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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-10
ACTIVE MONTH IN SEARCHLIGHT

Another Indication that the boom In
s~earchlight has begun is the thrush OF
capital, especially from Los Angeles and
other Southern California points. TO the
local real estate field. and h addition
of a number OF tracts to the TOWNSHIP
Four new additions have been plated
during the month, a large portion OF tne
hoIdings of the n. n. McCord Co. OF
Los Angeles, which include the original
townsite, having been disposed OF ~
such rapid rate that othes capitalists
have been drawn into the field.
other Indications of the towns pros
perity and rapid growth are the 'rebling
of the capacity OF the water works ana
ice plant: the installation of . $4,000
gallon tank for fire protection and
water reserve, together with the estab-
Iishment OF new mains which will be
laid at once in Hobson and Main streets;
the rapid completion of the electric light
plant; the surveying of a route for a
projected street car line from the depot
of the Santa Fe into the residence and
retail shopping districts; the doubling
of the foor space of the public school In
order to accommodate. the increased at
tendance, and an addition to the stafi
or teachers.
The retail trade of all the mercantile
establishments has increased in the past
few months to such an extent that ad-
ditional hoor space and larger stocks
have been found necessary.
Scores of new dwellings have been
erected in the last few weeks or are be-
ing built. and the sound of the carpen-
ter's hammer has mingled constantly
with the echoes of exhausts and the
noise of dropping stamps at the mines.
Evidently the time has passed when
anyone needs a searchlight to locate
the camp without a failure on the
map remarked a stranger who decided
to become a Searchlighter after an in
spection of a day or two, land ! do not
think there is a better place in the West
for a young man to try his fortune -
Bulletin.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-10
RIG BLOSSOM NO. LODE.

BIG NJ. 4 1ODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 whence u. S.
L. NJ. No. rs bears s. So 81 w. s0ss.i
TT; thence S. 64o 81 E. 100000 TT. to
Cor. No, ?; thence N. 81 SIS, f. 6O3.S #
10000 #. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 81
So w. 603.S TT. to Cor. No. l the place
of beginning.
GoLDFIELD LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No: / whence u; s:
l.. M; No. rs bears y; Sss 5S w. $685.
ness Cor. to Cor. No. 2. A cross CX) and
w. c.. 2-2522 chiseled on rock in place at
foot of vertical cliff. 100000 #. to Cor
No. 2 inaccessible: thence n. 25o 29' f.
5000 0 IT. to Cor. No. 3: thence N. ca 81
w. 1900. 90 TT. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. %
29' w 10000 TT. to Cor. No. l the place
OF beginning
Beginning at Cor. No. l on line 2-3
Goldfeld ode of this survey. inaccessi-
BILE, whence T.. S. L. M. No. IFS bears n.
81 5s. 10" W. 7e6o.1 IT.: thence S. AZ
25o 29' F.. 634.6 TT. to Cor. No. 3; thence
N. AS 80 w. 10000 fit. to Cor. No. A;
thence 5. 25' 30 w. 54S.6 TT. to witness
cor to Cor. No. 1, 634.6 fit. to Cor. No. !
the place of beginning.
CACTUS LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. l whence .. s.
l.. NJ. No. 17S bears S. 769 %, 20" w.
7420.5 it; thence N. 23o 29' W: 10000 #.
to Cor. No. z thence n, 60 80. z. 10000
10000 fit. to Cor. No. 4: thence S. So
3O' w. 10000 TT. to Cor. No. l the place
of beginning
COMBINATION LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. l whence u. S.
L. NJ. No. 17S bears S.. 769 So w. 6900.3
IT.; thence n. 239 29' w. 10000 IT. to
Cor. No. 2: thence N. So 80 f.. 524.3 TT.
to Cor. No 3; thence 5. % 29. E. 100000
# to Cor. No. A.: thence 5. So 80, w.
524.3 TT. to Cor. No. / the place of be-
ginning.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-10

