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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
PUBLIC FAvoRs MINING

Gradually public opinion is being
moulded to have a greater confidence
in mining. Particularly is this true
with the investing class, which has
been repeatedly brought to a ~realiza-
ton of the relative substantially Of
the mining industry with commercial
and other industrial pursuits. People
generally are taking a greater interest
in the development of the mines and
prospects of the great gold and silver
camps of the west and with the ex-
haustive publicity that is being given
to these subjects they are quick to APP
preciate the fact that they are in {
great measure safe guarded against
fraud and the INSCRIPTIONS practices
OF those charlatans who prostitute the
good name of the industry in lining
their W pockets with wealth. They
are also quickly grasping the very evl-
dent fact that the mining industry is
rapidly becoming of greater import
ance. The remarkable discoveries that
have been chronicled in the past de-
cade and the increased prominence
that the United States has attained in
the production of gold, silver and other
precious metals are having their
effects and never before has the in
dustry enjoyed such an era of con1
stantly growing activity nor has the
future ever been of such exceeding
promise.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
TIGER MINING COMPANY

Incorporated under the laws Of Ari-
IONA. Capitalization, 1.500,00 shares;
par value, $1.00. Four hundred thou
SAND shares in the treasury.
Principal office, 107 Boston Building,
Denver, Colo. Resident agent, James L.
Lindsay, Goldfield, New.
Location of property, Goldfeld Mining
district. Consisting of seven claims.
viz: Union, Gold Buck and Jackass
claims. adjoining the Combination
Mines company; and the Gold Bug,
Gold Bug No. 1; Flood and Hub claims,
adjoining the Goldield-Apex Mining
company and the Brooklyn Mining COM
pany.
Oficers: H. A. Riedel, president; E.
j. Amann, vice-president; James l..
Lindsay, secretary-treasurer. T. ].
Garrison and j. II. Robson.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
CARRYING A GUN
One Of the Reasons for Small Amount
Of Crime in Goldheld

&AA Al ouAuutlQ
The report of Justice of the Peace
Bell of Goldfeld is an interesting onc.
Contrary to the general belief, he fat
footedly takes the stand that the fact
that so many residents of Goldfeli
carry weapons is one of the reasons
for the small amount of crime in that
place. my experience" he says, els
tina a mar who carries a gun generally
keeps fairly sober, and avoids trouble,
knowing the serious results that follow
trouble"
Generally the belief has been that
the carrying of weapons has made for
bloodshed. The man carrying a gun
was apt to use it on slight provocation,
where if he had not had q weapon with
him the affair would have passed by
without any serious ending. Such has
been the general belief. However, it
is probably different where one man
carrying a gun has good reason to be-
lieve that the other fellow is Just Is
well "heeled" as he is. Then, as
Justice Bell puts it, he is apt to realiz-
that the the consequences of trying
draw may be serious for him, as well
as for the other fellow.
At all events Goldfeld has good
reason to be proud of its record. Only
a few years ago a mining camp that
had had the life and the sudden growth
of the bonanza camp of the south
would have had a record of blood be-
side which the story of Goldfeld's ex-
~istence is as white as the driven snow.
Maybe it is the fact that the men have
carried guns, but we can with di1n-
Guilty believe that that is the real
reason. In the bad days of Bodie AMI
Phoebe and the other wild towns men
carried guns even as they do in Gold
field. But they used them upon any
p~rovocation, and, If necessary, without
p~rovocation. No, it isn't the bullying
hip pocket or the deceiving coat
pocket or the arsenal at the vests
armhole that has made for peace in
Goldfeld.
Justice Bell admits that he thinks
the class of people making up the great
camp of uoldfeld is better than that
which was found in the other bonanza
camps of the west. He is probably
right in that. Then, too, the spirit of
the times has something to do with it.
Mining is more of a science than it was
before. It's plane is higher. And the
concomitants of civilization follow
faster in the wake of the prospector.
Electric lights and telephones, and all
the other comfortable necessaries
which a few years ago were in the do
main of Injuries, are at the heels of
the men who make a new camp in the
midst of a wilderness. These things
create an atmosphere which does not
make for sudden death, as did the at.
mosphere of the mining camp of old.
The well-flled pistol pocket may be a
good sign of warning, but if there were
not other things to 80 with it Justice
Bell would have had many more Grim
inal cases ON his docket than lie has
had.-Reno Gazette
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
Nevada PROSPECTING q MINING
COMPANY.

