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Show CHAPTER IV. fCoNTlwcBD.) upon all that occurs around us. For "II hat! Jeannot believing in a ghost? urgent and sufficient reasons, he wishes That is strange indeed! you to prevent any of our people leavj "He declared that he had seen It half ing the village, and especially charges at a dozen times; that it was always you to keep away all strangers from a it carried a shovel such plaee.and that and strange flames danced along its I laughed at his credulity, pathway. till suddenly he turned and dared me to accompany him, to have proof given me by my own eyes. j Dared you, Felicie? Could old Jeannot have been so insolent and meddling with them. Humph! I might as well try to empty the basin of the Mediterranean, said M. Pierre, in a querulous tone. I should like to see the letter, my lady. The cheek of the countess flushed. I have given you his message, M. Pierre, word for word; there is no more In the letter which concerns you. Oh, he was perfectly respectful; and "Just as your ladyship pleases, I supremember, I hud stung him to retort pose; but if the count were here, I called He by my railery and unbelief. shou.d know what has led to such sinto me at sunset, as I was on the gular commands you are quite wel; that the apparition had passed, aware of that." would I if and I might see it return The words themselves were not so Irhasten to the forest. So I went, mam- ritating as the mans manner; the ma. countess seemed to change into an icy The countess looked startled. statue. abwas 1 am not aware that the correct fulIt was fortunate the count sent; what would he have said? filment of your masters commands reAh, but I knew he was not here, and quires any further enlightenment, M. l trusted to obtain your forgiveness. Pierre; at all events, you will receive lYes, mamma, I went with Jeannot, and none from me. I saw the ghost. At least you will refrain from medYou are jesting, Felicie! with me, said the man, with dling Not at all; I certainly saw the dark suppressed anger. I cannot manage Ifigure, with the spade over his shouldthe obstinate brutes If they are alers, and a weird circle of blue light lowed to run to you for redress every ifollowed him, or, rather, surrounded half hour. limn. Dont let Jeannot dream of it, I shall not hinder the execution of It Is the counts wishes. but I was truly frightened. I shall certainly really very strange, especially if, as refuse to allow you to use unnecessary of trace no is there Jeannot asserts, harshness with our good people, anwe jhuman working In the forest, for swered she, with icy calmness. 'heard the blows distinctly. I thought the question of your inThis is extremely singular; it must terference was settled the last time the tell not I did be investigated at once. count was away, said M. Pierre, with you the rest that your father wrote. a malicious glance of triumph. He said all Paris was in a ferment of A little glow burned a moment on her Secret agitation. The Assembly are at pale cheek, and then died out, leaving their wits end how to remedy the disas- it whiter still. She had not yet forgottrous condition of the whole country; ten the humiliating scene when her unthe lower classes are sullen, and have feeling, tyrannical husband had albeen detected in a vast organization lowed this brutal wretch to trample upHe bade on for some unknown purpose. her rights. She had Interfered beto me charge M. Pierre keep jealous tween his angry violence and one of watch over our peasantry, and forbid the most faithful of the peasants, and their leaving the place, or receiving the count had her in the reprimanded strangers, who might spread among very presence of her unworthy oppon-ne- t, them the incendiary disaffection of the when the latter had carried to him larger towns. I was In hopes there was his audacious complaints. of this but story no need of the caution, Felicie, with flaming eyes, sprang to 'jeannots alarms me; of course I reject her feet, but her mothers restraining a ,the supernatural part of it, but that hand held her back. stranger Is lurking around here cannot M. Pierre, said the countess, in with be doubted, if you have seen him that severe, icy tone, my husband has love; the my own bell, eyes. Ring your peculiar ideas concerning the authority I wll speak to M. Pierre at once. of an overseer over the peasants; I I wonder my father did not write to have yet to learn that he will sanction knows he M. Pierre his instructions; insolence, from that overseer, to the 'how disagreable the man is to you! Countess