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would weigh about one-ninth of an ounce. This means that only one-ninth of an ounce of gold has been scattered through every 2000 pounds of that ore, and also that the whole 2O0O pounds had to be aug from the earth, crushed to powder, ruE through chemicals and handled again and again to get that tiny bit of gold out. The managers of the mine tell me that they are able to do this for s1 35 per ton, so that there is ali-told a profit of about $1.05 hin1s mining this gold. At the present output this means profit of over 5000 a day.
 EutAhefore go further let me tell you something of the romance of these won eerfuF 1Foperties@s- Infmediafely back of me oh the side oI the mountain is the great Glory Hole, which covers the site where the first gold was discovered. It IS several hundred feet above the Gasti- neau channel, and far down the slope of the mountain, the upper portions of Which are now covered with snow. The Glory Hole represents the first excava- tions made to get out the gold. It is now abandoned, and they are mining m tunnels far down below it. The hole IS mighty ellipse 800 feet long, 600 feet broad and more than 600 feet deep. You could drop the Washington monument in- side 1t and it's aluminium tip would still be 50 feet from the top. You could lay 1t lengthwise within it, and the ends would not touch the sides The hole makes me think of the pit of the Kim berly diamond mines in the heart of South Africa. The areas are about the same. the wells from which the untold treasures have been dragged forth be- ing as symmetrically cut as though gouged out by chisels in the hands of the gods. As you stand on the edge of the Glory Hole you can still see the remains of the gold ore in it's sides. It's walls of black rock are streaked with drab and gray, and here and there is a string of white quartz from which comes the gold
 As you look great rock slides off the top and goes crashing down to the bot tom. It was from such rocks the mine got the name of Glory Hole. The miners were often killed by them and thus trans ported to Glory. Strange to say, many of their deaths came from the crows. These birds made the neighborhood of the Glory Hole their favorite roosting and feeding places. They were so nu- merous that trumpeters were stationed about the hole to warn the miners of danger in case a flock should light on the edges. The first blast of the trum- pet meant "The crows are now light ing, !" and the second warned the miners that the rocks were loosening and would soon be down upon them. A slight pack
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as I have said, have already come about $60, 900.
 The property was f1oated in San Fran cisco and Treadwell got one-third of the stock. The other owners were large capitalists and among them D. o. Mills, much of whose fortune came from -hs source Later on the Rothschilds of Lon don bought into the property and today the mine is owned by the Mills estate,
 the Rothschilds and other rich men,
 The mines were operated with large capital from the start. The first exca- vations were in the Glory Hole, out of which 5,000,000 tons of gold bearing rock have been taken. About 10 years ago tho first undergro.ind stopping was done, and then they began to tunnel the earth and work altogether under ground I cannot tell you just how many miles of underground works there now are, but the mining goes on for a long distance up and down the Gas tineau channel and far out under the ocean.
 Other low grade properties of a simi- lar nature have been discovered. and the Treadwell mines are now operated under four different names. One is the Alaska Treadwen mine which is the oldest; another is the Alaska Mexican; third, the Alaska United Gold, and fourth, the Ready Bullion. The Ready Bullion mine is separate and distihtt from the Treadwell properties in that 1t has a gold vein of its own about 200O feet southeast of them. In all the mines the ore dikes or veins are sand wlched between green stone and black slate. They run through the mountains of Douglas Island and in places extend far down under the Gastineau channel, which flows between the island and the mainland.
 In many of these Treadwen mines they are now taking out ore which is almost half mile below the surface of the earth. The ore is lifted into great shafthouses, from where it de- scends by gravity to the mills The ore bodies dip toward the channel, and some of the tunnels have hundreds of feet of salt water over their heads. It is true there is thick bed of rock between the miners and the sea, and there is no danger of the ocean making it's way through. The mines are wet, but the moisture comes from the fresh water of the mainland that has found its way through the crevices in the rock.
 During my stay I went down into the Ready Bullion mine. and far out under the channel. The means of descent were a hve-ton steel bucket as. big as a hogs head and a steel cable almost as thick as my wrist. This cable is more than a
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Abner Was Landed

