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The times., 1899-05-03

SPECIAL NOTICE-Muscular Defornattes
Acute and Chronic SpTains are cured by
Medical Gymnastics. Mechano Therapy.
Passive movements will loosen the joints
and action on the muscles will restore
strength. Call on DR.. JOHN E. RUEBSAM.
20 Third Street northeast ap23-tf
The times., 1899-05-03
The Washington Loan Offlce,
12.4 PA. AVE. n. w.

r. Warren Johnson. Manager, for seventeen
Personal Property Of all kinds. Correspondence
solicited An expert will call il desired Gold,
Silver and Diamonds bought and sold business
strictly confidential apl-3uios
The times., 1899-05-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NORTHERN LIBERTY MARKET HoITSE
CHECKS-All persons who are refused
their checks on account of the iniunc+fon
hled will please call at a meeting to be
held at Oppenheimer's Hall. 5l4 Ninth
Street northwest THURSDAY EVENING.
at I;3O p. M, May 4. COMMITTEE.
my3-2t
The times., 1899-05-03
walked Into the cnnnt.

Watch for town Congress Heights. D. C
The times., 1899-05-03

d I-NlI-tI- -NOIIOL-INt puDIlC IS hereby
notified that the only official pro-
gramme of the National Peace Jubilee will
be issued from the headquarters, National
Peace Jubilee. 1116 F Street. and all So
licitors will be provided with authority in
writing from Robert p. Murphy. Chairman
programme Committee. No other persons
are authorized to contract for the official
programme. ap29-7t
The times., 1899-05-03

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT tax
sale certificate upon part OF lot 100
square 1893, assessed in name of George
Peters and sold to the undersigned at the
sale of April. 1891, has been lost. and ap-
piication has been made for the issuance of
a duplicate certificate.
my1-3t-em WM II. MANOGUE.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01

able to handling 1900 yards daily, at a
cost not exceeding 10 cents per yard,
thus yielding a profit of no less than
81 900 per day. This can easily be in
creased to 10000 cubic yards daily when
ground is fully opened. The present
tiume is $500 feet long and delivers
enough water to readily handle double
this amount. An immense conduit Is
laid down the steep walls of the canon,
giving a vertical pressure of 400 feet
at bedrock.
Under the Ludlow system, which has
been adopted, this vast amount of earth
and rock can be handled automatically.
BoulderS weighing 300 pounds are car
ried by the rush of water through great
pipes TO the surface so feet above like
so much Chaff, and deposited in the
canon quarter of a mile below, the
gold having been caught in rifles near
the head of the fiume. Yet so vast is
this deposit that with a capacity of
5000 cubic yards per day it cannot be
handled in so years,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
The Ieadyille District.

The Mining and Scientific Press says:
although 1T is now over 20 years
since the Leadville district was dis
covered to be a region of lode mines,
and it has since been explored and eN-
plotted extensively it is almost a week
~, if not a daily, event to learn OF a
new strike of valuable orc. At hrst
attention was almost wholly directed
to the oxidized ores-carbonate of lead
and iron oxides. Later the sulphide
ores commenced to appear and many
predicted the beginning of the end put
the industry has continued steadily,
though its halfway has been StreWn
by many obstacles, among them vast
volumes of water. long rigorous WIN
tors labor troubles, scarcity of thinner
for mining purposes, etc, but sun II
has advanced. In the early years lit
lie attention was given to gold mining,
which may be considered strange, as
% wears before She camp became fam
Gus for its lead-silver ores, millions
of dollars in gold We're taken from the
rich placers of California, Iowa ana
tributary gulches. 1t is now known
that the source of this gold was the err
uptive rocks back of the city on the
western slope of the Mosquito range.
One of the first mines of this class TO
attract attention was the Anltloch'
which produced a large amount OF goln'
still this did not direct attention 70
the possibilities of the gold belt. They
are now more fully realized and ac-
tive work is being carried on with h
view to thoroughly opening the mines
of this class. In the lead-silVer region
new finds are of very frequent occur
renee. and ii is still safe to predict new
discoveries in this district which are
not anticipated by the miners
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
SOME MODERN PROCESSES.
What Recent Years Have Done in Adj
vancing the Process of Smelling.

