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The oasis., 1908-03-21
AT THE WANDERING FEW.
The Mexican Correspondent of "The Oasis" Visits Mark Lulley's Mine and MarveIs at its Pro omised Wealth.

This week the Mexican corre- spondent of THE OASIS invaded the Arizona field, by accompanying Mir. Mark Lnlley to the Wandering Jew mine in the Santa Ritas. There they found Mir. Steve Bailey with a small force of Mexicans blocking out ore. At the mine there is ore enough in sight to pay for develop ment work on the property if there were smelter near enough to per init of shipping and treating it with a little less expense. The proposed sr1elter here at Nogales will be big boost toward fortune
 to the lucky owners of the Wander ing Jew, and to many other prom ising properties in that section. There are now about 150 tons of ore on the Jew dump that will average about $50 per ton in values -silver, copper and lead, with some gold. This is the ore taken out in the work of sinking on the lead. One of the shafts sunk has a depth of one hundred feet, in ore all the way. From the shaft the lead has been uncovered by trench for distance of more than 300 feet, west, showing the same vein crop
 ping to the surface the entire dis tance, a streak of clean steel galena one foot thick. Three hundred feet west from the one hundred foot shaft another shaft has been sunk six ty feet on the lead, showing the same rich pay streak one foot wide to the bottom of the shaft, but widening toward the bot tom. From the bottom of the 100 foot shaft drift driven west toward the sixtyfoot shaft, shows the vein at that depth with a width of four and a half feet, not so clean as where it has a width of only one foot, but still exceptionally rich, a sample gathered from across the 1 four and a half foot width assayine fifteen ounces silver, forty-two and a half per cent lead and one and nine-tenths per cent copper. The ore blocked out between the two shafts and uncovered on the sur. face, could be mined at very small expense. With a smeltel near at hand, the Wandering Jew with the ore now in sight in the
 workings. ready to be taken out
 will pay for its own development.
 But the work mentioned is moi all that has been done atthe Wand. ering Jew by any means. In the sixty foot shaft, at depth of for. ty-fve feet, cross-cut was driver south to cut under large cropping ] that crops up short distance south of the collar of the shaft
 There another lead has been en. countered. From the bottom o
 the same shaft a drift has beer started west on The vein. It is il
 about twenty feet, with no break in the rich ore being followed l From the bottom of the one hun. dred foot shaft to the east drif
 is being driven on the vein
 or rather beside it, as the ore is not being taken out, but is left stand.
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TIE OASIS correspondent, however, failed to meet any of the people in- terested in the mine, so did not verify the report.
 About two miles from the Wan dering Jew mine is a group of claims owned by MT. Neil McDon- aid, Mir. John Leek and Dr. Ray Ferguson which is reported to have enough high grade copper and sil- yer ore now in sight to pay for the development of the property, if smelter were near at hand. There is 200 foot shaft at the mine and ore shipped from it has averaged eighteen per cent copper and twen- ty-hve ounces silver.
 Mir. Thomas Fraser and Mir. Tal- bot are now prospecting a copper claim about two miles from Pata- gonia, where the showing is said to be very promising. MT. Fraser also has the Rosario, a rich looking copper property in the Santa Ritas. A shaft is being sunk on the Rosario which now has depth of one hundred feet.
 A diamond drill has been just put in place to prospect the Dia- mond and Eureka prospects and is now in operation on one of the claims. The Diamond and Eureka are owned by Prof. w. P. Blake of Tucson and Mir. Charles H. Ferry of New York, a millionaire who usually spends the winter in Ari- zona. Mir. Ferry has been person. ally looking after the work lately, riding out from Tucson in an auto mobile.