Incorporated under the laws of the
United States for the District of Column
value, 81 each. 1000, 900 shares in the
treasury. Company owns 100 acres Of
ground, viz. Nanoma and Homeward
claims, 40 acres, Goldfield districts; Car
acres, Bullfrog district; and 3 claims.
a~ggregating so acres. in the Gold Noun
tain district, Nevada- Development
work progressing favorably. Treasury
stock selling at 10 cents per share. on
GERS: w. A. Marshall. president, Con-
cordia. Kansas; ]. F. Mitchell. NJ. E.
vice-president; ID. Leonard. secretary;
Nye and Ormsby County Bank. treas
ury; v. B. Leonard,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
vERNAL MINING Co. OF GOLD
FIELD.

Incorporated under the laws of Ari-
IONA. Capitalization, 100000 shares,
par value. $1.00 each, 100000 shares in
the treasury.
Principal Office, Goldfeld, Nevada.
Location of property, Goldield Mining
district, near Diamondfield, consisting
of three claims, the Vernal No. 1, Uncle
Sam, and Big Chief. Lessees are now at
work and getting good values close to
where a strike of very rich ore has been
made on the Vernal No. 2 claim.
The first block of treasury stock is
Offered at 10 cents per share. The priv
ate stock is all pooled.
Incorporators-Key Pittman, c. III.
Elliott, Barton Pittman. Fl. B. LIND; w.
B. Pittman, r. A. Martin, and !. t.
Jones.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
WONDERFUL LoDEs OF NEVADA
The State Now Produces More Gold
Than Formerly It Did Silver

The exact amount of bullion which
the Comstock has given to the wori1
will probably never be known, but
close calculation, aided by the various
statistics at command, show the
amount to be not far from 1926, 000,-
600. During the year 1875, the state
of Nevada produced $4O,000,000 in bull
lion, a very large proportion of which
came from the mines on the Comstocs.
The Consolidated Virginia alone yield
ed l 6,731,653.43 from 6 ,O95 tons of
ore. This is a better return than the
ordinary run of Comstock ores now
being produced, being nearly 800 per
ton. An idea of the immense expenai-
ture necessary to mine and mill the
ores of the Comstoek can, however, be
obtained therefrom. This compan
paid for reduction alone So, los, 236.97;
for salaries and wages $3.50, 69s.s7 AMI
for wood, lumber and timber, $685.
437 81. The discount on their bullion
amounted to $640, 715.4s. 1t is esti-
mated that 600 cords of wood a day
were consumed in furnishing the steam
necessary to run the hosting works,
and mills reducing Comstock ores, and
not less than 10000, 900 feet of tiDlbe.
and lumber were consumed in the
mines. Nevada, from a mineral stand.
point, is the richest state in the Union
and is no longer a silver state onlv. as
employment can be found for more nlel
in mining for gold than silver mining
afforded in the past, and a greater out
put of wealth can be returned every
year.
The Comstock ore is about so per
cent gold. Eureka ore carries about
80 per cent gold. Lincoln county ore
is mostly gold. Esmeralda mnty ore,
except at Candelaria, is largely sl1,
although there are many places where
the silver and lead predominntes, and
are purely smelling ores. Silver Peak
has a gold ledge As feet in width au,;
miles in length. The Pine Grove ledge
in Esmeralda county has produced
100000 900 in gold, is 200 feet in width
and is traceable for miles, and is pra,-
tically untouched. Hawthorne is also a
gold bearing district, while at Tonopah
Diamondfeld, Whitehorse, Goldfeld,
Ida, Bullfrog and other points mil
lions upon millions have been extracted
in gold and all in a comparatively
short period. The area of Nevada IS
100000 acres, mostly mountains.
Every day new discoveries are being
made. No one ever heard of Tonopan
until late in 1900, and yet that district
has produced millions in gold; nor Of
Goldfield until two years later, and it
is therefore reasonable to suppose that
many more equally as rich, or even
more productive districts will be dis
covered from time to time. 1t is not
to be supposed, however, that no pros
pecting has been done along these
ranges, for they have all been more or
less traversed by eager seekers after
gold and silver, though their efforts
have almost entirely been in the direc-
ton of gold for many years, on account
of the low price of silver, but with the
advance in the price of this metal it
has greatly stimulated the silver in
dustry more recently, although many
very promising silver lodges have been
practically abandoned for many years.
Reno Journal.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
DIDN'T LIKE THE SAMPLE

