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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
FERGUS COUNTY MINES
Cyanide
ARE ALL LOOKING WELL

We have practically unlimited quanti-
ties of low grade ore. which has only
awaited some process of extraction to
make it immensely valuable. Most of
the ores of our part of the country will
not even show a color in panning; cy-
anide is the only way to work Them"
Mr.. Hobson was one of the original
owners of the Yogo sapphire mines in
Fergus county and grub-staked the men
who located the first claim. He carries
a beautiful stone Weighing nearly three
carrots ora of the lot that took the grand
prize at the Paris exposition. and was
the only eXhihI from Montana that
took a similar prize.
The mines are at present controlled
by English capitalists" says he. and
the product is all sold in London. No
where else in the world are there found
as perfect stones as in Fergus county.
Larger ones are found elsewhere, but
they are not such beautiful blue.
There is nothing found here but blue.
except an occasional one with ruby
tnge.
The formation In which the sapphires
are found is absolutely unique. Else
where they are found in the beds of
streams OF lakes, scattered in loose
gravel. Here they are in solid lead,
like the Kimberly diamond formation
in lime cemented conglomerate that
hardens as it goes down. The shaft Of
the mine is down 12O feet at one place.
The ore. if such it may be called, is
brought to the surface and allowed to
air slack, when the product is treated.
The mines are turning out good many
stones and about so men are employed
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
The Lake Superior Ore Docks.

When the only method of TRANSPORTING
ore from the mines to the docks was by
means Of wagons, four OF FIVE miles was
about as far as it was practicable -
bring the ore. Now it is transporte /
over a hundred miles from the Minnesota
mines to the lake ports. When these
great ore trains arrive at the port the
are run out on the dock and the ore
dropped out through the bottom of the
car into the pockets of the ore docks
whence it IS af.erward let out through
chutes into The vessels These docks
have been constructed at an immens
expense, and with these, as we'll as with
the other labor-saving DE- vices, every
improvement possible has keen made to
save running expense. II is said tina,
tfese docks have an aggre gate length
Of over five miles and a storage capacity
OF $4,000 tons, one single dock being
$500 feet long, with ity of 81 Coo
tons.
With the present dock equipment a
vessel of 5000 to 5000 tons can be loa led
in three or four hours. It is no unc om
mon occurrence to load boat of 2yye
tons of ore in one and half hours THE
dock at Duluth cost $425,OoO. Fifty years
ago the ore was dumped from the wagon
Llcr piles along the wharf When a
'essel came in to load an army of mcn
we've put to work shoveling the ore into
WteelbarrOws, Whee, ng It along plank
runs out onto the vessel, and dumping
1t into the hold. 1t then required e
men working 10 hours per day 10 days
to load vessel of 1000 tons, at a cost
of 40 cents per ton. Now vessel five
times as large can be loaded in two OF
three hours, at SO small cost that it is
hardly worth neutrality-suspicious.
Magazine.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
INSPECTED PONY PROSPECTS
Work Of Development at the Chile on
Sand Creek Very Salts
factory

John H. Farmer arrived in the city
Monday and in company with William
Phillpot Of Butte, representing the Mon
tana Mining company, looked over the
Bozeman group Of mines on Mineral
Hill; also Mayor Duncans group of
mines in Norwegian Gulch, says the
Pony Sentinel. Mr. Phillpot returned to
Butte Tuesday. Mr.. Farmer expects to
survey the Bozeman group for Mr.. Nc
kitrick in the near future.
William j. Schubert. secretary of the
Milwaukee, Montana Mining company
operating the Chile mine at Sand Creek,
and Lynn j. Browning. superintendent
OF the Chile. We're in town Saturday
looking over the camp. They report
progress at the Chile as very satisfac-
tory and sinking on the shaft as pro-
crossing rapidly.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
MINES AND MINING. ;==~IN THE NORTHWEST

