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r$ i5gmpr&arijfr THE 'SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, APRIL 22,. 1900. 11 R PLACERS AND LEDGES KASTERW OREGOX SflXIXO PROG RESS FOR THE SEASON. SlacOTerlea' and Development Oper ations In the Various Districts Promising- Greenhorn Clalma. CORNUCOPIA. April 20. This camp Is much excited over a sensational gold dis covery at the No Good- mine. An Immense Quantity of ore has been found that goes WOW to the ton, and the fortunate owners, Tom Turner and Joe Jackley, are being congratulated by everyone. This Is one of the finest properties In the district, and has been profitably worked almost slnco the first pick was struck In the ground. The output of the Union-Companion mill Is to be Increased, and Manager Case has called on the ore contractor to put on more teams at once to haul away the Increased product. The workers In this famous mine are now In the richest body or ore ever found here. The mine looks CO per cent better now than It did a year ago when a sale to Youngstowr O.. cap italists was contemplated. The Last Chance, belonging to the same company. Is showing up splendidly. The Carey mine, the Robert Emmett. Is still idle, though the owners say that operations will soon bo resumed. Their statement appears very reasonable, for all the work that has been done so far (and about 112.000 has been expended) has never brought them In a nickel, excepting, per haps, a couplo of tons of the richest rock, which has been shipped more as a showing of the mine's capabilities than as a money producer. They have a large dump ready for milling, and at least K00 will be realized from each day's run of the mill, when once It has begun to crush the ore. F. J. Davey, the Junior partner. Is at Baker City now, and It Is thought that a sale Is more than prob able, to Smith. Nelll, Dobier & Case, own era of the Bryan. The Sparta District Is enjoying great activity this Spring, and the coming sea son will be a busier one than this old camp has ever .experienced. The Tall madge placers will be worked more thor oughly than ever before. This property Is one of the best of Its kind In Eastern Oregon, but for many years has been un der a cloud as regards its title and never could be operated successfully under those conditions. The legal complications have all been satisfactory adjusted, and the work will be prosecuted with' vigor this year. " i Colonel Frank V. Drake, the well-known mining man of Portland, has Interested capital In the Oold Ridge group, and has a force of men at work. This group is located almost In the streets of Sparta, and It promises to turn out we'll. F. J. Perkins, also of Portland, but formerly a very successful mining opera tor In the gold fields of California. Nevada and Montana. Is now the sole owner of the Gem. mine, located two miles from Sparta, close to what was formerly Gem town, a typical mining camp of early days. Gemtown was thought by many to be Jlmtown, a corruptnon of Jamestown, and, as Jamestown Is noted on most ot the older maps of this section. Thirty years ago Gemtown was a thriving camp, while Baker City was yet a' "babe In arms." Now, one log cabin remains, but as Gemtown It will long be remembered by the old-timers. In those days, the Gem mine was a producer, but the expenses of operating were heavy, and the mine had a faculty of .getting Into the hands of men whose practical knowledge of the mining business was limited "to game) of even-up played at the saloon of the long-haired desper ado, or gained In somo remote comer of the East. Certain It Is that the mine was worked spasmodically, and In very crude fashion, and that today the waste dumpi will bo a large amount of custom ore milled. The Butterfly has 300 tons, the June Bug probably as much more, and hundreds of other claims will furnish small amounts, going a long way toward swelling the aggregate output. Lying north of the Diadem Is the great silver belt of Oregon, the Snow group be ing probably the best developed and the Jack Powers group a close second. There are at these mines several hundred thousand tons of ore blocked out or on the dump that will run $60 per ton, figur ing on a gold basis. These ores, with those of the Diadem, will not be worked untU there are better shipping facilities. The Sumpter Valley Railroad will prob ably be built to within a few miles of the base-metal belt this Summer, and It Is barely possible some of the roads lead ing from the Columbia may drift up towards Granite and on to the base range. Taken all together, the "Winter has been a good one for the camp, and has estab lished the fact that the ledges are In place, permanent, and that they go down. Many mills will be running by next Fall on new properties, and the gold yield of the state will be this year practically doubled. To even guess at the possibili ties of