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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-19
zINc sMELTING.

@AANS R@tA~
Zinz smelling at the census of 1905
was carried on in thirty-one estab-
lishments, the combined capital of
which was s23,7O1.5S6. These es-
adjustments employed 6,52S wage
earners, paid $~3,5s6,466 in wages.
consumed materials costing s17,02S,-
AS, and manufactured products val
ned at s24,791,299 At the census
Of 1900 the same number Of estab-
lishments were reported. Between
1900 and 1905. however, capital in
creased 67.6 per cent; average num-
Der Of wage earners, AL per cent;
total wages. 63.7 per cent: cost of
materials. 1872 per cent. and value of
products, 36.3 per cent.
THE WEST SURPRISES THE EAST
A consideration of the figures for
the sections east and west of the
Mississippi shows that at the census
of 1900 the value of products was
greater in the east than in the west.
Between 1900 and 1905. however,
the value of products increased only
3.3 per cent in the east, while in the
west It increased 500 per cent. The
west thus became more important,
for at the census of 1906 its pro-
ducts were valued at S~14,057,523,
while the products of the east were
valued at only $1O,733.676.
INCREASE IN QUANTITY AND
VALUE.
The products of the zinc smelling
industry were roughly. 325,0 ,OOC
pounds OF spelter, vauled at $4,000
600; $4,000. 900 pounds of sheet zinc
valued at $4,000, 000; t17,000,0 0C
pounds OF zinc oxide, valued at s4,.
100000. and 55,OO0,000 pounds Of
sulphuric acid, valued at $4,000
As compared with the corresponding
figures for 1900. these all represent.
ed substantial increases. The pey
eentage Of increase in value varied
from 1875 for sheet zinc to 593 fol
zinc oxide, while the percentage o.
increase In quantity varied from 81
for sulphuric acid to 56.4 for Yin,
oxide.
KANSAS PRODUCES 80 PER CENT
Kansas, which ranked second il
the output Of zinc products at III,
census of 1890, was easily first Il
1900 and 1905. At the census o
1905 its spelter and sheet zinc pro
duet was 2~21,63s.SS4 pounds, o
1913 per cent of the total. Hlin0i
was second, with s~3.419,S3s pounds
or 25 per cent of the total. Missouri
was third with SIS per cent. an,
PENNSYLVANIA fourth, with 81 pc
cent.
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prices-to investors. not spectators
trading on margin.
Let it be understood that the Min
ing World does not make the above
statement for the purpose of lending
support to the stock market. Rather
should it be known that the copper
mining industry today is in a far bet
ter position chan it was a few years
ago when good profits were realized
with the metal selling at II 20 10
cents a pound. Current prices are
from 3 to 4 cents higher, notwith-
standing the fact that there has been
a reduction of about 10 cents per
pound in 1907. Even allowing that
there may be a further reduction in
the price of copper to Is cents as a
basis. or less, there should neverthe-
less be a sufficient margin of profit
to pay an equitable dividend to
shareholders in the well managed
mines.
ne IpiSuihpNiOA VI topPSlt d
though it shows a marked falling off
from 1906, when extraordinary pros
perity prevailed, is nevertheless far
in excess of 1902, the year yhen the
price of metal slumped about 5 cents
per pound, to 10 rs to ~ IL cents
for Lake copper and 20 SIS to ~ IA
cents for e~leetrolytic.
The worlds production of copper
1902 was 1929 long tons, of
which 294,42S tons, or 54.S per cent,
was contributed by the United States.
Compared with the previous year the
worlds output showed an increase,
Notwithstanding lower prices for the
metal. of 31,014 tons, or about 6
per cent. The increase in production
in the United States in 1902 over
1901 Ia 25,641 tons, or 8 l-2 per
cent.
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SILVER BOW In
THE SHIPPING LIST
HAS TWO HUNDRED SACKS ON
DUMP OF PICTURE
VALUES.

