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Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
Mining Notes,

Work on the Black Wonder, in Iins-
dale county, is steadily progressing. y
2OO-foot upraiSe and 100 feet of drift
ing is to be done under the present
contract.
The addition to the Emma mill near
Rico has been commenced and will be
completed early in the spring. A
steam plant battery of five stamps and
four Wiley tables will be added to
the equipment.
rich strike is reported on the
Grand View mine at Sunshine. George
Gaspee and Lutte Howell We're build
ing IL road, when they opened Il. four
foot vein of sylvanite and rusty gold.
samples of which assayed as high as
$4,000 gold per ton.
company has been formed in Du-
range which has purchased the mill
erected several years ago 20 test the
ores of the Baker contact. and the ad-
joining placer ground, and will operate
the plant as II concentrating mill for
the treatment of the ores in the vi
cinity. The company also owns some
good claims ON the West Mancos con
tact.
The Stanley mine has a remarka BILE
showing in the lower levels under Clear
creek. 1t will be recalled that this
property was producing ore running
$1,000 Il ton from the north side of the
shaft and near the bed of the creek.
Since then levels have been driven to
the north and just beyond the creek the
ore shoot is found with bornite. This
runs very high in both gold and silver.
1t is said tlia streak is wide. With it
is some milling ore. The company con-
tinues to work eleven air drills in doing
development work on both sides of the
creek. The mine has now eight or
nine miles of development.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
A Big Portland Dividend.

In addition to its regular cents
dividend the Portland Gold Mining
Company has declared an extra divi-
dend of l cent share. This makes
the distribution for the month 100000.
The declaration of the extra dividend
was possible because of the excellent
condition of the company's treasury,
but it will not be the policy of the di-
rectors to continue the payment of
extra dividends. The policy of the
company will result in n thorough eX-
ploration of all the company's proper
ties. and the taking out of ore at the
proper time. 1t is planned to sink two
shafts on the Morse group, one on the
Morse and the other between the
Morse and the main workings of the
Portland. Returns have not yet been
received from the shipment of bon
ANA ore which was recently sent 10
the Grant smclter ut Denver. but the
value of the eight cars is estimated ut
about S200.OO0. The total amount of
Portland dividends to date is $2,64T,-
0SO.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
value of Competent Manager.

A great many of the failures made In
mining are due to the incXperience of
the managers A thoroughly trained
business man who has had no expert.
ence in mining or metallurgy could
scarcely be expected to outline the
plant, mechanical methods and opera.
tion of n large mining concern. yet
there are those who essay such tasks,
as many failures attest Where com
panies or individuals are seeking min
ing investment, II will pny them well
not only to employ II man to report on
the property. but also to engage II com
petent engineer of known experience Ia
arrange the mining and milling plant;
and. when built, to place each depart.
ment OF the concern in charge of an ex-
pericnced specialist, who has achieved
..Hccess elsewhere. This will insure
She best results; and having done this,
IF the venture prove Improbable, II
will he known that II can not be made
profitable by others. When this policy
is pursued, failure rarely results. One
had us well select n successful mer-
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
COOPERATIVE MINING AT
LEADVILLE.
Cheapest Work In the Camp Claimed by
the Maid and Henriett.

Cooperative mining on large scale
is the feature of the operations at the
Maid and Henriett, says the Leadville
Ierald-DemOcrat. There are sixty
five men mt the two shafts, with no
bosses and no boolikeepers. Every
man is his own shipping clerk and does
his own caging. There is no confusion
whatever, and the men have little trou-
BILE in management of their affairs. The
ground is leased by the owners to the
aInid of Erin Silver Mines lease, of
: which Lincoln Reynolds is manager.
and this company in turn divides II
up among great number of tributers.
the settlement for the ore being made
by the Maid Leasing Company.
The engineer IL in the employ of the
company and by mutual consent of the
various companies of lessces, he de-
cides how long each lessee shall use
the cage. Each man underground
comes in for his turn to hoist every so
often during the day.
The mining at the Maid ana Hen
riett Is probably The cheapest in the
camp. All supcrtious help is done
away with. Timekecpers. foremcn.
clerks of all kinds, ms well as superin-
tenderts and managers do not have to
he paid, and the result Is that the eX-
penses. being reduced to n minimum,
the very lowest grade ore In the camp
can be mined.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
What the Anti-Imprriaiis,sP Propose.

