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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

t..o same careful audit that guards
official expenditures. With the fund
so subscribed a stock is bought or the
articles that Jack likes but which
Uncle Sam does not provide. In the
canteen may be found everything from
paper of pins to a bottle OF pop,
from a cuff button TO tin OF sar-
dimes. Cigarettes, playing cards. picture
postals, cigars, pipes, candy and cakes
all are included in the canteen stock.
These articles are sold to the crew at
profit. The stock Is kept up and as
the profit grows the original contribu-
tors to the fund are reimbursed. When
the ship goes out of commission there
is usually a handsome balance in the
fund. the final Disposition OF which
depends upon the will of the majority.
Sometimes 1t Is put up in prizes for
rowing races, boxing matches or other
sports. Sometimes it pays for dance
or a dinner. and very often the canteen
balance is blown In on q silk home
ward bound pennant which. il the cap
tain Is popular with his men. goes
to the "old man" with their love.
When the fleet called at Trinidad all
the ships laid in stocks OF Havana
tobacco. On one ship alone the ward
room mess boughts $4,000 cigars.
Mighty Furnace Eaters
AS the men had to be fed. SO had
the furnaces to be supplied with fuel
and to do this was an even bigger
task than the provisioning. The bunker
capacity even of 16 battleshfps Is
limited and to take the ships from
Hampton roads to the Golden gate re-
quired 253,000 tons of coal For the
four months cruise the coal bill will
be $4,000, 900. To provide this fuel a
great fleet of tramp steamers was
started out. some of them long before
the war vessels left Hampton roads,
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The paymaster general of the navy,
who looks after the purchase OF sup
plies in the bulk, is the only official who
knows to a pound how much OF every
thing went into the battleships' food
lockers and the amount of the bill. 1t
is not the paymasTeT generals business
TO proclaim these figures to the world
and as he has been busy with his own
affairs no official figures have been
given out. IN a general way, however,
the world has learned some of the big
fleets pantry and storeroom secrets.
Here are a few of the items that in
sured the integrity Of that meal ticket:
Flour, 200. 600 pounds.
Fresh beef. 100000 pounds.
Ham. 100000 pounds.
Salt pork, 100000 pounds
Timed meats. zoe, 900 POUNDS.
Sausage, 10000 pounds.
Turkey and chicken, $1,000 pounds.
Mutton, 10000 pounds.
Lard, $4,000 pounds.
Potatoes, 700.0 900 pounds.
Butter, 15o 900 pounds.
Coffee. 100. 900 pounds.
Tea, 800. 200 pounds
Cocoa, 10000 pounds.
Fresh eggs. $4,000 dozen.
Timed vegetables, 1900 pounds
Onions, $4,000 pounds.
Rice, $4,000 pounds.
Soap, $1,000 pounds.
Lima beans, 65.O00 pounds
String beans. 100000 pounds.
Canned peas, 100000 pounds.
Canned corn, 200 900 pounds
Canned tomatoes, 10000 pounds.
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IN bulk between two foods of equal
value insured the selection of the more
compact. Jacks health. his likes and
dislikes were not sacrificed, however,
to this desire for concentrated blood
and muscle fuel and the bluejacket
who followed Fighting Bob's" two
starred pennant from Hampton roads
TO the Golden gate sat down to q
square meal three times on every one
of the lao days of the voyage.
What They Cost
The size of the meat and grocery
bills is known only to the paymaster
general, but some idea of what II
costs to supply Jack with his three
meals a day may be obtained from the
following figures:
For furnishing 100000 pounds of
-four there were six bidders, their
prices ranging from $35,700 to $4,000
for the whole amount. For furnishing
100000 pounds of beef there were
eight bidders, whose prices varied from
s70,SO0 to $4,000 for the whole
amount.
And this is what it costs according
to navy department figures to main
tain each type of ship for one year:
Battleships, $624.935.48.
Armored cruisers $544,399.92.
Protected cruisers, $375,53713.
Monitor. STOPS
Gunboat, $110,332.43.
Torpedo boat destroyers, S94.944.17
In addition to supplying Jack with
the raw material for three square
meals mo matter where his ship may
be Uncle Sam also takes precautions
to insure the manufacture of the raw
material into palatable food. On the
voyage from Hampton roads no less
a person than hte commander in chief
himself personally passed upon each
day'ss bill of fare and having approved
it held the commanding officer OF each
ship accountable for It's wholesome
preparation. The food for the men
was an item of as much Importance as
the coal for the furnaces and received
as much consideration.
The Delicacy Canteen
Wholesome and varied as is Jacks
daily bread he bankers after the num-
erous little delicacies for which no
provision is made by the navy depart
ment. This demand is satisfied through
the medium of the canteen, sort Of
department store operated on every
ship in the American navy.
When a ship goes into commission
all hands. officers and men, contribute
according to their means to the can
teen fund. The ships paymaster Is the
treasurer and the navy department. al
though not officially recognizing the
canteen, provides yeonan to do the
clerical work connected herewith and
the canteen accounts are subject to
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
By Lindsay Campbell


