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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
SILVER.
Advance in Price Adds Big Profits to
Western Miners.

Silver rose to 60 "a on the oath in
slant The demand from India has
improved and an increased amount is
being absorbed for subsidiary coinage
in Europe. In any event it is a good
thing for the western miner, who wins
silver nowadays largely as a by-p pro-
duet. The biggest producer of silver
in the United States is the Anaconda
Copper Mining company which con-
tributes 100000 ounces annually to
the minis Among purely silver mines
the Nipissing, in Canada, yielded A.
610,O50 ounces last year and the Ca
madam Mining corporation, also at
Cobalt, 4,5O3,000 ounces. The Tono-
pah Belmont normally produces $780,
600 ounces per annum, While the total
output of Nevada last year was a.
900 ounces.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
(Reported by shoshone Abstract Coz

c. A. Beamis to D. H. Barnhart, deed
1-6 interest sundry lodes, Yreka, 81.
Florence e. Brennan to Russell T.
Brennan, deed, lots 3-4-5, SE4NW4, g.
44-2 E., $40.
Roberta Ming. & Mig. Co. to Geo. w
Travis, deed, tract of land, 81.
Alfred Page to A. D. Hull deed, lots
1O-11, block s, Wardner, $40.
Isaac U. Boman to Edward john
son, deed lots 42-43, block l, Mullan,
81.
John Coony to MERGED Ming. & Mig,
Co, deed, sundry placer claims, unor-
ganized district, 81.
Theodore Brown to Star Anthony
Ming. Co, deed, sundry lode claims,
Yreka.
r. ]. Rutter to D. w. Bruce, deed,
lots $40, block 8, Rutter's 4th add,
Kellogg, 81.
Chas, e. Gammell to JAS II. Collins,
deed, lip interest Wardner lode, Yre-
ka district, 81.
Myrtle M Wearne to C. W. Pelham
deed, SW4NE4, Mesa, Sec 30; NW4
SW4 sec. 28-45-2 E., $21O0.
Fannie Stettler to L. G. Hart, deed,
lot Is, block %, Wardner, ST.
C. C. Cooper to c. E. Gammell, deed,
lie interest sundry lodes, Yreka, 81.
j. B. Cox to c. w. Brown, deed, Ia
interest lot 2, block 2, Sinclair's add,
Kellogg, 81.
White & Bender Co. to ]. B. Cox,
deed, lot 2, block 2, Sinclair's add,
Kellogg, 81.
Martha North to Agnes Thompson,
deed, part of block B, Mullan, $1,000.
Robt, Wheatley to Agnes Thompson,
deed, lot ID, block B, Mullan, $500.
Village of Mullan to Joy May Flynn,
deed, tract of land, Mullan, $12.40.
Same to same, deed, same, $12.4O.
Same to same, deed, same, $1240.
r. j. Rutter to W. H. Myers, deed,
lot l, block 2, Rutters 4th add, Null
Ian, 81.
U. B. c. & ]. to p. o. Swanson, deed,
lots ga, block G, Wallace, $780,
X. E. Mcleod to L. C. Eaton, deed,
1t 10, blck II, Wallace, $3.50.
Aurora Sampson Mng. Co. to West
ern Union Ming. Co, deed, sundry lode
claims, Evolution, $4,000.
H. E. M. Ming. Co. to Western Union
Ming. Co., deed, sundry lode claims,
Evolution, $4,000.
r. J. Rutter to Smith & Mcintosh,
deed, tract G, Rutter's add, Kellogg,
5000.
Smith & Mcintosh to Frank Roland,
deed, same, 81.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the Friend Mining Company
Spokane, Washington, March 81,
1918.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting. of the board of directors held
on the 21st day of March, 1916, an as
sessment Of two ca mills per share
was levied upon the capital stock of
the company, payable on or before the
28th day Of April, 1916, to VIM. Schier-
ding, treasurer, at his office, $685.
Jameson building, Spokane, Wash.
Any stock upon which the assess
ment remains unpaid on the 2Sth day
Of April, 1915, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is sooner made,
will be sold at o'clock p. m. at the
Bank street entrance of court house,
at Wallace Idaho, on the Goth day of
May, 1915, to pay the delinquent as
sessment thereon, together with costs
Of advertising and expense of sale.
VIM SCHIERDING,
Secretary Treasurer, 505-6 Jameson
Building, Spokane, Wash.
Mr23Ap2O-5t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
SALMON RIVER COL D
WORK ON BIG LEDGE
PRosPEcToR TELLS ABOUT HIS
WORK IN REMOTE SECTION
ON PROMISING CLAIMS.
(Lewiston Tribune)

