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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
HOLD-UPS GETTING BUSY.
Number of Bold Robberies Occurred
During the Week.

That Goldfield is in dire need oi great
deal better police protection than is
afforded under conditions at present OBJ
tanning has clearly been shown during
the past week when number OF hold
ups and robberies were committed with
most remarkable disregard of the law or
fear of detection.
This is summary of criminal events
during that time in Goldfield and vssin-
ity: ID. G. Berry beaten into insensibil-
ity by two holdups in his own tent and
robbed of over $50; bold hold-up OF
man, whose name could not be learned,
on the Columbia road Henry Marcus
and Harry Cadle held up on Crook ave-
nue. and relieved OF money and lewelry;
laundry on hill west of town broken into
and trunk, containing $26S in money,
rifed; Webster's laundry on Fifth ave-
nue. entered and trunk containing nearly
81 900 carried away while Mrs. Webster
was engaged in delivering packages In
the last instance, however, the burglars
were deprived of their spoils owing to a
hasty pursuit by officers AMI blood
hounds. The trunk containing the coin
was iron bound and securely locked and
proved heavy burden for the thieves,
who dropped their booty in gulch east
of town in vain attempt to hurriedly
open the strong box.
The Berry outrage occurred Wednes-
day night. The victim was about town
during the evening until bedtime when
he repaired to his tent north of the city.
1t seems probable that the men who
robbed him were aware of the fact that
he had sold part interest in n lease he
owns and had the money on his person.
He was evidently followed to his tent
and, after being allowed to retire, was
murderously assaulted and relieved OF
his wealth. He suffered a fracture of
the skull in addition to numerous con-
tusions about the head and is in serious
condition.
The two laundry robberies were exc
cuted in a similar manner, excepting
that in the former instance the crimi-
nails succeeded in breaking into the
trunk and making away with their
booty. That there were two engaged in
the crime is proved by the fact that
when the proprietor approached the
laundry on his way from town he 81
served light that was quickly extin-
puished before he cOnld reach the hOuse
So far there have been no arrests.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
sANDSTORn SHIPMENT ALMOST READY.

Developments the Sandstom continue to every
pectaon and the shipment consigned the Western
Purchasing company Reno will leave camp the 2Oh
sby before 1t will under guard At this writing but
lots have been sampled The high grade running about $4,000
the second grade 81 $OOOncang average value thus
far of 1000 Mr. Davis does expect that the entire
shipment will reach any such high average but should do
the will exceed with single exception the best the camp
has done Surface work and exploitation continue with
large be employed advantage Both lodges show
steady improvement The ledge Is feet wide and
still growing The lower ledge shows sreaks which
has been taken rich enough for the mint The old dump
being through the house and screened in passing
These screenings about $2O There 100 this
old material that will be screened in this The esees have
decided whether drift old
tirey Surveys being made to determine the
best plan.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
HE CAN'T BE BLUFFED
Judge Bell Is Not a Good Subject to
Run "Sandy" On.

Judge Bell, Justice of the Peace Elect
and who was recently appointed to fill
out the unexpired term OF Judge Collins,
is demonstrating conclusively that he
intends to enforce the law without fear
or favor He cannot be bluffed.
Once, when Bell was marshall Of Vic
tor, Colo. 'bad man. of Cripple
Creek sent word that he and his gang
were coming over to Victor to edo up
the marshal Billy went down to the
depot, met the bad man. as he got off
the train and quietly said;
Il hear you have come over to clean
me out
''Oh, don't know replied the bully.
''Well, then, ri tell you," said Bell,
as he knocked him down, took his gun
away, and with it pounded him into in
sensibility.
The gang returned TO Cripple Creek
in haste and We're joined later by their
leader after he emerged from the hos
pital, and paid good stiff fine
They never tried it again.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
ANOTHER LARGE DIVIDEND
STRIKE IN M'NAMARA
Reports Reach Coldfield Of q Good
Find in That Nine.

