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THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. August 2o.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady, at a decline of 2aJ
points. in response to lower cables, rumors
that the drouth had been broken in the
southwest and liquidation. There was
quite good demand from shorts for jan
uary around IL and the market was
slightly more active than yesterday, but
after rally Of or 2 points 1t turned
slightly easier again under local pressure
and during the middle of the morning 3 TO
points net lower on the more active
months
The market was quiet but steady late in
the forenoon, with prices about 3 to j points
net higher a [ midday. Spot. quiet; middling
uplands, 1928; middling gulf 1850 Esti-
mated receipts at rhe ports today l5OO
bales. against 1892 last week and 10 lbs last
year. For the week. 12.OOO bales against
$3.50 last week and 1914 last year To-
days receipts at New Orleans. "a bales
against 256 last wear. and at Houston, 2o4T
bales. against 99SS last year.
Futures opened steady. August II on
bid; September. 1l.20: October. H. 20; No
vember l1.s1 bid: December 1871; Janu-
airy. 1901; February. 12.02 bid: March,
II 10; April. l2.l4 bid: May 12l9-2O; June
is23 bid
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Order in Bankruptcy Case.

In accordance with an agreement between
attorneys for the creditors of the William
]. Zeh Company, reached after a confer
ence yesterday afternoon, Justice Stafford,
in the Bankruptcy Court, issued an order
today to the receiver, John B. Daish, to sell
the stock of the company on a ten days no
tice The receiver is also given power to
elect whether he shall give up the contracts
of the Zeh company or whether he shall
sell them to other coal companies. The re-
ceiver is also given power by the court to
indorse checks payable to the Zen COM
pany or to the assignee
The attorneys representing the creditors
are E. II. Thomas, Wolf & Rosenberg,
Brandenburg & Brandenburg, George Dun
lap and R. B. Dickey.
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Subscription Office Opened.

The Federal American Banking Corpora
ton has opened an office in the remodeled
building on the northwest corner of 10Th
and G streets northwest for receiving SUBJ
scriptions to the capital stock. The sale of
shares at the par value of $40 each has
been progressing for several weeks, and it
is hoped to open the new bank some time
in October. The following compose the
committee on subscriptions: Rignald w.
Beall. Harry P. Huddleson Cornelius Eek
hardt.
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Bank Named Defendant.

A suit for 5000 damages was filed in the
District Supreme Court today by NJ Sugar.
a local grocer, against the National City
Bank. 1t is alleged in the declaration
that the damages result from the failure
Of the defendant bank to honor a check
drawn by the plaintiff.
Mr.. Sugar states that to pay bill he
drew a check for 1852, payable to the
Jacob c. Shafer Company of Baltimore, on
the defendant bank, and that although he
had sum Of money in the bank sufficient
to meet the check, the bank failed and
refused to honor it.
Attorneys w. Gwynn Gardiner and E.
n. Hopewell appear for the plaintiff
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THE BALTIMORE MARKETS
Special Dispatch to The Star.
Id

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. August NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.:
spot. contract SSaSSI4: spot. No. red western
Nasa9l; August. SSaSsA; September, SSl4aSS1a
october ssi2as99t; steamer No. red S1NaS2 re-
G5as3: new southern on grade, SlaSS.
CoRN-Strons; spot, mixed 6laGll4; No. white,
6li2: August. GlaGll4: September 6l34aG2; wear
'5a559.; steamer mixed, 57a57A; receipts IA 696
hashels; southern white corn, 5saG2 southern gel
low corn. Ia6l
OATSmFirmer: No. white. 61h: No. white,
heavy, Goadl; No. white. light, IS sales; No. 3
mixed. 80; receipts, =. AS bushels.
RYE-Quiet; receipts, 800 bushels
HAN-Firm. unchanged.
GRAIN ERElGiiTS- Quiet. UNCHANGED
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AMERICAN FLORISTS CONVENED.
More Than 1900 Delegates Attend
ing Philadelphia Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA, August 20.-More than
1900 members of the Society of American
Florists and Ornamental HorticultUrists are
attending the twenty-third annual conven-
ton Of the society which began here today
The convention was called 70 order by Pres
iaent William ]. Stewart OF Boston. The
session today was devoted principally to the
receiving of reports.
An interesting and attractive feature OF
the convention Is an exhibit of flowers
shrubs and growing bulbs in Horticultural
Han. An exhibition OF new methods and
laDor-saying devices is also being shown.
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Grain and Provisions Summary.
THE LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. August 20.-Secretary Taft's
speech at Columbus, Ohio. yesterday, which
had been somewhat discounted, caused only
a momentary decline in Americans at the
opening of the stock exchange today. After
being offered at y to 3. of a point below the
New York equivalent some good buying
speedily wiped out the initial decline and
impaired strength to the market which
under the lead of Union Pacific, by noon
advanced a point from the lowest quota
tions. Trading generally was quiet. Con-
soils were fractionally easier.
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Pleaded Guilty to Forgery.

