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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

cure the most economical method
possible for handling the ores.
the latter will be trammed direct
ly to the mill site. The great ore
body of the Dewey to be handled
it is estimated will average $40 a
ton and the cost of handling it
will not exceed 50. Much Of the
ore as shown by the smelter test
is remarkably high grade, but in
the working of the mine Mr..
Abeling is governed solely by
the bulk values of the ore that
will be handled without discrim-
ination.
The work at this mine is being
watched with keen interest by
the people Of Idaho county. The
mine is located only six miles from
Grangeville and is so close to civ
ilization that its development has
been overshadowed by the oper-
ations of the distant camps which
are always the most popular with
the general public. At the time
Of the discovery Of the Dewey
much excitement was aroused as
the result of great values shown
in the surface ores and the re-
markable size Of the ore deposits.
A company was organized to
handle the mine and ore ship
ments were made to the Tacoma
smelter, after being mined under
most awkward circumstances and
hauled by pack train to the rail
road at Sites. This ore showed
smelter returns of $4,000 while
the total tonnage shipped did not
exceed $50 tons.
Immediate work outlined will
be the use of the water power in
operating a saw mill for turning
out the material for the mill
building.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
Hump Notes.

F. w. Thornton returned from
the Hump Thursday, where he
went to meet Frank Brown on
business connected with the Cor
nucopia, in which they are both
interested. Mr.. Thornton re-
ports the assay returns as being
very satisfactory from this prop
erty, it averaging over 500 where
they expected less than $5 per
ton. He says the Atlas saw mill
is working on the timbers for the
new stamp mill, and that the
Jumbo will have their chlorina-
tion plant installed by the 18th
of December. Bob Mcconnell
and Dave Patterson are engaged
in clearing a place for the new
power house, the construction of
which will begin Immediately.
Several inches Of snow has fall
len which it is hoped will break
the long continued drouth.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
Mill for the Oregon.

Cal. Haddon passed through
town this week on his way to
Summit Flat with a load Of sup
plies for the Oregon people. He
reports that the cOmpany's mill
will be at Sites in about fifteen
days, and that F. E. Corbus is on
his way in at the present time.
He stopped at Clearwater and
made arrangements to have his
winter supplies hauled in at once.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
A NICE PICKUP.
Amdlgamated Company Re-Working
Old Slog Dump.

The Amalgamated company is
digging up the grounds in the
vicinity of the old smelter works
at Anaconda, says the Mining
World. The old plant has been
removed which for nearly twenty
years was in active operation.
With the great clouds of smoke
that came from the smokestack
there was carried many thousand
tons of metallic particles of cop
per and silver. 1t has been dis
covered that the surface of the
ground for miles within the vicin-
ity of the old smelter is rich in
these metals. In fact an average
sample assay Of the surface shows
that it contains more copper to
the ton than the ore now being
shipped from the mines in Butte.
Four and one-half per cent. cop
per is found in this ground, be-
sides considerable silver. There
are millions of tons of Stag on the
ground, and this, too, is being
assorted and sent to the new
smelter for reduction. Under the
old methods a large percentage
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
MisSinformed.

Reports from Thunder Noun
tain to this paper make it plain
that the reported loss of the Sun
nyside boilers by rolling off the
new wagon road into a canyon
was an error. The report as pub
lished by the MINING News came
from AL Blumburg, a man well
known in Elk City and Thunder
Mountain. The foundation of
the story seems to rest upon the
trifing occurrence of a wagon
slipping off the grade with no
more serious consequence than
one days delay in getting it back
again.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
SOUTH FORK DEWEY NINE
Big Power Dam Completed VIII Install
lOO-Ton Cyanide Plant.

