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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-11-20
7. J. cady.

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day night of the death of Mr.. T.
j. Cady came as a shock to every
citizen of Columbus, for there
were but few who knew that he
was i'll. His death is peculiarly
sad one because it came at a time
when neither his family or friends
were looking for it.
Tom Cady, as he was commonly
called, was not professed good
man but he had within him
heart as big as any man ever
carried. For fifteen years the
writer has known him; has known
of every one of his bad qualities
and has also known, and does
now know of the splendid traits
of his character and does not
hesitate to say that he was one
of Gods Noblemen." He had
his faults, as all of us have, but
breath was never put into hui
man who had a warmer or a
more tender heart-or into
man who was more charitable
than we knew him to be.
The writer feels deeply the
great loss sustained from a per-
sonal standpoint for it was he,
who when fire had destroyed the |
plant of THE COMMERCIAL with
out any insurance, took it upon |
himself to raise money to make |
it possible for business to be con-
tinued. Besides this we were
neighbors for several years and
we know what devoted and
loving husband and father he
has been and his untimely death
makes a vacancy in his home
that can never be filled.
In addition to his devotion to
his family and his friends he
was a loyal, warm-hearted and
progressive citizen who was al
ways ready to contribute with
his energy and means to the bet
terment of every enterprise in
Columbus and he will be sadly
in this respect.
Mr.. Cady was a native of
Nashville, Tenn, but has resid-
ed in Columbus since 1881. In
1888 he was married to Miss
Katie Mahon, one of the sweet
est women Columbus ever pro-
duced, and she with five beauti-
full children survive him. He
has two sisters and two brothers
living in Nashville, two of whom !
Mrs. Hughes and Mr.. Mike Cady
arrived early Saturday morning.
The eldest son, L. j., who is at
school in Marion, Ala
oama, arrived home at 10:30
o'clock Saturday morning.
The funeral services will be
from the Catholic
Church this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock and at the grave the Elks
will officiate.
To the bereaved wife and chill
lren we tender our deepest SYM
oathy.
Cirro 81, ilaror, q ron, n,i.r MIL, q rnInnn
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their claims to our people as can
didates for Governor.
They are splendid speakers
and everyone who hears them
will be highly entertained.
The ladies, as we'll as the gen.
tlemen, are cordially invited to
be present.
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A few more vacancies in class
Vieksburg Sanitarium Trainin g
School for Nurses. Young wo-
men wishing to become trained
nurses, write for particulars.
"DR. ID. P. STREET"
Vicksburg Sanitarium,
Vicksburg, Miss.
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Give children a remedy with a pleas
ant taste. Don't force unpleasant
medicines down their throats. Kenne-
dy's Laxative Containing Hor3 3y and
Tar is most pleasant to take. Children
like it, and as relief for colds, coughs,
etc there is nothing better. No opiates.
Conforms to National Pure Food and
Drug Law. Sold by L. e. Mayfield.
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Wanted.

Every housekeeper using coal
oil to try NATIONAL LIGHT OIL.
1t does not smoke.
IRION & co.
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City Taxes.

Are now due and | am ready
to collect same. Pay early and
avoid the rush.
E. s. DONNELL,
City Tax Collector.
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by the Rio Grande Western some years
ago, when il was planning al extension
10 the Pacific coast.
The Star is one OF the oldest and
generally admitted to be the greatest
nine In the Cherry Creek district, but
to the regret OF everybody Interested IN
that section of the country, IS not do
ing much. The mine has been worked
since 1873 and has been at times
heavy producer. There Is shaft 500
feet deep and on the 600foot level
tunnel has bsen run into the mountain
100 feet. There is said 70 be 1000
tons Of ore now lying III the dumps
and vast bodies in the slopes ready for
extraction. The owners of the mine are
wealthy people of Glasgow, Scotland,
and there seems TO be nobody connected
with it who cares whether the mine
ever markets ton of ore. The mine
produces silver, lead and gold, the
values being in the order named. Some
per cent copper ore has also been en-.
countered in the Star. Included IN the
generous equipment OF the mine are two
mills, the last of which, however. seems
10 have been built wrong end foremost
generally. This transaction, as current"
" reported, reminds one Of Mark
Twain S story of the mining company
whose Eastern stockholders had been re-
peatedly assessed for running a tunnel.
