The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-31
FIGHT TO STOP ORE THEFTS.
GOLDFIELD UINE OWNERS IN
STRUGGLE EITH Z. w. ".
Men Come Out Of the PIT m Loaded with
z Samples That They Can't Pick IN
Their Dinner Pals desperate contest
Expected Some shafts shut Down.

$50 S1fnG.es ina Tney NnnV flch ~
Their Dinner Pals -Desperate contest
Expected-Some shafts shut Down.
. GoLDgIELo, Dec. "a. -Honssty ~ an issue
nov in Goldneli and there my be property
destroyed an1 lives lost before victory goes
TO either side. Certain OF the miners main
tain they have a right to steal, while the mine
owners Insist they should not take what does
not belong TO them. IT, ia declared that
1000, O0o is a low estimate Of the amount Of
rich ore which has been stolen by miners
In this camp. rhe mine owners insist that
the men shall change their clothes when they
GO OF shift. putting a stop to high grading.
as the theft Is euphoniously called. That
n the cause Of the present shutdown.
Tia principal trouble at present IL caused
by the Industrial Workers OF the World.
commonly known rs the Il. W. W" This
organization was formed about three years
ago by a socislistic faction Of the Western
Federation Of Miners. The platform OF
principles declares the organization to be
one of workingmen OF all trades. banded to-
gether for mutual protection and TO further
the cause of public ownership of public utili-
ties, such as railroads. The main principle
for which the organization is now contend
ing is the opportunity to steal rich ore. with
public ownership Of the railroads as aside
Issue.
The Il. W. W" contains a large member
ship or the dynamiters who terrorlzed the
Ceur d'Alenes. Cripple Creek. Telluride and
other camps They are determined now to
rule Gold1eld and the other rich camps OF
Nevada. But they are dealing with a class
OF men who would, need an introduction to
recognize fear the FIRST time, and then. would
I meyer men recS S 8 1, Gp ghs the %ia stses .; G MHsf ID
can shoot from the hip and can draw with
electrical ,promptitude: George Wingheld,
long ago with Dianondheld Jack Davis
and G. p. s%pilnsn. a newspaper man. and
OF the II NV ". W." Who we're tSirstinT for
blood until they saw a chance to spill some
mine owners in this hight. He is under 10
years of age, carries "A "a Colt on each hip,
says httle. and that quietly looks calmly
BILE lids, and, to use the language. Of the
desert. is there with the goods when the
"Diamondheld Jack is a celebrated gun
fighter, with several notches TO his credit.
prospective death. and familiarity has led
him to have a contempt Tor u.
field. The Il. W w can't work any socialism
and stealing on them.
The mines have been closed down. as a rule.
IL will be with a definite wage scale. a long
contract, and change rooms, in which The
clothes, which may be full OF ore worth $50
a pound. will be left behind,
have seen men come put OF the mines
not stoop to pick up their dinner buckets"
said a mine operator to-day. Each man
would have perhaps $50 or 800 worth OF ore
on him. We don't object to paying ~ a day
for miners. but we don't propose to let them
steal twenty times that amount each day.
We're going to run our own mines, or know
the reason why"
The holders of the Hayes-Monette aud
Frances Mohawk leases on the Mohawk mine
have appealed to the Federal court for pro-
lection OF deputy marshals TO stop the steal
no member of the union should work where
there was an armed guard to stop stealing.
The stray Dog and Indian Camp mines
l. ~ AlaaInNNa, lie 1 81 hatA both eHNnI
rich ore, running over 5000 TO the ton in
gold.
in the Bullfrog district. is making up a ship
ment which will run over 100000 In value.
| The company hai been hauling pre- TO the
! 1000 sacks OF high grade al the tracks.
ELY. Dec. Io.-The directors Of the Cumber-
lsnd-Ely have voted to issue 100000 shares
of new stock 10 shareholders of record De:
cember 2s. at $3.50 a share in the ratio q
ON that date. The books viii close on the
date mentioned and will reopen January I
when subscri?tions are payable. New lork
price all stock not subscribed by present
shareholders. The COMPANY. which il con
trolled Nv the Guggenheims, proposes 20
use the additional capital for improvements
and TO acquire new property.
s-E a. frdm PbiiI Ds siD Il; I thTs w esE's SGoo Te-
panied by B. B. Lathbury and DR.; Haerer,
representing a syndicate OF PhIladeinhla
q the Searchlight cor solidated Mine and
Milling Company. Mr.. Lathbury is a mechan-
ical engineer. Dr. HaereT Is a member OF the
Philadeiphia stock Exchange Both spent
several days looking over the properly and
the camp os D IN s sRsTs on T me o aev1sea cI Sne S az a
point where MIR. Carlson had, struck some
high values on the surface. and two shifts OF
men are now driving a double compartment
shaft which the company intends to send
down to the water level,
New York city. snent the past week looking
over the N-Ray, ! perry adjoining the rom,
by New York mining men who are associated
with MIR. Quinn.
tons for the erection Of twenty more stamps,
which will double its present. crushing capac-
Mr.. J. F. wisner Of New York has COM
pleted the purchase of the Philad elphia group
located at Mob nill. about fourteen miles
north Of Searchlight on the road TO FL Dorado
Canyon and has given n contract to 4. j.
Peak to sink the main shaft another 100 feet,
Mr.. Peak, who has worked on this property
for some years. states that there are five
distinct lodges on the ground owned by the
company and that one OF them Is six feet
4. p. Trull has made an important strike
on the Wash group Of claims at Camp Thurman.
A ledge of quartz three feet wide containing
free gold, galena and copper sulphides has
been uncovered. the continuity OF the vein
found all along the ledge which traverses
this property. MIR, Trull has also found
gold in paying quantities on the Red Bird
JOHNNIE. Dec. 2A-work on the Johnnie
Copper Gold Company 3 ground, the property
in which the associates of J. Ross Clark are
the purchasers left camp last week q crew
OF men were put TO work and soon the ore
now being made; The property. lies about
a mile north of the town. The formation il
lime and auartzite, A lime reef cuts through
the q~uartzite and IL is in the contact here that
the values are found. Carpenters are at
work putting up permanent camp buildings.
The ore Is showing up better than ever in the
south drift of the Johnnie Consolidated Mine
on the 200 level. Last week the ledge widened
out from fifteen to eighteen feet and though
it varies a little II does not grow any mar
rover than seventeen feet 10 the new work
Work on the Boston Johnnie Ia still confined
20 the leases, which are yielding some very
rich ore. The Bowler lease Is being put back
into shape and shows indications. OF repeating
its marvellous performance of last summer
in regard to high values. Resident Manager
Bennett in going over the old dump last
week. by breaking up some Of the ore, found
ouite a number Of specimens and Supt.
Simmonds thinks that the whole dump is Of
shipping grade, The. men have been put to
work sackinR this dump and now about a
hundred tons are ready for transportation.
The ore IN the lower level of the Globe
tunnel Ia Increasing in value. Indicating