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will be made connection through
an uprase from the lower tunnel,
which will give good circulation
of air all through the working.
Close to the camp in Guajoote
Flat, and a quarter of mile away
in direct line from the point
where the two tunnels will intersect
the contact there is shaft sinking
on connecting ledge which
intersects the contact at the same
point as the two tunnels. This
shaft has reached a depth of 100
feet with good indications, the
presence of streaks and stringers of
copper and iron sulphides shot into
the granite showing the presence of
an ore body below, just as did the
same occurrence in the tunnel pre-
sage the approach of the working
to the great ore body it has pene-
trated since these indications were
first encountered.
The predominating copper sui
phide is Cubanite, a sulphide that
in its most valua BILE form carries
about 21% copper, but in these
ores there is such an excess of silica
that the percentage of copper in
the mass has fallen to very low
figure; but with water concentra-
ton, which can be conducted very
cheaply and economically upon
large scale, there can be produced
concentrate that will be high
grade in copper, within which a
large percentage of white iron will
carry values in gold and silver that
will be quite handsome, the combi
nation making a concentrate that
ought to prove very profitable.
The assays made from samples
taken by me in the face of the tun-
mel have not yet been returned by
the assayer, and cannot be en-
bodied in this article.
ALLEN I. BIRD.
NoGAEEs. July 81, 1908.
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A GREAT PROPOSITION.

The Four Metals Mining Company Cut
ting Into an Immense Body of Low
Grade Ore that Promises to Make It
One of the Great Producers of Ari-
roma.
Tuesday and Wednesday of the
present week THE OASIS editor paid
II visit to the camp of the Four
Metals Mining Company, and on
the latter named day he made a
careful examination of the work in
the now famous Red Hill, a long
tunnel pushing into the Hill through
a great belt of granite toward a
contact with another great belt of
porphyry, at distance of 6S6 feet
from the tunnel entrance and a
vertical depth from the surface of
about the same measurement.
Pushing the tunnel through the
solid granite at a distance of 3S7
feet there began coming into the
rock stringers of sulphide ores car
rying iron and copper, interspersed
with silicious iron sulpherets,
c'white irony the latter carrying
small values in gold and silver.
This formation continued dis
lance of fifty-four feet at the end
of which there was encountered a
very strong flow of water, beyond
which the copper sulphides and
white iron appeared in the gangue
in much larger proportions, in
creaslng in the quantity of metals
as distance was attained; and then
there were l05 feet of that improved
rock, with 140 feet yet to go before
the contact mentioned will be
reached. The distance from the
tunnel entrance to the face of the
working at the time of the WISH
was SAG feet; and the distance from
where the stringers of ore were en-
countered to the face was 159 feet
of which 105 feet were in the better
ore encountered at the time tn,
flow of water broke into the work
ing. There is no doubt that tn,
ore will continue to improve il
value as the tunnel pushes towart
the contact mentioned, but whethe
it does or not when that point i
reached the tunnel will have Gu
through an ore body 245 feet il
width that will all pay to work b,
concentration.
Upon the north side of the hill
in the porphyry, another TUNE
was starting toward the contac
which it will reach at about tn
same distance from its entrance a
will the one now so far toward tn
, common objective point. OWN
j to the CANON bottom on the mort
{ side being not so deep as the othel
: in order to get dump room tn
second tunnel was laid out 100 fee
J higher. When it intersects ther
The oasis., 1908-08-01
COFFEE

Nothing does more for
a grocer, one way or the
other, than coffee. He
mustsell poor; Che needn't
sell it to you) it is good
that makes him.
Your grocer returns your money If you don't
like Schillings Best: we pay him.
The oasis., 1908-08-01
A SHORT TRIP.
uThe Oasis" Editor Devotes Two or
Three Days This Week Looking Over
Some of the Nearby Mining Camps.

