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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Kills His Friend In Station.

Charlotte N. C.. October 26.-A spe- cial to the Observer from Columbia, S. C., says that Winner Mitchell, a prominent young man of Leesville, S. C., shot and killed James Trotter, his friend, in the union station there at 5 o'clock this afternoon in the presence of 2O00 people. Mitchell surrendered, giving as his reason for killing Trotter that the latter slapped him in the face.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
At the BiIou.

York State Folks" continues to be 1.Ns erally patronized at the Bijou theatre. This is one of the best staged plays evef seen at the Bijou and also one of the best acted rural dramas recently seen in Birmi ngham. Tho story of the play ap- peals strongly to ones best emotions. The usual performance will be given tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Postoffice Appointments

Washington. October 26-Jas. H. Taylor has been appointed postmaster at Tay- lorsville, Madison County. Vice Emmet H. Taylor resigned. as
 Daniel w. Boyles appointed regular, Jessie Boyles. substitute rural carrier route at Morgan Springs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Root confers With Jusserand.

Washington. october 26.-Secretary Root had brief conversation today with NJ. Jusserand, the French ambassador about Venezuela. The secretary informed the ambassador that he had not yet re- ceived any message from Mir. Russell since the minjsttrs audience with Castro, time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
CITY ITEMS

THIRD PRESBYTERiAN-Th con gregation of the Third Presbyteriah church will worship in the lecture room of the church until the auditorium is completed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
SIG Tweed Short Coat Today at $7.5O.

English Tweed-how well it lends itself to these little 27-inch box-back coats; an ideal ma terial for the style; coarse. loosely woven in an invisible stripe with tiny flecks of white, made with a. mans sack coat col lar and pockets; the back is slit at either side, buttoned with four cloth-covered buttons to match. Regular $10.00 Y Sn coat. Today only. ....... .CO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Human Hearts"

Human Hearts," the offering at the Jefferson theatre for tomorrow afternoon ana night, with bargain day matinee, IS now In its tenth season. The scenes od the play are laid in the hills of Arkansas. Special prices will prevail for this en- gagement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Dividend Is Passed.

New York, October 26.-At the quar- terly meeting today of the directors of the American Hide and Leather com pany it was decided to pass the divi- dend on preferred stock owing to the present prices of raw material.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Loubet Leaves MadrId.

Madrid October 26.-President Loubet left Madrid for Toulon late today. The President went to a bull fight owing to the national character of the event with King Alfonso. and left when the first bull was killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

PREsBYTERIAN DINNER-The ladies of the Second Presbyterian church will serve a dinner today at the No. 4O7 18th street, North The hours or the dinner are between 12 and 2:30 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

IRON HIGHER-The price of iron is moving upward. Small lots were sold yesterday at sl4.5O on No. foundry basis The market IS uncommony strong and hfteen doliar iron is freely predicted. Another brisk buying movement Is said to be in sight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
S38.OO Wooltex Suit Today $30.OO

Wooltex Suit, with 27-inch coat, ftted has velvet trimmed notch collar netlined with silk brad has wide paits pressed into shape either side; front back; in green, black, red and blue cloth.
 The skirt is cut circular with inverted box plaits at center and side coat silk lined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE JEFFERSON.
AT THE BIJoU.

Saturday afternoon and night Human Hearts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Remainder of the week, with matinee Saturday afternoon-"York State Folks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
$2O Long Coat Sui, Today at $16.5O.

