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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-02

debris and the arrival of materials
the work will proceed. Nothing could
be more absurd than to doubt the re-
covery of San Francisco from its
great misfortune, in the face of the
work that is actually in progress.
The contract for the reconstruction of
the Palace hotel on it's old site, on
grander scale than ever, has been
let. The st. Francis is now complet-
ing it's great steel annex Business
houses are arranging to build newer
and stronger structures than those
which succumbed to the conflagration
of April Is to 81. The city will not
be rebuilt in day, or a year, but it
will go up with remarkable quick
ness.
"City Beautiful" Must Wait.
There has been much talk of Getty
beautiful" with winding avenues
about the hills, broad boulevards. park
extensions, and so on. 1t was thought
that with the buildings leveled to
the ground the opportunity was open
for the construction of model mod
ern city, uniting utility and beauty to
a degree never yet approached in
America. A little study of the sit
uation shows that this is nothing but
dream. San Francisco people have
enough on their hands in the way of
getting into business again, in any
shape, without tackling the great
task of forming city on aesthetic
lines. Here and there a street may
be widened and a little park estab-
lished, but in the main there will be
no attempt to reform the plans upon
which the city was built.
The railroads terminating at San
Francisco are among the most potent
forces in rebuilding the city. They
saved San Francisco from panic and
possible greater disaster during the
time of stress by carrying away thou
sands of people, free of charge, and
bringing in emergency supplies.
After the crisis the railroads turned
in and assisted in the removal of
debris. Temporary tracks were laid
and rehabilitation was immensely as
sisted. Merchants ordered big stocks
Of goods from the east, and the rail-
roads rushed the stuff to San Fran
cisco. There was a time, indeed,
when the stuff piled up to such an
extent as to paralyze the operation
Of the roads. Five thousand cars of
freight were congested at San Fran
cisco and Oakland. By heroic eff
forts the lingering freight was dis
posed Of and a serious situation re-
lieved. Now that the railroads are
able to look after their own business,
they are expanding great sums in
permanent Improvement, which will
facilitate the reconstruction of the
city.
Insurance Situation Hurts.
The insurance situation at San
Francisco is exasperating to those
who happened to have policies in
shaky or dishonest companies, but
on the whole the lapses of these COM
panies have not affected the city
as seriously as early reports indi-
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HOTEL MAdES

companies. The California delegation
in congress will have something to
say on the subject next winter, The
names of defaulting companies are
to be sent broadcast through the
world, and the opinion is universal in
San Francisco that in the long run
the defaulting companies will dis.
cover that they played losing game
when they defrauded policy holders Of
their rights.
Insurance litigation promises to
become great Policy holders who
have money enough to fight are not
slow in invoking the aid of the courts.
One or two important cases already
have been decided, but the critical
question is yet to be passed upon.
This question is as to the part played
by the earthquake in causing fire
losses. Policies are variously word
ed, but in the main they provide that
payment shall not be made If the
loss is caused directly or indirect
ly'' by earthquake or other act of
God. OF course, if there had been
no earthquake there would have been
no fire, but the man whose house was
consumed three days after the
quake does not think the indirect
cause is quite close enough to the
effect to justify the insurance com.
panies in repudiating all liability.
Show True American Grit.
During the disaster the good humor
and self-possession Of San Francis
cans astonished the world. Now, in
the long tug of disposing of the
ashes and rebuilding the city, this
good humor never deserts them, and
they are as confident as though they
were beginning city for the first
time. There is inspiration in num-
bers, comfort in common trouble, and
spirit of brotherhood that has not
deserted them, although it is not as
marked as it was during times of
danger. The love of good cheer in
the way of eating, drinking and lis.
tening to music is as strong as ever.
The climax is a continual tonic, sand
invites to hard work. The very size
of their disaster seems to nerve the
San Franciscans to hasten the recon.
struction of the new city. They come
very near to Boosting when they show
their ruins, and some of them display
remarkably fresh memory of his
tory by comparing their disaster with
the fate of other cities that have per-
ished by earthquake and fire, and
risen again. According to these men,
who cite history while making it,
the only bonfire that excelled San
Francisco's was that which con-
sumed Rome in Nero's time. The
great fires of London, Boston, Chi
cago and Baltimore were mere hints
of what a real confagration can do.
So say these dusty, smiling, tireless
San Franciscans, who revel in the
advertising that their city has OBJ
tanned. Their belief in the speedy
reconstruction of the city is absolute,
and they are backing their belief with
money and ezergy that balks at
nothing.
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rather numerous, where other food Is
at times scarce, and where the do
mesticated animals are easy of ac-
cess; but the total amount of this
damage is, comparatively speaking,
not great. The bald eagle is, more
over, almost everywhere somewhat of
a scavenger, trait that should be
set down to it's credit.
All things considered, the bald
eagle is rather more beneficial than
otherwise, since much of lis food is
of little or no direct economic value,
while the good it does more than COM
pensates for its obnoxious deeds; and
furthermore it seems not likely ever
to become abundant enough in any
locality to be seriously destructive.
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HONOR THE DEAD.

