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Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
Sun and Moon Closed Down.

Last Sunday morning the employees on
the Sun and Moon mine walked out on
account of a disagreement with the man.
agment concerning wages and labor.
Since that time the local branch of the
Western Federation has endorsed the
action of the miners and it has remained
closed. As nearly as we are able to de-
termine the men asked that the min
iumum wage paid should be $2.75 per
day and were dissatisfied with the ar
rangement of the hours of work. Under
arrangements existing the men went to
work on the night shift at O'Clock and
worked till six. This, it is claimed by
the management, is because it is imposs-
ible to get the electric current to work
the machinery at any other hour. There
is apparently no denial that the hours
worked hardship in the arrangement,
so far as the men are concerned.
Committees representing both sides
have been in conference during the week
and it is not believed that the trouble
will extend to the other properties in
the district as a majority of the others
seem to be willing to make the concess-
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
TOREY
TUNNEL
IN ORE.
Recent Consolidation of Properties Starts
in With Good Luck to the Front.

Recent Consolidation of Properties Starts
in With Good Luck to the Front.
Occasionally one has to goaway from
home to get the news. This is the case
IN the recent strike in the rorry tunnel.
The home Office of the company is at
Colorado Syringe and the Mining Record
gets hold of this interesting item:
Word was received at the Office of H.
A. Riedel & company in this city yester-
day that an important strike had been
made in the Torrey tunnel of the Clear
Creek Gilpin company, a consolidation
recently Aoated by the firm The men
worked all day yesterday in an attempt
to prove up the vein but so far they have
not succeeded in cutting through it. 1t
is now between two and three feet wide
but will probably prove to be wider. The
ore Is high grade gold and copper.
This important strike was made in the
breast of the Torrey tunnel about $40 feet
in from the portal. The company has
been at work upon this property for only
a month past and did not expect so i'm
portant development at TINS early date
in their operations. This is the second
vein cut, the first having been encoun-
tered near the mouth of the tunnel.
This vein was four and one-half feet of
milling ore and was cut at a depth from
the surface of only as feet. This second
vein was encountered some $50 feet below
the surface of the mountain. The COM
pany will soon begin the erection of a
large power plant at this property. A
large party of eastern capitalists visited
this property last week and as result of
the visit over 100, 900 shares of the conf
pany's stock was subscribed for. The
Clear Greek & Gilpin company is the re-
suit of a consolidation recently effected
by H. A. Riedel & company"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

years ago, it was almost impossible to
get an article into the English papers
describing the various mining camps of
Colorado. They either minced" the
article by clipping out what did not suit
them and then published it in its man.
g1ed state, or they refused to publish it
at all; and it is also not very long ago
that the very staid and highclass fnan-
cial papers of London, such as the Statist
for instance, would rather publish the
police reporrs than mining news; they
didn't consider it respectable, you know
mining was simply gambling, but now,
however, mining has become a great
profession, worldwide business, gig
antic industry. The papers have been
forced to recognize it, and, in response
to the public demand. to make depart
ment for mining in their editorial rooms,
and regular place for it in their col
umns. The first English paper to recog-
ize this was the London Financial News
The Argus Mines and Tunnel company
has taken the record for the year for
hand work. 1t has over 600 feet of under
ground workings. This is the home
company organized last February, by
the citizens here. Its progress has been
excellent from tine start.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

ions aked by the union One would
hardly have realized that strike was on
one of the big properties of the district
There has been no change in the pleasant
relations aud the conferences have been
ttended by moderation and good feel
n on both sides
There is no reason for the belief that
he rike will spread and it is unfortun-
K that some of the citizens expess them
Ives so liberally when they are not
-ked for such expressions and when it
tnnot do good to either side. The re-
Iresentatives of the union are men famil
lar with the district. Many of them
have grown up at work in the mines here
aud have been business representatives
and citizens for years. No act of violence
will be PERMITTED or is contemplated
on either side The citizens should do
all thev can to bring about a sediment
of the little trouble and it will be for
gotten week. Too many are inclined
TO make mountain out of a mole hill.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
Will Let Leases.