 Mir. William T. Powers, who owns the Bland mine in the Santa Ritas, says there have been 2000 feet of work in shafts and tunnels done on the property. A 600-foot tun- nel, that will give depth of 450 feet, is now being driven on the principal lead, there being three leads. Two of the leads are blind leads and were encountered by crosscutting from the tunnel which is being run on what is known as the Bryan lead. The tunnel is now in 500 feet, giving depth of 300 feet. The lead is high grade cop per with gold values. One of the leads struck by the crosscut, sixty feet from the tunnel, runs higher in gold than the main lead. The second lead struck by the crosscut is one hundred feet from the tun- nel. The ore vein in the tunnel now shows width of thirty inches, all clean, high grade ore.
 Mir. Harry Barnett and Mir. Par rott were at the Happy Jack mine this week, sacking ore for shipment. Two carloads of the rich grey cop per and silver ore from the proper i ty Will be shipped.
 At the American Boy, about two miles from the Wandering Jew mine, a 300 foot tunnel is being driven to strike the vein encount- cred on the hill above. The tunnel is now in 200 feet. The American Boy is another of the properties in the Santa Ritas that is apparently rich enough to pay for its own development, if smelter were near at hand. At the bottom oi an eighteen foot shaft they have a fourteen inch pay streak of black oxide that assays twenty-five to thirty per cent copper. It is to cut this lead at depth of 150 feet that
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When TIE OASIS correspondent visited Patagonia this week he found the town rather quiet, but the residents there full of expect ancv One of the surprises to the visitor at Patagonia is i'll the size of two of its mercantile establish ments. The store of the Patagonia Commercial Company and that of the Washington Trading Company are each as large and carries as large and complete a stock of goods as the average store in a town five times as large as Patagonia. And when it comes to accommodations for the travelling public the Com. mercial Hotel will rank with the best in many towns ten times the size of Santa Cruz county's second largest town. The Commercial is the property of MT. R. R. Rich ardson and is managed by Mir. J. R. Curtain, an experienced hotel manager from San Francisco. A new addition to the Commercial has just been completed and is now being furnished. It contains eight guest rooms and a parlor, making nineteen guest rooms now In the hotel. The Commercial throughout will, when furnished, be one of the finest furnished hotels in the terri. tory, with baths, parlor and large dining room. Patagonia also has a good short order restaurant, the Palace Cafe.
 For few months following the inception of the money panic doz- ems of promising mining prospects Tn the districts contiguous to Pata- gonia were idle, because of lack of money for development work. Though some work is now being done, the resumption, up to the present time Is not on so large a scale could be hoped for. That fact, however, does not discourage the people in that section. They know the wealth is there and they know that the panic that cut off the supply of ready cash has not lessened the wealth that lies in the hills. It has removed none of the rich mineral veins. It has delayed the development of the mines, but has made that development none the less certain.
 Mir. Chris Wilson has two big freight teams on the road every day, hauling ore from the Worlds Ear and the Morning Glory mines. The Morning Glory is two miles rom the Mowry mine. It is owned by MT. Richard Farrell, but is now bonded to Mir. Wilson, who is min Ing and shipping ore while develop ing the property. The ore runs hlgh in silver, lead, copper and 6oid and contains lots of iron.
 Messrs. A. J Stockton and James heatlng own the Castle Butte property near Patagonia. Last week a carload of high grade cop per ore was shipped from this mine ana another carload is now ready 1or snlpment. A diamond drill is T To" oelng put in place at the mine. nere Is a large size rumor going eae ss rounds at Patagonia to the 9ilect that the Calumet x Arizona people are manifesting considerable interest in the Castle Rutta and
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THE PATAGONIA COUNTRY

