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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03

HUGE COPPER MERGER
MAY YET GO THROUGH
Calumet and Hecla Holds Out Alone
Against AmaIgamation of Copper
Interests of North
America

Thomas F. Coles recent visit to the
southwest, while ostensibly an inspec-
tion trip devoted entirely to routine
business, is believed to have deeper
significance.
AS emphatic as have been the denials
of any effort to effect merger of the
copper interests of the country, the
rumors and reports of negotiations with
reference to that move on the part OF
the Cole-Ryan people and other large
interests have been eorrespondingly
persistent.
Copper is not capricious, but coy, and
some ardent wooing from some source
is, according to recent diagnosis, what
Is needed to coax the red metal back
to it's rightful place in the marts.
Some weeks ago r. L. Hogue re-
turned from New York, and in an In
terview he said that Thomas f. Cole
had opened headquarters in New York
for the purpose of effecting an agree
ment between all the big copper pro-
ducers in this country. 1t was said
that this agreement would, in effect, be
O. merger of the copper interests In
North America. Incidentally it was re-
ported also that it was a Standard OIL
venture, the Cole-Ryan company, ac-
cording to popular belief, being menu
Der of the Rockefeller corporation
household
VI " It's 0GiFS
IT was also said that the only large
company holding itself aloof from the
plan of amalgamating the copper IN
terests was the Calumet & Hecla, one
of the strongest in the country. This
company, though producing a high
grade copper at greater smelling cost,
asserts, it is said, that 1t can make
good profit on 10-cent copper Hence
the company has not embraced the
merger plan.
While in Bisbee, Douglas and Cananea
recently Mr.. Cole conferred with the
Phelps-Dodge representatives, and with
DR.. Ricketts,, who is virtually the head
of the Green-Cananea interests and one
of the most widely known metallurglsts
in the southwest. When asked about
the merger Mr. Cole refused to discuss
it. saying there was nothing to be said
on the subject. When an effort was
made to get him to affirm or deny that
he was engaged in planning merger
of all the big copper interests he re-
fused to give a definite answer.
From other sources it was learned
that the organization of the Copper
Producers association was to be the
first step toward amalgamation, and
was to be used as a flying wedge to
break through the oppositions line and
reach the desired goal. By IAN agree
ment'' it is proposed to so regulate the
output as to control the price ana keep
it around or above IA cents.
And that John D. Rockefeller Is the
moving spirit in the scheme there is
not a doubt in the minds OF copper men
in the southwest
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
STRIKE IN HASSAYAMPA
DISTRICT RUNS $50 GOLD

PRESCOTT. May News of dis
covery that promises to develop into
one of the gold producing mines of the
Hassayampa district was brought here
last week by John McCauley, who with
his partner, Walter Douglas, made the
find ten days ago. The paystreak aver
ages eight inches in thickness and sam
pies from $50 to $50 to the ton in gold.
McCauley and Dougles have run a
tunnel a distance of 20 feet on the ledge.
The formation is soft and easily mined.
The ledge was apparently never dis
covered before, as no prospect holes
have been found on any of the six
claims of the group located by the dis
coveries after making the new find.
McCauley and Douglas were attracted
to the ledge by finding hematite float
which horned well in gold. They found
the outcrop on one side of the porphyry
dixie.
McCauley is here purchasing supplies.
He and his partner will commence TAX
ing out a carload of ore as soon as the
supplies reach the camp.
The discovery is located a half mile
west of the Green Mountain group of
claims, owned by C. ]. McNulty on
Copper Creek, and a mile west of tn
Catocin group.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
NeW Blood VIII Operate
Bonanza Mine at SQLOn1e

