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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13
FINDS RICH
PLACER FIELD
E. A. Hensilwood Strikes Rich
Pay Streak Near Old
Grubstake Placer.

E. A. Henshilwood, one of the we'll
known prospectors in the district, has
discovered and is now operating what
he considers one of the richest placer
fields in this section. The ground is
just west of the American river bridge
on the Orogrande road, and near the
old Grubstake placer. The ground is
small in area, but the prospecting that
has been done gives indications that it
is wonderfully rich. Water for operat-
ing the field is drawn from an unused
ditch which heads above Bullock & Nat
wick's sawmill.
The new placer field, so near the old
Grubstake placer, calls to the minds of
old residents the part that field played
in the development of the district in the
early days. The ground is at the con-
fluence of Elk creek and American river.
1t was filled with the yellow
metal, and the name Grubstake was
given it because of its apparently mex
haustible supply which always was the
friend of the prospector, no matter the
number of times it had been located OF
the extent to which it had been worked
After the white man had abandoned il
to give attention to quartz mining th'
Chinese worked the ground for severa
years, struck a rich pocket, and, it i
said, more than doubled the value o
the output of the ground when it wa
in the hands of the white men.
Mr.. Henshilwood was contemplating
returning this spring to Alaska, wher
he was engaged in mining for severa
years, but he has decided his new dis
covery is good enough to hold him fo
awhile.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13
BUSTER MINE IS
A BIG SHOWING
Big Property Under Bono
Sure to Make a Sale.

The development work in the big
Buster mine, which is under bond by
F. w. Bradley and his associates, is
being pushed with more energy at the
present than at any time since the bond
was made. The added energy is taken
by the miners to mean that the bond
will expire within the next sixty days.
The crosscuts at the 3O0-foot level
prove the ledge to be about 20 feet in
width. The ore at the crosscuts is
good. From the crosscuts two drifts
have been run, one east and one west,
both of which gradully curve back
across the ledge and then run along the
north footwall. The east drift has now
reached point rs feet from the shaft
and the ore is very hard, requiring the
very best steel. The west drift has
been pushed 65 feet from the shaft ant
all the rock taken out the past ten days
has been black sulphides.
The drift ahead in the middle tunne
has tapped ore of high value, at poin
80 feet ahead of where the work wa.
begun last fall.
The ledge is now being crosscut ever.
twenty feet along the winze.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13
THE ROAD FUND
IS GROWING FAST
Business Men and Property Owners Make Liberal
Contributions for the Good Work.

was asked. Those places all recognize
the wonderful possibilities in these min
ing districts and are anxious to hasten
the day when natures store houses will
do for them what similar regions have
done for Denver, Salt Lake, Butte and
Spokane. With the wealth from the
mines poured into the channels of trade
Idaho and Nez Perce counties would be
the controlling section in business and
government in Idaho.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13
Short Mining Notes.

Walter and Ernest Cook the latter
part of last week began preliminary
work on their Gold Hill placer, west of
American river bridge on Orogrande
road. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cook
moved out to the mine Sunday.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13
Statistics Show Much Of Interest
on This Most Useful Metal.
HOW PRICE HAS RISEN
Advanced from II Cents in 1903 to
IS Gents In 1907.

