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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-21

subscribers Of The Daily Gate
City are served the full Leased
Wire Service Of the United
Press Associations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-08

Mrs. J. E. Cooke visited BIER PAR
eats. Mr., ami Mrs Il. d. Crabbs. sun
day
Fl r. Cooper. Howard Cooper and
sisters Mrs Katie Spraston ana Car
RE Cooper. spent SUNDAY with john
TarE and family ir Viola
Mrs. George Byles of Afeao returned
nome Sunday after spending several
weeks with her granddaughter. Mrs.
Leland Roylas
I.eek Cain and family visited aIr- and
Mrs Herman Cain near Afedo sun
das
The farmers in this vicinity are busy
filling their sllos and hulHng clover.
Mrs Prentice Halatesd entertained
the r S + club THURSDAY
Mrs Jane Grtdley and daughter.
Sirs May Cain visited with Lewis
G~tdtey and family Saturday and sun
day
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al tie news all the tlme-The
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
EUREKA, NEVADA.
Glory Has Departed From a Once
Proud Minina Camp.

Glory Has Departed From a Once
Proud Mining Camp.
The great mines of the Eureka dis
trict, the Richmond and Eureka Con
solidated, long ago vanished from the
list of stock quotations, leaving be-
hind them the walls Of their smelter-
les and two immense Stag dumps. one
at each end of Main street. These I'M
slightly piles add no beauty to the
Landscape, writes Charles e. Van Loan
in describing Nevada's Ghost Cities"
In the Saturday Evening Post, but
Eureka is convinced that the Stag in
one of those piles will yield a hand
some fortune If ever resmelted. Main
street sentried at both ends by the
bare bones of smelteries and refiner-
les, idle these rs years, Is no longer
the scene of gun fights, of bowie knife
duels, of Fourth of July parades, with
the Hooks" and Knicks" proudly
kicking up the dust behind the Union
Guard brass band. Main street Eur
eka, is a very wide street, as Nevada
streets go; but shortsighted hen is
perfectly safe on it these days, unless
it be her misfortune to pick out the
spot where the base ball team is prac-
ticing. There was time-and not so
long ago, either-when Main street
was no place for a hen. And speak
ing of that baseball club, 1t has to
travel 80 miles to get a game. Eur
eka once had some lively daily news
papers and at least one journalist who
achieved national fame; but now she
Is content with weekly, which is
well edited but somewhat lacking in
local news items as compared with
the boom period. There are no gam
blers in Eureka today, but the inhab-
itants are past masters at solo, and
take away money from the Duckwater
farmers, who only think they know
that interesting game. The 20-mule
the pride of eastern Nevada, have CIV
en- place to a narrow gauge railroad
which meanders leisurely northward
through the sagebrush, 80 miles 70
Palisade, where 1t taps-ever so gent
ly--one of the main arteries Of trans
continental traffic. Ordinarily rail-
road is better and cheaper method
of transportation than mule team,
but the "Slim Princess" does not haul
any ore these days. The mining COM
panies and the "Slim Princess" have
been at deadlock for years, and I'M
til that deadlock is broken the ore will
remain in the mines.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

odtee of the National Copper Mining
company, Limited, Mullan, Idaho
October Fl, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that at n
meeting of the board of directors of
the National Copper Mining Company,
Limited, held on the 21st day of Octo-
Der A. d. 1915, an assessment of one
Cd cent per share was levied upon the
capital stock of the National Copper
Mining Company Limited, payable on
or before the goth day of November,
A. ID. 1915, to Charles McKinnis, Sec
rotary of said company, at his office
in Wallace, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 10th day
of November, A. d. 1915, will be de-
linquent and advertised for sale at
public auction, and, unless payment is
made before, will be sold on the 18th
day of December, A. D. 1916, to nav
the delinquent assessment, together
with the costs of advertising and ex-
penses Of sale.
CHAS. McKINNIS,
Secretary Treasurer National Copper
Mining Company, Limited, Wallace
ldaho' O28-N18-4t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11