We have been recently informed that
the Yankee Consolidated Mining, Mill
have finally decided to lease out some
of their properties at Yankee Hill, which
at present they do not propose to work
themselves. During last summer they
hal number of applicants for leases
but the company has not cared very
much to let them.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

clear of
test the The
lar
working under tu will
Inc Lucana Central and all
mouse
shipments
will be doing before
the matter OF development
equed There demand for mining healthy
basis
which legitimate
The mills gentleman milling
of
that has been amenable
other
wonderful deposits owgade This affairs
ducton figures beyond anything in
the Last month
for the month production
are working.
Not day that hands
hands
will
people for complaint
shape
will the n bushes
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
Working On the Josephine.

James E. Bowden, former manager OF
the Stanley and admitted to be one of
the best posted and most successful mine
managers in the district, is in the city
and will remain here short time He is
retimbering the shaft in the Josephine
and getting ready to sink another 200
feet in that property. The company
operating it is close corporation but has
abundant capital to go ahead and develop
it to make it what it should be-one of the
best in the district. The Josephine is
we'll known in the Idaho Springs dis
trict and is located just this side of the
cd Lincoln.
Subscribe for the Siftings if you want
the news.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
Somewhat Different.

Parties who are leasers in Clear CreeE
county find there is a great differenc,
from leasing in the Cripple Greek distrlcl
A leaser generally goes down on a vel
or has coed pay ore in sight when he ac
cepts a lease in the former, while il
Cripple Greek, he has to prospect for tn,
vein, hence the cause of a good many
failures.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
Idaho Springs Parties Interested.

In the Russell district at the head of
Virginia canon, parties from this city
have become interested in a lease and
pany. The shaft has been sunk to a
depth of 300 feet and the lessees in all
probability will sink it at least that
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

much more. The properly is credited
with a good production IN its former
operations and we trus, the interested
parties will meet with abundant success
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

In sinking the shaft at the Pioneer
mine. Dumont, it is said solid streak
of ore-running $500 gold to the ton has
been encountered. The same people are
sinking the shaft on the Milton mine
and overhauling the machinery at the
Pioneer mill. A system of cyaniding the
shines is to be tested.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
leasers, who continued the drift for 100
feet, when the ore shoot was encountered.


We would suggest to the mine owners
of this district to keep a kodak outfit.
Its uses are indeed many and very val
liable series of pictures could be secured
and then kept for future reference.
Not only would it be invaluable for tax
ing photographs on the surface, but often
views of the underground workings and
machinery could be made and we believe
the result would greatly benefit all con-
nected with the property. A complete
series of mine maps, supplemented by
photographs you have taken of your
property, would form a history, COM
plete in every detail of mine and mill
development.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

The largest stationery engine in the
world is at the famous zinc mines in
Friedensville, Pa. 1t is known as the
President" and there is no pumping
engine in the world that can be COM
pared with the monster. The number
of gallons of water raised every minute
is 1880. The driving wheels are thirty
FIVE feet in diameter and weigh forty
tons each. The sweep rod is forty feet
long, the cylinder ITO inches in diameter,
and the piston-rod eighteen inches in
diameter, with ten foot stroke.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

In drifting on the Great Western vein
at Freeland the New Era company has
opened up wide body of ore and this is
being hauled to the company mill, which
will be started soon. The company is
working air drills in the adit and for over
i 900 feet has some ore with occasional
bodies of smelling. The shaft on the
Great Eastern claim will also be sunk and
drifts extended into this and the Western
ground.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

We do not hesitate in stating the fact
that there is even ''style and fashion" in
mining investments, for the mines of
Colorado today, and more especially in
the Clear Greek district are i'll high favor
with the investing public, their value has
been proven and any property that can
make showing finds ready market.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
MINING NOTES.

Import duties on miniug machinery
twenty to fifteen cents.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
The Humboldt Making Friends.

