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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-18
Hotel Arrivals.
and copper.

Elk Hotel-M. jacobson, Orogrande;
]. B. Henniger. American Eagle; Ed.
Erwin, Providence; Nose Thorn, Thun-
der Mountain; j. E. Brown, Uncle Sam;
M. M. Clark, Orogrande; Tim Finn,
Orogrande; M. Van Wrinkle and wife,
Kamiah; ]. M. Wisdom, Concord; A. E.
McCoun, Dixie; Peter Proulx, Thunder
Mountain; Anton Lepps, Wallace; Claus
Moore, Wallace; Chas. Warner, Wal
lace; Ralph Pittock, W. B. Pittock,
Copper King; George S. Young; Pitt
Cardoxenes, Wallace; 0. L. Burris,
Wallace.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-18
MACHINERY FOR
DIXIE ROYAL
Small Test Mill and Sawmill
to Be Installed.

DR.. A. D. Leonard, of New York,
president of the Dixie Royal Mining Co.,
Ltd, and Charles Blum, of Long Island,
New York, stockholder, stopped in Elk
City over Sunday while enroute to the
company's property, in the Dixie min
ing district, where they were to confer
with Manager ]. S. Danforth in regard
to the improvement and development of
the property this summer. The gentle
men returned Wednesday on their
way to points outside to place orders
for machinery.
'In our meeting it was decided to
carry out the plans we had under con-
sideration last fall" said President
Leonard, "and we are now on our way
outside to purchase the machinery that
will be needed for the preliminary
work. The first consignment of mach
inery will be saw mill and a small
stamp mill for testing the ore, and find
ing out the kind of treatment that
should be used. We hope to have this
machinery on the ground by the first OF
July"
President Leonard stated that the
Dixie Royal company now has negotia-
tions under way looking to the purchase
of the Reesor placer ground. 240 acres,
which joins the property of the Dixie
Royal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-18
OROGRANDE
NEWS NOTES
Many Properties Looking
Good After Winters Work
-s-Some New Ones.

w. C. McNutt, returned Tuesday
from the Orogrande mining district, to
which place he was called the latter
part of last week in connection with his
duties as consulting engineer for the
Umatilla mining company. Mr.. Nc
Mutt found time to visit other proper
ties in that district, and he makes the
report that Orogrande district is look
ing better than ever before, the work
the past winter having developed re-
markably number of properties.
UmatiIla Near Ore Shoat.
The the work on the Umatilla
tunnel is progressing nicely, and Mr..
McNutt is expecting the tunnel
to strike a new ore shoot at any
time. The main tunnel is in over 300
feet, and depth of 240 feet from the
groupings has been attained. The main
tunnel crosscuts the ledge.
New Morgan a Shipper.
One of the important strikes in the
district during the winter, and a prop
erty that at once has the ear-marks of
making mine, is the Morgan, which
was discovered and located by John
Hockenson and is being developed by
him. The ore in this property has al
ready placed it in the shipper class, and
the owner is working to get out a car
load to ship in the neal future. Low
est assays of the ore have given $208 in
gold, 2 per cent lead and II ounces of
silver. The ore is being taken from an
open cut, at which point the vein is 8
feet wide and carries a foot of high
grade ore. Work is also in progress or
crosscut tunnel that will tap the ledge
at depth of 60 feet.
Joe Sugars and Joe Powers have To-
Gated property half mile south Of
Orogrande that carries feet of the
kind of ore that is in the Morgan
They have named the new property the
Nemesis.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-18

SELLING THE STOCK
Problems That Confront Authorities
in Prevention Of Fraud.
USE THE U. S. MAILS
Hard Matter to Determine Legitimate
From the Wildcat.
USE THE U. S, MAILS

