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BRISK TRADE
IN BIG DOGS
Men Who Are Going to
the Klondike Are the
Purchasers.
Ranchers and Residents on
the Mission Road Are the
Victims.
■Warrants Out for the Arrest of John
Hlggins and James Flynn for
Stealing the Canines.
John Hlgrgins and James Flynn, two
young men living near the Five-mile
House, Mission road, have developed
a new industry, which has so far
proved very profitable.
Mo6t of the ranchers and residents
In the surrounding districts own or
rather owned valuable dugs, principally
of the St. Bernard and Newfoundland
breeds. Recently the .1"- T s have been
disappearing, until now there is
scarcely a large dog in the neighbor
hood.
The police were notified, and the
mounted squad were instructed by Cap
tain Glllen to find nut the mystery of
the disappearance of the canines. Cor
poral Shanahan was not long in solv
ing the problem, and yesterday he
took one of the victims. A. Schuts, 42
Palmer street, to Judge Joachimsen's
court, to swear to a complaint charging
Higgins and Flynn with grand larceny.
Shanahan found that all the dogs had
been stolen by Higglna and Flynn
and sold to men who intend to leave
for the Klondike gold fields. The prin
cipal purchasers were, according to
Shanahan, James Brownlle, a barten
der on Larkin and Fulton streets, and
James B. Wingate, a druggist now em
ployed in a store on Market street. It
is said that Brownlie and Wingate have
between them bought between twenty
live and thirty dogs.
Schutz also obtained a search war
rant for the recovery of his dog, which
Is a Newfoundland, valued at $100. It
was stolen from him on January S.
Search warrants will also be sworn
out by the other men who have lost
dogs, and a lively time is expected
when they are all recovered and taken
to the City Prison till the cases are
disposed of.
Higgins and Flynn piled their trade
during the hours of the night. They
usually had a tempting piece of meat
with them and get the dogs to follow
them without making a noise. The dogs
would be taken into tne city under
cover of darkness and sold. The price
paid for the dogs is not known, but.
assuming it was $20 each, Higgins and
Flynn did a rattling business.
Unity Alliance.
Unity Alliance No. 14. S. P. A. of A.,
has elected the following officers for the
current year: P. D. Mullaney, P.; W. 11.
Donovan, Sr. V. P.; Daniel L. Callaghan
Jr. V. P.; E. P. Hunt. S.; M. J. Con
nelly. F. ?.: An'lrpw Meehan, C. S_; John
J. Donepan. T.; Thomas Watson, con
ductor; William O'tjinnnr, S. at A.; J. J.
Egan, O. G.; John Hennessy, William
Mul.vln, J. J. Connelly, trustees; John
Burns, F. P. Hunt, J. J. Ponegan. M. J.
Connelly and W. 11. Donovan, delegates
to State council.
Division No. 2, (\. O. H-
Division No. 2 of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians has adopted a resolution to be pre
sented for ratification by all Celtic organiza
tions It opposes the promulKatlon of a treaty
of arbitration between the United States and
Kngland.
NEWS OF THE MINES.
New Railroads for Mines
and New Mines for
Railroads.
Boom In Southern Califor
nia—Two Tales of Great
Placer Finds.
It looks as though the Mother Lode is
to be reached before a great while by
another railroad line which will give a
large mining region that new impetus
•which transportation facilities, bringing
cheapness and convenience to every
phase of mining life and operation, can
give in a greater degree than anything
else. The Stockton and Tuolumne Rail
road Company, though composed mainly
of women and so far managed by an
able and active woman, seems to have
good prospects of getting a real railroad
running from tidewater to Summersvllle
on the East belt in Tuolumne County.
A committee of twelve citisens has
been organized to Becure subscrip
tions to stock in the county and
Mrs. Annie Hikert of Jamestown, the
hustling organizer and president of the
company, declares that capital for the
enterprise is waitinß m Stockton, San
Francisco and elsewhere. Whether this
road is built or Dot a number of branch
railroads will thread various parts of
the mining region of the Btate in
the near future and every one will
bring a transformation in the way
of quickened development, Increas
ed population and increase of mining
prosperity and production.
The Stockton and Tuolumne road, if
built, will go through Copperopolla and
will likely tiring about, a resumption of
copper mining in that rich copper re
gion. When the leading copper mine
there closed down it cost $3 to haul the
matte to the railroad at Milton and $2 to
get it to Stockton. <'oke cost as much to
get in. A rate on matte of $1 from «'o[>
peropolis to tidewater might !><• expect
ed to result from the building of this
road. The line would cross the mother
lode near the Rawhide, Tarantula ami
other large mines and reach a group
of rich mines on the Bast Kelt. Sonora
would be. reached and i),<- cost of trans
portation and production would be de
creased over a large mineral area in the
county. With this and the Sierra rail
road reaching It, Tuolumne would make
large strides.
