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Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-05-19

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Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06
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Great McCIand Pioneer
nS The Richest of the District

smelling ore to ten of crude product.
Three-fourths of the value is gold
the remainder silver copper and lead.
Under the Osbiston regime the mill at
the mine saved about thirty per cent
of the values, the rest going out as
of vein matter is about one ton of
waste. The smelling ore and concen-
trates were subjected to SO per ton
freight charges, 81 for hauling to the
railway, and $17.25 for treatment. The
cost of powder was AZ cents a pound.
and everything else in the way of
supplies in like proportion. At present
under the improved methods practiced
the smelling charge on the same ore is
81 per ton, transportation by rail $1.50,
hauling less than 10 cents. while pow
der costs 13 cents. 1t cost the old
manager 5000 per day to handle the
water by pumping; with the McClel-
land tunnel completed it will cost moth
ing. They will then be able to mine
the ore and deliver it to the Colorado &
Southern railway for one-fifth of the
former cost. The company owns 119
claims, eighty-seven of which are pat
ented, the others in process of patent
ing. It is estimated that when the tun-
mel is finished and. the various inter
otNttd NCAhS dAG ldlily ODtHtu IBlS
company will be in a position to pro-
duce more mineral than the entire
county of Clear Creek is producing at
this time. The whole modus operandi
is automatic. every detail of good,
practicable economics for cost saving
being arranged for. The known ore
body in the Freeland property said
Mr.. McCleland, lis 1900 feet in length
If it continues down to the tunnel lev
el, carrying like values, ii will be one
OF the greatest mines in the world
During the many years of idleness the
workings filled with water to within
fifty to $50 feet of the surface accord
ing to the contour of the surface. The
present management will be able to
save from eighty-five to ninety-five. per
cent. of the values, instead of thirty
per cent. which was about the limit
of former recovery" Any one can see
what this implies.
In looking over this proposition
with reference to its possibilities. it
seemed to me that nothing but a pro
longed suspension of effort could pre-
vent its becoming under capable direc-
tion one of the very great gold mines
of the West. All the external condi-
tions are splendid. Mr.. McClelland is
tireless worker, his lines are well de-
vised, the plan of engineering all that
could be desired. Within a year from
this date, If no serious interruption oe-
ours he will be able to show his asso-
ciates substantial rewards for their
faith. To my mind, it is one Of the
greatest and most promising mining
ventures in all Colorado. subject to the
lines of development it will then enter
upon, comprising in its expansive ag-
gregation of territory almost mex
haustible quantities of mineral that
can be worked at profit"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06

In the period mentioned the only
values recoverable were secured by
panning and sluicing the free gold
from the highly oxidized surface
quartz. Assayers and smelters were
unknown; the only mill in the entire
region was on Spanish Bar, which ran
from time to time. according to the
supply of ore AS a matter of fact. the
only paying lode mines in Clear Creek
county were at Empire. The total pop
ulation of the county did not exceed
500; there was only one woman on the
Bar and she was a jewel. 1t is a far
cry from the scenes thus briefly recit-
ed to the spectacle now presented, for
ty-two years later Meanwhile, various
chapters of history have been written.
Israel Stats and his contemporaries
grubbed around for a while, but made
no material advances. By right of dis
covery under district laws, he claimed
200 lineal feet on the Freeland lode;
all other claims were 100 feet long, and
some hundreds were taken up. Some
years after, / don't remember the date,
John NJ. Dumont strolled up Trail Run
and eventually succeeded in grouping
together and finally consolidating the
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06

The tunnel, 9x11, double tracked,
furnished with an air conduit along
the roof and drainage flume beneath
the rails. has been driven 5000 feet
consequently it is three-ffths com
pleted. Along its course twelve dis
tinct and tolerably well defined lodes
have been cut, put none of them de
veloped. Mr.. McClelland says assays
show workable values in most of them
Three Leyner air drills are employed
and three shifts of miners are break
ing something over 200 feet per month.
1t is anticipated that the objective
point, which is the Freeland vein, will
be reached about the 1st of February,
1904. AS the tunnel intersects the sue
cessive veins belonging to the com
pany they will be drifted upon and ex-
plotted.
"The Freeland lode ranges between
three and ten feet in width; the aver
age value of the assorted smelling
product is $50 per ton net, and of the
concentrating or mill dirt $40 per ton,
often running much higher, say from
$40 to $50; concentrating from three
and half to four into one. The range
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06