Copper is now the most import
ant metal in the world, says the
Mining and Engineering Review.
A shrinkage in production i'm
mediately affects all of the in
dustries, as electric power has
become a vital factor in trade,
commerce and manufacture. To
such an enormous extent has the
demand grown that it is impos-
sible to create a surplus and there
is absolutely no visible supply"
as in former years. The product
is purchased for months ahead in
many of the big mines. 1t is
true that many important discov-
cries were made within the past
two years and the mines OF Inyo
county, California, and Ely, Ne
vada, will add much to the pro-
duction. But discoveries do not
mean that copper can be immedi-
ately produced and become a
marketable commodity. Develop
ment, no matter how active, can
not put big copper mines on
producing basis in a year or per-
haps not in two, three or five
years, everything depending on
conditions, finances, facilities for
transportations, cost of mining.
etc.
When production begins in the
newly discovered camps it will
be unprecedented. But in the
meantime consumption is ever on
the increase and since the fact
began to be recognized, about
} 1903, that the worlds normal
production, with the mines then
in operation, could not keep pace
with the demand, the price has
. advanced rapidly, from II cents
in 1903 to IL cents in 1904, IA
cents in 1905, 18 cents in 1906
d and 25 cents in 1907 approx
h mately in round figures. And
n the end is not yet, for consumers
o cannot hope for help from Green
e water, Ubeheba or Ely this year,
n and perhaps not next. for the i'm
}, pediments which confront the
h men who are putting their money
d in those camps are more than can
1t be conceived by the ordinary lay
e man. So that those who are pre-
Z dieting 80 and 40 cents for cop.
e per this year may not be so fal
k away from good guess as might
be imagined.
'e The incentive to mine for cop
IN per at the present time is greater
re than anything which could bt
At presented to capital. The facts
le that the copper mines of thu
is United States produced in 19O'
lie $185, 100000 worth of the ret
metal and that dividends to tn
ne amount of S58, 900, 600 were pal,
n, are considerations worthy the at
of tention of fnanciers.
re Another fact which is attract
en- ing investors to copper securitie
ng is that at no time in the world
ne history have the stocks of an
al industry advanced in such pre-
portion as have copper share
49, within the past few years. l
:. 1900 100 shares of Calumet an
:. Arizona sold for SIPS. In 1870
CONTINUED on page 81
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13
Best Method In Construction IN the
Lake Copper Mines.
Concrete and Trails Form Greater
Part Of Material.

The concrete stringer which
supports the skip-road in some of
the Lake copper mines, is about
13 1-2 in. wide by IA in. high.
Beneath it and supporting it is a
mass of concrete 16 to 18 in.
wide extending to the rock, says
Chicago Mining World. The
depth of this supporting mass de-
pends upon the irregularities Of
the rock-face to which it is at
tached. It ranges all the way
from 4 in. to 2 1-2 feet, and there
is no reason why these limits
might not occasionally be ex-
ceeded.
The stringer and mass are
structurally one piece, being
nodded together. The stringer
portion is reinforced by means of
a 1 1-8-in. steel cable passing
longitudinally through its inter
ior. The rail is attached by bolts
that are spaced 3 ft. apart, and
hold it by means of clips which
grasp the rail-fange. The bolts
pass through the stringer into a
rectangular opening about 8 by 4
in. in section, which passes quite
through the concrete, and affords
access to the lower end of the
bolt.
In building the road, a form of
plank is constructed having the
cross-section of the stringer, and
q length of Is feet. To its lower
side are nailed the cores for the
bolt-openings just mentioned.
The top is left open. From one
to three of these forms are sup
ported in place underground by
suitable means, and to the sides
are nailed boards extending
downward to the rock. These
make the form for the support
ing part underneath the stringel
proper. When all is firmly Sc
cured, the rock-face is thoroughly
washed, and the concrete filled
in, beginning at the lower end.
The mixture used is one par
Portland cement, three of sand
and five of crushed rock, and i
is tightly rammed in place. A
the filling proceeds the top of tn
form, or the cover, is completes
by mailing on short pieces o
plank. In the roads that hav
been built at a slope of 70 de
grees, the structure is anchore
to the footwall by heavy bolt
spaced 8 ft. apart. When tn
concrete has hardened sufficientl
the form is removed and the ra
is bolted in place. The road
then complete.
The first of these roads ha
been operating 3 years, and ha
proved so satisfactory that other
have followed. Expectation re
garding cost of maintenance ha
been fully realized, and, in &C
dition, it has been found that tn
original cost of the road is les
than of wooden construction.
It's disadvantages seem to b
confined to the fact that. due
the unyielding nature of the SUI
port, the effect of a blow mus
be absorbed between wheels an
rail, resulting in a perceptibl
greater deterioration of boil
However, this is far more tha
compensated by the decrease
cost in other directions and tt
fireproof character Of the road.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13

