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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-27
RAIN POORS UPON
WASHINGTON GROVE
Leaves Methodist Camp
Clean and Spirits Bright.
SERVICES OF YESTERDAY
Tie Game of Baseball Broken Of to At
tend to the DevOtiOns Of
Evening Song.
SERVICES OF YESTERDAY

WASHINGTON GROVE CAMP, July
27.-Yesterday was the red letter day
of the camp.
Washed fauitlessly clean by the recent
showers and bathed in sunshine this
sylvan sanctuary of God was in per
feet accord with the dcyout and worship
fui spirit which pervaded the very atmos-
llhere. The campers went eagerly to
the morning prayer meeting and the
Rev. w /. Lynn spoke upon THE Power
OF Prayer"
The Rev. c. O. Isaacs. by request, di-
rected thought at the wOmens meeting
to the Soul rest that remaineth for the
people Of God"
Mrs. Alfred Zimmerman sang The
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"
At II O'Clock. DR.. J. w. Smith. Of
Grace Church. was heard in a sermon
upon THE Revelation Of Christ to His
Disciples" He presented the subject
eloquentIy from the text found in John
xiv.
Then Judas. not IsCariot, said unto
Master. how is it that Thou shalt reveal
Thyself unto us and not unto men
Braved the Elements.
a large contingent came into camp,
and despite the electric storm that
burst over the camp in the early after
noon. large and attentive audience
heard the appeal of the Rev ID. !. Gill
who eXhorted his hearers. "to deal
justly. TO show mercy, and to walk
humbly with God"
Mrs Frank Woodward met with the
children at / o'clock, and entertained
them profitably in a chalk talk about q
Ray Of Sunshine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-27
Special Rate, $3.50 Every Saturday

During summer, good returning Sunda!
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Annual District Neeting.

The first annual meeting of the Gold
field mining district was held last night
in Recorder Smiths office. In the alb
sence OF President Myers, Mr.. Smith
called the meeting to order and Frank
Horton was elected chairman, for the
night. The minutes and resolutions of
the first meeting were read and APP
proved, after which officers for the en-
suing year were nominated. The MEM
bers present decided unanimously that
they could do no better than retain the
present officers and President Myers
and Recorder and Ex-Officio Secretary
Smith were reelected by acclamatiOn.
DIR. White Wolf suggested that the town
of Goldfield should be incorporated and
that the necessary steps should be taken
at once looking to that end. We should
be in position where ample fire and
police regulations could be made and
rigidiy enforced. AS soon as possible
also, it should be arranged so that dis
trict court could be held here and do
away with the expense and bother of
going to Hawthorne for anything but
the most petty of lawsuits. On motion
it was decided to have committee of
three, ircluding Chairman Horton to
cooperate with other citizens of Gold
field in taking the necessary steps for
meeting adjourned.
The committee on Incorporation con-
sists of Frank Horton, l.. l.. Patrick, NJ.
NJ. Detch, T. D. Murphy, and w. A..
Ingalls,.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21

Capt fIasseIl's 'dobe at Jumbo is now
completed. There are six other nice.
'dobes III process of construction in
Jumbo.
Chas Cassin leaves Saturday for San
Francisco aud Sacramento to buy Il s ock
of goods for & gneral merchandise store
which he will start at Bullfr.g.
jim Forman was an arrival from Tono-
pah yesterday. He has recently sold his
lot on upper Vain street for $3,U0J. He
paid So for it nine months ago.
Jim Lothrop returned Yesterday from
San Francisco where he took Ills little
boy for the benefit of his health. II e
little fellow las already greatly improved.
Herrick Il Scott this week sold real
estate to the amount of $500. The
largest deal made was the sale of the j.
+. Bradley lot on Main street for $5,0OO.
Starr & Dulfer. who recently opened
brokerage offices in Tonopah, are rapidly
forging to the front and have moved
into their handsome new office opposite
the Golden Block.
w. s Elliott, one of the pioneers of
the district, has sold his saloon business
to O. j. Neal and W. $. Madding The
new proprietors have taken charge aud
have a large patronage.
Hon Geo. S. Nixon, candidate for
United States Senat r, and Hon. Frank
d.. Norcross, candidate for Suprem1
Judge, will addre the citizens of Gold
field next Monday night on the political
issues of the Day.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
They Couldn't Think Otherwise.