The Little Town to the North That Is Surrounded by Rich Mining Pros- pects-What Is Being Done at the Mines.
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Heavy black cardboard for mounting photographs for sale at THE OASIS office.
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Messrs. A. L. Cane, George Clark, Frank and Howard Beck and Jens Peterson.
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a Free Trial Package Is Mailed 70 Every.
one Who Writes.

the roll. but to-day we cannot get to-
gether more than 1000. There wero
really two regiments, the old and the
New Provisional. The former was at
tached to the Second Division, Eight
eenth Corps. and the latter to the First
Division, Ninth Corps. They were con-
solidated in September. 1864. On tho
Bermuda front the regiment took the
advanced position of the white troops
At the battle of the Crater it went $50
yards beyond the Crater, and markers
have been placed there to substantiats
this claim. The regiment. as a whole.
was mustered out of service jan 20,
1866. at City Point. Please give the to-
tai losses of both regiments. We cams
home with about LOO men.-John II.
Pippitt, 1871 Newell St, Brooklyn. y. z.
We have several times given the his
tory of the I'd Pa. II. A., and in answer
to the comrades request for a CONSOLE
dated statement of its losses we will say
that Fox gives five officers and 221 men
killed, five officers aud 3S5 men died
from disease. in Confederate prisons,
etc, making the total loss of 616.-E,d-
itor National Tribune.
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doing this, nor that the enemy would
act differently than in the past three
days Of his uninterrupted, successful
march.
SIocum's Corps. followed by that Of
Howard, formed the right column NOV
ing down the Plank road.
SykeS's Division of the Fifth Corps,
followed by Hancock's Division of the
Second Corps, marched by the turnpike
in the center.
Griffin's and Humphreys Divisions of
the Fifth Corps marched by the river
road.
French's Division was to turn off and
march to Todd's Tavern.
The Third Corps, under Sickles, came
up before the movement was started,
and was stationed at the Chancellor
House as a reserve, with one brigade
thrown out at Dowdall's Tavern, other
wise known as Melzi Chancelior's House.
A Difficult March.
In front of the advancing columns
were detachments of cavalry which kept
in touch with the enemy's pickets all
the time. The march of the columns
was slow and laborious, for the roads
were very narrow and intersected one
another in the most puZzling manner, SO
that the different commands constantly
cut off and obstructed each other.
Sykes, having a straight and easy way
to follow, got off first and made the
most progress, with Slocum being OBJ
liged to wait until he had cleared the
crossing, while Howard did not leave
the position that he had held near Dow
dall's Tavern.
Sykes. who had gotten beyond thG
support of those on other fianks, had
only gone about two and one-half miles
when he met Mahone's Brigade, which
had short time before moved out from
the ravine of Motifs Run. There was 4
high hill between Motifs Run and the
stream called Pig Meadow Swami and
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on this hill stood the Newton House
Mahone'S Brigade reached the top of
this hill just as Sykes began its ascent
on the other side. Sykes saw the i'm
portance of the position at a glance.
and. rushing his troops forward, drove
Malone back and took possession. Nc
Laws came up to the support of Ma
hone. with his three other brigades, thus
forming a larger force than that of
Sykes. McLaws had four big brigades
to Sykes's three small ones. The battle
begar with a sharp artillery duel. Nc
Laws did not venture to attack Sykes
in front. but began working around his
right flank.
Sykes tried in vain to find Slocum,
who should have been on line with
him, but Slocum had been delayed.
Sykes's Aids could not find him, and in
the meanwhile McLaws's skirmishers
from kershaw's Brigade kept working
around thru the woods toward Sykes S
rear to separate him from Slocum.
AT this juncture Jackson came up and
began pushing in his men to reach the
ianks of the Union force, and shortly
had 19 brigades in action, numbering
about $1,000 men, On the other hand,
Hancock was moving up to Sykes's sup
port, while Slocum was making his way
to the position that had been assigned
him, and Meade began to put a pressure
upon the enemy that he found in front
of him on the river road. Tho Ander-
son and McLaws gave the Union Cen
erals a very lively fight, they were not
making any headway, and the Union
troops were getting into excellent posi-
tions with cleared ground in front of
them, and their artillery was having fine
practice on the enemy.
The line as established was a fairly
satisfactory one, and some of Meade's
troops were in sight of Banks's Ford,
which they could easily have held, and
which was one of the great objectives of
the movement. To get control of Banks s
Ford would give them as a first advan-
tage the artillery which had been as
sembled there and the ammunition also
collected at that place. Every man in
the army appreciated the importance of
securing the ford, when to their utter
amaZement an order was received for
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ENr OF THE TROOPS ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY MAY 1.

lesson in the art of war. Fully outgen-
eraled as he had found himself on the
evening of April 80, he did not waste a
minute in vain regrets for his blunders,
but started with skill and vigor to OBJ
viate the consequences. Anderson, whom
he had sent to look after the front with
his division, had with great judgment
formed it at Tabernacle Church, behind
the strong natural line before described.
He had sent back for intrenching tools,
and as soon as they were received set
his men at work to strengthen the po-
sition to the utmost, and all night long
the axes were ringing and the picks and
spades busy. The full moonlight en-
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The 14th ky.

