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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

O. the splits. for ell It's got monogram
on 1t as well known as what the Union Jack
Is And never handles a ounce of ii, or
pipes the stuff hisself, at all.
Didn't I tell you he was like a SPIDER
and his web full O. flies all struggling to
get free, and feedin' him a drop o blood
at a time, till they're worn out WI
wrigglin' an he gives 'em the Apply de-
spatch at long last7 How do he do itf
T dunno. It's like poetry-a gift, and not
to be learnt by common men, same as me
to YOU say But, as l amt said yet,
wouldn't be In his shoes for gold reet.
One thing they wouldn't Mt, ana Ihen
they're too full o. sharp stones for my
liking. But some day" said Dummy WIN
another dezzling transition from metaphor
to metaphor, "some day he'll get hoInet
into that there web of his, and then ne IL
get stung to death. sure as night and the
dark come after the sunniest, summer Day
And he knows It. And him KNOWN IL is
what makes him look as If he was always
ready to be laid out.
''You think"
He clicked his tongue in his cheek Its
only false prophets as prophesy out iouu'
said he.
But Dummy did not utter this pronounce
ment out of an evil laundering after cpl
gram He was, at least, consistent IN ms
view of the matter. And 1t Is 10 ms crsois
that when the thing happened which ne had
limited at he did not remark, Il told you
soi' but merely cooked a humorous eye
brow at me. -sau
The newspaper reports of the murder
were full to diffuseness.
ers. the well-known and universally re-
spected philanthropist. pet his rate ouTihs
a holiday in Deyonshire. He had somehow
got separated from his party at picnic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04
Gus rhymster added 20 my Affections with
something like the following:

MY heart Is sick, know not why,
No cups Of joy are mine TO sip.
On wings of love Ii Tiny heart) used to dy.
But now guess 1t has the pip"
What wonder that I was glad when my
editor got tired OF bearing the burdens OF
the world and became manager of q big
business concern? He took me along, and
there in the big business house often
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

Bat never could feel quite comfortable
ut being compelled TO hold volume after
volume of the most distressing and BRAIN
racking stun called poetry, which usu-
ally came to the editor gratis could
stand for the apple cores and peanut
shells OF the Office boy, but the sentf-
mental foundations of poetical efferyes-
cence that frequently received doubled
me up with literary indigestion. Some of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

held important papers. There was filled
twice q day by sassy. yellow-hafred stem
ographers, who consigned to me envelopes,
important business letters. torn checks,
notes, old contracts, typewriter ribbons. lit
tie rolls OF blonde hair, chewing gum and
hundreds OF other things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

in bloater or am the gonophs oily pride?
Not mel I'm pitching you no fairy tales.
old son-why would I? But the cold white
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

truth. Jerry Manders is the brains, and
the blimiest topsawyer in the crowd is
only Jest a toe-nail to him. An what's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

from Alice gradually came less frequently
and began to wonder.
One night recently Harry came into the
room looking tired out and worn. Harry
had been working hard of late. sticking
closer to his room and saving his money
and 1 understood he was preparing LOT
some glad and important event. He ouit
smoking cigars and took 10 pipe ne
abandoned midnight lunches. cut out Jam
borees with the boys and economical IN
other ways.
But this evening in question Harry
looked tired and worn. He held IN ms
hand one of the familiar tinted letters
from Alice. He lighted the gas ana MS
pipe and sat down at his table his race
lighting up with happy smile as he broke
the seal on the letter. He began to read
and presently / saw the smile gradually
disappear, giving place to an expression OF
establishment. Then his lips closed tightly
together and he stared at the letter with
glisteniRg eyes. He read ii through twice
and third time, and then he sat for a long
while with the letter unfolded In MS hanus
before him gazing straight ahead some
thing was wrong with Harry. He let his
pipe go out. Dinner called. yet stu
he sat there with his lips tightly closed
and his eyes looking straight before him.
but seeing not. After long time the
girl who tips the papers out of me in the
mornings raped on the door and called
Supper" Harry started up said Yes
all right won't be down for dinner" and
the maid went away.
Pretty soon he read the letter again.
smiled a little bitterly. tore it down and
across twice and threw II to me. Then he
put on his coat. pulled his hat down over
his eyes and went out into the night.
learned all wanted TO know about the
letter. 1t was from Alice. but It did not
begin my dearest Harry" I saw the
words another man"-"win take place at
high noon mistaken In you, sorry
to have led you on''-"incompatibilIty',
forgive and forget" and other things 1
knew enough.
Harry did not return to his room until
long after midnight. He stin had his hat
pulled down over his forehead but he was
smoking a cigar. He stumbled over me
and then gave me a terrific kick that broke
In my side, but forgave him. for he sat
down at the table and burying his head IN
his arms before him soon fell asleep.
In the morning he picked out the tinted
letter, tore IL into little bits. then putting
on his hat went out TO his work.
Too bad for Harry. He was such nice
boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

