SATURDAY EVENING, MAT 10, 1806.
liKTTEH PROM 8DSANVIL.JLK.
" v ButAKTiur, Grant Cot, May 10, 1866.
, Edito MoDNTAiNnsa: Wboo I closed my
letter to you, of Feb. 24th,"I did not intend
that my pen should romain idle so long, but
(i combination of circumstances not necessa
ry to explain has prcvenied me from resum
ing it at an earlier date. The pinching cold
weather which then kept the denizens of our
little mountain town w'thin doors, has given
war to balmy spring, and mother earth has
disrobed herself of tbe .dazzling white and
come forth in the more comely garb of a
"beautiful green; and instead of the sound of
the axe and maul in the timber, we hear the
rushing of waters and grating clash of the
pick and shovel plied by ihe miner in the
rock and gravel of the creeks and ditches.
SCARCITY OF FRESH HEAT. j
But these were not all of the pleasant sur
roundings calculated to call forth grateful
emotions. " At the period referred to the sap
ply of one of the substantias of life that
of meat, was dwindling down smaller and
smaller, not to say beautifully less; for while
the snow blockade was in force, ,ncither pack
trains nor beef cattle could by any route
then known, be brought in to our relief. But
now instead of salt fish, old rusty jorked
beef, and the more delicate morsel of mow
ball nicely taltfd and peppered, we have an
simple supply of Webfoot bacon, fat beef and
mutton, and with recuperated strength and
energies our miners havo for the pas six or
eight woeks, been constantly at work. -
THE MIKES.
Wherever it was practicable to operate in
I understood one of the proprietors of the
Golden Eagle ledge a few days ago to say
that his company would, at an early day,
put an arastia at work, to more fully test
their rock. 'Tbis iedije Is situated bear the.
head of Deep Creek, and they .have a large
quantity of rock out ; the rock from this
ledge shows gold in larger particles than any
rock I have seen in the district. .'About half
a mile to tbo east of the last named ledge is
situated the Mount Moriab ledge. No work
has been done on the latter more than to
ascertain beyond a doubt that it is a well
defined ledge,, widening out from a mere
thread at the top to about two feet wide at a
depth of four feet from the surface. Some
of this rock exhibits fine particles of gold
without the aid of a glass, and in every other
respect bears a striking resemblance to the
Golden Eagle rock.
QUARTZ KILLS. ' .
A gentleman around here a fortnight since,
who has given a good deal of attention lo
quartz in Nevada and Idaho, gives it as his
opinion that all that is required to make
this district as famous as those is the appli
cation of capital in the development of lodes,
and the erection of mills to crush the rock.
A twenty-stamp mill, with the necessary ap
pliances lor saviug ihetgold, could now get
all the work it couid do at very reasonable
prices) and I doubt not that in sixty days
after starting the first one, two or three such
could be employed.' 1
waoon road;
Men of means and enterprise need no longer
be deterred from taking a look at this district
bacau-e of the supposed inaccessibility to
the Columbia river. Mr. Small came in Trom
Umatilla two weeks since with his pack-
train well freighted, and sayB the distance
is from 110 to 120 miles, and that there is no
obstacle in the way of making a good wagon
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, the memek f TT fT TT Q Vp t ' f
of Columbia, Lodge of this City irvited thM . fv cVniW tuiL 1
that way, they have availed themselves of
the great abundance of free water to ground- rond tbe whole distance ; and it is believed
Sluice tbe OirtOtt QOWn tO the bed-rock. One thn riiatimpn tn Hulloa Oitv will nnt Moeerl
- - - y
company near tbe mouth of Elk Creek, will,
I think, before water fails, succeed in strip
ping their entire claims, embracing several
hundred foet of ground in length and about
120 miles over an equally eligible route.
Tbe people of your city should exhibit a lib
eral spirit, and co-opeite cheerfully with
us of this camp and the camps to the east of
Grand Body to a -supper which was gotten
tip by Mr. Thomas Smith, of the Empire
Hotel, and farexcelled anything of the kind
ever gotten up in this city.- About 10 o'clock
both Lodges, marched from their ball to the
hotel, where tbe tabled were laden with the
choicest viands. About two hours wero
passed at supper, during which' time
toasts weae drank, speeches made and wit
and bumor reigned. About midnight the
company parted, itnd the Grand Lodge re
sumed it labors, and at 4 o'clock, a. h., this
morning, that body adjourned to- meet in
Portland, on the ' third Wednesday of May,
1867v The affair will long be remembered
by those present as one of the most happy
incidents of the order in tliis State.
