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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

dated Of Bingham being managing
director Of the latter
But 10 thoroughly comprehend the
enormous proportions Of the cactus
ore bodies, person must 90 uhuer-
Ground and see Tor himself. one can
then realize that the Cactus IS lea'|
and truly a giant and that Mr. New
house has most excellent reasons lor
nrocla,ming that It will play a leading
nort in the worlds future production
VI copper.
A GIANT ORE BODY,
Imagine great vein of ore ranging
s.o,o to 70 ll5 feet in width ana OF
known depth OF GOO feet that WIN aver
oge from to per cent copper hu'
mis- ia the kind OF a showing that 'ho
roctus can make and this ore Is plocNeo
on elong the strike for several nun
dred feet Manager NJ NJ Joh''so"'
vino directs all the mining operations
or Mr. Newhouse In Utah. es''lh"''S
hat there is anywhere from SoOO'ooo 10
ooo 600 tons blocked out in the Cactus
,,,,ro In the great mass Of ore rich
noo,es are encountered, probably ~ per
con. ~ the whole viii break 10 per cent
while the balance averages approAi'h-
ately per cent
READY FOR REDUCTION WORKS.
prepaiatons are being made to CON
struct great reduction works III lha
,oar future. A concentration OF l,5Oo
tons per day capacity win be buil' win
the possible addition Of a smelter' inc
works are to be located a distance OF
1000 feet below the mine and the ores
nre 10 be conveyed through a tunnel
which ia now being driven, To cohhee.
with the 6O0-foot level of the pleAtu l
working shaft. About 5000 teet OF He
tunnel is yet to be rum flHcl'uIS
everything rs in readiness for the com
mencement Of the construction OF t''
new concentrator and contracts VIII Do
let at an early date 1t Is the eApeettts..
lion of the management 10 nave ll'
tunnel completed and the min READY
FOR operation about the middle OF the
year-sometime I'm July next
FIRMLY FINANCED.
For the financing of the Cactus en-
.erprise. 100000 In gold bonds Wel'
subscribed by Mr. NeWhouse ana M
friends.
WAN WAN SPRINGS PURCHASE
At cost of thousands of dollars IN,
Wah Wah Springs, across the wal
Wah valley, nine miles away Wer
purchased some time ago. and from I'M
yource the company VIII obtain amp
water supply for all purposes. TN
cpriugs have been developed, reservoir
constructed and pine line, when ]
10 convey the water TO the ste Oh IN
ncar the mouth OF the long tunnel,
"-mnleted. It's length Is $4,000 feet an
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and again,
HAD IT'S SHARE OF REvERsEs.
Beaver county suffered sethacks in
other ways; irresponsible promoters
made failures, all of which contributed
to retarding development.
OLD THEORIES DISAPPEAR.
The theory held out by many that the
veins did not 20 to the deep has been
completely disproven and II Is not
able fact that wherever work has been
prosecuted in this direction the ore
bodies have generally shown improve
ment
NUMEROUS MINING DISTRICTS.
In Beaver county are situated doz-
en- or more mining districts, The one
farthest east Is known as the Newton
district, which lies below Mount Belk-
nap on the west, II Is just over the
rnnge from the Gold Mountain district
which has secured fame because of the
Annie Laurie mine, The ores Of this
district are principally gold forming an
extension OF the Gold Mountain mineral
belt. In this district is the Sheep Rock
mine, operated by Salt Lake parties.
Across Beaver valley and In the range
of mountains which spans its western
border, Is located the Lincoln district,
also the Bradshaw district, where the
ores are principally gold, silver and
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r<sZzH he nret government irrigation
work undertaken. now In prog
ress I'm Nevada. promises an
VI unprec adented development for
that state. IN area three times
III the Size of Indiana but with
n present population scarcely
"a sufficient for single county
In speaklng OF the government irrisa-
ton program before the National Geo
eraphic society at washington the
other evening Frederick II. Newell tno
national photographer, said; III inc
works are well administered ana lhe
irritation fund carefully preserved II
win be possible to bring about q great
doyelonment OF the west and 10 MAKE
homas for thousands OF families. for
EXAMPLE. If instead Of 10000 people III
N,vndn 100000 can find prosperous
homes. the conditions of Internal trnue
and commerce may be vltally hiteleu'
Asa matter of fact the federal irIlBu-
ton law means more to Nevada lhaii W
any other state IN the union' anu ~
history Is one which can be STUDIED
,or light ON the question of proper ad-
minIstrntion of the public domain. Ne
vada, since her admission has never
proceeded upon the theory that her
lands should be preserved Tor NOME
hIllders and the result IL that the
population Of the whole state. while
hardly that of decent sized city, Is
Vet at standstlll and viii continue
to remain so until farm lands are
thrown omen to settlement in small
tracts through government irrigation
When Nevada was admitted to the
Union, in place of receiving the usual
donation of alternate sections 10 anu 90
in every township, to be used or soid
Tor educational purposes, she secured
nat grant from the government or
1000 600 acres of public land to be To-
Gated anywhere her law makers saw
m. quick acting Legislature passed
The bulk of this great and valuable
domain into the private ownership OF
stockmen, without any material behe-
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LAND LAWS NEED DRASTIC ACTION.

