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The Virginia enterprise., 1904-12-30
IIll1A1l / ! CHICAGO
WEATHER is SEAS oNABLE
Charity's Picturesque Method s-An-
nual show-Window Display BY
the Big Down-Town Stores
!. The Christmas Shopper.

The
Christmas season
In q big city like
Chicago brings with
it q multitude OF
sights and Id. sounds 't:lll .
and activities j 's and
thoughts-some Of
the latter perhaps,
unpr in ia b 3. l.e
which would make
volumes of inter
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-12-30

The field for such an enterprise has been
carefully studied and the great difficulty
is that any project for gambling out
fit will lack tremendously in patronage
If it is too far from New York. If a
man must take a sea voyage, anyhow,
he might as we'll go to the original Monte
Carlo, and be done with it. Hence the
beautiful plan that was once suggested
of building big floating island and tow
ing it outside Of the three-mile limit to
sea, where, under the flag of some cheap
power, it could be immune to the law OF
the metropolis only 30 miles away. To
such an island business men could 20 for
an evenings sport at bucking the tiger.
without losing the next days business.
1t would be very pretty problem in in
ternational law, would 1t not, such an is
land?
Practically unlimited capital could be
found for a good gambling investment.
The district attorney In New York IL too.
vigilant, the politicians who insist upon
sharing the kitty" are too rapacious.
The necessity Of making "double-oO"
boards. throwing six per cent, instead of
three per cent, odds against the player,
has often been accounted for in New
York by the fact that the political ring
insists upon addition, division and
silence" With the "single-O" Kame.
that is to say, with such odds q the
Monaco tables establish in their own IA
vor, q million year could easily be taken
IT, - kSr a. e
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-12-30
A Quaint PHILOSOPHER.

MONG the many
visitors at the
opening OF the pres
ent session OF con-
gress was that
quaint philosopher,
newspaper cOrro-
spondent and writ
er, Col. William @,
Sterrett, of Texas.
Col. Sterrett was
stationed in Wash.
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-12-30
New and Curious Material for the
. Next Congress-When the Un-
expected Happens-other Ma
. 4 tional Capital Gossip.
A S H1NGTON.
M a n y members
elect of the house
who will enter
first time are Wis
iting Washington
during the present
session to famil-
iarize themselves
with the field in
which they expect
1ooct tWn voorc

to labor for at least two years.
Despite a tremendous majority OF
118 that the republicans elected
in the next house, the percentage of new
men is remarkably small. There are
less than 100 out of the 1856 members
who have been elected for the first time.
This proportion is rather unusual In
a landslide year There are number
of the new members who have had ex-
periences in former congresses and to
them congressional duties will be no
new thing.
About the first thing now congress-
man and his wife think of is the glorles
of Washington and rs soon as possible
they hasten to the capital city to look
over their future residing place. Many
of them never before visited the national
capital and the sights are as new to them
as to the casual tourist. They are not
long in catching on to the privileges Of
a congressman, and they receive valu-
able pointers from older members. The
congressman-elect has the privilege OF
the floor of the house and he makes use
of it to accustom himself to being looked
at by the occupants of the galleries. He
can sit in a fine, revolving mahogany
chair, assume most statesmarflike air
and gloat over the visions Of real great
ness soon to be his when he becomes ali
active participator in national legisla-
tion.
The wives of the new congressman are
proud to sit in the reserved galleries,
look down ON the assembled house and
imagine the important figure their husl
bands will cut when the Fifty ninth con-
gress meets. They will be disillusiOned
before many months, as In the "bear
garden,' as the house is often termed,
very few members become conspicuous
and the newcomer is mighty lucky If he
gets a chance to make one speech during
the session.
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-12-30

volumes OF inter
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-24

camps are very satisfactory, but
that better transportation faeil-
tiles are necessary for the future
development of the camps.
"The greater depth attained in
the Hump this summer has prov
en- the camp to be in a great
measure base," said Mr.. Gordon,
land a more logical means of
transportation must be provided,
The camp is turning to a gold ore
with a lead base and with i'm
proved transportation there is
no doubt as to its future. The
values are maintained to the
greatest depth attained and in
many instances the values are
increasing as the greater depth
is reached. The veins are well
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-24
THE MCKINLEY MINE
A Salmon River Property to Install a
Ten Stamp Mill.

