Show industries COMMERCE AND MINES between 6 5 and 6 fiock dec 7 a series ot of satisfactory tests teats were made at the utah central depot of the thompson knox automatic oar car coup ler for freight oare cars the working of the device show that the paten patentees tsee who are uth ut h mn men have bays succeeded in fully solving the great problem of connecting freight care on railways by an coupling which would adapt to its ito use uge the old fashioned link this thib invention is by mr C T Tb thompson ompson who has been aided by mr B E knox to got get it before the public and now each of the gentlemen owns a half interest mr thom P aon had his fail first 1 tactical rac experience ou on a railway when he be was wai sixteen years yeara of age and in his efforts to perfect an invention that would meet all requirements bebas made twenty one different models all of these worked but with each except the last he could find some ome fault three of the twenty one have been pate patented sited the last laet being the one tried last evening mr thompson Thomp Bon is now an employed ol of the salt bait lake city railway company and mr knox is connected with the national bank of the republic the new car coupler Is ia automatic in the fullest sense so far as the coupling of oars care is ia concerned and to la adapted for either the straight etral bt or bent link to join the oara cars on a freight train there is i no necessity to go between them the coupler does the work perfectly for the un coupling of care it can be b operated by having a lever on a 8 flat oar car so BO the pin can b drawn by an operator at ai the side of the track or by having a chain to draw the pin din from the top of a box oar car the lormer former device wigs the oue one tseu in the tests teata last evening the coupler consists of three pieces one in ig the boythe other la Is a small email section to provide tor for the ingress a d operation of a movable block and the third is the block itself tote this la Is operated on au an inclined plane on the dour 1 piece aud asid Is helu in place by a lever when the cars are uncoupled the sliding block rests reeta at the toot loot of 01 the inclined plans plane in iii such a way as to hold bujo up the coupling pin ready for the link tobe to be inserted when thin abla latter movement is i accomplished the block lu its driven back by the link the pin falls fallo in place and the oara cars are fastened together there is no uncertainty about the movement aud and ro co complicated mechanism to get out of order in fact the whole arrangement to ie so go simple and so BO effective that it seems beema a marvel that it warnot thought of anu and brought into use ue years ago the stets last evening gave practical proof that the operation of the coupler is perfect it was tried ot 0 curves and at different rates of speed always acting with the utmost precision when the merits of the device become known it should find universal use on the railways there arp are now iu it operation in this thia country about a million and a quarter freight cars so that the paten patentees toes abo should uld be able to get gel a snug asnag little sum as a reward for their toll toil the coupler can be made at a very slight et eest over those ordinarily in use and whose non nun automatic opera lion has led to so m my serious acci dents there is ia a mou mountain of sand rand not far from beaver says the Ulon tan which la Is made up with sand frum from which glass glaes can be malles made aud and glass too loo of a superior perlor au quality and in any quantity very little of this kind ul of sand is ie found elsewhere we nave have an abundance we are well supplied eup plied with tanbark a good range lor for cattle aau aides could be resi readily aily obtained anu an aa we already nave have the ahe building lor for a tanner tannery yit it would be a email undertaking to re establish reestablish a fluris ning business in the making of leather no better place can be found than here bore lu in beaver or water power our river could be lined with factories running by the power the stream affords beaver has baa a grand undeveloped or at least resource in fort cameron Came roo it would be a credit to the territory if this beau beautiful thul place could be put to tome come beneficial use alts lia accomma datlow dat loa ios are such that it itself to almost any educational purpose and it our legislature legia latura will permit party issues to be sunk and harmoniously labor fur for butaud interest during the coming session Bee aion they will pr pru bably find some borne profitable use to which fort foci cameron may be put iron county is ZIS able to supply two such territories as aa ours oura with oval coal anu as ao for iron ore it la is running as high as aa 91 per percent cent pure iron tnie this name county also excellent water powers power timber amber anu range its mineral resources are choby undeveloped though a ver very rich find of gold is reported from K kau arra iron county contains several thousand acres of the finest quality of soil fur for agricultural purposes anu and a little labor will burnish the abe water it 18 said that most excellent indication water are fould and ana an effort will saon aada be made to test teal them the fruit land of utah washington munty