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Sharp County record., 1906-09-21

sse Benton & Tompkins' cou-
b. NJ. Lewallen, a good citizen
6obley, was here Wednesday,
j. Flanagan of Poughkeep-
1ss / pleasant caller Satur-
III. E. u. Sullivan of Straw
W sundayed in E V e n nlg
] D Nay was at Sidney Sat-
q 6Ieht attending meeting
th8 esons.
]snr NJ. Brown of Batesville
IS here Wednesday looking af-
6ome Business.
g b. Craig has been suf-
91verely from rheumatism
66f several days.
1re James W. Smith held
5{o oourt at Hardy the first
Ys of the week.
as the incest assortment
IN ever shown in town,
! at p1lces to make it 60.
County Examiner W. H. Wat
u II holding the quarterly
|chef Examination today.
D0n be a knocker. Boost
|ur home town, its enterprises
ID i18Htutions. Be a booster.
Gs 4. Jernigan and his daugh-
Mil Cora, Of Mobley, were
litQre IL Evening Shade this
0he day last week a marriage
rn1it was granted to Charles
I'D and Miss Eliza Watts, both
Miller, representative of
"a oQ Wynne e. Co., cotton
Q@e q Memphis, spent Sunday
tAo lem.
eue1 johnson, a genial, good
l0X Who sells the Brown Shoe
lootwear in this territory,
\ \ Tuesday.
Jess Herrn returned last
N Q>y from Jackson county,
|ere ne was engaged in teach
} duflng the summer.
(! \ szal residences could very
De rented in Evening
klght now. Every avail
use in town is occupied. (
\ Hxs ~. W. Shaver and her
nddaughter, Miss Caruth
4! ever left Wednesday for al
nth relatives in jackson
3Qy the Weber and Damme
4QQ from W. A.. Edwards.
Y get satisfactory results from
xagon, for it is the best on
!" w Stokes and wife moved
y zrQm lmboden the latter part
week, and are occupying
" property, lately purchased
a. n P. Stout.
ood number of boarding
have already enrolled
chool here, and it is GER
number will be greatly
Pd within a short time.
PON-Cut this out. 1t IS
25 cents on any or0er
ographs amounting to ST
Not good after Oct. 1.
benton & Tompkins.
Sharp County record., 1906-09-21
ScOtt'S Emulsion

combines the best oil
with the valuable hypo-
phosphites SO that it is
easy to digest and does
far more good than the
oil alone could. That
makes Scott's Emulsion
the most strengthening.
\nourishing food = medi-
cine in the world.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists
4Oe-4i5 Pearl Street New York
500. and $1.oo. All druggists
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-04-06
An Old Friend Gone.

Henry M. Jones, an old '49er
and pioneer of White Pine
county, died at an early hour
Saturday morning, March 3lst,
at his ranch % miles southeast
Of Cherry Creek at the advanced
age of 81 years. The old man
had been i'll but a few hours
when death came. Mr.. Jones
crossed the plains to California
in 1882 from Pike county Mis-
souri,, and engaged in placer
mining on the Feather river.
Upon the discovery Of the
Comstock lode he crossed the
Sierras to this state and later
followed the rush to Hamilton,
this county in 1869, when the
riches of Treasure Hill We're first
made known to the world.
For the past 81 years Mr.
Jones had lived on the ranch
where the grim reaper found
him. He had amassed a COM
forta bic fortune and besides his
property in this county owned a
valuable block OF ground in the
heart Of Sacramento, California.
Deceased was the oldest sub
scriber OF the WHITE PINE News.
\ few weeks before his death he
came into the Office to pay his
subscription for the current year
and Informed the writer that he
had taken the paper regularly
for more than thirty years.
FoR SALE Eureka saloon at
Lane City. Apply to P, zunino,
Lovelock, N'eV. $40 NV
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-04-06
An Immense Ledge Varying from 10 to
100 #. in Width Outcrops on Surface
for More Than d Miles
Samples Taken From Groupings Range
from S3.31 10 S1456 per Ton in Gold

