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Arizona republican., 1911-04-03
Eleanor PIacers.

Active work in dredging by the Eleanor Placer Mining company on French gulch has been inaugurated and it is expected that operations will be conducted on a permanent basis. Joseph Mackin, general mana ger. made an interesting report of the purpose for which the large plant was installed, and stated that the main difficulty, which has been a lack of water to float the boat, has been overcome, says the Prescott Journal Miner. The trying out of a large and intricate mechanical equipment has been solved, and it is his belief that the enterprise will proceed without encountering any further obstacles For the present the surface of the soil is being stripped, and while values are necessarily nominal, from previous tests in the bedrock zone it is be- lieved the project faces a good future The interests of this company cover a wide range of territory and an un- limited dredging area is available. The dam has a surface area of so feet in width, 25 feet high and the lake extends up stream over half a mile. This capacity could be increased if desired to cover a length of nearly two miles, or up to the camp of the Mines Development company. Begin ming on the first of April two shifts will be placed at work and dredging will be conducted permanently.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-03
Woman Finds Mine.

Mrs. Siebert. living near the Moss back mine. has made the richest dis covery of the year. having found within half a mile of the Mossback a big vein of gold ore, specimens from which are speckled with big grains of free gold, says the Mohave County Miner.
 Mrs. Siebert has been prospecting in that section some months and a few days ago discovered the vein and has been at work since in its eX- plOitation. Those who have seen the ore say it is the richest they have ever seen from the Gold Road sec ton and believe that it will open out into one of the greatest mines of that rich section. The vein is situated on a rhyolite hill south of the Mossback and the ore appears to be entirely in the same formation owing to the character of the hill and its general appearance no one has gone upon it with the view of prospecting until Mrs. Siebert concluded it just the place for rich ore. That her judgment was rewarded goes without saying and it is probable she will take her fortune from it.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-03
MINING DEALS ARE
 CLOSED AT PRESCOTT
SHUMATE PLACER AND SILVER
 CHORD PROPERTIES.
Tucson Is Assured of Customs
 Shelter At Early Date.

In the passing of the titles of the Shumate placer and quartz interests and of the Silver Chord mine, two of the most important mining deals of the year were closed here this week, says a Prescott dispatch.
 Partial payments of the purchase prices were made in both transaC tions. The sale of the Shumate in- terests is also remarkable from the fact that it was the quickest one ever closed here, the first payment being made thirtyfive days after the op- tion was given.
 The Shumate properties are in the Plomosa district of Yuma county, thirty miles south of Vicksburg on the Arizona X California railroad and four miles east of Alamo Springs. The placers cover a large acreage and are declared among the richest ever discovered in that section. The gold is coarse and the average depth to bed rock is from three to six feet
 The ground is virgin. The pur- chaser is the Mamarmie Exploration and Development company of New York. Representatives of the com pany left here for California this afternoon to purchase a plant. They said that it was the intention to start operations as soon as the equipment was delivered. The bal ance of the purchase price is payable
Arizona republican., 1911-04-03
Tucson Shelter.

According to the statement of l. s. Wheeler. secretary and attorney for the Pioneer Smelling company. the Pioneer people will have in operation at or near Tucson during the present year an up-to-date customs smelting plant. says a dispatch from that place
 This company has been operating quietly in Pima and Santa Cruz coun- ties for some time and has entrenched itself in such a way as to insure per- manent operation and certain success.
 As an indication of its strength and fars seeing policy, Mir. Wheeler says that the company has purchased and paid for a controlling interest in the Gould mine for its fluxing and sulphur contents. The company has also pur- chased the famous Plumed Knight mine at Mineral Hill, where there has been proved up about S0,000 tons of self-fluxing ore, carrying per cent copper and three ounces in silver. The company has purchased a half interest in an unlimited supply of the purest limestone lying right on the railroad track and has acquired a
Arizona republican., 1911-04-03
Data From Queen.