A Harvey county (Kansas) widower
took his second wife home and intro
duced her to the children by saying:
This is your new mamma
They looked at her critically and the
best you could do, papa9"-New Yofk
Tribune.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15

Incorporated under the laws OF Ne
vada; capitalization, 100000 shares,
par value 81; 100000 shares in the
treasury.
Office of the company. COX PA. Gold
field, Esmeralda county, Nevada.
in the heart of the Goldield district and
near producing mines. Numerous lodges
and surface values.
Officers and Directors-H. Ramsey.
PRESIDENT; Clay Peters, vice-president
and manager II. c. Morris, secretary.
treasurer and superintendent; T. F.
Dunaway and Geo. s. Nixon.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
ADAMs-GoLDFIELD MINING COM
PANY.

Incorporated under the laws of Ari-
IONA; capitalization 1000, 600 shares;
par value 81; 100000 shares in the
treasury.
Principal Office, Tonopah, New; loca-
ton of property, Goldfeld mining dis
trict, consisting of the Adams, Jeffer-
son and Monroe claims. adjoining the
property of the Goldield Mining com
pany on the north. Active development
work now in progress.
Oficers and directors-R. L. Johns.
PRESIDENT; J. r. Dufield, vice president;
ii. II. Bragdon, secretary; A. G. Eisen,
treasurer; M. E. Ish.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
aoLDrIELD MINING COMPANY OF
NEVADA.

Incorporated under the laws of Ari-
zona; capitalization 1000, 900 shares;
par value 81; 100000 shares in the
Omce-Goldfeld, New; location of
property. Goldfeld, New; comprising
seven claims, Wig: January, February.
September, October, st. Paul, Cracker
Jack and Henry Clay.
Oficers and directors-R- L. Johns.
president: III. T.. Bragdon. ~vice-presi-
dent; A. c. Eisen. secretary and treas
urer; Geo. l.. Brown, w. M. Stansbury;
III. A.. Bragdon. mine r.. l..
Johns, attorney.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
II SIMPLE LIFE

Four girls escaped from the Indian
school at Carson, but were captured ~
Lakeview, where they were sleeping
with their shoes under their heads anu
the thermometer standing at three de-
grees above zero.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
OHIO ToNoPAH ExrnMsIoH M1N-
ING 90.

Incorporated under the laws OF South
Dakota; capitalization, 1000, 900 shares
of the par value OF 81 each; 100000
shares in the treasury.
Principal office, Tonopah, New: loca-
tion of property. Tonopah mining dis
fractions embracing an area Of los
acres. joining the Ohio Tonopah Mining
company on the west.
Officers and directors. Albert s.
Watson, president: A. G.. Raycraft,
cashier we and Ormsbv county bank,
vice president; Hugh II. Brown, secre-
tary; Fred w. Dulfer and III. c. Jones.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
NEVADA LEASING oonrrAxx.

Incorporated under the laws of the
State of South Dakota. Capitalization.
5000 shares. par value 800 per share
Main ONCE. Goldfeid. Nevada Oficers
and directors: volney B. Leonard. vice.
president: william Russell. secretary;
J. +. Mitchell. consulting engineer; w.
A. Marshall, +. T. Allen.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
FREE BOOKLET.

Describing the discovery and develop
ment of Tonopah. Goldfeld, Kawich and
Bullfrog. is being distributed by Frank
L. Kreider & Bro, Merchants Exchange.
San Francisco. 1t contains valuable in
formation and hould be in the hands
of every one interested in the stocks
of the districts named Copies sent
free on application. IT
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-15
Directory of Principal Mining Companies of GoIdfeId District


incorporated under the laws of Arr
zona. capitalization. 1000. 900 shares;
par value. 81 each: 100000 shares In
the treasury.
Principal Office, Jumbo. Nevada Post
Office address, Columbia, Esmeralda
county. Nevada Location Of property,
Goldheld mining district, consisting Of
four claims, viz. Jumbo, C1ermont,
Lucky Boy and Grizzly Bear.
oficers: c. ID. Taylor. president. a.
L. Taylor, vice president, G. p. Holt,
secretary.
Directors: c. D.. Taylor. II. L. Taylor.
Thos. Robinson. c. H Booth, G. p. Holt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
A Philadelphia Broker SWindled Va
rious Banks Out of More
than $750,000.
SENSATIONAL STORY OF FORGERY
Benjamin n. GaskilI Was In the Habit
of Raising" Certificates of Stock
and Obtaining Large Loans
Thereon-He Died Four
Weeks Ago.

