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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

LEASE NO. 5
is SOLD
Famous Plot of Ground That
Produced a Quarter of a Mil
lion Reverts to the
Company
THE GREAT BEND IMPROVING
crosscut Goes Through Sixteen Feet of
Ore and q Drift on the Vein Shows
Improved Values, indicating
Big Ore Shoot Near
at Hand.

Negotiations lasting several weeks
were concluded Monday by which the
famous Loftus-Davis lease on the Sand
storm was transferred to the company.
1t had become evident for some time
that the corporation work going on in
No 6 might be carried forward to much
greater advantage If all the work at
this point could be united in a single
operation. 1t was a question of buy or
sell, and as the lessees have but three
months to run the company was given
an option to purchase which was ac-
cepted. Their work will be extended
out into No. s, additional sinking will
be begun at once, and the entire plans
of the corporation much enlarged.
Thus No. as a lease passes into his
tory. remarkable piece of ground.
only $50 feet of ground, that has yield
ed a quarter of a million; and there
seems no reasonable doubt that in skill
full hands the deeper sources of the
great bonanza will soon be reached and
the bonanza record continued for an in
definite time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

The first shipment from the January
Jones lease on the Cornishman claim Oh
the Florence Mining Co, will probably
ba made about the last of the current
r,ontb At present about ten tons OF
ore. which assays from $50 to S2ls' is
now sacked on the ground. This could
readily be increased to a quantity suf-
fcient to ship were it not necessary Tor
considerable dead work to be prosecuted
at this time. From the 17O-foot ieVei'
which is the shaft bottom, erosscut
hos been under way for some time In
search of the ledge. After 157 feet or
work on Tuesday of this week, ledge
four feet wide was cut from which the
ossavs have not yet been had. III this
sbould prove to be the same body which
wss caught at the 65-foot level raising
will begin at once
From the 7s-foot level winze is In
60 feet deep. The winze is feet wide
a,d the average assay value of the
whole is s63. An 1S-inch streak ranges
IN value from 1915 to Sits. AS soon
&C the winze has connected with the
bottom crosscut good supply on fresh
air will be insured and under these i'm
nroved conditions work should progress
rapidly.
The January Jones lease on the Com
b;nation has apparently the continual
tion of the vein from his Florence lease
unon which they are now at work. The
shaft is down 20 feet and the ore has
been left on the hanging wall. hole
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

The Curtis, Ish and associates lease
on the Mohawk has attained depth or
40 feet in it's main shaft and at the
130-foot mark encountered a change OF
rock which seems to be about the same
as that through which the Hays-Mon-
nette lease passed prior to their catching
good ore At the 150-foot level cross
cuts will be run both east and west.
In their old workings where the whim
now is the ledge is widening rapidly and
a few added feet in depth will probably
give a width of from to 10 feet. The
assays from this body range from $50
to 800. The lessees are pushing the
work with all possible speed, sinking
FIVE feet a day and are confident that
but a short time will elapse before they
are in a large body of good shipping
ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

FOR LARGE
OPERATIONS
Famous Blair Mine at SiIverPeak
Largest Property in Southern
Nevada Sold to Big Pitts
burg Capitalists
CASH PRICE OF $3.50, 900 PAID
Will Build an so-stamp Mill and Twenty
Miles of Railroad. 25o-Horse-
Power Compressor Ordered and
Contract Signed for 1000
Electric Horse Power

Silver Peaks greatest mine-and one
of the greatest in Nevada-the Blair,
is soon to be worked upon a tremen-
dous scale, commensurate with it's great
producing power.
The Blair has lately been bought by
Eenator William Finn and George T.
Oliver of Pittsburg. The price paid
was $750,000 cash, and the new COM
pany, to be known as the Pittsburg-
Silver Peak, will start with a $3.50, 900
treasury fund. The new company is
capitalized at s2,5O0,000 shares of 81
each, and 100000 shares have been put
on the market at par.
The Blair mine is the greatest mine
in the state and perhaps in the west,
with the possible exception of the
Montana Tonopah, and this sale means
that more outside capital is involved
in the deal than in any other mining
enterprise. The Nevada Power, Mining
and Milling company probably brought
as much outside capital into the state,
but that is an industrial enterprise.
Preliminary to opening up the Blair
mine on large scale, the new manage
ment has made five-years contract
with the Nevada Power, Mining and
Milling company for all power needed
in mining and milling. 1t is anticipated
by the contract that the Blair people
will be using 1000 horse power by the
end of the year. The new owners have
ordered a 25O-horse power air compress
sor for drills and orders have also been
given for an SO-stamp mill. This will
be one of the largest mills in the state.
The company will also build railroad
for a distance of twenty miles, 10 con-
meet the mine with the Goldfield and
Tonopah railroad. This means great
things for the Silver Peak country and
is destined to make of it one of the
most important camps of the state. In
the transfer and organization of the
new company the Mohawk Alpine mine
was taken into the corporation.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