A review Of the months developments
in the s~earchlight district shows one of
the most active periods In the history
of the camp. Not only have a number
of new strikes been made. any one OF
which would have been the cause OF ex-
~troardinary excitement in the ordinary
mining region. but a general air of pros
perity pervades the town and its en-
virons. Indicating tina the boom which
has been freely PREDICTED for this por-
ton of Nevada has already set in.
A number of interesting events are
leading up to a climax which will place
searchlight in the front rank among
the mining towns of the world. Gold
field. Tonopah, Rhyolite and Beatty are
comparatively new camps and are al
ready enjoying great prosperity, but on
account of the greater depth to which
miners must go here. and therefore the
greater amount of money which must be
spent to open big paying propositions.
Searchlight's boom is more slowly
but surely coming, according to those
who have been close observers of the
field for the past two months.
Every week in October has seen a
strike of considerable Importance made
in his vicinity, including the one at
Camp Thurman. where big lodges of
high grade ore have been found and
where the country has been staked out
for two miles about the original strike;
several in Eldorado canon and at Mob
hill and the latest at Taylor's ann in
the Searchlight valley, west of the
wyoming-Searchlight. At the latter
Mace a fine vein has been struck, indi-
eating that there is an unlimited field
beginning at Searchlight's very gates.
and extending west across a broad val
ley toward the Crescent range.
The hills for many miles are filled
with prospectors from all over the
country and scores of new locations are
being made each week.
The big producing mines in the dis
trict are nding better values at every
stage on the way down. the Quartettt
reporting that Slopes at 500 feet will
surpass those at 700 feet. The face Of
the east drift at the former level shows
solid with ore running better than $50 t
the ton, while upraises reveal the pres
ence of a magnificent body of ore. Th'
Quartette mill is running full time anC
crushing 1000 tons a month to the tunt
of about s55. 900.
Among the properties now being de
veloped, in the immediate vicinity Of
the town. where excellent %showing'
have been made during the month ar,
the Annette, the Wyoming-Searchlight
the Colorado, the Nevada Consolidated
the Cyrus Noble Extension and tn,
Searchlight Midas.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-10
M. A. NC. 1905.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR

United States Land once.

Carson City, Nevada, Nov. 2. 1906.
Notice is hereby given, that Il. A.
Colburn of Denver, Colorado. by Chas.
Riley. his Attorney in Fact, whose post
office address is Goldfeld. Nevada. has
made application for patent for the
DETROIT No. B lode. Min. Sur. No. zoo,
more fully described by official plat
posted on said claim and by the Field
Notes of Survey thereof, now f.
the office of the Register of the United
States Land Office, at Carson City, Ne
vada with Variations at IL E., as fol-
lows:
Beginning at corner No. 1, whence the
S. f. Cor. Sec. II, 7. 2 s. r.. 43 T.. NJ. d
NJ bears n So ~ f. sS.4s #; thence s.
\ - a. y WI ". i5 o. e f. eo to- S Cor. N S9ens 8;
thence N. $40 So e. COL. % TT. to Cor. No.
4; thence S. IL AZ E. 1900 TT. to Cor. No.
/. the place of beginning.
Total area DETROIT No. 3
lode acres
Area in conflict with Sur.
No. 2234 DETROIT No. o. 2.25o acres
Net area DETROIT NC. 3
lode, applied for--------.2 0.661 acres
This claim is located in the S. Z. u
of See. II and the N. f. u of Sec. 20, T.
Mining District. Nye County. Nevada.
The certificate of location of said lod
is recorded in Book B., at page 2O6 of
Mining locations, in the Office of the Re
corder of said Mining District. and in
Eook N. at page 307 of Mining locatiors
in the office of the Recorder of said
County.
From the location monument, which
bears N. 62o w. $40 feet from cor. No. /,
the lode line, as near as can be deter
mined from present Developments. ex-
tends n. 10 Az w. 1901 TT. and s. IL
44' f. 1919 TT.
AdjoiaIng and conflicting claims, as
shown by the official plat are Sur. 2234
DETROIT NO. 2 lode, claimant IN
known.
LOUIS J. COIN. Register.
Date of first publication, Nov. 10,
1906.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-10
M. A. no. 3
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOE
PATENT.
United States Land Office,
Hft.~ Noxra1o nnf 81 1Ql