TWO TALES OF RJCII PLATER
STRIKES IN CALIFORNIA.
The week has afforded two Interesting
tales of "strikes" by placer miners In
California worth noting amid the Klon
dike craze. Although quarts mining is
the field in which the great future fl<
velopment of California gold mining will
be reached, and while rich finds I:: quartz
lodes are of almost daily occuri
throughout the State, the placer deposits
will yield hundreds of millions in the fu
ture, and new developments are constant
reminders that cv tn placer mining is not
"played out" in California- ' >ne ,»f these
finds is a "drift" deposit up north in N« -
vada County, and the other is .t placer
•worked by a dry washer away down on
the desert in San Bernardino County.
The finding of another tl' 'i pectJon of
puried ancient river 'b.T.-ei is thus de
scribed by the Nevada Daily Transcript:
"A remarkably rich lead of blue gravel
has been found on Clifford B. Calkins'
eighty-acre Tract of patented ground at
the foot of Belby Plat, a mile w.-st of
north of town. The dirt pays from ten
to fifty cents a pan, and the gold is very
coarse.
"The strike was made on New Tear's
day. Young Mr. Calkins and his father
HALE BROS.
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j -W ®i 8 3 Swifter selling as the sale goes on. Hundreds of items ~/y v^ , 3
S 1 „,»■_ S^ r^r* 6Jt3Bfi3 crowded out. We've taken a few to give a hint. 'Tis hard to f^^^^^W^^^^j/f/Ifw^^^^i 2
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: •£= A budget of bargains to tickle the purse of economy-seekers. Every one a money- Clearance isn't for that. . _ If Mll^V^llllKH^fci ! i''ij^H^_ iM =^
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I«. \i- w-,,1 nunlitv Turkey, O c c-i so gl@|| Chil- iS«^ 12; c Gents* pound SAirts, very „ DRESS GOODS. I
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S= Snmask ...-v an ; uu the or- ZUC — — |p_J«- In the lot I Pair H o.c SdSiSSS'*^ »- ■<- . ilirt , &%?£s&s£ 49C No wonder Clearance Sale draws crowds and great stocks dwindle to notMn__e M =3
•_ _dinar> bargain , 1 Kale's Great $3 Portieres, — ' _•_ - --— i get a Tsc garment for Each No wonder we're busy! 'Tis saving time. 'Tis clearing time. The time of speedy _2
~Z .. rlWeOtai We nnl «5.00 S^tc Som! Ho^ur^ular'^ gl»h neck.- long. ' selling prices and special bargain snaps. _^
£- Towellnft i<°* zooavzltlV™ full IA/- Tapestry 3 H yards by 50 inches. 5 *4-<>'> - Q . German in-.,-rtation. o'nTf; nS T ,\T ~
E DTshee oTfwekr^w^etfw,^! lOC jPorticres to from: the h 4__ H«™«orf . Lnd.cS' -Borne of our best style 3 You can buy any of our 3
Uisnes j m the linen department.. Yard I lot to be closed a LssJtf be, dee,. lv^ rnn Vcklb quality,- crochet neck lyt *>* A and qualities of 75c and SI »>O $1 50 Fancy Pierola Suit- =S
£ Cambric Fine Soft Cambric-an Improvement on bed luxury-softer than nu.U, 8c | Ho~ Igf Q sc »nd |£ T, 1 4dC SU^ j^^^^JgSOC |^ Sstt-e^y^s a^..^ $ 00 3
£ plw 45x36 inches, eaelly worth ay. > Special to Introduce 1 ^. e ;..f. i f. c . 3 .. a ... t . ~ PaTr — Pur c wooTm odd'lSt & ° m£ items; to be closed out.. | Yard Su.tinfcs (This^la an elegant ♦l^ -^
Cases I . — — — -— - of Saxony i i a— . —^
:SI : ,r',, a<^ ie . s ' Sea l'2 l< ' S3 i Ladies' Vests and Pants the i Extra Heavy ' Fancy Rep Your choice of our $1 and 13
A BOOM IN BLANKETS. hSf SSB! S^#^S BrSf"]:H 7 . c & sp«;:s 1
•^ /A UV/V-TiTl 11> IL^ »-a A 1 » m. a-». ■ -v_^« Hoss , a W earable lO' f welip pants are pink. ! (\Ck r Silks j this season. all good col- iOC Suitings (EVery yard new this COC ~T*
Manufacturers' Seconds. Slightly damaged, but just as warm and long-lived. We | gggSj^;;.?. \ 4& a e r gK c^ej °llSh '° rS: tO do- Yura ? EeaS ° n) Yard =3!