What Recent Years Have Done in Ad-
vancing the Process of Smelling.
From the Mining and MetalIurgical
Journal.
The metallurgy of copper has in the
past five years been greatly advanced
and simplified The most important and
farreaching notifications have been
in the extraordinary extension of the
Bessemer principle in copper reduction,
and of the electrolytic process in cop
per refining. By the Bessemer process
the impure copper or matte produced
by single melting is run in the liquid
state into a Bessemer converter air is
forced through the liquid the impure
ties oXidiZed and removed, and bar or
pig copper obtained by single opera
ton. At least one roasting and smelt-
ing, and often more, are thus saved,
together with all the fuel and labor In
volved in these processes. The Bes-
semer method is now extensively fol-
lowed at the great mines of Montana
and Arizona, also in Colorado. 1t is
safe to say that the electrolytic process
of refining copper is now applied to be-
tween one-half and one-third of all
the copper produced in the United
States. The electrolytic process sepa-
rates gold and silver that may be pres
ent in the copper and deposits the cop
per in state of great purity. To az
IIlS lue ulIthlltu copper
from the smelter or Bessemer converter
is cast into great plates or anodes,
weighing 800 pounds or more; these
anodes are suspended in tanks con-
tanning a solution of copper sulphate,
opposite to cathodes, which are also
copper plates, but very thin, and con-
sisting of pure metal The passage Of
the electric current in the proper dircc-
ton gradually transfers the copper
fom the anode plate to the cathode
plate, while all the impurities are left
behind. The gold and silver which are
present in the unrefned copper fall, dur
ing the process, to the bottom of the
tanks, and are afterwards collected and
separated from each other. Some idea
of the Importance of this method Of
copper refining is given by the follow
ing facts relating to the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company's Montana re-
finery:
This refinery which is one of many
in this country, contains l 200 electro
lytic tanks, each tank requiring about
four tons of copper as a charge. The
electric energy employed in the depo-
sition is the equivalent of 1900 horse
power. This single plant has turned
out over 100 tons of refined copper daily
during the past five years. There is
separated from this daily output of
copper about 700 pounds of silver and
| so ounces of gold This refinery treats
| only about one-half of the company's
| crude copper, the remainder being
treated at Eastern works
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
In Burnt Creek District. Idaho.


The Spokesman Review reports a
rich strike of free gold ore in the Syn
dictate mine i'm the Burnt creek district
of Idaho, and publishes part of a letter
from Superintendent Johnston of that
mine, in which, among other things,
he says:
1T is hard to say whether we are
Keeping up with the rest of the world
or not, as this place is somewhat iso-
lated and mails come in rather irregu-
larly, but should the rest of the world
get in hurry and leave this section
behind it would be well for the parties
that are located here, but the world
would certainly be "a loser. This dis
trict is one of the most promising that
has been seen by the writer, and he has
seen many different parts of Gods
footstool There is no other district
that can show up as much good quartz
that will assay UP to the hundreds, that
is, for same length as this district.
Within the last week a party by the
name of Burgee from Spokane has I'M
covered fine-looking ledge on claim
adjoining the Syndicate property. EV-
erywhere in the hills one will meet pros
pectorS with their tools on their should
erS and confident smiles on their faces.
Few of them will say much, but from
the way they strike out in the morning
"a person can tell that they have struck
something. The Syndicate is working
night and day driving a tunnel along a
ell-defined ledge. The working force
has been increased and a shaft will be
started on the same ledge. This ledge
carries values in the average of $S3
per ton"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
From the Kootenay.

A Windermere special to the Nelson
Miner in reviewing some of the Koote-
nay properties, says:
r. r. Bruce commenced work on the
Sitting Bull group on an extensive
scale on the 10th inst. with a large force
of men. The smelter returns from the
Delphine shipment averaged S103 per
ton net This is one of the most prom
1slng propositions in east Kootenay. 1t
is gray copper and argentiferous galena
ore, and is owned by kimpton, Harris
and Stark and has been worked con-
tinuously since last September with
grand results. Regular shipments will
be made in the near future.
"Bi-Metallist group, situated on Toby
creek, owned by Mary E. Brown, 80
miles from Athalmer, B. c., and a cop
per and argentiferous galena propo-
sition, has one ledge of three feet and
another is inches in width, and are both
clean-cut lodges. Assays of silver all
the way from 511 ounces to 1000 ounces.
Copper assays went 2S per cent Mr..
Brown is now working a force of men
on the property and it is looking better
with every shot. This property is stu
ated within two miles of the Toby
creek railway branch from the Grow s
Nest Pass railway to connect with the
Iardo-Duncan and Trout lake country.
Samson group, situated on Toby
creek, in the immediate vicinity of the
Bi-Metalhst group, has a well-def1ned
ledge of 30 feet in width in a copper
proposition carrying gold. Assays on
an average p per cent. copper and $4
in gold; owned by E. C. Olberg, o. A.
Brown ct al ="
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
THE COLORADO GROUP.
A Sketch of thu Gagnon and the Com
pany's Other Mines.

