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MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. 4 low rp-lo-D-iti litnta AIWII TO (MW ItritlM o( Hi boll anil Vl.i.u TtifsofH&rtli u It ii rs. iiliulisn butt nrlnl(m Mdlne (irtM I unit The practice uf sum dig anil cloverseed ft! h mi?, of t,i..in a very comnon one ami u'uKmLUJ has many ai1an?f:i m mh so.l' out in a favorable 4a ji the m t math d of h eh N the choning out of mods by the vigoioua gioxxth of the giain s Penui) lxawa In many A cases, boftexcr, this method fails bulletin of the depalliutnl of agiuul ture points out the fat t that this is especially true In drx seasons when the supply of mol'tuie is frequently Insufficient for both the giain nop and the grass In this a'e the grain instead of acting as a nurse irop actually robs the voting glass p'ants of moisture, and thus heiomes injurious instead of advantageous The claim tbit gias and clover plants need protection from the sun is pronounced by the same authority to be entirely without foundation As the Wisconsin station ha shown, there is absolutely no necessity, under ordinary conditions, for sowing oats barley or any other grain with glasses foy the purpose of yielding shade and prelection Young grass and clover plants are not injured by direct sunlight and sun heat any more than other plants of our fields Experiments by the Wisconsin station i iring a number of years have shown that "grasses and clover sown by themselves on properly prepared soil spring up at once and make rapid growth, bearing seed heads the same year. If all conditions as to fertility of soil, moistHre, etc , are favorable, a very excellent crop of hay can be One objeceeeured the same season tion to this method of seeding grasses is the presence of weeds, but these can usually be checked by running a mower over the fields when the weeds are six or more Inches high, setting the cutter bar so that the tops of the weeds are removed while the grass plants aie not touched. In order that this method of culture may be successful the soil mufat be quite free from weed seeds and of fair fertility It should he carefully prepared before seeding, and from two to three times the usual amount of grass seed should be sown It Is probably best, although not fully demonstrated, to sow seed very early In the spring. Finally, It la of the greatest importance to check the growth of weeds, which may be done by Lae method noted above. The system here under consideration la not put forth as suited to every farm and all farmers, but eminently adapted to meeting the wants of those who desire to secure with the least possibility of failure a fine stand of graaa and clover. To such we can recommend the systepa aa having been sufficiently tried to prove satisfactory when propel ly followed out. The results obtained by the Wisconsin station have in general been borne out by those of similar experiments at the New Jersey station. The experiments by this station, however, differed from those conducted by the Wisconsin station in the fact that at the former the seed waa sown in the fall Instead of in the spring. p,u f The smudges may also be lighted at the same time If the sky become cloudy hr if a hreete spring np early In the evening it will usually be safe to take a full nights rest The clouds check the raJiatiun of heat from the earth and the breeze keeps the air stir- red up bo that it esnuot settle in the pocket like foi mat ions whtte It Is sure to do most damage As a i leans ot Si keepr g the niay t,e lip said iDj t i s, iHjjiiis have bnen prevented i, fanning mils in the holliws refured to tp.rt'el Ihisq land poihets at (oldest because the iu'd a'r fom tli hlli ground in tlu r iieigliln-'hood a p, na'iirallv Into them and cam o' p hey shoo'd never h plaited to any but the unW laid) uops -- huiuicis Iteview waTed MS. ONLY. 1' e had a grown-u- p daughter and three sons at school and an invalid husband who could do nothing toward earning bat k the lost money Mr- vbticj f mi i,i herself poor, without am protp,,. The bo)s education ha 1 io lr ( (vnpleted hut wheie wjs thi q ,ni v in I, me from She had lever harm ho to make niorev She I ft i,,Mi( itI1 , , v In , t finable (iterance ,e Thtn It was that A t ol she writing a book friend wlm nu, diojpid in one evening told a storv of an acquaintance who r bad written a book in middle age and frlfforlng on Mrktl. Then Amerrcan buliei makers are looking n ade a great dial of money. long, ugly