county haw has one of lla its chief calet in its excellent excelle ut seasons fruit of almost every kind can do be raised here the grape attains a large size and a delicious flavor and so BO with all the fruits of this place it la in said they outrival the same kinds from california this industry Is ig only in its ita infancy and can be largely increased the mining interests inte reata are receiving a little attention by the woolley Wo ulley lund juda but could be vastly articles of incorporation of the payette valley and northern railroad company have been filed with secretary of state curtis curels says say a the balse idaho Sled statesman esman the rho company is composed largely 0 the promoters of 01 we seattle boise blee and salt laite J iafe railroad and ane new project to is more in the nature of a reorganization ot of that company than anything else the proposed road is to run from some point on the oregon short liuo near pa ette tein in a northerly berly direction to lewiston or moscow as may be determined ter mined nou in the future prom from counell valley a branch is to be run into the seven devils country this section of ot of the road is to be built first the uenh sity for railroad communication with that bention becoming wore inore imperative every year another branch according to 10 the plans place of the promoters of the scheme is to be built from the he confluence of the payette river and lit lilt pi I 1 willow creek to garden valley and till still another branch from salmon meadows to the great payette proposed the plan as an detailed in the articles of incorporation contemplates the construction conet ruction of about miles of road in all there is a rumor that ther tn burlington is behind the scheme and that the proposed road will in time be come a part of that threat great system the visit of 01 manager merrill Merrl Jl ot of the C B Q is connected with the project by railroad gossips gosai ps the wool men of utah are hustling around to concentrate their efforts with the wool growers of other parts of the union to in opposition to the clause in the now new wilbon bill placing wool on the free list it is interesting to observe hon john C mackay Mac teay democratic member of the last legislature and hou hon alma hague republican member elect of the next assembly pulling shoulder to shoulder to keep the tariff at its present figure to mr mackay has been assigned the duty of waiting alting a letter to representative wilson of the ways and means committee of the national nati oual house setting betting forth objections to the proposed revision from a democratic standpoint attorney barrows has been instructed to represent the ab utah men in working against that clause of the bill A meeting ot of the wool Grow growers ersk association has been called for saturday next it is expected that resolutions will be adopted in ille HLO with those passed by the national wool growers 1 association and that arrangements will be made to circulate petitions among sheep owners asking lor for a retention of the tariff boise idaho statesman we have reliable information teat withie SO 80 days at the out outside slUe a stamp mill of rum from 16 15 to 20 tons capacity will be in operation here the mill will be located in the city and the ore will be hauled to it from the re district where the promoters of the scheme have secured control of a number of properties ane plan is to make a thorough mill test of the ore of that section and it if it proves to be what is in confidently expected of it the plant will be enlarged and opera tibbs will be continued on an extensive siv scale esoale behind the scheme are a number of very wealthy mom men experts who have been in the field made such flattering reports that it was decided mean as an initial move to put in a small mill and open up some of the properties operations will not it 16 it said be confined to the theMo mol Intyre district the eureka hill mining company on monday broke ground on we hill above the hoisting works for a 40 stamp mill about fifteen men are now at work under the direction of mr chalmers and the force will be increased as fast as the nature ot of the work will permit the air is rife with rumors concerning the of a mill by the centennial eureka and bullion book beck mining companies jointly but nothing is yet at settled there area are i number of small properties in the district that clula be worked to advantage with proper milling facilities and in the opinion of the miner a mill for custom work under reliable mana management would be a remunerative investment and nd would stimulate simulate tim development work this camp has baa good shipping facilities and Is the best beat location to in the district for a mill the yuma alizna Ar izina izna indian allot m nt commission com composed closed of W J houston of decatur ga george A gorman german of washington 0 Cs C and peter B R brady of florence A T completed its duties on tuesday when the former two left jett for washington it is in u understood that they bey have made such satisfactory arrangements with the indians indiana that the great part of the yuma tuma reservation will be thrown open to settlement the remainder v ill be allotted in severalty severally to the ludiana ludi lud ians aos most of the territory to be opened