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Show MINING DEPARTMENT FABULOUS - Cliff, Colorado. James W. Cartwright and J. II. Norton of Boston, are heads of a syndicate that claims to have invested In nine years, without the return of a penny, and they expect to fqwuid as much more and peihaps twice that amount before they will quit work. They have been advised by mining men of experience that they are taking tremendous chances, that everything is against them, that millions will be necessary to carry out the gigantic plans of the company, and that there are ninety-ninchances in 1( Hi that they will lose in the end. but their superintendent, on whose knowle edge the company is paying out so much money, is confident, and while he is confident the money flows in a stream from Boston to Silver Cliff, and the citizens of the little Colorado community rejoice as draft after draft is paid. " In order to appreciate the magnitude of the proposition it is necessary to go back to 10. In that year, two hunters. while resting, picked up some beautiful specimens of silver almost pure about tliirtv miles south of Canon. City. Colorado. They staked the ground, and from the grass roots took out a fort uni eveiy foot. It was wonderful. It was a perfect cliff of silver, and the mine was named Silver Cliff. dollars Two hundred thousand worth of the white metal was taken out of the ground, a railroad was built from Canon City to accommodate the business of the mine, a town grew up. and telegraph wires were strung. Then, in the Tw inkling of an eye. almost. the ore gave out. The one mine seemed to be a pocket, almost round, surrounded by volcanic mud. By this time there were thousands of men in the neighboiliood. prospect holes had boon driven everywhere, and at a distance some mines were found, but the ore was not so rich, nor was it of the same kind. Miles of trenches and ditches were dug. The hills were explored with drifts and tunnels, in the More vain search for the lost dead. money than was taken out of the mine was expended in the effort to locate the source from which fbe silver came, but it could not bo found. In lSSIJlpb II. Jolinon. a mining man of California repute, who had passed upon a number of properties for Boston capitalists, paid a visit to Silver Cliff. lie heard the story of the lost lead and made an examination, covering several weeks of the nrne workings. He did b.'t use a pick or shovel; did not use dynamite or giant powder, nor go to the expense of a single penny, but lie did form a most remarkable theory in reference to the origin of the silver mine, lie concluded from the geological conditions that the Silver Cliff pocket came from a distance; that it was buried from the earth through the redhot throat of a volcano in active operation ages ago; that it passpd into the air. described a long arc to the south, settled in the warm. oozy, volcanic mud, and was covered and so remained for centuries, until discovered bv the hunters. With the taie line nml transit he measured pocket, ca light its inclination, and. as best lie could, calculated the arc the ore bod v had taken to reach the spot In which it was found. Then lie spent considerable time in the field and finally placed iiis foot up on the mountain, seven miles away, from which, lie figured, the mass of silver had been hurled by the volcano. But Ihere was no crater to be seen. He examined every inch of the ground, which was badly broken, in chaotic of granite, a mighty conglomeration he almost every known rock. Then arrived at the conclusion that the crater had buried itself, having in the course of time thrown out mountains of lava, choked itself and then Completing his figures, lie went to Boston and laid before his friends the proposition. The story was fascinatJohnson ing, the reward was rich. was earnest, determined, honest, and tiie longer lie talked the more favorably impressed they became. In speaking to Mr. Cartwright lie said: e may have to go a mile into the of ground before we reach the mouthwill the volcano, and when we do vye silfind that its walls are coated with ver. We can make it all back after we strike the ore. but it is a chance; it may take millions: we may fail and we mav win. The chances are that we shall w in. So the company, a close corporation, was organized, and Johnson was sent back to Colorado with $200,000 to his credit iu hank to prospect for the volcano. doing to the mountain where lie supposed the volcano had been buried, he cut A tunnel fifty feet witlp and eight feet high. The rock was badly broken and splintered, crushed ami crumbled, but there were seams and he measured the dip of N hen 200 feet every one of them. into the bill he pit ked up a small nodule