I snapped up thlslot in a jiffy-paid spot cash. KeMl share our bargain with you. See window z^r^ THE WAY WE CLEAR IN MILLINERY GOODS. I Broken lots of our $1 25 k. r^iwh 1 Mohair* SumnLl 0 i
£ REG^' 4 r TE = tß^t B^ R l^SS^: THE WAY WE CLEAR IN MILLINERY GOODS. F ancy \£%Bk»M%£ &M Fffi&i? LfT **^ 3
£ SSSSSS^S^J?^ A veritaHe storm of .uick-sale pricelets.' Every reduction guaranteed. JS^pSfS $j^ Mo™* S£^t^"are 55C
the finest fleece, to boom tne blanket -*- si lKhtly defective, to close Pair JETTED FEATHER AIG- ] FEATHER WINGS. FEATHER lany of the three 10ta.... Yard ' H^Z — •
; ?*— fale RETTEP. FEATHER WINGS AIGRETTES AND- FANCY ~ 1| Anything you like in our "*g
; t£Z AND COQUE FEATHERS A GILT AND JEWELED AIG- ! Here's a hummer! Rep- 1 75, "Oc Fancy Wool Curls, 38 —«
s»>- miscellaneous assortment. Pt/-» RETTES— Worth «0c and 50c Of?/-> 51. 75 and'u'ar $1 To and $2 Fancy! wml inches wide, for "IS
5^ T t,t .v wort! 15c and Me each. On Ot The. entire lot to go with^-OC $2.00 Silks, in all the latest q>l-25 ,-,„.' <V»*e have stated reduc- :ptr|f» -^
,bw_ REGULAR $5 WHITE WOOL BLAN- These blankets are "seconds." In the best the tables at Each clearance Each Silica patterns; swept into! "Pi Curls tlons as they are. We OVfV -^
g- KETS— T6xS6 Inches, pure wool, an factories all blankets produced are Inspected clearance sale at I Yard l I I ask you to investigate.) Yard r^S
\ZZ elegant blanket for J5; on account «0.65 gj expert. The slightest defect bars a SMALL JET CROWNS-Here's (-<, -^
;♦— of slight defects 2S pairs will be '«*— blanket from the first class. THESE ARE JETTED AIGRETTEP-A mixed IQI r a snap, reduced from 3oc, 15c OC r^[
' JTI closed' out at * alr DEFECTIVE— & re "seconds." lot of 25c and S.'.c lines to Dt " ™'V and 50 each to Each T»T TUT pi|r>\/ m~p A ' r W A AT\ — •
S^: rushed out by clearance at... Each (Come early for these.) | fl£^ IS LJ V 13 /\ £*. J\ rV IV • -^
B r^ts-I!x j 4 Sl^cTu^me^sufe: extra large - blankets- ' Clearance in the Cloak Department thin g S c num ance flash of nimble clearin2 Tsricelets< The kind that sell Bndfflak * 3
E SflErtblE^ b^nd^an^ele 6 : . 4 . 2 5 St 0^! $«»» "for ofher^cioa^wln "t??^?' ■«'*■*•*••«•' 24 Sheet, of Writing Paper, m*. to match .....4o box
»= gant $S blanket; slightly defective; to *"+ ket. heavy silk ribbon bound, white. *O — We must have room, tor other ctoaki, will PC in soon. 24 Sheets of Crane . Famous Dislan! Linen Paper for 12cwpackasa =S
•»— close ■ Pair slightly imperfect; to dose lair ._ -- — -_— . ——^^ 25 Heavy C ream Envelopes, for clearance 5c package =—
S= - " . Dt . i Thibet fur around Black or Navy] ; Good Playing Cards with Convex Corners, for clearance To pack -^
■ sg- |* IC n j collar ami down A Walking Jack"ts. Genuine Imperial Shoe Dressing, for ladies 9c bottle ZZ^
■»— Plush j f ront> elegantly cm l •JjT'' 50 l\eat hl^' n collar. Vi silk Fine Medicated Toilet Paper, in big packages 3 l-3o package 312
fc: OCFANS OF NOTIONS. tu|)ts isSKqiSsfiScSj ''V . Jacket '•' IK-°° The Celebrated Wool Soap for sale at Hales • • 4o cake — *
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i s,x The Mites of Prices on these ood are mere for alities. ?= - §^P -««- SSI " Th Way We Clear Out Embroideries. 3
SIX THOUSAND SPOOLS OF | r^ii«T " hu : ' Brnided braid on front, back * US
mtz BASTING COTTON— Good, strong CHILDREN'S HANDKERCHIEFS— C% r> 7. ° „« Jdeal rape for every- *ff»-OO Beaver ami sleeves, blue or! I A merry selling to clear the stocks.
