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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
SERVICE FOR MINERS IN
TRENCHES OF FRANCE
CALL SHOULD RECEIVE READY
RESPONSE IN WESTERN
MINING CAMPS.

Major o. B. Perry, of the Engineer
Officers Reserve corps, who was for
merly general manager of the Yukon
Gold company, has sent the following
appeal to the mine managers through
out the country for the purpose of Sc
curing volunteers in a miners regi-
ment to serve in France, which 1t is
hoped will result in securing the ac-
tive cooperation of the managers:
Trained to Fight as Well as Mine.
"The engineer corps of the United
States army has been authorized to
raise by voluntary enlistment spe-
cial mining regiment to consist of six
companies of 250 men each and to be
known as the 9th Engineers national
army. The regiment is now being re-
cruited. The first company has been
formed and is in training at Camp
Meade, Nd. This regiment is to be
made up entirely of picked men from
the various mining sections of the
country. All trades and occupations
in and around a mine will be repre-
scented and each company will have a
sufficient number of men skilled in
each trade to enable it to operate as
unit. The work to be done is purely
military in character and what is
known as first line work consists OF
the preparation of underground shelf
ers for the fighting troops and the
placing of explosive mines. This work
requires high degree of skill in rap
id .tunneling construction and involves
the handling of all sorts of material
from clay and chalk to hard rock. In
addition to the regular engineer equip
ment each company will be provided
with special tools such as tunneling
and boring machines, drills, compress
ors, hoists, lighting sets, etc, While
most of the work of the 9th engin-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
ATLANTA MINES.
Eastern Syndicate Takes Over Rich
Gold Property.

(Boise Capital News)
1t has been definitely learned that
the Boise Rochester mine at Atlanta
has been taken over by II. B. McGown
and associates of New York on a
bonded lease and that plans are well
under way for extensive development
work on the property in the spring.
Foster S. Naetling, prominent mi
ming engineer representing Mr.. Nc
Gown and the eastern capitalists who
have bonded the mine, has taken ur
his residence in Boise and will keep
in CLOSE touch with the development
work
1t is understood that plans are un-
der way for the construction of a new
mill through which it is expected to
save all the gold values a portion of
which are now said to be lost because
OF the method of treatment.
Eastern capitalists interested in
mining have been watching Atlanta
for several months and but a short
time ago a party of Pittsburg men
visited the camp with a view of TAX
ing over a property there. The deal
is still under consideration.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

GERS will be underground mininS a.
regiment will be trained to fight ae
we'll as to mine. The commanding -
ficer will be a regular army eneipoa.
officer. the remaining officers OF ~.
regiment being largely drawn fror1
the mining engineers who have W,
unteered their services and who bon.
been given the necessary miIitaru
training at the officers training camns
The 9th Engineers offers a great On
portunity for the miners of this conn
try to show their skill and COURAGE
Any experienced mining man who
wants first line service in France 10
urged to enlist at once"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
MANY MYTHICAL MINES
LURE THE PR0SPECI0R
WEIRD STORIES OF FORTUNES
FOUND AND LOST IN EACH
MINING STATE.

Every mining camp has its story of
romantic discovery. Those of us who
have shared the bivouac of the pros
pector or the warmth of the stove in
a frontier hotel have heard of men
that won wealth at a stroke. The poor
Dick Is promoted to mister or colonel.
AS one old fellow expressed it: "a
man can hustle and starve may be,
while trying to find a mine, but let
him make strike and they'll want to
give him an oyster supper when he
amt hungry" There is scarcely a
mining community in the west but has
its mythical "lost mine" There was
the Blue Bucket in Oregon, the Lost
Cabin in Idaho, the Niger Ben in
Wyoming; there were others even
more famous, such as the Breyfogle
land Gunsight, both lost mines in the
Death Valley region; but the most
famous of all was the Pegleg, which
was said to have been found by a
prospector called Smith.
Story Of PegIes.
He had lost leg and stumped
around actively enough by aid of a
wooden substitute. His stamping
ground, as they say. was among the
sand dunes and rock ridges of the Col
orado desert, in Imperial county, Cali
fornia. According to the story, Smith
was journeying from Yuma to Los An
geles when he was overtaken by a
wind that drifted the sand across the
trail, When the storm had passed he
climbed to the top of one of group
of three small knobs in order to as
certain his way When he reached the
top Of this knoll he was astonished to
find the surface covered with pieces of
dark blue quartz so rich in gold as to
be nearly solid metal. So astounded
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

