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RICH MINES AT HORNITOS
Operators and Prospectors Grow
ing More Hopeful of the
Future.
SURE EVIDENCES OF WEALTH.
The Washington, the Number Group
and the Pool Coming to the
Front.
HORNITOS, Cal., Dec. 7.— Miners here
are more hopeful and cheerful at present
than for many years past. There are three
apparent causes for this improvement:
the renewed interest in gold mining, as
shown by the somewhat feverish ex
citement in stock speculation on the min
ing exchanges of Colorado; the proposed
iit'velopment of electric power at Merced
Falls and elsewhere on Meiced River, and
the attention that The Call is giving to
mining matt' rs at the present time.
5i iners, and especially prospectors, for the
most part lead a somewhat isolated life
and mining news of their own district or
State is interesting reading in many a re
mote cabin. They are learning that the
mining industry is not dead, but is again
coining to the front with a rush that justi
fies the opinion of all old-time practical
miners that California is the richest and
■ worked gold field in the world. All
assessment work in this district will be
iis year and no claims will go by
:. The country around Hornitos is
a ; erftct network of auriferous veins, and
z eroppings are found in every direc
l'ew mines are down to any consid
erable depth. In those that have gone
■ : i;> experience teaches that the ore
improves in richness.
The Washington mine has gone deeper
than any other hereabouts. It is situated
about two and a half miles from Hornitos
on the Bear Valley road. The Washing
ton consists of three fuil claims, the Wash
ington, Franklin and Jenny Lind. No
work, has been done on the property since
w hen the company that owned it
ceased operations owing to mismanage
ment, lack of proper appliances and the
excessively high cost of fuel. The princi
pal shareholders in the Washington com
pany were J. P. Dwyer, George E. Webber,
Nathaniel Page and Mose L. Rodgers. The
old workings are now inaccessible. There
were two hoisting shafts, one to a depth
of 1500 feet and the other was down 1000
feet. There is still an excellent lode in the
bottom of the mine. There was formerly
a 30-starnp mill and complete chiorina
tion works on the property, but now no
machinery or buildings of any kind longer
exist. In some prospect pits sunk about
fifteen feet, the lode appears regular and
well defined, possessing excellent walls
from four to six feet wide, having a strike
northeast and southwest, and dips to the
west at an angle of 75 degrees. Samples
taken from the outcroppings at these
points assay $•_' 50 per ton. It is estimated
that fully $250,000 was lost in the mill
leavings. Fair samples from the tailings
give an assay result of about $4 50 per ton.
There are several gold-bearing ledges on
thf; Washington, which has surrounding it
480 acres, of patented laud, but scarcely
any wo r i has been done on them.
The N ""nber Nine mine is situated about
one anfc a half miles southeast of the
AYashington and consists of 160 acres of
land on which the following loden out
crop: Number Nine, Julia, Number Eight
and Blue Ledge, Operations have been
chiefly confined to the Number Nine ledge.
This claim is 2400 feet long, and two shafts
have been sunk ; about 850 feet apart, to a
depth of 210 feet and 440 feet respectively,
from which drifts have been extended to a
distance not exceeding 200 feet. There is
consequently nearly 500 feet of virgin
ground between these two drifts. In the
bottom of the shaft of Number Nine,
which is 210 feet deep and equipped with
an efficient hoist and pump, the lode
Las a strong, masterly appearance, and
the necessary characteristics
: permanence. At the bottom of
tiie mine the lode has attained to a
very great width ; neither a hanging
nor a foot wall has been intersected not
withstanding the fact that crosscuts have
been extended about forty feet across the
ledge. Samples taken from various points
in the 150-foot and 200-foot levels gave the
following results: $6 53 per ton, $5 27 per
ton, $4 19 per ton, $4 40 per ton. There is
an enormous body of this description of
ore that could be very cheaply and profit
ably worked. The No. 9 lode, like the
Washington, has a strike norLheast and
southwest, but dips to the east at an angle
varying from 2-> to 30 degrees. At the sur
face operations have been conducted in
a very desultory fashion. Innumerable
holes have been sunk by tribute workings
and leases, out of which, to judge
by the waste dumps, some very
rich gold has been mined. The
books of the company which formerly
owned the No. 9 show that from August,
] --1 , to June, 1884, bullion was sold to the
value of $150,000. On the Julia, No. 8
ledge, and Blue Ledge little work has been
done beyond exposing the outcrop in
places. The No. 9 has a millsiteof 217
acres, patented land, and a water right
from El Dorado Creek with 10,000 feet of
five-inch pipe conveying water for battery
purposes. There is a 30-stamp mill with
ore feeders, Blake rock-breaker, 75-horse
power engine, 12-horsepower engine, two
eteam pumps, buildings, office, storeroom
and residence.
The Pool Mine adjoins the Number 9,
and consists of 160 acres of patented land.