II HOENIX, May 2.-If a deal which
is now pending is contaminated
Il strong financial interests will act
quire the Arizona Northern group, upon
which the famous "Glory Hole" strike
was made by Hiram Barker, Al Alger
and William Griffith.
Jay J. Sullivan and w. B. Twitchel
have returned from the strike. They
made an examination of the Arizona
Northern group in behalf of o. A. Tur-
ner of Baltimore, who is closely iden-
tilted with the Lewisohns, who now
own the Ray Central property at KEEL
vim. Mr.. Turner is in the city today
and will leave for Vicksburg tomorrow
to make a personal inspection of the
"Glory Hole" property He will be ae-
companied upon the trip by Messrs.
Twitchell and Sullivan. Mr.. Turner Is
a mining man of large experience.
Complete details of the deal which
Is pending are lacking. None Ct the
men who are directly interested in the
matter will comment upon 1t at any
length. It is known. however, that
an agreement has been reached with
Barker, Alger and Griffin. Under GER
tain conditions they will turn over
THAR property to be developed by Mr..
purchase 1t if the prospect develops
into g. mine.
Since Messrs. Twitchell and Sullivan
are taking Mr.. Turner in person to see
"Glory Hole it is presumed that they
were favorably impressed with the in
dications of large ore body beneath
the surface.
Another gold strike was made three
miles south of Salome Wednesday by
''A1" Black and Harry Barker, one of
the locators of the Salome Bonanza,
and while not of the magnitude of rich
ness of the famous Bonanza, 1t is still
good enough to excite interest, an assay
made running 1928, according to the
Republican.
The ledge Is a small one of brown
hematite, only about four inches wide
on the surface and traceable for sew
eral hundred feet, but the high values
obtained satisfy the owners and they
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03

have sent tools and supplies out to do
further work in the hope of opening
up another bonanza.
The strike is in the vicinity where
several pieces of high grade ore have
been picked up at various times dur
ing recent years, but this is the first
time the rock has ever been found in
place. The location is about three
miles southwest of Salome, in the
Granite Wash mountains, about mid
way between the new Salome Bonan-
"a and the Harqua Hala, or old Bo-
nanza, and is about half a mile nearer
the hills than the place where the piece
of high grade since known as "the
Mexican float" was picked up about
eight years ago.
The character of the ore is similar to
the bonanza ore and the formation is
the same, slaty schist cut by numer-
GUS diorite and porphyry dikes.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03

NOLDFIELD, May "A carload of
VT high-grade ore left the Hampton
VI slope last Wednesday afternoon
and was consigned to the Western Ore
Purchasing company.
The rock carried sixty ounces of gold
to the ton as a strict average AS the
carload contained thirty tons this
makes $1,000 in gold to the ton, or
total of $4,000 for that one little car.
D. r. C. Brown, the millionaire oper-
ator of Aspen, was therefore right
when he said Wednesday night that he
had seen some returns that were all
most past belief.
The total cost a ton, including ex-
traction, transportation and treatment,
will not reach $50 ton. Figure out
for yourself, therefore, the tremendous
profit on this one carload alone.
When the Hampton Slope was hrst
fully opened up high-grade shipment
was made, the average of which was
sixty-eight ounces in gold to the ton.
Since then an effort has been made to
bring down the average to between
forty and fifty ounces to the ton. In
spite of this the values have constantly
kept creeping up, until "Wednesday
sixty ounces was the return, or $S6,OOO
for thirty tons. There evidently seems
to be no sane limit to the size of the
Hampton's ore bodies, or to the rich
ness of it's ore. The good stuff is being
taken from slopes on the fourth and
third levels, and there is enough of 1t
practically blocked out to last for
years
E. Hampton has resigned as general
mine superintendent, and his place Will
probably be taken by II. d. Henderson,
who has been a member of the Con-
solidated staff for some time. Mr..
Hampton has been superintendent for
about two years, and it was after him
self that the famous stope was named.
He will probably go to California. His
resignation is said to have been purely
voluntary.
A letter was received in Goldfield
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
Thirty Tons from Hampton
Slope Run $50, 600 Total

several days ago by Michael Drumm, a
we'll known mining man, now in the
Gold mountain district, to the effect
that the Oriental mine in that section
looks extremely promising for big re-
turns.
The Oriental is one of the oldest prop
critics in this part of the state and was
recently involved in litigation. Drumm
says he saw forty-seven sacks of high
grade at the bottom of the workings,
and forty sacks of good stuff on the
dump, ready to ship. The shaft is
down 300 feet or Whereabouts
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
Increases Railroad Force

BENSON, May 2.-The force has been
increased on the Johnson, Dragon &
Northern railway and the engine is
hauling construction material to the
front. The new well affords lots of
water.
The big incline shaft of the Copper
Chief is still sinking in rich sulphide
ore.
with funds to put a strong force on the
copper group north twenty-five miles
from Benson, where he has started a
shaft on a big contract and will build
a road
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
Thirty.fIve Carloads