The Rhode Island Legislature has paBsed
a bill prohibiting, the exclusion of children,
from the public school, on account of color
or race.
One deposit in the mint, S in Francisco, May
4th, consisted of ten gold bricks, valued at
$20,000. each.
Sphino. Nowll the time to purify your blood. Hull's
Saraaparilla, Yellow Dock aud Iodide of Potass to decided.
It the bajt thing la' use for that purpose. Sold by drug
gists everywhere.
.'- ' o Religious Notice.
Catholic Crouch Morning service : Mom, at 10
o'clock. Evening service: Vespers and Benediction, at
1 o'clock. Sunday School at 2 o'clock, p. in.
fA.ltir.ll lit U1DU&J1AM, rUBbUI.
aMdtf
Columbia Lodge, No. G, I. O. O. F.
Meets every Friday eveniog at 7 o'clock, lu. Gates
Hall, corner of Second and Court Streets. Brothers in
good stuuding are Invited to attend, by order. N. Q.
Wasco Lodge, No. IS, A. F. b A. 91
Holds Its stated Communication on the First nnd
Third Mondays of etch month, at their hall, in
Dalles City, Brethren in good standing are Invited to
attend. V ' By order of tbe W. M.
Beth I. Pope, Sec'y.
THE TJrfDEKSIQNBD THANKFUL FOB
. Favorer .respectfully Informs the citizens of the
Dalles, and the public generally, thai he continues to.
Mil at : , -,v , . b s, - V - i
PUBLIC LrYUCTIOIV
(UIl rUlVATS BULHj, I
Real Estate,
General Merchandise.,
Giocerles, ' '
Mules,
f f: Furniture, ; '
1 m , v- stocks, &.C. Slc. .
', REGULAR SALE DAYS, . x
. . l - ; ' . ; .1 - i ' i.
Tuesdays and Saturdays.' .
Cash Advances- made on Consignments,
And PROMPT RETURN m do of sales. "
Out-door and Spoclal 8ales attended to In any part ot
the city.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Auctioneer.
NOTICE.
URINO MY ABSENCE Ma. W. LORDIsanthorltod
tLemsvlvei indebted to me, will
one hundred feet in bredth. A smaller quan- U8 Olive, Granfte and Burnt river-in open
my oi water win sumco to ciean up tue oett- ing a road These three ialter places em.
rocs wnore now mi weir pay lies, and K is braco a iarge area of mining country whicfc
nuunu to uo iiuu. lucr outttlUBU CIIUUHQ
from a small space of bed-rock to defray
their expenses until thoy 'shall have com
pleted their ground-sluicing operations.
litany of the claims, however,' both on Elk
and Deep Creeks, are too deep for this taodo
oi working, in which case they opon a pit to
the bed-rock, put in a pump prepolled by
icTr
water and get their pay dirt out by drifting.
iSeino of these claims have fully met the ex
lactations of their owners, whiUt others
have not yet succeeded in finding the pay
expected, though none have as yet proved a
iiuiuro. '
NEW HIKES
In my last communication I referred to tbe
discovery of placer mines on the' slope ot
tho hill below the Elk Creek quartz ledge
Since that time parties have been working in
another place where there is a greater depth
of dirt; and four men in a run of two weeks
cleaned up seventy ounces of gold as fine as
that coining from a battery. They have laid
the Elk Creek quartz ledtre perfectly bare as
deep as their cut Is worked, and the dirt
they havo washed off, and from whjch they
have obtained such rich pay, is evidently a
mass of decomposed quartz rock from, that
ledge. Another company Is now nearly
ready for operations adjoining the claims re
ferred to, wbo are as sanguine of equally
j icu vowarus ior mcir moor,
QUARTZ MIMINO
In. the' matter of quartz, I have little to re
, jvort since my last letter. Sir. McQuaid, who
. I bolieve is sole proprietor of the Pacific, has
made an opening iu the side of tho billon
-4hls ledge, to the depth of fifteen feet, show.
ing a well-defined ledge, from three to four
feet wide, and fine particles of gold .are to
be seen in this rock without the aid of a
glass. It ii beyond all question, very rich.
