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Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-03-29
DR.. A. D. BYRNE

will be in Whideyvle, Tues
day, March Il for a short
lime only, prepared to Do all
kind Of dental work. Don't
fail to see him.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-03-29

Subscription price, Sl.0O per year.
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THURSDAY. MAR. 20, 1917
The Parker post., 1917-04-14

Easton is working approximately 25
men and has sunk vertical shaft in
excess of 400 feet. At present there
are drifts and crOsscuts totaling over
5000 feet, on the 150-foot, 300foot
and 400-foot levels.
The ore is hauled by truck over
good roads recently completed, to
Wenden, a distance Of about eleven
miles. Shipments are made to smell
ters at Douglas and Humboldt with
an average return of about $4,000
per car Practically all the ore in
the Cunningham Pass district car
ries good gold values, that of the
Critic averaging between $12 and
$40 per ton, depending on the level
from which the ore is mined.
The Black Reef mine, about eight
miles from Wenden and just across
the summit of the Harcuvars from
the Critic, and the Desert, adjoining
the Black Reef on the east, are work
ing two shifts each. At present both
companies are making no effort to
ship ore, although considerable ship
ping ore has been sorted and could
probably be handled at fair profit.
The Black Reef, starting at the
outcrop of a strong copper ledge,
mas sunk an incline shaft to depth
of approximately 230 feet on the
hanging wall. Practically from the
surface streaks of high-grade were
encountered and at present copper
carbonates, oxides and sulphides are
being taken from the mine. 1t is the
concensus Of opinion of the mining
men of the district that the Black
Reef will encounter a large ore
body with depth. Considerable ex-
citement was evident few days ago
when the day shift broke into a de-
pOsit of copper glance ore that ran
approximately 55 per cent metal.
superintendent Wilhalm has re-
rently increased his camp facilities
and has ordered additional machin-
cry, including an air compressor.
With the arrival of this equipment
it is expected development work will
The Parker post., 1917-04-14
By RAY w. ARMS, E. M.

The HarquahaIa and Harcuvar
ranges of mountains present many
features of geological interest as
well as Importance to the mining in
dustry There are many good show
ings of ore which are now being
prospected and developed and the
prospects for the camp becoming one
of the foremost in the state are re-
markably good.
1t is a peculiar fact that districts
showing high-grade ore on the sur
face are often looked upon with sus-
piciOn by many experts, they being
Of the opinion that high-grade string
ers are an evidence of surface ore
only, or at least unstable bodies of
ore, and that district in which
small veins of rich ore occur on the
surface has but small chance OF hav-
ing large bodies of homogeneous ore
at depth.
In the hills around Wenden there
are many OF these small stringers,
many of them containing copper
glance and other sulphides within
a few feet of the surface. Because
of this it has heretofore been a diff
The Parker post., 1917-04-14
Wenden is Developing Rapidly

proceed much faster and additional
men will be placed at work. 1t is
planned to drift from the 250foOt
level toward the footwall.
The Desert mine, operated on lease
and bond by the Desert Mining and
Development company, is likewise
concentrating on development work
and making no effort to produce ore.
The leasing company took over the
property little more than year ago
and installed 25-h.p. hoist and a
large air compressor, and has sunk
a 60-degree incline shaft to depth
of about $40 feet.
T. J. Nagle, manager and mine
superintndent, is working about Is
men at present Most of the work
is in the No. shaft, which is being
sunk at the rate of about four feet
a shift. Some excellent sulphide ore
has been taken from the 175-foot and
325-foot levels. 1t is the plan of Mr..
Nagle to sink to the 500-foot level
and then drift. Two cars of fair
grade ore, principally copper sui
phide with same gold values, have
been shipped from the mine.
Superintendent Ormsby of the
Wenden Copper company, working a
few hundred yards west of the Critic
shaft, has made the Wenden mine
one of the most talked-of in the dis
trict. Recent developments and
series of rich strikes of copper glance
have convinced the miners that ad
ditional cross-cutting will open up
a big high-grade ledge carrying good
gold values. At present the ore body
is about two and one-half feet in
width with a gold content assaying
$27 per ton.
Sufficient high-grade ore is sorted
ready for shipment to net the COM
pany a tidy sum of money and pre-
parations to haul the ore to Wenden
are being made. The Wenden mine
will shortly enter the producing class
on real scale, and without doubt
will be earning dividends before
many months.
The Parker post., 1917-04-14
J. GRANVILLE FUQUA, Manager