A few days ago the miners opened up
large body of ore while working on
the south crosscut of the 300-foot level
of the MacNamara mine at Tonopah, in
an effort to strike the apex of their
ledge.
Fifteen feet from the shaft to the
south on this 3O0-level they are now
breaking ore averaging from $50 to 800
from a to 8 foot ledge, and it is i'm
proving with every round of holes. The To-
cation of the MacNamara being immed-
lately west of the Mizpah and on the
south of the Tonopah Extension, which
are the leading producers today in TonO-
pah, bids fair to MacNamara' 8 continued
prosperity. The capitalization of the
company is only 100000 shares, making
the present price away below what
would seem to be fair value.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
RAILROAD FROM SOUTH
Starting at Calientes Surveyors Have
Reached Tule Canyon.

An outfit, which is surveying a route
from Calientes on Clark's Salt Lake and
Los Angeles road to Goldtield, have
reached Tule canvon and are now at
work there. This would indicate that
on the completion OF the main line Sena-
tor Clark will lose no time in putting in
a branch road to Goldfeld That this
was the original intention TnE NEWS
has the best OF authority for saying, but
OF late it was supposed that Hartman
had secured control of the Clark road,
in which event it was thought the build
ing OF this branch would he delayed.
Notwithstanding the many published
reports to that effect, it is stated posi-
lively by one in a position to know that
Hartman has not now and never had
control OF the Clark railroad.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Strikes Near Town.

Considerable excitement was created
early in the week when Herrick, Scott,
Berry and Morrisey got good paintings
from lease on the Alpha claim of DR..
White Wolf Il Co., at the edge of town.
Some pans showed lots of colors, but the
extent of the strike is yet improved. A
man named Talbot, who claims that
mythical thing called a "squatter's
right" objected to the lessees working
and made gun play, for which he was
arrested and will answer to Judge Bell
Saturday, December oath.
Theexcitementwa was greatly augmented
the next day when a supposed ledge was
uncovered on the Mary claim by man
who was digging a vault for w. S. Mad
ding on lot where he has placed res
idence. Madding got ASSAYS of 81 400
and 81 800 and acting under the advice
of Attorney Lewis II. Rogers he signed
a location notice, which the latter wit
messed, and claimed the ground. DIR.
White Wolf, Peter c. Kretz and assOci-
ates, the original locators and owners of
the claim, naturally objected, and for
a day or two it looked as if serious trou-
BILE would ensue. This has apparently
been avoided, as Mr.. Madding and his
partner have renounced their claim to
the ground. The ''ledge" proved to be
only large boulder and the find did not
prove of much account after all.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Still Another Mill.

G. l.. Dean, of Dean & Jones OF Los
Angeles, on last week Thursday bought
20 acres west of the Goldfeld townsite
and within a couple of hours had men
at work surveying the ground and grad
ing for the installation of custom re-
duction mill for Goldfield ores. Anal
cation, concentration and cyaniding will
be arranged for in the new plant which
will have capacity of about so tons per
day to start with. Immediately upon
the purchase of the ground Mr.. Dean
had the machinery started overland
from Johannesburg, Calf. Mr.. Dean
is an experienced mill man, and is con-
fident that all the water necessary for a
number of large mills can be developed
at or in the immediate vicinity OF Gold
field
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Will Operate Stage Line.

William Kitchen has arrived in camp
with 20 head of horses and four heavy
spring wagons and will operate stage
line from Goldfeld to Tonopah There
will be two stages running regularly,
one leaving each terminal point at 3 30
a. IN. Like practically all others, Mr.
Kitchen, after looking over the district
and observing its rapidly growing cities
and the constant improvement in the
mines, looks forward to tremendous
rush next year that will tax all the con
veyances that can be pressed into com
mission. Naturally, he expects to 60
his share, which, he believes, will be all
he could possibly handle. Mr.. Kitchen
came overland from eastern Oreg"H,
making the trip in % days. He ami IT,
stock Jared very well on the long jo'r-
ney and landed here without mishal 1
any kind. 1t is more than probable
he will conduct a livery establishment
in connection with the stage line.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
MINING NEWS FROM Ida
The Old Camp Rapidly Coming to
the Front Again.