the subject George II. Maxwell exeeu-
tive chairman of the National lrrlga'
ton association said
1.-THE fault is not in the adminlstra-
ton OF the laws. The laws themselves
are structurally and fundamentally
wrong, They cannot be admlhislertu
and they cannot be amended so as 10
prevent these abuses. The Desert Lana
act especially violates the basic prln-
ciple of the whole national irrigation
movement, which is that no one snall
have an acre of the public lahd VINO
will not found home upon 1t ana llye
on II for five years as required by the
original Homestead act. II we are
TO save the public lands for those VINO
viii found homes upon them, and pre-
vent their being used for speculation 10
the detriment Of the country, congress
must effect prompt repeal
GUY Il. MITCHELL,
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crs are of the unanimous opinion that
the O X Extension Mining company
has a splendid property The rec
suits Of development work though az
yet very limited, strengthen this opn-
ion the more and more as progress III
made.
DEVELOPMENT DONE.
Development work thus far Consists
of about l,l0O feet OF SHAFTS tun,els,
inclines. etc most of which has been
done on the knight Road Side, Elk
ton and Amended Midnight, the last
three named claims forming respec-
lively the south. west and north boun-
darles of the o x mine. which was the
foundation OF the Majestic Copper MIN
ing and Smelling company, the Elkt9n
occupying central position IN the
group. On the former there Is an ln7
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19


TN HE comraign OF Pfop'Ful'o"
has gone along a'ead'ly III he'-
n yer county during 'he ''"'
b 1909 \ few oi the u'a'''o'S
n have made 3fo-.c'' s'o"'S =
N nut 'nls mas u''' ,, 5,','' ~,
.u,,. or.,,nod &, others.
nv. p.a.. d,sr,c, has p,obably
-, ..,,.,., ,,.1,y,y This ,ne
800. 60. c,,c, D., which IL Iocat.
49, cal,,,, uolttr1 and Comet
~ ~, d., l,,, an tho B,ayer
WIKI, ,.,,,., a, oi,i,b ave- situated
~ - =. no,,o, S,rqoilaated Zen
,Ja.,,.. me- A,r. rrls a * Ex.
,aa, et,.Iory rour,r Maintain.
,na.a,nA t,,,,, o,a o,hor properties OF
-, ~, t,,,n,,,orco Tho Rocky
',,...,a, ,as ,,t noon r,r bohind for
there is the Ola Hickory mine, which
was opened during the year ana Is
now contributing it's ores daily TO the
Majestic smclter at Milford. In the
star and North Star districts consider
ahle DEVELOPMENT work has been done;
ar,opp rho moro active properties be-
inc the Harrington & Hickory and
Es4eua. Other districts have also
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will deliver the product OF the springs
at the rate Of / 800 gallons per minute;
The main line is constructed OF IL ana
ll-nch steel pipe, there beng lS'VVl
feet Of the former size IN the eeuIe,
ana ON either end the IL inch material
he used. In addition to this are me
branch lines connecting the several
eprings with the head reservoir, l2'OVV
feed An AN In the construction OF Whlch'
A. 6. 10 ana II inch pipe was used
CAMPAIGN AT MAJESTIC.
Tho campaign Of development at the
mines of the Majestic Copper MINING *
smelling company, has been eminently
,ntiafuctory Notwithstanding the inter-
ference OF discussions among me on
GERS of the company which dlllcully
however has been happily settled.
STARTING or SHELTER.
The now Majestic smelter. begun last
year was completed about gu days ago
and The plant Is now In successful com
mission drawing its supply of ores
nom the o. X. and Old Hickory mines.
The ulnnt has one copper furnace OF
etO tons Canacity and u lead stack or
100 tons. but the latter has not been
blown.in, A SPUR was built from the
Frisco branch OF the san Pedro rail-
way to the old Hickory mine, thus the
ores are loaded onto cars ana
transported to the smelter at mini
mum cost,
IMPORTANT EPOCH.
The starting Of the Majestic smelter
was the beginning OF an important
euoch IN mining in Beaver county ana
VIII likely be followed by the building
of other works and the making OF MIL
ford AN important smelling point. IL IS
an ideal loCa tion. being on the main
line Of the san Pedro, Los Angeles a
Salt Lake railroad; the commercial
center of the county and where water
Is abundant. With the completion OF
the proposed branch Of the san Pedro
road 10 the coal and iron fields of Iron
county the cost OF fuel viii be re-
duced to a minimum.
uTAH'S FIRST METAL MINE.
Beaver county claims distinction In
the way of the first mineral discovery
i'm Utah. This was about 50 years ago
when the old Rollins mine near Miners
Vile was discovered. In late years
this pioneer property has been known
by another name-.the Lincoln. A few
years ago n number Of citizens of Linz
coin, H., secured lease and bond and
attempted to restore the mine to a
place among the producers of the state,
| IL was rechristened at that time and a
| peculiar coincidence about II Is that
| the mine was located In the Lincoln
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THE MISSING LINK.