mortgage 6 per cent convertible bonds
The management keeps about 2,Oe0,-
600 tons of ore blocked out ahead,
enough for six years operations. aud
is sinking the shaft from the 1900
level to 1900 feet. The American
Metal company interests, which EN-.
ploy some Of the finest experts in the
industry considered the property at an
early stage of its history with view
TO taking it over, but decided not to
do so.
1t would take a volume to set forth
In detail the history of Butte & Super
ior. a paragon of success and very
paradox of difficulty, danger, disap-
pointment and triumphs of the first
magnitude-a romance of its kind that
is quite as enthralling as any story of
Fielding or Defoe.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
FORTUNE AT RAWHiDE.
How Montana Man Got Rich While
Others Went Broke.
anaconda Standard)

NAhaColud SUMMARY
Dr. M A. Miller, who made his for.
tune during the gold rush to Rawhide
New, seven years ago and who will
be remembered by many people in
Butte and Dillon, where he practiced
is visiting in Butte with his daughter
Mrs. John Teal DR.. Miller is accom-
panied by Mrs. Miller.
! When the rush to Rawhide had be-
gun DR.. Miller saw his chance to
make fortune and he took the chance.
He knew there was a demand for an
automobile stage into Rawhide from
southern Pacific railroad. He bought
a flotilla of filters and hired some driv .
ers who could make time, and he set
his price, $12 each way But competi-
ton began to threaten and then he
made the master stroke. He hurried
to San Francisco and secured a lease
from the railroad, giving him rights to
the land for two miles on all sides of
the depot. He parked his automobiles
at Schurz and his competitors had to
walt on his deadline, two miles dis
tant. AS a result Dr. Miller's auto
mobiles got all the business, for no
one wanted to walk two miles to
reach another machine. The rivals
saw the Miller speeders whisk by with
miners on the steps and even on the
tenders, each paying $12 for the trip
which was made in / hour and Is min
utes, as the roads were good and the
drivers daring. On several trips DR..
Miller sent his entire fleet into Raw
hide with 800 prepaid on each car,
and in two weeks he took in $4,000
The automobiles were run constantly
during daylight hours and a night
trip cost more money
Later DR.. Miller got the rights to
Schurz, the nearest point on the
a bridge on the Rawhide road and he
hired two armed guards to watch the
bridge and exacted tool and his for
tune began to grow by jumps. Then
came the slump at Rawhide, but it
helped the doctor Everybody who
in there had to come out at $12 per
head and Miller hauled them, for the
two-mile deadline he had established
gave him the business.
When Rawhide became a ghost city
Of blasted dreams and fortunes DR..
Miller wired to the railroad people
that they could cancel the two-miIe
lease he had.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11

cover its lost ground until the stock
exchanges shut down July 80, 1914. as
'le result of the European war Al
nat time Butte & Superior was sell
hg al $3.50 share When the stock
Sehange reopened last November it
was selling at $34 Since then il ha 10
old up to within a shade of sSo a
] mare, realizing the predictions of
nose who said it would go IN s75 re
advance in the market since listing in
Boston has been 300 per cent Tho
STOCK has moved back and forth ae-
cording to the fluctuations of its for
mes and has offered broad oppor-
aunlties of making money on both
sides of the market. Prior to the he
ginning of the European war the spel-
Ter market was about as dead as y
"oornail. Interest in Butte & Superior
Vas at a low ebb because zinc COM
handed less than cents a pound
md Butte & Superior was the only
company in the country which could
make any money at all at that figure
with the first flush of the war smell
Ter look rise, on the strength of the
German and Belgian zinc shelters
shutting down, cutting off the bulk of
the worlds supply. Then reaction
came, which has in turn been follow
ed by a wave which washed spelter
quotations up to the highest marks in
the history of the metal. This wear
the price of prime western brands of
spelter has for period exceeded the
quotations for even lake copper, a
most anomalous situation. All these
rapid and violent changes have been
in the earning power and
dividend record of Butte & Superior
along with the quotations for the
stock. The company had begun it's
dividend payments before the war
lbroad began, with zinc selling under
cents a pound, and naturally it has
'een greatly benefited by the ire
nendous increased prices for it's pro-
iuct which came with the fortunes of
var.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
NOTICE OF LOST CERTIFICATE