was he by his discovery that he for
got to take his bearings and hasten
ed down the hill TO make his way as
quickly as he could to Warmers pass.
AS soon as he could get burro and
some supplies he returned to his treas
ure trove, but it was nowhere to be
found. For days he searched the des-
ert unsuccessfully. The days became
weeks, the weeks heightened into
months, the years slipped by, and yet
he failed to find that golden crested
hillock. He made many journeys,
varying his direction, changing his
area of search Finally, he lived in a
dugout and mated himself to an In
dian squaw at the foot of the hill now
called Smith mountain. He never
found his mine and died with his quest
unfulfilled.
Still Being Sought.
In his last days he became garrul-
Gus and told the secret to other pros
pectors, who. in turn, started on a
still hunt for the golden treasure.
They, too, failed. The newspapers of
the west have retailed the story in
various guises. Scores of men have
searched for the Pegleg mine and
many have died in the effort; for ex-
ample, four men in one party that
went out from San Diego in 1894. Per-
haps you would like to know where it
is as described by Smiths squaw long
after Pegleg had found a resting place
in the one prospect hole to which
every man comes at last: 30 miles
southwest of Smith mountain not far
from the Butterfeld trail, which is the
old overland route between Yuma and
Los Angeles, at the summit of one out
Of three little knobs. But two of those
knobs may have been sand dunes that
the wind shifts as it lists.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
Government Operation of Mines; Why
Not Draft Men to Work as to Fight j?

(F f. sharpless in Engnee ring and Mining JournaD
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
Black Sand Not Profitable.

Investigation of the black sands in
the northwest presumably Oregon,
Washington and northern California;
by the United States bureau Of mines
has led to the conclusion that the ex
ploitation of them offers no promising
commercial possibilities. While gold
and platinum in limited quantities are
found in them, the deposits do not
seem sufficiently rich and extensive to
justify development. 1t is admitted
that isolated instances may be found
where the sands may be worked pro-
fitably
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

! 1t is to be hoped that the produc-
/ ton of coal and metals for the use of
the government and the public gener-
ally may be maintained at such a
ton of government operated mines
may not become a reality or may not
have to be seriously considered. With
! a government inadetquately equipped
for handling the multitude of nav
problems daily presented to it-prob-
1 lens that are national in character
and must be solved by 1.-THE addi-
tional responsibility of operating
large number of metal and coal mines
would be a burden of serious moment
Government Operations Will Not Be
! Cheaper.
That the government, as manager,
could operate any better or more
cheaply is to be doubted; it certainly
could not by placing properties in new
and unframed hands If taken over,
the mines would, in most cases, have
| to be operated by their present forces
at an expense which certainly would
not be less than without government
intervention. Having fixed the price
of metals and coal, having regulated
the freight rates to be charged, there
remains but one important element
for the government to regulate, that
is, the compensation to be paid to Ia
Dor. 1t is true that with government
ownership or government operation 1t
would be in a position to dictate as to
the price to be paid for labor, but that
/ it would dictate any terms whereby
the cost of production would be re-
duced is not probable.
Dictaton between labor and the
come from the other side. 1t would
probably be no different now. In or
der to stimulate production it would
probably increase the price of labor,
and increase correspondingly the price
of the commodity to itself and the
public, There is way, however, of
avoiding the continual rise in prices
and of maintaining production if not
stimulating it, a way that is just and
is, or can be made, legal, that is, the
conscription of labor. Whether it is
yet time for it or even time to talk
about ii is questionable, and yet it is
a possibility.
Probably the most important factor
endangering the success of our pres
ent national undertakings is that por-
ton of the laboring element which is
not only refusing to cooperate with
the government but is also absolutely
blocking its program. Congress,
backed by national demand, quickly
passed the selective draft law, en-
abling the government to select all
the physically fit men between the
ages of 81 and 81, from all classes and
walks of life, and to demand that they
bear arms carry our flag to the front |
and if necessary, die in the attempt
to make that flag symbol of right |
and justice,
The best brains of the country have |
volunteered or been drafted to help in |
the work The government is taking
supplies and practically debating the
terms on which they are taken. Money
for the expenses of prosecuting the +
war. or large portion of it, will be |
taken from those who have it on con-
ditions determined by congress. All 1
these are requisitioned, not regardless
of the rights and duty of the individ- /
ual, but with due consideration of all
his rights and obligations.
conscripted INDUSTRY Needed to Back
Army.
A successful army will have some
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
Consumer Wants a Show.

