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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

ran back of the hotel. was in the direct
path of the flames, and II seemso at
times as il the great tongues of fire
driven in that direction were reaching
out to lick it up, but two or three men
working with hose upon the roof pre-
vented the fire from getting start.
The fire is supposed to have been
caused by live wires on the roof.
d. Mackenzie, who occupied the south
west corner room, was the first to turn
in an alarm. which he did by ringing the
electric bell communicating with the
hotel office. He was awakened by smoke
and flames entering his room from the
ceiling. On the opposite side Of the road
to the hotel G. II. Phillips, who occupied
one OF the tent houses. saw the flames
and smoke bursting through the win
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

The Mohawk Extension Mining COM
pany has purchased a complete hosting
outfit for the company shift, that is
situated on the south part of the Wedge
claim that lies between the Mohawk and
the Silver Pick Mining company's
ground. The outfit includes 40 horse
power Fairbanks-M Morse hoist, COM
pressors and all necessary equipment
to enable the company to go ahead with
extensive development work. The COM
pany shaft is down now to depth or
one hundred feet. The shaft VIII be
sunk Immediately to three hundred feet
and deeper if necessary. The two leases
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

The Greenwater correspondent of the
News writes:
Three gasoline hoists arrived in
camp this week. two 25 h. p. for the
United Greenwater and so h. p. for
the Clark property.
1t is reported locally that the Borax
Smith railroad is arranging for g.
cent rate by rail and team into the
camp
Water is now more plentiful. Twenty
hye barrels are arriving daily.
Two shafts are being sunk upon the
Greenwater Saratoga. Each shows a
solid mass of ore containing glance in
abundance.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

The Mohawk has brought to
the surface every day during the past
week $50 tons of ore that runs from
$160 to S6S6 a ton, an output for the
week, averaging the ore at $500, of
over 100000.
The News received these figures from
d. Mackenzie, the manager.
According to NJ. Mackenzie, owing to
1he shortage of rolling stock only two
cars a day could be shipped. The ex-
cess is piled in the mine and in the
bank.
The high grade ore shoot shows a
width of from to IL feet. In places
it contains streaks of solid gold.
The shoot inclines from 2S to 33 de-
grees. Thus far it has been demon
strated to be So feet on one and 100 feet
long on another level. 1t has been
followed to depth of 800 feet and to
within 100 feet of the surface, being
continuous at the farthest points of
exploration. Mr.. Mackenzie expressed
to The News the belief that 1t will be
even richer at a depth of one thousand
feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
sAcxrno onE on vuLrunE

Henry Weber with his brother Aurthur
of Chicago, Capt. Thos. Harper and w.
Z. Jeslxe left on Thursday morning by
auto for Wonder. On the vulture work
is progressing in satisfactory fashion,
and shipping ore is being sacked from
four different leads. The party VIII
examine number of other properties
now under option to Mr.. Weber.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
IN COMBINATION
FRACTION, BIG
Loftus=Davis-Sweeney Lease Has Nine Feet
Between Walls, Running From $500 to
$500 Per TOn-==COmpany Gets
the Ore in its Workings

Nine feet between the walls which viii from
$500 $780, the
Combination
at
is
shipment
being
a
drills
chiney
cial attached
The
uons that will
= Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z = Z Z I { Z z
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

F. Won Polenz took some samples of
three inch streak and the assay returns
showed 5S ounces in gold, totalling
s1.164 to the ton
This streak evidently is the same
streak which was cut on the so foot
level. being part of the big Ledge" On
the upper level this streak assayed
1895
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
GOOD RESULTS OF wozx
or TIE LA0UMA