By far the most important at this
time of the Colorado companys mining
properties is the Gagnon, situated Just
at the upper edge of the city Of Butte.
This is, in reality, group of claims
united in one ownership, connected by
underground workings, and operated
through what is known as the Gagnon
shaft Altogether the group comprises
between 1900 and 1000 feet of ground.
The property was acquired some years
after the company was formed. 1t had
belonged to Colonel Thornton, who be-
came a member of the Colorado COM
rary, carrying the mine into the con-
Germ with him.
The mine was located Feb. 81, 1877, by
Antoine Gagnon and Patrick II. Mea-
CHER As in the case of many other
Butte mines, it was originally taken up
and pr0speCted for its supposed silver
deposits. the outcrops showing that
metal chiefly. 1t is uncertain to just
what extent II ever figured as a silver
producer, although quite probably only
20 a very limited degree, as copper has
n-eu mined in it up to within 80 feet or
The surface.
The Gagnon may fairly be regarded
US one of the important mines of the
district. 1t has been sunk 10 a depth of
ZOO feet and is provided with engine
mower ample for a depth of 1000 feet,
The average yield is about 400 tons
day, and the force of men employed is
go. There are about eight miles of
underground workings in this mine.
The ore is worked exclusively in the
Colorado smeltcr. The shaft is an in
cline and the ore is hOisted in skips'
being dumped directly into cars which
carry It to the chutes.
This company is also the owner
Of what are called the Burlington
claims, about four miles due west
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
TOLD IN A LINE OR TWO
Minor Mention From Camps
Scattered Over the Land.
BIG FIGURES IN COLORADO
Millions Which Cripple Creek Is Claimed
to Have Earned-Reports on
Years Shipments Made
at LIS ROi.

1t is stated by the Denver Mining
Record that the Cripple Creek mines
have paid dividends estimated at
$S,O00,oO0, of which &1,266, $50 has been
paid this year.
The people of Nye county, Nevada,
are in good spirits over the prospective
reopening of the Morey mines, which
have been idle for number of years.
The Arkansas Valley smelter at
Leadville, Colo, was expected to start
its blast furnaces Yesterday, and it
probably did so. 1t was said to have
10000 tons of ore on hand, with daily
receipts of from 800 to 400 tons.
The Haley, Idaho, Times reports
that the Tip Top mine at that place is
making a very fine showing. The mill,
it is said, reduces so tons every "a
hours, and is doing remarkably close
work.
There are now said to be more than
100 men employed a the Ontario mine,
Utah, and the Park City Record speaks
very confidently of 200, and even 500,
being on the payroll in the course of a
few weeks.
i IE ipdSlil IEUSttSS ItppIl u llldl JO-
seph Brien has struck some very rich
ore in the Virginia mine, of which he IS
lessee, in the Cataract district Some of
the ore is said to carry 800 ounces of
silver, IS in gold and 80 per cent. lead.
1t further states that Mr.. Brien has
found some 81 900 ore in the California
mine, on which he mas an Is months
lease. Ore is being shipped from the
Virginia to the East Helena smelter.
n m he D11S,' oil nf
Philipsburg, there is considerable ac-
tivity in mining matters in Little Gold
creek and near Flint At Little Gold a
good deal of development work is being
prosecuted on the placer claims, while
at Flint the hills are alive with pros
peCtors. The outlook is aid to be i'm
proving in both localities.
1t is reported that there is a demand
for good drill hands in several Utah
mining camps.
The Lucky Boy, at Custer City,
Idaho, is adding a cyanide plant of
100 tons daily to its stamp mill. The
cyanide process of treating ores is gain
ing in popularity all over the world.
The Pittsburg Landing district in
Idaho is showing up we'll. Rich ore is
being sacked from a dozen or more
claims Butte parties are interested in
these Lewiston mines.
Colonel Parker of Garnet says that
camp is in a lively state Of develop
ment.
According to the Rossland, B. c.,
Miner the lie Roi mine of that district
shipped for the year ending July e a
total of 1880 tons of ore.
Swandyke, a Comparatively new Col
orado mining camp, Is attracting large
numbers of prbspectors and miners.
Surface veins apdycroppings show free
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
The Telluride District.

