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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
One Man Probably
Fatally Wounded
as Result
In a Drunken Brawl Pete Thomas
Sheets Jack Harney-.Wounded
Man Has Small Chance
Of Recovery

In Il drunken row at Cherry
Creek Monday, Pete Thomas shot
and probably fatally wounded
Jack Harney with a b 10 calibre
W inchester rifle.
The men had been, good friends
for years, and meeting uneXpect-
edly IN Cherry Creek Monday
proceeded to celebrate the oc-
casion by drinking a few glasses
to each others health. While
under the influence of the liquor
an alteration arose and they
proceeded to settle the dispute
without gloves, time-keepers or
referees. Thomas came out sec
ond best in the encounter and
the men took another drink and
called everything off.
Thomas then asked Harney to
step into the back room to talk
matters over with him. This
led to another misunderstanding
and another knock down, in
which Thomas Jared the same as
in the former encounter. The
men again called matters square
and took another drink to bind
the treaty of peace. Everyone
Thought the differences between
the two men had been settled ,
as the contestants had talked the
matter over and agreed that il
was the sheerest folly for men
who had been friends as long as
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
BURN TEST
BRICK KILN

Jep HARRISON and K. l.. Tucker
finished burning their brick kiln
at the Argus mill yesterday.
The kiln was burned more as an
experiment than anything else
there being only 5000 brick in
the kiln-as it has been found
impossible to get good brick clay
in this district heretofore.
The clay found at the Argus
mill has proven satisfactory and
the brick is of excellent quality.
Messrs. HARRISON and Tucker are
very we'll pleased with the result
of,the test made and viii make
arrangements for burning large
quantity Of brick at their yards
next season.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
Sawyer Is Arrested

George O. Sawyer, deputy Re
cOrder and Auditor of Lincoln
county, has been arrested and
placed under $500 bonds, to ap-
pear in the district court and
answer to charge of embezzle-
ment that has been placed
against him by Recorder and Au-
ditor Henry Lee, who claims
that Sawyer falsitied his records
by carrying a $1,000 deficit in the
school funds.
Sawyer, it is understood, will
fight the case. Lee claims that
he knew nothing of the shortage,
although he signed all reports
prepared by Sawyer, until ii. II.
Prudential, an expert account
ant employed by the commission
ers, made the discovery.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
In Hard Luck

The Giroux Con. Mines company
seems to be under the hoodoo S
spell in getting its machinery for
the new hoist and smelter. The
blower for the furnace is holding
down a broken wagon between the
Knob and Illipah, with no definite
time known when it will reach its
destination. The big boiler, which
has been on the road more than six
weeks between Toano and Ely. Swas
unloaded Monday when ii was
found that the CRATES and the greater
portion of the fixtures are on an
other broken-dawn wagon 80 miles
this side of Toano.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
improving the
Telephone System

Geo. NJ. Peacocke, who recent
ly purchased the Ely telephone
system from A. d. Campton, has
been engaged the past week
making many needed improve
ments for the system and erect
ing larger poles
The central office will be To-
Gated at the power house and all
the different lines will be con-
nected with the central Office.
This will prove Il great conven-
ience to the people of the town
aud of the mines at Copper Flat
and Pilot Knob, and should
prove a paying Investment, as a
great many would have had
phones put in their residences
long ago if they could have
reached those they wanted to
talk to without having to go to
the central Office to do So
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
OF Interest to Newspapers

\ newspaper published in Ohio
recently brought suit against IS
men who would not pay their sub
scriptions and obtained Judgment
in each case for the amount OF each
claim. OF these 2S made affidavit
that they owned no more than the
law allowed, thus preventing at
tachn1ent. Then, under the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court, they
were arrested for petit larceny and
bound over in the sum of $4,000
each. All but six gave bond while
the six went to Jail. The new post
law makes it larceny to take paper
and refuse to pay for it.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
Sulphide Ore Is En-
countered atDepth
OF IS Feet
Strike Upsets Theory Advanced by
Certain Mining Men as to Foot
wal! Of Ore Body Of
this District.