st. PauL-Honor and tribute was
paid to the memory Of the departed
members of the Ancient Order Of
United Workmen at the Peoples
church. where the annual memorial
services of the lodge were held.
Fully 1,500 people were there to hear
the addresses. The pulpit was decor
ated with the emblems of the lodge
in floral designs, while a score Of
candlesticks, each bearing several
lighted candles, flickered from the
tables in front Of the speakers plat
form. The various lodge banners also
occupied prominent places between
the chairs Of the speakers.
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esting and inspiring one. Another
pressing problem, however, was that
Of clearing the streets in order that
communication might be restored.
Thirty-six miles of streets were piled
high with debris. Within five months
this enormous mass of material has
been removed, trolley wires have been
strung, street car traffic reestablished
and system of debris removal inau-
gurated which disposes of 100 car
loads day. If more labor were to
be had the work would go much
faster.
Admission day was celebrated this
year on Monday, September 10. 1 saw
the city on that 6ay for tkN first time
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-02
MAY STRIKE.

Representative Of the
Switchmen's Unions Of the Twin
Cities will confer with the officials of
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific railroads in regard to an in
crease In wages. The switchmen sent
their ultimatum to the of1cials Sept.
rs and they demanded an answer with
in 30 days. They asked for a sched-
ule Of wages Of AZ cents an hour for
night work and 3S cents for day work.
They also asked for an eight-hour day
and that preferred positions in the
yards be given to the oldest switch
men qualifying.
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The Shaded Portion Shows Breeding Range the Ease

it's destruction of such more or less
noxious mammals as opossums, rae
coons, ground squirrels, prairie dogs,
rabbits, rats and mice.
The complaints lodged against this
eagle for the destruction of poultry
and the smaller domestic animals,
such as pigs and sheep, seem to come
largely from the southeastern United
States, in localities where the bird is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-02

is an amalgamation of all the unions,
and the old wages were restored. But
the owners of buildings which were
nearing completion at the time of the
disaster are feverish in their anxiety
to complete their buildings and obtain
famine rentals, and their tactics in
raising the wages of workingmen
have caused labor prices to soar. On
this emergency work plasterers are
getting 50 to s11 day; bricklayers,
$40 day; carpenters, 81 and IS;
stonemasons, So to $40, and other
skilled labor in proportion. San Fran
cisco is paradise for workingman.
Unskilled Labor in Demand.
Unskilled labor is hard to find. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-02
ROBBED.

Duluth. H. Pinkerton, treasurer
of the town of Schroeder, Cook coun-
ty, Mimi. is short $4,000. and explains
that he was robbed Of that amount
few days ago while transferring the
money from a Duluth bank to the
Cook County Bank at Grand Marais,
the county seat Of Cook county. He
carried the money in a satchel, and
says that while going from the boat
at Grand Marais to the hotel, after
dark, man rushed up and seized the
satchel and vanished in the gloom.
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NEWS NOTES.

Minneapolis-The new minister to
Panama formerly resided in the Twin
Cities.
ST. Paul-The A. o. U. W. and De-
gree Of Honor lodges hold their an
nual memorial service.
Rochester.-A party Of surveyors is
in this city surveying the route Of an
electric railroad to be run from Du-
buque to the Twin Cities. The road
is to run across the center Of the city,
with connections with st. Mary's Hos
pftal and the state hospital and with
a branch line running to Oronoco. II
is expected to be built next summer
Minneapolis.-Geo. w. Cooley, en-
gineer OF the state highway commits
sion. is much pleased at the results
obtained in the piece of experimental
road built by the commission near
Crookston this summer He is exhib-
iting with considerable pride a pic
ture Of a part of the road showing Il
as level as a nacadamized street, and
he says it has been free from ruts all
summer, in spite Of the wet weather.
Alexandria.-The Alexandria Bust
ness Mems Association has elected the
following officers: President, A. H.
Gregersen; vice president, G. A.
Kortsch secretary, E. E. McCrea;
treasurer. w. T. Cowing; executive
committee. G.. B. Ward, H. T. HOVER
son. August Nagel, Andrew Jackson
and w. K Barnes.
ST. Paul.-Roy Asp. sixteen years
old, an A. D. T. messenger boy, was
accidentally shot by Ernest Gustafson.
also a messenger boy, at Asp.s home,
923 Margaret street.
St. PauL-E. Olson declines to be
robbed end turns his alleged assail-
ant over to the police
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TWIN CITY MAN.

ashington.-Herbert G. Squieres.
who has recently been appointed min
lister to Panama to succeed Charles E.
Magoon. resided for many years In the
Twin Cities, the family having locat-
ed in Minneapolis in 1870, where his
father was senior member of the firm
Of Squieres, Hart & Monroe.
Herbert Squieres has for many years
been identified with public service in
both the army and diplomatic corps.
In both branches he achieved distinc-
ton as an officer and diplomat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-02
Insurance Situation Hurts.

