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The oasis., 1908-05-23
THE FOUR METALS MINE
Avery Promising Property, on which
 Extensive Development Work Has Been Done and Now in Progress,
 Showing Most Satisfactory Results

This week TIE OASIS correspond ent visited the camp of the Four Metals Mining Company, in the Patagonia mountains. With the improvements now going on the camp presents an active appear. ance.
 The shaft on Guajolote (Turkey) fiat is now down ninety feet. When down one hundred feet a crosscut will be run to cut the vein, unless the shaft cuts into it at that depth. which is quite proba ble. as the shaft is but short distance east of the surface croppings, which show the vein to dip slightly to the east. Two shifts are now at work in the shaft, but another shift will soon be added. The shaft will be sunk to a depth of two hundred feet, with no delay in the sinking for the purpose of prospecting the vein at the 100 foot level, as the working force will be increased to do that work. The vein to be cut by this shaft is traceable on the surface for distance of seven thousand feet, cropping of rusty quartz, cutting through a rusty, decomposed granite OH the surface. This quartz runs high in gold and silver, with some lead and copper. The gold is easily found by crush ing the quartz and washing it in pan as placer gravel is washed.
 The shaft being sunk on the flat to cut this vein Is not an ordinary little prospect shaft. It is a wide, we'll timbered workshaft, that can be used when the mine is produc- ing ore. The showing encountered In numerous test shafts sunk at different points along the surface cropping of the vein has been such as 10 convince the operators of the presence of large body of ore, and the shaft is being sunk with il View to future use as workshaft. A whIm, with horse power, is used for holsting. and though down ninety feet sufficient water has not Yet been encountered 10 interfere with holsting, and the manage ment does not anticipate trouble rom tbat source during the work Ol sinking to the 2O0-foot level. However, should water he encoun- tered in sufficient volume to inter- lere with the sinking, a steam pump will be put in at once, in which case the services of the whm morse will be dispensed with and d steam hoist installed at the same time.
 me last assays made of samples rom the test shafts along the crop png showed value of $52.09 in eolu and silver. The gravel all an'ong the gulch (known as the old tla'agonla canyon) which has it's ueau on the Hat where the work lna'' Is being sunk, has been worked " placer miners since before the ,. "nl'e man first prospected the dis S' S'c'' How long before the writer S0 ~TeS not know, but the placer nl,"er Ol1 Is still doing business at the U'u w stand. Whenever there is Tr Fa'er Tn the gulch between the ca cvuf Metals camp and Mowry '"up, the Mexican placer miners
The oasis., 1908-05-23


 some of the nuggets being larger than a grain of rice. Just now there is little water in the arroyo and the Mexicans can be seen washing out the gold every day.
 Here the surface, decomposed micncious granite, with great gran ite boulders all about, is the same as the surface of he famous Ana conda hill in Montana, on which is built Butte, the greatest mining camp in the world, and on which are the world famous mines of the Amalgamated Copper Co.,, those of w. A. Clark and those of +. Augustus Heinze. And all who know aught of the history of Butte know that before the great mines were opened the camp was the home of the placer miner, and the gulches on the hillside and flat just south of it, filled the gold pan to overhowing. Later some of the big mines were opened, as silver mines, with good gold values in the ore, and now, deep down in the bowels of the hill, the miners are at work in the big copper veins.
 Just north of the fiat on which the camp is located. is basin, al- most in the center of which is a high butte, Red HilD unlike any of the surrounding hills. Across the top of the butte Is great out cropping of quartz porphyry, no- ticea ble from the hillsides for sev- eral miles around. Samples broken from the surface of this outcrop- ping assay $6.09 gold and samples taken from the bottom of test shaft twenty feet deep show a gold value of SIP % and ten and eight tenths per cent tungsten.
 Well down on the side of the butte (Red Hill) q tunnel is being driven in to cut the vein at depth of six hundred feet. So steep is the butte that the distance to be made by the tunnel is only $50 feet. The tunnel is now in four hundred feet and is being pushed with two shifts. Another shift will soon be added. With three shifts working the management expects to cut the vein in about two months. Like the shaft on the flat (which is on the same group of claims-the Hillside Phoenix group), the tunnel is being driven with a view to future use. It Is a large, roomy, work tunnel. measur- ing SKI inside the timber, the in tention being to use 1t as a work tunnel when the vein is reached.
 The country rock in the tunnel is granite, and when in 225 feet it cut through fourteen feet of a rusty decomposed granite, apparently like that encountered on the sur face. Some of this granite was banned for gold and though it showed gold values. in the bottom of the pan was found thick layer of native copper, in fine particles like sand. Other samples were taken and banned, always with the same result.
 On New York tunnel of the Gross group of claims, also owned by the Four Metals Company, is tunnel in 120 feet. In the first twenty feet the tunnel cut several small, rich, copper leads. A drift was run twenty feet on the ledge in which the leads were encountered and
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
VARDAMAN WILL
CONTINUE Fight