w. ii. Lang, of the Mims-Sutro COM
pany, has just returned from Ida and
he is bubbling over with enthusiasm
over the showing in the Florida mine in
which he is interested. He brought
samples of fine-looking ore and reports
that at the 95-foot level crosscut has
been run to the west " feet, and to the
east 32 feet without finding the walls.
Nearly all the ledge contains milling
values and several good-sized streaks go
from $500 to 81 300 per ton in gold and
silver. Mr.. Lang predicts that with the
completion of its concentrating mill, and
other improvements the Florida-Gold-
field company will soon be paying divi-
dends.
MINIS, Dwyer and Wilson have a
group of six claims i'm the Ida district,
midway between the Florida mine and
the Brown Hope, an old mine which has
produced $70O,OOO worth or ore. The
ledge can be traced from the Florida
through their property to the Brown
Hope. Their claims are located on a
big blowout, and while the surface rock
assayed from 81 to $3.44, at depth of 8
feet an assay Of $2lO.38 was secured
from sample across 2 feet OF the ledge.
Ledge matter is found across width OF
IS feet, but not enough work has been
done to determine the actual width of
the ledge in place.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Patients ON the Mend.

Orlo Parker, who was operated on for
appendicitis by DR.. w. T. Liggett last
week, is rapidly improving and is now
considered out of all danger. His rapid
recovery is the more remarkable in view
of the fact that he was i'll so many days
on the desert without medical aid.
II. l.. Grimshaw, former clerk in
the postoffice, has passed the crisis in
an attack of pneumonia, with which he
has been suffering several days. His
fever has left him and his rapid recovery
to complete health is now apparently
but matter of short time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
IS IT THE OLD BREYFOGLE?
Rich Strike South of Bullfrog Said
to Be Lost Nine.

The "lost Breyfogle mine" for which
SO many have searched for years, has
"again" been discovered-and it really
looks as if it had been this time. The
scene of the find is in the Funeral Range,
21s miles from the head of Furnace
creek and 35 miles south OF Beatty. 1t
is three miles below the Breyfogle tanks,
where the old man was supposed to have
camped when he stood off the Indians.
The discovery was made by Frank Hyde
of Ida and some samples of ore from
the paystreak are said to be half gold.
The ledge is nearly 200 feet wide but
has been opened up for only IS or 20
inches. Samples of the rock were shown
Mr.. Yount, who found Breyfogle dur
ing his wanderings, and he says it is
similar to the black oxidized ore which
the old man had at the time. A verit
able stampede is on from the Bullfrog
section and it is said to be nearly de-
populated. These reports have come to
THE News through second and third
parties, and while they have the ear
marks of truth we would advise against
going to that section until the reports
are confirmed-and at no time without
adequate supplies.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
EMS Christmas Banquet.

Christmas being "A time for ieasting
and family reunions, the event ~ not
being overlooked by the Elks whose
brotherhood in Goldtield and vicinity is
represented by members from different
lodges all over the United States; and
as there is no lodge of the order nearer
than Reno, there has been no oppor-
tunity for the Elks to fraternally assem-
Bile together and become acquainted
with one another. These conditions are
now to be remedied, and a movement
is on foot for the Elks to give "a
banquet on Christmas night, at Whch
none but members of the order will TIC
present All members of the b. p. Q. +.
desiring to participate in this banquet
will leave their names with Brother
Wm. G Doane, at Doane q Rosen-
thaFs, before Dec. %, 1904.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Short Mining Notes.

Crosscutting to catch the ledge is i'll
progress on the Cloudy Day claim near
Diamondfield.
Judge Peters and associates have
bought the lease on the Harvey owned
by r. l.. Schaffnit There Is fine sur
face showing and J. n. Drennon, re-
Gently timberman on the Combination,
will he in charge of the work.
McComas, Isb and Camp have taken
a sub-lease from krise and associates
on the south end of the Quartzite close
to the Black Butte line. They have
found $50 ore in body but are trench
to find the richest pay shoot before sink
ing a shaft.
In crosscut from the 50-foot point in
the shaft on the Blue Bull claim, there
is a 10-inch streak which averages sos
per ton. On other claims of the Blue
Bull group there are also good showings,
particularly on the Emerson lease on
the Iron Dixie No. l, where good pan
nings are gotten from depth of 25 feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Boxing Bout at Tonopah.

