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Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Big Streak of Lead Ore.

From all reports the Big Five federation
has cut strong vein of galena ore in the
west drift of the Edgar. 1t is one of the
best yet found in driving on the adit and
a gentleman who saw the vein states that
the lead ore is fully five inches in width
in the smelling streak and that there is a
good showing of mill dirt on the foot
wall of the vein. From what can be
ascertained the proposition is worth about
$Ioo to the ton and is getting better as
distance is attained.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Humboldt Hill.

The Gold and Silver Coin is still doing
contract work in cross-cutting for a new
ore body.
John Lewis of Ward, is furnishing the
wood for firing the boiler to run the Hum.
boldt mill
Raymond Smith and James Chamber
lin have taken trip to Chicago lake on
their donkeys
The summerites at Cloudhurst are hav-
ing delightful times riding donkeys over
the hills and shooting at targets.
The Burns-Moore company is now put
ting in fan to blow the mountain air
into their tunnel for the comfort of their
work men.
Col. Joe Boyd has finished the founda-
ton for his new power house at the Silver
Horn on Ute creek, and is now erecting
the building.
The new two story dwelling house for
the Humboldt is now enclosed and will
soon be finished. The work is being done
by A. Rickerson and ]. B. Morsden of
Idaho Springs
The Humboldt mill is now running at
full blast, and when the first cleanup is
made there will be pretty good indica-
ton as to how much gold is contained in
the rock from the lower Humboldt tun-
mel.
In your last issue Typographical error
crept into the name of the new summer
resort located on Ute creek near the
famous Humboldt mine. The in the
word should have been an H, making
the name Cloudhurst instead of Cloud
burst.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28

stock. He has also been appointed the
official agent of the company in the east.
"The Argus Mines and Tunnel COM
pany was organized January ~ last. Mr..
Saylor had with him samples of the gold
bearing rock and it was interesting to see
the bright particles of gold which dotted
through it.
For several days past rich ore has been
encountered. This showing is all the
more remarkable when it is taken into
consideration that the tunnel has been
cut only 200 feet, while the vein was cut
at $50 feet and shows no amount of depth
Work is being pushed on the mines as rap
idly as possible. The assays on the strike
give four ounces in gold and twenty
ounces in silver.
'Mr. Saylor has been giving his atten-
ton to mining for several years past and
he is being congratulated by his friends
on his securing connection with this
promising company"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Pennsylvania Pleased.

The following from the Pottstown,
Penn. Daily News speaks well for one of
the, most promising of the tunnel propo-
sitions in the Idaho Springs district;
ga. R. Saylor, of Royersford, returned
last evening from idaho Springs, Colo,
where he had spent the past two weeks
investigating the gold mines of the Argus
Mines and Tunnel company, which are
located at that place. Mr.. Saylor was in
Pottstown last evening and in speaking
of his trip he said that he had gone to
Colorado to make a personal investiga-
ton of the mines. He spent three days
on the property and he had visited every
portion of the workings. He had found
that the mines were yielding more gold
than he had anticipated. The company
owns twenty-five claims. Before return
ing home Mr.. Saylor succeeded in pur-
chasing large number of shares of the
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Colorado Oregon In Good Shape.

ID. B. Davidson, of the Colorado Oregon
Mining comany, with headquarters at
Des Moisnes, Ia, arrived in the city this
week and will spend couple of weeks
here accompanied by his wife, and then
go on to the coast where they will spend
the summer amid the flowers and fruits
of California. Mr.. Davidson is eniovin q
good health but has put in rather a
strenuous year of it since his trip to this
place one year ago.
Mr.. Davidson is one of the most enter
prising business men in Iowa and is a
great believer in the future of the Idaho
Springs district and in Idaho Springs as a
business center. So much so that he has
invested heavily in the Colorado Oregon,
up Fall river, and is also interested in
business enterprises in this city. We un-
derstaud that the tunnel on the Colorado
Oregon is in nearly 500 feet and that
some good indications have presented
themselves. The company is just enter
ing its rich field where the apex of the
hill practically shows net work of veins
on the surface.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Comstock is a Producer.