towaid the Asiatic co mines Mrs Ah v renn mbered that when she for an outlet for butter and cheese It was a g.rl Ixfi re h r marriage, she seems more than piobable that the1 hud written two little stones and sent near future wal a large trade Uu'lt , 'Item to a piovincal paper They had In neither been anep ed and paid for She mid jo hi r husband "I woneoun'ry is daiijing likely to as&ume any propoi turns as daily tattle can- der if emild ft rue a book" not he (asilv raed and kept, under lip did not answer for he thought such conditions as now exist Espe- she was not In earnest Bui Mrs Ab-- 1 cially is Japan a country without do- -, thought of it lomcUiilUj, until mestic animals of the bovine type The ideas began to her brain She I do believe I could Japanese are rapidly advaniing in civ- said to het'df ilization and Imreaslng the range of write a book Theie Is no harm In their food supplies Butter and cheese trying must come to he Important aitlcles of She got a packet of clumsy foolscap diet with them Then the question Taper, and one night, when all the comee, Whence the supply Denhousehold was asleep, she lit a lamp mark and the other European coun- and began to write And the words tries will be at an Immense disadvan-- 1 came fluently, very fluently Her tage on account of the great distance daughter Gwendolyn awoke, and, seetheir product must be carried before ing the light came to find out wrhat her finding a market Even Auftralia will mother was doing, for these two wonot occupy the advantageous position men shared every hope and care. that Amc-ic- a does and will Moreover Mother, she cried, seeing the pile it seems likely that some parts of Alas- of paper, "what are your doing? Oh, ka are yet to become the scenes of tfTother, I do believe you are writing B dairy operations, and as the shores of book " Alaska lie so far In the direction of At first Mrs Abbey denied It, from China and Japan any considerable the same impulse that had made her supplies from that coast could be sent put her hand quickly over the writing across In short time It is believed when her came In But after that the time Is coming when the a time shedaughter confemed that It was so, Chinaman will no longer be content and timidly read aloud the first chapto eat his rite without butter. ter, which she had Just finished cried "Oh, mother. It Is beautiful, Evergreen Planting. Gwendolyn W D Boynton, before the Wisconsin "Shall I go on with It then? Horticultural Society It's splen"Yes, yes, go on with it Comparatively few evergreens are did Im sure It will sell Do go on planted In our cities, as they will not with It' withstand smoke and dust. The great So she went on with It And when bulk of our evergreens must be planted several chapters had been written ahe on our farms. Many plant in straight said timidly to her husband and eons, lines, thus boxing the premises in. who were home for the holidays, "I I This rectangular planting should be thought I might be able to write a avoided if possible For ornament on story. I-- have put down a few Idea the lawn, plant evergreens in groups here, and I'd like to know if you think if lawn la large. Plant single trees on It worth while fcolng on with. small lawns. The pines are good for Tv reed It. said Gwen, "and Its this purpose. Norway spruce is too so good! coarse for small lawns, but is the beat Mr. Abbey took the closely written kind for windbreaks. One use of ever- pages of MS. and read them aloud. -green! Is for screens and hedges. The "It Is fine! It Is beautiful! they American arbor vitae la beat for these. cried. And it was beautiful. It was It is much better than the wild cedar. very beautiful. For low ornamental hedges on your She went on writing It was to be a street front there is nothing like the real book a great book as long as ons American arbor vitae. A great many have an idea that they must buy aa evergreen that is well grown up. Use a light tree that will coat you 4 or $C a hundred, and In two years 'you will have a good full-to- p tree, whereas it tree at first II you buy the full-to- p will cost you 20 a hundred. Hemlocks do not succeed well here. The best time to plant la In the spring. Just when the growth Is starting You can prune evergreen to almost any extent It destroys the beauty to prune Freventtus Frost Injorlss. too much. The beauty of the ever as are classed For convenience frosts green is Its natural growth. freezes which accompany or follow the great continental