Tragedy in the Career
of Delegate-Elect Cale
From the Juneau Transcript, Auk. 25.
Tlu> reiKirt at the close of the cam
paign that Thomas Calc was for several
years a Pinkerton detective is corrobor
ated by Mr. Babtrice Fay, now here in
■1 uneau.
Thomas Calc and his brother, Fay
relates, came to Ouray, Colorado, way
back in the *.H)’s to arrest a man wanted
by the Pinkertons. In the attempt to
arrest him Gale’s brother was shot dead,
but before the man could turn the gun
on Thomas he was killed by the brother
who is now delegate-elect to congress
from Alaska. Our informant could not
tell us what settlement was made con
cerning the murder, but Cale came to
the Yukon territory soon after and three
or four years ago came back across the
line into his own country. He has not
been back to his home in Wisconsin for
nine years, though bis wife and seven
children have resided there for the last
quarter century.
While Mr. Calc was in Juneau during
the campaign he was asked by Mr. Fay
if he was not the same man that was in
the shooting scrajie at Ouray, and Mr.
Fay says Cale admitted lie was the same
man.
Mr. Cale may have been justified in
killing his man, but the very fact that
he did it as a Pinkerton man will cause
the miners of Alaska, who hate Pinker
ton and all his men worse than they
hate the devil and his angels, to wish
they hadn’t sent him to congress. It
may be that Cale will be a valuable man
in congress, for that body for some time
has been hunting for some man who can
assist the government in breaking up
the Federation of Miners in Colorado
and other western states.
Valuable Hints to Prospectors
Regarding Precious Stones
The following newspaper clipping was
handed the Valley News by a friend who
never forgets to keep a lookout for gems
while prospecting for gold. It was evi
dently printed in
lvlitor Dawson Record:
Sir:—Myself and one of my partners
have for years been prospecting for gems
of every description, including dia
monds, ami we desire to gather and to
disseminate all the information jxissible
concerning the formation of this camp
and the various crystals unearthed by
the placer and quartz miners of the
Yukon.
To this end I have accepted the invi
tation of Mr. White of your valued
journal to write something on this sub
ject of crystalographv, and will also
quote Dana and other authorities, hop
ing to encourage many others to pros
pect for the precious stones as we are
doing.
“Diamonds are found distorted into
elongated pear-shaped forms, also irreg
ular; and in groups. In spherical forms
w ith radiated structure and rough exte
rior. Itarelv massive. Luster, ada
mautive to greasy, sometimes dull.
Color—white or colorless; <wasiitnally
various j«»le shades of yellow, ml,
orange, green, blue, brown; sometimes
black, t'sually transparent; also trans
lucent and opaque.
“Variety.—Ordinary. In cry stals usu
ally with rounded laces ami varying
from tle**c w loch are colorle-s and free
from Haws first water through many
faint shades of color, yellow the most
foinoion; rose, grven and Mite shades
are rare. es|«s ially the last; often full
of Haws and hence of value only for cut
ting ptlrj* -sea.' ’— I Hina.
It will Is* seen by the als.ve 'imitation
from Dana that there are fhntimerahlv
tints ami colors, as well as irregular
shapes, to the rough diamond, and that
we can not lie certain of anything hy
the color or shupe of the pebbles we
discover.
“Diamond. — Characterized hy its
hardness. Colorless to black. Hardness,
10.”—Brush.
In his work on “Determinative Miner*
ology anil Blow Pipe,” Brush is very
concise and to the jxiint. He signifies,
according to the above quotations, that
a diamond is almost any color ranging
betwet n white and black, and that it is
distinguished by its hardness, which
is 10.
The hardness of quartz is generally 7
or less. Iolite and staurolite are 7 in
hardm 8 <. Zircon, liervl, euclase and
phenacite are 7.5 in hardness. Topaz is
8 in hardness, (iahnite (zinc spinel) is
7.5 to 8 in hardness. Sapphire-corun
dum is 0 in hardness. Kuby-corundum
is also 0 in hardness.
The diamond being of so great a vari
ety of shapes and colors, it will lie
readily seen that the prosjiectnr must
rely alim at entirely on the test for
hardness. He can not, therefore, throw
away crystals found in his goldpan re
sembling agates of any color without
risk of h sing precious gems of great
V due, as well as those of lesser value
ranging from 8 to !• in hardness
“The diamond urcur* chiefly in allu
vial deposit* of gravel, sand or day,
assnriated with quartz, gold, platinum,
zircon, ■ stalled rite, rutile, br<*>kite,
hematite, ilmenite, and also andahisite,
chrysolieryl, to|«u, corundum, toiirma
I oe, garnet, etc., the associated miner
als Icing thoa■ common in granitic
ris ks, or granitic veins. Also (• mi l in
quaitr so- conglomerate*. and further in
r iniieetUin with tin laminated granular
quirts risk or ipiartzose hydroniica,
schist, itacolumyte, which in thin slats.
ia more or leas flexible.”—Dana.
It will be seen Ity this last quotation
from Dana that the placer gold mines
are “chiefly” the field for the prospector
in the Klondike, as well as in other
camps.
