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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA
THE ALTAI DAHO GOLD and COPPER MINING COMPANY.
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Ureat Fortunes are Made in Gold Mining Properties,
Rich Strike Recently Made on Company's Grounds.
The Value of the Stock is Advancing Rapidly. . ,
Only a Limited Amount of the Stock will be Sold at Present Prices. Take the Opportunity to Purchase Before it is too Late.
MINES AT PARDEE, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO.
Officers of the Company.
HON. J.
T. FOX, IVe-Menf. !KO. M. SNYDEIl. Vice rrciletit.
K. .'I KKMAN FRITZ, Secretary. HON. ANDRKW L.
U. A. imiUti.S, Treasurer,
FRITZ, (Vun-.fl.
$1,000,000.
Directors-
IION.
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T FOX, .TixUp. IloX. J. C. KTRTZ. Judife. .1. V. HITTER. Jr. RcpMernncI Recorder.
; ALI.K.V, iM.utv Trcntirer. ('. M. TEUWI LLTU KR, rmtlion..tnr.v. .1. II. MKKCF.R, Druggist
.IKI5MMKV. PIKER. Manufacturer. F. V. REDEKEU. Physician.
GARDNER W. KIM HALL, Trens. Trust Co. R. A. RRIOOS, Merchant. UFA). M. fNYDER, Capitalist
Ceorge M. Snydor, Concral Manager, Located at Pardee, Maho.
Report of Mining Engineer.
CAPITAL STOCK,
Par value of shares, $1.00 each. Full Paid and Non Assessable.
No Personal Liability.
IHE MIHDIUI) GOLD ffl COPPER
Property of the Company.
The ('iiti!iny own the ' Empire irronp of mines"
conitini of niiii' elnlni, viz : Empire. Mnlio, (iieen,
Ruby Queen, N'. IVn-e Queen, Indiim Roy, Indian
(.'iii, lluzU'tnii, Lehigh and Luzerne, loentod in Eolo
Milling I)Ntrict, Idaho County, on Clearwater river
and nil lino oft he Northern Pacific Railway.
The railroad is between the property line of the
Company and the river, and iifTonls a tine location for
millMte on land of Company.
Wood and Water.
The Clearwater river in the western line of the
jrroup of mines belonging to this Company, nnd will
furnish water for any plant which the Company will
soon erect on their premise"! on the banks of the river.
The lands of the Company are well timbered in
sufficient riuantities for timber, lumber and fuel, which
may be necessary to use at mines, and for building
purposes and fuel.-
Location In Creat Cold & Copper Belt.
The mines of the Alta-Idaho (told and Coper
Mining Company are located on ihe west side of the
ititter Hoot Mountains, nearly opposite the great cop
per mines of Montana which are on the eastern side of
this mountain and among the richest copper mines in
the world, and the best paying mines in the United
Mates.
The especial field of this Company is Idaho, al
though itsoeratioiis may not be confined to that state.
The vast undeveloped resources of Idaho cannot help
but bring Immense wealth to their owners in the fu
ture. They who are fortunate to participate in the ac
quirement of a part of this enormous natural wealth
will have no reason to regret their choice of investment.
The Alta-Idaho Gold and Cop.er Mining Com
pany's mines are now In operation and are being
pushed to the fullest development possible.
The company offers a limited amount of stock for
sale. Recent developments show that the ore is in
large quantities and of a rich quality w hich w ill war
rant the value of the stock to increase us the opera
tions continue. The present price of the stock will be
increased in a very short tune. ltn an auunuance
of rich ore and advantages which few mines have.there
is no doubt of the success of this Company.
Theofticcrs of the Company will be pleased to
have you write or call iion them, as they are glad to
answer all Inquiries and furnish the fullest informa
tion concerning the mines and the manner of working
tham, and any other information desired concerning
them.
Wire, 'Phone or write for prices and subscription
blanks. Address all communications to
Lkw iston, Idaho, Jan. US. 1!03.
To whom it may concern .
I have recently examined the Empire Group of
mines situated in the Idaho Mining ltistrict, Idaho
County, State of Idaho. This group consists of nine
mines," formerly owned by A. 1). I'ardee and ieo M.
Snyder, and now owned by the Alta-Idaln Gold and
Copper Mining Company.
