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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
GEO. Il. HOOD.
Attorney mt Law and Secretary of the
Wayne County Democratic ENccu-
tive Committee.

Among the younger members OF the
bar who are fast coming TO the trout
and making reputation, none are bet
ter known than George Il. Hood, Of
Goldsboro.
A polished, cultured and progressive
gentleman, are the characteristics evinc-
ed by this honorable, upright citizen,
He is son of Il. Il. Hood, Treasurer
OF Wayne county. and springs from one
of the, old and well-known families of
this section. His youth was passed in
securing an education obtained at the
county schools Of Wayne. Subsequently
lie studied tclegraphy and later law, be-
ing admitted to the bar in 1876. ne
continued with the Southern Railway
Company and the Western Union, until
he began the active practice of his chos-
en- profession mt Godshoro, September,
1897 Since that period he has secur-
ed a liberal clientele and enjoys nice
practice in the various courts.
He has well fitted UP and equipped
office in the court house Mr. Hood is
On ardent Democrat and has always
done all in his power to forward the
interests Of his party. He is Secretary
of the county Democratic executive com
mttee and has, rendered commendabe
service to the cause.
Aside from his professional duties, Mr.
Hood has found time to devote to secret
organizations. He is member or the
Odd Fellows, and is Vice-Grand Of his
Lodge He is Il member of the Junior
Order Of United American Mechanics,
and is Recording Secretary OF GoldsborO
Council, Number 80.
As a speaker he is considered perfect
master of the English language, is poll
ished, eloquent and sways mis- audi
ence His thorough knowledge OF law
makes him a foeman worthy Of The
steel of any competitor and his success
must be as gratifying to himself as it
certainly is to his many friends
In the boyhood Of rich mental activity
and manly vigor Geo. f. Hoods future
is extremely bright and the writer ven
lures 70 predict that North Carolina
VIII hear from him.
\ porous plaster is good thing, but il
has its draW-harkS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

cd in Goldsboro. He attended Trinity
college and then entered the Pitt
adelphia College of Pharmacy, the old
est and most thorough College in the
United States. He graduated from this
institution in 1890. Since that date he
has been running the retail business. He
i 4 member of the Odd Fellows and
az the local Chamber of Commerce.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

Widow Jones How would my little
Johnny like new papa?
Johnny tagged fve)-Oh, you needn't
shove the responsibility onto me, ma.
IT isn't new papa for me. bnt Il new
husband for yourself that You are thiuh-
ing Of. Boston Transcript.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
Is the Enterprise Lumber
Company, Incorporated
Eleven Years Ago
WITH AUTHORIZED CAPITAL or $4,000
One Of the Best EQUIPPED Plants in the Coun-
try Has Annual Capacity Of 100000
Feet oflumbar.

\ thorough observation of the manu-
featuring interests of Goldsboro demon
strates the fact that all branches are
sustained by creditable establishments,
conducted by capable men who are fully
abreast Of the needs and requirements
of the times. In fact in the manufactur-
Ing department Goldsboro ranks fore
most Of All the cities around. One of the
great factors in the manufacturing
world Of the town is the Enterprise Lum-
her Company, which was Incorporated
eleven years ago, with an authorized
capital stock of $4,000 The officers OF
The company are:
X AfTTIkN D'pEpRy
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
4 CALAMITY LINE.

"Jacz do you believe in palmstry!,
Yes. | do. when u man gives me the
tips Of his fingers | know | can't borrow
money Of him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
NATHAN OBERRY,
President
4. II. EDGERTON,

Secretary and Treasurer.
Both are gentlemen of enterprise and
push who are esteemed highly through
ont this section
The plant is Situated in the Southern
part of the city and covers five acres
Of ground Spurs from both railroads
run through the yards. giving them cN-
celIeut shipping and receiving facilities.
The mill was originally started upon a
small scale, but owing to the successful
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

\ porous plaster is good thing, but il
has its drawbacks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

The Wide-Awake Sheriff of Wayne
County A Democrat Who las Stool
by the Party Through Thick and Thin
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
IT'S AN IMPORTANT CASE.
Two Lawsuits That Involve
Well Known Mining Properties.
BOTH OF THEM IN BUTTE
The Contention Between the Anaconda
ana the Colusa-Parrot-What
the Real Point on the
Dispute Is.

