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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
MRS. DAVIDSON HONORS MRS.
 DALTON AND MRS. FULLER

One of the most delightful social affairs of the season took place this afternoon when Mrs. Davidson enter tained with Bridge-iuncheon at her home on Court street in honor of Mrs. E. C. Dalton and her mother. Mrs Fuller. who will leave on the Admiral Evans for the States where they will join Dr. Dalton. A delicious lunch was served at one o'clock to the fol- lowing ladies: Mrs. E. C. Dalton, Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Meyer Blum, Mrs. Flemming, Mrs. R. w. Nolan, Mrs. F. M. Brown. Mrs. T. Geraghty.. Mrs. Harvey Sullivan, Mrs. Harry Whit ley, Mrs. T. J. Donohoe, Mrs. Harry Brown and Mrs. Davidson.
 The rooms were beautifully dec orated. the color scheme in pink be- ing carefully carried out. After lunch three tables were formed and bridge became the diversion of the after noon. Several handsome prizes were awarded at the close of the party.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
MARiPOSA ARRIVES AND
 SAILS FOR THE WEST

The steamer Mariposa arrived in port from the south about 5 o'clock this morning on her maiden trip of tEc season. The MaripOsa has been undergoing repairs for several months and at cost of about $2OO,00O has been made one of the finest boats on the line. Every worN out thing on the boat has been discarded and re- placed with new and efficient mate- rial She has new engines, new boil CTS, new life boats and new purser
 The officers of the Mariposa are Charles O'Rrien, captain: Victor W esterlund and Cyclone Wilson, pilots, Rasmussen, first officer; Nor gan, purser; Blaine, freight clerk; Teddy Taylor, steward; Raymond chief engineer.
 The passengers on the Mariposa for Valdez were w. H. Palmer, and John Hughes Passengers booked from Val. Gez for the westward were z. w. Long, Charles McCallum, z. D. Ford o. D. Frantzen for Latoucne; J. J. F*nnegan, A. F. Davis, J. J. Cavana and wife and P. s. Hunt for Seward, and Arthur Lang and A. E. Grigsby for Anchorage.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
SALOMEX JANE AT THE
 EMPRESS TONIGHT

Salomey Jane, as played by Beatrlz Michelena and an all star company, is one of the best western dramas pro- duced i'll tilmdom. The scenery and is splendid, the plot is sensational and interesting. The pho tography is perfect. And the acting is by the best stars Of America for this kind of production. The play is i'll seven reels and commences at S:.0 sharp Admission 25c. On Sunday evening Max Figman in 5-act comedy drama, The Truth Wagon. Next week Checkers, followed by Worm wooK
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
HEN LAYS EGG WITH WORD
 WAR" WRITTEN ON SHELL

LAFAYETTE, Ind, May H. There have been wars and rumors of wars. but Delphi comes to the front with sign which is regarded there as an unquestionable prediction of war Mrs. Thomas Smith took from , hens nest an egg of ordinary size, shape and color which had on it's sur face the word war" The letters are truly there. They have been scratched and submitted to acid tests and have not faded. The egg has received much attention and aroused much interest.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
LOUIS SHORT
 LAID TO REST
REMAINS INFERRED YESTERDAY
Body of Pro>rector Found Last Sat urtlay Brought to Town and Buried in the Local Cemeterr-Death Isue tD Fall from Cliff.

The remains of Louis Short, who was killed by fall on the mountains nearly a year ago. and whose body was found last Saturday. have been laid to rest the interment taking place yesterday afternoon in the local cemetery. Rev. J. r. Dunstan recitiEg the funeral service at the grave.
 The remains were brought to town Tuesday afternoon and turned over to Undertaken Robbins. who prepared them for burial. An examination re- vealed no wounds of any kind and there remains no question that he met his death by falling over the bluff, at the foot of which the body was found.
 The parents of the deceased who are residents of London, England, have been notified of the finding of the body. and it's disposition.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
IMPROVEMENTS
 FOR THE GERMANS
ARE BEING RUSHED TO vERDUN
Troops are Being Withdrawn from Macedonia, Serbia and Russia to Strengthen Forces in Vicinity of Vertlun.

