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Show i J MINING DEPARTMENT nor IIINIX6 NOTES. a few da,! The rich .trite, report on of lliiihdaic the holder couuty, ago (o!o , is showing som ore worth ?0,tKKI Mr ton 1 INTEREST IN TIIE K I,ON DYKE- - UNABATED The Alaska Placers and How to Reach Them Comparison of Colorado and Alaska-Ot- her Interesting News. Th Klnndyk my-Tia- ft e. Leadrillcs Bright Fntor. From the Denver Times. The calculations upon a largely Increased output at Leadville, once the down-tow- n mines are again In operation, are not based upon conjecture as to what will be found In the drifts and stopes now filled with water. The existence of extensive ore bodies, richly mineralized, was demonstrated long before the exigencies of the labor strike and the disagreement as to the division of pumping expenses compelled their owners to suspend .opera-- . lions. Possibly 50 per cent, of the tonnage of the district, prior to the trouble, came from these properties, and more than that proportion of the values, for the mineral formation below the streets of the city is quite slm liar to that found In the upper work lngs of the Fryer bill bonanzas in the early day. A conservative estimate of the production of this group of mines would place It at 800 tons a day, which would swell the total output of the camp to 2,000 tons, or more than double the tonnage of the days of the boom. This, achievement, however. Is likely to be postponed for a number of months, since the mines will scarcely be completely drained before the first of December. In the meantime progress is being made In pushing the great Yak tunnel . to a connection with the rich auriferous properties belonging tCTtlie Ibex Mining Company,. which It will drain. That A Jie arasla. lx-c- will tap yet uncovered bodies of its northeastward course is exiHcttHl, and a continuation of the theories of its projectors will tend to greatly stimulate development witji-ithe froa defined on later maps as the T.radviHe gold belt extending Uorth mid sour it of the Little Johnnie ml ae for a long distance. There is al-- ' reidy considerable noth Ity to the north atTosa the Big Evans (iuloh, with the iu M- n Valley, grub-stak- e i Iiute In-- i CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY AND INVENTION. for a trip tc Nev . A Tth) ra '.foad conn-deiitl- ' I tained. Beaver Lake At the Galena pune.-imining district Frisco, the shaft is in ' a tine laxly of good ore;, and tiie outlook for tiie propel ty is said to be very eneouraging. Superintendent II anson an vs he has iwst hopeful Indications, and the 5.000 tons of 8:o ore on the Atec Times la advised that before the seaColo . and son's work la interrupted by the heavy dump at Suinmitville, i in mine ore the early to hlojie snowfalls of winter there will be a re- enough mill three newal of work along the southern ex- out to run a thirty-toi- l tension of he gold t in Iowa (illicit, fvars. where all activity ended when the Ilex feet on the At a deptli of twenty-fivpnqiosition was abandoned, the cause for it linvlitg lieeii generally misunder- Crown 1'oiut at State Line, Kelly and stood. Moffat, Brown and many other Emerson ltae stiuek vei v high grade wealthy men. It will remembered, ore. but the row n Point has been a spent a )rgo stint of motley In that from the grass property nd when they stopped sink- high grade proposition ing woik upon a score of prospects in coots. the vicinity was "at .once suspended, The Moriarity boys at Idaho City since it was erroneously assumed that re repairing their ditch at tiie Boulder wore they discouraged with the Indiraand before long tiie thirty stamps of lions in the Imttom of their shaft. This wns by no means the ease, ns tiieir mill will be run by water power. the record of the diamond drill, driven have out 3tMi or 400 tons of ore, to considerable depth Im'Iow the deep- They bins lieiug full. all the est level, had previously proved the existence of good values, and In a way A strike of rieh ore bus been made iu confirmed the theories of the ablest Blacksmith Fork canyon by llyrnm In the camp that the Jonny ore citizeus. Samples containing gold, chutes extend southwestward from It recce bill across California, Empire silver, copper and a heavy per cent of and lows gulches, to the Arkansas riv- galena are being assayed. er. Nothing has ever been developed Reports come from Kingman, Ariz., to disprove that theory and It is as tef extensive gold placers forty miles y naciously held ag It was when a score of shafts were going easterly from White Iliils, on the Codown in Iowa gulch to confirm it. It Is lorado river. The auriferous gravel not at all likely that so promising a to lies adjacent the Colorado river and field wUI long remain undeveloped. It Is a big money proposition to be sure, ia easily worked. but money Is going to be more plentiA