About all the reputable mining
journals in the country have had
more or less to say concerning
the selling of wildcat mining
shares, and a number of sugges-
tions have been made as to the
eradication of the evil. Some are
of the opinion that the govern
ment should issue fraud orders
and prevent the use of the mails
as an aid to he sale of such
stocks, says Northwest Mining
News.
Were any of these journals to
tell how Uncle Sam is going to
ascertain which stocks are wild
cat and which are genuine, then
there would be some reason in
discussing this phase of the
question. Even if a cabinet offic-
ial were appointed to act as a
secretary of mines, as mining
people and mining organizations
have long desired, how could.
such an officer separate the good
from the bad?
A few years ago the investiga-
tion of Letson Balliets' method
of selling stock of the White
Swan mine, in eastern Oregon,
was investigated by the govern
ment, and fraud orders were is
sued by the postoffice department
against him. Did this stop Mr..
Balliett from continuing his
practice? No, he did the same
as the Louisiana lottery, fell back
upon the express companies and
kept on doing business at the old
stand. Letson Ballet was only
one of many who were selling
stocks of a shady value at the
time in the same section, but
none OF them were molested.
After long trial, which cost the
government an immense sum, and
conviction looked quite uncertain,
Ballet, to save additional trouble,
perhaps, pleaded guilty, so as to
end the matter and receive a
light sentence.
No one can advise another ac-
curately against the purchase of
mining shares, unless the alleged
mine or prospect is known to be
: located in a barren section. If
the claim or claims are located in
the district that has producing
mines, there is a reasonable
chance for it to develop into a
mine. To make this statement
stronger, any one knows, if they
have ever given the subject a
= thought, that the greatest mines
, of the world were at one time
/ wildcats.
There is really but one method
by which the investor can be pro-
tected, that is if he wishes to in
vest in stocks that have a poten-
> tial value, and that is to have q
competent and reliable mining
l.; man or an engineer examine the
/, property and submit a report.
, Of course, if the intending in.
:. :. vestor knows anything of mining
$ and can possibly do so, he car
/ make his own examination anC
:. act on his individual judgment
/ If residing at a distance, or hav
Continued ON page g.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-18
Trials and Disappointments Endured
By Owners Of the Hercules.
HOW GRIT WON OUT
Property Hos Paid Millions and Is Held
at Big Figure.

The mining industry in the
west has been fraught with many
a romance more fascinating than
was ever unfolded in the pages
of fiction. Our own state of
Idaho has had it's full share of
romance in the days long past,
says Boise Statesman, but the
great mining industry has gotten
down to such a matter of fact
basis that the suddenly made
fortunes of the days of the Argo-
nauts seem impossible of re-enact-
ment. However, the story of the
bonanza strike of the Hercules
mine, in the Coeur d. Alene dis
trict, made within the past five
years, is as full of romance as
anything the west has ever
known.
This property was located six
teen or seventeen years ago by
several prospectors without
money, but rich with the abund-
ant hope and faith that has made
possible the upbuilding Of the
west. The groupings were no
more promising than in other
parts of the district; the usual
iron and quartz outcrop, with a
little lead carbonates scattered
through it.
They ran a tunnel in on the
vein several hundred feet, with
out very encouraging results; the
ledge showing several feet wide
with the same lead carbonates
through it, but contained no mer-
chantable ore. The faith of the
owners was still strong; they sold
severel interests in the claims,
and started another tunnel far
ther down the hill. They worked
on this tunnel for years, expend-
ing what money they could raise.
along in the summer of 1901 the
tunnel cut a few inches of ore,
soft, whitish stuff, not at all like
what they expected to find.
However, they had it assayec
and it showed high values in leao
and phenomenal values in silver
it was the east end of the fa-
NOUS carbonate shoot of the Her
cules mine. They drifted on this
ore for few feet and the body
. opened up to twenty feet in width
every pound Of which was rich
in lead and silver, with punches
of ore running thousands ofounces
< in silver.
Their fortune was made. The
o was so rich that they did no
require a dollar of capital to ex
plot it. They started shipping
ore that fall. Every owner was
at one time without means. Since
that time the mine has paid il
net profits over two and one hal.
million of dollars. This year i
will probably pay twelve hundred
thousand dollars to the men wh'
had sufficient faith to stay will
it, and so big and rich has the or
body become with extensive de
velopment that the owners woult
probably not consider an offer O
ten million dollars for the prop
erty today.
Now is the time to subscrib
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-18
SPEND MONEY
ON THE HOGAN
New Company Start Work at
Once With Plenty of Cash
to Make Mine Produce.

