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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20

On lHe ulNlulng line between
Peru and Chile. for two years
before war was declared between
those two countries. No complaints
had been made against me as superin-
tendent and engineer, but there came
day when the son of the president of
the mining company graduated from
Yale as mining engineer, and his IA
ther had job ready for him. | was
to be showed back into second place
for few months until Arthur had got
a grip on the situation and was then
TO be politely dismissed, and he was
to have full swing.
The president didn't say this exact
ly in his courteous letter notifying me
that his son would arrive Mt Africa at
certain date and requesting me to
meet him and put him up to things as
far as able but | read between the
lines and saw the handwriting on the
wall. | have never been quoted as 4
bad natured fellow, but l was down
on Arthur Graves for weeks before |
got sight of him. It's only human ma
ture to despiSC the man who works
you out of a good thing even if his
father owns controlling interest and
wants his son to become practical
enough to earn his own bread and but
ter In my minds eye had a picture
of lackadaisical young man with n
lisp and Il cigarette and knowing about
as much of practical mining as l did
of running Nassar college He would
be half fool and half dawdler the son
of his father. He would say, "Dwear
me-ah'' and Il cawnt, We know"
and the mine would he to him nothing
but hole in the earth. There was
feminine sOftness to his name and
the idea of getting him into blue
flannel shirt and working tools into
his hands made me smile
On three different occasions within a
year l had picked up the handle of Il
pickaX and sailed into crowd of mu-
tinous hybrid miners who had decided
to run things to suit themselves and
any one of whom could have picked up
Arthur Graves and broken him in two.
Twice during the same year guerrilla
pdhIlS hdu SNOOJcu tONu Ou lue lille
and demanded toll money, but | had
fortified the engine house. rallied five
or six good fighters around me and
driven them Off The cub from Yale
would have swallowed his chin over it
at the first shot
1t was while l was waiting the young
mans arrival that war was declared,
and it didn't take me long to figure
out that the Americana was in muss.
We had the charter from the Chileans,
but they wouldn't let little thing like
that stand in the way Of Selling such
a valuable piece of property and de-
claring our rights forfeited under some
preteXt or other. As for the Peruvians,
they would plan to gobble it along
with all else and would destroy it if
they couldn't hold it. Within twenty
four hours after the news of war reach
ed the mine good half of the hands
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20
Ole
Presidents
Son
By CHARLES B. LEWIS
By CHARLES B. LEWIS
Copyright, 1904, by c. b. Lewis

TE had been working the Amer
! icanO mine, situated almost
on the dividing line between
Peru and Chile. for two wears
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20

of woman nauresuch this of plausible
exterior and ready w peevng her lonely and broog
condition of mind himself her that he the very
person all the world capable of filling the aching void heart
and life and turning the gray raincous that environ her the
dawn of brighter and better day than she yet has
known Such a promise this is ENOUGH TO BEWILDER
THE JUDGMENT and blind the eyes of the that
lived that is suppong her be loving by and lonely
by circumstance 1t like the song of the sirens
Ulysses and his comrades They well knew those hard headed mari
ner that the Circean shore that for which they had
barked
But to return our suppotous wave worn and weary
he listens this siren chant and yields tempting He says:
II love you beyond all else in the world VIII you my wife and
let love you forever and day She says 1T all that have
been longing for They marry and months
hours he says Youre fool and cry for the MOON and
she Oh how could have mistaken you ideal Yes,
[ WAS A FOOL, BUT YOU ARE WORSE; YOU ARE \
BRUTE Of the vary with the persons and the
circumstances and in good many they do ALL
but then when the fates take playing with lives all this and
is the cards and IT IS WELL TO BE PREPARED
FOR IT
Naturally, if such of things does pass,
pasanne arises in the family which long be concealed
public eye presently 'he world SAYS
And OH what cruel and and foolish things world does
say when finds the chance Why that world
ukewarm and angud praise demanded PHENOM
ENALLY ACTIVE WHERE THERE is AN OPENING
FOR CENSURE! Let perform act of hero
of sanity self sacrifice let him or her spend life and
doing good to the poor the unfortunate the wicked and the
world yawns and says very good of him. I'm sure isn't he
just little bit of crank? Or if Madam World smiles
pyngly and says: "Ah, YES, poor thing! WOMAN WHO
DOESN'T MARRY MUST DO SOMETHING TO MAXI
HERSELF OF IMPORTANCE. Did you hear that she
disappointed when young Croeus married her cousin instead her.
Or perhaps it says ooh, gone into has she What
blessed asylum for unattracive girls be- 1t is
much preter be called Sister of Charity than old maid
WHATEVER THE FORM VIRTUE WORLD
is SURE TO FIND SOME FLAW OR PIT IN THE FAIR FRUIT
CANNOT HELP PRAIsINe AND cLEvERLY DsPARAeEs EVEN
HER APPROVAL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20