BISBEE, May 2.-The Copper Queen
is now producing an average of about
which is being sent to the company's
smelter at Douglas as fast as it is
taken out. Preliminary work has been
started to sink the Sacramento shaft
to a considerably lower .depth. 1t will
be sunk from the 1900 to the 400 foot
level Immediately, and it will be sunk
still lower as the operations from the
upper levels will justify.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
LEAD MEN DENOUNCE
PROPOSED REDUCTION
Thirty Cents a Day in Mexico, with
Reduction in Duty, Would Put
United States Out Of
Business

DENVER, May 3.-Protests against
reduction in the tariff duty on lead
have been flowing into the halls of con-
gress from all of the western mining
states and from chambers of commerce,
mining associations and miners organi-
cations and western congressman are
vigorously taking up the fight for the
maintenance of a duty which they say
is absolutely essential to the welfare OF
lead mining in the United States.
The competition most feared is that
from Mexico That country is known
TO have vast bodies of undeveloped lead
and zinc deposits, which, under the
stimulus of a removal of the tariff
duties, would rapidly be brought to
American markets to the fatal detri-
ment of the local product. According
to figures presented to congress by an
association of lead producers which re-
Gently met at Salt Lake City, the one
item of labor called for the expenditure
of go per cent of the total value of the
product in the United States, and the
miners received wages varying from 81
to IS a day. The Mexican miner who
works entirely by hand and for 30 to
rs cents a day, enables the Mexican
operator to produce his lead at very
cheap price and the local producers
are demanding a tariff sufficient to
overcome this disparagement.
Opinion of Mining Men
Expert mining men have said that
such work as shaft sinking, drifting
and prosecuting in California is two or
three times as expensive as the same
work in central Mexico. In hand work
the Mexican laborer is almost as pro-
ficient as the American, and gets one
fifth as much
The American mining congress is ar
ranging to send several representatives
to Washington to work for the inter-
ests of lead producers, and these men
will fight for a duty of ~ cents a
pound on lead in ores and is cents
pound on pig lead and bullion, which
are the Dingley rates. The Payne
rates are III cents a pound on all kinds
of lead, without differential between
lead in ores and lead bullion, and those
who have been following the matter
closely greatly fear that congress will
name a duty of cent on lead ores and
11s cents on bullion. This would cost
the American miners not less than So
900, 900 a year. and would close nearly
all of the independent low-grade lead
mines in this country.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
Manhattan NUGGETS

A. A. Bissell, who with A. f. Barnes,
Tom Murphy and others. is in control
of a piece of placer ground at Man
haitian 1000x750 feet in size, arrived in
Goldfeld last week with number of
fine nuggets taken from depth of only
sixty feet. One of the gems weighs
sixty pennyweight and is almost solid
eyo1d
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
one Hundred Tons a Day

The Bullfrog Pioneer Leasing and
Milling company is keeping up q con-
slant production Of ore, ranging from
rs to 100 tons a day, of quality hlgn
enough to net the company good
profit. The stopping area opened prom
ises a production on this scale for an
indefinite period, and the first dividend
is assured for the near future.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
Cleanup DELAYED

Owing to delay in the arrival of
fluxing material, the bi-monthly clean
up at the Montgomery Shoshone Con-
solidated mill for the first half of April
is not as yet finished, but the bullion
may be ready for shipment some time
this week
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-03
At Montnomerv Mountain

Crosscutting from the 100-foot point
in the shaft is being continued at the
Montgomery Mountain. Superintendent
Kiiker reports the cutting of numerous
stringers of quartz and tale carrying
small quantities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
PUTNEY CLAIMS
HE IS ELIGIBLE
Brief in Behalf Of the Chairman Of the
New Hampshire Railroad Commits
sion Says Occasion Not
Solemn.

