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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-11-16
District Court C0nvenes Dee. a

County Clerk Oldfeld received
notice Wednesday from Judge
Geo. S. Brown that the Decem
Der session Of the District court
for this county will begin De-
cember /. Both Trial and grand
juries will be in attendance.
Grand jurors are required to be
in attendance at 10 O'Clock q N.
Dec. /, and Trial jurors at 10
O'Clock a. m, Dec. 6. Forty
Trial jurors were ordered drawn.
Clerk Oldfeld and Commissioner
Parker were directed 10 make
the drawing.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-11-16
f1illiOmS of DOll@pS
Worth OF Ore
I'm Sight Here

Fitz James Mccarthy, the not
ed geologist and mineraloglst,
known to the newspaper world as
"Fitz-Mac, "who recently visited
Ely to write up he mineral re
,N,brces of the district for Il syn
'flicatc Of eastern newspapers,
wa astouuIed at the stupend'.ns
mineral wealth he SAW blocked
Oh in the mines here, as is
shown hy The following article
which We reproduce from he
y! Lake Tribune OF November
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-11-16
LUND LOCALS

O. H. Snow and A. X. White
head left Monday for Salt Lake on
business.
Dan Hendrix, John Oxborrow
and Allen Wakeling returned home
Saturday night.
Mrs, Bertha Smith and Mrs.
Della Ivens returned Saturday from
a visit to Currant Creek
Geo L. Burgess and wifele last
week for short visit with relatives
and friends in Pine Valley.
The residence Of Geo. NJ. Bur-
CESS is nearing completion and The
rock work on Commissioner Wake
ling house is almost finished
+. y. Alley, M. w. Cooke and
C, A. Cory of Butte, Mont. Ar
thur Dusenberg OF Los Angeles;
JOS. Coyle of Ca1ieute, Mr. and
Mrs. Moody, Harry ard George
Lewis arrived in town Monday
might on their way to Ely,
4 farewell and benefit party was
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-11-16
.surcial 10 | he l'ribunrD

