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was forced to abandon his ship at

was forced to aDanooh MS ship ~
Taking his crew With him. semmes pro-
ceeded to England. where the cruiser
known as the 1890 was then being built.
Through the skill Of tho Confederate
agent In England. John d. Bullock. he
armed her at the Western islands. chris
tened her as the Alabama, and began one
Of the most remarkable cruises in history:
This cruise began in September, 1862 and
lasted until June. 1854. During this time
he swept the Atlantic and struck terror
to the hearts of the Federal authorities.
His Method as a Fighter.
The suddenness of his attacks, his mys-
terious disappearance from his cruising
grounds with an almost simultaneous re-
appearance on some distant sea, baf-
fed the best commanders Of the
northern navy. For almost two years he
eluded pursuit. The end of the cruise
came in the famous battle with the kear-
sarge, off Chebourg. France. in June 1854.
With the alternative of permanent in
terning In q neutral port or giving battle
at sea, Semmes chose the latter. His
ship was sunk in the ensuing conflict. He
escaped. badly wounded, to the English
yacht Deerhound. The news of his de-
feat which spread rapidly throughout
Europe and the north. created rejoicing
Vicksburg OF the Confederate defeat at
Gettysburg. When he recovered from his
wounds Semmes made his way back to
the Coufederacy via Mexico. where he
was Immediately appointed a rear adj
miral.
Commander James River Squadron.
He was then assigned to the command
of the James river squadron and directed
its operations until the destruction of the
fleet in February. 1865. He then took his
sailors. organized them as infantry, and
commanded them as a brigadier general
in the campaign under Gen. Johnston.
After the war he was arrested and con-
fined for four months in prison. but was
later released. He took up the practice
of law In Alabama. in which state I.e re-
sided until his death, August 80. 1877
Semmes was never reconciled to the out
come of the war. His loyalty to the lost
cause led him to bitter utterances which
now give a mistaken idea Of the character
of the IMAM. Under the austerity of the
commander, It is said Of him. was heart
tender and sympathetic. The splendnr of
his achievements and the strength of his
genius rank him among the foremost he
roes of the Confederacy.
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Federal Court Clerk Appointed.

GREENSBORO, N. C.. September %
The appointment of James NJ Millikan as
clerk Of the United States circuit and dis
trict courts was filed in the courts here
today. The order is signed by Circuit
'curt Judges Nathan Con and J. a..
Pritchard and District Court Judge James
E. Boyd.
The new clerk will enter upon his duties
October /
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JURORS FOR MARLBORO COURT
FALL TERM TO OPEN FIRST
MONDAY IN OCTOBER.
Judge Clagett to Take Place on
Bench to Which He Was
Lately Appointed.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md,
September 25, 1909.
Out Of the 200 names selected by the
jury commissioners for Prince George
county the following have been chosen
as jurors for the fall term of the cir
cult court, which opens here the first
Monday in October. the first forty
names drawn. as follows. constituting
the list from which will be selected
the foreman and members of the grand
jury: George w. Biggs, Samuel H.
Freeland, John A. Wells, David D.
MARI. Joseph W. Aman. S. c. Town
shend. Charles W. Joy. Ernest P.
Weeks, John F. Palmer. William Bin
ney. Leonard Fl. Early. Oscar Stickell.
John H. kagle, George II. Lanhardt,
Fred S. Hungerford, George W. Bran
son. Anthony ]. Wyville. George A.
if. Edward Phelps. Homer v. ONO. R.
P. Watts. John H. Wells. N. o. Ridge
ley. John L. White. Dennis Wells. AL
binus Conway, George W. Buck.
Charles E. Ridgeley, H. r. Kelbaugh,
stephen a. Miller. Thomas E. Berry.
gold r. Dufour. James T. Mcmahon.
Nicholas j. Keys. ]. Fred Waters. John
A. Dorr. William r. Smith, Thomas
Wells, John Cameron, James +. Wal
tiers. John L. ingalls, and Albert E.
Charles.
How Panels Are Chosen.
After the foreman and members Of the
grand jury are selected the remaining
Jurors of the above list will constitute
the first weeks petit jury. The following
constitute the panel from which will be
selected the second weeks petit jury:
James E. Sweeney. r. NJ. Thompson,
Joseph h. Summers, John B. Redd, Eu-
gene Brock. E. E. McChesney, Clement G..
Hill. John d. Jenkins. Rice H. Hooe. E..
s. Burroughs. John M. Talbert. Sherman
Riferback, James H. Clements, Harry P.
Weaver, George Shuler, Luther King.
George NJ. Suit, James w. Rawlings,
Daniel B. Lloyd. Arthur P. Frye. James
II. Hamilton, Henry W. F. Heider. A. g..
Armstrong. Fred Binger and John H.
Traband.
An interesting feature of the term will
on the bench. Judge Clagett was ap-
pointed by Gov. A. L. Crothers to sue
coed Judge George c. Merrick. who re-
tired on account Of having reached the
age limit. 1t was generally believed that
Judge Clagett. In accordance with GUS
tom. would be nominated for the fifteen
year term. but after one of the bitterest
fractional fights in the history Of Prince
George county, Fillmore Beall. repre-
senting the differentiation wing OF
the democratic party, won out and receiv-
ed the nomination at the recent conven-
ton In Leonardtowu.
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CAUTION.

