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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-05-15

Last week an accident happened in
Paducah that has a little tinge OF the
supernatural. a deputy jailer I'M
der Wade Brown, formerly Deputy
United States Marshal, but now
taller at Paducah, was guarding
Gsome prisoners who were doing
some work on the streets Of that
city. A revolver dropped from his
pocket while he was bending over
and was accidently discharged, the
ball penetrating his breast and 60
ing entirely through his body.
This is the same revolver that Mr..
Brown used when a young man was
accidently killed in the bottom, and
Mr.. Brown has returned II 70 his
brother, the owner.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-05-15

The n. C.. & St. I. Railroad
Company has corps Of surveyors
here this week doing some survey
ing IN connection with the proposed
change Of tracks which Is under
consideration.
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Shepard School House.

Mrs. Fannie Tull is on the sick
list
John Bruer was in Union City last
week on business.
B. W. Tall and wife spent Mon
day in Union City.
Miss Iona Cole visited relatives
in Hickman last week.
Miss Toura Wheeler attended ser
vices at Reelfoot Sunday.
Several young people Of this
neighboThood attended prayer meet
ing at Brownsville Sunday night
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Chadrsn's Day

Sunday Is Chiidfen's Day al ihe
Methodist church in this city a
special and very interesting program
has been arranged. and Il is request.
ed that an parents. members OF ihe
church and friends be- present
The services begin promptly at
n o'clock. aud lasts one hour Sum
day school al 10 a. m. Make your
arrangements % attend. by so doing
you viii encourage the children.
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other Folks Business


son entertained the Bachelor Girls
and /. r Club Monday evening In
honor OF their visitor, Miss, Helen
Murphy. Progressive Rafles was
played, at which there we're Eve
tables. Comical little jumping Jack
skeletons we're presented the guests
as souvenirs. Music and singing by
Misses Wilson and Murphy was
much enjoyed. Misses Louise At
wood, Victoria Bondurant, and Mrs.
Bess Boogher we're guests. Brick
cream, angel food and minis were
served.
Last Friday evening. Misses lvey
and Bette DeBov entertained the
Bachelor Girls and ]. T. Club ana a
lev members OF the J. Y. g. club.
A Flower Contest, IN which much
interest was shown an attractive
feature OF the evening. Music and
singing by Miss Helen Murphy, Of
Vinion. Iowa. was much enjoyed
Refreshments Of strawberry cream
and cake Eere served.
The Republican County Executive
Committee ct Fulton County. met in
this city Yesterday and elected Of
fcers 70 serve for the ensuing term
Of four years. They are r. B. Bead
les, chairman +. u. Harris, secre-
tary S. Z. Howard, treasurer.
During the high wind tia, visited
this section Monday, two empty box
cars we're blown about a mile from
the old depot site in East Hickman.
They Jumped the switch at Hickman
Junction and stopped at the foot Of
the grade just beyond.
Electric light fittings have reach
ed the winter palace at Pekin and a
brilliant installation Is expected
there shortly. Some rooms OF the
the building have already been
liehtei by electricity.
The n. c. & st. L. Railroad
Company has corps Of surveyors
here this week doing some survey
ing IN connection with the proposed
change Of tracks which Is under
consideration.
John Ford. formerly Of this city,
gill be tried on a murder charge IN
Inc Circuit Court. az Cairo. MS.
hex, Monday Mr. Ford vas
formerly IN the saloon business
here.
Ed. Gilmer will preach al the
Christian church IN this city Sunday
morning and evening. A cordial
is extended 70 an 20 be
present.
Miss Lotto Cavitt is expected home
this week from Arkansas. where she
has been for some time the guest OF
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Ida Lassiter and little
daughter. Of Metropolis. are the
guests Of her parents, Mack Adams
and wife.
Watch for the blue mark on the
corner Of your paper. It means
that il will stop IL you don't get
busy.
The Theatorium has 100 seating
and is being Allied every
night. Have you attended YETI
The Daughters Of the Confed-
eracy met With Mrs J. W. Rogers
Tuesday afternoon.
II I press that suit Il will be pres
sed right. Ladies work a specially.
-Chas. T Case
Singer Sewing Machines on easy
payments. See L. A Brock. the
local agent,
DO it now, have your clothes pres
sed al Cases Work guaranteed.
FOR SALE.-Old papers at this
ofhce-i5c a hundred.
Threlksld's Eating House-op-
posite depot.
J. T. Perkins. Of Martin, was
here Friday.
J.. J. c. Bondurant went 70 Sharon
Tuesday.
Gasoline at the Courier Office.
Try the Courier's Want Column
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II you get a sample copy Of the
Courier, il is an invitation 10 sub
scribe. The Courier and CONNER.
cial-Appeal a year for Si.2S.
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The revival at the Methodist
church is growing IN interest at
every service. The attendance has
been good. Services will continue
through the week, beginning az Z AS
%. m. The Rev W. C. Waters. OF
Trenton. Tenn, will arrive 10 the
city next Monday, and viii DO the
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Electric light fittings have reach
ed the winter palace at Pekin and a
brilliant installation is expected
there shortly. Some rooms OF the
the building have already been
lighted by electricity.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
TWENTY STAMP MILL AT
THE BIG STICK MINE
Plant from Sultan Mine Will Be Re-
moved to New Workings.
Good Milling Ore in
Sight