NEWARK, n. J., August 20.-George NJ.
tanning, postmaster and president of the
board of education of the borough of Flor
ham Park pleaded guilty before Judge Ten
Eyck to the charge of having forged notes
for Zoo on the Federal Trust Company
of Newark and was remanded for sentence.
These notes bore the forged Endorsements
of Carmot p. Meeker mayor of the bor-
ough, and Howard Young. the borough
clerk. Lannng's forgeries far as dis
n<svarAS n --o',,t y.,n-a phan SO 900
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL. August Standardization
Spot. small business done: prices 3 points
lower: American middling fair, $50; good
midd!lng rs; middling. 72i; low mIddling.
6.SI; good ordinary. 61O: ordinary, $50
The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of
which loco were for speculation and ex-
port and included 1900 American Receipts,
200 bales. all American. Futures opened
quiet and closed steady; American middling
g. o. c.. August 6.SII2: August and Septem-
Der. G.I5i2: September and October. $751; :;
October and November 655l2: November
and December. q. %: December and Janu-
airy, CO.; January and February G5I; Feb
Tuary and March 6.52: March and April
6.53; April and May, 654, May and June
Cos
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Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, August 20.-Wheat-Spot
steady; No. . red western winter, Is I'D;
futures, firm; September, rs. 2Ad.; Decem-
Der, Is. Il d.; March, IS. Is d.. Corn-Spot
steady; American mixed news 5s. I'D. old
northern, IS. "a; futures, firm; Septem-
Der. 5s. sd; October, 5s. I'D.
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Accidental Shooting.

Charles o. Kimmell, twenty-nine years of
age, residing at $40 E street, shot himself
accidentally this afternoon with a DO
caliber rifle, dscharging bullet into his
shoulder. The wound is very slight and is
being treated at the Emergency Hospital.
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Will of James Seney.

The will of James Seney has been flied
for probate. 1t is dated November 10
1892. He leaves all his estate to his wife
Emma. and names her administra trix
The value of the estate is not named
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Washir gton Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Resular call - o'clock noon-W ashington
Rwy. and Flee. COM. 90 at "a, so at 34l7, 80 at
35. 80 at 35, so at 351a.
72In. 80 at I2Ls, so at 20. 30 at 72la.
Washington Gas. 10 at co. 25 at 1si2.
After cal-WashngtOn Rwy. and Elec. AZ,
81 600 at toy, 81 600 at 79A
Potomac Electric Light 5s, 81 600 at 102h.
Mitchell Mining. % at rs 25 at rs, Is ut Us.
so at 1fs. 20 at tx.
Washington Gas, % at G9ia.
GAS BONDS.
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Death of Mrs. James R. Keene.