S. D. Brastow, superintendent Of
Wells, Fargo & Company's express, and
A. c. Christeson, manager for the same
company, arrived in Reno last evening
from Tonopah, Goldfeld and Columbia.
They went into the new camps with a
view of improving the express service
and also looking into the conditions of
the camps. Mr.. Brastow is enthused
over the new country. In an interview
last evening he gave it as his opinion
that there has been nothing like it in
The West in many years.
81 have been in every camp in the
Western country during the past forty
years." he said, ''and can candidly say
that Tonopah, Goldfeld and Diamond
field are the greatest camps of them all
and in my opinion there will be more
of them. People are focking in at the
rate of one hundred day. They all
have money and apparently much
money is being taken out in every
camp. Reno Journal.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
NOTES FROM COLUMBIA.

Fly. Williams. of the Lothrop Davis
company. was out Wednesday,
E. NJ. Jones is building 3Jx36 sto e
building on M in street.
John Mason left last week for San
FIR r,ncisco on account OF sickness in his
family
Don't forget to stop in at Phil Rlume's
Cabinet while in Columbia. The ver.
best OF liquid refreshments served. +
Felix Raphel. Of the Frisco store at
Columbia, has been given the agency OF
The News at that place. He will not
only keep copies for sale but will alw
handle the regular Subscribers. To
those who are living in Columbia proprr
the paper will be delivered. i. t'r. 80
scTibers will leave their names and ad-
dressess at the Frisc, store. Those VIII
find it more convenient may call at the
Frisco sto'e for their papers.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
A SuRE-ENOUGH HUSTLER.
Henry Weber Lets No Grass Grow
Under His Feet.

, Henry Weber, who left today for a
trip to Denver and other eastern points,
sa sure enough hustler and is now one
of the heaviest operators in the Gold
field district. Mr.. Weber arrived in this
camp on. the second day of last August
and since that time he has acquired
large interests in % different groups of
claims, all Of them. well located and hav-
ing good surface showings. He has orr
ganized 1S companies, every one OF
which is in healthy financial condition
and actively operating their properties.
That would be good record in itself,
but when it is added to the fact that out
of these Is groups at work 4 producers
have been developed, it can. readily he
seen that MIR. Weber and his associates
are not, only hustlers, but are lucky.
The TOnOpah Club, owned by the
Conqneror Mining. company, OF which
Mr.. Weber is president and manager,
is one of the producers whicl has been
added to the list at Goldiield, and
while the ore is not as sensationally rich
as some of the others, it gives every
promise of becoming as valuable as
any mine in the camp, on account If the
large extent of the body of high grade
ore.
Mr.. Weber is also one of the owners OF
the Oddie-Gardner lease on the Ken
dali, which recently milled IA tons of
ore valued at $4,000.
The Empire Mining company is one
OF Mr.. Weber's quick successes. To-
gether with Marvin Ish he organized the
company three weeks ago and all the
stock was taken right here in camp,
which shows the confidence local.! i'll
Mr.. Weber's judgment and integrity.
That this confidence was justified Is
proven by the fact that since the recent
strike on the Silver Tip claim, the origi-
nal buyers have been offered from four
to six times the price they paid for the
stock. That is making money pretty
rapidly, but of course is not as much as
owners of Conqueror Mining company
stock will make, if the TonOpah Club
proves as big as every miner who has
seen it believes it will.
During Mr. Weber's absence of three
or four weeks his interests will be looked
after by Marvin f. Ish, who is associ-
ated with him and who deserves Il full
share of the credit of Mr.. Weber's sue
cess. Marshall ID. Draper, formerly
with the American Exploitation com
pany, has been appointed consulting
engineer for Weber and Ish, and is look
ing after the careful development of the
different mines.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21

Exceptionally Strong Company Or;
eanixed in Tonopah This Week:

One Of the strongest companies orgal
nized in this section was INCORPORATED
this week in Tonopah, being the Bull.
frog Mining company. The officers are.
T.. l.. Oddie, president; G.. w. Ladd,
vice-president: l.. f. Benson. treasurer;
II. ii. Clark. secretary and general nun
ager; Key Pittman. X. B. Davis and j.:
Carter. additional directors. The com
pany is capitalized for 81 ,0O) and al
ready has sufficient money in the treas
ury TO prosecute thorough development
work on its 13 claims. Readers Of The
NEWS will remember what an excellent
showing there is on these claims and
with plenty o. money to develop, success
is assured.
The same parties have plated the Am
argOsa townsite and there is a big scram-
bic for the lots in TonopaE:
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Glad to Get EaCk.