Monday HE OASls man starteu
out Tor a little jaunt into the Pata-
gonia region to look over the min
ing properties that are at present
attracting considerable attention
At the camps of the National Con-
solidated Mining Company and the
Havalena Mining Company, on the
west side of the mountains named,
and that of the Four Metals Min
ing Company in the Guajolote
Flat, just over the summit on the
east side.
The camp of the National Con-
solidated Mining Company was
reached at evening, and the visitor
was made welcome by Mr.. George
D. Gross, the superintendent.
Tuesday morning the greater
part of the time was devoted to the
properties of the Havalena Mining
Co., OF which there are five full
claims, viz: The Manzanita, Henry
L., Barrett, and George d., the four
named extending 5000 feet from
west to east in the order named,
and 600 feet in width, with the
Henry NJ. joining the George d. on
the south. Through the property,
running in a general easterly direc-
ton, is wide ledge, eighty or
ninety feet in width, traversing
which are traced several strong
veins of mineral bearing quartz,
six to twelve feet in width, pitching
south, the minerals being carbon.
ates and oxides of lead, associated
frequently with oxides of iron, and
rich in silver, chlorides and brom.
ides prevailing, although in some
of the specimens there were found
showings of native silver in small
specks and diminutive wires.
The hanging wall on the south,
is of syenite, and the foot wall is
granite. At one point upon the
foot wall there is a tunnel about
eighty feet in length, which is run
ming toward the ledge, that has cut
into a body of quartz porphyry
that appears to be an intrusion
although at present the work is
not advanced sufficiently to deter
mine the real nature of its occur.
ence, and the surface gives no in.
dication. Following up the slope o
the hill several hundred feet east o
Of the line of the tunnel is a shat
about forty feet deep on one of tn,
veins, at which there is pile o.
very good looking lead ore. These
two claims are on the Henry l.
property. Three thousand fee
eastward from this shaft is the dis.
covery shaft on the Barrett prop
erty, which is sunk to a depth o
about forty feet on an incline mex
to and under the hanging wall
Here | took from the vein a mum
Der of large samples of lead car
Donates and oxides; in these wer
presented quite quantity of small
crystals of molybdate of lead (wul
tenite), and a goodly showing o
silver chloride, with some bromid
OF silver. There is considerable
silica and some iron in the ores
and they are evidently a concen
Taung proposition. Below the dis
coyery shaft some twenty feet dow
the very steep side Hill there is al
open cut into the ledge from whicI
there have been taken great bould
eFS weighing more than one hun
dred pounds each, and some c
them going as heavy as 200 pounds
Breaking them open they are foun
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bromides OF silver; and among
them are number of crystals OF
chrysollaca (silicate o! copper)
Fifty feet vertically below this
point, down the steep hillside,
tunnel has started to run to the
vein, which cannot be more than
100 feet away. The tunnel is
about thirty feet into the syenite,
which is very evidently a slide
from the hanging wall above, as
the rock is much broken and shat
tered. Very probably erosion of
the footwall and ledge matter left
the hanging wall unsupported, and
it came down to replace the foot
wall against the mineralized vein
at this place.
Upon the George d. property
there has been very little work, but
enough to prove the veins. Upon
the Henry NJ. property there are
two good shafts, one fifty feet in
depth, the other but twenty feet.
They are both in big veiLs, and
from both good ores have been
taken. My own samples from all
the workings described have not
come into town yet, and | can give
no assays of my own knowledge,
| am shown certificates from assays
of ores taken from the two shafts
mentioned now that ran 20 OF.
silver, 1871 lead and Sc gold per
ton. The property is we'll worth
development, and arrangements
are in hand to supply the funds for
active and vigorous development.
Adjacent to the Havalena on
the north is the property of the
National Consolidated Mining
Company, including some nineteen
full claims in single group. A
fall and complete description has
appeared in The OASIS heretofore.
The present visit was to inspect
the shaft on the Silver Glance
mine only, which had been sunk
to a depth of 200 feet, all since the
last visit Of the editor. At 10O
feet cross cut was run which
opened the ore body, and yielded
a handsome shipment of high grade
ore from which very satisfactory
and profitable returns were given
by the Ell Paso smelter, as shown
by the smelter returns. a synopsis
OF which was published in THF
OASIS at the time. Recently gas
oline hoist has been installed anC
is IN working order, doing tn,
work very satisfactorily. A station
has been cut at the 200 foot level
to which the writer and Mr.. eros,
were lowered. In one direction
a gallery had been run twenty-6v,
{ feet, and there a cross cut wa,
{ started for the ledge. In the othe
direction a similar gallery is run
) ming, and from that the ledge vii
/ be cross cut. From the indication
, of widening shown on the 100 foo
level and above it is anticipated
that the ore body on the 200 foo
level will be at least eight feet il
width. Ii it is not fully that tn
{ writer will be disappointed greatly
/ Leaving the shaft at the Silve
Glance mine of the National Con
solidated, short ride to the east
ward brought the writer to tn
camp of the Four Metals Mimi,
/ Company, in Guajolote Flat, wher
he met a cordial reception iron
{ Mr.. S. f. Johnson, the secretary o
g the company, and general manager
q But what was seen there is worth
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8 o'clock in the evening. After a-wed- ding trip they will make their home at H. J. Lords in Monroe.
S0uthf0rd.
LOCAL NOTES OF INTEREST.