Hon. ]. E. Andrews and c. w. Kyle,
of LaCross, Kansas accompanied by
Oliver Matthews, the we'll known min
ing engineer of Cripple Creek were out
looking over the famous Humboldt prop
erty this week and were, as is always
the case, more than pleased with the
wonderful showing. F. c; Smith, of
Denver, president of company, Raymond
Smith and Curtis S. Redd, secretary were
also with the party, and we understand
the Kansas gentlemen were representing
considerable capital from that state.
Mr.. Matthews made an exhaustive ex-
animation and states that the property
would be three-times winner in Cripple
Greek and must become one of the PROM
inent producers of the state.
The Humboldt needs no word of
praise from the people of Clear Greek
county. Its history has been a part of
the districts success. It is unquestion-
ably one of the most formidable prop
ositions in the district today and is in ex-
cellent hands. Before many months pass
the old producer will be in the ranks
a gain f, rnishing its portion of the prec-
ious metal.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

ton, and several hundred tons of milling
ore. Drifting has opened another ort
shoot which proves eqnal to anything
heretofore disclosed and it is the intent
ion of Manager Williams to rebuild tht
tramway from the mine to Clear creek
as quick as the weather will permit.
The Donaldson mill which WIS bougnt
by the Specie company, will be over
hauled to receive this mineral, when it
is claimed the ores can be transported
and treated for sixty cents a ton.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

Owen and Morgan, lessees of the Gum
Tree mine, have drifted into shoot of
smelling ore for distance of $50 feet,
with no signs of pinch. The streak is
two feet wide and will average $40 net to
the ton. They commenced placing tim
bers this week and as soon as this is
completed Stopping will begin. They
have taken out enough ore to pay all
running expenses. The mine is owned
by New York people. They put on a
compressor and before reaching the ore
shoot, which was known to exist, having
been found in the upper workings, gave
up and let the mine be taken over bv the
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

The Specie Payment on Bellevue
mountain has moved over 100 tons of
smelling ore this month, averaging $85
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07

The Commodore comany is placing the
largest plant of machinery in the county
at Lawson for the Red Elephant prop
erty, recently acquired by A. E. Rey-
nolds and D. H. Mofat, of Denver
They will drive a long cross-cut tunnel to
drain the mountain of its water and af-
ford cheap system of mining the great
silver-bearing lodes of that section.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
WONDERFUL
ALIUNDE
VALUES.
Clear Creek Mine Produces Showing That
None of the Others Can Meet.


The wonderful values of Clear Greek
county are apparently just beginning to
manifest themselves as depth is reached.
The recent showing of the Aliunde mine
at Georgetown is probably not equalled
by any other property in the world or in
the history of mining. The mining
editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette
in commenting upon the facts says:
One of the greatest ore shipmens ever
made from any mine was that which was
recently shipped by the Aliunde Consoli-
dated Mining company in Clear Creek
county. and the lrasers working on the
property. The first class ore ran S325
per ton, while the second class ran SIo5
per ton. Three wagons loads which
passed through Georgetown last Monday
morning averaged $500 load.
frhe ore that is being by the Aliunde
company is that which is being taken
out or the ooo-foot level. This fact goes
to show that deep mining is going to
make new era in the mining world.
BESIDES the rich ore shipped from the
Haggart lease the company shipped some
S2I3 ore from the 5oo-foot level which is
being driven west on the Aliunde vein.
The ore is becoming richer as the tunnel
is being driven west. This fact should
mean much to the companies which are
operating upon the same vein only some
distance west. The St. Paul company
has some of the richest territory in the
camp, as the property is located only
5000 feet west of the present breast of
the Aliunde vein and it is we'll known
that the large vein which crosses through
the st. Paul property is the extension
Of the Aliunde vein. This company has
acquired over 4, 500 feet of ground on this
noted vein, and it is the belief of all
Georgetown mining men that this prop
erty will prove as well as the Aliunde.
Zone fact alone goes to show that the
mining men know that this vein is that
which crosses the St. Paul property, and
that is nearly all the leasers, as well as
the manager of the Aliunde, have pur-
chased large blocks of the stock.
1.-The entire shipment made from the
Aliunde last week was $Io,o55; this
amount includes that which was shipped
from the Haggart and Nelson lease"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-02-07
We Are Recognized Now.