Some interesting people have been como
across in the process of exploring Brit
fish New Guinea. The fun report OF the
expedition that recently visited some Of
the northern districts, never before tray.
ersed by white men, has been published
ms parliamentary paper by the COM
monwealth government. A tribe that lives
in swamps and morasses. and can hardly
walk on dry land. was encountered and
one OF its members Is described by MI
Robinson. the leader, as "thc most ape.
like human being, IN figure ana carriage,
/ have ever seem A tribe OF pigmIes,
"intellIgent-looking and pleasant-facod 81
enough to allow himself TO be measured
He was four feet three Inches In height
and % inches around the waist.-West.
minister Gazette,
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there being no defined lodges, but ~
incurred In caves and some OF u
was Immensely rich. The mine mas .s
been worked intermittently Tor years
and has had series OF successes anu
failures. ,,trrod
The Horn silver mine has continued
in operatlon since It's discovery more
than quarter OF century ago, IN
is said to have produced more lnal 49,
.v.os tbe only one In active operation III
n|ayor county. Some people actually
believed that II was the only properly
tbat contained any merit in the whole
country. others thought dinerenuy
and saw great possibilities there put II
was not a poor mans country; II re,
ouired capital but those VINO haa II
turned deaf ear, especially after ' ex-
merits had turned the country down '''"e
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pany the Beaver Lake Copper Mimi,
company etc. The O X Extcnslon'
properties are located In the sumo dia
trict and touches the Beaver Coneoli
dated. the Blue Acre. the Erie. Tho Bs,
Harrison ana the Utah southern-ai
good properties. W
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

cd at No 40 Commercial block, Salt
Lake city. Mr.. a. j. McMullen. the
president, f. mining operator OF
great enterprise and foresight and has
the record OF success TN his undertake
ings, He n also president OF the Sky
lark Copper Mining and Milling CONF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19
A LITERARY NOTE.

"Yes," said the auhtor II am wrltlns
a story OF my own life In book FORM
"WIll Il be truo?" asked his friend
"Oh. MOI Purely fiction You see, !
get married and live happily ever AZ
forwards"
The Lamar register., 1903-04-29

