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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
DEPTH OF DEATH VALLEY.
Not Such a Great Depression After

The United States geological survey has
just completed a line Of spirit levels through
Death Valley, California, and much to the
surprise Of every one familiar with the
region has ascertained that the depth Of
that area is not SO great as was supposed.
The final computations Of the results have
not yet been made. but the preliminary
figures give for the lowest point depth
of 276 feet below sea level. BENEFITS Well,
which Is near this point, is 266 feet below
sea level. These figures may be altered
by two or three feet when the final COM
putations are made. but they are probably
not more than three feet in error. The
geological survey now has elevation marks
on the highest and lowest points of dry
land in the United States.
1t is a strange coincidence that these
two extremes are both in southern Cali
fornia and only seventy-five miles apart.
Mount Whitney is foot or two over 14.6OO
feet above sea level. while Death Valley,
as above stated, is 276 feet below. Before
the Salton Sink. also in southern CAN
fornia, was flooded by the Colorado river
1t contained the lowest point OF dry iand IN
the United States. spot 2e7 feet below sea
level -
Previous estimates of the depth OF death
Valley based on barometer readings gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
PROCTER'S CHARITY
MILLIONAIRE WHO SHOT HIM
SELF DID MUCH GOOD.

CINCINNATI, March 30-William A.
Proctor, who shot himself Thursday was
the head of one of the great industrial con-
Germs of the country, the Proctor N Gam
BILE Co.. man of many millions and pre-
eminent in church and charity work. He
occupied a splendid home in the suburb of
Glendale. Mr.. Proctor was seventy-three
years old and is supposed to have taken
his life while suffering from profound mel
ancholia, induced by grief over the loss of
his wife, who died four years ago.
The venerable philanthropist was found
dead soon after l pm. in his bath room,
sitting upright in a chair. At his feet was
a revolver of large caliber. He had placed
the weapon in his mouth and fired. Death
had been instantaneous. and the revolver
had fallen from his hand. The family tried
vainly to keep from publicity the unpfeas-
ant facts of the tragedy, but when II was
seen that there could be no concealmeni
William Cooper Proctor, the only son, ad-
:,Itted that his father was a suicide.
Although Mr.. Procters physical health
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was erected, largely at Mr.. Procters ex-
pense, magnificent home for the blind:
The two young women. one of them herself
blind, who had previously been helped in
their work by Mr.. Proctor, visited him one
day, told him that the Cary home was for
sale and said that their heart was bent on
having it as home for the blind. The
soapmaker touched a button that called his
real estate manager, to whom he said:
These young women tell me that the,
Cary homestead is for sale, and want you
to buy 1t for them"
The purchase was made the next day.
A cooperative scheme, by which the en-
ployes share the profits of the Proctor &
Gamble Company, was perfected by Will
liam Cooper Proctor, at his fathers request
Mr.. Proctor left four children besides
his son-Mrs. Mortimer Matthews, Mrs. c.
X. Benedictal, Mrs. Paul Matthews and
Mrs Ralph Rogan.
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INSANE WHEN MARRIED.
Prof. Dixie and wife's Relatives Want
Marriage Annulled.


BOSTON. March, 30,-In the divorce ses-
sion Of the superior court yesterday Francis
H. Dixie. professor of modern languages at
the Institute. of Technology. sought to have
annulled the marriage between himself and
Milicent H. Dixie. The petition is not con-
tested. -
Prof Dixie testified that he had become
acquainted with his wife in 1894 and that
they became engaged in 1899. In those
years Mrs Dixie, whose maiden name was
Hayes. was attending Smith College. Prof.
Dixie said she was very ambitious put re-
morseful because she could not retain what
she had studied. The husband testified
that they had never lived as man and wife,
and that It was his opinion that she was
insane when he married her.
Mary NJ Hayes. sister and guardian or
Mrs Dixie, agreed with the other witnesses
that her sister was insane. when she mar
ried Prof. Dixie and that there is no hope
for her recovery.
Judge Richardson reserved his decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
Mexican Asphyxiated by Gas.

PHILADELPHIA, March 3O.-Jose Rod
|lriguez, aged twenty years. said to be son
of wealthy resident of Chapultepec, Mex
leo, was accidentally asphyxiated in bis
room in a boarding house here yesterday.
He came here and entered an Industrial
plant to become civil engineer.
Included among Rodriguez's effects was
found letter written to him by Florence
Salad of Manchester, England, in which
she said that as soon as Rodriguez return
ed to Chapultepec she would join him there
and they could be married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
Second Death in Family in a Week.