These mines are essentially Gold, Silver and Cop
per propositions, the ores consisting of the whole ranire
of sulphides including copper glance : also carbonates.
The gossan showing more or less oxydized iron carry
ing gold values. The geology of the mountain is some
what complex, but aside from orphyritic intrusive
the general character of country rock is diorite.altctcd
limestones, etc.
The veins parallel each other to summit of moun
tain and range from 7 to 40 feet In width, showing line
service mineralization at intervals along their entire
course. The strike is X. V. and S. K. and walls are
nearly, if not quite vertical. I regard them as true
tissures. They are easily traceable on surface by fre
quent outcrops some of a bold type and in the case of
the Idaho Uuby vein, a series of open cuts and shafts
show it to le continuous for over 2000 feet and varying
u surface from 10 to 14 feet in width with exception
ally eood ores in sight.
With a surface slope angle of ipproxiniately 30 de
grees the entire hill is workable by cross-out tunnels,
the jsirtals of which in each instance would be adja
cent to river and railway line, thus insuring u cheap
ness in mining costs not usually obtainable.
The present main opening is by tunnel projected
so as to cut through the middle of the property and
thus encounter all of the veins at right angles. This
tunnel is now driven for a distance of about 180 feet,
gaining about 165 feet in depth and w hile I did not
make measurr-ments, would judge that a distance of
2ij feet intervenes between the face of the tunnel and
the Ida-Hubv vein aforementioned, which would be
encountered at about 290 feet below surface.
On the several lenses of ore already encountered
I would suggest that drifting be continued o their
lenticular character show possibility ot chambers or
deposits of rich ore, and that work In face of main
tunnel be carried on as at present, although a double
shaft would be more desirable.
The persistent presence of mineral in the country
rock ns tunnel progresses is very encouraging and the
chances for encountering leads which do not show on
the surfiice arc very good.
I have before me a certificate of assay signed by
J. W. Killinger, ussayer, Lewiston, Idaho, which
Principal Office, -
shows values as follows of samples taken from the
different veins :
GOLD. SILVER. COPT Kit.
Xo. 1 ?4.X4 N.2 oz iVU'J per cent
'o. 2 (i.i',1 ,S.4.t'Z .'- percent
Xo. 3 4.75 ".ll oz ::.I2 percent
Xo. 4 ...r4.7S 2.'i')oz 2..V percent
I desire to state in conclusion that all that this
property requires Is work, the result of which I linnly
believe 'will place It quickly among the list of shippers
and make it the leading mine In this section of the
state. Itespectfullv Vours.
RICHARD I. WILLIAMS,
Mining Engineer.
In addition to the foregoing, we would call your
attention to the following extract found on panes 12"
anil 12 IT. S. Geological Survey, Part 2, Water Sii
ply and Irrigation, papers No. 54, by Prof. Israel Cook
Iliissell of Michigan University :
"To the reader who Is not familiar with the min
eral resources of the Nez. Perce region, it may be of in
terest to learn that the crystalline rocks of older data
than the Columbia River lava are quite generally ore
bearing. These rocks, in many instances, are meta
phoric in character ; that is, they consist of cither sed
imentary or igneous material that has been greatly al
tered by heat and pressure and by movements which
have caused it to become sheared and assume a schis
tose structure, Resides these changes there have been
great Intrusions of molten magmas, cither into lls
sures, as in the formation of the numerous dikes, or of
a regional character, as the intrusions of granite, dio
rite, etc., Into the earth's crust from great depths be
low the surface. Where either the mctaniorphic or
plutonic rocks are exposed at the surface, It is mani
fest there has been deep-erosion, 'lhe thickness of
rock removed lias not been measured, but may be
safely estimated at several thousand feet. The rocks
which once were deeply burled are frequently trav
ersed by veins in which more or less metallic material
in the form of free gold, silver, copper, etc., lias been
deHsited from the heated waters which iercolated
. through them. '
In general the rocks exposed beneath the Colum
bia river, lava in the canyons of Snake, Salmon and
Clearwater rivers are such as are looked to for depos
its of gold, silver, copper and many other ores and
minerals. The prediction which a geologist would 1h
led to make from the general character of these rocks
Is that they will be found to contain the precious me
tals, which is verified by the discovery of gold and
ores of silver and copper in what are reported to be
rich deposits."