the next few jreara J Impossible, but I believe that Inside ofIO years East ern Oregon will produce more gold than any other state In the Union now pro duces, and the bulk of It will come from the belt lying west of Sumpter. J. H. CRADLEBAUOH. COAL OX GRAND IIONDE RIVER. Five Layer of Total Thlcknesa of 20 Feet An Ancient Lake. Lewlston Tribune. Charley Baker and Newton Hlbbs re turned Wednesday from a visit to the coal prospects on the Grand Ronde River. Local mining men have been prosecut ing development work on the properties for two months. The visitors report 20) feet of tunnels and drifts have been run and a depth ot 75 feet has been gained. In these workings five layers of coal ag gregating a depth of 20 feet have been encountered. Theso strata are separated by shale. The upper layers are lignite. The succeeding strata Improve with depth till about 10 feet of the deposit at the bottom Is believed to be coking- coal of high grade. Local blacksmiths have pronounced It as good for their forges as the Eastern product In the city markets. The discoverers have secured 10.000 acres of land "under which this coalbed lies. This coal deposit refutes the theories of tho formation experts. It lies between two overflows of basalt. The coalbed was a lake in a past tropical era. The Vegeta tion and the wood fossils are of tropical varieties. Over the carbonized vegetable matter is a deposit of sand perhaps 60 feet thick. This Sand Is held In a basin that once formed the lakebed that now con tains the coal like a pan six miles In di ameter. Over this Is a basalt deposit vary ing from 50 to 00 feet In height. The coal deposit dips under the mountain of stone from throe sides, conforming to the bed of tbe ancient lake. The locators believe their property Is now sufficiently developed to attract cap italists. There coal deposits are 20 miles from the mouth of the Grand Ronde River and about 45 miles from Lewlston. RIGHTS OF ALIEN MINERS DISCCSSIOJf IX COXXECTIOX -with T1IE SEW ALASKAX BILL, "OLD MAN OF THE DOME." Curious Character "Who Inhabits the Nation' Capitol. As often as visitors climb the tortuous stairways to the dome of the Nation's Capitol, a voice gives them friendly greet ing, when they nre at a particularly steep angle of the stairs, about half way up. Man) a young couple have been startled by this greeting, as they have glanced up to the whispering gallery above and over at tbe pigmies on the floor ot tho rotundx below. They look at the blank walls about them and the dark stairs winding above and below,, and conclude that It is another of the remarkable Capitol echoes, until another greeting reaches them, and fHfmif). nn -fh In tno t.fifl thatf n th. will pay the expense of milling and give I ..ow Man who Llves ,n the Dome." the new owner a net profit sufficient to pay for the mine. There are 4000 ton of ore on the dump, and not one pan of it but contains gold. Mr. Perkins has a force of about 20 men at work, has a now shaft down some 200 feet, and has men prospecting In all directions. The old workings are in a very dilapidated condition. The Dolly Varden is also owned by Mr. Perkins, and work Is soon to begin there. GREEXIIORX'S BRIGHT FItOSPECTS. Gold Output to Be Doubled This Year Many Promlaln-r Mlnea. THE GREENHORN. April 18. The Winter and Spring has been an unusually mild one. and Spring at least six weeks earlier than usual In consequence much development work has been done, and al ready the mining expert, and the would be mlneowner. are beginning to show up. The Winter's work has brought good re sults, and there are now mines where last Fall there were only prospect holes. Tbe Diadem Is a good example of what lias been done. This mine Is situated on the west slope of Greenhorn Mountain, about six miles west of Bonanza. Last Fall some rich ore was struck on the surface about 600 feet from the discovery shaft. The claim was then purchased by General Woxrenxiadothers, of Sumpter, and t a shaft ,uflk f 75. feet. The vein on the surface was a few inches" 'in width, but Increased ateadlly, until at the depth of 75 feet It Is 10V4 feet wide, and the ore of the entire vein will run $200 to $000 a ton. The company has on the dump about 150 sacks of ore. that will run $100 to the sack. The ore Is a gray hornblende-slate, carrying S to 15 per cent lead In tbe shape of galena and carbonates, and is a smelting proposition. Almost adjoining the Diadem Is the Big Johnny, carrying somewhat similar ore, and show ing a vein of eight feet at a depth of 25. Arrangements are now completed for be ginning active work on each of theso claims. Dave Choats' Snow Creek mine is show ing up finely, but not much work has been done on that or the Bauzette, ad joining It, during the Winter, on account of smallpox, of which there were three cases at the Bauzette. The Imperial group was stocked by The Dalles people during