A great number of gold-bearing ledges ex
ist on this property, on which no system
atic mining has ever been done. The
creek that runs through the Pool tract has
been very extensively placered, and a great
many holes have been sunk in various
places. In fact the surface has been "hen
scratched" and ''coyoted" iv a manner
almost ludicrous. The main reefs on the
Pool lands follow the same strike as the
Wa-hington and Number 9, but there are
several cross lodes which form a network
of intersections.
Quartz Mountain is about two miles dis
tant from riornitos and one and a half
miles from No. 9 mine, and consists of one
full claim. It has a most imposing and
massive outcrop. In the crosscuts ex
tended from the tunnel level it appears to
be a succession or series of parallel lodes,
iuterstratified with metamorphosed slate.
At the bottom of the shaft it runs to con
centrate, into one regular, well-defined
lode. The ore in t!:e lower level is rather
heavily sulphureted. Samples from the
tunnel-level crosscut give an average assay
of Si') 50 per ton, while fair samples from
the waste damp at the moutbof the tunnel
assay about $5 50 per ton. The mill tailings,
of which there is a large quantity, assay
about the same figure. A sample from a
heap of concentrates outside the mill as
tayed $75 40 per ton, but the value was
greatly reduced owing to the proportion of
sand present. At Quartz Mountain mine
there are one 35-horsepower engine, an air
compressor capable of running tnree drills
two 25-horsepower engines, two steam
pumps, a 10-stamp mill with ore feeders
and concentrators, and office and other
buildings. The Quartz Mountain mine
and machinery could be put in running
order at a few days' notice.
The prolonged inactivity of the Wash
ington, No. 9, Pool and Quartz Mountain,
admitted to be among the most valuable
mines of Mariposa County, has bad a de
pressing effect on the Hornitos district.
Tne reason of the tie-up is simple. Mose
L. Rodgers, one of the pioneers of deep
quartz mining and a most respected citi
zen of Mariposa, carried away by his inti
mate personal knowledge of the value of
these properties, invested his all in secur
ing them. He left himself without work
ing capital and was forced to run in d«bt
for a sum absurdly small in proportion to
the value of the properties. Though small
it has been sufficient to tie up the mines,
but the recent 'spurt of mining activity
and the advent ol electric power from the
Merced River in the near future will
change all that. Arrangements are pend
ing by which the stamp? at Quartz Moun
tain will be running merrily early next
year, and a- soon as possible, No. 9 will be
set in good going order.
THE NEWS OF SAN JOSE
Argument Upon the Petition of
a Putative Barron Heir
Heard.
Two Wives Sue for Legal Separation
From Their Husbands— Grange
Officers Elected.
SAN JO?E, Cal., Pec. 3.— The Barron
case was up before Judge Reynolds to-day
on a hearing of the answers of the claim
ants to the Barron estate to the petition of
Edward A. Barron, me mulatto claimant.
Edward A. Barron demurs to the answers
filed, as the defendants do not state
whether they will take their share under
the will of Edward Barron or whether they
consider the will broken and will take
their share under the law of distribution.
No opposition is made to the answers of
the charities mentioned in the will.
The court sustained the answer of George
Barron, who was given ten days to answer.
J. F. Develin represented Mary F. Barron,
the widow of Wtiliam Barron, and her
minor children. Eva Rose Barron was
represented by Attorney Piilsburv, and
George W. Montieth appeared for fidward
A. Barron.
The case was argued and submitted.
PETER BUELL GRANT DEAD.
Old Age and Heart Failure Cause the Pass-
ing Away of a Cousin cf the Late
President.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 7.— Peter Buell
Grant, 79 years of age, died in this city to
day of old age and heart failure. The de
ceased was a native of Kentucky and a
first cousin of General U. S. Grant. Dur
ing the Civil War he was a supporter of
the Confederacy, and lost his ouly son in
the Confederate army.
Mr Grant came to California from Mis
souri in 1881, and held the position of Gov
| ernment storekeeper under Presidents
Cleveland and Harrison. He was a promi
nent Mason, and will be buried with Ma
sonic honors on Monday. He leaves two
daughters and several grandchildren.
GRAXGE OFFICERS ELECTED.
S. P. Sanders Chosen as Worthy Master
of the. Order.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 7.— The meeting
of San Jose Gransre was well attended this
' afternoon, the occasion being the animal
election of officers. It resulted as follows:
i Worthy master, S. P. Sacders; overseer,
D. H. Blake; lecturer, S. A. Durkee;
i steward, L. Lee; chaplain, Mary Lillick ;
treasurer, G. W. Worthen; secretary, M.
! J. Worthen; gatekeeper, Edward Webb;
! Ceres, Mary Barnes; Pomona, Emily Col
; utubet; Flora, Ruth Vandine; assistant
lady steward, Ada Betts; trustee, Joseph
Holland; organist, Adah Boss. The m
. stallation of officers will take place next
; Saturday, at which time the annual "har
j vest feast" of the grange will be held.
