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Show AIAliKE'ntElOIETT MINING NOTES, hu been EJedrieity substituted for SiLvsa New TerU. .. Steam m the motive power at the Geran Frsualsco..,.' mania smeller. London l.iia A new oopper atrike baa been made New York exchange ....... on Imuaham creek ia Idaho. home of New 6 or brokers corrsa the specimens assay 40 percent copper. New York Exchange New York .ere Bio Arrivals from Canyon creek, above Park City, report considerable prospecting in that locality at the present time. The U tah of Fish Springs, Deep Creek country, had another carload of silver and lead ore on the market Thursday last. Ore has recently been marketed from the Mayflower. in the new hriii mining-district- , whieh assayed 57 per cent lead, and 16. to ounces In silver to the ton. Over $23,000 in gold dust was received in Salt Lake one day last week from Utah mines. It's not silver alone that makes Utah a profitable mining ..U . IS 16 M 60 Ore , :,$" fairly sprinkled w.ithnatire gold is being taken from the New StaU mina. at the mouth of Little Cottonwood canyoo. , lt is said that in ths developmentof this promising property the company is taking out enough high grade mineral to pay all expenses The Little Johnoy mine, in Stateline district, ia causing quite a furore in mining circles, owing to the fact that a depth of only 20 feet a body of ore hae been uncovered that runs high in the yellow metal, and at a depth of 40 feet the ledge la 18 inches or two feet. From the Massachusetts mine at Park City comes the report that on the level, at a point about 1,000 feet from the abaft, the workings have broken into a splendid body of solid ore, which, acoording to fire teats, goea as high as 5a 5 per cent lead, 125 ounces silver and $2.00 in gold to the ton. The Utonla mine,' In Errfckson district, Tooele county, is showing np la excellent shape. Although development work has progressed but a fe refect below the grass roots, a nice body of ore has been uncovered that carries values of from 00 to 75 per cent lead, IS $140 la to 20 onnees silver and $1.50 to gold to the ton. The floe mineral exhibit ai the Hall of Belles, Salt Lake City, has been tnrned Over to the care of the Salt Lake Stock A Mining Exchange although for the time being it will donbtlesa .at 900-fo- ot .. - , main where it Is-- It ia now believed that the leading mining men of Utah . . will add many beautiful and valuable specimens to thill Already Splendid col- v''" lection. - I'm- - . ,L V.. - eight to twelve inches wide. The discoverers claim they have 11 0.000 la gold la sight A single piece of quarts, tea inchea in width, filled with fine particles of gold, was estimated to be worth from $250 to 1300, CbpperbA8ttngTtaursday advanced to and closed on the local market at XT cents a pound. The same day , last year it ruled at 10' cents a pound, dear gain during the twelve months of 9 cents a pound or $130.50 per ton. Thursday's figure is a higher one than any to which the red metal has climbed for over n quarter of a century, Some time ago William Peacock of Mantl and Harrison Edwards of Start, ing made n discovery of wbat they supposed was saltpeter, about tea miles Southwest of MaatL - Upon examination It proved to be n very rich deposit of saltpeter, potassium, soda and magnesia, said by experts to be the second deposit of its kind thus far discovered, the only other being la Germany. A gentleman direct from Germany, who has had seventeen years experience In working these minerals, haa taksn aa eption on the two dalms for 9100,00a t 4 1899, Ben E. Etch,' president of the ionth' era states mission of the Church of Saints, with leant Christ of Latter-da- y handquartera in Chattanooga, called on Governor Candler of Georgia, on the 7th Inst, in regard to the recent mobbing of Mormon eldere in laaper county. President Blch was closeted with the governor for some time, bnt did not ask for protection or an official Investigation at present, contenting himself with explaining the mission of the Mormons In Georgia and giving the dootrine of the church. While talking tha matter over with the governor. President Bich said that there was much feeling against the members and teachers of the Mormon chnrch because the people did not understand the mission of the elders and did not conceive of the great work that lay before them. Three years ago the Mormon chnrch s in White Ri ver valley and one ranch in Steptoe valley, near Ely, Nevada, comprising in all Sell Lake City. abont 4,000 acres of land capable of beWheel.. 