Jackson. Miss, June 19.-During the
sessions of the resolutions committee
of the State Democratic convention,
Ex-Governor James X. Vardaman in
troduced the following plank which he
wanted inserted in the platform, but
which developed so much opposition
that it was withdrawn:
"The negro is congenitally incapa-
BILE of understanding the genius of
American institutions, and that the
Fifteenth Amendment being the out
growth of sectional antagonism and
animosity, we favor the repeal. of the
Fifteenth Amendment and the modifi-
cation of the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Federal Constitution, that this
may be a government by white mon,
by law rather than by legislative expe-
dients."
There was some support to this
plank, but the opposition led by Sen
ator McLaurin, was too strong, and
| eventually it was withdrawn by its au
thor. though, as he afterwards stated
Governor Vardaman will carry it Ia
Denver. with him and endeavor to Sc
cure consideration at the national con
vention
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
DATE IS JULY |;
AS FIRST NAMED
Mississippi Soldiers Cannot Get Ready
in That Time, but State Encamp-
ment Will Be Held Later in the
Summer, at Columbus.
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
jackson, Miss, June 19.-Missis-
sippi troops will not participate in the
Chickamauga encampment, but will
probably have state encampment
late this summer at some point in the
state. probably at Columbus.
Adjt. Gen. Arthur Fridge returned
this morning from Washing
ton. where the war department prom
ised to restore the original date of
July 23, but found telegram revok-
ing this and again fixing July 1, which
is too early for the troops to get ready.
The new uniform and equipment or
dered cannot be had in time.
Governor Noel and the adjutant gen.
eral, as well as the troops are sorely
disappointed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
HATTIEsBURc MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY AFTERNOON JNE 49, 1908
:. 9 8 = 9 = = !: : = . 8 =
sHERMAN's CAREER.

: James Schoolcraft Sherman, I.
= was born in Utica, N Y, October 9
:: "a, 1856; received an academic :
!: and collegiate education, gradu- ::
1: ating from Hamilton College in {.
!. the class of 1878; was admitted :.
Z: to the bar in 1880; is a practic- :
I: ing lawyer; also president of the :
I. Utica Trust and Deposit Com :.
I. pany, and president of the New :
. Hartford Canning. Company; has :
{. served in these public POSITIONS: :.
I. Mayor of Utica, 1884; delegate to :
{. Republican national convention :
I: in1S92; chairman of New York Z:
{. State Republican convention in /:
= 1896; and again in 19O0 was ::
= chairman OF the National Repub- !:
!. lican Congressional Committee in !:
I. 1906; was elected to the Fiftieth, ::
:. Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth. Fifty, ::
:. fifth, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, ::
:. Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth cong ::
4: crosses, and reelected to the :
{. Sixtieth congress, receiving 24.-
:. OPT votes to 1877 for the Demo :
I. cratic-United Labor party-Inde- !
= pendence League candidate, GA
{. for A. L. Byron-Curtis, Socialist,
!. and 692 for N. A. Bowling, Pro-
{. hibitionist.
4. I: = = = 8 I: . 8 . :. 8 . 8 I
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
THINKS DEMOCRATS
MAY CONTROL HOUSE
And That New Man Ought to Be Put
in Training Tor the speakership.
Full Text of His Card to Mr..
Clayton.

Washington, June 19.-Representa-
tive John Sharp Williams, of Missis-
.sippi, has resigned the minority lead
-ership in the House in the belief that
the Democrats may organize the next
congress, and should take advantage
of the short session to train their best
man for the speakership. Owing to
the strength which he developed a
year ago, without seeking the honor,
and in fact, protesting against the ef-
forts of his friends, it is highly prob
able that Representative Champ
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
Phone TRUST
MUST Dance
Railroad Commission Will Compel
Free Service Between Laurel
and Ellisville.