Various persons having the desire 70
trade on the reputation Of the Chamberlin
Metal Weather Strip Company by similar
fly Of address and imitation of Its sta
tionery and printed matter are making the
statement that the patents Of the afore-
said company have expired. We are COM
PEELED to take this method of warning all
parties purchasing or using metal weather
strips that our patents (694O62. 69S712 and
76oS45) have from seven to twelve years
to run before expiration. As the purchaser
or user Of an infringing device is under
the law equally responsible for infringing
as the party making or selling Of such
device. we now warn purchasers against
committing such infringing acts. We now
have suits pending in the courts against
several infringing concerns. In every &C
tion formally determined by the courts in
the past the validity Of our patents has
been sustained. 1t bebooves the intending
purchaser to use caution in dealing with
any concern offering the same as or equal
OF Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip.
The Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip
Company has Offices at 21S Bond build
Ing. Washington. D. G., and AL Equitable
building, Baltimore. Md, in charge Of
B. Wood Burch, manager, who Will see
that intending purchasers get the genuine
ChamberIn Equipment.
:, W "a nN sIas.e -~rs..vs.p..,
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03
ANTI-CIGARETTE LAW
DECLARED DEFECTIVE

Walter Scott, death Valley
Scotty," when seen by a representa-
tive of the Mail, at the Darrough
hot springs last Friday, expressed a
desire to come TO Manhattan and
look over the placers. When told
that the values were averaging
around $40 and S12 per yard, he
said that there had ought to be a
few Manhattanites c%hartering spec
ial trains on the strength of their
clean-ups. He stated that there is
placer in Death valley, and that he
and his Indian associates had taken
out considerable gold with a dry
washer. The machine is of his own
invention, he said, and he believes
that it could be worked to good ad-
vantage here. He stated that II he
could find the time, when he re-
turned from Texas, that he would
come here and see If he could Sc
cure ground and try out his washer.
He will not return to Death valley
for some time, owing to the intense
seat.-Manhattan Mail.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03
MIDWAY.

The Midway mine was more fortu-
nate than its neighbors during the
past week, operations being carried
on without a hitch. On account of
using steam for power. the break at
the power plant did not affect 1t and
everything went ahead as usual. The
activity display of late in opening
up new ground was continued last
week, and the different crosscuts
made good progress, although moth
ing of a startling nature has trans
pred, the formation being cut looks
very promising. In several of these
new workings stringers of quartz
carrying good values have been en-
e%ountered, and as the company has
Ia large amount of virgin ground to
explore, the outlook is very encour-
aging. Preparations are now being
made to install a small steam hoist
on the 635-foot level, in order to
send the Wine down with greater
speed. The winze is following a
bunch OF stringers carrying pay val
ues, and it is thought they will
make into one vein before many feet
have been sunk, Stopping continues
on the different veins at various
points in the mine and the regular
amount of ore is being extracted, the
shipments for the week amounting
to 100 tons.
2G5-foot level-The prospecting
raise from the east crosscut is about
eighty feet above the level. having
been advanced ten feet during the
week The top shows no change
from last report, the formation be-
ing ledge matter carrying very low
values The lace of the west drift
from the east crosseut, which is fol
lowing a vein recently encountered
about eighty feet south of No.
vein. shows from two to three feet
of quartz carrying some values.
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O

