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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

long-drawn-out, has handicapped pro-
duction. This has happily been avoid
ed In Golddeld. There has been some
of course, but recently Senator George
$. Nixon, George Wngheld and their
associates got together and incorporat-
cd the Mohawk, Jumbo, Red Top and
Laguna with a capitalization Of $4,000
900, and then followed Ii up with an
other incorporation of the Combination
properties comprising 5000 acres with
capitalization OF $4,000 600. Every
sane man knows that this Is bound to
prove beneficial to the district and the
town. Where now 1900 miners are EN-
ployed, year from now II Is safe TO
predict that 1900 will find employment
and the town which now has popua-
ton of 1900 will have 10000 Shrewd
farsighted business men are Nixon and
Wingheld and while they by their dar-
ing have made large fortunes for them
selves, they have made 1t possible for
great many others to make smaller
ones.
LUCKY SALT LAKERS.
In this connection It may not be
amiss To mention some Of the salt LAX
ers who two or three years ago were
up against IT," and who are now on
easy street. Those which occur to
the writer's mind as doing particularly
well are W. f. Clark, "Dick' Colburn,
Mai w. A. Stanton Capt. A. H. Mayne,
J. f. Mitchell, Kenneth Donnellan,
John Donnellan, Brown, Terry e. Wood
ruff, Judge w. II. Sherman, +. II.
Mead, Frank Camplon. c. Il. burst
Charles wilkes Tod Goodwin, Frank
Cook, James b. Thompson, j. Il. Bars
ness, o p. Posey, Harry Macmillan,
Henry Peery and Hank Smith. In
Rhyoite, e. w. Grihiths, Mike Hennes-
sy and John Leishman have been sue
cesstul while In F'alrview and Wonder
Frank Virtue, Ben Luce, Mr.. Fawcett,
r. T. /. Collier. John r. Hodson, Jack
Thompson. John a. Kirby. W " Rice
and Jack Farrell have put away money
enough for many rainy day.
To give an idea Of conditions in
Goldheld today, the writer may say
that the last time he was there he
slept on a cot IN a bath roOm-he once
slept on a cot in an undertaking es-
adjustment Many, however were not
even so fortunate as that, but slept in
chairs In hotels and saloons and others
walked the streets. II space we're per-
mitted II would prove an interesting
item 10 print one of the bills OF fare
IL is enough 20 say that prices remind
one of Demonico's,
To give some idea Of what Is going
on in the way Of business IN Goldheld
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being developed assiduously by trained
men.
Capital follows for a long time the
beaten trails, hangs to established CEN
tiers and takes often more chances OF
reaplng fields already CLEANED, hesi-
tating 20 strike out where II can see
the grain waving and ripe for the
sickle.
Cripple Creek came to its own I'm po-
sition and in command when with
nerve other hills than Gold Hill aud
other gulches than Poverty Gulch were
begun upon.
Goldfleld's career has but been in
dictated. Its immensest mines have
probably not yet been dug into more
than the few feet the law exacts to
preserve holdings.
In the opening Of the new mines,
those whose outcrops are no richer
than was that OF the famous Jumbo
when IN 1908 It offered but 30 cents to
two dollars per ton to the daring
stranded young fellows, who camped
at the base Of Columbia mountain, In
the Grandpa District" and laid the
lasting foundations of wonderful Gold
field, lies the greatest promise.
Many claims throughout the area be
long to Mr.. Barsness, whose success
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some marvels IN the way Of mineral
treasures and sturdy men deke lor
them. They go 20 the mountains ana
turn a river hitherward and compel rs
refreshing
They catch the fall Of stream %
the Sierras aud force II 10 impart Ms
power to animatBg wheels TO be horno
on wires a hundred miles TO light
town, mine, To hoist and pump and
perform multiplied services,
They will store waters far away 10
run here and TO produce haryests
They are indomitahle. They are the
engineers of the Republic and laugh
at the obstacles they attack and over
come.
They are giving the business OF their
country new impetus and are adding
TO the power, the dignity the progress
the standing of this land.
Fortunate indeed that great division
OF the earth which can afford mon
employment than It's citizens can mas
ter, that can feed nations over sN
that can give steel for export thaia
send copper to the place OF us nk'
that adds to It's store Of gold throlp
It's own mines SO that us position p
financially Is more commanding than ~
could be were its gold solely Inc pro-
duct OF exchange. a.
Great that state which has a Coo
field among such environs, ana impI,
tant 20 the Nation Is the possession o.
that state. a., 49,
This Is new wealth, unsolled, up'
sullied. Its blessings are 70 lloS
who know not the locally Wileie XII,
duced even by name. Magnificent Iha'
scheme OF government where the su,'
cess. the honest success Of one IS 70
the advantage of all. It is not =, t, 70 ,S. Pc
marvelled that the riches Of Goldnel -
arouse the whole United states ior u
is Of public concern, this new , wea'' u;
this gold that outlasts the proauc'S 1 ~,
iii other sorts. that viii circulate aN'
bless in the ages undreamed'
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oIpFEIp MINING AND STOCK EXCHANGE NIXON IN F(

Telephone subscribers, 500. land 200
waiting),
Increase in post Office receipts for year
100 per cent
Increase in telegraph, 1875 per cent.
