Show I SAW SOMETHING AT HT LEAD I Shaw Opens pens Up Tip on Hearst Hearston on Account of Homestake Mine 1 Buffalo N Y Oct 24 Secretary of 01 the I Treasury Shaw delivered a speech to a I large audience a at the Auditorium here to tonight tonIght tonight night devoting some time to Mr campaign talk Referring to a visit to Lead Lea S D r a year ago where is located the Homestake mine discovered by Mr Ir father he said saidI I 1 learned much concerning the meth methods methods methods I saw the ore brought to the crush crushers ers and was told tol that feet below the surface a railway system was In opera operation operation operation tion 00 feet below another and so on down for each feet for a quarter of a amile amile mile mUe The next day I had the pleasure of riding from Spearfish S eari sh through Lead to Deadwood on the pilot allot of an n engine crossing the divide the gorges and the cuts making thirty miles in thirty ruin min minutes n n utes It was an inspiring ride I was told that one of the cuts through which we passed exhibited ore on either side siele yield yieldIng yielding Ing 10 per ton three times as rich in gold SoUl goldas SoUlas as the nYel e ore of the Homestake mine When hen Ix IS I expressed my mv astonish astonishment astonishment ment merit that it was w s not being operated L I Iwas was told that the Homestake people had hada hadn a n monopoly on the water available in that district I have never neer heard Ull any one com corn complain complaIn plain that the Hearst mine controls all the water available at Lead S D but when wh n nI I consider the certainty of oC immunity from public criticism and public prosecution I would prefer to own the water available for mining purposes in the vicinity of Lead S D than titan to own a controlling in interest Interest Interest terest in the Standard Oil The latter concern will sooner or later go to pieces as a result of unnatural or from front continued prosecution but the mines at Lead will yield millions in profits per 1 annum to the end of time |