BAX JOSE'S UIVOHCE COURT.
Two Wiv«* Who Would Save Their Mari
tal Vow* Severed.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 7.— Sarah Roduers
to-day began suit for divorce from Benja
j mm A. Rodgers on the ground of deser
! tion. Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers were married
I in Hollister in 1889. There are no children
! and no community property tn wrangle
! over.
Bessie Bettis to-day instituted a* suit for
| divorce from Charle3 Bettis on the ground
>of desertion. They were married in 1870,
! ana a 13-year-old child is the result of the
j union, of which the plaintiff wants the
custody.
HAZE'S PROPOSITION WITHURA WJf
The Projected San Jose-Saratoga Railway
Falls Through.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 7.— The proposi
tion of L. M. Hale to the Board of Trade
to build an electric road from San Jose to
Saratoga was to-day withdrawn because of
the alleged indifference of the San Jose
property-owners.
Residents al-.ng the proposed route in
the Saratoga district at a meeting to-day
agreed to combine and encourage a road
from Mayheid to Saratoga. Already $45,
--000 is subscribed for the new line, and this,
if built, will seriously affect the business
interests of San Jose.
Arraigned for Criminal TAbel.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 7.— George Degel
man, publisher of the Weekly Gazette, a
sensational paper, was examined before
Justice Dwyer to-day on a charge of crimi
nal libel, preferred by Cora Everett. The
complaint was defective and it was dis
missed. Degelman was then rearraigned
on a similar charge, and bonds were fixed
at $500. His examination was fixed for
December 6.
Destitute Colored Family.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Dec. 7.-A
colored family, mother and nine children,
was found at the corner of H and Ninth
streets with no fuel, food or bedding. The
father is a miner on the desert. The mem
bers of the family were huddled together
with the floor matting for covering. The
neighbors, hearing of the destitution, sent
groceries, and a pliyr-ician was called by
Sheriff Holcomb for the sick mother. This
is the worst case of destitution reported
for years in this place.
Sugar Production at Alvarado.
DECOTO, Cal., Dec. 7.— The last beet
has been sliced and sugar extracted at the
beet sugar mill at Alvarado. The ninety
eight days' run ended to-night after a
most successful season. Over 5,000,000
pounds of sugar was produced since the
mill began operations on September 1.
g Crime of an Aub urn Er-freachtr.
AUBURN, Cal., Dec. 7.— The Grand
Jury to-day found indictments against Joe
Bodell for robbery and J. W. Hinds for
embezzlement. Hinds is an ex-preacher,
and is charged with embezzling th 6 funds
of the Lincoln Bank*
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1895.
ON FOREST HILL DIVIDE.
A Revival in the Gray Eagle
Gravel Mine and Adjacent
Properties.
NEW TUNNEL TO BE STARTED.
Six Miles of an Ancient Riverbed,
With Pay Gravel Six Feet
Deep, in Sight.
[Pnprta! Correspondence of Thi Call.]
FOREST HILL, C\u , Dec. 6.-It is an old
saw, often fulfilled, that "all things come
to those who wait." But for most people,
especially Californians, the hardest of all
occupations is waiting, though those who
have waited have been the winners. This
has been especially true of the mining in
terests of this State, and is just now being
emphasized on the Forest Hill divide in
PJacer County, in the Gray Eagle and ad
jacent gravel mines. Stockholders have
come and gone, assessments discouraging
many and compelling retirement, but
some have stayed to the finish and are
now riding on the crest of the revival
wave in mining industries.
Prominent in this class is T. G. Durning
and his associates in the Gray Eagle mine.
*'or twenty years Mr. Durning's faith in
regard to the possibilities of the Forest
Hill divide has not waned. He has in
vested his money in its properties, has
cheerfully taken up the stock of dis
couraged speculators, has bored a shaft
550 feet from the top of the central eleva
tion of that section to the ancient river
bed below, and then, starting in at the
Owl Creek Canyon level, has penetrated
the side of the hill with a magnificent
tunnel 6000 feet in length, which has
yielded tons of pay gravel, the recent rich
strike in free gold rewarding his efforts.
The Forest Hill divide is known as that
portion of Placer County lying between
the north and middle forks of the Ameri
can River, though locally the northern
portion of this area is included in the lowa
Hill divide, so called from its principal
town and centers of raining industry.
Topographically the Forest Hill divide is
a plateau, elevated from 1200 to 3000 feet
above corresponding points of the bound
ing river canyons, but broken and cut up
by tributary canyons and ravines, the gen
eral surface rising eastward at an average
rate of about 100 feet to the mile. Geo
logically its mass is composed of the com
mon Sierra country rocks, slates, lime
stones and serpentines, the whole being
capped by lavas and volcanic ash and
mud deposits. Underlying the latter
formations and superimposed on the true
country rocks are enormous diluvial de
posits, lying in the rocky beds of an an
cient buried river system. This was un
questionably what is now the system of
the American River, its extent, however,
being much greater.