Silver Bow will Dol be a shipping
camp. They have now about two
hundred sacks on the dump which
will go into the picture values, and
when they have double that number
from the lease on the Silver Bow Bell
a shipment will be made.
Bert l.. Smith, L. A. Gibbons, H.
w. Scheld, George Thatcher Jr., Pro-
fessor Jenny and John Gregovich
went out to the camp on Monday, re-
turning the same night. They came
back all enthusiastic over what they
saw, and are all of the same mild
that the camp is going to be second
to none in the State. 1t will be a
milling proposition, but htere is a
great amount of shipping ore on the
dump, and slowed away in the tun-
mel of the lease. The latter is owned
by three Swedes and the claim is
made that they have refused $780,
coo for the lease. which has still
eighteen months to run. The ore
that is sacked, it Is said, will average
$500 a ton, and some of it will go
much higher.
A shaft will be raised from the
tunnel to the surface to give better
air to the men. The tunnel is in ZAP
feet, at which distance the rich strike
was made. There is a stringer eight
inches in width from which the very
rich staff has been taken, and a ledge
of four feet has been developed, and
from this the ore Is being sacked.
The population Of Silver Bow has
increased to a considerable degree
since the strike, and there is a great
deal OF work going on for Develop
ments in the camp. Professor Jenny
expressed himself as well pleased
with the showing. and was also pleas
ed with the condition of the Catlin
group. which adioins the rich strike.
The Catlin property was bought
some months ago by Bert L. Smith,
c.. D. Porter and John G%regovich.
There are four claims in the group,
and on one Of these an eight-fooi
ledge has been opened up from which
S100 ore is being taken. This is be-
ing worked and shows great promise,
Some of the samples brought in b5
the party were exceedingly rich, Will
the precious metals plastered OF
them.
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WILL BE PRODUCER.
Gem Mine in Jail Canyon Has Great
Possibilities.

tNAA -AAAht III VaAA SetttyOh HAS 0NNaNt
Possibilities.
The next sixty days will witness
big things doing on the Gem mine in
Jail canyon. twelve miles this side OF
Balarat. The showing here, and the
possibilities and plans for the near flu
ture, promise to make this mine a
rich profit producer with little de-
velopment."
So spake w. p. McComas who
came into town Monday, having visit
ed the property on his way to Skidoo.
He was accompanied by d. NJ. Martin,
superintendent of the mine. Mr.. Nc
Comas and two associates now own
the Gem, the final purchase payment
having just been completed. There
will be no stock for sale, for the
property will be developed as a close
corporation and there are ample
funds at hand to place the mine on
a paying basis.
The main ledge is from four to six
feet wide and carries gold values
averaging sos to $40 to the ton. The
precious metal is in sulphide form.
Higher up the hillside from the point
where development is now being
done, there are several lodges carry
ing high values in free gold. These
lodges were worked in the early days
by the discoveries of the property,
but the present owners will pay nc
attention to the free gold bearing
lodges, now, thinking there is much
larger profit in sight in the sulphide
ore.
A shaft has been sunk eighty-fivC
feet, a horse within supplanting the
windlass at thirty feet, and a cross,
cut run twenty-four feet to catcf
the ledge, dipping toward the shaft
On reaching the hanging wall. a large
flow of water was encountered which
flooded the workings and forced
suspension of operations. To over
come this difficulty a pipe line will b,
put in at once, draining the mine
when work will be resumed.
There is a small mill now on tn,
! property which yielded large profit
in the early days. This will be use
e experimentally by Mr.. McComas, +
t determine the best method of treat
e ment of the ore, when a large mil
+ capable of handling the output of tn
mine, will be put up.
t In speaking of the ore body MI
: McComas, says:
s II consider that the mine is able
with a very little development, t
: produce a large quantity of ore whie
will give an average of $50 to tn
ton. This we will reduce three int
one and ship the contracts. The Ell
tire cost of treatment, covering COZ
e %centration, amalgamation and trans
portation, should not exceed $40 pc
ton, so you see the net profit will L
better than $50"
The property was worked veal
ago, in a hap-hazard sort of way, b
the three miners who owned it an
who, it is said. kept the whole tow
of Ballarat stepped in whiskey, an
] squandered money lavishly, all {
which came from the small amour
: of unsystematic work on the min
Then disputes arose among then
soon resulting in open quarrel. Wor
was stopped and finally one of IL
partners died. Nothing further h;
> been done with the mine up to Il
= time of its recent purchase by NJ
u Accommodation News.
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a flrst-class name call up the b.
nanza and our solicitor will attend
to your wants.
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"For Rent" For Rent Furnish
ed" and For Sale" cards on sale at
the Bonanza office.
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census Data
on Smelling