Languedoc. Observed Felicie, as she obeyed. M. Pierre cast down his eyes, and The countess did not answer; she twirled his hat in silence. the I wish to ask you concerning these jwas gazing thoughtfully upon poor. rumors about a strange man with a I will send for Jeannot, too, after spade, seen in the Little Forest. Taken TM. Pierre is gone, she said at length; in connection with these instructions l'we must neglect no possible precau- from the count, it grows significant, tion. and I desire to have it investigated. am I What do you fear, mamma? M. Pierre'8 sallow countenance took sure we have no one on the estate but a still dingier hue. would willingly risk his own life to An old womans story, got up by save yours, or mine, either, for that that old driveller, Jeannot! exclaimed matter. he, testily. Feof I was not thinking myself, Then you have heard about it? I could not keep my ears open, your licie, but of your father; I fear he is He not liked by any of our people. and not hear. Some one or ladyship, does not understand their trials, and other is chattering about it continualI ,is impatient with them sometimes ly, was his hasty reply. jfear they call him a harsh master. I conclude that you give the story I am sure I cannot blame them; little credence, by your tone. in I blushed often and often have Certainly not; it Is all manufactured shame for him, and glowed with indig- by the superstitious fools. nation for the u," answered the candid You do not think that such a man daughter. has been seen? The crimson tide swept over the "No one In their senses would believe countess face, as though it were her it. No one of them ha3 ever seen such to. alluded own sinfulness Felicie had a man at all, was the decisive but over She waved her hand deprecatingly, vehement reply. and Felicie knew that Insinuations The couutess kept her calm eyes on lishis face. against her father would not be tened to. Jeannot is not given to idle stories. Here comes the adorable M. Pierre I wish, M. Pierre, you would look into i I hear that mincing footstep of his. the matter, and sift it out thoroughPut on your statliest dignity, mamma. ly. If the peasantry bear malice against But, my lady, I assure you there has others, I am certain they could tear been no such man seen by any one. is am I sure it jliim limb from limb. M. Pierre, Lndy Felicie saw him whenever he comes with her own eyes this very ike a snow-bla- st night. near me. Ugh! one must endure loath-tom- e M. Pierre with difficulty repressed an I supthings now and then oath; his face was fairly convulsed pose. with his efforts to hide his chagrin and Hush, Felicie! M. Pierre is your confusion. I am overwhelmed with astonishfathers confidential agent. stammered he; But you despise him you know you ment, of course I Why may not one speak cannot doubt Lady Felicia's word, but ;do, mamma! Ithe things they cannot help thinking? when one is frightened, imagination There was no opportunity for answeri- can go a great way. ng. The door was noiselessly unLady Felicie's red lips curled, and she closed, and a middle aged man, dressed could scarcely hold her quivering voice in a tightly fitting suit of snuff colored to calmness as she interposed; broadcloth, with eilk stockings of the "Though I were ever so terrified, M. same color, and shining steel knee Pierre, it would not be likely that my buckles, came forward, bowing with a companion and myself should have seen precisely the same apparition. singular mixture of servility and auda-'citYou had a companion? The low obeisance said plainly I reI did. We both saw a dark figure spect your rank; you are my lady, the with a spade on his shoulder passing countess. But the bold eye and super- along the forest path. cilious smile added you detest me, but He eat a moment in silence; then I do not care. I am above any harm crossing himself with a sanctimonious .from you. Let me do or say what I air, exclaimed; will, you are powerless to send me "Jeannot must be right, then; it is away. a ghost or le diable himself! You sent for me, my lady you wish "I think will find the ghost a to speak to me, said he. in a smooth, substantial you one; at all events, I wish oily voice, bowing once more, you to investigate the matter, and I t You are right I wish for a few moshall write the count to hasten home menta conversation. Be seated. to attend to it himself. Now, I wish One who had lately seen her gentle you good evening, M. Pierre. and affectionate deportment in the preThe overseer rose, bowed, and was vious conversation with her daughter could not have Imagined that