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Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02
Building Great Dam in Conchas River.

| With as little noise as possible, Sir
 Weatman Pearson, the English con- struction enginner, is building a dam across the Conchas river in Chihua- hua, which in size and cost of con- structiOn will almost equal that of the great Elephant Butte dam. J. G. Me Nab, chief engineer of the construc- tion work, is in FL Paso for a short business trip. He says the prelimi- nary operations at the damsite have been completed, the railroad built from Santa Rosalia, a distance of 20 miles, and everything is ready to at tack the river. The preliminary work on the dam itself is now being done and as soon as the Hume is built by which the flow of water is carried through the center of the damsite, the concrete and rock will begin to be poured into the river bed for the big proJect.
 This dam when completed will cost approximately 100000 (Mex.) sil- yer, according to engineer McNab, and it is expected to have it done within five years. The company is financed by Canadian capital assisted by sub scriptions from Mexican capitalists and concessions from the Mexican gov- ernment. Sir Weatman Pearson, the head of the construction company which has the work in charge, now has force of 800 men on the work and this number will he increased as soon as the preliminary operations are completed.
 Unlike the Elephant Butte dam, the Conchas dam will bc used primarily for power purposes, the plan being to generate water power sufficient to operate the mills. factories and mines of the San Rosalia and Santa Eulalia districts. Irrigation will be a second ary consideration in the erection and operation of this dam, engineer Me Nab says, although large acreage of land will be placed under cultivation because of the water supplied by the dam.
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02

good grade mineral are under develop ment. The deepest level of this mine is at the 9O0-foot point, but with the complement of the Roosevelt deep drainage tunnel work will at once be- gin in the sinking of the main shaft several hundred feet. The tunnel, it is estimated will drain the property at depth of ] ,64O feet, thus making it possible for operations at a point 40 below the present deepest level There are many miles of underground workings-drifts, levels and crosscuts in the Elkton, and the mine is one of the oldest of the Cripple Creek dis trict. It has been a dividend payer for years, and the shareholders have thus far in 1910 received their portion of profit of 75,OOOS. representing two bi-monthly dividends of 37,5OOs each. The total amount in dividends paid by the Elkton Co. to date is 2,554, ,46OS. This company's holdings cover a terri tory of about "A acres on Raven hill.- New York Mining Age.
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02

ter which he intends to sell while in the states. In speaking of the one promising prospect in the Iditero country he said the hole was POO feet down and that the metal was copper, galena and gold, but that it would take at least 1OO,OOOs worth of ma chinery to operate it and that at pres ent machinery cannot be taken into the country through inaccessibility.- Los Angeles Herald.
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02

l5S to the ton. AS result of this, a great stimulus to the mining industry is promised for the southern Nevada mining camps, and a number of the old producers will eventually be open ed on a scale that will justify the en- largement of the Needles shelter. The smelling company claims that it is able to make a low treatment charge by reason of the excellent water power at the plant. which cuts down the operating expenses material ly.-Searchlight Bulletin.
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02
Near the Bottom of Comstock Lode.

The best news that has come from the old Comstock lode since the an- nOuncement of the big discovery in the Ophir was brought to Reno last evening by Leon M. Hall, superinten- dent and consulting engineer for the Comstock Pumping Association. He said to Gazette representative:
 ''It will be remembered that when the workings were flooded there was no lack of ore on the lowest levels and, had it not been for the thrush of waters, the Comstock mines would have produced to almost inestimable depths.
 After many struggles and the ex- penditure of large sums of money, the water was finally lowered to the 245O- level. It was held there for four years, when it was decided to make another effort to lower the water line.
 "A centrifugal pump was installed +On the 2250-level, and -ca air-pump on the 2450-level. Their worth has been demonstrated for they have with ease lowered the water to POP feet below the 2350-level
 This morning descended the shaft to the lowest point at which any hu- man being has stood since 1885, the pump men not even having been down to this point.
 Despite the lapse of time since the water has been occupying the shaft. the timbering at the water line is in splendid condition, seemingly having been preserved by the water, which so quickly corrJdes and destroys metal. There k large amount of rubbish in the bottom of the shaft, but this can be removed without hampering the pumping operations.
 "When the ore bodies at depth are again recovered in the Comstock they will be on and below the 2500-level of the Mexican and extending to the northeast of any workings at present. The bounds of the big bonanza never were reached in that direction, and am confident that the story of the Comstock has not been fully written.
 We will lower the water in the c. and c. shaft to the 265O-level. This should be easily accomplished, for we dropped the water-mark sixteen feet in twenty -four hours. ."-Reno Gazette.
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02
EIkton Gold Mininu Co.

