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Show MINING REVIEW. INTER-MOUNTA- IN Wealth of the World. vein, it passes in and out through the end lines, and they therefore have the Prof. Mulhall, the great English statconon its dip. They right to follow it after a thorough examination tend that the provision of the law re- istician, of the matter, estimates the wealth of intended was lines end quiring parallel civilized countries of the the to prevent diverging end lines, thus worldleading as follows: giving a location more of the dip than $G4, 120, 000, 000 United States.... inbe cannot and 47,000,000,000 Great the of Britain.... apex, it had -- voked against converging end lines, which take less of the dip than is covered by the apex, as no adjoining rights are invaded by such a location. It is likely that Judge Ritchie will visit the ground before the case is finally concluded. Applications tor Patent. The acting Commissioner of the General Land Office has sent a circular letter to all registers and receivers, which is of considerable interest to the owners of mining claims. He calls attention to the fact that most applications for patent fail to comply with the regulations, and enjoins a strict observance of such regulations. The letter is as follows: Sirs: Paragraphs 29, 31 and 35 of the mining circular approved December 10, 1892, reads as follows: 29. The claimant is then required to post a copy of the plat of each survey in a conspicuous place upon the claim, together with notice of his intention no-to apply for a patent therefor, which tice will give the date of posting, the name of the claimant, the name of the claim, mine or lode; the mining district and county; whether the location is of record, and, if so, where the record may be found; the number of feet claimed along the vein and the presumed' direction thereof; the number of feet claimed on the lode in each direction from the point of discovery, or other place on the claim; the name or names of adjoining claimants on the same or other lodes; or if none adjoin, the names of the nearest claims, etc. 34. Upon the receipt of these papers the Register will at the expense of the claimant (who must furnish the agreement of publisher to hold applicant for patent alone responsible for charges of publication), publish a notice of such application for the period of sixty days in a newspaper published nearest to the claim, and will post a copy of such notice in his office for the same period. When the notice is published in a weekly newspaper, ten consecutive insertions are necessary; when in a daily newspaper the notice must appear in each issue for sixty-on- e consecutive issues, the first day of issue being excluded in estimating the period of sixty35.days. The notices so published and posted must be as full and complete as possible, and embrace all the data given in the notice posted upon the claim. By departmental decision of May 23, 1S96, in the case of Gowdy vs. Kismet Gold Mining company, it was held that a strict compliance with said paragraph 35 will be insisted upon, and in that case republication was required by reason of the fact that the published notice failed to contain a reference to the names of adjoining or nearest claims. In view of the fact that most published notices fail to comply in some particular with the above quoted regulations, your special attention is called to said decision, and you are enjoined to comply with said regulations in the preparation of notices for publication. Said decision will be found in volume 22 of Land Decisionsreported when the same shall be published. well-defin- ed France 42,990,000,000 31,185,000,000 25,415,0u0,0o0 19,275,000,000 Germany Russia Austria Italy 14,8l5,OuO,OOj 14,815,000,000 12,580,000,000 6,805,000,000 5,035,000,000 4,900,000,000 4,180,000,000 3,641,000,000 3,180,000,000 2,545,000,000 Spain Spain Australia Belgium Holland Canada Sweden Roumania Argentine It will be seen that the United States is well in the lead in the matter of its aggregate wealth, having 40 per cent more than Great Britain. That country, however, France, Australia and Holland are slightly ahead of us in per capita wealth. While Australia is the richest of all countries in the matter of wealth to population, Hollands boasts of the largest and best division of its great wealth; and in no country are the people as well off as there. In the matter of creation of new wealth, of a capacity for production, no country approaches anywhere near the United States, and Mulhall himself is surprised by the billions of dollars ve turn out annually or products in farm and rural products, manufactures, etc. At its rate of increase, under normal conditions, the United States can hope, within a very few years, to equal all Europe in wealth. It is startling and almost incomprehensible to see a country as rich as this, and capable of such development, so largely stagnant as it is at present, its production checked and its values decreasing. And the first duty of the people is to put an end to the financial conditions which have caused such injury to all our industries. 