Minneapolis, Jan. lockwood s.
Corscr. who represents the National
silver Republican party In Its ncgotia-
lions with the Democrats and popu-
lists, has Just returned from n confer
ence OF nnti-impcrinllsts NJ Chicago. at
which II was agreed 10 hold national
meeting In Philadelphia on February
22nd and another probably IN Chicago
Just before the Republican national
convention meets. Al the latter meet
Ing II Is the Intention TO make dc.lar-
alton that no party or candidate op-
posed to the recognition of the Filipinos
shall receive Its support.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
WRECKS IN UTAH.
Several Accidents Result in Death and In
iuries to Train Men

iuries to Train Men
Denver, Jan. 1O.-A dispatch to the
News from Price. Utah, says:
The Utah line appears to he Il fatal
spot on the line of the Rio Grande
Western Railway. Sunday night
east bound passenger train No 1 ran
into the rear end of Il freight train
which had gone into Il switch. leaving
the rear end exposed. With the rear
end collision came Il fire which con
suned the cabOOse of the freight train
and the car next thereto. The train
men and passengers escaped unhurt.
The next passenger train. No. l.
east bound. ran into Il rock slide with
i'll few hundred feet of the same
point. killing the fireman. Tim Ryan
of Grand Junction. and badly injuring
Engineer Hart of Helper. Utah. Ryan
had $1,000 insurance and Hart none.
The family of Hart lives ut Helper.
The body of Ryan was taken to Grand
Junction ana Hart sent to the hospi-
tai.
y brakeman. name unknown. had his
leg crushed and broken in the Yards
ut Cotton Monday night. while Frank
Craig, the tramp who had his leg
crushed in the yard at Price Sunday
morning, died under an operation in
the Salt Lake City hospital tonight
The one train that runs between
Mounds and Sunnyside each day was
wrecked two miles this side of the
latter place this afternoon and traffic
is blocked on the line. Ten cars of
coal We're dumped over an eInbank-
ment. 1t is reported that none of the
crew or passengers We're hurt.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
FIGURES ON THE OUTPUT.
Engineering and Mining journal Says the
Gold output Was Ss2.4s3.O55.'


Gold output Was Ss2.4s3.O55.'
The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal. i'm its annual statistical number.
says that the preliminary statement of
mineral production in the United
States for that year was valued at the
place of production at S413, 73S,414, rs
compared with S314 4.255. .620 in 1898.
OF non-mctallic substances, the total
value of the output was S6O1 ,SI2 631.
us compared with $4S3 .091 ,9O7 in 1898.
Z /Deducting certain unavailable dupli-
cations. such rs coal used in coke or
iron ore in pig iron. and so on, the net
value of the mineral production reach
ed u total of 1891 ,424 ,OS2. showing an
increase of S151. 800 ,332 over 1898.
The gold production was valued at
ST2,4S3.055. and the silver was 81 49,
$50 ounces. The most important item
was coal the total of which. in 1899,
\was no less than 244,5S1 .S75 tons, the
largest quantity ever mined in year,
and putting the United States for the
first time ahead of Great Britain as Il
coal producer.
The pig iron was 1868, ,453 tons. or
1.S1S,G19 tons more than in 1898. Cop
per production amounted to S592. 612,
G57 pounds. n gain of II per cent. over
the previous year. Other important
items We're 213.003 tons of lead. 135, 1876
tons of zinc. 54,OIS, 100 barrels of
petroleum, 15,19l,511 barrels of ce-
ment 19.O25, 194 barrels of salt, SS,I13
TASKS of quicksilver, besides n very
great variety of mineral products of
less Importance.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
Little Satisfaction for GERMANY.

London, Jan. 10.-Thc Daily Graphic
makes the following statement regard
Ing the seizures of German vessels by
British warships:
Germany has addressed two notes
to the British foreign office clnllcng.
Ing Great BriIain's right 10 drtain any
ships travelling between two neutral
ports. The notes have been duly an
swercd
The Queens government finds itself
wholly unable to acquiescc in Ger.
many's contention. Germany cited n
ease In support of her contention. a,ut
on examination this so-called precedent
proved TO be quite inapplicable to the
seizures under discussion.
"Thc correspondence between the
two governments rests there. pending
n decision by the prize court"
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
yersatile coachman.