. '. A VEW LEDOB
Tho ' indefatigable quartz' hunter, Fred.
Marbale, discoveredeanother ledge in March r
which he christened Tyhtt it being one of
the largest ledges-in the district. A small
,, piece of the cropping of this ledge, pounded
fino on a flat rock and punned out in tho
usual way, yielded a fabulous prospect. An
effort will U made soon to develop thi
is now filling up very rapidly with sturdy,
industrious miners, who must draw their
supplies from that great commercial artery
tho Columbia" river, by the nearest and most
practicable route, and. whether the depot bo
at the Dallesor Umatilla, this place is on the
hue hence we are all interested ; the bene
fits to result from good roads are mutual,
and tb,e burden should be borne by all. So
let us have the road. . Heusiit.
Notice to Democrats.
MR. OILMAN having declined tbe nominatloa as
Candidate of the Democratic party for County
Commissioner, we do hereby nominate JOHN MIL-
L1A.MS in bis stood. . i. siiirwais,
Uwl . cirn Dem. uo. uonimiiiee.
AOT1CE.
TUB UNDERSIGNED HAVING BOUGHT the
McluMnir lttgtvtratiee and half the schooner Ha-
vid, from Torence Quiii, all debts against tbe above
nameu uoais must ue presemuu u we u- mo u.u h.j
of May. ' aba bj.ku.vw.
Ualles, Slay a, is'io.
Herald copy, 2 weeks, and send bill to this ofllce.
P S. Since the- above was written, Mr.
MiUiken, whose claim is in Elk Creek, a few
hundred yards' above the town, brought in
to have weighed, a nugget of gold, weighing
at $16 pei ounco, $203. Mr. Hardy, on Deep
Creek, obtained from his claim last week, a
piece worth at tho same rate, $150. u.
to transact my business. Any persons knowing
o me, will pi
Dalles, May 16, 1896. uiylOwl
please call upon him.
it. 11. WUUD.
j.j uke;e,
Slain Street, Dalles, (. V
VBOLUALI AN bitau. DKALIB IK- .. -.
CIGARS. TOBACCO, SNUFF,
AIWATS III 8T0RI TBI DEBT BRAKDS Or " ' .- '
Cigars, Tobacco, Matches, &c.
PLAYING CAKDS, . , i
POCKET CUTLERY,
PORT MONIES. . -
COMD8 and BRUSHES, o' all kinds,
PERFUMERY, ot every description, , ,.
CHINA ORNAMENTS. v , -
TOYS, DOLLS, etc.
FISH HOOKS and FISHING TACKLE,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
FANCY GOODS, 4c. ' ' ' - '
Also Powder.Shot, Load, Powder Flasks, Baskets, and
many ether articles too numerous to mention.
j- Interior dealers supplied with Cigars. Tobaeo. etc.
at less than Portland prices, with freight added, oc-8
SELLING ori? AT COST!
J. GOETZ '& CO..
STONE BUILDING, WASHINGTON STREET, DALLB3,
Offer their well-selected stock of
TOBACCO,
PIPES,
YANKEE NOTIONS,
AND ' ' .
STATIONERY,
SAN
AT
FRANCISCO
COST,
mrCTtf
PROF, MURRAY'S
MAGIC OIL,
For Sale by . OATHS t CHAPIN.
AtSO, AGENTS FOR DR. DUNCAN'S
Whooping Cough Specific.
FBED. L1EBE,
GROCERY, PROVISION,
AND
Gold m Cinnabar. At tbe tme of tbe dis
covery of tue cinnabar lead cm John Uij
River, a gentleman residing in Canyon City
at once forwarded some pieces of tbe crop.
piuga to San Francisco fur assay. Ihe aa
sayers certificate attests tbat tbe ore yielded
at the rate of $52 22 in gold, $3 50 in silver,
and contained 14 J per cent, of quicksilver.
The cinnabar ie beld iu a frame of silicate
Tbe proportion of quicksilver greatly increases
as tbe lead is sunk upon; but whether tbis
offsets the proportion of tbe more valuable
metals is not determined. Most likely such
is not tbe case, and whether the ore proves
valuable to work for quicksilver or not, it is
reasonably certain tbitf it will prove very val
uable for tbe precious metals yrbich it con
tains. Tbe facilities of abundant timber, ex
baudiless water-power and a mild climate at
tend tbis valuable mining property, and Its
improvement and development must speedily
lake place.