Especial To the l'ribunD
Ely, New, Nov. /, 1903. II he
ila,'e OF White Pine county, Ne
Aa,lu. belongs geographrally to
Salt Lake, but il now goes al
most wholly, think, to San
Francisco. If the railroads are
70 hlame for that, the merchants
a. sat Lake are to blame for
40. iiehting the railroads.
Bot perhaps they think the
tr.tl q of White Pine county is
not worth fighting for. 1t Ger
tainly isn't IA very heavy trade
at present for the county contains
population of only 1000, mostly
ranchers, who buy only staple
goods on which the margin Of
profit is always small. Within
i've years, and probably within
three, the population OF old
White Pine is likely to reach
30, 900 and its trade will be worth
millions annually. And every
dollar of it should come to Salt
Lake, and will come unless the
merchants of Salt Lake allow
themselves. through the hocus-
| pocus Of railroad tariffs, to be
lAbed of their geographical
| birthright; but that's their ket-
lie of fish, not mine, and a hint
| t. the watchful is sufficient.
Gould's Western Pacific will
| next year open the door Of this
wealthy country to Salt Lake,
| and its vast mineral treasures
are bound to come, in part at
least, to the valley smelters for
settlement.
Nearly forty years ago White
Pine had, for Il brief spell, a
population of more than 2O.o00
and position in the hopes and
interests oi the mining world
q 1hat made her name word for
spectators to con ure with. over
Is. 900 recorded locations in one
. single camp within her borders
Think of that. And that camp
h contained $1,000 souls, while
Il there were several other brisk
4 little camps in the county at the
same time.
Talk about mining excitement
and rushes. The rush to Gold
field wasn't Il marker TO the
wild. furious, insane rush thirty
keix years ago to Treasure Hill
] " Treasure City, now called
Hamilton and reduced to Il lone
some population Of sixty or eighty
people who inhabit the ghostlN
wrecks of its remaining build
ings, and obtain their lrewoot
by burning up the timbers of it
abandoned smelters, mills, store
Il and residences. a spectral cit,
h it looks today, seen by the moon
4 light in the shadows of its sur
j rounding mountains as | saw
Aom the box seat Of Il Concor'
1oach the other night comm
over from Eureka. when th
driver drew up to drop of tn
mail which might have bee
carried in Il stocking.
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contained the richest ore ever
discovered in Nevada and Is
credited with some tens of mil
lipns in silver, much OF which
was nearly pure enough TO be
sent TO the mint without snclt-
ing. Only one mine tthe Rocco
Iiolnestake) is nov worked in
the camp, and even that isn't in
the old camp. but several miles
away.
Tie mining "lorics of old
White Pine county have und r.
gone Il long eclipse, but they
are about to emerge again. It's
mineral wealth is very great. 1t
Is enormous. But il is most ~
ESQ far as at present knoWnD in
heavy ores that require the pres
cnce of railroad for their deyel-
opment. There may be other
Treasure Hills that will cause
new rllshes, but they are not yet
discovered. The heavy ores Of
copper and lead draw people and
capital more slowly, but they
draw to hold. The people stay
and the capital stays and nine
tenths of the profits remain in
the region. Bonanza mines en-
rich IA few individuals, but The
low grade mines hold the pop
ulation and enrich the state.
This great copper deposit near
Ely (the county seat is not rich
enough to cause any wild spec
ulative excitement, for the ore
can only be profltably handled
Oh the large scale by heavy IN
vestment Of capital. 1t Will
have to be concentrated and
reduced to matte on the spot and
the greater part of he value will
90 to the labor enlisted in the
operations OF mining, handling
and reducing.
But say. Salt l.akers, I'm tell
ing you something you can't at
ford to forget, for there's mil
lions in it'' for you if you play
your hand for all It's wortli--Ees
tens, hundreds of millions In it
for you. Wake up, Salt Lakers.
| tell you all the mineral wealth
you have ever known (and most
of the great fortunes Of your city
have been made in mines) ism t
patch to the stupendous, the
inealcula bic riches OF this great
" hite Pine county copper de-
posil.
It is not claimed here that the
grade averages over b per cent,
but remember, all the greater
copper deposits the world over
are low grade. And this is the
greatest copper deposit in all the
world. | couldn't tell you all
you would like To know and
ought to know about it in Il
week. but here are Il few frlgld
facts that will furnish cud to
chew on till you have Il better
chance to study the proposition
in detail. And, say, these facts
are already proyed-demonstrat-
ed, mind you, by extensive de-
velopment, viz:
The copper zone Is seven miles
in length by an average OF one
mile in width. 1t has been
opened to Il depth of 720 feet and
still no bottom To the ores found
call it one-seventh of mile t,
facilitate calculation in reducing
TO cubic feet, and that gives Us
exactly one cubic mile of ore al
ready practically in sight. Al
lowing fifteen cubic feet to the
ton, that gives lin round mum
bers) ten billion tons Of - pc
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lions in gold and silyerz-a mgf"
by-product.
The copper content, reckoncd
as ,! per cent. gives 800, ,OOU, 900
tons of pure copper, which at 10
cents pound ($30O a tom gives
the pretty total of $loo, 900, ,OUO,
Uou-billions, you understand. :.
This, with the trille received ior
t he gold and silver. makes the
sum of four hundred billions.
These figures look crazy, don't
they? Well. that is not my
fault: It's the fault of the facts
tho gold, the silver and the
copper. The facts are given just
as you hear them stated ON cV-
cry hand here at Ely and have
only figured out the facts a. |
have them, to show you their
commercial significance. to arouse
your imagination by showing
You what the facts mean when
reduced to money. Your mind
can grasp the meaning OF four
hundred billion dollars if you re-
fleet that it means a sum just
about four times as great as he
total wealth of the whole United
States.
My purpose is to impress YOU
with the importance of not let
ting this big thing get past you.
1t is just as well as you journey
through this vale of tears to
gather in whatever good thing
comes your way, and | want to
warn you that unless you hump
yourselves you are going to get
left on this White Pine copper
proposition.
| am sure Salt Lake is not in
formed, or is woefully misin-
formed. about the copper over
here in White Pine county. The
sensible thing for your merchants
and all to do is to get the Cham
Der of Commerce to take this
matter up and appoint com
mittee of experts to come over
here and investigate the facts,
and if you find them approximate
my statement. then let Salt Lake
striD for action and gather III all
yon can lift of it. Build a four
track road over here on Il bee
line to get dead cinch OH those
$4OO. 600. 600, 600 worth Of gold,
silver and copper. Just consider,
if your committee Of inVestiga-
ton finds only / per cent of my
estimat" justifable, there are
still four billions for somebody
III the game.
know most Of you consider
Requa as crazy for building a
broad gauge road l4o miles to
tap that field, but it would he
money in your clothes to study
this proposition as Requa and
tiirouX have studied it and get Il
little of their madness into your
| blood.
You all think Sam Newhouse
picked up a soft snap in his Gao
tus mine down i'll Beaver county,
which he gathered iii five years
ago for 5000, 600 and which he
now holds at SIT ,O00, 600. W ELL,
of caurse, this property isn't a
thing TO be sneeZed at, but sew
enteen millions look like the
fraZZeled end Of dishcioth be
side the four hundred billions in
in this White Pine proposition.
You ask why this isn't oper-
ated if it is such Il hig hing. Ii
is operated. There are miles and
miles of adit tunnels through
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Another MINING Sale