of the country. Michigan was third
and Maryland fourth.
LEAD SMELTING AND REFINING.
Lead smelling and refining was the
leading industry of thirty-two estab-
lishments, the aggregate capital of
which was 63,S22,SfO. These es-
adjustments employed 1873 wage
earners. paid $~5,374,691 in wages,
consumed materials costing $685.
59S,076, and manufactured products
valued at $1S5,S26,839.
When compared with the cores
ponding figures given at the census
of 1900. those for 1906 show a de-
crease OF 17.9 per cent in the number
of establishments, of Ills per cent in
capital, and of 8 per cent in the aver
age number of wage earners; but, on
the other hand, they show an in
crease OF sc per CEN in total wages,
of l7.2 per cent in cost of materials,
and of SO per cent in value Of pro-
ducts. The decrease in the number
of active establishments, in capital
invested, number of wage earners
and general operating expenses has
all been in the west, for establish
ments east of the Mississippi river
show increase in these items.
QUANTITY OF LEAD.
The products of the lead smelling
and refining industry consisted OF
7S3,060,836 pounds OF lead. valued
at $3O,357,901; of 2,574,54S ounces
of gold, valued at $50, 995,436; and
of ~, 1872, 987 ounces of silver, valued
at $41,425,114. AS compared with
the corresponding figures for 1900
those for 1906 show an increase ii
quantity of 1872 per cent for lead, Of
"a per cent for gold, and of 81 pei
cent for silver. In value, lead In.
creased 20.6 per cent and gold Is
per cent, but silver decreased IL pei
cent. That the development of the
precious metals did not keep pac'
with that Of lead is not due to a de
crease in the precious metal values o
the argentiferous lead ores treated
but results from the large increase il
the quantity of dry gold and silve.
ores treated by the copper shelters
This increase in the consumption o
dry ores by the copper smelters ha.
been at the expense of the lead smell
tiers.
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Certificates of lo9ation at this
office.
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Advertise in me Bonanza.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
II know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
1 only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care"
Illinois at Vicksburr.

Col. Chas. E. Koch, Secretary of the
Illinois Vicksburg Military Park Com
mission, corner Lake and Dearborn Sts
Chicago, ILL.,, sends to The National
Tribune beautiful sample of the book
which has been gotten out by the COM
mission. 1t is a handsomely-bo vol
ume, adorned with fine portraits, maps
and pictures printed on heavy white
plated paper. The subiect-matter in
cludes sketch of the Vicksburg cam
paign and siege, and particularly of Illi-
noiss part therein. This is illustrated
by maps and views. There is a short
sketch of each of the rs Illinois or
ganizations which took part in the cam
paign and the names of over $4,000
Illinois soldiers who formed those or
saniZations. A sketch is given of each
of the markers erected, and other in
formation of the highest interest to
those who participated in those opera
tions. 1t is possible that some copies
of the book will in course of time be
placed on sale. Comrade Koch is being
urged to do so.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
Ex-PrisOners of War.

c. H. Adams, 143d ILL.,, Aurora, Ill,
says that the bill for the retirement of
the volunteer officers will be presented
at this session of Congress, and that it
will be backed up by one of the most
powerful lobbies ever present in the
halls Of Congress Before it passes,
and no matter what its merits or de-
merits may be, the bill for the relief
of the ex-priseners should be passed.
The men who endured the horrors of
Andersonville should be freely reim-
bursed for their unusual and excep-
tionable service. The bill for this pur-
pose was introduced into Congress more
than a quarter of a century ago, but
it has been continually laid aside owing
to the pressure for other special legis
lation. One of its leading opponents
was put on the retired list as a Cen
eral, and Immediately after he left the
Senate, and when he died, his wife was
given a big pension. In the lower
House the principal opponent of the
bill was a Congressman from Missouri,
but he was relegated to private life i'm
mediately after his term expired. Sen
ator John J. ingalls,, Of Kansas, prom
ised to hold himself personally respon-
sible for the passage of the bill, and
claimed that he had secured the pas
sage of the arrears of pension law,
which had less merit in it. Ingalls's
failure to make good his promise had
no little influence upon his defeat He
was afterwards returned to the Senate,
but after he had apologized for his
SlackneSS
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
There is certainly no accounting fo