of silver, weighing perhaps an ounce, lie compared it with specimens from the original Silver Cliff mine. One would have sworn that it bad been taken from that property. The people of Silver Cliff marveled until their kJ'ends ached at Johnsons action s'XXjrohed him suspiciously, When Irouiidv' he nothlle of siliver he suspi.d all "I , "'rations, dismissed his fore J went t o Boston. leaving a table before ; on his cilv nodule Messrs, etwright J j v Norton, he said: suit-side- "This proves that I am right. Now we can go ahead and hunt for the mine. The books of the company were produced. Johnson had spent more than $15o.inkj in finding an ounce of silver, worth at that time about $1.00. lie produced a plat of the mountain and showed where he would start the shaft if his friends would put up the cash, and estimated that he would find indications of ore at 1,500 to 1,700 feet, and the lode at 4.500 to 5,000 feet. It might be necessary he could not toll until he was 2.(kHJ feet into the mountain-t- o diive the shaft two milies deep. They talked it over and the capitalists proposed that a discovery shaft (a very small shaft) be sunk. Johnson objected. He must have a large shaft -- one through which he could hoist ore the moment he found it, without waiting to enlarge at a later day. His argument carried tiie day, nml a few more entered the company and agreed to stand by Johnson for 5,000 feet, anyway. Johnson returned to Silver Cliff, staked off the ground and started to work. He employed seventy-fivrniu-- i ers, built a permanent shaft house, ordered air drills, put up an engine plant, ventilating apparatus, pump, cable, mine machinery, rails, ties, ore oars and two magnificent steel cages. Then he marked out a working shaft, and, turning to his three foremen, said: "I want the shaft driven straight into the ground. Twenty-fivmen will work eight-hou- r Proshifts. e double-coui-partme- e ceed. "How long shall we work? one of them asked. tntil we strike ore. " eTl go through to China and not find any. "ery well, to China we shall go, then. Steam was raised' and the Geyser shaft was started. This was in the fall of 1SSS. The effect was electrical. Men came from all over Colorado to see the property. Tiie drills were grinding away through the rock, with absolutely not a trace of ore in sight. The first 100 feet in depth was gained, and permanent timbering was placed iu the shaft. M lieu 200 feet had been passed through Johnson was approached one day by a wor man who wanted to know if he would be justified in building a house for his family to live in. He did not care to build and then have the mine close down and lose his investment. Johnson replied: Build your house, my man. And as long as we are 5,000 feet of this side of tiie bottom of tiie mountains you need have no fear, if you attend to your business. So it was that the little settlement grew up about the mine. Stores appeared, the community prospered, stages made daily trips and each month the workmen were paid with a regularity that was astonishing. Mail was deli-er- ed daily, the force of men was gradually increased and the rock coming from tiie mine was so distributed as to form the approaching grade for a railroad. Johnson's nerve simply took tiie breath away from tiie inhabitants of the Cliff. Iown, down the big shaft two steel cages passing each went, other night and day, month after month, one year, two years, three, four, five years. And then on the closing of tin Indian mints to the coinage of silver in 18!K5. Johnson was summoned to Boston. "Would it pay now? Yes. it would; for if his theory was correct, they would quarry out tiie silver when they struck it. The Silver Cliffors were nervous. But Johnson returned smiling and assured tiie men that they were going right into the mountain and must hurry. Johnson thinks he is right over the mouth of tiie volcano. At 100 feet he ran two levels, exploring for ore. He was disappointed. Every 100 feet lie ran two levels. In the five years tiie mine lias worked to date, over five miles of l levels and drifts have been gouged out. All known geological conditions were passed through. Great slabs of granite 500 feet long were cut lengthwise. In other places the ground was so soft that great twenty-fou- r inch timbers were placed in the shaft to keep tiie ground from "creeping in. The development work was perfect. For the til.st 5m feet tiie cages fall, tiie sleeves do not strike the guides. 