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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
Short Mining Notes.

The Spiking- Goldfield Mines and De-
velopment company elected the fellow
ing officers and directors at meeting
Wednesday evening: }. II. SpikiEg,
Pres. Sol Camp, Vice-Pres.; NJ. NJ.
Detch, Sec. VIM. Campbell, Treas; T..
d. Murphy, A. u. Myers, c. c. Steele,
W. S. Williams and J. F. O'Brien. The
company is capitalized for 100000
shares, par value, $l.0O, of which 5O0,-
600 shares have been placed in the treas
ury. Some of the best mining men
of the camp are on the directorate of
this company and it's future looks bright.
Sinclair and associates lease on the
st. Ives, about 800 feet west of the ledge
upon which the original strike by other
lessees was made three weeks ago, en-
countered shipping ore last week. Pre-
vious lessees had in sinking an lS-foot
shaft passed a rich streak feet from
the surface. The present lessees To-
Gated the ore during shaft prospecting
and found a 2-foot body of it extended
to the surface. Values are over 500
and up to $40O ton. The st. Ives pre-
sents the encouraging spectacle now Of
four sets OF lessees in shipping ore.
A second prospect shaft on the Curly
George is down six feet, and has shown
assay values from the surface. The gas
olne hoist which the company has en-
route from Denver will be erected on
this shaft, it having disclosed a more en-
couraging ledge than that upon which
the original prospect shaft was started.
Red crystallized quartz and white tale
fill the bottom and Superintendent
James Faulkner is exceedingly enthusi-
astic over the outlook for the property.
The White Wolf Mining company has
been incorporated by DIR. White Wolf,
p. c. Kretz and f. Noel. The company
owns claims in Goldfield and 8 at Gold
Reef on which considerable development
has been done with good results. At
the Gold Reef property besides consider
oiS INV HiisAeD,
one down so feet and two down 26 feet
EACH The values range from $l4 to $4OO
per ton. The company is close cor
poratiOn and no stock is for sale.
Work on the Portland group has been
started by Supt. Mitchell and good look
ing rock has been already opened up.
Secretary Dunlap reports that the COM
pany has bought fraction lying be-
tween the September and Bull Con from
Murphy and Myers, the sale being
made through Louis Finnegan.
On the Quartzite Fraction the Krise,
Robinson, Reilly and Poak lease has 4
feet of ore at depth of Is feet which
will go $50 per ton on the average.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05

do Sharp bodily harm ia any way; in
fact his only desire was to avoid Sharp,
and myself advised him to leave Sharp
alone. There are people here
and at Gddfeld who consider that
Sharp was Justified or that he ought to
Zoe commended for taking the life of a
harmless boy without cause. l think it
will appear to any fair minded person,
who has acquainted himself with the
entire facts in the matter, that there was
little or no provocation and that it can
only he considered AZ a Iremethtated,
malicious, brutal and cowardly murder.
think man should be punished for
taking the sife II another when he can
avoid it.
All e the above statements are facts
ali of which can be confirmed and
proved by competent witnesses, and !
defy any person TO say the contrary.
ZEB KENDALL
Tonopah, July 80, 1904.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
LIDA'S NASBY HELD UP
News Paintings of the Week In the
Worlds Greatest Gold Camp.
Postmaster Vidovich Roh1ed.

On Monday evening, about = s.0clock,
while Jerome Nidovich, who is the post
master, store-keeper and hotel-keeper
at Ida, was seated in front of his store,
a couple of men, mounted on horses, ap-
preached and dismounted. As they ap-
preached Mr.. Nilovich one Of them,
after the usual saluszfiOn, struck him On
the left temple with heavy revolver,
telling him to the fisor- Then they
force.l the storekeeper into his estab-
iishme1lt, compelled him to open the
safe, extract thercfrom $40 and forced
a change Of proprietorslip. Then the
robbers tied Mr.. Nidovich securely to a
chair, exting,Eshed the lights and de-
parted in the darkness.
The store building and postoffice is To-
Gated some distance from the residence
of the proprietor, and 1t was not until I
o'clock the next moving he was found,
when one of the children was sent to
the store to ascertain the cause of the
husbands absence. As soon as released
Mr.. Nidovich called to his aid several OF
the Indians who live in the vicinity, and
together they struck the trail, following
it in the direction oi Goldfeld. They
arrived here about 1 O'Clock Tuesday al
ternoon and at once communicated the
facts to Constable OToole. 4 posse was
at once formed, who proceeded to the
summit, where they struck the trail,
which lead toward Gddfield. a short
distance from the trail saddle and
bride and two rifles, the latter taken
from Nidovich, were found, and later a
horse which belonged to "DiamOndfield
Jack Davis. Between NilltOwn and
Goldfield another saddle and bride and
another of Davis horses, which bore in.
dications of having been ridden hard,
were found. They were brought to town
and,the trail of the robbers was followed
to the outskirts, which led the officers to
believe that they were in Goldfeld.
One Of the saddles found belonged tc
A. l. Barnes, supt rintendent Of the
water works, and was stolen from hi'
place-us.e Sunday night The owner q
the other saddirsl br lie has not beer
found.
A. c. Martin. who Was aiAtssN 4
forgery, was brsnght before jrdge [ ..
Inns yesterday afternoon and charge
with being implicated in the robbery.
Martin has been drinking heavily and is
in bad shape but says he can prove his
innocence. His ease was postponed
until Saturday afternoon to give him
time to employ counsel.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05

