The Shasta Courier du lieu suivant : Redding, California • 1

-I Semi Weekly Semi-Weekly THE PIONEER PAPER OP NORTHERN ESTABLISHED MARCH 1852 VOLUME LVIII REDDING SHASTA COUNTY CALIFORNIA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26 1013 ILeadls file file Vaflnne Comities MlnemM Making Strong Case Against lotto Jury in Newmeyer Trial Fails to Agree III 1912 COPPER MINES PRODUCED 24618550 POUNDS OF SHASTA LEADS ALSO IN SILVER 691257 VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTS GIVEN BY COUNTIES SHOWS SHASTA FAR IN THE LEAD AMADOR SECOND COUNTY IN RANK PRODUCING ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF AS MUCH AS SHASTA SEVEN TO FIVE IN FAVOR OF CONVICTION DISMISSED AT NOON TODAY After lining out from oVlo I -lerday afternoon tlm Jury in the trial of Frank Nownmyor of Whiskey lown on a statutory charge n-ked for the court at noon today Foreman Anton Klein iiur Mat to the court that It was ImposMlile to arrive al a vm-dlct Tim Jury had dcliberatisl all night and there no likelihood of i m'Ti being agreed upon ludge Barber itini' jin-ci 1 they were or tin- same opinion h-rc was a general nodding of Imnln by way of siat ul to the sMl-mcn iade by the foreman Judge Barber Mien-ni on disclmiy-d the Jury excusing tlm Jurors until they are again not I fed by the that they have turn drawn for rv tec at some other trial Tho Jury stood sexci to live in fa- -TRIAL ALLEGED WEED DYNA- MITER MUST CLOSE THIS THE SECOND WEEK (Bvecifll to Courier-Free PreiB) YREKA September The trial of Georgia Mloito alleged dynamiter ol Weed will have to be completed this week to make way for the trial of hie co-conspirator 0 Vigna which 'la net to come up in the superior court next Monday morning The court will hold a night session today in ordor to expedite the trial The prosecution closed its side of the case Tuesday noon though rebuttal testimony will be Introduced after the defense doses Important testimony was given by the finger print expert from San Caentln prison He Identified the finger marks found on the saw used In boxing the dynamite as those of Vigna and Pietro Usscre and not those of Frank Clpparone na contended by the defensp One of the most interesting exhibits by the prosecution was the box containing the dynamite It was ta 55415426 955067 line ounces of sliver valued at 8687366 and $592532 In gold Then were also treated 107 4G2 tons or old tailing)) yielding $103936 In gold an average of 96 cents a ton and $1298 in silver an nvenige of 1 cent a ton $9000000 FROM PLACERS The placers of California in 1912 yielded $8645663 in gold and 35652 ounces of silver valued at $21926 a decrease of $339895 from llto placer output of 1911 The hydraulic mines showed An increaso of gold output of $14196 the dredges a decrease ol' $236506 tho drift mines a decrease of $91908 and the surface placers a decrease or $26646 In gold The placers produced 4386 per cent of the total gold yield of the state and the deep mines 5614 per cent The dredgos produced 3768 per cent of the entire output of gold In the state in 1912 and 8593 por rent of the placer gold The total gohl-drcdge output of California from 1899 when only $206302 was produced has boen $55-415191 including tbe $7429951 obtained from this source in 1913 SHASTA LEADS Slinstu is tho leading mineral producing county In the state Us total for the year 1912 being $5415426 including 24619559 pounds of copper ore 691257 ounces of silver The value of mineral output of the loading counties Is given: GAS PLANT AT COMM 1 IS NOT SATISFACTORY TEMPORARY SHUT-DOWN MADE HALL PROCESS NOT YET PUT TO THE MUST WAIT UNTIL GAS PLANT WORKS LELAND GENERAL MANAGER GOING EAST IN A DAY OR SO BUT WILL RETURN STILL HAS CONFIDENCE IN THE MALI PROCESS DESPITE THE PRESENT DISAPPOINTMENT Dunsmuir Pays High Compliment to Mr and Mrs Garrett NUMBER 93 i oi el convict ion and had stood 'at 'li: I moi-i- since early this morning On tin- first ballot Mm Jury stood tlx to six 1 1 1 1 1 during tim night one Juror w's won over to tbe side of guilt juror says that at no time was tlx te him in imoiilous dehate There w- nlivii vs a determination on the part tr each Jut or to determine the facts iinl do Justice it was simply an instance of where twelve men could not see th-ir way 'to agree I I vi in i lie cniiit adjourned District A Homey ciif'ioiweth apologized to the lint to the jury for remarks be cnrdny aitirnoou In tho heal i ii 'irguumni Judge Barber adopted Mm apology lu behalf o' the cmiit and for the Jury The jury was composed of these: Antrum Klemnur foreman John lmis A Halter If Purcell Otto JolniMiii William A Eastwood VVur Moswortli Elmer Abbott Uiorge A Brown William A Asbeil I- rcilericlv Rogers and Oeorg Schoonover Hi Cr Manager Imlaud i lx Mean uf It he concluded that ini- Kiteti up the Hall process I'm 1 -x in-n