Attorney Chas. J. Hughes, of Denver,
who is working bond and lease on the
Comstock. is losing no time in develop
ing the property, and already it gives
promise of becoming big producer Ore
is being taken out in the upper levels,
while sinking is being done to connect
with the lower levels, which had to be
abandoned on account of foul air. The
main shaft is down 400 feet, and before
the Newbouse tunnel was driven it was
necessary to keep pumps at work in order
to hand e the water. Two shafts are em-
ployed and as soon as the preliminary
work is finished, the force will be in
creased.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Gives the Wrong Impression.

A Denver paper this week contains a
dispatch from Cripple Greek to the effect
that E. w. Redding had been sued for a
debt of $Ioo. Inquiry furnishes the proof
that it is not the E. w. Redding so we'll
and favorably known in this district and
who is the manager of the Occidental
Development company. We make this
note, as we always do in such cases. so
the confusion in names may not work an
injustice to an innocent man who pays
his debts and attends to his business in a
business like manner.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Other Matters of Interest.

R. c. Bonney and Others have purchas-
ed the interest held by D. c. Roberts in
the Extension and J. A. lodes of the
Quito vein. The company now has a
group of forty claims.
The able management of the Gold
Cord company has issued its monthly re-
port and the financial affairs of the COM
pany are found to be in hourishing con-
dition. There still remains in the treas
ury I,II6,737 shares of stock which re-
main unsold. The five foot ore chute
which was uncovered short time ago is
producing ten tons of mill dirt per day.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28

For some time the report has been in cir
culation that the property of the Spring
Gulch Gold Mining Co. intended to do an
enormous amount of work in very short
time. We now understand that all details
have recently been completed and plans per
fected for the complete development of the
entire group.
There can be no doubt as to the success
of the company. 1t is only matter of a
few months until another big producer will
will have been added to the long list which
are already so well known.
That the Spring Gulch district is rapidly
forging to the front, no one doubts for a
single moment The Fraction is steadily in
creasing its output of high grade smelling
ore, and has large bodies of mill dirt. The
Liberator is pushing its cross-cut which is
now in over fifty feet During the week
just coming to close the Metropolitan has
placed a new plant on its group. This prop
erty is so far advanced in development that
it promises to shortly become one of the big
shippers of the district.
There are many other properties in close
proximity that are working in more or less
advanced stages of development.
The promoters are to be congratulated.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Typo Is Reaching Forward.

The Typo tnnnel which is being driven
through Santa Fe mountain from the
Soda creek side, is now in about fifty
feet, is well tlmbered and Manager Hoban
states that from present indications a
vein should be cut before another twenty
five feet has been driven. This is the
company that was organized by pool of
union printers in Denver and will be
pushed as there is plenty of capital be-
hind the enterprise to make it success.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
MINING IS
BECOMING
A PAYER
Opening Of New Properties and Progress of
Old Ones is Encouraging.

''If every man who comes to Idaho
Springs could see what l have seen, "
said Dan Mason, of Minneapolis, inter
ested in the Golden Hecla company,
"they would not doubt the future of the
district for one moment. l have been
through several of the tunnels of the dis
trict and the mans gers have shown me
every possible courtesy knowing that l
would say nothing about the number of
veins in sight and matters of that kind,
In one of the big tunnels l saw veins that
would surprise some of the people and
will surprise them when they begin to
produce.
ga man must see all these things for
himself to realize what the future of the
district will really be. AS fast as these
great propositions begin to produce the
supply of ore will be augmented to such
an extent that those who are familiar
with the production of the present will
wonder how the increase could have been
so remarkable. 1t is true that the people
here do not realize the amount of devel-
-opment work that is being done and the
great producing veins that are being
opened up. The time is not far distant
when the production record of the district
can be nearly doubled with one big enter
prise that have seen the veins with my
own eyes. I suppose there are many in
the same way. The Idaho Springs dis
trict will prove a wonder before another
five years has passed. 1t is in its infancy
now but there is great volume of capital
coming in to make it what it should be
and the people should always encourage
capital where it is possible to do so''
Mr.. Mason expresses the views of
every one familiar with the work being
done in the district. Many of the big
propositions are in the hands of people
who have plenty of capital behind them
and are saying nothing when they cut
the big veins. The time is not far dis
tant, however, when the production must
tell the story and then the Idaho Springs
district will prosper as it never has before.
Development work at the present time
indicates that the future will be excep-
tionally bright for the district. At the
present time it could not be better. The
people of Idaho Springs have reason for
congratulation and no reason for COM
plant.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28