The information in regard to the in
tentions of the owners of the Hogan
mine, in Orogrande district, is out, or
as much thereof as President George B.
Mccall cares to make public. After
the meeting of stockholders in Oro-
grande a second meeting was held in
Lewiston with the company's lawyers.
The day after the Lewiston meeting the
following appeared in the Tribune:
"In connection with the visit. here
during the past few days of George B.
Mccall, mayor of Chippewa Falls, Wis,
and president of the Crooked River
Mining & Milling company, and George
V. Harrington, manager of the same
company, it has developed that the
company intends spending in the neigh
borhood of half million dollars in MAX
ing the famous mine producer The
mine is popularity known as the Hogan
mine, from the we'll known superin-
tendent.
"Mr. Mccall, who left Tuesday night
for his home, has just returned from an
extended inspection of the company's
properties in the Orogrande mining dis
trict, and is more than ever confident
that under proper development and
management it will become one of the
greatest gold mines in the world.
Resume Work in Thirty Days,
Gin about 80 days the development of
the mine will be resumed by large
force of men and the initial expenditure
this year will be in the neighborhood of
$50, 900. Already nearly half million
dollars has been put into the property,
but much experimental work was done
in the way of proving the best machin-
cry for the purpose of extracting the
values with the least cost.
"Last year the Hogan mine was
worked on the glory hole system at a
cost comparing favorably with that of
the famous Homestake mine in the
Black Hills. Several hundred tons of
the ore could be treated daily in this
manner. However, it is understood
that another method of running the
mine is likely to be adopted during the
present year. The most approved plans
will be adopted to make the immense
dyke on which the mine is located yield
up its hidden riches.
"The heaviest stockholders in the
Hogan mine are well known eastern
capitalists and they are said to be pre-
pared to spend a generous amount OF
money in putting the famous property
on paying basis, which now seems
very near.
Butte Cd Crogrande Milling Co., Ltd.
GAS the result of the visit here of Mr..
Mccall, the articles of incorporation OF
the reorganized company which will ac-
quire the Hogan mine were completed
and were placed on record at the county
auditors Office by Attorney P. E.
Stookey, of the firm of johnson
Stookey. The capital of the company
is So, 600, 900 and Lewiston is designated
as the principal place of business, will
authority granted also to establish
branch offices at Superior and Chippew;
Falls. The name of the new company
is The Butte & Orogrande Milling Co.
Limited, and the incorporators ar,
George B. Mccall, of Chippewa Falls
George V. Harrington, James Witt
George X. Reed, James Aspoas, P. E
Stookey and Miles S. johnson, of Lewis
ton."
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-18
Orrin Lambs Properties.

Orrin Lamb, one of the old prospect
ors in the district, has located new
very promising property, which
he has given the name Knob Hill.
The Knob Hill has large body of por-
phyry through which runs ledge of
white quartz which pans 500 in gold.
This property has open cuts and shaft
20 feet deep, and force of men is at
work. The Diamond Hitch, Mr.Lamb' S
best developed property, has 900 feet of
tunnel, and he is preparing to do more
work this summer. There are three
leads running from to feet in width
and the ore carries high values in gold
and copper.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-18

If you are not a subscriber to
the News you have to depend on
your neigbor to tell you the news.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-18
Black Pine.

J. H. Colgrove has started tunnel
in the immense body of quartz porphyry
in the property located by him last
winter. The tunnel at 1000 feet will
tap the ore at 600 feet depth: The
ore body is 300 feet wide and contains
stringer of quartz which pans rich
orold
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-12
MILLION LOAN is
MADE AVAILABLE
Execute Contract and Govern
ment Representative to Over
see Expenditures.

.
4 WASHINGTON, D. C.. February III
Officials OF the Jamestown Exposition
to-day flled with Secretary Shaw con-
tract providing for the disbursement
OF the s1.oo0.ooo loan By the govern
ment to the Exposition Company. I'm
der the act passed by Congress. the
loan is to be secured by the receipts
Of the exposition at the gate and
from concessions The act required
that the exposition officials execute d
contract with the Secretary OF the
Treasury binding the company to the
terms OF the law.
Alyah Martin, first vice-president.
T. ]. Wool. general counsel; C. Brooks
Johnston. chairman OF the board OF
governors. and Barton Myers, the gov.
ernor OF waXs and means and ex-
ploitatlon, called at the Treasury De-
partment to-day and executed the con-
tract required By the law. Secretary
Shaw accepted the contract. and the
appropriation OF sl,000.0o0 for the con-
struction. completion. and opening OF
tho exposition Will be made inme-
diatelly available.
The money Is to be disbursed by the
exposition officials under the super
vision OF an official OF the Treasury
Department. To supervise the dis
ibursement OF the fund, Secretary Shaw
has designated Frederick Grosscup. OF
Charleston, W. Va. The expenditure
OF the money will begin as soon as
Mr. Grosscup can reach Norfolk, which
Is to be his headquarters during the
exposition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-12
JIM BAHEN DIES
IN SANATOR|UM.
Formerly One Of the Most Prorni.
nent Politicians in the
City.