united States Lana Ol1ct,
Carson City, Nevada, Oct. 81, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that the Nevada
Goldfeld Mining Company, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of
he State of Nevada, by j. f. Parsons,
its attorney in fact, whose poStofice adj
dress is Thorps, Nevada, has made APP
~plication for a patent for the Big Bios
som No. 1, Big Blossom No. 2. Big Bios
som No. 3, Big Blossom No. 4. Goldfield.
Nevada. Cactus and Combination lodes.
being Min. Sur. No. 2522, more fully de-
scribed by the official plat posted on said
claim and by the field notes of survey
thereof now filed in the Office of the
Register of the United States Land Office
at Carson City, Nevada, with variations
at 16o e. as follows:
BIG BLOSSOM NO. / LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. ] whence U. 5.
L. NJ. No. IFS bears s.. ST. 49, Is" w.
646S.9 TT; thence S. Ga 81 E. 100000 TT.
to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 81 So E. 603.S
TT to Cor No. 3; thence N 64' 81 w,
So w. 6O3.s TT. to Cor. No. l the place
BIG BLOSSOM NO. 2 LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. l whence u. S.
L. NJ. No. IT'S bears S. 81 Al w. 6432.65
IT; thence \, IS SO w, 10000 IT, to
to Cor. No. 3; thence s.. 1S' Sc f. 10000
IT to Cor No. A; thence S. 81 So w.
1924 TT. to Cor. No. l the place of begin
ming.
Beginning at Cor. No. ! whence y. S.
l.. NJ. No. rs bears S, ~ 2s' w. 6s77.2
IT; thence S. Ga 81 f. 10000 #. to
to Cor. No. 3; theme N. Ga 81 w.
10000 TT. to Cor. No. A; thence S. 81
So W. 603.S TT. to Cor. No. / the place
of beginning
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-10
.15s.Oss Acres

1so Sc W.: of the Big Blossom No. 8
from the location monument s. ga 81
e. and N. Ga 81 w. of the Big Blossom
No. 4 from the location monument
N. ca 81 w. and s.. Ga 81 F.,
of the Goldfeld lode from the location
monument S. SO 81, +. and n. 64o 81
of the Nevada lode from the location
monument N. 45o 30' w. and s. AS 80
E.; of the Cactus lode from the location
monument N. 23o 29' w. and 8. 23' 29'
L. and of the Combination lode from the
location N. 23s 29s W. and s.
23' 20 Z.
Adjoining and conflicting claims as
shown by the official plat are Ell Dorado
No. l lode. unsurveyed, and Sunshine No.
1 lode, unsurveyed, claimants
LOUIS J. COIN, Register.
Date of first publication. Noven Der 10,
1906.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-10
Net area claimed

This claim is located in about 7. s s.,
r. AZ E., NJ. ID. b. & NJ. unsurveyed, Gold
Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda
County. State of Nevada.
= Certificates of location of said lodes
are recorded in the office of the Recorder
of said mining district, and said GER
tifcates are recorded in the office of the
Recorder of said Esmeralda County, in
Vol. u" page 361. Vol. u" 361. Vol. *"
page $50. in Vol. J" page 254, in Vol.
IL" page 254, in Vol. * page 536 and
in Vol. l. page 10 respectively of
Mining Locations, Esmeralda County
records
The presumed courses of the lines of
said lodes, as near as can be determined
from present development, are: OF the
Big Blossom No. l from the location
monument s. 64s 81 Z. n N. ca 81
w: of the Big Blossom No 2 from the
location S. is Sc Z. n n.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-10
M. A. NO. 1909.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT.