storms, and Australian Dairy Products A few frosts which are dependent upon pure- years ago American dairymen began to ly local conditions. Fieezes which are be frightened at the creamery business WHAT ARE YOU DOING foretold by the weather bureau bring done In Australia. Vast of of Scotte or Dickens and though her with them such Immense volumes ot butter were to te sent fromquantities that waa eo fluent, the writing took a colony pen cold air that nothing can be done to drive our dairymen out of the Englong time Besides, ahe had other work either by Individuals or by communilish market The truth appears to be to do household duties to tire her out ties to ward off the damage they do. that Australia became the victim ot the day, and sometimes her Frosts, on the other hand, differ from an army of creamery sharks Great during head ached when evening came But the freezes in that they may affect only numbers of creameries were erected by aa aoon aa 8he took up the pen her a single field and may therefore be these and the government checks grew flushed, and her mind gentlemen, readily combated since they may be offered a bonus and put up cold storage grsw warm with hope She lost sight foretold by the farmer himself. When, to encourage expert. houses of the bare surroundings, and lived in Capiand and the air is dry still at bight also the sky Is clear, the conditions ere fa- talist Threeput money into the enter- the atmosphere which falls like a dry seasons in succession shimmering mlet from heaven upon vorable to a considerable fall In the prise. have about dried the dairy business those who commit their souls to paper octhese conditions If temperature cur In the autumn or in the spring the up. and it is now said that 8outh Aus- and write with their lifes blood She makes butter enough for was not working for fame, or glory, or freezing point may be reached. This tralia hardly fall of temperature la due to the radia- home use The American cow Is not celebrity. She had no worldly ambition. But ahe worked for husband and tion of beat Into space and the evapo- dead yet. Ex children for bread for life ration of moisture which robs the Improvement the Rule No breed of Every Bund ay. Mr Abbey read aloud earth of still more warmth. fowls today Is perfection. They ara the chapters that had been written durAccompanying the fall of tempera-tutIf this ing the week; and they all cried, "It however, is the deposition of dew all capable of Improvement. The crash had left them from molBture held in the air This were not so, there would be little In la beautiful! condensation of moisture raises the terest left among the faneffers, and ex sufficient money to live on for about temperature by releasing the heat that hibltlons would diminish instead ori eighteen months. By that time the held It In the form of vapor. Thus Increasing as they are each year. Thi book would be finished, and the book the formation of dew acta as a break life of poultry culture Is the Improve must heeds be a success, becauee It was in the cooling process. Now, upon ment of breeds. Any breeder who ii written with all the best of womans this break the fiuit grower must seize satisfied to rest oil the reputation th&f Boot. They were aby of mentlonlnr it when he thinks that there is going to some one else has given s breed wIU to outsiders, but Mr Abbe) n'ad part be a frost He must fill the air with soon be outclassed by the progrssslvi ot it to a few Ultimate friends, and moisture. This may be readily done fancier. they admired ItT "I am glad of that, said Mr Abbey, by means of a spraying nozzle, everyMeat or Milk for Fowls. A com in confidence to his daughter because thing within reach being thoroughly drenched. This moisture in the air mon belief is that milk can be made I rather mistrusted my own judgment, will form a sort of blanket or cloud to take the place of meat altogether, though book seems to me very over the sprayed region. and many writers have so advised, but beautiful. But Mre Murrav admired it Another artificial cloud and one zuch la not possible, as no material immensely. equally effective may be made,, by abounding ao largely In water aa milk "And ahe ought to be a ju Ige, said smudging. Smudges are nothing more can be used aa substitute for a con- Gwen, "because shes a ro . n of that than smouldering fires of any kind of centrated food. Milk is excellent aa a Mr. Johnson, the journal' apd must rubbish that will produce large quanof