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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16
News Of the Nevada Mining Camps.

GOLDFIELD, Sept. 15.-With a big
sample sack filed with ore, Dick Colburn
returned yesterday from the Bullion
country, thirty miles south Of Beo-
wave on the Southern Pacific main
line, more than satisfied with the de-
Nelopment work which has been done
since his last visit
Colburn, J. p. Kane and Lee Laken
own two groups of claims six miles
above Bullion and have established a
camp OF their own which has been
christened Independence, the name of
one OF their mines. They also have a
water right 5000 feet below the Inde-
pendence mine and a ranch from which
they harvested this year enough hay
for the four horses which are employed
at the mine.
The Independence is a silver lead
mine, but the ores carry high values
in gold also and some copper. The
mine has been opened by means of a
tunnel which has-been run in on the
ledge for distance Of III feet. From
this work one shipment was made of
thirty-two tons, which was settled for
on basis Of forty-four ounces silver
p per cent lead, 2.27 per cent copper
and two ounces gold. Another. ship
ment is now being loaded and ii is ex-
pected viii run even better. The
wagon hauling and the railroad trans
portation 10 the Salt Lake smelters is
but So and as the United States Com
pany has agreed TO treat this ore free
81 charge il viii be seen that the In
Rependence is in a fair way TO con-
Iinue % pay for its own development.
\ An uprsise has been started at a
point in the tunnel eighty-six feet
from the mouth. and an incline shaft
has reached a depth Of sixty feet be-
low the tunnel level The ore in this
shaft is continuous for the entire dis
tance and improves both in the size
or the ledge and grade OF the filing.
The shaft is TO be equipped with q
hoist and sent down TO the 150-foot
mark. where a cross cut will be
sent out TO tap another lead which out
crops on the surface.
Adjoining the Independence, Col
burn and his associates have another
group which they have recently ac-
Quired, known as the Grand Prize.
from which Lee Laken. who is super
intending both properties, took out FIVE
tons of shipping ore in sinking an as
sessment hole from the, surface.
Neither OF these properties are ineor-
porated. The Independence is pro-
ducing about two tons Of ore every
day from development work and the
owners expect the mine to continue to
pay its own way. They have refused
70 consider an offer for this property.
Several other properties in that Sec
ton are working and there Is con-
siderable tonnage of ore finding it's
way 10 Beowawe, the shipping point.
The Bullion district has produced
many tons OF ore OF a high grade in
the past and now all the old mines are
being reopened. With the present high
prices commanded by lead, silver and
. copper, the district has q bright fu-
rure. Colburn says that the camp OF
Bullion has doubled in population dur
ing the last week The apprOach from
Beowawe is over level ground and a
railroad can be built at a small cost
The formation is limestone identical
with that of the famous groups Of Eu-
reka, Nevada, and the great Tintic
district IN Utah.
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third street. 25 feet east Of Vermont
25x100, $3.50; for account of Mrs
Grimm, lot on north, line of Greenwich
street. u2:6 west of Pierce. 25x100,
s1260; for account OF Louisa Blake. lot
on east line OF Hampton place, 1876
south of Folsom street, 30:ex55, s1250;
for account of Mrs. NJ. A. Lapidge. lot
on northeast corner of Twenty first
avenue and K street South 75x1OO
$1,000; for account OF J. w. Quick, lot
on west line of Douglass street 1856
feet north of Twenty-second. 25x125
$3.50: for account Of Maria Eisert. lot
on north line of Thirtieth street. 2S0
feet east OF Noe. 25x114. 500: for ac-
count of Alexander Bond, lot on south
line OF Twenty-frst street, 125 feet
west of Castro. 50xT5. $1,000.
GENERAL REALTY NOTES.
A four-story brick and stone build
Ing to be used by the Western Union
is to be built on the southeast cor
ner OF Montgomery and Pine streets.
A. B. McCreery proposes TO erect the
building.
The Grant building on Seventh and
Market streets is to be put in it's for
mer condition by the Mahoney Broth
ers at cost of $4,000.