Another drawback to Introducing for
-ign capi Al Is the fact that, up to few
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
MIR. BRYAN
MAY SPEAK AT BROOKLYN
 BANQUET.
Assertion That Former President Cleveland Will Not Attend Gath ering of Democrats Regarded as Giving Color of Truth to Statement That MT. Bryan
 Will Deliver Address
 on Harmony.

New York special to The N. o. Times Democrat.
 The Brooklyn Eagle says: In connec- uon With the projected Brooklyn Demo crauc Club banquet 1t is quite likely mat Col. William J. Bryan will be asked | to speak.
 very close personal friend of Ed Ward M Shepard said today: MT. Shepard has been asked to use ms own Judgment as to the adyisability or inviting Mir. Bryan to make an ad- dress Nobody can accurately judge at this time how MT. Shepard will use the discretionary right. He is a very com potent diplomatist, however. and he may pc trusted to do the exactly right thing 70 advance the new harmony movement. His action will depend entirely on the frame of mind he finds MT. Bryan in color Of truth is given to the report that MT. Bryan may speak at the ban. quet oy the statement that MT: Cleveland VIII not attend. While 1t is declared to pc premature at this time to announce MT. Cleyeland's intentions. 1t Is neverthe- less understood that he will not be pres- ent.
 Mir. Bryan has publicly stated that he Will not meet Mir Cleveland at any po- litical function unless he is given the PrnSSiiege SS or speaking on the theme .'Cleve subject by Mir. Bryan would hardly pro mote harmony. 1t is believed. The Brooklyn Democratic Club must therefore depend upon Mir. Shepard to give and re-
 
 on the subject of MT. Bryan's address and MT. Cleveland's intentions with re- spect to his invitation to attend.
 Some of the local Democrats profess to believe that MT. Bryan will be easier to ,placate this year than he was in 1900 In 1900. 1t is recalled, MT. Bryan's renom- nation was a foregone conclusion. He could, therefore afford to be independ- ent. This year the question of MT. Bry- ans nomination does not enter into the case, the Nebraskan having taken himself out Of the race. A detailed re-affirma ton Of the Kansas City platform will not therefore, in the opinion of these local Democrats. be imposed by MT. Bryan as an absolutely necessary condition of harmony Other local Democrats are of the opinion that MT. Bryan will be fully as obstinate as he was in 1900, and that If he comes to Brooklyn at all he will improve the opportunity to make anoth- CT noisy attack on the sound money leaders.
 Democrats who have been seriously alarmed at the Hill-Bryan row are very much pleased at the Shepard movement Many of the local leaders called on MT Shevlin today to say that they were fir hearty sympathy with the plan of the Brooklyn Democratic Club. Indications are that the banquet will be a big affair and that many prominent men will be present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
The April Smart Set.

Justus Miles Formans story. "Kersa- lec" with which the April Smart Set opens, is a novelette, both strong and dis tinctive.
 The short stories of the April number surpass even the high standard of fiction which this magazine has established for itself. Among those of most conspicuous merit are: Two Women Grinding at the Mill" by Emery Pottle, a study of wo- mems hearts; Little Lone Loon, by G. B. Burgin, as graceful as it Is powerful; "A New York Courtship,' by Gertrude Lynch. a bit of amusing realism; 'When a Merry Maiden Marries,' by Alfred Su- gtrl and her mother; ''Three Years Af- ter" by Owen Oliver, psychological story, written with profoundr insight; '"The Chime,' by Kate Masterson, a charming sketch of sentiment; At FTighthn Hazard" by Cecil Charles and "A Man of Some Importance" by Prince Vladimir Vaniatsky. There is, too, an admirable essay by Douglas Story, entitled, Gods Own Country" The ipo- ems are all of more than ordinary worth. Among the contributors are Madison Cawein, Julia c. R. Dorr, Clinton Scol- lard. Felix Carmen, Charles Buxton Go ing John Vance Cheney, Mims Irving, zona Gale. Charlotte Becker, William Hamilton Hayne, Victor Plarr, Theodo- sia Garrison, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Elsa Barker
 The humor of the number, both prose and verse, Is excellent and varied. It is contributed by Frank Roe Batchelder, May Isabel Fisk, Tom Mason, Edward w. Barnard, William J. Hampton, St. John Hamund. Tom P. Morgan and oth- CTS.
 A careful examination of the April Smart Set proves 1t to be one of the best numbers yet issued by this magazine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
A NEW ENGLAND VENTURE.