George W. Laufer arrived at Asotin
last week from the Big Creek mining
district near Edwardsburg in the Sal
mon river country in the southern
part of Idaho county, after an absence
of II months from Asotin. He report
ed that there is much activity in the
mines in that section and that many
important developments will take
place during the next year, as rich
deposits and prospects are being dis
covered in several places. He said
that the RAINY Ridge Mining company
will put in a smelter and milling plant
this year and that Charles Mahan will
put in a mill this summer which will
employ between 40 and so men. He
stated:
Boom in Mining.
'The Big Creek district is on creek
tributary to the south fork of the Sal
mon river and is mountainous, having
for it's principal industries those of
stock raising and mining. Mining has
places as Warren's camp and Mar
shall Lake are once more presenting
the lively appearance of the olden
times when the big rush into the Sal
mon river country for placer claims
was at its high tide. Nowadays,
there is still little placer mining
done but the larger part by far is the
quartz mining,
Has Big Vein.
'"The value of the ore in this section
is variable and will quote the figures
from our own prospect rather than
from any other because l have seen
and have samples of the ore. The ore
is 200 feet, with country rock between
several layers of quartz, averages IS
to the ton. On spur veins we ran in
to some ore which was worth $3.50 per
ton and both gold and silver were
prominent in it. When a spur vein of
this character was opened, we selected
chunks of the ore, hammered them in
to small pieces, put them in sacks and
sent them to the smelter to obtain
money for grub stake and running
expenses. We had no trouble in open
ing enough of these spur veins, or
grub stakes as we called them to sup
ply us. Our property is called the
Way Up Mine as it is high upon the
mountain, having an elevation of $500
feet
Hundred Miles on Skis.
1--WE had a fair winter with no I'M
usual weather. There is feet of snow
at the mine and IL feet or miles
away. These depths were the aver
age and are attained every winter
which makes it necessary for every
one to travel on skis or snowshoes. I
travelled 100 miles on skis when ]
came out, starting from Edwardsburg
and going to the south fork of the Sal
mon, travelling down it to the Big Sal
mon and the town of Lucille. l then
came to Grangeville, a distance of 40
miles"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06

The Engineering and Mining Journal
also has the following editorial dis
cussion on 1.-THE Situation in Lead:
Underlying the present extraordin-
airy situation in lead is clearly short
age of immediate supply stocks hav-
ing probably been exhausted. A change
in the method of smelling the ore of
the Hercules mine in the Occur
dAlenes has played a part in this
that has not sufficiently been consid-
cred. Until recently that ore went to
the A. S. & r. Co. The Hercules
people lately acquired a smelling plant
of their own, which they have just put
into operation. The absorption of lead
in the stocking of that plant, inevita-
bly, very large in the case of any new
plant, is q direct subtraction from the
market supply. AS the new plant gets
well into operation, however, the sit
uation is relieved to some extent, al
though there is always a certain per-
manent subtraction.
1.-THE acuteness Of the situation in
the market was precipitated by the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
BURIED FORESTS.
Remarkable Discovery Made in Peat
Beds of New Zealand.
Washlngton SIAN

