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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
BOARDS BY THE MILLION
Lumber Consumption for District In
1905 Exceeded 25,00O,000 Feet

Officers Of lumber companies operat-
ing in Tonopah and GoldReld estimate
that the past ~ months 100000 feet
of lumber have been shipped into the
Southern Nevada camps. OF this
amount a large part came through 20
Goldfeld for use here and to be dis
tributed to the southern camps. In
consequence of the fact that the rail-
road has only been into Goldfeld for a
few months, the greater part Of this
enormous product was brought to this
camp by mule team.
1t is estimated that approximately
10000 900 feet of lumber was used in
Goldfeld during the year, and a little
less than half that amount went south
to the new camps, while the balance Of
the total shipments to this section went
into buildings and mines at Tonopah.
At the present writing the price Of
lumber range from $40 to $40 per
thousand, but before the advent of the
railroad the price list was very much
higher by reason of the increased cost
of transportation over the desert by
mule team.
The value of the building material
used during the year in the several
thriving camps of Southern Nevada,
including Goldfeld, Tonopah, Rhyolite,
BuIlfrog and other towns is in excess OF
a million and a half dollars, including
the transportation charges into the
country.
Much of the material used has gone
into new buildings and the mines have
consumed a large amount of heavy tim
bers.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
PREcAuTIoN THAT WAS COSTLY
Proof That Tobacco Has Other Powers
Besides Distinction

Smokers have heard much in these
days of microbes Of the disinfecting
powers of the fumes of tobacco; 10
much, indeed, that the practice of
blowing a Whit of cigar smoke into the
speaking bell of a telephone to discour-
age any germs that may be there Turk
ing has become a pretty general habit.
One frequent user of the phone, how
ever, is only now recovering from the
lesson which taught him, a few weeks
ago, lever to blow before he looks,
and it is probable that he will MT
again be so windy, whether he looks or
not. On the occasion in question the
smoker blew a Whit of a fragrant
Havana into the phone, when there
emerged from the dark interior q
winged fury in the shape of a wasp,
which lit on the nose of the blower
and lost no time in making a lasting
Impression. In the suddenness of his
the smoker knocked over a $50
vase, which was smashed, and dam
aged a typewriting machine by letting
the telephone receiver fall on it. The
nose is only now assuming it's normal
functions.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
GOLD MINING IN AFRICA

Gold mining IN the west coast ct
Africa is beginning to assume a more
substantial appearance and the in
dustry is evidently growing and pros
pering. In 1880 the output was about
$I50,O00; in 1889 it had increased to
$500 10000. From that year to 1902 it
~iuctuated between 100000 and $780,
900, but suddenly increased in 1903 20
over 81, 250, 900, and in 1904 was further
increased to about $1,750,000, the lat
ter increase being due chiefly to addi-
ton of mill capacity at some of the
mines. Gold is obtained by quartz
mining and dredging. Both of these
branches of the industry are on the
increase in the West African teritory.
The climate is exceedingly bad, and a
prolonged life of white men in that
portion Of Africa is almost impossible.
The expenses of management are neces-
sarily high, as competent men are re-
quired for the conduct of various
branches, and good men will not accept
such positions except at a high salary,
with frequent vacations. White miners
will do well to remain away from the
gold coast, for the opportunities for
employment are few, and all engineers
90 there under contract, yet, in the
face of the typographical and climatic
disadvantages mines have been
equipped and developed, and railways
built, and other engineering work ac-
complished, but at a great cost OF
money and human life.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
rEAL1Na MINERAL LAND

"The timber land frauds exposed in
Washington and Oregon are petty com
pared with similar frauds now being
carried on in California, according to
Lewis E. Aubury, state mineralogist.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of the
finest timber land and richest mineral
land in the state are now being seized
by the timber grabbers. If it is ex-
empt from entry as timber land they
file mining location notices on it, take
a patent later and thus forever
shut out the prospector and miner.
When it is open to entry they file tim
Der locations and swear the and is
non-mineral even when it is known to
be rich in minerals. l know of timber
grabbers fling on land and swearing It
was non-mineral when there were stamp
mills crushing gold ore on the same
land at the time the timber location
was fled"
Mr.. Aubrey says that he will consult
with the United States district attor-
ney and that charges against a num-
Der of prominent men may be preferred
before the federal grand jury.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
INVITATION FROM aoIDr1ELD