IT SHIP arrived at this port a few
weeks ago short OF provisions.
Contrary winds had prolonged
the time of sailing from port to
port by few weeks. and although the
crew all told numbered only a score Of
men it was only by putting all hands on
snort rations for the last two weeks o.
the voyage that the ships company
escaped from starvation. The voyage
was na aotablY loN neither. however
was fhs insuficienes in the larder de
liberately planned. n xss merely the
result OF a miscalcuIatisn. The same
sort OF thing has happened before and
win happen again. The miscaiculation
IN this. as in most Of the other cases.
was made by men OF experience. which
serves TO demonstrate to the man
ashore that provisionOg even one. ship
with 8 small crew for a voyage OF mod
crate length is a problem for which
even experienced caterers not seldom
fail to find q happy solution. When
There are I6 ships TO be provisioned,
each ship with crew OF 1000 healthy.
hungry men on hoard and for a voyage
OF indefinite length. the problem be-
comes complex. indeed. and the man
who tries TO figure II out must take or
his hat TO the organization that sent
the mighty battleship feet out of
Hampton roads with a meal ticket
guaranteed good for three meals a day
for $4,000 men.
Jacks Square Deal
When Admiral Evans feet passes in
through The Golden gate IL will have
been about 40 days out of Hampton
roads. From the time the feet got un-
der way until now the furnaces have
been eating coal steadily. the guns
powder at frequent intervals and the
officers and men food three times every
cay Uncle Sam feeds the sailors well.
and during the cruise there viii have
been prepared and eaten on the ships
Of the feet about 6,500.00o square
meals. Most OF the raw material from
which these meals were prepared was
on the ships when they started Fruit
and fresh vegetables have been bought
al various ports OF call. but even these
additions. by the way. entered into the
calculations and were part of the solu-
tion Of the problem-the hardest nut
that ever caterer was called upon to
crack.
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way" Uncle Sam had contracted to
have mountains Of coal at these stop
ping places:
Trinidad. West Indies .........- 1000
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil. ..-....... 5000
Punta Arenas, in the straits Of
Magellan 40, 900
Magdalena bay .-.-.............60 $4,000
Mare island .6o,00o
For the homeward voyage similar ar
rangements are now being made and
more contracts for food supplies will
be let
While the navy department was
planning for Jacks three meals day
and arranging for the mountains OF
tenfnG the manufacture OF ammuni-
ton. as guns without powder would
be as useless as bluejackets without
food or furnaces without fuel The
fleet is a battle feet and the orders
were TO send the ships away fuils
equipped for every contingency. "for .
fight or q frolic." as Admiral Evans
put II.
Powder is a necessity even for a
frolie. Navy ships may not say
s.howdy" or '-goodby" with their steam
sirens as merchantmen do. so each ship
was supplied with a liberal quantity OF
ssluttug powder TO meet the social re-
ouIrements of the cruise. Then there
was target practice to be considered
When Yankee ships go on the ranges
they administer to the targets the same
medicine IN the same sized. doses as
they would to a powerful enemy. with
the difference that the treatment in
the case of the target is more pro-
longed than would be necessary in
actual conflict. Marksmanship OF the
standard now prevailing in the Amer
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with carzoes Of coal. Before Admiral
Evans signaled his armada -get under
way" Uncle Sam had contracted to
have mountains Of coal at these stop
ping places:
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

