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The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on judiciary will give public
hearing iu its room at the state House in
AUGUSTA.
Tuesday, Feby IA, 1889 OF 40 o'clock 4. nj.
No i25. On an order directing the Judiciary
Committee to inquire into the expediency OF so
amending the public statates a. h require CON
tractors upon public or private works TO indem-
nify municipalities for expenses necessarily
Incurred on account of paupcrism OF their I'M
paid woi kmen.
Wednesday, Feby. %. 1899 at $50 o'clock +. M.
No 1876 ON an act TO amend paragraph SIX,
OF section IS OF chapter IS OF the revised
stattttes relating TO trustee processes.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
II. M. WHITNEY ACQUIRES PROP
ERTY

Halifax. February s.-B. +. Pearson,
a member of the Dominion Coal com
pany; G. A Meissner, manager of the
Londonderry n. s.. Iron company, and
r. Il. Harris, counsel for the Nova Scotia
steel works left for Boston today, presum-
ably to join In concluding the negotiation
with II. NJ. Whitney for the transfer of
the steel works and iron mines to the coal
oompaAg. -
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. osndidsts for Mayor Of New York a.
the very greatest disqualification. II he
found q man with such reputation
aspiring for the Office he would use
every resource at bis command to beat
him.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4.

1t is said that Senator Plat of Connec-
ticut believes that law forbidding the
Inhabitants of Arizona to journey be-
yond the border of that territory without
permission would be perfectly constitu-
tional Mr.. Platt has to believe that in
order to believe that Congress can pre-
vent residents of the Philippines and
Honolulu migrating to this country.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE

The Committee on Judiciary win give A
public hearing In its room at the State House
In Augusta
Thursday, February 8, 1899 at 2 80 O'Clock %. m.
No AZ On an act In relation to the admis.
sion OF womea 60 the practise OF law.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Legal Affairs will give n
public hearing in its room at the Stale Honse
In Augusta, Tuesday. Feb. H. 1893. at $50
O'Clock p. m.
No. so.-on an act to amend the charter Of
the Portland Marine Society
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Judiciary will give pub
lie hearing in its room at the state House In
Augusta,
Tuesday. Feb. I. 1893 at go clock 7, NJ.
No. Sc, On a petition of William j. Wheeler
and others for a corporation TO he known as the
South Paris Water Company for domestic and
OF her purpOSes
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Legal Affairs viii give a
public hearing u its room at the state House
In Augusta, Wednesday. Feb. is, 1870, At go
O'Clock .. m. -
No 1-On an act for the better protec-
ton OF ship. masters and seamen.
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The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Military Affairs will give a
public hearing in Its room At the state House In
Augusta, Tuesday. Feb. 7th, 1899 at 80 o'clock
p. m.
No. 3.-Qn resolve recommending additional
compens alton 10 be paid the Adjutant General
tor unusual services rendered.
Tuesday Feb. 81, 1899, at 80 O'Clock p. N.
No. lion resolve TO reimburse the city OF
Portland for soldiers who served In late war
with suan
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Library viii give a public
hearing In Senate Chamber. Thursday. Feb. 9,
at 80 D. m. on an act to provide Tor the estab-
lshment and maintenance OF free public
libraries in cities and towns and for the pur-
chase OF books by plantations, out OF the money
raised and collected from the licensing OF dogs.
Per order committee.
c. W. TEEL, secy.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Legal Affairs will give a
public hearing in Its room at the State House In
Augusta Tuesday, Feb, 81, 1899, al go O'Clock
p. m.
No. 41.-On an Fact TO Incorporate Portland
Past Cha ncellor's Association.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
TAXATION.

The Committee on Taxation will give public
hearing AL me Board of Asses sors Rooms on
Tuesday, February T. at >. IN.
on petition of Mary sawyer Thomas and
others praying that women be exempted from
CHARLES A. JORDAN, Sec'y.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Judiciary will give pub
Ito hearing in It's room OF the state House In
Augusta, as follows
No. 40 On an Act 10 regulate the admission TO
practice of Attorneys, solicitors and Counsel
Iors TO provide for a Board Of Examination,
and TO repeai conflicting Acts.
No. so On the report OF the Commissioners on
Uniform Legislation.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Railroads Telegraphs and
Expresses will give public hearing in It's
room at the State House In Augusta, as fol-
lows.
Wednesday. Feb. Is. 1892 at O'Clock p. m.
On an act relating TO th- charter of the Wis
casset ana Quebec Railroad Co.
On an act TO extend the rights, powers ana
privileges OF the Franklin, Somerset and Ken
nebec Railroad Co.
On an act to incorporate the Patten. Ale
cash and Northern Railroad Co.
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on judiciary will give'a public
hearing In Its room at the state House In Au-
gusta,
Tuesday, Feb. 7. 1890 at 2. so o'clock p. NJ.
No CT On Petition Of william T. sargent and
others to incorporate the Hebron Water Com
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Military Affairs will give
a nublic hearing in its room at the Stale House
N Augusta, -. ,,
M II on an act 10 establish Naval Reserve
as a part OF the National Guard OF the State Of
Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