could be made to yield good many
millions of profit to the shareholders.
Surveys showed that a tunnel a little
over 5000 feet in length would strike
the Freeland on its dip, and at depth
of 1850 feet below the deepest of the
old workings, which were 1,040 feet
deep. Then upon striking the vein his
men would drift upon it to the line of
the old shaft, upraise to it for ventila-
tion and to let out the water. That is
fine proposition. See the vast stop
ing ground it will open.
"On Thursday last | went up to see
what Mr.. McClelland was doing with
his well-conceived plan. The prospect
at the portal is inspiring. A broad,
slightly, undulating valley, traversed
by South Clear creek and alongside the
tracks of the Colorado & Southern;
short distance away the hamlet of Du-
mont, formerly Mill City. Near the
tunnels mouth the machinery, office
and storage buildings are thoroughly
constructed and neatly painted; great
dumping grounds also amply sufficient
for mill sites, the whole comprising
seventy acres; righ,s of way through
the territory penetrated by the tunnel
fully secured by patent; scenic gran
deur to delight the eye of an artist.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06

between 1880 and 1889 the mine, ac-
cording to the record. produced $780,
900 worth of ore, and the greatest
depth attained was only 600 feet.
ITO summarize Osbiston's career as
manager of the property in word-he
wrecked it; Mackey and his supporters
abandoned it 1.-THE workings filled with
water and the mills and smelters fell
into ruin. You can see the melancholy
remains to this day"
Then arose a man named George
e. McClelland of Idaho Springs, who,
realizing the value of the property and
what could be done with it under
proper system of development, set
about securing reorganization and re-
construction of this example of innocu-
Gus desuetude. The books containing
the record of production, mill and
smelter returns, expense accounts,
etc, gave him a comprehensive knowl-
edge of the actual value of the ores
that had been marketed and 1t was
excellent. Enlisting the aid of Boston
and Colorado capital, the property be-
ing under control, instead of trying to
regenerate the old workings, he pro-
ceeded to the town of Dumont, four
miles above Idaho Springs, an ideal
spot for extensive mining and milling
operations, and there started tunnel
for the purpose of cutting through the
mountain and striking all the veins
embraced in the Freeland at great
depths. IL he company organized for
this particular work bears the impos-
ing title of the Monarch, Mining, Mill
ing, Tunnel, Transportation and Power
Company. Inc Freeland Consolidated
Mines Company, separate but
auxiliary corporation, comprising the
same influences. entered into con
tract with the Monarch tunnel people,
whereby the tunnel projected by Mr..
McClelland and which bears his name.
was to permanently dram and venti-
late the property and transport its ore
for a period of ten years, through this
channel to the tracks of the Colorado
& Southern railroad at the portal
Here we have two corporations, coop
Grating as one for a common purpose
the drainage and development of one
of the finest mineral properties in the
state, the creation of power, the supply
of pure air, the transportation of ores,
the erection of reducing mills to re-
cover the values, etc. So much for
lne pdSlS- NoW lor tne WOlh lhdt mas
been accomplished by this indefatiga-
BILE promoter and manager.
''To begin with, George E. McClel-
land has had this project in view ever
since Osbiston left the Freeland At
ter getting the proposition in shape.
the result of long effort, he began his
tunnel, erected buildings and filled
them with the requisite machinery. If
in eight years, under such manage
ment as formerly controlled, the mines
could extract s3.350,000 from its re-
serves, he argued that under the pres
ent rates and right, engineering it
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06

many 100-foot claims into compact ter
ritory which represented the more valu-
able sections. This accomplished, he
sold it to a syndicate of California and
Nevada capitalists, headed by the late
lamented John w. Mackey. Frank F.
Osbiston, a personal friend of Mackey,
was placed in charge.
1t is unnecessary to go through the
details of Osbiston's management. Suf-
flee it, that having enormous wealth at
command, he spread himself with great
vigor and variety of expenditure. The
combination was developed on a grand
scale, exposing large quantities of ore.
He built mills and smelters which sig
nified no end of money. The mills
saved about thirty per cent. of the val
liable contents, the smelters a little
more, perhaps. leaving the balance in
the Stag and tailings dumps. Yet, not
withstanding this stupendous waste,
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06