And, furthermore, I wish to impress
upon the minds of the prospeetors of
tliis camp that most of the minerals de
scribed above by Dana are found in the
goldpans on nearly every creek being
now worked in the Klondike, which can
be readily proven by the use of the
magnifying glass, or chemical analysis.
The rarest of these minerals found in
our placers is platinum and corundum.
The Klondike abounds in conglomer
ate reefs; in fact they have been discov
ered and recorded on all four sides of
the city of Dawson, on account of carry
ing gold and other values, as also in the
Indian ltiver district.
Three years ago a placer minet on
Sulphur creek saved a small vial full of
very small rubies and sold them after
wards in San Francisco for the sum of
If 20(1.
More than two years since Tiffany &
Co., of New York city, cut two stones of
the pink garnet species from a tributary
of the Stewart river, and quoted the
valuation of same as very close to that
of the diamond. Fix-Governor Ogilvie
is interested in a concession very close
to the said creek.
The topaz, emerald, garnet, ruby,
zircon, opal, amethyst, moonstone, and
a great variety of agates have been found
in this immediate vicinity, and in one of
my own dykes I have at the present
time millions of topaz of various shades,
tints and forms, in sight, among which
I hope soon to be able to find crystals of
hardness 10—diamonds—as well as to
paz, of hardness H.
Diamonds are found in the solid rook
as well as in the placers, and for this
reason the quartz miner should keep a
weather eye on the crystals.
Sincerely yours, Wirsox Fostkk.
The Sapphire.
The sapphire is a variety of corumlnin
or native alumina. The blue color can
lie analyzed into two colors, an ultra
marine blue and a yellowish green. The
origin of the color has never lieen deter
mined, for although oxide of cobalt
would give the same blue, analysis does
not always show that mineral present.
Next to the diamond the sapphire is the
hardest known substance. Its crystal
line formation is rhomlsdiedral, as are
all the corundum family, such as the
ruby. There seems to Ik* no doubt that
the ancient Sapphirus and the Old Tes
tament sapphire were what we now call
the lapis-lazuli, while the stone that we
now call the sapphire was the ancient
llyacinthun. The liest sapphires come
from Ceylon and Australia, whilecoarser
varieties occur in the I’nited States and
in Kuro|ie.— Kxchange.
Great Gem Mine.
The sapphire working* at Yogo gulch,
Montana, art* twin# gradually developed
into a great and |*ernianent mining in*
dtwtry, *ayf» tieorge K. Kuna in a forth
coming re|»ort on preciott* ?*t«*•»•**•. by
tli** I nited State* ticol«*gical nunrry.
Taken a?* a whole the Yogodike i* |*e*r
tu|4 the gnutmt nr in mine in the world.
It i.<« aUmt hair imU ** tome on tlie nur
face, amt bring a true igneott* dike,
deaeelid* to an indefinite depth. It i«
pstinidtoi that the entire ion tent of
workable iwipphire l**artng r«rk wuld
approximate cable yard* A
mining plant in m*w Uing ereeted whieli
DETERSON PIPES
1 The Latest Importation in
I Smokers'Articles
..General Merchandise..
.... OUTFITTING ....
MINERSSTORE
In the Postofflce Building
Mike Engels
(Sourdough Mike)
FREIGHTING
and PACKING
To all the Creeks
g FRANK STEVENS’S
GLEN ROADHOUSE
REOPENED BY
£ DAD FOSTER.
£ ACCOMMODATIONS for HORSES
£AJUUlSLSLJlSLSLSLSLjajLSU^^
will quadruple the output. The stones
obtained are not of large size. They
range from “culls” used for watch jew
els and other mechanical purposes to
gems averaging, when cut, from half a
carat to two or three carats and rarely
up to five or six. As gems they are
brilliant, free from flaws and of good
color, ranging from light shades to the
rich deep blue of oriental sapphires.
The Yogo crystals have an advantage for
mechanical uses over Hast Indian stones
in their form, which is largely short
prismatic or rhombohedral, with flat
basal terminations, and hence they need
much less cutting for such purposes as
watch jewels. The gems are sent to
Amsterdam for cutting and yield from
two fifths to one half their weight in
finished stones.
TO HEAR CLAIMANTS
AGAINST ASSAY OFFICE
Will II. Thompson, *»|H*eial master
ato take evidence in the matter
• *f >*u stained through the |«ectila
ti*►ii?* *»f Cashier George Kdaard Adams
♦ »| the I'nited State?* a«>*ay office at Se
attle, wan t** commence the hearing*
Sept H.
I*ul»lt*hed notice «».* given t*> nil |n*r*
non* claiming to have mtuttiiiuil *nch
la mat* to present proof of th«* •*ume forth
with after the al»o>e name*I date. So
time Him *et after which *uil» claim*
a ill la* l>arre«l.
Numerous *mall elaine* from li.im)«irt
aii*l other phuev. »«f ittiirar, will never
lie pr« *ented; l»«it th» r»- are i»tl)rr« •**
large they **»ight I** lie U«»krd after