0 Cwt.. Coro I IS ing irrigated, besides several thousands t racked .ora. .......... 11 ! of acres of grazing land. When these Rye i f oe I 16 ranches were purchased they suppdTOHT Birllj Us I. ; I 40 Alfalfa 60 perhape a dozen white people and Mixed key,,. SO except in baying time, many Timothy a when Indiana, Niraw. per bale.. ,, the number waa somewhat HI Lira turkey UoMinn. Live Turkey Heue...... greater. At the present time there Chlekeea. kuia.. .... . are three towns well started on these -I Old rooetere.... ranches with n total population of Broiler, pr ib.. IS Young duck.,. ......... about S25 souls divided as follows: 10 Young U mm. ....... .. 4 66 Yggu, Cub, percsea,... 6 Lund, 150; Preston, 75 and Georgetown, Butter, erem m ery Keuob butter MHO hi 100. These people ere all front Utah, ease ee assess a where a few of them yet remain to Baa Fraaciaoa Untie close their affairs before moving Cash wheat 021 OSIlk to theirupnew home. t Barley December, 8384 Though most of the people did not arrive till thie spring, about fifteen Portland. substantial and comfortable bouses Walla . Walla M Valley here few already been built at Lund and Bleeelem feso half aa many at Preston,4 while tb material ia on the ground for aeveral LIVE STOCK. - i more. Tb first hey crop ie already t . Chicago. stack standa near np and n Good to tancY steers... ..... 4 48 800 house. Each each haa a good settler Common grades. , .....it, 48 6060 64 6486 garden In which ia to be found nearly Btockenand leaders Bulla 8 00 4 16 Cows sad kalian. . . .. .. .. .. , Soft 6 66 very variety of vegetables known to hives 7 It se f 46a climate. Shade and fruit trees are this ?exaa steers ... tM e. t f4 Prime lambs.,.. to 4 70 set out and it will he a matter being Yearling.. ........ 4 6ft60 6 60 of Lambs.. ft 76 only a short time when these towns will be th..moet attractive In the ... Banana Ctty. - - ' Native steera. county.-- ; At Load s brick kiln will 6 85 Texastteera s 00 io soon be started to barn 50,000 brick for 60 8 80 NaTive eowsaad hellers 66 4 60 t large building to serve ae e church, Stoeken and feeders I 00 4 0 school and pnblio hallwhlle at Pres8 Wi 71 . t IOreee euaee 8 40 6 60 ton foundations have been laid tor a 8 00 t. purchased-threerauebe- I 4 o 1 4 I ee 1 good-size- d e . 0O.T awwwe n Native beef steers.. 4 fl 4 - . lexaeeteera.. &X...86 00 64 10 7t ... Caanera..., S lookers and feeders Calve Bulls and stags Sheep Yearling.. .... Westers muttons.. 8 toe kart ...... Lambs ewaga see 60 8 76 6 60 .... S4 40 870 4 8 4 8 8 4 eedai 6 00 00 &O60 4 10 (ft 4 86 00 60 w 60 to 76 60 fel pi t) Beaver. Beef steers.,,...., 1 H 4 00 f. paid .......... Feeders, freight 4 66 lo river.. . I M Stockers, freight paid to river,.., I 60 4 76 Bulls end Wags 2 60 6 40 Good fat buttons ... ..TTi.T I K fei 76 Lambs................. 400 4 76 UCBIPIS. Chicago Cattle ...... Sheep Kene Oty........ Cattle, hhesp...... Omaha,. -- Cattle. .... Sheep.,,. Dearer-Oattle- .... beep... ri.t...... 4444 pad ry, 6.006 16O"0 l?6 too 6 80) 600 fteePH re ay vlaeelT' 64 850 Mustaehea There. Men exposed to the rigors of the Alaskan winter never wear mustaches. They wear full beards to protect the throat and face, but keep ths tapper lip clean ihlvsa. The moisture from the breath congeals so quickly that a mustache becomes Imbedded ia a solid caks of ice and the face la frozen in a short ' time. aumaalty Taugkt ia neheasa. An enactmant of the Texas legislator provides for the teaching In ths pnhlls schools of a conns of humane treatasat of animals. 