nearly all of the
great Nevada cases, and later in Brit
ish Columbia
Intimately associated with Mr.. King
is Louis Janin of California This gem
tleman Is of ripe years and wide ex-
perience in mining and metallurgical
aHa1rs. graduate of both Yale and
Fre1burg. in his early life he travelled
extensively in Hungary and Transyl-
vania. studying the rocks and mines of
that region His metallurgical inves-
legations took a wide range, including
mercury, comparatively rare mineral,
his familiarity with which led to his
selection as superintendent of one OF
the leading quicksilver mines of Cali
fornia. He was prominent in the met
allursical work of the Comstock in the
early COS: later he was superintendent
of the well known Gould and Curry
mine, and still later he was a conspic-
uous factor in the reduction of tailings
or waste products. which soon develop
ed into vast industry. He was ac-
lively and prominently connected with
the work of running the Sutro tunnel.
and was one of the original directors
of the company. His experience as
mining and consulting engineer has
covered about the entire country, from
the Kootenai TO the City of Mexico.
Mr.. Janin is one of a family of engin-
eers, he having two brothers in the pro-
fession and a son who is rapidly VIM
ming distinction.
Acting in conjunction with these gen
tlemen are several others not so widely
known, but all having certificates of
high standing in their profession.
Among them are Messrs. Tyler. Wiley
and Chase of Colorado and William
Braden of Butte. All of them are said
to be excellent geologists and generally
of large experience in mining affairs,
both practical and theoretical. Mr..
Braden is regarded as one of the
brightest and most promising of Mon
tana's young men and certain to rise
to eminence in his profession.
1t may be that there are still others
on both sides of this important case
who are well worthy of mention, but
if there are the Standard does not know
them.
The list as given is sufficient to indi-
cate that the contest will be a battle Of
giants in their line. Before the case is
ended the experts on the opposing
sides will probably know each other
better and respect each other more.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15
A GREAT COLORADO MINE.
StrattOn's Independence and Its Wonder
full Record.
From the Denver Mining Record.

From the Denver Mining Record.
The Independence group contains
about $50 acres of ground from the
depths of which s2.5O000O had been
taken prior to its sale to the English
syndicate Since that time the output
has been increased to s150,O00 per
month. State Geologist Rickard makes
the following statement:
The production is going forward with
out any depletion of the ore in sight
as the development work being done is
bringing to light more ore than is be-
ing taken out. Several important new
discoveries have been made in the mine
during the past few months which are
bound to add to its wealth and fame.
The first production was in 1898, dur
ing which year it produced $50, 900 above
all expenses. During the following
three years the output from develop
ment work alone was much greater per
year in gold alone. One very striking
feature in the operations of the mine
is the very small amount of stopng
that has been done in taking out so
large a sum of money. A number Of
men more or less prominent in mining
interests have recently visited the
mine and inspected as much of the
workings as time and circumstances
would permit. They all express sur
prise that the ore bodies remain so
nearly as they are found, and that so
little of the ore has been taken out by
stopping. The physical features of the
mine are such that good business
methods can easily be made to produce
excellent results in management. The
ore bodies are there in existence The
machinery and all appliances are the
best of their kind. And although no
effort has ever been made to roll up a
record for the mine as a producer. yet
from the facts previously given, II can
readily be seen, even by a casual OBJ
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

The Denver Mining Record of the
4th instant is a splendid number. In
its Illustrations. topographic effect and
literary excellence it is equally to be
commended. 1t contains portraits of
prominent Colorado mining men, illus
trations of towns, hoisting works of
famous mines, underground workings
showing the timbering, public build
inss. mills. business offices and the like
The issue is of % pages, printed on
beautiful, glossy paper, and aside from
its ornamentation, it is filled with well
written descriptive matter both inter-
esting and instructive.
The issue reflects much credit upon
the publishers and management
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

Perhaps the most surprising feature
of the mining situation throughout the
northwest is the number of free gold
strikes reported. This is probably ow-
Ing to the fact in many districts the
prospectors have directed their atten-
tion almost exclusively to free gold
The most of them are poor men una
BILE to work low grade and refractory
ores. and in the most of cases they
cannot even do the preliminary work
necessary to establish the value of a
property. But free gold find of any
value can, as a rule, be easily convert
ed into money: sufficient, at least, to
enable the finder to proceed with the
work. Hence, in a gold district, it is
perfectly natural for prospectors to
look in the first instance for free gold
to serve as a fund for the prosecution
of more extended work. Under such
circumstances many finds" are quite
likely to be made.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-15

The Nelson (B. c. Miner speaks very
sensibly about the mining situation in
Alaska. 1t says, among other things,
that it takes $685. 900 to produce 81, 600,
and that not 20 per cent of the mines
We're worked at a profit last winter.
Such statements. of course, are not
conclusive of Alaskas mining possibil-
tiles. There are great many mines
outside of Alaska in which it takes s66,-
0oo or more to produce $71,0OO, and
there are numbers of mining camps
where not 20 per cent of the mines are
being worked at a profit. But the con-
dltions prevailing are altogether differ
ent from those of Alaska In that ter
ritcry the miner cannot afford to take
the chances of failure that he can
further south. Hence if he goes there
to prospect on his own account, he
should go well equipped. If he goes to
work for wages, he should have a rea =
sonable assurance of employment be-
fore starting, and not simply engage in
scramble with ten thousand others,
when only five hundred, perhaps. are
needed.