A personal letter received the first Of
the week, contains the welcome news
that Mr.. and Mrs. III. 7. Bragdofi would
leave Oakland ON Monday last for their
home in Goldfeld. Mr.. BragdOn is
heavy stakeholder in the Goldheld Min
ing company, Adams Goldfield and 9th
er valuable properties and can therefore
choose his place of residence without re
gard to financial considerat hr
that Goldfield suits him bette than ~
other place is indicated by the - g.
graph ia.tis ls!ter, which a
be mig lty glad to srt Sack g 0ne sloDe
house AID will never kick about stLst'
any NEE. The only real pleasure 1
have had Tor the past MOI th > g tean
to pull out THr Nwr4 wht | come Wsr
from San Francisco in the afternoon and
read and re-read it advertisements and
al ,,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
AT GOLD CRATER.
Seventy.Five Men Now In that Lively
Camp.

There are now about 75 men at Gold
Crater and more going In every day. b.
ii Shaw's new frame hotel is now ready
to receive patrons, and there are three
saloons and % tents on the towisite.
Ridge 4 Curtis have two shifts work.
ing on the Like Like and the ore con-
tinues to improve in value as depth is
The Gold Crater Water company, OF
which VIM. Inman is now manager,
started development last Monday and
will soon put on another shift.
On the No. Savvy claim, under bond
to Griswold and Moss, the shaft is down
45 feet and much of the ore shows gold
visille to the naked eye..
Elliott, Williams & Colburn will start
development work on the Slippery Frac-
ton and the Desert Rose.
Among the visitors this week were:
p. Porter, of Salt Lake, ii. o. Hall,
Jack Salsbery and Dick Colburn.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21

With large amount of ore being devel-
oped at Goldfield that will run from $25
to $75 per ton, to say nothing of what
will 60 from SIS to $25, it seems strange
that mills to treat custom ores have not
already been erected here. The Combi-
nation mill now being erected will
doubtless have plenty Of ore from those
interested in it, and there will be plenty
reduction works. While the large capi-
tai backing mills, smelters and railroads
always play lead-pipe cinch nowadays,
yet It is the early bird that breakfasts
doubt of the financial success of such
ventures in Goldfield.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
ANOTHER F-tH--:r -.

Mr.. Cady, representing the London
Exploration company, one OF the
strongest institutions, financially, in its
line, is in Goldtield making critical
examination of its mines and prospects.
He is exceedingly well impressed and
predicts that Goldfeld's present show
imp is nothing compared to what it will
be in two years. He stated that while
Geldfield was not yet at Il stage where
big companies like the one nc represents
care to operate, such companies always
insisting upon mine being well devel-
nped, with big ore reserves in sight, yet
he had not met a single one of the big
mining men who have been here who
turned the camp down. All spoke well
of Goldfield and after what he has al
ready seen, he fully concurs with them.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
New Brokerage Firm.

"Diamondfield Jack" Davis and Willis
Sears have entered into partnership and
will do a general brokerage and real
estate business at Diamondteld. Jack
is one of the pioneers of the district and
is probably the best posted man on the
section around Diamondfield. In his
business dealings he has gained rep
utation of always keeping his word al
this will stand him in good stead in his
new business Willis Sears is an old
friend and has made many friends since
coming to GOldtield.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Ultra.Conservative. Yet Doubted.

Edgar \. Collins, manager OF the
Combination, returned last SATURDAY.
from months trip to San Francisco
and Denver. Said he to a NEWS re-
porter: 81 have done hardly anything
since | have been away except to
answer questions about Goldfield. You
have accused me of being ultra-conser-
vative, but from their actions l should
Judge the people have talked with do
not think so. They appeared to find it
impossible to believe what l said of
Goldfield-bu it was the bare truth"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
BULLFRoG STILL BOOMING.
Development Work Will Start On
Many properties.

