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Show .' HEAL. ESrATK AM) I1IX1N0. OgJcu Soulier Men. han Juan Itcporl. Oilier JIntlert. The Ileal Kslalo Exchange meeting today was almost entirely devoid of Intoriat. A llviller meeting Is ex. peeled at 4 p. m., when the commit. tut on membtrililp, Deep Creek railway, rail-way, World's 1'air advertising aud other mattcrt are to make their re-I re-I trie. BTIIE 00 Ill'S BMKI.TJ 11. luoprosiocts for the erection of a 1 et at Ugden appears moru favor, i Us now tbau for somu time. Mr. r Uboitlr, whu It acting fur Iho Chicago (BpUilista will remove to Uden In a short time, tu tiirmancnlly rotldo. I'm company which projotoj to erect J''" ft'eller otriia agrojp ofmlueain i!. ' ,no"hwet of the lake, uud within thirty mllot of tbe Houtberu laclllo railway. The minus are tald to Lu valuable. ON TUB BAN 4UAN. JolinW. Carr, of TullurUr, Color, add, lias returned to hla homo odor a varied exiirlenoo of ,lx monlha in atari b pf gold nlone tbu an Juuiiand ( lorsdo rivers. Mr. Carr Is sold I o Iihvo headed the nrly which blazed the first trail lulowllltill ()..", JuK. ti the northern b.nu o HieS.u Junn I y fdl. riiopiity lound nmiilnu i, II urgolJ,iijtlieI)nv.r A'tut "ami Mr. Carr nrivtuslea that (mure i rrn. itttors will report uo better retults In the Cataract canyon, Cab, the ad ' enlurors came uorosi u trltioof In. Ulana known is the Bupls. "liuro are ub ut SOU rtmnanta or tliu triboiu iiltoiice, said Mr, Carr. "They bvii (mho old ruins abandoned tu-lirlnagoby tu-lirlnagoby thu chit uwollert. aud iiiU'vaiuOtOacrta cficadi orouarda In Hie canyiiii below, Thu retchis ura t io Hum.' I ever tasted,'' Mr. I Carr made many Interesting obserra tloun il Hie nllll dwellon' ruluj that aru tctltcroJ on ledges of the dill's over a large area In the vicinity of the Colorado and Han Juan rlvors. He advooada the theory that the ancient peoplo really lived In tbe valleys and utcd the curious liuusen 111 thocllQa as store liouset for grain and proviilons. lie believes the adobe homes of tbe race have Lug since dliippcared. Tho rllll hnuMx, be tayr, are made of a dlllercnt klrij Lf rock from that of tho cllllt, and In many cases thottones for the houses wrru carried llfly or one bun ire j miles, as tho nearest deposits are found nt that distance. The hlenglyi bies lound on thu smooth facoi of llm cllilt wern a constant tourco of Inlenst tu tbe white men. At one point a largo area Is covored with tlKurts of llitrut, snakes, swords, the Imprint of n mtn's hand and heads of females. Mr. Carr kept his -, e o en on the capacity nf the river In the Cataract canyon, Utah, As n result of bis oaleulatluiif, he aa) a, .1,009 Inches of water may ba Ueptn led u on at any time of the year aud at oneolntaheil of CO) feet may bo teoired at small outlay, ruopowuris suflloltnt to maintain a vait number of (.keltic plantr. Mioi.'iKrj ron ilto.v. W. J. Bcott, of rilttburg, It now In Wyoming at the repreienlatlve of a l'enntylvariln syndicate whu content, pl itu oi cuing works tu 0erate tbo Iron Ueioilta 100 miles from Cheyenne. He says thtro will bo reduction works, a foundry, and a plant for tho rainu facture of steel lublngand Iron' I Iplng. Utah bus more exlonalvo defioalla of Iron tban Wyoming, nnd wlibiu 40 miles ol the railway, but their utlllz. tluu la still a work of tbe future. CVMIUII.NIA DIAMUNDS. "Josepli Hhaw exhibited lu 1'iacir-villa 1'iacir-villa tills wti k a very pretty Utile diamond dia-mond of n light straw oolor, that was lound recently In Hie Unow mine at Kewlowu, It shows the crystalline thrill pcrivclly, having tbe character-Ittiu character-Ittiu curved edgts to tho facet uf tbe crystal. It was round bile annlng black ascd from the rllllea cf tbtlr llumu to obtain Ihe