Suits in light or dary gray cheyiot, made with long fitted 52-inch plain tailored coat with velvet collar and turn-back cuffs; the coat is satin-lined, full plaited skirt. A regular $20.00 Suit and an excellent style; re< duced to, but for 1o kA today only. lO.OO
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uncommonly strong and fifteen dollar
 iron is freely predicted. Another brisk
 buying movement Is said to be in sight
 STREET CAR RECORD-Last Tues
 was record breaking day with
 the Birmingham Railway. Light and
 Power company. Figures compiled
 by the company shows that total of
 122 607, passengers were handled by the
 various lines during the day that Presi-
 dent Roosevelt visited Birmingham. This
 Is tho largest crowd every handled in one
 day by the street cars of this city. The
 fair grounds line lead all others, the
 number of passengers riding over that
 line being 19,244.
 WASHINGTON AND LEE.-The Bir- mngham Alumni association of the Washington and Lee university will meet
 at the Hotel Hllman next Tuesday af- ternoon at 4 o'clock. Among the mat
 ters to come before the association will be the election of officers for the en- suing year. All members of the Wash , ington and Lee alumni of the Birmng ham district are included in this associa- ton. LECTURE SONG RECITAL-The sec
 ond of the series of MT Damn ePterson's lecture song recitals to be given in the parlors of the Cable Piano Co.,, tomorrow afternoon
 at 3:3O o'clock will be complimentary to
 the patrons and friends of the Cable Co. Tickets may be had free on application at the company's store on Second avenue, | near the postoffice and at the companys booth at the fair. The subject of tomor- rows lecture will be Loewe, the father of the art ballard. MT. Dahm-Peterson will sing some of Loewes finest compost
 tions.
 HORSE AND BUGGY MISSING.- While ot on professional business yester- day afternoon a horse and buggy were stolen from Dr. w. T. Berry. It seems that Dr. Berry before entering the resi- dence of one of his patients at 1731 Tenth avenue, south, tied his horse with a strong grass rope; so 1t is not probable that the horse ran away Dr.
 Berry was detained longer than was ex- pected, and on coming out of the house at about o'clock found that the horse and buggy were missing. The matter was reported at police headquarters and 1t Is expected that the stolen property will soon be recovered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
A $lO.OO Raincoat Today at S7.0O
$22.50 Long Coat Suits Today at $17.50.

Long Coat Suits, in light or dark gray, gray fitted mannish tailor-stitched bands of the ma. terial extending full length of coat back and front, open fly. back and taffeta lined to waist. This is one of the best styles of this falls new creations. The tailoring and material are ex- ceptional at the regular price, s22.6o. For one day, 17 EO today, reduced to. ..... Il sOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
 Itching, Blind. Bleeding Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorized ts re- fund money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure In to 14 days. b0c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Prof. w. P. Feagin of Montgomery chairman of the board of examiners in the state department of education, was in Birmingham yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

the mine is now in such condition that
any tonnage called for by the mill can
be supplied. and that for an indefinite
time The blocking out of these bodies
In recent months has been a surprise
rather than d disappointment. While
the bulk OF the ore is milling stuff.
carrying from 4 to Z per cent copper,
bodies that had not been anticipated
have occurred. the values of which,
measured in copper, vary from 20 to
80 per cent. and some even higher All
of these ores carry some values in gold
The high grade ore will of course be
shipped without undergoing the pro-
cess of concentration. a contract has
been made for a term of years with
the American Smelling & Refining COM
pany by which the product of this
mine will be shipped to its smelters in
the Salt Lake valley.
AS great as the Cactus has been
proven 70 be. from all appearances
and from best authorities, it's future
is destined 10 be vastly greater. Not a
stroke of work has been done below the
main tunnel The formation is in gran
lite and the mineral wealth viii in all
probability extend several thousand
feet deeper An eminent authority has
stated that the real mine. from the
standpOmts. both of value and of ton
mage. is situated underneath this level
and that the enormous values above are
merely an Indicator OF what viii be
unearthed below.
Associated with Mr.. Newhouse are
NJ. NJ. johnson, manager of the mines
and a. ]. BEETLES. who has charge OF
the mills and all metailursicaI work
These men have been with him for sew
eral years and have assisted in bring
ing to a successful issue numerous
other properties. To this staff there
was recently add d Mr.. Lee Hanchett
OF wide experience in mining and rail
road affairs in Colorado. VINO occupies
the position of financial manager. The
contracts in mill building and RAILROAD
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
Building a Model Town.