The Elkton Mine at Cripple Creek is climbing rapidly to the head of the class Of millionaire gold producers
 Before the close of the present year the production of that property will have passed the 10000, ,0O0S mark. It was given out by a heavy stockholder of the Elkton Consolidated Mining x Milling Co. that when the next dIvl- dend is paid in June the production will then be in excess of 9,75O, ,OOOS, thus leaving less than 250,O0OS output to be made during the remaining months of 1910. In estimating the monthly tonnage this stockholder said the production following the payment of the June dividend would 20 much better than 25O.0 and that the fig- ures at the ending of the year would be well above the 10000 ,OOOS mark. A steady tonnage is maintained from the Elkton property, with the ore carrying values of from one to three and half ounces gold to the ton. Principal operations are conducted in the lower workings, where enormous shoots of
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02
cousin, the cowboy. I am going to give him lO0,OOOS.

cousin, the cowboy. I am going to give him lOO,OOOS.
 And not one cent will go for a library. When I return to Ballarat in year from now, I don't expect to have a cent of the English money"
 Brown shows the hard life he has lived. He is a small, wiry Englishman with a broad accent. His hands are rough and show that he has toiled at manual labor, while his swarthy skin tells of it's exposure to the sun and wind. According to his story he has worked at placer mining in Australia ever since his disagreement with his father. 50 well pleased is he with the life Of d miner that he says he will not exchange it for life of ease and wealth, but will return to it just as soon as he disposes of his money.
 ''I have not made a fortune in the gold mines," he says, but have made enough to pay my way and to live comfortably. That's all I want. I have no use for this l0,0OO,OyOS."
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02
FOrty-Six Cars of Green Peas.

A Fairbanks, Ariz., dispatch says: A solid train load of forty-six cars loaded with green peas passed through here today from the vicinity of Her. mosillo, to Los Angeles, where they will be marketed. This is the largest shipment of any one vegetable ever made out of that place, and the train therefore aroused great interest here. The season has proved an unusually fine one for the ranchers it is stated by recent arrivals from that city, and large crops of all kinds have resulted. It is probable that other vegetables will be shipped out to the California market in the near future.
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02
Million Spent on Needles smelter

In the new Needles smelling and re-
 duction plant, the United States
 Smelling, Refining & Mining Co. will
 doubtless have one of the most profit able works in this country. Certainly no investment in recent years by this corporation gives promise of earning as large profits within a short time after it is started as does the plant at Needles. The entire investment made by this company, including the pur- chase of the old plant, and the re- said to be l,OOO,OOOs. This proposition was taken over only few months ago, and the company has already made all the necessary improvement and the plant will be productive within a few days. The management has shown re- markahle aggressiveness in the re- building and construction worK, and the furnaces are being prepared to re- ceive the first charge.
 The equipment consists of a 25O-ton concentrating plant and 20O-ton fur naces. It is planned to raise this capac- ity to 1000 tons just as fast as custom shippers demand an increase. A zinc concentrating plant under the Huff patents, controlled by the American Zinc, Lead x Smelling Co.,, has been erected. This is identical with the one being used by the United States Co. in its plant at Midvale, which is giving excellent results.
 A great many leasers and mine own ners in southern Nevada have availed | themselves of an opportunity to make with the Needles plant, and | as a result the company has sufficient ore pledged to run it up to its present The contracts are favorable | to shippers and a low transportation rate has also been obtained. This | makes it possible for producers to mine profitably ore that runs as low as
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02
Georgetown Gold District Attracting At
 teution.