MT 0leson of Buck Hill is painting his house and barn and making 2 great many improvements.
 Levi Scutt is spreading barn yarC fertilizer on his meadows.
 Garlick & Son are painting theil house and outbuildings.
 Mrs Rood and daughter, Miss Leone, started, Saturday morning, for theil Florida home. MT and Mrs Franklin Nichols took them to the train anc said their last goodbyes.
 Burton Hubbell, who works in Water bury, was home over Sunday, coming by way of trolley.
 Leslie Wheeler attends school in Sey. mour, and boards with his brother, Charles H. Wheeler.
 Charles Meyer has sold a great many baskets of peaches this season.
 Mrs Julia M. Buckingham, who re- turned home with her niece, Miss Ves- ta M. Chapin, to New Milford, is now at her sisters, Brooklet Valley Farm, the home of George E. Garlick & Son.
 Joel U. Strong is cradling his buck wheat.
 Wallace Freeman spent Sunday at Henry Jackson's. @
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WHERE BULLETS FLEW.

David Parker, of Fayette, N. r., a veteran of the Civil war, who lost 9 foot at Gettysburg, says: "The good Electric Bitters have done is worth more than five hundred dollars to me. l spent much money doctoring for a bad case of stomach trouble, to little purpose. l then tried Electric Bitters, and they cured me. I now take them as a tonic, and they keep me strong and we'll" soc at R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; Taylor, Curtis & Co.,, Sandy Hook; P. J. Garvin, Bethel; L. Goulett, Stevenson; H. w. Osborne, Easton; w. B. Hawley, Sher- man; Smith Bros., Cornwall Bridge 1; Connery Bros., Georgetown: R. F. Smith, West Cornwall; s. J. Blackman, Hawleyville e. W.Hurlburt & O., ,Rox- bury; Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station G. w. Hatch, Bridgewater; W. N. No ble, New Milford; E. H. Beardsley, New Preston; Cogswell & Wettereau, Washington Depot; Harry Brown, Southbury; c. P. Williams, South Britain; Perkins Bros., Warren; w. N. Hurd, Long Hill; Penfeld 6 Craig, Stepney Depot; druggists.
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lawn Heights, put in first class con- dition, which greatly improves the property.
 | Twelve cans of small black bass from the U. s. Bureau of Fisheries, which were to have gone to South Kent for stocking streams, were put off at this station from an early train, last week Thursday morning. There was no one accompanying the stock, as is usual, and the fish were found to be in bad shape, many being dead, evidently from lack of fresh water. Persons about the station interested themselves in endeavoring to save as many as possible of the fish, but prob ably less than a tenth of the whole twelve hundred, which the consign- ment is said to have contained, were found to be alive. A man who should have accompanied the fish, but had been delayed, arrived on late morn- ing train and took what few remained to their destination.
 Mark Twain of Bedding made his first visit to the village, last week Wednesday, and was accompanied by a friend and one of his neighbors.
 Mir and Mrs H. L. St Ormand of South Norwalk were guests, Sunday, of Mrs St Ormand's parents, MT and Mrs Joseph Seeber, of Wolf Pits.
 c. F. Benedict, who is agent for the celebrated Hoyt Nursery of New Can aan, is to have a large exhibit of their stock of trees, plants and shrubs, at the Danbury fair. He will be located in their main tent and will be pleased to have all his friends call and see him or any one who may be thinking of buying any nursery stock.
 Mir and Mrs Benjamin Guiness and daughter, Miss Lena Guiness of Brook lyn, N. Y, were recent guests of MT and Mrs w. H. Ferry, in Elmwood dis trict,
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Nichols
PERSONAL CHAT.