United States Land Office.
Carson City, Nevada, October 80, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the COM
bination Mines Company. a corporation
organized and existing under the laws
of West Virginia, by A. III. w It's
attorney-in-fact. whose postoffice adj
dress is Goldheld, Esmeralda County,
Nevada, has made application for patent
for the Side Line Fraction lode, Min.
Sur. No. 1867. more fully described by
the official plat posted on said claim
now filed in the office of the Register of
the United States Land Office at Carson
City, Nevada, as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. l whence corner
to Secs. 35 and SO II. 2 S. and Secs. l
and 2 +. 8 s.. r. AZ f. NJ. d. B. & NJ.
bears N. 70o So w. 1925 TT; thence s.
So o. W. Var. 100 E. s2;S IT. to
c &C. e 10 si 4; thence ft' to 3 Cor No e. + :: thence sSaT; IS 5.
to Cor. No. 4; thence n. So OF E. (var.
II 49, e. 1870 # to Cor; Nc No. ?;
IS ". war. fs' AZ E) 1856 IT. to
Cor. No. l the place of beginning.
AREA.
Total area Side Lide Frac-
Less area in conflict with
Sur. No. 1851 Florence
lode, excluded ----~l.73o Acres
Net area of Side Line Frac-
ton lode applied or,-.---2.097 Acres
This claim is located in the N. w. q
of Sec. /, 4. 3 s., r. AZ E., NJ. ID. b. x Nj.
in Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda
County, State of Nevada.
The original certificate of location OF
said lode is of record in Book A of
Mining Locations in the office of the
Recorder of said mining district and in
Vol. ~" page 337 of Mining Locations
in the office of the Recorder of said
County.
An additional and amended certificate
of location of said lode is of record in
Book "a page 26O of Mining Locations
in the office of the Recorder of said
Mining District, and in Vol. -" page
426 of Mining Locations in the Office of
the Recorder of said County.
From the location discovery post
which bears N. ST. w. 240.S6 TT. from
Cor. No. 6, the lode line as near as can
be determined from present develop
ment, runs S. 1So "a f. S53.5 fit. and N.
290 OF w. 549.03 IT.
Adjoining and conflicting lain as
shown by the official plat are Sur. No.
23OS Combination Fraction lode, claim
ant unknown, Sur. No. 1853 Florence
lode, Florence Goldield Mining Com
pany, claimant, Sur. No. 1865, o. X.
Fraction lode, and Sur. No. 1915, Com
bination No. l and Combination No. 2
lodes, Combination Mines Company,
claimant, and Sur. No. 22S3 Slim Jim
Fraction lode, Goldfeld Mohawk Mining
Company. Claimant.
LOUIS J. COIN, Register.
Date of first publication, November
3, 1906.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-23
mo- CouNTY RONDS

Indications last night were that Los
Angeles city yesterday had voted no
on all the propositions to bond the
codnty for 100000 for various public
improvements. Returns from the
county were very meager last night,
but the indications were that the coun-
ty had followed the city's lead in the
voting.
1t is probable that the complete re-
turns will show that the whole prop
ositlon has been turned down-not be-
cause 1t was not proper and right,
but because of the inopportune mo-
ment. AS The Herald said: There
are many things right which are mex
pedient"
Now let us have no more bond prop
ositions until the call for bonds for the
owens river valley water enterprise.
Los Angeles would, no doubt, have
promptly voted the bonds desired by
the supervisors had it not been for the
knowledge that nothing must now be
done which may initiate against the
owens river bonds.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-23
PROBING THE WELSHERS

The insurance situation in San Fran
cisco is likely TO be thoroughly sifted
by the federal bureau of corporations,
which is branch of the department of
commerce and labor. BY this means
the whole American people will be en-
abled to understand just what terms
Of settlement the insurance companies
have effected in San Francisco. There
are intimations that the terms are
secret, in some cases companies hav-
ing exacted promises that particulars
should not be divulged.
The federal government has no power
to use compulsory methods in regard to
welshing allegations, as that is a line
of authority vested in the state. The
right to investigate the methods of the
companies is conceded, however, under
the general authority relating to COR
porations engaged in interstate bust
ness
The matter of insurance is so import
ant to the public, in all the states, that
an exhaustive report of the dealings
of companies with San Francisco pol
icy holders will be eagerly awaited.
All the facts should be disclosed con-
cerning the terms of settlement in the
case of every company involved i'll the
San Francisco disaster. Thus far it
is only known publicly that the offer
ings of such companies have ranged
all the way from payment in full to
fiat repudiation.
No company that has attempted the
welshing trick in San Francisco should
be trusted hereafter in any state. And
in order that insurers may know ex-
actly how to deal with the companies
there is need for just such an investi-
cation as is assured now.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-23
CRIPPLED MAN PROVES A HERO
Carries Wife Through Flames to d
Place of Safety and Falls
Exhausted

Although a cripple and scarcely able
to walk, Peter Devias, living at 3l7 South
Main street, proved himself a hero
Wednesday night when he carried his
wife to safety through smoke, flames
and gas. although the EFFORT caused
him to put forth every ounce OF
strength he possessed.
The old couple occupy the lower part
of the house in which they live. Late
Wednesday night when they retired
they forgot to turn out the gas In their
room and a draft caused the fame to
be extinguished. The escaping gas
soon filled the room and fioated to the
upper apartments. There light was
burning and the gas exploded, filling
the house with flames.
The explosion awoke pevias, who
understanding what had happened
gathered his wife i'm his arms and car
ried her to the sidewalk, where he fell
exhausted.
Both We're given prompt medical at
tendance and will suffer no serious
consequences as a result OF the ac-
cident.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-23
ASCOT GETS SERVICES
OF CITYS VETERINARIAN
SOME BOARD OF HEALTH MEN,
RERS DEMUR AT FIRST
Inspector Young Agrees to Devote
Half Day to Municipal Labors and
Accepts Cut in Salary for the Next
Ninety Days