On Thursday the Gardner-Erikson
lease on the ST. Ives shipped six car
loads of ore which averages 800. This
is the first shipment from what is ap-
parently destined to become one or the
biggest things in camp. Stopping is De-
ING prosecuted on a 5-foot ledge of ore
which assays 500.
Few people in camp realize how
promising are conditions on the st. Ives.
An assay, as nearly an average of three
feet as could be taken. on Tuesday re-
turned values of $6O1.56 and some as
saws have been had as high as $ls,ooo'
The ore of which there is three rect is
from the $50 and ESQ foot levels. Ihe
ledge was caught at the $50 foot marx
after some little prosecuting and from
the lower level a crosscut of 100 feet
reached 1t with increasing values. a
winze was then sunk on the ore. AT
the office of the company it is. said:
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

yesterday morning ]. H. Shockley,
Vi the best known and most repu-
mining engineers in this country.
ior the east Incidental to his
BUSINESS Mr.. Shockley has a mis-
60 n unique in the annals of mining. He
~ rvs with him a beautiful cabinet
.rs' specimens bearing this legend:
ownas gold was taken from the ground
eoms u oy the Round Mountain Mining
loca.oss OF Goldheld. Nevada. property
DIST. IN the Round Mountain mining
gola -, rms is probably the richest
approv,s 'aken from a vein, having an
ton mate :. assay value of $25O.000 a
twen,t occurs irregularly in a four to
ore ny vein of payable milling
purnos. ms exhibit is made not for the
Oh calling attention to any par
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

ore is being hoisted on the Combina-
uon Fraction and there is every indi-
eauon that a large body of pay rock
being worked. The hosting prac-
ucaily began Tuesday and about ten
IONS were raised and dumped into an
improvised bin. Foreman f. Meyers
reported on the ground that the ore is
from the 230-foot crosscut and that an
average assay returns values of $50.
Mr. AL Meyers, the father of Gold
neid' when seen at his office in camp,
said relative to the reported strike on
me combination Fraction: "At present
we are crosscutting from the 2S0-foot
'esei Tor an enormous dyke which has
steadily been increasing in size and
.diues' We first found 1t at the 55-
.0ot mark as mere streak. with small
'aiues. At depth of $50 feet 1t had
"Iuehed greatly; at the 230-foot mark
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
MOHAWK is THE
REIGNING WONDER
Lease Increases in Value
and Output==-Great Interest Shown in
Other Mohawk Leases as They
Gain in Depth