\ match has been arranged to take
place at Tonopah on January 10th, be-
tween Bert Lundy of Tonopah, and Billy
Otis OF San Francisco. The men will
fight at $50 pounds. Young Corbett
will be in Tonopah about the 22d of this
month and will act as OTIS trainer as
well as get in condition for his coming
fight with the winner of the BrittNel-
son fight The fight between Lundy
and Otis will be under the auspices OF
the Tonopah Athletic Club, composed
of number of the prominent sport low
ers OF that place, and will be for the
gate receipts, 60 per cent to the winner,
and 40 per cent to the loser; and for a
purse of 81 900 which has been put up
by the fighters.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Coldfield Lucky Strike Co.

The Goldfeld Lucky Strike Mining
company has been organized by p. IL.
and j. f. McLaughlin, r. ID. Frisbie
and w. f. Lawson. The company owns
three claims northeast of the Lone Star
group on which is good strong ledge.
Assays from the groupings have gone as
high as $72. One hundred and fifty
thousand shares of the treasury stock
have already been placed and active
work will begin about January 18th.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Simmerone Again Workins.

Development work has been resumed
on the SimmerOne Fraction, upon which
there was strike of more than consider
able importance some time ago. 1t
will be remembered that shortly after
the opening of ore on the property, it
was sold for $4,000, and afterwards
bonded by the purchasers for $50, 900.
Since that time until IA few days ago no
work has been prosecuted on the ground.
When opened up the Simmerone, in
every probability, will make another
shipper and materially add to the con-
stantly increasing production of this dis
trct
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Bank Doors Will Open.

The doors OF the Goldfield Bank &
Trust company will swing open in a
few days. Temporary quarters have
been fitted up in the galvanized iron
building on North Main street, and just
as soon as supplies which have been on
the way here month arrive, the new
banking institution will commence busi-
ness. This is expected daily.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
TinhOrn Showing.

The Tinhorn, owned by the Dixie
Mining company, has made an excep-
tionally good showing the past week,
and may now be classed among the the
mines of the district. Recent assays
taken from the ledge gave returns of
1852 and 1861, one being check on the
other. The entire bottom of the shaft,
which is between 60 and 20 feet deep is
in good ore. A pronounced change in
the vein matter has been noted accom-
panied bv increased values.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
For a Church.

Rev Father Dermody is collecting
funds for. the purpose OF building a
Catholic church in Goldfcld. He has
for the nucleus OF the fund S2Z5 which
Father Gleeson collected for the same
purpose, and which the latter turned
over to Father Dermody after the bishop
appointed him to this parish. In the
next issue of THE News, Father Der
mody will publish list OF those VITO
have subscribed to the building fund.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
c Combination Pays Out $4,000
---Sandstorm Shipment.

The Combination Mining company yesterday declared another
dividend of $4,000 which is 10 its capitalization of
$4OOOOO actually dividend of 12 per there
but 900 capital stock issued This second dividend
quickly after the first but the company could make them
frequently and larger they desired The Combination has
had force employed and have done but so feet
of oping and their books show profit of $2OOOO above all
mining and operating expenses during their first year In add
tion there several hundred thousand dollars worth of mill
on the dump
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
!. D. LothrOp Married.

j. d. Lothrop, who quietly left last
week for Reno, was married to Miss
Sadie Mitchell OF Verdi, at that place,
last Sunday evening. Mr., Lothrop
who is one OF the pioneer merchants of
the district, will come back with his
bride after Christmas and receive the
of his numerous friends.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Bullfrog Stage Line.