Editor GOLDFIELD News.


Dear Sir: The recent action of the
grand jury of Esmeralda county in fail
ing to find an Indictment against Howard
Sharp, charged with the murder OF
Curtis Kendall, and the fact that the
public is not generally informed as to
the circumstances surrounding the case,
impels me to make this brief statement
of facts relative thereto.
Rumor in Goldfeld has it that it is
my intention to kill Sharp on sight.
This | wish to emphatically deny. /
have never made any statement that
could be construed as threat to harm
the murderer of my brother, nor have |
ever entertained the intention OF per-
sOnal revenge. do, however, earnestly
desire that justice shall be done; that
Howard Sharp be brought before IA jury
of his peers and tried for the crime that
he is charged with; that if he is proven
innocent in the Judgment of fair
minded jury that he be acquitted, and if
guilty punishment be meted out to him
according to his deserts. The law should
take its course. If the grand jury of
Esmeralda county had carefully weighed
the damning evidence brought out at the
preliminary hearing, they could not
have failed to have brought an indict-
ment against Sharp, and Sharp would
have had an opportunity to clear him
self at jury trial, before a judge where
no evasion of the law would be possible,
if it be possible for him to do SO.
AT the preliminary hearing the follow
ing witnesses were called, viz: J. II.
Wittke, Taylor Bales, ii. o. Hall, T. ID.
Murphy, Mrs. Matte Nj. Douglass,
Thomas Ramsey, j. +. Lothrop, l.. 5.
Finnegan, w. j. Cleary and Louis LEI
kovits. Reviewing the testimony of
these witnesses the following facts are
brought out clearly and definitely;
That on the morning of the 18th day OF
April, 1904, Howard Sharp was standing
on the corner near Shirley's saloon; that
Curtis Kendall passed by this corner
close to Sharp; that not a word passed
between Kendall and Sharp; that ii any
thing had been sai 4 by Sharp to Kendall
or Kendall to Sharp some Of the wit
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Sheriff Ingalls, W as in camp Monday.
John Lynch was over from Tonopah
on Sunday.
y. J. Murray, a sign and house painter,
is here from Reno, aud may locate.
Clarence Kind, of f. Marks & Co.
spent several days in Tonopah this week
Frank Counts wife and boy arrived in
camp last week AMI he is now thoroughly
happy.
Frank johnson, who lived at Tonopah
a year ago. Was visitor IN GOidfield on
Wednesday.
John Costa. prominent capitalist of
Downieville, Sierra county, Cal, is in
Goldfield this week.
r. l.. Johns and A. G.. Eisen, of the
Goldfeld Mining company, came out
from Tonopah on Tuesday.
f. A. Beyler, surveyor who has lived
in Tonopah, but is recently from Victor
was an arrival in camp Tuesday.
Tom Robinson, who was one of the
pioneers of the district. is again in camp
for couple of weeks.
]. G. Martins new lodging house on
Crook avenue, will be ready for occu-
pancy in a few days
Henry Weber has returned to camp
with the intention of staying. Mr.. Weber
will have charge of the Black Ant
Mines Co.
J. F. Casey, one of Goldfield's pio-
neers. has returned from Reveille, where
he was for couple of months.
Arthur Reynolds. Chas. NJ. Hicklin,
Edward Brown and Geo. A. Cockburn
are prominent mining men OF Colorado
who are expected in camp shortly.
E. Marks has Just left for San Fran
cisco and other points where he will pur
chase large stock of dry goods, ladies'
furnishing goods, shoes, etc, for the
Goldtield store.
W.P. Durham, of the Hill City Placer,
at Cripple Creek, Colo. is now in camp.
II is understood that he is representing
Thos, + Walsh, the millionaire mining
man of Colorado.
Mrs. q. W Richard, wife OF the cash
ier of the Goldfield Branch of the State
Bank and Trust company, of Carson City
and Tonopah, is now resident of Gold
field. and is assisting in the bank.
A. ID. Myers has bought the building
in which Towley's saloon is located. aud
together with Bob Bynum has bought
ont Mr.. Towley's business. The new
proprietors will build an addition l2xl4
| feet in the rear.
/ Elmer J. Chutes new map OF the dis
/ trict is now complete and II. w. Girls
void has gone to San Francisco to ar
range for having large number litho-
graphed. 1t will be up to date and
much appreciated.
At about noon on Tuesday q 1000.
pound horse belonging to the Tonopah
Lumber company. backed INTO 3O-foot
/ well at Moore Il OBrien's corral. Before
it could be extricated, which was not
until 5 o'clock, the animal drowned.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
Skeleton Found Near Stonswall.