Concord N. H., March 22--It is the
contention of Chairman Henry NJ. Put
ney of the New Hampshire railroad com
mission that he is eligible TO hold hi.
position. Notwithstanding his trusteeshir
in a savings bank which held stock in
the Boston & Maine railroad, because
the occasion Is not Solemn" one within
the meaning Of the constitution, accord.
ing to the brief in the supreme court
Saturday.
The constitution of New Hampshire
uses the word solemn to describe the
occasions on which the governor may
ask the advice Of the court.
The question was submitted to the
court by Governor Henry d. Quimby,
and the executive council at the request
Of Representative Robert J. Morrill, Of
Claremont.
1t was admitted that the bank, short
time before the governor took action.
disposed of its Boston & Maine stock.
IT is expected that the opposition to
Mr.. Putney viii file brief in the case
next week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
WANTS ONLY
HER RICE
----
Miss Doollttle Would Have
None Other
RICE CASE IN COURT
An All-day Session on the Petitien for
the Appointment Of Guardian for
Elderly Man--His Love Affair
Aired in Court.
RICE CASE IN COURT

Brattlcboro, March 22.-The love AZ
fairs OF Garshom Romano Rice, Civil
War veteran II years old, we're given AZ
airing in the probate court Saturday
as the result Of a petition by his son
A. r. Rice, for the appointment Of q
guardian over him. Mr.. Rice said hs
intended to marry Miss Minnie Doolittle
Of this town il left free 10 do so. and
that no knew she had no physical in
trinity that could not be cured BY divine
help II human agencies failed.
Rice recently procured from the town
clerk, William S. Newton, license to
marry Miss Doolittle, and Immediately
his son served on him notice Of petit.
tion for the appointment Of guardian,
The testimony OF another son, Clarence
r. Rice Of East Dover, was given first
at the hearing before Judge A. y.
Schwenk. He said he told his father
that he ought not TO marry Miss Doc
little, but that his father said Mics Doc.
little was a good woman and would make
him fine home, that she bad refused
offers Of wealthy men and would have
none but him.
He said his father was feeble and for.
getful and incapable of caring for him
self and property. On cross-exsmination
be said bis father loaned him money to
pay his expenses at a hospital a few
days ago, took a mortgage to secure a
note, and entered into other transactions
which did not indicate incapacity to care
for himself.
Town Clerk Newton produced bis rec
ords in court, giving Rice's age as 81,
but Rice's counsel insisted that that was
an error by the town clerk.
Arthur p. Carpenter, counsel for Mr..
Rice, took the stand as witness and
testified that he drew up an antenuptial
agreement between Rice and Miss boo.
little. He claimed his privilege as coun-
sci and declined TO state what the agree.
ment was, Deputy Sheriff d. P. johnson
undertook several times to serve a sub
poena upon Miss Doolittlc in order to
have the document produced, but he was
not successful.
Rice's children claim the agreement,
relates to property and they object to its
being carried out. A large part Of Rice's
testimony and that OF two physicians
was taken privately. Court adjourned
to Monday at 10.
Rice is deaf and he claims that his
infrmity Is due to being struck on the
head by piece of rebel she'll which
burst in a tree near which he was stand
ing while in the army.
Miss Doolittle is As.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
PARIS STRIKE BROKEN.
Women Return to Work, but eLaders Are
Still Firm.

Paris, March 22-The government
Saturday night issued a reassuring state
ment concerning the strike, in which the
situation was said to be notably i'm.
proved because many OF the strikers
especially the telephone girls, had re-
turned to work.
The strike leaders, on the other hand
at the various meetings held Saturday
night, loudly proclaimed war to the hilt
and there are disquieting rumors OF rail-
road and other cooperative strikes.
The belief prevails that there viii be
important Developments over Sunday,
due to the elimination of NJ. Simyan,
nder-secretary Of posts and telegraphs,
whose presence has been the chief OBJ
staeIe to settlement.
1t Is openly limited that the govern.
ment, having secured the Endorsement Of
the Chamber OF Deputies, is not anxious
longer to shoulder Secretary Simyan's
unpopularity.
Probably a change will be made to-
day, when, it is reported, the cabinet
will do away with the position of under
secretary of posts and create postmas-
ter-generalship, to which an expert win
be appointed.
Disclosures in connection with the
strike indicate that the abuses and favor
itism charged have been largely due to
the fact that politics have had much to
do with the appointments in the admin
istration of the post and telegraph ser
vice.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
ARE GOING AWAY
FOR UNCLE SAM
Sheriff. to Be Minister OF Argentine,
and Ide Will Go to
Spain.