87e J flour milL At Georgetown condition are similar to tboee at Lund and Preston, and it likewise promisee to become a prosperous community. While the season is a little more backward. Its nearness to Ely only two mile affords Its people a better market and better opportunities to secure workJhsn those of its sister towns in White River. The farms taken np by these settlers to forty acre average from twenty-fiv- e with water rights. Thft land is arid them at a low price, and they have five years ia which to pay for it. About 3,100 acres have been contracted tor thus far, abont half of tbs total which can be Irrigated. The land ia watered by never-failin- g springs, whose flow does not vary summer or winter. To the business ability of Bishop Thcmas Judd, formerly of 8L George, Utah, great credit la due for the success thus far attained. .Elder Platt . D. Lyman, president of the European miaaion.laxt week cabled President 6 now of the death of Elder Joeeph Ilogan, Jr., of South Bountiful, Davis county, who left on a mission "to the Netherlands ea April 23, 1897. Elder Hogan was drowned in Hie river Rhine, but no particulars were given. Deceased was the sogof Joseph son of Joeeph Hogan, the Hogan, of South Boontlfat, and was about, 2$ years of age. He was engaged to be married on his return home to Mi Florence McEwtu of Salt Lake. At the conference of the Cache well-know- n eyea, and then, turning from him, moved slowly toward the fireplace, and vanished from his sight. William Luke awoke to find himself staadiag oe the bare earth of the but. The moon shone brightly through the Open wludow, upon. the epot where, la his dream, he had taat seen hla brother. tht This time he remembered all he had' dreamed. u He Is there he cried "foully murdered and burled there! Heaven help me if I am going mad! Then, rushing down to the huts where the men slept, he awakened the whole station. In less than an- - hour- - sturdy men,, with lanterns to light them at their work, were busily engaged with pick-axand shovels In raising the hearth Inelde the hut Luke, In a wild state of excitement, was directing and urging them on to their labors. The scene was a curious one, as the whole population of the place was gathered in and around tha but speculating as to what possible discovery there might be made. The men had removed the rough stones upon the hearth, and hfd dug some four feet deep Into .thK earth, when they stopped to take breath. Go on go on! shouted Luka. pearance of iny brother." "Deeper do.wn yet deeper down!" That night he went up to the hut remonstrated Keep quiet, Luke! foe tha last time.. Having strapped up Mr, Hall, "Tour exciting yourself Ilk tha few things he possessed in his this can do n good. Luke sat down upon n bench and valise, he made all preparations for starting early the next morning. Then buried his face In bis hands. He could ha retired to rest not endure even the moment's delay Once more William Luke dreemed. which the men required for rest from This tlma he heard the same voice their toll. Again the hut resounded with tha crying out, "Help help! He did not awake, but wearily an sound of the pick and shovel at work. wered in h!s sleep But Luke looked up no more. Mr, Hall's T am here, Bob, Wbat do you want? words had aoo.d his overwrought I have done the best I can, and I can mind, end he welted patiently for wbat do sa mors. might come. Heres something anyhow, cried They were the words which he bad a man's hand!? need that night when he wished the one of the meo Luke sprang to his feet, now unable men good-bPreeestly his dream took ' A mors substantial form. beast He beheld to control his excitement hours of sundown two wsa within we It ia which on are he It said a hut the nowl "Gently slept lighted by unsolitary "slush lamp. Upon the bed one. "There is more beneath. Mercy when ths little party entered tbe known region. The horses staggered ' where he lay he saw tbs figure of a on us its Bob! inwoman, sitting with her head resting There, dismembered, lay tha remains wearily along, occasionally sinking sand up to their knees, and . the to once had She been what hands. of seemed her Robert Luke. to be upon struggling through tbe scrub sad "At last! I knew lt- -1 knew it! reading some old newspaper, and replentifully mained perfectly ipotioniess, as it deepsaid a voice solemnly; and William prickly mimosa which grew low bills. tbe upon in places ly intent npon what the read. Then Luke sank down upon a bench, shield Nightfall came ou, and the cavalcade Luke heard a noise, as of soma one out lug bis eyes with bia bands from the there waa o sign of water, .. encamped; ftls the ey side hut in vlrton his seuee AorrlA aigbt. and icrledL'NoW.'nssj had 'to.draw upon tbi kuppTf-ththey (nd of hearing seemed - almost painfully Heaven send me my revenge! carried wRh them,- acuta. Jack Hall had more then once enter. Tha woman also heard the noise, and , CHAPTER XVL ed these inhospitable regions ia search . There waa not