Mrs Elizabeth Keanc, wife of James r.
Keene Of Brightwood died at II o clock this
morning at her home, on Shepherds road
Arrangements for the funeral will be an
nounced later.
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The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. b. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers, 1910 F street. members New
York Stock Exchange, Washington Stock
Exchange and Chicago Board Of Trade.
Open. High Low. 2:15.
Copper 6S7s 69A G6z 6s7s
Am. Car & Foundry. 37A 37La 35A 3Ia
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Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
At the close of the stock market the fol-
lowing stocks had changed in price since
ABOVE quotations. there being no change in
balance of the closing prices:
Amalgamated Copper. 69ss.
American Smelling, 95.
American Smelling. pfd., 9515.
American Sugar, 1121a
American Tobacco pfd rs.
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe *
Atlantic Coast Line, So
brooklyn Rapid Transit 43.
Canadian Pacific. 164ss
Chesapeake and Ohio. 3d.
Chicago, Mil. & St p, 12o1b
Chicago q NV, 142as
Colorado Fuel & Iron 23a4
delaware Il Hudson, 1Jlas
Distillers Securities, 4J.
Erie LIST pfd.. J17k
General Electric. 1917.
Peterborough metropolitan pfd, %.
Mackay, COZ
Louisville & Nashville. 1857.
NO. Kansas 4 Tex. pfd., 617s.
Missouri Pacific G67s
National Lead 4i%
New York Central. lO4Is
n. y. Ontario & West, 3D.
Northern Pacific, 1177s
Pacific Mail Steamship, oFa
Pressed Steel Car, 26ls
Reading. S97s
Republic Steel and Iron. pfd., 7O1a
Rock Island com, 1874.
Rock Island, pfd, 41!s
S. L. and San Fran. I'd pfd. 3I4
Southern Pacific, S31s
Texas Pacific, 25ls.
Union Pacific. 1855.
L. S. Rubber. 20.
L. s. Rubber. pfd.. Sc
L. S. Steel, 3lA
U. S. Steel. pfd, 93la.
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Sharp Rally Followed Opening
Slump of Prices.
LOSSES NEARLY MADE UP
Comment on Presidents and Taft's
Addresses.
FINANCIERS NOT SURPRISED
Neither Had Left Much in the way
of Declaration of Policy
to Avow.
rperlil Dlsygtch TO The Star.

Epeclh DiSv2tch 10 Inc star
EFsV YORK. August 2O.-lf reaf1rma-
fIons be regarded as the equivalents OF re-
assurances then Wall street Is at liberty
10 derive such comfort as il can from the
general tenor of the addresses which II read
this morning from Secretary TAFT ana
President Roosevelt Somewhat slnSularly
there was sharp rally in prices when the
so-called amendment to the PRESIDENT
speech was made public although the text
of the amendment really constituted little
more than a still stronger expression OF MS
sufficiently well-known views and pollcles.
1t would. as a matter of fact, be incorrect
To- say that the two speeches In question
were the real controlling factors in the
days stock market. Neither address TOOK
the financial community by surprise to any
marked extent. but, on the other hand, a
certain feeling Of relief was manifested,
probably on the ground that neither the
President nor his associates had very much
left In the way of decla atoms of policy to
avow.
AS has been the case for several weeks
past interest and discussion in the more
serious financial circles were again more
engrossed with considerations of money
market conditions and prospects than they
were with the lutheran, IS at Columbus and
ProVinCetOwn.
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CURB QUOTATIONS..

Furnished by f. r. Chapman & Co &C. B, Chin
man. manaserl, members New York Stock Ex-
change. 1901 + st. NV.
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Days Dealings Fairly Large.


The days transactions were conducted
upon a fairly large scale, and were pro-
ductive of many extremely wide and irreg-
ular fluctuations and many very extensive
movements in prices.
Apart fromEth Taft address there was
very little in the mornings news calcu-
lated TO shape speculative sentiment in one
direction or another Practically before the
Taft address had been we'll digested at
tcntion was diverted toward the deliver
ance from Province:cwn.
The London market was quite disturbed
over the Taft speech, or, at least, that was
named in the early cable advices as the
chief reason for the marked depression in
the American department of the London
stock market A sharp break in the local
market soon after the opening of business
carried prices downward SO far, however.
as to make arbitrage purchases profitable,
and, in consequence. foreign operations
showed small excess on the buying side.
1t goes without saying that a market
governed or Influenced by such considera-
tons as the foregoing does not lend itself
readily to extended comment. 1t was said
of the days dealings as whole that the
buying appeared to be of a better character
than the selling, although inferior in point
of quantity. Still. the various conflicting
and confusing changes in the market re-
suited in Irregular alterations in prices
from yesterdays final figures at the close
of business.
Foreign Exchange Easier.
While. noted above, money market
circumstances were again the most per-
ssting theme of discussion, they showed
today little alteration. The foreign ex-
change market was a shade easier. but an
other engagement of gold was for shipment
to Europe Additional transfers of cur
rency upon a fairly large scale were also
made TO interior points.
One influence In the early unsettement
of the market was beyond any doubt a
further distressing break in all of the local
traction shares, in which 1nterborough-
Metropolitan preferred fell no less than
five points.
1t was a matter Of comment also that
even during periods of rally in the market
at large transactions in many of the mac
tive issues could be effected only at ma
terial recessions from the preceding trans
actions
In the more active stocks price movements
were quite uniform and interest continued
10 converge upon The same general set of
securities which have been most prominent
in the market, practically throughout the
year. In none of these cases, however, was
the trading accompanied by any news of
Importance or any gossip of interest, save
OF simple technical Character.
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At the last session of Northumberland
county court, at Heathsville, Va, a por-
trait of Maj. Hurst was unveiled 1t was
the gift of Warner Hurst. 1t was presented
to the court by Warner Ball and accepted
by Thomas Downing
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
PosToFFICE APPoINTMENrs