Mrs John B. Shelton, who has beer seriously ill for so many weeks at Mr. John McSheehy's in Huntington, is now gaining nicely and hopes to return to her home here, this week.
 Captain and Mrs F. H. Ward of New York are with MT and Mrs c. A. Mil, Ter for two weeks stay. 1 Rev and Mrs c. A. Mullineaux, who | is stopping at Mrs D. J. Walters, were in Newtown over Sunday, the guests of Mir and Mrs H. M. Smith. Mir Mullineaux preached at the Con gregational church there.
 John B. Nichols completed filling his silo, last week.
 G. N. Clark has an old fashioned flint lock musket with bayonet on the end which in its day was fine one and is still in good working order. He is offering it for sale.
 G. N. Clark has a new horse, pur- chased of Bridgeport parties. MT Clark had the misfortune to lose his faithful family horse few weeks ago.
 George F. Able has had a telephone placed in his house for the benefit of the public. His number is 1467-12.
 Henry Udall has been treating his barn to a new coat of paint.
 The house occupied by MT and Mrs D. A. Leach has had new roof placed on 1t.
 Mrs Charles Courtney of Stratford was guest, last week Wednesday, of Mrs Emily Mcclellan at Susan E. Nichols.
 Howard Curtis is having his house newly painted. George Murr is assist ing him with the work.
 William Wellington is moving this week from the north part of Warren Plumb's house to the north half of Mir Hopes house just north of the Nichols schoolhouse.
 Stephen Hayes of Stepney was guest for few days, last week, of MT and Mrs Oscar B. Plumb.
 Mrs s. M. B. Perry and son, N. P. Perry, have been spending a few weeks in Amherst and Gill, Mass, with friends. Mrs w. o. Beach of Trumbull cared for Mrs Perry's house in her ab- sence. -... ...... .,.
 A wedding in which Nichols people are interested took place in New York, last week Wednesday, when Robert Burt and Miss Stella Wycoff, both now of Monroe, were united in marriage at
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The NewtOWn Bee.
Bethel.
AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN.
Newtown. Friday, October ,. 1908.

w. T. Mason has received the ap. pointment of forester for the town of Bethel. -
 H. c. Miller of Philadelphia, Pa., has been spending week here, the guest of MT and Mrs E. J. Miller on Center street.
 G. w. Wheeler and Horace Wheeler of Taylor avenue visited friends in New Canaan and East Norwalk, last week.
 The Bee Hive house on Elizabeth street is being frightened with new coat of paint. G. w. Wheeler is doing the work.
 William H. Wildman of Plumtrees has taken position with the Stearns Lime Kiln Co. at Beaver Brook, Dan- bury.
 Harold Hurd, who lives on the Park road, has flying machine under con struction, which he has invented.
 Mrs George Lyon of Milwaukee av- enue, who has been i'll with typhoid fever, for the past five weeks, does not gain as fast as her many friends would wish. Dr Wight is attending her.
 J. F. Malarky of Grassy Plain street will attend the New York College of Pharmacy, this fall, and began his studies October 1.
 Mrs E. A. Paur of Main street was given the third and fourth degree at the reguar meeting of the Grange, Thursday evening of this week.
 The Prohibition club held an inter esting meeting at Fred J. Mackenzie's on Center street, last Friday evening. There were large number of the members and others interested in tenn perance present.
 William A. Gilbert has had his pri- vate road leading to his property, Oak
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Reddins.
BUILDING NOTES.

L. 0. Peck has had a large silo built this fall, at his barn on what is known as the MT Cornell farm at Sun. set Hill. He is now having erected a large up-to-date stock barn for his young stock just south of the barn where he erected the new silo.
 Mir and Mrs Charles s. Peck and Mrs Edward Harvey of Danbury were guests on Monday of Mir and Mrs Frank Street on Sunset Hill.
 Miss Sadie and Benjamin Street of Noroton have returned home after a weeks stay with MT and Mrs Frank Street on Sunset Hill.
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to their home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 uriah Griffin is still on the sick list.
 Mrs Andrew steitzel is sick with diphthefia,
 The Mark Twain Library will be open to the public in a short time. Miss Lou Carson spent Sunday in Bethel with her aunt, Mrs Raymond.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-02

Impure blood runs you own-makes you an easy victim for organic di- seases. Burdock Blood Bltters purifes the blood-cures the cause-builds you J1n ]t. &A
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West Bedding.

BRIEFLY NOTED Arthur Stuart is erecting new barn. Eugene Adams is building it. MT and Mrs Latunei have returned
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-04-24
CLOSING EXERCISES BY
CHILDREN TODAY
Kindergartners Will Show
What They Do.