tbe slightest difficulty of lost cattle, and be was under the beraised her head as it in alarm. not catch a glimpse of In Identifying the body, for the man's lief that a more fertile country lay bemt wpoa the edge clothes, even to tbe other halt ot the for yond It bow tar distant of course he of tbr bed her features were turned brake belL- - xr eve burled with blm. could not any; but, from what he La When William Lukft 'Carrs sway front him Wtevvd tSwad another three days them through tbq Suddenly he heard a voice speaking dream, men looked at on 4 from without Luke started in his aghast. Even the most skeptical could worst of It ' For two long days the trsveiers toiA sleep, for it was the voice of his not doubt that be bad actually seen a brother! vision of the murder at it really hap- on through the heavy drifts ot sand, - Mrs. Baynes, it said in a clear, low pened. The on thing that grieved but towards sundown on tbs third day tone Mrs Baynes, would you kindly him was that hs had bees unable to they beheld trees ahead, at the sight of which tbslr spirits rose amazingly. glwe ms n drop of brandy. If yon bsvs see the face of tbe woman lu the hut; of waMr. Hall ordered conto as ths bis suspicions neb a thing? 1 am sorry to trouble end thus men and to the be out served to ter you at this time of night, hut I son not nection between Edward Bartlett; Anns hortea, for he was by no means eonfl- very wall. I am Luke Bob Luke.? Dodson, and ths late occupants of the because he beheld trees in the dim dent, beThe woman, as she listened, clasped hut remained as unconfirmed as that he was going to find a distance, her bands together as If In mortal ter- fore. or aa Inexhaustible welL lake with Mr. Hall at once communicated ror, but she answered not n word. Sullivan was tbe , - Presently the voice eame again, this tbe police at Mount Gipps, and early of the company, for, beside two person sad four troopers time louder and with a port detertbe aext morning water-bag- s, be bad a liberal suphug mined accent tome black trackers appeared oa the of spirituous liquors, which ha waa ' ply "Mrs. Raynes d'ye hear, ? Mrs. scene, vary libera) in dirpenring to himself. Baynes? , Nearly two months had elapsed since (T be Continued.! , The woman rose stealthily from her the departure of Baynes end his wife, sitting position and stopped toward the end nothing nt ell had been heard of i ; HIE THICK SUCCEEDED. fireplaca Unhooking the great kettle them. That they had murdered Robert that hung from an Iron bar by n chain, Luke there could be no possible doubt FaMIshed Beaus at Kanlage Sa Bevlve ike noiaeleesly removed the bar from - The excitement on tbe station was - - 881 Craft IS. , ffa place end stood clutching It la her intense, and people flocked from all a certain church, a certain mam Ia right hand, ae If prepared to turn It ns parts of tbs country to witness the caused the beans of marriage to be a weapon of defense scene of tb awful crime and to behold published between himself and a lady TYllllam Luke seemed to strain every the mss who bed dreamed that fearful to whom he Is not engaged and who ' orv hi his sleep sa he endeavored to dream. . haa no Intention to marry him, says an expedition the New Tork Commercial Advertiser. cry eat; but his voice appeared to have It was suggested that left hla and his limbs refused to do should be seat out to bunt , all the He la poor and haa no credit She ia his bidding. He was like one paralysed country round about. wealthy and at the time of the publicafor ths time being, with the powers of "If they aro anywhere ia the colony," tions of tha banns waa in Europs. The hearing and seeing alpno left to him. said Mr. Hall, after a long consultation effect of tb announcement waa InstanThen h perceived that the door was with the sergeouit of the police, "It Is taneous. Tb man's credit revived, being" pressed In front Without. ; The my opinion that they have taken to the $nd. fpr a in, congratulation direcin joured he somewhere top part, where there was no bolt, back country few weeks he bad a delightful - life. bowed signs of giving away; another tion of the Grey Ranges. Tbers they if they happened Then eame a letter from the lady In the heaving of the door, end yet another, might exist for years, water-supplease, Ehe denied her engagement to uny, loud crash, and William Luka beheld to