The above is reproduction from the New
Years edition of the Denver Republican,
being one of the four selected for illustration
as representative properties in their last
annual write-up of the camp The cut shows
one of the group owned by the Spring Gulch
Gold Mining Co., which lies in one of the
best known and most productive localities,
joining the Stanley, Cardigan Gladstone,
Lincoln and other noted producers on the
east, Immediately above the Byron, and con-
meeting with the Fraction and the Kitty
Clyde on the west
To date only systematic development has
been attempted, the shaft having reached a
depth of $50 feet and 275 feet of levels.
The property is we'll known as of an excep.
tionally high grade with good bodies of ore
everywhere in evidence, carrying gold, sill
yer, lead and copper.
This property is one of the best equipped
in the entire district. The latest improved
machinery has been installed for the sue
cessful working of the great bodies of ore
that have, and in the future, are sure to be
encountered in very short time All the
equipment is new and thoroughly up-to-
date, and has been so arranged that only
the best possible results are obtained.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
TORPEDO
is MAKING
A SHOWING
Idaho Springs Gold Producing Company I'm
covers Remarkably Rich Vein.

Idaho SprfngS Ooid producing company On-
covers Remarkably Rich Vein.
Manager Marshall of the Idaho Springs
Gold Producing company, is the father of
another rich strike in the Torpedo this
week. The samples brought out show
plenty of the ruby and those familiar
with the character of the ore insist that it
will run as high as 500 to the ton.
The Torpedo and Sky Rocket, both
properties of the company mentioned,
have produced some rich showings of free
gold but the vein at the present time
would indicate that the boys had reached
the metal that would keep ;hem drilling
and shipping. The streak of rich stuff is
about four inches in width aud possesses
mill dirt that will carry good values,
making the total width of the vein better
than two feet.
This property is located up Spring
Gulch where some of the richest ore of
the district has been taken out. 1t is not
far from the Fraction and other big prop
critics that have been shipping regularly
for the past year.
"Of course 1 know that it is rich stuff
from its appearance" said Manager Mar
shall this week, "and they tell me that it
will run better than $Ioo to the ton. 1
have not had an assay made because we
are developing the find a little. AS de-
velopment progresses the vein appears to
be getting better and before long may
be able to get some sort of a line on the
values contained in the vein."
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Drift on Tropic Being Raised.

The west drift on the Tropic on Seaton
mountain is being raised. When the
work has been accomplished, it will con-
meet the shaft with the old workings from
which large bodies of ore were taken out
in days gone by The tunnel is in about
1000 feet, and with an upraise in the shaft
of so feet, good air will be obtained.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28
Soda Creek Districts Progress.

One of the remarkable features of the
season, so far, is the amount of develop
ment work that has been done in the
Soda Creek section and the rich results
that have followed the work. The record
of the past three months has brought the
old district again to the front most prom
inently and several big strikes have been
reported in the vicinity of the old Lex
ington. The Typo tunnel, which has
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-28

been started through Santa Fe mountain
will uncover big veins in its course of de
velopment and practically cross cuts all
the extensions of properties where rich
mineral has been found but where litiga-
tion or lack of capital has prevented ex-
tensive operation of properties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
Removal Prom hawthorn.
HETTIE GREEN'S HUSBAND
WAS A SELF-MADE MAN

