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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
CONCENTRATES.

From the Mining and Scientific Press.
Placer mining in British Col
umbia has produced ST., ,639, 103
to the end of 1911. There are
no dredges at work, all attempts
at this method of working hav-
ing failed.
Belt conveyors at many mills
pass under circular magnets,
18-in. diam, which extract drill
steel, hammer heads, and other
articles dangerous to crushers,
from the ore.
Eruption of Mt. Katmai, in
Alaska, May 1912, caused much
ash to be scattered over the ad-
jacent territory. The air also
became quite acid, resulting in
the determination of all mos
quitoes.
Sand for concrete is being
shipped from Seattle, Washing
ton, to Honolulu, Hawaiian Is
lands, as there is no suitable
sand on the islands, which are of
volcanic origin and surrounded
by coral reefs. Many volcanic
rocks which are low in silica and
high in magnesia, lime and alu-
nina, tend to decompose, like
pyrite in building stone, and are
therefore not suitable for con-
crete work.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
AMERICAN EAGLE
GIFTS STRINGER
Shaft Now Following a Rich
Feeder.
Said to Run $4,000 to The Ton in
Gold.

The American Eagle shaft last
week cut a small feeder that is
very rich, and which gives prom
ise to develop into something
that will be Of value.
The shaft is now below the
first station: and is making good
progress, but the water Is coming
in, and will soon necessitate a
pump. One of the things that
has caused a small flow of water,
is the cutting of a feeder. While
this feeder is not large, it is ex-
ceptionally rich, and should make
ore where it enters the vein.
The shaft is being sunk about
80 fit. from the vein, and no at
tempt will be made to cut the
vein until the second level is
reached, which will make the
shaft 200 fit. below the tunnel,
or 275 ft. from the surface.
When this work is completed it
will be the deepest work ever
done in this district, and should
reach the water level, something
none of the other mines have
ever done, and the result Of
which the future of the district
will very largely depend.
1t is very fortunate thing to
have been able to get capital to
take hold of the American Eagle
and place at its head a man of
the experience and staying quail
ties that A. w. Boyd possesses.
Mr.. Boyd is perhaps the most
practical man that has ever
operated in this district, and his
success will mean the success OF
every prospector and claim owner
in the district. The American
Eagle has produce some high
grade free milling ore, and there
was disclosed some rich specimen
gold ore, and kidneys of clear
petite, or black telurium ore
This ore was in the floor of the
> tunnel and its occurance is anti
cipated in the lower workings.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
Balkan War May Soon Be Ended.

A dispatch from Sofia says
that Haiku Pasha has accepted
the note of the powers advising
Turkey to cede Adrianople and
leave the fate cf' the Aegean is
lands to the powers, and has ex-
pressed a wish to be informed of
the peace conditions of the allies.
A correspondent at Belgrade
says he learns from a reliable
source that Turkey and the allies
are secretly negotiating, and that
peace is likely to be concluded
the first week in March.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
Fish Eawk vOmpany
LGSBS Five Claims

The following from the Lewis
ton Tribune, refers to the Fish
Hawk group of claims, owned by
the American Eagle company,
and situated on Sigel creek,
about seven miles east OF Elk
City:
The register AMI receiver of
the local u. S. land Office have
been affirmed by the general land
Office, Washington, in their de-
cision handed down in the case
entitled Unitee States VS.. Fish
Hawk Consolidated Mining COM
pany, Limited, involving a 1lin-
eral entry made in December,
1903. The company filed on
reight locations on unsurveyed
land within the Nez Perce natl
onal forest, located in townships
2S or 20, range 9 east. These
claims are named the Fish Hawk,
King Fisher. King Bird, Hum.
ming Bird, Blue Jay, Tellico,
Fish Hawk Fraction and Pick.
wick lode. Proceedings were
instituted in August, 1908, on al
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
EX-PreSident Of HGxiCO
Is Shot in Streets

Francisco |. Madero and Jose
Pine Suarez, deposed president
and vice-president, where shot
and killed while being removed
to the penitentiary.
The state of Sonora may secede
and legislators assemble for
special session at Hermosillo.
New republic suggested.
Abraham Gonzales, governor
of Chihuahua, is arrested ard
placed in penitentiary and friends
not allowed to communicate with
him.
President Taft declares the
killing Of Madero and Suarez is
not sufficient cause for interven-
ton by the United States.
The circumstances surround
ing the death of the deposed
president and vice president OF
the republic are unknown, eX-
cept as given in official accounts
which do not conform in all
cases. The only witnesses were
those actually concerned in the
killing.
Not uneaturally great part of
the public regards the official
versions with doubt, having in
mind the use for centuries of the
notorious "ley fuga," the un-
written law which is invoked
when death of a prisoner is de-
sired, After its application there
is written on the records "pris~
oner shot trying to escape, "
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
Greenwich Observatory.