To whom ii may concern
Notice is hereby given that the un.
derslgned has lost or misplaced the
following certificate; No $40 for one
hundred Q00) shares of the capital
stock Of the Caledonia Mining Com
pany.
All persons are warned against ne
solatlng or attempting to negotiate
i Ine ABOVE mentioned security and un-
tess the same Is recovered within
thirty days from date hereof apnlina-
ton will be made to the secretary of
SAID company for the issuance of a
certificate of like amount in its stead
Dated this 3rd day Of November
N4D2-5t Riversda,a 49,,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
Su5ouE THE EARTH.
Conservation Policy Violates the First
Divine Command.

Commenting editorially ON recently
published discussion concerning the
encouragement of the Canadian pros
Ipector, Mining Science of Denver OBJ
serves: In contrast with the attitude
usually accepted in the United States.
our Canadian friends lean frankly To
the theory of state encouragement,
even through subsidies. This policy
has been pursued in other British col
onies, especially in Australia. Spe-
clal inducements. as one contributor
expresses ii. must be offered to revive
interest in prospecting. State aid Is
easily suggested and oftentimes read
lily secured, Yet experience does not
produce much argument in favor of
this policy as applied to the work of
the prospector. Paternalism Is al
ways suggestive of interference.
The moment the state offers its
services to an industry or to class,
1t Is apt to demand compensatory
powers which serve to defeat the or
1ginal purpose, The true stimulus to
prospecting is the largest measure or
freedom. Liberty to wander unmo-
Tested, to search without red tape or
questionings of any kind, Is the real
foundation of mineral DEVELOPMENT
This is the thing that appeals most to |
the heart of man in the field Never
theless we find men of high intelli- |
gence and broad education attempting |
to solve the problem In hand without
any regard for the human factor in it .
I'VE may legislate and regulate and ,
appropriate money and chew our pom /,
derous words in support of happy the Il
cries, but we fail in all our efforts If
we forget the primary fact that free
access to the earth is the inspiration
that develops the wilderness and |
brings forth its fruits Among the
hrst commands to be found in the
pages of Christian scripture is this.
'Subdue the earth Society has too
often overthrown that mandate
through the greed and stupidity of
those who participate not at all in the
grand work of subduction. The Ca
madam government has not gone so
-ar as our own in hampering the feet
IF the frontiersman, but Canadian citi-
zens are apt to be led astray by par
or discussions"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
N4D2-5t
NOTICE.

Kellogg, Idaho, October % 1913
In pursuance of directors, maatino
Oh the Bernice Mining Company lao.
any held October 20, 1915, at its prIn :
clpai place of business at Price Rros
store, Kellogg, Idaho, it was voted
ana carried unanimously that the can
llal STOCK OF the Bernice Mining Com
pahy be increased from 200 600 10 / :
ooo,ooo shares. The secretary was and
IS hereby authorized to call a meetinp
o. the stockholders to ratify this ace
tion OF the directors to be held at Q on
o eiock a, M December 6, 1915, at the
once OF the company, Kellogg, Idaho,
JACOB DRUMM,
By MURDOCH CAMERON
N4D2-5t soo.o.
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ordinances inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Sec, IA. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
Its passage, approval and legal publ
cation.
Passed by the Council and approved
by the Mayor this 18th day OF octo-
ber A. d. 1915.
CHAS. r. MOWERY,
Mayor
GEO. w. WALKER,
City Clerk.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
NOTICE OF LOST CERTIFICATE.

Notlee Is hereby given that the un.
e eehsd mas lost or misplaced the
t tppiloMnng certificate: No. 144 for ter
mus uhousane lIo'o0O) shares of the capital
stock Of the Caledonia Mining TnnaI
pany Certificate dated October "a
1908. 0e'ooei IL
All persons are warned against ra-
gotlating, or attempting to negotiate
the above mentioned security and nm,
less the same Is recovered within
thirty days from date hereof applioa !.
tlon viii be made to the secretary nj
said company for the issuance Of a
eertlficate Of like amount in its stead
Dated this 18th day of October. 1915
ROBERT BENTLEY.
Oct 21--Nov 1851
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
Silica.