Sens ational in the extreme are
the latest advices received in
Ely concerning the rich gold
strike recently made in the Black
Horse district, near Osceola.
The first reports which reached
here after the discovery had been
made public, were sufficient to
cause the gold fevcro to rage
in the blood of those who keep
their ears close to the ground to
catch the first rumble of new
mining excitement.
Startling as were these first
reports, the reports that have
been brought into Ely within the
last few days by responsible min
ing men who have visited the
district, have made them look
tame in comparisoI,..
The ledge, which is on the
contact Of lime and quartzite
formmatioRs, m onterops on the sur
/ face FOR a distance of .over four
miles and varies in width from
ten to one hundred feet and car
ries values in gold ranging from
$3.36 to 81 ,456 to the ton the en-
tire distance.
Development work is being
prosecuted on The Black Horse
and San Pedro claims, which are
on the same ledge about 5000
feet apart, and while but little
depth has been reached on either
claim as yet, the ore in the bot
tom Of the shaft on the Black
Horse claim is peppered with
coarse gold which does not re-
quire the aid Of magnifying glass
to be seen. Scarcely IA piece of
the ore can be found in the bot
tom of this shaft which does not
show free gold. No assays have
been made on this ore, and it is
impossible to even approximate
its value, but it is safe to say
that it will run we'll up into the
thousands. An open cut is being
run on the ledge on the San Pc
dro claim, and the ore is fully
as rich as that found in the
Black Horse shaft and is improv-
ing with depth.
If the ledge goes down (and
Of this there can be no question:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-04-06

and carries but small portion
of the present values the Black
Horse district will easily eclipse
all the other gold districts of the
state in Il very short space of
time.
More than two hundred loca-
tions have been made in the dis
trlct, and the country for miles
around is taken up. Prospectors
are as thich in the hills adjacent
to the scene of the excitement
as bees around hive in June,
and it is more than probable
that number of other import
ant strikes will be made in the
district before the summer
closes.
Jas. II. Marriott, the Osceola
merchant, has been on the jump
to supply the many prospecting
parties outfitting in Osceola with
provisions, and his resources
have been taxed to the limit,
but he has proven himself equal
to the emergency, notwithstand-
ing the unfavora BILE climatic con-
ditions and bad roads.
The Black Horse district is
about forty miles, as the crow
flies, east of Ely and about eight
miles northeast of Osceola and
close to the Ely Frisco stage
road. Little difficulty is exper-
fenced in reaching the mines as
they are in the low valley foot
hills, whose gradations gradually
rise up to the high mountain
range.
An abundance of timber is
near by and easily accessible,
but the nearest water is three
miles distant.
The ledge runs in north
easterly and southwesterly direc-
tion, and it is the belief of the
geologists who have
visited the district and followed
the course Of the ledge, that it
cuts through the mountain a lit
tie east of Osceola and has been
the feeder Of the immensely
rich placer deposits found in the
gulchcs close to that famous old
camp.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-04-06
But all Nevada Very Rich in Copper, says itz1ac VINO
Knows the State Better than any
Other Man
The Boom at Ely Growing 80 Tidal Wave

,'ITz- MAC IN KANSAS Cry JoURNA
That gives, copper, L100, 900,
900 pounds.
Now reckon the copper value
to suit your own ideas. At one
cent q pound it amounts to SILL
100000.
At 10 cents to $4,000, 900.
At 49, cents (the present mark
ct price, to $203,500, 900.
But in order to be on the safe
side and not seem disposed to
knock the eye out of credulity, J.
have scaled all averages down to
the following totals for the orc
in sight in that one Ely mine:
Gold at, 40 cents per ton, SO,
100000.
Silver at 60 cents per ton, $13,
100000.
Copper, $175,OOO,O0O.
Total $197, 100000.
That is just one property-onl,y
one remember-on this stupend-
Gus copper deposit at Ely, and
only a small fraction of the
ground owned by that company
yet opened.
Yes, the statement staggers be-
lief, but remember it is all official
statement, by an eminent mining
engineer, whose professionalrep-
utation is staked on it's correct
ness, and remember also, that |
am Withholding the name OF the
man and the name of the prop
erty, only because the stock OF
the company is on the market,
and [ am not sneaking any
free advertising on my papers
for mining companies.
But that official statement
doesn' t look so astonishing when
you compare it with the magnl-
tude and value Of the whole OF
this great deposit.
am ashamed to state the be-
wildering and incredible totals
il is so dangerous to a writer 5
reputation TO tell story that
runs so far beyond all previous
! mining experience. You might
think | was giving you the bo
vine con II colIosai stiff, yot
understand-trying to hornsWo9
gle you. Well, figure 1T Out
Yourself. Take the lowest, OF
a little lower than the lowest
estimates consistent with the
facts proven by develorments OF
the deposit, thus:
| Proved length, feet, 30, 900.
Proved width, feet, 5000.
Estimated depth, feet, 800.
Multiply these together for the
cubic feet, and allow Is cubic
feet to the ton Of ore.
Reckon the gold and silver con
tent at 81 "a ton and the coppeI
at ,. per cent or Do pounds u
the ton, then multiply the pounds
of copper by the market price
aud you get the total money
+ value.
= It will knock your eye out, ah'
that S the reason | want you u
do the figuring 70" yourself.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-04-06