drop across s good audacious and penniless one and tha ' S seen by any mortal eye." hie brother) f " to bring proceedings against threatened -tract of a vest is there sandy But For several seoonds, as it seemed to llbeL tor But suppose be pleads him Is ths dreamer, the figure of Robert Lake country between this and the Gray, ha had hopes of tha lady; who can that the eergseuL not!" inquired ths woman, there stood silently fusing at prove that he had not? Then tow perTee,, replied Mr, Hall; "but It Is sona whs stood defiantly facing him. Wilunderstand the real object of pubsucceeded ia that face hla the of Just they beheld Luke possible liam only the banns. It la popularly lishing unusualYhls aa been baa brother. The woman's back was tamed crossing it are made public to L to him; ly wet season; and, from i vht the thought that they aa whether either4 such facts oat bring creeks all tbe men told denied have to me, stock be Robert Lake appeared oat- - la that direction party haa been previously married and with the light and unable to see die- -' and clay-pan- s' has a partner still alive or whether tisctly ths objects around blm. Sud- aro fall of water. Jack knows the counthey are under eg. The true' object about denly however he seemed about to try well better than anybody of banna bring published was to often been the 'He bat without from a nolae but this neighborhood.' speak, opportunity to after horse a gallopout for weeks together stray tb church wardens anwere but, like tbe sound of tbe if poor and partlee . object look that to bar way," caused.htm that to gone cattis tha door, np ing on tbe a be to parish. charge likely said the 1 . air, sergeantr round, Very well, Tb woman, quick as thought, raised "I am willing to do whatever you may ' Wary Llkalv- .. ths cruel bar of Iron1 in her hands think beet to deftnd an Counsel - appoint and dealt blm a heavy, blow npon his - "it It decided then," replied Mr. Hall. several on of the weeks two take of will challenged We bolpi? n provisions and well Irishman with skull; Hlp s, and see if we cant oome Jury, who, hie client --said, had a prej-udlRobert Luke fell face downward npon Are there any across thsir tracks.?.- against him. the floor. have most who sensible to seemed more prejullc a In the Meak This dream, ' Then came plea juryman mad William aaw ae morn Presently pursue. And accordingly, a party was against you?! whispered tb barrister. however he beheld lbs figure of his organized, consisting ot the sergeant, "No, air; the Jury' awl roight, but OI brother standing near the bed. Rais- three troopers, young Jack, Mr. Hell, want you to challenge tbe Judge. 0Ive hi William Luke, and much to Mr. Hall's bean convicted under him several times ' ing himself slowly, be gazed Into enaliMdy, and loikely hes beginning to disgust Sullivan tbs innkeeper. face, and, holding out hla arms, h Mr. Hall did his utmost to prevent hav a prejudice against me deavored to embrace blm.' ' Hls brother looked sadly Into his Sullivan's Joining the expedition, so of waist-b- elt marked with Robert Luke's initials caused much excitement among the man on tha station. Nothing mere, however, could be discovered, and for several weeks Luxe hunted abeut the he might jrtaeft I vain, hoping succeed lo finding still' another link In the chain of erldenre which might lead his lost brother. to some trace In thft meantime the whole colony had again become interested In the affair, chiefly fronr the fact that no traces could be found either of Baynes or hi wife! and, as It became certain that the missing couple had not traveled toward ths coast, as Baynes had I they Intended doing, the matter grow dally more and more mysterious. Days and weeks passed by, and yet nothing fresh concerning the disappearance of Robert Luke came to light. Hla brother began to detimlr, and at Snow was implied by President one night he announced bts Intenlast remarks at Logan recently. Q tion of returning to England. hat tba receipts for July, 182, It is of no use my remaining here," were $34,000 In advance of the same he Bald. "Besides I must go home and month for 1828. The annual tithing look after my business. I have done lnooma for 1898 la as follows: Cash, my besV and I can do no mors. But 0. to mi dflng day I shall believe that $300,000; produce, $000,000; total, $900,-00The estimated titling inoome for