Jackson, Miss, June 19.-R. E. Hal
sell, Laurel attorney, writes the
Railroad Commission that he has had
the manager of the Cumberland Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company at that
point arrested for unlawful discrim-
nation and that he has secured man.
datory injunction commanding the
company to restore to him instanter
the free service arrangement between
Laurel and Ellisville.
Mr.. Halsell says that formerly the
company had furnished its patrons at
both towns interchangeable free SER
vice to the other, which arrangement,
he says, is still in effect as to Ellis
Vile, but that it has been discontinued
as to Laurel. The result is that, while
Ellisville citizens can telephone to
Laurel without charge, those Of Laurel
must pay to talk to Ellisville.
He thinks this a violation of the
code chapter against discrimination
between towns, and asks that the mat
ter be looked into by the commission.
Natchez liquor dealers lodge makes
the complaint that the Mississippi Gen.
| trail Railroad charges them double first
class rates on whisky in glass, boxed,
and on beer in cases and casks, while
all the other roads charge only first
class rates.
This is the first complaint from Nat
chez against the Mississippi Central
which has just completed its line into
that thriving little town, and the COM
mission is requested to take the mat
ter up and investigate the claim Of the
railroad people that they have right
to make this double charge.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
, Railroad Company has been cited tt
: appear before the commission at it'
first July meeting and show cause
. why they have not complied with The
| order of the commission TO build
. new depot at Lexington, which was
5 ordered by the commission seyera
: months ago This order was entered
r at the instance of Hon. A. M. Pep
j per. who came here for the purpoa'
Of looking after the interests OF tn
Q citizens there who are interested u
c the building of the depot. These poo
L pie are growing impatient at the .ori
i delay, and the present citation is :
d the nature of contempt inquiry.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
CONVENTION ADJOURNS
Hearst STAFF Special

Chicago, June 19.-The Repub-
lican National Convention adiourne1
Immediately after the nominal on OF
James S. Sherman, of New York for
vice president. The vote was as
follows:
James S. Sherman, SIS.
Fairbanks L.
Guild 75.
Murphy'77.
Sheldon /.
Senator Burrows, of Michigan was
made chairman of the committete
notify Sherman.
Senator Warner, of Missouri,
chairman of the committete to no
Taft.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
.HON, John SHARP WILLIAMS
TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION

err of that House ought to have ato
least the training of the last, or shoit
session of this congress, not only to
fit him for it's parliamentary duties.
but also to make more intimate ac-
quaintance with the personnel on the
Democratic side, than ne perhaps 9th
erwise might have. If, upon the rther |
band, the next House shall be Rapub-
lican, the preliminary training will be
just as necessary in order 10 fit hint
for the very arduous duties of leader
ship during the sixty-first congress.
81 have not consulted any of my
friends about resigning, for fear they
might attempt to dissuads me. and my
opinion of the absolutely correctness
of the position which l am taking is so
l'clear that did not want either to be
dissuaded or to appear obstinate to-
wards them.
81 need not tell you, Of course
but you know it-how much l shall
personally welcome the release frU1n
hard work and from the limelight. AS
you and some close personal friends
know, I would, because of the condt-
tion of my health, have laid down the
work long before this, but for the ap-
pearance of quitting while under fire.
would not, however, permit the prrs-
pect of the work alone to make me quit
if that were all. am actuated solely
by the idea that the course that am
taking is best for the party.
"In sending in the resignation this
early, SO that you can have 1t rub
lished, instead of waiting until next
December, have been actuated by the
idea that was fair only to the members
of the party that they should have
time between now and then fully tc
consider whom they wanted to succeed
me.
'T have nothing but good feeling
for all the Democrats in the House
am glad that, in laying dowh thu
weapons with which they have arme,
| Ule, Gail uO 81 VIII Inc iCCOiiCetAoi
that the last congress was one a.
most unprecedented in Democratic ali
nails in harmony of action and unit,
"If the next campaign could b
fought simply upon the issues maze Il
Of purpose on the Democratic side
this last session of congress. worl
have no sort of doubt Of Democrat
4 success. No matter what the Issue
"A may be, and how things will turn ou
we will have the recollection of ma
= ing stood shoulder to shoulder wit
y one another, and we can now wit
= great reason entertain strong hope
s Democratic governmental reformatio
8 Whether we earn success at the pol
8 next November or not, we have d
q served 1t, and that is all that po,
s mortals can do. They cannot comp
: fate.
= Il sincerely hope, and express &
hope to you and to the Democi al
IS caucus, that the tide of centralizatlt
er, and of federal usurpation of Cover
y. mental power has seen its height a.
IS is now on the ebb.
Ii. with Thanks for a cooperate
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS" !"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
TAFT HAS
Resigned
Rumored That Luke Wright Will
Succeed Him As Secretary
Of War June 30.
Hearst News Service.

Washington. June 19.-The resigna'
ton of William H. Taft as secretary of
war was submitted today to take effect
on June 80. 1t is rumored that General
Luke E. Wright, Democrat, of Men,
phis, Tenn, will be appointed as his
successor.
The last cabinet meeting in which
Secretary Taft will participate was
held this morning, after which he left
for the west. 1t is believed that the
breach between Voreys and Hitchcock
needs his immediate attention.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Hearst Staff Special.

Chicago, June 19.-Powell Clay
of Arkansas. was made tempof
chairman of the national commil
pending Taft's selection of a per
nent chairman. Dover was re-eled
secretary and Stone sergeant at an
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
STOCKS EFFECTED
ON WALL SIRE
Hearst News Service.

New York, June 19.-As an express
sion Of Wall Streets appreciation OF
Tafts nomination, stocks opened up
this morning with an advance averag.
ing one point on all lines. The NOM
nation of Sherman for second place
on the ticket is hailed with especial
delight.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
MIMIC Battle
THREE Dying
Hearst News Service.