lies upon the west bank of the colorado and is south of yuma it is a rich bottom with considerable mesa iness land the former is peculiarly pecullAr ly adapted to growling growing figs dates and grapes and the latter to oranges aud lemons the work of the commission must be submitted to congress wasatch wave nearly all our stock men are interested in a sale of cattle which has baa been beau consummated during the past week to lucas and kelley of the farm of berger lucas st kelley stock dealers of kearney Kea roey neb mr kelley informed us last evening that they had purchased from heber stoc stockmen kmen head of cattle consisting of almost everything from two year olds up they pay from ii 1 to 2 uenta and will leave just even among the stock raisers of our prosperous 0 ty if the market keeps up in the east these theme gentlemen will retura to heber in about two weeks reeka and will leave equally as large a sum in this vicinity for cattle as am they do this time they leave for the railroad tomorrow tuesday the of may has been set get apart as am miners P day days at the mid winter fair and already arrangements for special schemes of entertainment are being matured by the committee in charge of the mining exhibit A feature of the program already practically call decided un n will be a great contest in rock drilling to determine to what section of the coast the championship in this bis litie hue of industry belongs belu characteristic act scenes and incidents in the life of the miner will also be aptly illustrated aau numerous other features of interest to miners tu to make the day specially attractive to that line of In industry justry boise the gen iteman who recently located a large tract of placer ground in boise basin including considerable land claimer by the bedrock flume company have formed a company accompany with a capital stock of for the purpose of working those placers and ana other ground wet that the company may in future acquire the articled of incorporation were filed yesterday with secretary of state curtis the name and style of the company is the boise mining company limited the capital stock amounts to shares at a par value of each all of which is subscribed boise idaho statesman lockwood mud aud Bartl Barti meerS mears of I 1 lodean adlan valley made a rich gold discovery on rapid river they found a ledge which assayed 2116 to the ton they worked a hand mortar for halt half a day on some of the rock and it yielded 46 45 they are now at work on pounds of this rich rook rock tom richards richard has made some rich discoveries of tellurium ore in the summers district valuable placer diggings have been found along rapid river bear and horn creeks miners have taken out as high as an three ounces a day each lehi banner mr millie one of our onyx owners recently returned from the east where he went with a oar car load of onyx he succeeded in disposing dia posing of it at a good figure it nave gave good satisfaction to the buyers at present business in the bull building dlug line is dull and there is 18 not so much ca call d for this stone atone but the utah prod product u et has secured a good bold on the market und and if the owners are careful in shipping it will continue to have good sale in eastern markets mr millie says his hie trip wad mud and he is well pleased with the outlook the directors or ol the provo manufacturing fac fao turing company hold held their aeeti g in th a city dec 12 the mutter matter of making some improvements Improve menis at the mills preparatory for or next mea seasoned run was discussed and the improvements improvement decided upon these consist of putting in a now new boiler and making various re pa pairs ire the subject of making an exhibit at the califor is ia midwinter pair fair was considered aud decided oo on favorably rhe exhibit will consist of flannels mud aud blanket blankets sf 0 lehi banner the beets beeta are now practically all in an i the books show ibe abe total number of tons to be the much larger portion came in on oars cars spanish fork received the greater benefit sending bending in oars cars spring ville came next with Be benjamin Djamin with lake shore mapleen Maple Map letin tn 59 other places cars care grand junction contributing 5 oars cars making a gra d total of 1017 cars care besides the tons from lebl georgetown colo courier with silver at 70 cents an ounce and under the prevailing smelting smelling sm elting charges the miner receives approximately 20 cents an ounce for ore that carries cairies 50 ounces ot of silver to the ton 45 cents un an ounce for ounce ore 56 55 cents an ounce luncefor for ounce ore and 62 cents an ounce lor for 1000 ounce ore Itta it takes kess a pretty deou streak of ore nowadays for a miner to make wages the last laet of the contempt cases grow ing out of the trouble in north idabo beleen the minere v union and the mine owners has been disposed of over one hundred members of the union were charged with contempt only twenty five of them were tried and several served sentences in the abe aoa county jail the other oases cases have been beau hanging banging fire ever since ogden standard george seager reports having discovered a large body of iron ore of the finest quality the ledge which Is of vast extent is situated about fourteen miles east |