queenly evidently glad to get away. The moment he was gone, Lady Felicie said dignity was in the power of the Counimpressively. tess Languedoc to assume. Mamma, the detestable man knows She waved her hand toward the chair beyond her, and M. Pierre, while he more about the ghost than he preI verily bqjieve he is at the botshot one swift glance of defiance toward tends. tom of it all. her, accepted it. I have received letters from the The countess looked perplexed and count, as you are aware, M. Pierre. He annoyed, but wisely refrained from desires you to keep vigilant observation adding to her daughter's agitation. J ter-Tac- e, y. CHAPTER V. S the days went on the excitement increased concerning the mysterious digger who haunted the Little Forest. M. Pierre made an oetensibly thorough research, and ended by declaring if such a visitor actually came, it must be that it was by supernatural means The countess apparently accepted this decision, and the spot was given a very wide berth when necessity compelled any of the peasantry to approach that locality; while the servants at the chateau grew perfectly frantic with terror, and could not be induced to leave the mansion after 6unset for any purpose, however urgent. The count's arrival was anxiously looked for by all, except M. Pierre, who for reasons of his own was extremely delighted at the unexplained delay. But neither tun count, nor any courier or message came. Felicie, said the countess, energetically one afternoon when the whole household had shown signs of demoralization, "this will never do; we must find some means to lay the ghost or discover his mortality. I begin to despair of your fathers return, and M. Pierre is either purposely indifferent or egregiousiy stupid. Have you courage to accompany me on a secret visit to the Little Forest? We must work so adroitly that no one will know we are absent from the chateau. Felicie looked up into the calm, courageous face with a smile, although she shivered a little and turned pale. Oh, yes, mamma; I can go anywhere with you. And 1 feel convinced M. Pierre is at the bottom of it alL But cannot you take Jeannot?" No, my love, we can trust each other, hut how much farther we can trust our confidence one dare not affirm. We shall he sure of a secret investigation if we go alone. I apprehend no danger, for we will endeavor to keep from sight; and I shall take & brace of the counts pistols with me you know I am an excellent marksman. If we are molested I shall not hesitate to use them. Felicie reached up to kiss the grave, calm face. Ah, ma chere mere, you can be so grand and stately when you choose. I wonder if our beautiful Austrian queen is any more royal in her bearing. Who think of the Countess Languedoc setting forth on such an errand? What would my father say? He cannot reasonably be angry when he has left me alone in this contingency with no safer protection than M. Pierre. I confess his absence alarms me. But for that peremptory prohibition of his I should ride to Frejus and consult our friends there. But the extraordinary state of the whole country requires utmost caution, and undoubtedly he can judge better than I of the danger that menaces us all; therefore I prefer to bide by his instructions. What time does the goblin usually ap- pear? Just after sunset a suspicious hour for a ghost, but indeed the apparition had a most supernatural look. I am afraid your courage will evaporate as mine did. We shall see. Give no hint of our Intentions to Victoire, but tell her you will not need her assistance for tho evening, not even for disrobing. I will keep n watch on the rear entrance, and you must give strict surveillance to the front. It is important to know whether M. Pierre k in the house or not, before we leave. "How calmly you arrange matters! Dear mamma, I am certain nature meant you for a heroine; you shame my trepidation. (TO BB COSTlXCED.l A Man with the The most ordinary Clock Fad. circumstances may lead to the development of a fad. About ten years ago there died in New York City a man who went by the name of the clock miser. At his death he was living in an old, rickety house, poorly furnished, with the exception of some 400 clocks. When the man was young he was junior partner in a mercantile concern and was obliged to be at his desk promptly, so he bought a Swiss clock and set it up opposite his bed. Doubting its accuracy, he bought another clock of German make and interested himself in keeping them together, studying their mechanism and the points of difference. From time to time he bought other clocks