Tub Lafmyfette Courier has- again made its
appearance. We bad. forgotten all about
you, Mr. G.r since- wo Baw a notico to the
effect tbat you bad found your bole. Tbe
great- typographical feature of the number
before' us is a sensation bead on' tbe "Flag"
question in Yamhill county. It should be
seen to be appreciated.
Orekk- Clay Smith, member of Congress
from Kentucky, baa been appointed Gov.
STORE,
Washington Street, opposite French 4 Oilman's, Dalles.
lias on nana a large, aim
It XT 1 X
well-assorted stock of
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS,
Fresh Butter &. Egres,
Received dallv. A large lot of CHICKENS always on
hand. FRUITS of all kinds. FIlBSIl VKQETAULKS
every murning. All articles warranted.
Give Me a Call, Everybody
PRICKS LOW.
an!8:tf F. LITTOK.
J. F. KELLOGG, DENTIST,
Malik St., Dalles, Oregon.
AFTER NEARLY SIXTEEN YEARS (
l'ractlce in his profejulon, would
respectfully inform the cltlr.ens of the I
feniina mill the mililic ceuerallv. that h-
hu lrl tlie Dental Odlce latolv occnnled hy J. W
GUItLEY, Dentist, where he can ho found prepared to at-
tond to those requiring his professional services.
Orrica Hours From 8 o'clock, . B., to 12 m ; and from
n'c ock. r. h. to o p- u; ui.hi
J. . piCKEKSON,
Senior in all kinds of
GROCERIES & GRAIN,
t, ' v AT TUB i - ;
T.owest Cash. Bates.
ALSO, ' ... .
JOSLYN & CURTIS BUTTER,
On hand, and received Fresh every week.
Conic One, Gome All, and Give me a Call, !
AT CONSER BARTKR'S-OhD STAND.
. SUrUUIOIt CALIFORNIA
RANCH BUTTER!
Vs vw TJu-Vaitab rhnlifl. In auantltles to snlt. at
GATES & CIIAPITV
WHOLESALE A RETAIL
DETJG-GISTS,
ETONE BUILDING, WAS0INQTON STREET,
DALLES, OREGON
Importers and Johbcrs of
TATENT MEDICINES, !' ' "
CHEMICALS A FANCV GOODS,
. SODA, CORKS A ACIDS,
OILS, A ALCOHOL, . ' ,
. PURE WINES t LIQUORS, ,
PAINTS, QLASS A BRUSHES. '
PUISICIANS' PKESCE1TTI0XS. '
Accurately compounded. '
PHOTOGRAPHIC EMPORIUM.
A full and complete assortment of all articles In the-
Photographic Line, at a SMALL ADVANCE ON BAN
FRANCISCO PRICES. . .
M3- Merchants will pleaso get our prices Dclore order-
lni(lelow. ,,,o
11. L. UllAl'ia, juoiin uaim.
Dalles. ' bacramenio, lai.
LAST CHANCE!
WE WOULD CAXL TUB. ATTENTION OK TIIK
imblic to tlio iact that we ure cluslng uut vur
tock of i "
CLOTHING.
DRY GOODS, &C...&C,
At Greatly Reduced Uates,
And offer harita ns which cannot full to satisfy anybody
wanting articles in our line.
TT,si ii "YVsiiMiiiif !
VrK INTEND CLOPINU OUIl UUS1NE!! HEIIE by
l the FIltfT OV .111 MO next, and we tube this op
portunity of once more ciillinn upon those indebttd to.
us to call nnd settle. We will not, If we can help It,
plaro any of our accounts In the hands of lcul collec
tors; but If obltgod to do so. v.'o-Bhall have recourse tO'
that when iuis uuuee vaiui ub.
n29ijl n. JiKun.ii & iiiui.
THE PROPRIETORS ARE NOW PREPARED WITU'
STAUNCH AND ROOMY BOATS, to erosa
Travelers, Horses- & Stock, v
In a Safe and expeditious manner, and At RsasonaM
ledge, . ,
,a0tf ... BALDWIN BEOS-
Kates..
V
ernor of Montana.