Blue clay, water soaked and shotted
with quartz fragments. showing here
ana there glitter of sulphide. is being
brought to the surface by buckskin
morse that plods in circle on the Jessie
ground Of the Laguna. 1t IS $50 feet
70 the bottom of the double barreled
shatf and already as much water as
rock is being extracted
Inc latter is not yet ore. but one
assay OF s70.50 evidences that what is
now waste may soon be shipable.
Ihls shaft is on direct line with
sne Forest Of skeleton rigs that wave
nom the Combination in the direction
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
ROUND MOUNTAIN SENDS
LOTS OF REAL STUFF

and
Mountain
at
of neghborhood
a OF n picked
o r
prospecting sunnyside shaft
frcms to bedroc a
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

of Columbia Mountain. Furthermore II
Is a short stones throw from the oriii
hole that gave up core evidencing at
least thirty feet of shipping ore the
Iaguna people have ordered hoist lot
the Jessie shaft and will sink 10 the
level of the drill and then drift after
certainty. In the meantime the dia-
,,ond drill will be utilized in proving
or disproying ground.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

Angeles, treasurer; DIR. J. Frances A.
Brubaker, Hubbard, Iowa, additional
director.
Rochester are practically the same the
companies except to cooperate and erect
a mill for the reduction of the ores of
both mines.
At the point where the Rochester
ledge enters Whippoorwill ground it
assays $50 entirely across.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

1t is given out ON unquestioned au-
thority that the Combination Fraction
Mining company caught the Loftus-
Davis-Sweeney lode in tho company
shaft yesterday The entire bottom of
the shaft is said to be in ore OF SEN
sational value. II this be true the
value OF the Fraction is doubled.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
aoLDFLAr BEGINS WORK

The Goldflat Mining company, operat-
ing south of the Black Butte at Dia-
mondfield, is now sinking four shafts
on it's holdings. On the Kodak traction
the men when employed in trenching
this week uncovered foot blind ledge
of quartz. The ore makes a good show
ing although the assay returns have
not yet been received.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
HayeS==MOnnette
and Frances
Mohawk Pre-
pare a Record
Breaking Car

j. Two mines of Goldfie1d are pill =
{ ing up their high grade ore to =
4 make a million dollar shipment, =
4 and it will be guess until the ore +
+ is finally placed aboard the cars =
j as to which will be the first to +
l. break the worlds record. +
T. Two different banks are used =
4 for storing and guarding this ore. i
4 The great piles of sacks against =
T. the further walls of these insti- +
+ tutions no longer create comment, !
+ unless, perhaps, it be stranger !
4 whose curiosity is aroused at the +
+ piles of ore sacks which resemble i
+ flour mill. i
= The mines which are in this un- +
1 ique race, are the Hayes-Monnette Z
+ and the Frances Mohawk, both 4
+ working leases on the marvellous I
4 Mohawk; and judging from the ore I
+ exposed in these banks, each has {
+ the better part of car load al I
= ready on hand, and a shipment can {
4 not be far off. I
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
MONTGOMERY-SH -SHOSHONE EX.
MAKES EXCELLENT REPOR1

The Montgomery -shoshone ~ aA'
The first c s
Slas1 shares OF soc Inv ~
y zlo feet way to mb,ob was
At a ee
carryin goodva
a ssed
=
= .o the Tonopah La = = a 4 2
q q q - = q a a - 4 4 - q q = = = y
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
TO PUT DOWN COMPANY SHAFT

on the Wedge claim of the Mohawk Ex-
tension company, namely Jake Lyman $
lease and the Belcher Mines Syndicate
lease. are also down to depth of about
one hundred feet. 4
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
POINTERS FROM GREENWATER

The Greenwater Red Boy shaft is
down fifty feet and is being sunk by
three shifts. The bottom is all in ore.
containing rich punches. hoist was
ordered two months ago and is daily
expected.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
ORE is REACHED
ON SILVER PICK
Price Strikes Ore Body at lis Feet, in West
Drift, 80 Feet From Shaft, Assaying
Sl72.86 -=- May POrtend Great
Things for That Estate

positive character comes from Silver Pick
doubtle o knda Silver
Pick has attained depth
the
ery
Polenz lead broken
extent Of the body has
syndicate lease supeby situated
BY going depth prove up the
ground
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

and the best they could do was to pre-
vent the spread of the fire to adjoining
blocks This happily was not difficult
The east part of the block on which tie
hotel was located was practi ally vacant
and as the flames were swept by west
ern wind. they found little or nothing TO
feed upon. The fine home of Mr.. J. r.
LOTUS, across Fifth avenue which
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
vrnrAI TO RESUME