The Odd Fellows Association Is hav-
ing plans prepared for a building on
the southwest corner Of Seventh and
Market streets. 1t is not decided
whether the building will be three or
four stories in height.
Plans are being prepared by Dodge
& Allen for a three-story frame build
ing on Valencia street between Twelfth
and Thirteenth There will be
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ifornia street, S2:s feet east of Twen-
ty-third avenue to A. B. Mills
25x100 feet on the southwest line of
Persia avenue, 25 feet northwest of
Munich street. to A. Hammerich-
25x120 feet on the west line OF For
ty-seventh avenue, $50 feet north OF j
street, to walter Mohns.
25x120 feet on the west line of Thir-
ty-eighth avenue, 100 feet south OF w
street, to j. p. Kelly.
G. III. UMBsEN'S REPORT.
G.. n. Umbsen s. Co. report, among
others, the following recent sales:
For account OF r. Drinkhouse. lot
and improvements on eRst line Of Stein
s6:1o, $3.50; for account of Augusta
Truman, lot and Improvements on west
line of Pierce street, 1875 south or
California. south 2SxS7:6. $3.50; for ac-
count of Mrs. T. Heron, lot on east line
of Larkin street, 1875 north of Pine.
25x87:6. s3750: for account of N. Dorm
bluth, lot and improvements on north
of Noe, 25xl1s, $s706; for account OF
August E. Moser improvements and
lot on easterly line of Noe street, 125
feet north of Eighteenth, 26x110, $4,000;
for account of Port Blakeley Mil Com
pany. lot and improvements on south
Montford street. 150x112.6. $4,000, for
account of Miss !. Gormly, lot on east
line of Pearl street, 12T feet south of
Market, $2250; for account OF James
Smith. lot and improvements on west
line of Latonia street, 100 feet south OF
Williams. $14bo: for ACCOUNT Of John
Mccluskey, lot on north line Of Vallejo
57.6, s145o; for account of Henry F.
Striegel, lot on south line of Twenty
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Persia avenue. IS feet southeast OF
Moscow street, to A. p. Nielsen.
25xl0G feet on the north line OF 1
street. 32:6 feet east of Fortyfft ave-
nue., to Lewis CORVALLIS.
25x100 feet on the southeast line OF
Moscow street, 17b feet southwest OF
Persia avenue, to Elizabeth /. smith.
25x100 feet on the southeast line OF
Moscow street, 21S feet southwest OF
25x120 feet on the east line OF Tenth
avenue, 200 feet north Of NJ street, to
Milton Ash.
25xI20 feet on the east line of Forty
eighth avenue, 37:6 feet north of M
street, to E. M. Cushman.
avenue. $50 feet south OF street, TO J..
25xi2o feet on the west line of Ninth
avenue, 225 feet south Of j street to
25xiOo feet on the northwest line OF
Dublin street. so feet northeast of
Russia. avenue. to William p. Murphy.
teenth avenue 149 feet north OF c
street, to George f. Luddecke
25x120 feet on the east line of Tenth
avenue, 100 feet north of L street, with
one-story cottage. to Ida Nardini.
25x120 feet on the east line of Tenth
Myrtle Chance.
a5xlaO feet on the west line of Ninth
avenue, ITS feet north OF NJ street, to
A. w. Peterson.
25x10o feet on the southeast line Of
Paris street. It's feet northeast OF China
avenue. to ]. J. Lottie.
25x12o feet on the east line OF Tenth
25x1oo feet on the north line OF Cal
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Dog, which are to go in on a basis
Of $4,000, 600, or two thirds of the en-
tire par value of the stock. An en-
deavor has also been made to include
the Union No. claim of the Dexter,
which cuts across almost at right
angles between the Indian Camp and
the Jumping Jack territory, and 1t is
probable that this rich claim will be
included in the merger. The negotia-
tions are being conducted by the L.
NJ Sullivan Trust Company
Concerned in the proposed deal are
we'll known mining men of Manhattan
and Goldheld and the East. l. ~ Sui
livan, president of the trust company,
and ]. D. Campbell went over to Man
haitian yesterday IN Sullivan's big tour
ing car. They will urge proceedings
and it is thought that there may be
included in the negotiations another
property which is separated from the
Stray Dog by narrow traction, pro-
viding the Intervening ground can be
obtained.
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BELIEVES he HAS FOUND
ANOTHER NEVADA BONANZA
VIII Hyde Returns to GoldfieId From
Eastern Part of State Reporting
BfE Gold Discovery.