washington Starr
1t appears that the recovery and use
of buried timber is no new thing. For
hundreds of years the wood of buried
and submerged trees has been recover
ed and worked among the Swiss Alps,
and many an English farmer of the
western counties can point with pride
to an old cabinet or carved four-poster
of black bog oak. But, according to
Prof ID. W. Pagan, who has given
much study to the subject, it is doubt
full If anywhere else in the world there
is so vast an area of buried timber of
immense size as in the Papakura val
ley, near Auckland, New Zealand.
Beneath the surface of peat, where
the soil has shrunk in drying or has
been blown away, the trunks of in
Vulnerable kauri trees lie exposed to
view. For centuries they have been
covered by the semi liquid peat until
their branches and crowns have de-
cayed and disappeared. Nothing but
trunks remain and these lie in orderly
swaths almost as regular as wheat
stalks in newly reaped field. The
thousand heads all point in one direc-
ton, as if the forest had fallen under
the sickle of some giant reaper
Like the branches and crowns the
soft sapwood that once surrounded the
solid heartwood of the living trees has
long since disappeared; 50 in estimat-
ing the original size there must be
made a considerable addition to the
present measurements. Many of the
logs today show a girth of over so feet
of straight timber free from knot or
branch.
Everywhere about the swamp there
are excavations where Workmen are
lncoVering the timber. They scoop
pits in the peat on each side of the
trunk for the saWyers to work in. The |
men WELD huge cross saws and cut
he tree into shorter lengths for the
MILL Then the grips of forest devil' |
Ire attached to one of the sections |
There is rattle and a clank of ma
,hinery, a groan and strain of pulleys,
| roar of steam, and the great log is
orn from it's bed of centuries, swung
IN a trolley and hauled away on its
asst journey to the mills.
The cut timber is perfectly sound
md of excellent quality 1t differs
rom the kauri timber that is cut from
he living tree only in its color, which
$ dark reddish brown, like mahog-
ny.
The peat is full of fossil gum shed
through countless centuries by the
rees that are now being dug out. The
alue of resin makes another industry
recovery of fossil gum
n some parts of the swamp area as
many as five successive layers of gum
AVE been found.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the Laclede Mining Com
pany Wallace, Idaho, March 20, 1916
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting Of the board of directors Of
the above named corporation held on
tie goth day of March, 1916, assess
ment No. q of three go mills per
share was levied upon the capital
stock of the corporation, payable on
or before April rs. 1916, to James A.
Wayne, treasurer, Otterson Block
Wallace, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the said 25th
day of April, 1916, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion and unless payment is made be-
fore will be sold on the 18th day of
May 1916, to pay the delinquent as
.sessment thereon, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of
sale.
JAMES A. WAYNE,
Secretary, Laclede Mining Company
Otterson Block, Wallace, Idaho.
Mr23-Ap20-5t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
ICE CAVES OF IDAHO.
Explored by GoVernment-May Be
Made a National Park.
(Salt Lake Herald Republican

(Salt Lake Herald Republican,
Orders have been issued by Clay
Tallman, commissioner of the general
land office, for the surveyor general of
Idaho to make survey of the natural
ice caves, which are found in south
eastern Idaho and part of which ex-
tend into northern Utah, with the OBJ
ject in view of having congress create
the ice caves into national park.
Owing to the heavy snow on the
ground and at the entrances to the
caves, the survey work will not be
started for several weeks.
Reports received in Salt Lake are to
the effect that the Idaho congressional
delegation is behind the move. The
caves are close to the Oregon Short
Zine railroad and are the most extern
sive ice caves in the United States.
The largest of the caves has been ex-
plored for a distance of two miles I'M
foreground while a great many beau
tiful lime formations are found near
the entrances to the caves, about 200
yards in the floor becoming a mass of
ice. Drills which have been used by
the geological survey on the Ice for
nation have been unable to penetrate
to the bottom, and the depth of the ice
is unknown. Scientists have never
solved the formation of the ice as
there does not appear to be any pc
culiar air currents in the caves.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
NOTICE OF SPECIAL STOCKHOLM
Frs MEETING.

Office of the Western Star Mining COM
pany, Wallace, Idaho, March 81,
1916
Notice is hereby given that special
meeting of the stockholders will be
held at the office of the company in
the Otterson building in Wallace, Ida
no, on Friday, April 7, 1915, at 500
o'clock p. m. for the purpose of elect
ing a board of five directors to serve
until the next annual meeting and for
the consideration generally of the bust
ness and affairs of said corporation
JAMES A. WAYNE,
Secretary, Wallace, Idaho
Mr23-Ap6-3t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
NOTICE TO DEG4NoUENT STOCK.
HOLDERS.