A Butte, Mont, special to the Den
 yer Mining Record says: The George
 town district, as it is called, gives
 promise of being very rich camp, and
 is now receiving attention from min
 ing men all over the country. It is To- cated but a short distance from Ana cOnda. Probably the mine attracting most attention at the present time is called the Southern Cross, as a num-
 Der of experts representing the United States Smelling & Refining company have visited the property for the pur- pose of making an examination of it. The shaft is now down 326 feet in depth and there are three station lev els with a station cut at each level. Samples are said to show that more than 100000 tons of ore are in sight ready for stoping that will run about l5S in gold to the ton.
 The Southern Cross property was discovered by the merest piece of luck. Lucien Eaves had charge of the prop erty in the vicinity and he was taking out a wagon load of ore. A snowstorm came on and raised the road so high that his team could not get under the trestle, so it was a question of either raising the trestle or lowering the road. He lowered the road and in do- ing so came across an immense body of gold ore. With the proceeds he constructed mill, put the property in good shape and had enough left to become independent.
 The story of the discovery of the Gro Fino claim, located a few hundred feet easterly of the Southern Cross, is an interesting one. Charles Bostrom two years ago was barber in Ana conda and after making a study of mining from books, he decided to go to the Georgetown district and work in the Southern Cross. While there he spent his time in prospecting and soon decided to secure a lease on the claim known as the Gro Fino. He en- gagged the services of an old-time pros pector and the pair started to work the ground on shares. Almost from the very start the claim has not only paid for the work done, but provided Mir. Bostrom with money to the good. He made one rich strike of ore which ran as high as 1,OOOS to the ton. While the one-time barber is decidedly ad- verse to talking about his business it is quite well known that during the past 12 months he has taken out more than lOO,0O0s and recently he opened an ore body more than B feet wide of a much higher grade than is found in the Southern Cross.
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02

Commencing the first of the month, the Quartette Mining Co. has been dropping B stamps steadily. During May 30 stamps were employed and large tonnage was handled. The late work in the Drake shaft has develop ed more water, so that now the com pany, by exercising care, has sufficient for the full 40 stamps, and the full quota of stamps would be at work ex- cept for lack of power, one engine having a defective cylinder which is inclined to overheat when heavily loaded.-S -Searchlight Bulletin.
Mohave County miner., 1910-07-02
Stay Away From Alaska, Says 6uqgen
 helm Aqent.

''If you don't want to starve to death
 or be thrown upon the charity of the
 government, keep away from Alaska, 2
 was the startling assertion made by A.
 J. Rust of the Guggenheim interests
 at the Natick house yesterday. Mr.
 Rust came out of Alaska five weeks
 ago on a vacation, after being there
 for twelve years, and is thoroughly
 acquainted with all the mining coun.
 try of that frigid region. He says the latest rush to Alaska, to Iditero,
 is a scheme backed by the steamship companies and commercial organiza- tions of Seattle to get people into the far north for purposes other than ad-
 vertised, for there is not enough
 placer mining in Iditero to keep POO men engaged for the brief season, last ing only three months. and the first three boats Of the season took about 1900, and others are carrying passen- gers, packed in to the guard rails.
 There are only three holes down in the Iditero country" said MT. Rust in speaking of the lode mining there.
 1.-Two of these holes are probably no good, and the other one is only a fair prospect. Of course. there is banning all through this country, running from l.25S to 25OS yard, but there is not enough there to justify over POO men for the brief season of three months. It would be better for those 200 men to stay here and work for 2S a day than to make by banning from SS to los day for the short time they can work, for the expense is enormous and these men must come out poorer than when they went in.
 About one-third of the crowd in there now and going in is made up of California boys, and their future will probably have in store long suffering and perhaps death.
 ''The first three boats to go to Alas ka this season, namely, the Cottage City, the Princess and the Hum boldt, took about 400 passengers each. It is impossible for all these men to exist there and to all make a living by banning is out of the question. The government will have to get these people out and take care of them the same as it did at Nome several years ago.
 ''To reach the much advertised Iditero you have to walk about 25O miles from Fairbanks on the Dalton trail. Two years ago found two Cal | ifornia men frozen to death on this same trail. One of the men was bend 1 ing over cluster of sticks with i match in his hand, while the other ! was holding an overcoat to keep the wind away from the match, which had | failed.
 Keep away from Alaska unless you have a permanent position there. Otherwise you are throwing your life away. Alaska is not what it used to be. The placer gold has played out in most of the districts. Iditero may ,rop out later, but right now it does not justify man taking such risk as s necessary in order to get in there md remain long enough to do any hing and then get out again. It is worse than Nome, but if you have the honey to pay your way there and back t might be all right to go, otherwise t is suicide"
 MT. Rust has claim at Copper Gen.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-03-10

