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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Notes cf the hines.

\ strike was made this week on
Knickerbocker No. but its extent as
| vet is undetermined.
Riorn, Kendall and Sears have taken
sub-lease on the Quartzte and are al
ready down 80 feet and started crosscut-
ting.
Bic paintings have been secured in the
Brooklyn group east OF Diamondfeld,
but the rich ore has not yet been found
in place.
Frank Montgomery and associates
have received the last payment on the
Joshua, Matte, Diamond Joe and Duck
water Dam groups. The purchasers
are L. L. and w. F. Patrick.
Horton, Spills, Pruett and Fesler
have sold the Ruby group, which lies
close to the Grasshopper and about 81
miles southeast to Nelson and associ-
ates. The consideration was 0,000
cash
Glover and Ehinger have taken a
lease on the Combination Fraction and
will sink $50 feet before prosecuting.
O'Keofe and Frank Lothrop have also
taken lease on the Combination Frac-
ton.
The Gold Crater Extension Mining
company has been organized by ii. B..
Lind and Elliott, Williams & Colburn.
The company has seven well located
claims near the best properties at Gold
Crater.
The Goldfield Mining, Milling and
Development company are getting good
values from both Of their leases. The
company has sent an ca.ft into the
Southern district to prospect and locate
claims.
On the Great Bend at Diamondfeld
Strange and Porter, who have secured
control of 20 per cent OF the stock Of the
company, are trenching on the surface
and drifting ON the vein at the 70-foot
level, with encouraging results.
1t is understood that Mclaughlin and
associates have given an option on the
Lone Star group to Shove, Aldrich & Co.
of Colorado Springs, and the deal will
probably be closed today. The deal
will involve the largest spot cash pay
ment yet made in the camp.
C. S. Witherspoon left Tuesday for
Tule Canyon, where he has some prom
isipg mining claims. On The adjoining
properly they have a foot ledge in a
contact between pophyry and granite
from which assays have been received
varying from IS to $3.50 gold per ton.
The Goldfield Eureka company, own
ING eight claims in the heart Of Dia-
mondfield district, including the one on
which the townsite is located, will start
active development at once. The oflio-
ers are: 7, L. Oddie, president; j. j..
Kermeen, vice-president and NJ. Nj.
Detch, secretary treasurer.
President Henry Weber will start
work Monday on the claims of the Black
Rock Mining company, which lie be-
tween the Tonopah Club and the Sand
storm group. These claims are in a
splendid location and the company is in
fine shape, having cash for development
and 40O, 900 shares of stock in the trea-
sury.
The information given in last weeks
issue regarding the sale of the Knicker-
booker claims was incorrect in several
particulars. The Kniekerbockers Nos.
and were sold TO f. ]. Hobbs and L..
f. Hill, the well known mining men OF
Colorado, and the Knickerbocker No. 8
was sold to j. w, Halterman, of Gold
field, who next day sold it to ii. j..
Newman, broker from Colorado
Springs.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Goldfield Red Lion.

The Goldfield Red Lion Mining CON-
pany has started work on its claims and
from their location and surface showing
is reasonable to suppose that they will
soon open up good ore. The company
owns five claims which lie just south
and adjoining the st. Paul claim. OF the
Gold6eld Mining company and close to
claims of the Combination company.
The officers and promoters of the COM
pany are men of high standing and the
property will be managed on safe and
conservative lines. w. f. Miles, well
known broker of San Francisco is presi-
dent, and A. J. Miller is secretary.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
A Jail Break.

Matiy La Blonde, Mike Somers, Joe
Welch and S. Mullins were arrested last
Saturday night, charged with being
drunk and disorlerly. During the day
jealous fiiendssupplie them with more
booze by means OF a rubber tube through
the screen. The continued eXhileration
made them long for freedom and early
Sunday morning they wrenched the
door off and walked away. Three Of
them came up town and had the asSur-
anco to ask Constable Thomas for a
drink but he took them back to Jail
instead
The fourth man was overtaken by If.
P. Manon at Rabbit Spring. Tuesday
they were brought before Judge Collins
who bound them over to the grand jury
in the sum of 50 900 each
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
THEY ARE ALL UNANIMOUS.
Returning Visitors Sneak Well of
Gold Crater's Prospects.