PRESCOTT, Ariz., April 26.-The con-
tract for dismantling. hauling and re-
erecting the Sultan mill at the proper
ties of the Big Stick Gold company
has been awarded to H. j. Walters,
contractor and freighter of this city.
The mill, which is a twenty-stamp,
with concentrating plant, is consId-
cred by millwrights and mining men
among the best appointed in northern
Arizona. Its appointments include
many labor saving machines and de-
vices found only in modern plants and
its machinery is as good as new, having
had the best of care and attention in
and out of operation since it's install
lation.
Mr.. Walters will commence taking
down the machinery and building at
once. 1t will be hauled to the Big Stick
group and installed there as fast as
possible as the management of the
Big Stick Gold Mining company is
anxious / get the plant in operation
as soon as possible, on account of the
development of the mine showing even
better than anticipated when the group
was purchased a few months ago. There
is said to be enough ore already in
sight to keep the plant running day
and night for long period.
The Big Stick group was formerly
known as the Howell group. 1t was
purchased from Joe Howell who dis
covered the property more than twenty
years ago. The camp is located twen-
ty miles northwest of Dato Creek sta
tion on the S. F., p. & p, which is
reached over a new wagon road re-
Gently finished by the company at an
expense of several thousand dollars.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
CYANIDE MILL FOR
BULLFR0G GOLD BAR
Operations Suspended Pending the
Readjustment of Working Con-
d.tions-Runs Have Saved
Only 60 Per Cent

BULLFROG, April 26.-The Bullfrog
Gold Bar mine and mill have sus-
pended operations for the present, and
no announcement is made as to when
v-1rk will be resumed. The manage
ment announces, however. that there
are several reasons why a temporary
shutdown is advisable.
In the first place, the milling plant
has not been giving the anticipated re-
sults in actual practice. The tests on
ore by which the process of treat
ment was determined, led the manage
ment to believe that the values were
largely free, and that the simple pro-
cess of amalgamation would make the
desired saving.
The plates have been saving only
about 60 per cent Of the gold and the
necessity of installing cyanide tanks
has been evident from the time the
plant was first started.
In addition to this the company has
had great difficulty with the pipe line
from Mud Springs. Perhaps so per
cent of the water pumped at the well
is lost in leakage, and this has been
an expensive proposition. The pipe
line must be rebuilt before any great
tonnage of ore can be handled, and
the company which furnished the pipe
has promised to rebuild it.
In view of these difficulties the COM
pany has decided to shut down the
works and arrange for cyanide tanks.
The Gold Bar company, which is
controlled by Lotus and Davis OF
Goldfeld, has expended about $150000
in development work and 100000 in the
construction of the ten-stamp mill
The mine is systematically developed
to a depth of 600 feet. and has inn
mense reserves Of milling ores. 1t is
has not moved along in better shape
but the ore is there and it will be a
question of only short time until the
difficulties will be overcome and the
property again placed on producing
basis.
Superintendent A. Z. Smith, in
speaking of the situation, said that the
mine is in excellent shape for large
tonnage.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
SUsPENDs WORK IN
SIGHT OF RICH ORE