the ration, and ia relished; know a lot of literary pe i tities of smoke and little or no flame. portion but it must not be depended upon enThe book took near1' eighteen The smoke acta in the same way as months to write, and bv tb i' time the tirely as a nitrogenous material Garthe water, namely by preventing the den and Poultry. inonev wna alt used up Tne last chaploss of heat, and is generally of easier ter had been finished an ' 'the end than water the method. application If you will plant plum trees in your written with a flourish MS. was The two methods may often be used poultry yards, you will find them profand bulky, and verv dosely writlarge together since they do not antagonize itable la the way of yielding fruit as ten. They packed it up in brown Taone another. But the grower wants to well aa uaeful to provide shads for per and sent It off to a 'it'rary agent, know when to expect frost If at one the fowls. ao Mrs, Murray had advised. them to hour after sunset he finds the air still, do Aa Mrs. Abbey banded it over the the sky cloudless and the temperature Boiled oats is an excellent food for counter she felt as though it below 40degreea and In the coarse of laying hens. When oats are fed the postoffiee was her heart that she aa tending a couple of hours It has fallen to be- fowl will need lots of sharp grit, gee made up into a brown paper parforth, low 40 degrees he should conclude that that they are provided with came. and registered, and labeled sealed cel occnr la to end should likely frost MS. only. Much loea results every year from make final preparations for smudging, About three weeks later the postman or epreylng, or both. Wbenthe 85 de the planting of seeds that will not the letter for which they had brought been reached or should he mark eeeda that can send up has, germinate grrs The literary agent been watching. ' lose ao time In turning on Jhe water. only B weak shoot. lot 1 co'iim thoui-- l v.i y C444d444 404040 40 I WU ( l I UI iooa lit III! tub it - I u I i,i i v ill itlm III! Sin Si I, Ml Mil t lll-- iM lit - a net Viipt Ill'll Ilf III. Ill r l Mil 'lihjiti IsCO 1.111' 1 II 1 - lli Mitt In found m i II -i nil lulu In lie ul v tin. iI i I U ii ii I r I (f lll 1! I hi lie I - f e-- id elmfv mid i iinnie ilon nitida le--t mi ii I) i two shafts, ufter which sinking cf the in vv e Un n will 1k continued Him dev i lopuicnt Of ill Oldil to kit-the nuiii' In mlv mu o of pnitlui Hon. The old e'nii pH "iel Huoiigh a lean cone non font Ii v .1 ) In . me wan ii t In t ound I low Mini u U believed i,imtbii'M familiar w hit Hm property ity that Un in iiv b.ie ii ln'e i days yet iu vv tel i I 4 ASSOCIATIONS. MINER'S i Mile I 11 r l ( H le 1 1 i fmute Un if k Hie marks a pi uliu null in iIm tnlnmg history uf (tun in w I h mb II mil' ll I Mil Ii II In Him hiMiin da vs of tbu III U t ll' lit iiiiilili 'Ml I' ,u ii ui., mu' should liivi tcgulirly i ilv Mi , follow mg the wind rful dm-- i s v Hi . Un ov . at n lln ll ei vi i .d ltisslik waa i d ll it Ii Ml Hi' f'i lii ii. il Mid 'Uhl iidviitni one of Hievv -- inr mini's of Hm state anil ii It ii as rapidly us uuy oth-(- i n i lit lii' nie Imn lie i gnuvfd In a piodmid v v nf Hi' lln lllulM I'eJH i lilt prnpi hv in ( idot.nlo Some marveliIim lnt m v ell ous sini lts aie told of ll rich mags- no vv In n in lli s i ' bis i visit d vv it Is known aa .me of meat c ompaiativi ly shallow 111! lllfuiilll ''lilt Mill! IS Asm ia depths hi low the suit ice lu n laxly of l Inn In ii'im will be hi'ld I In sand hi bunnies, running vei.v high in i mb iiiniii.il i Miivi'iiii mi nf that 11 v silver minis il i said a cart could'be M in ?vtii a vvcli bat ked again-- ! the walls of the exea-Mil. bat iirziiiu it mi ,i! is llitVil (bat ai Ion and tilled with ore bv the mere ''Mini i In mu'' m iu pul v mid inmU foru of the Impact, the sand ixing so ! in lb ial in it biove and dry Hint ll ran like water. if opMiaiiMii would T lu mill the iiiiiimsi it rv pri'niiitK lu ther this be true or not. tt ts cersilaUon tain that tlie mine paid practically (alifniiila Suite MhimI' b II ibl t I! U ' , II I I " I I t in 11 I ' ' "it ' Ii VI i I 1 1 Bi-sil- i i 1 ' v 11 1 ilii' 1 v 1 1 wt-hc- V v I iiid from tt iwcpHnu Jww 1mmu foituu.itc in siimlng tin unpaid hirvniiof men of skill itili'lli giiii i Dili grit) and pra'-tlia- l abilllv Men inimi'i (i'll with Stlu even inp.ult) have liet'ii null'd fnr un- aHH-- h Hltd i ffnrt sliigli'Mvsw tif iHIauk dev li it ro nil that It reproeuH It 1m