the Winter, under the name of The Double Eagle, and Is pushing Into the big mountain at Quartz Gulch as fast as men can do It. This will be one of the great mines of the Coast. Tbe ledge matter where It crosses Quartz Gulch Is 612 feet A curious character Is this old man of the dome. He is tall and well-built, with remarkably bright eyes and a clear, ruddy complexion, and would scarcely be called the "old man," except for his white hair nnd beard. With his cheery good-day he sometimes disturbs a cozy couple, but he la so sociable and so good-natured that they cannot complain, and a few words with him awakens the Interest of the stranger. He Is an old philosopher In his way a student of human nature. From his high perch In the dome he looks down each day at the statesmen passing through the ro tunda from House to Senate and from Senate to House, looking small. Glancing out of the high windows, he gets a bird's eye view of the city and his vision Is broadened. His philosophy Is directed by the expanse of his vision, and as' a looker on he has stowed away In his capacious head some quaint and original Ideas. Hour after hour, day after day., month after .month, for 10 years or more, he has sat In his tower of observation and gath ered In his impressions. He Is not a trav eler, but the world, represented by the thousands of strangers from all quarters of the clobe. passes before him like a panorama, and he knows much that the widely traveled man learns. He can tell strangers at sight what little comer of the world they first opened their eyes upon, and many other things about themselves one would not be expected to know on such short acquaintance He gives expres sion to many quaint' Ideas, causing the Intelligent stranger to try further to draw him put and to make many notes In hla diary, when the talk ts ended. But the old man of the dome-is too much of a -philosopher, to be much ot a talker, and with the manner of a Scotchman, he cuts a conversation off Just where he wants It to end. He Is one of the Inhab itants .ot the dome by authority. He docs not actually live, cat. sleep and. dream In the dome, but his days are spent there tho year round. Every hour that the dome Is bpened, he is there, and when he goes, he locks all the doors behind him In his wind ing way down, and hangs his keys In the watchroom for the night. He is the watch man of the dome, whose duty it Is to see that no vandalism befalls the building or harm comes to the visitors. If his sudden appearance is sometimes a shocking interruption to affectionate demonstrations by young people, who hope In the future to climb the winding stairs of life together as they then climb, his presence Is also an Insurance against dan ger from Injury or rudeness. Aa a phi losopher he never sees anything It Is not necessary to see, and, never tells half that he sees. He is not an ordinary policeman west side nearly CO per tbn. In "the breast ? Bl" H? U"S- "e " of the tunnel, now In about 120 feet, an assay made Tuesday, taken from the average rock clear across the tunnel, went 96 to the ton; and another taken from the upper tunnel went ISO. This group consists of six claims, and will be heard from among the big producers In the near future. The Psyche, near the Bauzette, is showing fine ore, and a claim adjoining It, belonging to tbe Marshall brothers, T. Kelly and Tom Fossett, shows a 20-foot vein, carrying 19 In gold and 5 per cent copper. The Little Giant has been run ning all "Winter, and has an abundance of pay ore. The Golden Seal, about three miles out of Bonanza, about three weeks ago struck a 15-foot ledge of fine-looking ore, carry ing 10 per cent iron sulphides and rich In gold. The Golden Eagle has kept steadily at work, and has taken out some very rich ore, but Is not yet Into Its main 'edge. A few days ago In this mine a water seam was cut, which is running about 7000 gallons an hour. This water seam breaks through a heavy quartzlte dike, and Is being followed. The company ex pects to cut the main ledge of the hill when the north contact of the dike shall bo reached. This will be SO to 100 feet. As soon as the roads are open there to be on the Capitol force, years ago, and after he was retired from the force, he was given a lodgment In the dome. His castle In the air Is the archway to the first gallery of the rotunda above the frieze work, which Is now closed off. He has the cracks stopped to keep the wind away, and on a shelf In one corner he keeps the books which he gets from the National Library. Sitting there he can look over the top of .his books and command, a view of the staircase. and his books are his companions on dull days. Life in the dome has had a strong influence upon his acute mind, and he Is one of the most Interesting characters ot the many at the Capitol. .0 t a i Older, the Better. "Yes," sold a rich Oklahoma farmer, "1 am proud of my girts, and would like to see them comfortably married, and as 1 have made a little money, they will not go to their husbands penniless. There's Mary, 25 years, and a real good girl. I shall give her $5000 when she is married. Then comes Bet. who won't see 35 again, and I shall give her $10,000; and the man who takes Eliza, who Is 40, will have $15. 