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lAsT IRON AND COPPER MINES IN CUBA OWNED BY AMERIC

like thousand are nov employed 3D., ana J ad
this number will probably DO lllcr "a ~
as the development pr3gress.s ah. , nm.es
is no doubt but that the Copre J, MINES the
are still yaluable property ana az, itn -
ties Of copper for long time 70 coln le
Gold and Silver in Cuba.
Cuba IS said to have deposits Of gold
ana silver There are gold mlnas near
. Holgll,l which We're worked Years ago X
and which are now owned BY an Enslls =
syndicate known us the Cuban Mining and 4
Company, Gold has psel8
known there since the discovery. OF CUBA.
and the mines have been worked q from
time to time. In 1855 Mr.. Frederick Ranls-9I
don, then British consul Mt Santiago, said
that one mine there producea Org DenI-
Ing sXty-scven ounces OF gold ana tWsil-3
ty-three ounces of silver per ton, making
a value OF $1,000 worth OF gold per ION.
IT is also said thIt Don Vicente Guilieil
took out ore from the same mine, WHY
Yielded three ounces of gold 70 every
hundred pounds of mineral.
X Another mlne not far from HolSu'll calt-
tulned a pocket OF gold which within M,
teen DAYS Welded $1,000 to every hunureu I
mounds, or $4,000. Samples Or ore from
the Int ter mine were taken TO LONDON ana Y
nssayed They showed a maximum olBE
.thrty-two ounces Of gold TO the tqn.lS
trhcre ure other mines in the same Vlclh-
nv which contain gold-bearlnS NusUtZ,5
and the streams about are said TO contain
some placer deposits ,r,,, 3i,i
$3.50 l'3 FRANK Ct. CARPENIElt.
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siegcd by the, Prussians. solar eclipse
o5lnst only two minutes and ten seconds
was to take place on December I'D OF
that year.
Paris was not In line OF the shadow.
M. & Jansen made UP his mind TO get.
ut any cost, to Alglcrs, where the shadow
vas to pass. Bottled up as he was IN
Paris, he escaped In balloon. taking
with him Il few precious instruments.
and, under great difficulties made his
way 10 Algers. but clouds lowered over
tho spot he had selected, and 50 his
Journey did him no more good than If
he had remained Jin Paris, although he
got more to eat.
TO view that same eclipse, Sir Morti-
mcr Lockyer journeyed from England TO
Sicily. He, too encountered cloudy
weather, but he managed to get
glimpse OF the corona for just one and
one half seconds.
BY means Of the eclipse which Is soon l
to occur II Is the hope of scientists that
they will obtain 4 definite idea as t.
the nature OF the corona This has long
been question full Of the deepest I'M
port. In order to understand It. we.
must first look into the nature OF
solar eclpses in general.
q In the earliest periods Of history men
knew thatfth earth was round, ana thht
the sun appeared to make a yearly revo--s
luton among the stars They knew also
that eclIpscs were caused by the moon
entering the earth's shadow, or the earth
entering the shadow of the moon. An
client Chinese astronomers were familiar
with the fact that ecltpses repeat them
selves during period Of about nineteen
years. 5+A ~ = = :.
1t was when this knowledge pre-
vailed in China that II and Flo held
sway as astronomers royal to one OF
the ancient emperors Of the Celestial
ISlnsdom. Hi and TIo had an easy
time OF IT. compared to our modern men
of science Their only duty was to give
warning of an eclipse. That being
done. the people would proceed to pro-.
initiate the Chinese deities, for the ems
5pcror gave 1t out TINT dragon was
going to eat r,n the sun and when the
eclipse occurred, just as he had stated
thanks to III and Hottie people
would do all sorts of things and call
tho emperor a great man after the
shadow had passed away.
# FIJI and TIo were really bright men,
but. they finally began giving them
selves .up TO drunkenness and riotous
living, and one day an eclipse occurred
without. any warning. The people were
thrown into terrible state by this be-
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is found in nearly every province. Cop
per deposits have been worked In Pnar
del Rio, In Havana and Ntatunazs. In
Santa Clara valuable beds. of this ore
have been found near Clenfuegos and
there nre number Of mines inPuerta
Principe Some OF the oldest copper
mines of the latter province are now in
the hands Of Pennsylvania parties. ',
Bought BY Americans.
When I'll Cobre was at tts, best rail-
the mines to Santiago Bay, This was
owned by spansh corpora ti;on ana ta u
down Then revolutions. broke out, and
the machinery md buildings were do,
the mines becnme so flooded that It was
not possible to inspect them. This was
their condition q the close Of our ~ war
talists bought out the, titles Of the OLD
of the water from tho mines and are
as srs o1 ye 9rH es q er
ground workings.