In the year 1919 King Charles II. of
England founded the royal observatory
at Greenwich i'll order that astronom-
ical observations might be made for
the assistance of sailors. The history
of the observatory has been the his
tory of chronology and of this practi-
cal side of astronomy. Its work and
its standards have become distinctly
international. The meridian of Greeng
wich now determines the longitude Of
the world.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
CANADIAN PACIFIC
TO BUILD IN IDAHO
Coming From MODtrDd to Lewiston
This Year.

The Portland Journal says:
Through the construction of a
600-mile stretch of a railway
from Plaza, N. D., to Lewiston,
Idaho, and an agreement with
the O.-W. R. & N. for the use
of the tracks westward from
Lewiston, the 500 Line will be
operating trains direct out of
Portland to Chicago and Duluth
withinsa short time, according to
a report from sources considered
authentic.
The extension as outlined would
tap American northwest territory
now served by the Hill lines and
would results in diverting much
of the western bound traffic to
Portland which now is carried to
Seattle over the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific.
Contracts for the construction
of a portion Of the first unit, be-
tween Plaze, the present western
terminus of the 500 Line, and
Lewistown, Mont, have been let
already, and it is admitted that
surveyors are now making locat-
ing surveys through Montana in
the direction of Lewiston, Idaho.
From Lewiston, Idaho, it is
said the 500 officials are planning
to build a short line northwarG
to connect with the Canadian
Pacific, of which the 500 is the
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27

narrow roads were made that
have proven of very little use or
value, but | know Of no outlay
of state funds that can possibly
bring higher results to the gen.
eral welfare of the people of the
state at large than the construc-
ton of the first class highways
into the heart of these immense
areas of interior mountain ter
ritory, which are so potentially
rich with industrial possibilities.
The mineral industry is the
primary industry of Idaho, as it
is of the whole series Of Rocky
mountain and Pacific coast states.
1t has laid the foundation and
has done the trail blazing and
rough pioneering work that has
made all the other industries
possible. 1t can justly claim
credit for the principal architec-
tural achievements of the num-
erous important business centers
of the west.
1t made possible the rapid re-
sumption of specie payment after
the civil war, which started this
country on a sound basis Of finan-
cial credit and commercial glory.
THE gold and silver dug from
the hills of our neighboring state
Nevada, financed the first trans
Atlantic cable, which established
a whispering gallery around the
commercial world" and mining
is today one of the most import
ant factors in the business life
.of the whole United States.
The trouble with the minera
industry in Idaho is the lack O.
faith and the lack of appreciation
of the permanency of our orr
deposits, and yet after fifty year
of a continued output of preciou
and useful minerals this state
in the year Of Grace 1912, afte
a series of years of continued in
crease, has made a record break
ing output of mineral values
which, with our vast areas o
virgin mineral territory, shoul
be sufficient evidence of it
vitality and possibilities for full
ther expansion.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
DOingS Of the State Legislature.

The Idaho legislature, which
will adjourn next week, will have
one thing to its credit. They
have elected two United States
senators, and created enough
new counties in the southern
part Of the state to give south
Idaho absolute control of the next
legislature.
AS to the passing of bills, there
may have been some necessa, y
legislation transacted, but up to
the present time there has not
been any new laws created that
the dear people would like to
have, and there does not seem
to be any desire to enact any.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27

American branch. At Lewiston
also, the line can connect with
the Snake river branch of the
O.-W. R. & N. and by a track
age agreement operate its trains
direct to Portland.
Although he declined to speak
in regard to the ultimate desti-
nation of the extension, Frank
R. Johnson, general passenger
agent for the Canadian Pacific,
admitted that several million
dollars has been appropriated for
the extension from Plaza and the
shortening of the 500 tracks be-
tween Portage, Wis, and Burl-
ington, Wis.
By the construction Of the ex-
tension to Lewiston and an
agreement covering the O.-W.
r. & N. tracks. the Canadian
Pacific system would have three
ports in the Pacific northwest at
it's command. These would be
Portland, Seattle and Vancouver,
B. C,
At the present time the Cana
dian Pacific runs a steamship line
from Vancouver to Seattle and
operates trains into Seattle over
the Northern Pacific tracks via
Sumas. The 500 has a passen-
ger service into Portland from
Duluth and Chicago via the
Canadian Pacific, the Spokane
International and the O.-W. R.
& N. The Canadian Pacific con:
trolls the Spokane Internationa
as it does the 500.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
Interested.