In conclusion, the Empire Mines are surrounded
by the greatest mineral producing sections of the
Bloomsburg, Pa.
XorUiwest and will in turn take part In producing
their quota of wealth for the IrciiefU of the Company's
stockholders.
Extensive mineral belts are as yet barely prospect
ed if at all. The company will keep a corps of exert
prospectors in the Held during the coming season and
continue to add to Its holdings at a minimum cost.
Intimatelv acquainted with this region, we have
the utmo-t faith in it. GEO. M. S.NYDEK,
General Manager.
The following Is an extract from the Lewiston,
Idaho, Morning Tribune, January 30, I '.MM :
THE ALTA-IDAHO GOLD AXD COPPER
MIXING COM PAN V.
A USE KXItir.IT OK OHK UtoM MINKS IN IDAHO.
George M. Snyder, the well known mining man of
Pardee, is a guest at the Hotel Grand, having Just ar
rived from the Lolo Mining District. Mr. Snyder
brought out with him perhaps the Hnest collection of
copper, gold and silver ores ever seen In this city. The
ore is from the well known Empire group of mines at
Pardee, which were recently sold to the Alta-Idaho
Gold and Copper Mining Company for 000,W. The
Empire ore carries mixed values, running as high as
j')4 in gold, 4! ounces in silver ami Mi jrcrccnt. in eop
lter. The Empire group was originally owned by Mr.
Snvderand Mr. Alfred J. Pardee of Philadelphia. who
have ln-en steadily prosecuting development work for
the past four years. The properties embrace seven
full claims and' two parts of claims, and are located on
the north side of the Clearwater river one mile from
Pardee, Idaho. The work done has exposed immense
ore bodies, and it is now the purpose to definitely
place the group in the dividend class, the plans in
cluding further extensive development operations, the
installation of smelters, etc.
Letter from Prof. D. S. Hartline,
Instructor In Geology, Rloonisbiirg State Normal
School.
Statk Normal Sc hool, Rloomsburg, Feb. 9, '0.1.
Mr. F. Herman Fritz, Secretary.
Dear sir : During the past few years I have seen
many different kinds of ores, especially cold, copper,
lead, silver, zinc and iron, but I never before saw so
Hue a lot of ores containing compounds of gold, silver
and copH-r with so large a" per ventage of these valua
ble metals as was shown me to-day from the mines of
the Alta-Idaho Mining Company. Any one of these
minerals is there in sufficient quantities to pay well
for the mining. The other two, therefore, simply go
to double and treble the profits. It seems to me in
vestors have an unusually tine opportunity for highly
profitable investment in the stocks offered by this
company. Very respectfully, D. S. HARTLINE.
The Alta-Idaho Gold & Copper flining Co., Bloomsburg, Pa.
or to W. B. Allen. Bloomsburg, Pa.; Charles Harder, CatawJssa, Pa., Financial Agents.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5. 1903.'
GOSSIP AT HARNSBDRG
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Speaker Walton Will Round Up
Tardy Members of the House. 1
Bilious?
Dizzy? Headache? Pain
back of your eyes? It's your
liver! Use Ayer's Pills.
MAY START NIGHT SESSIONS
Want your moustache or beard a
beautiful brown or rich black? Use
Buckingham's Dye
SOctt.ef druggiiUorR. P. Htll 4 Co., Nwhut.N.H
Appropriation Committee Hear Many
Tale of Financial Woe New School
Doctorr, Fighting For Recognition.
Other Note of interest. ,
Special Correspondence. ,
Harrisburg, March 2. Just before
the house of representative adjourned
on Thursday evening Speaker Walton
complimented the members on their
industry and punctuality during the
week and the amount of labor they had
performed. They certainly in a meas
ure deserved this commendation, for
there was a vast quantity of work
done notwithstanding several spasms
of oratory that assailed the more vol- I
able members and which consumed an j
unnecessary period of time. But on j
the whole It was a business like week.
Had the speaker waited until Friday
morning, however, he would hardly
have been so gracious, for the practi
cally empty tenches that stared him
in the face was an appalling spectacle.