Mr.. James Bahen, who was formerly
one Of the most prominent politicians in
this city, and for more than twenty years
II member of the Board OF Aldermen OF
this city. died at 1880 O'Clock last night
in More's Brook sanatmium, Chnrlottes-
vile. Va, where he had been for some
time on account of Ill health.
Mr.. Bahen was for forty years n prom
inent liquor dealer In Jackson Ward. from
where he was elected to tho Board of
Aldermen. 1t was during the time before
the recent rcalignment of the wards.
when Jackson Ward was swurming with
negroes, and when tho white politicians
Iii that part Of the city were hard beset
to keep their heads above the tide of
tho colored vote.
MI l3ahen always took a very proni-
neHt part in the city campaigns, and 1t
was largely due to his Influence that the
rule of the white man generally pre-
vailed In tliis ward
3 MI. Bahen is survived by his wife. four
saons.-Messrs. William H., Joseph b.,
Edward Y. and Charles A. Bahen: three
Sister M. Cecilia. O.. S..
b.; Mrs. Arthur j. Rooney and Miss Rosa
I3ahen; two observation-disclosures. Michael
and Thomas Bahen. ana by two sisters,
Mrs, Nj. Carmody and Mrs Julia Hogan.
The funeral arrangements have not yet
been made
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-12
DID. NOT KNOW HIS
ACT WAS WRONG
This the Opinion Expressed BY
Dr.. Wagner, One Of the De-
fendant's Alienists. Fl @s

NEW YORK, February 1I.--AnsWering
Hypothetical question covering every de-
tail of tho testimony up to this time
ir the Thaw trial, including Mrs. Evelyn
Nesblt ,rhaw's narration of her life HIS,
tory to the defendant, DR.. Charles G.
Wagner, superintendent Of the State Hos:
7pital for the Insane, ut BInghamton, N.
Y.,declared OH the witness stand late to-
day that In his opinion Harry Is. Thaw
did not know that the act was wrong
whom he shot and Killed Stanford White
DR. Wagner stepped aside for later
8cross-eXanination by District Attorney.
Jerome. and as court adjourned for the
dayt was announced that tho defense.
would proceed with the testimony OF oth-3
Ell nlenists Tomorrow.
The taking Of DR.. Wagners opinion
OF hypothetical question. the man ,ln-
der consideration being the author OF the
letters which have been introduced as
emanatng from Harry Thaw during the
period of his estrangcment with Evelyn
Nesbit, after their return from Europe
In 1909. following a day Of almost con-.
tinuous legal sparring between Dolphin
NJ Delmas, for the defense, and Mr.. Je.i
rome, for the prosecution, ~
Jerome Blocks Mrs. Thaw.
Mr. Jerome effectuully blocked the conl-s
pletion for the time being Of the direct
Testimony OF Nlrs. Evelyn Ihaw by ms
sisting that before she should 80 further
competent testimony as to Thaw's lln-ss
soundness OF mind should be placed ba-g
fore the jury, Mr.. pelmas tried to carry.
forward the young wite's story. hut the
district attorney was Off with an objec-5
ton to every question asked li
Mrs. Thaw had been recalled as tha
third witness OF tho day, One Of hsr
predecessors was j. d. Lyon. Yios-pres
ident OF the Union National Bank. ~
Pittsburg. who stated that he had rccaiyed
Harry Thaw's will from tine lat,er's own
hands some time prior to April i. 1904. 81
and had held II In q safe deposit bog uu- q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-12
FROZEN BODIES
OF ENTIRE FAMILY
ATPRAIRIE3HOME
Husband and Father Walks 900
Miles Through Snow to Breaks
News to Wifes Parents.
[speeInl u Tbe 1,lmeu- plspa tch..

tspecInl toTba Times ID lspatch.1
NORFOLK, N11B., February 11.--Aftcr
walking three hundred miles, through
snow, ice and cold, leaving behind him
on tho South Dakota prairlcs the frozen
bodies Of his entire family. r. w. stc-
vcns to-day arrived here. en- route to
Seward, Ncb., TO break the news to the
parents OF his dead wife.
Stevens lived on II homestead The fuel
famine forced him to chop his barn into
kindling wood. and the food famine made
1t necessary for him to journey fourteen
miles to Il store. Two sons. eighteen and
twenty went hunting game food, but
they We're ovcrtaken by snow storm
and wcrc frozen to death. a blizzard
sprnng up on January 14th, dclnyilS. him
two days. Ho returned to find the wife
and tcn-year-old baby girl Frozen to
death in bed. where they huddled to-
sethcr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-12
SUMMED SCHOOL
At U|k|IV||E: / !. \ ERS|TY.
President Alderman, Returning
From Education Board Meeting
Makes Announcement.
3 \; 4 i3l.l 1.i z,
Especial toiThe Times Dispatch.