5 where the British producer can with difficulty hold his own, the effect of the change would be decisive. Then this policy is also a bribe to the farmers. American dead meat live cattle being prohibited wheat and all farm produce suitable for exportation would come over in greatly augmented quantities, for the difference in the exchange would mean such an addition of profit that an immense stimulus would be given all along the line. As to silver mining, all that can be said is that there would be a rush. The dimensions of the movement would depend upon many things impossible to foresee. These anticipations of what has become possible are not, be it remembered, based on mere theory. We know already too well what to expect from foreign traders in a country where silver is the standard currency. India, Japan and Argentina are all bearing witness to the insidious effect on British trade of conditions similar to those now in perspective in the United States. Meantime, we cannot too soon face the possibilities and realize the true significance of the position as it is." Pointers on Sampling. Editor Mining Review: In your issue of June 25th you published an article, Plain Talk on Ore Testing I wish to illustrate one of the schemes through which the as- sayer suffers something that seldom comes to the surface. The manner of taking the samples is of as much importance as the assay. A few small pieces taken from the face are not sufficient for the determination of the value of ground twenty feet ahead, as would be the case in taking out a shipment. Such a sample would only give an approximate idea. It may be above or below the average. The average miner receives an assay from such a sample, and from this one sample judges all the rest. Should his returns be below the result of his face sample and he runs behind, the assayer is to blame, or he was robbed by the Should the returns be smelter. above the face sample Ha, Ha! The English View. Done fine! Assayer O. K. He gave a little lower than assay of returns, would rather have it that way England is opposed to the free coinage but too high. Always better to get than of silver by the United States Governmore than you expect. ment, and the London Commerce, a Now, then! Three are too many on We must get up some recognized trade authority, frankly this lease. to Smith throw up the scheme make states why. It says: Leaving the sponge. question of tariffs for a moment, let us Now, the scheme is Take some samconsider what a bimetallist America ples of known ore, receive s certificate for same, show will mean for us. In the first place it assayer these results to Smith, and in the will mean an immediate premium upon meantime continue to take out pay ore. United States exports. The effect of Of course, have some other assayer but keep coining silver at the proposed ratio make totests from pay streak, of we ourselves. When that would, in all probability, bring about a course, we will be satisfied ship, the with great boom in manufactures of all result; and if we cant get Smith to kinds. Wages might rise considerably, quit by the time we get returns, why, the assayer is to blame but the experience of other countries we will say that gave us such low results. Smith goes to show that they would not rise will naturally tell it all over the camp, in proportion to the advantage which how the assayer had given us low rewhen the rethrns showed the ore exporters would derive who sent their sults, to be good. If Smith is still inclined to g goods to a country, be stubborn, why, we can dissolve by the United Kingdom. The manufactur- mutual consent at the expiration of ers of the States would not be quite in our lease, and then one of us fly at it have it renewed, and leave Smith the same position of vantage as the and out. The company wont tumble, and nor of the the Argentine, agriculturists where will the assayer get off at? exporters in India, but they would have We must lose Smith, if we swamp ourInter-Mounta- in low-gra- de gold-usin- to-w- it, a sufficient leverage over the manufacturers here to turn the scale in every trade where now there is a doubt which way the market trends. In tin plates, Reports made to the Director of the many kinds of machinery, including Mint at Washington indicate that the worlds production of gold for 1896 will some of the very heaviest, in leather be $220,000,000 against, $203,000,000 in 1S95 and in many sundry manufactures selves, which is impossible. The question is, can a man who is hidden metals capable of detecting the wTith the man in an ore, do likewise a as tool? him use who would By the proper sampling, I think such a thing is possible, and once again the assayer is on. Bingham, July ASSAYER. 19, 1896. , |