All the dimensions and esti-
mates, and average values given
you to figure on, are below those
generally accepted by respon-
sible mining men in the camp, as
reasonable, but they will give
totals that will jolt your imagi-
nation.
The mining world hasn't been
accustomed to reckoning in the
billions, but when you have fig
ured this problem out to the
money totals, you will see that
they will have to do it whea they
reckon on this. stupendous de-
posit at Ely, White Pine county,
Nevada.
When you have figured the
thing out for yourself (if l gave
you the totals all in one sudden
dose you would fall i sd!eap hpt
when you have figured the thing
out for yourself. you will find
Yourself in a frame of mind to
credit my statement, when | ex-
press the candid and considerate
judgement that Nevada is the
richest copper country on earth.
At first blush you will say to
yourself, "Oh, that can t be SO or
we should have heard more about
it,"
But pray reflect, you couldn't
hear Of it before it was known,
and it has only lately become
known.
a CONSIDERABLE JUDGMENT
The copper output of the Unit
ed States is about 80 per cent of
the total annual output Of the
world, and nearly the whole out
put OF the United States is pro
duced by Montana, Michigan, Ar
iona and Utah, which rank as
producers in the order named.
1t is my candid and conservative
Indictment. that this one Nevada
deposit at Ely is not only greater
than all of Montana all OF
Michigan S, all of Arizona $, all
of Utah's, but greater in value
than all yet known or believed to
exist in Montana, Michigan, Ar
zona and Utah Jumped together.
[ have studied the mineral re-
sources Of Nevada pretty care
fully, for Il long time, and | have
been over the state q great deal
and in all parts Of it-in every
county. There are undoubtedly
ia every camp, from Il few to
scores of Intelligent mining men,
who understand the mineral
character of that camp better
than I, but probably there are
few who understand all the min
eral resources of the whole state
| as we'll as [. | make this obser-
vation only to give crediblllty to
my statement, that Nevada is
very rich in copper, and that the
deposits have "a wide distributions
| and that in my opiuion, leaving
this stupendous deposit AT Eiy
! altogether out of the calcnlation'
Ncyada is destined to become the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-04-06
THE ELY BOOM

Things ain't as they use to be
when father was alive in Ely
any longer. The greatest mining
boom that has ever struck the
United States since the first Cal
ifornia rush, is coming to Ely and
the whole of White Pine county,
this spring and summer,
Things are humming here al
ready like a battery OF buzz saws,
and by May, the sound of the
boom will rise to a great roar,
which all the country will hear,
Men are already streaming in,
over bad roads, from all direct
ions, east, west, north and south
capital and the representatives
of capitalists, are scrambling to
get q foothold in the great camp
three banks already chartered
and d fourth contemplated-one
railroad into the camp now under
rush construction and will be
finished by the first of June one
other has IS miles Of it's roadbed
already built-Gould's Western
Pacific line enters Nevada near
the northeast corner of the coun-
try, and will put in q spur, and
Salt Lake is earnestly agitating
for a direct, independent line to
make itself solid with Ely. 1t
will surely be built before long,
for the line will run more than
half the way through heavily
mineralized country that Wilbur
'hish'a great tonnage,
The story of a camp like Ely,
with a computable value in gold,
silver and copper of.
TENS OF BILLIONS
Practically in sight and work
able with steam shovels, the
story of such a camp can't be
told in one breath, and | shall
finish it in letters to follow, but
meanwhile, the boom is on, and
take my word for it, that Rube
was right when he said mourn
fully the other day: Things
ain t. no more like they ulster be
in Ely when father was alive.
Rube is a lonesome-hearted
White Pine orphan, and the
change in things jars his gentle
spirit.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-04-06