mammoth vein has been encountful for such reasonably assured enter- ered in tiie Bullion-ltecat Tintic, the prises In the next few years than It has of the mine. It in tiie history been since the panic of 1893 struck such greatest a cruel blow to Leadville. No effort is eighteen feet high, and of great has yet been made to enlist eastern wealth, averaging 5 ouuces silver and capital tn the undertaking. As a mat- 10 per cent lead. ter of fact, Leadville has relied very Another cleanup of amalgam from little upon outside assistance during the pagt twelve years, and Colorado the Ben Ilur mill, in Step toe valley, capital will before long, as we firmly tthiteFiue county, Nev., received at believe, again undertake to solve the Ihe company's office iu Salt Lake City, problem. With the labor question settled and represents from 8to0 to $r.H), and was the watvr problem solved, 'Leadville Is the result of a two and a half days destined soon to enter upon a new era run. It is reported that the new mill of prosperity, eclipsing the magnificent is working in a most satisfactory manperformances of the past r. " -- Is-l- e j j s to-da- k ic to-da- to-da- y $20,-000,0- GENERAL NOTES. the erection of a smel-te- r at Cerrillos, New Mexico, for Captain Balue has been let A pocket discovered In the Tanzy mine, near Sonora. California, a few A contract for days ago, is reported to have yielded $80$OO. From the Juneau mine. In Silver Bow basin, Alaska, $16,000 tn gold was taken out In the first twenty days of the season. Exports of copper In June amounted to 13,129 tons and from January 1st, 62,223 tons, against 58,109 tons of the same time last year. At the Golden Gate mill at Mercnr, Utah, which Is.Jo have a capacity of 800 tons dally, the Kendall dioxide cyanide process will lie used. Thomas Kearns, representing the 811s ver King, has secured an option on the Union mine at Park City, Utah, for eighteen months at $50,000. The Nowrll G. M, Co. writes that good rock miners can find employment in and around Juneau, Alaska. The Klondyke excitement Is making min ers scarce there, A copper ledge la reported to have been discovered on the shore 400 miles west of Sitka, which is said to be eighty feet wide end 500 feet )a lenertb. It has been located for L. X Diliman of Spokane and associates. of tbo HuntbV of Montana, received the yuc 'ui.c sum of $4S,twu for h la slits1 h ii, i MMi! this A Growing for Market. Spldar I latMt Wonflk l)all(btfl bbow.r Uatb Growing Spiders for Markot. T1L1XZ1NG good gifts of nature la an excellent thing when properly conducted, but people very few will appreciate that form of utilization whit h is described In a bulletin of the spring. The fi u.t . Miii at tihira.l.) this year mo will br.iii; S. Almut half of the I rolu t - fioiu the we .tern slop. At r in coroiosd (iiiiuL there is a band of women, which . furnshes uiuivi,- at. cvlcbratious for nearby places The Virginia A Truckee railroad ia the victim of jute work at Reno. Numerous tins lime liecn started to destroy its prop, rt v The bpoki.'ic i nut fair, claimed to b the great st of its kind west of tiie Mississippi and embracing exhibits from Washington Oregon. Idaho, Montana and British ( olumhia. opens October 5 ami until the llith. ig 1m- Colorado ti. Alatka, From the Mining Industry and Review. . The dally, papera.AlLaver. the country are still full of news regarding the great wealth of Alaska and the Immense amount of money already and to be made there. Both sides of the question seen to be represented. There Is no question but that there is gold In Alaska, but the great question Is, is there as much gold there for the expenses and hardships one has to undergo to obtain it as there Is In Colorado. Facts so far presented show that Colorado far exceeds Alaska, not only in the quantity of the mineral, but In regard to the cost of obtaining it and the comforts ous has to forego to obtain It. Colorado y is full of mineral, and the past five years has made many millionaires out of absolutely poor people, and the text five years will make many more. Gold mining la Colorado Is surrounded with comforts In comparison with going to Alaska, as In most cases we are in close touch with the big centers ef the United States, and if one makes a good strike in this country there Is plenty of capital to help It along, ut d they do not have to wait a year or two to get people interested. can take $1,000 to A person $2,000 affd come to Colorado and by being Industrious and using good. Judgment, caT make it the foundation for a very slug fortune. In fact most of the fortunes made here have been made from less than $10, as that Is about the amount the general prospector has to start wlih. Colorado this year will add to the wealth of the world at least la gold, and fully as much In other mtals. But Colorados output Is being pi it before the public