Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-22
TAFT WAS PUT INTO A HOLE
 BY HIS HOSTS
Taken Down into the Depths of the Gold Stake Mine
 at Lead, s. D.
AFTER THAT ORDEAL
 HE WAS GOLD BRICKED
Met By a Delegation of Sioux Indians Who Demanded Return of the Black
 Hills

DEADWooD. s. D., oct 21.-Pres- ident Taft further qualified as a miIl- er when he was taken HOO feet down in the famous Gold Stake mine at Lead Two years ago Mir Taft was taken down to the 1900 foot level n the Leonard Copper mine at Butte. Montana, and passed fully an hour groping about drifts, and tunnels, watching the men at work.
 His experiences today were much the same, the principal difference be- ing in the more precious quality of quartz veins through which he was guided with miners lanterns lighting the way The president began his trip to the mine by climbing a high flight of steps. and crossing a Ions trestle leading to the mouth of one of the shafts.
 The altitude at the entrance of the mine was just a mile above sea level and the president stopped to rest sev- eral minutes before allowing himsels to be locked up with several members of She party in one of the steel cages. II was long dark ride down the shaft. Mir. Taft went sailing down at a speed which carried him to the HOO level in two minutes. Three quarters Of an hour later he was hoisted 10 the surface at a pace even faster
 All work at the mine was sus- pended this afternoon. partly to give the men an opportunity 10 hear Mir. Taft speak in Lead. and partly in aD- prehension for the presidents safe ty while visiting the mine. The en- tire process of mining ore, and smelt- inE it was explained 10 the president. Outside. there was snow on tho ground and aurries of falling flakes. Down in the inire the temperature rose to between go and 80.
 How are you. Bill?' a miner yell ed from a level far above.
 "Oh, pretty good" the president answered with a laugh. how are you away up there?'
 Fine, old boy, glad to see you, @ was the answer
 The president also spent some time in the government assay office at Lead and watched the casting of real gold bricks. Later he was shown a room full of bricks. Each weighed l25 pounds and was worth $50, ,OOO Some one "stmped" Mir Taft to lift a brick. He picked up one of the bars with the greatest ease
 In this city, where he spoke shortly after noon on his tariff vetoes. the president was presented with a small gold brick worth more than $500. Tt is the greatest pleasure to gold brick the president" said President ". r. Martin, presenting the gold brick.
 It is great pleasure to be gold bricked this way" answered Mir Taft
 The president received a noisy wei come in both Deadwood and Lead Practically the entire population in both communities turned out to greet him. Earlier in the day the president spoke at EdgemonJ and Custer. After leaving here he spoke at StuTgis and Rapid City, leaving the latter city at 10 p. m for Pierre. where he win pass Sunday and Sunday night
 At Rapid City delegation of Sioux Chiefs met the president, and pre- scented a petition asking him to re- turn the Black Hills to the Indians. They declared that they never in- tended to give up the land to the white men and wanted it back right now" If this were not convenient they wanted fifty acres ito put in cur pockets When Mir. Taft pro missed to give the matter due consid- eration, the chiefs srunted heap sood"