The insurance situation at San
Francisco is exasperating to those
who happened to have policies in
shaky or dishonest companies, but
on the whole the lapses of these COM
panies have not affected the city
as seriously as early reports indi-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-09-15

For several weeks IL has been gen.
orally known that a most promising ore
body had been opened by Snyder Bros.
and associates on the Gold Coin group
Of claims, situated In the south end OF
the Fairview district and about six
miles south of the Eagle Rock. which
has heretofore marked the center of the
proven mineral zone. The Gold Coin
group was located by l. H. Bartholo-
new, who was prospecting for Snyder
Bros. and Clayton Ganett at the time;
for some time the locators nave known
they have valuable claims. and they
have beer quietly acquiring additional
ground in the name of the Nevada Fair
view Mining company until today they
possess an enormous estate. including
the original discovery and contiguous
and adjacent holdings. At the point
where the ore has been found the ledge
is cut by an east and west gulch. The
first work undertaken was a tunnel run
ning north, following the lead that was
undertaken at the surface. Returns of
from s145 to $465 have been recured
from specimens taken from the face of
the tunnel. This latest strike is a sur
face showing that demonstrates the fact
that the Fairview district is traversed
by an ore zone at least seven miles in
length as that is the approximate dis
lance from Dromedary Hump to the
Snyder strike. as the latest sensation is
Observation-Disclosures News.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-09-15

One of the latest and greatest strikes
ever made in the state was made a few
lays ago by Mr.. C. c.. Higgins of Won
der. He discovered ore on some ground
about three miles west of town. He did
or mountain top, but went quietly to as
certain who owned the claims. He found
that the strike was OF BILLY, the Kid
claim, and after some dickering secured
the eleven claims in the neighborhood of
the strike known as BILLY, the Kid"
group.
Mr.. Higgins has established a camp
on the property. and is sacking ore from
the surface at three places on the ledge
about one hundred feet apart. Some
picked samples run up in the thousands.
The ore is gold and silver. Several
prominent mining men who have ex-
amined the property pronounce it one of
the finest showings for a mine they have
ever seen. There are three parallel
veins on the property, one of which can
be traced 5000 feet. The formation is
andesite and ~porphyry. Mr.. Higgins has
the foot wall but has not struck the
hanging wall although he is seven feet
across the ledge. He is not losing any
time, and already has about ninety
sacks of ore piled up ready for ship
ment.
FIVE FEET OF ORE
AVERAGES ISL PER TON
About a month ago Mr.. Harry RACER,
a well known young engineer and ur-
veyor of this camp. took an option on
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CYCLONE
SACKING 1859 ORE FROM SURFACE

the Mae claim. He put some men to
work, and they struck promising rock
about two weeks ago, when Mr.. w. w.
Kirby, the well-known mining man Of
Denver, Colo, who was visiting the
camp, took an option from Mr.. RACER.
leaving the latter to superintend the de-
velopment. w. s. O'Brien is in charge
of the work ON the ground. On Septem-
Der / they ran into a five-foot vein of
ore that averages $51 per ton in gold
and silver. The course of the vein is
east and west and it lies in an andesite
and porphyry formation. The walls are
we'll defined. A drift is being run on
the vein.
The Mae claim is just west of the big
Wonder mine and almost adjoins it.
STRIKES sse ORE
Still another strike comes to our no
tice. On Monday last a strike was made
on the Silver claim, situated about one
and one-half miles north of town, i'm
mediately adjoining the evada and
Castle Rock group on which some of
the richest ore in camp has been found.
The property was located by W. w.
Altman and A. ". Reeves, and with
them are interested some citizens of
Goldfeld.
The rock assayed is from a surface
cropping, and shows a value of $S6. No
work of any account having been done
on the claims the extent of the find a
not yet be fully determined. However,
the ledge is traceable for several hum
bred feet. Wonder News.
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Location Notices for sale
News ONCE.
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IDA MINES