: rho III Cobre mines are 1850 feet deep.
aW ths eSe fna ssa i s Sny 60
being tsia Ike kept going Just enough torkeeD the
water away from the mlpers ~ nhe Fra. are
ore in sight, The syndicate began work
ore last November. II has already taken
out almost Il hundred thousand tons, and
theiimnes now have an output Of about
10000 tons r. month,
a Visit to Ell Cobre.
4 II was In company With Mr.. Jennings
s, Cox, liz, manager Of tho Spa nler-
lean Iron Company that ] visited thess
them, the smelter Is lust across the bay
from Santiago. We rode over N steam
launch belons!ng 10 tho company, anu
landing at ttla wharyes, walked by great
piles or coke and limestone Ia the works.
The coke is impo,sed from the United
States and the limestone from interior
Cuba. The slneltipg works cover Eseyeral
aanes4 TlRlpg alMpat kttaigtA w fseas tAs
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One On General Butler.

The late General benjamin =, Butler,
according to the Boston Herald, told tho
following on himself
Several years after the war the Gem
eral had occasion to visit Georgia, AMI
from q town on the railroad took two
seated ramshnokle vehicle driven BY
typical Southern darkey. for his place OF
destination.
Tho General entered into conversation
with the driver, and learned that no
was one OF eleven boys, and that he had
Il twin brother. He asked the driver
his name
abraham Lincoln Backus." was the
answer.
"a fine. noble name said the General,
Tho driver was quiet q moment, then
suddenly said 'Wnt You think dat twin
b,r,dders name s7"
II have no idea.t' said the General.
THIS name Is Benjamin +. Butler
Baokus,'
The General appreciated the compliment
and was thinking It oyer when the driver
added. BOSS, was always glad dat ]
was born fust."
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These items will give an idea. of the.
minerals which exist in the island. Miner
ais are found in every province. from
Pinar del Rio to Santiago, although the
latter Is, above all others, slthe richest
in Cuba. The concessions u granted In
Santiago number four hundred and thlr-
fty- six of which the largest number are
for IRON manganese, copper and lead.
The total value of the mineral products
or Cuba in 1901 was s3,Ooo,0oo, Of which
the most came from Santingo.
Manganese Mines.
Speaking OF manganese. this Is a metal
which looks like iron and has a strong
affinity for 1t, 1t IS not used by Itself IN
the arts, hut only in combination with
other metals, and Is Of great value IN
mailing steel The best OF the manganese
mines are situated about sixteen miles
northeast Of lei Cristo, and the ore Is
brought into Santiago by railroad for
shipment, Tho ore occurs In pockets,
is obtained which does not, require wash.
ling. Tho richest mines are owned by
the Ponupo Mining Company Of SANTA
the bulk OF 1t being In washed dirt, al
though by picking some good Manganese
Cos ana others, known MS the Boston
mines. are owned by the Standard Man
sanese Cmpany. OF New York. Tho lat
Ter company began shipping IN 1902 J IS
works arc well eQrlpped, having a Cor
Iiss engine, large pumps and other pow
erfll machinery. The manganese usually
lies in limestone and sahaslone' associated
With 1aspar. The deposits vary In size
from n nebble to masses that weight sew
eral hundred tons.
Millions Of Dollars in Cuban
Copper.
rhe copper mines Of Cuba have pro-
duced millions In the past. and the pros
pcct is that they Will yield millions IN
the future. Copper is found in nearly
every province, but the great copper
province Is Santiago. which was long
noted RS having the rlcheat copper
mines OF the world These were the
famous lsl Cobre mines, which lie ~ inc
mountains about twelve miles west OF
Santiago. and which are now again be-
ing worked by the Spnnlsh- American
IRON Company, Eel Cobro was opened up
about 1880 as crown possession OF
Spanish government for 200 years aid
then abandoned. a hundred years later
m English company, with @ capital Q
$4,000 reopened the mines. employing
about 1000 mon In their deYelopr1lents5
Shortly Rfterward another compa ny was
formed ia take possession, and the work.
inn vas continued up Until 1888, Be.
tween the years OF 1880 and 1885 these
mines are said to have produced about
SEQ ,On0. 900 worth Of copper, which "a IN
addition, TO the amount mined by the
Spanish government for 400 Years 13e-t
tween 1881 and 1852 the ore exported
from Ell Gobre was valued at 81 5000 1000
and they We're, as have said, the rich
est copper mines OF the world until the
Calumet and IIecla mines Of Lake SUE
perior were discovered, g5 III
(. Some OF the best prospects among
Cuban m!pssalA ere S0ppeEt GAix @s1s4
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for q day Of ten hours. The companies
feed tho miners II the men desire it, but
in this case they are charged twenty-five
cents a day for their food, making their
pay seyenty-tiye cents u day and food.