Following a stay of several days during which he studied the ore car rying system, methods of mining and other Improvements of the Copper Queen properties, E. w. Mayne. fore man of the old Dominion mines at Globe, left for his home, says the Bisbee Review.
 Of greatest interest to the Globe 1 mining man was the underground electric hauling system. The old DO- miniOn is now engaged in installing similar system. The conveyors in use at the Sacramento were also care fully studied. as something similar may be attempted by the Globe prop erty.
 At present. MT. Mayne states, but little work is being done. The mines and shelter of the company are producing about two million pounds of copper per month. The company has in it's employ in mine and shelter something like 800 men
Arizona republican., 1911-04-03

mine in Santa Cruz county which car ries 40 per cent sulphur and 30 per cent iron, as matte control Aux.
 All the documents involved in these various transactions are in the c ,n- solidated National bank here.
 In it's various mines this company now controls over 150,OO0 tons of low grade fluxing ores.
 Confidential agreements with cer- tain mine owners make the continu- Ous operation of the plant on d large scale an assured success. The com pany's general officers are now in New York completing certain traffic agreements before starting to break ground. The exact location of the plant will not be decided until these traffic agreements are effected and the railroad situation in Tucson en- tirely settled.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-03

in installments six months and a year from date.
 The Silver Chord mine was taken over by Forrest Mckinley, represent ing the Union Development company. It is three miles from Turkey Station on the Bradshaw Mountain railroad. It is one of the oldest locations in the Black Canyon district and was one of the largest producers of silver in northern Arizona over thirty years ago. It was owned by James R. Lowry, Jesse Robeson and Mrs. Marie Mekota.
 A pathetic feature of the transac- ton is that Mir. Robeson, who has owned his interests almost since the discovery, is now seriously i'll with no hopes for his recovery.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-03
Conner Situation.

.i Look where you will and study con ditions from all sides We find it safe
 to predict that copper IS coming into its own again. There is every indica-
 ton that the bottom has been reached and that the metal will soon show gen 1 eral and lasting improvements, says the | New York Curb.
 1 Not only is the metal market shaping itself for better things, but the big cop per men are planning for higher prices for the copper stocks, Small mergers are being consumated and as time goes
 on the big merger so often talked of is
 nearer a fact.
 It is only a short time off when cop
 per shares will again be favorite ve- hicles for speculation, based upon either a big merger such as the steel corpora
 ton or a gentlemens agreement which | will make for 'reater' stability in the copper metals market as the steel cor poration has made for greater stability in the steel and iron markets.
 The copper metal market rules firm CT, the leading selling agencies general | ly quoting I2h cents for electrolytic. A representative of one of the most prom 1 inent independent companies states | that his concern has received bids of | 12$ cents for round amounts of cop per and that they were refused. A good volume of business has been transacted during the past three or four days and it is doubtful if any considerable amount of the metal can be secured under 12h cents. Today number of inquiries are in the mar ket from Europe and from domestic consumers and the indications are that further transactions will be made.
 While it is yet too early to make any forecast of the March statement of the Copper Producers association, present prospects are that the show ing will be materially better than those for January or February. De- liveries to domestic consumers are said to be holding up to last months level, when the daily average deliv- cries amounted to approximately 1,S00,0O0 bounds, or at the rate of 1000, 900 pounds for the month. In February, 5O,51s.99S pounds were de- livered to domestic consumers.
 Exports of copper also are showing up better than in the first two months of the year. total shipments for the first thirteen days of last month ag- gregating approximately 25,O00000 pounds. Figuring on a continuation of exports at this rate for the re- mainder of the month the total ship ments in March should approximate 56.000.000 pounds. making the total deliveries for the month 111.000,000 pounds. as compared with 95.630017 pounds in February, which was a short month
Arizona republican., 1911-04-03
Cut Good Ore.

Last week the cross-cut drift on the tunnel level of the Iron King mine reached the hanging wall and opened fine body of ore carrying gold. sil- yer. lead and zinc. The ore was small in the roof of the drift. but in the bottom was quite large. showing the big end of the ore body to be down. This ore gave a result of about $40 in all the values, says the Mohave County Miner. The vein is very large. leIng one of the greatest bodies of complex ores in the county The vein is ieaiy a mineralized dyke running
 through Wallapai district, the south end of the outcrop being near Lorena Flat, east of Stockton hill. to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09
Boydton Social News
Especial to The Timespts,,,