The Mining News for mining news.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13

The mill at the Dewey mine in the
Thunder Mountain district resumed ope-
rations about two weeks ago, after be-
ing idle all winter. A strike was made
in the mine short time ago. The new
ore is of different character than any
ever before found in the property, and
is said to run from So to 500 per ton.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13

The force on the Buffalo Hill placer
has been increased to six men the past
week. The present work is in the main
preliminary.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13

Stock companies Incorporated.
If you have stocks or bonds for
sale, let me try to sell them for
you. George M. Kellogg, broker,
$40 Ellicott Square, Buffalo.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13

Arthur Hitler and Charley Whipple
completed repairs on the Gold Point
mill, and the first of the week milling
operations were resumed, after an en-
forced idleness of several weeks. While
the mill was idle development work was
going on; rich strike was made, and
there is now enough ore on the dump to
insure long run, most of which is said
to run better than 500 to the ton.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13
1915 ALREADY PLEDGED
Subscription Petitions Sent to
All Points---Outside Aid
Is Promised.

The committee named at the town
meeting week ago last Monday night to
have charge of the raising of money
that is to be expended with the appro-
priation made by the state for the inn
provement of the road leading to the
mining districts in Idaho county, has
started the work off in such manner and
received such liberal support and CO.
operation from the business interests
and property holders that the success
of the good-roads movement is practic-
ally assured. That is, success is as
sured if the results obtained in the be-
ginning will continue. In order for the
good record to be kept up interest
should not be allowed to lag. twill be
necessary for every man who has not
subscribed to do so when the subscrip-
tion paper is presented him. Failure
to subscribe would deprive the road
fund of not only what you are able to
give, but will influence in the wrong
direction friend or friends. In order
that success may mark the movement
so we'll begun, and this district get that
which it needs most-a good road-all
residents will have to assist in raising
the money.
What Has Been Done.
Several subscription papers were sent
out last week to Dixie, Orogrande and
other points. One was circulated in
Elk City, principally among the busi-
ness men. In a remarkably short time
the amounts subscribed footed up over
S4OO. Miners and others who have
been in camp the past few days have
added to the sum until now the Elk
City subscription totals s515. The peti-
tions sent to other points have not been
heard from, but good subscriptions are
assured. The Dixie paper is in the
hands of ]. S. Danforth and the one at
Orogrande is in charge of ]. H. Col
, grove.
In addition the committee has sent
, out circular letters to the heads of al
mining companies operating and owning
property in this part of Idaho county,
, setting forth the conditions and what is
required to carry through the plans thai
1 are now under way. No specified sun
is asked of any of these companies, bu
free-will contribution the same as has
been asked of others. Some of thes'
5 companies are great distance away
and replies will be late in arriving, bu
it is the hope of the committee tina
!, definite answers will be received in tim
: to incorporate them in the communica
s tl0n to be placed before the count.
: commissioners at their next meeting
}, which opens May 9th.
Help From Other Sources.
e The raising of Sc, 1000 in 80 limited
= territory involves such labor, time an
4 grave responsibilities that any set O
d men might well shrink from assumin
y them were it not for the fact that as
!. sistance from the county seat, Sites
! Harpster, Clearwater, Lewiston an
e other gateway points was assured b
fore the appropriation from the stat
The independent., 1907-03-21
WHEN STATES ARE nYrICIENT.