The miners live in villages built for their
use In tho immediate vicinity of the
mines. Barracks arc provided for The
bachelors and huts for those who have
families. Nearly every mining property
has Its store, where meals, provisions and
clothing can be purchased, 81
Cuba Land of Minerals.
H These mines give some idea Of the rich
iron deposits OF Cuba. The island has
never been carefully prospected although
hundreds OF mining concesslons have been
taken out. and mining properties are
owned here and there all over tha island.
1T Is easy to get n mining concession and
1t costs only a bagatelle to hold It, If
one wishes to take out such a right he
has only tolconform to certain legal tech
nlcalties. and thereafter pay small
government tax per year, The govern
ment grants concessions for an unlimited
number OF years. and tho owner may
work his mine Or not, as he pleases, Ills
rate Of So per lectare, or two and one-
half acres per annum. n 1t is nm iron
concession he will pay only Sc per hec-
8tare, q n E3s 85' IN 65 II ilS NJ 5a
AT present the Cuban government has
granted over two hundred iron corces-S
}slons. 1T has granted ono hundred and
rorty-hYe concessions for mining mans
ganese, one hundred and twelve foreoop
ipcr, tWenty-nine for gold, ten Tor lea d
four for quicksilver. three for zinc, six Tor
petso q,ltn and seven tY- VI Chi for ASP
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BY Prof. Chas. Sheldon Hastings.
(scnt from Yale University to view the
total eclipse OF the sun Mt Bursos,
Spain. Copyright. 1869 a. Y I.

Within few days there will be an
event which was looked upon ages ago
as a signal OF come dire calamity. On
tho 30th OF August the moon will sweep
across the face OF the sun In such q
manner that Its shadow will be thrown
upon n portion OF the earth. and thus
will take place total eclipe Of the
sun.
Ell Far back In the times when the light
OF knowledge sputtcred with feeble
flame, this blotting out of the sun was
accompanied by weird religious rites,
and terrible sacrifices TO appease he
wrath Of the supposed demon which was
eating away the source Of light.
Let us see what happens now when
this awe-insp!rlnE event takes place
Spread out along the limo where the
moons direct shadow travcrses the earth
there arc hundreds Of scientists. They
have huge telescopes and cameras and
various compiled ted Instruments. 1t must
be understood that their time for work.
Is limited-cxtrcmcly limited.
In the case OF the phenomenon now
coming, tho shadow thrown upon our
sphere. which completely hides the face
OF tho sun, is. only one hundred and
twenty miles wide and the total eclipse
lasts Just four minutes. The shadow
first strikes tho earth near the souln
end OF Lake Winnipeg. Manitoba. then
sweeps across the Atlantic Ocean to
Spain. over Africa. and finally into Ara IRA
bla where it vanishes.
Where the Eclipse is Seen.
OF course. it must be borne IN mind
that the path Of the direct shadow Is
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Amherst College, has gone to .Alglers
The Indiana State University has sent
Representatives. to Spain. The German
government has stationed It's scientists
on the Columbrete Islands.
For my part. ! shall be at Burgos In
Northern Spain. With me will be Mr..
C.5P. Howard OF Hartford. who observ-
{ ed the eclipse OF 1900. lie made i'm
portant photographic and visual obser-
yatlons OF that eclipse
These long journeys made by the men
OF science are In no sense an outing,
because the travellers are subjected to
every sort OF discomfort. Yet in their
tircsome trips they find the kecnest en-;
joyment for 1t is a labor Of love They
may work their way into iungles, UNDER
70 the most severe hardships, and then
find that clouds obscure the spectacle
which they have travelled SO far to see.
This has been the fate of many: exped;lI-
tions n 552
Braved Death to See Shadow.
The most cruel Instance OF such a
misfortune is furnished by the expert
ence Of NJ. Jansen. the famous astrono-.
mer. In 1870 he found himself impri-
ssoned in Paris, which was being be-
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Especial Correspondence Of The Times.
~ Dispatch. J s6}Fl III

I ! Z
(Speclal Correspondence of The Times.