GREENV1EW, Cal, April 26.-At the
Morrison and Carlock mine in Quartz
valley, where the company has been
reducing its help for the past several
months. and removing the rich pillars
left as supports to the mine, the COM
pany has finished all this work, dis
charged all help and closed the works.
This property has produced millions,
and was by no means q worked out
property, if the statement of the miners
who were working in the lower levels
goes for anything. TLey speak of four
feet of ore that fairly glistened with
gold, abandoned when they quit work
Then to the south there is splendid ore
on the Allen claim, almost virgin; while
on the north the same ore body can be
traced for two miles, and all showing
on the surface the same rich body that
marked the Morrison Carlock. All these
claims adjoining are owned by men of
small means, and can be purchased at
few thousand dollars a claim
The reason for the closing of the
Morrison Carlock is not apparent to an
outsider, as this company is a strong
one, composed principally of home cap
ital
1t is held by miners and residents
near the mine that the giving away of
the old works endangered the shaft
SO that it was held advisable to close
There is a strong presumption in the
minds of many that a reorganization
will soon follow ana the machinery
will be set up at another point near
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
STRIKE FINE VEIN IN
YOUNG AMERICA PLACER
Supposed to Be an Extension of the
Celebrated Mines of the Alle-
ghany District-High
Grade

GRASS VALLEY, April 26.-What
appears to be another remarkable
strike of very rich gold bearing quartz
has been made in southern Sierra coun-
ty, this time in the Young America
mine at Forest. Cat. ]. w. Morrell.
who was in Nevada City lately, was
exhibiting quartz that is rich in free
native gold.
1t is from a ledge that has only re-
Gently been encountered in the Young
America mine while the bedrock tun-
mel was being run for the gravel.
The tunnel runs into the ridge from
Oregon creek, giving access to the
channel that carries the deposit of
auriferous gravel between Forest and
Allegheny. The gravel deposit is be-
ing worked for it's gravel and the strik-
ing of the ledge was something un-
looked for.
1t is therefore a blind ledge, but a
strong one, being seven to ten feet
wide and with the free gold showing
so abundantly. is probably a big bo-
nanZa.
The quartz exhibited will probably
run couple of thousand dollars to the
ton in the yellow precious metal.
How much there is of 1t remains to
be told by development.
So far it seems that this strike is on
a par with that made in the Dead
River mine on the other side of the
ridge last fall, and the chances are in
favor of it's being as good a property
as any Of the celebrated mines of the
Allegheny district.
Forest adjoins Allegheny on the
north and takes in the contact that fol-
lows the great serpentine dixie which
makes the father lode of Superior
California.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
SWEDENS KING OWNS
INTEREST IN MINES
Quartz King in Yuma County Reported
FavorabIy to Royal Shareholder.
Carries Copper and Gold
Values

The late king of Sweden owned con-
siderable stock in the company operat-
ing the Quartz King mine in northern
Yuma county. and news comes from
Parker to the effect that King Oscars
son Gustav, who now sits upon the
throne, has received a flattering report
from the mine at the hands of experts
sent by the royal stockholder to exam
inc the property, and that money will
be forthcoming at once to develop the
favored group on a superb scale, says
the Yuma Examiner.
A railroad from the mine to the Ari-
zona & California, a working shaft to a
depth of 1900 feet and huge smelter
six miles above Parker on the Arizona
bank of the Colorado are some of the
largest features of the big new enter
prise.
j. o. Roger, manager of the mine, is
at Parker He says it is true that the
royal families of both Sweden and Dem
mark are interested and that all of the
stock is now held close, with an ample
treasury fund for the work proposed
They have lots of ore running 20 per
cent copper and carrying gold values
Their shaft now is down 1856 feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

than 500 ore, which will make the
mine a bonanza.
The Goldfield- Silver Peal; is COM
posed of Los Angeles men of expert
ence in business and mining, and Is
capitalized at $1,500000, of which one
third is treasury stock. The officers
are M. ]. Conroy. president; ]. ]. Ram
sey and G. S. Reynolds. vice presidents.
and c. r. Miller, secretary and treas
urer. They with E. w. Gillett, T. c..
Peck and w. d. McClintock compose
the directorate.
The company has been using the
most improved machinery in its devel-
opment work, operating all its drills
by pneumatic power and exploiting It's
property in the most thorough and con-
servative manner.
Now that the certainty of good ore
bodies is established the company VIII
plan mill for the treatment OF It,
Water development has already begun
and the company is assured ample
quantities at a minimum cost Once
under way the mine promises to be a
steady and rich producer.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
FIND RICH ORE
ALL OVER REGION
TWENTY-NINE PALMS Is PROV
ING ITS WORTH
nWHITTLE GOLD WITH KNIFE"
SAYS CONNER
Every Vehicle Is in Use and Pros
pectors Are Reported at Work
Over a Large
Area