Postmaster Fisk has made the fol-
lowing appointments: Substitute clerks
David S. Gutman. Timothy ]. Nc
Sweeney, Louis E Elder and William G.
OlweIl; substitute carriers-Henry r.
Annis, Maynard 3. Lewis. Joseph Han
son, Charles j. COnklin. William ;.
Hemlock, Henry e. Schatzle, James
OLeary Jr., James Delillo, Elmer c.
Glover and Edwin j. Hewelcke; per-
manent clerks-DanieI Atl1eld. Louis
Harris, William Holse. Charles j.
Quinn, George W. Branch, Thomas c.
O'Leary. Walter ]. Fl. King and Ross
H. Mills. John E. Tyndal was appointed
carrier.
Station No. 1. at Minnesota and
Eighteenth streets, was closed January
"a, the clerk in charge having resigned.
and was re-establish=d February L at
1341 Kentucky street, Henry Sunder-
meyer, clerk
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RELIEVED OF COIN
BY NEW FRIENDS

Frank A McGaw came in from the
country on Friday and in the evening
started out to do the new tenderloin-
Now he is nursing battered counte-
nance and mourns the loss OF $40. His
newly found friends. Sadie Johnson.
Bessie Burns and George Earle. well
known to the police. are held TO answer
on robbery and vagrancy charges.
McGaw was drinking In the saloon
OF Samuels & Cochin. resort at Frank
lin street and Golden Gate avenue.
when he was approached by Earle. who
automobile with his friends, Sadie
introduced McGraw accepted and pro-
duced $50 as his share of the outlay.
as demanded
Sadie speedily placed the double
eagle in her pocket. McGaw waited
for Earle to produce like amount. but
as it was not forthcoming demanded
the return OF his coin Sadie refused
to refund. Words followed. and soon
McGaw and Earle were settling the
trouble with their fists.
Policemen j. j. Lyons and Frank
Lord appeared on the scene and ar
rested the quartet. Upon explaining
the situation McGaw was released and
a search instituted for the missing
money. This proved fruitless and the
principals appeared in Judge Conlan's
Police Court yesterday morning to
straighten out matters. The case was
put over until next Friday.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03