Dispatch.) is
4 SANTIAGO DE CUBA, August 1S.--.NeWs
iron mines have been recently discovered
on the highlands above Nipe Bay, Eor-
ings have already been made to determine
the extent OF the deposits and 1t 10 said
that millions of tons Of iron are almost
In sight. Mining engineers are nov TEST
ing the orc to determine Its value ana
how It may be best treated. and II their
experiments are successful the mines VIII
be Of enormous value, The deposits are
such that the mines can be worked with
+ ~ On m shoyels and the ore will he handled
nv machinery from the time 1T leaves the
earth going on gravity railroad down
10 tho steamers which will carry IT to-
the shelters of the United States. The
managers say that the ore can be shipped
MS chcnply from Nipe Bay to the great
works on the Chesapeake as that OF
Lake superior can DO brought downst TO-
Tho smelters on Lake Erie.
Rich Iron Mines Owned BY
Americans.
These deposits are being INVESTIGATED ny
the same syndicate OF capitalists when
already controls the chief iron mines ol
Cuba. II Is a combination of the Penn
Steel Company and others They own
the Juragua mines, and have large IN
terests in the simultaneously $ IRON
COMPANY and In the Cuban steel ore
Company. $3.50,
The Juragua mines are among the Oldest
In Cuba. II, They were first opened about
1851, hut 1t was not until lSS3 that 1orelsn
CAPITAL became Interested In them. slnce
that timo they have produced ABOUT
100000 tons of ore. and they nave INV
an output Of 10000 tons per month
these mines belong to the Bethlehem, Iron
Company. the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany and the Maryland Steel Company
They arc not far from Santiago, and the
ore is brought there for shipment.
Tho Spanish American Iron Company
Is operating mines near Dnquiri. when
lies on an open roadstead twelve mics
east of MORO Castle. The deposits arc
four miles back of tho seaport, ana
about sixteen miles east of Santiago. The
company has n standard gauge railroad
from the mines to the bay, and steel
docks similar to those Of Lake SUPERIOR
It was Just beside these docks that our
troops made their first landing during
the Spansh-Amertcan war,
The Daiqulri mines are valuable. They
were located by Samuel p, Ely of Cleye-
land, in 1890 ana Mr.. Ely founded the
Hpanish-American Iron Company to
operate them. He had made al, fortune
in mining In tho Lake superior iron re-
gon, and when he opened the Diaaulrl
mines he introduced the best OF lnodern.
ma chinery. The mines began to produce
tn 1895, and mt tho end of 1903 their out-.
put was equal to moro than three and
half million tons Of ore, worth In the
States In the neighborhood of $4,000 900,
irpbesa mines are now turning out forty
or 1.fty thousand tons of ogeyR MONTH
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Gallant Kansan in a Hospital.

) a sense Of humor and delicate com-
pllment was that of q Holton (Kan1 boy
who was lying In n hospital. The pretty
nurse, overheard him exclainl: ON my
LordA Wishing to rebuke him kindly,
she came to his bedside and snd;@
think that heard You call upon the;
name OF the Lord am one Of HIS
daughters, Is there anything ! can do
for you?" He looked up Into her lovely
face and with every mark u respsct and
admiration remarked; Yes; ask Him
how He would like me for soa-iA-
law" ,--...-i2 II RS
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water. They are of the most modern
for turning the different grades OF ore
here here TO the rve'lneries Of the United States
Most or tho ore Is OF u low grade.
When mixed With the rock It Il 9 greenlshh
3he s1en s. he o ssf Eraae Is
over moving tables each fifteen feet wide
tW,t feet iong Eafh t hoto G nnd
finds Its place on one Side of the table,
while the dirt and gravel moves on, Ih y,
The copper Is about all out Of i; Much q
the ore Is smeltea, being mixed with
limestone, coke and Iron oxide from FIJI
ley's Island, Nova Scotia.
Up the Mountains By Automobile
Leaving the smelter MI. Cox and rode
the purpose. Our track was the railroad.
rails. rho road goes In and out, along
the Cobre River, Winding It's way through
u deep canyon, until It reaches az alt4-
tu %he q seGu h lss Of 9R4s Old Id Sash
railway and some OF the rails were tns-
tened together By chains and pinned ned TO ~ the
COX told me that it had cost the Spanish
about 100000 to build the road. but that
their freight rates were SO high iha a th my
Mrse IN ap alvdends ' before Tic mnes shut
down. The Spnnlurds used mules as a mos
tive bower. The American company uses
steam and It has so improved and en-
ricd direotly from the mines to the
smelter,
"A Cuban Yellowstone Park,
wish could take You into the nl6ul,-
talns back OF Santiago, where these 60
por mines are. Tho rocks have as bright
tie yellowstone and large part Of the
ore taken out Is the color of paint. There
are great masses Of brown earth , and rock g.