Otto Abeling is in the city from
Grangeville says the Lewiston
Tribune. Mr.. Abeling is the
superintendent of the Dewy mine
on the south fork of the Clear
water andis a well known mining
man. Mr.. Abeling reports that
the dam on the south Fork which
will supply power for the mine is
now practically completed, and
that all the plans of the company
for installing a 100-ton cyanide
plant are working out satisfac-
torily. Last April the dam, while
in progress of construction, was
washed out by drift as the result
of an unexpected rise in the river
but it is now believed that no
permanent loss will result from
the accident in view Of the fact
that the present dam has been
built on a more substantial basis
than originally planned. The
magnitude of the work may be
judged by the fact that 1000, 900
feet of logs have been placed in
the dam, while the rock used will
probably reach 5000 tons. The
magnifcence of the water power
developed is also suggested by
the fact that the mill buildings
will be located only about zoo
feet below the dam. At this
point 450 horse power will be de-
veloped. The plan is to install a
1OO-ton cyanide plant of the Hen
dryx process, this decision being
reached after a most thorough
test of the ores by this process
had been made under the direct
personal supervision of Mr.. Abel
ing. In his plan for handling the
property Mr. Abeling has been
governed by the purpose to Sc
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

Of copper was lost, and all Of this
matter will be re-worked. At
present all of the blister copper
turned out at the Washoe smelter
is shipped to Baltimore for refin-
ing. The contract with the Bal
timore company has almost ex-
pired, and when it does the Wa
shoe company will refine it's own
product at it's refinery. At the
new works the slums from the
concentration are being saved for
the purpose of being re-worked.
Steam shovels running on cables
pick up the slums and store them
in acre tracts. Here they are
leached out and, by means of a
cable trannway, are shot back
into the furnace, where all the
remaining mineral is melted out.
Some mammoth reverberatory
furnaces are being built at the
smelter. At The old works the
largest reverberatories were forty
feet long. The new furnaces are
112 feet long and turn out 28C
tons of copper a day. The eX-
pense in fuel is little greater thar
in the old furnaces.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
NEW RAILROAD SCHEME
Thunder Mountain Mine Owners Have
Organized Railroad Company.

The Lewiston Tribune says that
some men heavily interested in
the Thunder Mountain region
have organized a railroad COM
pany for the purpose of building
a line into the district. 1t is pro-
posed to start from Lardo on
Payette lake in Boise county,
cross Secesh summit, go down
Secesh creek to the south fork of
the Salmon, up the east fork of
the south fork, up Profile creek,
through Profile gap, down Big
creek and up Monumental creek,
a distance Of 130 miles. The
mine owners of the Big Creek
region particularly feel the neces-
sity of such a line. The plan is
to have the rails laid in connec-
ton with the projected extension
Of the P. & l. N. from Council to
Lardo, but it is possible that the
Idaho Northern will be extended
from Emmett to the lake.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
GOOD ORE in CONSOLATION
Imperial Corona Property is Showing Good
Results.

Matthias Lundin, manager for
the Imperial Corona company,
has encountered the Consolation
ore shoot in the new shaft at a
depth of 20 feet. This shaft was
sunk east of the discovery and is
just breaking into the shoot,
which fact indicates that the ore
body has an eastward dip. The
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
Sold the Providence.

H. P. Mccarthy has sold his
interest in the Providence group
of claims situated on Kirk's fork,
this district, to G. H. Natwick
and Ed Irwin, both of Elk City.
This group comprises nine claims
and is one of the most promising
properties in the district. The
new owners will begin develop
ment work Immediately.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

ore thus far is very free and car
ries sensational values. Mr.. Lun-
din expects that an additional
depth of five feet will place the
shaft entirely in the ore body.
He also reports good results on
the Atlas group, and expects soon
to report even better from both
groups.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

Where the apex of a vein oc-
ours on an agricultural patent,
within a placer or on patented
railroad land, the vein on its dip
passes beyond the side line of
such land, and the miner may
sink a shaft and may locate a
claim predicted upon the discov-
cry of a vein in his shaft. This
point of discovery may be prop
erly considered a legal apex, and
without doubt the discoverer may
take 1900 feet along the strike OF
a vein so located, and he may
pursue it on it's dip to the full
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