''The earliest mention of coal is said
to have been made by Theophrastus,"
said the professor at breakfast.
) And what did he say it was a ton.
professor?" inquired the economical
lnndlad5. pouring the coffee.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
CUR l|NDEVELOPED
MINERAL RESOURCES
A Plea for State Aid to Build
Roads.
As the State Mining. Inspector Looks
OH The Future,

In his annual report of the
mining industry of Idaho, Robt.
N. Bell has good deal to say
about highways that should re-
ceive state aid. While some may
think that they are a little in
clihed to be sectional, in that
he would divert all traffic to the
southern part of the state, it
must be remembered that "roads
breed roads," and what helps
one section will surely help an
other. The following are some
extracts:
The undevelcped mineral re-
sources of Idaho contain the ele-
ments of other productive dis
tricts of this kind, and l have
given considerable time and at
tention in an effort to advertise
and bring to the notice of respon-
sible investors the opportunities
of this nature in the hope and
purpose Of creating similar rich
cash markets for the wholesale
and retail merchant, the farmer,
the stockman, the real estate
dealer, and other citizens of the
Snake river valley, as it is mani
fest that the creation of such a
cash market would be the great
est stimulus to the general busi-
ness progress Of the southern
part of the state that could pos
pibly be imagined, and the de-
velopment of such a resource of
new business is worthy of the
most serious consideration and
assistance Of the present legis-
lature.
| am quite confident from q
personal study of this subject,
which is supported by the opin-
ion of some of the most able en-
gineers in the country, that we
have in Idaho county and in Gus.
ter county the necessary unde'
veloped mineral resources in the
form of gold and silver ore de
posits susceptible Of creating
just such cash business fol
Boise and other Southwestern
Idaho towns as the famous Coeu
d'Alene district now affords t,
our northern neiohbOrs.
As preliminary, however, t.
the establishment Of this condi
ton it is almost essential tina
the state substantially assist TIL
consummation Of this desire'
remedy for present sick busines
conditions by making these nev
districts more accessible and at
tractive by additional stat
wagon roads construction.
Any work of this nature whicl
is undertaken by the state shoulC
be put in the hands of compe
tent engineers, and should b
done in substantial manne
that would afford permanen
hi yhways easily kept in repair
A large proportion Of the none
that has been already expende
on state wagon roads has prove
of very little value to the stat
by reason of the fact that to
. much ground was covered fo
the amount Of money appropriat
ed, with the result that poor
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-27
A Siun.

BARRIERS are determined they shall !,
not be mistaken as catering to any but
the maleS.'
How SOP"
Didn't you ever notice that they
are always postmarked ?"-Baltimor
American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-05
SHOT IN CLARENDON.


Columbia. July 2.-Bright Mack, a
negro serving 4 life sentence, died yes
terday morning at the state peni;en-
tiary Is minutes after being entered
as n prisoner there He was wound
ed several days ago in Clarendon
county when he tried to escape. Mack
was convicted more than n year ago
and sent to the penitentiary. Later
unGcr Il court order, he was returned
To Clarendon county for road work.
Last Friday be made an attempt to
escape and was shot down by the
gunrds, one shot taking effect in the
right hip and the other under the
right arm. He was brought to the
pcnitentiary yesterday on a stretcher.
He was placed on the table i'm the OPP
Grating room and died in few min
utos.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-05
OVER PRODUCTION OF POTASH.
Causes Values Of Securities to Fan
and Industry g at Serious Crisis.