I'm afraid it has a bad outlook for US"
I replied. I'VE can't count on aid from
any direction, and these fellows have Ger
tainly got us cOOped up. There's food and
water for three or four days and We are
fairly well of for ammunition. but what
are we going to do when we reach the
end of the string2'
We went to the loopholes and soon
discovered that the bandits had grown
careless Within five minutes We had
bagged two apiece and then any further
shooting was waste Of lead. we could
safely figure on having reduced Pedro 5
force by ten. but l knew his TepIt ltiou
too well 10 believe that he would Srau-
don his object on that account soon
after our six strike his men ceased firing.
and a few minutes later the. bandit leader
advanced under a flag of truce II was
his little game to get a closer look at the
power house and discover its weak spot
but we baked him by hating him tairty
rods away. He at first promised us safe
conduct to africa if we would surrender.
but when we defied him no INDUCED in
such threats that l felt my hair curl.
Threats from Pedro meant more than
buster.
The power house stood on a level spot
close up to the foot of the mountain and
was not loopholed in the rear. The moun-
tain side was thick with trees. bushes and
great powders. and as the firing ceased
1 had a dim perception of the next move
TO follow.
I'm tell you what their next move will
be" said I as | thought it out. IF Pedro
has got the sense l think he has he will
work around above us and use powder to
start an avalanche. He can loosen
enough rock and dirt above US to sweep
this house away like a cork"
''Yes. that will be his game" answered
Graves, 'and we have got to take long
chances We've got to get out of this and
into the shelter of the woods. and if they
see us and pursue we must make the best
fight we can Sis I'm sorry | got YOU
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20
The Finance of the United States


Treasur Of the nteds
- ORTUNATELY the United States asking
r. THE NATION is NOT A BORROWER IN ANY
MARKET Its interest bearing debt the beginning
of the fiscal year 1898 $S47 $780, and
terest loan of $2OO0OOOO0 made by popu
lar subscription for purposes Yet the of the
fiscal year that debt only $685. 4O and the
$24176745 In the interval the government has paid the of
the Spanish $20OOOOOO under the treaty of Paris and $50
100000 account of the Panama canal
NATION A GRANITE BASIS OF CREDIT,
AND OVER THE DOOR TREASURY NscRIBED
1--WE ARE NOT BORROWING
In itself the United States weak gains strength gold
put behind it. The practical banker join with the heorist
the wish that it gradually into the gold certificate THAT
CHANGE is GOING ON WITHOUT JAR OR ERIC
TION two pathfr by the increase in the gold in the
w and second by the of of $40 instead of large
denomination In five years dollar up Just
less than $0OO0OoO0 July 1900 1913 in 1902
$245,440,011 on the date in 1904.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20
High Pressure of
The Life of Today
By Judge oRRIN CARTER of Chicago

N BELIEVE THAT INSANITY TODAY BEGINS IN
THE SCHOOLROOM. Children are rushed through their
- studies too fast studies that used belong the col
lege and many of them graduated from the high schools
at the OF only sixteen In this wrecks the of
children and many of them carry the with
THROUGH LIFE But the result nervous fdgety army of
girls and boys them unfit for business life before they begin
There has been big increase insanity years Much
insanity is caused by simunts used by push him
AGAINST THE WARNING OF NATURE If the overworked
would keep up drugs would give him
rest the form of Illness but under the whpsh of smuans
when he does collapse having resistance, HE OFTEN
BECOMES DERANGED
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20
The Keyser Preparatory Branch
OF THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.
Next Tenn Begins Sept. ID, 1904.