and, ceasing. to care for them for their real use, valued them as curiosities and ornaments. As years passed the whim grew upon him and finally he lost interest in everything but his clocks, dropped his frfends and lived alone in the dingy house, with his hundreds of ticking clocks for He talked to them as company. though they were human beings. Or tsed an Ax. A Georgia man applied for a divorce on the ground that his wife had whipped him in the presence of company. The jury granted him a divorce, In returning the following verdict: the opinion of this here jury the wife committed a grave offense in publicly She should whipping the plaintiff. have taken him to the barn, or to a room, when whipping was necessary. Not Bit Neighborly, Did you have nice neighbors in youi flat, Mrs. Spy? "On the contrary, they were extremely disagreeable. They always hung out their washing where we couldnt get even a glimpse of it. In Italy widows vote for members parliament. of Sheep Dr. Tto sheep," say Anderson, resemtlc one another by 0112 having particularly the m.ics-- -: mass of fat formed upon the rump, divided, as it were, into two hemispheres, which take the form of the hips, with a little knob of a tail in the middle. Some of them have horns, but others do not. Its covering is a mixture of hair and wool. Some of the breeds weigh as much as 200 pounds, and the mass of fat formed on the rump varies from a tenth to a fifth part of the entire weight. In the neighborhood of Caucasus, the hind quarters are salted as hams and sent in large quantities to the northern part of Turkey. It has been supposed by some writers that this breed may be the same as that which was bred by the Patriarchs, in the days of Abraham and Moses. The sacred penman mentions that Moses took the fat and the rump, and all the fat which was upon the inwards, and burned them upon the altar for a burnt offering. This breed is found in its purest state in the deserts of Great Tartary, no other variety being near to contaminate its blood. It reaches far into the interior and northern parts of Russia, and is much disseminated in China, Persia, Hindostan, Asia Minor and Eastern Africa as well as Thibet. In Palestine it is more numerous than any other breed; indeed the largest proportion of the sheep of Northern Asia being of this description. Professor Pallas conjectures that this character arises in the sheep from their feeding upon the bitter and saline plants found upon the borders of the Caspian and Black seas. And he asserts that when they are removed from the places where these plants grow the fatty excrescence becomes less. But Canfield says, as the and sheep are varieit ties which are widely dispersed, seems more probable that they may have been produced by accident, and may also have been perpetuated by accident, design or fancy. The fattailed sheep are very extensively diffused; it is found throughout Asia and a great part of Africa, as well as through the northern parts of Europe. They differ, like other sheep, in the nature of their covering. In Madagascar, and in some other hot climates, they are covered with hair; at the Cape of Good Hope they are covered with coarse wool; in the Levant their wool is extremely fine. The proportion which the weight of the tail in some of these sheep bears to the whole carcass is quite remarkable. The usual dressed weight of the sheep is from fifty to sixty pounds, of which the tail is said to make more than part. Russel describes two breeds of sheep about Aleppo; in one the deposit of caudal fat is moderate; in the other sort the tail is much larger. The unctuous fat of the tails of these sheep is accounted a great delicacy alike by the Boers and the Hottentots of Southern Africa. The Hottentots, in their primitive condition, possessed immense flocks and pursued the pastoral arts with great success. - H- - H - P- - ed ed fat-tail- one-four- th fat-tail- Alfalfa for Cows. Alfalfa silage compares well In chemical composition with clover and similar forms of silage. It is said to usually have a disagreeable odor and taste, although it is freely eaten by cattle. No experiments in the use of alfalfa silage have been made at this station. The green fodder has been in such continual demand for feeding that not enough has been available at any time to fill a silo. Alfalfa, like clover, would require a most careful packing and a greater depth of silo for best results than is necessary for corn. Alfalfa hay is an excellent fodder. It is palatable and very nutritious. Experience and good Judgment are required, and much time and care necessary