4 good grade of copper sui
phides ore was encountered il
,hA h ,ttum Of the % foot shaft
on the City Of New York claim
Saturday. The City OF New
York lies south Of aud adjoins
the Ruth mine, and its shaft is
about l5O feet south of the in
clined shaft of the Ruth.
While the sulphides encounter
ed in the City of New York carry
no sensational values in copper,
the strike is none the less a most
important one for the district, as
it disproves the theory so per
sistently advanced by certain
mining men that The quartzite
slip found at intervals III the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
Pilot Knob Items

Leon Giroux left on the 23rd for
New York to enter the Columbia
School of Mines.
J. Fraser, a brother of Supt.
Louis Fraser, has taken the posi-
ton of head book-keeper of the
Giroux Con. Mines.
The engine house at the Giroux
shaft has been completed, but the
boiler room will remain incomplete
until the boilers and fittings ar
rive.
The gasoline hoist at the Taylor
got out of repair Monday, requiring
the services of Machinest Bert
Brown until 10 clock at night to
put it in good order.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
Important Strike on
City of VeW York

Ruth shaft and which dips to the
north and west at an angle of Il
degrees, isthe permanent foot
wall of the ore body Of this dis.
trict. This theory has had a
strong tendency to discourage
the owners of claims, lying south
of the supposed footwall, from
prosecuting development work
on their claims, and as q result
little or no work has been done
on these claims. Fortunately
Messrs. Neil Munro, John Weber
and James Ostergard, the own
ers of the City of New York,
have had theories of their own
on this matter, and were pre-
pared to sink to a depth of 300
feet on a claim which several
mining experts had assured them
was worthless.
The Judgment Of expert min
ing men is always deserving of
respect and, as a rule, it is not "a
safe investment to put money
into claim which they have
condemned; but they are human
and occasionally make mistakes.
as the work on tho City of New
York has demonstrated
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
PARTS WITH
His STOCK

Newton Boyd disposed of all
his stock, amounting TO SOC
shares, in the Nevada Consoli
dated Copper company Saturday
to W. T. Hook of New Jersey at
$40 share. Thos, Rockhill
was offered the same price for
his holdings in this company,
but refused the offer.
Mr.. Hook is already a heavy
stockholder in the company and
his endeavor TO gather in all the
scattering blocks of stock held
in this section is eyincive of his
faith in the future of the com
pany's mines in this district.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
Notice to Bidders

Notice is hereby given that
sealed proposals will be received
by the Board of County Commits
sioners of White Pine county,
Nevada. for the construction of a
fire protection system for the
town of Ely, consisting of a
flume in the Chairman ditch and
pipe connecting Herewith; said
pipe extending to and along GER
tain streets Of the said town of
Ely, with hydrants attached
thereto, in accordance with GER
tain specifications and map of
said fire protection system on
file with, the Clerk of the Board,
being the County Clerk of said
county, at his Office in the court
house, in the said town of Ely,
where the same may be seen.
All bids must be delivered to
the SAID clerk on or before >
O'Clock p. m, on Saturday, the
2Sth day of October, 1905.
The successful bidder shall I'M
mediately after notice Of the ac-
ceptance of his bid, furnish a
good and sufficient bond, with
two sureties. subject to the APP
proval of said Board, in an
amount to be fixed by said
Board, conditioned on the salts
factory completion of the work
within two months from the day
the contract is let.
Dated September u, 1908.
BY order Of the said Board Of
Commissioners.
F. D. OLDfIELD,
Clerk of said Board.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
PLACES ORDER
FOR MACHINERY
Nevada Con. Copper Co. Contracts
With AIiis.ChalmerS Go. for
Big Mining Plant and
Smelter

The Nevada Consolidated Cop
per company has contracted
with the Allis-Chalmers Co. of
Milwaukee, Wis. for a complete
mining plant, which will be in
stalled at the Star Pointer shaft,
the main working shaft for the
company S mines in this district,
work on which was commenced
last week
Contracts were also made with
the Allis- Chalmers Co. for the
electrical machinery with which
the company s smelter east of
Ely will be equipped. Two 750-
XIV. three-phase generators will
be connected with two Reynolds
Corliss engines, which will sup
ply the motor power lor running
the mining plant and smelter.
Supt. Gaskill was in Ely Tues
day making arrangements for
securing the stone which will be
used in the foundation and re-
tanning walls of the hoisting
plant, and masons will be put to
work at once laying the stone, in
order to have everything in
readiness to install the machinery
upon its arrival at the mines,
One of the retaining walls is to
be thirty-tive feet in height, and
will be eight feet in width at the
base aud three feet on top. A
large force of masons will be re
quirod to have the work com
pleted within the prescribed
time,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
Commissioners Take
Action on Fire Pro.
lection System