And the secrets. II dared tell them
hot ali business secrets. either. But II
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ed a hand down out o. the sky. and lifted
the bunce and gone back agin to heaven
to spend it. - Well, them there Is the
scrt of high bobborees as Jerry Manders
works"
x X
you've been reading the magazines,
Dummy observed incredulously.
'"That truck" he cried contemptuously
Lord love your innocence! and do you
think as I'd fill my rocker WI silly poppy
cock o. that sort Am soft-roed bloom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

man Is my owner. He might have used
the stories" l began to hate him FOR his
lack OF sympathy. / was glad not TO be
. human being with so hard q heart.
felt ashamed of my editor for his cruelty.
But few minutes later my opinion of him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

read like this:
when night her sable robe has spread
About fhs mundane sphere
think of Kate, whose golden head
/ see longer here.
o, whittier hast thoa gontst. Kate
| search both high aud low.
Sly heart VIII always paipttkte
With love for you, know
And occasionally some alleged humor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04

o. the splits, for all It's got a monogram
on 1t as well known as what the Union Jack
is And never handles ounce of it, or
pipes the stuff hisself, at all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
UNCLE SAM DEVELOPMENTS.
Belief Is That Ore Bodies Are Show
inq Up on 700 Level

The sharp advance in the price of I'm
Gle sam Consolidated shares III the local
exchange during the past two days has
been a matter for comment in brokerage
circles and while the management of the
property is not inclined to say much
about it. it appears TO be certain that dis
closures on the 7O0-fOOt level of the prop
ertv are out of the ordinary.
General Manager John DeEn stated du-
ring the afternoon that il was true that
the mine was looking we'll and that there
was no longer any question as to what
The 200 level would show, but he would
not admit that a big strike had been
made there.
Reports submitted at the annual meet
ing few weeks ago Indicated that de-
velOpmentS on that level were o. a char
acter TO make il reasonably certain that
the same ore bodies encounter ed on the
300 400 and 800 levels would shortly Re
cut on the 709. If that has not already
happened. there must have been such a
change in the formation that the matter
of getting the ore is nothing but one of
doing the necessary amount of work.
From the language of Superintendent G.
G. Griggs' report to the shareholders. the
real significance of striking the ore on
the 200 level Will rest in the fact that
il will prove the continuity of the shoot.
not only for a depth exceeding 100 feet.
but for a long distance literally Mr.
Griggs then expressed the belief that a
tremendous body OF ore underlied the por-
Dhyry. and the work being done on the
700 level. he then declared. would prove
il. That is the reason. then, that the
stock is beginning % move up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
Mining Notes.

Sixteen carloads of ore from Tiutic were
released from The Taylor & Brunton sam
pier YESTERDAY
Manager c. W. Whitley OF the Ameri-
can Smelling q Refining cOmpany's Utah
plants. left for the New York headquar-
tiers yesterday
Three carloads of ore from Nevada two
from Bingham and two from Stocktasn
were reported at the Pioneer sampler yes
terday morning
Manager W. J. Craig of the Kennebec
company's properties. went to Alta yes
terday to note how work is progressing
in the new tunnel.
Mine Manager Louis s. Gates of the
Boston Consolidated was in from camp
yesterday. He says the new steam shovel
is throwing dirt at lively clip.
R NJ Bourne, the weIl-known stock ex-
change member left for Los Angeles anO
other points on the coast for a several
weeks vacation trip la 3 evening.
Frank NJ Taylor and D. w. Brunton,
the weIl-known sampling mill operators
came in from Colorado yesterday to look
after business on this end of the line.
Crosscutting for the main tissue is now
under way on the 1,700-foot level of the
Lower Mammoth property. 1t is estimat-
ed that about thirty-five feet will have
10 be driven from the bottom of the in
cline and as eight feet of the distance
has already been covered, 1t VIII not be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
MACHINERY FOR HANNAPAH.
Five-DriH Compressor and New Boiler
Is Shipped to Mine.