Because DR.. S. S. Salisbury thought
that the city would be going into part
nership with Ascot park he voted no
at last nights meeting of the health
board on the proposition to grant DR..
Lucian w. Young, city stock Inspector,
half day off each day during the next
ninety days
Ascot needs the services of the city
veterinarian and is willing to pay a
big price for them-far more than the
city does.
When Mayor McAleer handed around
letter mysteriously some of the men,
bers wanted to know what it was all
about.
Il presume all of the members of the
board will understand" said the mayor.
Then those who did not know asked
an explanation. 1t appears that the
fees DR.. Young gets are far below
what a competent veterinarian could
make in general practice and, as the
mayor explained, it would help him ia
retrieve losses by doing this extra
work at the race track.
But it doesn't look WE'LL" insisted
DR.. Salisbury.
DIR. Garcelon. acting health officer
said that Dr. Young had agreed to dc
all his city work before noon each day
and to agree to a cut of one-half In
his pay while he served the track.
| The board finally granted the request
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-23
GOLD-MINING FACTS

Many persons who are unfamiliar
with the gold deposits of California
and Nevada have but little faith in
the widespread revival of mining op-
erations in these states. The "boom-
ing" of new mining districts and the
exploiting of new companies are quite
commonly regarded as speculative,
without any substantial basis. This as
sumption is backed with the argument
that all the mining districts in the two
states have been prospected for dozens
Of years, and that If any rich diggings
exist they would have been discovered
long ago.
In this view of the matter sight is
lost of the primary consideration. 1t
has been known for perhaps half a
century that gold is widely distributed
in the same localities where extensive
mining operations have been projected
within the last two or three years.
The salient point to be considered,
however, is the fact that the gold
deposits in question, so far as
already tested are generally what is
known as "low grade" That is, the
gold is not found in sufficient
quantities to warrant mining opera
tions except upon an extensive scale
and with the most approved modern
appliances.
When the earlier prospectors discov-
| cred gold in the districts referred 10
they found plenty of "color," but not
pay dirt" The diggings were not
rich enough to work proitably with
the crude methods necessitated by lack
of capital. Water is the paramount
requisite in gold mining, and it costs
great deal of money to supply it in
the desert districts where the present
mining operations arc conducted in
Nevada and California.
But millions of dollars worth Of
gold have been taken, by modern ap.
pliances, from, tailings and other refuse
at California mines that were aban.
doned Ions ago. In these days of i'm,
proved mining methods 1t is profitable
to go over the same ground that was
worked out" in the early days, anc
also to operate in deposits of very low
grade.
1t is the introduction of large capita
wherewith to work the low-grade de-
posits in California and Nevada tha
now is causing the recrudescence Of
gold mining in these states. The days
Of 'bonanzas" seem to have passed
but there Is untold wealth in the yel
low metal, right here In Southern Cali
fornia, that is sure to be brought TO th'
mint in the near future by scientih,
and down-to-date mining methods.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-23
OSTRICH FARMING

Some of the accounts of ostrich farm
ing in this country have been so glow
ing that the reader was left much in
doubt as to their accuracy The os-
trich business is fairly prosperous. es-
pecially in the Salt River valley, Ari-
zona, where 1900 of the 2200 ostriches
in the country are now owned. This is
new line of animal industry for
Americans, and there is much to learn.
We have not thus far produced such
fancy birds as have some OF the more
experienced breeders in South Africa.
but the size seems to be increasing and
the health of the birds Is all that could
be desired. SD far, serious ostrich dis
eases have not troubled the American
raiser; even the so-called barring of
the feathers has not been observed
Ostriches need hot, dry climate, such
as is found in the southwest. The
rainy portion of the south is far less
desirable, although this is sometimes
mentioned as suitable for ostrich rails
ing. Alfalfa pasture is also essential;
an acre of alfalfa will carry four os-
triches, and which Is of far more inn
portance will keep them in good health
Our American ostriches are now worth
$500 per pair at four years of age. No
one should imagine that ostrich farming
Is a get-rich- quick scheme, for the
birds are not ready for mating until
they become four years old.-Country
Life In America.