Active surface prospecting continues
as heretofore to constitute the work of
Ida Mines ground. Trenches are being
dug everywhere and many of these are
of a very substantial character. Up the
north slope of the hill and towards the
big outcropping rock on the summit
which runs east and west, a long open
cut has been constructed and this cul-
inmates in a prospect tunne close under
the ledge. With this tunnel, which is
now in about 20 feet, 1t is intended to
cut the vein at a depth of about 10 feet.
To accomplish this 1t will be neces-
sary to run 1t in about so feet in all.
The rock in the tunnel is now chiefly
quartz, with SOM ~porphyry.
Consistently energetic prospecting
work, such as his well located ground
has for some time past been subjected
to, should surely carry its W reward
in due course.
MONTANA LEASE
During the time that James Williams
is incapacitated from working, by rea-
son of the accident he sustained last
week, operations on his lease are being
continued by H. L. Martin, one of the
partners.
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LATE DECISIONS AFFECTING MINING CASES

braced in the plat, previous to the filing
of the application, and shall file an af-
fidavit of at least two persons that such
notice has been duly posted The words
such notice have been uniformly con-
strued by the land department to en-
brace boil the plat and notice referred
to. Held: That the requirement as to
the affidavit is mandatory, and where
such affidavit is not filed all proceedings
Upon the application for patent are
without authority of law"
Moiave Mining and Milling Co., VS..
Karma Mining Co., "a L. D., $50.
Proceedings to secure a minera pat
ent by one without interest in, or control
over, the lands applied for, are without
authority of law and no rights can be
acquired hereunder"
Extra Lode Claim, "a L. D., 500.
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proven Leasing Ground ever
secured in Coldfeld's Cold
en- Horseshoe surrounded
by producers whose rich
ness astOnished the world.

Adjoining the Mohawk,
Combination and January,
with Red Top, Florence and
Jumbo within a stones throw,
Silver Pick has already ex-
posed fine ore in the work
ings. We are driving our
shafts night and day to reach
the ore levels and make
money for our stockholders.
Our leases have still one full
year to run. Other leasers
have made millions and so
should we.
The first offering of treas
ury stock is now nearly all
sold. A few thousand shares
are still to be had at the low
price of Is cents a share, par
value $1.00, full paid and
worcestershire. Next offer
ing will be higher. Do you
realize what this means for
people with a few dollars to
invest?
We struck ore at 65 feet
depth on our Silver Pick
shaft which warrants an AID
IN PRICE.
20 cents a share is the price
after Saturday, Sept. I'D.
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Silver Pick
Leasing 9
Mining Co.

Has the largest acreage of
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"a recital of exclusion of conflicts in
the notice of an application for patent
to a mining claim as effectually elimin-
ates the conflict area as if the exception
and exclusion were in terms declared in
the application for patent itself"
Richmond and Other Lode Claims,
"a l.. D., 554.
"The cost of construction of such por-
lions of wagon roads, used in the trans
p~ortation of supplies to and ore from a
mining claim or claims. as extend be-
yond the boundaries of the latter can
not be accepted in satisfaction of the
statutory requirement with respect to
the expenditure in labor or improve
ments for patent purposes, the connec-
ton between the outlying portions of
the roads and active mining operations
or development being too remote to
justify their acceptance"
Douglas and Other Lodes, "a L. D.,
556.
"The mining laws do not require that
the notice of an application for patent
to a mining claim by a corporation shall
designate the state or territory under
the laws of which the corporation was
organized.
IAN adverse claim under section 1926
of the Revised Statutes is required to be
filed during the period of publication of
notice of the application for patent, and
where the last day of such period falls
on Sunday. an diverse claim filed on
the following Monday can not be recog-
nized by the lan department as an ad-
verse claim within the meaning of said
section and can not have the effect to
stay the patent proceedings upon the
application.
Case of Ground Hog Lode VS.. Parole
and Morning Star lodes, s L. D., 430,
overruled."
Holman VS.. Central Montana Mines
Company. "a L. D., 56S.
Section 1925 of the Revised Statutes
requires that an applicant for patent
under the mining laws shall file with
his application ar official plat Of the
claim or claims applied for. and shall
post a copy of such plat. together with
a notice of the application for patent.
in a conspicuous place on the land en-
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The San Francisco nre affected some
Of the Nevada stocks al regards prices
but not as to merit and value Of prop
critics. There will be considerable
money made by people who watch for
bargains in the good stocks during the
stocks will sell for higher prices than
will rule during the next three months.
Write to d. @. Doubleday. 129 Mont
gomery street, San Francisco, for
his market sheet showing actual trad
ing and buy some OF these bargains.
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MoNTEZUMA CHIEF LETS
CONTRACT TO SINK SHAFT

The Montezuma Chief Mining com
pany which owns the Snowstorm group
adjoining the Arizona, Nevada and Bull
lion properties in the Montezuma dis
trict has let a contract to sink 100 feet.
The ground is being prospected at the
same time and preparations are under
way for big work. The company also
WINS the Grotty and Hicks group of
claims at Montezuma making the full
holdings IL claims. Messrs. Schneider
and Waite, who promoted this company.
report that the company controlling the
Bullion estate have commenced develop
ment and are prepared to expend $780,
900 in the work.