Finally one of them concluded 20 come
West and investigate The superintend.
ent explained that the excessive cost Of
the tunnel was because its length was
so much greater than the diameter of
the hill through which they were run
ming it that a lot of it had to be built
on trestle work
One OF the most active factors IN
the resurrection of Cherry Greek has
heen the National M,nlIp compauy
composed of Salt Lake people with J.
Henry c. Eeekmann as superintendent.
The company owns sixteen claims or
the mountain just west of the town and
mas been actively prosecuting develop
ment work for more than year past.
So far most of the work has been done
through the tunnel on the Pacific and
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buildings destroyed were not rebuilt
The town has a good supply OF excel
lent water for domestic purposes from
two tunnels run into the mountain back
of and above the town. The water IS
obtained in the granite after passing
through several ribs of quartzite and
is singularly soft, clear and pure. There
is not single well in the town To
its exceptional location and the rare
purity of its water supply is doubtless
due the reputation for unusual health
fulness enjoyed by Cherry Creek.
In Egan canyon, two miles southwest
of Cherry Creek, may still be seen the
few remains of an old Spanish arrastre,
said to be one OF the Oldest reduction
plants in Nevada. IN my short stay l
was unable to obtain definite informa-
tion as to its history, or even the prob:
able date of its operations. The old
ditch IN which water was carried tor
its operation may still be traced. y
little further up the canyon is the old
Egan mine and reduction works, around
which, In its prime, grew up quite a
village called Egan. 1t is now but a
memory, all that remains being the
ruins of the old works and few stone
and log cabins. This mine produced
both gold and silver, and was for sew
eral years closely following the Civil
war worked quite extensively. 1t was
owned by the O'Co>-nors, and for sew.
eral years Gen. RosencranZ Of Civil war
fame was its superintendent, and made
his home at EGan. The ground now
belongs to the North Mountain Mining
company.
A short distance from the entrance
to Egan canyon is a prominent rock,
which, on account of its striking re-
semblance TO that ancient Egyptian
vonder ie called rho SnhinT The road
winds around its base, and no traveller
that way can miss seeing it, Through
the most difficult part Of the canyon,
perched on the mountain side fifty or
sixty feet above the wagon road, is 3
mile and q half of railroad grade, built
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are plentiful, many deer are yet to be
found, and the streams 2Uo.d fLe trout
fishing. The men al the Success mine
have been feasting OF vepison occasion
ally. three deer having been killed
there this fall. In the mountains aad
valleys to the northeast there arc many
wild horses roaming the country in
captured and shipped East in the past
year,
It has been known for some time
that there were gold, silver and lead
snowings al various points along Duck
Creek valley and is the upper end OF
the canyon of StepJoe creek, but moth
ing Of unusual value was found and
the locality received but scant attens
ton until within the past two wears.
D, c, Mcdonald Of ely seems to have
been the most energetic, perseverlng
and successful of those who sought to
uncover It's hidden wealth. He located
the Fairview group OF claims on the
Steptoe creek sioe II the divide, and
from Q point high UP on the bluff took
out considerable quantity Of good sil.
yer ore. He built cabin on these
claims, and with this as q base con.
tinued his explorations Zone day, a
few years ago, he was engaged N
tracking deer through the sagebrush
On q high bench on the Duck creek
side about a mile from the divide
when his eye fell un piece Of rock
that looked TO him as though it might
be worth investigating, although il was
not in a place in which & prospector
would be likely to look for a mine.
The specimen proved TO be good, and
further search revealed the ledge in
place within a few feet of where the
float was found, but entirely covered
by the wash from the mountain,
topped with soil ard overnrown with
sagebrush, He located the ground, and
it is on these claims the Success mine,
which has attracted attention to Duck
Creek, IS being developed
The mine is located on the eastern
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600 These old mines were recently ex-
amined by z. a. Harrington, young
mining engineer OF Ely, and all the
claims IL the Taylor district except the
two patented claims of the Argus, are
now under option 70 New York parties,
and a revival Of the old camp is more
than possibility.