Dividends are paid only on the
issued capitalization. Treasury
stock does not participate in div
idends; it belongs to the company
and is retained to be sold as oc-
casion requires.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
Points
In Law
Worth
Knowing
Interesting Decisions
fFrom the Mining and Scientific Press.

width allowed by w-3O0 feet
from the center of the lode-but
that he is entitled to take the
eXtralateral right has not been
determined by law. This is a
matter upon which there has been
no specific legislation, and as the
supreme court Of the United
States has never passed upon it,
it still remains an open question.
Such a discovery as above con-
templated is not that of an apex
in fact but is q discovery upon an
arbitrary line on the lode some
distance below the real apex.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

A prospector cannot enter a
placer location claimed by another
for the purpose of searching for
an unknown lode, by excavation
or otherwise. In the event Of a
lode being discovered in the
working Of a placer claim, the
owner should claim it as a lode
at once, or failing to do so, any
other person may locate the lode.
The occurrence of the lode outside
the placer, the outcrop Of which
does not extend directly up to
the line of the placer cannot be
assumed as sufficient evidence
that the vein also exists in the
placer, for it may not be presum-
ed that the vein extends a foot
further than it can actually be
traced. If the lode is opened
directly up to the placer line the
fact that it extends into the plac-
er is demonstrated and the lode
may be claimed within the placer
location.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

The fact is we'll established that
no rights can be initiated or ac-
quired on the public domain by
forcible entry when another is in
possession. One cannot hold pub
lie lands by mere occupancy, not
complying with the requirements
of law. A location must be made
according to law. The court de-
cisions lead to the conclusion that
if a person goes upon the un-
claimed mineral lands of the
United States and makes settle
ment thereon without complying
with the requirements of the
mining laws, and relies wholly
upon the fact of possession and
work performed, a second party
may enter said lands and make a
valid location, provided he does
so peacefully and complies with
all the requirements of the min
ing laws, and he is entitled to the
possession of such mineral lands,
to the extent of his claim, as
against the prior occupant, who
is from the time the second party
has perfected his location and
complied with the law trespas-
ser. The peaceable entry of the
locator and the perfection of his
location by compliance with the
law, operates in law as an oustet
of the prior occupant,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

Where a vein occurs wholly
without the lines of a placer claim
but the surface boundaries take
in a portion of the placer, the lode
claimant may renounce any claim
upon the included placer ground,
or the placer claimant may ad-
verse the lode claimant.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

The apex of a vein which is
buried beneath a later lava flow,
a bed of gravel, a land slide, or
other superficial covering, has all
the legal force, and is entitled to
all the rights and privileges in
cidental to an outcrop or apex
occurring at the surface. If a
shaft is sunk through rock
stratum or a layer of any material
and a vein is discovered beneath,
the discovery is equivalent to one
made on the existing surface, and
such a vein is entitled to the eX-
tralateral right as much as any
other discovery.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

All forest reserves (not national
park reserves) are subject to the
operation of the mineral land
laws; an owner of a valid and
subsisting mining location in a
forest reserve has the right to
fence such claim, to carry on
mining and agricultural pursuits
on such claim, and to cut the
timber therefrom for actual min
ing purposes. In creating the
forest reserve it was not the pur-
pose Of the government to antag-
onize the mining industry, but to
protect the forest timber from
destructive fires and other waste,
that it might be used for mining
and agriculture. Mineral claim
ants in forest reserves are also
permitted to use water therefrOm.
They may also take stone and
timber from the general unoccu-
pied reserve for use on the claim
when the supply on the claim is
inadequate. The privilege does
not extend to corporations. For
est reserves are open for all
proper and lawful purposes, in
Guiding that of prospecting, lOcat-
ing and developing the mineral
resources thereof, provided that
such persons comply with the
rules and regulations covering
/ such reservations.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