A recent number of London paper
contains this. advertisement: Wanted.
man of light weight, who fears the
Lord and can drive u pair of steady
horses. He must, Lord willing, arise
at Z O'Clock in the morning. obey his
master and mistress in all lawful COM
mands, sing psalms and join the house
hold prayer, look after the horses and
occasionally wait on the table"
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
England,s Armored Trains.

The magnificent armOred trains used
by England in her war with the Beers
will protect her troops in about the
same way that Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters drives dyspepsia from the hui
man stomach, and then mounts guard
that it does not return. The Bitters
has won in every case of Indigestion,
constipation, liver and kidney trouble
for fifty years.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
GOLD AND SILVER OUTPUT.
Director of the Miat Gives Figures for the
United States.

The preliminary estimate of the pro-
duction of gold and silver in the United
States during the year 1899 made by
Mr.. Roberts, the director of the mint.
shows total gold production of $7O,-
69,1IO an increase over the prOduc-
tiOn of last year of S6,236,6TO. The pro-
duction of silver during the year is es-
timated mt $74 ,424 .696. an increase dur
ing the year of S4O40.211. The gold
production by states for the years 1899
and 1898 was given as follows:
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
MINING MENTION.

chant to design and erect suspension
bridge or a modern steel building as to
engage such II man-successful though
he may be in commercial affairs-to
plan the development and equipment of
Il mine or metallurgical plant
Scientific Press.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
A Foe to Sunday Closing.

Mrs. .Innes, why don't you lay in
your Sunday provisions on Saturday,"
Because if Mr.. Jones comes home
hungry late Saturday night he's liable
to eat everything in the house"
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
You Can Get Allen. root-Ease Free.

Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, lie
Roy, N. Y, for a free sample of AL
lens Foot-Ease, powder to shake into
your shoes. 1t cures chilblains. sweat
ing, damp, swollen, aching feet. 1t
makes new or tight shoes easy. An in
slant cure for Corns and Bunions. All
druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25c.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

Mr. Smith. do you want me to adopt
rational Dress" NO, my dear, but I'd
like you to Wear irrational dress ut ra.
tional prices
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

Totals ... SI0.649. 10 S64, ,451 800
Briti'h Klondike 16.114, $50 .........
The estimated coinage value of sill
yer produced during 1899 and 1898 are
given as follows.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
CRIPPLE CREEKS MINES.
Figures Showing What They Produced
Last Year.

Below is given the production of n
number of the Cripple Creek mines for
1899:
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
given as follows:

Totals 3. e.. $40, l24, 696 STO,3S4 .4SI
Briti'h klondike ....... 252,O0t
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11

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Gilpin observer., 1900-01-11
BROWN PALACE HOTEL ffHis2rYHS5y fHis rR95 !

1vOE wHlrERS, All mnkes bought, sold. OK
Ut l changed, rented uui repaired Write for
prices. Denver Typewriter Exchange, 1858 Chnnpt
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26
SHE WAS TRUTHFUL.

Even in this intelligent age Of the
word there are too many people who
believe in the humbuggery Of fortune.
telling" but if all so-called fortune-tel-
ters were as frank as the one men.
toned in the following story, which
may or may not be true, they would
have fewer patrons than they have.
A man was having his fortune told.
~ see," said the seventh daughter OF
the seventh daughter contracting her
eyebrows, 81 see the name of John"
EYES," said the sitter, indicating
that he had heard the name before"
"The name seems to have given you
a great deal of trouble"
"It has,
"This John is an intimate friend. !"
"That's so" he said wonderingly.
"And often leads you to do things
you are sorry for"
"True; every word"
"Ri ght again"
"But you will soon have serious
quarrel, when you will become es-
tranged.'
'Im glad Of that. Now spell out
his whole name"
The fortune-teller opened one eye
and carefully studied the face of her
visitor. The she wrote some cabalis-
tic message and handed it to him ex-
change for her fee.
"Do not read it until you are at
home,' she said, solemnly. at is
your friends whole name"
When he reached home he lighted
the gas and gravcly examined the pa
per. There he read, in picket fence
characters, the name of his "friend :"
"Demi ,hn ~
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26
HE KEPT HIS SEAT.