The great Mohawk and adjacent prop
..,,es continue to be the chief center of
,n,srest i'm Goldfield. This particular
aact,on presents the most animated
soene Of any part of the camp. The
various new leasers on the Mohawk are
,,orking day and night under greatest
,ressure with the daily expectation of
Getting into the great ore body opened
nm nv HAYS and Monnette, and it looks
os II II would be but a short time until
al the leasers on this property would
Ia adding to the tonnage of the camp.
The Mohawk company is about to
begin sinking a 5x11-foot shaft on the
Mohawk. next to the Hays-Monnette
lease. George Wingfield, general man.
ager of the company, is authority for
the statement that work will begin at
once. The royalties from leases have
given the Mohawk company very sub
stantial bank account, which is rapidly
growing from day to day.
The Hays-Monnette lease increased
It's output this last week, the daily
shipments averaging 120 tons daily
The shipment Thursday was 124 tons
Of ssS ore. This was the general run
Of the mine.
The mine looks better today than
ever before The ore in the lower work.
ings is running higher than at any pre-
yious time There is a shipment at the
mill now, from the lower workings,
which is expected to run from $500 to
$500 per ton. Tt is very wet and it
will be several days before it can be
handled. The last shipment from the
lower workings is being held up for
resample. The first sampling gave only
1863; this being unsatisfactory to the
owners of the ore a resampling has
been ordered.
At the 20O-foot level three slopes are
in ore, from which shipments are be-
ing regularly made. Two more raises
from this level are in ore. AS soon as
slopes can be opened from these raises
shipping will commence on ore which
now runs from 500 to $500 to the ton.
Shaft No. on the Hays-Monnette
is down seventy feet. Two new hoists
are on the road and will be installed by
July l. The hosting capacity will then
be increased to 800 tons per day and II
will be utilized to it's full.
oDDIE LEASE.
The lease of which Senator Oddie re-
Gently purchased a control, is improv-
ing every day. The big shaft has been
opened for distance of thirty feet and
there is no end to the ore. Values
across the entire body will average
about 800. A 3S-horse power steam
hoist has been moved from the Oddie
workings on the Kendall to his lease
on the Mohawk The shaft is to be
enlarged and will be double compart-
ment affair." thoroughly timbered
throughout. The rs tons of ore which
had previously been produced from the
oddie lease were shipped to Miller's
station this week. Until the hosting
plant is installed and other improve
ments to facilitate the handling of ore,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
JANUARY JONES VERY LUCKY

is drilled here and there in it to de-
termine the width of the vein and the
values appear to increase the further
in they go. The paintings are exceed
ingly rich.
January Jones left town today for
Manhattan to make a shipment from
his lease on the Stray Dog. There is
about a carload of the ore ready and
the lowest assay value from an aver
age sampling of the lot was $16S. while
the highest return was $2.S60. Mr..
Jones is quite consistently elated over
the result.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

Manager Davis left this morning TOT
the Gold Bar at BuIlfrog. and will make
a thorough inspection of the works ana
the mine. He will be absent hve DAYS.
In that time the entire underground
workings will be thoroughly sampled
nnder his Immediate direction. ara ne
will return prepared to recommend 10
the corporation the immediate future
no,icv to be pursued. 1t is intended
that water will be brought in from some
distance and a mill erected on the
ground. but in any case no attempt %
bring in machinery or pipe Will he
made until after the completion OF the
Las Vegas road.
Fully satisfied that they have In the
Cold Bar one of the greatest gold mines
ever opened. the management Is going
about the equipment of that GROUND
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
BONANZA ROUND MOUNTAIN
ORE TO MAKE A VISIT EAST

ticular property. but rather TO snow
the wonders and richness OF Nevada 8
goldfields."
1t is not definitely known Just wna'
no;nts will be visited, but Salt Lake
ritv. Denver, st. Louis. Pittspurs'
Philadelphia. New York and Boston are
on his list. and wherever he goes ano
wherever he stops this cabinet viii be
shown to the glory of Nevada and It's
mines. 80 ,ba
At meeting of the directors OF tne
Round Mountain Mining company =. -
vas ordered that no stock be sold al
present The management is now ar. ar
p.us lr;ns 70 place a small test mill on
the creek near by. for the purpose oa
nandling the phenomenaliy high grace
ore and testing the mine value ana 'he
general ore body.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
oRo PLATA COMPANY.

The Orc Plata Mining Co, newly
organized corporation which owns the
Lena / and claims in the Fairview
district, held a meeting of stockholders
on Wednesday. J. p. LOTUS was elect
ed president; J. ]. Moss, vice president,
and J. R. Davis, secretary and treas
urer. The officers with T. B. Hickey
and w. H. Webber constitute the direc-
torate. Development on the property.
which is adjacent to the Nevada Hills.
will begin at once.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
SHIPPING FROM ST. IVES'LEASE

1--WE are not saying much about the
ST. Ives because we have no reason at
this time to boost The treasury is in
excellent condition and the Gardiner
and Erikson lease will be returning sub
stantially from this time on We are
not exploiting our ore at all but are
doing a great deal of development work
very quickly. The ground is fully
equipped and the assaying outfit is in
operation. AS soon as the dead work
is out of the way stopping will begin"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
GOT ORE IN A WELL.