classed as failures will be huge sue
cesses now that methods of handling
their ore have been devised.
One-third of the railroads of the
country are operating Under receiv-
ers and in 1907 more than three hun
dred million dollars were lost in gilt
edged securities This is very much
more than has been lost in mining
altogether, even including fraudu-
lent promotions.
The United States Census shows
that railroads yield per cent on the
capital invested, banks Z per cent,
insurance concerns II per cent, lum-
bering and manufacturing enter
prises IA per cent, mines have yield
ed 1872 per cent on the capital in
vested. ~
The Parker post., 1917-04-14

Gals, says: "The gold and silver
mining companies of the United
States have paid larger combined
dividends than all the banking in
stitutions of all descriptions in the
United States, while the copper COM
panies dividends exceed the COM
bined dividends of all the railroads of
the United States
1t has long been known that over
half the freight handled by the rail
roads is ore or products of mines.
To these statements Dun and Brad
streets add the information that but
SO per cent of legitimate mines fail
against "a per cent failure in COM
mercial lines.
Many of these mines that are now
The Parker post., 1917-04-14
BUSINESS GOOD AT WENDEN

That business conditions general
ly have never been as good in Wen
den as they are today is affirmed by
]. Granville Fuqua, general manager
OF the Parker Commercial company's
store in Wenden, and Wendens lead
ing merchant. The best part of it.
according to Mr.. Fuqua, is that there
is every reason to believe business
is just starting to be good and the
best is yet to come.
During the past year" said he,
business has increased at least $50
per cent. Real estate values have
improved SO per cent and mining
property proportionately. AS far as
The Parker post., 1917-04-14
WENDEN ORE DEPOSITS

lava rock bears evidence that many
original deposits Of Pre-Cambrian
rocks and by their action caused the
surface to become shattered and very
much faulted.
However, the basic rock OF the two
mountain ranges is almost wholly
Pre-Cambrian granite-schist com
pick and at some depth, however
deep it may be, this formation will
come into it's own, and the ore bodies
known fact that in districts where
the Pre-Cambrian rocks cut the sur
face and are not overlaid with more
recent deposits, any ore bodies which
occur are very stable in their nature.
Many instances are related of engi-
neers figuring out depths of shafts
and lengths of tunnels to cut the ore
and being in error but a few inches.
The one thing that this district
most needs now is a deep shaft to
explore the geological formation and
ascertain whether the older rocks
become more stable within the limits
of possible mining. If this can be
proved it will do more than any 9TH
er one thing to prove the value of the
ore deposits at Wenden and vicinity
The Parker post., 1917-04-14

Difficulties of transportation and
scarcity of water that long hamper
ed the development of the rich cop
per deposits northwest of Wenden
in the Cunningham Pass district,
have been met in the past year by
the sturdy and resourceful Wenden-
ties with the result that at present
few copper camps are developing
more rapidly.
One real mine, the Critic, which is
shipping ore that averages around
Is per cent copper, with an occa-
sional strike of copper glance that
brings the net return from the smell
ter of $4,000 per car; three mines
in-the-making, the Black Reef, Des-
ert and Wenden Copper, any one Of
which may enter the producing class
practically over night, and a score
or more promising properties in var
ious stages of development, has made
the Cunningham Pass district a po-
tent factor in western Arizona min
ing circles.
The stimulated mining industry
has had it's effect on business con-
ditions generally and at no time in
the past has the future of Wenden
seemed as promising. Real estate
values have improved, business has
increased, according to the leading
merchants, approximately 100 per
cent in the past ten months, and a
building boom that promises to alter
the appearance of the town is just
starting.
At the present time the Critic is
shipping about five cars of ore per
month. The output is limited by the
number of cars the railroad can
furnish, and the restrictions imposed
by the over worked smelters. The
mine itself is developed to the point
of producing probably twice it's pres
ent output. 1t is being worked I'M
der the direction of G. A Easton
who, with e. A. Stent of San Fran
cisco, has had the property on lease
and bond for about two years. Mr.
The Parker post., 1917-04-14
Modern Three Story Hotel For Wenden