PARIS, May 11.-French and Kus- +sian resistance in the Verdun district is compelling the German general staff to withdraw large forces from the Teuton front at Macedonia and Serbia and in Russia, according to ad- vices received here
 The first division of the German army corps and two others not vet identified, are said to be among the troops which have just been brought from the other fronts. The Eighth Army Corps and the Eighteenth Ba- yarian Division have already arrived from the Serbian front.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
REPORTS
 ON LATEST FASHIONS

J. D. D. Bouse. chief deputy mar shal here. who is now in the States, writing from Portland. states that the ladies ill Seattle and Portland are wearing their skirts mighty short, t" and that white stockings and socks are the proper feminine wear. to neither of which he has any kick to register. He promises to write on the San Francisco styles to which city he is bound. at later date. As Mr. Bouse has always been known as a lady's man, his report may be cor sidered as up to date ir every partic- ular.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11

k'irst-class Sergeant William H. Erogan of the Signal Corps, line in spector of the military telegraph lines between Valdez and Fairbanks is in town and will be here for several days making tEe preliminary prepa- rations for the Signal Corps construc- ton parties which will work on the telegraph lines this summer.
 First-class Privates GrossbarG and Stenbuck, Signal Corps. arrived on the Northwestern and are now at Fort Liscun. They will be sent to trail station.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
DAILY DOlNiS OF
 THE DISTRICT COURT

Tine foreclosure proceedings insti- luted by the bondholders against the property of the Alaska Oil & Refin- ing company of katal!a is still before the court on the question of claims against the company and the receiver
 The court this morning issued an order appointing l. D. Nordyke. a jus tice of the peace at Seldovia
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
Railroad Bridge Out.

Passengers from Cordova on the steamer Mariposa state that one of the trestles across a stream but a few miles from Cordova. on the copper been taken out by high water and that it was reported in Cordova that i: would take several days to repa:- the structure.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
Inspectors Are Coming.

Captair George H. Whitney and B. G. Peltret, together with their clerk, Herbert G. Teller, federal inspectors of steam boilers and hulls for Alaska, will leave Juneau within day or two for their annual trip to the various cities along the coast to inspect the shipping.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11

John s. Hockey returned on the Northwestern from a business trip to Cordcva. He brought with hiu a handsome specimen of Kennecot; ore. polished and shaped as a paper weight.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11

Teddy Taylor. the popular steward of the Mariposa, is agan on the job after a long absence.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11
Daily Weather RepOrt.

FOR SALE, LEASE OR RENT bus mess and residence property. Good terms. Alaska Inv. Co., 2t
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11

Try Cherry Sundae or Cherry true fruit flavor, at Hunts
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11

Monograph and records, beds. dresser, rocker, cooking utensils, etc. Mrs. A. E. Grigsby. St
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11

New hats for men. women and chill ireu at the Emporium tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-05-11

Fancy Stationery at the Valdez Drug Store. If
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-07-06
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the Four Timbers Mining
Company Wallace, Idaho, June 26,
1916.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the above named company, held on the
26th day of June, 1916, assessment
No. 5 of two CD mills per share was
levied upon the outstanding capital
stock of the corporation, payable on
or before the 26th day of July, 1916,
to S. E. Kilham, secretary treasurer of
the company, at the company branch
office, Colfax, Washington.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 26th day
of July, 1916, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before
will be sold at the company's branch
office, Lippitt Bros. store, Colfax,
Washington, on the 26th day of Aug
ust, 1916, at 200 p. m. of said day
to pay the delinquent assessment
thereon together with the costs of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
S. f. KILHAM,
Secretary treasurer of the Four Tim
bers Mining Company Colfax,
Washington. Je29-Jy20-4t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-07-06
NOTICE OF THE ISSUANCE OF AN
ATTACHMENT.