Mining operations and the recent care
ful surveys and examinations made by ex
pert mining engineers demonstrate the
extent of the buried system to be not less
than 200 miles of channels. The surveys
further show that although there are sev
eral distinct systems of channels buried,
crossing and eroding each other, the gen
eral trend is to the southwest and toward
the lower end of the divide, westerly from
a line drawn between the small towns of
Todiis ValJev ana Yankee Jims.
All of these ancient channels, with the
possible exception of those eroded off com
pletely by the middle fork of the American
River, seem to be within one comparatively
narrow bedrock depression, presumably
being the main channel of at least one of
the ancient systems. The linear extent of
this channel depression, taking the me
anders into account, is certainly about six
miles. It has been bottomed at only one
point— about midway— and that in the
<lray Eagle drift mine. Though super
•ciaily better denned than most of the an
cient river channels, it is probably the
least known of any of them, owine to the
fact that its rims of natural rock are so
wide as to deter the running of tunnels in
the face of the uncertainty of the depth re
quired for drain age. The Gray Eugle tunnel,
however, has removed the uncertainty as to
the depth required, and at the same time
has demonstrated that they have ttie key
to the whole situation, in thnt the other
mines of the divide, if worked profitably,
must be operated through the Gray Eagle
tunnel. To this end a new tunnel, about
3000 feet lower down the canyon than the
present tunnel, is to be mined out, thus
assuring absolute drainage of all the ad
jacent mines, without recourse to pump
ing. The present Gray Eagle tunnel is
not only self draining, but furnishes the
water motor with power in forcing in the
air supply.
All of the buried river channels carry
more or less gold in their channels or
eroded drifts. As compared with existing
river channels of the same locality they
have, so far aa mined, yielded much richer
n turns. In fact, the Forrest Hill divide
channels have yielded in the immediate
vicinity of Forest Hill, Yankee Jims and
Todds» "Valley, fully $20,000,000, the limits
of the mining being two and six miles east
erly from the site of the proposed new
Gray Eagle tunnel. Except at Bath and
Forest Hill, practically none of the min
ing has been done in the main channels,
but in benches, in tributaries and on the
veins of the main channels.
The Gray Eagle people already have a
splendid tunnel from the beginning to
breast and the air connections are iirst
class. Its total length is abou; 6000 feet.
The whole breast of the tunnel is of hard
cemented gravel. The depth, or height,
of breast is between seven and eight feet.
The gravel extends above the roof and
also below the level. From the bottom
for a distance of three feet, splendid ap
pearing and very blue gravel necked with
gold is in evidence, which is the upper
part of the pay ore. This blue gravel ex
tends down and connects with the bed
rock. The gravel which lies immediately
on top of the blue gravel extends all the
wa} r up to tho roof and is an entirely dif
ferent formation. It is not cemented quite
as hard as the blue and is of a gray sandy
color and character.
The tunnel is in a great channel, which
has. at some time, been the bed of a
miehty river. Toe great d^pth of gravel
and its cemented character, ever water
worn and ball-like forn. of its gravel and
large bowlders, which are worn to the
smoothness of gluos, and the wall-like
form of its rim rock on each side, clearly
proves this opinion to be correct. This
being die case, the richness of the mine
and its adjacent properties cannot be
doubted. Taking as a criterion the rich
ness of the other mine^ in the same di
vide, Superintendent Durning firmly be
lieves his people have one of the greatest
and best mining properties of its kind in
California.
At a point several hundred feet back
from the breast a crosscut has been run to
the south vein. At this point the channel
is about 12.") feet wide. Prom the bottom
of this crosscut a winze has been sunk to a
depth of about six or seven feet and no
signs of bedrock in the bottom. The
gravel for the whole depth would pay, but
the water is too strong, hence the neces
sity of the proposed lower tunnel. The
rim rock on the south side is visible at
several points alone the tunnel, but the
north rim has only been seen twice. The
tunnel seems to be near the center of the
channel, as the layers or stratifications are
nearly level across the breast. The tunnel
is being run ahead on an incline, the ob
jective point being the bedrock. When
that is well in sight the channel will be
opened iroin rim to rim. The bedrock will
then be the floor for the work and breast
ing out will next be in order.
The richness of the main channels of the
divide at Bath and Forest Hill, considered
with the richness of the bench and rim
deposits of Yankee Jims and Todds Val
ley, justify the conclusion that extremely
rich and extensive channel deposits exist
westerly from the last-named two places.
Both at Yankee Jims and Todds Valley
the inward pitch of the rims is compara
tively light, making possible the rim and
bench deposits to a greater extent than
found either above or below. Compara
tively little mining has been done, and all
of the main channel is untouched eround
for at least six miles. The mines for the
development and exploitation of which
the new Gray Eagle tunnel is projected are
the Gray Eagle, Wolverine, Clark and the
Mountain, the three last named being
bonded to the Gray Eagle. The Spring
Garden may also be worked to some ex
tent, but how much is quite doubtful, as it
is downstream.