Richard Peel and w. b. Wright
shipped nearly fifteen tons Of high-grade
ore from the Elfeda mine Wednesday
to the smelter at East Helena. This mine
for the past two years has been a steady
producer Of the precious metal, as rega,-
lar shipments have been made.
The Wisconsin placer diggings, smear
Sheridan. have shut down. The reason
for the suspension Of operations - said
to be because the fiume needs repairs
that will take up nearly all of theatime
the water will last this season, and as
the operators have but short aease,
they cannot see their way clear to make
short run they have cleaned about 2, 900
yards of bedrock, which paid them 20
cents per yard. 1t is said that as the
work goes on the ground gets better
and that if properly handled would yield
rich returns.
Messrs. Raber and Strobeck have
keynote mine in Georgia gulch, near
cut 4nnel with which they expect to tap
the vein at a good depth. The ground
is believed to be good and will undoub--
years Pritchett & Eastridge have taken
out several carloads of high-gra lc
galena ore from the east end, which
they have held under lease. The ore
still continues to be Of good size, ana
may furnish as much more ore as it has
already produced. The new lessees have
reason for thinking they have a good
thing ahead Of them. and will push work
to finish. The Keynote is the pre- srrty
of H D. ROSSiter Of sheridan
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
A Wholesale Anront.

Farmer Stackpole-I guess Cap'n
Hooks. the postmaster at the village, is
dead sure he is goin' to hold his position
durin' the next four years.
Farmer Honk-What makes you think
SO, Eli?
Farmer Stackpole-Wa-al. I noticed
this afternoon that he's just had the
front of the buildin' reprinted and has
stuck up a placard sayin': This paint
is fresh and sticky. Everybody please
feel of it and convince yourselves
Puck.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
Lucky to Have Boots.

During the civil war the captain of
company of Tennessee mountaineers
who were in the federal service ran
across an old acquaintance. He urged
him to enlist in the United States
army, but the mountain dweller shook
his head doubtfully. Finally he said:
II don't like the beds you give fellers
to sleep in in the army. They haven't
them" -
This was the long way the mountain
eer took to tell his friend that he did
not like to sleep on the ground.-chi-
cago News
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
THE SEVEN DEVILS COUNTRY
A. J. Schumacher Visits It, But Re-
turns Without Investing in
Mines There

A. J. Schumacher, for many years con-
nected with the Parrot Mining & Smelt-
ing company, is back from trip to the
Seven Devils country of Idaho, where he
went about ten days ago to examine
some mining ground which it was claim
ed gave promise of becoming something
more than prospective. Mr.. Schumacher
says he did not see anything in which
he desired to invest. There is large
contact vein in one part Of the district
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
Boring Into the Madisouian.

James 7. Meagher, a we'll known dia-
mond drill expert from Butte, has been
engaged to superintend the exploration
of the Madisonian mine from the 400
foot level, says the Alder Gulch Times.
About 30 men are at present employed
at the mine, and work is progressing
quite satisfactorily under the efficient
management of Superintendent Trerise.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
Mined in Idaho and California.

Gilbert Durand, who left Butte sew
eral years ago. has returned and con-
templates doing a little mining here.
During his absence he mined in Idaho
and California. He says the mining
business in his part of the latter state is
good at present, interest in the search
for mineral being just as keen as of old.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30
TALL CORN

doesn't come by accident. A
fertile soil and careful cultiva-
ton are necessary to produce
the towering stems and heavy
ears.
Yet the farmer who under
stands that he can't have .
healthy corn crop without
feeding and wedding, seems
to think that he can have a
healthy body without either
care or culture. But the body
is built up just as the corn is,
by the assimilation of the
several chemical elements on
which vitality depends. And
what weeds are to the corn,
diseases of the stomach and
nutritive systems are to the
body they divert the neces-
sary food supply from the
proper channels, and the
body becomes lean, sickly
and ill-nourished.
The proper digestion and
assimilation of food is a pri.
mary essential of health. BY
healing diseases of the stom-
ach and organs of digestionand
nutrition, DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery increases
the digestive and assimilatiye
powers, stimulates the action
of the blood making glands,
and sends to every organ of the
body the rich red-corpuscled
blood on which physical vigor
and vitality depend.
NJ took two bottles of Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, for stomach trouble,n writes
Clarence Carues, ESQ, Of Tayiors-
town, Loudoun Co, Va. mlt did
me SO much good that I didn't
take any more. can eat most
anything now. l am 50 well
pleased with it I hardly know how
to thank you for your kind infor.
nation. tried a whole lot OF
things before / wrote to you.
There was a gentleman told me
about your medicine, how it had
cured his wife. l thought would
try q bottle Of il. Am now glad
that did, for don't know what
] would have done If it had mot
been for DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ieal Discovery"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
regulate the bowels and cure
constipation.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-30