Increase in bank deposits, 40 per
cent.
Increarse in population 100 per cent.
NEVADA MINING PRESS.
These figures and facts are correct as
is everything published in the Gold
field News which with the "Tonopah
Miner" are the best weekly mining
papers published IN the wOrld-this
seems like a broad statement, but Is
nevertheless the truth. The Tribune
a daily. Is published by veteran news
papermen from Colorado, who have no
superiors-J NJ. Burnell and John Mar
tin. a word should also be said for the
Goldfeld Review published at Column
hia, which holds its own In good shape.
On the first OF January the News Is to
issue a daily In addition TO its weekly
Tributary 70 Goldheld Is Diamond
field, four miles away, where activity
keeps pace with its sister camp. Charlie
Krise, who discovered the Quartzite,
which was a large producer two years
ago, Is operating leases on the Daisy
Triangle, Gold Coin and Great Bend
ore running as high as 1886 has recent
ly been found on the Daisy. He is en-
ploying so men on the different leases.
OLD CAMP AWAKENING.
Tho old camp of Ida, also tributary
to Goldheld, is taking on new life, and
reports from there are OF most en-
couraging character, while the rejuve-
nation of silver Peak, 22 miles west of
Goldheld, promises to make 1t q fair
rival to some Of the newer and conse-
quently more prominent camps. Silver
Peak Is contemporary Of the Comstock
and was prospected and exploited In
those days for silver but like so many
other camps, II Is coming TO the front
az a gold producer. It is here that the
famous Blair mine Is situated and
which lay dormant for many years, II
has recently been sold and fallen into
strong hands. which are making a
large producer of IT, A number Of fine
gold prospects are being opened up and
Il Is predicted that by next spring il
will enjoy a first class boom, rail-
road from the town OF Blair on the line
OF the Tonopah- Goldheld railroad has
been completed which makes 1t more
| accessible,
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The mines above mentioned have con-
tnued their development and output
Just the came, but some OF them being
close corporations II has been impossl-
bic to get at the facts and figures
concerning them. Then, too, there have
been added others whose production
has been So immense AS 20 stagger
the Imagination. When year ago the
Reilly lease on the Florence produced
100000 In six months the mining world
stood aghast and Il was so fabulous as
to seem almost Incredible.
THE MIGHTY MOHAWK.
Great as this was, It pales almost into
significance when compared with the
Ave producing leases on the Mohawk. at
present the greatest mine OF which
there has been any record. II seems
almost impossible, and yet II Is borne
out by the facts that for several months
past the output from these leases has
been over 100000 per day, or 50 90 90
a month, or at the rate Of $4,000, 600
n year. and this in spite of the fact
that some portions OF the richest ground
-rnotably tile Kalfus lease, has been
tied up by injunction. And yet the
greatest depth attained has not been to
exceed $50 feet. In 1850 the Robert f..
lee mine In I.eadyille produced SllI,-
oa0 IN one day, and this has stood all
these years as the record breaker for
2i-hour production
When 1t Is considered that the bonan-
IN ore bodies on the Comstuck were
not encountered until a depth OF over
1000 feet had been reached IL Is be-
wldering to think what immense
wealth. may be concealed beneath the
present workings OF the Mohawk, Red
Top, Combination, Florence. Jumbo,
January Laguna and the Velvet. the
Atlanta and many which are not yet
10 any great extent producers and
which In the opinion Of the writer may
prove equally as rich.
GOIDFIELD THE GREATEST.
Il has been the writer's good fortune
--or II perhaps had better be said mis-
fortune--to have seen as many mining
camps as any other man Of
his age, and he has not the
least hesItancy In saying that Goldheld
Is rs great as any two ~ those he has
seen put together. In this opinion he IS
borne out by that veteran OF them all,
Capt. Hank" Smith, who as manager
took out Of the Belcher, on tho Com
stock $4,000 geo. He says, for the
amount OF work done il discounts any
thing he has ever seen. Mai. w, \.
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kept right on with him and has
brought forth the word Lucky IN
connection with his name, but in this,
as In most other cases, the underlying
foundation was made of energy, PEI.
severance. intelligent effort, guided
by experience.
Mr.. Barsness organized, promoted,
and now manages the Nevada ANAL
gamated Mining Milling and Leasing
Company, with Gov, John Sparks as
president. This company owns four
capital claims of so acres and the cell
ebrated lease OF Block No. |, Claim
No /. of the mighty Mohawk mine and
is developing with all speed for the
bonanza levels of this mining marvel,
the richest ever opened in all time.