oer, the brutallties practiced upon some
OF our best citizens-in fact all of the
atrocities found upon some of our best
cltlzens-in fact all of the atrocities
found IN the annals of criminalopy has
been performed and perpetrated upon the
miners and citizens through the "guard
system now in vogue, which has been
continued since the year A. d. 1902.
therefore the atrocities have become 80
great and so general that the time has
arrived when we should call a halt and
apollsh the guard SYSTEM which is now
existing and peTpetrated by the coal oper-
ators of West Virginia, the sentiment
now prevailing against this system of
thuggery shows that the citizens are nor
gong to sacrifice their liberties without
struggle Did the entire population of
the state of West Virginia know of all
the thuggery and vice committed by those
thugs, they would arise in righteous in.
hgnation and wipe them from the face
OF the earth, as citizens who live in the
region of "thugdom' have had every
liberty which, the constitution of the
United States guarantees to them taken
from them. 1t thus imposes on us the
task of trying to form policy which in
our Judgment will forever end this damn
able system of "thuggery''; and
WHEREAS, Free speech has been de-
med us by the operators through the
above system of guards, and the right to
organize for the better protection of our
selves and that of our fellow man, has
been denied us, which rights are guaran-
teed to us by the constitution of the
United States of America; and
WHEREAS, The State of West Vir-
ginia stands third in the production of
coal and will in few years forego to
the front second to none in the land, and
WHEREAS, The production of coal
and the manufacturing of coke is the
chief and most dominant industry, it be-
hooyes US to protect our citizens that they
Continued on Page Three.)
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-03-10
JUDGES WILL
RULE NATION
Wright's Decision Reveals the
Judiciary's Lust for Power Says
the Washington Labor Leaders.

insignificant in its immediate relation
measurable Importance as establishing
precedent for the subjugating of Cong.
ress to the rulings of a Supreme Court
Wright s decision, just rendered in the
District Supreme Court in the matter of
a mandamus compelling Senate Commit.
tee on Printing to appear and show couse
why it should not consider the bid of the
Valley Paper Company, is being carefully
considered by labor leaders and their at
torncys in Washington.
1t was the same Justice Wright that
sentenced Gompers, Morrison and Mitch
ell to twelve, nine ard six months re.
spectively in prison.
Justice Wright now states in the course
of his decision relating to Senators, that
all officers are creatures of the law and
that even the government of the United
States is less than the law, making pre-
cedent for future action which would null.
lily acts of Congress favorable to organ.
lied labor.
That the Senatorial committee refused
to appear before the court did not in the
least stay the proceedings, the Justice
ruling that the progress of the affairs
OF justice in such cases is neither to be
avoided nor obstructed by the absence of
the respondents
The Senators are not fearful of being
held in contempt of court, they assert
that they are merely in "default,' but
although this particular case will not
in all probability, develop severity of
action upon the courts part which would
lead to national crisis, yet the prece-
dent has been established which can be
used with terrible import upon labor
laws forced from an unwilling Congress.
Two hours were consumed in the read
ing of Justice Wright 8 .voluminous de-
cision, much of the time being given to
make clear the difference between a case
and cause of action, the Justice holding
that case had been established, and that
a cause of action yet remained to be
found. The constitution specifics that
the judicial power extends to all cases
in law and equity arising under the laws
of the United States'' and upon this the
court based it's jurisdiction.
By the force of its own decision the
court must now issue mandamus com
manding the members of the Senate to
do certain thing, the Senators hold,
they are prevented from doing by the
action of their own body. Purely aca-
demic in its immediate bearing, Justice
Wrights decision is acknowledged by
constitutional lawyers in Washington to
be pregnant with meaning for the future.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-03-10