that crops In various places and makes
splendid surface showing. The deepest
shaft Is on the Blue Jacket. 1t is 400
feet. The property contains good ore and
the owners are arranging to build a
smelter with which to treat It,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22
FARM AND GARDEN INTERESTS

phyical and IN constitution of the
materials used in the construction of roads
Importance of good roads 10 the prog
ress OF agriculture is universally admitted
and the secretary of agriculture has lately
established in the division of chemistry a
road material laboratory. The object OF
this work is to determine, by careful chem
ical and physical tests. the compositions or
the materials best suited TO the manufac-
ture of good roads. The exhibit consists
of the road material en- bloc. together with
the results of artificial attrition. The fine
dust obtained by this process is modelled
into cubes under great pressure, and then
subjected to the blows of a small hammer
until disintegrated. The cubes of these
materials are exhibited together with the
fragments obtained by their disaggregation
under blows of a given magnitude. The
chemical composition of these materials is
also carefully studied and shown in appro-
pirate tables.
From all these experiments the coefhcient
OF wear is calculated, thus showing the
utility OF the material in question for the
construction of a durable road. II is be-
lieved that this exhibit is unique in charac-
ter, and not only of great interest to those
who believe in good roads. but also attrac-
tive and instructive to the public at large.
This division is under the general direc-
ton of DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. a scientist
of international reputation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22
Farmers Stacking Wheat.

Minneapolis Journal.
Traffic men have advices tina the farm
ers Of the Northwest will stack their wheat
to a greater extent this year and thresh
from the shock less. This means, they be-
lieve. that the early movement of wheat
will not be so great. making the trans
portation problem easier than in other
years when the Northwest has been IA
vored with a reasonably large crop oil
wheat.
1t is the experience of railroad men thai
as a community grows more prosperous am
independent its farmers do less of the early
hurrying OF wheat 10 market that char
acterizes the newer countries. Minnesota
wheat raisers for the past few years have
gone about getting their wheat to market
in a leisurely way. Some OF the North
western roads for several years have had
their first large receipts from North Da-
kota. But 1t is expected that North Dakota
will do less early threshing than usual this
year.
The collector heretofore has been one OF
the most urgent factors in the early thresh-
ing habit since the Northwest began to be
largely peopled. He has wanted his money
early, and the farmer. TO accommodate him.
has put the thresher to work and sent the
grain to market at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Most of the roads have new equipment
ordered, which will be delivered in Septem-
Der and October. to aid in handling the crop.
All of the roads have been nursing their
cars back into this territory for several
weeks past. General Freight Agent Martin.
of the 500; looks for a lively business this
fall, but does not think the danger of a
car famine is worth considering.
Several of the roads during the past few
weeks have brought considerable old wheat
to Minneapolis. Many of the farmers, now
that a good crop Is i'm sight. are shipping
the odd lots of old wheat they nave had on
hand. The numerous shipments show the
frugality of the Northwestern farmer. HI
holds to enough old wheat TO furnish bread
and seed until he sees the new crop as
Sured
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22
Sow More Turnfps.
Indiana Farmer.

Indiana Farmer.
Seeing that potatoes are almost a failure
and are bringing from s. TO - a bushel i'm
this market already. we concluded il would
be wise 10 put I'm an extra lot OF tur-
nips. and accordingly have bought two
pounds of seed. intending to plant an acre
after the next rain. W. i. Brown says
il il a mistake TO SOW turnip seed before
a shower. The sun bakes a crust over
the ground and the little plants cannot
break through. and If they 40 they will
nave a mass of weeds 10 contend with.
whereas if planted after the rain they come
up without hindrance and get the start OF
the weeds. The ground, n IL has been in
some other crop during the EARLY summer
months. does not need 10 be broken again
with the plow. only A Ugh stirring up
with the harrow or cultiyatOr X necessary.
The turnip needs a firm surface 20 grow
on. but a sprinkling Of stable manure will
help IL very much. Mr.. RrOwn, by the
way. has made the turnip one OF his most
profitable crops some seasons, considering
the small amount Of labor involved. He
has grown as many as 800 bushels per
acre. at a cost OF less than 3 cents A BASH
81. He SAYS he would be glad TO contract
them at - cents "A bushel ordinary years.
This year they will undoubtedly sell at
- cents or more. People will at them
instead of potatoes at s. a oushel. AT
any rate they are good stock feed. They
are not fattening in themselves. but they
Increase the appetite, promote digestion
AID thus aid In making milk or putting on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22