From the New York Press.
 Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader, remarked few days ago that when the fair girl casts her net the poor fish might as we'll yield, and told this story as an illustration.
 Recently a man returned to his homo town after an absence of many years, and rambled down to the corner grocery to get wise.
 T suppose" remarked the oldest in- habitant in handing him information that you remember Sim Simpkins y'
 'Oh. yes; I knew Sim very well.~ am swered the former resident. 1T also knew his daughter Mary. Went to school with her. They say that after waitinx nearly l5 years she married struggling young man.. M Ss
 "Aint no doubt about that Struegff6 part of it. was the erinning rej6lnder of the oldest inhabitant Seth done his derndest to git away. but Mary landed him. all right
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or water carries the four dust through tne mesh and 1t falls onto inclined tables or copper coated with quicksilver. Now. quicksilver has an affinity for gold, and as the powdered ore flows over 1t it swag- lows the free gold, as 1t were and the rock sand passes on After a time the quicksilver becomes loaded with gold. It Is then scraped off and put into a fur mace, where the heat vaporizes it and the pure gold only is left.
 In addition to this free gold there ia some gold in the baser minerals found m the rock. These minerals are taken out on shaking tables and then treated to cyanide bath, which sucks ,1n n. gold just as water takes up any salt dropped into it. The cyanide water is then put through a process by which 1t gives up the gold
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By FRANK c. CARPENTER
kCopyrighted. 1916, by Frank G. Carpenter

OT.
 Treadwell, Alaska NEAM clicking my typewriter on the |I8I roof of the modern Cave of Aladdin. The rock underneath NsSYSSl me has been cut up into tunnels, which wind about in maze more complex than that of Rosamond's bower. Some of the passageways go far out under the ocean and others have been cut for miles through the mountain. Out of them have come treasures far exceed ing in value those brought forth by the day a long procession of genii is con stantly marching. pouring fresh gold into the lap of old Mother Earth.
 I am speaking of the Treadwell mines. which lie here on Douglas Island in southern Alaska about as far north of the United States boundary as the dis tance from New York city to Chicago. within rifle shot of where my type writer stands there are four great min dng properties that have already yielded eight times as much gold as the amount Uncle Sam paid for the territory. Their total production up to January 1, 1915, was R4,000000 tons of ore from which was taken more than s5S, 100000 in gold, or $2.42 for each ton of ore that went through the mills. Last year these mines produced more than 100000 tons of ore, and their gold output that year was over s. 800, 00O or more than one-half what we paid for Alaska. The mills are now crushing about 5000 tons of rock per day, and they have enough ore blocked out to keep them busy for six years to come. The force of labor CTS consists of 1900 men, and they get on the average wages of $100 per month The mines support community of about 5000 people, who live in the towns of Douglas end TEeadWell.
 eNG9 In brief. is the story of the great Nreadwell properties which have been mining gold here on Douglas Island for more than a generation and which will be mining for many years to come. The mines are among the most famous of the gold properties now working and their owners are known the world over as being the first who have so successfully gotten quantities of gold out of some of the lowest of the low-grade gold rock. Much of the ore mined here contains less than $2 worth of gold to the ton, and of the millions of tons which have been mined the average, as I have said, has produced only $2.42 per ton. ton of ore is 2OO0 pounds. It is as much as two horses can haul in a wagon over a coun- try road. An ounce of pure gold is worth f20. so that the gold represented by $2.42
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take his words seriously, but people here, although indignant that Wagner, the well beloved. should have been dragged into such false prominence, refuse to COR slider the subject as anything but "ab- surd and ridfculous
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MI M | the country has herd of the famus Grdirun
 club of Washingtun. To the cassuel reedur who knows nuthing persunney of the Grid K run club and it's functsions, frum it's he would judge that it kind of cooking club |composed possibly of disappointed feemales who air |indevering to Tern the culinery art. In this, how |evver, the cassuel reedur, usuel, would be rong The Gridirun club is composed of newspaper men, who, two three times yeer get togethur at dn- bur to which the Pressidnt and memburs of his cab |fnet air invited, togethar with uther men distn- |gushed in poyticks and letturs poytical satire Hand uther intoxcants say nuthing of food air My indulged in.
 M Now, theere is anuther newspaper organization in HWashingtun known the world the Nasionel Press club. To this club have the honor of belong ling and am intensely loyal to it. Do not get the i'm presson, gentul reeduT, frum what you may reed in Itheese few lines that otherwise. The Nasionel Press club is composed of large bunch of fine fel |feTs-men who can compose mise and as reedabull R story highly entur rainin to the plain peepul back home and nturresting in evvery detail based on |as few facts enny uther bunch of men extant. FGifted men-men who do not have to wait for enny
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By ROBERT HARNDEN.