Louis Bond, w. G.. Tanner, John Err
ikson the Klondike millionaire, and c..
II. Elliott returned from Gold Crater
Sunday night and they are very enthu-
siastic over the new district. They re-
port that in almost any portion of the
mineralized zone paintings show colors,
varying from small ones up to those in
! dicat:ng values of several hundred dol
, lars per ton.
a road can be built to Gold Crater
which will make the distance about 20
miles, and Elliott, Williams & Colburn
have an outfit OF the ground and are
sinking for water to supply the district.
Until this supply is developed nc one
should go to Gold Crater without carry
ing plenty of water. There is some in
natural tanks about three miles this
side, but it will doubtless be soon ex-
hausted.
II. w. Grswold, L. f. Spangler and
F. J. Campbell returned Tuesday. They
own one claim and have taken bond
! on three others, called the No Savey
group. The first assays showed an av-
erage value Of $4,000 per ton across 3
feet, and $29.9S across 6 feet, the silver
values being 4 to 10 ounces per ton.
Careful sampling across the bottom OF
an S-foot sliaft shows values of from $16
to $53 per ton. J. J. Moss, who is one
of the owners, has let a contract to sink
the shaft to 80 feet and is erecting a
blacksmith shop. This ledge is sup
posed to be the widest in the camp, but
Sanders & Inman and Curtis & Ridge
have found the richest ore.
Claude Inman brought in some loose
dirt from the crevices in the Hub claim,
owned by Sanders & Inman, and the
paintings from the same were simply
great. The bottom of the pan had coarse
gold scattered all over it, many OF the
particles being as large as pin heads.
The panning which the writer saw indi-
Gated values of several thousand dollars
per ton.
Across TIE bottom Of the Ridge & Cur
It's shaft an assay shows an average val
ue of SIG per ton.
Bond Bros. d Erikson have secured
control OF some Of the best property in
the district and will do thorough ard
systematic development.
Jarvis and Coburn, of Columbia, asso-
ciated with Derval and Casey have
group of claims in the district on which
it is no trouble to get good paintings.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
THE wARDNER" HOTEL.
Large Modern Hotel Will at Once
Be Erected in Goldfield.

Goldfeld will soon have a large mod
ern hotel, fitted up in the best of style,
to help take care Of the many people
who are daily arriving. Col. "Jim"
Wardner, who needs no introduction to
the mining men of the West, is the
man behind the gun, and the hotel will
be known as "The Wardner."
As noted in the announcement else
where the hotel will be 100x100 in di-
mensions, and in appointments will be
second to none in the state.
The site is on the corner of Crook
avenue and Columbia street
Col. Wardner has Incorporated the
Goldfeld Hotel Company which will
own the new hotel, and in order that
they may have more than a sentimental
interest in the project, he is off
ering stock in the company to Gold
felds citizens. On Wednesday $4,000
was subscribed in thirteen minutes.
Ground win be broken Monday and it
is expected that the hotel will be open
on Christmas eve next. Col. Wardner
will leave Monday or Tuesday for True
kee and San Francisco and will order
the necessary furnishings and equip
ment.
As mine owner and promoter OF
mines, townsites, etc, Col. Wardner
has a record Of successes covering per-
iod OF 20 years, among them being the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines in the
Coeur d d'Alenes, the Freddy Lee in the
Slocan country, the Wardner coal mine,
the townsitc OF Rossland, b. c., and the
town OF Fairhaven, Wash, which now
has a population of 10000.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Keep the Camp Clean.

The Committee on Sanitation has
been active this week and have put men
to work cleaning up the town. While
the report of an epidemic which was
published in sensational Denver paper
is absolutely untrue, still such has
been the history of every camp that has
GROWN as fast as Goldfeld. We want
this camp to have an unique record in
the matter OF health as it has already
in gold production, To that end every
body must take care OF the sanitary con-
ditions of their houses and yards, and 1T
is the intention of the committee to
prosecute anyone guilty OF maintaining
a nuisance. Use liberal quantity OF
chloride of lime and burn up all rub
biSh
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
New Automobile Line.