| The Committee on judiciary will give q pub
lie hearing In Its room ST the State House In
| Augusta,
Thursday, Feby. %, 1879 sta3o o'clock p. NJ.
| No 124. On an act TO regulate the fire depart
| ment of the CITY of Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The,Committee- Judiciary VIII give pupnc
hearing inl Its room at the state Rouse ~ Az
gusta, Tuesday, Feb. ], 1899, at go O'CLOCK 2,
m, on an act to amend section o. Snapte, W
ia Brideton Center Village Corporation.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGIsLATIvE NOTICE.

The Committee on Legal Affairs will give q
public hearing IN Its room at the state House
In Augusta.
Tuesday, Feb. Is. isso. at 2So o'clock p. m.
No s. On an act 20 amend section ~ OF
chapter IS Of the Revised Statutes relative 10
clearing snow from the sidewalks In cines.t
Wednesday. March 1, 1892 at $50 O'Clock p. IN.
No. "a. On a petition Of P. II. Gillen and 30
others for amendment 10 section 80 OF chapter
~ OF the Revised Statutes In relation TO the
practice OF law.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Railroads Telegraph and
Expresses will give public hearing 10 Its
Dom at the state House IN Augusta on
Wednesday, Feb. s, 1899, at O'Clock p m.
On an act to incorporate the Boothbay Har-
hnr and Newcastle KailrOad Company.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

Railroads, Telegraph, and Expresses.
The Committee on Railroads, Telegraphs, and
Expresses will give a public bearing In the
Railroad Commissioner once, at Augusta, GU
Wednesday. Feb. 8, 1899. At o'clock 7. NJ.
On an Act anne ndatory to the charter OF the
westbrook. Windham and Harrison Railway
Company and to extend the same.
CHARLES II. DRUMMEY, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04

Another volume from the publishing
house of Little, Brown Il Co portland:
Loring, Short Harmon. is Joel: A Boy
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.
LEGIsLATrvE NOTICE.

The Committee on Legal Affairs will give a
public hearing In Its room az the State House
In Augusta.
Thursday, March 2, 1899. at 2so o'eicsk .. m.
No. &c. On an act TO create q Board OF Over
City Of Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Cumberland County Delegation will give
public hearing In the Dom Of the Committee
on Legal Affairs at the state House In Augusta
on
Thursday, Feb. .. 1893. at 10 o'clock p. m.
On an act to fx the compensation OF the
Register of Probate for said county.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on judiciary viii give public
hearings In its room at the STATE House In
Augusta, rs follows:
Tuesday, Feb Z, 1899 at $50 o'clock r. M.
No. 60. On several proposed Acts to remedy
defects In the Australian Ballot Law.
Thursd day, Feb. q 1899 Al $50 o'clock +. N:
No. n. On proposed amendment 70 an Ac'
relating to the appointment OF Disclosure Som-
missioners and also on an order as 70 tne
expediency OF aholisbing the once OF Dtsclos-
ure Commissioners and making Propete OVuIss
courts Of Disclosure. and aboiishihg imps's"sr
ment for debt
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-31

turns out seven hundred tons of ore
day with a working force Of four hun
dred and fifty men; the Anaconda
which adjoins and connects yields at
present about the same quantity of
ore, but it has six hundred men on the
pay roll. The simple statement of this
difference is suggestive of greater econ
omy al the Never Sweat. But the same
man superintends both. mines, and the
explanation must be found entirely
outside of any question of skill in the
management Without going into de-
tails, it may be briefly stated that
more dead work is being done in the
Anaconda, and there is also a larger
force employed upon the surface, some
ing the boiler plant, and others in the
machine shop, which does the machine
work for the ST. Lawrence and Never
Sweat as we'll as for the Anaconda.
Besides the differences referred to-,
the varying depths of the mines are
also to be considered. One may be five
hundred feet deep and another two
thousand. 1t is clear that it is more
expensive to hoist ore two thousand
feet than it is to raise it one fourth
of that distance, but it is impossible
to say just how much the difference
ought to be. Not only does it require
more power to hoist from the greater
depth, but it takes more time, there is
greater danger of breakage, there is
more outlay upon the shaft, tunnels
and drifts, and in almost every respect
as the difference in depth increases. the
underground conditions become more
divergent.
Many somewhat similar considera-
'tions apply to the treatment of ores,
and it fairly can be said that in no
other industry is it so difficult to in
stitute just comparisons of cost as in
the mining and reduction of ores.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-31
Placer Mining.