ONDON, March 1.--(Special Cor
 respondence. )-Many theories have been advanced from time
 to time as to the cause of the
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The process of getting the gold out of the ore dust after the crushing is sim pie. In front of the stamps is an apron of netting made of wires put together in 2 mesh finer than that of any kitchen sieve. As the ore is crushed stream
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AM clicking my typewriter on the
 roof of the modern Cave of Aladdin. The rock underneath me has been cut up into tunnels,
 which wind ahOlIt in a maze
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ATSTUR EDDITUR: NeerIy evvery boddy in
 the country has herd of the famus Gridirun club of Washingtun To the cassuel reedur ] who knows nuthing persunnelly of the Grid
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

broken. / was tired all of the time, very
low In spirits, and found my family work q
burden. With these Affections l was also
troubled with indigestion, and conse-
quently had TO be careful as to my eating.
| often had pains after meals and my
bowels were quite irregular. The medi-
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Arlington ST., Gainesville, Fla.
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shack, with lonely rain barrel beside
it. They took seats in the white"
coach, each near an open window.
The train started. Presently, the
conductor blew in with a gust of
smoke, cinders and road dust.
Tickets. All tickets, please" he
said, approaching the new passengers
and tapping them on the shoulder.
"We amt got no tickets"
"Where 'yergoin'?"
'Down ter Uncle Jim's."
where's that"
"Jack Lake."
Nineteen miles. Fifty cents"
1--WE amt got no money, Cap"
"Git off"
The conductor reached for the sig
nal cord. The train was now running
about twenty miles an hour But be-
fore the cord could be pulled, there
were two crashes. The conductor turn
ed sharply, and got a glimpse of two
figures hitting a sand bank outside.
The two crackers had gone headfrst
through the windows!
Jerking the signal, the conductor
rushed to the rear platform of the
train. He got there in time to see the
two recent passengers brushing them
selves off with their hats.
When the trainsreached Jack Lake,
the station agent was told of the af-
fair. So that, later when two long,
lank individuals walked up asking the
way to "Uncle Jim's," the station
agent looked them over, and said:
"Are you the two feIlers whut
jumped out of Thirty-Seven's win
dows?"
"Yes, sir"
"Well, whatinhelljou want ter do a
thing like that 2" asked the agent.
"My God, Mister!" the crackers
cried. "You don't spose we wuz goin'
ter stay there an be tied with er
rope!"
Sharks along the Jersey coast are
becoming deliberately unfriendly."
. -
dyer hear bout Smith ?"
"Nope. Whad he do ?"
"Most starved himself to death try
ing to starve fy!"
Suggestion to ad-artists: Why not
make automobiles seem immense by
filling them with pretty girls muchly
reduced in size? L. FL. G..
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15
A. c. L. SCHEDULE