A. d. Nash arrived in camp yester-
day in a II horse power Toledo autono-
bile. Mr.. Nash will have charge of an
automobile service between Goldield
and Tonopah and i- is expected that the
new line will be in operation within
another week. Automobiles have not
been Il success on the desert thus far
but it is thought that the new 36 horse
COVER Toledo machines which Mr.. Nash
has coming will entirely fill the bill
These machines will make run in 3
hours at the outside and make round
trips daily.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Youns Saxton Arrives.

George T. Saxton, the civil engineer
who was taken down with typhoid 'pneu-
monia on the desert about 125 miles
south, as noted in last weeks issue, ar
rived in camp about 8 o'clock last night.
DESPITE the lack of medical attention for
a long time and the terrible trip he was
forced to make in critical condition,
Saxton is in good shape this morning
learn lear that he will probably pull through.
His father, r. II. Saxton, arrived here
last Wednesday and left the following
morning to find his son. He missed him
on the road but got back in Goldtield
three hours later than his son.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
New Brokerage Firms.

One of the new firms to start in the
brokerage business in Goldfeld is that
of REYNOLDS, Hedrick & Co. They are
energetic Young men and Mr. iledrick' 6
newspaper experience enables him to
keep thoroughly posted, fact which
is Invaluable to clients OF the firm.
Another new firm which has just
onened offices is that of S. Thornton
langley < Co. Mr. Langley is formerly
Of Rossland, b. @, but himself and
partner, II: c: Davis, are recently Of
Seattle. Having an established connec-
ton with good clients, these gentlemen
are bound to make success.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Good Ore from Silver Pick.

Judge Collins, leasing ON the Silver
Pick, has the shaft down to the lOo-foot
point and has started crosscnt to catch
the pay ore shoot which Is opened up on
the 5O-foot level. At the latter point the
paystreak is B feet wide and shovel
sample from 20 sacks went 1926 to the
ton. Even the porphyry runs, an assay
showing $3.50 per ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
The Quartzite.

The Quartzite.
Lessees Krise, Poak, Robinson and
Reilly are steadily taking out rich ore
from their lease on the Quartzite and
the showing is better if anything, though
the average of over 5000 across 36 feet
reported last week has been nowheres
near duplicated since ard it is probable
that that sample contained unusually
rich ore which made the average much
greater than will be maintained. How
ever, there are wide streaks of very rich
ore and with the balance a good grade
of mill ore, the lessees and the Diamond
field Mining company are to be congrat-
ulated. The crosscut is now in 40 feet
with still but one wall in sight. Drift
ing was also commenced this week on
an 8-inch streak and an assay taken
Tuesday showed values OF $40, 764.S0 per
ton. The ore as it is now sacked, with
little sorting, averages over $500 per
ton. There are more different kinds of
ore in the Quartzite than any other
mine in the district if not in the coun-
try. Notwithstanding the shallow
depth, 36 feet, fine specimens of sylvia
mite are found, fact which greatly sur
prises Cripple Creekers. Specimens of
the oxidized ores are plentifulIy sprin-
kled with rusty gold. THE News has
been asked to call attention to the fact
that the Quartzite is another one OF jim
Harvey's successes(?). Mr.. Harvey
turned down the Jumbo, Daisy, Nernal
and Quartzite in succession and each of
them is being proved of exceptional
merit. Mr.. Harvey is a good miner,
but man cannot always be lucky.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Noted Author Here.

Philip Verrill Mighels, native OF
Carson City, who has attained fame as
an author, was in Goldfeld for the past
two days with the object Of getting. lo-
cal color for stories. Mr. Mighels is a
steady contributor to Ilarpers and the
Century magazines and has published
five novels, though he is but % years OF
age. Drawer Jim's Baby is the title
OF his last novel which was published bv
the Harpers last spring. 1t is story
OF Nevada mining camp and met with
great success.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
JOhn nillek Sells Group.