Denver. April 25.-Original jurisdic-
tion has been assumed by the Supreme
Court in the Denver Fire and Police
Board case. On May 9Th a hearing will
be given the members of the old board.
and it is probable that the court will
decide quickly on the issues.
The court yesterday affirmed its for
mer action by deciding not to take
Jurisdiction in the suit it was sought
to begin in an effort to prove illegal
the general appropriation bill passed
by the last Legislature. This suit was
Immediately taken to the District
Court and filed by Attorney II. N.
Hawkins.
Writs of quo warranto have been
served upon Frank Adams, c. l.. Bur
pee and C. F. Wilson. the members Of
the old board. Each writ is separate,
but all read the same. The following
is the language of the command to ap-
pear, contained in the writ served upon
each Of the old board members by the
bailiff of the court. They are cited to
appear In ten days.
Wherefore, we do command you
the said Frank Adams. that you show
cause before this court, at the court
room thereof, in the city of Denver,
state of Colorado on the 9Th day of
May. 1903. at the incoming of the court
The Lamar register., 1903-04-29
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TELLS
ABOUT YELLOWSTONE PARK

the Nation. but above all a credit to
Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. 1t has
been preserved with wise foresight
The scheme of its preservation is note
worthy in its essential democracy.
Here the old creatures of the old
days are being preserved. and their
overflow into the surrounding country.
SO long as they see the laws are OBJ
served by all. will be able to insure to
themselves and to their children. and
to their children's children, much of
the old pleasure of the hardy life of
the wilderness and of the hunter in the
wilderness. | have been literally as
founded at the enormous quantity of
elk and at the number of deer. antelope
and mountain sheep which | have seen
or their wintering grounds. and the
deer and sheep in particular are quite
as tame as tame stock. A few buffalo
are being preserved. ! wish very
much that the government could pro-
vide for an experimental breeding sta
ton of cross-breeds between buffalo
and the common cattle. If these cross
breeds could be successfully perpetu-
ated. we could have animals which
would produce robe quite as good as
the old buffalo robe, with which twen-
ty years ago everyone was familiar
and animals. moreover which would
be so hardy that l think they would
have a distinct commercial import
ance"
The Lamar register., 1903-04-29

Gardiner. Mont, April 24-President
Roosevelt yesterday afternoon resumed
his tour of the West. Before going,
however. he participated in the laying
of the corner stone of the new gate at
the northern entrance to Yellowstone
park. The ceremony was performed
according to the Masonic ritual, and
was in charge of the grand officers of
the state of Montana. Special trains
brought hundreds of people here, in
Guiding large body of Masons. and as
the weather was perfect the scene was
a pretty one.
The President began his address by
thanking the people and the soldiers
for his enjoyable two weeks holiday
and then spoke of the natural wonders
Of the park.
THE Yellowstone park" he said. SIS
something absolutely unique in this
world. as far as | know. Nowhere
else in any civilized country is there to
be found such a tract of veritable won
derland. made accessible to all visitors.
where at the same time not only the
scenery Of the wilderness. but the wild
creatures of the park. are scrupulous-
ly preserved as they were. the only
change being that these wild creatures
have been so carefully protected as to
show literally astounding tameness.
The creation and preservation of such
a natural playground in the midst OF
our people as a whole is credit to
The Lamar register., 1903-04-29
SUPREME COURT WILL ASSUME
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

on said day, by what warrant you have
intruded into and usurp. hold, use and
enjoy the liberties. privileges and
e1noluments of said Office of fire and
police commissioner of the city and
county of Denver"
Immediately after the decision OF the
court the informations in the cases
were filed and the writs were issued.
to be served at once. This ends the
case until May 5th. Then the court
will hear the statement OF the mem
bers of the old board and will permit
the attorneys to argue the case. 1t is
possible that briefs will be filed. but
this need not necessarily be the pro-
cedure.
Only one proviso was made by the
court. That is that no questions of
fact be raised. The court itself will
draw the line Such questions cannot
be raised because the court Will not
take testimony.
The information that was submitted
to the court several days ago reviews
the case briefly. 1t includes the letters
that passed between the governor and
the old board and copies of the execu-
tive orders issued in connection with
the appointment of the new board. The
several charges made against the mem-
bers of the contesting board are men
toned.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-29
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
State Claims Pueblo La nds.