At the only point at which the main
channel has been opened it is 150 feet wide.
From a careful survey of the portions
opened it seems to be a narrow place. The
bottom is very irregular, the grade is con
siderable arid very shallow. Gravel de
posits are frequent. At tbe upstream end
there are indications of a turn eastward in
the bed, with increased width and lessened
grades to the channel, which seems to be
the lower continuation of the rich May
flower and Paragon channels, and that
exposed by the mining in the Darda
nelles. The mean width of the channels of
these three noted mines, as verified by the
opening in the Gray Eagle, is about 125
feet of workable gravel. The mean depth
of gravel that is drifted out in all of these
drift mines of the Forest Hill divide is six
feet. With the estimated leneth of chan
nel at 10,000 feet, its average width 75 feet
and its workable depth 6 feet the total of
main channel gravels should be 4,500,000
cubic feet, which, at the lowest average of
that taken out the past three weeks, should
represent about $4,000,000.
That this gravel may be profitably
mined the new lower tunnel has been
undertaken. Commencing at a point
about 3000 feet below the present opening
on Owl Creek, the new work will be com
menced and pushed along the bedrock
surface, connecting with the abandoned in
cline, thus draining the whole. The
length of the tunnel from the entrance on
Owl Creek to the foot of the incline will be
about 4300 feet. The difference of eleva
tion between the entrance of the proposed
tunnel and the foot of the slope trom the
present Gray Eagle tunnel will be aoout
twenty-eight feet, with a grade of
about five inches to the 100 feet.
The tunnel will be eight feet in width
and seven feet hi^h. The profile of the
tunnel line presents two depressions in the
surface from which shafts can be sunk,
giving five possible headings for simul
taneous construction. The first shaft will
be 60 feet deep and 1000 feet in from the
tunnel entrance. The second shaft, will be
100 feet deep and in 1760 feet from the en
trance. The saving in cost of ventilation
will pay for one of t lie shafts. The present
tunnel of the Gray Eagle furnishes a steady
water supply, amounting to forty inches,
immediately adjacent to the entrance of
the proposed tunnel, and as the can
yon of Owl Creek falis over
1000 feet (the upper 500 feet
very precipitously) the quantity of
water and bar fall available will give any
desired horsepower up to 100, which by
electrical transmission will furnish all the
power required for machine drills and for
running the train of cars in and out the
tunnel. Thus equipped the Gray Eagle
properties will be unsurpassed in all the
mining regions of this State.
The mills at the Gray Eagle are to start
up this week and will probably be kept in
operation continuously from this time on.
These operations of the past week but con
firm the recent rich findings, which fact
has encouraged the company to make the
extensive improvements reported.
__^ M. V. D.
A TRAGEDY AT VALLEJO.
William Stanton, a Marine, Kills
Medora Keach and Wounds
Himself.
Letters Found Near Their Bodies De
clare That the Deed Was Pre
meditated by Both.
VALLEJO, Cal., Dec. 7.— Lying on a
marble slab in Hanna's undertaking par
lors is the body of Medora Hattie Reach,
otherwise known as "The Woman of Mys
tery," with a bullet wound in her neck
and another near her heart. On a straw
mattress on the floor of the City Jail is her
slayer, William Stanton, a marine, with a
pistol-shot wound through his left lung.
There is very little chance of his recovery,
as he is bleeding internally.
The woman had been a resident of
Vallejo for the past two years. Stanton
had known her for a lon er period, he
having a mother and relatives residing
in Haywards, wnere th«» young woman
formerly lived. There, as here, she always
kept her real name a mystery. On the
left arm of Stanton are tattooed the in
itials "H. M. X., June 5, ISO.")," which he
says are those of the woman's right name.
The two were about to leave for Sacra
mento this afternoon, and just before the
time for leaving for the boat to go to the
capital city, by way of Vallejo Junction,
Stanton shot the woman, killing her in
stantly, and then turned the pistol toward
his own heart and fired. The bullet
ranged a trifle too high and passed through
his lung. The two had quarreled last
evening, and Stanton, from letters left
behind regarding the disposition of his
body after ho was dead, had made up his
mind to kill three men — two sergeants on
the Independence, who had been witnesses
against him in a recent trial by court
martial for being drunk and asleep on
duty, for which he was reduced to the
ranks, and the other a resident of Vallejo,
who had sued him for a bill. Before going
down to the house where th« woman re
sided Stanton had borrowed three car
tridges for the pistol.
Following the report of three shots the
inmates of the house burst open the
door of the woman's room, which was
locked, and found Miss Keach lying on
the floor dead. Stanton had fallen across
her body and lay there breathing heavily.