Last Friday while w. S. OBrien and
others we're prospecting three miles south
east of Stonewall, they came upon the
skeleton of man alongside the trail.
There were no marks of violence and il
is probable that the unfortunate man
died of hunger or thirst. In coat
which lay near a diary and memorandum
book was found which bore the name OF
p, Schmidt on the first page. The last
entry was made on March /, 1902,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
St0neWall Stampede.

From recent developments it would
appear that there wasn't much back of
the country near Stonewall where the
stampede took place last week. An old
man with rheumatism and burro with
a broken leg are all that are left Of the
many who went. However, good re-
suits may come Of it as some prospect
ors discovered ledge 3 miles away, the
groupings of which assay as high as So
per ton and the formation is similar to
that of GOldfeld.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05

f. X. Shields, IL T0nOlat, Vas in
camp Tuesday
G. II. Elliott, the broker has sdLd his
half interest in st. Ives lease
c. ID. Preble is going to put men on
the Tin Horn, sink to depth If 30 feet
and then crosscut.
E.Everett, U. $. deputy mineral sur
veyor, late Of Baker City, Oregon, ar
rived Wednesday
The Josilva club lease on the St Ives
is sacking some rich ore. They are ex-
periencing hiilEuity in obtaining sacks.
On the Daisy Fraction big ledge mas
been uncovered which pans clear sross-
AMI streak 8 inches wide will average
$:s,2 per ton.
Another lessee has struck good ore on
the Lone Star while the original strike
is looking about the same. The Lone
Star bids fair to soon he big mine.
Oddie and Keith, Of the Tonopah Min
ing company, and the Montana-Tonopah
officials who have leases on the Mo-
hawks, nave decided to sink a joint shaft
and Will begin work next Monday.
Films, Andregg and Lonsway, leasing
on the Lucky Boy, are p,w 20 feet i'm on
the drift at the 5O-ioot leyel. They have
mill ore, but no shipping values have
been encountered.
The strike of lesses on the o. X.
Fraction still holds Oslt as good as ever
and many handsome specimens are
daily taken out. Frank Golden has
taken suitcase on the Red King
ground from Roberts and associates.
A test run on January mill ore has
been made at Rob't Stewards mill at
Sodaville, h,t the returns from the same
have not yet been received. If the run
is successful Mr.. Stewart will move it to
Goldfeld where it will te kept busy
night and day.
In the north drift, II feet from the
the shaft, Geo NcClelland on the st.
Ives ran into small stringer, which is
visible 215 feet in the face of the drift.
At present tho values are erratic, some
going as high as 81 5 ,OO0 and some nearer
Is cents per ton.
Frank Keith and s. J. Baldwin who
recently bonded the Nernal group at
Diamondfield will put up a hoist
soon and prepare for vigorous develop
ment. 1t is said that they will work
through the old Harvey shaft which is
now down 50 feet.
The Goldfeld Tonopah Mining Com
pany has begun work on its property
near Diamondfield. A shaft has been
started on the ledge which assays $40
per ton on the surface. 1t will be sunk
to depth of 100 feet where it is hoped
they will have pay ore.
II. II. Clark, who was here last week
with the Governors party, has il group
of claims near Tom Lynch's big mine at
Revelle which promise to make him Il
big fortune. From all reports the Sec
ton about Reveille is destined to be one
of the best mineral regions in Nevada.
The Goldfeld Silver Pick Mining
Company has been incorporated with A..
d. Myers, Pres; r. ID. Murphy, Vice
Pres; Milton NJ Detch, Sec'y and
Treas. The company owns 81 acres ad-
joining the January, Combination and
Mohawks. Myers and Murphy are the
original discoveries Of the Combination
and in this well-located group should
develop another great mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05

A fine selection of late views of Gold
field and all the mines. Call and exam
inc. Gallery ON Main street, w. l.
Booth, photographer.
For lots in East Additi m apply to W.
I. Booth. Buy while prices are low.
Free we'll water.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
Rich Silver Strike.