000 with her." The listener, reflecting a moment or so: "You haven't one about 50, have youf Oklahoma State Capital. Title Hay Descend Through ' Allen, and to Defeat It Would De Leg- lalntlre Confiscation.' WASHINGTON, April 18.-A very inter esting argument has been presented to the Senate by Senator Stewart, of Ne vada, brought out by the amendment of Senator Hansbrough to the Ahufcan bill, relative to the rights of aliens to take and hold mining lands In Alaska. The Senator opens bis paper with the follow ing statement of facts: . "In tbe year 1S33 a number of Finns, Norwegians and Laplanders, CS In all, were brought to Alaska, under the charge of Dr. Sheldon Jackson, for the purpose of raising reindeer. In the selection of the men so employed Dr. Jackson sought to obtain the services of those who were willing to leave their native country and come to America to become citizens of the United States and to help develop the resources of Alaska. "Immediately upon reaching tbe United States they were transported across the continent to Port Townsend, State of Washington. At that point some of them. In conformity with law, declared their In tention to become citizens of the United States; but as to others time so pressed that they were unable to make the neces sary .affidavits, and, being Informed by Dr. Jackson that they could take out thttr first papers before tho United States Commissioner for the District of Alnska at St. Michael., they allowed the matter to rest until reaching that point. At St. Michael they appeared before Mr. Shep herd, United Stntes Commissioner, nnd being assured by him that ho had power to receive their declaration of intention, they executed tho same in perfect good faith, and believed that they had taken this Important first step toward American citizenship. "In October, 1SSS, gold was discovered at Cape Nome. At that time there were at that point some of the Immigrants above referred to, and others Joined them f hortly afgter, going there- In connection with the reindeer station. "Upon the discovery of gold, a miners" meeting was had, regulations adopted, and Dr. Klte!sen was elected .Recorder. A number of claims were staked out, some of them by1 members of the party In ques tion, who believed that they were entitled so to do by virtus of tbe fact that' they had declared their Intention to be come United States citizens. 'Active work commenced soon after upon these claims, and was vigorously proscuted dur ing ,tho year' 1S39. After this work had considerably progressed, various of the claims were sold to Charles Lane, a native-born citizens of. .tbe United States and a resident of the State of California. Other" claims were purchased from the original locators by citizens of Maryland and" other states of, the Union, and for these clalma large sums of money were paid, one sin gle purchaser giving for 'a few claims an amount In excess of $200,000. "Before the transfer of the title of the original locations to the native-born citi zens tho original locators had expended a large amount of labor upon them and had employed a number of laborers, expend ing as to single claims an much as $SOQ0 to $10,000, with the result of a production equaling In some cases $30,000 to $40,000. "It is to be borne in mind that up to this point all the provisions of the United States statutes relating to mining claims had been carefully compiled with "(except It be that a question existed with relation to the sufficiency of the declaration of In tentlon to become citizens- of the United States), the mining laws of the United States havlntr been extended to Alaska by the act of Jday 17, 1SS4. "Some time after the location of the claims, as above set forth, later comers to Cape Nome undertook to relocate some of tlie same claims while thry were In the quiet and peaceful possession of the orig inal' locators, and the second locators are now endeavoring to have ligl sanction given to their attempts to avail themselves of supposed defects in the original loca tions. "At tho time of the purchases by Mr. Lane and others they Investigated as to the legal status of the locators, and were Informed by them that they had executed their declarations of intention to become American citizens prior "to the location of the claims, and in good-faith. Believing such declarations to have been exscuti".! Jn a legal way, the purchases were complet ed. "Tho civil government bill for Alaska provides as follows: "Tbe title to any lands heretofore convejed shall not