IT SHIP arrived at this port a few
weeks ago Short OF provisions
Contrary winds had prolonged
the time of sailing from port to
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06

ore being found. Jones, in his investi- gations. discovered that the vein filling in the drift differed in character from that of the Jessie He started cross cut and after running forty feet broke into the rich ore body described. The vein filling of the new find Is similar to that of the Jessie, the ore being also of the same character. He is now satisfied that he is working on the Jessie vein. The Jessie mine has now blocked out in its mile of drifts and crosscuts $110,00 worth of ore, accord mg to a recent estimate of conserva- tive mining engineer.
 The Jessie mine was discovered and located by Jones in 1889. The succeed ing three years it was the largest ship per in the Big Bug district. Ore of milling grade. estimated in value at $3oO,00O, is now lying on the dumps awaiting the installation of a large re- duction plant for treatment.
 The company's holdings comprise fourteen claims and a ranch of IGO acres on the Agua Fria river, six miles east of the mines, which covers a val. uable water right. The Jessie mine is
 exploited at a depth of G50 feet.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06
COCH|sE AND SONORA
 COMBINE EXHIBIT
That Is What the Douglas Chamber of Mines
 Wants to Do,

DOUGLAS, Aug. 5.-(Special.--
 A meeting was held last night of the subcommittee on mining of the cham Der of commerce m the offices of the chamber at rthe Eadsden hotel for the purpose of deciding as 10 whether a mineral exhibit should be sent to Albuquerque and to Columbus, to the National Irrigation congress and In. ter-state exposition at the former and the National Mining congress in the latter city. Two ideas were consider ed, one of joining in a general terri torial exhibit and the other of prepar- ing a special exhibit for Cochise county and Sonora.
 The sense of the committee was in favor of an exhibit and that an exhibit from the county and from Sonora would be more advantageous to Doug las than joining in with the rest of the territory. The matter was thor oughIy talked over by the members of the committee to accomplish these pur- poses. The idea was for the appoint ment of two committees, one to gath . CT the specimens Tor such an exhibit and the other to raise the necessary funds to meet all expenses.
 The committee believed that an ex-
 hibit at both places would be bene-
 ficial but seemed to think the greater benefit would be derived from that at | lColumbus where il could be used as
 Ia lever to help bring the next mining
 congress to this city. The questions
 of size, speciments and quantity and
 the manner of gathering was taken
 up as was also the sending of Douglas 1 souvenirs in copper bullion but noth.
 ing was definitely decided it being
 deemed best to leave the working out
 of plans to the committees which will | be selected.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06
BIG CONSOLIDATION
 OF MINING CLAIMS
In Yuma County, California; With a Capital Stock of
 S3,000,000.

PHOENIX. Aug. 5.-PeopIe will be interested in learning that the consoli- dation of Signal, Clara, Grown Queen, Crown Princess and Moro Mining com panies with properties located in Yuma county. three miles from Bill Williams Fork. has been consummated by George Mitchell in Los Angeles.
 The new company is to be known as the Clara Consolidated Gold Copp 1T cc.rp: ". with capitalization os s. OaO. poe. The total capital stock of the merged companies amounts to SIP 5eo,, 0OO and the stock of these corporatioEs will be exchanged at the ratio of ten shales for one .!sc new stock.
 There are I15 cleins in the proper tiay now controlcd ny the Clara Con so,.tated company and the total ieIstt of tbc mineral ground is 12,000 feet 9be t-ew of the Signal is down PCS .ee; and has uncovered a ledge c r,,5 ore ss sventy feet in lengtl, n; coee of tie Clara $ from fifty to l9' feet wide.
 A recent shipment from the Morr' averaged s190 ton, although the or was sorted. Another carload of rocl on the dump assays between $40 an $50 ton. it is claimed, in addition t carving 2 1-2 per cent copper.
 Mitchell says that the work of dc veloping the big properties would b pushed steadily.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06
MINES ARE OA MOVE
 IN NORTHERN ARIZONA
Mines Being Sold, Prospects Developed and Ore
 Shipped.