'liilee years ago an ore body was opened. It was a great feeder of silver-hearinmineral. Hie S.lver differs were paralyz'd with astonishment. Men were set to work to follow the feeder, but tiie leg shaft kept sinking steadily. More than l.ooo feet the wmkn n followed tiie dip of tiie vein, around curious corners and through strange formations, downward, downward. Bonietimea the ore was poor, sometimes ri li. Inquiry at the mine was useless. Tiie man who talked was It was a private enterdischarged. prise. Tiie business of the mine concerned nobody except those Immediately interested in its development. Two hundred tliounsand dollars worth of ore was taken out and sold in tiie public market and the money put hack in the mine. A year ago there was tremendous excitement when one of the miners thought he Rad penetrated tiie hanging wall. Later what looked like the foot wall was encountered. Johnson was happy and everybody was excited, but they were not in the living rock yet. A few feet farther and tiie shaft sank into more conglomerate and now such discoveries scarcely attract notice. Tiie mine today has reached a depth of l.fHM feet, and men are still following the feeder. The company has expended $2,100.-ooincluding the amount spent in prospecting work, and $200,000 taken out of the mine has been put back into it in the form of development work, which makes a total C06t to date of slow-goin- g under-groum- g o. $2,3o0,0u0. The Rocky Mountain Bell Telopliont company is building a hue from butte VoGajTorJ, Mont. The Russian thistle is spreading about Kalispell, Nlont., some furiui being overrun by tiie pest. The Anaconda council bounced al! of the firemen recently, l'olitics cui no figure, the desire being to improve the force. S. W. Gillespie, ranching in tiie of Lake lone, IN yo. .has 5ou acres in busnels oats that will go seventy-fivto the acre. Dave Baker, who left Columbia Falls. Mont. , a year ago aud drove thromrh to Illinois, returned a few days ago, making the rouud tr.p with tiie same team. It has been decided to call the new town which has been laid cult at big Horn Hot Springs, "Therniopoliv, aud the old town of that name will become a thing of the past. Dr. E. II. Norton of Rock Springs, Wyo., lias tendered ins resignation as railroad and Union lacifie company surgeon, to take effect on the 15th of October, and also resigned ids position as superintendent of the state hospital. The Alaska mine at Silver City Ida., Tiie doctor is going to New York to has shut down and will remain idle remain some time. for the next two months when work H. II. Iieek of Reno, Nev., who is will be resumed and the main shaft also a County Commissioner of put 200 feet deeper. Tiie work which Washoe, had a row a few days ago has been done on the Alaska has been with an old man with whom lit was systematic ana thorough and it is the playing cribbage and beat him over intention of the company when work the head and face with a metallic crib is resumed to thoroughly prospect the board. Tiie justice of the peace said ground at the depth which will then that Beck's offense was aggravated by be attained. the fact that he was holding a reis The Dexter cyanide plant being sponsible position. and fined him $100. moved from across the valley, and a The old time clothing merchant of force of men are now engaged in grad- Cheyenne, Ben Helium a, has gone to ing and arranging for the erection of New Y'ork to take up his permanent the plant below Tuscarora, Nev. The residence. In early days Mr. Heilman loeatii n is a considerable distance made a great deal of money and befrom the works (about a quarter of a came wealthy, but hard times and mile), but was the best that could be shrinkage in values of real estate selected, as parties ow ning the avail- swept away his fortune. He leaves able ground nearer the mine held it at Cheyenne a poor man to begin business a figure so absurdly high that any anew. Attention is called to tiie fact that thought of acquiring it by the company was totally out of the question. the small ranchmen of Central WyomThe excitement over the new gold ing are selling out tlicir entire herds of cattle, the temptation pf tin present find about 20 miles southwest of Rantoo much for them. dolph, Utah, near NIonte Cristo, still high prices being been sontinues. The discoveryjshaft in the The southern cattle fields have and Montana and Wyoming Alice mine is down about ten feet, and depleted the outlook continues favorable. There will be the great sources from which w ill be is now on the road to Ogden 1,000 the cattle supply of next year the herds With their gone expected. pounds of ore taken from tiie Alice which will be shipped to Salt Lake small ranchman will be in no position and tested, and if it proves to be as to share In the improvement of the rich as expected, work upon the other stock industry. There was about 75.00.) bushels of claims will begin at once. There have been some claims located a few miles wheat raised by those wh used water