The Board of County Comm.
sioners met in special sessio
Saturday to take action on t. -
matter of installing the Ely Fl >
protection plant, After goil
over the matter pretty thoroug
ly, it was decided that the be b
thing they could do, under the
circumstances, would be to hil9
Mr.. Ed. Millard to take charga
of and superintend the installa-
ton of the the system. Mr., Mil
lard was accordingly engaged at
salary of Sl25 a month to take
the matter in hand pending the
awarding Of the contract for the
work.
The amounts paid out by the
Board for supplies and labor will
be withheld from the contractor
upon the completion of the sys-
TEN. Bids for the installation
Of the system, in accordance with
the new specifications, are ad-
vertised for in this issue of the
News.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
House at Copper
Flat Mines

Acting superintendent Gas
kill of the Nevada Consolidated
Copper company, received last
week drawing of the plans for
the new shaft house which will
be erected by the company at
the four-compartment shaft,
which is being sunk on the Star
Pointer mine.
The frame work for the build
ing will be of steel, as will the
gallows frame, which will be 20
feet in height. The ore bin will
have a capacity of of 5000 tons
and will be built entirely of iron
and steel.
The proposed building will be
an immense structure, 13Ox18O
feet, and the machine shop,
blacksmith shop, carpenter shop,
as we'll as dry and change rooms
and bath rooms, will be under
one roof.
Only the latest improved
hosting machinery will be in
stalled, and the plant when
completed will be model of its
kind on the coast.
Six men are at work on the
new shaft. which is now down
twelve feet. After the collar
has been put on the shaft it is
the intention TO remove the
ground for only two of the com
partments by sinking, and will
raise from the bottom on the
other two compartments, it be-
ing thought that the shaft can be
put down more rapidly and
economically by this method.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
PREDICTS GREAT
Things FOR ELY
Salt Lake Mining Man Speaks in
Glowing Terms of the Mines
of This Camp and
Vicinity.

That the achievements at
Bingham are to be reproduced in
the diggings at Ely, Nevada, and
that under the resistlesS magic
of capital that Is now pouring
into them, it is to be to the
neighboring commonwealth what
the former is to this state, is now
positively assured, said Charles
NJ. McIntire on his arrival from
that region today. To compute
the tonnagos Of copper bearing
sulphides that have already been
uncovered in the camp and for
the reduction Of which the tom
panies are now equipping, he
added, is almost impossible.
Since the arrival of Mr.. Requa
of the Nevada Con. Copper com
pany the camp has aWoke to new
life and measure of activity eX-
ceeding all expectations, and
that he is to be followed by Il line
of railway in Il short time there
is every reason TO believe.
About twenty miles northeast
of the camp is Duck Creek, in
which locality much Salt Lake
talent is reported by Mr.. Mclu-
tire, and in which he and associ-
ates in this city haye acquired
what he believes will be produc'
tive of a fortune.
The Brim boys, who went
from this city, have bagged
big group, from which ore is be-
ing shipped that shows as much
as so per cent lead with good
values in silver. while from the
Mcdonald group, owned IN Eiy,
the management IS deriving and
sending to the smelters OF this
valley ores that afford as much
as 100 ounces silver and some
lead, without reference to the
auriferouS contents. Another OF
Mr.. McLntire's neighbors is the
representative of j. 2. Gardner
of this city, by whom most meri-
torious locations have been ac'
quired.
It is the intention Of Mr.. Mcln-
tire, who has the cooperation OF
such gentlemen as William ii.
Tibbals, A. j. Davis and others
of Salt Lake, to return to his
camp the last of the month and
to continue development work
through the winter. He has al
ready encountered good class
of ore containing lead, silver and
copper, and expects to be able to
begin the production of ore next
season. Salt Lake Tribune,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
Shooting Atfray
at Cherry Creek