At Hunter, on the west side of the
Egan range and nearly half way from
Cherry Creek to Ely, Is the old Vulcan,
which was heavy producer IN the
early days, but was practically aban-
doned thlrty-two years ago. Recently,
however, tne old mine passed into the
hands OF Denver people, and the Vul-
can Smelling and Mining company was
organized, with a capitalization OF So,
100000, They have secured a large
area OF ground adjoining the famous
old mine and evidently believe they
have g good thing. The old workings
are being cleaned out and put IL shape
and an active campaign of new devel~
opment work has been inaugurated,
The company is planning work on a
saia, the erection Of suitable reduction
works and the construction of short
line of railroad to connect with the
Nevada Northern. One of the peculiar
ities Of the ore, which is, however, not
uncommon in eastern Nevada. is that it
carries all four OF the mctals-gold,
silver, copper and lead, lead predomi
mating Ill quantity, and copper in value
At the site OF an old smelter which
was operated IL connection with the
Vulcan, is very large Stag pile, which
careful examination has shown to
hold values aggregating S25 per ton
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the years that are to come. Hamilton
was one of the earliest and most noted
of It's many mining camps. High up
on the rugged sides of Treasure hill
were found silver deposits Of astonish-
ing richness. This ore occurred mainly
IN the lime IN irregular veins or
st-ingers, IL pockets, and sometimes IN
immense masses OF almost pure silver.
It frequently ran 10000 ounces of sill
yer TO the ton and in some instances
even more When 1t IS remembered
that the price Of silver was then IN
the nelghborhood of $1.20 an ounce, the
value Of 4 ton, of the ore thus often
running above $4,000, the rush that
set IN toward the new Eldorado IS ac-
counted for The year 1869 saw pop
ulatiop of 10000 IN the Hamilton dis
trict which included Treasure City,
Eberhardt, Seligman, Shermantown and
other camps, all then bustling with busy
life, but now either IN n state Of decay
or entirely deserted and even their
names forgotten BY the present gener
alton. Six years later came the Ward
excitement OF 1875 and here, fifteen
miles south OF Ely, grew up in short
time a town of 1000 people. The Ward
ones were rich but they were rcbellious
and il was found impossible to save the
values by the methods then in use and
Ward went the way of hundreds Of
other boom camps. Denver capitalists
are now said 70 have secured some of
these old properties which under the
changed conditions Of the present should
prove valuable, and resurrection
seems IN store for Ward
Taylor, across the valley few miles
east of Ward, was another early camp.
mines, the Argus and the Monitor
These were quite shallow surface work.
ings, but from a very small area and
with the removal Of IA astonishingly
small amount Of waste, the former pro
duced sl,l00.000, and the latter $780,
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finally sinks after a course varying IL
length with the seasons. The wagon
road from Ely to the upper end Of
Duck creek follows this stream. Leav-
ing it near its head there is q rather
steep climb of a mile, where the divide
"a saddle connecting the two dl-
visions OF the range-ls crossed at an
elevation Of nearly 5000 feet, and the
road plunges down the slope into Duck
Creek valley. through dense forest of
pine, FIR and aspen. There is little tim.
Der and apparently little naturalization
on the southern side OF the divide, or
Steptoe end of the valley Both are
abundant on the Duck creek side. al
though the ledges carrying values have
been so well concealed by nature that
they have but recently been discov-
cred.
Duck creek takes its rise in series
of springs III the northern slope of this
divide and after flowing eighteen miles
directly north, turns abruptly 10 the
west and emerging from the mountains
is lost in the wide Steptoe valley. The
scenery of The Duck creek valley and
adjacent mountains is very fine The
view from the SUBMITS Of the main
range on the east of the valley is very
extensive, covering several successive
ranges, both east and west, with the
intervening valleys. and commanding a
wonderful panorama Of mountain, val
ley ana plain, for the most part barren
or covered with gray sagebrush, but
diversified near at hand by forest and
meadow. Just now the forests in the
upper end OF Duck creek valley, as seen
from the lime ridges half way up the
mountain side, are especially beautiful
in their autumn garb, the dark green
of the pines forming most pleasing
contrast with the rich yellow of the
aspen foliage. There is considerable
merchantable timber near the head OF
the valley, in the tributary canyons
and on the mountain slopes, and two
or three sawmills have recently been
in operation. Game abounds Grouse
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Correspondence Tribune.