Philadelphia, June 21.-One of the
most sensational cases of forgery
that has ever been brought to light in
financial circles of this city was dis
closed Tuesday when it was announc-
ed that certificates calling for small
numbers of shares of stock had been
fraudulently raised to hundreds of
shares, causing loss to certain banks
and trust companies of this city of
from $750,000 to $1,000,00O.
The forgery involves the name of
Benjamin H. Gaskill. who went to his
grave four weeks ago. Gaskill was
the sole member of the banking and
brokerage concern known as Benja-
min II. Gaskill e Co. He had offices
in the financial district and his credit
was considered gilt-edged.
GaslIill died four weeks ago, and at
the time of his death he was believed
to be worth about 100000. He left
no will and administrators began to
close up his business. A patron of
the firm. whose name is not given
bought from the estate 100 shares of
Philadelphia Traction Co. stock and
100 shares of stock of the United
his account over to e. C. Miller &
Co, which firm sent the 100 shares of
traction stock to the Philadelphia
Traction Co S office to have the trans
fer recorded.
The certificate did not agree with
the company's books, and an investi-
cation showed that the certificate had
been raised from six shares to 100
The discovery was reported to E. C.
Miller & Co., which firm Immediately
notified the stock exchange, of which
Mr.. Gaskill was member, which in
turn sent out notices to its members
not to receive stock certificates from
the Gaskill estate.
A further investigation brought to
light a surprising state of affairs. 1t
was found that Gaskill had credited
himself on his own books with 5000
shares of Philadelphia traction stock,
valued at approximately 5000, 900,
while the traction company's books
showed he had only 400 shares. II
was also discovered that he had rails
ed stock certificates of the United
Railways of New Jersey from two to
200. and the certificate of the Frank
ford d Southwark Street Railway Co.,
of this city. from two to 90. The lat
ter stock is worth $3.50 a share.
Gaskill kept two accounts-one re-
cordiGg the transactions of his Gus
toners, which was correct, and an
other giving his own transactions. His
books showed that he was losing from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year in his bust
ness.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
THE czAR GIVES A PROMISE
He Tells the Zemstvo Delegates that
He Will Call National Assembly.

st. Petersburg, June 20.-Emperor
Nicholas received the zemstvo depu-
tation yesterday.
The reception took place in the
Alexander palace at Peterhof. Prince
Troubetzkoy, president of the zem-
stvo congress of Moscow, in behalf of
the Moscow delegation addressed the
emperor in long speech in which he
described the serious conditions exist
ing in Russia which caused the zem-
stvos to approach his majesty directly.
The emperor evidently was much i'm
pressed. NJ. Fedoroff representing
the st. Petersburg delegation, also
spoke. His majesty replied, express
ing deep regret at the great sacrifices
consequent on the war and above
everything at the disaster to the Rus
sian navy. In conclusion the emperor
said:
Il thank you, gentlemen, for this en-
lightenment expressed and l join in
your desire to bring about a new or
der of things. My personal wish and
my will as emperor to summon a ma
tional assembly is unshakeable. You
can announce this to the inhabitants
of the towns and villages throughout
Russia and from to-day you will assist
me in this new work"
The fact that the emperor not only
received the bold, plain spoken ad-
dress without so much as an indica-
tion of disapprobation, but expressed
full sympathy with the efforts to
ameliorate the deplorable state of af-
fairs depicted therein and in the most
direct fashion renewed his promise to
summon the representatives of the
people, made the deepest impression
on the delegation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
BOWEN is DISMISSED.
President Roosevelt Approves secre-
tary Taft's Verdict in the Loomis-
Bowen Controversy.