Some $50 men are now employed in
the various departments Of this enter
prise. The town and mill site disclose
the scene of greatest activity. Here,
in addition TO the work of erecting the
mill and its collateral structures, are
being built as rapidly as possible
homes for the workinginen. Seventeen
Of these houses have Just been com
pleted and others of the same Charac-
ter will be erected until probably sew
@ral hundred are quilt ana the tented
field now in use Will be wiped out The
townsite lies To the west and a little
below the mill. 1t occupies a COM
handing position from the valley be-
low and is on a gentle slope sufficient
for natural drainage The streets radi-
ate from an encirCle. a central park.
called the plaza. like the spokes and
EeIloe of "A wheel Each cottage is
lighted by electricity anu supplied with
water by mains from the reservoir The
cottages Just completed have steel
iathing over the sheeting and this Is
! covered by a layer of cement work.
These structures are partly expert
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

luton of this cylinder will make the
unloading automatic. As the ore is
transferred TO the bins il is run over
a grizzly and then crushed TO three
quarter-inch size. After this IL is con-
veyed to the mill. where it is subjected
TO treatment by a system OF jigs. re-
crushing or grinding until all the ma
teriaI. save the concentrates obtained,
has been reduced 10 Il fineness requi-
site for treatment on the tables. There
are thirty-twO Wiley tables and
eight Whitley sinners i'm the part of
the mill now nearing completion, which
mas a capacity of 500 tons per day
The mill occupies floor space of 40X100
feet. There are also classifying and
settling tanks. and the gangue is
worked over and over until practically
all the values have been saved. After
the final settling of the tailings the
water is all pumped back and used
over and over again for purposes of
concentration.
The power house has a boiler capac-
ity of l,000 horsepower. Attached TO
these. for the purpose of generating
electricity for pEopeHing the trains in
the tunnel and operating the crushers
at the tunnel mouth are two Westing-
house steam turbines. the first to be
installed west Of the Mississippi. The
power house. the assay Office and ma
chine shop are of brick; the mill is of
structural steel covered with CORFU
gated iron and therefore fireproof. The
smokestack is eight feet in diameter
and ono hundred and sixty feet high.
land under it and the entire plant as
described is substantial concrete
base and foundations. The equipment
of this plant is of the latest and most
/ improved design as recognized by the
most competent mill men. The hand
ling is all automatic. from the time
the crude ore leaves the stope until the
concentrates are loaded into the cars
and the waste gangue is deposited in
the vast pool below. An economical
fuel arrangement, unique in design. is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

that the flames from under the boil
eTs, the heat of which ordinarily goes
TO >Waste, passes around a water reser-
VOir heating its contents TO almost the
boiling point before il il conducted to
the boilers This. in short, is the pres
ent arrangement for handling ores from
the great Cactus mine.
Greet Bodies of Ore.
As to the mine itself, the mineralized
area contains about 800 acres of ground,
but a small part of which has yet
been explored. A detailed description
of the sights diVulged by the under
ground workings would tax human
is now developed the almost incredible
amount Of 100000 tons. the gross
value of which has never been placed
under $40 per ton. Some who have ex-
amined it place the value at q much
greater figure. The ore bodies begin
with the top of the shaft, about which
numerous tunnels were run in former
times. One ore body has been explored
to the depth OF COO feet. which CORES
ponds 70 the level of the great tun-
mel. 1t has been crosS-cut on every
1OO-foot level and its width. varying
100 to lis feet. Alons this body drifts
have been run $50 feet. Another body
has been followed 200 feet on the first
level; it's width is 50 feet a third
ore body Is so feet in width. at a
depth OF 300 feet This has been fol-
lowed 100 feet with no end TO the
ore. Still another has been reached
through q cross-cut on the 600-foot lew
el which shows width of l25 feet
and has been followed 200 feet on its
length with ore at both ends. The
first three bodies described are i'm the
same vein, while the fourth is in a
parallel vein. The work done in the
mine within the last year, an add
been mostly in the way of preparing
the slopes for extracting the ore, ana
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