The causes now on trial In the United
states circuit court at Butte between
the Anaconda Copper Mining company
and the Colusa Parrot company are
among the most interesting and import-
ant ever tried in that court. They are
NOS. "a and SIS, and are both of them
bills in equity to quiet title to portions
of the Anaconda lode which din into tho
Coiusa-Parrot ground and extend on
through into other claims which lie he
yond the Colusa, to which latter claims
the Colusa has no right or title and as.
serts none.
The first suit relates to the portion cf
the lode which lies beyond and to the
south of the Colusa company's grounds
and the second to the part which is di-
rectly beneath the surface of the claims
owned by that company. The Anaconda
company alleges that the lode which
mas IT'S apex running lengthwise of the
anaconda mining claim substantially
parallel with its side lines, dips to the
south SO that when certain depth be-
low the surface is reached it passes be-
yond the south side line, enters the CO.
tusa grounds, continues it's southerly
up through the Colusa and into the
claims still further to the south.
To this lode following it's dip, the An
aconda company claims title through
OUT lis entire dip, and alleges that the
Soiusa-farfOt company claims an adj
verse right which clouds the Anacon-
das title. In it's answers the Colusa-
parrot company denies the Anaconda's
title and alleges title in itself, but with
out disclosing the nature of its title or
upon what 1t is based
In another suit, however, in which the
Colusa- Parrot sues the Anaconda for
trespass upon the portions of the lode
in question, the nature of the claim an-
pears. The contention Of the Colusa-
Parrot company, as thus shown, is that
there are two lodges, one having its
apex in the Anaconda and the other in
the Colusa-Parrot, that at a certain
depth the two veins come together, and
that from the point of union the Colusa-
Parrot takes the whole by reason Of its
location being prior in date. The con-
tention covers but a small portion of
the Anaconda vein, about 300 feet, but
the geological question at issue is both
delicate and important. The main fact
to be determined is, do the veins unite
in the Colusa-Parrot ground?"
That each side attaches great import
ance ITO the issue is shown by the for
midable array of experts on hand to
give testimony as to the character of
the formation. Among them are some
of the, most distinguished biologists
and mining engineers In the United
States. Both causes involve the same
geological questions, and the testimony
as given applies to both. 1t is being
taken before referee, and there is an
absence of the sharp passages and ex-
citing incidents that so frequently &C.
cur when a case is on trial in open
court But this detracts nothing from
its Importance, and the proceedings will
be followed with the closest interest to
the end
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18

Montana has territory vast in extent
and Astounding in varied resources. She
has a large area well adapted
for grain culture, great stock
ranges, immense quantities of tim
Der, vast water power, and, more
important than all, in a primary
way, she has mineral wealth, developed
and undeveloped, almost beyond COM
putation. Ordinarily agriculture is re-
garded as the basic industry and the
primary source of wealth. but the rule
does not hold good with Montana I'M
der present conditions. With reference
to agricultural products she is at some
thing of disadvantage by reason Of
her remoteness from the worlds mark
cts and the consequent expense of
transportation. This is also measur-
ably true of the stock raising industry
and numbering, although both disad-
vantages are being lessened from year
to year with the improvement in rail-
road facilities and the transfer of the
center of population farther and far
Their to the West.
Nevertheless. it is true that the i'm
mediate need of the farmer, the stock
man and the lumber man is a home
market, and for this they must look
in the first instance, to the miner.
Hence the development of our mineral
resources should be the chief object of
all. Notwithstanding the depression of
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
BY Way of Introduction.