''Hctty Green's husband has been
for many years the chief claim To
fame of Edward VI. Green, who died
in Vermont last week. but at one
time he amounted to great deal on
mis- own account.
Green was a self made man. He
was born in Vermont. but early in
life left that state to seek his for
tune. He found it at Manila, the
capital of the Philippines. He resid-
ed i'm that city for seventeen years.
and left IL with a million dollars. lie
then settled i'm New York where he
engaged in Wall street spccuIations,
at first with considerable success.
Hetty Green WIS at that time Miss
Harriet H. Robinson. a social belle
and woman Of striking personality
and beauty. She was even then re-
puted to bc worth something like
s1O,OOO.0OO. Naturally she had scores
of suitors. Green entered the lists
and carried off the prize. lie was
then a handsome man and apparently
destined to become y very successful
one. At the time of their marriage
his wife was 80 years old; he was a
few years her senior. But she had
already developed those business
traits which have since made her ia
nous.
Before their marriage an ante
nuptiaI agreement was duly signed
and sealed. BY this contract Mr..
Green agreed that his wife's fortune
should not be liable for his debts and
obligations or for any of their joint
Expenses. In other words. he agreed
to support his wife the same as
though she were without means of
her own.
For some time after their mar
riage the Greens lived in London.
where their two children. a boy and
"a girl, were born. but i'm 1872 they
returned TO New York.
Mr. Green was reputcd to be q
shrewd and Ievel-hcaded financier. but
Mrs. Green early proved herself the
better financier of the two. He lost
his fortune; she doubled and trcbled
hers. He disappeared from the
world of finance. They lived apart
for a long time. hut when Mr.. Green's
health failed his wife devoted much
time to nursing him.
Mrs. Green once said. that nature
intended her for a nurse. but circum-
stances made her a financier.
She has been devoted attendant
at her husbands bedside in his last
illness.
Mrs. Hetty Green. widow of the
man who has just died, is probably
the richest woman in the world. Her
private fortune * estimated at
more than SjO,OOO.OOO. The two
Green children were reared different
~. perhaps. from those of any other
millionaire couple in America. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
KENNEDY SAYS HE rs TOO
SMOOTH FOR SIXTH WARDERS

Bill Kennedy is reported to he
laughing up his sleeve ut the rcpub-
Leans of the Sixth ward who cndeav-
orcd Ia have some one else nominated
ON their aldcrmanic ticket this
spring. He boasts that he is too
smooth for the commonerS of his par
y up that way and that ne will show
them how Ia turn the-trick ON cleo
tion day as he did AT the primary.
But there are those i'm his party
who say they have stood for his fine
work about as long as they intend do
ing. and propose to teach him Il les
son by turning him down at the polls,
feeling that they can do so with cred
il to the ward if they choose instead
Charles {. Wilson, the democratic
nominee, and at the same time put
Kennedy out of the way as a mayor
atty possibility.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
The Prudentiars Annual statement.

No other life insurance company
whose age is the same as the Pru.
dential's has ever made such an in
crease i'm its business in any one
year as has been shown by the Pru-
Dental Insurance Company of Amer
lea for the year. 1901. Over S273,000,-
900 of life insurance was written and
placed, making the total amount of
insurance in force over S70J, 000.000
Big increases are shown in the
amount paid TO policy-holders; in
the assets of the company; in the
yearly income; and in the surplus of
assets over liabilities.
Altogether, the first year of the
new century was a most successful
one for the Prudential. 1t is quite
clear that such results have been
achieved only by the most vigilant
management and the most upright
and honorable business methods in
carrying out tie work of providing
life insurance protection for the peo-
pie Write TO thr home office of the
company. Newark. y. J., for informa-
ton concerning it's policies. which
furnish guaranteed protection 10 the
family. as well as dividends to the
policy-holdcr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25

son f. II. II. Green, was put into a
railway freight Office at PIainfield,
y. j., while still in his teens. and
worked at common labor as freight
handler. But that was not because
his mother was stingy. She never
was with him. 1t was her method of
fitting him for his life work.
When he was 81 she practically
presented to him an entire railway
system in Texas. There he has be-
come n man of large affairs and a
politician of considerable note. He
is a republican national committee
man of the state. Mrs. Green herself
says her sympathy is with the dem
ocratic party.
Miss Sylvia Green. the daughter. is
a modest, unassuming young woman.
who has gone little into society. She
has been bothered considerably by
titled fortune hunters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
Smallpox situation.