: w. F. Bond & Co. are agents for stage
line which will make regular trips be-
tween here and Bullfrog. Stages leave
Goldfeld every Saturday morning and
fare and freight rates may be learned
of the agents.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Short Notes From Bullfroe.

w. II. Ballou will leave in few DAYS
for return trip to Gold Center.
Frank NJ. Ish and Roger w. Griswold
left Tuesday on a brief trip to Bullfrog
j. II. Wilson, Robert Harding and
Sid Carey have returned from an ex-
tended prospecting trip through the
Bullfrog district. They report having
seen a most promising country and Sc
cured three good-looking groups of
claims.
Reports of another strike in the south
ern fields have reached this place. They
are that Shorty Harris has located big
thing in the Funeral range, about four
and one-half miles east of Surveyors
wells and eighteen miles northwest of
Bullfrog. Samples shown by Harris are
said to pan from $275 to $500 per ton.
The ore is white honeycomb quartz,
with quantities of chrome iron. The
discoverer claims to have opened ledge
20 feet wide that carries shipping values
most OF its width.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Opened Rich Strin&er.

Lessees Sullivan, Baldwin and assoc
iates, operating on the north end of the
Patrick claim of the Lone Star group,
have opened a stringer of very rich tale
that gives great promise of developing
into something big. Assays run away
up into thousands and present indica-
teons point to the probable certainty OF
their opening up shoot OF hieh-grade
shipping ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Black Butte Improvement.

In two faces in the crosscut from the
west drift on the Black Butte shaft there
are showing faces OF spendid milling
quartz, continued sampling and panning
indicating values ranging from $50 TO
500 per ton. These values have been
permanent for some time and there has
been exposed an additional ore reserve
OF very considerable importance on this
min.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
A Handsome Souvenir,

Henry Weber and Marvin Ish, the
well known mining men, are distribut-
ing handsome souvenir paper weight
in the shape of gilded turtle.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Coldiield.Ruby Hill Co.

A working shaft has been started on
the Red Boy claim of the group belong
ing to The Goldfield-R Hill Mining
company, a recent incorporation whose
property is situated quarter of mile
south Of DiamOndfeld, in the northeast
belt of the district. The company is
controlled by Colorado and Ohio people,
J. Shumaker, prominent banker of
Minerva, Ohio, being its president. C..
ID. Weimer, its secretary, is a resident
OF Colorado Springs, where the main
office of the company is located. Besides
the Red Boy, the company owns the
Clawhammer and Bonanza lodes. After
a month of surface prospecting, ledge
5 feet in width has been opened on the
Red Boy. At the surface it assayed $3,
and at a depth of 10 feet, the ledge aver
ages $l2 across feet of it's width.
w. ID. HattOn, the local manager of the
company, is gratifed at the showing OBJ
tanned in so short time, and states
that the new shaft will be sunk to thor
oughly explore the vein. A fine looking
ledge has also been opened in the Bo-
nanza claim, and surface prospecting
over the group will be continued while
the main shaft is being sunk. The
property has been surveyed for the
United States patent, and the company
gives every evidence that they will push
development with vigor and do their
best TO open UP q pay mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Blue Bell Looking Better.

Work on the Goldfield Blue Bell prop
erty is being prosecuted steadily and the
company is greatly pleased with the
showing. The men are trenching and
drifting, and pay ore may be opened up
any day.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
Nevada Hardware q Supply &C.

The Nevada Hardware & Supply Co.,
OF Reno, are now buying nearly every
thing in carload lots. While this neees-
states carrying a large stock, 1T also
enables them to sell to their customers
much closer.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
C0ldfield Apex Co.

+. j. Campbell, w. s. Raymond and
G. f. Potter, of Denver, have brought
a hall interest in the Goldfield Apex
company. Frank Nj. Ish has resigned
the presidency and Mr.. Raymond has
been elected in his stead These well
known capitalists will add strength to
the Apex company, and the directors
have authorized the sale of l00, 900 shares
of treasury stock to provide funds for
vigorous development and for patenting
the property.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
The January.

The new ledge on the January has
been crosecut for 1S feet. There are y
to feet of shipping ore in this ledge,
and the balance averages better than.
$43 per ton. The Goldfield Mining COM
pany has bought the hoist and assay
Office from the lessees.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-16
The Quartzite.

The winze on the Quartzite of the
Diamondfield is down 20 feet from the
4O-foot level, and the whole winze is in
shipping ore, while handsome speci-
mems of sylvanite are encounted which
90 into the pictures