A letter to the papers advises that
the farmer and the retailer cooperate,
Nay Nay! Let them quit cooperating
for a while and maybe the consumer
Dealer
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

We don't mind women knitting in
public as long as they knit What
we object to is the way they glance
around to see who is looking at them.
Columbia IS c. Record
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

A man always imagines he has good
sense until he comes across an ola
love letter he wrote to his wife dur
ing courtship.-Chicago News,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
May Help Munition Plants.

"At Sturgil creek, near Robinette,
an interesting discovery of manganese
ore has recently been made compris-
ing a well defined vein that is as much
as 10 feet wide and is being developed
with a view to shipping the product,
for which there is good demand in
munition steel uses.
I'm the old Mineral district some
Idaho Falls people are developing a
promising showing of copper ore car
rying high values in silver and are
expecting to ship a carload of rich
mineral at an early date. Several iron
ore discoveries are reported in the
same region in addition to the Iron
mountain deposits which are estimat-
ed to contain 5000, 000-to resource
of high grade, clean, hematite ore
suitable for pig iron purposes. This
entire strip Of richly mineraliZed ter
ritory along the borders of Snake river
in western Idaho Is likely to be heard
from in the future, by some important
new ore developments that may make
big and permanent enterprises
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
On With the War!

Certainly the administration and
congress make mistakes, but their av
erage performance is high, and wa
have to back up the fight.-Chicapo
News
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

ing showing comprising a decidedly
we'll mineralized assure vein carrying
rich segregations of copper sulphide
ore, and an interesting plan of adit
tunnel development is in progress on
this property at this time, with con-
siderable extraction Of ore being piled
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
HUMOR OF THE DAY

'T dreamed last niehf thaf posed to a beautiful girl. And what did ] sag Tiger
 Female voter-How arc yal to vote, my deart Ditto-Iu my green velvet ra-a= suit and matched haf .fIUHr-r F "Why is Ray in thc hospital
 He took a corner 9n f.n What of itH"
 ''One of 'ern was tue srea.r- old tOp-''-HarraEd LampIHn.
 Pauence-How m.Hs tm. d. kiss you2
 Didn't you count them
 "Oh. my not waa r.9 Workers Statesman.
 Burks-He'z the meaas-t u
 Smirks-And whyg
 Burks-I told him .Eef U. wife and he went and tH.l erybody's Magazine
 "I can't bear that ylmr .r. man; he's so couceitcd. How .. manage to get along wlth him
 T always talk Co him about H.r for a while, and then be tt.sr - about himsef."-Life.
 "I suppose the young men to regard Miss BarrowcliU aa an H- some now that her father has .n money"
 Well, they don't think era such a fine figure as she once l-I Pearson's Weekly. London.
 What sort of a man i7 Greeue
 Fine. The best ercr-"
 Very"
 Would you lend money t1 rlu
 As to that I cant s1y. I've lent him any. I've only Harru from him. Detroit Free Freea.
 Bacon-Let me shake volr ICf fm f.F days of your life.
 Egbert-You too urrwlouE- man I'm not to be married until fH morrow.
 Bacon-Thats what J say Tr one of the happicat dayH of g1.r Spokane Review.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
AMERICA.
Words by Katherine Tar E.
 Music by sita7 e Frr..