Considerable interest in the country
Is miles south of here and due north of
Ida, is being manifested. The original
discovery was made by Henry Jagles.
On the surface the pay streak was only
:3inches wide but at feet in depth has
wdened out to IL inches. An average
ASSAY clear across shows values of 800
ounces in silver, some lead and as high
as $27 gold per ton. A picked sample
cave returns of 9442 ounces in silver.
Eight hundred feet farther up the hill
Robinson and others have opened up the
same ledge, but here the values are
principally in lead. An assay across 3
feet gives 50 per cent. lead, $500 in gold
and some silver. Judge Collins and
associates have the next claims. The
ledge here is well-defined, 6 feet wide,
between lime and porphyry walls and
picked samples from the groupings go
197 ounces silver, Sc. 20 in gold and some
lead. Jack Mernin, M. Nj. Detch and j.
+. O'Brien have the extension of the
ledge but so far have done no develop
ment work, but the surface showing is
good.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
Good Strike on the AlGa.

Smith, Fuller & Co. have opened up
what appears to be cross ledge on their
Alg;e lease The ledge where opened is
10 feet wide and paintings clear across
indicate big values. Many specimens
show plenty of free gold and it is
thought good sized streak will average
81 900 to the ton. Foster, Durgin and
Elkns, also leasing on the Algae, have
u inches Of ore in the bottom Of 20
foot shaft that will average 81 40 per ton.
Smith & Kernick are organizing the
Algp Mining company to operate the
Algp, Velvet and Sunflower claims.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
Vefnal No. 2

The strike on the Nernal No. in the
lease of Welsh and associates is proving
one of the big ones of the camp. Assays
go as high as $4,000, and an average
across feet gives returns of 1886 to the
ton. Work on the old shaft is also being
continued and at is feet in depth the
values are very good.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
$38,3l9 f0r a Carload.

Last Saturdays Salt Lake Tribune
states the American Smelling company
the January lease, and that a lot from
the Florence lease would arrive in day
or two which would average 81 600 per
the January has not shipped a carload
of that grade to Salt Lake or elsewhere.
The January is Il bonanza, but it has
not shipped that grade Of ore in carload
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05

- JShssA~S
OF late it is expected that at least one
of the Jumbo leases will furnish sens;.-
ton each week This week it was
claimed for the Richard 4 Co. lease, hit
when traced down it was found not as
big as reported. The strike was made
in an upraise from the 50foot Level. and
while specimens couid n piked out
which would 60 most any odd thing, the
average of the ledge is but the extra
good grade Of shipping oze which IL
common on tk, Jumbo. Sixty sacks
were taken out Of ara 4 to lG-inch streak
which go 500 to $500 per ton 4 car
load Of 70 tons will be shipped from this
lease tomorrow which is expected to MT
she lessees $4,000.
Nernilyea and Bartlett are upraising
To the rich streak which was found on
the surface and are also i'm IL good grade
"f shipping ore.
The Kernick and Bowes' lease is tax
ing out 5 to q tons .laily which goes from
$3.50 to $500 per tnl on the average. In
addition they have already on the dumps
l25 tons of mill ore that will 90 $45 per
ton and 400 tons that will go SD or bet
ter. At the l5O-ioot level tinn are II
feet of ore that will 90 $40 per ton.
The Curtis and Ridge lease lost the
rich ore for Il short time but are now
into it again as rich as ever.
At Il meeting Of the Jumbo Mining
company, held Yesterday in John Nc
Kane's Office in Tonopah, all the leases
were formally ratified and as over $20,-
600 have been accumulated in the treas
nry from royalties, the pool on the above
stock has been released and the stock
will be at once iSsuel
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
The Red Top.

The Red Top people are working
slowly until the steam hoist arrives from
San Francisco, at which time large
force of men will be put on and ore
hnisted in vOOdlY quantities.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
Black Aat nines Co.