The Lewiston Tribune says that
George S. Losie, president of the
Mckinley Gold Mining company
of Salmon river district was an
arrival in the city yesterday from
Kellogg and will leave today for
the mine. Mr.. Losie will inves-
tigate some properties on Fiddle
creek and will direct the work on
the Mckinley property. A 400
foot crosscut has been completed
and also a drift of 200 feet on the
lead. The vein has been cross
cut in several places and the mill
tests and assays show the ore to
carry values from $18.25 to $76
per ton. About $4,000 has al
ready been spent in the develop
ment work and the company is
now arranging to install a ten
stamp mill early next season.
The property has been carefully
exported and the estimated ore
in sight is placed at $8OO,000.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-24
The SOUTH FORK ROAD
E. +. Gordon Estimates that it
Will Cost $40, 900.

E. F. Gordon was an arrival in
the city yesterday from the Oro-
grande mining district where he
is interested in the Hillside min
ing property. Mr.. Gordon states
that the work on the Hillside
property has been carried on dur
ing the summer and conditions
are very satisfactory. He expects
to return to the camp in short
time and will prosecute the de-
velopment work during the win
ter. Mr.. Gordon states that the
conditions in all the Central Idaho
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-24
lefned and strong and there il

QeIlneQ ana SCr0ng ana Cnere is
no doubt as to their permanency.
The stockholders in Buffalo Hump
properties have no fear for the
future of their investment, but
the camp is in vital need of i'm
proved transportation facilities.
All Central Idaho should pull to-
gether for such relief. There are
now immense bodies. of high
grade shipping ore, but under
existing conditions it is not prac-
tical to ship out.
1.-THE local relief is the con-
struction of a wagon road up the
South Fork from Harpster which
will furnish water grade trans
portation for all of the Central
Idaho camps. Portions of this
road have been constructed by
private capital, but a link of
about 40 miles is yet to be built
and we believe a sufficient show
ing has been made to warrant the
Central Idaho delegations asking
the state to build this last con-
Meeting link. 1t has been esti-
mated that this road can be built
for about $3.50 and we believe
the Central Idaho counties should
unite in making the construction
of this road an issue in the COM
ing campaign. The road will be
on the same grade as the n. P.
railroad survey and the devel-
opsnent of the country will in
time bring the railroad into camp.
We believe that the building of
the road from South Idaho into
the Thunder Mountain district by
the state at time when the camp
needed relief is a sufficiently
strong argument to bring before
the legislature in asking for the
needed relief of Central Idaho.
Such a road would serve Buffalo
Hump and vicinity, Dixie and
vicinity, Elk City and vicinity
and the Thunder Mountain coun-
try and vicinity, and is the logical
route to reach all these camps" "
Mr.. Gordon states that much
experimental work has. been car
ried on in the Orogrande and Big
Creek districts this season with
cyanide plants and as far as
known the experiments have been
satisfactory. Lewiston Tribune.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-24
The Thunder Trail.

L. A. Painter returned from
Dixie Thursday. He reports work
progressing nicely on the Dixie
Thunder Mountain trail. Mr..
Booi is employing nine men on
the work. 1t is said that by leav-
ing out Chamberlain basin a way
has been found whereby the route
can be shortened IA miles.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-24
THE CHAMPION GROUP
Consists of Quartz Ledges and an Immense
Intrusive Dyke.
Situated on Deadwood Mountain and Assays Well in Gold
Development Being Prosecuted Conservative
Lines-An Unlimited Body of Ore.