 Words by Eatheriro Ice Ea.-r
 Music by SiIa7 e Frr. O beautiful for bafrr1n rt.rr For amber waves uf rra.u. For purple mountain ma tf.r. Above the euameird plain. Amcricai America
 God shed his grace 0u ..nr And musiC-hearted son. O beautiful for pilgrim rrrf Whose stern. lmpas-l"urH .f-r-r A thorouEhfaFe for freedom .r. Across the wifderuer Amcricai America
 God shed his grace nu .rTr Till paths be wrought rlrorrr
 thought
 By pilgrim foot and ireet O beautiful for EI1rr-ta1e
 or liberatiuR strife. When once and twice For ur Men laviehed urrr.rH. Ira' America, America
 God shed his grace For rr Till selfish Eatu Ur .Ir-rr The banner of t1r free. beautiful for natr.Ht. dream That sees herrTI rUa Thine alabaster cities riea0 Tndimmed by human tFnr" AmeriCai America
 God shed his grace fa. f"ra Till nohler men keen Hrrr r Thy Whitcr jubIieet
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
BREED THEATRE
Ethel Barrymore in The Call of Her People, Specially Released Metro Production, in Seven Parts, Fea- ture for Today and Tonight.

Today and tonight are the last op- portunities to witness Ethel Barry more in the specially released Metro production, The Call of Her People, which is the feature at the Breed theatre. This is positively the great est picture play of the year and is presented on a magnificent scale. The cast contains in addition to Miss Far rymore. the greatest of all screen stars. Robert Whittier. William B. Davidson, Frank Montgomery. William Vaudeville. Helen Arnold and six hundred actors. No expense was spared in making this a stupendous production If you have not seen this production and are an admirer of the very best in motion photography, don't fail to see The Call of Her Peo- pie today. Matinee 10 cents: even ing 15 cents
 On Monday and Tuesday the Breed will present Anita Stewart in The Daring of Diana, a f1ve-part Blue Rib bon feature of intense interest This Is a vivid tale of newspaper life and Is instilled with realism. Friends of San Rosario, a two-part O. Henry drama will also be shown and the Hearst-Pathe News completes the bill for Monday and Tuesday when all seats will be ten cents.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
SALVATION ARMY.
Patriotic Service to Be Conducted in
 Buckingham Memorial.

There will be a patriotic service conducted at the Buckingham Memo rial hall Sunday night at 7.45. Ensign Albert Baglin of the Salvation Army will show 124 Great War Pictures Of scenes from the European Conflict These slides are made from photo graphs by a correspondent of the Vic tor Animatograph Co.,, of Davenport, Iowa showing thrilling naval, aerial, artillery and infantry battles, the de- struction of the Cathedral at Rheims, German attack on Liege, Belgium, scenes in a Canadia2 camp. the Ger man raid on England. daily life in the trenches street scenes in Thann, Sois- sons, Bercy, Wise and Louvain after bonn mba rdnent- Field hospital, post office. barber shop, blacksmith shop, rolling kitchen, etc. Illustrated hymns will be sung 4 collection will be taken to help the local army work Don't fail to attend this service
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
BURNING COAL BEDS.
How They Were Caused-in West
 Form Natural Bricks.


 Many coal beds in the great coal feds of the western states have at some time taken fire and burned along their 0utcrops. baking and reckoning 2 the overlyfng strata so that they have become a kind of natural brick or ter "a cotta-
 The fires were in places hot enough to fuse and recrystallize the overlying shale and sandstone so as to form natural s1ag. At some places this slag resembles true igneous rock; al ot1l- CTS 1t consists largely of rare min erals. The chimney shaped masses of siag are harder than the surrounding baked rock, and after that has weath- cred away form the curious pima cles that surmount many clinker bluffs or burtes in the west
 Some of the coal beds especially those exposed on the higher hills, were perhaps ignited by lightning; others according to well authenticat- ed reports. were ignited by prarie fires or camp fires; but as burning on the outcrop has been so common in an area of more than 20d.0O square miles much of it has probably been due to spontaneous combustion.
 Coal beds are now burning at or near the surface at many places in the west where the burning of the bed Is disclosed by the smoke and fumes that rise from 1t and by the heat at the surface of the earth near the outcrOp or above the bed-h heat so intense that 1t kills all vegetation As the coal burns out the overlying rock or earth generally caves in so as to form large Assures in the ground As the burning works back from the outcrop the heat acts on the ovsrlyinR rocks, but finally com hustfon is smothered for the lack of oxygen.
 T. is difficult to say how far back from the outcrop the burning may ex- tend. Field studies made by the Uni nent of the Interior, indicate that a bed lying beneath 20 feet or less of cover may burn out completely under larger areas and even where the -over Is several hundred feet thick .he burning may extend 500 feet pack from the outcrop.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS
All Men Invited.