w A. Conner. who has been in the
flour, feed and hay business In Los
Angeles, has sold out his business and
intends to open in the same business
in the Twenty-nine Palms district. He
came in from there Wednesday and re-
rorts that half has not been told about
that country Gold has been found
since the big strike Oh the Italio that
can be whitfield with a knife" he says.
Some portions of the stringers show
pure gold. Mr.. Conner picked up Two
pieces of ore one a piece OF drltt ana
the other from an INDICATED ledge that
is filed with visible gold. There is a
large amount of INDICATED ground, ana
prospectors and others are hooking To
the new Eldorado.
Mr. Conner met ten outfits going IN
as he was returning from the Palms to
Los Angeles. He also met four six
horse freight teams going in.
Bigger Than RaWhIde
He saws the place will have a popu-
lation larger than Rawhide, Goldfield
or Tonopah If the showings keep up in
the future as they have in the past
two weeks
The Italie in a tunnel has struck a
contact of two veins about ninety feet
below the surface, and it was at this
point the pure gold was found. Rich
high grade gold ore was also struck
in the tunnel. 1t is a most marvellous
bonanza strike and the whole country
is destined to be one of the greatest
and most valuable of tributaries to Los
Angeles, Mr.. Conner declares.
While Mr.. Conner was going to
Twenty-nine Palms he met prospec-
tor carrying a canteen and a sack. He
said he had been in the hills. He had
Dol % mn in u o c
learned that his sack contained ore
running up in the thousands. The man
would not tell Mr.. Conner and his party
where he found it, but it was in the
district.
Scattered District
The gold is not located in q bunch
but is scattered all over the district.
Mr. Conner examined quite a number
of properties md says the lodges are
wide, strong and show every evidence
of permanency. He thinks the veins
are assures. The ore now being crushed
at the customs mill at the Palms for
the Gold Park Consolidated runs: One
pile from $50 to $500 a ton and another
pile runs from $700 to S155. Mr.. Conner
said this.
They also had a pile of ore in sacks
that run much higher. They viii make
a special run of this.
There are no rigs that can be OBJ
tained at Banning or in that vicinity to
go in with. Everything that can crawl
is in use, and before another month
goes by 1000 people will be in the camp,
it is prophesied. Mr. Conner talked
with old-time prospectors from Colo
rado and elsewhere and they all pre-
dict that the Twenty-nine Palms will
be one of the richest gold camps in the
world. Mr.. Conner verifies his state
ments by photographs and samples of
ore taken from various places in the
camp. New strikes are being made
daily by prospectors who have recently
gone in there. Gold of high grade is
everywhere.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
BEACH BUYS IVANPAH
SILVER CLAIMS FOR $4,000

Albert H. Beach of Pasadena has
purchased the property of the Ivanpah
Consolidated Mining company, consist
ing of four claims located near Ivan
pah, the purchase price being $4,000.
The claims are recorded under the
names of Lizzie Bullock Nos. 1 and 2
and Alaska Nos. 1 and 2, the former
two having already been developed to
considerable extent, showing a rich
bearing of silver. Beach has already
made arrangements for the installation
of plant.
These are the claims over which a
shooting occurred several months ago
when superintendent Devereux was
shot by a man from this city named
Lawrence. the trouble coming up over
a water right. Lawrence was acquitted
after trial in the superior court, and
afterward settled his differences with
the company.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
MAKING OF SAND-LlME
BRICK IS FAST GROWING
Year 1907. Leads All Others In This
Respect-Steady Increase
Marks This ln-
dustry

Complete statistics concerning the
production of sand-lime brick have
been received by the United States
geological survey. and an advance
statement on this industry is now pub
lished in order that producers may re-
ceive this information at the earliest
possible date.
In 1907 there were ninety-four plants
engaged in the manufacture of sand
lime brick the total value of the. pro-
duct beinat S1,225,769 For convenience
in comparison, similar figures for the
years 19Osl to 1907 inclusive are given
below.
Value of sand-lime brick in the
United States 1903-1907:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
POSEY CANYON PLAcERS
PRODUCE RICH GRAVEL