II. w. Kelley purchased from
Capt. X. j. Harmon last week
the Gypsy Placer and Scorpion
mining claims, situated in this
district. Five hundred dollars
Of the purchase price was paid
Friday. and the old captain says
he will soon realize enough
money ON his claims in this dis
hict to keep him in comfort the
balance of his life. Mr. elley,
the purchaser, is a prominent
Ruby valley farmer and stock
man.
this vast bed Of copper and
scores Of shafts sunk To test it
and other miles of drifts from
the shafts. The GirouX company
has Il matte smelter placed ON
its Pilot Knob claims ready to
blow in Oh its richer ores as soon
as the railroad arrives 10 bring
coke, and they are working on a
big concentrating mill 10 handle
their lean ores. The Nevada
Consolidated (Requa's property)
has 5000, 900 tons Of ore ready to
break as soon as the railroad gets
here.
But look. When the railroad
gets here and the matte smelterS
and concentrating plants now
projected are ali running, how
much capital do you think will
have been enlisted in the whole
Of this vast enterprise-rather
Requa's railroad and all the
mining SO far done? 4 measley
little investment 10 recover
S4OO 900, 200, 900. II the com
panies now on the ground huol
that mineral wealth out at the
rate of of $l00,0 600, 900 a year, it
will take just 1000 years TO finish
the job.
All | want is to impress upon
you that Salt Lake has the big
gest opportunity Of any city in
/ America at its very threshold
today and to advise you to get
your hooks onto it before it is
everlastingly too late. Don't t
! take my say-so for it. but come
and see for yourself and, say,
get a hump on yourselves and
come before Los Angeles wake
up and sWiDes the pot.
FITZ-MAC.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24
SOME GREAT DISCOVERIES.
The Chicago University Scores Some
Important Achievements.

Almost every day one of the pro-
fessors of the University of Chicago,
the financial machinery of which is
oiled by John d. Rockefeller, breaks
into print with some new discovery.
They keep the world startled and won
dering.
During the past few years, for in
stance, the following epoch-making dis
coverles, among a host of others, have
been listed by Buffalo newspaper as
Chicago University discoveries:
That kissing causes lockjaw.
That a dog never follows an unedu-
Gated man.
That TIE Pennsylvanians are turning
into Indians.
That Ireland was once a lake.
That primeval man had q gizZard
That music is antiseptic
That Adam caught fish with club
That love is disease of the Medulla
oblongata.
That a cabbage contains more neur-
isnment than twelve eggs.
That Boccaccio was a Swede.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24
FORTUNES FOR BAIL PLAYERS.
Friendly Rivalry in the Two Great
Leagues.