A pistol was lying near his right hand,
and the room was in the utmost confusion.
The young woman wa9 fully dressed, with
her hat and fur cloak on, as though they
were ready to leave the house for their
trip.
Lying beside the pistol were three letters
written by Stanton, one addressed to
Major Pope, U. 8. M. C, commandant at
the Marine Barracks, Mare Island; one to
the landlady of the house in which the
tragedy occurred, and the third contain
ing a receipt for money paid to a local
merchant. The letter to the landlady was
seemingly from both of them, though in
his handwriting, expressing regret for the
deed committed in her house and leaving
the woman's jewelry and his purse to her.
In this nofe Stanton regrets that he could
not meet the three men he desired to kill.
He declares that the deed was premedi
tated by both.
Stanton was formerly a floor-walker in
J. J. O'Brien's store at San Francisco, and
was known by many people in that city
and also at Haywards, where his mother
is the owner of much valuable property.
She has been sending him remittances of
$50 a month until he was recently reduced
to the ranks. His mother has been tele
graphed for. Dr. Vallejo says there is one
chance in ten of Stunton's recovery.
Bicycle Hidert Injured.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Dec. 7.—Mel
ville Bradley and Orville Eastwood, An bi
cycles, collided near the Santa Fe freight
offices last evening. Eastwood was but
slightly injured, but Bradley's hurts were
serious. The bones of the face near the
eye and a bone in the right hand were
broken. «
NEVADA'S PLACER BOOM
Increased Value Disclosed in Con
tinued Investigation of
the Buckeye.
MILLIONS IN ANTICIPATION.
The Appeal Advises the Calling of a
Miners' Convention to Protect
Investors.
CARSON, Nev., Dec. 7.— The more the
Buckeye placers are investigated the richer
they seem to be. It is now estimated that
it is 300 feet to bedrock, and if this is the
case the gold deposits will, by a rough esti
mate, reach the enormous sum of $275,000,
--000. Some old gold miners say that if the
nuggets which lie near tbe surface run
over $100, aa some of them have, they will
at a depth of 300 feet run into tbe thou
sands. It is the purpose of the purchasers
of the Buckeye to also take in the Pine Nut
group near by, and assessment work is
being pushed in the latter district so that
everybody owning claims there will have a
solid grip on them by January 1 next.
The new strike in Pine Nut in the Eziel
claim is fully verified, and shows richer
than the original Zirn mine. The Le
Grande group of placers at Silver City are
now panning out $2 15 to the cubic yard,
and experts say that no other such a gold
find has ever been made in Nevada. As a
matter of fact the channel has carried the
wash of the gold end of the Cotnstock for
centuries, and has been overlooked until
recently. Fully forty men are now at
work there for the Oro Fino Company.
Within the past week hundreds of acres of
placer have b*>en located in the Seigel dis
trict beyond Pine Nut.
The Del Mar district has now an output
from one mill of $100,000, which will soon
be increased to $300,000. The Appeal of
this morning advocates the calling of a
miners' convention at Ctirson at an early
date to select a State mining commission
to regulate the sale of mining claims in
Nevada and protect outside investors and
stockholders from swindlers. It says:
There will be a big mining boom here in th
spring if outside investors realize that they
will be given correct information in Nevada
and protected by the commission. It will
cause millions of capital to come here in 1896
and give the State such a lift, by way of devel
opment, as it never had before. The commis
sion could also arbitrate in mining disputes
and save much expensive litigation. Nevada
does not now bear a very good reputation in
the mining world. Too many bare-faced
swindles have been practiced here. A
change must take place before Nevada
will stand clean in mining circles. After
the commission is established lei all mining
locators who have claims for sale send a full
description of their claims to the board and
pay a small fee. The board can hire experts to
examine and verify the reports. If the experts
find the report correct the board can indorse
it. If not the sentence "Not verified by the
facts" written across the report and signed by
the board would teach the man who attempted
to deceive the board that he had thrown away
his time. Under this system Eastern capital
ists could get on the track of the best prop
erties in the State very easily and feel a con
fidence in investigating. The board would
soon have a fund to prosecute legally all kinds
of mine swindling and salting and' also pro
tect stockholders. Such a beard would be a
power in the State in a few years and the bene
fit to Nevada would be of the most substantial
character.
QUEER CRIME AT EUGENE
J. A. Straight Accused of Having
Criminally Libeled a Dead
Man.
Arrested Because He Charged That
the Late H. C. Humphrey Had
Defrauded Him.
EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 7.— J. A. Straight,
who is known throughout the western
part of Oregon, was to-day placed under
arrest on a chargeof criminal libel, alleged
to have been committed against the late
H. C. Humphrey.
Immediately following the suicide cf
Humphrey, in Portland, on November 15,
Straight was known to have made state
ments to the effect that Humphrey owed
him large sums of money, which, he said,
he had been unable to secure. Humph
rey's friends did not believe this, ana an
investigation ensued.