they had to fight over imaginary
grievances.
Harney stood at the end of tie
bar Of the Elk saloon. where tt
fights had taken place, talkins
to some friends, and Thoms
went out. Harney's friends a.
vised him to be ,srcifl'l5s',> Il es
feared Thomas was treacherou
but Harney said he was H.
afraid of Thomas doing any more
than smashing him in the jaw.
In few minutes Thomas, who
had been To his wagon, which
was standing Immediately in
front of the saloon, appeared in
the door with a Winchester
rifle, and taking deliberate aim,
fired at Harney, the ball striking
him in the left breast, about
three inches above the heart.
Harney ran out of the back door
of BareilIes' saloon after the shot
was fired and entered the saloon
of Reilly and Karbstein from the
rear, when he fell prostrate upon
the floor
Medical aid was summoned at
once and a messenger despatched
to Kent to telephone to Ely for
the Sheriff and District Attor-
ney, and also to send a telegraph
message to the wounded mans
brother, who lives IN Wells.
Thomas gave himself up to the
officers at Cherry Greek immedi-
ately after the shooting.
Sheriff Baird and Acting Dis
trict Attorney Chandler left for
Cherry Creek Tuesday morning
to be in attendance at the pre-
liminary examination, which was
held before Justice Cannon at
Cherry Creek yesterday.
Latest adyices from Cherry
Creek announce that the wound
ed man will probably live.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-09-28
Contractors Making Coed Headway

Latest advices from the scene
of activities on the Nevada
Northern railroad state that five
grading outfits are now at work
and threehnore will be added at
once.i
The grade had been completed
for distance of seventeen miles
Monday, and it is expected that
when all the outfits have been
put to work, five miles of the
grade will be completed every
dey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05

bordering that evening on the introduce
ton of some novel attraction to revive
interest in our waning season.
why not get Victoria Woodruff to
deliver a lecture on the bulls and bears
of Wall Street," | asked. "Tennie
Clahin, who is just as accomplished a
talker as her sister, can give us some
thing too
Great" said Tooker. Suppose, Jim
mic, that you go right down there to-
morrow morning and beard the Ionesses
in their DEM"
Invent, and was received by Mrs. Wood
hull, handsome woman, with stateli-
ness of manner that made a great i'm
preston upon me, as it must have upon
the many patrons who were wont to go
there to invest their money.
When | had explained my mission, Mrs.
! Woodruff sent for Miss Claflin, a young
woman with beautiful eyes and COM
| pleXiOn, and a charming manner with a
touch of timidity in it that was exceed
ingly alluring, but rather odd | thought,
in Wall Street broker. The sisters gave
a favorable ear to my proposal. We dis
| cussed terms-they were excellent bust
ness wonderland soon came to an agree
ment
Their fellow-brokers quickly got wind
of the proposed dissertations on the
methods of the Street." and began to
invest heavily in tickets IN fact, before
the night of the entertainment the house
was sold out almost wholly to Wall
Street men,
We heard rumOrs to the effect that they
purposed to give their feminine COMPETE
tors an ovation such as is customary on
the floor of the Exchange, and to over
awe any brokers or camp-followers who
might be inclined to seize the oppor-
tunity to give vent to exuberance beyond
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05
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Offices behind the glass doors, that the
members of this firm were not ordinary
Wall Street workers of the masculine
persuasion but | knew well that they
were two remarkably charming women
who had made regulations as lecturers
and writers before going into Wall Street
to harvest wealth.
| thought of the brokerage firm OF
Woodruff & Clahin one night toward the
close of a season of Sundaynight concerts
which Joseph H. Tooker and l were
giving at the Grand Opera House. We
had been drawing our singers and instru-
mentalists from the opera company under
the direction of Max and Maurice Stra-
kosch at the Academy of Music, but had
had all who were worth having, and were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05