The marketed production of silica in
1914 for use in the manufacture of
pottery, paints, securing soaps, as q
wood filler and as a polisher is re-
ported to the United States geological
survey to have been 1S1,731 short tons
valued at $612,S29 The annual state
ment of the survey on the production
of silica (quartz) for 1914 is now avail :
able for distribution.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11

The stock started in for trading in
boston around $40 share and work
ca ITS way up to over SOL a share in
the first movement. Then came a big
wet blanket in the shape of the rumor
that Senator Clark would take action
against the company, claiming that it
was mining a vein which apexed on
mis- adjoining Elm Orlu mine, and the
stock sold off Sharply and did not re-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11

The history of Butte & Superior has
been stormy one from the beginning
to the present day. The company has
never had smooth and easy sailing at
any stage of the game. Nothing short
Of extraordinary will power together
with ample sinews of war, could have
brought this property to it's present
permanently producing and dividend
disbursement point. One chapter af-
Ter another of calamity has been writ
ten, only to be followed by an unex-
pected development for the better. The
first disappointment came when s
shaft was put down 1900 feet for cop
per without developing commercial
supplies. Then came on the panic
period of the latter part of 1907, from
which all mines suffered more or less.
Then the control passed from Capt A
B. Wolvin to Hayden, Stone & Co.
These banking interests, taking the
advice of their mining associate, D. c..
lacking, general manager Of the Utah
Copper and other porphyry copper
mining companies agreed to advance
the company $1,O00000 with which to
ltquidate its heavy floating indebted
ness and build concentration suited
to the character of its ores. In the
latter part of 1910 a reorganization
plan had been proposed by President
Wolvin which provided for the reduc-
ton of the company's capitalization
from 100000 shares, par SIS, to $780,
600 shares par $40 An issue of ST.
100000 per cent bonds, convertible
INTO stock at $40 share was propos-
ed and the 100000 s per cent bonds
We're to be retired. There was abou,
70 per cent of the stock which sup
ported Capt Wolvin in favor of this
reorganization plan, but there were
several of the Butte shareholders who
opposed the Wolvin management and
expressed dissatisfaction with the
manner in which the work at the mine
mad been carried on as we'll as with
the reorganization plan. These trou-
Tvs "ciS lHt OHeS WHICH leu up 10 inc
control passing from Wolvin to the
eastern interests and the stock being
transferred from Duluth to the Boston
stock market, where it has been
one OF the most active issues on the
exchange, being listed this year on
the New York exchange. 1t was in the
early part Of 1911 it went to Boston
ana the company has since straight
ened out like an arrow from the bow
speeding true to the mark, notwith-
standing 1t has been confronted by
many obstacles, one after another,
any one of which would have been in
superable to lesser financial and de-
termined interests.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
THE STORY OF BUTTE
CONTINUED from Page 81