ulteu the fate of Midi nu orgnuixn btiimie the piev of designing lin'd, who iiM- - it mill drop it when It' Ii.im served their own prlviite itilereMs In this eimo the ('aliforma Stale Mlu , r te S ' lipipg Departpiept. A vj. -- i - f J 7 5 of buriine.s .ike little i't tt seemed to them V tarted off hej "hi - h( ru beating Mr ih 'r lest dii sc 'S them When h i i h T. . Abbev the follow- w, mid come to his offices ? at ui the bewk, but II q, , -- iff i f modest theit x ,, Bhe was a little, delhate, woman, to whom the world did noth- t ndi(- ing In particular until It treated fcw v bad'y And that happened when aha d . t rgdnv lf. - - i 1 tloii ers tlon, XsMOilullim iletutves eiingnitiila itml that Its good fortune may eoiiUmie In thin hm In all other regards, of couiae. the earnest wkh of every one eonneeted with ll The general plan of the dMinciatlon in excellent, but It needs revivification, life should be Infused Into it by earnest effort, and the great laxly of miners In the commonwealth should be given an opimrtnulty to realize Its benefit to them and to Join it The first question a man asks regarding any assoi lotion I. "What good is it going to do me? The pur-lis- e of any association, fraternal nr otherwise, la for the Individual as well aa fur the general good, and If tt falls In aiding the one It does the other. The California State Miners Association la of value to every miner In the state, and could be made mote valuable It needs an officer whose pleasure and privilege It would be, and whose province and puriMise It should lie, to visit every part of the stale of Calif oruln, give mining men full knowledge of the objects ami work of the asmxlatton, am tiling their memlH'rsbip- - active interest and friendly and organizing county mluers associations n in each of the thirty-sevemining mu ii ties As tt t nr present, It 1 a atate association only lu name. There are large areas of this atate In whk'h there la not one member of the association. Take, for Instance, seven ot the southern counties where a great deal of mining la going on. and where the mining Interests are of Importance. In each of these counties there should be a county miners association. The missionary work ia a present need. To the Mining and Scientific Frees it aeems to be an equally present requirement that a considerable portion of the revenue of the association be devoted to suitable headquarters, and to (lie maintenance of a secretary or other officer whose sole business it should tie to attend to the association, to make it headquarters for miuera, to reply to their questions, and to supply all Just requirements connected with their It should take every membership. moment of 4. busy mans time to attend to these things, and to a competent man filling sue h a position It should be worth aa much money aa a business man would pay an Intelligent, active and competent man to do such work for him. What ha been done In this regard la but the Index of w hat could and should lie done, the possibilities lielug ao manifest and- the time-se- t opportune. It 4s manifest to every member of the association that new membership and more active Interest are necessary. It would be well to have similar associations In every stale and territory in tlila west half of America for the sole purpose of advancing mining interests. Organization Is essential to nil things, and It la by state aud territorial organization and mutual and effort that wane necessary factor in progress can best lie secured. 1m. Wabiia Special in Kansas City Times Of all the strange phenomena whkh have b n observed In this section that wbiih seems the most unpre-leden- ti y d on in red here In the foim of a mv ai tn of butterflies, which in point of numbers was countless The dav was exlr. melv hot and unusually still Onlv two othir das In the year reglMiied a luUiir degree of heat, tha tberinonieti i Handing 104 in the shade at 2 oi link lln that of the butterflies began to be notkeable about 3 15 in the afternoou, and soon literally filled the air They all were going In a southerly direction They' were not C plentiful In the business portion as just outside, where there were lawns, but it seemed that there could be no room for any more without causing them to beat themselves to piece upon each other. Comparatively few seemed Inclined to alight, but when any did ao each spot waa a mass of brilliant, vibrating color. They seemed to pass around the trees and scarcely any touched