CHERRY CREEK, New, Oct. IL
The copper boom at Ely has not only
boosted that old and heretofore remote
camp to the front, but has been great
advantage TO all eastern Nevada and
especially to White Pine county. To
that is due the building of the Nevada
Northern railroad, the first line to
touch this county. Not only had White
Pine county no railroad, but most OF
the county was so remote from rail
transportation as to render the shipping
at profit of any but ore of a very
high grade impossible. Tor instance,
the wagon haul from Ely TO Wells, on
the Southern Pacific ard the nearest
available railroad point, was l60 miles.
Other mineral sections were even more
remote Although possessing great
mineral resources IN gold, silver, cop
per and lead, these hard conditions have
hung like a milestone about the neck
of those who endeavored TO develop her
mines and were responsible for most
of the failures in that line she has wit
messed.
White Pine county is q heavily min.
eralized region The great copper de-
posit west of Ely IS doubtless Its great
est as we'll as its most famous and most
widely known ore body. But other dis
tricts also contain valuable ores. Some
of them have been famous in the years
that are gone and others win be in
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North Mountain Mining cong.
There Is q twenty stamp mill al
twelve tank cyanide plant on y
ground. Beside the stamps, ther.
a roll capacity of $50 tons. This (
pany is preparing for active worl
the near future. The company
has q shaft down 700 feet and 2 tu,
running 1900 feet into the mountasii
The old mines above mentioneds..
gether with the Exchequer and I
Imperial produced over $4,000, 900 4
vious to 1882.
The White Pine Mining & Nil
company recently organized and !,
posed Of Salt Lake people, is al
active work on a group of eli
claims. This ground has a produG'
record of over 100000, is equii
with Ave stamp mill, which Will z
be started, and has tunnel reac
600 feet into the mountain. TheIl
a well.defined vein crossing the pro
ty Of the company. 1t runs from
to seven feet on the surface. AM
is proposed to continue the tunnel +
it cuts this vein Much ore han
ready been tapped through the .,Iul
and it is this brought out in the CO.
of development work which is expo:
to feed the mill for the present.
outlook here is considered excel
and the chances for developing az
mine are thought 20 be good.
The Wide West Mining comp
owned by Frost Bros. Of Boston,
been operating for four years (
It has a Eve stamp mill, to whlch
teen stamps will be added shortly;
the company will proceed to mill
extensive body Of low grade ore ";
has heretofore been passed.
J. w. Walker and associates
i've claims, constituting the Silver
yor group, under bond and option,
ore is silver-lead and enough work
been done to show $4,000 on the dl
and in sight in the mine: 1t isl
pected a company will be incorport
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and probably copper with den,h
adjoining ground lust south Jpn. .nf
tlonal there is copper ore .sSe,,j He
face 'ne
One of the former heavy nro;ssss
was the old Teacup mine, now XIV
erty of the Biscuit Mining enrsx
1t has a record of several ~,
thousand dollars, all derived % So'.
from very high grade ores, as orc.
With present facilities here can he
died at 3 profit could not tber
touched. The Biscuit company @ 10
posed of Senator Frank ]. Canno,
Salt Lake, p. II. Cannon Of on on
Creek and Mcssrs. Joseph HYDE an,
h. Hyde, Jr. On the property !,
old shaft $40 feet deep which
been cleaned out and rstimbered
Is eQuin0ed with a hoist to which
just been added a sixty horse,n,
gasoline engine. Extensive ", X
ground workings radiate from this
and IN these 1t is said the showino
ore of grade that could not be we
with the old facilities, but is nd
valuable asset, is very large. The
PanY proposes 10 go after this as
as TO explore additional territor,
search of further resources.
Another of the old producers wa,
San Jose, on the mountain mort
! Egan canyon, and now owned bv
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in Philadelphia soon to handle
proposition.