A rift sappears In the ranks of tho
lately capitalized states rights army.
On two successive days we have
prominent railroad presidents contend
ing to quote the language of one Of
them, that the only solution of, the
railroad problem Is to grant all tho
power to regulate the roads to tho
federal government" Mr.. Stickneys
remark followed his statement that
The great unrest In the financial
world is not due to the policy Of Pres
ident Roosevelt, but is brought about
by hostile legislation by the various
state legislatures" Only lately, when
Senator Beveridge's federal child
labor bill was thought to be In danger
OF passing, perfervid arguments
against this invasion Of the rights Of
the states raineC thick and fast from
the ramparts behind which the same
arguments against the pure food law
and the opposition to the new fed
eral rate law had proceeded The case
is simple and shows how sensible these
people are. The opponents of child
labor restrictions see that universal
and fully effective restriction is I'M
possible except by federal enactment.
Therefore they are not for states
rights on this question. Since state
legislatures began this winter to show
capacity for legislating in the pub
lie interest on transportation aues-
tions the railroads suddenly discover
that they favor a centralized govern
ment. In Nebraska, where at present
We feel secure IN the enjoyment Of
justice in transportatic-1 management
at tho hand of sdr Lwn law makers,
the disposition VIII bc altogether In
favor of states rights on this point.
In other words. an intelligent public
Is learning a few things from the In
teliistnt managers Of great corpora
TORS II Ia for states rights on mat
ters where the public welfare Is best
subscrved by state action and for
Capitalization ON matters which can
be handled to the public advantage
best by national action.
The independent., 1907-03-21
A DISTRIBUTED BUREAU

Ananias could not be press agent for
the most ambitious Of circuses or re-
porter for the most perverted OF news
papers without first changing his
name That is because people, easily
deceived as they appear sometimes to
be, distrust anything in whose behalf
they see men peddling lies. Such men
as from principle and those other more
numerous men who from interest
are contributing 10 the support OF the
national press bureau operating to dis
credit municipal ownership OF public
utilities, have strangely overlooked
this lesson. What, do they thiiik, will
the people of Nebraska conclude con-
cerning the anti-municipal ownership
movement, when they find 4 20 hard
pressed for argument as to require the
circulation, for foreign consumption
only of course, Of statements which all
informed people know 10 oe fatse con
cerning the Lincoln municipal water
supply? Everybody in Nebraska will
now discredit the stories the bureau
have been telling about the Springfield.
ILL.,, lighting business, and nobody at
Springfield will take the slightest stock
in their statements about the Lincoln
water system. TIER tales Of crushing
defeat for municipal ownership in
London early this month are effective
only until the pubic learns that the is
sue in London was not chiefly nunjci-
pal ownership, but that the
winning party made its cam
paign largely OH national is
sues; that where municipal trading
was an issue it was the management
rather than the policy that came into
discussion. Thus in time everybody will
learn to distrust their statements.
Then how will they gain credit when
they have truth to tell?
The independent., 1907-03-21
Subscription ST. 90


Of the board Of directors of the Rock
Island declares that "the railroad
men are willing that the supervision
of the railroads be centralized in the
national government" B. L. Winchell.
president Of the Rock Island, which
by the way Is one of the notably over
capitalized systems, adds that the
Rock Island is preparing for a hard
battle in the courts to contest the
rights Of legislatures to tamper with
the rates Of railroads, especially to
reduce them. He regards such legis-
lation as "confiscatory and unconsti-
tutional" The railroad managers are
making some progress. They now ad-
nit the right of the government to
supervise them, something they would
not do year ago. With characters
tic modesty all they demand now IL
that this supervision do not in any
way interfere with their management
Of the railroads, particularly in max
ing rates to cover dividends on irri-
gated capital.
The independent., 1907-03-21

sibility to furnish an adequate and
safe service for the business Of those
dealing with it. A railroad company
owes 1t to the public to furnish ample
means for transportation over its lines
for persons and freight, and to charge
only reasonable rates for this service" :
1t is well to keep these things In
mind when dealing with the railroads
through legislation. The companies
have no special claim to consideration;
nothing except fair treatment with
reasonable latitude for individual mi
tiative.
The independent., 1907-03-21
FOUNDED ON A ROCK.