The Black Amt Mines company has
commenced WORK on their group of
claims close to the Ncrnal group. The
company has very strong directorate,
including Arthur Reynolds, a prominent
mining man d Cripple Creek, George
Fry, manager Of the Portland mill at
Colorado City and also OF the Cripple
Creek samplers, Henry Weber, of Col
orado, and Bruce Glidden, formerly at
torney for the Woods Investment COM
pany Of Colorado. Good results are ex-
pected from the development contem-
plated as the location is one of the best
and the surface showing Of the ledges
excellent. Seller, Richardson, Cock
burn, karnes and Tognoni were the
original owners and have interests i'm the
cOmpany.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
New Combination Mill.

Alex McCOne, Of the firm of Harron,
Rickard d McCone, arrived in camp
Wednesday to superintend the construc-
ton of the new mill for the Combination
company. Mr.. McCone announces that
the mill will be thoroughly up to date in
its construction and, if material is
brought in promptly, it will be finished
by the first of November. In addition
10 handling the ores of the Combina-
ton, the mill will also treat custom ores.
Jumbo and vernal Extension.
Manager III. b. Lind of the Jumbo
and Vernal Extension has been busy
during the week making out leases on
the company's Diamondfeld property.
Brearley & Little were given lease on
the south end of Vernal No. l, and
"Diamondfield jack lease on the
south end of the Uncle Sam, l.. NJ. Har-
wood and C. +. Garrett each lease ON
Black Butte No. 2, Rankin and Ostar-
gard each lease on the Gold Coin and
Saddle Rock. In addition to these
half dozen parties haye been given
~iven options on various parts of the
epany's gound for leasing purposes
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05
GOOD NEWS OF MINES
Jumbo, Algae, St. Ives, Vernal and o. X
p Fraction Have Good Strikes.

and are now actively engaged in pros
pecting. At Il depth of & feet, feet Of
the Black Butte ledge shows average
values II f~tween $35 and $40 per ton.
The Nrnai No 2fedge within l2O feet
a where the same ledge is being opened
up on Jumbo and Nernal ground is now
averaging nearly 500 ler ton ssross 3
feet # the ledg.
Strike On Daisy No. 2
Sears, HjWn, Lanka and Ns<;alliard,
leasing on Daisy No. . have made a big
strike in trenching along the surface.
The ledge is 3 to feet wide and ayer.-
ages $3.50 per ton clear across.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-08-20
Inventions.

But few of our people apprecl-
ate what a hot bed for new inven-
tons this city is. First one, then
another has surprised his friends
by announcing that he has Sc
cured a patent on some new de
wee, valuable in the mechanical
world. Besides those who have
achieved success there are many
others who have been and are de
voting careful study i'll an effort
to perfect and make practical
some new idea.
Another pleasing fact is that
most of the devices aimed at, and
those accomplished, are very valu-
able, calculated to revOlutiOnize
conditions in the sphere in which
they will be employed. This fea-
ture shows that our inventors
are not of small calibre, but men
of truly advanced ideas. who are
capable of great things.
The most recent to come to our
attention in this connection is two
| devices drawn from the mental
workshop of our friend, Mr.. Chas.
L. VOORHEES,. One is rall-chalr.
1t is designed to be a far super
ior method of connecting the rails
of a railroad than the present
fiish-plates 1t is safer, more du-
rable and cannot be worked loose.
1t does away with the necessity OF
the bolts, though they may be
used. The patent on this inven-
ton has been granted.
The other is bolt and nut so
devised that, when placed, 1t will
not loosen, no matter how much
Earring 1t may be subjected to.
This Will be an immense boom to
the Mechanical Engineer and will
save the expense and delay of
many a "break down." heretofore
caused by loosened bolts. In fact
it is calculated to replace all bolts
as presently used about machines
that are subject to much vibra-
ton.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-08-20
Taken with Cramps,

VIM. Kirmse, a member of the
bridge gang working near Little
port was taken suddenly i'll
Thursday night with cramps and
a kind Of cholera. His case was
so severe that he had to have the
members u the crew wait upon
him and Mr.. Clifford was called
and consulted. He told them he
had ms dlcIe in the form of
ChamberlanJ Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhoeaF fRemedy that he
thought Would help him out and
accordingly several doses were ad
ministered with the result that
the fellow was able to be around
next day. The incident speaks
quite highly of Mr. Gifford's medi-
cines.-Elkader, Iowa, Argus.
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