edition of this character would
Clelland tunnel, which starts at
'nont, on Clear Creek, and is being
ZEN as rapidly as steam, power and
han energy can to take it into the
|ht Freeland section. The success of
great proposition has always been
| |herished thought in the mind of
| Irge E. McClelland, who is now in a
ftion where he can begin to note its
ton. And it is not a matter of
prise that Mr.. McClelland has cher
I'd the idea of a great tunnel to cut
Freeland section at a depth, be-
Sc with what might be termed al
|Bt surface workings, the Freeland
|perty has produced its millions.
etween the tunnel portal and the
eland vein, which is owned by his
bpany, one of the richest districts in
state is represented. 1t is the gen.
! comment in the district at the pres
time that Mr.. MeClelland has al
by uncovered exceptionally rich
les in a half dozen big veins. His
|erience in the district, however, in
btes TO him that with a proposition
well financed as his is. it is not nee
6ary to herald the glad tidings of
|ry strike to the people.
b connection with this big PROPOSE
b, we are going to tell the story as
b. Frank Hall, the veteran mining
or of the Denver Post, told it on
IL. in that paper. General Hall
Ilways interesting, always absolutely
|servative, and was a miner in this
| rict thirty-five or forty years ago.
knows every foot of ground
|ough which the tunnel will be driven
is in better position than any one
/ to tell the possibilities of this great
tertaking.
| he following is Mr.. Halls descrip-
b:
|It is the memory of a little, short
|ekily built, gnarly, fantastic figure
a prospector standing beside the
In cut of the Freeland mine, which
has just discovered in Trail Run dis
h, surrounded by a group of gulch
hers that had come up from Spanish
+, listening to the story of his re-
|rkable find, that looms up before me
write Israel Stats was so in
bally awkward and homely, his
| gh clothes hanging about him like
things farmers set out in cornfields
| brighten crows, one could scarcely
went his eyes wandering from his
let head to his heels, up and down.
|.r and over again, while the mind
|ndered what on earth he was made
A pretty fair sort of fellow was Israel
|ats, nevertheless. when you bored
|vn into him and found his character.
persistent digging he had brought
something of real consequence, the
Il that had been uncovered in Trail
IN, the former haunt of bears. noun
a lions and big horn sheep. This
mt transpired in the summer of
L.
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rural districts were defenseIess. While
the act in many respects is defective,
yet ! believe it contains a permanent
work upon which we can build.
and gradually work out the great work
of the regulation Of the liquor traffic.
do not look upon it so much as a purely
moral or temperance movement as
means for governmental control and pro-
vision for public order and protection
Of its citizens"
The matter Of appropriations has been
much discussed. What of your views on
the bill as passed."
"Cne of the most serious questions
which the legislature had to deal with
was that of appropriations and the de-
termination it manifested to keep the
needed appropriations within the revenue
in the future was most commendable. and
will give great comfort to the large tax
paying element in the State, which has
been seriously alarmed by the fact that
the appropriations by the last legislature
so far exceeded our revenues If there
is one thing upon which the people of
North Carolina are more determined
than another it is the fact that they will
pay as they go, and they have no pa
thence with the dangerous scheme to Dor
row money to meet monthly bills. The
most demoralizing idea that can get
abroad is that you can contract unlimit-
ed debts and pay Ethem with unlimited
bords.."
That brings us to the question of the
bond issue of $500 900. Was this too
small, or was it enough?"
i think the legislature was exceeding
ly wise in refusing to extend the bond
Issue beyond that absolutely necessary
to meet the deficit, which came down to
us from the Fusion Regime, and for
which the Democratic party was in no
way responsible, and l believe that if
this policy is adhered to and the various
Officers charged with the administration
of State affairs, particularly the heads
OF the various departments and instftu-
tons of the State, will regard themselves
more as the agents of the people than
as the promoters and boomers of their
particular institutions the fiscal policy
OF our State will preserve its ancient
renoWn for conservatism and honesty"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-12
mo MORE FRICTION
Business Men ard ManllfaC-
turerS Like Revenue Law.
The Changes That They Asked Were Made by
the General Assembly Of
1908