Trains of the Atlantic Coast Line
will arrive and depart in Ocala at the
following times:
No. 81, Jacksonville to st. Peters
burg, 2:1S-2:25 a. m.
No. 38, st. Petersburg TO Jackson
vile, 2:25 a. m.
No. 10. Leesburg to Jacksonville
$40 a. m.
No. 151, ocala to Wilcox, Monday
Wednesday and Friday, 6:1O a. m.
No. 35, Ocala to Lakeland Sunny
iim), Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, $40 a. m.
No. 141, Wilcox, Gainesville anc
Palatka to Ocala, 11:15 a. m.
No. 40, st. Petersburg to jackson.
vile, 12:54-I:14 p. m.
No. 48, Homosassa to Ocala, Loo
p. m.
No. 40, ocaIa to Bomosassa, 2:2i
p. m.
No. 80. Jacksonville to st. Peters.
burg, 2:36-2:40 p. m.
No. lao, Ocala to Palatka, Gaines.
vile and Wilcox, Atop. m.
No. 8, Jacksonville to Leesburg
9:05 p. m.
No. $50, Wilcox to Ocala, Monday
Wednesday and Friday, 5:45 p. m.
No. 80, Lakeland to Ocala (Sunny
jim), tuesday, Thursday and Satur
lday, $50 >. N.
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STANDING COMMITTEES
OF THE CITY. COUNCIL

Finance D. w. Tompkins, chair
man; G. A. Nash, w. A. Knight.
Cemetery. T. Moore, chairman;
D. e. McIver, 3. A. Weathers.
Judiciary. M. Metfert, chairman;
j. j. Gerig, D. e. McIver.
Street-D. e. McIver, chairman; d.
w. Tompkins, w. A. Knight.
Fire. J.. Gerig, chairman; ] M.
Meffert, G. 4. Nash.
Pol;se-W. A. Knight, chairman; G.
a. Nash, Fl. M. Weathers.
Market-H. M. Weathers, chair
man; ]. M. Meffert, J. j. Gerig.
Sanitary-H. A. Fausett, chairman;
D. w. Tompkins, j. T. Moore.
Light and Water-G. A. Nash
chairman; D. w. Tompkins, j. M. Mef-
fert-
Building H. M. Weathers, chair
man; Fl. A. Fausett, d. e. McIver.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

The following Is one Mexican's
opinion of Americans, and it must be
said that our government. has done
nothing to undeceive him: "A long
time ago the North Americans were
strong, brave and hearty. They lived
in the forests, being mighty in statue
and experts with the gun. Then they
were shrewd and lived clean lives.
But later the forests were cleared
away, towns began to grow up and
the people began to live in the towns.
Now they live in cities. They drink
beer all the time and are filled with it
like a sponge. All they think of is
getting money. They have lost their
brightness and strength and their
sense of honor. They will sell their
wives for money, and are crazy to be
rich. They are towards and will not
fight. They are stupid"
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elections hereafter. So far, the de-
cisions show conclusively that an
election is not an election in this
state, and ones vote has no legal
safeguards against thieves who may
wish to change Jacksonville Free
Press.
This is direct intimation to the
democrats of Florida that unless the
courts sustain Cats their decision viii
not bind the partisans of that person.
How different from Knott, who gives
it plainly to be understood that he
will abide by the decision of the
courts.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

We wonder if the editor of the
Ocala Star and the editor of the
Times Union have ever met? From
some recent articles appearing in
these respective papers, it might be
just as well that they didn't Okee-
chobee Call.
By the time the editor of the Call
has sufficiently progressed in his pro-
fession, he will discover that really
great journalists like the editors of the
Times Union and the Star do not carry
personal i'll will into their discussions
of public affairs.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

Tom Watson, in his Jeffersonian,
announces that Mrs. Ion L. Farris is
a Catholic and was married to Mr..
Farris by a priest in Catholic
church. 1t is well known to most of
our people that both Mr.. and Mrs.
Farris are Methodists. Tom Watson's
worshipers might ask themselves how
many more of their little tin gods
settlements are untrue. If they were
all investigated, it is more than likely
that most of them are partly or en-
tirely false, for a man that will lie
about one thing is likely to lie about
another.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