In the District Court of the First Ju-
dicial District of the State of Idaho.
in and for the County of Shoshone.
B. f. Plummer, plaintiff. VS.. Marsh
Mining Company, Corporation.
Defendant.
State of Idaho, County of Shoshone, IS.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
21st day of June, A. d. 1915, attach
ment issued in the above entitled ac-
tion against the property of the above
named defendant Marsh Mining Com
pany, a corporation, for the sum OF
ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000). with
interest thereon at the rate OF per
cent per annum from May 20, 1915:
together with reasonable attorneys
fee and costs of this action.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said District Court affixed the day and
year in this notice first above written.
L. r.. ADAMS,
(SeaD Clerk District Court.
BY C. ]. CALLAHAN,
Je22-Jy6-3t Deputy.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-07-06

The May production of the Butte &
Superior company was 54,100 tons of
ore. from which 15,22O0 tons of con-
centrates were recovered. The total
zinc in the concentrates is estimated
at 16,150,000 pounds, or slightly less
than April production. The showing
for April and May indicates that zinc
output for the present quarter will be
about the same as for first quarter of
1916. Recoveries for May are esti-
mated at 93.1 per cent. Silver pro-
duced was 10000 ounces, or $1,000
less than in April. Lead production
was 100000 pounds. Manager Bruce
announces that one of the two new
shafts being sunk will be completed
to 1500foot level by middle of July,
affording large additional mining fac
ilities. Good sized ore bodies have
been developed on the 1100-foot level,
both east and west of the shaft in the
Jersey Blue claim.
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the Hugo Gold and Copper
Mining Company, Wallace, Idaho
June rs, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors, held
on Saturday, the oath day of June,
A. ID. 1916, an assessment of two ca
mills per share was levied upon the
capital stock of the company, payable
on or before the 29th day of July, A. D..
1915, to A. G. Seideman, secretary and
treasurer, Saltese, Montana.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 10Th day
of July, A. d. 1916, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion, and unless payment is made be-
fore will be sold on the Both day of
August A. d. 1915, at 500 o'clock
p. m. to pay the delinquent assessment
thereon, together with the costs of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
A. G. SEIDEMAN,
Secretary Treasurer of Hugo Gold and
Copper Mining Company; Office at
Saltese, Montana. Je29-Jy27-5t
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NOTICE OF THE ISSUANCE OF AN
ATTACHMENT.

In the District Court of the First Ju-
dicial District of the State of Idaho,
in and for the County of Shoshone.
c. l.. Cowell, plaintiff, VS.. Marsh Min
Ing Company Corporation, De-
PENDANT.
State of Idaho. County of Shoshone, IS.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
21st day of June, A. D. 1915. attach
ment issued In the above entitled &C.
ton against the property of the above
named defendant, Marsh Mining Com
pany, a corporation, for the sum of
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10O00), with
interest thereon at the rate of per
cent per annum from March 25. 1915;
together with a reasonable attorneys
fee and costs of this action.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said District Court affixed the day and
year In this notice first above written.
l.. r. ADAMS,
(SeaD Clerk District Court,
BY C. J. CALLAHAN,
Je22-Jy6-St Deputy.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-07-06

Notice is hereby given that sealet
proposals will be received by the City
of Wallace, in the County of Shoshone
State of Idaho, up to Monday, the 14tf
day OF August, A. ID. 1916, at 500
o'clock p. M, when the same will be-
opened at the Council Chamber In the
said city for the construction of q
steel and concrete bridge across the
South Fork of the Occur d'Alene river
at the foot of Sixth Street In the said
City Of Wallace, Idaho.
The said bridge may be built In ae-
eordance with the plans and specifica-
tons on file in the office of the City
Engineer of said City of Wallace or
constructed In accordance with plans
and specifications submitted by the
| bidder, provided that said plans and
specifications do not call for a struct-
ure which will cost to exceed the sum
of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dol
lars ($3,500.00) and that all bids must
be enclosed In a sealed envelope and
addressed to George W. Walker City
Clerk, at Wallace, Idaho and shall be
endorsed: Proposal to construct
Bridge at foot of Sixth Street, Wal
lace, Idaho"
Each proposal must be accompanied
by certified check on some RESPONSE
BILE bank in a sum equal to ten per
cent Go per cent? of the total bid
made payable to the City of Wallace,
as a guarantee that If the contract be
awarded to such bidder, he will enter
into contract with the City of Wal
lace, on the terms contained in his pro-
posal, and give good and sufficient
bond to said city to be approved by
10 in A, hO
amount of such contract If the con-
tract is awarded to such bidder, con-
ditioned that such successful bidder
will in all things carry out and per-
form all of the conditions of said con-
tract to be performed by him under
the terms thereof, and in case of fail
ure of such bidder to enter into such
contract and give such bond, said
check shall be forfeited to the City of
Wallace.
The City Engineer of said City of
Wallace has estimated the cost of said
bridge at the sum Of $3500.00 and no
contract will be entered into for any
bridge at a price exceeding said estim-
ate.
The successful bidder will be re-
CURED to commence work of building
said bridge within the time set by
said City Council and to complete the
same within ninety days from the time
of beginning work.
The City of Wallace reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and
accept any bid which it deems to the
best interests of the City of Wallace.
Done by order of the Mayor and
City Council of the City of Wallace,
Idaho
Dated this Goth day of June, A. d
1916.
GEORGE w. WALKER,
Je29-Jy27-5t City Clerk.
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Portable Equipment for Prospects-Some
Practical Suggestions for
Small Companies.
Louis A. Rehfuss in Mining and Scientific Press