Yesterday letters were received here,
written by Straight to persons in Douglas
County, ill which he "seems to have given
as a reason for not carrying out certain
business arrangements the fact that
Humphrey had collected large sums for
him and had failed to turn them over.
The letters also charge that Humphrey
held a large amount of notes and stock
belonging to Straight. The complaint al
leges that theae charges are false and
libelous.
It seems that Humphrey and Straight at
one time had business dealings together in
connection with the cinnabar mines in
Douglas County, and the sums which form
the foundation for the charges were in
some way connected with the mining deal.
In one letter written by Straight, he
charges that Humphrey defrauded him
out of many thousands of dollars.
Monday is set for the hearing.
REAL FIGHTING BEGINS
San Francisco Delegates Find a
Hard Fight on Their
Hands.
Whitelaw Reid Is of the Opinion That
the Convention Should Come to
This Coast.
From the looks of things at this hour it
seems as though the Eastern aspirants for
the approval of the National Committee
will do anything to keep the convention
away from San Francisco. They are mov
ing heaven and earth and form
ing combinations to down the Golden
West, but there is yet a char.cc for us to
come out ahead. The following dis
patches tell their own stories and indicate
what our delegates have to contend with:
New York, Dec. 7, 1895.
Wendell Eastnn, San Francisco, Cal.: Just re
turned from Rhode Island. Looks favorable.
Leaving for Washington to-night.
Lippman Hachs,
O. A. Hale.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 6, 1895.
Hon. Wendell Easlon, Chairman Executive Com
mittee: Friedrich and ("hipinan arrived to-day
and are hard at work. Our prospects are Im
proving and opponents Rotting nervous,
rriedrich reports South very favorable.
11. Z. OsEORNK.
REAL FIGUTISG BEGIXS.
ltealizing Our Strength They Are lint-
tliiuj Hard.
WASHINGTON, D, 0., Dec. 7.— Messrs.
Chipman, Friedrich, Osborne, Knight
and Rader of the California cmomittee
put in a busy day hustling among the big
guns of the Republican party. The Arling
ton Hotel was fined with politicians to
night, all discussing convention prospects.
The situation is, as predicted in last night's
dispatches to The Call, a combination
of leading Republicans has resolved that
the convention shall not be held in San
Francisco. They have nothing to urge
against the City except its remote geo-
graphical situation and consequent heavy
railway fares, the time and fatigue that
would be incident to such a long journey,
and, above all, the alleged lack of tele
graphic facilities.
General Clarkson sized the situation up
correctly when he said yesterday that the
greatest danger San Francisco had to fear
was the opposition of big newspapers of
the East.
Among the politicians who are promi
nently identified with the movement
against San Francisco are Steve Elkins,
Dick Kerens, General Powell Clayton and
Tom Carter. The latter professes not to be
taking any hand in the fight, but those on
the inside know that he is for Chicago.
Where the convention will be sent is as
yet uncertain. The St. Louis men inform
ing their combination against San Fran
cisco hope to secure the convention them
selves, but so do the Chicago conspirators,
and some of those who are fighting for
Pittsburg.
There is a bare chance that they may
become involved in a three-cornered dis
pute about it and San Francisco may yet
capture the convention, but this possi
bility is so remote at this hour (midnight)
it seems that San Francisco ia sure to be
defeated, with a prospect that Cnicago
will finally be selected.
General Chipman says he will to»morrow
remind the St. Louis men that in 1888 San
Franci-co threw her strength to St. Louis.
They will remember well enough how M.
F. Tarpey, the California committeeman,
announced the glad news to the St. Loui3
crowd and may recall their profuse ex
pressions of gratitude.
The California men can scarcely conceal
their vexation because Mr. de Young has
not yet arrived. If he had been early on
the ground the combine might have been
staved off, but Friedricb, Chipman,
Osborne and others have been awaiting
the arrival of California's representative
on the National Committee anxiously.
General Clarkson is loyal to San Fran
cisco, and although he probably realizes
that there is a conspiracy to defeat San
Francisco, he will not surrender until the
last shot is fired.
WUITELAW REID TALKS.
}l' Suits the -V' .rt Republican Convention
Should Come Here.
PHCENIX, Ariz., Dec. 7.— For the first
time since his arrival here the Hon. White
law Reid talked for publication this morn
ing. Mr. Reid has been quite ill, and since
coming to Phoenix has studiously avoided
any exertion other than his daily drive
about the city. He is recovering rapidly,
however, and when seen this morning was
sitting in the sunniest spot on his veranda,
looking over the New York papers. His
clothing was lisrht, as it was very warm,
and he was wearing a straw hat of last
summer's vintage. Mrs. Reid was sitting
beside him, but during the interview she
retired. Speaking of the probability of
San Francisco securing the next National
Republican Convention, Mr. Reid said:
I should be very glad to see San Francisco
get it. It would be an excellent thing for the
entire country, and I mean by that for the East
as well as the West. The prevailing opinions
of the West in the East are gained from the
stories told about this section thirty years ago.