4 fiVe-dTill compressor plant and a new
return tube hty-five-hOrsepower steam
boiler were shipped to the Hannapah com
pany's party. at Hannapah. New. yes
terday. Manager A. J. BEETLES stated du-
ring the day that the new equipment
would be rushed into camp and placed
in commission at the earliest possible
moment The mine IS already equipped
with a good hoist and pumps, the power
for which has been supplied by single
ighty-hOrsepOWer boiler. To sink the
double compartment workings shaft to
the 300-foOt level, CTOss-Cut to the ledge
and handle the water has been hard
task and the boiler was all the time
being crowded to the limit of its ca
pacity.
Before the close down. few days ago,
the vein had been opened and fine ore
was exposed. but it was more than the
old boiler could do to keep the pumps
and hoist running. hence the determina-
ton to stop until additional equipment
could be placed on the ground. As soon
as the new boiler is set, the old one will
be OVerhauled and provided with new
flues, etc. so that it may be hooked up
and made to do duty with the new one
whenever necessary, and provide a means
Of changing off when repairs are needed.
With the power in apple pie order and
the machine drills at work it will not
be long till the Hannapah is making a
noise in the country east Of Tonopah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
BULLION-BECK.
TO PAY $4,000
After Seven Years Old Producer
Re-enterS the Ranks of
Dividend Payers.
MoNTEzUMA SHOWS WELL
CHANGE IN BOTTOM OF SILVER
KING CON. SHAFT.

After q rest OF about seven years the
BulliOn-Be & Champion Mining com
pa1y, operating the BulliOn-Beck property
al TintiC, steps into the ranks of the div.
idend PAYERS again The directors met
yesterday morning and posted QiVlden3
of 10c a share, aggregatng $4,000. Tor pay
ment July to shareholders OF record on
the books Of the company at the close OF
business on Friday next, the 2Sth-
The last dividend was paid by the Bull
hOn-Beck company IN 1899 and since Il9L
time the mine has had a varies eXper-
fence. but up to now the management has
not felt justified in ordering d1stTlDu-
lion Of money among the STOCKHOLDERS,
though there have been times, undOubt-
edly, when It might have done so The
mine would be looking well al one time
and at others not nearly so Well ana II
was to guard against being without funds
when the bad spells We're on that no at
tempt was made TO pay dividends through
the long uncertain period
For the two years or more the com
pany has been working a NUMBER OF ie cas-,
ers in different portions OF the mine ana
at the same time has been prospecting
new territory on its own account Re
suits have been little short OF pnenome-
nal The reUpening Of old levels by leas-
ers has lead TO the discovery Of new ore
bodies beyond what was popularity be
lieVed in the Dalmy days Of the John BecK
administration TO have been the limits
Of the ore zone and these disclosures COu-
pied with close study OF conditions by
General Manager P I FarnSWOrIn ana
mis- engineers. has resulted in making a
practically new mine OF the property.
The treasury Of the company Is now in
a healthy condition ard the ore reserves
IN the mine are such that il Is promised
that the present dividend will be fol-
lowed by others. Whether they will come
monthly or quarterly IS a matter that has
not vet been discussed or decided upon
but there is no question but what the
of great prosperity. The company mas
now paid total of over s., 10000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
sULLFRoe GOLD BAR ANNUAL.
Company in Which Salt Lakers Are
interested Makes Fine Showing.
lSpecial ID Il Herald