John Millek and associates have sold
the Helena, Wallcerville, Williamsburg,
Black Side and Black Quartz, group
of five claims located south OF Red Butte
No. 3 and east of the Tonopah Club. l..
f. Hill, the Colorado mining man is
the purchaser and he paid $4,000 spot
cash for the claims. Mr.. Millek and
others also have group of Z claims In
the Montezuma Range on which there
is a good showing and from which they
should make another good stake.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
PaSe.Boland Nuptials.

Robert II. Page, of Butte, Mont, ard
Miss Louise Boland, sister of Tom Bo-
land of the Miners Cash Store, were
married at San Jose, Calf, on the 2Sth
of last month. The happy couple ar
rived in Goldfield last evening and will
make their home here. Mr.. Page ex-
poets to go into the lumber business.
The News joins with their many friends
in extending a cordial welcome.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Work Started on Silver Tip.

Under the direction of Supt. Mitchell
work was started last Monday on the
Empire Mining company's Silver Tip
claim, which adjoins the Lone Star and
has the lattcr's ledge. During the week
considerable trenching was done, but
next week sinking will commence. The
values found so far go from s. 20 to 500
rer ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
TONOPAH CLUB IS IT.

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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Notice to Mining Companies.

Send all data OF your company to the
Investment Securities, 174S Stout street,
Denver, Colo, ii you wish to have it in
serted in our handbook. A hundred
thousand edition will be sent to Eastern
investors. No charge is made for in-
serting your company data. We want
our hand book complete.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Geo. Il. Lewis for Assembly.

George H. Lewis who is one OF the
best known and most popular men in
Goldfeld has accepted the Democratic
nomination for Assemblyman, vice
James f. O'Brien, whose business inter-
ests compelled him to decline to rum
1t would be hard to name better man
for the position and the general belief Is
that his election is a foregone conclusion.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Combination.

The crosscut from the l30foot point
in the Combination is now out $50 feet
north from the shaft and should cross
cut the January ledge within 20 feet
more. At the 306-foot point this cross
cut opened up an S-foot blind ledge.
The ore which is being taken from the
main ledge at the 230 and $50 foot levels
averages richer than ever and is all
sacked underground and carefully
guarded after being raised to the sur
face.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07

Write d. G.. Doubleday, Rialto build
mo San Francisco. for sheet showing
prices on all lonopah- Goldfield stocks
actual market prices. It's free. (
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07

Write d. G. Doubleday, Rialto build
ing, San francesca for sheet showing
prices ON all Tonopah stocks
actualmarket prices It's ee
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Black Butte.

On the Black Butte the company has
started shaft on the north end, close
to where the very rich ore is being ta-
ken from the Quartzite. This shaft Is
down II feet and already five stringers
of ore have been cut and all of,them pan
well. On the south end of the claim the
tunnel is in 100 feet and continues to
cut at intervals small veins of ore giving
values Of from $40 to 500 per ton. This
tunnel will have to be driven sixty
feet further to catch the main ledge for
which it is headed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Kendall and Sandstorm.


A shipment'goes out today from the
Oddie and Gardner lease on the Kendall
and rumor puts its value at 100000.
As the big values are being maintained
with depth it is probable that the rumor
is true, big as it seems.
Miller and associates have made big
strike on the Sandstone close to the
Kendall and from present indications it
promises to equal the Kendall.
Strike on Adams-Goldficld.
Up to the hour OF going to press de-
tails of the strike which was made in a
drift on the Adams-Goldfield were not
secured, but it is known that the strike
is an important one and there is great
hustling for the stock. Besides this
strike it is quite certain that the rich
ledge of the Tonopah Club passes
through their ground, which greatly in
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
Goldfeia.Daisy.