The ground work for the new mill
of the Tonopah Extension is pro-
crossing steadily and quite a show
ing has already been made. The
foundation for the stamps, which re-
quired nearly two carloads of ce-
ment, is about completed, and every
thing is moving along very satisfac-
torily. Walter Trent of the Trent
Engineering company of Reno, rep
respenting the Westinghouse Elec-
trio and Manufacturing company, the
Deister Concentrator company Of
Fort Wayne. Indiana, and Taylor
Engineering company of Allentown,
Pennsylvania, succeeded in capturing
the contracts for supplying the cleo
trio machinery, concentrating tables
and tube mills, amounting in all to
over $4,000, The order for this
machinery has been placed and 1t
should all be on the ground by the
first of September, when everything
will be in readiness to receive 1t.
The erection of the building and in
stallation of machinery will all be
done on company account. Bids for
the balance of the equipment for the
mill have been received and forward
ed to the main office in New York
- ~.
for approval by the board of direc-
tors. which board will no doubt act
promptly in the matter. In all
about 600 tons of material will be
required in the construction of the
new mill. Max e. Bernheimer,
president of the Tonopah Extension
and Montgomery Shoshone Mining
companies, will arrive In Tonopah
about the fifteenth of the present
month, and VIII devote two weeks
time in looking over the property OF
both companies.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03
Great Future
for Glendale

Just as surely as they know that
the sun will rise on the morrow are
the operators of the Glendale dis
trict confident that that camp will
resolve itself into one of the biggest
propositions on the southern Ne
vada desert.
Last night Thomas Kenyon
Lynch and l.. l.. Blumenthal arrived
in Tonopah after having spent the
day in the new camp where they are
interested in a lease. Mr.. Lynch
and Mr.. Blumenthal were both zen
by a representative Of the Bonanza.
Their enthusiasm actually knows no
bounds. Mr.. Blumenthal stated that
a big town was springing up and
that the growth of Glendale since
his last visit was nothing short of
marvellous, There are a great many
idle men there at the present time
as naturally follow every big excite
ment. While Mr.. B~lumenthal is not
authority for the statement, the Bo-
nanza takes it that the new camp is
no place at this time for men who
are seeking employment. There are
plenty of men there at this time to
do all the work that is at present
required in the camp.
From all that a be learned, the
different prospects are looking ex.
eeedingly fine. The main strike is
being sunk upon. while a tunnel is
being driven which will encounter
the ledge at a depth of probably
seventy feet. A distance of sixty feet
will have to be run before reaching
the ledge. The result of this work
is anxiously awaited. Should the
lodges maintain their present values
at depth, Glendale will develop into
the greatest camp this state has
ever seen.
Mr.. Lynch states that he believes
he has the ore body on his lease
While prospecting the ground he
encountered some very rich material
which bears a striking resemblance
to the mineral now being extracted
by the Cliffords.
The Nagle lease has encountered
the ore. A few days since a strike
was made on the block of grounC
that is being operated by Mr.. Magic
which is pronounced to be of tr'
first class order. This strike is OF
the claim of the Cliffords where thu
original strike was made. The or,
is pronounced of the picture elias
and will make of the owners of thu
lease opulent operators.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03
Strike Gravel Which
Runs $40 to the Pan