South Carolina importers, mixers,
distributors and users of commercial
fertilizers have direct interest in the
present critical condition OF the Ger
man potash-producing syndicate, large
quantities OF its product being brought
to this State each year.
Daily Consular and Trade Reports
(Washington) of June IL contains the
following letter from Talbot ]. Albert,
United States consul at Brunswick.
"All the German commercial news
papers Of May 23. 1913, report a Sc
rious financial crisis in the potash
industry The funded securities of the
leading mining companies OF the Pot
ash syndicate, which had been regard
ed as gilt-edge and were selling at
high premiums. have fallen below par.
The obligations and sto cks of other
mining companies have fallen, some
OF them To more than one-half OF
their former quoted value. A number
OF newly established companies have
become insolvent. The cause of this
alarming condition OF the industry is
The potash law passed two years
ago primarily for putting and end to
the concessions granted by certain
mining companies to Am erican i'm
porters accomplished that object but
mas failed to linn it the production OF
potash. The allowance under the law
OIL sales quotas to- new mining COM
panies entering on the stage of pro-
uuction led to- u rush on the part of
old companies to sink new shafts in
oruer TO mafntain their quotas and
10 the ESTABLISHING of O. great many
new mining, companies. The conse-
luence has been UverproCfuction and
general collapse OF the industry. 1t
VIII probably take several years to
equalize the supply with the demand
Tor potash. Legislation is now pend
Ing to amend the potash law SO as to
regulate the production, put so far it
mas been found impractic able to frame
me necessary regulations"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-05

crop of 1911 was the leargest ever
produced, and that of 1912 the sec
ond I'm size, the crop Of 1910 was the
most valuable.
The stimated value Of the cotton
crops of the flve-year period ending
With 1912 is $4,236,97 900, while
the corresponding value for the five
year period ending with 1899 was
N,52s,5OO,O00. During the last five
years the price of upland lint cotton
has averaged about III per cent per
pound, or nearly $50 per bale.
The crop of 1912 graded "middling
to strict middling." The average price
of upland cotton. which has been
computed from the New Orleans
market reports, has ranged from $50
cents in 1902 to 14.69 in 1910. For the
crop of 1912 it was 1906 cents, which
Is 2.33 cents more than the average
for 1911 and 264 cents less than for
1910.
The average bale weight for the
crop of 1912. counting round as half
bales and including linters. is 5O7.9
pounds gross, as compared with GOAL
pounds for 1911, 5O1.7 pounds for
1910 and 1866 pounds for 1909.
The variation in the average weight
of bale for upland cotton put up in
square packages Is pronounced
throughout the cotton belt. the aver
ages ranging from less than 43O
pounds for a number OF counties in
Georgia and North Carolina to $50
pounds for counties in Mississippi,
Oklahoma and Texas.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-05
Sewer Line on Law Range.

The work of a sewer line has beer
commenced on Law Range, the IN
raNati"n having been made for abol
haif the distance already. The woI
was ordered hy Council sever
months ago, and the pipe was orders
AT TN" same time. 1t has arrived ON
recently and the force of city han
W"r" put tu work ON the Job rig
away.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-05

held at least three months from this
date. If at that time they pass the
inspection, they will then receive their
retained pay; that is, the pay retained
under the above proposition. If they
fail at that time, they will not re-
ceive their pay and they will not long
er be considered as a basis for any
federal aid whatever. l am entirely
willing to have this test made in the
way suggested and if your governor
will write me making this sug-
gestiOn, l will instruct the proper Of
ficers to see that this is carried into
execution. You, Of course, realize that
the governor Of the State is the COM
mander in chief of it's military forces,
and that / can do nothing against his
will and desire to extend federal aid
in case he will not do those things
which make it proper for me to eY-
tend federal aid. / can hardly be-
lieve, however, that he will take an
attitude so unfortunate for the peo-
pie of South Carolina. In view of
the fact that l am informed that these
encampments are to be very shortly
held, 1 would suggest that if you gen.
tlemen hope to carry out our sugges-
from the governor to me made very
promptly
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed "Lindley NJ. Garrison,
Secretary of War"
Upon being asked what he cOnsid
cred a proper" letter, Senator Till
man said
II would prefer others to interpret
that language for themselves l will
guess this, however:
GOV. Blease, whether Intentionally
or not has caused the people at the
war department to have some bad
feeling towards the State of South
Carolina Naturally so. His letters
have been published in our principal
State newspapers and those who have
read them know how offensive they
must have been to all army officers
who ever wore a blue uniform. He
seems to forget that the United States
is now our country as we'll as that of
the Yankees, and that we have u
Southern Democrat in the presidents
office for the first time in so years
Only two days ago an appropriation
was passed by congress providing for
the payment Of the expenses Of the
Confederate and Federal veterans of
the District of Columbia to go to
Gettysburg, and that the commission
in charge of all arrangements and eX-
penditures consisted of the secretary
OF war, q Confederate veteran and a
Federal veteran, thereby equal con-
sderation being given both Northern
and Southern armies.
Secretary Garrison does not want
or expect an apology or explanation.
All he expects is a letter couched in
respectful terms making a formal re-
quest from the governor of South
Carolina to the secretary of war for
these funds to be available for the
purpose Of mobiliZing the militia as
already agreed on and understood. and
to pay their camping expenses. He
be made to any communications that
have hitherto passed between the gov
ernor of South Carolina and his Of
flee"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-05