The possessions OF the Newhouse
Mines & Shelters corporation are an
industrial composite. They embody
colossal mine. mill Of magnificent
proportions and capacity, a model
town. and several miles of railroad
thrown in for good measure They are
situated i'm a barren and virgin couH-
try. where dimensions are projected
and mountains are measured by alti-
tudes on a scale that reminds one of
South Africa.
The venue of this project is in Beav-
or county. Utah, some eight miles by
rail from Frisco, where is located the
famous Horn Silver mine The history
of this camp IS one of failure. It's
nucleus is the Cactus mine Here i'm
years past We're erected a smelter and
a mill for the purpose OF obtaining cop
per from the Cactus ore. But there
were diScoura gements to meet. and the
ciscOuragementS conquered. Among
the discOura gements were the lack of
transportation facilities. Frisco. the
nearest railway station. being eleven
miles from the mine-tOO long a dis
lance 10 haul fuel in. or ore or con-
centTateS out Then the ore was most
~ low grade. and the water supply
was insufficient 10 operate the mill.
The property was owned for many
years by a French company. which less
than four years ago transferred il TO
Samuel NewhOuse. d mining man of
successful experience. who organized
ing spirit. Before completing the
purchase Mr. NewhouSe satisfied him
self by development work under a
bond of the merits of the property
The showings from this work far sur
passed all expectations He then took
an inventory of the obstacles and pro-
ceeded 20 overcome them II required
the laying OF a wide foundation. fail
uTe in any part of which would be IA
tai 10 the scheme as a whole.
Ruilds Railroad line
The transportation question was
solved by Mr.. Newhouse paying the
railroad 100000 20 extend its line 10
the mill site some three miles vest Of
and below the mine The mine is stu
ated near the head of guich. ON the
west side of the San Francisco noun
tains- The gulch. however. trends to
the northwest away from the mil site.
Then. some twelve miles almost direct
~ west from the collar of the shaft
in the mine are the Wah Wah springs.
across the valley of the same name
These springs have a capacity OF over
1.500 gallons per minute. They were
purchased for a sum exceeding 1000
Looking from the mill site to the
springs and the oasis which surrounds
them the impression is of a small orch
ard and garden SPOT an hours walk
away, but this oasis is a ranch of sew
eral hundred acres and a stopping place
for travellers and travelling herds. From
this point the water was brought a
distance of nine miles to the mill site,
across the valley TO the bench land on
the western slope Then, 10 complete
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