Especial to The Times Dispatch
hoFutoh' Va. July s.-Miss Anness
Lea who has been visiting in town
iI niS returned TO her home in South
u, Thomas Peasants, who has been
VISITING his parents. Mr. and Mrs w
~. ileasants here. has returned 10
Ruttcrworth. Va ~
visiting friends near Manson, n e ca
has returned to Boydton. ~
MIS- Prince. OF Emporia is here
NiSitihs Mrs Howard Beales.
Mrs. Fannie Fanton. OF Danville, Is
mere visiting her sister. Mrs. c. J.
Mrs E. r. Carter is on v,s,t -
i mer parents. Mr.. and Mrs. C. y. VII
Miss Emavieve Rose. of WASHINGTON.
D., c., is visiting her friend Miss
rama Tnrpin' at Echo HILL" near
.. Miss Nellie Gooch. of Ciarksville, Is
IN 1, Town visiting friends.
Iightiully entertained by Miss Marietta
Haskins Tuesday afternoon. The
guests of honor were Mesdames Toone
ana Bryson. and Misses Turpin and
hoSe. me principal feature of the
Rose. " MISS
Thomas Haskins spent the weeks
enc With his mother. Mrs y. r.,
Peter Homes has returned from
Montreal n c.. where he was sent as as
a delegate for the Y. NJ. c. a. Conven-
Professor Harry Faulkner. of the
University of Virginia, is here visiting.
ms parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Faux
Carter williams and family srent
the last OF the week in town with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. c. n. Williams.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09
Checks Which Guard Against Leaks

MISS Caroline Roper, in Portsmouth. u
MI. and Mrs. William Bentley were,
Bentley ~
Preston .Trigs was with Mr.. ana
Mrs Douglas Wherry over Sunday. es
Mr.. and Mrs- Frank Martin and SOM
OF Fermville. have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Albert williams sai
The Country Club gave very largo
dance on July to its members, and
all outside guests We're cordially in-s
vited asss
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Burr and Miss
Nellie Payne, of Richmond, are with
Mrs Burton Maryc for the summer 8
Mrs Turner Arlington has been
spending the week with Mrs Coleman
Workman. ~
DR.. Landon Mason and the Misses
Mason were guests of friends here
recently 1Ne,
Miss Harriet Cringan was the week.
end guest of the Misses Cooke ~
Mrs. Burwell Is visiting her daugh-2
ters, Mrs. William Reed and Mrs. I,add
Miss BEETLE Ellerson has been stay
Ing here with Mrs. William Ellerson. 81
Miss Hattie Scott spent the Fourth
with Miss Talcott.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09

! reason that the privilege has seldom
been embraced.
The State Department is a vast re-
pository of secrets. and its every i'm
portant transactions is made under
cover Our diplomats undertake their
missions under secret instructions and
| communicate with the Secretary of
State by a secret cipher code especial
iy devised for the department.
y year or two ago. when n copy of
the ccde was stolen. an entire new sys-
tenn had TO he adopted at considerable
, expense to the government y thier
ransacking the steel fling cabinets of
| the Department of State and distribut-
ing it's secret archives broadcast would
involve us in diplomatic entanylements
from which IL might he Impossible to
eNtricate ourselves without endless
vars
Periodically there are published in
official red books" certain OF our dipIo-
matte correspondence. selected because
deemed harmless or treating of events
/, which have safely blown over" We're
the full correspondence of any one year
thus published each male civilian of the
land might well anticipate a draft for
military service.
Names Never known.
The personnel of the famous secret
service" is one OF the State secrets of
the Treasury Department. confided by
the officials of that organization only
to the Secretary of the Treasury or
the President. Other employees of the
government must he listed in the offcia,
blue book, but the names OF these hun
| dreds of detectives are missing from
that directory The amount of the an
nual secret service fund OF Sl36. 900
that goes to pay them their 81 to SIS a
day is accounted for only to the head
OF the department and no one can ven.
ture a guess, at any time. as to the
distribution or numbers of this shadowy
army of sleuths.
How custom house agents are made
aware Of purchases by Americans in
foreign shops Is another State secret
OF the Treasury Department Sufficient
is IT to know that the diamonds and
rich clothing which our wealthy tour
lists are liable to carry home with
them is regularly reported by a mystic
rious corps of spies scattered over tho
continent and captained by "conhdentiaJ
agents stationed at nve points in
Europe, and another in the orient
With as great secrecy the Treasury
quarts the identity of persons who in
form revenue agents of the location
of 'moonshine" stills. Any man, wo-
man or child who gives n clue leading
TO the capture OF such an Illicit es-
Enlistment may. without fess of be-.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09