Every Tuesday morning, beginning
with this edition, the Standard will so
enlarge the number of it's pages as to
provide ample room for a summary of
AFFAIRS in the field of mining OF
course, Montana will be- in this respect
the Standards first care, but this de-
partment is started in the belief that
before it is very old, it will extend its
range; in fact, and to be candid about
it, the proposition is to build up this
department on plans so generously
large that presently the Tuesday edi-
ton Of the Standard will win rank as
one of the foremost mining and metal
lurgical publications in the United
States. That is the Standards ambi-
tious plan. Montana, first of the states
in respect to mineral wealth and pro-
duction, is the place where a publica-
ton of this character may with good
reason expect to be at home Without
a word of disparageme mt for any of the
mining journals published in the
Northwest, the Standard believes that
the newspaper part Of the mining in
dustry in this region is to-day wide
open field and an inviting one. AS our
opinion is, this field has never had the
newspaper representation it merits
the wonder is that it has lain so long
without development of the kind it in
vites. Into this field the Standard en-
ters, without especial parade respect
ing it's intentions, but with a carefully
considered purpose to present hence
forth to the world the resources and
the achievements of this unmatched
mineral domain. This mornings pages
are issued merely as preface to the
Standards mining department, which
thus lacks essential features that here
after will distinguish it. This issue
also affords the Standard the opportu-
nifty to introduce to the people of the
local mining world Mr.. Horace F. Bar
tine. to whose charge the Standards
department of mining is committed.
THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18

profitably worked that no more than
twenty years ago would have been
worthless under any system of treat
ment known
True, ore bodies will give out. but
II a mine is scientifically operated this
can be foreseen sufficiently to enable
the mine owner to prepare for it. On
the other hand, the manufacturer must
take chances on competition, failure of
demand, bad workmanship and all sorts
OF things after the investment of a
large amount of capital. The merchant
takes chances on fall of prices after
laying in his stock, as we'll as a failure
to SELL The lumberman can look ahead
with absolute certainty to the time
when his timber tract will be exhaust
ed, and in the meantime he takes
chances on market conditions. Rail-
roads take chances on washouts and
collisions, ocean carriers on marine dis
asters. farmers on grasshoppers and
drouth, and so on. There are chances
in all lines of business, and they vary
so in character that it is difficult to say
which are the greater. There are fail
ures in all and successes in ALL If
there are more failures in mining. it
is chiefly because the enthusiasm of the
miner leads him to take more chances
in the hope of suddenly striking a for
tune. In short, the trouble is not so
much with the business as with the
manner in which it is prosecuted
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
THE MARKETS RANGE.

There was decided tendency to-
ward the weak side of the stock mar
ket in Butte yesterday. The animation
which marked the dealings in the
brokers offices during the spring
months is not apparent at this sea-
son of the year, when the heavy spec
ulators on the Atlantic seaboard are
spending the holidays at the resorts
or abroad. However, there is still a
speculative spirit manifest here and
the dealings yesterday, while not
heavy, were not considered small. The
copper shares We're on the slump or
der yesterday, a general disposition to
sag being shown. Boston & Montana
did not get far from the 1858 mark.
while Butte & Boston, held at $40 and
took bids of SIC. Parrot sold at s5375,
Utah Con. at s43.25, Mohawk at s27,
Anaconda at s56S712, Osceola at sS7
bid. $50 asked; Tamarack, 1920 bid and
s225 asked.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18

silver values, the opportunities to this
end are superb. Copper and lead both
stand at high figures, with a fair pros
pect of their being maintained. Even
at rates considerably lower than those
that now prevail, their production will
yield good returns. Gold is always n
top notch product, and with reference
to silver we have the consolation of
knowing that we cannot be hurt much
more by adverse legislation. Leaving
the matter of its reconciliation out of
the case entirely, the tendency of sill
yer should be upward rather than to-
ward a lower level. In all cases where
in it is a by-product it is an element
of great Importance in making up the
aggregate of values and profits, as it
adds very little to the cost of trea ting
the ores.
The mining industry of this state IS
literally in its infancy. and there is no
practical limit to it's future. Primari-
ly. therefore, we should devote our
best energies to the development of our
mines. This will give the required mar
ket to those engaged in other callings
which will develop with equal pace,
and the state will move forward with
giant strides. There is no reason why
Montana should not contain at least
100000 of the most prosperous people
in the world by the year 1905. Let us
try for il
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
IN MEAGHER COUNTY.
Work Progressing There in the Develop
mont of Copper Properties.