Office of Nevada Stewart Mining Com
pany Wallace, Idaho, March 80
1916.
Notice is hereby given that there is
delinquent upon the following describ-
ed stock on account of Assessment No
3 Of two (2) mills per share, levied on
the 25th day of February, 1916, the sew
eral amounts set opposite the names
Of the respective shareholders as fol-
lows, to-wit:
No. No.
Name Cert. Shares Amt
Page a. Devlin Invest
ment Company ......1 10000 10000
And in accordance with law so many
shares of each parcel Of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold at the
office of the secretary treasurer, $40
Bank street, Wallace, Idaho, on the
14th day of April, 1916, at 1880 p. M
of said day, to pay the delinquent as
sessment thereon, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of
sale.
II. M. HUEMANN,
Secretary Treasurer Nevada Stewart
Mining Company, $40 Bank Street,
Wallace, Idaho. Mr30-Ap13-3t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
HAGolN'S ESTATE.
Over $2o,ooo,ooo Which Includes Large
Holdings in Homestake.
Engineering and Mining JournaD

Engineering and Mining JournaD
Attorneys for the estate of James
b. Haggin paid to the state controller
on March IL check for $50, 0O0 rep
resenting the transfer tax ON the es-
tate, which was appraised at S2O,55S.-
OS4. OF this amount 100000 Is repre-
scented by bonds of the Cerro de Pasco
Mining company, 100000 ($3,0OO,OOO
par valued in stock of the same com
pany $4,o00,O00 in stock of the Home
stake Mining company; s3,75O,OO0 in
stock of the Kern County Land COM
pany, and 1881. 500 in New York CITY
realty. The estate with few excep-
lions was divided into five equal parts.
left to the widow and other close heirs
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
ARIZONA COPPER.
Product of the State is Far in the Lead
of All Others.

Arizona easily ranks first in the pro-
mction of copper The following fig
ures give TIE output of the pHmc pal
mines of he state for 1915 ana esti-
mate for 1916.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-23
I. J. LAUBE
GIVESSCHOLARLY
LECTURE
Toward Democracy" Theme
Discussed at the Forum
SPEAK ER'S CONCEPTION OF
THE STATE CHALLENGED

Last Sunday evening the University
EXtention Lecture, at The Forum, 1912
California, was delivered by Professor
Frank j. Laube. of the Department of
Political Science, University of Wash
ington. Toward Democracy" was the
interesting subject of the evenings
discussion, and was handled by Prof
Laube in most interesting, pleasing
and scholarly manner.
Treating his subject from several
angles, applying the principles of
democracy to the various social and
economic problems that confront the
statesman and humanitarian of to-
day, Professor Laube emphasized the
fact that the elements Of a thoroughly
democratic society, based upon justice
and fraternity, were already present
in the various states of the American
commonwealth. "If ideal social and
industrial relations have not yet been
established in the United States, the
people have only themselves to
blame" said the speaker.
Consistently with the generally ac-
copied view, Professor Laube took for
granted the reality of an identity of
interests of the people of the United
States as a whole, with the govern
ment, the state, functioning as a ben
eficent institution for the benefit of
the whole population, without regard
to the economic or social status of
the individuals composing the nation.
"There are the speaker admitted,
certain group antagonisms, clashes
between organized capital and organ
lied labor" etc, but, he maintained,
there are "no classes" properly So
called. Such antagonisms as exists
are due to Misunderstanding NAL
adjustments, or want of due considera-
ton of the rights and duties of
American citizenship" etc, on the
pdII VI Ollc VI bOIit SlucS 70 con-
troversy.
Given his premise, Professor Laube's
conclusions were irrefutable, and the
carrying out of his suggestions could
not but lead forward to a true democ-
racy, politically and industrially. But,
at the conclusion of his address. his
views were challenged on the ground
that the state, or the government, is
not beneficent institution, function
ing for the benefit of the people as a
whole, but a ruling-class institution,
functioning in the interest of minor
ity of the population, its judicial and
police powers being organized for the
purpose of holding in subsection the
exploited majority and disciplining
the individual rapacity of it's own
beneficiaries.
A number Of questions were asked
by the speaker of the evening. All
present seemed to thoroughly enjoy
the lecture, as well as the discussions
which followed. A large audience will
undoubtedly greet the next lecturer
from the University next Sunday eve
ming.
Ryan Walker, Everett, April p
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-23
OUR OWN ETHICS

The cthic of the proletariat flows
from its revolutionary efforts, and it
is these which have strengthened and
ennobled it. 1t is the idea of the rev.
olution which has brought about the
wonderful elevation of the proletariat
from its deepest degradation. To this
revolutionary idealism we must above
all else cling fast, then, come what
will, we can bear the heaviest, attain
the highest and remain worthy of the
great historical purpose that awaits
us.-Karl Kautsky, in "The Social
Revolution.".
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-23
WHO Is PATRIOTIC?