ly with scarcely perceptible vibration.
For the compressor, a Rix duplex
vertical machine, by 6, serves ad-
mirably. 1t has capacity of from
40 to so cubic feet of free air per
minute up to 100 pounds pressure, or
sufficient for one hammer drill. This
compressor weighs only 1000 pounds,
but 1t is designed to run at rather
high speed from 225 to 400 rpm
Owing to an efficient system of lubri
cation, however, it stands up we'll I'M
der service, and, in fact, after two
and half years of work, we can tes-
tify that this machine has done re-
imarkably well-the only cost for re-
pairs in that time amounting to three
or four dollars. We have not had
occasion to tighten a single bearing
In that time. The compressor was,
of course, belted to the engine, and
the speed of the engine mentioned
with the fly wheels provided we
found to be suitable without reduc-
ton or alteration in any way.
There are now on the market direct
gas driven compressors that form
compact units. They are, however,
somewhat heavier than the combined
units mentioned and are rather more
expensive. These direct driven
compressors are made as small as 66
cubic feet in capacity
All of our drifting we do with
an lngersoll-Rand butterfly STOPPER
and an Ingersoll jack hammer,
using these for overhead stop
ing and sinking respectively. In
driving we employ the STOPPER to drill
the upper rows of holes, while the
lifters are drilled with the jack ham
mer in the method shown in the
sketch, sliding the drill down a u
shaped wooden trough by foot pres
sure. This is peculiarly easy method /
Of utilizing the jack hammer for such |
work. The notched post from which
the uppers are drilled with the STOPPER
forms a convenient back rest in drill
ing these filters. The cut, of course,
IS made by rows No. l and 2. We
have tried many types of rounds, but
we find round drilled as shown
about the most satisfactory it is pos
'ible to get in using a STOPPER and
Jack hammer for driving. Unless the
ground is quite tight, it will break
practically to the bottom of the holes.
during the last few years excellent
drills have come on the mar
iet that can be used for all three
driving, stopng and sinking.
These are provided with a light column.
Among such types may be mentioned I
he Waugh STOPPER, the Ingersoll +
Mounted Jackhammer' the Sullivan
rheumatic feed, and others. One of
hese would probably make the best
init for prospecting equipment limit
ID to one drill. The heavier types of
lrills are precluded because of their
arge air consumption.
For hosting we employ a Leadville
rill- column hoist. This is a veritable
rocket host, but when one has air
for drilling, it certainly beats
all hollow. BY using two
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The tendency of the age is the wor-
ship of bigness. Nothing SO catches
the eye of the public as the announce.
ment of some monster material ach'
ievement, whether it be the building
of Panama canal or the construction
of a new skyscraper. So we need
feel no surprise that our technical
mining literature today should reflect
the same craze and be filled to over
flowing with articles describing giant
machinery or new processes to extract
that last drop of blood out of a stone.
This tendency would be perfectly
commendable were it not for the fact
that in their rush for efficiency and
bigness our engineers have neglected
to discuss the problems presented by
the prospect and small mine, so that
it is but seldom that the small oper-
ator can find anything of the immed-
late yakle in technical journals, de-
spite the fact that there are ten
small mines and prospects operating
for every mine of size sufficient to
render the more ambitious articles
necessary. There is more especially
a demand for information as to what
machinery is available on the market
in complete units and yet small
enough for prospects.
To discuss this question is the OBJ
ject of this article and more particu-
larly to describe the plant we are U.S.
ing today in developing prospect
here at West Point, California. Suffice
to say that this outfit, which includes
power, compressor, drills, air-hoist
and pump will not in the aggregate
weigh over three tons, with the
heaviest unit only 1900 pounds, so
that the whole outfit may be moved
prospect until a mine is developed