north of the Monte Cristo camp which from Steve Young's big ditch, near are said to be richer than any of the Wadsworth, Nev., which was completed others. The ground is fast being last year. The canal was under conlocated for miles around, and Rich struction for about six years and afcounty promises to have some of the forded water for arid land that is now valuable property. About 4.000 acres richest mines in the State. of land will be fitted for cultivation Ve are informed that the Andale and irrigation by this ditch next year. shaft is now down to the level A prominent citizen while passing and that a day or two ago the bottom the abandoned shaft of the broke into a true fissure vein of white Hale & Norcross mine at Virginia City, gold quartz that is two and a half feet one night last week, slipped in width. The ledge cuts the country Nevada, and fell in. It is the greatest wonder in a northerly and southerly direction in the world that he did not continue At 200 feet drifting on the ledge will his fall to the bottom and in doing so is believed that in this begin, and it become dashed to pieces. That he ground another dividend payer will be should stick to the side shaft of tiie added to Utah's cornucopia of bonansome 30 or 40 feet belovv the surface zas. The Emerald is also looking and be able to climb back to tiie top well and the indications are that both a lie did not of these mammoth prospects will soon appears almost miracle, a receive scratch. yen ta ill as heavy producers. The Kalispell sportsmen report good The mining situation ali'out Frisco Ducks and shooting in Montana. to improve and confidence have been plentiful, him pheasants is once more manifested. When the numerous in places, prairie Born Silver was struck there were a grouse chickens not so plenty. There were great many promising prospects scat- lots of jack snipe until a few days ago, tered about, chiefly in the dolomite; but they have entirely disappeared. some ore was taken out of these Several flocks of golden plover, rather and when the vein became bar- arare bird in this country, were flying ren or narrowed in, as all veins in around the streams below town for time do, the ow ners became disheart- several days. Geese are not very plenty ened and abandoned them. A period yet, but an occasional flock is seen in of inactivity followed and the word the grain fields, and there are said to went out that Frisco was of no promise, be a great many on tiie lake. outside of the Horn Silver, and it was There is a quartz ledge impossible to secure capital or per- running through tiie heart of the ton n suade mining men to look over the of Ilacerville, Cal., but until recently ground. it was supposed to be held under a The Galena at Fish Springs, in the patent. A young lady named McDeep Creek country, lias just regis- Connell. living near tiie croppings, tered a strike which is one of the most noticed a mining expert taking hearimportant ever made in that country, ings as if about to locate the ledge, and which promises to afford it a bet- went dow n town and bought a loca-ter showing the present year than tion notice and had her claim recorded has ever been made. The ore, of which before tiie expert had his r- - uisure- a shipment is on the road, shows an ment completed. Her location ;,i'cs assay value of over COO ounces silver her 15(a) feet along the ledge and ex-- ! tier ton and as much as 40 per cent tends from Mill street across Main to lead, while the body is described as a tiie Zimmerman box factory. good one. A shipment is now at the The Ileli na & Missoula River Railsampler, and another is in transit. road company has been incorporated With this repeateu many times, divi- at Helena. Mont., with a capital stock dends will no doubt be. tesumed by of 8100.00 l. It proposes to build from the company which has already dis- Helena to Canyon Ferry, if the contemtributed so much among its stockhold- plated Peek concentrator is erected at ers. the latter point. Messrs. Jenks and Oates have beea The elevation of Cloud's peak in the awarded a contract for running a drift Iiig Horn range of mountains, in from the bottom of the shaft Wyoming, which is a familiar landon the Martha Washington in Silver mark to people over the greater porCity, Nevada, Work has been com- tion of the basin, has been determined menced. by a member of the United States geoMaterial is being landed for a new logical survey to be 13,195 feet. hoist, which is to be erected on the James Cass Lee a year or so ago in Uncle Sam at Eureka, and work has Butte gained the consent of the mother already been started on framing the of Alice A. Lockhart, under age. and timbers. It is said that the new married the trusting girl, who is