the ground. For a abort distance the winged travelers resembled a heavy shower of autumn leaves. The varieties known aa pap-ili- o ajax, or the larger yellow, and the danaisarchlppus, or brown, seemed to be the most plentiful, especially the latter. The fluttering of so many wings produced a somewhat dizzy sensation, and to the observer It appeared as though the passing yellow and brown cloud was the departure of Indian summer Although there were countless billions of them there waa no sound, save the gentle and scarcely perceptible purr After passing near the ground they seemed to mount up high In the air to the southward, until they were lost jn the distance. They continued passing until within a halt hour of sunset Millions still remained benind, apparently lost, althougn they did not seem to collide with anything in their passage. During part of the time business practically ceased, crowds gathering to witness the phenomenon. It Is supposed that the butterflies are part of a swarm driven out of Colorado by the forest fires Marrlat la tha Phlllpploaa. Ia no respect will the domination, or even the influence of the United States in the Philippines work for good more than In the social life of the people. An American minister who has recently returned from the islands ia the authority for the statement that the priests have for many year charged the natives no less than 130 for performing the marriage service. As the average native under Spanish rule waa able to earn about $5 a month, when jtlmes were good and be had regular emplo) ment, It is easy to see why the rite of matrimony has been more honored in the breach than In the observance and why common law marriages have always Ven the rule rather than the exception. It la safe to say that among the first reforms Introduced In the Islands la one that will have dlref bearing upon the sanctity of the marriage relation -W- ashing-tea Star. on Burnable Wood The terrible fate of some of the Spanish ships struck by American ahells baa emphasized the need of rendering wood proof against fire, if It la henceforth to be employed In naval vessels Wood that will not burn la, of course, equally important In buildings. Recently an American Invention for rendering wood haa been tested on a considerable scale In England. The sap is flist withdrawn from the wood by evaporation vacuum chambers Then a solution is forced Into the timber under hydranlie the of pores pressure. It la claimed that wood thus treated resists decay aa well as fire. ng for tk Dog London wear chamois Pet ahoea when In the house to protect the polished floors from scratches. SboM dogs In - THE BA8SICK MINE. Bmu an Systsmatle Work t Its Motad Erodacar. All of the arrangements for the lln re- opening of the great Itnsskk mine of Custer county have been completed, and the work of putting the property In condition haa already been commenced. Edgar Bassh k, sou pf E. C. Itusslck, the discoverer of the mine, arrived In Denver Sunday night, say "the Republican, and waa at work all day yesterday with. Hugh Butler aud Charles W. Ellia In putting the affair of the company In condition to commence active work on the mine. The new company la the Basalck Gold Mine Company, organized under the law of New Jersey. The first work to be done i the putting of the building In repair and the unwatering of the mine. At yesterday's meeting of the directors, Charles il. fclllj f Aspen was appointed superintendent, and he has already commenced the Work of gatlipriug supplies and getting th property In order. The pumping operations will commence at -- once. Mr. Butler says the company will not proceed upon The hypothesis that there are exiaiing ore bodies in the upper workings of the mine, hut If ore should lie found, the mill attached to the property will be put In repair and the shipments commenced immediately, Thick of course, will not lie learned until the water la lowered sufficiently. It la believed by Mr. Hughes and la positively stated by others conversant with the Workings of the property that, in the lower workings, there are large bodies of ore developed, and that, aa soon aa the mine la nnwatered, shipment will be resumed without delay. A new shaft will be sunk to the level corresponding with the bottom of the from the glass roots Afier the surface workings had been practically exhausted, producing a large amount of money even for those Imuanza days, the wurk was continued tn The expectation, warranted by the