every year; it Is not boarded and sprung on the public all at once. If It should be for one year, It would create the greatest furore the world ever had. We have no objective whatever In anyone going to Alaska that desire, but want to say to then that they should not overlook the good tbiOgk here for the greener fields far away. B.ttonhol. Cottar On. ('on root. nee. for tbo against an' assn $4,000 permde J. and five of tine, and ot ben metals th "karakane" Is made of ten parts of copper, four of tla, one-ha- lf Iron, one and one-ha- lf zinc, the copper being melted first, and the other metal added in th above order. New York Ledge,6' TOPICS. SCIENTIFIC -- Men employed la doing dead work mil proMpeetiug at the Otitmio mine St while Dark City have ore all those wotklug on u:e have been re- it Flarrr. The chief object of interest in the mining world at the present time are the new Klondike placers of Alaska. That these are pheuuuieiialiy r.ch there is no douot whatever, since the stories of their great value are supported by the arrival of large amounts of gold dust and nuggets in the United States. But so far the accounts of the discoveries are somewhat vague. They have been mad along the Klondike river, which is a tributary of the Yukon, in Canadian territory, though not far from the American frontier. Order is preserved In the region by a detachment of the Canadian mounted jiolice. but otherwise the mining is carried on as if on American soil. Mails are obtained from Circle City, which is near by, whither the United States post office makes a dispatch once a month, and supplies are sent in from Juneau, or up the Yukon river. There being no Canadan customs offices in the region these hare tints far gone in duty-free- , but there is already an outcry In British Columbia against this, and doubtless ere long collectors of customs will be stationed there. Most of the miners on the ground are Americans, and probably all the gold thus far extracted has been brought to the United States, The climate of the Yukon country Is wild. and severe. The winter is long, and the time when work can be carIs correspondried on to advanta-gingly short. The snowfall Is said to be comparatively light; but the cold Is great, temperatures of 08 degrees to 70 degrees below zero Fahrenheit being registered. During the brief summer the weather is sultry and the of mosquitoes are a pest. After September loth the Juneau route Is Impassable on account of the fierce storms which set In at that time and make the crossing of Chilkoot pass very hazardous. The new diggings are very difficult of access. At present there are two routes thither, one from St. Michaels, near the mouth of the Yukon river, and the other from Juneau. From St steamMichael's there are light-draboats which ascend the Yukon river to Dawson City, a distance of 1,700 miles, the entire Journey from Seattle occupying thirty or forty days, the fare costing $180. This Is the easier route. The other Is from Juneau, partly by river and partly by foot a distance of 050 miles to the Klon-dykThis route Is exceedingly rough. The rivers are rapid and rocky, and over the portages thing .must.be packedon. their- - backs by the travelers themselves, or by Indian carriers, If they can be secured. No food Is produced in the country, and the Immigrant Is obliged to carry a huge supply with him, because the climate of the country la sneh that egress from It Is possible only In the summer, and even with plenty of money It Is not easy to buy there all that Is needed. The Alaska Commercial Company, which sends steamboats from St Michaels up the Yukon river, declares Its inability to transport to the region an adequate supply of goods for next winter If there la such a rush thither as there promises to be. If this happens there will surely be much suffering and loss of life. Under these circumstances It Is a matter for congratulation that only a comparatively small number of persons can find transportation thither before the present season closes. Our advice to gold seekers is to consider well the difficulties to be encountered before setting out, and we address this especially to persons In the eastern and central states who have bad no experience In rough countries, and therefore can have little idea of the hardships which must be borne In Alaska. To those who are going from the Pacific slope we suggest that they take a reserve supply of food In the compressed form that the army has experimented with so successfully and with plenty of provide themselves clothing and blankets. But above all, no one should start for the Klondyke who Is not amply provided with money. It Is hardly necessary for us to call attention to the historical experience of these rich gold discoveries that where there are a few who make fortunes there are many who lose all they have and often their