The owner of a placer claim
may proceed to patent, and any
vein discovered in the bedrock Of
the placer subsequent to the is
suance of the patent becomes the
property Of the owner Of the
placer, and he may work all that
portion of the vein lying within
the boundaries of his claim, but
he is entitled to no eXtralateral
right.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

not be brought into contact with the skin In pure
form. In diluted condition it is harmless.
If you try this treatment simply as an expert
ment, SOW the treated seed in a definitely marked
portion of your field, using all care to keep the
treated seed free from smutted seed. If you
are adopting this treatment for your whole SOW
ing, it will be instructive if you will leave a
small portion, say one or two drill-rows, with the
same seed, untreated, thus enabling you to deter
mine the real value of treatment. We would be
pleased to have you send a letter to the Station
stating the results of your treatment, it's costs,
labor involved, amount of smut in treated and un-
treated fields. The amount of smut should be
very carefully estimated in per cent from an
actual count in the field. F. L. STEVENS,
Biologist, North Carolina Experiment Station,
Raleigh.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

Henry Alvord, six years old, three feet eight
inches tall.
The last name sounds ike dairy work, does it
not?
A trip over this farm is interesting and in
s%tructive. In a scrub pasture a flock of goats
are busy niping away at bushes, seemingly aware
of the fact that they were saving backaches for
the man who would have to grub that field to fit
it for cultivation. Near by was a flock of fine
sheep on other land not yet in cultivation; far
Their away more uncultivated land was fenced.
and here a herd of grade short-horn cattle had
all they could eat-goats, sheep, cattle, growing
into money at an expense of fence only. CThere
are thousands of acres of land in North Carolina
now doing. nothing which might be put to the
same use.)
Wheat yield of this farm this year was 800
bushels; it was sold in July for $1.13 per bushel.
The corn crop was fine, and showed good prepara-
ton and cultivation.
There are numerous small branches on this
farm. Adjacent to these are long strips of now
ing land producing grass for hay, whereas, if cul-
tivated, the corn or grain would often be destroy
ed by water and the soil washed away. (Here is
a good idea for all farmers owning branch land
to think about.)
I saw two teams hauling manure. Ny son who
was with me thought it funny to see that rich
stable manure spread on gullies and poor spots,
but this farmer was doing the proper thing.
Make the poor spots fertile and average up the
entire field.
You see here a thinking man, one who lays
plans and works to them. He is a man held in
high esteem by his neighbors, elder in his church,
active IN school matters, concerned about the
welfare of his country and State, a Christian and
good citizen. It is a pleasure to visit such a
man and hear him talk about men and affairs.
O.. @. MOORE.
Mecklenburg Co.,, N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
From "The Sage of Harmony"
M~ecklenburg Co., N. @.

Well, Mr.. Editor, your first number of "The
Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant" came to
hand all right and like it very much. / am sorry
to say that we have very few progressive farmers
in York County. If we had our county filed up
with this class of farmers, there would not be
house room for the immigrants that would wish
to settle in our midst. Now, brothers Gas [ call
all ~farmers), we must make ali of our farms self
sustaining before we will be entitled to this pro-
gressive name.
The war in our nation broke me up for some
years.. At the heels of the war I had to start
where l had been when l wed my partner at the
altar. We were well matched as far as property
was concerned: neither of US had anything but
a sound body and a willing mind. But we made our
lands that we cultivated produce everything that
we had to eat and wear and had a large surplus to
sell of everything-except children. And we had
nine of them in number-six daughters and three
sons. And this reminds me of the old saying, GA
rich man for luck; a fool for fun, a negro for
gourds, an Indian for dogs, and a poor man for
children"
Now, brother farmers, there are three essentials
that you must have in progressive farming. First,
the very best improved seed of every kind; second,
thorough preparation. And what l mean by prepa-
ration is not to break your subsoil too wet nor
too dry, then the deeper you pillow with grabs
the better. Never plant anything until you are
convinced that every clod has been pulverized
from the bottom of your subsol to the surface.
If you can't break all with a harrow, break them
with the back of the hoe. Then cultivate the first
time with small plows, as deep as you please; and
after the first time use small short grab plows
with scrappers behind the heel screw. Never let
your row get higher than your middles, except in
very wet bottom land. Broadcast all of your
manures whether you put two hundred or a thou
sand pounds to the acre. Plow your crop one
week and hoe it the next. Never let the grass and
weed seed come up, but kill it in the germ. And
in so doing you will make more with less expense
and less hurry and less money than you have ever
done. And afterwards, you will be called a pro-
g~ressive farmer. w. Il. HAYES.
York Co. S. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
A Visit to a Progressive Farmers Home.