rcMilts, of finding 'oilier bixliea below, aud In the prosecution of this work the compHuy which then owned the mine became tuvulved to some extent-mad- e to retomile the conflicting by the formation of a new company w hh h should include all the claimants against the company. These negotiation failed and then followed, the litigation, only recently concluded.' w hlch lias resulted in putting the mine In. possession, of the Basalck interest. Mining Nolss. parties arc negotiating for the purchase of the rich Hopewell silver mine at Bonita, Lincoln county. New Mexlen, and also for the stamp mill In connection with the mine. L. II. Peuflold of Grand Rapids,. Michigan, ts In the city ou hla return from an Insiiectlnti of the Grand Encampment minlug district of Wyoming. Mr. I'ciiticld Is enthusiastic over the of the new camp, and says profqxM't that shipments will lie made all winter from three or four of the principal Colorado mine. The big Bessie mill of the San Juan Gold Mlulug Company lu Gold King basin, Ban Miguel county, la completed and started up last week. The mill ha a capacity of 150 tons per day, which can be Increased to 300 tons by trifling , additions to the machinery plant Bd ' is operated by an power electric motor. The mills at Idaho Bprlnga are doing ' good work. They are saving everything of value. One of the concentre tors ia aaving 93 per cent, of the assay value. In fact, there la nothing of value ' going Into the creek. This la ranch different from the earlier systems of treatment under erode atampa when the saving only amounted to about 85 per cent. A rich strike baa been made in the Clyde mine, located about a quarter of a mile north of Wilbur, Fremont county. Assays run from 810 to 8200 per ton. The mine Is developed by a 300- foot tunnel and a shaft, with a total depth from the surface of 100 feet. The formation la phonolite, with a. -strong resemblance to that of the Victor In Cripple Creek. The Morning and Eveulng Star consolidation, on the west slope ofCar-Inmat-e hill, haa produced eight million dollars In the pash twenty years. The group embraces about eighty acres. The Carlton and Waterloo claim have produced some very high grade chloride silver lead ore. Oue hundred men are employed aa leasers and their ployes. It now hxiks aa If the Star combination would be a producer of Iron and lead for year. Thirteen abaft are In active operation. Lead-vlll- e 100-hora- e - 40-fo- Miner. The big strike on the old Whale mine, near Khavano mountain, Chaffee county, turn out to be better than wa expected. The mine ia under bond aud lease to a Mr. Jones of Victor and the Fox Teasing Company of Ytctor and the leasers were to work in the npper workings. Instead of doing that, however, they sunk a new shaft on an outcrop and within a few feet struck a flue body of galena from which they took out seventy sack of ore. The ore runt from Id to 34 ounces In silver and' from 40 to 80 per cent. lead. A remarkable chimney of ore has lxen discovered In the Corry City mine, Georgetown (llsi rlef. Chimney 8' are of frequent occurrence, but they are usually mere extensions of regular veins. This rhlmliey, however, I extending straight upwards-througgranite rocks. It I circular in form,' like 'the'mnikxif a iree. and h about ten feet in diameter, maintaining about the same width as far a It has been followed. A mill run of seven tons of ore from thi jiecullar formation gives returns of 301 ounce In sliver to the ton. It i worked by a Chris Hanson. Pumping operations at the downare proceeding in real town mine earnest. The four big Suows at the Iton Air and Fen Rose arc sending 2.000 gallons per minute to the surface, and thus far there has not been single hitch or difficulty encountered. The 100 feet of shaft already recovered I In good condition, and but little repairIf everything ing w ime"neeesaryruns as smoothly until the 1st of February the great work of unwatering the properties will have been practically accomplished. Steam I now up at the Bohn abaft, and preparations are being made to lower a big Hooker sinker with a capacity of 500 gallon per minute. It Is expected that by the first of the week the sinker will be in position aqd throwing Its full capacity. -that the Total outpour from the three shafts will be 2,500 gallon. The Hook- er sinker la a pump made In Kf. Louis, and la considered to be one of the very beat made. Leadvllle Herald-Demo- crab h the-soli- d lea-te- e, - ' 7 " nswflvivm. cnlJ w |