lives, and there are bound to be disappointments In Alaska Just ss there were In California, Colorado and Dakota. Engineering and Mining Journal. The mine at tjuai t'.burg. Idaho, sw ned by O. J Daley and Henry Beaiy yielding from S"0 to f 100 per ton in ' Four alians want lha Kloudj WEST NOTES, , contest at human targets haie taken place between some ranchmen living in Blue Water cm I; Red lodge, Mont., last week, llwelve shots were tired aud one man lost a finger. Ilutte threatens to go crazy when Bryan visits that t ity. There will be a parade from the city to the race track, where Bryan will speak, and it is proposed that every ablebodied man in the city join tiie procession. After a broncho bucked him from the saddle and kicked him in the head, Will Calhoun ran half a mile to overtake his wife and fell uneonsaious, remaining in that condition until conveyed to Phillipsburg, Mont. A shooting ia reported to Three of the largest locomotives ever made arc Wing built at Schenectady, for the Butte. Auaconda A Pacific, that handles the ore traffic between Anaconda and Butte. In Butte four children found wha they thought to he a Roman candle and the boys drove a nail into St. A girl was filled with lirokcq glass and metal and Clarence Terrell may lose an eye. A masked robler thrust a gun In the face of J. L. Eaton, telegraph operator at Helena, and demanded Ills watch. Eaton drew a revolver with his left handaml fired two shots, but did-nhit the robber, who took to his heels. the Division ot om n o o g y. En-- t Ac- cording to this aceotnrF there is carried on in a small village in Franc and also iu a small place near Philadelphia the Unique industry of growing spiders for market. These creatures are raised with a view to stocking the cellars of wine merchants In order that they may weave cobwebs over the wine These spiders are sold at the rate of ten dollars per hundred, and the peqple engaged In this industry are doing" h flourishing Inlet nees. The value of a cobweb covered bottle Is likely to be sadly diminished as soon as the facts about this new branch ot trade become known. liot-tle- e. Convenient Buttonhole Cotter Women who have been fastening their clothes with pins because they could not cut buttonholes have no longer an excuse for their habit, which savors of untillness, beside being decidedly Inconvenient. There taav been shown on the' counters of some of the department stores this week samples of a little contrivance which obviates labor all difficulties and most ol-t- he of the buttonhole cutting. It has been called an "ideal buttonhole cutter, and judging by the ease with which work Is performed with this wonderful little Instrument It le not a misnomer. The woman whose duties necessitate the making of buttonholes In all kinds of garments, from the sheer dimity robes of the baby to the heaviest clothes worn by the man of the bouse, can have at her disposal an article thatjaill cut quickly and accurately. And she does not have to lift, haul, turn, measure, or fold aa she were the only used to when means. For generatlrna past the average woman has been cutting buttonholes by jabbing the point of th scissors , into after which she trimmed off the ravellngs and bound the Incisions of various shapes and alzea. Then buttonhole sclaaora were adopted, but even they are primitive In comparison with the latest invention In that line The new cutter ia simple and easily understood. It consists of a circle of steel from which project four blade of and ground razor-alee- l. These blades are of different sizes, and with them can be made holes to fit aby sized buttons. Tbe circle of blades Is regulated by mesne of a spring, which, when pulled outwards, allows the wheel to revolve until the desired size Is at the end of the cutter, where It Is held firmly in place by dropping the spring. Anybody who can draw a line and press down with ordinary force can use it. There can be no bungjlng. All that la necessary Is to spread the cloth or garment smoothly over a board or table, mark where the buttonholes are to be, bear down with the edge of the hlade-an- J" cut, them in perfect line and of exactly the same size. Absolute uniformity Is secured, together with freedom from raveling and the tearing of the cloth at the end of the hole. The new cutter alms to a are time and secure neatness and will The shareholders of the Mutual Development company are Idaho lias an attack of Klondykitis. feetifig encouraged over the oUtlrtok; Tits citizens of Ntountainhome Have xs it is understood that the company is staked two men and the state mining perfecting arrangements ao that it inspector will take his departure soon. will soon begin work on a shipping Several men have also gone from Caldproposition that is likely to place the well. company on a dividend paying basis at The management of the new coal an early