llllS SIOup Wdo iOCdCCu III
1899 by Sherwood McGibbons
and l. D. Maxwell, who, after
holding it several y ears and doing
considerable development work,
sold out to the Thunder Mountain
Gold Co., organized by Charles E.
Skiles of Philadelphia, which
company comprises number Of
the most substantial business
men of the Quaker City.
This splendid property was,
until quite recently, subjected to
the almost universal curse of Elk
City district since the inception
of quartz mining here. The
blight Of incompetent manage
ment, which is entirely responsi5
BILE for the widespread and un
just impression that this district
has no merit from the quartz
miners viewpoint. That this has
been the case the property under
discussion furnishes a striking
example. For instance, tunnel
No. 8 run on the Champion was
abandoned by the previous man
ager owing to his failure to. find
the ore body, and work on the
mihe discontinued on the not very
reasonable assumption that the
ore body failed to "go down" ="
because he thought it was not
where it should be-. AS a matter
of fact it was there, and consti-
tuted one, side of the tunnel for
a distance of thirty to forty feet.
The present manager, j. w. Roy
er, has picked it up and opened
a very handsome body of high
grade ore, and had at the time of
the Newsman's visit a four-foot
breast of SIS rock.
The dyke was known to be
there, but was condemned on
general principles without syste-
matte investigation. Mr.. Royet
is prospecting this dyke ano
meeting with the most encourag-
ing results. This ore body is
opened in one place across its
strike by an open cut and tunne
for a distance Of 100 feet. The
average assay values for this 10C
feet is. better than So per ton.
While the foregoing is the larg-
est single opening on this noun.
tain of ore seen by the Newsman
the ore body is opened along its
strike for a distance exceeding
1000 feet by numerous shallow
trenches, which also gives an in
dicated width of several hundred
4 feet, and the ore taken therefron
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-24
A Review
Of the
Proceedings
of that Body.
The American
Mining Congress.
[From the Mining and Scientific Press.
[CoNfINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

A. E. Borthwick of Idaho spoke
on THE Mineral resources of
Thunder Mountain. He said a
large part of Idaho is undevelop-
ed, though II out of the 27 coun-
ties of the state are ore produc-
ing counties. Owyhee, Idaho and
Boise are the gold-producing
counties of Idaho. There are
good inducements in the camps
of these counties and particularly
in the Thunder Mountain district.
The district has a radius of 80
miles and is on top of a water
shed about 1000 or 5000 feet above
sea level. There is snow and
plenty of it in winter time, but
by the first of May it is gone.
A, few of the groups of mines
have been developed and have
yielded promising results.
On Copper production of CAL
ifornia, M. E. Dittmer of Red
ding, CAL, said: "The develop
ment of copper in California is
not of recent date. The mines
at Copperopolis, in Calaveras
county, are being reopened with.
good results. Shasta county has
shown marked development in
recent years. The Mountain Cops
per company, in Shasta county,
is averaging 300 tons daily (its'
full capacity is 1900 tons). Five
furnaces are in operation, and it's
pay roll for wages and supplies
is running about 100000 per
month. The total amount of cop-
per produced since the Mountain
Copper company began operation
is 159, ,532, $50 pounds, and the
value of the gold produced is
So, 100000 In Trinity county
the development of copper is pro-
ceeding under favorable circum-
stances. A large amount of ore
is ahead of the plants in northern
California. The largest bodies
of developed sulphide ore are in
Shasta county.
The afternoon session was TAX
en- up principally with debate on
the selection of a city for perma-
nent headquarters, which was
decided in favor of Denver.
The closing sessions Of the con-
vention were held on the 9th,
Mineral Resources of Maine, .
by L. M. Lee of Maine, was read
by title and ordered printed, as
was also 1.-The Theory and the
Evolution of the Treatment Of
River and Beach Sands for the
Recovery of Gold and Other Met
als," by j. H. Ryan. A number
of resolutions were passed, one
of which recommended the open
ing of the south half of the Col
vile Indian reservation in Wash
ington, on account of the mineral
lands therein.
The following board of direc-
tors was elected: ]. H. Richards,
Idaho; 7. Ewing, California; E.
R. Buckley, Missouri; A. w. Gift
ford; Texas; ]. Dern, Utah; W.
Lennox, Colorado; J. F. Watson,
Oregon; j. T. Cornforth, Alaska;
G. w. E. Dorsey, Nebraska.
After adjournment of the con-
vention the board of directors
met and elected J. H. Richards
i
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-24