will continue to work in 1 in mind the smelter 'We shipping fifty tons of ore iy lay in Me Maim noth smelter ill K-iiin It I -Aiil have in a day or so tor Me- it hut i will be coining back i cry uaii kly and when I come back I expi-i i to ibid the n(i plant peril ch-i! The hut down If it may be no cnlli Ii only tmurorary i 'I he hurry Mild some Him nun l-i atmr has hopes of trar- 1 1 i' art "III il-inami Its return ns -i(d i -p -jix Several ec-ks OgO on tho Llnm raiili raii' i 1 1 i town and or-id-red th rb- st thpt he want-ill It lu convex- his employer to hU tan Wlii'ti several days elapsed imi i in iiu-e l-i biuvy were not re- ti'i- to make Inqulr- i aii m' te id Sheriff Walker In in i i -I- Th luuiy was finally iiim! i 'ii! where tho 'i daei lu rtabh and tl'f 'll XX I ll I Th- 'ming tlder then hired another ii i 1 1 1 1 from thn Cotton-" ii it mii and it is reported that lie ii large vx it Ii tlm rig The ii'h'x will vigorously prosecuted in hi 'I i- when Im Is finally iii iii REMEMBERED IN CORAM Mi-: lit a Whnrtnn who has Just mid 1 1'nt damages in Walla Willi Wash a doctor who left a pinl -priug inside of her after an iiperni iuii the spring staying bidden for lil ecu days is well remembered in Cot am win-re she lived up to tbe time th smelter shut down two years nun UOKAM September 21 are having trouble with the gns plant" said In land Mils morning wlo-u In was asked why work at tin- smelter IihiI been shut down ti-niMrarily "I am not disappointed" i mx-l Mr Lelniid "Tim Hall process bn- not been pill to the tfsl Not single pound of ore lias hem pi into Mm McUougall furnnee as -l We must have Mm right kind of gas Th-gas plant is imi v-i working to our satisfaction "This Is not a shut contla- ken to the court house yard where the judge Jury court officials and defendant and attorneys In the case viewed It The box which is a common Naptha soap box contained 136 sticks of No 2 40 per cent giant powder which was made in 1902 101 giant powder caps 22 Smith ft Wesson loaded shells 38 callbor one-half pouhd of 20-penny spikes and one pound of shingle nails Five sticks of the giant powder were capped Instead of the sticks of powder being packed with sawdust as Is customary tho sticks were pocked with loose giant powder After the court and Jury had viewed the powder the case was resumed and the powder taken out of town again and buried Tho defense has put three witnesses on the stand so far: Vigna Pietro Liaaere and Alessandro Vigna The stories they tell are greatly at variance with the facts as developed at the time of the arrests and the preliminary examinations The prosecution Is well satisfied mat a strong case has been made against Mloito The evidence given by the three conspirators is preposterous filled last evening Mr and Mrs Garrett were deeply touched by the demonstration In their behalf on the part of the townspeople Erbentraut cashier of tho Dunsmuir bank was master of ceremonies The program of exercises included selections by the Dunsmuir band and the Dunsmuir orchestra Addresses were made by Tuck-well City Trustee Dranstetter Attorney A Badle Mrs II Wood-row Dr II Mason Coburn of Yrekn 8 Wilkins City Clerk Albaugb and Spencer Garrett replying feelingly at the dose During his residence in Dunsmuir Mr Garrett has boen city trustee and also city attorney He Is also a member of Siskiyou county's Panama-Pacific exposition commission Musical numbers were given by Miss Clarice Koon Miss Liiella Coburn and Miss Ethel Fitzgerald Those who took the lead la managing tho function are: Fitzgerald I 8 Erhcntraut Tuck-well Albaugb Brenstet-ter Mrs Von Fossen Charles Pendleton at this place Tbe salary paid last fiscal yonr was $218 LAMOINE September Do you want to bn jioatmaster at Lamoino at salary of $492 a year? Then come here on Saturday October 25 and lake tbe civil servlco examination At the same time applicants for the office at Cnntnrn $236 a year will ho examined REDDING COUPLE WED IIIJED BLUFF REM ULUEF September A marriage llconsu was issued Tuosday evening to Ralph Marion McHenry aged 21 and Gertrude Anna Poters aged 19 both of Redding The couple ware married that evening by Rev A Crosser at bis homo on South Rio stroot White a stockman from Ono is In Redding today after a load of supplies The mine output of gold silver copper lead and xlnc in California in 1912 according to Charles Yale of thn United Slates geological survey was valued at $26383946 an Increase of $1209269 over the norro-standing value for the year 1911 INCREASE IN COPPER The increase Is due mainly to a gain in yield of gold from deep mines Increased value from copper and silver and Increased output of zinc The greatest gain was in the value of copper and was due to an advance In commercial value of the metal as the quantity produced was materially less in 1912 than in 