One of the old familiar landmarks
of Wenden, the Briggs House, will
soon be but memory, if the plans
of NJ. M. Briggs, the well-known pro-
In the place of the present pictur-
esque although weather-beaten hotel,
there will be constructed a modern
three-story hotel, with hot and cold
running water, electric lights, pri-
Vate baths, etc.
1t is planned to start construction
within the next sixty days. Plans for
the new building have been drawn,
specifications prepared, and all is in
readiness to advertise for bids. A
feature Of the new building will be
the ventilating system which has
been designed by Mr.. Briggs as a re-
suit of his many years experience
The site for the hotel is perhaps
the best business location in Wen
den and there is a possibility that
the first story of the proposed build
ing will be divided for use as a bust
ness block Present plans for that
story contemplate a modern dining
room, spacious store rooms, a lobby.
and at least one store space, which
will probably be used for mea. mar
ket.
The Parker post., 1917-04-14

the general business outlook for this
year is concerned I expect to see
substantial increase right along un
til September, and after that ] ex-
pect it to boom.
I'VE have four mines that are
making good and one or two prop
critics just starting development
work. They are proving that Wen
den has the ore and that is about all
that is needed to bring in some of the
big interests. About the only thing
that can hold back this district is
lack of smelling facilities
The Parker post., 1917-04-14

ficult matter to induce mining men
terprises in the Wenden district.
However, a few bold men have had
faith in the district and have plod-
ded along, sinking gradually deeper
and deeper into the veins, with the
result that mining is now being car
ried on in a gradually increasing VOL
ume. Each operator discovered as
he developed his property that in
stead of giving out, as he had almost
expected, his ore is getting better.
This so-called "chloriding'' has had
the good effect of proving to the min
ing world that there is something
here in Wenden to dig for. The
camp is still in the prospect stage
and no one has yet gone deeper than
400 feet below the surface, but 1om
the strikes being made almost daily,
it is reasonable to suppose that there
are immense bodies of ore still un-
covered in the district
There is one geological feature ct
these mountains which offers an ex-
planation for the unleached surface
ore and still leaves open the posi-
bility OF finding well established
bodies of ore at deeper levels. The
presence of much porphyritic and
The Parker post., 1917-04-14

Mr.. Briggs, who is perhaps the
pioneer citizen of Wenden, secured
the old Wenden Hotel sometime ago.
refurniShed it and the establishment
has been doing a thriving business
under the name of the Briggs House
since. Activity in the mines around
Wenden and an excellent tourist
trade has filled the house to over
flowing and in order to accommodate
his growing business Mr.. Briggs has
been forced to look for larger quar-
ters.
The new building is to be forty
feet wide and 40 feet long. 1t will
be built to the edge of the lot, of
brick or concrete blocks; with the
second and third stories to be used
for sleeping rooms. The present
wooden structure will probably I've
moved to the rear of the lot.
An electrinc lighting plant with
perhaps a small laundry, and refrig-
Grating plant IN conjunction, is
planned for the basement of the new
building. 1t is possible that the
lighting system will be OF sufficient
capacity to supply the stores ad-
joining the hotel
Other new buildings contemplated
for Wenden include modern garage
The Parker post., 1917-04-14

soon to be constituted by Lund &
McGaw, proprietors of the Wenden
Garage. The present limited accom-
modations are inadequate and it is
planned to construct a building ap-
proximately four times as large. A
full complement of machinery, in
Guiding storage battery repair and
charging plant, lathes, power drills,
ETC., will, according to present plans,
be used to equip the new garage.
The Parker post., 1917-04-14
MINE INVESTMENTS.