visible results. The object lesson of one
honest negro succeeding magniicently in
each community in some business or ndus-
try is worth a hundred abstract speeches in
securing opportunity for the race. In The
South. as in most parts Of the world, the
negro who does something and possesses
something is respected by both races. Use
fulness in the community where we live
will constitute our most lasting and potent
protection. We want TO learn the lesson of
small things and small beginnings. We
must not feel ourselves above the most
humble occupation or the simple humble
beginning. If our vision is clear. our will
strong. we will use the very obstacles that
often seem to beset us as stepping stones
to a higher and more useful life"
Addresses were also made by Giles D..
Jackson and w. l.. Taylor, OF Richmond,
Va: j. A. Wilson. Kansas City, Mo, and
Theodore w. Jones. Of chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22
Cholera Cure for Hogs and Poultry.

A correspondent of the Farm Journal
sends that paper what he claims is a sure
cholera cure, whether in hogs or poultry.
Considering the Importance of the matter
we reprint it, and hope il will prove as val
liable TO our readers as is claimed il has
for others:
Take two ounces pulverized capsicum:
two ounces pulverized asafetida; one ounce
pulverized rhubarb; four ounces carbonate
of iron; six ounces Spanish brown; two
ounces flour of sulphur. mix thoroughly
and put up in alright packages or vessels,
and keep for use.
For hog cholera. put half a pound in
twenty quarts Of meal or bran and feed
twice a day until all symptoms of cholera
disappear.
For chickens, put one tablespoonful i'm
two quarts OF meal and feed twice a day
until all symptoms OF the disease disap-
pear.
"A cure soon results with every fowl or
hog that Is able TO swallow the remedy:
but when a chicken will not eat. make a
pill OF the remedy about the size OF a
small pea and force IL down the patients
throat into the crop and a cure will surely
result. Ii is safe 10 repeat the dose two or
three times In a day.
This remedy given about once or twice
every fortnight will prevent cholera from
ever appearing amongst hogs or fowls. |
gave the recipe TO one of my neighbors.
and he Is now making money compromising
the remedy. putting IL up i'm packages and
selling II. He guarantees il TO cure I'm every
instance. and although he has been selling
il two years he say that he has never
yet received a complaint. lie will buy a
with cholera, and will cure every one OF
them"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22
ISLANDER DISASTER


VICTORIA, b. c. Aug. 21.-Mare Ne
routsOs, OF the Inflated steamer Islander,
this morning filed with Captain Gaudina,
local agent of the Dominion Marine and
Fisheries Department. a formal report OF
the disaster TO his vessel a week ago, on
which an inquiry will be held. The report
is probably a request for an inquiry and
contains no new details beyond giving the
exact spot the. ship went down and an esti-
mate of the loss Of life and the number
saved. He estimates the number of lost at
forty-twO and the number saved at 143.
An interesting story Is told by the cap
tain of the Juneau steamer Flossie, which
subsequently SuccOred the survivors. He
says the FlOssie passed over the same
water as that in which the Islander was
wrecked early in the afternoon preceding
the catrastroDhe. They were looking for
large bergs when suddenly they saw right
ahead "A low-lying one with its surface lit
tie more than flush with the surface of the
sea. The course of the FlOssie was altered
just in time TO save her from contact with
the submerged mountain. Hardly discern
ible i'm the day time, it would be absolutely
invisible at night. IL is the opinion of the
northern navigatOrS that the berg which
caused the destruction of the islander was
probably the same as seen by the officers
of the ElOSsie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22
COCHRAN NOT SNUBBED.
Capt. a. IL. Lee Did Not Decline to
shake the Orators Hand.