Robert McEntee, of Salone, states that matters ace rather quiet all through the northern section of the country but that the recent rains will enable many to go to work on their mining properties.
 He reports that while the Harqua Hala has suspended operations, it vii resume again on the lst of Sep tember on a. bigger scale than ever. The company Is making preparations to install Q s150,000 cyanide plant to work the taiIings It will also start new working shaft for the purpose Of developing the property.
 About seyenty-five men are at work on the Boone property. in Gun ningnam Pass. but several had to be laid c@ e account of the shortage or water. said McEntee, but this rain will enable them 10 resume
 The Cinnabar mine is keeping up operations with about fifty men and taking everything into consideration, matters are not so bad after all
 The Cunningham Pass Copper com pany is now working a force of fifty two men and is taking out a large amount of shipping ore, which will net rich returns
 4ne returns show twelve per ceRt of copper and thirty dollars in gold to the ton.
 From one to three cars of ore are being shipped weekly from the Wen den district to the Fl Paso smelter.
 Having purchased a gasoline blow CT, the Harcuvar Copper company IS employing twelve men at the present time. They are now running cross cut tunnel 21S feet from the top ot the ledge, which shows good gold and copper values at the surface.
 At the Glorioso Gold and Copper property three men are now working. They have blocked out plenty of gold ore for 9 mill which it is planned 10 install as soon as arrangements can be made.
 A few days ago Mr. E. Joseph re ceived g first payment of s6000 on a prospect disposed of to outside capi- tai
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06
FINE ORE BODY
 AT JESSIE MINE
Which Is Located in the Big Bug DiStrict-Mine Has
 Great Record

An ore body which promises to sur pass in extent ana richness any find in recent years in the Big Bug district was uncovered recently in the Grace claim an extension of the Jessie mine, FOG feet west of the Jessie working shaft, at a depth of 800 feet, says the JournaI-Miner The strike will infuse new life into the Jessie mine, which has a record in production of over sS60,00O in gold President John s. Jones, of the Jessie Mines company, is now arranging to start development operations at the new find on larger scale than at any time since the palmy days of the Jessie, when it's rich min eraI treasures were exploited by Frank l Wright of this city, netting him a ! handsome fortune.
 The new find is due to the persist. Ience, energy and Judgment of John s. Jones, who found the ore after running "a drift 200 feet along cross vein through ground almost barren, the ore | body being uncovered in a crosscut. As result of the discovery a new work. ling shaft will be made at a point to be decided later on the new find, the shaft 10 be made from an upraise from l the bottom. Drifts are being run each way on the ledge, which is now opened distance of fifteen feet, showing four feet of ore, part of which samples from s70 to $90 to the ton, with seven feet of ore of lower grade fnd vein filling that samples s7.5O 10 the ton.
 Speaking of the new find to Jour iDal-Miner man yesterday, President i Jones stated that he believed it to be
 the most important discovery ever made in the mine. He is arranging tC push its development as fast as pos sible. so that the Jessie mine may b.
 reasonably expected to be on the ship
 ping list again in very short time.
 West of the Jessie shaft, the Jessie
 vein Is intersected by several cros'
 veins. Extending ike drift on the 3O'
 .oot level west from the Jessie shaf
 one of the cross Iedges was followed ;
 d,stgucs Of nearly 200'feet, hardly an!
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06
LOGAN 6 BRYAN.
(By Frank J. Graf.)

Special Wire to l.. J. Oyerlock.)
 NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-After being strong up to noon the list receded from high level on profit taking sales and closed irregular, but in most cases fractionaIly higher than last nights close. The metal issues were in good demand. particularly National Lead and smelters, due to the improved tone of the metal market. The strength in the grain market caused some selling of the grangers, but the price did not recede materially. The persistent strength in the market has attracted public buying on a broader scale and pools are commenc- ing to work specialties with the usual number of bull pointss.
 Distribution is probably going on in the recent leaders under strength Of metal issues, but the situation of lat ter has been so strongly strengthened in the last few weeks that efforts will, undoubtedly, be made to put prices higher
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06
NORTH BUTTE SHARES
 PASS slO MARK
Butte Coalition Has Advanced in Sympathy, But Shares
 Are Difficult to Move.