GOLDFIELD. Sept. 15.-Will Hyde.
who has spent the last three years
prospecting IN this section OF Nevada,
and who owns some valuable ground
at Ida and over in the Slate range
country, returned yesterday from
three months trip in the eastern part
OF the State, on which he was accom-
panied by George Meacham OF Goldneld.
He came back fully satisfied that he
has made q discovery that will give
to the Sage Brush State another gold
camp IT 70 rank with the best of them
The new find was made about twenty
miles south Of Reveille and not far
distant from Railroad Valley. HYDE
and Meacham penetrated section
there which had evidently not been
prospected, and discovered big dyke
Of porphyry identical in appearance
with those OF Goldieid and Tonopah,
which lies between mountains Of NAL
apaL In one place they sampled
quartz ledge fully thirty feet across
which gave cOlors wherever they
and samples were taken which,
when submitted TO an assayer, were
very satisfactory. running higher than
the surface ore at Goldheid. Within
six miles Of their locations they also
found and located three springs OF
good water. Hyde has started TO Lloa
for an outfit Of tools and he and
MeachaTn viii return 30 the new camp
Monday.
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Rebuilding of Old Wholesale
District Proceeds Rapidly.

believer in the future of Powell street
as a private hotel district.
The reha Utilization of Kearny street,
which promises to be one of the best
looking streets in town, will assure
the return of the retail merchants to
this thoroughfare. The fate of the
lot on which the old White House stood
its owner, the Tcvis estate. has had
many offers to lease. Montgomery
street, st is claimed. will also be greatly
improved and there is now pending a
big deal. which. ifNit goes through,
means that big building will soon
be commenced on this thoroughfare
There is great deal OF curiosity ex-
pressed as TO what ]. D. Phelan in
tends to do with his property where
the Phelan building stood 1t is said
that Mr. Phelan will build a ten-story
structure there, but no details have
been given out
The Joseph Macdonough estate has
decided to rebuild in San Francisco
and with that end in view 1t has sold
its Oakland holdings for the sum of
sz50.0O0 in order to use the money
here.
The trustees. John G. and Agnes NJ.
Apgar of New York. made the deal
through the firm of Baldwin & Howell.
The property has been purchased by
F. J. Woodward of the Realty Bond
and Finance Committee. 1t brought
in a rental of $4,000 a year
The Starr-King building on Geary
street Will be rebuilt and a contract
has been let for clearing away the de-
bris and for laying the foundations
for fourteen story class A building
Nine stories are to be erected imme-
diately, which will improve the pros
poets OF this street.
DOWN TOWN SALES.
The building on the northwest cor
ner of Clay and Montgomery streets,
which has just been completed. has
been leased by the real estate firm OF
Behlow & Lucas. for 500 a month for
three years. This site was formerly
occupied by a two-story brick build
ing and brought total rental of 1915.
The occupants will be Chaser Brothers,
wholesale and retail cigar dealers.
Campfs French Restaurant and J. w
Farnsworth. stationers' supplies. from
which it may be seen that lower Mont
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Business Heading
Back to Former
Locations.

The district north OF Market street
and east OF Montgomery seems now TO
be most active in the way Of rebuild
ing. For some time it looked as ii
there was a stagnation in this part of
the city and that It would take some
time before there would be revival
n the building. but this seems to be
all changed now. There are great
number Of teams at work and the
clearing away of the debris where the
commission merchants were established
is proceeding rapidly
There are several substantial struc-
lures 10 be built on the sites which
were occupied by wooden shanties. and
there is every reason to believe that
this district which was once covered
over by small and tumble-down shacks
viii have dne brick buildings. There
is also movement to build better
class lodging houses in this section,
which all goes 10 show that the whole
sale part of town viii be greatly i'm
proved.
One Of the gratifying features Of
the real estate situation is the number
OF apartment houses that are 10 be
quilt This is good news. as rentals
are exceedingly high and il is hoped
that these new houses viii be the
means Of bringing down house rents.
Capitalist Morrison has let contract
for the building Of an apartment house
on Powell street and he is OF the
opinion that this house wiz bring about
the building OF others. lie is firm
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gomery street Is still In great favor
with the merchants.
The same flrm has also leased from
Mary B. Moores to G.. G.. Fremont
lot on the easterly line of Larkin
street, eighty feet south OF Clay. Mr.
Fremont will erect at once a two-s story
building upon the premises.
The same firm has ADO sold this
week. lot on the southeast line of
Mission street, 400 feet six inches
southwest of Fifth. This lot has
frontage of forty feet on Mission street
by a depth of $50 to Minna. The buyer
was B. S. Hays, the well known builder,
who will erect at once modern brick
building upon the premises, This is
the first cash sale upon this thorough
fare, and may be said to establish the
market value of property in this block.
the figure obtained being s42.50o.
DEALS BY SOL GETz q SONS.
Sol Getz & Sons report the follow
ing sales:
50x100 feet on the southwest line OF
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MAY ENLARGE NEW MILL.