colors rise about on all sides, and in
copper mines, With the loads Of ore CONS
cars FOR the smelter. Many miners are to
hs seen about the Mogka Roa0thiaS
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y + 4
the only place from which IS possible
Z to learn things about the sun. The eclipse
( in IT'S broadcast sensc--thnt Is to say, the
partial cclipse--is visible in parts Of North
America, the whole Of Europe, Western
Asia and tho northern and Central por-
lions OF Africa. 1t is not visible ut all west
of an Imaginary line drawn through Fort
SBclknnp Montana; Cheyenne Wyoming;
Las AniInns. Colorado Camp CiiadbOnrne,
Austin and 1ndianoa, Texas. aa
Il Now, Just to illustrate how the seicn-3
tinc men must hurry through In only q
few minutes with work which they have
Travelled thousands and thousands of miles
to perform, let US suppose we nre stand
Ing In the direct path OF the shadow. We.
wohld first see n black object encroaching
upon the SUN. II would gradually creep
over the solar face until the moon was
seen. Now 1t has reached the total stage
The moon laps entirely over the suns
face and 1t is at this critical moment
that the scientist must work IN his efforts
to learn something definite about the sun
and also the nature of those wonderful
flashes OF light called the corona. lie has
only four minutes In which to perform
his work. but In those four minutes he
may make discoveries that would startlc
the world. .53s 3if I, "a
A Chain Of Scientists.
So from Canada over into Europe and 4
Asia the scientists wlllsform a chain when 4
this eclipse occurs. Every grea nation
is sending out an expedition to vicwSit, 4
and innumcrable educational institutions
have delegated their own private parties
to 20 forth into other countries apd re- 4
turn with their reports. The United
States government. for instance, has sent
out an expedition under Rear-AdmiIal c.
M. Chester. OF tho Naval 0 Observatory. 4
Congress has appropriated $4,000 for this
purpose. The Lick Observatory is.se4d.t
ing parties to Labrador, Spain and
Egypt. 5if,s. III
Scientists sent out by the English gov
ernment will view the eclipse from the
Island of Majorca, one OF the Balearlcs i
group, and also in Spain. An expedition
delegated by the Canadian government
Will be on the coast Of Labrador, one hum
dred miles north OF the Straits Of Belle
Islo. s@t
AS to the expeditions which have gone
out from the universities they are almost
too numerous to summarize. Dartmouth
has three parties. one on an Island Of
the Columbretei group, near Spain; another
near Valencia 81 and the third between
Tunis and Algiers Professor Todd. OF
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staionf No. 2, near Valencia. Spain,
Will have n giant camera. It Is 85 feet
long and has a lens triple fchromntic.
made by Brashear after curves computed
by Professor c. S. Hastings, Of Yale. s
The lens Is I 1.2 inches In diameter and
produces an image of the sum seven
inches In diameter. II
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OF course, it must be borne IN mind
that the path Of the direct shadow is
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-25
Notice of street Work

Public notice is hereby given that on
Monday the 27th day of November, ~. ID.
1905, the Council of the City Of Los An
geles did, at its meeting on said day
adopt an Ordinance of Intention num-
bered 1871 New Series). to have the
following work done. to wit:
list That a cement curb return be
constructed along the line of the road
way of .,,,,,,
CUMMINGS STREET.,
at each corner of the intersection OF
said Cummings street, between the
north line of Sixth street and the south
line OF Brooklyn avenue excepting
along such portions of the line of said
roadway upon which cement or gram
tie curb has already been constructed
TO the official line and gradel. in ac-
cordauce with specifications for con-
structing cement curbs, on file in the
tions being No. 22 (New Seres).
End. That a cement sidewalk five (S)
feet in width be constructed along each
side OF said Cummings street from the
north line of Sixth street to the south
line of Brooklyn avenue excepting
such portions of said street between
said points along which a cement or
asphalt sidewalk five 60 feet in width
has been constructed to the official line
and grade), said sidewalk to be con-
structed in accordance with speciiica-
tions for constructing cement sidewalks :
on file in the office of the City Clerk or
said city, said specincatlons Delng NO
2S New SerieS).
Reference is hereby made TO said Ordi-
nance of Intention for further particu-
lars.
12-25-3O Ct Street Superintendent.