An invitation from the business men
of Goldfeld reached the Journal too
late to be accepted. 1t was a eordiil
request to attend a turkey banquet,
and invited the gentlemen of the office
and their ladies as well. As the date
of the banque. was December Gath, the
evenings pleasure at the feasting table
and later in the ballroom had to be for
gone. But the courtesy of the invita-
ton dictated by W. Dee Jones is none
the less appreciated.-Reno Journal.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
TO DEFINE TUNNEL RIGHTS

Senator Clark of Montana has intro
duced a bill in congress of special i'm
portance to the mining interests of the
west, in that it provides for right of
way for tunnels or shafts through ad-
joining lands to reach veins or lodes OF
owners of mineral lands. The bill WIS
referred to the committee on mines and
mining, of which Senator Clark is a
member, and he feels reasonably GER
tain of having it reported favorably
and passed by the senate at an early
day. The bill is as follows:
"Section /. That whenever in the
working and development of a mine or
mining claim, vein or veins having
their tops or apexes therein shall SO far
depart from perpendicular as to come
within the side line of an adjoining
claim, and when the owner of said vein
or veins under the existing laws shall
have the right to follow any such vein
or veins or dip thereof into or under
the surface of any such adjoining claim,
the owners Of such vein or veins shall
have the right to make all such tun-
nels, drifts, upraises or other under
ground workings as may be necessary
for the successful and economical work
ing of such vein or veins through the
sub-surface of any such adjoining claim
or claims.
"Sec. 2. All patents hereafter is
sued for mineral claims shall contain
a proviso e~mbodying the foregoing
right. salt Lake Herald.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
THE BUSINESS OF MINING

That mining is coming to Its own :
is evidenced by the tone of the large
dailies of the east and middle west.
"Modern SCIENCE according to one,
"is effacing the romantic, adventurous
and speculative features from the bust
ness of gold mining. Formerly gold
hunters went forth equipped with tools
to dig their fortunes from the earth
with their own hands. The individual
miner and his pick and cradle are being
rapidly displaced by costly labor-saving
machinery. Gold mining was formerly
a lottery. 1t was probable that the
argonaut would make no strike at all,
but he was lured on by the chance that
he might make a rich one. At present
gold mining in many places returns
more certain profits than a manufac-
tory. The two scientific methods which
are Transforming the industry of gold
mining are the cyanide process, which
is employed in the working of gold
bearing quartz, and the application of
the dredge to the development of placer
mines The latter possesses the great sr
possibilities and is therefore the more
interesting. Because of the large
amount of labor required it has ALWAYS
been impracticable to work any but the
richer portions of a placer by hand,
but it has been found profitable to ex-
plot by means of the dredge place.s
containing less than 10 cents worth
of gold to the cubic yard of gravel.
Placers containing this much or more
gold abound in many parts of the
world. Numbers of them have been
partially worked by hand and aban-
doned when they ceased to ''pan out
well. They are especially numerous IN
the United States, Central and South
America, Australia and Siberia. The
present gold output of the earth is
about 81, 0 700 per day. 1t is pre-
dicted that in consequence of the ia
PRODUCTION of the method of dredging
clean F" placers the output will within
the next ten years be at least doubled.
The effect which so enormous an in
crease in the gold production will have
upon the industry and finance of the
world is a subject for interesting and
by no means wholly academic speculi-
ton. But gold is now the basis of the
financial system of every civilized
country, and every reduction in its
value must enc to raise prices and
scale down debts all over the world.
Fortunately the value of gold depends
not only upon the rapidity and cost of
its production, but also upon the de-
mand for it, and as the wealth of the
world as a whole is augmenting at an
unprecedented rate, the demand for
gold both as a luxury and in the form
of money is bound rapidly to increase.
While, therefore, increasing supply IS
tending to pull the value down, increas-
ing demand will tend to pull it up, AMI
it will be subject to no fluctuations 50
violent as seriously to affect existing
conditions. Mining World.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
FOUND T CAMP
The Lady P~rosrector'' Locates tho
Mine of the Mysterious"