Tt is said that the Esmeralda Water
company, while engaged in drilling a
well about three miles west of Gold
field at depth of 495 feet, has struck
a body of mineralized rock which re-
turns assay values of from $50 to SlS5.
In consequence of the rumor 1T is said
several adjoining claims are in fair
way of being speedily developed. The
ground in question is owned by Eastern
interests
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
ORE IN COMBINATION FRACTION

it is very large and the assays range
from SIG to $40. 1t is from this level
that the ore is being hoisted. We con-
fidently expect that when we reach IL
at the lowest level it will be very large
and will carry greatly increased val
ues." In view of the demand for this
stock in certain quarters and the way
in which bids have scared lately. 1t is
fair to suppose that something is do
ing in this property other than is given
0ut
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
GREAT BEND ANNEX.

Last week on the Great Bend Annex
at the 91-foot mark a 3-foot vein was
cut which assayed $21. The same ledge
was discovered on the surface and at
that point carried only trace, showing
that the values are increasing rapidly
with depth. From the 1OO-foot mark
a crosscut will be run where better
values are confidently expected. Mean
while work is going steadily forward
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
KENDALL's STEADY OUTPUT.

At the Kendall the main Shaft IS be-
ing sunk to the 300-foot mark, the
depth at present being about 27O feet.
High grade ore is being sacked from a
ledge which has an average width of
about feet. The ore house is now
completed, and the equipment is per-
feet for serious work. About 200 tons
of ore. which assays $50, has just been
dumped into the bins of the Kinkead
mill. About forty men are working
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
woEKING LONE STAR.

AS was reported last week in the
News. some ore was sacked on the
Lone Star but stopping has for the pres
emf been suspended in favor of further
The shaft, which is now
down 100 feet, will probably De con-
tinued to the 300-foot Level
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
coMMoNwEALTH.

The shipment Of forty tons, maze
last week from the Commonwealth. av-
erage $3.50. AS this was the lni'ia,
shipment the company is much pieaseu
with the results and anticipates anothel
Of about the same size before the eno
NJ the current month.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
KAISER FRACTION.

The Foster boys lease on the Kaiser
Fraction improves daily. shaft,
which is being sunk on the dyke. is
down twelve feet and shows eighteen
inches of ore which runs SIS or $50.
The former operators made the mistake
of working away from the dyke. which
in reality holds the values.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
BOUGHT M1NTosH LEASE.

Messrs Harwood and Nesbitt have
taken over the old Mcintosh lease on
the Mohawk. There is 100-foot shaft
on this lease and some prosecuting.
A whim is being erected and the lessees
intend putting on large force of men
and will rush development work with
all possible speed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
BULLFROG GOLD BAR WILL
HAVE NEW MILLING PLANT

with all necessary circumspection. in
order that when the work is done IL
will be found worthy and equal to the
greatness and value of the mine.
Through an unfortunate error in the
make up of the News last week.
it was made to appear as III there was
to be an entire reorganization or the
Gold Bar directory. The paragraph
which contained this statement belong
ed to another article.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09
rArRvrEw LEASING COMPANY.

A company for the operation of leases
in the Fairview district. has lately been
organized and will be known as the Me-
vada Hills Leasing Co. The organizers
are w. s. williams of Goldfeld. III. c.
Morris and Joe DuGield. They intend
to operate extensively.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

shipping will be suspended A spur
from the main line to the Tonopah &
Goldheld railroad, has been surveyed
to run to the Oddie and other leases on
the Mohawk. The management for the
Kalfus lease on the Mohawk has let
contract for sinking a new shaft. The
shaft will be sunk about 200 feet west
of the old one. Work was commenced
Thursday and will be rushed to the 100
foot point as rapidly as possible.
strike was made in the west crosscut
from the 20O-foot level on the old shaft
this week. The find has been pene-
trated for distance of seven feet and
as yet there is no sign of the opposite
wall. With drifting, the lessees believe
they will open up a good body of ship
ping ore.
MACKENZIE LEASES.
Number /, Mackenzie, is down 130
feet. Some $3.50 ore has been encoun-
tered, but not in sufficient quantities
to ship The ore is identical with the
Hayes -Monnette ore. small gasoline
plant is on the ground for temporary
use, pending the arrival of bigger ma
chinery. 1t is expected by the man.
agement to be shipping ore by July ].
Number 2, Mackenzie, is down 100
feet with a two-compartment shaft.
There is a gallows and whip in tempor-
airy use on this shaft. What ore has
been discovered in the shaft is of low
grade, and much greater depth will
have to be attained.
TRUETT LEASE.
The Mohawk Leasing and Develop
ment company, operating what is known
in camp as the Truett Lease on the
Mohawk Mining company's property, is
down SO feet and is now installing
15-horse power electric hoist which will
be in operation in the next few days.
1t is the intention of the company to
sink to the 150-foot level before any
crosscutting is done AS this shaft of
the Mohawk Leasing and Development
company is only about 20 feet from
the center of the Hays-Monnette shaft,
it seems entirely probable that it will
encounter the same vein at the 15O-
foot level. Many people have their
eyes on this lease and are watching the
developments almost as eagerly as the
leasers themselves.
This is said to be the record shaft
of the camp, for in a little over sixteen
days it has attained a depth of 81 feet
and all dirt was hoisted by windlass,
three shifts of men working night and
day. The shaft measures 4x7 feet in
the clear and is timbered all the way
down. Supt B. c. Sloan is given credit
for the record he has made on this
shaft.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-23
GOOD SHOWS AT SPOKANE.
Bookings at the Spokane Theater for
the Next Two Months.