Classical and Engineering Preparatory
Courses for Students intending to enter
College.
Commercial Department in which Stu
dents are thoroughly fitted to fill respon-
slble positions. A special Course for
Teachers of Commercial Branches.
Special instruction for public school,
Teachers.
Instruction in Music.
Splendid New Building Provided by the
State.
Beautiful Location. Healthful Surround
ings. Enthusiastic Teachers
Free Tuition to West Virainia Students
in all courses except Music.
No Tuition in Comm ercia1 Department.
Small Tuition charged Students from other
States.
Library Literary Societies, Gymnasiums
Athletic Teams.
Accommodations for Students at moderate
cost. Open to both sexes.
For free catalogue of the school and an
nouncement of the Commercial Depart
= ment, address the Principal,
L. L. FRIEND,
Keyser. w. Vas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20
WOTnan's Love and
What the World Says
By Mrs. FRANK LESLIE
By Mrs. FRANK LESLIE

WOMAN, let us say although these catasrophes
common to one the other, but will say
an, alone and lonely, oppressed with the weight of
worldly affairs and even oppressed with that NEED
OF LOVING" which the French rightly place the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
A CONSCIENCELESS THIEF
Steals Judge Collins Horse Last We'd
nesday Evening.

That there is need for better police pro-
lection in Goldfield is shown by the fact
that the thieves are graduating from the
petty larceny class into the horse thief
class.
Between 10 and IL o'clock last We'd
nesday evening a man went into the cor.
raj and from - bunch of twenty took
Judge Collins handsome saddle horse
and made away with it-saddle, bride
and all. He was tracked around the
hills to the Tonopah road. and Judge
Collins went in today to further trail
hlm up. The worst of it is, the writer
was promised the loan of that same horse
for next Sunday
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
A New Company.

he Jumbo and Vernal Extension Min
ing Company has been organized by II.
b. Lind. for Martin. Higginson and Jones,
three pioneers of the district. This com
pany should prove very successful us
their holdings are scattered in various
parts Of the district, and each claim has
not only good showing, bnt adjoins
properties of proven merit The compa
ny OWLS the Gold Wedge, which is the
north extension of the Jumbo; the Polio
Verde, which is the north extension of
the SAINT Ives, where the recent strike
was made the Vinegrone. paralle!ing
the Red Top on the east the Bladk Butte
No. ], adjoining Frank M. Ish's Black
Butte claim. which is also to the front
with big strike the Gold Coin, Three
Friends and Saddle Rock, which join
keane McMahon and Fletcher's great
property on the south. If one or more
mines are not made out of the above
claims it will be strange. Key Pittman
is president of the new company, and h .
b. Lind is secretary and manager.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
New TOWnsite at Gold Reef.

James l.. Golden, brother of Frank
Golden, was in camp during the week
and announced that he is laying out a
new townsite at Gold Reef, two miles
south of Gold Mountain and east of the
road to Goldtield. In this vicinity sew
eral good strikes have been made lately.
and it is possible that several good pro
ducerS will be opened up. On the Ahern
property portion of the ledge has been
exposed which is literally sprinkled with
visible gold The new townsite is one.
fourth mile from this strike and about
VOLTS property. Mr. Golden says he
has some of the best people in Tonopah
associated with him in the venture
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
The Saint Ives.

Jake Martin. leasing on the Saint Ives
broke into ore this week which, if it
holds out, will entitle him to get into the
band wagon of the shippers. In sinking
the shaft, rock carrying fair milling val
ues was soon encountered, but at depth
of u feet ore was found which paintings
indicate would go up into the hundreds
of dollars per ton. The rich ore is OF IA
white quartz porphyry or lime porphyry
appearance, and would be passed over by
the average miner as worthless. 1t pow
ders easily under pressure and paintings
show that it carries free gold in large
quantities. The Saint Ives parallels the
Jumbo on the east and is owned by L. &
Lockhart and ID. p. Williams.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
The January Lease.