now. machinery will equal if not excel the a mother. The father of Alice had the Godiva hoisting plant which has been marriage annulled and Lee marritd another girL put in. Washington state has a gold find which it hopes will rival Klondyke. M. R. Hunt, the manager of the Alaska, at Silver City, has some beautiful samples c i ore from the mine on exhibition at his office. These specimens are well sprinkled with leaf copper in its native state and indicate the existence of large bodies of this character of mineral at a greater depth. The annual report of the Anaeonda Copper Mining company, of Montana, of which the largest stockholders are J. B. Gaggin and Marcus Daly, has been made public. For tiie year ending June 30, the receipts were 822.940, The ?S3, against $16, M3, 507 last year. prpfits amounted to S5.nt.0ts. Dividends amounting to 83,010,000 were declared. Van Leuven and NYestergreen. who are working the north end of tiie Morning Glory at Silver City.Xev , on a lease, have taken out some fine shipping ore from a point near the surface. The ore carries gold, silver and copper to the value of about S'iO to the ton and the leisrs will make their tons initial shipment of twenty-fiv- e next week. Belief of a Colorado Prospector Has Been Backed by Millions The Old Romance of the Geyser at Silver Cliff Is Told in a New FormThe romance of the Geyser property ('lilt', iu this state, is told over aitain, with smup deviation and seine additions by a Denver correspondent Of the Chicago Chronicle, as fellows: Probably the strangest mining enterprise in all history is now uudor deboldness velopment in Colorado. it is without a parallel, and for the Implicit confidence a number of capitalists place in the judgment of a ample mail it towels above anything else on record. The company is the t!.y-se- r Mining and Milling Company, with' Its principal offices in Huston, anil the scene of its operations is near Silver HENRY CLAY AT NOTES. The INCHES IX A VOLCANO. at Silver NORTHWEST MINING NOTES. e l'.lO-fo- SIXTY-FIV- OUR BUDGET OF FUN. E. timim nluri Ua at the Tima of HU Ketlreuieut f.om the Seoate. Kt j SOME COOD JOKES, ORIGINAL In an article on "When Henry Clay AND SELECTED. Said Farewell to the Senate, on March 21, 1S42, after thirty six years in publt A Probable lic life, John F. Coyle, In the Ladies An Eve for Proportion A I nun t Took or Cure tbe (ioltt Home Journal, presents this graphic Tempted to (io to the Klondyke- - The of the Great Commoner," whose close friendship he enjoyed for Couutry Kitten. many years: "Mr. Clay (in 1M2) was sixty-fiv- e years old, at the very zenith The Country Kitten. of his groat popularity, the notable, T WAS a summer central figure in the arena of politic., boarder, who Inhaled high with and statesmanship. More than six feet pride. tall, slender, erect, graceful and comStrolled out at duk, in ordtr to manding, he was the personification Inspect the counof dignity and noble bearing. He was try side; a perfect master of the language, ton And ah, it is a pity and gesture, and possessed of a voice that Tins hero of my remarkable for its volume and range, song and its capacity to express e'ery shade Espied a gentle of feeling of passion of the human cat, s a untering d and melodious, soul. Deep, aiiitfe. it was indeed magical in its power of A kitten, plajtul, prancing controlling the feelings of those who A dainty, dancing kitun, listened to its varying cadences and A most entrancing kitten, Meandering along. exquisite modulations. An admiring biographer adds to an analysis of Mr. It was the summer boarder, who , Admired the kitty-cu- t, His mouth large Clay as an orator sweetly he imploied her, Do and prominent, uppr lip working Ami Turn dose tnough to pat. reOoie Rueh a it t io beauty, dear. quietly, or in agony, as occasions closer to me, do. quire; his eyes resting in caimness, or OoTurn wont? Well, then, my duty clear beaming with lively emotiou. or sparkIs dust to do to oo; ling with strong feeling, or flashing Oo pretty, purry kitten, with high passion like the thunderbolts Oo funny, furry kitten, dont hutry, kitten, of heaven in the daikness of storms; Oh,Implease doin to turn to oo. his his long arms hanging easy by side, a or outstretched, or uplifted, or waving with grace, or striking with the veheIt was the summer boarder, who mence of pabsion, his fingers pointing Held tight his dainty nose, And wished he could afford a new orawhere his thoughts direct. As an Lnscented suit of clothes. tor he drew upon his every resource to And in an earthy bed he made charm alike the ear and eye, and was His proud nriay he sunk, most And got a suit of "ready made fascinating unquestionably the By marketing his trunk. speaker of his day and