Bookings at the Spokane Theater for
the Next Two Months.
The bookings at the Spokane the
alter for February and March are as
follows.
March 20 and Fl. Empire Burles-
quers."
March % and 20, Paul Gilmore.
March "a, Madame Gadski.
March 81 and %, burlesque.
March 81, collie" Mack.
Out of town people can have seats
reserved for any show in any part
Of the theater by sending remittance
to Joseph Petrich, manager.
Among other attractions booked are
the George H. Primrose MINISTRIES,
THE Christian" Blanche Walsh, Heir
to the Hoorah" and the Roscian Opera
company.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-23
Theatrical Notes.

Dan L. Weaver, formerly manager
of the Spokane theater, who managed
the affairs of Nine. Calve during her
recent tour of the United States, has
returned to his home at Spokane.
Teresa Carreno gave a recital at
Bechstein hall, London, recently and
repeated her triumph of former vars.
There is some talk of Mabelle Gil
mans being starred in light opera
again next season. 1t is said that
she has any amount of financial back
ing.
Manager Petrich of the Spokane
theater says he is booking attractions
all through the summer season.
II. B. Irving, the son of the late Sir
Henry Irving, has signed a contract
to come to this country next season
in Lights Out" The play has beer
seen here under the title of TAPS
Several managers are talking Of re
viving the old "Chimmie Fadden" style
of play in order to star Victor Moore
who has made great hit in Forty
five Minutes From Broadway"
Madam Olga Samaroff, who ha'
made so sensational a success by he
brilliant piano playing will tour thu
United States and Canada next au
| tumn.
II present plans and intentions arr
carried out there may be four fin
new modern theatres built in Seattl
during the next year John Cort, i
is reported, wants one for his frs
class attractions, the Independent
may erect one, Sullivan & Considin
announce that they are having plan
prepared for modern house, and Rus
sell & Drew are to put one up to re
place the Third avenue theatre, whicl
is to be put out of business owing t
the regarding of Third avenue.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-23
COMING Events.

Stockgrower's association, Miles
City, Mont, April 1917.
A. o. U. w. Grand Lodge, Belling-
ham, Wash, April 4
Eastern Montana Woolgrower's as
ISOLATION, Miles City. April 1917.
Inland Empire Teachers associa-
ton, Spokane, Wash, April sc.
Montana State Sunday School con-
vention, Dillon, Mont, May 22-23-24.
l. o. R. M. great council, Tacoma,
Wash, May $40.
Washington State Sportsmen's as
ISOLATION, Spokane, May 1926.
Washington State Dental society
Bellingham. May 24-26.
G. A. R. department encampment
Bozeman, Mont, April 1918.
1. o. R. M. great council, Helena
Mont, May SO.
Washington State Bankers associa
ton convention, Tacoma, June 1928
Idaho State Republican central com
mittee, Pocatello, August l.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-23
Kills Man Who Crosses Love.

Lancaster, Pa, March 20.-Frank
Messenger, AZ years old, of Columbia,
was shot and instantly killed on the
threshold of his home Sunday by Clay
ton Christy, "a years old, of the same
place. The latter was arrested and
lodged in Jail here Christy was IN
love with Miss Rachael Findley and
charged Messenger with attempting
to prejudice the woman against his
plea of marriage.