On the Kendall II Co. lease on theJan
nary ihey are not doing thing but take
out lots of ore every day and blocking
out new bodies which will add greatly to
the t"nnage- About 800 sacks have been
SHIPPED the last two or three days and
275 tons are sacked on the dump waiting
for the freighters. AS is well known,
the sacked ore averages nearly 500 per
ton, Sinking on the main shaft has been
resrmed, and it is now down 40 feet
Some of the best paintings ever made from
January one came from the bottom of the
Shift Wednesday. The lessees are also
Striking on the second shaft and it is
Down lOU feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
The SandStOrm.

The Oddie and Gardner lease on the
Sandstorm is making a showing that in
dicates it will make big proposition
when mill to treat low grade ores has
been erected. A ledge % feet wide has
been proved for distance of 300 feet and
the whole mass will go from $40 to Sl5
in free milling gold ore. streak along
the hanging wall. where the shaft is be-
ing sunk. showed shipping values. the as
says going from SleO TO $500 per ton.
The dip of the ledge took this rich streak
out of the shaft. but at depth of 20
feet crosscut was run for the purpose
of determining whether or not the high
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06

Three strikes were made in tue Gold
fed district during tue wee. winch are
not only big in themselves, out are of
greater Importance because tley occurred
at widely varying points. ine hrsr'was
made in the Black Butte clafti close to
Diamondheld and owned by } ga M.
Ish. Mr. Ish recently started ReQsscut
tunnel a little over half way up the hill,
which on Wednesday was in l. feet. At
this point All average sample was taken
clear ac oss the face Of the tunnel and
the assay value was s so. This Is ex-
ira good value for the depth, even at
Goldfield, but as more work Is done, the
showing gets even better. Some OF the
paintings indicate values up into the hun
dreds and before many days have passed,
the Black Butte W II likely develop Into
a shipIel. The hill on which the claim
is situated rises about -25 feet above the
gulch and seems to be a mass of mineral.
1t is yet question whether on the Black
Butte there is Il well-detiued ledge OF big
PROPORTIONS. or whether it is chimney
or blowout. One visitor during the week
facetiou-ly rem lrked that he believed 1t
as true ledge with a porphyry foot
wall and the sky above for a hanging
wall If it is not mere surface deposit
and there is no indication that such is
the case and it is bound to prove one Of
the biggest bonanzas of bonanza dis
trict
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
Short Mining Notes.

Swan and Rickard have taken a lease
on the Florence.
Day and Smith have taken a lease on
the Miss Jessie claim on Columbia Noun
tain, which is owned by Harry and Tom
Ramsey.
Lynch, Sheridan Requa, Brearly a. Co.
have taken lease on eco feet of the
Saint Ives claim, close to where the rich
strike was made.
Strange, Witherspoon and Oh have
started sinking shaft on some Ct inns on
the south side of Magruder \ ,ntain,
near Ida, where they have an nag
ing showing.
Cook Bros, Stimmel and Ba are
drifting from the 80 foot point in ,,te shaft
to catch the rich ore shoot openaf Jlp b
the Sweeney Il Hennessy lease. ghss
have put up whim during the k
II. O. Hall reports that the 1T on
the Blue Bull will be sunk to .pth of
100 feet. This ought to prove what j.
believed to be one of the best 81, ms ii
the camp.
J. G. Trimble, formerly of Puero Colo.
! has found fine looking quar- OF one OF
his claims five miles east of own. III,
has traced the ledge for 8 90 feet and hs
believes that the claim will Justify devel
opment.
On the White Rock the north drift
from the $50 foot point in lhe shaft is IN
l-5 feet and the south drift 100 feet
There S no decided change III the forI1la-
ton, but the porphyry is getting harder,
which is considered good indlcati II.
Nick MoGlynn has taken bo,,d and
lease on the Little Brown ard Little Ell
len claims, owned by Jack Mer lin and
others, near McLaughlin's we'll, and ha.
put two men to work. The bond calls
for $1,000.
Nelligan and Mclaughlin lare started
to sink IA shaft on the Examiner claim.
near White Mountain. There are two
lodges on the Examiner. one l5 feet wide
and the other 25 feet wide. Assays from
close to the surface have gone from 81. ~
to $32.
On the Lockhart & McClelland lease
on the Florence, the northeast drift is in
40 feet from the 50 foot point in the shaft
and the south crosscut is in 7S feet. At
the latter point the rock looks good and
thorough sampling will be made as
soon as it is mucked out.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
keane, ncnahon and Fletcher's