Editor National Tribune: VIII You
give a history of the 14th KY H.
McGhee, Ottawa. Kan.
The 14th Ky. was organized at Camp
Wallace Dec. 10. 1861. the original
members mustered out Jan. 81, 1865,
while the veterans and recruits were re-
tanned in service until Sept. Is. 1865. It
was first commanded by Col. Laban 7.
Moore, who resigned Jan. l, 1862, fol-
lowed by Col. John c.. Cochran. who
resigned year later, Jan u. 1853. Cot
George w. GaIiop. then took command.
retaining the same till he expiration OF
his term of service, Jan 81. 1856. At
the time of final muster-ouE Lieut.-Col.
Henry c. Gardner was in command It
belonged to Hascall,s Division. Twenty
third Corps, and lost 81 killed and 147
from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune
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(To be continued.)
The I'd Pa. II. A.

Editor National Tribune: L would like
full history of the I'd Pa II. A. AS
far as 1 know it was organized at Phila-
delphia from September to December.
1861, and was the only heavy artillery
organized as such in the service That
is where we get the veteran which we
dote on. There We're other regiments
organized about the same time as in
fantry and turned into heavy artillery
later on we We're also the largest regi-
ment, having over 5000 enlistments on
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llSzAMnuIAAMyNzM
~ AudGa4W6uzYI
Ey John McELR0Y.

Workers brought back to Hooker had no
effect in stimulating him to move out
his infantry and occupy the country
which the cavalry had found so weakly
defended During the night of April 80
Hooker had at least $4,000 men massed
around Charlottesville, with $4,000
more under Sickles, who were expected
to join him in a few hours.
The cleared ground beyond the Taber-
nacle Church was only four miles away,
and it seemed as if the prize was so near
his grasp that he had only to put out
his hand to seize it. Opportunity was
knocking at his door as loudly as she
had at McClellan's on the morning of
the previous Sept. IS.
Lee Acts Promptly.
Napoleon said that the principal fault
of his opponents was that they did not
understand the value of five minutes.
Hooker had previously shown his ap-
probation of the importance of time,
but now he was to lose that valuable
quality. On the other hand, Lee was to
manifest how well he had learned this
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abled the work to be carried on as well
as in daytime, and the morning saw
formidable works everywhere, even to
lunets and epaulements for the artillery.
ALI the divisions but one around Fred
ericksburg were put on a swift march to
reinforce Anderson.
Lee appreciated to the utmost the ex
treme danger of the situation, and saw
that his only salvation lay in keeping
Hooker shut up in the Wilderness, with
its narrow, sinuous roads, where he
could not possibly bring his great pre-
ponderance of force to bear. Orders
were sent to Stonewall Jackson to leave
a part of his force to guard the lines
and observe the enemy, and Pendleton
was to make use of his artillery to the
utmost, while Jackson, with the remain
der. some $1,000 electives, was to
march with all speed toward Chancel-
lorsville and attack the enemy wherever
found.
Unlike the Federal commanders,
Jackson did not wait for daylight, but
leaving orders to spread one division
along the front heretofore occupied by
the corps, Jackson started the remain
der in one of those swift but we'll
ordered, well-timed marches for which
he was noted. He always thought out
his line of march, gave explicit direc-
tons to every commander and held him
responsible for a strict execution, and
consequently his marches were always
made without friction or aggrayating
blocking of the roads.
Every commander was careful to
reach the point set for him at exactly
the hour designated. and Jackson was
severe upon any failure. He himself
reached the Tabernacle Church about 8
O'Clock on the morning of May /. and
the heads OF his columns began coming
in about IL a. m.
Jackson found Anderson and his men
completely worn out by their arduous
labors in constructing the line of works,
which extended clear to the Rappahan-
mock. Most of them had made fatiguing
marches before beginning this work
McLaws, with his three brigades, had
only recently come up, and Jackson,
knowing the immense value of every
minute, set McLaws's and Anderson's
Divisions in motion at once, in hopes of
attacking the heads of the Federal COL
umns, as they came winding thru the
woods, and throw them back upon
themselves in confusion. Anderson
moved along the Plank road and Nc
Laws on the Mine road leading from
Zoar Church to United States Ford. Just
as the movement started Jackson's men
began to arrive, and filled the works
which had been vacated
Friday, May I.
On May 1, at IL a. m, Hooker set his
columns in motion to secure the place
that he should haze had the night be-
fore. He had expected by p. m. to
have his line of battle formed, with his
right resting near the Tabernacle
Church and his left covering Banks's
Ford. He did not anticipate that he was
lgoing to have the slightest difficulty in
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CHAPTER V.
HooKER's AMAZING FALL.