«»»— basting cotton, regularly sold for CZ r Pretty colored and hemmed borders, -<£W v»ip<. B day winter wear. * V v. Jackets black, as neat anri j i*T.SO _„.„ r>A«n»>Tr< rvppnmn>v /- ,.,„,.,,„ rnrp PVTO A mFPV^iu. -S
*— 20c dozen, to rush the clearance we OW 2SO dozen, to go at Each Clearing price Each " a -« c «-» perfect as a jacket v < FINE CAMBRIC EMBROIDERY— CT^, IIUIII EDGE EMBROIDERY— B^i 1^
•£= will sell a dozen spools for Dozen ■ i i can be :..:.! Each Guipure edge. 2to 3 inches wide; *Jy to 6 inches wide; 30 pretty patterns -^j
i X — ! — this is an extra quality. To close.. Yard 1 make choosing easy; these are typ- \A r> ~*^?
•- lollies' Black Fig- Two-toned Bouclej _ . leal clearance sale bargains. To iTrv I^s
g"~ . nred M hair Skirts, Capes with Thibet We call particular attention to the quality. close Yard -*»
\ y~* ,V .. . _ , . IV^h^;^ i rich i lined tl and Ladies* fur around collar and GUIPURE EDGE EMBROIDERY— 2 hi 13
, «»— v . , - Mh • -ly lined aril Boucle <lown frnnt. I i GI'IPI'RE EDGE KMBROIDERT— 24 IS
**"- nK>--^ \ - V Sir"- \ "l__- fl > i '*'^' L "'"HrH r 00m^^^' 1* —<\ c, . " i bound with velvet, a <^l-5O Canea sateen lined, a styl- | tCT.OO to 4 Inches wide, an elegant pattern Or* -«*
s^ t7V^\^" X,^>v l :: -'3n^!£i!_Jr3'^-'Z"'^re^ 'N_>r<.^<^^ Skirts W ell-made. well-fit- '♦ "T" »!«=» |sh little carment. i«TO assortment of the 12Vsc kind. To t/C , We call your careful attention to the values "2
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2Z /^^^^^/^^^^^V^^ A /^ &'~\'~/* l^Jl T^IL Til -C Cl« * In our ore is increased this week. We have arranged with, one of
V *t<rt \\_ S\_^\*'\&r'W V \\r I IIG I |63,51ir6 Ol OllODDlflB[ the most prominent manufacturers of food articles to make a display
•El » « ss> ; " :~".?' ffßl*" ' rr O of food products in our store and serve an attractive luncheon free
£ 937-939-941-943-945 Market Street. to our lady patrons. You can rest and refresh yourself, if fatigued, without leaving the store. 3
and brother had been working the claim
steadily since August 14. They had run
216 feet of main tunnel and had upraised
;<.!.<l drifted In various directions for
ral hundred feet more, searching for the
blue lead supposed to ll< ement
Hill, but which has heretofore never been
found in that part of the country.
"After a conference <>n the last day of
the year they decided to work ;i few
days longer. Next morning an impulse
s. :z«.-<! one of them to X" Into an uj
ten feet above the tunnel and drift west
erly. He had guni; but four feet when
he struck a rim carrying a thin layer of
genuine blue gravel and pitching to the
west. Since then t!.> rim-rock of the
new-found lead lia.s been broken through
at various points for a distance of forty
feet and found to be uniform and regu
lar. Every foot of it pr< spects splendid
' ly, 10 cents to the pan being the poorest
so far. it extends almost parallel
with and several feet above th<' tunnel,
and the owners are satisfied that they
have half a mile on the channel.
'■Arrangements ■will now be made for
the thorough and systematic working of i
the claim. The eider (>'"■■ has been a
gravel miner In that locality sino
and he regards the find as o
best ever made on or above Belby Flat.
: which was a veritable Golconda to the
pioneer placer miners. A number of oth
er old-time gravel miners have visi t*••!t *••!
the claim in the last few days, and they
say they have (seen nothing so good for
tlirty years or more.