Goldfield. June 25.-The annual meeting
of the BuIlfrog Gold Bar company was
reid last week IL GOldfield. 10000 Shares
being represented in the meeting out of
possible 100000. A directorate was elect.
ed composed of Dr. E d. Woodruff Of
Salt Lake City. J R Davis, ] P LOTUS,
Kenneth NJ Jackson and y. P. Rein
hart with Mr.. Lotus as president. Mr.
urer and w. A Sherman secretary Re
ports given at the meeting showed 200
feet of development work done The
working shaft is down 900 feet; Total OF
375 feet of prosecuting and $50 feet of
drifting has been done. The ore bodies
blocked out are estimated to be worth
S2,S41 900 The work and the nachlnery
cost $4S-660-55; cash balance in the treas
uTy, S2S.S 20; UnsOld treasury shares,
about 100,O1L
1t was this mine which was recently
bonded. presumably to Schwab interests.
and the bond was not taken up. Inc
company now proposes to go ahead with
its own work. All local mining men nave
a very high regard for the Gold Bar and
predict il viii eventually be proven to re
one OF the best in the BUllfroc district
1t may be stated, also that for some time
the impression has been gaining ground
that the BullfTOg district viii e'-Perience
its greatest boom This fall The railroad
will be completed from the south thin
and the Senator Clark, Schwab and oth-
er heavy interests which have invested
tn 5Te. are sure to make things move: II
is undoubtedly true that BuliiToS viii at
tract exceptional interest but meanW bile
il should be borne in mind tnFt since
BulfrOg was discovered many new camps
have come TO the fore, and that seine OF
these ere bound to divide honor with the
older camps. Between now and October
when the RUSH will be on in earnest from
all the west and from the east as We'll
new discoveries may materially chahSe
the situation. So many miners are noS
sN arming over the desert that IEeNpect-
ed things are likely 10 happen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
SILVER KING CONSOLIDATED.
Important Change in Shaft at 1,24o
Feet in Depth.

The shaft at the Silver King Consoh-
dated COmpanys property at Park City
is now down 1,240 feet At 1-2l0 feet q
streak Of quartzite was encountered and
il was thought for the moment that the
contact had been reached After sinking
three or four feet the quaTtZite was passed
through. however, and the same charac-
ter of lime as was found above re-
placed it.
Another change has now taken place,
and Manager Scion SpirC, who was at
the property Monday. is more sanguine
than ever that ne Will soon have another
mine to his credit in that camp. Yes
Ierday the shaft had gone over four feet
into a mneraliZed quartz, rich enough in
appearance TO give the impression that
II was filled with chlOTides. While no as
SAYS have been made on the rock It IS
considered as the best looking material
that ever came out of the ground. Wheth-
er the quartz makes IN a bedding plane
or a fisSUre enough work has not Yet
been done on II TO determine One thing
is certain. The change now taking place
IN the bottom is a most encouraging one
end the mauage ment has not felt as we'll
over anything in a long time as 1t does
over this.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
MINING STOCK EXCHANGE.
Uncle Sam Does Some SPrinting and
Lower Mammoth Slides Back.

Uncle Sam Consolidated. which has
been frozen to the 42c notch for weeks
past moved away a cent on Monday and
yesterday trOtted up from 44c TO 41c. As
il to make a stand Off Lower Mammoth
was let down from SIC to sac. Beck Tun-
mel and Consolidated MeTcur were also
weak otherwise the market pulled
through without any damage being done
DaIy-Judge fluctuated between $l222 ana
Iumbus Consolidated at SS-25. Carisa con-
tinued strong at 2912c, Grand Central SOLO
at $50 and Nevada Hills. on the open
Nav Day. Star Consolidated, Little CmeI
and the other participants held at ABOUT
the same prices which prevailed on Mon
day $50
During the day total of 30,SS5 shares
of stock, with a selling value OF s149S5oe'
changed hands. the list of final quota
tons and record Of transfers made oelhg
As follows
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
Mines and Mining Stocks

properties in Utah, Nevada. Alaska, W.
kon territory and British Columbia n
so doing obligations o. upward Of $1,000
90 have been incurred More purchases
are contemplated involving further out
lays.
The company's authorized capital is
$1,000 900. of which S13554.000 has actually
been issued and S14090 600 issued and con-
tracted for. No dividends are payable on
that portion of stock in excess of SO, COL
COO heretofore issued
The subscriptions for new stock are
payable as follows: 500 August !, 1896
$50. October 1. 1906; $50. December I. 1906.
No subscriptions will be received for frac-
tiOnal shares. Each holder of record viii
be entitled to subscribe to % per cent OF
subscribed stock may be sold at discre-
ton of directors at not less than 500 Ter
Sh -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
San Francisco Mining Stocks.
utah stoeks in Boston.