Of course outside of the perfunctory
first reading of bills there has been
little to do on Friday mornings, but
the time is now near at hand when
Friday mHst become as practical a day i
as any other day in the legislative
week. The house calendar is very
much encumbered with postponed and
other bills, the latter half of the ses
sion Is under way, four-fifths of the
entire legislative work is yet to be
performed, and empty benches on Fri
day or any other day will have to be
provided against. The speaker made
10 open comment on Friday morning,
but later, before he departed for home,
he bluntly intimated that it was his
purpose during this week to see that
a better attendance was on hand to
wards the end of the week, and if nec
essary inaugurate the wind-up series
of night sessions. "I work here every
day and all day myself," he said, "aqd
I will bpg to it that the member gen
erally will do the same."
Spending the Money.
This is the time that the money to
be spent by the state during the next
two years Is being parceled out, and the
committee on appropriations is having
its nands full. Delegations fom every
part of , the state are nocking to Har
risburg to urge Increased money for
their pet Institutions or to advocate
more general expenditures. Two
oughts, last week the committee sat
ana listened to these tales of financial
woe until 3 o'clock the following
morning, and for the next month or so
this committee will be worked equally
hard. Chairman Bliss has found It
necessary to throw out another warn
ing that the state's money bag has got
a bottom, and to call a halt on de
mands for cash. He intimates very
strongly and unhesitatingly that there
are disappointments ahead in regard
to appropriations, and that there will
be a vigorous scaling of the amounts
asked. And it is also Intimated that
Governor Fennypacker will follow the
example set by bis predecessor, and
either veto appropriations altogether
or cut them down considerably from
the sums allowed by the legislature.
The appropriations committee will pre
pare an itinerary this week for the
various sub-committees that will visit
the charitable Institutions throughout
the state, with the exception of those
In Pittsburg and Philadelphia.
A pronounced movement is on foot
In opposition to tha Heidelbaugh bill
creating a state department of chari
ties and corrections. There is well
defined strength back of the measure,
which has passed the senate, but va
rious influential elements throughout
the state have suddenly co-operated to
oppose its passage in the house. It
will be taken up for consideration in
the latter body on Wednesday, but in
the meantime the committee on judi
ciary wil hear a delegation represent
ing the trustees of various state insti
tutions who are opposing It.
Where Doctor Differ.
To the ordinary lay mind medicine
and medical practice are something
vague and abstract, but there is a
possibility that members of the house
will have an opportunity of learning
a lot about the Ins and out of the
service and profession before many
days are over. Tho fight between the
old schools and the new vogue of oste
opathy is becoming amusingly violent,
and it Is expected that when the oste
opathlsts' bill comes up for discussion,
poslbly this woek, there will be a con
troversy among the various rival doc
tors and their friends advocating the
different methods of practice which
will throw the periodic display of the
legal debating club of the house en
tirely in the shade.
The Medical Board bill of the allo
path and homeODftthlst having ut
teriy grounu me "none doctors," the
osteopathists introduced a bill of their
own, placing themselves on an equal
footing in the state with the others.
Efforts were made to tie this up In
committee, but last Tuesday night the j
friends of the measure stole a march
on their opponents and bad the bill j
reported out of committee. During the i
m v at 1.1 w ifftlamttAn n lha I
new school men were in the lobbies,
and they are here again this wck and
are being directed in the mysteries of
lobbying by Isador I.obcl. of Erie, who
is a fervent advocate of osteopathy.
tThe bill is on this week's calendar, and
Uotlce has been served by the "regu
lars" that they will fight every stage of
the new legislation. On only one con
ation, they say, will they withdraw
h&lr opposition. That is that students
j)f osteopathy may graduate in that
branch of the healing art, and may
practice it, but only when they hava
taken the regular four-year course
una qualified as practitioners In on
of the old schools. Thla will be a dif
ficult, probably impossible, pill for V.i
osteopathists to swallow. Their own
curriculum is comprised In a two-year
course only. They might compromise
on a three-years study, but to go th
entire length of a four-year tuition
under old-school conditions before
they can practice Ihclr own particular
branch of the profession is something,
they maintain, that they cannot con
sider. '
Meanwhile the wits of the house are
awaiting the fight with much interest.
All humanity is in close connection
with the doctors, no matter what their
school may be, and the lay orators are
waiting for their chance to have their
say on the subject. It promises to be
an interesting event when it comes
along. The use of the floor of the
bouse has been given to tho osteopa
thists for next Wednesday evening,
when their orators will urge their
riiii.o iur i t-coerwi :iii.