4 man who had not been to church
for very long time finally hardened
to the persuasions Of his wife, and de-
cided to 90. He got the family alto
gether and they started early. Arriv-
ing at the church there were very few
people in it, and NO pew openers at
hand, so the man led his family well
up the aisle, and took possession Of a
nice pew.
Just as the service was about to be-
gin, ponderous looking old man
came in, walked UP to the door of that
pew and stood there, exhibiting sur
prise that it was occupied The occu-
pants moved over and offered him
room to sit down, but he declined to
be seated. Finally the old man pro
duced card, and wrote upon it, with
a pencil:
Il pay for this pew
He gave the card 20 the strange oc-
cupant, who. had he been like most,
people, would have at once got up and
left But the intruder adjusted his
glasses, and, with smile, read the
card. Then lie calmly wrote beneath
it:
How much do you pay year,"
To this inquiry the pompous old
gentleman, still standing, wrote alb
ruptly:
Ten pounds"
The stranger smiled as though he
were pleased; looked round to CON-
pare the pew with others, and admired
its nice cushions and furnishings, and
wrote back:
81 don't blame you. 1t is well worth
it,"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26

Good morning, neighbor," said the
man. "Have you ever heard of the
white serpent Of the Linganore?"
80, yes, to be sure. Everybody
about here knows of the white SER
pant"
'And is there no cure for its bite 2"
eyes, one, only one"
"What is it?'
The farmer laughed. II can't tell
von," he said. zone who's been bit
can only find out from the lips of some
body else who's been bit. Get up!"
He struck his horse lightly with a
switch and was soon out of sight.
The voice Of an awakened breeze
whispered through the glen and STIR
ring leaves; the river sang louder, as
if in rivalry, the sunlight on it's bosom
casting flickeriny shadows that chased
each other in golden ripples over the
time-scared face of the blue-white
boulder opposite the still pool. Then
the breeze fell back into slumber; the
voices were still, the leaves no longer
stirred, the ripples left the rock, and
the song of the river sank to an under
tone.
The man sat up and gazed into the
eyes of the woman a question that he
dared not utter. Far back in their
brown depths he read an answer which
she thought safe in the keeping Of her
heart. Not word was spoken. He
drew long breath, as if in fear, while
his arm went strong and masterful
about her. And then he felt the firm
warmth of her arm upon his neck, and
their lips met lingeringly.
A bird called suddenly from the den
s:ty of the tree above them, and the
woman's arm was withdrawn.
IL am glad," she said, in voice
that was but whisper, "that there
was serpant in the Garden of Eden" :"
And the man, like true son of
Adam: replied:
$50 am IN y. Home Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26
5eleft Misrelluuq.
The White Serpent
of the Linganore
BY EMMA WILMOT.

1t was the hunting season and the
old chieftain, Linganore, was off with
his braves From his wigwam on the
summit of lofty hill, or spur of the
mountains guarding western Maryland,
a faint line of smoke rose to mingle
with the haze brooding above the scar
let, gold, and brown foliage. The out
spreading travail of the year was glori-
fed on the forests. Beneath the trees
a few old men smoked contentedly near
the groups of wigwams centering about
| that of the chief, where two aged
squaws sat sewing and grunting in the
intervals of their low, gutteral CONVEX
sation. Tonawanda, the motherless
daughter of Linganore, sat leaning
against massive oak, placing a finish
ing row Of small, gray porcupine quilts
on one of her moccasins. While SEEM
ingly absorbed in her task, she was
listening to the broken conversation of
the women. "Ycs,' said one, ':the
white faces have come; the braves have
seen them"
Tell me about them,' said the girl,
eagerly; "What are they like; why do
they come?'
any daughter has never seen the
white cayle?" asked the elder woman,
shaking her head. NO? 1t is well;
the white eagle is an evil bird. She
has never seen the white doe? The
white doe has strange power to harm;
it can only be killed with charmed
arrow. She has never seen the white
serpent? May she never know its bite.
No one sees the white serpent, nor
hears it, nor feels it. One bitten only
knows of the bite when burning
agony seiZcs the heart--the agony of
death! The poisonous vines bear white
berries. Al white things are evil
the eagle, the doe, the creeping oak,
the serpent; but there is ona thing
worse; these ar. as nothing before the
pale lace who shoots with straight
bow and arrows of flame"
'Strange" said the girl, drawing on
the finished mo"casn; "cvil they may
be, but | should think the white eagle
the most beautiful of birds, the white
doe more pleasing to the eye than the
muddy sided creatures we see cropping
the undergrowth. The white serpent
is better than the ugly gray and brown
reptiles that wind their horrid scales
and hiss and rattle among the rocNs
the snow which yon think evil, but
which find sent by the Great Spirit
to give me strength.
Leaping to her feet she went bound
ing down the trail which led among
the rocks and bushes bordering the
Linganore. Her tread was light as
the touch of the tuttering leaves that
frightened her pathway. She was tall
and 1.-THE as a young beech swayed by
the breeze. Her arms bare, save where
they were bound with three broad
bands of silver. glowed like FURNISHED
copper, as did her full throat and neck,
around which glistened strings of red
hips from the wild rose. The plump
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26
11oetrn.