istration. before these safeguards were
instituted The procurer Of the ad-
vance copy Is said to have sold It to
spectators for several thousand dol.
lars.
Court WorkH in Secret.
The Supreme Court sits beneath tho
rose while framing all of its decisions.
even more vital 10 Wall Street than the
Presidents recommendations, upon
which Congress may or may not act.
as vo% populi seems to dictate. But the
rooed justices OF the Supreme Court
nave the last say as to whether this
trust or that shall be dissolved. or this
or that iaw-otherwise affecting vast
corporat!ons-shali stand Wall Street
would have given hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars. in any recent year,
Tor advance information as to verdicts
OF the supreme tribunal.
Tho vcrdicts of the court are voted
each Saturday during sessions in the
conference room" in the basement of
the Capitol, and while the conference
is In progress not even the President
himself would be admitted to this for
bidden chamber. where the justices
must for the time forego the services
OF the pages and other attendants
hired TO fetch them Ice water and
stationery They must even descend
no" 10 the indiSnity of sharpening
their own pencils and filling their own
fountain pens
No tourists are ever allowed even a
peer at this room OF mystery, nor has
a photographer ever been permitted to
make picture OF II. Than this secret
chamber the Forbidden city of Pekins
was never more impenetrable even in
the days when TsiAn was al the height
OF her glory.
While the financial world with bated
breath waited some time ago the cour,
verdict on a great antitrust case. the
correspondent OF Chicago financial
concern was instructed TO step up to
the bench. on decision day. and ask
one OF the justices whether the find.
Ing would be generally favorable or
unfavorable to the corporation involved
This tip the correspondent was in
structed to wire advance OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09

, tinually on the hunt for such violators
of the Federal laws as bucket shop
operators, night riders and trade re.
strairers. And another storehouse for
official secrets Is the office of the CHIEF
post office inspector. whose closely
guarded file cases are continually be-
Ing fed with new evidence secured from
corps of detectives kept on the
hunt for postal thieves and senders Of
naughty pictures or literature and
sharps who use the malls for fraud
| ulent business.
You would not look for State secrets
In the Department of Agriculture but
each month 1t regularly has on tap a
vast supply of them that spectators
would pay pretty penny for. It's
forecasts OF the size and character OF
our maturing crops sometimes precipi-
tate panics in the speculative world
shut down plants or cut wages while
they especially hX prices as we'll as
stock values. Since premature dis.
closure OF this Information to one man
would place in his hands the power to
acquire riches undreamed of by
Croesus, an ingenious system is in use
FOR giving every citizen in the land an
equal chance to make use of the prog
nostication. AS the forecasts come in
from the separate States the Secretary
or Agriculture puts them away in his
safe. On the day of the monthly count
the statistic'ans are locked in a room
where the seals are broken and the
fnal computation is made. And the
KEY to this room is not turned until
an official passes out TO hand the opera
tors OF the two great telegraph com
panies the flash figure" for which all
of the wires In the country and, the
cables to the Old World are being held
open.
Nor is the younses- of the Federal
bepartments-that of Commerce and
Labor-without its state secrets deem
ana impenetrable. The census bureau
leaiously guards the most sacred Of all
! secrets conhded to IL by millions of
citizcnesses-the mystery of their ages.
The census employe who discloses this
| or airy other information concerning
] an individual is fable TO a nne of $500
| And chock-full of secrets is the chief
! or TINS departments bureau of CORPORA
ions. who Is authorized by law to
investigate the conduct and manage
ment OF trusts or other concerns whose
| products enter into interstate COM
| merce No authority. except the Presi-
oeht himself can force this functionarv
10 dtvulge what he has CLEANED con-
corning the transactions of our male
factors OF great wealth"
doubtless there has ever been too
"eN'ccE involved In our admins
Fatlon of government. But. as Won
| nave seen. the throwing open of the
| doors OF all of our Federal council
| chambers WORTHWHILE human nature
| retains Its present frailties--resuI, in
continuous war and panic And until
! some penacea for personal greed and
international envy has been discovered
ana effectively applied ofHcialdom must
continue to transact portion OF its
business behind closed doors. So state
secrets are liable to plague us. and
| excite our imaginations until the mil.
Iiennium !ntervenes.
| copyright, 1911, by John Elfreth Wat
| kins)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09