assays WSll, oO SOOO, III letSO, oiieto
Mr.. Roger refused at first to
credit the returns until subse-
quent tests proved the correct
ness of the first assays.
This property is situated near
the mouth of Relief creek, on the
North side of Crooked river,
on Deadwood mountain, and is
ideally located for economical
development and ore extraction.
The ridge or spur of the noun
tain on which the dyke is located,
and which in fact appears to be
the dyke itself, ADULTS upon the
river and has an altitude of about
800 feet above the level of this
stream and is quite heavily tim
bered, and, in short, presents a
mining proposition which, if it
pans out as big as surface indica-
tions warrant one in believing it
will, ought to be furnishing ore
and dividends for the next three
or four generations. Nor should
the quartz lodges be neglected in
the general summary, although
compared with the mighty posi-
bilities of the dyke they are apt
to appear Of small consequence
to the average miner, though the
Champion proper is rapidly pas
sing the prospect stage. 1t has
acquired a depth of 100 feet, has
three tunnels on the ledge with
an aggregate of 400 feet, an up
raise of about 70 feet connecting
tunnels 2 and 3, an ore body av-
eraging better than two feet from
the surface to the 160-foot level
which will average $25 per ton.
This ore body is rapidly widening
on the 160-foot level, and has now
as stated before in this article, 6
width of four feet at the breast
On the Imperial is another ledge
of high grade iron sulphide ore
on which a tunnel $50 feet has
been run. This ledge assays $50
per ton.
When asked if it was the com
pany's intention to materially in
crease the present force Mr.. Roy
er said: mo, the company's pol
icy is to prosecute its develop
ment and prospecting work upor
conservative lines till they know
exactly where they are. Wher
; satisfied upon this point beyonC
a reasonable doubt, operation:
= will be carried on on a scale com
mensurate with the size of tn,
proposition which might ulti
| mately develop"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-24

On "The Functions of the State
Geological Surveys" E. R. Buck
ley of Rolla, Mo-, speaking in
defense of. state geological sur
veys, explained the good these
surveys, if properly managed,
can do and the need Of them in
the interest of mining. "The
field covered by the state geolog-
ical survey trespasses to no ex-
tent on that of the mining engi-
neer or of the field geologist. The
state geological survey can be Of
the greatest service to the min
ing industry. The reports issued
by the survey covers the entire
state in regard to minerals, and
these reports are generally sought
after by mining men. One func-
tion of the survey is to collect
specimens for work in colleges
and universities. A well-arrang-
ed cabinet of the minerals of the
state and maps and charts is one
of the most useful things that
can be undertaken by the survey.
The geological survey is a depart
ment to which the citizens may
apply for information on any
mineral he may discover. The
department should be a bureau
of reliable information. and every
state should have, a department
under the direction of thoroughly
competent men. The state geo.
logical survey should be instituted
to cooperate with the United
States geological survey, the bu-
reaus of forestry, soils and the
reclamation service. The field of
usefuleness of the survey is in
every state where mining is one
of the industries and where it is
possible to develop. mining" "
john Daggett of California spoke
of the growth of the mining in
dustry in that state.
In the morning session of the
25th several resolutions were
adopted, one of which asks that
"the government land laws be sc
modified that the same process
shall apply in the patenting OF
agricultural, stone and coal lands,
as in mining claims, and that
notices shall. be posted in the
same manner prior to patenting.
1t is also required that persons
patenting noh-mineral lands shall
be required to furnish evidence
Of their non-mineral character as
positive as proof Of mineral char.
, acter as that which mining mer
are required to make" Another
resolution reviews late decision
of the secretary of the interior
; interpreting the Teller law hold.
ing that monuments on ground
shall govern, and not the patent
description thereto, in the survey
, of adjoining mining claims, anC
that great injury would be work
ed to the industry and the owners
of patented mining claims by the
| application of this rule by it!
( opening the way to falsified posi-
tions of mining claims. The con
gress asked that such interpreta
l tion be adversed by the secretary
: of the interior, and that the Law
: should be so modified as to pre-
: vent such Interpretation in tn,
future.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-09