Tales of the bad man and rattlesnakes seem to
have lingered and to have never received an
effectual refutation. If the West, however,
could secure a convention of representative
and intelligent men, such men as would com
pose the National Republican Convention,
much would be done toward dispelling these
illusions, and not only the Pacific Coast but
the entire West would reap a great benefit.
It would be a good thing for the East, too,
because these men who mold public sentiment
and opinion would find out why Western
people differ from them on many important
subjects and material points of political
economy. They would also find out what a
magnificent empire lies beyond the Mississippi,
and this knowledge would be of great benefit
to the entire country. You see. we don't know
much about the West in the East, and this
ignorance should be remedied, and the con
vening of a National body in San Francisco
would do more than tons of literature to fur
ther this end.
Mr. Reid chatted pleasantly on general
subjects, but positively refused to say any
thing about the Presidential possibilities
or discuss the political situation, giving as
his reason that he was entirely out of poli
tics. As the conversation drifted from one
subject to another, Mr. Reid told many
pleasing anecdotes of his Western experi
ences and of the men he has known. He
spoke pleasantly of the former proprietor
of TnE Call and regretted the difficulties
he worked under. He also remarked its
improvement under its new management,
and said it deserved the success that is be
ing meted out to it.
Til E FINAL FR EPASA TIOX.
Pittaburg Getting Heady to Move on
Washington.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Dec. 7.-The final
meeting of the local committee which will
go to Washington to present Pittsburg's
claims before the Republican National
Committee for the Republican National
Convention in 1896 was held to-day. Re
ports from the several subordinate com
mittees declared every possible contin
gency arranged for. It was decided to
base the city's claim on the accessibility of
Pittsbnrg; its facilities for handling the
convention; ability to accommodate all
who may come, and the fact that the city
has guaranteed all the money that may be
required by the National Committee. A
number of leading citizens left this even
ing to do preliminary work among Na
tional coramitteemen, but the main body
will go to-morrow night on a special Balti
more and Ohio railroad train. Washing
ton headquarters of the Pittsburg commit
tee have been established at the Ar
lington.
Among those comprising the committee
are Senator Quay, C. L. Magee, Lieuten
ant-Governor Lyon, James S. McKean, R.
B. Quay, Robert Pitcairn, Congressmen
Dalzell and Stone, ex-National Chairman
F. B. Jones, Mayors McKenna and Ken
nedy of Pitisburg and Allegheny, and
representatives of the city and county gov
ernment. All the Pittsburg newspapers,
telegraph and railroad companies and
press associations will also be represented.
SAN DIEGO ARRIVES.
A Resolution That Seema to Cover the
around.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 7.— The Repub
lican County Central Committee of San
Diego County adopted the following reso
lution to-night:
Eesolved, That the Republican Central Com
mittee of San Diego County highly appreciates
the endeavors now being made to bring the
Republican National Convention of 1896 to
San Francisco. We believe thar in this man
ner the bouds of union between Eastern and
Western Republicans will be more firmly
cemented together, thus enabling the G. O. P.
to achieve a more complete and glorious vic
tory in 1896. To this end we heartily second
the efforts to brine the convention to the Pa
cific Coast. Arthur O. Nason, Chairman.
Harry \V. Vincent, Secretary.
WAS FATALLY BURNED.
Mrs. Minnie Fritzsche's Coal-Oil Lamp
Explodes and Sets Fire to
Her Dress.
Mrs. Minnie Fritzsche of 1514 Sanchez
street was the victim of. a terrible accident
about 1 o'clock this morning. While at
tending to her household affairs a coal-oil
lamp exploded in her hands.
Mrs. Fritzsche made an effort to extin
guish the fire, which had spread upon the
floor, and in so dome her garments were
ignited. In less than a second she was
in a mass of flames, which caused her to
shriek with a^ony.
Other members" of the family ran to her
assistance and put out the blaze, but not
until the woman's body was burned to a
blister.
Mrs. Fritzsche was sent to the City and
County Hospital in a hack, where the doc
tors said she could not live but a very
short time. Mrs. Fritzsche has two little
children.
WUy.
Curry— Why did the Legislature decide
to close barber-shops on Sunday?
Yokea — Because being shaved by the
ordinary barber is so apt to put a man into
a profane and impious mood on Sunday
mornings.— New "iork Truth.
Mozart had a memory for music and for
nothing else. On attending the Papal
mass at the Srstine Chapel he was greatly
impressed with the musical service, ar>d
asked for a copy, but was told none could
be given him, as the music was not al
lowed to go out. He went to the next ser
vice, listened attentively, went away and
wrote down the whole from memory.
In Russia a young man does not attain
his majority until he is '26.
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