The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

banks, on the Iana river The route lles through a rich and undeveloped agricul- tural and coal country. Seventy miles Of the road is completed from Seward to Iafn-Agaln Arm, in Cooks inlet.
 Mines May Be Merged
 When Levi W. Hutton of Spokane, one of the principal owners of the Hercules mine in northern Idaho, returns home in a few days from a tour of the Panama canal zone, Mexico and California, nego- tiations will be resumed by representa- tives of the Federal Mining and Smelling company for the merging of the chief lead-silver properties in the Occur d Alenes, the combined capitalization Of which is between $50 900. eco and s2O0, 900 GOO. The mines to be taken into the merger are the Federal, Bunker Hill and Sul- livan, Hercules, Hecla, Hunter, Running Bird, Tamarack and Chesapeake, Stew ard, Caledonia and properties controlled by these organizations and 90 smaller companies. These mines have produced more than $25O, 100000 worth of ores, chiefly lead and silver, in 20 years.
 A circumstance connected with the plan, conceived by the Guggenheim interests, is the death of D. o. Mills, several months ago. MT. Mills resisted an earlier overture for such a merger. His death and other conditions which developed are expected to make the amalgamation easy. It is reported that the Federal company recently acquired the 15oooo shares of Hecla stock owned by J. R. Smith, de- ceased.
 Some idea of the financial strength that would be brought to such merger is gathered from the statement that the Federal company pays [ per cent divi- dends on it's preferred stock. the Bunker Hill and Sullivan disburses seo,0o0 month, the Hercules SS.000, the Hecla s90 oOO. Dividends would accrue from the Tamarack and Chesapeake but for con- troversy between the company and Dr. Brien, former president and heavy stock holder. which has interrupted operation The Caledonia is expected to begin diyi- dend paying in April, the first disburse- ment being estimated at N30,o00 or 10 cents each on an issue of l, ,900,0 600 shares. and the Stewart property probably will enter the dividend payers this spring, or as soon as F. Augustus Heinze gives the word.
 Effect of Comet Gas
 Horace g. Mack, formerly of New York, now living at AT Twenty-fourth avenue, Spokane, declares that hydrocyanic acid formed by cyanogen gas, of which as- tronomers say the tail of Halley's comet 
 is composed united with the hydrogen of this planets atmosphere, is not deadly unless taken internally. Breathing it's fumes he adds, suspends animation only, and in this connection he recites per sonal experience in New York labora- tory While making an analysis he aeci- dentally inhaled a small quantity of hydro-cyanic acid and dropped to the floor and, though fully conscious, was un- ahle to move or sneak for more than two weeks. The coroner who made the examination declared the man to be dead and ordered the body sent to an under taking establishment to prepare 1t for buril. One of the chemists employed in the laboratory said 1t was case of sus- pended animation, and after much plead ing with the coroner he was permitted to take the body. Following several ex- periments MT. Mack was revived and re- stored, 15 days later. He is in good health | today.
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