81 told you I was going to find Scot
tvs camp, and / found it," was the
greeting of Miss Lillian K. Malcolm,
the "lady prospectOr," to the reporter
at the Merchants hotel Wednesday
evening.
Miss Malcolm has a cottage, furnish
ed, in Bullfrog, but the weather wa.
cold, she worn out from her hard trip
to Death valley and it was thought
wise to secure warmer quarters, at the
hotel.
Miss Malcolm left Bullfrog the last
time just go days ago, since which
time she has had a more or less strenu-
Gus life in the Funeral range Death
valley and the Panamint country.
The "lady prospector" and party,
among =hom were George Peget and
"Shorty" Harris, visited Harrisburg,
Ballarat, Manse, Saratoga and, last but
not least, what she calls "Myterious ,
SCOTS camp near Wingate pass. She
climbed dangerous cliffs in the Pana-
mint, and sang at the funeral services
of "Old Man" Finley at Manse. She
found a terrepin as big as a bonnet
at Ballarat, and ate at the same table
with Bill Keys pet rattlesnake at
Scotty's camp. She also staked claims
and built monuments.
Bill Key, referred to, is the presid-
ing genius owe Scotty's camp. He IS
a swarthy, ~long-haired man, one-quar-
ter Choctaw Indian, and is called Scot
tvs scout. He has lived 8 years in
Death valley, where he has some prom
Using mining claims, and has never
been to a city.
Key, it is said, has been Scott g
chief lieutenant in keeping prospecting
parties out of the camp. Together
they would deport the new comers in
truly civilized fashion to the outskirts
of "The Narrows' and tell them 20
return not under penalty of death,
usually firing a bunch Of shots over the
heads of the tenderfeet to scare them.
Then Scotty and his scout would return
to the Bungalow and have their
wine and their laughter.
But Scotty's scout, according to Miss
Malcolm, has quit all this and settled
down to the business Of looking after
his rich holdings.
The "lady prospector' says she not
only has good locations of her own, but
that she has an option on most of Keys
mining property. She has a grip full
| of specimens, some of which are very
rich. One piece of rock beat anything
the reporter has seen in this section If
the country of its kind-copper. 1t is
said to run So per cent pure copper and
$196 in gold. Another large piece of
stratifed quartz shows free gold. All
the specimens are said to come from
ground of Keys upon which the "lady
prospeetor' has an option, and Miss
Malcolm will 60 to Goldfeld and
Tonopah today with the idea OF inter-
esting capital in the property Bull
frog Miner.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29
ASSAY OFFICE q

The Jumbo Mining company sustain
ed a loss of several hundred dollars
Sunday morning by the destruction by
fire of its assay office. The fire was
started by the explosion of a tank OF
gasoline. Much of the assay outfit was
carried from the burning building, and
the loss was not so heavy as it might
have been.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29

The Young Doctor-Just think-six
of my patients recovered this week.
The Old Doctor-It's your own fault,
nv boy. You spend too much time az
the club.-Tid-Bits.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29

Affdavits of Annual Labor fer sale
at The News office.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10
Statesmen WANTED

FOR the best accident and health insurance
In the world; stock company; cash capital
and insurance deposit OF S25O.OO0; Ne0
beneht. accidents OF any and all kinds
handsome black seal grain pocket case
given free with each policy; good sales
men are making SEQ per week; II you
renewal contract with liberal commission.
German Registry Co., Al n. Seventh St.
So. Louis. No. Lei Mx
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

WANTED-Young men to prepare for posi-
tions as brakemen and firemen in the
IeAii w.S - @ ~. .i 49,, -, - -,
equalled opportunity; instructions by mail
20 your home; only a short time required
positions received as soon as competent;
tiremen get 500 month, become engin-
GERS and get $40 to $500; brakemen get
S75, become conductors and get $l25 to
$50 per month; write for full particulars
at once. National Railway Training
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