"Pot many years past the search for
this deposit has been carried on by pros
pector after prospector, and without
avail till now. Tens of thousands of
dollars have been spent In sinking and
!in running tunmls and cuts. One shaft
was sunk a great distance into the ridge
some three decades ago -- 1 • i<li < l struck a
I bo'ilder twenty or mnro feet across the
top. Here the shaft sinkers quit In dis
trust. Had they put an Incline down past
the boulder a few feet they would have
found what they wanted, for the boulder
lies just over the .channel, as the last
f< w days have proven to the present
; owners. Such is thf» irony of the gold
| hunter's fate very often."
The San I-iernardlno Times-Index
i matches some of th< [ the Klon
dike thus:
"I-ouls Curtis, Dick Donahue and W.
i R. Radenburger an- three partners doing
j business in the Virginia Dale District,
and last evening the first two named
came in with $370f> in gold dust and nug
gets as the result of less than two
months' work. And yet people will rush
to Alaska and endure all kinds of hard
ships jn the search for gold in the Icy
north when untold wealth is to be had at
our very doors. The claims from which
the gold was taken have only b^en lo
cated a little over six weeks, and ar»
called the "Rough and Ready' find
'Klondike. 1 They are situated in the
Virginia Dale District, and are placer
i claims, being worked with dry washers.
The largest nugget taken out Is worth
$JK *4, and many others of smaller sizes
were found. Ofttlmes the miners took
I out $972 per week while only two of them
: were working."
THE MOST RELIABLE BBTOCATS OF
ALASKA'S G< >L,D V\i> fDTJCT.
The Alaska Mining Record gives the
; following estimate Of the Alaskan gold
; product of 1897, including the American
: portion of the Yukon Valley:
'"'Die output of the mines of Alaska
is extremely difficult of estimation. The
vastness of the mining territory, the mi
! gratory characteristic of its population
and the entire absence of reports and
statistics from a great part of the small
er camps render it a difficult matter to
arrive at a statement approximately cor
rect except by .artful study and watch
ful attention • detail. Tl i
lowing estimate is believed to !
nearly correct as possible, and still rep-
I ts. fully, yet conservatively, the
production of gold in Alaska during the
past season:
"Xowell Gold Mining Company, 50
stamps, 1275,000; Berners Ray Mining and
Milling Company, 40 Stamps, $200 000;
THE SAX FRAXCISCO CALT>, SUNDAY, JAXTTAKT 16, 1898.
HALE BROS.
Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company, '
24-i stamps, and Alaska Mexican Gold
Mining Company, 120 stamps, $1.4"
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company.
TS, stamps, $120,000; the Jualin Mining
Company, l r > stamps, $7f>. i ' | o'i; Ebner Gold
Mining Company, ]" stamps, $65,000;
Alaska "Willoughby Gold Mining Com
pany, 10 stamps, not in opera;
Mine. Norton Sound. 10 stamps, $.''.0,000;
Raid Eagle Mining Company, 4 stamps.
$250,000; Alaska. Commercial Comyany, 46
stamps, $600,000; Portland Alaska Gold
Mining Company, If> stamps. $20,000; Au
rora Borealis Gold Mining Company,
E stamps. Just started; the Sum
Hum Chief (Jold Mining Company, 5
stamps, just started; total output of
quartz mines. $3,035,000; Lituya Bay pla
cer mines. 120,000; Cook Inlet placer
mines. $260,000; Birch Creek district, Vn
kon mines, $800,000; other Yukon dis
tricts, $700,000; from various districts
throughout the territory, not named in
the above. $S0,000; total output. $4,865,000.
"This Is but a slight Increase over the
output of last year. "While the quartz
production Is considerably greater than
that of 189S, It will be noticed that th.>
placer output, which was greatest in
Rirch Creek district lnst year, is consid
erably smaller owing to the abandon
ment of that district by many who
Joined the Klondike rush."
N'< iTEP.
During the week the ditches of the
South Yi;ba Canal Company in Nevada
f'ounty froze near th< I j»dwatera and
the Champion and Providence mines
■ treed t i close down temporarily.
Yuba County is arranging a mining
fair exhibit, which will occupy a Bpace
V.i by 20 feet.
Two Napa girls, Misses Josephine and
Ion! Rider, have bought the Yellow | :■,*.-•
of Texas mine for $2500, and will develop
the property.