The great baseball battle which oc-
Cured a short time ago between the
pennant winners OF the National and
American Leagues for the seasons
playing recalls to mind that it was but
a few years ago that these two rival
baseball associations We're clashing
tooth and nail in a deadly war of eX-
termination and survival 1t was then
that the American League, under the
leadership of Ban Johnson, made in
roads into the ranks of the National
League, capturing its star players and
enlIsting them in its cause through
rainbow of big salaries. Rival teams
were placed in Chicago, st. Louis, Bos-
ton. New York and Philadelphia and
princely salaries offered to the players
of ability. There were, of course, suits
at law, and injunctions were sought re
straining the contract jumpers. One
particular instance of this is remem-
bered in the case of Lajoie, Delehanty,
Wolverton. Orth and Townsend, one
time members of the Philadelphia Ma
tionals. who jumped TO the rival team
in that city. When iniunctions We're Sc
cured preventing their playing in the
Quaker town. they we're transferred to
the Cleveland and Washington teams
The injunction, of course. prevented
their playing in Philadelphia, and
when occasion required that their team
should go through that city, these play
ers were always switched over on an
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24
The Canada Goose.

proach of Il man. are not in fear of
cows; this fact has often led hunters
To train oxen to walk straight into
tIocks of them, the hunter hiding be
hind the animal until within gunshot
Of the flock.
And yet, Notwithstanding their wild
nature. Canadian geese are often
domesticated and crossed with the
common barnyard goose. Sometimes
wounded birds are allowed 10 run with
the domesticated birds, until some mi
gratOry flock passes over the head with
it's cry of "honk, honk." The call of
tie wild is or again and the nursed
bird once more in "A state of health,
rciCins his companions a wounded
bird is often known TO dive beneath
the waters surface, exposing only its
nos rils, until MI danger has passed.
Surprised, a flock rises suddenly and
apparently in great confusion, the
large birds get into one another 5
way. so that the marksman mas excel
lent opportunity to bag a brace. with
the typical "honk. honk' they rise
against the wind until they are once
more in orderly array, the wedges ny
ing on to other parts.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24

IT LOOKED DURING THE WAR.
That the American negro is gradual
ly becoming yellow.
That Columbus was CRATER.
That George Washington liked on
icLs and tripe.
That John D. Rockefeller is greater
man than Shakespeare.
That the Junehug has seven stom-
achs.
That Arabia produces more Dulifrogs
than Bulgaria.
That marriage is form of insanity.
1t will take the world a generation
to ponder over the few propositions
here mentioned. The countless others
promulgated by the Chicago savants
would keep a thousand scientists busy,
even if they worked day and night, in
three shifts, for fifty years.
Certainly, Mr. Rockefeller's money
is being we'll spent. The fact that the
public laughs at the oil-born profess
sors and regards them as low come
dams is of no significance. The world
it will be remembered, laughed at
Copernicus, Calico and 6ub-Lieut. Ma
poleon Bonaparte,
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24

With the cry of "honk, honk," like
the warming OF an automobile horn. the
hunter is warned of the approach OF
the leader of flying flock OF Canadian
geese. ON come the long-necked wild
fowl from their northern hunting
ground They stream across the sky
much in the form of the flying wedge
formerly used in football tactics.
Gradually the wedge closes together,
maxim gone homogeneous mass of
black and brown, with SprinIings of
white. Usually the Canadian geese
stop flying about sunset, feeding on
eel-grass, sedgcs, roots of water plants
and occasionally on small fish and
insects. Even at times they viii eat
the corn, wheat or other grains
dropped by the farmer in the stubble.
supper over. they return to the water,
sleeping with heads tucked under
wings, waking only TO start out again
in search of breakfast. These two
flights are so habitual with these geese
that hunters can easily reckon when to
take position in the pit in wait Of the
/ flying wedges.
Strangely enough, these birds while
thrown into a state Of panic at the APP
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24
which circuited through

other trail which circuited through
New Jersey.
Now all is peace and harmony be-
tween the two organizations; they have
adopted a set of rules regulating the
players in each, and schedules are pre-
pared each spring which will provide
for as few conflicting dates as possible.
New YorE ard Philadelphia in October
were the scenes of notable battles for
supremacy between the teams repre-
senting these cities, that of New York
having won the banner in the National
and Philadelphias that in the Ameri-
can League.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24