lections and SAD stories Of plumber.
robbery. rapine and worse. told with
gnashing teeth or breaking heart by
the firesides. were all that remained
of their strange antagonists in the
town. But the little town and the
little valley were to be once more the
scene of war. The great game was to
be played again. and the little creek
OF the AssunFink was to run red I'M
der its ice and between its banks.
On the Doth Washington's troops
began to cross the river again. Two
parties of light dragons were sent on
in advance. under Colonel Reed. assist
ell by parties Of Pennsylvania ride
men dispatched by Cadwalader. They
chung tenaciously to the tanks OF
Won Donop. That unfortunate COM
mander had been led away from his
camp at Burlington in pursuit of Grit
fins gallant six hundred. When he re-
turned unsuccessful, the news from
Trenton had 50 alarmed him that he
fled preclpitateIy, abandoning his
heavy baggage and some of his artil
lery. 1t was d work of joy for the
pursued TO pursue. Il reversal OF coz
ditions which put Tie heavy German
veterans at q strange disadvantage
compared with their alert and active
pursuers. They had marched through
that country with q high hand, plum
dering ana abusing its inhabitants n
a frightful way, and they We're now
being made TO experience the hatred
they themselves had enaindled. The
country people rose against them and
cut them OFF without mercy
1t took two days to get the troops
across on account of the ice ia the rly-
err. And now came another difficulty.
The time of the major part OF the
Americans had expired on the last day
of the year, but Washington had them
paraded and had ridden up and adj
dressed them In a brilliant. soldierlike
fashion. and they had to a MAJ volun-
teered 20 remain with him for six
weeks longer, or as much more time as
was necessary TO enable him TO COM
plete his campaign before he went in
to winter quarters. He ives at last
able to pes them their long deferred
salary oct Of the $4,000 sent him by
robert Norris. which Seymour and
Talbot that day had brought him. and
fer their fu1ure reward he ch@erfully
pledged his own vast estate, an exam
pie of sell sacrifice which Greene.
Stark. Talbot, Seymour and others of
the officers who possessed property at
once emulated. The men were put in
good spirits by a promise of $40 boun-
t. also. and they were ready and ca
ger for a fight.
Cro be continued)
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-09
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The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-09

his daring adventure entailcd yet FUR
was only just begun. AS for himself,
the world now knew him for a soldier.
And a withered old man in the palace
of the Sans Souci in Berlin. who had
himself known Victories and defeats,
who had himself stood at bay, facing a
world in arms so successfully that men
called him sthe Great" called this and
the subsequent campaign the finest
military exploit of the age!
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-09

Struck cried the general in u
prise.
Eyes, sir. Their colors are down"
$50 they are said Washington,
clasping his hands and raising his eyes
to heaven. Then, putting spurs to his
horse, he galloped over toward the
men. The firing had ceased in every
direction. and the day was his own.
The three regiments were surrendering
at discretion, two to him and the other
to Lord Stirling. As Major Wilkinson
galloped up from the lower division
for Instructions Colonel Rahl, pale and
bleeding and supported by two ser
geants, presented his sword, which
Washington ~courteously declined to re-
ceive. The general then gave orders
that every care and assistance should
be afforded the unfortunate soldier.
who died the next day In a DON In
Potts tavern.
This is indeed a glorious day for our
country said the general to Seymour.
1t was, In fact. the turning point in
the history of the nation. The captives
numbered nearly 1000 men, with 1.200
stand of arms, six fieldpieces. twelve
drums and four %colors, including the
gorgeous banner of the Anspachers.
the Won Lossburg regiment.
OF the Continentals only two were
killed and four wounded. while up