While the English soldiers were
singing "Tipperary" and cheering
themselves up to the fighting point,
rushing headlong into almost sure
death for "their country" some of the
big manufacturing concerns were
making from 60 to 200 per cent pro-
fits. Meanwhile prices went up 30
per cent.
This same kind of a group of blood
suckers live in America and all other
capitalist countries, and if perchance
some fellow goes to a picture show or
Jtheatre and would rather laugh than
/be patriotic" and fails to stand up
every time the flag is shown or a pa
triotic song is played or sung, these
same hypocrites are sure to look over
their glass at him in holy horror
But suppose the call should come
for enlistment? Well, Mr. Pluto goes
over to Mr.. Dubb and says: "My
dear Mr.. Dubb, duty calls me to do my
part for the safety and protection Of
my country, but my business is so ar
ranged that l cannot possibly go with
out great losses; therefore, / would
like to hire you as my substitute"
Mr.. Dubb, who has had no work for
some time and who has nothing to
lose but his poverty, sees visions of
something coming in and so takes all
he has in a handkerchief and goes
forth to be patriotic for the other pa
triot who stayed at home.
Meanwhile the plute walks into his
office and says to the confidential
clerk: "Well, John, | got Dubb to go
alright; better put couple cents rise
on those shipments today to cover the
cost"
Who is patriotic? The plute makes
you pay the cost of sending Dubb, and
Dubb goes because his poverty drives
him to it.-Kirkpatrick.
kirkpatrick, Everett, March 26)
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-23
SOCIALISM OR TYRANNY
Which viii America Choose?
"Once to every man and Nation

"Once to every man and Nation
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife Of truth with falsehood.
For the good or evil side;
Some great cause, Gods new Messiah
Offering each the bloom or blight,
Parts the goats upon the left hand,
From the sheep upon the right:
And the choice goes past forever,
TWiXt that darkness and that light
Lowell.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-23
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S
APHORISM
(BY John NJ. Work.

The late Booker T. Washington said
that the real degradation lies, not in
working, but in being worked.
Of course he was not talking Social
ism when he said that, but the remark
has significant bearings which prob
ably never occurred to him.
Soak it in once more: The real
degradation lies, not in working, but
in being worked.
Although, under our present topsy-
turvy social order, it is more or less
of disgrace to do useful work, yet,
intrinsically, the doing of such work
is most genuinely honorable and COM
mendable. 1t is honorable and COM
mendable because it is beneficial to
the race. 1t makes for the forward
and upward growth of the race.
In itself, therefore, there is nothing
in useful work which can explain the
tinge of disgrace that adheres to it
under the present system.
The explanation is to be sought
elsewhere.
In the early days in this country,
when nearly everybody worked "on
their own hook,.' and there was toll
cradle degree of financial equality
among the people, useful. labor was
held in high honor. "a man who did
useful work was as good as any other
man. He was not scorned. He was
not looked upon as member of ''the
lower ORDERS"
But as soon as labor-saving machin-
cry compelled the small industries to
develop into the great industries, so
that men no longer worked con their
own hook" but began to work for 9th
ers, useful work began to become dis
graceful.
1t is disgraceful because it is now
done under slave conditions.
1t is disgraceful because the worker
is worked"
Why, the capitalists own the indus
tries. They hire the workers to work
for them. They pay the workers
fraction of the value of their labor.
and keep the rest themselves.
Thus, without doing any useful
work themselves, they become million
aires, and have their splendid man
sions, and jewels, ETC., etc.
They get all these things by work
ing the workers.
No wonder they despise the work
ers.
Slaves are always despised by their
masters.
The workers can emancipate them
selves from this disgraceful position
whenever they wish.
All they have to do is to vote the
Socialist Party into power, so that the
industries can be made collective prop
erty, owned by all the people and run
for the benefit of all the people.
Thin the workers will receive the
full value of their labor.
They will no longer be worked.
And labor will again become hon
6rable.