Speaking of the Telluride placers, the
Denver News says:
These immense gravel deposits have
been known for a number of years to
contain gold in paying quantities, but
hitherto every attempt to reach bed
rock has resulted in failure, hence they
could not be successfully worked. A
year ago Prof. Robert Casey secured a
bond and lease on this property and be-
gan systematic development in search
of bedrock, supposed by experts to lie
more than 100 feet below the deepest
old workings, which, if true, would
make the attempt practically impos-
sible. Bedrock was reached few days
ago at 43 feet, and Professor Casey now
holds the key to the situation.
The magnitude of these gold-bearing
gravel beds almost passes belief, being
the result of the erosion of ages from
the entire Telluride district, which con-
tains such mines as the Smuggler-
Union, Tom Boy, Japan, Sheridan and
a score of others, all large gold pro-
ducers
This deposit, confined between the
precipitous gulCh walls of the San
Miguel river, covers an area of $50 acres
to an average depth of over 200 feet,
is safely estimated at 100000 cubic
yards. Forty feet lying next to bed
rock, can be relied upon to yield 70
cents per cubic yard, the entire deposit
being conservatively estimated at 80
cents. These figures are not the result
of mere guess work, but have been
demonstrated by the actual washing
of thousands of yards of dirt, giving
an exposure at the highest point of 300
feet to bedrock, every foot of which
bears gold in paying quantities Hither-
TO the difficulty has been TO handle this
ground at an expense and in sufficient
quantity to justify the necessary out
lay The discovery of bedrock has re-
moved every obstacle and machinery
will be in place within few days cap
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
Odd Campaign Announcements.

IRON the PhiiadeIphla Press.
Candidates for Office in Lebanon county
Pa have distinctive ways Of advertising
themselves and their claims. For IN
stance, George NJ Strock adds to the no.
tice of his candidacy for recorder this APP
neal: please vote for the old farmer and
worlxingman." Franklin I. Miller submits
this brief biography: Disabled veteran;
served during the war of the rebellion in
the 93d Pennsylvania regiment, IRON
Washington to Richmond; seriously and
permanently wounded in the battle OF sa-
lem Heights, Va" Peter Haner also re-
fers To his war record thus: Corporal of
Company A, sd Pennsylvania volunteers;
left with the regiment from Camp Cole
man and served with it until disabled;
was engaged in a number of hard-fought
battles"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01

Growth of Fire Insurance.
In 10 years American life insurance
companies have doubled their assets.
the amount rising from 1861, 6i2 in 1883
to 1874, sol, 1875 in 1898.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
From Boundary City.

The Rossland (B. c. Miner has the
following with reference to mines at
Boundary City:
I'D. A Holbrook is in the city
from Boundary City. He brought with
him a number of handsome specimens
from the properties of the Boundary
City Mining & Milling company's prop
critics. The handsomest specimens are
from the Gold Bug claim. They carry
large quantities of native silver. be-
sides IL ounces in gold 1t is claimed
that the vein from which this was TAX
en- is about four feet in width, and that
the ore will average $500 to the ton.
This seems very high, but look at the
specimens would convince the most
skeptical that this average is under
rathen than over the amount of the
values that the ore carries. The other
specimens from the Spokane and S. III.
b. averages $40.44 to the ton This ore
carries large percentage of copper.
Work is being carried on under the SUI
perintendence of Mr.. Alex. Sharp, late
foreman of the Columbia & kootenay.
Mr.. Sharp is sanguine about these prop
critics, and he says the group is as good
as the Columbia & Kootenay. The
work at present in progress consists of
sinking a shaft and running a tunnel
into the Gold Bug. Both are on the
same vein. The intention is to increase
the force as the occasion demands, and
to ship as soon as the railroad is ready
to receive the ore. Superintendent
Sharp says he is ready to begin the
shipping of ore at any time.
The London & Canadian syndicate,
represented here by Hector McRae,
have the controlling interest. The Gold
Bug claim was only recently purchased
by Lionel H. Harris for joint ac-
count of the Boundary Creek company
and his syndicate.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01

gold. and are 20 feet from wall to wall
High and low-grade silver ores are
found associated with iron, copper and
lead,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-02
DODDRIDGE SWORD FUND.