Messrs. Editors: Farmers, as a rule, do not
stray far from their own homes. Nor is it advis-
able to be a run-about, but an occasional trip is
good. To get away from home, to see how others
do, tends to broaden the mind, give new ideas and
generally tsimulate a man to do better by his fam
lily and farm.
[ recall a pleasant visit I made this summer.
What I saw made such an impression on me I
am tempted to describe it, believing it will be
beneficial to others.
Ny host and I left the cars at the station and
found his twelve-year-old daughter waiting for
us; she had driven six miles to meet us and to
take us to their home. The home is situated in a
fine old grove. As we approach, the feeling of
Erestfulness and quiet fall upon one, for certainly
from the public road this home presents a most
inviting place for a weary mar to rest at. There
are flowers, grass, trees, children, chickens, calves
and other interesting objects in sight.
The wife is on the porch and bids us a hearty
welcome.
At supper time when we went to the dining
room I saw two tables spread. Both were served
alike, a duplicate dish of everything for supper
being on each table. One table was the regula-
ton height; there were seats here for father,
mother, oldest son and oldest daughter and for
the company. The other table was perhaps one
foot lower, and low chairs to match, on which the
six younger children sat in comfort. The second
daughter presided at the head and the second son
at the foot of the low table, while the small chill
dren were on each side.
1t was a beautiful sight to note the perfect
table manners of these little ladies and gentle
men. When the father asked a blessing from
God, the Giver of all good, and each little head
was d~evoutly bowed, the visitor felt the Christian
spirit in that dining-room.
The next morning I rose early, for [ wanted to
see how the day starts off at this different home
from any 1 had ever visited.
As I pass the cook room, I saw the mother and
two daughters engaged in preparing breakfast.
Out at the horse barn, the two oldest boys were
attending to horses there. At the COW lot 1 saw
young America industriously engaged-three lit
tie boys MIXED eleven Jersey cows; did it well,
quietly and quickly. Milk cans were on a little wa
gon. Milking finished, wagon was pulled by two
boys to separator room; the other boy brought the
milking buckets; there these little fellows ran
milk through separator, carried skim milk to
calves and pigs, the mother taking charge. of the
cream.
I stood these boys against the wall and meas
ured each. Here is the record:
Smith Floyd, ten years old, four feet four
inches tall.
William Kerr, eight years old, four feet three
inches tall.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
TO INCREASE GRAIN CROPS.
It of Oats, Wheat, Rye or Barley for Smut.

M Messrs. Editors Very few farmers realize the
Ill extent of the injury suffered by these cereal
Fops through the inroads of smut. The smutted
ants are dwarfed, therefore escape observation
completely that even very observing farmers
ten allow as much as rs to 35 per cent of smut
pass unnoticed. Smut is rarely less than 10
cent in oats and is frequently 16 to Is per
cent. This is a complete loss to the farmer as it
costs as much in seed, land and tillage to raise
the smutted plant as to raise the full head. All
of this loss can be turned into clear profit at a
kcst af sSout one cent per acre for material and
light outlay of labor. The United States
ling annually a preventable loss of about
900 from the smut of oats alone. Our
tate is yearly losing between 10 to 90 per
of her annual oat crop ranging in value at
1901 SIG.