Be not swift to take otfenc-:
Let it pass.
Anger is foe to sense:
Let it pass.
Brood not darkly DER wrong,
Which will disappear eIe long,
Rather sing this cherry song:
Let it pass, let it pass.
Strife corrodes the purest heart,
Let it pass.
As the unregarded wind,
Let it pass.
ANY vulgar souls that live
May condemn without reprieve:
'Tis the noble who forgive,
Let it pass, let it pass
Echo not an angry wor',
Let it pass
Think how often you have erred,
Let it pass.
Since our joys must pass away,
Like the dewdrops on the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrows stay
Let them pass, let them pass
II for good you've taken IL,
Let it pass.
Oh, be kind and gentle still,
Let it pass.
Time at last makes all things stra' ght;
Let us not resent, but wait,
And our triumph shall be great,
Let it pass, let 1t pass.
Bid your anger to depart:
Let it pass.
Lay these homely words to heart,
Let it pass.
Follow not the giddy throne;
Therefore sing the cherry song,
Let it pass, let it pass.
Yet wheneer you can restrain,
Pass it not:
Kind words were never used i'll vain,
Pass them not.
Let not others injure you,
In deed nor word of interview:
Make them do right; speak kind nut true,
Then let it pass, and it will pass.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26
BEGINNING THE YEAR

With pure, rich, healthy blood, which
may be had by taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, you will not need to fear at
tacks of pneumonia, bronchitis, fevers,
colds or the grip. A few bottles Of
this great tonic and blood purifier,
taken now, will be your best protec-
tion againt spring humors, boils, erup-
tions, that tired feeling and serious ILL
ness, to which a weak and debilitated
system is especially liable in early
spring. Hoods Sarsaparilla eradi-
Gates from the blood all scrofula
taints, tones and strengthens the
stomach, cures dyspepsia, rheumatism,
catarrh and every ailment caused or
promoted by impure or depleted blood.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26

Wheclman-I believe I'll give up
bicycling. am as careful as can be,
but every now and then some accident
happens. This is the second time I've
been arrested and fined for running in
to people. Businessman-lll IL tell you
how to manage. just get job as a
bill collector Everybody will dodge
YOU then
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26

Censure is the tax man pays to
the public for being eminent.
1t is miserable thing to live in sus-
pense, it is the life of a spider.
If a man makes me keep my dis
tance the comfort is he keeps his.
Complaint is the largest tribute
heaven receives-the sincerest part of
our devotion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26

What an absurd thing it is to pass
over the valuable parts of a man, and
fix our attentions to his inGrmiticS.
Daily camera., 1900-11-23
ONE PARcY WILL sUFFICE.

Brother Vincent insists upon main.
tainlng the Peoples party Organization
for the purpose of keeping the Demo.
cratic party straight Well. it isn't much
of an affair to maintain now. At the
recent election in this county on straight
ballots the Democrat polled one bun.
dred votes to the Peoples party ten.
The fact is. that all Bryan people have
come to recognize his party as safe and
sure for the reforms demanded at Omaha
Kansas City and Chicago IN 1892, 1896
and 1910, apd are through with the at.
tempt to maintain party Of protest" :"
such as was the honorable intent of the
founders of the Peoples party. The
party's mission has been accomplished
and its leaders, such as Mr. Vincent. can
serve no good purpose by attempts TO
keep it alive. The rank and file are
Democrats now and the most ardent
Popuiist of 1893 will be the most strenu
Gus opponent of fusion in the future. A
single party in the west can accomplish
wonders. 1t can name better tickets
than are named under fusion arrange
ments. What is wanted is homeogen.
Gus organization embracing all Demo
Gratis, Populists and Silver Republicans
within one organization