can t help feeling that there are a
good many folks who, il they weren It SO
plagued Indifferent or lazy, SO confound.
ed comfortable and easy-going, really
could mend matters. I wish that L could
help wake them up to it. suppose that
1T would be hard for the bosses to make
the move. There's SO much in the way.
business dealings are too mixed up.
But there are some people who can do
1t. and some of them are bosses, too.
They can get busy creating a sentiment
IN favor of a squarer deal all around.
II understand the church, that IS a good
share of it 8 business. There's nobody
that can do more i'll getting matters set
right than the churches, if they will only
start in on the job. There are millions
OF church members in this country more
folks than there are Socialists and trades
unionists combined, by good deal, and
probably more than there ever will be. 1t
ought not to be very hard to map out a
policy for them to follow, if the teach
ings of christ are ever to be applied to
every day living.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-03-10
FINDING A
WAY OUT
Rev. Chas. Stelz1e Discusses the
the Labor Question and Gives
Some Good Advice to Follow.

What we need is clear-brained and
warm hearted men who will direct this
labor movement unselfshly. Some of
those who are outside the trades union
could help us but they are so interested
in statistics that they haven It quite got
ten hold of the big human side of the
question. The beautiful schemes that
look so we'll in books and magazines, and
that sound SO fine when they are present
ed from the lecture platform, go. all to
pieces when applied to flesh and blood
men, because they leave out altogether
tho clement of human nature
lt's all well enough to tell us what we
ought to do during time of strike, and
when we are getting ready to strike. It's
mighty easy proposition to nicely bal
ance the arguments for and against, and
subject the whole thing to the test of an
elegant system of ethics. But this labor
business is no Sunday School picnic
neither is it q matter that can be settled
right off the bat. There are too many
complications, too many things that don It
appear on the surface, and it's hard to
put into so many words, SO that the out
slider will understand. We need some
folks who can explain these matters better
than we can do it ourselves, and since it g
hard to do this unless you've been in the
game, we aren It making the progress that
we might. It's one thing to make a
study of the working man g problems
from above, even with sympathy and sim
cerity of purpose. A man may even
| tramp it, or go into the shop, or live in
tenement, but he does it knowing that
at any moment he may leave it if he wants
to do SO. Anyway, he misses good deal
of the joy and happiness of the working
people, because of their appreciation of
many things that come to them, and
which pleasure your student knows moth
ing at all about. But, oh, the hopeless
, ness that comes so often-too often for
most of us. I'd give a good deal if I
could forget some of the things I we
passed through. Perhaps I ought to be
| glad of the experience, because it will
help me understand some other fellow
who is passing through the same trials,
and that S worth something.
Lots of goodd people get impatient
with us because we don t seem to appre-
ciate what they are doing for us. To be
| perfectly honest, we'd rather do these
things for ourselves, in just the way that
we think best. It may not be the best
way. and there's a good deal in that
We'll appreciate having them show us
/ how the things may be done, but we want
hand in the doing of them. We II
work with these folks and we II be glad
to have them work with us, but the whole
thing must be on the level, like the big
democracy that we all believe in.