that Baynes and his wife were some1892 lei Cash, $700,000; produoa, $800,-00- 0; how or other mixed up with the disap- total, 11,800,00a Increase for well-lade- se -- $000,000. Cows and bellera.,.. In the Babbit mine, near Centerville, ' Shasta county. Cab, the pty streak is In a ledge of" free gold quartz from MV CHAPTER XV. II. Swagger . AND TABLRNACLE. Ths finding of field. At a rock drilling contest at Muab, won the prize of a burro loaded with a prospecting outfit, tend; ing the drill into the hard rock to a depth of 18 inches, A shipment of ore from the Huntsman group, in Grand county, will be made in the near future which the owners aver will not yield less than 9400 per ton In copper, sllvor and gold. Miners are employed cleaning out the old tunnels at the North' Mountain companys mine at Cherry Creek, Nev. There are over 2,000 feet of tunnele to be repaired and re tracked, which will occopy considerable time. It Is said by those who are in a position to kaow that it ia the intention of Hon. W, A,. Clark of Butte to putin a smelting plant somewhere in Salt Lake valley for the treatment of the product of the Ophir Con. mine near Opbir. Michael Leary, the placer king of the Boise Basin, last week brought in his clean-u- p representing the fruits of bis labors for only 00 days The load of yellow he brought haa been variously estimated at from $40,000 to $41,000. One of the largest deals in ths history of mining in Alaska is in process The Nowells have of consumation. Berners Bay quarts sell to their agreed mine for a consideration of 12,500,000. English capitalists are proposed purchasers. It is reported that the Lewisshon of the man; provided bimseit with n pack-horwith food and grog, Mr. Hall could not well prevent blm from accompanying them. Aa matters turned out. It would hav been very much better for Mr. 8ulllvaa If be bad allowed himself to be dissuaded; but the majority of sensible people, when talking the affair over in after years, were decidedly of piston that it was a very good Job fir every one else that be bad Joined the . expedition, Tbe commotion on tbe station on the .. morning when the expedition darted in search of the fugitives waa tremendous. were being adjusted to . restive brutes whose sole aim and object was to kick themselves free from their encumbrances. All sorts of things were forgotten and remembered just ; at the last moraei At last the cavsiesde got under way,-an- d Mrs, Hall and her daughter watch- ed It across the plain from the verandah of the house nutil the gumtreea, which lined tbe creek for some miles, hid It from view. Ths expedition proceeded some thirty miles or more without nay difficulty In fact, the country waa familiar to deveral small nearly all the riders, Were passed, where boon- - dary riders and shepherds In Mr. Halls employ lived their quiet uneventful liven At one of these they baited tor tbe . night, much to tha disgust of the old batter" who lived there with hla flocks, and who nursed n wholesome antipathy to tbs entire human race was called, and. If "Cranky Jim. n love ot absolute solitude entitled blm to the name, be eras undoubtedly deserving ot IL Had be seen two people pees that way about tea weeks ago? No, bs had not seen two people pass that way and, what was more, he did not want to see them. One was a woman, waa It? Ah, well, a woman was naught to him; Tie had seen enough ot womta in his time, he had! His other remarks war so full of Imprecations sod bla-..- v phemy that Mr, Hall cessed to interrogate him, Ou the second day they halted about This noon in sight of ths sand-hillwas tbe greet barrier which they knew lay between tbe grass country on ths Barrier aide and the Gray Range. Mr. Hall bad wisely Insisted npon all tbe water-bag- a being ilfllled up at the and he felt conlast good water-holvinced that, with the supply they car- -, rled, the fifty or sixty mile of deaert ought to bs safely crossed by man and but, a .colonising Is to be The Canadlen " entered into a church stopped. The contract to complete a certain amount of work on a mammoth canal la Alberta, receiving land in return, and with the last call made for 250 men to i there, the work can be finished. 044 66 at N & hie abhorrence jreatjras as bis bad tbr-pU- k Pack-saddle- s" t t. ' . n! es ... s. e; t'rH5d u half-ratio- best-provid- 4 ' oa pack-horse- , - v' 4 v |