Especial to The Times -DIspatoh.l
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, February
1.-THE University of Virginia is to have
a big summer school, patterned somewhat
after those at Harvard. Columbia and
the University of Chicago.
This announcement was made tonight
by President Alderman who has Just
returned from the recent meeting of the
General Education Board in New York.
The work done at the Summer School
OF Methods, whose sessions have been
held at the University for the past six
years, has been OF incalculable good to
educational development In Virginia and
in the South. 1t has been felt, however,
that the time has come for a. change In
the type of the school and for an en-
lurgement of the work offered.
The purpose Is to leave the work OF
training lower grade teachers largely to
the district summer schools, and to di-
rect the training at the University to-
wards the needs Of the following classes:
First Those irst-grade teachers who
have already attended tho district sum
mer school.
Second. Those teachers in high schools
and academies. who wish to review and
advance their knowledge OF special sub
jects.
Third For those principals and super
intcndent or schools who wish to nc-
quaint themselves with tho most prlcti-
cable and acceptable methods OF school
administration.
Fourth. Those college students who are.
unwilling to waste three and one-half!
months of time during the vacation,
but who would come from all Southern
institutions to continue their studies IL
such opportunity should be offered,
Certain Advance Courses.
There will also be offered upon demand
certain advanced courses for professors
in colleges.
10 illustrate the need for Just this
form OF work at the University sum
mer School the work OF tho high school
may be cited.
There are probably 1000 high school
teachers In Virginia who heretofore
wero forced to go to Chicago, Coium-
ba, or Harvard Universities to do sum-
tmer work The courses offered next
summer ut the University of Virginia
viii include every subject taught in
the high schools and academies, so
that the best teachers in the State
may receive instructions In their spe-
cial subjects fro mthe faculty equal
to that Of the summer schools of the
best American universities.
The success OF the summer school un-
der the new regime Is guaranteed bc-5
cause of the forces behind It. The
University faculty and authorities and
tho State board OF Education are
united to assure Its efficient organ!za-
'tion and success
Inasmuch as the Knoxville sum
mer school Is announced to have no
session. and because the teachers OF
the South and West will visit the
Jamestown Exposition, the University
summer School Will probably enroll
n great many students, since the needs
OF large number are provided for In
Ats GO ugae. { IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-12
FRYING DOUGHNUTS
HE BURNS UP FAMILY.
Father and -Four Children Gre
mated and Mother Alone
Makes Escape.

ALLENTOWN. Pa, February Ii
Edwin ". Reidnauer, baker and his
four four children. Percy. aged eight years;
Fanny, aged six; Pauline. aged four,
and Arthur. aged two years, were
burned to death tonight in a fire
which destroyed tiloir home. Reidnauer
was frying doughnuts when the fat
boiled over, setting the house on fire.
The children and their mother were
asleep In an upper room. Reidnaue..
endeavored to rescue his family, but
was overcome by smoke. and before
the firemen reached the scene, all
of the inmates. with the exception OF
Mrs. Ridnauer had been burned to
death. The latter rushed from the
burning dwelling to summon the fire
men, or she probably would have met
the fate OF the other members OF the
family. ~ ge lFl I'll Il,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-12
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.
Mayor schmitz Says There Must
Be Concessions for Agreement.

6e concessions Tor agreement
Fl WASHINGTON, February 11.-As a
result of nh hours conference at the
White House this afternoon, at which
President Roosevelt, Secretary Root,
Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, and
the members of the school board OF
that city participated, Mayor schmltz
late tonight laade statement sum-
nlarlzing the situation.
When asked he direct qucs ton
whether the proposition submitted by
the San Trancsco delegation called for
the exclusion OF Japanese coolIe labor
from this country, Mayor schmltz re-
piled: +
I'VE arc not making d treaty
and haye not discussed with the
President the question oe exclude
Ing the Japanese from this country
by treaty On Saturday we heard
the Presidents Views, and to-day
We presented our side OF tho aues-
ton at ISSUE 1t now remains +
for us to modify our views In or
der to reach an agreement with
i the President. or for MI. Roosevelt
g to- modify his Views to reach an
agreement with US. To-duy's con-
Il ference adjourned subject to the
call OF the President, and I do not
believe that wo will be called to
The White A4ouse again until s
Thursday or Friday, Y s Ei.