Washington, March 22.-Ths following
contemplated changes and appointments
in the diplomatic service were announced
following a conference between the pres.
ident and Secretary Knox Saturday
night:
Ambassador Leishman, now at Con
stantinople, to 60 to Rome; Charles II.
Sheriff. of New York to be minister to
the Argentine Republic and Henry C.
Idle to be minister to Spain.
There are no further changes in the
the embassies for several months and
probably not until autumn.
The announcement was made officially
that Thomas j 0'Brien, now ambassador
to Japan, would remain at that post.
A number Of additional selections for
appointments as ministers have been
agreed upon by the president and Mr.
Knox. Their names will be made public
as soon as the countries to which they
are to be accredited announce that the
are persona grata, which is largely a
formal matter in most cases.
Mr. Sheriff., who goes to the Argentine
Republic, IL lawyer Of New York City.
about As years Of age, and speaks Span.
ish and French iluently.
Mr. lde, who will be minister to Spain
has been governor general of the Philip
pines.
Neither Ambassador Leishman at Con-
stantinople nor Mr.. Griscom at Rome,
whom he succeeds, win relinquish their
respective offices for some weeks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
Funeral Of Petr0slni'S In Pal
ermO Broken up
WHEN THE HEARSE RACED
Threat to Throw Bomb Was Made, II Il
Said-Ameriean Consul Also Feared
That Harsngues Would Be
Made Along Route.

Palermo, Sicily, March GA solemn
public funeral was accorded to lieut.
Joseph Petrosino Saturday. II was held
in an atmosphere vibrant with excite
ment and marked by a remarkable Incl
dent.
The project Of Palermo did not appear
and Commissioner oeola. chief OF police
walked beside the hearse, which was
guarded BY strong contingent Of carbi-
ueers. Behind the hearse civic officials
bore an enormous wreath Of laurcls and
artificial flowers.
The little procession moved slowly to
the Piazza Castelnuoyo, where suddenly
the driver Of the hearse dashed his horses
and TO everyone's amazement galloped
furiously to the waterfront. The cotincd
body was placed quickly on mail pac.
ket.
The strange episode is explained yari.
ously. Some say it was a stratagem a..
ranged by the American consul here and
ceolai that Mr.. Bishop wished TO prevent
sympathetic funeral harangues from be-
ing made, and that the police chief feared
II extempore addresses were made they
would be condemned for not arresting
Petrosino's assassins, and rioting would
follow.
Others insist that members of the
Black Hand had plotted to halt the
hearse and throw bombs in the crowd
around it, while a pretended funeral
grafton was being made.
Petrosini's body was carried on the
mail boat to Naples. There Prof. Vetrc
will embalm the body by a method OF
his own, which, he claims, will petrify
it and render it more unperishable than
even an Egyptian mummy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
RETURNED MONTHS SALARY.
Brooklyn Alderman Refused to Accept
Pay for Time He Was Absent.

New York, March 22.-Alderman G
A. Morrison of Brooklyn, who was absent
from New York during the month Of
February, refuses to accept any salar,
during the time he was rendering nc
service to the city and has returned hi.
salary for the month to Comptroller Met,
with the request that the money BIZ
turned over to the city treasurer.
Mr.. Morrison had considerable trou.
bic in getting anyone to take the money
on behalf of the city. He called on the
city paymaster and told him about the
case, but was informed that the pay
masters Office had no authority to re.
ceive the money. Mr.. Morrison subse-
quently called at the Office of Deputy
Comptroller McCoocy, who also informed
him that he did not see how the money
could be taken back.
Comptroller Metz ID said to have dc.
cided to apply the check to the eity's
conscience fund" as there is no other
regular way in which it can be regularly
returned to the treasury, and there are
no presidents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22

sons for this | send you the following
pictures, which are all that l have on
hand suitable for the purpose; The
presidents house at Sycamore Hill; the
tennis court and Theodore, Jr.i the presi-
dent on the lawns the president on his
jumper Bleistein. Faithfully yours,
William Joeb, Jr.
Hon. Joseph VI. Deuel., 452 Fifth avenue,
New York"
The photographer brought his suit
soon after the publication Of the presi.
dents denial that he authorized the use
Of the pictures. A subpoena was served
on Mr.. Roosevelt last week, at recep.
ton rendered him by his townspeople.
The publishing company was represented
Saturday by former State Senator AL,
bert A. Wray. United States Districr
Attorney Stimson appeared in behalf Of
Mr.. Roosevelt.