Gratifying and encouraging reports
reach the Standard from Copperopolis
in Meagher county. Messrs. Reynolds
and Mcdowell Of Butte have acquired
either by purchase or lease, the ledge
for about six miles. It is said that it
is true assure and can be traced the
whole distance. The gentlemen named
also own the townsite, together with
a ranch of l 300 acres. The Musselshell
river which runs through the camp
has fall of 100 feet in a distance of
one-eighth Of a mile furnishing a fine
water power. The ore Is rich in copper
and carries little gold and silver.
The camp is an old one, having been
located rs years ago, when it is said
some ore was taken out and shipped
to Swansea, in Wales. The Indians
burned the shaft house and the camp
was abandoned. The shaft is now
down $50 feet, at which depth the ledge
is 16 feet wide. The nearest shipping
point is Martinsdale, on the Montana
railroad. When the mine Is 100 feet
deeper the management has the assur-
ance that the railroad will be extended
to the mine if the outlook will then
justify it. To that end work will be
prosecuted with vigor. A carload of
machinery has been bought from the
Anaconda company, and when it is in
place the mine will be equipped for
sinking 1000 feet.
A carload of the ore was shipped to
Anaconda last December. Since then
railroad washouts and SHOWS have tied
matters up. But we are informed that
there are three or four carloads of ore
now ready for shipment. Mr.. Nc
Dowell states that there are from IL
to Is men at work now, which number
he expects soon to increase to So.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA,
Recent Figures in Regard to the Divi-
dends That Are Earned There.

0ends Ihat Are Earned There.
From the Rossland Miner.
According to the report of the Engi-
neering and Mining Journal, The lode
mines Of British Columbia have paid
dividends to date to the extent Of 81
l26,465. This does not represent the
actual amount of divide Ids, but is al
the returns they have "ecaivei Take
the Poorman mine for instance. For
eight or 10 years the Davenports of
Spokane would get out ore in winter
and reduce it In summer. Each year
they would make a profit of about
500, 900.
The Poorman is not on the Engineer
ing and Mining Journals list. Follow
Ing are the dividend payers mentioned
by the paper in question: Cariboo
Mckinney which paid it's last dividend
In February 1899. " cents per share,
$24s.965; the Fern, which paid it's last
dividend in Jsnuary 1898, of cents
per share $4,000; the Hall Mines
which paid its last dividend of % cents
per share in May 1898; the Idaho, which
paid its last dividend in January. 1899
of 5as cents per share: the LIE Roi
which paid it's last dividend of 10 cents
per share in April, 1893. of 1926, 900. This
does not include the $150, 900 which the
holders of shares received after the
property was sold to the British
America corporation for the ore and
matte that was at the smelter, nor lid
it include the smelter at Northport
which cost 100000 and was built out
of the profits of the LIE Roi mine.
This would bring the total dividends
Of the LIE Roi up to $1,115,00O The
Rambler-Carlboo, which paid it's last
dividend of / cent per share on April,
1899, of $4,000 the Payne Consolidated,
which paid it's last dividend of / cent
per share on March, 1899, of SLOPE, 900;
the War Eagle, which paid it's last
dividend in May, 1899. of III cents per
share; the Queen Bess, which has paid
1880. This list Is incomplete, as there
are several SLOGAN properties which
are known to yield profits to their own
ers. They are, however. close corpor-
atoms. and their dividends are never
published
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18