The closing exercises of the Am
ericus Kindergarten will be held at
10 o'clock this morning on the lawn
in front of the residence of Mrs. B. H.
Jossey, on Taylor street.
The exercises will be under the
direction of Miss Braham, who has
conducted the school with such sue
cess and under whose direction it is
developing into a splendid institu-
ton, doing highly efficient work along
the most approved kindergarten
lines.
This morning it is proposed to
give a thorough insight into the work
done by the children in order that the
public may get a better appreciation
of the purposes and methods of the
school, 1t is especially desired that
businss men and others attend the
exercises as it is hoped to enlist their
sympathy and support in the work
hereafter.
The kindergarten work here has
labored under many difficulties and
has met and overcome many obsta-
cles. 1t seems to be resting on solid
foundation now, and the coming year
it is hoped to put it in position where
it can handle more children than
heretofore and otherwise broaden the
scope of it's work.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-04-24
AT WORK FOR NEW
MEMBERS OF BOARD
1t is Hoped. to Have Membership Doubled Inside IOf
Fortnight.
Fortnight.

The work Of securing new members
as preliminary to the reorganization
of the Americus Board of Trade be-
gan yesterday An active canvass
will now be made and it is hoped that
the membership can speedily be doub-
led.
There are now about 125. names on
the roll, and it is hoped before a
fortnight has passed to increase this
to 250. This would be but one-third
as many members as the similar
trade body in Albany has on its roll
Eventually Americus should have five
hundred contributing members, which
would give it an ilcome adequate to
its needs, and put it in position to
push the work of advertising Ameri-
Gus, securing settlers for here and
the country round about, and espec-
tally of inducing manufactures
The committee in charge of the
campaign for new members is com
posed of Messr. Mitchell, Gardner,
McNulty and Poole 1t met with
gratifying success yesterday 1t will
continue the work every afternoon
and it is hoped that it will be in
position to make a very encouraging
report p the meeting of the Board
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-04-24

on next Tuesday night, when it is
hoped to have out a full attendance
and inaugurate the new movement
with enthusiasm.
Under the reorganized methods the
membership in the Board will be of
three classes:
Banks, manufactures, wholesale
houses, will pay $50 a year.
Retail merchants will pay SIS a
year.
Individual citizens $5 a year.
A number of members have al
ready expressed their willingness to
go into the new arrangement, and
there is hardly a doubt that all of
the membership will be willing to
adjust itself to the new terms.
Under the So class it is hoped to
array a large number of citizens who
are earning a livelihood in Americus
and feel an interest in its welfare.
The small fee, $1.25 every three
months, is no tax, and with the in
terest that would be awakened from
a membership of several hundred en-
thusiastic citizens in a very avoca-
ton of life the Board of Trade would
soon be a tremendous factor for the
upholding of Americus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-04-24
WATER TOWER is GIVEN
A CLEANING AT LAST
Citizens Rejoice at Pro-
greSSiVe Step.

Citizens of Americus actually re-
joiced yesterday in the fact that the
Water Department had finally awak-
ened to the wisdom of cleaning the
water tower of its accumulated black
mud and sediment which had remain
ed there for months. Just what real
ly brought about this progressive step
is not known, of course, but the mere
fact that the big tank has again been
washed out, for the first time since
October 1907, is reassuring, and no
doubt safeguards the city against
sickness this summer by affording
pure water. While the work was
long delayed, citizens generally will
feel satisfied that it has been done
at all and will rejoice accordingly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-04-24
RECEIVED GRATEFUL THANKS
OF HUNDREDS IN PITTSBURG

Coopers claim that the human stom-
'ach is degenerate is distinctly veri-
fed.
"One of the most unusual state
ments was made by Mr.. c.. w. Woods,
of 103 South Highland Street. He
said: For four years my wife was
in very poor health She was weak
and thin, with a hectic flush and
cough. Physicians said she had
consumption, and l was inclined to
believe them 1t certainly looked as
though her days were numbered, and
there appeared to be very little ground
for hope.
Shortly after Mr.. Cooper came to
Pittsburg [ began to hear of wonder
full results that had been obtained by
persons who had tried his medicine,
so | got some for my wife. She had
taken it only two days when she was
relieved of a tapewOrm AZ feet long.
She began to improve Immediately
has gained seven pounds since she
began taking the medicine. She
feels splendid and looks very much
better. If any one doubts this state
ment | would be pleased to have them
call at my house and verify it."
The Cooper remedies are becoming
justly famous. We sell them.-Dod-
sons Pharmacy.