BOSTON, Aug 5.--Norta Butte is at the moment the spectacular perform CT among the copper shares. There has been vigorous buying of the stock since the price passed the 70 mark, and as the stock advances. the float ing supply appears to diminish.
 North Butte has almost trebled in price since the low of the October pan ic. when il dropped to $50 per share. At this level, the stock market placed valuation of s12.0oe,0 900 on t:le prop erty. At S1 it is selling for 32.40e,- e0e
 North Butte has a showing of to per cent ore on the Jessie and Edith May veins on the 1900 foot level which has astonished the manage ment itself It is earning S6 per share on 13-cent copper and Is making it's copper for 1-2 cents per pound.
 Butte Coalition advanced in sym pathy with North Butte but its 1.e0O,- 600 shares are of course more difficult to move than the 400 coo of North Bute. Butte Coalition is earning about s1S5 per share on an output a' the rate of 30000,000 pounds of cop per per annum. Its cost is now sla cents.
 Calumet & Arizona and Greene Cananea have yet to participate in the speculative interest which has been reawakened in the Cole-Bryan stocks, although Messrs. Cole and Ryan have a share ownership in Greene-Cananea which is several times larger than their interests in any of the other properties. It is believed they have sold little if any of the stock which they acquired at the time the Greene Consolidated was taken from Colonel Greene and consolidated with the Cananea Central.
 Greene -Cananea has started up it's fourth furnace, and economies which have been introduced at every point of the mine and smelter operations will now make possible a real showing of ret earnings 4 cost even lower than 10 cents per pound is the con fident expectation of those now Tn charge of affairs.
 In the four properties usually classf fled as the Cole-Ryan group there has been Q market appreciation of S59,- 3OO.0O0 since the panic. We append herewith 2 table showing the advance iE each property:
 Shares panic High Recyy N. Butte. 4e0,000 90 S20,SOO, ,0ce Butte Clt.I 600 .000 10 27 17,000,0eo c. & A.. 200,000 S9 12115 6,500,06t c. C.. 2, ,50e, ,0o0 fl II If 15,0OO,Oo0
 Total ;.--.-..-.. ''''VV''o'
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06

BOSTON, Aug 5.--J Parke Chan ming. vice president and consulting en- gineer of the Miami Copper company, is now in Globe making an examina- ton of the property.
 Mr. Charming wires President Adolph Lewisohn: Examination shows 1, ,400, ,000 tons actually blocked out. Prospects for many more nil lions of tons Everything perfectly satisfactory"
 Mr. Charming said in recent inter view:
 We have now blocked out on three levels of the Miami mine 100000 tous of ore, and it is estimated there are 2.250.00J tons additional near the ends of the various drifts and cross cuts, or a toal of 6,Iso,o00 tons of ore, Of which we are reasonably assured. This ore has been opened 1o50 feet in length. roo feet in widta and 400 feet vertically"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06

The freight rate on cement from the coast to Arizona has been reduced 10 cents per hundred by the Southern Pacific.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06
Mninq, SnGIterS and StOCR Quotations
4 100000 TONS ORE
 AT MIAMI MINE

Last March 200, 900 shares of treas ury stock of the Iiani Copper com pany were placed with the public at $5 per share. Under date of March 12 Charming reported that the Mi ami one deposit contained 2.000.O0O of concentrating ore running 2 per cent copper.
 The placing in sight of double the amount Of ore since last March has been accomplished by the sinking of the shaft and cross cutting and drift ing on the 500-foot level The copper is found in the form of a sulphide dis .seminated through a decomsposed schist.
 The 200.0 shares of stock weTo sold last Marea to provide the com pany with sl,000, ,0Oe, of which $780, 600 was to equip the mines and S45o,- 900 to build a 1000-ton concentrating mill
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06
PAINE, WEBER 6 co.
Special Wire ro, ovar,ocr

Especial Wire to I. J. Overlock.)
 BOSTON, Aug. 5.-We are still very bullish on coppers. Every day we get better information on the metal mar ket form and believe that con per will sell at fourteen cents in a few days. The speculation in AmI- gamated has not yet commenced. and we advise it's purchase at once. The other coppeTs are meeting some Iidui- dation, but the buying has only con- menced and will carry them to much higher prices; we see no reason to expect material recession for some time and think stocks can be safely bought. Most of the brokers here re port more sales than purchases waich Indicates accumulation by strong in- terests and a contribution of upwa.d swing.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06

Machinery has arrived in Mesa Tor an electric plant in that city.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-06
WALKER BROS.

Special Wire to L. J. OveTlockD
 NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The market at the opening was steady and strong and traders began to bid prices up. Many of the inactive stocks were ta- ken in hand and advanced. There was good buying in the Rock Island issues and they made good advances. In the afternoon there was heavy profit and the copper list sold of.
 Stocks were very well taken and at tIe close the talk was still bullish; we look for an active traders market tha rest of the week.