to make good hay. If handled too much when dry all the leaves and small stems are likely to fall oft, and If not thoroughly cured It is likely to mould and mildew. The hay will not shed water well, and stacks when left long should be well covered. Hay caps are often of great service. The hay suffers much deterioration in feeding value by exposure to rain. New York Experiment Wide Tire Legislation The extent to which the value of wiae tires has come to be recognized is shown by the fact that during the last twelve months the legislature of nearly every state has been asked to pass a bill providing for their compulsory adoption. The state of New Jersey has already adopted a law of this kind, and t is reaping the benefit in the country. With wide tires in use, even the present country roads will improve; for such tires serve as rollers to make the roadbed 'ompact instead of cutting deep rut as do heavily loaded wagons on narrow tires. Ex. THE GOLDEN FLEECE. The Lake City correspondent of the News writes: The ret'ern sharp advance in the price of Gol den Fleece stock seems tv lie warranted by the condition of the A feeling has long existed locally that the late low prices of that stock were away below the normal value of the projierty. Rumors of a rieli strike in that p ropier ty have been current for sumie days, hut nothing authentic could lie ascertained on the Rooky Mountain subj.-c- t until this evening. Tlie News representative found G. IV. Peirce, the eetretary and present manager, just after hit arrival from the property and when directly asked if there was any truth in the rumors now afloat he could not deny that a body of tellurium ore had lteen encountered in the lowest workings of the proptnty, but he said he was not now at liberty to give any further particulars respecting the new find. A questioning of several of the working miners has revealed the fact that the new strike in No. 3 tunnel will equal if not exceed the bonanza ore body of two years ago. The new ore body was opened up in a drift from the shaft at the third level and at a depth of 1.000 feet from the surface. The men seen all say that the vein as opened up is a true fissure vein and its walls are well defined and the ore, as has been blocked out. proves to be e of the richness. The mammoth ho'.Mling plant and machine drills just placed In position on the property will afford facilities for the rapid and economic handling of the new ore body that was absent during the last prosperous period of the property. old-tim- Leariville's Wet Mines. Denver, Oct. 18. There is a strong probability that the pumps iu the down-tow- n district of H ailville will not be started after all, as some of the parties who have been called upon to snlnerilie an additional $25,000. have refused to put up their proportion of the money required. D. II. Moffat of Denver is the man who lends the opposition. In speaking of Cite matter he said: I do not propose, said he, to pay out any more money for the sole purpose of accommodating other people or giving some one a job. It is well known that we were not in pay ore at the time work was stopped on account of tlie strike, and there is no sense in spending $30,000 or $40,000 in pumping out the mines as long as silver remains at the price it is. Of course it is only natural that those people should want some one else to put their property In shape for them, hut I dont propose to do it, because there is no reason why I should, as there is no good business Tvason why tlie mines should be worked under present conditions. I can tell you very easily tlie job that is behind the whole movement. Some of the projierties higher up on the hill would be benefited with no serious cost to them. It womd. for instance, be a gm'-thing for the Wolftone and other properties higher on tlie hill if we should lower the water in our mines 150 feet, as these mines would be entirely un watered, but I dont think that is any good reason for asking me to stand this extra and heavy expense. Several Leadville miners who were In the city yesterday expressed the opinion that the individuals and companies Interested would take up tlie matter and that the mines will vet be un watered, but no one seemed to know exactly how this will be done. The failure of the scheme, though it may he only temporary, has caused a good deal of anxiety among Leadville miners, as the unwatering and starting np of the mines would mean tlie employment of not fewer than 1,000 men. Wyoming Nickel Mines. Great interest is being taken throughout Northern Wyoming in tlie operations on