There is certainly no accounting for
tastes, as the woman said who kissed
the COW, nor for the curious and un-
accountable little traits of character
which many people possess. 1t is said
that Fighting Bob" Evans, the COM
mander of the Pacific fleet who is
about as good an illustration of an "old
sea dog" as any navy has ever pro-
duced, loves to crochet and is very skill
full with his needle When he was a
little fellow, very likely to keep him
quiet. his mother taught him to crochet
and embroider, and he has always kept
it up. In the privacy of his quarters
on the flagship, when his brain is weary
with thinking of weighty matters con-
cerning the Navy, out comes his crochet
work or embroidering, which he finds
diverts and rests him. Several of his
friends treasure most highly articles
embroidered by the hands which guide
the battle fleet. If this story of Ad-
miral Evens be true, it certainly en-
phasizes the fact that in the strongest
men is sometimes found good deal of
the feminine. Apropos of the sailing
of the fleet, or, rather, of the loading of
the supplies, the amusing fact that the
Jackies have most decidedly sweet
tooth was demonstrated. Great boxes
of taffy and other candies were piled
The National tribune., 1907-12-19

One of the masterpieces of the world,
the famous fresco of THE Last Sup
per-" by Leonardo Da Vinci, has grown
so faint and colorless, the outlines of
the figures SO imperfect and shadowy,
that it is feared this glorious, renowned
art gem is irrevocably lost. 1t has been
in a deplorable condition for years, but
is now a complete wreck. AS is we'll
known, this celebrated mural painting
is in the church of Santa Maria dele
Grazie, at Milan, once Dominican
monastery, and was painted by Leon
ardo Da Vinci during the IA or Is
years which he spent in Milan in the
service of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of
Milan, and which he completed between
the years 1897 and 1899. Art critics
say that the painting began to fade Il
few years after the artists death, but
Just why they do not say; neither is
any very satisfactory reason given for
its present all but obliterated condition.
The dampness of the wall on which the
picture was painted is suggested as an
explanation, but that is not very con-
vincing, since on the opposite wall of
the same room is fresco painted about
the same time by another artist, which
Is in very good state of preservation.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
JOHN G. WHITTIER.
The Centenary of the Very Greatest of
Our American Poets.

Dec. II, 1907, was a date specially
memorable and impressive to all Amer
leans as being the Tooth anniversary of
the birth of John Greenleaf Whittier
In that common little old farm house
in the outskirts of HaverhilI, Mass,
just like hundreds of others scattered
thru New England, painted white in
front and red behind, porchiess (the
farmer and his family had no time to
sit on porches in those days), with
slopfng roof and lilac bushes in the
dooryard, the poet was born. For 80
years Whittier lived in this humble
home, and never went very far away
from it, his heart taking root in the soil
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
The Pennsylvania Pension.

Wllliam wilkins, 4Stn Ia, Kane, "a,
says that the Pennsylvanians outside Of
the State are giving themselves needless
worry about the Pennsylvania Pension
bill. Il is dead. The State had mill
lions for graft and for other purposes,
but none for the veterans. The real
history of the bill is that it was intro
duced by a Democrat, and the Repub-
licans did not have sand enough to
vote it down.
Who Was Capt. Kings
George Blake, Berkeley Springs. W.
Va, says that few days ago there was
picked up on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, near Sir Johns Run, Va. a
body of man supposed to be vet
eran. On it were several badges and
a Bible which had a bullet sticking in
it. Some papers indicated that the man
was a Capt. King, of some Ohio regl-
ment Further information in regard
to him is desired.
The Grand Army.
At the Annual Reunion of the 21st
Mich, Sept. 10, 1907, Marcus w. Bates,
of Duluth, made most interesting ad-
dress on the Grand Army and the grand
work it had accomplished He review
ed the wonderful development of the
country since the war. and all the pros
perity was directly due to the great
work of the said soldiers
Gen. McClernand Mt Belmont.
w. c. Rush. 30th ILL.,, Prairie City,
ILL.,, says that if there is any credit in
the battle of Belmont, Mo-, it belongs
to Gen. j. A. McClernand. He was in
command of the troops Immediately
engaged, and his horse was wounded.
Comrade Rush was on the skirmish
line, and saw what was going on.
Judge Landis's Decision.
not pleased with Judge Landis's impos-
ing fine of s29.OO0,00 on the Stand
ard Oil Company, because it will work
great hardship on common people,
who viii have to pay enough for their
oil to reimburse this fine. 1t would
have been better if there had been not
so much fine and more Imprisonment.
Lost Discharge.
In settling up an estate Cyrus Mar
tin, New Philadelphia. Ind, found the
discharge of Jacob Chambers, of Co.
by addressing him.
The ssth Ill.
W. W. McAfee, Sherman, H., reads
cations from comrades of other regi-
ments, but wishes that somebody would
write about his dear old 3Sth Ill.
Scattering.
Mrs. E. Rowley, Sth Iowa, Dayton.
Ore, wants to know, if possible, about
Christopher Peterson, who was prob
ably a substitute in the regiment and
last heard from in Missouri in the
army.
Comrade S. B. Messenger, Utica, O.,
writes: II have received safely the
stereoscope and the five sets of views.
The last came on Saturday, and with
the Life of Christ 1 am well pleased,
and thank you kindly. 1 anticipate en-
joying them during the coming Winter
evenings"
Comrade Wesley McWilliams, Cos. 3
and H, 14th Iowa, Thayer, No, wants
to hear from comrades of that regi-
ment, which was in A. J. Smiths Corps
He was in the hospital at Memphis
when Forrest entered. There were
1900 men in that regiment, but only
$50 remained to be mustered out when
twas discharged.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
Who Was Capt. Kingf
The Grand Army.