The magnitude and value of
the copper deposit at this place,
is something SO stupendous, that
a writer risks his reputation for
truth by uttering the most re-
served statement that he can
make on it, with proper regard
for the facts as they actually ex-
ist.
SI97,OOO,OOO
Worth of ore blocked out and in
sight in single mine, with only Il
very small fraction of the ground
owned by that company, yet OPP
ened.
Staggers belief, doesn't it,
most knocks your eye out.
wouldn't dare make such a
statement of values concerning
any mining property on my own
unsupported authority--wouldn t
expect to get it believed.
That statement rests on the
authority of the consulting engl-
neer of the property, q man OF
high mining repute, and was
lately made in a report to the
company, and published all over
the United States.
I do not wish to intimate IL
doubt of the distinguished engi-
neer' S integrity, and l am free to
say that 1 candidly accept his es-
Inmates as probably correct. l
do not mention the gentleman g
name, nor the name of the prop
erty, because there is stock for
sale, ,and-well I amInot in the ad-
vertising business.
IlG SUdUt'u UllC ttluOullU vi oi y III
sight as 22,O00,O00 tons.
The gold values here are very
low, reckoned by the ton-40 cents
but the ore body is SO stipend
ously large, that even this low
average gives an astonishing ar
gregate of gold.
The silver values are also low,
but may be safely reckoned at &c
cents ton.
Both the gold and the silver
will probably average, run OF the
camp, better than that, but
shall state it for both, at 81 ton
because the effort in writing ol
this marvellous mineral deposit
must be directed, not to stretch
ing the truthsto the limit,to make
a big story. but to keep wei
within the limits of the truth, IL
order to make story that il
believable.
The copper values are not hlgl
and the incredible wealth OF th
camp lies, not in richness OF th
ores, but in the astounding mag
nitude of the deposit
The copper content is figure
by conservative and responslbl
mining engineers of the camp, a
three ahd one-half per cent-avel
age of the whole deposit. But
shall state it for that particula
mine, lat two and one half pc
cent, or 50 pounds OF pure col
per to the ton.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-04-06
WHITE PINE COUNTY. NEVADA. FRIDAY. APRIL g. 1906

greatest producer of copper in
the world, whenever the indus
trial interests of the world re-
quire the development of its cop
per deDOSitS.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-04-06

For SALE Eureka saloon at
Lane City. Apply to P, Zunino,
Lovelock, Nev. 5-I6-4w
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31

war with modern conceptions OF moral
lty. It comes to US from an age when
it was considered right and proper for
the victorious army to slay the van
auished and enslave the eneny's women
and children. We concede in certain
cases, such as those relating to the sew
erance OF the marital relation that the
state is as much party to the eontro~
versy and as vitality interested in its
result as the parties litigant themselves.
The fact is, that the state, and by that
[ mean the people, are vitality interested
in every lawsuit. The laws are theirs,
the courts are theirs both exist for
their protection and benefit. and when
Justice fails in any particular case,
every. man receives an injury to his own
rights. One failure breeds another
Many failures create distEust. And
when people lose confidence in the
courts they become subject in some de-
gree to the unlawful aggressions of 9th
ers II il of the first Importance that
all should feel free TO resort to the
courts for relief when they have good
reason to believe their rights are be-
ing infringed upon.
Il believe it is right tC tax the neces-
sary and legitimate costs Of litigation
against the losing party but our sys-
tenn of taxing costs is unfair and results
in many cases in a practical denial OF
Justice. There is no more reason for
taxing as costs. fees in favor of such
OFFICERS of the court as the clerk, sheriff,
jury and stenographer. than there is for
charging each case with portion Of the
judges salary
Should Limit Right OF Appeal.
In order to stop the appeal of cases
involving a very small amount, Judge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31