amalgam con-taluol con-taluol tbcreln, and tesulieu from the watlilug of the nld river channel pa.a-Ingthrougb pa.a-Ingthrougb tbu vicinity of IN'cwtown. It Is larger than a grslu if wheat and worth rhajstlS or J20." Tbeforegolmr apj eared In the IV. dorado tcjiuUican of May 1th. Dla-raondt Dla-raondt have been found at over twenty localities lu California, though generally gener-ally small In tize and olten cIT color. Tbu most proline source of dlamondi has been the gold waihlugs at Cher... kio rial, Uutte count), and tbito about l'lacervllle. I'robably tho first diamond ever fouud In California by any white man waa one picked up by J. W.Bblclds In October, litll, while aniline up the results of bis day's work Willi a rocker In Cedar ravine, l'lacervllle. It weighed - 1-lGcarals, was of the purest water and symmetrical symmetri-cal lu form. Thu Orstdlamonj lound ut Chtrokee was Icked up on the bedrock bed-rock of a uiavel mine in ISM. At Cberokea quite a number Have been found, acine wbltt, some yellow aud others rote-colnrcd. The largest Is aald to weigh:' carats. At the mretlug of tbe Calllurnla Acaiemy of Bcler.ce, May, 1807, four California dlaiuunds were exhibited ly l'rofe-aor Hllilluiaii. One Iruui i'oreat Hill, 1.1 Dorado county, weighed H carntf, waa of good color, but bau a email cavity lu one of tbe augtes. Anulher waa fouud at l'roncli Corral, Nevada county, that weighed 1 carsta. Thla atone waa very aymmitiiealaud without with-out daw, but Had been made alluhlly yellow by Healing II red hot. The two others weighed less tban a caial, ucru very poor lu coicr aud lnierlrrt in rliape. John llldncll of ChHo came lutu possesion of u diamond welghli g uuu and one quarier carats, fouud ai Yankto Hill, llutlu county, In 1M1, arid which was cut In Uoatou. Fragments of diamonds that bavu been pounded up under the stamisof thecemunlmlllsiiear l'lacervllle l'lacer-vllle bavu been often found. Beveral small dlaniuuda have been found at I'lddlelown, AmaJor uounly. It la aald that tho largettdlamond yet found In California waa picked up by Qevrgo J.vansln li63, on tbe aurfaceof tbe ground nt ltsnchcrli, about four miles northwest of Volcano, Amador county. Tho weight was IK milligrams; milli-grams; It wasialo straw In color, very brilliant mid without a Haw. The largest rice obtained for any California Califor-nia diamond In rough, on far aa known, la (SOU. ' AT 1IIMIIIAM. Illngham UulUtiu Tbo Votcmlte No. 1! mine la now worl Ing n force of Inor-ty men, prluclially on protfect work, and oie Is only being taken out as It la being en-ocunlcmd en-ocunlcmd lu prospecting. A now strike wasmadaln the main tunnel this week, being a body of carbonate ore two teet in width, which assays quite high In gold, silver, lead and copjwr. Ijoreman Dan Harrington Informed ut that three raises hal beeu started In dlllerent parts i f the mine thla week and Hint another would be started soon. Kverytblng Is running lu good shape ut the JN'u. 1', end the mine Is In tlrtt-clais condition. During the lstt three monlha tbu owners of the Dalton . l.arl.o mine havemtde more Improvement! than any other compauy operating In tbo camp, Large lodging nnd htaidlng-Iioum., htaidlng-Iioum., new oro bint, otc., bavu been built. They have lu.t purchased pur-chased and put Into pttco a new S3'hore jioworaleain lloUllii,- u. glue and du-liorin power boiler, wlileh worklike a charm, Thu mine, lor a now producer, has no equal lu West Mountain mining district. 