SILVER PEAK, Sept. 15.-work on
the foundations for the five-stamp mill
tc be erected at the Silver Peak VAL
calda mine is progressing well. The
cement foundations for the engines.
batteries, ETC., are being placed, and
word has been received OF the shipment
of part of the pant from Denver.
The gang at work on the water supply
has opened new flow that 1t is esti-
mated will more than double the pres
ent supply, already enough to operate
a five stamp plant. 1t is considered
probable that this will lead to the en-
largement of the mill, as the quantity
Of good rock in the mine would more
than justify the measure.
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mANHArTAN PICKING UP.

ToNOPAH. Sept 15-It is stated by
several people who have just returned
from Manhattan that the activity III
that camp is great in mining way.
What appears to strike all the men
returning TO the section after having
seen ii in its early days Is that the
mining is going ahead In a business
like way, all attention being devoted
to the actual deep prospecting of the
ground-company work as opposed to
the operations OF the leases, many OF
which have expired and have NOT been
renewed by the companies. This
change has been attended by very sat
isfactory results in many instances,
and all those who are observing con-
ditions believe that onco the mills and
water supply are running Manhattan
viii know a period of prosperity and
solid results of long duration.
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LOCATE SITE roR smELrrR.

TONOPAH. Sept. 15.-Malcolm Mac
donald and several other officials Of
the Nevada Smelter and Mines Cor
poration have just returned from a trio
to the properties of the company, To-
Gated in the Kawich and Reveille
ranges. A complete inspection of the
country was made in order to deter
mine the best location for the smelter
and reduction plant the company In
tends to build for the treatment of the
ores from its various properties The
place was selected, but the company
will not announce its choice at present
as 1t wishes to secure title to the
property before making the location
public During the trip Mr.. Macdonald
visited the latest sensation OF that
eection, Belle Helen, where numerous
strikes have been made of late He
states that the country about the camp
is of the most highly nineralized ia
the whole State and as good In surface
showings as the Bullfrog district.
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ZEB KENDALL DISPOSEs OF
GOLDFIELD-CoLUMB NINE
Ffgues of Deal Are Withheld, but 1t
Ia Said That Sum Involved
Is Large One.


TONoPAH, Sept 15.-zeb Kendall
announced here today that ne had sold
the Goldfield- Columbia property at
Goldfeld to Hates & Monnette Of the
famous lease of that name on the Mo
hawk property. The figures of the
deal are withheld. but it is safe to
say that the amount involved was
large one. Full payment for the prop
erty has been made and control is
now in the hands of the new owners.
This includes all the stock Of the COM
pany outside OF a few small blocks
outstanding. The ground joins that
OF the Mohawk and Silver Pick COM
panies at Goldneld and has shaft
down some seventy feet. In this
Kendall started to work several weeks
ago but later abandoned 1t for new
location on the surface, where another
shaft was started. The old shaft
shows a ledge from which small val
ues are obtained but it is thought
that q big ore body, probably an ex
tension Of one OF the known ledges,
will be tapped at depth Kendall
feared that the labor trouble at Gold
field would prevent the sale, but the
new owners are confident of the fu
ture Of the ground and did not wish
to let the opportunity slip by them.
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STAMPEDE TO oPHrR CANYON.

received here from various surround
ing towns that a number of prospect
ors are hurrying TO Ophir Canyon in
the Toyabe Range with all possible
speed, lured there by the report of a
great gold discovery. The Ophir Can
yon is the location of the old Ophir
mine. worked years ago and abandon
ed. A Colorado Springs man has late
" bonded this old mine and will run
a tunnel to unwater it, intending to
operate on a large scale. This has
caused a number Of men to enter the,
region and it is probable that the
reported strike has been made by
some of these Several parties have
left this camp bound for the same
spot
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nooM on Ar GREENwArER.

TONOPAH, Sept. 15.-Recent arrivals
from the Greenwater district state that
the activity in that section is increas-
ing steadily They estimate that 2b0
people are living at Greenwater now,
and that the number is growing. Many
pc ople are coming to the section, both
from Bullfrog and up from Los An
geles. The mine owners are devoting
a part of their attention to the sur
veying of the claims, which lie in large
blocks Several surveying crews have
been at this work for several weeks
past, and when their work Is finished
there will be little chance for litiga-
tion arising from overlapping loca-
tions.
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SHIPPING oRE PILES UP.