mental as to their warmth in winter
and GOODNESS in summer. Other cot
tageS to be built Will be of this same
/ character or Of brick as the expert
-nentS may determine The lots are Of
such Dimensions that each house is
spot. These houses have from three to
six rooms eacn- They are neat in
appearance. convenient IN arrangement
and convey The impression of having
heen planned by their various tenants
iOr life long homes
An idea of the transformation at
this place from primitive scene TO an
industrial center can he formed when
al IS stated that a bunch of native bur
ros still iinEer about the mouth of the
canyon mile to the north and num-
( her of Indian tepees whose occupants
are lOath 10 leave are pitched at an
equal distance To The south
The work at the town and the mill
: site has ali been done within the last
Year Numerous other temporary
buildings have also been erected. Then
the Cactus Inn, a substantial brick
structure and the bunk house next to
I it. similarly built. are now tearing
completion. These are for the sleeping
and eating Accommodate of the
help. The bunk house Is also provided
/ with baths. \ = tel for tranSients viii
soon be built. as well as a club house.
where the residents OF the town can
BaJneE- pass 2 SOclt1l Time OBTAIN pure
/ liquors and enjoy the benefits of a.
reading room and library. The num-
/ her of cottages viii be Increased as
rapidly as possible for the dCcommOda-
] ton of more men than are already
! reeded. This number viii probably
/ grow to 200 at least and possibly twice
! That number. for it is estimated that
within "A short time the NewhOUse cor
! DOratiOn viii have on its payrolls 1000
men. In explanation OF these figures it
! is wen to state that the mana cement.
4 not only has in interpolation, but in
( tends TO rapidly increase the mill ca
! pacity 10 FIVE times the dimensions OF
/ the one now being built. giving 1t a to-
tai daily ore handling capacity of 900
{ tons. The magnitude Of this work may
! te q little better Srasped when il is
stated that about s.. 200. 900 has been so
! TAR spent Such heroic measures are
/ certainly deserving of success.
/ In this connection il is gratifying to
I know that some two years ago when
{ the work at the Cactus was IN It's in
/ fancy Mr.. Newhouse was laying the
[ plans that are now being perfected,
| copper. the chief product of this mine.
/ was worth only about II cents 1t Is
4 now worth about 2Ia cents more, With
| "a good prospect that these figures viii
/ bC maintained. When making those
! plans Mr.. NeWhouSe stated that he an
/ ticipated that the price of copper would
( go down. probably cents and possibly
/ 3 cents a pound. but even in that event
! he expected to be able to turn out the
| red metal at a profit and make the
| mine a success.
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the basis it was necessary to purchase
from the state a tract of several thou
sand acres TO keep out interfering ele-
mentS and TO provide the working force
of the residents OF the town. which
was to be laid out upon il. with homes
and small farms. The water is con-
veyed by a 14-inch pipe. the terminus
OF which is a reservoir of 100000 gallons
capacity, which furnishes pressure for
supplying the MILL HOUSES apd mimi
allure farms with water.
From the mill site to the tunnels
mouth is a distance OF "A mile and one
half, but il looks scarcely one-third
that far. The difference in altitude
between the two places is 800 feet.
They are connected by a railway over
three miles in length and describing
in sha pe a horseshoe. Trains are to be
conveyed over this by Shea engine.
At least two miles more of side
track has been laid. so that the trans
portation requirements have been met.
At the mouth Of the tunnel and the
upper end of the horseshoe railroad
"a trestle work and ore bins i'm which
are the crushing apparatus, have been
erected. The tunnel is 5000 feet in
length 1t cuts the main shaft of the
mine eco feet below its collar and was
completed within the last week. The
work was prosecuted from both ends
the completion being made near the
middle The motive power was COM
pressed air. furnished from the power
house near the mill site. the air for
the upper part Of the tunnel being
conveyed the three full miles on the
surface and back through the, tunnel
towards its middle.
Electric Trains For Ore.
The extraction of the ore from the
mine will be by electric trains OF TWEEN
ty-one cars OF three tons capacity each
The unloading Of these trains viii be
By means of large revolving scylin-
der open al the top. into which three
cars at a time viii be run. The revo-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
Some Causes of Success.

Mr.. Newhouse possesses a coInbina-
ton OF rare qualities that enable him 10
carry out such operations on a grand
scale He has a pluck that does not
REQUIRE luck as an attendant The
combination is that of a promoter. and
a developer OF mines. together with the
discretion for passing upon the mer-
its Of a prospect. The Highland Boy,
the Boston Con. and the Cactus, three
of the greatest. if not the three great
est copper mines in Utah. have been
found and made by him and part OF
his present assistants He attributes
his financial success in the way of rails
ing money to an accuracy in deserib-
ing the properties under consideration,
giving both the favorable and unfavor-
able aspects and In this way he has
esta blished a reputation FOR honesty
of which he is justly proud No de-
ception is practiced by the head Of the
enterprise, or is tolerated in its Gun
ployes.
He is friend of labor and beiieN es
ff,ortfr,,aa an Page Six Section One1
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Continued on Page Six. Section one)
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.


Department of the Interior.
United States Land Office, Durango
Colo. June Is, 1905.
NOTICE is hereby given that Leon
ard Mason of Bayfield,, La Plata
county, Colorado, has filed notice OF
intention TO make proof on his deserI
land claim No. Sc. for the S. w. u OF
n. w. a and W y of s. w. Y sec
ton 20. and S. e. u of S. E. u OF
section 30, township 33 North, range
6 West n, NJ. p. NJ. before the Regis
ter and Receiver OF the United States
Land Office at Durango, Colorado
on Friday. the 2Stn day of July
1905.
He names the following witnesses
To prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land: Charles
Hurst, and Wise B. Shaull, Of Duran
go, La Plata County, Colo; Josiah
Hinkson and Albert Weber. of Bay.
field, La Plata County. Colorado.
F. C. PERKINS. Register.
First publication, June %.
Last publication. July 81.