All Of the Cherry Creek proper
mentioned above are in the eng
Creek mining district, which lnciu
everything north OF Egan eanypn;; Ill,
this district the three metais, fn-, e.
gold and lead are found. tne ios,
predominating On the JuGepuS 81
of claims there are considefdpe
per showings at ten or tweiHe - -
while a number of the mines snow -
or less copper as depth Is attalpeui;
this district the ores are soiIss.-
found in the lime, but more o!Iea
the quartz and granite, and sols'
the leading mining men are I'll u
opinion that the big mines VIZ
found In the granite. Nth
The mineral region lying sg9'Iri T9 n
Egan canyon is called the u0i~ "ent
Won mining district. but the Seas ass
and southern portions OF u aIe 20
known as Cocomongo, whleh I,,nr
Ia be an Indian word meaning ~
oold.'' The ore in tins dlstIl!e. dlstIi!.r sf
mosf entirely q fine, free n'lAina q
I%aL'N; wnre than INV two miles in length, "A +
iben spreads out into basin OF vs't
enciosed on all sides by parts trs, o.
Egan range, the outlet IoI u 80 tbroyi
which flows through 1t oeihs s;do
the canyon. On the eastern ,ss hi
this basin and running up ~ ~ can
and rugged slopes OF the LIN ma as Z
lies the section locally known knoan;es q
comongo. TWO strong com nIlIpnelonme
now actively engaged IN IN district
work in Cocomongo. inns .aSi mil
comparatively new, the oioe''
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from these latest strikes is not at hand
but there is every indication that they
Will be entirely satisfactory as the ore
is full of black sulphurets of silver and
is evidently very rich.
The company has planned to begin
a second tunnel at point 500 feet
lower vertically next spring and carry
IL into the mountain TO tap the pres.
depth, thus effecting the double pur-
pose OF aTording working avenue at
depth and providing drainage FOR the
mine. In the development planned the
company expects 10 encounter lead ores
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on several prospects near the Vulcan,
and persons convcrsant with the condi-
tions look for developments there that
will justify the faith OF those who are
putting their good money into it.
Duck Creek is one of the sections of
White Pine county now coming into
prominence that IS without history.
That is. it was not a producing min
eral region in the early DAYS, although
within the past few years it has made
some shipments of silver-lead ores to
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ever seen in Nevada Possibly that is
not saying a great deal, but the valley
place, Tie ScheIl creek range OF
mountains, lying or the east Side OF
Steptoe valley, is both high and mas
sive. Opposite Ely the range is about
fifteen miles broad. Here in narrow
interior valley head two fne streams,
Steptoe creek and Duck creek, The
former at first flows south q few miles;
then makes wide sweep to the west.
through a picturesque canyon, and
turns north down the valley, where 1t
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the fault by driving vine Faat Of I'll thirty 9sg
fourteen feet. 4 drift was here run
on the ore shoot ffty-three feet where
a cross cut showed the orc body to be
eighteen feet wide, Various assays
from different places IN this vein gave
from ten to 244 ounces in silver and
from $3.50 to $1,000 IN gold per ton. A
shaft has been sunk in the tunnel, q
hosting plant was installed recently
and late developments in this direction
have been both interesting and en-
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couraging On the first level n this
shaft, thirty feet below the tunnel level,
the ore shoot was found to have a
width of twenty-one feet. On the sec
ond level, seventy five feet below the
tunnel level, the same vein was again
encountered, but at the time of the
latest report its width there had not
been ascertained The results or assays
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This it is proposed to work over and
there is u hadsome profit IN sight from
this source alone. Stimulated by the
activity of the Vulcan people, the near
approach Of the railroad and the gen
eral revival Of mining in Nevada work
has either begun or is about to begin
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Salt Lake, via Wells, the wagon haul
being about 100 miles. In the matter
OF water and timber, as well as in its
scenic features, the Duck Creek region
is especially favored Il is the most
pleasing combination of mountain and
valley, forest and stream, the writer has
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Mary Ann claims with most satisfac-
tory results. In this tunnel ore was
encountered at 100 feet from its mouth
and a continuous ore shoot opened up
for 800 feet, where it faulted.s The ore
body between these two points has q
width OF from three TO seven feet. AT