There r many big things in the
Manhattan placers. Every week
something bigger than that encount-
cred the preceding week is recorded.
When Haywood, Auxier and Crews
first discovered placer at Central it
looked big when the values were
said to run IS per yard. Someone
else anne along and struck $40
gravel and the placer prospects
looked brighter. With gravel run
ming from $40 to $50 came other
operators. 1t kept on thus for some
months, something bigger, richer all
the time.
When Happy Charley Birimisa
encountered gravel on his lease on
the Bright August which ran as high
as 1925 per yard, the entire pop
ulace sat up, rubbed their eyes and
declared that the biggest thing had
been struck. But little did they
know what the future would bring
forth.
Moore and Chindgren, leasing on
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head lands will be required to pay
one-third of the appraised value and
persons who apply for either Couer
d'Alene OF Spokane lands will be re-
quired to pay one-fffth of the APP
praised value. The remainder of
the purchase money on all the4e
lands may be paid in five equal an
nual installments and failure tor
make any payment when it becomes;
due will result in the cancellation or
the entry and the forfeiture of all
former payments.
Residence must be begun within
six months after the date on which
entry is made and continued, with
cultivation, until a patent has been
earned, either by five years resi-
dence and cultivation and the pay
ments of the installments annually,
or by fourteen months actual and
continuous residence and cultivation
and the payment of all the unpaid
purchase money on all of the lands
except the timber lands in the Occur
d'Alene reservation. which can only
be obtained by FIVE years actual and
continuous residence and cultivation
and the payment of the annual in
stallments, as Communication is not al
lowed for them.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03
BELMONT,

Owing to the shutting down of
operations last Wednesday, in order
to make repairs to the motor which
furnishes power for the hoist, which
suspension was followed by lack of
power OF account of the immense
power plant at Bishop being disab-
led, nearly an entire week was lost,
the first shift returning to work last
Tuesday. Consequently the report
this week covers but two or three
days work. Sinking in the Belmont
shaft, which had just been started
was resumed last Wednesday. Al
present there is a flow of water in
the shaft amounting to about $500
gallons a day, and the sinking is be-
ing done in order to ascertain, II
possible, where the water is coming
from, as it is known to be local, ow,
ing TO the fact that the crosscut or
the 1000-foot level, nearly 500 fee
below the bottom of the shaft. Il
perfectly dry. 1t is thought the wa.
ter comes from the contact between
the rhyolite and daeite, and an eff.
fort is being made to get below the
wet belt in order to catch the water
up, so that operations may be com.
meneed by the churn drill, which
will be used to make connection be
tween the shaft aud the crosscut be
low, preparatory to raising a three
compartment shaft. So little pro.
gress was made in the underground
workings that there is nothing new
to note, everything looking about
the same as when reported upor
last week.
Everything is now running full
blast and the work of opening nj
the ore bodies encountered on thu
lower levels will be pushed aheaC
as fast as possible.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03
WEEKS MINING DEVELOPMENTS

found. Therefore the following
data will be of timely interest:
The Sarah Sands and Welcome
nuggets of Australia weighed, re-
spectively, 233 pounds and 1874
pounds. The MASK nugget, in the
Urals, SO pounds. Others ranging
from twenty-five to fifty pounds,
have been at different times taken
from the placers of New Zealand
and California. All these were
found in placers. But the largest
mass Of gold yet found on this con-
tinent was from a quartz vein in
the Monumental mine at Sierra
Buttes, twelve miles north of Dow
melville, California, which weighed
ninety-five and one-half pounds, but
is said to have been originally larger
when first discovered and to have
weighed lao pounds.
That gold varies considerably in
ineness and purity and in its
amount of alloy with silver is shown
by the following:
The celebrated Australian nugget
from Ballarat is 1925 fine; Aus
tralian gold varies from $50 fine;
gold from veins in California, S75
to S55 fine; Pennsylvania gold, 900,
with 399 silver; some Nevada gold
554, with 429 silver; some others,
1913 gold, with 666 silver.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03
MExICo's NEW MINING CODE.

Mexico has at last recognized the
fact that It is the prospector who
blazes the trail for the capitalist and
that he divides with the moneyed
interests the credit for advancing
the prosperity of a country. The
new code of mining laws. which be-
come effective July 6, removes much
of the red tape which has hampered
the p~rospector and which has made
almost prohibitive the plying of his
trade. The new law will be very
similar to the statutes governing To-
cations, recording of mineral claims,
etc., as are in operation in western
United States.
The features Objectionable to for
eign operators and owners have been
eliminated or amended to their sat-
isfaetion and in every way has the
government shown a desire in furth-
ering the welfare of the country ia
materially aid and benefit those who
are developing her resources. This
is only n of the many progressive
strides which Mexico has made un.
der the rule of President Diaz.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03