1911 To a less degree the same may be said of silver and tho zinc quantities and values also increased GOLD $19713478 The mine production of gold in 1912 was valued at $1971S478 a nominal decrease of $25430 from 1911 The output of silver was 1300136 fine ounces vulued at $799584 an Increase of 29691 oupces In quantity aud of $126248 in value The production of copper was 33451672 pounds valued at $5519526 a decrease of 2-864464 ounds in quantity but an Increase of $980009 In value The output of load was 1144731 pounds valued at $51512 which Is a decrease of 253380 pounds In quantity and of $11403 in value The output of zinc was 4345591 pounds valued at $299-816 an Increase for the year 1912 of 1538556 pounds In quantity and $139845 In value 1041 PRODUCING MINES Thore were 1041 motal-mlnlng properties reported productive In 1912 of which 532 were deep mines and 509 placers of various kinds This shows a total decrease of 140 producing mines in 1912 There were 470 deep gold mines 12 silver 24 copper 25 silver-lead-slnc and 1 zinc PLACER MINES Of tbe placer producers 111 were hydraulic mines 65 dredges 146 drift and 157 surface or sluicing mines There were 64 less deep and 76 lens placers producing In 1912 than In 19 Tbe deep mines of California produced 2641497 tons of ore In 1912 decrease of 165764 tons Of this output 2225429 tons was siliceous ore 408622 tons copper ore 974 tons lead oro and 6472 tons fine ore The siliceous oro output decreased 70198 tons the copiwr ore decreased J5 659 tons and tho lead ore decreased 1034 tons aud die zinc ore increased 1847 Urns LARGER RETURNS Tbe total average value from all o-e sold or treated In California in 1912 waa $671 a Ion against $549 a ton In 1911 and $671 a ton In 1910 At gold and silver mills in California In 1912 the toiinago milled was 2077-300 short tons yielding $10371347 in gold and 307306 ounces of silver valued at $188993 or an nvornge vnl-uq in gold and sliver of $508 a ton compared with $464 In 1911 and $525 In 1910 Of dlls average value $117 was recovered ns bullion In linttprlen and on plates In mills SMELTING Tho smelling ores 456735 tons produced all the copper and zinc and practically all the lend ns well ns HORSE THIEF WANTED IN SHASTA AND NEVADA i COUNTIES CAUGHT TODAY RECEPTION ATTENDED BY FOUR HUNDRED GIVEN TO THE ATTORNEY AND HIB WIFE ON THE EVE OF THEIR DEPARTURE TO THEIR NEW HOME DUNSMUIR September Dunsmuir paid a high tribute in the Auditorium last evening to Mr and Mrs Garrett who are soon to leave this city to take up their residence la Ran Bernardino Mr Garrett an attorney by profession has lived here for the last four and one-half years and has always been active In business and social affairs On the eve of the departure of himself and wife the eltlxens of Dunsmuir through tho Merchants' club and the Women's Improvement club decided to glvo them a reception as an expression of the high esteem In which they are held and also as an expression of good will that goes with them to their new home Four hundred Invitations were Issued 'some being sent to Yrcka and Redding The hall was comfortably PBSTCU HMTED FOR OFRCE AT MOB WINTHROP LAMOINE AND CAN-TARA OFFICES ARE NOW VACANT KNOB September Them will be a civil service examination here on Saturday October 25 of applicants for appointment to the position of postmaster The office paid $580 salary last fiscal year Any man aged 21 or over or woman aged 18 or over residing within the territory supplied by this poatoffleo Is eligible Applications should be made through (ho liostmaster at Knob WINTHROP September 24-A civil service examination will be hold here on Saturday October 26 of those desiring to be appointed postmaster CHARLES BROYLE CAPTURED IN SACRAMENTO STOLE HORSE AND RIG FROM WEAST IN REDDING ON SEPTEMBER ('Italics Iti'iij win- INYO FOR ZINC Inyo'a production includes the valuo or 4345591 pounds of zinc DREDGER GOLD Tin- utnount of gold recovered ny dredging Is rouped for the counties of Merced Shasta Siskiyou and Stan-h $327414 This amount does not figure in the county totals riven a hove COPPER COUNTIES The mount of copper ore produced in tlm cloven counties having copper iiiiiios Is shown the figures being for I'liunds: Shasta 21618559 Calaveras 6089819 San llcrnnrdino 1890008 Mariposa 300062 Madera 232317 Amador 176542 Pin er 75009 lnn 45033 16381 Mono 7K6G Kern 1964 SILVER COUNTIES Thi! ranking silver-producing conn-t 1- In order arc: Shasta Cnlavnr ns Mono Sail llcrnnrdino Inyo Aniii-ilnr Tuolumne and N'cvndn tin Urns Willi" leu-e iinl hm-gy t'ol loll wood ni I I Oil i i In ding wlmre hi' i' 'i 1 jib" i 1 WcilSl 'll I lie Mi mil 1e- I MASS VAUIIY her 2- A stolen horse I littsgy own-d by Willhin Ii'Imc i hvcmum of tht- city bus located i I iionwood Shnsii county and Mr lcliu' 1c it vesterday morning to hrinr Mm 1i-' 1.