Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-24

his winning ways to make his wife de- liver the goods after marriage but she has proven more canny than he sup posed her to be.
 Caaaot llOla by Mere filling
 "A claim holder cannot hold a claim or location ior several years without performing in any year the work re- Quircd by simply going upon the claim at the beginning of each year and do- inc a few hours work, with no bona ide intent to comply with the statutory requirement a, lo the amount of worK done. Il i, against tine policy of the law. and a fraud against the gov crnmcut and the law, 70 hold quartz claim, by merely doing few dollars worth O. work thereon at or near the beginning of rhe year next following lhc year on which claimant failed rodo ,ar racu,,Ir. work, when such work ], mo-, commenced with che bona ide inc raarun 0. being continued rII the full amount i, done. such 'aoo. so done. f,a mere or.r,n.o .uaa sham. and will na. prevent tH. relocation .or want o' necessary york;" Supreme Court California. Mccormick y. Baldwin, l0i ,a... -2-, 22s:sr |ac.. gO3.
 
 Yimbor- used in mrl foundations, uamwav -uIs, hoad-frama >.ll,. collar -.C, of shafts, and in any place where th. tfm0v. will be in contact with earth. should ba treated with some pr,-.rvmivc. to prevent speedy decay. At som, shafts concrete i, built about rb. collar to render the work perman- cul
 \ m-ga, as large a, 30 mans fist was brought into Jha city today from Fair banks creek. Irramc from No. : above, on ground owned by Moahm &Larscn. r weigh. seventeen and ono-iourih o.ncu,. and t, v..ordag &275 -,he Iarg- .-. au..u, eyer found in the Tanaua. Fairbanks News.
 Wha. certain kind, ordt,>c rock may b. favorable -ad.c.,ionof ovc, or lead rc ore. in some districts, such as the unonoliua and ba,oIl dtkes O. Cripple r...k district. Colorado. ,ni, cannot be laid down as a law. ror in most places wlnraphouoI.gcm and basaIt occur elsewhere. no ore i, known.
 The total number of reindeer in the district of Alaska approNimatcs lo,2iL divided as follows: 3,O73 belonging to the government. 5.0ll the property of reindeer hcrders and apprentices, and .2.I27 that have beentaken in out otthe wet by the jealous missionaries.
 Concerning underground waters, the general principle is established that underground streams are treated on the same principles as surface streams, and such underground streams can be appropriated and utilized, the same as a surface stream.
 The mines of the Rand made a re- cord output in the last month of 1905. The Transvaal Chamber of Mines re- ports the yield as 43l, ,594 fine ounces, worth SS.92l,O4S. For the year the pro- auction was $lOl, ,S5O,OOO, an increase of S24, ,OOO, GOO over l9Oi
 Gold which is 75O fine is worth Sl5.5O Der ounce: 500 fine, 5l6.j3; $50 fine, $l7.57: S75, $lS.OS; 900, $lS,GO3; 92O, SI9.Ol: 93O, Sl0.22; $50, $l9.G3; fine gold -l.OOO fine, S20.67lS.
 The crushing weight of dry yellow pine is about 4,5OO ID. per sq. in. Wet and green timber is not nearly so strong as dry timber.
 It is proposed to transmit electric power from Sambesi falls of the Nile in Central Africa to Johannesburg, for mining operations.
 The Alaska bismuth mine, forty miles northwest of Nome, will be opened next May and the first ship ment made in June.
 Ad elecrrolyte is a solution which is decomposablc, or is subject to decom- position by an electric current
 Borax is the most commonly used Aux employed in melting gold obtained in chlorination plants.
 A tea farm in South Carolina last year produced l2,OOO pounds of ex- ceIlent tea.
 The Oriental correspondents seem to be getting tired of their war with China.
 Anaconda stock ran up from ll6 to 29S between November and January.