To prevent the spreading of small
paN in Carbon Cliff strict quarau-
tine is being maintained. Sunday or
ders were issued TO prevent the hold
ing of services at the church and yes
terday they closed the public school.
This school has two rooms and there
are about 100 pupils being kept out
of school. As yet they have made no
discovery of any. more eases.
The ease at the WATERFOWL insane
hospital is also doing well and every
precaution is being taken to prevent
any more cases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
The Retail Merchants.

The Retail Merchants association
held its regular monthly meeting last
evening at the quarters i'm the Mitch
ell & Lynde building. The attendance
being small. nothing outside of the
ordinary business was transacted and
the remaining time was spent i'm dis
GUESSING plans for some sort of en-
tertainment to bc held every three
months which would stimulate more
interest in the work being done by
the association among members, and
which would bring them to the meet
ingS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
MORE TAX COLLECTORS
REPORT TO TREASURER

j. w. Gordon. tax collector of Rur-
al, reports to County Treasurer II. f.
Cox as follows: Amount charged.
Ss,S40.22; collected, $s,S2O.27; delin-
quent, S19.95: commission. $1,000;
balance due, SS.643.S7.
The books of Joe Watson. of Drury.
shows: Amount charged. $7.517.25;
collected, $6.46O.4S; delinquent. ST.
O56.77: commission, $129.2O; balance
due, S6.337.25.
II. T.. Bruner, of Edgington. re-
ports: Amount charged. S12. O39. 50:
collected. S11,614.22; delinquent,
$225.6O; commission, $236.2S; balance
due, $11. 57794.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25

In the winter of 1895 and 1899 J
was taken down with a severe attacl
of what is called In grippe" says +
l.. Hewett, a prominent druggist o1
Winfield, Ill. The only medicine
used was two bottles of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. 1t broke up tho
cold and stopped the coughing like
magic, and ! have never since beer
troubled with grippe. Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy can always he
depended upon to break up a sever,
cold and ward off any threatened at
tack of pneumonia. 1t is pleasant to
take, too. which makes it the most
desirable and one of the most popu
lar preparations i'm use for these all
mcnts. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
Notice of Awarding contracts.

Notice is hereby given that the con
tract for the excavation, curbing
with stone and paving with brick of
21st street, i'm the city of Rock Is
land, from the south line of Sd ave
nue. to the north line of 10th avenue,
was awarded by this board at its
meeting had Wednesday,, March 18th,
1902, to the Tri-City Construction
Company of Davenport, Iowa. The
said company being the lowest bidder
for the work proposed in said i'm
provement. Their bid being
Paving No. Galesburg brick $1.31
per square, curbing 45c per lineal
foot. Resetting old curbing Sc per
lineaI foot. Catch basins $500 each.
Connection tile. 12-inch. 35c per
lineal foot. Excess grading 26c per
cubic yard.
Rock Island, Ills, March IA, 1902.
Board of Local improvements.
BY Il. +. Knox, President.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
TORRANCE IN LINE
National Commander to Be in
Grand Army Encamp-
ment Parade.
WILL BE HERE THE SECOND DAY
Full Attendance Desired at Execu.
tive Committee
Meeting.

Everything seems coming ON i'm fine
shape for the Grand Army encamp-
ment here in May, the executive com
mittee Just having word from Gen.
Ell Torrance, the national command
CT, that he will not only be here for
the big meeting, but has succeeded
i'm SO arranging his dates that he will
reach the city in the morning of the
second day in time to participate in
the parade.
This is welcome bit of news. as
Gen. Torrance is popular among the
veterans of the country, and all those
who will be gathered in the city will
be glad 10 see him lined up with the
boys he fought alongside so years
ago.
Hon. Samuel Alschuler. of Aurora
has notified the local committee of
his acceptance of the invitation to
attend the encampment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
Tax Notice.

Taxes for the year 1901 are now
due. Parties having personal taxes
and no real estate will please make
immediate payment. The statutes in
regard to payment of personal taxes
are exacting and the law will be
strictly enforced if the personal
tax, is not paid within a reasonable
time. Office with S. S. Hull, room
Is, Mitchell & Lynde building.
WILLIAM j. ZEIS,
Township Collector.