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The oasis., 1906-10-20
4 fine Showing of Shipping Ore.

Last week Mir. ]. $ Hunter, who was up from the Yaqui river re-. zion, near Ia Dura, showed Co THg OASIS editor some splendid specimens of lead and silver ores from the Fortuna de Plata mine, near Realito, the property of MT. J. l.. Sheperd, upon which work is being prosecuted with all vigor, by MT. Delos Durfee, who is in im- mediate charge, under the super vision of Mir. Hunter. One of the samples was large one, weighing about 200 pounds, which MT. Hun ter stated that assays made showed values of $50, American money per ton, and even higher in silver. And there were ores rich in chlorides and bro mides of silver, that assay from 600 ounces in silver upward. Of the first named kind of ore they have upon the dump now about thirty tons, all of which will pay to ship when the railway now build ing up the Yaqui river gets a little nearer to Realito. The rich chlor- idle and bromide ores they sack and pack down to Realito, where they keep it under lock and key. Ores like those would not be permitted to lie long upon the dump of any mine in any country. The end of the track is now in the vicinity of Buena Vista, which is only about fifty miles away from Realito, and it is stated by railway officials that trains will be running into Buena Vista within the present month. Cumaripa is but twenty miles fur ther, and it is anticipated that trains will be running into that place early in December With rail transportation that close 1t will pay handsomely to ship these ores; and by that time there will be a number of carloads ready for ship. ment, and a large tonnage blocked out for stoping and shipment. Development work will continue in advance of the work of stoping,a ,and there will be no difficulty in keep ing in sight large reserves of the
The oasis., 1906-10-20

high gfado hipmng ofe. described
 herein When completed lo ileaii
 Go, which it is anticipated will be
 in January the mine wiII bo with.
 ih two miles of the railway station,
 and the cost oi shipment will be
 reduced greatly, l0 the correspond.
 ing advance in the profit
 The Fortuna de Plata iso great
 property surely, 'fue OASIS man
 visited it some two years ago, and
 knows whereof he writes lt is an aatigpa property. aGd was known
 as the "Reiupio." In the aaigua
 days 1t was famous as a producer.
 The old workings are in evidence, and demonstrate by their extent that there must have been a great deal of ore extracted. Tradition states that it was very rich. The present workings are upon another part of the ledge. At that point the ledge is cut down through by deep canon. From the cafion the
 present workings go right in on the ledge, both ways, and the tun-
 nels are about 100 feet in length, both in good ore, from which come the ores now accommodating for shipment. The ledge pitches to the west at an angle of about 45 degrees, and the pitch is about the same as the incline of the hill on the east side of the main cahon. By tunneling 150 feet from the main canon the ledge can be reach ed, at point at least 150 feet be- low the present workings; and two tunnels are being run now to ac- cOmplish that result. That work will be completed long before the railway reaches Realito, and when there is the advantage of the cheap CT transportation there will be blocked out for stoping and ship ping splendid tonnage of the high grade ores mentioned. The ledge is we'll defined, true Assure vein, with heavy tale gouge, giv- ing every evidence of value. It is about three feet in width, and is valuable the entire width. The rich galena ores mentioned come from the middle of the vein, but the entire width of the vein yields ores that will pay to ship. Even with present transportation facil- ities their shipment would pay; but there can be so much saved by waiting a little time, that it is worth while to wait.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
HOPKINS NAME WAS SENT IN
TO CORTELY0U BY MISTAKE
Clerical Error Came Near Gvinu
Newport News New Postmaster
Without Presidents knowledge.

An interesting story i'm connection
with the fight for the local postmas.
tership which had been known to PEG.
pie on the inside" for some days,
became public property yesterday
and was widely discussed
1t seems that by mistake the name
Of w. II. Hopkins was sent from the
White House to- Postmaster General
C0rtclyou'S Office and If the error had
not been discovered Mr.. Hopkins
would have been nominated to the
Senate for postmaster at Newport
News without the knowledge Of Pres.
ident Roosevelt When the mistake
was found. however, the President
was notified and he ordered the name
to be held up.
Interest in the misunderstanding con.
test has been heightened by the cir
culation Of this story. Postmaster
Read is quite confident of reappoint.
ment. while on the other hand Mr..
Hopkins still expects to land the of.
fee.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
DAILY PRESS NEWPORT FRIDAY FEBRUARY is 1905