GRASS VALLEY, Cal, April 26.-
The gold that is being washed out of
the Posey Canyon gravel mine makes
the hearts of the owners of stock in
that company beat with gladness, for
they have prospects of being paid back
a great deal more than they have paid
in as assessments. The superin-
tendent, William Grant, brought in
some samples that were washed out of
carload of gravel yesterday. The
gold from this one car went as high as
five dollars, and there is an unlimited
quantity of this same gravel. If the
values continue it means that the
stockholders have a bonanza in this
property. The channel has been cut
for more than sixty feet and the outer
rim has not been encountered. This
would indicate that the channel is
very wide and it may be twice as wide
as has already heen opened
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
FIND RICH ORE AT
LIME POINT, NEVADA

RHYOLITE. April 26.--Some, very
rich specimens of silver ore were ex-
l.ibited yesterday by e. w. Griftiths,
from the Lime Point or Hornsilver dis
trict, thirty-five miles northeast or
Rhyolite.
The specimens. exhibited were nearly
half silver ana came from a two foot
vein opened up in the bottom of a
122-foot shaft. A much larger body
averages $3.50 per ton.
Lime Point is reached by stage from
CuDrite.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

A BIG strike of high grade ore in the
u Goldfield-Silver Peak Mining COM
"a pany's claims at Camp Raymond
in the Red mountain, twenty-seven
miles northwest of Goldfield, has been
the reward of Los Angeles capitalists
who have spent nearly $4,000 in equip
ping and developing their properties.
The strike was made April 1S in
crosscutting from the 2OO-foot level. AT
a distance of 80 feet a blind ledge was
met sixteen feet in width and which
showed an average assay of $17.S5. This
average was made from a number of
samples, some of which were much
richer than the average given-some
over 500.
The quantity of ore is such that the
company congratulates itself that it is
at the top notch of the mining of that
district. AS the claims on which the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

The little table above covers the en-
tire history of the sand-lime brick in
dustry in this country. 1t will be seen
that the years 1904 and 1905 were
marked by very rapid expansion in
the industry, but that 1906 and 1907
show very slight increases in either
number of plants or in total value of
the product
Details concerning the character.
quantity and value of the product for
1907 in the different states are given in
the ACCOMMODATING table.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
Dixie to Be Worked

The news comes from one of the
owners of the Nevada Dixie that ar
rangements have been made for the
erection of a fifty-stamp mill to work
the large bodies of low grade ore which
have been developed on that property.
Everything will be in readiness Nay 10
to ship the mill and begin active opera
tions in the way of installing the plant
and resuming active mining.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
Jack Pot Will Shin

The JACK Pot of Wonder is to begin
shipping the ore that has been accumu-
lating for the past few months. 1t has
been decided to market the carload of
high grade now on hand and Manager
Harris is making arrangements to that
end. The ore will probably be sent to
the Salt Lake SmelterS
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
Sparling Mill Starts Up

RHYOLITE, April 26.-After a shut
down of about three weeks for the
purpose of adding cyanide tanks and
giving the machinery thorough over
hauling, the Sparkling mill on Ladd
mountain yes erday commenced treat
ing ore from the National Bank lease
of Kalaher Belin & Boyd.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

strike was made are only two and one
half miles from the Pittsburg-S Silver
Peak, whose 100 stamps are pounding
out $500 day, and only one and one
half miles from the Valcalde, another
good producer, the prospect for making
the Goldfield- Silver Peak a producer
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

are regarded as superior.
While the average assay reported is
$17.S5 there have been very rich sam
pies taken out at the first cut of the
ledge. Some of these exceeded $1,000 to
the ton. The general run, however,
leads the company to expect not less
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02

NEW YORK.-The public is prepar.
~ ing TO hear many interesting things
regarding the extravaganza of Mrs.
katherine Clemmons Gould. wife of
Howard Gould. when her suit asking
$4,000 damage from Frank A. Nc
Laughlin, n shirtmaker, to trial.
Mrs. Gould declares Mclaughlin
caused a process server to summon
her In n suit to enforce the payment of
a bin for $24S.
The shirtmaker is preparing n live
ly defense. and has fortified himself
with many instances of how Mrs.
Gould made the money fly. She or.
dered dozens Of lace handkerchiefs In
a profigate manner, he declares. and
bought great Quantities Of the most
expensive lingerie without ever q
thought of paying. Mrs. Gould always
insisted on having the very best of
everything, he says. and ordered far
greater amounts than she could DOS.
sibly wear IL she worked day and night
at nothing but changing her clothes.
The dealer asserts when he tlmidly
suggested to Mrs. Gould that she pay.
she Ok'd the bill and airily suggested