The National Banker, the most
of all financial periodi
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07
NURSES IN DEMAND
II Has Been Found Difficult to
Supply War Need.
100000 IN THE COUNTRY.

Trained Women Are Wanted, and q
National Census of Nurses Has Been
Undertaken to Get an Idea Of Who's
Who-lndueements Being Made to
College Women.
New York.-Meeting what, even in
peace time, would be shortage In the
number of trained nurses and public
health nurses needed in this country at
a time when the Red Cross had en-
rolled 1900 nurses for services abroad
is the gigantic task which the commit
tee on nursing of the general medical
board of the Council of National De-
Tense is undertaking. Thousands of
other nurses must go.
Miss Adelaide NJ. Nutting, formerly
superintendent of nurses and princi-
pal of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Training school. now director of
nursing and health at Teachers col
lege. Is chairman Of this committee.
Acting with her are Jane A. Delano,
chairman OF the national committee on
Red Cross nursing service; Julia G.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07

tatives in the city council and Gill
has a good standin with local labor
leaders, but it is not believed that
this organization can save him in
the present crisis.
The University of Washington
traces its recent football defeats 70
a German who is known as Emperor
William. Before the United States
became involved in the present war
the University of Washington was
always able to assemble a football
squad capable of cleaning up every
team on the Pacific coast, but when
war was declared the students
jumped into the breach with the re-
suit that all of its football talent
went to the front. AS a result the
University coach had to make use
of such material as was left. That
very little was left is evidenced by
the recent defeats which Washington
has suffered on the field of football.
Until Emperor William can be made
to give up the struggle there is not
much chance for the University 70
win any more games.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07

Lathrop, director of the federal chill
dren's bureau; Miss Lillian D. Wald of
Henry street settlement, DR.. Winford
S. Smith, superintendent of Johns Hop
kins hospital: Dr. S. S. Goldwater, SUI
perintendent of Mount Sinai hospital;
DR.. Hermann Biggs. state commission
er of health; DR.. C. E. A. Winslow and
Miss Ella p. Crandall, secretary Of the
National Organization For Public
Health Nursing, who is acting as secre-
tary of the emergency organization.
The committee already has under
taken a national census of nurses to
learn the number of trained and I'M
trained ones and those with special ex-
perience in administration, teaching.
public health and preventive work, In
dustrial nursing, etc. 1t is thought
that there are about 100000 trained
nurses in the country, of whom per-
haps four-ffths are engaged in private
nursing. So far the nurses going
abroad have contained a high proper
ton of those skilled in administrative
work, and it is hoped to draw in the
future largely upon the private nurses,
of whom the number. relatively speak
ing, is plentiful
The most important work of the
committee will be to increase the sup
ply of nurses greatly and promptly
Training schools throughout the coun-
try are being urged to offer special
courses to women graduates of colleges
and universities to bit them for special
work. In many cases credit for an
academic year is given to women who
have had scientific courses In universe
ties and colleges.
The plans Of the committee for an
educational campaign to induce edu-
Gated women to enter the nursing pro-
fession have been aided materially by
contribution of 5000 from Mrs. Fe-
Tx Warburg. While no general appeal
is being made, it is hoped that several
other generous persons may aid the
spread of the committees work by
other donations.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07