Following is the list of Utah and other
stocks traded in on the Boston exchange
Yesterday. showing the range OF prices
and the number of shares sold. Accom-
panying the report which IS furnished by
lanes A. Pollock & Co. is the market
letter of Paine. Weber & Co, as fol-
lows.
Boston. June 2S-The market was more
active TODAY and held firm through the
session. Notwithstanding the extreme
weakness in Amalgamated at New York
in the early trading. which is a good in
dicatfon that the coppers have reached
hofton1. we have seen some good invest
ment buying Of the dividendpaying cop
pers since Saturday. and people who have
been out of the market for some time are
beginning to look around for bargains.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
MoNTEzUMA is IMPROVING.
Ledge is Disclosing Rich Ore on the
2Oo-Foot Level.

Since the opening OF the ledge on the
200-foct level Of the MOLtezmua property
at Binghom a few days ago the crOsscut
for the lime wall has been extended four
teen feet OF this fourteen feet every
snch is highly mineraGZed while eight
feeI OF the material is q good grade OF
commercial ore.
Manager Peter PorteC, who has been
At camp for the most Of the time since
the vein was tapped in the CTOSsCUt from
the bottom Of the 205-fOOt shaft, stated
yesterday that there was no telling when
the Inns side OF the contact would be
reached. Running through the middle Of
the eight feet of ore, he said, was a two
foot streak characteristic of the best ore
ever produced in the surface workings
Mine saTcplings shows it to run 62-9 ounces
silver. Is per cent lead. $3.50 in gold and
I per cert copper. This ore will net be
tween So and SO per ton, according TO the
market for the metals and, while il is
expected to market all OF the rock from
the eight-foot ore body, the rich streak
Is being taken out separately and sacked
for shipment by itself. It is believed
that when the lime Is reached in the
crosscut the best portion Of the ledge viii
have been laid bare
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27

long till the goal is reached No attempt
was made to follow the ore encountered
in the WINE, the idea being 10 take the
shortest cut into the main vein.
Fred A Earls has returned from the
old Bullion district. Nevada, where he
has been for the past ten weeks or more
Installing machinery at the mines of the
Keystone Exploration company.
The Little Bell company has just got
ten out handsome engraved stock GER
tifiCate, which means that the company 5
shares are likely to be listed in the east.
where the stock is already being largely
dealt in
All Of the material for the building Of
the fIume in the Hon5rine drain tunnel
is now on the ground and General Su-
perintendent Z. J. Raddatz is crOwding
the work to the limit. Tt is expected that
every thing will be ready for the cut-lOoSe
on production by about the 9th of July.
The Utah Mine company had two cars
Of ore from its Fish Springs property on
the market yesterday One sampled AZ
per cent lead and 159 ounces silver WnIle
the other went % per cent lead and 1Ol
ounces silver per ton. The cOnSIg nment
will swell the companys treasury by
somewhere close to $500.
W. c. Thomas. manager OF the DomIn-
ion Copper cOmpany'S shelters at Bound
airy Falls. British Columbia, IS down from
the northern country for week $ visit
at home He states that everything IS
running smoothly Al the works, where a
large tonnage Of copper ores are now be
ing treated 1t is more than 81 X months
since Mr. Thomas was last in the city
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
WANTS SIS, 900 MORE.
GuggenheIm Exploration VIII In
crease Its Capital.

Concerning the proposed increase in the
CAPITA IiZation Of the Guggenheim ExpIO-
ration company. brief mention Of which
was made in the dispatches a few DAYS
90. the Boston News Bureau OF WedneS-
day last says:
sfFcoks of Guggenheim Exploration coIa-
many closed yesterday Tor special meeting
10 be held July ? at Perth AmbOy for pUT-
pose Of increasing capital stock Of con-
reopen July 16
oPresident Daniel Guggenheim says that
the cOmpany has acquired during the year
or has entered contracts for the purchase
of large interests in important mining
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-27
SUMMER EXCURSIONS.
Via OREGON Short Line,

Daily June 1st to September 18th, 1906,
from salt Lake City;
Portland or Spokane and return
via Huntington ...... 80. -s42.OO
San Francisco and return via Og-
den and S. P. both ways -. 1900
San Francisco and return via
Portland one way $1,000. $3.50. $3.50
Los Angeles and return via Og-
den & s. p. both ways .-.....-.. 5000
Los Angeles and return via Port
land one way ..-............ $500
ProL ortionately low rates from other
poiRts-
Final return limit of tickets October
31st.
See agents for further particulars
City ticket Office POI Main St.