Keane, McMahon and Fletcher are
drifting on the ledge Of their Great Bend
claim, near Diamondfield. The size of
the pay-streak as well as the values in
tue ore, vary with development, but the
average is more than encouraging. An
assay was taken across 8 inches of The
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
THREE STRIKES THIS WEEK
Ish Black Butte Saint Ives and Sandsorm Strike 1t Rich
Plenty Of Water at Alkal Spring.

The owners of the Combination mine have
acquired the water rights about Alka Spring,
at the foot of the Montezuma range ten miles
west of Goldfeld, and are making preparations
to develop the same and pipe it to the point
where their new cyanide plant will be erected.
Geo. H. Lewis, of the Crystal Water Com
pany of Tonopah, who is in charge of the work.
is confident that about Alkali Spring there is
almost unlimited water supply, and that he
will soon develop enough to run 5oo-stamp
mill. The preliminary survey for the pipe line
to carry the water to Goldfeld has already
been made. The trench will soon be dug, but
the pipe will not be Brought in until the rail-
road is completed to Tonopall, when the saving
in freight rates will be material item
Nothing is more important to the future of
the Goldfeld district than the development of
an adequate water supply, close to camp, for
mills and reduction works. Goldtield is aston
shing the world with its large bode es of exceed
ngly rich ores, but great will be the aggre-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06

values continue with depth. Evidently
1t is this same rich streak which was bro
ken into Wednesday, for out of a number
OF paintings not one indicated values Of
IS IRAN SoU per ton MAJOR Gardner Is
nataially very much elated, apd further
deYeh pments will be awaited with inte'
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
The Florence Suitcase.

The reports from the Smith & Co., sub
lease of the Florence, are to the effect
that the rich ore is holding out and that
il looks ''about the same" AS last week
they were sacking ore that ageraged over
$500 per ton, ''about the same" is doing
we'll enough
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
Good Prospects at Big Bargain.

have grolp of five claims, with good
hedges on some, and the work is all done
and recorded. l need ready money and
viii sell this group at big bargain if
taken soon. Address "Prospector," care
of The NEWS
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06

gate amount of wealth taken from the ores
rich enough to ship to smelters, that amount
will be very small compared with what will be
taken from of milling grade in this dis
,rict.
1t is often said that it is the low grade ores
which make big camp, as the tonnage is al
ways much greater than of high grade ores,
thus giving employment to more men in the
mines, as we'll as the mills and reduction works
This is true, as general rule, and it is espec-
tally true of Godfeld. The Combination, Ian
uary, Jumbo, Florence and the properties
around Diamondfed that have shipping ore
also have large quantities of rock that will paw
bonanza profits if milled the ground, and
there are large number of prospects in which
low grade ores found that can be made to
pay for their own development when $40 or
SIS ore can be treated at profit. The era of
mills will mark the brightest page in Godfelds
history, and it is gratifying to see the water
problem being SO rapidly solved
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06

4.,i4e ,unuIe OF 1HE UOLDFIElD
ia Tmepah n l5 minutes after IT,
IS opened. IS stated elsewheg,
If definite orders for sufficient number
are received, another edition of the first
issue will be printed,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-05-06
On Line of the Clark Railroad.

Il. Z hcGhan came III Saturday from
seVen-months' prospecting trip in the
outheA part of the ct.s