NEW YORK. Aug. 21.-Capt. Arthur II.
Lee, formerly military attache at the Brit
ish legation in Washington. who is in the
city, having arrived on the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse. when reminded of a
story from London that he had refused to
shake hands with w. Bourke Cochran
not decline to meet Mr.. Cochran, as has
been reported, but i could not refrain from
reminding him that l had heard him de-
liver a very eloquent address in Washing
ton at a prO-BOer meeting. That was all. >"
Captain Lee represented the British army
in the war in Cuba, and was present at the
battle of Santiago. He resigned from the
army awhile ago and entered Parliament.
so far as the military operations are
concerned" said he, 1.-The Boer war is
ended. The army is simply doing police
duty over there.
why did I leave the army? Well, 1 al
ways intended TO go into politics. 1 be-
lfeve that England and America should
have closer relations, and l think l can be
instrumental in bringing about that desir-
able result"
Captain Lee said he had come TO this
country purely on a pleasure trip. Mrs.
Lee accompanied him. They viii go to
the former home of Mrs. Lee in Winter
Harbor, Me. whence they will go to Wash
ington ito renew old acquaintance" Cap
tain Lee asked several questions about the
Shamrock and the Constitution. He ex-
poets to return to this city i'm time to see
the yacht races.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22
Evidence that the United states Was
Much Healthier Last Year
Than n Decade Ago.
IMPROVEMENT IN THIS CITY
IN 1890 THE RATE WAS f7.1. WHILE
IN 1900 1T WAS 1877.
Total Deaths in Indiana Put at 33'ooe
Corr parison with other states
Percentage of Registration.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-The Census
Bureau to-day made public the mortality
statistics for the year 1900. w. a. King,
chief Of the vital statistics division. says:
The most important feature of the re-
suits presented is found In the decrease
I'm the general death rate in the registra-
ton area Of is per 1000 population, a de-
crease of nearly IS per cent. and the de-
crease In the rates from the particular
diseases 10 which the general decrease is
due. The effect of the advances in medi-
cal science and sanitation and in the pre-
ventivs and restrictive measures enforced
by the health authorities is still more
strikingiy shown in the comparative rate
for the registration cities of the country
taken together.
I'm 1890 the death rate In 21 registration
cities of 5000 or more people was u per
1000; In 1900 the rate was 1876 per 1000. In
31 cities OF 5000 population and upward a
reduction of 204 per 1000. The average
age at death in 1890 was 81 years; i'm 1900
IL was 35.2 years. The total number of
deaths reported in 1900 was 1.039. 094; I'm 1880
IL was Sal 4l9. The increase was therefore
97,675. or 25.5 per cent. As the percentage
OF increase in the population was but a1
this indicates a more complete return OF
deaths than in 1900. In the nonreglstration
States no comparisons with 1890 are made"
The total deaths in the various States
and Territories for 1900 are as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22

Exposition Bulletin.

Exposition Bulletin.
An illustration of the beet sugar industry
of the United States is given. A large
map shows by shaded areas the parts of
the country best suited to the growth of
sugar beets with a high content of sugar.
This map also shows the locations of ex-
listing sugar factories. as well as the loca-
ions of those which are in process of
building or projected. The exhibit con-
sists of samples of products from the va
rious factories Of the United States. show
refined sugar. An illustration is also given
of the by-products used for cattle food and
the various forms in which the refuse of
the beet factories is employed for that pur-
pose. In conjunction with this exhibit is a
complete representation of all the appara-
tus employed for the analysis of beets for
determining their richness in sugar and for
the control OF the factory operations. This
exhibit is. to a certain extent. retrospect
i've. showing the different forms of appa-
ratus which have been employed from time
to time. II also contains all the latest i'm
provements i'm forms of laboratory appara-
tus and appliances for the study Of the
sugar beet.
Statistics in "A convenient tabular form
are shown representing the possibilities of
the industry and its present magnitude.
Photographs of all the leading beet sugar
factories are exhibited. Illustrating the
Methods of construction, field operations
and factory progress. There are at the
present time forty beet sugar factories in
the United States, representing Sl5.cc9.ooo OF
capital. and the output OF sugar annually Is
about 100. 900 tons. worth $40. ooo.0 900.
The third section OF the exhibit OF the
chemistry division Is illustrative Of the