Thp following correspondence of the El
Dorado Republican from East Diamond
Springs, El Dorado County, Is typical of
.'.ange that has come over a large
proportion of the small mining towns of
the State: "Rip Van Winklf.who camped
In this neighborhood twenty years ago
and put the whole community as well as
himself to sleep, has awakened. Ra
il from this long slumber, with re
newed vigor and energy our people are
going to see if the dreams and visions
which visited them during that long rest
cannot be realized. Half a dozen mines
or more are In full blast, some already
milling their ore; others sinking, drifting
or excavating, and the whole system of
ledges from Webber Creek to th" Cosum
!!• s is undergoing a thorough prospect
ing."
An old channel of the Sacramento
River near Reading, 70 feet higher than
the present channel, is being sii<
fully worked at several points, mainly by
drifting. From one claim on this old
channel $16.0p0 was taken In two years.
The old channel crosses the present one
several times, and can be traced as far
■ ello.
• Keswick, Shasta ■ County, the ' town
about the Mountain Copper Company's
smelter, will in a few days have a new
electric light plant ready for operation.
I Fifteen saloons help attest the prosperity
of this camp.
The excitement following wild news
paper reports ,of riches on the Yaqui
River, Mexico, has petered out and dis
gusted rushers are still returning. One
of the latest notes of them is the follow
ing In the Tombstone Prospector: "A
party of men arrived at Nogales the other
day. They had traversed almost the en
tire length of the Taqui River in search
of placer ground, and although they
struck color everywhere, they found no
placor gold in paying quantities.* Thus
warnings should be constantly sent out
which should not be lost to those who
have the Yaqui gold fever."
It is stated that 215 cars of or** a day
are being shipped from Butte by the Ana
conda Mining Company to Its smelter at
Anaconda. This means about 8000 tons
every twenty-four hours. ' . /
The annual special mining edition of
the Alaska Mining Record, published at
Juneau, comes to hand , with an unusual
degree of excellence and interest. An ex
tensive review of the vast and undevel
oped quartz deposits of Southern Alaska
is followed by descriptions of the large
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quartz min< I now helns successfully oper
ator! and : • half-tone Illustrations are
ttered throughout the pa^es. The
rir)K s of ;■■ Yukon River basin >>n the
American described nt consider
able length, aa la the town of Juneau, the
Alaskan metropolis. A larire and accur
ate map of .-ka is one of the features
of the edition.
How Southern Callforolan Mines Are
Coming to the Front.
The mining districts of Southern Cali
fornia will probably show an Increase
of gold production of not far from $1,000.
000. as compared with iso<'>. During the
year a groat amount of development has
gone on, and many new mines will be
producing this year. There is now more
prospecting going on all over the deserts
and in Ban Diego County than has ever
been known. More capital Is seeking in
vestment than ever before. Bales of de
veloped mines and of promising claims
are reported almost daily. Many of the
investors are Eastern men, but there, as
elsewhere throughout the State, Califor
nians are eagerly looking about them for
gold properties. A number of mills and j
cyanide plants have been erected or ar
ranged for during the past few months.
It is estimated that there is $14,000,000
Invested in the gold mines south of Teha
chapi, with I stamps dropping and
about mi employed. The number of
mines located is about 3SOO, and perhaps
2500 are being actively worked or devel- >
oped. Yet as truly as of any other part
of the State can II be said that tho de
velopment of, the gold, resources has
hardly begun. During the year hundreds
of valuable finds have been made, and
in scores of claims on which develop
ment has proceeded "strikes" have been
made. The greatest activity has been
seen in the Randsburg district, which
will now enjoy a second growth with the
completion of Its railroad; but the Vir
ginia Dale, Perris. Pannlmint and other
districts scattered over the great arid
gold-producing territory are likewise see
ing the beginnings of greatness.
Southern California has as much to
gain from the coming Mining Fair at San
Francisco as any other part of .the State,
yet there has been no extensive and or
ganized movement to show to the many
thousand! who will attend the exposi
tion the opportunities which Southern
California offers to gold seekers, the pos
sibilities of Us great hidden wealth, Its
peculiar attractions to prospectors, and
the chances for investment there. South
ern California knows how to advertise
and has well learned the value of it. and
now comes a chance to advertise its min
eral resources and fruits. The southern
counties should match the mother lode
region with the magnificence, pictur
esquenest and allurements of its display
at the Mechanics" Pavilion.
A weekly record of all the mining prog
ress In the counties of Ban Diego, San
Bernardino. Riverside and Kern would
require a large amount of space. During
the past week the arrival from Chicago
of C. W. L<Jller and S. C. Good of the
Monroe Mining and Milling Company has
brought to prominent notice the proper
ties in the Virginia Dale district, which
this company has bought and propose to
develop on a large scale. There are four
claims yet undeveloped, but showing a
wide ledge giving high assays and the
promise of a bonanza. Tile company also
has two properties in the Chuckawalla
Mountains, in which shafts of about 50
feet show a line ledge of ore about six
feet wide. The company promises to be
gin extensive development at once.