The yernal Mining company VIII re-
s,,ne work shortly under direction OF
q Lockhart, president and general
manager. A double compartment
will be sunk and hoist lnstaileu'
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

; At $40 this (Saturday) morning I
fierce fire. swept by a hurricane, I
completely destroyed the Ho.;l 1
Goldfield and burned to death at I
, least two of the occupants. How 1
!. many more can not be determined. 1
; Several are missing. The remains 1
; of only two, which are beyond iden- I
! tification, We're found in the ruins, I
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
nuRNs ruRrArrNrp

II Is also given out on the same au-
thority that the Burns lease on the
Fraction is coming into the ore body.
The formation is now uniformly assay
ing SIS to $50 and 1t is almost a cer-
tainty that shipping values viii be
encountered within the next ten days.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

The values are very encouraging.
bonus of $4,000 has been refused for.
half interest in the lease.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
suLLFRoa PRoPEzrxEs
MAKE CONSOLIDATION

The Mayflower Mining company and
me Starlight Mining company, operating
IN Bullfrog. consolidated Wednesday. A
new corporation to be called the May
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17
= = = Z = = = Z Z : Z : Z Z + + :

The double-compartment shaft is
down $50 feet now. and prosecuting has
been started in two directions. The
east crosscut, which is being run for
the purpose of catching the big
Ledge" which was cut On the S0-foot
level in the shaft. is length of "a feet.
and it is expected to cut the big
Ledge most any time. Manager Geo.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-17

Continued on Page Eleyen.l
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-09
sWACKHAMNiER ONCE MORE.
Colored Freak Who Visited This City
Is Now at Albany.

OF "Rev." Swackhammer, colored
who visited this city two years ago
and made a ludicrous attempt to lee
ture, the Albany Herald says:
David John Henry Allen Zamboss
Swackhammer, jr., arrived in Albany
last night after an absence of three
years and six months, part of which
was spent In the Philippine Islands.
He remained at a hotel last night
and this morning brought around n
typewritten page Of matter complain
ing of being refused breakfast with
the white folks. II was characterized
by little is and a lack of punctua-
ton marks too much for reproduction.
Mr.. SwaclShmamer Is here on edu-
cational work, visiting the schools,
telling the children about missionary
work in the West indies, where he
was born, Europe, Asia, Africa and
the South American islands, all of
which he claims to have visited. He
has an appearance and individuality
that are striking. Swackhammer has
big roll of testimonials of teachers,
before whose schools he has spoken,
as flattering as IL he was the most
exalted college president of the United
States.
On his former trip through the
valley he obtained quite notoriety
on account of an egg episode at Phil
omath, and on this trip receive,
plenty of attention from the news
papers along the way most Of which
| like odd subjects for comment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-09

That the sack shortage and high
prices will continue for another year
is shown by the following from the
Walla Walla Bulletin:
Farmers throughout eastern Wash
ington are discussing the matter of an
expected grain sack shortage next
year caused by a shortage of jute and
are wondering how the crops will be
handled. At the present time the
jute mill at the penitentiary is being
run about a day and a half a week,
when 1t should be turning out from
10000 to 10000 sacks a day.
The shortage will, II is expected.
seriously handicap the farmers in the
handling of their crops, as they will
have to depend on the foreign impor-
tations of sacks, which are held at
such a high figure as to make the
question a serious one.
The direct cause is said to be a
shortage of jute caused by the revolv-
ing fund of the state institutions,
which does not revolve. The fund
which is intended to answer the pur-
pose of paying the necessary expenses
Of the various state institutions, is APP
propriated by the legislature and the
surplus goes back to the state treas
ury.
1t stays there until the legislature
meets and appropriates II again for
the revolving fund, when It can be
used. The legislature Will not meet
until after the first of the year and
consequently the revolving fund sur
plus is now lying idle in the state
treasury and the supply of jute at the
prison is running low.
Farmers are fearful of the results
next year. as the sack question is one
Of great importance in this section
The prison made sacks usually sell al
from to cents each, while the i'm
ported article cannot be obtained fol
less than IL or IL cents. With the
present outlook the outside sacks will
have to be depended upon to supply
the needs.
Agitation is being made of propo-
sition TO have the coming Legislature
pass a bill making the revolving fund
one that fulfills the functions of it'
name, so that a plentiful supply Of
jute may be kept on hand for use dur
ing the winter months in makinl
sacks and it is probable that an ef
fort will be made to introduce the bill
this year.
Sacks for May delivery are nov
quoted at 12 cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-09
RUSHING WORK ON CANALS.
Contractors Have $50 Men and no
Teams at Work at Echo.