J. II. Clarke, district federal Judge
at Cleveland, Ohio, who has been NOM
mated by President Wilson to succeed
Mr.. Hughes on the supreme court
bench, was appointed district Judge
about two years ago by the president
who therefore was thoroughly ac-
quainted with his qualifications. The
new justice, John Hessin Clarke, was
born at Lisbon, Ohio, September 10,
1857, graduated at Western Reserve
University in 1877, and was admitted
to the Ohio bar in 1878. Up to the
time of his appointment as district
Judge in 1914 he practiced law in the
courts of Ohio. He is a bachelor. He
has been a. lifelong democrat and ran
against Mark Hanna for The Senate in
1903.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

Some naval experts" predict that
when the Deutschland" leaves from
American waters she will meet allied
submarines. There is no reason to
suppose that there are any allied
submarines on this side the Atlantic,
and even IL they are the Deutschland
Ia probably better boat under the
water than any of them. The cruisers
and torpedo boats ON the surface are
what her crew have to fear.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

denly in Johns Hopkins hospital, Bal
timore, Nd, last week. Thursday the
body was brought to this city for in
terment. News.
Mr.. Vertrees was well known in
Marion county, and his death is much
regretted.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

Democratic Leader Kitchin reported
to President Wilson Friday that with
the passage of the corrupt practices
bill the House will have carried sout
the entire Legislative program sug-
gested to the House by the president.
He asked if any additional legislation
was desired and Mr.. Wilson replied
that he was satisfied with the work
done by the House and had no further
recommendations.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

Much afflicted Hillsborough is again
threatened with division. It is pro-
posed to cut off the western half to
make new county, with Plant City
for the county seat. It is proposed
by those who have some sense of
eternal fitness in their souls to call
the new division Plant county, but
some enemies of euphony and good
taste want to call it Cats.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

any equal to Dr.
Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery
and Favorite Pre-
scription. l believe
that | was suffering
from all the trou-
bles that a woman
is heir to. Some
nights I would
sleep all right and
other nights my
.A 1- -x1rx- w,n-nH
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15
PICNIC AT OAK GROVE

There will be picnic at Oak Grove,
three miles east of Morriston Satur-
day, July 18th. Everybody come and
bring full baskets. Baseball game and
various other amusements in the aft
ernoon.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

We confess we don't understand
why some democratic editors deride
Noel A. Mitchell of st. Petersburg
because he announces he viii run for
governor. We don't expect to sup
port Mr.. Mitchell, but we understand
from his neighbors that he is good
citizen, he has right to be candi-
date and we think he is entitled to a
complimentary notice.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

DIR. Henry G. Bystra sends us a
check and his card, SO we take it for
granted that he wants to read the
Star. The doctor has built up well
deserved reputation for enterprise
and good sense.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

T. r. Higgins, well known in Ocala,
has taken charge of the local depart
ment of the Palatka Morning Post.
Mr.. Higgins is veteran newspaper
man and the Post at once showed i'm
provement.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

II Congress had passed President
Wilson's shipping bill year and a
half ago, and the entire power of the
nation had been given to backing it
up vigorously, we would now have a
large and busy merchant marine. This
was one instance in which President
Wilson was wise and brave, but the
present Congress has followed jelly
fish policy in everything.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

William X. Vanderbilt, one of New
York's multi-millionairies, has gone
for yachting trip in southern waters.
Very sensibly, he commenced his
cruise at Tampa.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

With Germany sending Carranza
ammunition and machine guns, and
Uncle Sam loaning him money, he can
stroke his whiskers in pleasant con-
temptation Of mundane mutations
Starke Telegraph.
Uncle Sam may loan Carranza mon
ey, but we doubt Germany sending
ammunition and machine guns to any
body just now.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-15

The plan to build a free swimming
pool SENS to be languishing. The
average small boy has very little mon
ey, and it is hard to put over anything
for the benefit of those who are i'm
pecunious.
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The editor of the Lake City Index
certainly knows how to pack a whole
lot of news in small space. This
useful accomplishment has almost be-
come lost art among newspaper men
Of late years.