generation. -- IJe-u- pen-pictu- re kitty-- A-- full-tone- a k'ys for Proportion. thing, principles in connection with sea bathing and a few hints on this subject may not be out of place at the present season of the year. Sea bathing, when properly and carefully and ndulged in, is a most health-givin- g enjoyable diversion, but there are certain rules which should be well borne In mind never bathe within two hours and of a meal, never when over-tire- d exhausted, and never when At the same time, the body should be warm and not cold when you plunge iu. Do not remain in the water long enough to become tired or chilly, and when you come out dresB quickly. It should also be remembered that bathing does not agree with every one. Those who feel faint or giddy in the water, or whose hearts begin to beat should consult a doctor who is thoroughly acquainted with their constitutions before they enter the water again. Medical authorities are unanimous on the subject that many of the bathing fatalities which have been generally attributed to cramp are really due to failure of the hearts action, Induced by the plunge into cold water, and aggravated by swimming. A good result of the bath ought to make the bather feel warm and fresh, but if. instead, shivering and cold enChildren sue, harm is being done. should not be forced into sea baths, for their reluctance may be occasioned by some constitutional drawback, testifying that the process is harmful to them. 11? A few broad over-heate- over-muc- d. h, 1 100-fo- (no Hunt an English lady wh lives at a pretty place called Honey on the moor, mead, an old hunting-bo- x is one of the most ardent devotees of sport of the day. The picture shows her with the largest stag head of the season, which she succeeded in laying low. As a little girl she delighted in tearing over the country on scrubby ponies and now she owns some of the best hunters to be had. She prefers Irish horses to ride to hounds. She is Hh Mrs. Sanders, She Oh, Mr. Jones those two lovely poems of yours In this weeks a a He (a poetical star of the seventh magnitude) You mean my two sonnets In the Weekly Sundew. She Yes. How exquisite they Doth are! He (much pleased) And which did you like the best? She Oh the longer one! - Took the bold Cure. Two men met on a Broadway Cable car yesterday and one said "Hello! tc the other. The other responded in like manner and then the first man said: I havent seen you in some time' Where have you been? "Been taking the gold cure. " S that so? Never knew there wrai any necessity for it in your case! Oh, I dont mean the kind you mean I made up my mind to go to Klondike and got as far as Kansas City. I thought as they were paying $15 a day wages In 'the diggings I might catch onto a Job and make a good thing ol It until I could hunt around and strike a rich claim. In Kansas City they confirmed the statement about the $15 per but they hitched on the information that the days were thirteen month long there. That cured me and I came hick. Fifteen goes into thirteen, nit New York Comtimes and nit over. mercial Advertiser. Joea-tion- yulte Probable. rich-lookin- g 1 j 300-fo- MRS. SANDERS. especially fond of following the and no man can surpass her in endurtnee or pluck. There have been some exciting hunts near her for-- I mer home before she was married, Mr. Mumbieefcook (singing) 1351 ms On one occasion, after a capital run good-band go of two hours and a half over the moor, Miss Effp Sharp If you're going tc the stag went to sea near Glenthorne, sing it ike that on the night they the family seat. The deer swai out wont stop to bid you good-band as no boat was forthcoming the sportsmen found pursuit impossible nrlfd Method. and stood in helpless anxiety on the I suppose, said the young woman was their anger to see with the inquiring mind, "that most shore. What a boat lowered by a passing trading people who go in search of gold get vessel, with the evident intention of it by working the creeks and chasms. giving chase to their prey. Their views miss, replied Derringer "Mostly, nf the situation they expressed in heatFete, though once in a while some ed language, but to no avail, for the fellow gits a lot of it by working a little pirate boat pulled steadily after Star. the stag and succeeded in capturing it on it deck. Then with and hoisting Easily Keg ulled. three derisive cheers the crew trimmed Browt Premier Canovas states that and went the sails away the trade, he still has confidence in Weyler. before the wind, leaving the disconsoWell, if Canovas Smith Has he? late sportsmen to make the best of ever runs up against a confidence man, their loss. The deer was taken to Carhe! be buncoed, sure. ruck. diff and there sold. stag-houii- ds y y. |