'Ibulncllco shaft Is down uver 000 feet aud has been driven 100 feel In solid ore, there being no naite taken out to sieak of In that dlstauce, and they are ttlll working ou a lull breast or oru, with no Indications of lis giving out. The new hoist Is bringing up thu ilcli mln-crul mln-crul at tbu rstu of about twenty-five Ions per day, Tho slx-luili atrrak if f3 Ter ceut courier m. whlcli wo mentioned a couple of weeks ngu as having beeu en-oouutered en-oouutered by BImous & Illrch ou tbo Weasel ioje, lu Corijur gulch, Is not only holding uhu, but la atiadlly Improving, su we uio told by tbe oioratora, 1 hie ore waa struck In the face of u itoo (out luuntl, an I being 600 feet below the surface, tho ojierulors hok forward to it growing ,nto nn extensive bujj. In the neighborhood ol fouitiuii meu aru now duliig cluvelopmeut work on tbu llruoklyu mine. If rumors aru true we will soon have thu ilesturuof auuounciug to tho mining wurld tho reiuinptlon uf work at tula old dlv. Iduid I a) er, with full forcu of meu, lefcrulong. Our eoplu atu all anxious tuteetbo UrooLlynitaitcd up again, Mm J. The mco'lng of Iho stockholders cf the Maxwell mine hui beeu pestponed tlllJuueS. ' 'UBtu Tuo contract (or tbo iron structural I i work for the copper plant has been let In Chicago, it amounts tu about 50,000, Negotiations are pending for the sate of tho Mercer mlao of Lewltton, to a Now York syndicate for $0(W,UOO. I'llly miners smployel by the Maria Mining company at Mineral, Idaho, have struck for n raise uf wages from .1to $1.uJ per day. 1 he patllta-ff ho succeeded in finding n Utile flour gol I lu tin, nan I on lllich creek, near Ogdeu, have not Icon able tu discover an) thing mat would pay for opt riling. Ou Monday nnow trial was denleu, at Ilolse, Idaho, In the lauinua Tyler Last Chance nasi, from tbu (,'niur il Atenoccuntr), In which tbe Tylers I lovloutly t rcuroJ a verdict. l-'ureka(Xev.)&fbic'. Tho "Cure, ka and I'allsado llallroal company rrcrlvuJ during thu month of April 12.11 tons uf nru from tbo mines of l.uieka district for shipment to Halt LakeClty, as folium: From tbu Diamond Dia-mond mlue, (114 tone; I'.urtkl Con. mine, 24.5 tout; nicliiiDLd Iiillir, 17J lent; Jickson mine, l.li torn; Hull, wbecker mine, -111 tons; I'hamlx mine, 31 Ions; Bllver Lick mine, 4 Ions I roui ,Morey seven Ions uf vor) rich orea received. The Kurckn Consolidated Con-solidated compsny alsu shipped sixty tons of lead Jlgglngt. Htl ey, Idaho, Tmcr. About a wcekagu Harry Hicks, Dick Hurl. t mo and young llruner asked ore leiss ou the l.sclrde ground, about two miles (rum Haliey, tur twelve nnnibs from tbu 1Mb of May. They were dissuaded by Buperlu endtnt ai d l'rralient Cor.dron.,lecsuieno ore was In tight. They Insisted that they could find ore. "Ob, very well," re, lied Mr. Condon, "I'll call tbo directors together." Day before yesterday tbe lesseui begau work on the sunace, right In the gr ss roots about Djfttt winterly from tbe alar sbalt. After working ntwut threo hours they uncovered a vein of galena ma carrying so much gray copper that It has the appearance of being fully SO crc-nt coiper. Tho ore will doubtless doubt-less ntsuy 6J'J ounces silver aud some hold or tin. Tbe width cf the vein It, of course, tu bo demonstrated by further woiklug. bAI.T I.A1U! Cl.UAltl.la 1IOU8I'. Today's clearing house exchanges amuuuted to JJJI.SH, TODAV'a QUOTATIONB. New Ytrk Silver, S21j; lead, $3 73 unit ami HUI.I.IOM. Wells, Fargo .t. . rucelvol today! Mingo bullion, HS05. T. It, Jones Co. receive 1 toda): Ores, iUW; hulllou, IJdOO. I'oM, $1700. AlcCornlck i. Co. received today: Hllver and lead ores, t-V.OO, Hanauer bullloii,S310ff. Total, lu.000. W. U. M. Hicward had In today for asssy ucolot of Unztly ore, 11 tons, one lot of Old Jordan and (Islvnaorc, 20 tons, one lot of New Highland ore, 75 tons, aud one other control. Amj-r Currlu bad In today lor letting seven lots of iloig oru au J one other control. W. A. Hodges bad lu today for asiay 11,1 tons olHoru silver en, 11 tons of Htarore, aud four other contro'n. |