at the New York Navy Yard. and the
louisiana, under construction at
Newport News. Va, were made to the
detriment of the former and the adj.
vantage of the latter is shown by re.
ports sent TO the House of Represen-
tative today by the Chief Contractor.
the Chief Of the Bureau of Ordnance
and the Board of Construction Of the
Navy Department
The contract for the Connecticut's
armor vas given to the Carnegie
Steel Company. and for the Louis
iaua's to the Bethlehem Steel Com.
pany Tho Louisiana received the ar.
NOR in groups usually several months
before the same armOr was delivered
to the Connecticut. despite frequent
protests from the naval constructor
in charge Of the Connecticut. Compile
ton Of the Connecticut. Chief Con
structor Caps says. will be delayed"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
CRUSHED BETWEEN
LIGHTER AND SHIP
Tragic End Of Young Lewis Wing
field While Working as
'longshorenaO.
BODY RECOVERED BY WORKMEN
Cry Attracted Attention When Man
Dropped From Gsngwsy, But Death
Came So Suddenly That There Was
No Chance for Rescue-Coroner'
Investigation.

Failing between a freight lighter
and the British steamship Mohawk.
Lewis WingGcld. "A young 'longshorc.
man. was crushed and almost instant
ly killed at Chesapeake e. Ohio pier
No. yesterday afternoon at 1870
o'clock
Wingticld was employed by Green
& Dillon. stcvcdorcs, and was at work
on the barge No one saw him fall
and it was all done SO quickly that
the unfortunate young man was dead
before his fellow workmcn could
make n move to rescue him He was
last observed standing on the gang
way between G.. g. o. lighter No. 3
and the steamer. a cry attracted the
attention Of the men ON the lighter
and when they ran to investigate
WiDgfeld's body was seen caught
between the ships steel side and the
lighter
The sea running in the slip kept
the lighter i'm constant motion and it
Is probable that the body was crush.
ed so quickly that the young man
died without suffering
a rope was thrown over the body
and when the lighter had been showed
off from the ship the corpse was
drawn upto the deck.
Rimors were circulated To the cf-
feet that the tug Wandered strucl,
the lighter and knocked Wingfcld
overheard. Another report had IL that
the man had been knocked into the
water by fellow workman.
DR.. b. X. Gary, the coroner, in
vestigated the case and found both
of these rumors TO be without found
alton. The doctor did not deem an in,
quest necessary.
Wlngfeld was 80 years old and IN.
married He lived at no Eighteenth
street. The young man had made thi.;
city his home since early hoyhood
and was widely known He is sur
vivod by his mother Mrs Annie f.
Wingfeld. one of the pioneer resi-,
dents of the city, two brothers.
Messrs. John W. and T.. l.. Wing.
field, and a sister, Miss Annie H.
Wingfeld. a teacher in the city
schools
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
CROOK POSED AS.AGENT
. FOR D|A|BNEY COMPANY
Bogus Draft for $3.50 Cashed BY
First National Bank at
CoVI0g(on, Ny,
CITIZEN ENDORSED THE PAPER
Using Cards and Stationery Printed
for Purpose. One 3. F. Allen Gained
Confidence as Representative of To.
cal Brokerage Firm-Endorser is
the Loser.
CITIZEN ENDORSED THE pAPEF

Chief Of Police Reynolds yesterday
received communication from the
authorities Of Covington, Ky. asking
him TO look out for B. +. Allen. n
swindlcr who has been posing as d
representative Of the Dabney Broker
age Company. of this city.
Allen, who is described as being u
man about 60 years of age. thin and
rather uncouth in appearance, APP
poarcd in Covingtun little over
two weeks ago and intro
duced himself to business men with
an imposing looking card bearing the
following:
"'rhc Dabncy Hay, Grain and Brok-
crage Company. Newport News Vir.
einia. b. f. Allen, contracting and
purchasing agent"
Before leaving Covington the
pseudo agent cashcd Il draft for $50
after inducing c. w. Cree, of Gov.
ington. to endorse the paper. The
draft was cushed at the First Nation
al bank. went to the Fourth Street
National Bank in Philadelphia and
then came to the local clearing house
ON Feb. s.
The draft was drawn upon a blank
unlike any used by the Dabney Brok-
erage Company and evidently printed
nc In H., Ef,r la.
1t was drawn upon the Dabney Brok-
crage Company at the Newport News
National Bank. signed o. II.
| Mills and dated February /. 1906
On tho back it was endorsed by q. f..
Allen and e.. w. Cree.
The Dabncy Brokerage Company
repudiated the paper. The president
OF the company. Mr.. George r. Dab
ney, had never heard of the parties
whose names appeared upon the draft
and had never before seen Il
blank similar to the one the crook
had used
When the draft was received Chief
/ Reynolds at once investigated the
case and sent all the information he
could gather to the Covington author
tiles. AS the only one who loses in
this transaction is the Covingtou
bank or G.. W. Gree, the local depart.
ment is only interested in the case
in a general way. 1t is possible that
certainly it is probable that he is not
in these parts now.
Other bogus drafts or checks. real
lied upon by use of the name of the
local firm are expected to turn up
here at any time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
Social