New York, June 10. George Harvey.
William Mcdowell and John Wc'ah are
dying here as the 'esult Of Injuries
received in a mimic battle at the
maneuvers of the state ma 'oftl guard.
Powder left in the guns 5adsj1 il TO
flare back in reloading.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
ONE KILLED
MANY HURT
Hearst News Service.

Meadville. Pa, June 19.-Twenty
passengers We're injured, one fatally,
and several seriously, when a street
car left the track today between this
city and Cambridge Springs.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
JOHN Burns
NEARS DEATH
Hearst News Service.

London, June 19.-John Burns, labor
leader in parliament, is critical ill
and little hope is entertained for his
recovery. He is we'll known in Amer
ica, where he has lectured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
Man
OVERCOME
Hearst News Service.

Chicago, June 1s.-Wf..aS' +
young, for many years night manager
Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany at Washington. D. c died this
morning at a hote, here. He was over
ccme by neat yesterday at the con-
vention. Mr.. Young was "A years old.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19

Envy is the surest way to admit that
you know that the other fellow is
better man than you are.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
BIG FIRE IN SHERRY, OHIO.
Hearst News Service.

shelby, o., June 19.-Fire late last
night destroyed the plant of the Shell
by Steel Tube Company, owned by the
United States Steel Corporation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
************ >
Hearst News Service.

Convention Hall, Chicago, June |
With the nomination of James S. s
man as the running mate of Will
H. Taft, the work of the National
publican convention was conclud
The executive committee and
Taft-Sherman campaign commi
will hold session tonight to
out the preliminaries for the
paign.
Samuel Gompers and other Ia
/ leaders are not pleased with the anti
injunction plank in the Republican
4. platform and are openly threatening
to carry the fight TO Denver, where il
is Believed shat bette rarisfaction can
be obtained at the hands of the Deme.
cratic convention.
Republican leaders generally az.
press themselves as pleased with me
nomination of Taft and Sherman
though some of the Western members
say that they have been slighted, as
the vice presidential candidate should
have come froc' the Mississippi valley
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
Running Mate For Taft Was Chos-
en- On the First Ballot With
Little Opposition.
STOCKS ADVANCE
In WALL Street
Samuel Gompers- Is Not Pleased With
Anti-Injunction Plank and Will
Garry His Fight to the Democratic
Convention at Denver.
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HEARST BULLETIN.
Hearst News Service.

=: Chicago, June 19.-11:30 a. m
{. james Schoolcraft Sherman O
= New York, was nominated fol
{. Vice President on the first ballot
!. Sherman is one of the "Bif
: Four" in the house of representa-
: tives. 1t is known that Taft pre-
:. ferred Dolliver. of Iowa, for
: running mate, but it was fearel
:. that his nomination would reope.
:. the bitter party warfare in tina
:. state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
HON. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS.

HON. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS.
Clark, of Missouri, Mr.. Williams
warm personal friend and supporter,
will be the new leader of the minority.
It is certain, that all of the Williams
strength will be cordially given to Mr.
Clark
Mr.. Williams letter is as follows:
Washington, June 13, 1908.
"Hon. Henry D. Clayton, Chairman,
democratic Caucus, Eufaula, Ala
Dear Henry: write this letter to
you as my resignation of the position
of parliamentary floor leader for the
minority, the resignation to take place
upon the first Monday of December
following this date l have been think
ing about-it good deal, and 1t seems
to me that if the next House goes Dem
ocratic, whoever is going to be speak
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19
SAVINGS BANK
GOES TO Wall
Hearst News Service.

Philadelphia, June 19.-'T'e Lincoln
Savings and Trust Compary failed T.
.rrrrr strvrsaeps this mo,nine 1t is a
ith capita, OF only $780,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-19

Totals e.. -, 7o2,6s6 6l l6I25G GS 40 8
*One absent from each State
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-23
FIRST BASKETBALL
GAME is SCHEDULED
Y. M. c. A. and Davenport Conerega-
tionalists Are to Meet at Association
Gymnasium Wednesday Evening.

The basketball season for the Y. NJ.
c. A. first team will open Wednesday
evening when the team will have the
Congregationalists from Davenport for
their opponents. In past years the
Davenport team has always been a
fast aggregation, and the Y. M. c. A.
team will have some difficulty in trim
ming the, visitors. Another game will
be played Saturday evening at the as
ISOLATION gymnasium between the Y.
NJ. G. A. team and the team from Au-
gustana college. No admission will be
charged to either game and every one
is invited.
A series of talks on life problems
will be given to the business boys
class at the Y. M. c. A commencing
tomorrow evening. The lectures will
be given enc each week DIR. w. E.
Martin will give the first one.