YOUNG MEN ENLISTED FOR THE
navy at Omaha; ages II to 35; wages $40
10 $50 per month, according to ratings; first
OUTFIT of clothing free; transportation fur
nished to place of enlistment upon expira-
ton of enlistment; retirement with three
fourths OF pay and allowances after thirty
years service. All applicants must be cit-
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able to read and write For particulars
visit or address Navy Recruiting Station,
Room 500, Postoffice Building, Omaha, Neb.
B.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

MANAGER WANTED-One of the best
known wholesale speciality manufacturing
companies In Illinois desires a capable
Trustworthy representative at Omaha;
VIII pay expenses and salary of 81 800 per
annum, also liberal commission allow
ance; investment of 1850 required during
term of employment; highest commercial
references given and required. Address
MIR. A. Sidney, oxford Bldg, Chicago.
Y-94O 10X
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

UNDERWRITING guaranteeing Both
principal and interest furnished FIR Iegi-
innate enterprises. We don't sell bonds
or stocks, but arrange underwriting
through Canadian Banking house. No
advance fee required Lawrence & Co.,
n24 First National bank, Chicago.
Y-SS1 10x
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10
CAPITAL. SECIrREn


for investment In meritorious enterprises;
all business done on strictly commission
basis; no advance fees of any nature re-
quired; we have exceptional facilities for
marketing stocks and bonds; correspond
ence invited; all communications strictly
confidential. Trowbridge & Co., 1924
Chamber of Commerce Bldg, Detroit,
Mich. Y-gO3 10
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. salesman in Iowa,
Missouri and Nebraska, to handle most
complete line advertising signs, calendars,
leather goods and novelties. First-class
reference required The Scioto Sign
Company. Kenton, o. L-957 1Ox
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

WANTED--A well educated man, good add
dress, to sell unequaled line of advertising
calendars to retail trade; exclusive terri
tory to right man. Address with refer
enccs, 201 Temple Block, Kansas City, Mo.
B-900 10x
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

Statesmen NOTICE-A large we'll known
Chicago house selling staple, well ad-
vertised line to dealers, wants travelling
statesmen for Nebraska. State age and
experience fully. Drawer u, 756, Chicago.
L-S5 10X
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

FOR SALE-The best hardware business In
the state OF Nebraska, stock only. owner
wishes to retire from business. Address,
w. w. Coates. Plattsmouth, Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

AGENTS wanted in every town and city,
high-grade proposition; easy seller; work
ali year and make ten to twenty dollars
a day. Write Hansen-Naylor Co., circuit
Building, Sioux City, Iowa. j.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

HIGH grade investment statesmen for each
locality. Must have local standing and
unquestioned references as to integrity
and character Loveridge, 945 First Ma
START a mail order business; we fur
nish everything necessary; only few dol
lars required; new plan success certain:
costs nothing to investigate. Mllburn-
Hicks, SS Dearborn St., Chicago.
Y--S79 10x
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

portrait and up-to-date veneer
frame complete, 39c; sells ,$l.9Si no deliv
cry troubles. NJ. a. Beall, CSC Van Buren,
St., Chicago. J-942 lOx
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

WANTED-A reliable agent to represent
us in Omaha and vicinity to solicit sub
scriptions, S25 20 so a week now being
made easily IN same capacity elsewhere.
Trade solicited only the best. We fur
nish the list OF firms who are eligible.
Exclusive territory to the right party and
permanent position. Book agent preferred.
References required. Address the Com
mercial Traveller Qncorporatedl, (monthly
publication). 1893 Broadway, New York
City. B-Mll0 -
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

CIGAR statesmen wanted in your locality,
city and country trade. Salary and ex-
penses or commission; experience un-
necessary; enclose stamp for particulars.
National Cigar Co., Dept a. Toledo, o.
I-S61 1Ox
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

EXPERIENCED SALESMAN, OR PLY
SICIAN NOT PRACTICING, TO SELL
no DOCTORS, ESTABLISHED TRADE,
PERMANENT, REMUNERAT1NE Il. p. o.
BOX S5S, PHILADELPHIA. B-9i9 1Ox
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