Speaking yesterday about the charges
made by the Legislature of 1903 in the
Revenue and Machinery Acts, Mr.. James
II. Pou who had made an examination Of
them as they affected corporations and
business men. said:
Two years ago a number of clauses
We're put in the Revenue Bill, which
caused some friction and might have
caused some trouble. All those to which
any one could reasonably object have
been stricken out. No county or town Is
permitted now to levy a franchise tax
upon corporations as this was regarded
as a function Of the State The State
still collects it every year and there is
no complaint about this. Again, the list
the taxpayer gives in in June have their
questions so arranged that where man
owns stock in a corporation, which pays
its tax. he is not required to give in
that stock. Corporations are required to
make all the reports required of them
bv the law of 1901, but the officer re-
ceiving these reports are required to re-
ceive them conadenually. These officers
wisely ruled that this information was
confidential and refused to give it out.
Men who own nom taxable property, such
as United States and State bonds. are
not required to list the amount they re-
ceive from them, as it is supposed this
income is not taxable A man is not re-
CURED to state what his income is IN
less that income exceeds $1,000. The Tax
Commission had not enforced rgidly the
law of two years ago which required
everybody to state how much he received
from his wages, salary or fees, and only
insisted that this question be answered
when the income exceeded 81, 600. Their
wise construction OF that law has now
been embodied in the statute. The method
of listing land has also been changed to
the old law of 1899 That is. the land
is not to be assessed in one column. inn
provements in another, and then the sums
added in a third, but the assessor must
consider all the elements of value and
assess what they think is right The
cotton mill owners asked the privilege
of going out of the State for certain
classes of insurance and this privilege
was given them on condition that they
pay to the State all taxes and license,
which the company would have to pay if
it entered the State. And the labor laws
We're the result CT a compromise salts
factory to all parties"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-12
NEW LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS.
Conductor lester Has Bis Foot Mashed by a
Train

Especial to the News and Observer
Weldon, ~ c., March 11.-Grand Sec
rotary b. Fl. Woodall, of Raleigh. in
last night with membership of As
Many of the new-made Odd Fellows tip
the beam away beyond the 200 mark.
The following officers were elected
and installed for the ensuing term: b.
A. Pope, ~ g.; D. B. Zollicoffer, V. G..
e. II. Clark r. S.. r. r. Daniel, +. s.
w I Shaw, Treasurer; p ~ Stainback
Chaplain; d. f. Stainback. Warden: s.
NJ. Dickens, o. G.; A. L. Stainback, T.
c.; Forest Stainback. Conductor Sup
porters to N. c., Leggett w. B. Dickens;
Supporters to V. g., w. L. Stainback,
J. T. Pope; Scene Supporters, H. G.
Rowe, II. Farher
Conductor Mills Lester, of the Nor
folk and Southern Railroad, who was
conductor III charge of the Seaboarl
Air Line train when w. NJ. Bishop got
his foot mashed, had the misfortune to
meet with a similar accident Monday
night He was here to testify in the
Bishop case ard after it h9d been COM
promised by the defendant agreeing to
pay the plaintiff $4,000, Lester was
ready to return home. He attempted to
crawl under a freight train standing on
the Seaboard yard. The train moved
slightly and Testers foot was caught
and badly mashed. No one knew of his
being under the train. Mr.. Lester re-
signed his position with she Seaboard
soon after Bishop was hurt and has
since been with the Norfolk Southern.
He was sent to his homo yesterday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-12
THIS CONsTABLE's a sLUGGER.
Lea Thrice Knocks Holton Endwise---Deputy
Sheriff also Fans" bolton.

Especial to News and Observer)
Durham, N. c., March lin the POI
lice court this morning Constable e. T.
Lea was arraigned on two charges one
for resisting an officer In the discharge
Of his duty and the other for knocking
down Attorney S. NJ 3Iolton. The
trouble occurred yesterday afternoon.
near night. The constable became of
Tended at the manner of the lawyer and
knocked him down three times before he
could be stopped. Sergeant Crabtree
then appeared on the scene and was
cursed by Lea. He attempted to arrest
him and was resisted and a scuffle en-
sued. In the court this morning he was
fined SO for resisting and taxed with the
cost for striking the lawyer.
'There was another fight at the court
house yesterday afternoon in which At
torney Holton was one of the particle
pants. He used language that was an
insult to Deputy Sheriff J. f. Harvard
and this officer also knocked him down.
At a meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce last evening it was decided to get
into new quarters and a movement was
put on foot to organize an up-to-dat
club. a committee was appointed to
wait on those who are backing the trust
company and see if quarters cannot be
secured in the new fivc-story office
building. The chamber also pledged its
support to the firemen in their efforts
to pull off the annual meeting of the
tournament and association here this
summer The president of the chamber
will soon announce a committee to as
sist in this work.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-12

Mrs. J. Hodge Krider, of Salisbury, is
dead She was p years old and had been
married five years, leaving four children.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-12

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think of their generosity.
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Health, Strength and Vigor for Men.

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IT do not look as
though I ever was

04SLAs
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Family Rode Blind Baggage.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Salisbury. n. c.. March 11.-As the
southbound train No. 35, pulled into
Spartanburg a day or two since, Officers
Dodd and Milligan, on the lookout for
hoboes, found a man, his wife and little
son, all damned in between the mail and
baggage cars on the projecting portions
of the cars, which We're not more than
six inches wide The officers did moi
modest them, and they continued their
uncomfortable journey toward Atlanta.