AT the Annual Reunion of the 21st
Mich, Sept. 10, 1907, Marcus w. Bates,
of Duluth, made a most interesting adj
dress on the Grand Army and the grand
work it had accomplished. He review
ed the wonderful development of the
country since the war, and all the pros
perity was directly due to the great
work of the said soldiers
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
Justified Pride.

William Fulton, Savanna, ILL.,, who
has just received a flag from The Ma
tional Tribune, says he is as proud OF
it as he was of his regimSntal flag,
which he helped to place on the cupola
of the court house at Vicksburg. He
saw nearly four years of service, and
commends The National Tribune for its
square dealing with all the old boys.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19

"Yet here at least an earnest sense
Of human right and veal is shown;
hate of tyranny intense,
And hearty in its vehemence,
As if my brothers pain and sorrow We're
my own"
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
Gen. McCIernand Mt Belmont.

w. c. Rush, 30th ILL.,, Prairie City,
ILL.,, says that if there is any credit in
the battle of Belmont, Mo-, it belongs
to Gen. ]. A. McClernand. He was in
command of the troops Immediately
engaged, and his horse was wounded.
Comrade Rush was on the skirmish
line, and saw what was going on.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
Or Lowell's:

What visionary tints the year puts on
When falling leaves falter thru mo-
tionless air
Or numbly cling and s1iver to be gone,
How simmer the low flats and pas
lures bare,
AS with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills
The bowl between me and those distant
hills.
And smiles and shakes abroad her
misty, tremulous hair"
Whittier is largely distinguished for
his antf-slavery and political poems,
which were inspired by the intensest
loyalty. He had burning sense of the
cruel injustice of slavery, and his poems
on this subject came hot from his heart
They contain some noble lines, and
as all his political poems, in forming
and crystallizing public opinion, but
from a poetical point of view they do
not constitute his best or most interest
ing work. He himself did not deceive
himself as to their value as contribu-
ttons to poetry, but in speaking of them
says simply:
yet here at least an earnest sense
Of human right and veal is shown;
A hate Of tyranny intense,
And hearty in its vehemence,
As if my brothers pain and sorrow were
my own"
Whittier's poems almost invariably
ring perfectly true, but in the we'll
known Maud Muller" he seems
strangely false to his creed. The gentle
heroine's principal longing seems to be
for the fine clothes and other acces-
sories of rich mans home, which she
might have had, and the poet has pic
tured as great catastrophe the life
which did come to her in marrying the
man unlearned and poor" with the
many children playing about her door
There could have been no more sincere
disciple of the simple life than he, and
this worldly tone strikes a discordant
note.
Whittier was Quaker and a devout-
ly religious man. His simple faith is
shown in many of his poems, but in
none is it more exquisitely expressed
than in the following verse:
Il know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care"
AS a Nation our literature is not en-
riched by the priceless stratum of
poetry which characterizes that of some
other countries, notably England, but
no land has ever produced singer with
a purer clearer, sweeter, truer note
than Whittier's, or a poet heart more
noble, free from guile or sincere in
purpose than that of our American poet
whose centennial has inst pacSa5