VIZ ON1'-o- '----. .--.'-4 -Lr QaV OF D.
burial of every person who had died i,.,
parish during thi--v-fve vea-e ".
also could repeat the name and ga.
each dead person, and the names - q,
mourners at his funeral. bur co NJ,
was he intellectually that he co,,rd -
be trusted to feed himself. n -.
idiots have been KNOW whose ne
for names and words vas 50 rr-e7.-
that they could repeat a =ermon verb..,-
and even indicate such details as w..
the preacher blew his nose and couql.i
while delivering it.
Doctor MOffatt. the dist nguisbed A.
can missionary and fathe-- in-law Of 4.
late Doctor Livingstone, once prears.l
a long sermon TO a crowd Of ueg--a.
Shortly after he had finished. he san
number of negroes gather abor-
simple-minded yOurE savage. He w.
to them. and disCovered 10 his as-or,.-
ment that the savage was preach.
his sermon over again, not onIv -
ducing the precise words. but inn.
ing the manner and gestures. Of =.
white preacher.
The writer had an aged friend ~
detained all night AZ a miserable DE-
in waiting for a rail train fast IN +.
snow banks, entertained a group OF S.
ten or fifteen clergvu1a. likewise dets--
on their way home from a neetng
Presbytery, with q piece 0f chalk ts-.
ing out on the black and sootv vs-s r
the depot the characters of VA,
Scott's "Marmio1. and then rea--,
from memory the whole OF that d.
cult poem of some eighty pages Of @ /
print.
Some people have photographic ma-
Dries. If they see a face once. I'M
circumstances calculated 70 impress
upon their recollecuon. It remains 6
there forever. The memories OF OH
are like looking glasses from WHICH q.
image passes as the substance IS rtmog=-
Among the oddities about memoir
the fact that it remains intact AM z
perfect working order IN cases where q
left side of the brain Is badly discs.
from which 1t may he inferred that e
right side of the brain Is the seat Of rs
remarkable faculty. From thzphyz
gist's point of view the power of ren7E
IS badly diminished bv TOO much :1a
by an excess of physical exercise al
by education If this IS true the ILL.,.
ate has a better memory than the 5ls
Gated man of the period, as the c-s
cited might tend To- prove.
1t also has been affirmed that the ms-
DRY is better in the morning than II ,'
evening, in summer than IN winter al
much better In warm tha1 in coldwaal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05

the limits of decorum, we had special
Gordon of police that night.
They were not called upon, however.
The house was packed, and the brokers
wildly cheered the oratorical efforts Of
their co-laborers; they even interjected
a remark now and then; but kept well
within bounds, and the evening brought
fresh forensic hOnors to the brilliant
sisters.
Sometime afterward / was walking
along a street in Indianapolis, on my
way to call on Harry New, proprietor and
editor of The Indianapolis Journal"
Suddenly l heard a carriage stop behind
me, and voice call out
"Oh, Mr. Morrissey, this is providen-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05

tial! You are just the man No.
see. '@N' %
l turned, and beheld the radis,.
tenance Of Miss Tennic e. Claq;- 0-.'
explained that she was thinking 81 ,,;;. re
lecture IN indianapolis, and asls5
II | would manage It for her. 'l4
l assured her that should be deliy5.
and told her | should BERN at So So.
taking her to call on Harry yev -
most desirable man in the citv ~ i
to know ~
Well-heralded by "Tte rournsl..
lecture was a success IN e------ 49, NJ. '-'
| next heard Of The sisters +-4,. - l-'7
saken lecturing and stocks -l- 80
OF matrlmony IN the English Der
lIopyTis-i- 81 James ST. ,-.-r.z--.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05
THE TRADNG-STANP CRAZE

A undertake. N a large city makes q
contribute
He was visited at his place Of bGS-5
one morning by two women. one Of VI
wore a long Grape veI actesting 70 ~
bereavement. Indeed She had come 70 81
a coffin for her has. ana. Part Of her G.
versation was Carried ward with II
kerchief held 70 her -e---dlmmet eyss. b
took her a long time 20 make her en-
but finally she did So ana the undertake =
escorted her 10 the -r, when she s1'''
and said teariullv. -ore-tmng III
Yes" said the u-a----Ser-
do yOu-GO yCu--.ce trading s'4l'''