A movement is now on foot to
bring to the attention of the people
of the Pacific Northwest the fact
that they are not doing all that they
can do nor all that they should do
to make this a tourist center of
America. The Government of the
United States has officially called
to the attention of the world the
fact that the Pacific Northwest is
the healthiest section of our country;
and that it has an all year climate
that can not be eXcelled. 1t is
pointed out that Washington, Oregon
and British Columbia should have
Just as many tourists in the course
of a year as California, and that if
they did have the Golfers of this sec
ton would be enriched many millions
of dollars for the person who can
afford to travel can well afford to
pay. An effort is now to be made
to have every public body in the Pa
CHIC Northwest uIllIe III an S1IOAI W
capture this tourist trade. Every
town, city and hamlet would benefit;
the climate of one section of the
Northwest is just as fine as anoth-
er. While the cities would prob
ably get the bulk of the tourist
trade, hundreds would undoubtedly
plan to make this section their flu
ture homes, in which event the
smaller communities would get
them for residents, as they are much
more delightful places in which to
live. Cities, it is pointed out are all
right for people to exist in, but
those who want to live buy homes
in the smaller communities.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07

Tacoma-Martinolich Shipbuilding
Co., has contract for three auxiliary
wooden vessels to cost $1,000,000.
Spokane is to get a $4,000 dane
ing pavilion.
Spokane-Humbird Lumber Co., is
preparing to place in operation three
logging camps.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07
A Soldier

The following letter is from a
former Waitsburg boy and was
written to the Times of that city.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07
SEATTLE NEWS LETTER
Families Urged to Raise Pig-Will
Advertise the NOrthwest-Still
Fighting Gillism

SEATTLE-The United States
government thru it's Washington
state Representatives is endeavoring
to make it plain to the people of the
Pacific Northwest that this country
is in for a long and serious war with
Germany, and if it is to be won
there must be still greater economy
practiced in, every household for the
conservation of the food supply and
and that the farms, large and small
must be made to yield crops in
greater abundance. The demand for
food on the part of our allies not
only for human consumption but to
keep their stock from starving to
death, has never been as urgent as
it is today, and every citizen in the
country is being asked to do his
share towards seeing that this de-
mand is met. One of the urgent
necessities of the country today is
more pork for local as we'll as for
European consumption. A statewide
movement is now on foot to induce
every boy, in a position to do 80, to
go in for hog raising. 1t is pointed
out by the government that every
boy who raises a few pigs is doing
as much for his country as the sol
der who goes to the front. Pork is
going to be high for the next three
or four years and while feed con-
tinues high there is still good mar
gin of profit in hog raising. An in
stance of this is to be found in the
case of a boy residing at Toppenlsh,
Wash, who borrowed money from
the bank to go into the hog raising
business, and within a few months
he was able to pay his loan and
show a profit of more than one hun
bred dollars. The Tacoma city coun
Gil, to forward the hog raising bus
mess, has just voted to permit its
city residents to raise hogs in their
back yards. As result of this ac-
ton many people have already ac-
quired a pig or two and will do
their share towards contributing to
the nations hog supply. The Gov
eminent strongly urges every citizen
who can do so to keep at least one
pig.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07
FREE POSTAGE TO ARMY

Free postage to soldiers, sailors
and marines assigned to active duty
in the United States and its depend
encies. as well as those on duty in
foreign countries in the war, was
proposed in a bill introduced by
Representative Lunn of New York
this week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07
Walks 10 Enlist.

McAlester 0kla.-Just because he
nistrusted a railroad John F. Durham
walked tbirty-fve miles to reach an
other line on his journey TO enlist
When Durham reached here he was
sockless and coatless: He made his
Journey in three days
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-07
SCOUTS ARE BEST BOYS.
Steady Decline In Delinquency 10 Due
to Outdoor Life.


Minneapolis, Minn.-The boy scout
movement has caused steady decline
in delinquency, according to the state
ment of E. F. Waite, district judge of
this city, who was one Of the organ
izers of the movement here seven years
ago and since that time has been par
ticularly interested in the activities Of
the organization.
He pointed out that in spite Of the
increase In population there has been
a noticeable decrease in the cases Of
delinquency which are reported among
boys of the scout age and declared
there is every reason to believe that
the romance and outdoor life Of the
boy scout are the underlying reasons
for the decrease.