10 Kaise the Niagara.
Students of American hiBtory will
have more or less Interest in a bill in
troduced by Senator SIsson, of Erie,
which appropriates $10,000 for raising
Commodore Perry's flag-ship, Niagara,
now lying in the lake, opposite the city
of Eric, where she sank in 1812. Al
though large portions of the vessel
have been carried oft by relic hunters,
the hull is still intact and In remarka
bly good condition; and if the state
gives the money it Is intended to place
what remains of the historic ship In
the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at
Erie, where It will prove a famous ad
dition to the attractions of that nota
ble institution.
A bill Is being prepared by Repre
sentative Snyder, of Schuylkill, which
is Intended to equalize the assessments
In that county by bringing up the coal
lands to a figure which will be a mean
between farm and town property. The
former Is assessed at 100 per cent of
Its value and the. latter at 60 per cent.
and tne proposed measure win seen to
raise the assessment from $18,000,000
to $80,000,000 on coal property in the
county valued at $120,000,000. Snyder
Intends to introduce his bill this week,
i The bills appropriating $50,000 to
meet the emergency occasioned by the
epidemic of smallpox now prevalent In
various parts of ha commonwealth has
been made a special order for to-morrow
morning in the senate.
Captain John C. Delaney, the newly
appointed chief factory Inspector, is
cleaning out his office at a lively rate,
and among the victims are several
friends of ex-Attorney-General Elklns.
This is one of the things, however,
that are to be expected, and where the
Bufferers are supposed to grin and
bear it.
1 Senator Berk el bach hasn't given up
all hope yet of passing his Sunday blue
law repealer bill. Representatives of
the Pennsylvania Sabbath association
are, however, continually on the
ground, and are keenly on the alert for
any move that may be made on behalf
of the measure.
Many of the pronounced "pinch"
bills are still tied up in committee,
and the question is being openly asked
In the house whether their authors
and backers have been "persuaded" to
jdrop them. There is rumor of a scan
jdal brewing in this connection.
1 HUGH DONNELLY.
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true to the title appreciated by every person who weighs
the subject and investigates the goods offered and com
pares the prices attached. Some have not been here for
causes partly unavoidable, but we are still prepared to
show you good varieties of reduced goods.
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If you have not seen
our line of SHOES, it
will pay you to see it.
We have the largest
Stock of Shoes
of any store in this sec
tion. Made by the best
Manufacturers especi
ally for me. and will FIT
AND WEAR.
Ladies' Coats
One-half Price
Almost gone, if you have wait
ed you can now get new coats
at half price.
$10.00 Coats,
Economy Sale 5.00
$5.00 Coats,
Economy Sale 2.50
Silks One-half
and One-third off
Over 100 waist lengths sold.
A few yet just added to the as
sortment. 75 cent and $1.00
Silks at 59 cents yard. 50 cent
to $1.00 Silks at 39 cents yard
fluslins.
10 vards erood unbleached
muslin 1 yard wide 4s cents.
10 yards good bleached mus
lin 1 yard wide 62 cents.
Notion Specials.
Collar buttons, celluloid back,
lever top regular price 5c. each.
Economy Sale Price 2 for 5c.
Cutter's Silk Thread, black
and best colors 100 yd. spools,
regularly 8c. Economy Sale
price 5c. spool.
Women s Linen Collars, kinds
we will have no more of, regu
larly 10c to 1 8c each. Economy
Sale Price 5c each.
Dress shields, regular 10 and
12c. Economy Sale Price 7c
a pair.
Horn Hair Pins, regular 10c
doz. Economy Sale Price Sc a
dozen.
Black wool skirt braid, regular
5c piece. Economy sale Price 2
pieces 5c.
Fancy feather stitched braid,
regularly 5c piece. Economy Sale
Price 3$c.
Our School Shoes
are made extra strong
to stand the hard ser
vice given a School
shoe.
W. H. MOORE,
Cor.'Main and Iron St?.
BLOOMSRURG, PA
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SOFIA, March 4. A collision hn
taken plnce between Macedonian revo
lutionists under the famous leader,
Boris Kurafoff, nnd a body of Turkish
troops near the village of Vladlulrovo.
It is reported that ten of the Insurgents
were killed or wounded, while the loss
on tho Turkish side was much greater.
The revolutionists succeeded in escap
ing to the bills.
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