be questioned, or In any manner af fected by reason ot the alienage of any pr non from or through whom such title may hae been derived. "Senator Hansbrough has. proposed as an amendment that this section be struck out, nnd that tfie following be iusirtsd In Its place: "That persona who are not citizens of the United States, or who prior to making loca tion bad not legally declared tbtlr Intention to become cuch, shall not ba permitted to locate, hold, or convey mining clalma In said district of Alarita. nor shall any title to a mining claim acquired by location or purcbon thraiurh any such person or persona bo legal. In any civil action, suit or proceeding to re cover "the possession of a mining claim, or for the appointment .ot a receiver, or for an .ln JuncUon to restrain the working or operation cf a mining 'Claim. It shall be- the duty of the court to Inquire and determine tho ques tion "-of the dtlienahtp of the locator: Pro vided, That so location ot a mining claim jhall hereafter be made In tbe district of Alaska by any person or persona through an agent or attorney In fact, and all locations heretofore made by any person or persona through an agent or attorney in fact upon which $100 worth of labor or Improvements had not been expended or made within 80 days first succeeding the data of such loca tion, are hereby declared to be null and void. "The memorialists, believing that the consequences of the action proposed by Senator Hansbrough would be unjust, con trary to law, and Injurious not alone to their Interests -as owners of mining claims at Capo Nome, but also to tho Interests of "many others scattered over the Terri tory of Alaska, respectfully submit tho following: The Argument Presented. "Granting that the declarations of Inten tion referred to In the foregoing state ment of facta executed before the Com missioner were entirely Invalid and unau thorized, your memorialists nevertheless submit that the locations under which they have purchased, even though they were made by men who had not complied with the exact-requirements of the naturaliza tion laws, were sufficient to Initiate nn ab solutely good title, and thit your memo rialists should be protected In such ti tle without being exposed to tho danger of litigation which would be possible should tho amendment above referred to be adopted. "We respectfully submit, as our first proposition, that the mining laws of th United States permit an alien to make mining location. "It Is true that the mineral lands of the United States are 'free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands In which they are found to occupation and purchase by citizens ot the United States, and those who have declared their inten tion to become such. March 2, 1E37, Con gress enacted an act to better define and regulate the rights of aliens to hold and own real estate In the territories, which provided that 'this act shall not be con strued to prevent any persons not citi zens of the United States from acquiring Uge, or any mine or mining claim la any Incorporated or platted city, town, or vil lage, or In any mlneorroln lng claim la any ot the territories of the United States.' "It Is significant that section 2 of the act of U97 is entirely different from sec- Plain Tales from Pi "I lost 28 lbs. In throe months" "Tour medicines have done so much for -me that I cannot thank yon enough for advice, and kindness shown me," writes Mrs. Warren. E. 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H (Box 24), says t "I have received tho copy of the Common Sense Rlcdical Adviser you sent mo, and am very much pleased with It I think It ts a very important book, and it would bo a God-send to every family throughout; tho wholm world to have one of them" The book Is sent FREE on receipt of stamps to oovar expense' 0f mailing CNLY Send 31 one-cent stamps for cloth-boand book, or 21 stamps for tho book In paper covers. ' .' .. Address: BR R V PIERCE, Buffalo, N Y t!on 2 of the act of March 3, 1SS7, which it replaces. The old act related'slmply to corporation" having more than 20 per cent of stock held by aliens, which corporations were prohibited from holding' real estate. The new eectlon 2, after relaxing the rigid ity of the former act In many respects, closea with the lines above quoted permit tine persons not citizens of the United States to acquire mints and mining claims In any of the territories. observed, the alien remaining. In an; con test between himself and a citizen. In, suc cessful occupation of the lands to which he has acquired title. Legislative Confiscation. "Tho proposed amendment to section TS declares that any title to a xnlnlug claim acquired by location or by purchase through a noncltlzen. or person who has not legally declared, his Intention to be one "If, then, our view of the case U coN-' shall be Illegal. This is a measure of leg- rect. a