The movement toward Bullfrog is de-
veloping symptoms Of rush and many
are leaving daily for the new district.
P. f. O'Brien has been appointed gen.
efal manager of the Bullfrog mine and
left yesterday to start a working shaft.
1t will be sunk to a depth OF 5u feet and
the ledge crosscut at that point. In
sinking the first feet the assay values
OF the ore increased from $40 to 1870
per ton and if this should keep up there
should be mighty good ore at so feet.
Benny Haseltine and Nick Reinhardt
have a group of four claims 21a miles
northwest of the Bullfrog mine, on which
they have made a splendid strike. The
ledge pans well clear across and several
large chunks showed big pieces Of free
goli. HaseItine and Reinhardt have re-
fused large cash offer for the property.
izer, Sharp and Shipe have a group
of five claims on the same contact as the
Bullfrog and between that mine and
Haseltine's. The ledge is 60 feet wide
and 5000 feet long and pans well in %
or 80 different places. Paintings from
average samples taken clear across indi-
cate an average value Of S25 or $50 for
the full width.
Ford Bros. have ledge so to 20 feet
wide on their claims two miles northeast
of the BullffOg mine from which they
have received assays as high as $lO6 to
the ton.
Bell, Jones, Stockham and Hennessy
have 10 feet of solid ore on their prop
erty.
Ray, Sutherland and Darcy continue
to get good paintings from the Tramp
and Denver claims.
ClaIk, Benson and Ladd are putting
on IL force of men and have reason to be-
lieve from the surface showing, that
tliev will ,lrvol,o = b,"qng,
t~t....i., :,.s.,", >.,.ni aiid l'..;l..1
have started development OH the Big
Strike claim.
Sam Morris has refused bond OF $780,
900 on the extension of the claim of Bell
and associates.
A good strike was made at Bear Noun
tain, IL miles from Bullfrog, by a couple
of men from Searchlight. The ledge is
80 to 40 feet wide and can be traced for
800 feet. An average assay clear across
showed values OF $40 per ton.
A mining district has been formed
and Geo. Ladd was elected recorder.
Forty men have registered to vote in
Bullfrog, which is in Nye county.
A tornado struck Bulfrog Sunday and
almost completely destroyed Jack Ma
ney's saloon. One man was injured
during the blow, but not seriously.
Sixty-two names are on the petition
asking for postoffice at Bullfrog. I'm
til the petition is granted the mail will
be brought weekly from Goldicld.
Town lots in the Bullfrog Townsite
are on sale at NJ NJ. Detch's office, Gold
field, and large number have already
been sold.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
A CRATER From Grafton.

Elsewhere in this issue is an article
on ''The Fakir Getting Busy" There
are doubtless many cheap fakirs operat-
ing on the strength Of Goldfeld's great
showing but the writer Of the following
letter takes the bun. 1t is needless to
state that Mr.. Patrick, to whom the let
ter is addressed, knows nothing OF the
man, nor would he consent to such a
scheme, Here is the letter:
Grafton, Yolo Co., Cal. Oct. 10, '04:
w. +. Patrick. Box 33, Goldheld, New.
Dear Sir wish to purchase three,
claims of 20 acres each. southeast OF
Goldfield, for $40 each. If you are not
able to get them in that direction do as
well as possible. Have some of the dirt
assaved and send me the assayers' re-
port. / wish to form "a company to-
prospect the claims.
Yours Respectfully;
FRANK You've.
Grafton is ah appropriate name for
the residence of CRATER who is willing
to pay the huge sum of $50 each fof
claims on which to float cOmpanyi
Although there Is no place on earth
where one has better chance OF max
ing money by investing in legitimate
and honestly conducted mining company
than in Godield, yet investors in Mr'
Youngs company had better take a
photograph Of their money before part
ing with it. Outside Of a pretty certifi-'
cate it will be the only remembrance
they will have.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Railroad News.

John w. Brock, Frank Keith and T,
l.. Oddie are expected in camp today on
railroad business. 1t is now believed
that the road to Goldtield will be stand
ard guage and that the c. {. and To-
nopah roads will be broadened 10 stand
ard yuage at an early date.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Saxton Growing Better Daily.