day. company at Gebo, Mont., are meeting The contract for enlarging the mala with some difficulty in obtaining the shaft at the Golden Gate at Mercurhat right of way for their proposed eight ltot yet been let, but a large number miles of railway by the Indians ownf bids have been put in. In addition ing three allotments through which othe shaft a tunnel will be run. con- their survey runs. necting the Brickyard ground with the The receipts from Btate land rentals This tunnel will be in main shaft. the office of the register of th state nearly a mile long, and work on the loard of land commissioners of WyoBrickyard end of it has already com- ming for the month of July amounted menced. te $3,3r2.f2, which amount has been E. M. West, president of the Beaver credited to the various state funds inLake Copper Mining company, which terested. is located in Beaver Lake district, William .1 Maber, a miner at tha few miles north of Frisco, reports that Never Sweat mine of the Anaconda there ia increased activity in mining company was fatally injured by th circles in that locality, and that reexplosion of a delayed blast on the sults are becoming more and more en- 1,300 level. The shot missed fire and couraging, the indications being that Maber anu J. J. Murray went back to within S"sKorttime this will grow into investigate, when it exploded. Murray one of the best camps in the great had two ribs broken. state of Utah. Up on Powder river, Wyoming, a Eight of the tanks for the La Cigale cattle rustler captured at the muzze of mill at Mercur have been received aud a Winchester what proved to be twelve more are on the way. They woman dressed in bine jeans overall are oblong shaped, weigh 7,000 pounds and a flannel shirt She blushingly each and have a capacity of forty tons. thanked her gallant captors and they The pipe line is well under way and politely tipped their sombreros and will be completed in about two weeks, told her she could go. at which time the mill will be about Peter Reynolds, living near Sheri completed. Work In the mine is prodan, Wyo., has sold his ranch and gressing more rapidly than before, as stock for $0,000 iu order txg to tha in now is steam hoist the operation. t Alaska gold fields. Reynolds brother-in-laAfter years of industrious labor, a is already at the mines and ha strike has been made in the Lower made a winning, ami Mr. Reynolds Mammoth. The strike was made at the will go into partnership with him in depth of 124 feet In the winze which working properties secured In the fahad been sunk from a point 350 feet mous Kloudyke. from the mouth of the tunnel. The The log drive has put in an appearore Is a lead earbornate the first assay ance at Rock Springs. The drive con72 43 ounce cent lead, per showing over 12,000 feet' of - logs, and as tains silver, a trace of god and l)( per cent the say, this has been an exmanagers atcopper. When more depth waa low water, as they have with tained assays averaged 47 percent lead, periment forty-twbeen on the days and way 89 ounces silver, $5 in gold and 5 per shortened considercan be time that cent copper. The next season's cut will be A Butte smelter is in receipt of a ably. more than, doubled. The company shipment of ore from the newly dis- expect the machinery the last of the covered copper deposits north of the month and Intends to have the logs all camp called Elk (ity in Idaho. Jbese cut into lumber before snow Dies. copper fields arc situated in the heart The grain crop of .Gallatin county, of the range of mountains bisecting the northern end of Idaho. They are Montana, this year Is estimated at said to cover an area sixty miles in 8,000,000 bushels, wh'mh. breaks the length. The shipment sent Colonel record. The average wheat yield Bethune was of the glance variety stated to be forty bushels, barley sixty t fields will run 100 and ran as high as 48 per cent. It is and someunderstood the discovery has caused a bushel John Bine, a private in the Twenty, hegira of miners from both the Etkc Cltyshd Wood river sections to the fifth infantry at Fort Missoula, Mont., locality. The country is accessible in playfully pointed a revolver at John so far as mountainous .countries are Bprig-fjsa civilian, and ordered him to j and with the building of tbe proposed dance. .The gun was discharged and Northern i,tot,nr,n,w will be within Spriggs was fatally wounded. -- JBlus ten miles of that road! i didnt know it waa loaded."