Having been in use by us for two and
half years with complete satisfac-
ton, it is no longer an experiment.
Operating in the east belt in the
granodiorite formation that surrounds
West Point, we soon realized that If
we were to make much progress we
must have a machine drill. At the
same time the undeveloped condition
of the prospect did not warrant heavy /
investment in the shape of mining I
machinery. Most of the mines in this I
region use the abundant wood supply /
of this timbered country to fire steam
boilers, but their boilers are heavy and I
cumbersome, and rather wasteful of
wood, so that wood choppers wages
are a considerable item each month. I
Therefore we purchased a 16-hp Clay
marine gasoline engine. This engine
is an upright two-cylinder machine !,
weighing 1900 pounds. An investiga-
ton of horizontal stationary engines
of the same power showed that they
are relatively clumsy and far heavier, /
and consequently untitled for our pur-
pose The marine engine has given
excellent satisfaction and we found it
required but light foundations. A
couple of logs laid lengthwise and
parallel with ross-pieces for the en- h
CINE and compressor, mounted at the
opposite ends, has served us excellent +
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office Of East Hercules Extension
Mining Company. Spokane, Wash
ington, March 1, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the directors held on the
4th day of March, 1916, an assessment
of one and one-half uh) mills per
share was levied upon the capital
stock of the corporation, payable on
or before the 1st day of May, 1916, to
w, II. Macfarlan. secretary and treas
urer, at the office of the company,
Room SS7, Rookery building, Spokane,
Washington.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the LIST day
of May, 1915, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction at
the office of the company, and unless
payment Is made before will be sold
on the LIST day of June, 1916, to pay
the delinquent assessment thereon,
together with the costs of advertising
and expenses of sale.
w. H. MACFARLAN,
Secretary Treasurer
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buckets, one beng hoisted while the
other is lowered at depth of 100 feet
1t will give the trammeP all the work
he wants to do. 1t will hoist loads
up to 500 pounds. There are several
varities on the market including the
Ilngersoll-R Rand Little Tngger and the
Holman 'Stretcher Bar hoist, besides
the Leadville type mentioned. They
all operate on compressed air. and
stalled as a surface equipment The
total weight of the Leadville hoist
without the column is only ESQ pounds.
small steam pressure pump, of
capacity 80 gallons per minute, will
run quite we'll on the compressed air
available and will be found large
enough for most prospects in the ear
ly stages at least. outside of a tend
ency to freeze now and then, this
equipment gives pretty good service.
With the small amount of air avail
able, it is not possible to perform the
three operations of drilling, hosting
and pumping at the same time. They
must be performed separately. A
little adjustment of routine, however,
makes this work out satisfactorily
The fuel cost is quite low. Since
freight on fuel was the same In all
cases, and gasoline gave better results
than distillate, we used gasoline.
Where the equipment is employed
pretty steadily throughout the shift
drilling, hosting and pumping-it
will be found that gasoline used will
seldom average over 81 per shift. So
far as attention goes, it is practically
nil. The engine may be started up and
left to itself. 1t needs no attendant,
no costly fireman to sit around and
eat the profit. The factor of idle
hands is one of the most potent of
all in killing many a good prospect.
A mine that is operating one machine
drill cannot afford to have black
smith and helper, as we have seen
1t some times. Two or three hours
work per day on the part of two men |
will attend to all the necessities of |
and do in our case, az.
er which these men can start drilling
,r anything that may come along. BY |
employing four men, two ON each
# two shifts and having them per.
orm whatever comes along, it will be
ound that the above outfit will per-
nit of considerable amount of work
icing accomplished at very moderate
ost