Twenty-Five acres of land. worth
hundreds of thousands OF dollars. and
lying in one of the principal residence
| section of Pueblo, is claimed by the
Hard Land Company holds the prop
erty and is obtaining an enormous
revenue from it, The state land reg
lister claims that the company las no
title and will probably take the matter
into court.
Title to the property is claimed by
the land company under the laws OF
accretion. 1t is asserted by the land
register and by L. R. Smith, appraiser
in the state land ONCE. that these
statutes do not apply because the land
was net formed by the river through a
natural change in its course.
Discovery of the unusual case was
made az the result Of a complaint
from a man who lives in one of the
houses on the land. An effort was
made to eject him. He ascertained
that the land is the property of the
state and rent could not be collected
by the company. Then he notified the
state land office of the situation.
Appraiser Smith obtained the facts
upon which the state will make a de-
mand for possession. He has not yet
completed his investigations. The con-
ditions make the case one of the most
unusual in the history of the state and
one that is liable 20 cause long legal
battle.
In 1887 the head of this land COM
pany, Mr.. Hard, obtained five acres
for which he secured title in 1889.
AS described this plot included five
acres, more or less, and was bounded
on the north by the then city limits
and on the south by the Arkansas
river. This tract is now part of the
holdings of the company.
A number of years later the state
built levee. which was extended by
the city. This changed the course of
the river. 1t left the old bed high and
dry and virtually created more than
twenty-five acres of land. This land
was squatted upon and later was
taken possession of by the company
on the grounds that the river was the
south boundary of its holdings.
Now the company holds more than
twenty-five acres in addition to the
five acres originally purchased from
the state. and for which $1,000 was
paid twenty years ago. The land is
situated between Elizabeth and Fran
cisco streets and between the Santa
Fe bridge and Greenwood streets. 1t
is cut up into town lots and most OF
1t is occupied by houses.
Rentals of IS to SIS per month have
been collected on each of these lots.
Some of them are rented as ground
space while others have been i'm
proved by the company. In this man
ner a very large revenue has been OBJ
tanned for many years. The land was
a part of school section. Another
claim that is made on behalf of the
state is that it has the right to the
ground because 1t owned the river bed
which it was originally.
1t is held that the fact that the land
was created by artificial means gives
the state the sole claim. Under the
laws of accretion the adjoining proper
ty owners gain through the gradual
formation of land through the actions
of a river or stream.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-29
State Sunday School Convention.

Denver, April 25.-A Republican
special from Boulder last night says:
The local executive committee hav-
ing in charge the matter of the State
Sunday School convention. which is to
meet in Boulder June 9th, 10th and
11th, met last night. There are 500
Sunday schools in the state. The pas
tor. the superintendent of the Sunday
school and two delegates from each
school will be invited to be present,
making 5000 in all. 1t is believed the
major portion of these will attend.
The local committee was asked to en-
tertain 500 of the visitors while here.
The committee thought that would
be taxing Boulder's well-known hospi-
tality too much, but thought it could
take care of 300 guests on the "Har-
ward plan," furnishing bed and break
fast. The ladies of the Christian
church will endeavor to furnish two
dinners and one supper gratuitously to
as many guests.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-29
SUPREME COURT
DECLINES CASE

Denver, April 25.-In the suit of The
oNews-Times Publishing Company VS..
State Auditor Holmberg and State
Treasurer Newton, to test the validity
of the long appropriation BILL the Su-
preme Court yesterday declined to take
original jurisdiction.
The case was filed at once in the Dis
trict Court.
The reason for the refusal of the Su-
preme Court is that the attorney gen.
eral cannot admit the facts in COM
plant. which would have the effect of
declaring the law unconstitutional, and
that it would probably be necessary to
take proof The court would have to
call up clerks and others, providing it
determined that the facts as pleaded
were sufficient to declare the law in
valid.
In stating the decision of the court,
Chief Justice Campbell said:
This will not occasion a very great
delay. and may help to facilitate mat
ters, for IL some questions of fact were
raised after the case was started, the
whole thing would have to be gone
over again."
AS the result of the decision of the
Supreme Court, Attorney Hawkins yes
terday afternoon filed complaint in
allegations as those contained in the
complaint filed in the Supreme Court
were set forth. The title of the case
is The News-Times Publishing Com
pany and others similarly situated VS..
John A. Holmberg. auditor of state.
and Whitney Newton, state treasurer.
An injunction is prayed for snjoin-
ing the defendants from auditing and
cashing the warrants issued against
the long appropriation. illegally
passed by the Legislature"
1.-The suit brought in the District
Court is practically the same as was
brought before the Supreme Court"
said Attorney H. N. Hawkins yester-
day "Thc Supreme Court, in denying
the application for original jurisdic-
ton stated that the case would prob
ably be taken up promptly by the Dis
trict Court, and that it would get into
the Supreme Court almost as quickly
as though original Jurisdiction had
been taken. The matter will be pushed
as speedily as possible"