The Registers list of subscriptions
to the Doddridge sword fund was aug
mented yesterday by contribution of
ten dollars from j. r. Hissom, Esq, who
believes the object a very deserving one
and backs up his belief by a very sub
tantial subscription. The original sum
asked for was $780, The Registers
list to date amounts to $3.50. The
subscriptions from other sources to
date amount to S252.50, making the
total amount subscribed s311.10. This
sum is over two-thirds of the neces-
sary amount, which is sure to be forth
coming in due course. Remember
every little helps, and the more small
subscriptions there are the more popu-
lar becomes the fund.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-02
AN INTERESTING SUIT
On Trial in the Circuit Court \,
terdav

On Trial in the Circuit Court Yes
terday.
In the Circuit Court, Judge Melvin,
yesterday, a suit involving some rather
unusual facts was put on trial before
a jury composed of Messrs. Charles b.
Creighton, Daniel Walton, Louis Bon
enberger, w. w. Mcconnell, James "
Dickey, Chas. Breummer, Lee Bailey
James B. Shepherd. William Gill
Henry Brounstrop, Platoff Higgs and
T. B. McCord.
The parties to the litigation are
Elizabeth K. Lindeman, guardian, "
Joseph Hasenauer, and the controversy
is over ten shares of the capital stock
of the Wheeling Steel & Iron Company
which plaintiff AYERS she hypothecated
to defendant, two years ago, for loan
of $500, of which she received $3.50, the
sum of $50 being retained as interest in
advance, and that defendant afterwards
sold the collateral and had the stock
transferred on the books OF the com
pany; whereas defendant claims the
transfer of the stock from Mrs. Linde-
man to him was a bona fide sale.
Plaintiff was represented by John A
Howard, and defendant by John J
Coniff At ten minutes of six O'CLOCK
the jury returned verdict for plaintiff
for S52S, the difference between the
value of the stock and the proceeds Of
the loan, with interest. There was q
motion for a new trial.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-02


The matter of new school house for
Benwood was under discussion at the
regular monthly meeting of the board
of education of the district. In view Of
the fact that the financial question is
the most absorbing one at present, the
advisability of issuing bonds was talk
ed of. The board will be practically
out of debt at the end of the present
school year and at the same time will
pay for the lots recently purchased for
the new school building. At the end of
the year the fund for the new building
may be procured, either by the issuing
of bonds or the borrowing of money
from some bank or private parties. The
district will very likely be given an
opportunity to vote for or against the
siderable opposition is made to the
bonds in the meantime. 1t is conceded
that the bond issue will be the cheap
est way of procuring money, since the
rate Of interest can be made at five per
cent or lower and the bonds can be
sold at a premium. The lowest rate of
interest, so it has been found, would
be six per cent on common loan.
About $4,000 is yielded annually by
the present rate of taxation for the
building fund. When no building is
done or costly improvements are made,
less than $4,000 is required to meet the
actual expense of the schools. There
would therefore be ample means for
paying the interest and principal on a
bond issue. The levy could be doubled
under certain provisions of the law and
the building paid for in a few years If
it were necessary to build without
bonds. In the near future it will be
necessary to erect at least two other
school buildings. The Junction school
has a seating capacity of only forty,
while it has an enrolment of ninety
seven, and an average attendance of
about eighty. The school house, which
is really too small for the number Of
children attending, does not belong to
the board, but is being rented. The
population of Pearhown, on Boggs' run,
is rapidly increasing, and it may not be
long until the attention of the board Is
called to the need of a new school
house in that part Of the district.
Union district has the reputation of
having some of the best district schools
in the State, and it should use every
effort to maintain its past record.