run of the mill amounted to but
$50 tons, a portion of the lost time
being charged up to the present
week. The mill continues to make
a good extraction of the values, the
record for the past week showing
that S9R per cent had been OBJ
tanned, which is considered excel
lent when the character of the ore
being worked is considered. Owing
to the extreme oxidization of the
veins producing the bulk of the ore,
no little trouble has been caused re-
Gently in taking care of the mud
which is associated with the ore, but
by making several necessary addi-
tions to the plant this trouble has
now been overcome. The mine, as
a whole, is in excellent condition,
the development work of the past
few months having added greatly to
the reserves of the mine. Several
other new veins or branches of
known veins have been encountered
of late, all of which carry good val
lues, and in some cases good
strength. This week the faulted sec
ton of the South vein has been
picked up a few feet north of the
drift and shows three feet of excel
lent oxidized milling ore. Other new
veins, or branches of veins, which
have been encountered by sending
crosscuts nto the footwall are de-
veloping up into good reproducing
lodges, and the management is we'll
satisfied with the result of the past
few months work, there being now
exposed more ore than for a long
time. In addition to opening up the
mine on the various levels, an inn
portant piece of work is being car
ried on on the 765-foot level, the
deepest workings in the mine, which
consists of sending a north crosseut
out into entirely new territory. This
crosscut is now out 1850 feet from
the shaft, and while nothing of val
ne has yet been encountered, the
prospects for reward are very en-
%couraging.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03
More Mills for
Gold Circle

Advices from Gold Circle are that
Mr.. Gallo of the General Engineering
company of Salt Lake City arrived
last Thursday to put in the mill for
the Rex Mines company. This prop
erty is proving to be a very valuable,
one. They are working three shifts
and have a hoist on, so are making
good headway. Mccormack and ex-
pert were in the past week visiting
with Rotchschild and Horton.
The Fayant and Charters Leasing
company has leased the mill for the
balance of their ore. They have just
shipped to the mint twenty-five
pounds of gold from their last run,
and all the leasers on the Esmer-
aldas will put on more men for they
have but five months more on the
property.
The Hartley and Bradford mill
has arrived and will be installed at
the mouth of the canyon. They have
taken no contracts, but will have for
their first run 1900 or 1900 tons of
the Boyle ore.
The Old Judge, adjoining the Elko
Prince properties, has been leased
and bonded to B. p. Howell and as
sociates, and this property has al
ready been opened up along the vein
with a tunnel for 125 feet and shows
good values, assays varying from $40
to 5000.
The wner of the Great Western
and Queen properties have gone to
Reno, and it is understood hat the
properties have been sold. These
properties have a set of Mullers
working and the first ton ran last
week gave returns of seven pounds
and three ounces of amalgam and
~leasers on the property are taktng
out very rich ore.\
The Gold Crown has on two shifts
on its lower tunnel and is drifting on
the vein, and while the ore is not
very rich they are not into where
the large values were in the shaft by
400 feet. They are also drifting on
the Banner and will open up the old
workings that were done last fall
by the Snowstorm Leasing company.
Mining timbers are at a premium
and this property is using quite a lot
in their workings.
The Peters lease on the Hillside
shows good values and is saving
quite a lot of ore that will run $40.
Mr.. Peters has a good long time on
the property and expects to drift on
the vein, which crops for something
over 400 feet and has values ali
; along.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03

the Goldfield and Bald Mountain
ground, found a $45 nugget and
were followed less than a week later
by j. B. Giffen, who produced a
chunk of gold weighing almost a
pound, with a value OF $162. As
was only natural, the find set the
camp wild, but the excitement then
was a mere bagatelle compared to
that which, tornado-like, struck the
camp last Saturday, when Barney
Francisco, who has a lease on the
December claim, below the Lemon
mill, broke into gravel that went
from 81 to $40 a pan. This is I'M
questionably the richest placer
strike ever made in the gulch and
is second only to the rich discover
les made in the Klondike.
The gold recovered at this new
strike ranges in size from a grain of
wheat to nuggets worth 81 each
The find was made in a new shaft at
a depth of about fifty feet.-Man-
haitian Mail.