Miss Margaret Tileton. of Char.
lottesville, has returned home after Il
visit to the Misses Beaverton Oh
TwcDty-eighth street
Mr. w. L. S. Vaughn returned
yesterday from business trip to
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Peyser have gone
to New York on a business trip.
Deputy City Sergeant G.. G.. Cur.
It's has recovered after an illness of
several weeks.
DR.. r. +. Craddock is able to he
out after being confined to his home
10y Illness.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
Negroes Want $4,000.

A lengthy petition was presented in
the State Senate yesterday from the
Negro Development Exposition Com
pany, asking that 100000 be appro.
priated for the purpose of aiding the
negroes of Virginia to make credit
able showing at the jamestown Elk
position. The petition was referred to
the committee ON finance and books.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
CRAzED SAILOR JUMPED
OVERHEARD AND DROWNED
Captain McCulloch, of Schooner Sen
jamin Pool. Reports Loss
OF Man.

Captain McCulloch. of the schoon.
er Benjamin Pool, which arrived in
pert yesterday from Newfoundland.
reEor;ed that while his vessel was in
South Channel, a sailor named Cosh.
Ian jumped overheard and was
drowned.
Captain McCulloch thinks the sailor
was crazy. No other explanation for
the suicide can he given.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
ATTENDING STATE CONVENTION
Large Delegation Goes to Norfolk
From Local Y. M. C. A..

Headed by General Secretary C. C.
Kent. delegation representing the
local Young Mems Christian Associa,
ton went over to Norfolk last night
to attend the opening session Of the
annual State convention of the asso-
citation.
The local association uuartettc
went with the party and will partici.
pate in the programs for each of the
sessions. The convention closes with
q great meeting for men Sunday af-
ternoon.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
Blazing Pile OF RAGS.

The fire department was called to
Twcnty-iilth street and Warwick
avenue yesterday afternoon shortly
after 3 O'Clock 1t was only u blaze in
IL pile Of rags
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16

Mr. Joseph G.. Hunter arrived in
th Getty yesterday from Baltimore Mr.
Hunter is the Lloyd surveyor for the
Chesapeake bay district and comes to
make survey of the damages to the
steamer Nedcrland, which recently
grounded in Savannah harbor.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
senin Work Monday.

Work ON the arts and crafts at the
jamestown exposition site will be
started Monday by the Hanley- Casey
Company. contractors. This group
comprises eight buildings. one of
them u hospital
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16

Cloth Bound Books. 80 of the
best titles by the favorite authors.
formerly 25c and soc. o.
choice .... ..... ..........S W
Writing Paper. "a sheets and
~ envelopes to match. fancy tint
cd, worth 25c; q.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
CRUISER BREMEN COMING.
Little German Warship is to Spend
Nearly Two Months in Port.


Governor Swanson has notified
Mayor Buxton that he has been adj.
viscd by the State department that
the German cruiser Bremen. now I'm
Southern waters. will arrive at this
port on March u and remain until
May IL The governor requested that
the courtcsies of the city be extended
the commander and crew of the YES.
sci
Although no arrangements for re-
pairing the Bremen have been made
at the shipyard. it is understood that
the cruiser will undergo her annual
ovcrhauling while in port. The vessel
has been here before with the other
ships of the German Atlantic fleet
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16

The Stiggleman Sectional Bookcase
has dual automatic doors To oper.
ate fhom Is pleasure Nothing like
1t on the market See sample i'm
our west window. BUXTON g.
PARKER. 1927
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-16
LOUISIANA GOT ARMoR FIRST.