locator. Irrespective pf his cIU- laiauve concscation.. :so ncuer oi a rain zenshlp, may, by virtue of tho most recent "IE claim In Alaska could be secure in enactment concerning the subject, aejulra his possession unless he were at all times a mining location. This Is precisely what able to prove the citizenship ot the loca has occurred at Cape Nome, Aliens ac- , tor and the prior holders of the title, quired certain mining locaUons. "il to prove such a fact Is, under our sys- . "Wo submit, therefore, that the amend- I tem of laws, a practical Impossibility, ment pending before the Senate. It It , were ' Wo can readily supposv the case of a cffocUve, would confiscate valid existing i Pleco of land held actively and adverse.y rights of possession to public lands 'or more than 10 years, and yet the holder right of possession for tbe purchase, of which hundreds of thousands of dollars have been expended and tens of thousands more have gone for their proper develop ment. "We believe that the passage oX a- law of this character would be an attempt to derrlved of his title by an American citi zen when temporarily absent or overpow ered, and because unable to prove the citizenship of his predecessors In title. "But If this were not so the- situation Is such that Congress should not Interfere by way ot amrmatlvo legislation as. pro- take private property without lust com- posed by the Hansbrough amendment In pensatlon. ana we so say Because a mm- """ " imo w.u ..; -i-" log claim, even though it has not ripened- claims of. the first locators, to a patent, U as much property ae can be i "The contest Is not. between aliens and had In land, even through a title de- American citizens, but between some ralgned from the Government. ' American citizens on the one hand and "We believe that we have demonstrated 'other American citizens who have sue that an alien has a perfect right under th ceeded to rights of supposed aliens on the laws of the United States to locate a mln- other han4. . lng claim. The right to locate carries "Aa between these two seta of claimants with the right to convey, for the power ..the sympathies of Congress should be. we of disposition always follows the power, of ' suggest, with those who in good faith have possession. " ," Kexpended thousands of dollars In an at- 'a. n vrntonncn w miur pcirsnf -rl- temot to develoD the resources of Alaska Lane and others- similarly situated as be-" rather than !n favor of those who have lng clearly entitled to their holdings 'a's against the entire world, Including the Government of the United States. .There fore any act of Congress intending to Ue--prlve Mr. Lane of his rights to mining claims Is an act taking property without Just compensation, and therefore uncon stitutional and void. sought without labor to seize the results of the labors of others; "It has been suggested upon the floor ot tho Eenato that American miners have been unfairly treated by. the laws of Can ada, and that therefore legislation In Jurlpus to aliens and presumably beneficial to American citizens should be adopted. 'For many years It has been -under- We submit that the facts tend to show stood that even If an alien has no right! -that -Canada has -been generous -in Its to acquire land, if, nevertheless-, -title 'be treatment ot American miners, and be vested in him. only the state has the right Ueve the probability is that If legislation to compuln that Its laws have not been bo Inaugurated prejudicial to aliens u;oa the theory of evening up relations be tween the United States and Canida, It will speedily be discovered that the United States will lose, for retaliatory legislation wlir be provoked, by Irtue of which tho numerous American holders of mints In Canada will suffer. , "To make clear. In part, the grounds, ot our bellefi we Invite particular attention to the fact that "the laws In British Colum bia and those prevailing In the- Yukon and Klondike regions differ. With this ex planation, we may say that free mln ng Is allowed all over the British Yukon territory, except In British Columbia, and there the alltn law, recently passed, only applies to placer claims. It Is well to 're member that many citizens of the United States have invested large sums of money In quartz mining claims in British Colum bia, and much of the valuable ground In the Klondike country is owned by citizens of the United States. Some Canadians own mines in Alaska, hut comparatively few." Pa r.y m M v $ m w l w w wav A Light Comcdlnn; Mrs. McMoriarlty Phat Is your son do in' now, Sirs. O'Bafferty?" Mrs. O'Bafferty Sure, he's adopted th' stago as a profession, Mrs. McMoriarty. Mr. McM. "Dhrivln' a stage. Is It? Mrs. O'R. Be away wld y'r. xonslnce! It's an actor he Is. He do be a light com edian. Mrs. Mcll. A lolght cornelian. Is it? Mrs. O'R. YIs. 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