George Saxton, the young engineer
who had such a terrible experience
when taken with pneumonia on the
desert l25 miles south, is gaining steadily
and his full recovery is only matter
of time. His father is with him and he
Is reGeiving every care and attention.
DIR. Walter N. Rhyan is the physician
in charge, instead of DR.. Benton as er
roneously stated in the Carson News.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21

Kenneth Dome elan & Co., brokers OF
TOnopah. have decided to open branch
Office in Goldfield and j. Tilton DON
nellan of San Francisco. a brother Of
Kenneth will be in charge. Colonel j.
N. Donellan. who was for years a well
known banker of Salt Lake City bu'
who has retired from active business, is
expected here shortly to look over the
district.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Biz Registration.

When the registration books closed
last night there were 1858 voters regis
tered in the Goldfield precinct. With
the number registered in Milltown, CO.
lumbia and Diamondfield, it will bring
the total registration for the district
above 1900
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Halloween Party.

The Ladies Aid Society will give
Halloween party and social dance next
Friday night in the Flannery and Perry
building, next door to Redmond's, AL
lens orchestra will furnish music and
the tickets are 81 90 each.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Political Speaking.

Congressman Van Duzer spoke to a
large crowd in Goldield last Saturday
night on political issues, and on Tues :
day night Hon. w. |. Plum presented
the Republican side of the argument.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Spikins Development Co.

]. H. Spiking, president of the above
company, has been inspecting the COM
pany's property in various parts of the
district and reports things looking ex-
ceedingly we'll. The company has its
interests we'll distributed over the camp
which makes it reasonably certain that
they will develop one or more good
properties.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Coldfield Columbia hining Co.

The Goldheld Columbia Mining COM
pany, owning the Juanita, Stanford R.
and Plaza claims on the west slope of
Columbia Mountain, was Incorporated
this week. The officers are B.J. Reilly,
president; Zeb Kendall, vice-president; |;
Frank III. Lathrap, secretary-treasurer |;
L. l.. Blumenthal,- director.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
The Clermont.

Price and Currie are sacking ore from
their strike on the Clermont and expect
to make good thing before their lease
expires,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
The Combination.
Strike On Silver Tip.

A strike which promises to develop
into one OF the big ones, was made this
week on the Silver Tip claim of the EN-
pire Mining company, which lies north
If the Lone Star. At Il depth of 10 feet
the ledge is found in place and is 51s
feet wide. Paintings indicate very good
values and the owners are feeling very
iublant over the prospects OF soon join
ing the list of shippers. This was the
company which was organized by Hen
ry Weber and Marvin Ish and all the
necessary stock for development pur-
poses sold in Goldheld in a short time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
The P0tlatch.

The Potlatch Mining company has
been organized to operate the Potlatch
group of three claims, which includes
the Potlatch, Mt. Hood and Crown.
The officers and directors are Marshall
Bond, president; Geo. A. Kernick, vice.
president; l.. w. Bond, secretary and
treasurer; Claude NJ. Smith. Work is
now being prosecuted on the property
and it will he thoroughly developed.
Owing to recent favorable developments
the stock of the company has been with
drawn from the market.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
Florence Lease No. 8.

This lease continues to produce stead
lily good quantities of rich ore, the smell
ter returns from which are largely in
creasing the bank accounts of the COM
pany and the lessees. Ore is being ta-
ken from the SO, 100, $50 and 200-foot
levels, but the greater production is
coming from the two latter. Despite re-
cent shipments there are fully 1000
sac';s Or :hc G;.mrs awaiting the freight
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
The Kaiser Bonded.

Elmer j. Chute and Geo. Winkler
have bonded the Kaiser claim, adjoining
the Blue Bull and Commonwealth
groups, to Owen Kemp. The considera-
ton is $25, 900 and large cash payment
was made. There are many who firmly
believe that the Kaiser, as we'll as the
Mary adjoining OH the east, will make
good mines, and several parties are ne
gotiating for the latter.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-06-03
ADAMS.

Died, on the oath Of May, Thorn
as Mccain. He leaves u wife and
several children to mourn his loss,
Church at Walnut Gap the LIST
Sunday in June by Rev. Cheap.
Ray Adams and wife, of Cali
Greek, visited his father last SUM-
day.
Della Curnutte visited at James
Adams recently.
Born, on the oath, boy to Mrs,
Isaac Adams.
LATE Thompson will farm with
James Adams this summer.
A large crowd attended Sunday
School at Walnut Gap Sunday.
Miss Susie Hayes called on her
cousin, Matte Gussler, last Satur.
day. Two Rockers.