The claim is being very stoutly made
that Colorado is richer in placer gold
than California ever was. Of course
this has not yet been demonstrated
and the claim may not be well found
ed But it may be, and it is not at all
improbable, when we consider the great
and diversified mineral wealth that
abounds throughout the centennial
State"
There is scarcely room for doubt that
colorado will ultimately pass Califor-
mia as gold producer The quartz
mines are not only richer but more
numerous than they ever We're in Cali
fornia. and if SO, why not the placers,
which derive their golden treasure
from the quartz leads?
In the working of placer claims,
though, Colorado has labored under
the disadvantage of an inadequate or
ill-distributed water supply This has
retarded their development by direct
ing the attention of mining men and
capitalists ito other fields Silver, lead
and gold in quartz have been the OBJ
jects of the miners search.
The fall in silver naturally gave a
stimulus to gold mining, and suggested
the practically unlimited quantities of
the yellow metal that lie in the placers
Two things have been needed for their
development: First, capital with which
to carry the water over long distances,
from the sources of supply to the
points where it is needed: second, i'm
proved mechanical appliances whereby
large quantities of material might be
handled, thus making it possible to
work low grade deposits.
Both OF these wants are now being
supplied, and as a result placer mining
| Is daily assuming greater prominence.
| Ihese considerations are as true of
| Montana as they are of Colorado.
| Probably the richest placers the world
ever knew have been found in this
state. There may be no more Alder
| gulches, although it is quite possible
| that others equally rich may be found.
| But there is gold all through our
| mountain ranges. We have much more
water than Colorado has and under
mining conditions that are being con-
stantly improved the riches of old AL
der are not necessary for a good paw
| ing proposition.
The truth of this is we'll exemplified
in what is now taking place in that
famous gulch. 1t is fair to assume
that the very best of the gravel was
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feet. and that inside of 200 feet more the
ledge will be cut. At this property there
Is fine 20-stamp mill. which was erected
10 or IL years ago. and run successfully
for two or three years. When all above
the upper tunnel was worked out the
Boston owners could not be induced to
run the long tunnel, SO work stopped until
Mr.. kinkaid and associates secured an
option.
The new buildings at the Buffalo are
finished and everything in readiness for
active operations during the winter. The
mine shows splendidly at depth of more
than 200 feet. the ore being rich in free
gold. Ten men are now employed and
the force will be increased as soon as the
mill ordered arrives
Foreman Warner is increasing the force
of men at work on the bedrock f1ume
going in on More creek, 10 miles below
this place.
At the Illinois the shaft house is fin
ished and the hosting machinery and
pumps ready. The work of sinking COM
menced a few days ago by William Gibbs,
who has the contract for sinking the first
200 feet.
Thomas Barry has started up the five
stamp mill at the Olympia. on Summit
fiat. The mine is turning out considerable
rich ore.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-31
Worrying About Gold.

1t is not strange, perhaps, that those
who dispute the cumulative theory a
money should insist that a suspension
of the gold output of South Africa will
have no effect upon the monetary sit.
uation. If they are right in their claim
that the quantity of money makes nc
difference, they must of necessity he
right in their secondary contention that
a stoppage of the supply of gold from
the Transvaal will not injure business
by creating a scarcity of money. II
the quantity of money has no bearing
a scarcity" is impossible, because
whether there is much or little, there
will always be enough.
The only surprising thing about the
whole matter is that these champions
of the new philosophy that a small
amount of money is just as good as
large amount of money, should pre-
sumo to discuss the matter at ALL But
they are discussing it and worrying
about it not a little.
In fact it is regarded as a grave
question in every monetary center OF
the world. Let fifty million dollars
be needed at certain time in London
and see what a desperate scramble
there will be among the financiers tic
get it. And if they don't get it from
South Africa they will get it from 9TH
er quarters if they can. And if they
can't get it at all there will be trouble
and lots of it.
There is not, to-day, a money cen
ter in the world that has any gold to
spare. Not only is the old stock being
fully employed, but the new meta
right from the mines is being raven
ously swallowed. If, during the next
six months there should be a reduc-
ton of, say fifty millions, from any
source of supply it will be felt both
i'll Europe and America. We do not
say that there will be general crash
as the immediate result, but it viii
have an effect and a serious one, too.
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Comparative Cost in Mining.