The Goldfeld-Daisy Mining Syndicate
(Which is the correct name of the COM
pany owning the Daisy claims near Dia-
mondfield) have bought the lease OF
Lanka, McGalliard, Bjorn and Sears, in
addition to the Graham Bros. lease,
which they bought last week. The shaft
on the lease just bought is down 80 feet
and will be sunk to a depth of 300 feet.
In the shaft which was sunk on the
ledge by the Graham Bros. sample was
taken this week clear across Z feet and
the returns were $l67 to the ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-07
The Jumbo.

A stream Of rich ore continues to 90
out daily from the Bowes- KeTn:ck lease
on the Jumbo, about 200 sacks being
in today's shipment, the values remain
ing about the same. Zinn and associ-
ates are also making frequent ship
ments. On the Fuller Mcdonald lease
steam hoist is being installed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-15

and the distances to be covered from shop to shop, we may mention that the whole establishment of the Bethelehem Steel Works extends in one direction continuously for length of a'mile and Ia quarter. and that the 40 or 30 hand lings and trans-shipments, which oc- cur in making single Krupp plate, take place in and between such build ings as the open-hearth structure, which is III feet wide by 1850 feet in length; the machine shop, 116 1-2 feet in width by 1875 feet in length; the ar nor forge. $50 feet in length; and face hardening department and an ar rnor-plate machine shop both of which are but little less in size. Further eie- ments of expense are the large percen- tage of losses which is liable to occur the high first cost of the extensive plants that must be laid down, and the fact that new and improved methods of manufacture may at any time render the plant more or less obsolete. The greater cost of the Krupp armor is largely compensated for by it's much greater resisting qualities, which make it possible to give equal defensive qual- ities for 20 to 25 per cent, less weight of armor.-Scientific American
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-15

rensically before the livestockers, he il- lustrated point in one of his speeches with an exceedingly good story:
 My friend, the elder Sells, of Sells Bros. circus men," he said, twas one of the ablest ticket sellers that ever did the lightning change act at the ticket wagon on any circus day. His greatest pet of all the menagerie was magnifi- cent parrot, which occupied perch near him on the wagon, and frequently swore at the crowd.
 Now, Sells was great cool man, of wonderful voice. No matter how great the crush, no matter if there were no more seats or standing room in the great tent, Sells went on selling tickets just the same, sending forth that great voice of his high above the roar of tic throng, repeating over and over again the words:
 Don't push-don't shove-there's plenty more left. Don't shove, don't push, but come on and help yourselves
 "One day that fine parrot was miss ing. Sells dropped everything and, ac- companied by an army of circus at taches, sought high and low for the bird. At last on the barren branches of a dead oak in the midst of field they found the parrot, surrounded by flock of half crazed crows. It was cool and collected, like Sells himself, and though it had been peclxed to a wreck and had
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-15
A FUNNY MISTAKE.


 ''The recent withdrawal of United States troops from Cuba reminded me of a funny thing that happened on the island a short while after the Spanish American war; said man who has spent some time in this promising little country, and, in one way, it will go to show what small things count for some times. Conditions on the island at that time were not altogether settled. There was much confusion, and many of the natives-I might say a vast ma jority of them-did not know exactly what had happened, and were as much in the dark as to what to expect. They knew in vague sort of way that for some reason or other Spanish control of the island had ceased and that some large power had come upon the scene with all kinds of good promises for the people of Cuba It was perhaps this be- lief that caused some of the Cubans to assume that the island would soon be converted into land of milk and hon ey, with nothing for the natives to do but lounge under the palms, twang their guitars, chant their ditties and live altogether as in a dream. The in cfdent I have in mind Illustrates the point. An enterprising merchant, who also ran a restaurant, sketched up over his door as tribute to the Americans a streamer bearing in large letters the word 'Welconen In some way the first letter of the word, w was folded un- der So it could not be seen, leaving the Spanish Ell Come,' which means the dinner Seeing this sign, the natives immediately besieged the place. The proprietor was panic-stricken for a while, because he could not understand what 1t all meant. Directly some friend dropped in on him and called his attention to the condition of his sign. In the meantime the natives had caught on to the thing and were having deal of fun at he expense of the uninitiated. The crowd finally went laughingly away from the place and the merchant was much relieved. New Orleans Times Democrat