- Inter-Mountai- 1 Tbs Headline ot Senses, London is most admirably equipped with machlnery and a plant for taking care of the eewage from the largest city area in the land. On either aid of the Thames there are pumping stations which are constantly at work re- llevtng the sewera of their contents. The stations can pump 500,000,000 gallons In a day. There are settling tank and all necessary applianeea for purifying the sewerage, which amounts ln dry weather to about 200,000,000 gallon dally. The sludge Is loaded upon steamers and thrown Into the open sea, at a distance ot about fifty miles from the works, la addition to th regular pumping apparatus, there ar storm stations with a capacity of gallona per day. These are used tn rain storms, the object of them being to prevent flooding In the lower quarters of the city. 00 A DiHlkltnl Invention. Adolph Rrtnkmeyer, a native of northern Minnesota, went to live in St. Louis. When the Missouri climate began to get in Its deadly work on Mr, Brlnkmeyer he waa driven to and the .result la a shower-bat- h It consists ot an ordibicycle. nary bicycle, with the wheels removed. Attached to the rear sprocket Is a little pump, which connects with an pipe terminating In a spray arrangement like that on a sprinkling-ca- n. By placing the machine In a bath tub partially filled with water and pedaling a la wheelman all the delight ot a cool apln In the park can be combined with the exhilarating joys of a shower-bat- h. Only a small amount ot water Is needed, none being wasted. Mr. Brlnkmeyer expects that his Invention will prove a boon to the sub- - the-cloth- well-temper- ed urbanites above all others. It will, b says, do away with the surreptitious and troublesome dip in tbe wash-tu- b tiM VUiUta nection to the machine and setting It out In the garden it can be converted Into a sprinkling pump. As a corolhe lary to bis "bicycle shower-bat- h a, has also Invented a "rocking-chai- r as he calls It This is nothing more than an easy rocking-chai- r with a bellows under the seat and a pipe and spray similar to that In the bathing machine running up the back ot tbe chair and pendant above tbe users head. When the chair Is gently rocked spray of cool air is blown down on the sitters head, and the effort necessary to produce a regular freshet of wind Is not more than that usually exerted by a man who sits rocking on a shady veranda in n vain endeavor to keep cool. a bo-rea- bl Fabrics The recent disaster at Paris has called the attention of the public to the importance ot making articles of decoration or of wearing apparel and experiments have proven that even wood may be mad capable of resisting an ordinary dame. Textiles are very easily made fire proof. One ot the dangers of exhibitions Is th presence ot celluloid and tbe attention of scientists is being turned toward some treatment of celluloid which will decrease its dangerous qualities. Celluloid Is being used In a thousand way for every day purposes, and the Here, ness of the flame when it take fir makes It an exceedingly dangerous thing In carelee hands. It, therefore, ought to be made In some way less in- flammable.' rider. probably become popular with the many women who have occasion, to use such an Instrument. Alloys. Japan The Japanese are noted for their.me-ta- l work; and efforts have been made to discover tbe secret of tbe alloys of which much of their finest work le made. The following is therefore interesting, tbe secret haring been divulged by workmen who ere familiar with such alloya. The "shakko' is an alloy of copper and from 1 to 10 per cent of gold, the object being placed In a mordant ot sulphur, of copper, alum and verdigris until they have assumed k hue of the coppered or sword sheath and decorative articles. Another of these is copper alloy with 30 or 50 per cent of silver of the well known gray color, yrbat is called mokume Is a com pound of several alloyc About thirty plates pf foils of gold, shadku, copppr, silver, and the last mentioned alloy are soldered together, holes are made, the plate hammered nut and put in the The finest Japanese brass mordant. "sulchu consists of ten parts copper blue-blac- . Bock There are upon the face of the basaltic rocks in Lake county. Ore., a large number, of pictures of Indians, animals, birds and reptiles of various sorts. They have evidently been cut with some sharp instrument, and th work Is very creditable, some of tha drawings being excellent. The figure and pictures are arranged in rows and groups. It Is thought that the pictures resemble those found In Centr&E America and Mextro. , Students of archaeology are of the opinion that they may Indicate the. existence of n civilization which long ago passed from the memory and knowledge ot man. FcpCIbx Boiler with Balt Water. It has been a generally accepted idea that salt water could not be successfully used In boilers. Tbe facf that it can be 0 used ha recently been will prove a most valu.The Yarrow boilers able discovery.. , In England-- which are made with tubes 1 inches in diameter, have been tested with salt water and favorable results It seems .that there Is are reported. no incrustation and no trouble about Ihe priming, two obstacles In the way' of the use of salt water that have beeaj ur I ver ally supposed to exist. |