January proved a record-breaker.
The people are waking UP TO the fact
that this is not "a railroad on paper"
Carnegie Steel Company receives an
order for steel for Immediate delivery;
when the Cambria Steel Company re
ceives similar order for STEEL for
immediate delivery, that means bust
ness. The railroad is a fact. 1t is
taking on tangible shape. Before
April the first trains viii run out OF
Laporte The Carloads of materials
which are arriving daily; the deeds for
right-of-way that are being fled for
record; the franchises which are being
granted by city councils and county
commissioners, these things mean busf-
ness They are a guarantee of what
may be expected when spring opens
end the road can increase the scale
OF Its building operations
WE HAVE THE MONEY To DO TT.
and money counts in railroad build
The question recently was put to a
New England banker by a broker who
was trying TO interest him in this rail
road:
Suppose the stock of this company
had all been sold except the last $5,-
900. .000 would you not then be willing
70 pay $3.50 share for the unsold
Il WOULD" said the banker, with
out hesitation
one hundred and fifty dollars a share
before the completion Of the road, and
today the same stock is selling for
235. By that confession the banker
said in effect: Your railroad is prac-
teal Completed, it will be an excep-
tional money maker. I only question
one thing. the ability of the people to
raise the money. Every million dol
lars OF that capital subscribed advances
the actual value Of the stock, entirely
irrespective OF the progress of the work
OF building.
The fact fs that money is being sub
scrfbed for this important enterprise
and is being wisely expended in con-
struction work History is repeating
itself In the dark days of the Civil
War. when the bankers failed the Gov
ernnent Jay Cooke, by the authority
OF President Lincoln, went TO the peo-
pie precisely as we are going to the
people today. He established some
25O0 agencies throughout the North
and the people, out Of their savings,
saved the credit of the Nation. The
Chicago New York Electric Air Line
Railroad pins it's faith TO the people
Have you noticed the change in pub
lie sentiment To many. at the start.
Chicago to New York IN ten hours
while fascinating, seemed chimerical
II was too good TO be true. Today the
question is one Of money only-even
the steam railroads are falling into
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Line Railroad is the most practical. the
most sensible. the most profitable and
the safest investment that will be Of
fered to the American people in years
and years. 1t is not often that the
general public gets a ground floor"
chance in railroad investment Is 1t
surprising that a flood of money Is
pouring into the general offices of the
company from people who are alive
to this opportunity?
President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania
system died the other day.. What was
his contribution to the railroad world? ?
Here is what the Chicago Examiner
says:
"Cassatt discovered that IL is better
for a railroad to build it's tracks In a
straight line than I'm a crooked one.
This revelation, simple as 1T was, was
as far reaching I'm the railroad world as
Napoieon's conception of cannon was In
the world of war. Cassatt, looking
into the future, would says The
straight line wins always."
That is what we have been saying
all along. The straight line wins.
The Electric Air Line will win. VITA
out an unnecessary curve, witnout
grade crossing, with perfect roadbed
and equipment. 1t viii do more than
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tanus as the result of being pinched by
a lobster. Rupert was preparing some
Holsters for salad last Saturday when
one of them nipped him on the thumb.
On Monday his hand began to swell.
He sought medical attention, but Ii
was too late. He was soon attacked
by the characteristic commissions OF
lockjaw, which caused his death. II
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was advised yesterday over the phone
by man purporting to be ]. Amwed.
customer of the store, living at 3471
Washington street, that he had check
for $50, which he asked Brock to cash.
Brock consented and the man who was
impersonating Amwed said he would
send the check at once. Shortly after
ward a small boy brought the paper.
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BENEF1r FOR INJURED. ACTOR

Victor Jerome. an actor, who was
seriously injured by a street car last
Christmas and has been lying since at
the Lane Hospital. will be rendered a
benefit next Tuesday afternoon at the
Novelty Theater. One of Jerome's arms
was amputated and he Is unable TO fol-
low his profession. All Of the I'M
portant acts now being given In and
about the city will be presented, and
seats are on sale at the box office OF
the theater.
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send its trains through the choicest
part of the United States, from Chicago
to New York in ten hours 1t will
pour a golden stream OF wealth into
the laps of those whose eyes are open
TO this rare opportunity and who have
the courage of their convictions.
CITY OF GARY LOCATES
RIGHT ON THE AIR LINE
The building of the town of Gary
Ind, the United States Steel Corpora
tion's new center of activity, will be
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line. Within a few months electric
trains will be running between Boston
and Providence on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad at the
rate of 100 miles an hour. Here is
what Vice President Buckland of that
railroad says regarding the matter:
ssWe are acting on the belief that all
the great trunk lines In this country
VIII eventually be operated by cleo
trfcity."
This Chfcago-New York Electric Air
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strong deterrent to speculation, and
with more agreeable weather increased
activity may be seen. In spite of the
diminution in trading. however. the
Southern Nevada stocks continue to
roll up long lists of sales, and it is
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new departure. Not only is the whole
Pacific Coast buying the Southern Ne
vada stocks, but New York and other
Eastern points, and. indeed, Europe,
too. In fact. the whole world is buying
them and orders are being received
from all quarters OF the civilized globe.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03

Mining stocks have generally ranged
lower all the week, with the usual ex-
cepuons, and public interest in the
market is not as feverish as it was,
though still lively. The Continued
stormy weather probably has been a
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Range Of Mining Quotations During the Week

Is its lack of Iocalism as compared
with former mining booms. such as the
old Bonanza excitement, etc. Those
were purely local in character. True,
New York dealt In the Comstocks, but
only occasionally and then on an in
significant scale. This is an entirely
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1t was signed III B. Bishop" indorsed
with Amweds name and drawn on the
Nevada Bank. When the check was
presented at that institution 1t was
found that no such person as Bishop
had an account there, and the sigma
ture Of Bishop, as we'll as that of J.
Amwed were found to have been
forged.
Amwed denies having indorsed the
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These outsiders are buying the stocks
and storing them away as permanent
investments. They are safe, being non
assessable as rule. and this is a great
factor In their popularity. Thus II will
be seen that no previous mining up
heava1 like this has ever been seen"