TONOPAFI, Sept. 15.-The telephone
company is at work installing a con-
nection between the Nevada, Alpine
property at Lone Mountain and the
Valcalda at Silver Peak. both of which
belong to the same people. big ore
team has been sent to the Alpine by
the company to assist the regular
teams in hauling ore to the railroad
The road from the mine to the cars
has been repaired and is in shape for
hcavy work again. and the shipping
ore at the mine has peen piling up for
weeks.
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two stores on the ground floor and
forty rooms on the upper floors.
Property on the peninsula Is selling
fast and at good prices and San Mateo.
County promises to continue to attract
many people The prospects OF
speedy service between the city and
Birmingham and San Mateo has in
duced many to buy there, and within
the space OF one year there will be a
large suburban population in that Sec
tion OF the county
Hoag & Lansdale report the sale OF
a water lot 45:10 feet by 1876 feet
on the westerly side of Steuart street.
between Howard and Folsom
(1S3 feet northerIy from the northerly
line of Folsom street)- The sellers
were the Risdon Iron and Locomotive
Works and the buyer the Protestant
Episcopal church OF California. Price
paid. $4,000
The Episcopal church intends to
erect a permanent reinforced concrete
building on this lot at once. and hopes
to have 1t ready for occupancy by De-
cember IS. The building will consist
OF two floors. the low containing a
large hall and billiard room, chapel.
ONCE and writing-r0om. kitchen. etc.
The upper floor will contain Of
icers' room. bathrooms and fifty bed
rooms for sailors. The chaplain will
also have rooms on the premises. The
total cost will be over $4,000.
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STRIKE IN HOMESTEAD MINE.

GOLDFIELD. Sept. Id. P. Mar
shall and J. ". McLisle spent yester-
day IN Phillipsburg looking over some
properties in which they are Interested.
They were accompanied by Robert
Bley of New York, well known as an
Alaskan operator, who is familiarizing
himself with the camps tributary TO
GoldfieId. At the Homestead mine,
which adjoins the Copperopolis, Nc
Lisle reports two feet of $500 ore In
g shaft at a depth of twenty-seven
feet with a hoist, and a shipment will
be made at no distant day.
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washers working in the gulch between
the Manhattan Verdi ground and the
Indian Camp are meeting with great
success and it is estimated that they
are cleaning up over 800 day. This
fact is considered very significant of
the value of the lodges In the sur
rounding hills. as all the gold In the
gulch has been washed down from the
hills above and lies in the loose
ground. 1t is stated that one of the
dry washing crews cleaned up $3.50
in gold day before yesterday in twelve
hOurS
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ROUND MOUNTAIN LOOKS GOOD.

TONOPAH, Sept. l5.-Alonzo Tripp,
lately the general manager of the To-
nopah and Goldheld Railroad. return
ed yesterday from a trip to Round
Mountain and he is enthusiastic over
the camp. He spent some time look
ing over the Round Mountain Sphinx
property and states that the shaft is
down $50 feet with 152 feet of
drifts, all in high grade milling ore.
Trip stated that he had no doubt
that the camp would make a big
milling center in the near future, as
water and wood for such an under
taking is at hand.
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TREMENDOUS LEDGE OPENED.

MANHATTAN. Sept. 15.-The Man
haitian Zanzibar of this camp has
reached a depth of 500 feet in the tun-
mel by which they are opening the
ground. and it iss stated by several
people who have been in the work
iags that a tremendous ledge, show
ing oyer fifty feet between walls, has
been opened OF this great ore body
the major portion is stated to carry
values making it good milling rock,
and the company appears well satisfied
with its results.
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Am TO MERGE BIG MINES.

GOLDFIELD. Sept. ia deal rs on
for the consolidation under one heao
oF several Of the best known mines of
Manhattan which has progressed SO
far that the merger is almost assured.
The properties concerned are the IN
dian Camp, Jumping Jack and stray
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CONFIDENCE IN BRoNco.

MANHATTAN. Sept 15.-Work on
the Bronco property of this camp is
going steadily ahead. The shaft is
down 100 feet and at that depth drifts
are being run in search Of the ore
body. Several stringers have been cut
showing good values, and one of the
men most interested in the future of
the property after looking over the
ground thoroughly a day or so ago
stated that he felt great confidence in
its worth.
DRY WASHERS MEET SUCCESS.
MANHATTAN. Sept. 1.-THE dry
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Speaking OF horses the worst skate"
in the country can win his race II ne
gets-in the right class
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