agitation, results in the formation O
a mass of foam and the heavy sui
phide particles, covered with oil AM
floated by air bubbles, come to tn,
surface and are by means of clever
mechanical devices drawn off as higl
grade concentrates. The tailings arr
drawn off and pumped back to the or.
iginal starting place until zinc CON
tents have been practically exhaust
ed. The description given is that OF
the Hyde process, which Butte & Su.
perior controls, and is essentially the
process as used by the Minerals SEN
aration interests of London, so much
so that the latter interests claim in
fringement and the case has already
been tried in three cities, Helena
Mont, Butte and San Francisco. The
Helena and Butte cases We're decided
adversely against Hyde, whose back
ers have been Butte & Superior while
the San Francisco court has decided
in favor of Butte & Superior.
AhC AiyuC PhoCoSS - q HlOSl import
ant one and is fully protected by
United States and foreign patents, but
1t is involved still in litigation with
the English interests and will be for
some time yet.
1t has been a finish fight between
the two and the appeal made by the
Minerals Separation interests in their
suit against Hyde for infringement
has reached the supreme court of the
United States. Last year the court of
appeals in San Francisco hanaed down
a decision adverse to the patentees in
their suit against Hyde. Through a
petition for writ of certiorari by the
Minerals Separation, Limited, and
Minerals Separation American Syndi-
cate, Limited, the case had been put
up to the highest court in the land.
Some doubt had been expressed about
the petitioners getting the case re-
viewed by the United States supreme
court.
There is a general desire to see the
patent title quoted and the ghost |
laid on this oil flotation process, which
is literally based oil bubbles. The
present case is in reality trial of is
sues between the English and Ameri-
can interests controlling this metal
lurgical idea and the Butte & Super
ior interests at Butte. Behind the
Butte & Superior interests are the
porphyries and copper and zinc COM
panies generally, lending moral and
possibly financial support The Eng i
llsh patentees of this idea came to I
this country with the intention, it is
alleged of exactng high royalty rates
for the use of the process and be-
cause their demands were considered II
exorbitant they have met with deter
mined opposition in this country.
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The fight with Clark VIII be bitterly
contested, fully as much so as the one
that took place two years ago in
Butte with the Minerals Separation
interests. Like that fight of two years
ago, there will be two opposing arrays
of experts. The court room in the oil
flotation contest was turned into a
chemical laboratory by the HYDE
Butte & Superior interests in order to
demonstrate a series of experiments
showing that the results so far as ex
fraction was concerned were the same
whether a greater percentage of oil
tvas used than that prescribed by the
Iatent of the London interests. The
Ease with Clark will bring together an
Fther crowd of lawyers, engineers and
netallurgists, and every inch Of the
ground will be contested 1t is not
Gown in the book of fate that Butte
+. Superior should have a clear course
IN its magnificent constructive rec
ord.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11

China possesses more varieties OF
trees than the whole continent OF
North America, and more kinds Of
ornamental shrubs than the rest OF
the temperate zone.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11

Everything about Butte & Superior
mas suggested disappointments to b,
turned into triumphs and difficultie,
to be converted into achievements. NJ
company in the world, mining or in.
oustrial has met with more discour-
agements and conquered more obsta
cles. The old company was fought by
the men who did not believe in Cant
Wolvin. Powerful interests, it is said
desired to wrest the property from his
control. He was literally beset with
handicaps. His credit at the banks
was cut off and the wonder is that he
was not forced to surrender to his en- .
emies before he conveyed the proper
~ control to the eastern interests
rhen came the fight with the London
oil fletation interests. The low price
of zinc for long time made the stock
look bad. A spelter convention in
London met two years ago which vot-
ed an per cent reduction in output
proceeding, by the way, which in
this country would bring the princi-
pals within the pale of the law as
conspirators against the Sherman an
THRUST statute, which prohibits any,
thing smacking of restraint of trade
The democratic tariff on spelter was
also a matter under consideration of
much concern to Butte & Superior.
finally being placed at Is per cent
The fight over the oil flotation nro-
cess has already been described. This
light has not yet been settled. Still
another fight remains to be fought out
In the federal court at Butte next
month, when the company crosses le-
gal lances with Senator Clark over
extralateral rights. This suit was
fled on July "a, 1914, after several
had been held by the in
terested parties in order to arrive at
an amicable settlement of the ques-
tons in dispute.
The suit was brought in the name
Of the Clark Montana Realty COM
oany, owner of the Elm Orlu claim.
md Elm Orlu Mining company, les
see. The Elm Orlu claim lies south of
Butte & Superior's Black Rock mine,
which has made the company the
argest producer of zinc in the world
Senator Clark claims that the vein
mown as the Rainbow" dips north
ward into Black Rock ground and that
Butte & Superior has mined on
north fork of that portion belonging
% Elm Orlu.
The $4,000 damages asked was for
he ore that had been mined up to the
lime the suit was filed, but the i'm
oortant phase of the suit is the de-
Of the ownership of the
vein which has caused so much litga-
ion in Butte
Butte & Superior has done no min
Ing on the vein in dispute since the
suit was fled 1t has plenty of virgin
territory, mineral ground outside the
territory
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Do your legal advertising in the
wallace Miner.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11

The company has an authorized
capitalization of 100000 shares, par
$40, besides an issue Of $10,750 first