The development of tin- desert gold.re
sources is of course hampered by lack of
water, of milling facilities, transporta
j tion, etc., but these aids, along with elec-
I trie power and special processes adapted
I to the ores and the mining conditions,
will rapidly Increase from now on. A few
days ago a tew custom mill was started
at Johannesburg, and now the San Ber
nardino Times-Index reports that a 40
stamp custom stamp miii and a cyanide
: plant will be erected at once at Bars tow,
i giving prospectors and claim owners with
small capital a chance to work their
properties.
The Lone Star Mining Company, with
a capital of $1,000,000, was organized at
Ontario last week to work the Lone Star
■ and Yankee Doodle mines.
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WHIST
The fourth annual meeting of the Pacific
Const Whist Association has pone Into history.
The news columns of The Call have Riven a
very pood account of what has transpired.
The president of the association received a
great many congratulatory letters from the
great masters of the Kamt% which no doubt will
be read with great interest by the whist-lov
lng public. The first Is from Miss Kate
Wheelock, known throughout the world as the
Whist Queen. It is as follows:
BOSTON, Jan. 7 IS9S.
P. J. Tormey, President P. C. W. A.— Dear
Mr. Tormey: Your Invitation to be present
to your fourth annual meeting of the Pacific
Coast Whist Association, to he held In your
city January 14 and 15, 1898, Just received, and
again 1 felt the same regret as in past ses
sions and for the same reason— the distance
alone Is the reason.
Hut I do send you all my best wishes for a
successful feathering. And certainly Bin you
wrre the first to conceive the Idea of having
association!*, and Since many in the East have
followed out your idea with great success,
you ought to feel proud of the fact that it
started from the Pacific Coast and in your
pity. May the best whist win In the. wish of
your sincere friend, KATE WHEELOCK.
WMISTERS FROM OREGON.
The Portland Club of Portland. Or., was
represented at the whist convention by the
president of the North Pacific Whint Asso
ciation, 1.. Therkleson, which club was ad
mitted as a member of the Pacific Coast
Whist Association. Mr. Therkleson was ac
companied by Judge 1,. T. Barm, E. C. John
son and Mr. Sweeny, the team who visited
San Francisco in August last and carried oft
the Payot trophy. .
DOES IT CONSTITUTE A REVOKE?
A very unusual and Interesting question hns
be^n submitted for our opinion. It arose the
other evefilßC in a match game In the rooms
of The Trist Doplicate wTUsi Club:
East dealt nnd turn»-.l qoeen Of spades; Booth
Icails a tmall diamoad, which is won by East.
.•a'is to of spades (trumps) and holds
the trick, then switches to ■ dub, which is
won by North, an,l North Immediately comes
through Bast with » spade ttrump); Bast
.i diamond; South plaj West.
att-r hesitating ■ little, in s surprised way
asks. 'Wli.it are trumps?" Asking the ques
to m fee nml correct his fr
ror; North and Bouth rlalm a revoke, fful
claims, under law 88, that he has the right
to :i-k. "What the trump suit Is" at v;
during the pla> of s deal.
«'ll; OPINION.
If we were a reJStee or umpire in a mntrh
and this question came up just ns It did In
W, ws w'uM allow ii revoke, as we In
terpret the law povernins: revokes.
l^iv. 2S— The second paragraph reads: "A
renounce in error may be corrected by the
player making it before the trick In "which it
occurs has teen turned and quitted, unless
either he or his partner, whether in his right
turn or otherwise, has led or played to the
following trick, unless his partner has asked
whether or not he has any of the suit re
ll' uncr>d."
Questions asked at a whist table by a player,
undor the strict letter of the unwritten law,
should be addressed to the partner, and are
answerable only by him. This being the case,
the t|U»-stlon asked was to all Intents and pur
poses asking the partner. "Whether or not he
had any of the suit renounced?" -Under the
laws of duplicate whist, as adopted- by the
last Congress, a player has the right to pre
vent his partner from committing any irreg
ularity . except this one thing, "Renouncing
in error."
t, asking this question at this partlcu
- ins partner, the dealer, that
th" trump suit, and the turneii
..■ knew was still i: n|>la> t-<t. an.l 1
saj estab ,-oke. The words
•king tliis questloa do not fit the
the law governing such oases, ex
l'iit tho spirit * •
THE PAYOT TROPriY IN OREGON.