Naval Constructors Report That 10.
cal Yard Secured Advantage.
special from Washington says
THAT deliveries of armor for the
sister ships. the Connecticut. building
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-23
Justice Suit.

There was a rather mixed up civil
action in progress in Justice BrisselFs
court last Tuesday, entitled William
Cantrall VS.. Antonio Tuchella and W.
S. James. 1t appeared from the testi-
mony that Cantrall had some time ago
secured a lease to certain lots from the
Tonopah Mining company and erected
thereon and furnished some tent cabins.
Cantrell then had occasion to go away
from Tonopah for a period of time, so
he appointed an agent in the person of
Joseph Zupon, giving him an option to
sell the cabins for $3.50. Zupon then
sold same to Antonio Tuchella and W.
S. James, giving them a bill of sale for
the property. Cantrell, when he re-
turned to Tonopah, demanded rentfrom
the occupants, but they produced then
bill of sale, so judgement was rendered
in favor of the defendants. Cantrelp'
agent it appears had rendered no state
ment of the transaction to him.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-23
Brings Fine Ores

j. H. Shockley, the well-known min
ing engineer, who is the representative
Of the Rice-Farrell syndicate in the
Nevada camps, came in from the south
this morning and put up at the Knuts-
ford hotel, says the Salt Lake Tele-
gram Of the 18th inst. Packed in his
ore sacks were some of the finest
specimens of ore from the Sagebrush
country that have ever been displayed
in this city, and which carry very high
grade values in the yellow metal. Mr..
Shockley has been down in that min
eralized zone for some time since his
last visit to the headquarters in this
city, and during his pilgrimage in Ne
vada he has superintendent the develop
ment of several of the properties in
that State that are bordering on the
lines of big producers, the most prom
Using of which is said to be the Gibral
tar mines in the Bullfrog country
where so many of the big properties
nave DetH uSNclupSu III ASihoN"Si.
short space Of time. Just now thu
Bullfrog camp is attracting some of tn
biggest operators in the country, prom
inent among whom are a number o
Salt Lakers, who have been %fortunat
in getting into the big things of tina
district. In addition to Messrs. Rio
and Farrell of this city, such men a
Samuel Newhouse and d. H. Peery ar
operating the Montgomery Mountai
properties hat adjoin the famou
MOntgomery-Shoshone mine which {
M. Schwab shelled out several millio
dollars for the possession of. Coy
Black is another of the lucky one frol
this place, together with a number
other citizens, who are interested in
smaller way.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-23
FINDING OF BONES
RECALLS OLD CASE

Walter S. Clayton writes as follows
from Lee Nevada, to the Elko ~Indepen-
dent: / have read with interest the
item that appeared in last weeks indie
pendent in regard to the finding of the
skeletons of a white man and woman in
a ave near the mouth of Egan canyon,
White Pine county, Nevada. This in
cident recalls to my mind the sudden
disappearance of a man and m
which took place in that vicinity in
1871. A rancher named Fred Mears
lived on Duck creek, about IS miles
south of Egan canyon. He had sent
away for a supply of provisions and
started by team to Toano or Wells to
get them, his wife, whom he had mar
ried but a few months before, accom-
panied him. Just before they reached
the mouth of Egan canyon, where they
camped for the night, they fell in with
a man, and all camped together. do
not know whether this man had a team
or not. The man or Mrs. Mears were
never seer nor heard of since, though
exhaustive search and inquiry were
made. Mears continued his journey
alone. On his return trip he gave his
wife's hats, rosary and several of her
trinkets to a lady who lived at the
town of Egan canyon, saying that they
had quarreled and he had shipped her
East, and did not want any of her
traps.
On his arrival at home he told seveEa
conflicting stories as to his wife's
whereabouts, n being to the effect
that he had camped with a man at Egar
canyon and that his wife went away
with him.
Mears was arrested on a charge O.
murder and tried, but the evidenc'
seemed to be too meager for
conviction.
During the time he was in Jail, whicl
was the greater part of two years, h
was said to have made the remark
when quizzed regarding his wife's dis
appearance, that when you find he
you will find more"
Considering the fact that he bore
very hard name and was reported t
have said that the reason he marie
this lady was because he supposed sh
, had considerable money, and as he wa
disappointed in this particular, e1
' pressed a desire to be rid of her, an
the location of the skeletons in tn
cave, so near that last camping plac'
= one can hardly doubt that they are Il
/, remains Of the unfortunate man ar
woman, and were placed there to CO
: ceal a foul crime. The case, as ! ha'
related it, is a matter of record in Il
criminal history of White Pine count
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-23
THINKS MERGER
IS IMPROBABLE