LEARN to fit glasses by sending for Our
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only we are sending our book free. 1t
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sonian Optical College, Dept. H 80. Jack
son, Mich. j.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

MEN who need money can get It on any
kind Of security of Bowen. 7OS N. Y. Life.
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IS 90 DAILY for man to distribute circulars
and samples American Distributing Blu
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. statesmen to- carry
a line of golf gloves, mitteps and other
knit goods for manufacturer, on commits
sion. Star Knitting Co., La Crosse, Wis.
L-S5S 10
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for 1906 to sell staple
line with special inducements to general
trade in Nebraska. High commission and
permanent position. Department 80, 1856
Dearborn St, Chicago. L-S62 10x
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

ENERGETIC workers can earn from "a to
81 a day in a lucrative hand employment,
both men and women. Stamp for particu-
lars. NJ. A. r. Sterling, general delivery,
Denver Colo B-917 lex
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

FOR TRADE-Stock general dry goods con-
sisting of all classes of dry goods, ladies'
mems and children's furnishing goods
notions, ETC.; big lines of underwear
staple and domestic dry goods, ETC.
inVoiced at about $500; owner will accept
about one-third cash, balance land or in
come property; on good deal will assume
some encumbrance. Now, If you are in
the market for merchandise, here Is your
opportunity, and yod'll have to hurry Il
you want II. Charles w. Somers, 500
Manhattan Building. st. Paul, Minnesota
Y-93S 1OX
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10
FOR RENT-HOUSES

PIANO moving lowest rates for reliable
service. Tel. ld25, Schneider & Mueller.
D-267
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

WANTED-Young men to earn from $50 to
s125 month as firemen and brakemen IN
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tunity. Instructions can be taken by
MALL positions secured as soon as COM
petent Write or call for particulars.
National Railway Training association,
$50 Paxton block, Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10
PERSONAL
PIANO
BUYERS
ATTENTION!

Don't fail to investigate the great re-
moval sale at Schneider q Mueler's. over
three hundred new and used upright pianos,
thirty square pianos, one hundred organs
fifty Pianolas and piano players, Stella
music boxes, must be sold regardless of
cost. Used uprights. S5, SIS, s55 and up.
New pianos, fully guaranteed, $l2S Sl3S,
SllS and up. This stock is composed of the
world leaders-Steinway & Sons, Steger &
Sons, Emerson, McPhail, a. b. Chase,
Hardman, Mason n Hamln, Kurtzman,
Steck and many others in grands and up
rights of the newest models. Old instru-
ments taken in exchange at their cash
value.
Closing out all the new and used organs:
$500 Schultz, high top and mirrors
only ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .$SS. 90
$1,000 Packard. high top and mirrors
only 81. 90
$500 Story & Clark, high top and mir
rors, IS 90
5000 Chapel, IL stops, solid oak case. 35. 90
Loring & Blake, high top and mirrors,
only $50
Kimball, was 5000 now only........... Is 90
Kimball, Packard and Mason & Ham
I'm, choice ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 200
Bay State and others, S, IS, S12 and up
TO II. 90
Square pianos almost given away-vose
Sons, Decker Hardman, Pond & Co,
Bacon, and many more at S. 49, Sl4 SIS
S26 and up, on 80 cents weekly payments or
terms to suit convenience of purchaser.
Select your instrument now before the
Christmas rush. For special bargain list
and other information write
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

THE Salvation Army solicits cast-off cloth
ing; in fact, anything you do not need;
we collect, repair and sell, at ia N. l1th
St., for cost of collecting to the worthy
poor. Cal phone 4135 and wagon will call
U-51l
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

HOW TO GRAFT''-The right way; 100
pages inside information; reveals how TO
amass a fortune swiftly, infallibly and I'm
safety, edition limited; sent sealed upon
receipt OF 800 II. Ernst, AZ Metropolitan
Block, Chicago. Y-S7O lOx
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

BIG, money in SQUADS; cheaply raised in
derful market; write for free book and
learn this rich industry. Plymouth
Rock SQUAD Co., 200 Howard St., Melrose.
Mass. j.