WESTMINSTER, Nd, March 30.-Wil-
liam L. w. Seabrpok, editor of the Ameri-
can Sentinel Of this city, suffered double
bereavement this week, his wife having
died Tuesday evening, and his only brother.
John H. Seabrook Of Dayton, Ohio, died
Thursday.
The latter was a native OF Frederick
county. Md, and for many years taught in
the public schools of Frederick and Car
roll counties. He was in his seventy-eighth
year.
By his death William L. w. Seabrook Is
left the last survivor of his family.
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Signed a Full Retraction.

FREEHOLD, N J., March 30.-Neison
Armstrong. a wealthy farmer and large
real estate owner. with reputation for
extreme frueaiity, who was sued for $1O.-
200 for SANDER by Andrew j. c. Stokes as
sistant prosecutor of the pleas of Mon
mouth county. has signed an unqualified
Ietraction of all things he said derogatory
to the character and standing of that ofi-
cial and the suit Is withdrawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31

Rev. j.. A. McClelland, pastor of the Oak
land Nd, Presbyterian Church, has ac-
cepted call to the Presbyterian Church
at Grafton, w. Va. Rev. Mr.. McCleliand
declined a call to Pocomoks and Vermont,
his old home.
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, for the lowest point figures varying from
,, $50 to $50 feet below sea level. The level
| line Of the geological survey is believed
| to be the first accurate determination Of
elevations in that locality that has ever
been made.
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
SILVER ISLAND IS
AWAITING THE ROAD
Facilities for Marketing Ore
Means Much to This Utah
District.

The story of what the Western Pa
cjiic railroad means TO Just one scctIon
of the western portion of Utah, the
Silver Island district, is history antIcI-
patcd, and when written in It's proper
time it will compose a very bright
chapter in the mineral industry of the
State, Sam Levy of the National De-
vclopment company is back at his desk
from the Silver Island camp, where he
went the first of the week TO take a
look MT the work being carried for
ward on the Carrie Mack property.
will comc anywhere from SIX TO twelve
miles of the Carrie Mack. The exact
survey TO be used by the railroad build
ers not vet being determined.
When the road is built, however, and
ready for business, the Carrie Mack
is one of several companies that will
have liberal tonnaGes of 6nc copper,
Salt Lake smctcrs. Mr.. Levy states
that the Carrie Mack is being developed
quietly, no special effort being made
to disclose a greater tonnage until rail
road facilities are actually at hand.
There havo been several new finds of
orc made on this property during the
past week or two. prospecting the sur
face bringing TO light some fine silver
rock with some copper contents. This
new resource will be remembered until
the day comes to cut loose i'm earnest
with development work.
Mr.. Levy states that the Dominion
and the Old Glory companies both sre
actively at work upon their groups.
both being able to begin shipments
when the railroad day arrives. A spur
is being b1iIt from Tecoma 10 the
property Of the Copper Mountain COM
pany, the terminal Of this spur to be
connected with thc mine by q tram
way, This organization has a splendid
proposition in hand, and even now is
sending some very rich copper ore into
the markets In going across the
American desert, the railroad builders
arc finding the mud a great handicap.
Mr., Levy says that they bave TO prac-
tically corduroy their way across the
desert, and this makes work very slow.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
WHITE PINE COUNTY
FREE FROM TROUBLE
Properties Being Operated,
With No Chance of RuinOuS
Labor Warfare.

OF interest TO all Utahns interested
in mining in Nevada there can be no
brighter spot in that State than the
splendidly mineralizcd portion within
the lines Of White Pine county. Dur
ing the present labor troubles through,
out Nevada, one never hears word
of such disturbances in any of the
White Pine camps, and visitors from
Ely and Cherry Creek to Salt Lake
never lose an opportunity TO impress
upon the local investors that those two
great camps nrc as free from labor
troubles ms any camp in the State OF
Utah.
Such condition cannot but appeal
to every man who has dollar invested
in stocks of White Pine mining COM
panics And the Ely or the Cherry
Creek visitor is wise 10 point out the
freedom of these two sections from the
civil warfare that is being waged III
such camps as Topopah and Goldfcld,
Salt Lake is full of stockholders who
are interested in Ely and Cherry Creek
properties, and the freedom of Cherry
Creek especially from labor conditions
is accounted for upon one of the most
substantial foundations that a mining
camp could possibly desire.
This is the fact that ma lority of
the properties are beng worked by
miners who are stockholders in the
company whose possessions they are
turning wrong side out for precious
metals. The men employed are more
interested IN finding metal for the good
of all concerned than they arc in high
grading or III stirring up their fellow
employees to wage war with the owners
of properties, 1t is a most fortunate
situation. and one that illustrates the
sound sense Of the operating companies
in looking far enough ahead to get men
who are working for themselves each
time they put in an extra lick for the
company that pays them.
When wild rumors come sitting
through the scene of disorder at Gold
held to the effect that all the mines
OF Nevada are 10 be closed down in or.
der TO rid the camps of the disturbing
factors, Cherry Creek especially, and
Ely as well, in fact all White Pine
county, should not be included on the
list of idle mines. for whatever hap
pens elsewhere. prominent operators
agree that work there will continue as
usual
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
NEVADA DOUGLAS EQUIPMENT.
Company Receiving Accessories Which
Will Make Things Hum.