distinctively silver mine of any i'm
portance now working in the district.
The values of the silver and copper.
OF course, depend upon the market
price or the metals. Estimating the
price of silver at go cents per fine ounce,
the value in 1898 was about $4,000
while the copper at an average of II
cents per pound was worth something
like s26, 900, 700.
Even an outline sketch of the Butte
district would be very incomplete
without some reference to the smelling
plants. These consist OF the Colorado,
the Parrot, the Butte e Boston. the
Montana Ore Purchasing company
commonly known as the 'Heinze"-and
the Butte Reduction Works. These are
all located along the line of Silver Bow
creek, which skirts the city on the
south. Their aggregate capacity is not
far from 1000 tons of ore for each "a
hours. To these should properly be
added the great plant of the Boston &
Montana company at Great Falls, ca
pable of reducing about 1880 tons of ore
each "a hours, and the enormous works
of the Anaconda company at Anacon
da, with capacity of probably not less
than 5000 tons of ore per day. These
two latter are mentioned in this con-
nection for the reason that they are run
exclusively upon ores from the Butte
district.
According to the reports of Eugene
B. Braden. assayer in charge Of the
United States assay office at Helena,
for the II years ending with 1897 the
total value of the mineral production of
the Butte district was more than $685.
100000. For 1898 it was about s35. OOO,-
600, making for the IS years about $41s,-
100000. This. however needs some
qualification, for the silver is estimated
at its coming value. while the CONNER
cial value, at which it was disposed Of
was considerably less. Prior to 1892
no authentic records were kept It is.
however, entirely safe I'd say that from
the beginning down to the present
time, calculating the silver at it's mar
ket price, the mineral output of the
district has been in the neighborhood
or S4OO,OOOOO0. With the mines still
yielding as largely as ever. and with
no signs of exhaustion, the pride of
Montana in the Butte district certainly
rests upon very substantial grounds.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
Mining AS an Industry.

1t is belief widely entertained that
mining, and especially mining for
the higher grade metals, involves
so many uncertainties as to almost il
not entirely take it out of the line of
legitimate business and give it the es-
Fential character of a gamble What
ever foundation there may have been
for this belief few years ago, it must
be plain to all intelligent observers
that the uncertainties are lessening with
each succeeding year, and the belief is
not wanting among very able scientific
and business men that at this time
mining is hardly more precarious than
other business generally.
There are, of course, chances to take
in the preliminary work of bringing to
light and developing ore bodies, but
how great the chances may be depends
to a considerable extent upon the in
telligence and scientific knowledge
with which the work is prosecuted. If
a man with no knowledge of rock for
nations and where valuable ores are
likely to be found, proceed in a hap
hazard way to pick and drill and sink
shafts without regard to the character
of the ground, the chances against him
will be very great. But If this work be
guided by fairly thorough KNOWLEDGE
of geological and mneralogical con-
ditions, the chances are greatly lessen
ed, and may be so reduced as to be
scarcely greater than in other callings.
1t may be truthfully affirmed that
in the main the uncertainties of min
ing lie at the very beginning-in the
work of discovery. With more or
less frequency rich deposits are
found. But in the very nature
of things there are fewer of such
deposits than there are persons seek
ing them, and many of the prospectors
are disappointed. Here is where the
gamble comes in, if any there be But
after the deposit has been found and
prospected with an eye to a demon
stration of it's extent, ii gives as good
an assurance for the future as can be
obtained with reference to almost any
other industry.
In the earlier days of mining the
work was conducted in the most prim-
alive way. The prospector was guided
by enthusiasm rather than educated
Intelligence, and the methods of re-
ducing the ores We're of the crudest
and most imperfect character. Hence
the double chance of not finding ore
containing sufficient value, and of be-
ting unable to extract the value after
st was found. Both of these chances
are being rapidly eliminated. as the
prospector adds to his knowledge IF
surface indications, and the scientific
methods of reduction are improved Far
less time is now wasted in sinking pros
poet holes in WORTHLESS ground than for
RI of IF
grade and refractory ores are being