Washington, June 21.-The dismis-
sal OF Herbert w. Bowen, for some
years United States minister to Ven
ezuela, and the exoneration of Assist
ant Secretary of State Francis B.
against him by Mr. Bowen, are the
outcome of the Loomis-Bowen con-
troversy which has attracted wide at
tention for months past. This dispo-
sition of the case is made by President
Roosevelt in letter addressed to
Secretary Taft made public last night
approving Mr.. Taft's report on, his
findings IN the case.
The president scathingly arraigns
Minister Bowen, declaring that his
conduct sis especially reprehensible;" :"
that Mr.. Bowen asked one of his wit
nesses to enter the employ of GER
tain company for the purpose "in
plain words of stealing" documents
which he hoped might incriminate Mr..
Loomis, and that Mr. Bowen has "evi-
IDENTITY for many months, indeed for
the last two years, devoted himself" to
hunting up scandal and gossip until it
became monomania and caused him
ito show complete disloyalty" to the
country he represented. The presi-
dent says he had hoped to promote
Mr.. Bowen. as during much of his
service he had done good work, but
that his usefulness in the diplomatic
service is now at an end.
The president adds that he would
direct that Mr.. Bowen's resignation be
requested, but for his statement that
he would consider a resignation an ad-
mission of misconduct and the dis
missa, is therefore ordered. The let
ter quotes correspondence and testi-
mony. The president states that it
appears that Mr.. Bowen while minis
ter secured the publication of attacks
on Mr.. Loomis and furnished to the
press documents pending before the
state department for approval and
that his explanation is inexcusable
and shows his "entire unfitness" for
tie service.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
DEMAND A NEW TICKET.
Philadelphia Reformers Insist on the
Retirement of Republican candi-
dates for Office.

Philadelphia, June 20.-The repub-
lican cityIcampaign committee held an
unusual meeting Monday to consider a
demand from citizens that the party
ticket to be voted for in November be
changed. The candidates are: Sher-
iff, Henry G. Ransley: coroner, John
B. Lukens; city commissioners, Hugh
Black and Jacob Wildemore.
At the conclusion of the meeting it
was announced that a committee
of three, consisting of Chairman
James L. Miles, David Martin and
David H. Lane, had been appointed to
meet similar committee from the
committee of twenty one" as the
citizens who signed letter to the city
committee demanding new ticket
have been designated. The committee
is also empowered to see the candi-
dates and endeavor to induce them to
withdraw.
This action is the result of a letter
written June IA and signed by 81 re-
publicans more or less prominent in
local business affairs, urging the lead
ers to cooperate in naming a new
ticket that would have the confidence
of the republican voters of Philadel-
phia. OF the candidates who are
asked to withdraw Mr.. Ransley is
president of the select council and a
mercantile appraiser; Mr.. Lukens is
also a mercantile appraiser, and
Messrs. Black and Wildemore are in
cumbents of the office for which they
are candidates for reelection. All are
ward leaders" of the republican or
ganization and as such were active in
pushing through councils recently the
legislation extending the United Gas
Improvement Co.'s lease of the gas
works.
The naming Of new ticket will not
necessarily cause withdrawal of the
opposition to the republican organiza-
tion under the leadership of 1. w.
Durham. Mayor Weaver and his
friends who were formerly strong al
lies of the organization are believed
to be hostile to any move that will
continue present leaders in power. In
addition, the committee of seventy, a
strong reform organization, is perfect
ing itself in every ward with the de-
clared intention of placing a ticket in
the field independently of what the
republican organization may do.
The Methodist preachers at their
weekly meeting yesterday adopted a
resolution asking Gov. Pennypacker
to remove from office State Insurance
Commissioner Israel w. Durham.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
FINISHED AHEAD OF TIME.
Lake Shores 1S-Hour Trains Beat the
Schedules.

New York, June 2O.-With exactly
three minutes to spare, and the belief
that even quicker time readily can be
made If desired fully verified; the New
York Central's new Twentieth Cen
tury Limited rolled into the Grand
Central station at 9:27 a. m. Monday
at the end of her first run on the Chi
cago-New York 1S-hour schedule.
From Albany to Hudson, for dis
tance of 81 miles, the train ran at the
rate of nearly 70 miles an hour, 81
miles being made in 20 minutes. On
another stretch, between Castleton
and Hudson, 20 miles were made in IS
minutes.
The new train brought to this city
72 passengers, many of them promi-
nent railroad men. They declared
that. despite the great speed the ride
was easy and pleasant.
Chicago, June 20.-The first west
bound trip on an 18-hour tbasis made
by the Twentieth Century Limited
over the Lake Shore railroad was fin
ished five minutes ahead of time.