Piney creek, near Sheridan, of the Nickel Refining Company. On Monday last the company received a carload of fine mining machinery, which is being freighted to the mines and will be put in operation at once. Tlie machinery consists of drills, air compressor, dynamos, etc. Mr. G. Frank McLaughlin, manager of the company, states that a contract has been let for 100.000 feet Of lumber, with which flumes will be built to carry water to run the dynamos, which will generate electricity to operate the mining machinery. The Nickel Refining Company Is composed of wealthy eastern men. who have had experts examine the ore which is being mined and have had mill tests made which have demonstrated its value beyond doubt. Nickel is found in tlie ore. lint not in sufficient quantity to justify tho erection of a large plant. It is believed, however, that as the vein is gone down on this ore will increase in value, and If this theory proves to he correct a large establishment will lie put up at the mines. The product of the mine is used In nickel-platinestablishments in tlie east, and there is an immense demand for It Law. The state ot A Connecticut Connecticut has passed a law making Golden Fleer Find it illegal to press tub butter into Lake G5ty. Colo., Oct 1(1. Assays of same unless or the balls, bricks, pats the new ore struck this week In tlie shall be stamped with the words "tub Golden Fleece prove its grade to be as butter or have the wrappers printed rich if not higher in grade than that with the same words. There seems to found nearer tlie surface and affords be no end to the foolish things legislapositive proof that values maintain tors will do, says the New York Prod- themselves with depth in tlie San Juan section. Superintendent DeCamp uce Review. was seen1 this morning and curtly said Milk. It is stated that that he was paying more attention to d at one of the creameries near Burn- getting tlie machinery and mine in order than to tlie new side, N. Y., a notice has been posted good working to the effect that the farmers who are find, but would be ready next week to not willing to take forty cents a can push developments. for their milk may take it back home. Cost of Minins; Silver. It would appear that the creamery procost of producing an ounce of silThe have things about their ver is something prietors there no one can accurately own way. Practical Dairyman. figure. Too many elements enter into Y.ell Kept Cattle. There is more the problem to render it capable of solution. Even the best estimates are profit in one good cow or steer well tinged with personal prejudices. Thus, kept than in two poor ones ill kept. Ottomar llaupt estimates that the avfeed the and and best, well; only Keep erage cost of production of silver in the unless your experience Is such that you Fnited States mines is about forty-siare comparatively sure of the outcome, and one-hacents; that where it inreduce the stock, and make the risk volves extraction of silver from lead about forty-eigthe less. Ex. production costs and from copper forty-si- x cents, Cultivate crops In the orchard only cents, and that the treatment of argentifer- season. In the early Low-Price- x lf rf cents per fine oils ore oos:s thirty-fou- r ounce. But it is probable that his estimate is influenced liy his host li:y to bimetallism. It is clainud .hat the Broken Hill Proprietary mine in Australia produces silver at a cost of forty cents per ounce. The lowest cost ever figured by any statistician is that of production by the Boutoux mine in Spain, n of ten cents per ounce. The mines average a cost of seven. I ty-five cents. Probably were it possible to aggregate iu moneys worth everything expended in the effort, it would lie found that every ounce of silver ever mined in the United States cost $1 per ounce to produce. Austro-Hungaria- , The Diamond Drill In California N. B. Knox describes in the Mining and Scientific Press tlie practice at the Wildinan mine at Sutter creek and at the Alina at Jackson. The machine used at the lYildmun mine has a seven-inch stroke. cylinder and five-inc- h It will drill a hole 000 feet deep and fifteenth-sixteenths of take out a core an inch in diameter. The drill, hoist and pump are worked by compressed air. Tlie weight of the machine complete is 585 pounds. A man and a boy are required to operate it. A horizontal bole iu quartz is drilled at an average of thirty Lit a day at tlie start, the sieed decreasing to twenty feet per day toward the finish. In a long run these figures are high and tills speed will not he realized. One hole fiOO feet long