General Manager Walter c. Orem, of
the Nevada Douglas company, has re
turned from a two weeks rest trip to
Los Angeles, and upon his return finds
good reports awaiting him regarding
the Douglas Copper property. Mr..
panY had received practically all The
poles Tor the power linc, and the wa
ter pipe is on the ground awaiting dis
position. BY the time the new euuip-
ment arrives, the management expects
everything to be in readiness for it. Mr.
Orem states that the Deep tunnel is in
over 300 feet. 1t is still penetrating
copper ore, and has been for fifty feet,
twenty feet of which has been per
cent red metal
George 4. Edwards, the wcll-known
mining man, recently made visit to
the Nevada Douglas property at Yering-
ton. and regarding the property he
writes TO Salt Lake as follows:
81 spent one week at the Nevada
Douglas mine, and to say the least, /
was greatly surprised at the great show.
prised at the amount Of ground, of
which there are thirty full-sized claims,
all of which are more or less impreg-
mated with the red metal Large cuts
have been driven for many feet into
the rugged and Jagged lodges standing
so boldly above the more humble, but
not least, in value Deep wines and
shafts have been sunk, only demonstra-
ting the marvellous lodges and high val
ues going down deeply, and the greater
the depth, the greater are the wonders
of the Douglas mine. It is indeed diff
icult, while passing over this six hun.
drcd acres of tilted garnet and altered
lines, TO pick up or break OFF a piece
of the most barren looking rock that
will not display from trace to tweu~
ty.fve per cent copper.
1.-THE entire group of thirty claims
ia so we'll located that every foot of
territory can be handled economically
through the well designed SIX by seven
foot tunnel which is now forging
through the vault of the most sought
for metal in the world. This tunnel will
have depth Of 400 vertical feet at
distance, horizontally, of 1900 feet, and
greater depth will be obtained as the
bore hole confines into the great cop
per mountain, of which no person can
at present estimate the value. -
Mr.. Edwards states that the company,
where it is necessary, could now enter
the ore markets with a great amount
Of high grade rock, but the trausporta~
tion facilities give promise of being so
much better within short time as the
roads improve that the company has
planned to wait before sending It's
richer resources TO the smeltcrs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
FRIDAY LUCKY DAY.
With the Hlgginson Lease There Can
Be No Superstition.

Another vein of high grade ore was
struck during the morning shift vcstcr-
day in the HIgginson lease on Jumbo
Extension ground. The orc is light
colorcd quartz and tale, containing a
slight quantity of sulphides, The val
nes were not suspected until small
pan Of crushed ore Showed consider
able quantity Of gold. Assays have
not been made of tho ore, but mum,
her Of paintings prove that the entire
vein is shipping ore of the first grade.
Developments on the vein encoun-
tered several weeks ago show that
while extensive, II viii not average
much better than so TO The ton. while
all that is being taken from the new
vein is in the 'tore sack class, says
the Goldhcld News.
The high grade was first encountered
in an inch streak that formed gouge
around "horseH in the ledge, fifty
feet from the Shaft on the 230-foot
D.. . nrrSr 'vHS cat through ana
back Of it was high grade streak n
foot wide, following the hanging wall.
The main body Of milling ore extends
several feet below this streak, Devcl-
opment work evidences that the lead
is steadily widening.
Friday is a lucky day with the Hig-
ginson people. The original location
was on Friday Work was started on
Friday The ledge was struck on Fri.
day, and the high grade orc body was
also found on the sixth day of the
week,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
Recently Formed Company Has
Sent Drift Into Fine Resource
One e-Hundred Level.
MACHINERY TO SINK
TO DEPTH is ENR0UTE
Main Intent of Organization Is
to Continue Shaft to the
Sulphides.