The government canal and intake
dam are being pushed rapidly to com
pletion by the contractors Holden &
Hayne. over 25O men and 140 teams
are at work. besides some section men
at the lower end of the contract says
the Echo Register.
The foundation and crib work Of
the dam have been completed and
vast quantities of cement are now go-
ing into the dam. 1t is mixed by a
concrete machine with broken rock
and laid in 2O-foot layers. 1t is
hardly necessary to state that 1t is the
best constructed dam in the north
west.
The construction of the canal de-
stroys the ditch of the Henrietta mill
and so for a part of the way a second
canal is being constructed for the mill
More men are wanted and good wages
are paid. Under the eight-hour law
the workday is that long. but over
time is allowed, so that with two
hours overtime the men receive a
little more than under the 1O-houl
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-09
CAR SHORTAGE HURTS.
Willamette Valley Lumber Mills Feel
the Effect KeenIy.

r. A. Booth of Eugene, manager OF
the Booth-Kelly Lumber company,
who is in Portland, says shortage Of
cars is working havoc with the lum-
bering industry up the valley, and
that business cannot be transacted at
a profit. says dispatch from Eugene.
We needed 1900 cars to ship lum-
Der outside the state last month, and
we got only 15O." he said today.
There is no telling when we can get
cars enough to operate our mills. we
have four sawmills, employing several
hundred men, that would be running
day and night IL we could get the
cars. We are now running at night,
and our mill at Vending has shut
down"
It is said that fully 1900 men are
dependent on the Booth-Kelly mills
for employment. Loggers, teamsters,
mill hands, timekeepers, clerks and
many Of other occupations are already
out Of work as a result Of the car
shortage, and must leave for distant
points to get jobs. Many of these
men have families and homes OF their
own near the mills, and thus the ef'
feet of shutting down OF the mills
| will be quite far reaching.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-09
NEEDED STATE LEGISLATION.
To Enforce Threshing Machine Clean
ing Periodically.

An effort Will be made during the
approaching session Of the legislature
TO have a law enacted similar 20 a
law of California, providing for fine
of 500 upon the owner or manager
Of any thTeshing outfit that will move
the machine from one farm to anoth-
er without thoroughly cleaning it of
all its accumulations from its complet-
ed jOb, says the Salem Statesman.
In support of the measure it is
urged TIA: the man who is careful OF
his farm completely infested with
vetch or noxious weeds from the farm
CT a neighbor who is not so careful
and thus he may be seriously damdg-
ed 10y no iauit of his, but through the
carrying Of the foul material on the
machine.
Tine attention of mill men ami
farmers throughout western oregon is
being drawn to the subject and 1t will
be strongly urged on the members
of the Legislature by those who take
an interest in it.
Another bill of considerable import
ance that is now in course of prepar.
alton is intended to place all the state
institutions under one board of Goa
troll. consisting of the governor Sec
rctary of STATE and treasurer of state
this board to be provided with a gee.
retary who shall be also a purchas'
ing agent 10 buy all the supplies re-
uuirel for the several institutions
have charge of their delivery, lool
after the quality of goods furnished
and so forth. 1t is claimed that such
an officer can save to the state man!
| times his salary and that a board o
that kind is the proper system of man
agement rather than by a divided
control as is now the case.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-09
FISCAL REPORT ON CELLO ROAD
Concrete Work on Canal VIII Begin
Next Week.