| reading of the decision, but he happen
ed TO know his Washington better than
his employer. who received this reply
| from his pen:
"All the money In the Chicago national
banks would not induce me to ask one
| OF the justices What's doing? l send
a diagram OF the court with arrow
! that the Supreme Court could commit
a man to Jail for contempt of cour,
for life and that there is no other
| power short of Divine interposition--
and ] am afraid the days of mira cles
are past-to which l could appeal?"
The legislative as we'll as the exc
| cutive and judicial branches of our
government transacts considera BIZ
business behind closed doors. When
| the Senate locks itself in secret ses-
| sion there is an exodus OF pages and
employees. fave several officers who
| have been put under OATH TO forever
guard any secrets which they may
overhear These are the sergeant-a '
| arms, four assistants and the "execu-
tive clerks" who keep the vague re-
cord of the proceedings. Only two
| reasons may now pass the Threshold
the clerk of the House and assistant
secretary of the President. IL they bear
| messages to the Senate. But all pro-
| ceedings are hushed when they are
| announced and they depart not a GOT
| wiser than when they entered
the darkest Of these executive ses,
| sion secrets pertain to treaties with
foreign powers and the frankness of
speech with which they are discussed
| would often lead to international COM
plications, II made public,
Executive Session Leaks.
The most serious executive session
leak occurred while our treaty an
| nexing Mexico was under discussion.
copy of that instrument. as we'll as
| OF the Presidents message and some
confidential papers ACCOMPANYING It
was alleged to have been delivered to
a newspaper by western senator. An
investigating committee was appointed,
| but the matter was later smoothed over.
| The last serious leak" occurred In
1892, when certain newspapers gave
| accurate reports OF an executive ses-
sion. including the vote In detail. A
smelling COMMITTEES" was again called.
and the chief executive clerk was made
the scapegoat and dismissed. although
i afterward exonerated: elected to Con-
gress, and later given q responsible
government office. which he still re-
tains.
That the House also, may hold secret
| sessions. when it wishes to withhold
knowledge of Its debates from foreign
powers, is not generally known for the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09
Bon Air Social News

lSpcclal TO The Times DispntchJ
Bon Air. Va July S.-Chambers
Elam left on Saturday TO spend a
week at the beach
Mr.; and Mrs Walter Tanner of Rich
mond, and Mrs Southall, are at tho
Inn for the summer
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Gillian have
WORKMAN recently.
Miss Bentley was the weekend
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Norwood Bnnt
ley
Miss Julia Powers is visiting Joseph
Sadlcr at Forest Hill.
the Bridgeforth home on Saturday,
where they will be for two months.
Richard Messer has returned from
Catawba. whore he went in the In
terest of the State Health DEPART
ment
Miss Edith Grimm has been visiting
the Misses Taicott and Moore
Mrs. McFaden was the guest recent
~ of DR.. and Mrs. Stevenson
Miss Lillian Cooke has returned
home. after very dalightful Visit IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09
PEOPLE ARE BEING POISONED
Poisonous Gases From ngesed Fermenng Food Effects the
Entire System. Dgesti is the New Relief

Undsested food fermcnts in the
stomach, producing poisonous gases,
which are absorbed and distributed
throughout the entire system, poisoning
the heart. the nerves and the brain--rob-
bling the blood OF its lifc-givng proper
ties instead OF rcp!enishing them.
Digestit, the new remedy for indigcs-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09

ton. digests all the food taken into the
stomach thereby preventing any fermen-
tation or decomposition.
Digcstcd food is assimilatcd and seeds
the blood with lfc.sving properties.
Digestit will relieve those distressing
symptoms OF dyspepsia instantle--two
or three tablets taken after meals stimu-