One doesn't always have to look in the editorial for news columns of a newspaper to find something interesting, Tor is 1t always necessary to look in the funny papers for something amusing. In the unsentimental columns of The New York Marine Journal we find this item:
 A bark mailing from the prohibition city of Portland, Maine, left Boston with cargo of 4O,O0O hogsheads and 100 barrels of rum, 6O5 packages of tobacco, and a large amount of general 'argo for the rum drinkers and tobacco zsers of Africa.
 As a contemporary remarks New Eng land is the center of the missionary movement and Boston Is the seethine center of New England" It is likely that Boston has had as much to do with missionary work as any city in the Union. and this paragraph has a strange sound. It Is just possible that the consisnees of this cargo think they are doing real mis- sionary work by getting all this rum and tobacco outside the United States, but would 1t not have been better and more consistent If they had dumped the lot into Boston harbor. as their sorefathers did . cargo of tea on one memorable occa- sion? It might have been a little rough on the fishes, but not as hurtful as 1t will undoubtedly be to the Africans who are expected to consume 1t.
 Of course we are given to understand that thss somewhat monotonous cargo is intended for trade among the nations but is 1t not at least probable that this large quantity of one of the most hurt ful of all spirituous liquors will undo a great deal Of the good work that the mis- eionaries may do? If it is necessary to carry something to trade with the heather we are sure something much less deadly than New England rum might be found. Better take wood alcohol and make a finish of them in short order. and tobacco and one can always safely bet on a New Englander dealing in goods which bring the greatest profit But a ship from a prohibition State, leaving Boston, of all places, loaded with Ium and tobacco reminds us very much of the good old days when the pious people of that same region brought over cargoes of stolen Africans and traded them to South ern people for otbacco and other neces- saries. They are sooners, gre the Yankees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
Grover C1eveland's Activity.

New York Sun.
 The exact facts about Mir. Clevelands s return to politics and his renewed ssso- citation with politicians seem to be these: lie came over from Princeton to speak at the Beecher memorial service in Brooklyn. He spoke there in excellent taste, con finding his remarks strictly to the partic- ular subject before the meeting. He was lodged and fed at the home of his per- sonal friend, MT. Oscar s. Straus, for merly our Minister to Turkey. He went to the theatre twice, and on each occasion apparently enjoyed the performance. He rode down town, shook hands with John G. Carlisle and few other friends, and ate a luncheon cooked in the neighbor- hood of Trinity Church When approach ed by reporters with the customary Ques- ton about his views on the state of the country. he replied briefly but consistent ly, the substance of his manifesto being that he was out of politics but in gool health. Yesterday he took a train back to Princeton. When last observed, Mir. Clevelands physiognomic expression was not that of a statesman who had recently acquired a new burden of black care, but rather that of a comfortable Jerseyman partly glad and partly sorry to depart from the most interesting metropolis on earth The cost of ticket from Prince ton to New York and return is S2.l5 by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
No Bank Checks in Germany.

London Telegraph.
 The Berlin correspondent of Commer- cial Intelligence calls attention to the antiquated and cumbersome method of forwarding remittances that obtains in Germany A check system such as has been developed and perfected as an in- strument of commerce in England is practically unused there. payments being usually effected by means of money orders taken out at the local postoffice. The English bank exercises the double function of adjusting accounts and guard ing wealth, where the German bank. un- der favorable circumstances, scarcely does more than the latter. For the Ger man merchant the postoffice is. In a sense. what the clearinghouse of the English banking system is for the British busi- ness man; it is an active partner in the settlement of differences between debtor and creditor. Yet even under the Ger man postal system, whereby the amount of money order is paid at the residence of the payee by a special functionary called the "Geldhrieftrager." the post office is clearly an intolerably clumsy agent for liquidating accounts nowadays, and occasionally one hears a German be- moaning the steam roller progress of his fellow -countrymen in the technics of payment and urging reform,