PIE to put on their ticket. they needed
man to run for the office of judge of
the Kansas City court of appeals. They
asked Johnson to take the place. and
assured him that he would not stand
much show Of election, and would not
need to sacrifice his hs7~fness f- any
way So johnson accented the sup
posedly empty honor and kept on trying
his cases and writing his briefs The
day after election they told him he had
won; that the Roosevelt tidal wave had
carried him and the rest of the Repub-
Ecan ticket into office while they were
asleep
Mr.. Johson wanted 20 back out
then, but it was too late. and besides.
il is not an empty honor to be judge of
the Kansas City court of appeals. john
son felt it his duty as a citizen to sur
render his private business, and accept
the title Of Judge.
Judge Johnson's address was on the
subject. New IDEAS and the speaker
explained that he had chosen his sub
5ect SO that he might talk about any
thing from collar buttons to new con-
stituUons. He announced. however,
that he would limit himself to a discus
sion Of new IDEAS in the law and prac-
rice governing civil actions. He called
attention to the fact that there is a
growing distrust fn the courts, and said:
When the public mind became con-
WINGED that widespread CORR and
vice, and that the vast Accommodations Of
this, the wealthiest and most nroduc-
tive nation the world has even seen,
have been and are being diverted from
their rightful owners into the hands of
q comparatively few individuals, the
public conscience became aroused and
active began investigating everything
and eVerybOdsv and is insisting upon
and viii not be denied the publication
Of the body ~olitic and the practical
ff1e
law Of the principle of equal RIGHTS to
s}l and special privileges to none
Naturally the law itself and it's in
Etrumertalities have not escaped this
general scrutiny and even men of sound
judgment are doubling the suficiency
a4 our jurisprudence and the present
SNpe Of judicial machinery to serve the
needs of a rapldIy progressing civiliza-
fion Of ever increasing completely Law
yers. whether of the bench or bar, are
public servants. and being such. should
fairly answer the questions propOunded
TO them by those whom they SER and
81 they refuse or attempt to eVade the
performance of this plain duty they
become recreant to their trust.
IF from his observation of results
obtained by other litigants he concludes
that victory would bring him no sub
Etantial results, while defeat would i'm
pose a double burden upon him, he is
very likely TO pronounce the law a fail
ure. and declare that ne viii have none
of it, That man Is being fed upon
husks when reminded that the law is an
exact science. ard is just and bene-
dcent ia its operation"
No Court Fees Should BE Charged.
Speaking of some Of the advisable
changes is the the existing law and
practice governing civil causes, Judge
johnson says.
lone Of the ideas to which we cling
with tenacity worthy of a better
upcn an unsuccessful litigant in the I'M
position upon him of burdensome fees
that by right should be borne by the
state The idea is an anacronism at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31
HIS SISTERS PUT OUT.
Relatives OF the President Made an
Embarrassing Mistake.

Washington. Jan. 31.-An innocent
transgression of the rules guarding the
prerogative of the house resulted when
Senator Warren, of wyoming, escorted
President Roosevelt's two sisters, Mrs.
Cowles and Mrs. Robinson and two
gentlemen. into the private lobby just
back Of the hall Of the house during the
session.
This lobby is so sacredlv reserved for
members that the rules forbid the
speaker to entertain a motion to admit
others. Senator Warren, accustomed to
the practice of the senate to entertain
guests in the marble room, which cor
responds to the house lobby, escorted
the party into the lobby and temper
arily left his guests.
Assistant Doorkeeper Kennedy, VIA
apologies, escorted them hurriedly be-
yond the dead line and to a place in
the gallery reserved for the president
and his friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31

to reach conclusions by a syllogistic or
comparative process without taking the
trouble to verify either proposition Of
the syllogism. The mind instinctiEely
seeks for automatic truths to rely upon
for starting point and in its credulity
viii accept as such on hearsay many
errors, especially when of common ac-
ceptation. To state it differently, many
people do not hold in knowledge a suffi-
cient store of raw material out OF which
reason may fashion and produce use
ful product or, to state it in another
ana yet clearer form, they will jump
to lily digested conclusions. Therefore.
It is safe to predict that so long as the
judicial machine is composed Of men,
as it must always be, and so long as
men are prompted in their actions by
the social instinct which impels them to
act unconsciousiy under the influence
Of others, and so long as they have
within them the seeds of civil passions
and desires, justice viii at times mis-
carry. Defects from such causes can
only be mInimized through the slow
processes that we know are gradually
lifting mankind from adversities in his
progress from the depths of brutishness
to the very stars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31

avenue in such sensational manner
Monday afternoon, arrived in Topeka
yesterday and viii leave at once with
the remains Of her son for her home in
Oklahoma.
Charles X. Holiday, president of the
Commercial club was in Kansas City
Yesterday and he started right in ad
vertising the Semicentennial exposi-
ton He told the Kansas city news
paper men that Kansas will have one
of the biggest shows on earth. kan
sas cam he said, "of course, get up
grand exposition, herself. but there is
a sentiment favorable to asking the
other states in this section to join US
and make the project greater and
grander than ever was contemplated"