We mop the brow of our COCO aud
confess in humility that we should not
nav" complained when We had June
weather that did not cali for an cIec-
trio Wilmington star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-05
SUMTER COTTON ARKET.
corrected Daily by Ernesa NJ. Field,
Gotten Buyer.

sumter. July 2.
Good NTiddling IL IS.
ST. Niddling 12. llS
MidGhing II rs. ~
-. COW Middling II 1-2.
Low Middling 10 rs.
staple cotton IL 1-2 To II IL for
whit a. grades.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-01-10
BOILER HOUSE
 BURNED DOWN
GRE AT MuhRcETILLE CAUSES eId LoAk TO A. ,. tAND-
 STHoM.

A Hrs occurred at 9I'inToeviL:* "a Thursday morning which resulted '" thA destr-aStIun Ot tho beiIsr hpNSe and vurIeus Other nenS ot UTrDerty bAIcne4ne to A. J. LandstrOTn. In Ad . EarIou to-. the ho.lrr hnll.e the h1ist has born ruined owing 10 the melting ct the babI,ts. Blacksmith outfit. HH outft nx oil, too!e and various other articles were completely ;ost.
 Mir. LandaiTom hus hs<n hcisti"E Eur quite A time and had Lhe htE1Sst dunR in the GnIghborhosd II the 'ir"e of thu aecldsnL This dump Is %stt- H7arAn to contain about e,aoo cars' Mt. LAAdSrrom wll AecnrR another outGL, however. and proceed ir1msd1- ataly to rA0psn operations,
 Ths naliRA of the fire makes sort Of nYpfery. 1, Tl9 notic"d hrAs h5 the .rM6Il of smoke. Mr. Lnndstrnnl believes 4t VIE, perhaps. Lnc to the rresencs of wAtEr in the Cn Hnd the cnnhcu l4nr snlutteting of the ffasnr.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-01-10
s8O,Ooo,oo0
 FROM s50O,ooo
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK rELL4 OF ITS PROC
 REsS.
Bpuuiat Nussst sprTipa.

Bpu0iat Nugget eS+TiRA.
 WASHINGTON. h. C., Jan. lo.- President Baker Uf the First HntiunuI bank of New TcrIe. iestihed today iha.t hie inetitAtlon hrxAn In 1863 and that Aince is organization nt that time TiLl' q capital of half milton aoliArR fl has made ts0.1Oo,0aS. This t'stimcnr wnH wip4,I before Int cnthTn!ssEusI which ia noG inttsGgatiTE the money trust |.
 S1usr ot IhG profit vnG made bY in- veatnents in New Ynrk city property. but uthor siGrAstmsnts of the safe kind Were AtHo n1Ads and thu bank %DR nl . ways hirHa+d by directors who exer {. CIsBd the ErGalcse c7re. The presidHnt Rttr1hrtAd the RncCeEs If tho hank paT 7 tierl0r1y to the laEt fact
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-01-10
KILLED SELF
 WHILE JOKING
LOS AN6ELEs MAN FOUND DEAD WITH 4 "pATENT APPLIED
 FOR" LABEL
apSoiaI Nugget $sryies.

Special Nugget $srvie'.
 LOS ANGELES. JAn. S.-A moAt extraordinary rFrcmnstanoe raa re- xeslea n th1H city this morning when .. D. Conaor was seund dcad in Hrd ~i.a a "ratent applied Tor" laIet on rhe instrunnent which hr' used Tor Eslt destruction.
 1:unrur had plarcl box over "'s ,,cAh and had 30 arranged tmll fha hcx ~nA filled with Aas bY HIc"na cd an alarn eIork. The arrangement %Ht quite IngeIIndlE and showed rcmurka nla n1%nhaEical tnient- Hefors plac- ink the. box oyET his head ne wae sT!- dently struck ny the grim huta"r "1 the I6ea of placing llhsl "1I rne hr1 HiIh rhs wUrd:. 'p1trnt applied fer He wAs slrnA dead when his fS'u was rnteref.