1--WE held our fire until they were
almost on top of us, and then along
the whole front of our triple line, blaz-
ed our guns fun in their faces. --
THE crash W. terrific. Troopers
reeled in their saddles. Horses stag
gered and went down with their rid
ers. The others broke in confusion and
dashed wildly past on our TANKS.
1T was worse than nightmare-the
torrents of rain. the total darkness. in
tensified by the crashing, binding
and the cursing, yelling
troopers, charging along over us.
The flashes showed us the killed
and wounded strewn along our front,
and l took a dismounted captain pris-
Oner
Three times they charged MS thar
night, and as many times were driven
off thc last time retreating south
ward
Nv hen the morning came. We bur
led our killed side by side with the
Confederate dead.
My prisoner told me that the charge
was led by Fftzhugh Lee in person and
then | knew who it was thar I so
nearly killed with the pickets jde.
DO you know" said the Judge af-
ter a long silence, as he withdrew TO
the house to avoid the heavy gusts of
rain, I've always been thankful to
that mistaken picket"
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24

Cheers for the Red, White and Blue. "
Veritable cheers they were. Tears
streamed down the veterans cheeks,
the boys in the room below took up
the shouts, and three times three
were given.
Hearing some cheering on the out
side, | moved cautiously near the
window-it was dangerous to go too
near-and saw all the guards in line
with their muskets pointed toward the
building, but, massed up and down
the streets, were hundreds upon hun
dreds of people, four-fifths of them
women, clapping their hands and wav-
ing their handkerchiefs, showing by
their approval a most remarkable trib-
ute to the power of song, and that love
for Old Glory still held warm place
in their hearts and memories
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hit, then spurred up the road before |
could reload. The quick blow of the
picket had saved his life.
with the sound of his galloping
horse, we heard shots on the north,
and soon afterwards our pickets were
driven in by a force of the enemy s
cavalry.
"The camp was hurriedly aroused,
and our boys were ready for the at
tack. Bayonets were fixed The men
were ordered to reserve their fire I'M
til the horses were almost on them.
at had become very dark, and from
the flash of the lightning we saw that
the expected storm was at last upon
us. In a few minutes it broke over
us in all its fury, and as it did so
the enemy charged yelling like devils.
On they came. riding as mad, and led
by the very officer | had so narrowly
missed. l recognized him instantly.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24
"CHRISTYn MATHEwSoN.

In accordance with an agreement
made before the playing of the world g
championship SERIES 60 per cent. of the
gate rece ipts from the first four games
played was divided among the players
rs per cent of this going to the win
ners, the New York Giants, and the
remaining 25 per cent to the losers, the
Athletics. This netted each individual,
approximately $500 to each of the lat
ter. In addition to this the manage
ment Of the Philadelphia aggregation
has divided among its players its snare
OF the gate receipts-nearly $9000-as
a reward for winning the pennant in
the American League.
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Waved the Old Flag.

Louder and IOuder sWeIleu the sound
until the chorus of the last verse was
reached, when a member of a New
York City regiment, a regular Tam
many thoroughbred, reached his hand
in his breast and produced a small silk
flag, which he had, in some way con-
cealed when searched by the guards on
entering, and with a wild shout waved
it to and fro. Again and again was
the chorus repeated, and then sud
denly the captain changed to The
Army and Navy Forever" Three
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-24

Wen take him if it's Johnnie
I'VE stepped into the deeper shad-
ows, and soon a mounted Confederate
officer emerged from the dark bend of
the road, and was silhouetted against
the sky. In a moment or two he reach
ed the point commanding a view of our
camp, drew rein and sat not fifty feet
away, peering toward us.
Il cautiously took the picket's rife,
and we sprang out into full view. The
officer started as he saw us, and wheel
ed his horse to escape
Halt | cried, and as he dashed on,
with quick aim, pulled the trigger.
with the report, the
picket struck up the gun, exclaiming,
My God, Capn, you're shooting one
of our men,
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gled Banner" and commenced in an
exceptionally fine baritone, ooh, say,
can you see"
Cards were dashed aside, the sleep
ers awolte, the sick leaped to their.
feet, and like magic every one of the
entire SO officers crowded to the CEN
tire, singing with the greatest enthu
siasm. At least two dozen of the men
had fine voices, and never did the
grand old words seem so like mighty
anthem.