The report of L. $. Cook, superln-
tendent and manager Of the state por-
tage railway at Cello for October,
was filed yesterday by the clerk of
the board. 1t shows total earnings
of $727.02 and disbursements of ST.
238.69. The total number of sacks Of
grain handled was $1,000 sacks, and
during the season 1t Is estimated 64,-
900 sacks will be moved. At present
II, 900 sacks are on hand.
In speaking of the government ca
nal 1t says:
"Smyth & Jones, the government
canal contractors, will start concrete
work on the outside wall next week
when they will employ some 40 or Sc
additional men. Their plant was tried
out today and with the exception OF
some few minor alterations, worked
entirely satisfactory.
They will use about five carloads OF
sand per day, some 200 barrels of ce.
ment, gravel, ETC., to each section OF
the cement form. The rock cuts or
either end are progressing favorably
they having two small locomotives tc
haul the rock away. Their spur II
completed, which holds eight cars Of
material and cars can now be unload
ed with Dispatch
OF the Northern Pacific railroad Il
says: 1.-THE north bank contractor
are pushing work right along abov'
here. One contractor having five
steam shovels at work. The steamer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-09
SHOOTS HAY CROP DOWN CHUTE
Novel Hay Stacking Arrangement at
ColfaX

H. II. Ackerman, owner and pro-
prietor of the Pine Grove stock farm,
on Union flat, about six miles south
east of town, has introduced a novel
and labor saving device for putting
hay and grain into his barn, says a
Colfax correspondent. He has util-
lied the shoot the chutes" idea. The
system used is a 400-chute running
from the brow Of the hill into the loft
Of the barn at the foot. The slope is
a trifle more than so per cent from
the perpendicular. In the barn the
end Of the chutes is suspended by
means Of rope, thus permitting 1t to
be swung readily to any part of the
barn. In this manner one man will
with little difficulty take care of all
the grain and hay that three teams
and men can draw and shoot down
the trough. Mr.. Ackerman's barn Is
so feet long, "a feet wide and "a
feet high.
The chute is constructed Of inch
boards and lies on the ground until
near the foot, when II swings out into
the barn. The bottom Of the trough
is made of two 1x12 planks. the ends
slightly overlapping, while on each
side is nailed a 1x10 board. The In
side OF the chute, when put up, was
smoothed, so as to avoid catching
grain. When the harvest season !:
over Mr.. Ackerman takes the chute
down in sections and stores II away
| for the following year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-09
-
GENERAL NEWS. .
New Mexico gave a majority of s.

New Mexico gave a majority Of g.
200 for joint statehood, but the prop
osition was badly beaten in Arizona.
Several men broke into the Harris
& Co. fur store in New York and
carted off between $4,000 and s2O.-
600 worth Of furs. The watchman
was gagged and bound. and the trick
was turned at midnight.
A charge Of direct theft Of s13s,O4s
has been made against Charles c. Nc
Gill, ex-manager Of the ontario bank,
Toronto. and bail is denied him.
False entries involving S1,400,ooo
have been discovered.
At Baton Rouge. La, democratic
Congressman-elect George E. Favrott
shot DR.. H. H. Aldrich three times,
instantly killing him. They had been
lifelong friends. Favrott refuses to
make any explanation.
The skeletons Of three Of the SOL
diers who were OF Napoleon's army
when ne crossed the Alps, in the year
1900. we're found recently in a cave
near road that was built across the
St. Bernard by Julius Caesar.
Work has begun on the new Singer
skvgcraper in New York city. It will
be s25 feet high. with office rooms
70 the very top. II will be the highest
structure occupied and used in the
world TO its top, excepting the Fiffel
tower.
The coroner's jury at Atlantic City
has agreed to place the blame for the
Thorourhfare wreck OF Sunday, Oc-
tober 2s. upon Daniel Stewart. the
aged bridgetender. Stewart will be
arrested and charged with criminal
negligence.
The republican loss in New Hamp
shire was 51s4 votes. compared witt
four years ago. Floyd. republican
for governor. received only pluralit!
Of $500. and according to the consti
tuition Of that state mot receiving
majority the election Of governor il
thrown into the legislature.
Despondent over his losses on th'
result Of the election, Harry McNabb
head clerk in a large drug store a
philadelphia. committed suicide b.
shooting himself He had wageret
that Gibbony would be elected distric
attorney Of Philadelphia. and is sai'
TO have lost $4,000 on the candidate
defeat.