HOOKER'S AMAZING FALL.
After Having Skiifully Placed His Army
Where It Could Have Destroyed Lees,
He weakened Unaccouatably, and
Threw Away His Victory,
Hooker's Fatal Weakening.
There are two excellent roads leading
from Charlottesville to Fredericksburg,
and it was Hooker's intention, as it was
a highly strategic move, to Immediately
push down these roads toward Freder-
icksburg until he cleared the forest and
came out in the open fields behind the
city, where he could deploy his army
and make use of his great preponder-
ance of force. BY doing this he would
uncover Banks's Ford. the one nearest
to Fredericksburg. and thus shorten his
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The Sherwood RiiI.

Milton Williams, Battery D, 4th ". J.
L. A. Morristown, N. J., thinks the
Sherwood bill no good. He wants every
veteran given 81 a day. whether he
served three years or three days. He
himself enlisted for three years, or dur
ing the war, and was discharged because
his services were no longer required.
He was ready to serve his time out but
they did not want him any more.
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An Amazing Order.


An Amazing Order.
Everyone, from the highest to lowest,
at once instinctively rebelled against
this order, and could not understand
why 1t had been issued. All the Gen
erals protested, and Gen. Warren, who
was then Chief of Artillery on Hooker's
staff, asked Couch to postpone obedi-
ence to the order until he could ride
back to Hooker and ask for its reversal
Couch, who was one of the coolest. most
reserved and most subordinate of Gem
erals. was strong in his disapproval of
the order. and readily acceded to War
ren's suggestion. Hancock, Slocum and
Sykes all protested, but Hooker was firm
and repeated his order even against
Couch's reiterated earnest request to be
allowed to remain. The soldiers were as
much astonished as their Generals at
being ordered back when they seemed
in sight of victory, and they began from
that moment to distrust Hooker The
movement to retire was only well under
way when Hooker changed his mind
again. and ordered resumption of the
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Will Make You
EsEII. RETTER EAT AMI SLEEP

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caused or promoted by impure blood
or low state of the system.
In usual liquid form or in chocolate
coated tablets called Sarsatabs- 100
Doses One Dollar. Sold by druggists or
mailed on receipt of price. by
c. I. Hood Co., Lowell. Mass.
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Memorial Day Drill No. 1.
TWO GRAND NEW SONGS
"Daysre.k at Appom .ttsx."

Daybre1k at APPOmAtt0X."
Words by Thomas Calver.
Music by George q. Lillibridge.
eve Have Drank from the Same
Canfeen."
Words by Chas. G. Halpine.
Music by George FL. Lillibridge.
Every soldier, ieyery soldiers descendant,
and every patriot should have a copy d
these songs. Price, 25 cents each. Address
GEO. Il. LILLIBRIDGE,
922 St, N. W., Washington, D. C.
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Garland Their Graves
No. I3.
The New Memorial Day Song Book

Is now ready.
It contains 20 pages of choice Memo
rial Day Songs (words and music), all /.
new. There is an ample supply Of mu-
sic for mixed and male voices. - ''--1
Price, per copy. y................. $50
Price, per dozen copies. ........ S1.50
We can supply any Of the back num-
bers at the same price. y..4 s.. B..
Memorial Day Drill No. I.
(For % children.) 10 sS} ap7
Price per copy 100
Price, per dozen copies. .$t.0e
chiIdren's Drill No. 2. .9-osa 3
(For any number of children.)
frice, per copy 1OC
Price, per dozen copies. $1.o0 .
Either of the above sent upon receipt
of price. Order of the author, an old
soldier. ms
C. v. STRICKLAND,
25 s St, Huntington, Ind.
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"Spurred on, no doubr, by the mani
rest expectations of the officers around
him, Hooker at last. advanced towards
Fredericksburg. Slocum, on the right,
marched along the Plank road, Sykes's
Division of the Fifth Corps, supported
by Hancock's Division of the Second
Corps. marched in the center along the