The Fayot trophy 1b soinf? the rounds in Ore
gon. When tho crack team of the Trist Club,
composed of Q. M. Steams, Lieutenant Le
selne, Richard Nixon and S. P. Heuston, won
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so easily from the Portland "Whist Club It was
generally supposed they would hang on to It
for some time. But Judge L. T. Barm. captain
of a mixed team from the Oregon Roail Club,
composed of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Hughes,
Miss Sallie Beck and himself, Bent in a chal
lenge and New Year's eve was selected for the
contest. The match consisted of forty-eight
deals and resulted in a victory for Judge
Harln's team by a gain of six tricks. The
Indies are members of the Kate Wheelock
Club of Portland and it Is not to be wondered
.it that they could play equal with the men.
THE PLAY CALLED Th|E "fIL-
BANY LEAD."
Mr. John T. Mitchell, the author of two of
the greatest works on duplicate whist that
have ever been published, is the whist editor
of the Times-Herald of Chicago. "When John
cracks a nut one is sure to get some good meat
out of it.
Under the heading of "The Albany T^ad"
he says: "The play first described, which la
at present used as a call through the honor,
was formerly used to show a holding of three
card suits, and has been variously known as
the Milwaukee lead, the Albany lead, the Syra
cuse lead, the Pottsvtlle lead, etc. Whenever
it struck 'a new place it was usually considered
that it originated there, and was so christened.
The number of places whose name it bears is
the best proof of the extent of Its inroads
among the whist players, and yet while it re
tains its popularity for some little time In each
of its birthplaces. It soon proves so disastrous
to those who have adopted it that they are glad
to let it go quietly and without public cere
mony, and when it is born again in another
community the whist players of the previous
birthplace have no heart to dispute Its pa
ternity. The above is only another way of pay-
Ing that the play cannot be recommended.
Ptill. the hardest duty gi regulation whist
player has to perform Is to lead from four
trumps when the remainder of his hand con
sistsof three three-card suits. The only Other way
out of the difficulty is to lead the bottom of
one of the three-card suits, provided It is
headed by the ace. king or queen, with prefer
ence In the order named, and If you have not
anything as good as that, abide by the rule
and blame the game If It loses."
TABLES FOR CLUB PAIRS.
Whist Editor C«ll: For the purpose of fUHner
certain traps in duplicate play T have recently
soni^ calculations which It till to be Of
ruffielent general Importance to justify dis
pemi nation.
The scheme for progressive duplicate for
pairs suggested by Professor "SVhitfield and
published by Mr. Mitchell in his late work at
pases 67 and 6S only goes as far as ten tables.
This I* inadequate for large clubs, and I have
extended it to Include sixteen tables, involving
the play of thirty-one trays, as many as can
conveniently be played in one evening.
The players move In the same order. I. c..
the highest player plays against the lowest,
the next highest against the next lowest, etc.,
the first round, and on the subsequent rounds
each pair takes the place of the next lower.
No. 1 remaining stationary alt evening. ■ In
the original assignment of pair numbers the
north and south pair* are the same number
as the tables at which they sit; the east and
west pairs are the difference between that
number and the one greater than the number
of pairs in play, it will be observed that the
north and south pairs move to,ward the first
table, and the east, and west pairs move
away from the first table.
The essential difference between this sys
tem andllowell's system Is that here the play
ers move regularly and the trays do not. while
in his plan the trays move regularly and the
players do not.
The extensions will be sent to all clubs de
siring same free. H..H. HOTAL.ING.
MIDWINTER MEETING OF THE
A. W. L.
Oor whist editor Will leave Tuesday next for
Buffalo, N". V.. whsrs the midwinter meeting
Whist League takes place.
It will be held at the Hotel [roquois. The
only contest of note that will take place at
this meetiner will be for the A. W. L. chal
lenge trophy. The business of this meeting is
to adopt a programme of play for the comlnK
whist congress to be held in Boston In July
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next. We will be absent about a month and If
any iittle thing happens in our whist depart
ment charge it up to the editor's whist en
thusiasm.
WhjIST TALLY CARDS.
The card or whist committee in the Trlst
Duplicate Whist club say that the latest In
novations in whist circles are beautifully
bound booklets for whist engagements, with
a place to record the score, date played, etc.,
and whist tally cards, elegantly gotten up In
the form or a small book, the outside cover
prettily and appropriately hand painted, with a
ling folding leaf inside to record the score of
the game from one to thirty deals.
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