Jeremiahs have arisen In the train
of the stock market slump with pre-
dictions of general business collapse
in case of crop shortage this year.
This possibility Is thing to be kept
in mind In deciding whether to incur
new debts or pay old ones. But in
connection with the crop situation 1t
should not be overlooked that crop or
no crop the country will not have TO
go hungry next year. On March first
the farmers of the United States had
still In their bins almost half OF last
years wheat crop. They still hold
nearly "a much corn as the country
produced In some of tho bad years OF
the last decade. Nebraska farmers had
two weeks ago sixteen million bushels
OF wheat. nearly third OF last years
crop, and out OF total estimated crop
OF a49, ,000. 900 bushels or corn thcy still
hold 1874. .a0n 900 bushels. almost eY-
actly half Besides indicating that a
short crop this year wfli not Greats
serious need. thia condition shows sn
what secure situation for bearing q
shock The farmers now stand. Before
the panic OF the early ninstlea farmers
vere asking the government for funds
10 hold their crops The crops are
now pelng held and the farmers are
furnishing tho sundA
The independent., 1907-03-21
COMING AROUND.

As tho railroad presidents break
cover one by one under Legislative and
presidential fire The nature OF the light
that has dawned upon than Is dis
closed MIR, Morgan II anxious that
thu president "ailay the public anx-
iety now threatening TO ohstruct rail-
road Investments and construction" !"
TO this end u. ". Yoakum. chairman
The independent., 1907-03-21
A MUCH INDICTED OCTOPUS.

Frank Rockefeller hrothSr OF Rocke-
felier The Great. announces himself
broke" lie has been out Of the
Standard OH company since 1897.
which may account for hts poor fnan-
cial condition Whether he may wish
himself IN again may depend upon tho
outcome Of the great campaign now In
progress having for its object 10 drive
The independent., 1907-03-21
BRYAN'S MANAGER

Press correspondents at cleveland
recently took advantage of the pres
ence Of Mr.. Bryan in that city to send
out report that his visit there was to
secure the services of Mayor Tom
Johnson as business manager for his
campaign for the presidency.
Conceding that Bryan Is candidate
for president, and that Tom Johnson is
old business himself. there Is reason to
question this report. Mr. Bryan has
never been at all in the habit of COM
mitting his campaigns to business
managers Whatever he has done in
the way of campaigning has been al
ways business managed emphatically
by himself, and whatever of Ill success
has attended his efforts has therefore
been due to his own shortcomings in
business management.
During the campaigns in which Mr..
Bryan has engaged his insistence on
the management of his own cause has
occasioned considerable disgust among
iSdoCio wiz "loiCd, lot ASu~10ho VI tiiCAi
own, to be known as potential factors.
Even Chairman Jones found that he
was decidedly a figurehead in the
battles in which he was supposed to be
at least first lieutenant.
It is characteristic of Bryan that he
is not easily swerved from his own
chosen pathway. He has most capti-
waiting way Of listening with the most
courteous attention to whatever advice
any man may have to Offer and i'm
mediately thereafter going off in pur-
suit of his own sweet will. Ordinarily
a business manager is presumed to be
the whole cheese in whatever under
taking he may be engaged. II he can
not be 1T" he is not at all to be con-
sidered business manager, and can
hardly be expected to cut much ice.
He must be endowed with authority to
provide the quid pro quo, or his ma
chine will lack fabrication.
II may be conceded that IL Mr.. Bryan
were disposed to put his political pros
poets into the keeping Of any fndi-
vidual other than himself, Tom John
son is just the kind of a man he would
be apt to pick out for that trust.
Just now government ownership is the
Mr.. Bryan's most Vulnerable doctrine.
and the capitanstic forces are relying
much upon their ability to effect his
discontinue through 1t. Hence IL Mr..
Bryan were really in search of bust
ness manager for his campaign. he
would certainly go to one Of the few
men like Tom johnson upon whose inca
pacity to sell him out to his enemies he
could rely. for the enemies Of Bryan
are the enemies of Johnson also. They
love each other for the enemies they
have made.
Perhaps Mr.. Bryan's former cam
paigns may have taught him the wis
dom OF devoiving upon other shoulders
some OF the responsibility OF business
management. but II Is not In his ma
ture to submit himself to any ones
guidance. and the business manager
who undertakes to run a campaign for
him Will never be ovcrhurdened with