FtII WIeH EHVILCu
 The religious work committee of the local r. M. c. A has arranged a very interesting rally for men and older boys, to be held at the association building tomorrow Sunday at four o'clock
 Hugh Kinder will render vocal so- los and also officiate at the piano.
 The address of the occasion will be by Rev F. J. Bohannan, the popular rector of St Andrews Episcopal church, who always has an interesting mesa
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
POETRY
BATTLE HYMN OF THE WORLD

BATTLE III AAa# Dedlcafed to ReEiatratfou Da
 June I. l9It.
 JUSTICE, RIGHT. TNNTa Ar Battle Hymn Of thc HNpul March on. Q world with Gag unflriz
 Co battle for the Lcrn- Let Reign or Law. not Tooth nII l
 let Reason be Ills HW0r4- Shall His blessing or Hla curH
 His sons of Earth or poured Let RIGHT go marching 0r.
 CHORUS. Glory. glory. great amcrirH1 Glory, glory for humanity Raise the worlds m1rf unlr HrtfIerF Iris Justice Right aud Truth. We'll grope our way through r1rrH
 flood through ners 1f blood
 wade We'll fght with might. Vrffr death
 siRht----..'t 'tHere'a none fr Nor shall warfars cease urf.f
 Peace with Honor By JUSTICE marching 0n, CChorusJ Awake. O earth. and bring t0
 the nations hattlrrrr. " 'Tis RiEhteouauerE and II"t..r
 for this we'll rta-I 1r So shall right be m rr-. auH
 throued" t1 trcaHCr e. .H r.r Let TRUTH go marcuIrr HU. (Chorus1
 Rev. Dr. IT. Pere'-r trr~rrr
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
Danie1son. Conn. Administrator s Sale REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL
 PROPERTY,
 TUESDAY, JUNE IF, 1917,


 PROPERTY,
 TUESDAY, JUNE IF, 1917,
 at 1O.3O o'clock a. m.
 Pursuant to an order of the Probate Court of the District of Killingly, I will sell to settle the estate of Mary E. on the. premises at the late residence, near the church at East KiIlingly, property: i Eatoheen Tanges peTs9hal naTlor heater. parEor furnishings such as chairs, rugs, pictures. bric-a-brac, etc. bedding, bureaus. commodes, chairs stands, pillows, rugs and mating, sit ting room contents, including chairs, work cabinet, stands, curtains. table, case and a lot of pictures, kitchen fur nfshfngs of chairs refrigerator, stand and stove as descrihed above. also a lot of cooking utensils in the pantry, most ly dishes. pots, pans, kettles and mis- csllaneous. 1 dining room table, a few tents, trunks and contents, several chests and contents, also the contents Of the clothes closets; a quantity of freWOOd, and many useful articles not described on account of limited space
 REAL ESTATE.
 Described as follows will be sold at 1.8O o'clock p. rn.. unless disposed of RreIpoms1y aeT a at at p7eiyate 7y sale; l acre of thereon. consisting of 1 dwelling house of g or 10 rooms. pleasantly arranged, horses. 1 henhouse and 1 woodsfl ed !; also good apple orchard of matured trees, This place is pleasantly located Providence and panieison ~t1 troiley S line ine school; in fact. an ideal piece of village known at time of sale. If stormy the sale will take place the first fair day WILLIAM FENENBR WOODWARD.
 Je9d Adm in strator.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST--A large black and white cow Holstein, having only one horn; animal strayed from pasture near Attawza gan Reward for Information as to where abouts of the COW or for her return Michael H. Grimshaw, Attawaugan, Conn. Tel. Danielson Div. je8d
 FOUND--Strayed to my premises on North Main St. white and brindle female Boston terrier. Owner can have the same by paying charges and prov ing property. Thomas Ibbison, 176- North Main St. je7d
 FOUND-Came to my farm in Hope vile, June 1, 1917, three heifers. Own CT can have same by proving property and paying charges. William Briggs, Jew cit City. Conn., R. F. D. No. 1. je7d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-09
What Is Going On Tonight

Ire.
 v@T1devfH1e and Moving Pictures at the Davis Theatre
 Feature Moving Pfcrure= at the Au- dttorfum Theatre