1t is frequently said that figures will
proposition. but it is equally true that
they can be used in such a way as to
make them about as misleading as any
human invention can be. The more
so, in fact, because of the prevailing
impression that figures speak nothing
but absolute verify.
There is perhaps no way in which
figures can be more deceptively en-
ployed, and even without intending to
deceive, than in statements concern
ing the comparative cost of extracting
ores from different mines, or of treat
ing them at different reduction works.
AT first glance it seems as if the cost
of extracting and reducing ores ought
to be approximately uniform at differ
ent mines and mills; and SO it would
be If conditions We're the same. But
the conditions are not the same even
where general descriptions suggest no
essential difference.
The mines vary in the width and
thickness of the veins. in the character
and richness of the ore, in the nature
of the country rock, in the quantity of
waste, in the flow of water, and in a
thousand little matters of detail al
most impossible to enumerate. The
higher the grade of the ore the small
err the quantity Of waste, the less dead
work necessary to be done, the lower
should be the cost of extracting from
a given depth, compared with the value
of the product.
To simply state that at certain
mine it costs, say a dollar a ton more,
to extract the ore than in some other,
conveys no information whatever as to
the relative care and skill exercised
in the two mines. 1t might easily be
that where the cost was the greater
the natural disadvantages were such
as would justify a much larger diff
ference in expense, portion of the
disadvantage having been overcome by
better management.
Take the great Anaconda properties
as examples of the ease with which,
deceptive showings might be made
upon the basis of mere figures. There
are probably no two mines of that
in which the ratio of cost to
production is anywhere near the same,
and vet they are all under the same
general management. The Never Sweat
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The prediction is being freely made
that the present boom in business
will not last more than a year or two.
1t is not we'll in such matters to be
either pessimistic or optimistic. We
should look at the situation conserva-
lively and from common-sense stand
point. When a revival comes after a
long period of depression there is al
ways some danger of boom business
being carried too far and being follow
ed by a disastrous collapse. This is
largely owing to the fact that at such
times so many unmeritorious schemes
are floated, and when a big bubble
bursts the effects are felt far and
wide. The overstocking of the markets
will check production and make bus
ness dull for time, but it is over
speculation that brings the crash.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-31

Those who think of going to the Arctic
circle should remember that the thous-
ands already there, and other thousands
who will reach Nome from other sections
of the north before ships can possibly
get there, will have located everything
within miles. and the newcomer should
go prepared with sufficient money to eitb-
err buy property already located or to
take return passage by steamer. There
are miles of the country farther north
and all along the coast of which little is
known, but the discovery of gold in these
localities is a matter of good fortune
and will be accompanied by all the hard
ships which have marked the progress of
the development of the Yukon region.
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Friars Driven Out.

Washington. Oct. 31.-The navy depart
ment has received a report from Captain
Leary, naval governor of the island of
Guam. in the Ladrones. The president
himself has read the report, his interest
being particularly attracted by the dis
closure of the fact that the first Amer
lean governor of the island has already
been obliged to adopt heroic measures
to insure a proper administration of af-
fairs there. Leary soon learned his au-
thority as governor was being subverted
and every measure of reform which he
proposed was being defeated by the hos
tile influence of the friars. They resisted
every decree, in the belief that any dis
turbance of the order of things which
governed the island for SO many years
would cause them to lose their hold upon
the natives. After eXhausting all otSer
means to overcome this influence. Leary
reports that he was obliged to notify
half dozen friars that they might have
free transportation away from the island,
and he should expect them to avail them
selves of the offer. They left but one
friar on the island, and he was a man
whose character and reputation We're
such as TO convince Leary of his fitness
to remain.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-31

The first discovery of gold in Colo
RADIO was made in Gilpin county. 1t
was a placer find and was made in
January of the year named A little
later the Gregory lode was struck
Since then Gilpin county has produced
nearly one-half of Colorado's total out
put of gold. That total is given at
about $195,000,000, to which Gilpin's con-
tribution has been $4,000, 900. The re-
markable thing about the gold product
of this county has been it's uniformity.
Only once since 1875 has it fallen below
S2,000,000, and never has it reached
$3,000,0OO The lowest was s1SOO, 900
and the highest s2,S00,0O0, using round
numbers in both cases. This county
contains the town of Central City,
which is, we believe, the home of Sena-
tor Henry M. Teller.
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valuable discovery of onyx is re-
ported as having been made on the
western shore of Utah lake. The dis
covery was made by Professor Cedar
strom and consists of three separate
lodges One is a clear orange, the sec
yellow. The Lodges are said to have
been uncovered for considerable dis
tances. Utah is especially rich in onyx
of various shades. The corridors of the
magnificent city and county building
were wainscoted with the most beauti-
full onyx Of an orange shade, the pro-
duct of the state. Samples have been
prepared and will be placed on exhibit
ton at Paris next year.