:. mic waiting FOR the gasoline hoist
and other equipment to arrive upon the
Beaver county property of the Utah
and New York Copper company, the
management is doing some investjgat-
ing upon the lower levels of the prop
criy, where work was done some time
ago. On the I00.foot level n drift
has been run for considerable dis
tance. the new management has started
TO continue this drift to the north.
and in so doing has run across some
Of the finest looking copper ore that
aas been displayed in Salt Lake for
many a day This ore VIII average in
me ncighborhood of so per cent red
metal. and in addition is an ideal
smelling rock on account of the splcn-
lid iron contents.
1t is stated that there is consider
able quantity of such rock now avail
able in the Utah and New York. but
I is hardly probable that the com
aany will cease its campaign of de-
vclopmcnt work 10 pay much attention
% stoplng for the market. The condi-
lion of the treasury is most healthy,
some exceedingly strong New Workers
being behind the organization. and tho
liked purpose of the company is 10
send the shaft on down To the water
cYel as fast rs three shifts and modern
equipment can accomplish The TASK.
En- route to the sulphide zone. never
'heless, il naturally is comforting To
encounter such ores as are being found
Upon the 100 level. There are several
samples Of this rock on exhibition at
the local Offices of the company, and
thcv have created 4 most favorable I'M
preston upon the part Of al who have
examined them. Tho uncertain rail
road conditions that have been prevail
ing for some time toward the south
have retarded the shipments Of ma
rhinery TO the property, but AS soon as
the machinery now en- route has
reached its destination everything will
he found IN complete readiness for it's
installation, The Utah and New York
company has made most favorable
beginning, and its future development
work will be watched by all who are
interested i'm mining in Beaver county
and the North Star district.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
MARKHAM GULCH MILL
Shipment Of Machinery Alone Is Dc.
laying Completion of Plant

Somewhere bctwccn thc ebinniro
point and Salt Lake is a car of mn,
chinery that the Markham Gulch com.
nany would like very much TO GnH
This car contains the last of tbe con;n.
ment for the l50.ton Commemorative
plant the company is erecting up Bing'
nam Canyon, and until It's arrival tbc
mil must stand within earshot of com.
pletlon, Manager w, C.. Orem stated
Yesterday That this car alone prevented
.he mill from being completed, and
upon its arrival the builders viii soon %om
have the plant in running order Tbn
Markham Gulch mill will handle tbe
lower grades Of rock from the IJtab
Apex and the Red Wing properties
MI Orom states that tho former com.
pany is sending out faithful shipments
OF ore that average in The vicinity of
$50 per ton. VI
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
Bingham Amalgamated Copper
Group Now Owned by Pitts
burg Capitalists.
DEAL INVOLVES OVER
HALF-MILLI0N DOLLARS
Splendid Property Demands the
Expenditure of Liberal Sum
for Control.

Unless all signs fail, the group of
prominent Pittsburg capitalists who
have been on the trail of the Binp.
ham Amalgamated Copper company's
Bingham possessions for over two
weeks Just past has at last gained the
changed hands. Everything pointed TO
n successful consumption Of this deal
Yesterday, and although no one within
the inner circle could be induced to
talk about the deal. it was taken for
granted that another big Bingham
copper property has gone to Eastern
owners. One thing that has been well
concealed throughout the negotiations
IS the identity. of the purchasers. nor
has this Yet been determined to the
general satisfaction,
1t Is stated, however, that they are
rated highly in financial circles. and
That they will in no wise be at a loss
to md any amount of hard cash to de-
Xelop the properties just secured
Mnen the Bingham AmaIgamatcd Cop
per company was formed, capitaiza-
ton, 100000 shares. the organizers
handed out 100000 shares TO the
stockholders OF the old Illinois com.
panN, and similar number of shares
TO the stockholders Of The old Copper
miance company. and other interests.
Ihs left 100000 shares of stock in the
H'n" iE"""'cu htasufNJ an amount not
yet disturbed
The purchasers, therefore, in secur-
ing the issued stock. or 100000 shares,
secure the absolute control outright,
and on basis of S150000. Tae uues-
ton now arises as TO the disposition of
thc Copper Glance stock outstanding.
and while these interests undoubtedly
VIII be taken care Of. the details
lay for the future 10 determine how
and when. This deal has come like
a ray of sunshine these uncertain
tlmes, and Copper Glance stock yoster.
day took decided turn upward.
The purchasers Of the Amagamatcd
possessions have secured an ideal
copper proposition. and there is little
doubt that they will take advantage of
every turn 10 make OF this company
one OF the foremost of tho BINGHAM
camp. They have the acreage and the
ores.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
Mining Notes.

William Wantland, manager of the
Emma Copper company, was out yes
tcrday, recovering from the grippe,
Jesse knight OF Provo was in the
city Yesterday Mr.. Knight stated that
the drift on the 500 level of the Colo
RADIO had not yet reached the ore
ID. G.. lacking stated "Wednesday
that the stockholders of the Standard
Copper company would receive notice
of the consolidation within the next
few days.
II. G. CAV. secretary of the Utah &
New York Copper company, leaves to-
day for the property in Beaver county.
j. Fewson Smith of the United
States company's staff is IN from a
two weeks visit to various Utah
camps.
W. b Jefrs Of Michigan, who has
been III Salt Lake for some time look
ing after his various mining interests,
leaves for Chicago today,
l.. \. Morrison leaves this afternoon
for Beaver county to inspect the vari-
Gus properties in that county in which
he is Interested