averaged sixteen feet per day. The Mariposa slate drills easily, hut it is often hard to keep the holes straight, as the drills tend to follow the cleavage planes of tlie slate. The power required to run a drill of but this this size is five horse-powevaries with the same factors that govern tlie sjKed. After every forty feet of quartz or 150 feet of slate drilled the carbons must be rtset. It takes an expert a day to set a bit with six stones. As soon as a stone wears loose it should be removed from tlie hole immediately. Tliis is done by increasing the flow of water and washing it out. by using an old bit cut with an irregular groove which is filled with tallow, resin or beeswax, to which tlie lost diamond wiU adhere, or by driving a piece of soft pine in an old bit and jamming it again tlie diamond. Tin most expensive items in drilling are tlie carbons and their settings. Tlie carbons cost about $15 a carat (.20(5 grains! and six stones of three carat are used to a liir. It costs $10 to set a bir, making a total cost of $280 per bit. Tlie cost per foot of wear and tear on diamonds is fifty cents in hard rock to thirty cents in averand twenty-fiv- e age rock. The cost per foot of the to 3.000 feet drilled last year at the IVildman. including everything excents. The cept power, was sixty-fou- r drill itself, including 000 feet rods and two bits, cost $2,000. r, 00 Smelting by Electricity. D. Toimnnsi, in a paper published in tlie July number of Moniteur Seien-tiliqudescribes a new process of electricity for separating and refining metals, of wliich the following is a brief e. abstract: Tlie anodes are either cast plates or granulated material, resting in direct contact with the positive leads. The cathode is a vertical disc, capable of rotation about its horizontal axis. Only tlie lower portion is immersed in tlie electrolyte, and the upper part is passed during rotation between scrapers that effect the. removal of any spongy deposit, transferring it to channels by wliich it is conveyed to a convenient The disc is constructed in replaceable sections, when a reguline is to be obtained, and the sections are one by one removed mechanically as they attain sufficient thickness, and are plunged beneath a fluid bath of the metal under treatment until the deposit has been melted away and tlie sector is ready for use again. A solid disc is preferred for spongy deposits. Tlie advantages of this arrangement are that polarization is prevented by the rotation of the cathode and by the action of the scrapers, and the liquid is sufficiently agitated to prevent separation into layers of different density, while the spongy deposits are removed as fast as they are produced, thus preventing oxidation by tlie liquid and the occurrence of local action. At the same time the electrodes may he allowed to approach more closely, owing to the impossibility of short circuiting through irregularity of deposit, and tlie resistance to the bath is therefore sensibly diminished. de-Io- at Sweetwater Wyoming. Bishop Ncplil Packard has returned to Springdale from the Sweetwater mining district in Wyoming, and brings with him specimens which indicate a fabulously rich strike in gold ore there. One specimen from a claim known as Mormon Gieviee goes $75, (NX) per ton. Tliis is a famous lode, which has been known for years and lias quite a history. Other specimens brought home by the bishop go $!NK) and $048. These reports are creating quite a sensation in mining circles here. RH-lie- Mining Notes. Tlie Cowenhoven tunnel at Aspen to le extended 1,000 feet further. In the lower part of Clear Cre county the combined caiweity of t mills treating ore during Octolva- - w show an average of 1,000 tons per da Aside from tills treatment tlie ore bn ers roixr t a heavy increase in tlie Shi e ments of mineral. A report conies from Springer to f effect that a ridh find of placer gold h been made at the head of Urraea guk fifty miles northwest of that tow near Baldy mountain. Tlie gold Is so to lie very coarse and easily gotten oi and time men are reported to ha cleaned up over $500 in five days wi a pan. Nearly all the silver mines, says t Japan Mail, have top)ied work of lm owing to the fall in s.lver. The Imi silver mine. In Fgo province, whl employed about 5, (MX) miners, produo a bout 3.0 kuamme of silver per mom The owner of the mine lately fitted i new electrical machinery at a t 3HO.OOO yen. hi order to expai the wotk early in the spring, but nr that silver has depieeinted so great: he also is obliged to stop and disvhar all his miners. high-grad- cost-aliou- |