The Reno Gazette of the 14th inst,
prints the following interview with one
of u townsmen: 81 don't think much
of this Tonopah merger story said
Frank Golden this morning. There
may be an effort to effect a consolida-
ton but | don't think it will be accom-
plished along the lines forecasted. No
doubt there could easily be effected a
merger Of the Brock mines which in
clude the Tonopah Mining company,
the Tonopah-B Belmont and the Jim But
Ter. But | think the men behind the
game would have a hard time taking
up the MacNamara, the North Star and
the Tonopah Extension. The latter is
a Schwab property and Schwab has too
good a mine to merge it with the other
companies. If the consolidation is
effected, as | said, it will likely include
only the Brock mines. | don't think
the others will be included. Usually
one of the objects of consolidation is
stock manipulation. Of our other
ends may also be accomplished but it is
an easy thing for the fellows working
the deal to SO apportion the distribution
of stock in a merger company that the
stock of a favored company which IL
; turned in will be greatly increased il
) value"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-23
Rig SHELTER
FOR NEVADA
American Smelling and Refining
Company Will Build

No more welcome news has recently
come to those interested in Southern
Nevada mining properties than that
which the Mail is now able to give of
the intention of the American Smelling
and Refining company to erect a great
smelling plant in that section.
At the New York Office of Senator
W. A. Clark and his San Pedro, Los
Angeles and Salt Lake railroad it is
learned that this smelter is to be built
at Caliente, Nevada, about 100 miles
northwest of Las Vegas, the point from
which the Clark branch has been built
to Bullfrog.
The great significance of Senator
Clark's decision to extend this branch
from Bullfrog to Tonopah, as told in
our Salt Lake dispatch of Saturday, is
that the smelter at Caliente has been
found entirely feasible and its erection
fully determined upon. The difficulties
in the way of a smelter in Nevada have
heretofore been to obtain copper ard
lead ores in sufficient quantities to use
as huxes in the smelter process along
with the silicious ores of the bonanza
gold and silver camps.
Senator Clark is making possible the
the assembling of these ores in the
requisite proportions by the building OF
two railroad branches-one the Las
Vegas and Tonopah, the other a road
from the great copper and lead camps
of Ely and Duck Creek through Phoebe
to Caliente, a distance of 100 miles. In
the Ely and Phoebe territory are de,
posits of copper and lead in such vast
quantities as to supply luxes for the
smelling of Tonopah, Goldfeld anC
Bullfrog ores. At the proportion o.
these fiuxing ores required in smelling
is about three times the quantity o.
silicious ore treated the advantage o
the shorter haul for the fiuxes will b,
evident.
The distance from Tonopah to Cal
iente will be 1926 miles. Tonopah is nov
shipping its ores a distance of 7S4 mile
to the smelters at Salt Lake. TIL
distance from Goldfeld to the neN
smelling point will be 298 miles, CON
pared with the present haul to Sal
Lake of 761 miles. From Bullfrog I
Caliente the distance will be ga mile:
as compared with 568 miles to Sa
Lake over the Clark road by Las Vega
The news of the projected smelter
perhaps no more important to the gol
camps of Nevada than to the cope
districts. The great copper mines {
the Nevada-Utah to Phoebe will be in
particularly favorable position with
about 25 miles of the smelter.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-23
shipping ore

MnLETT, New, June II, l906-The
first shipment of gold ore from the new
camp at Millett was made today, so
tons being shipped. The ore is from
the Manuel Mining company and is of a
high grade. The ore is being hauled to
Austin and from there will be sent to
Salt Lake City. Shipments will follow
in regular order. The Manuel Mining
company has a group of 26 claims and
well defined veins are being developed
on six or seven of them. The town is
rapidly improving, telegraph and tele-
phone service having been installed and
a postofiice established with the Hon.
A. B. Millett as postmaster.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-23
Order Your Coal and Wood.

The Touopah and Goldfeld Fuel
and Feed Company are doing a
iourishing business these days. They
have coal and wood sufficient to sup
ply several camps and are reasonable
in their prices. Their telephone
number is 483. Call them up and
place your order. It