Another of the companies actuated
by this indomitable genius Is tfb
Robles Grande, which as yet has asked
for no public recognition. the project
ors not being ready to announce their
aims and plans
The Barsness Bonanza, however. Is
about to be exploited for It's merit and
the Hon, T. b. Hickey, the great bank
er and miner Of Nevada, than whom
no man has attained higher, Is the
president Of the company.
The properties lie In a basin, like
that where Goldtield spreads, not as
extensive, but with the conditions
throughout It that make the riches OF
Goldheld possible
Gold could not exist everywhere and
uniformly Of value. In the width of
distribution, I'm the extent that It IL
found under varying conditions, no
metal approaches It. The commonest
soil contains II from Alaska TO Cape
Horn from California to Maine,
In the new formations of the Paci-
iic coast it's abundance In lodes Is
greater than elsewhere In all the
world
The Manhattan Mizpah Is another
of the creations OF Mr.. Barsness, pro-
jected, organized and hoated by him
successfully 10 the enrichment OF him
self and the friends whom he favored
in the organization.
other enterprises will follow for few
better understand the possible achieve
ments Of this richest spot of earth, the
channels of enrichment the trend and
course OF veins.
He has participated In the achieve
ments Of others and has bought of
their stocks, Silver Pick considered a
desperate venture at ten cents per
share I'm December, 1905, now $3.50
and still climbing Triangle at six and
one-fourth, now above thirty; Vernal
at four cents and now rising rapidly,
and In many others.
Mr.. Barsness believed in the per-
manency of the camp and bought OF
| its realty and owns residence and bust
ness properties which have multiplied
several times In value and are still as
| cending.
His enterprise has extended to Man.
| haitian and to other camps.
He Is an extremely liberal man and
has divided opportunity with others,
| placing them in the way of making
| fortunes.
Goldfed Is on the map to stay. Its
| fame Is unique. II Is IN desert land
unpropltlous. 1t Is productive of
nought but gold.
North and south of II the verdure-
less sands stretch on, seemingly for
| ever. Uplifts here and there Indicate
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stanton. who has seen many mining
camps In several states. says II Is a
world beaten" capt John A. Hassell,
who was In JohannesOerg, South Afri-
ca, whom II had six tents, says that It
surpasses the Transyaal-he predicted
IL would a year ago in a conversation
with the writer. J. f. Mitchell, late Re-
publican candidate for governor Of Me-
yada, who has mined since boyhood.
says Il beats anything he ever saw, and
so does o. =. Posey. Capt A. II. Mayne
and many others who have had less eN-
pcrience.
It " singular too, how many young
men and "tendcrfeet have been sue
cessful here. while many OF the Old
timers and experts 90 have got left.
il may be on the ground that Fools
rush IN where angels fear TO tread
Qulen sabe A year ago the Mohawk.
which Was turned down By so-called ex-
ports. sold at n cents a share; It Is now
selling at 81; others are selling in pro-
portion.
UNIQUE IN MANY RESPECTS.
Goldheld is unique in many respects
and IN none more so than this: In all
the great mining camps, such as Butte,
Leadyile, Aspen, Occur dAlenes, and
IN fact In all the good ones. litigation
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over the Great Bend near Diamondtleld.
This property had been In charge of
a well known mining engineer from
Salt Lake, and had proven failure.
Mr. Davis took hold Of It for HIM
self and associates, and In no time
has made Il pay mine out Of It. His
success was not to stop here, however,
and so when the Round Mountain excite
mcnt broke out, he was there with an
automobile and secured the property
owned by the Round Mountain Mining
company. the dry places from which
alone produce over $500 per day
FORTUNE SMILES FURTHER.
Kind fortune was, however, not
through with smiling on these gentle
men, and so when Fairview bobbcd up
with It's wonderful Nevada Hills mine,
Davis was johnnie on the spot and
bought n sixth interest In II for $4,000.
The stock In this property is selling
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WIZ HEN two years ago the story
wv Of Goldheld was written the
w camp was stll young and
comparatively few were
found to believe 1t. although the figures
were shown to prove what the produc-
ton Of It's first year had been.
when year ago the history OF the
70 months then closing was told there
were to be found Just as many doubt
ers as there had been the previous year
and yet II was conclusvely proven that
about $7Q0OG00 had been the output
FOR the two years Of its existence and
that this amount had come principally
from the Florence Combination, Jam
uary. Jumbo, Red Top ana Sandstone.
by those who experienced the earth
quake ana fire IN San Francis
co on the 18th Of April It Is generally
conceded that no adequate description
Of the same has yet been written. And
so with Goldheid for the past year, or
even for tbs past six months, no story
which probably tells the facts. has ye;
appeared. and II is doubtful n II will.
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where about November, two years ago.
To make long story short, as hear as
the writer can learn, they took out
about half a million dollars.
Two years ago this month the Bull
frog excitement broke out and Davis
iolned the rush some time after, and
on Feb %, 1905, he succeeded I'm buy
ing controlling interest In the Gold
Bar. Its history need not be told.
All the writer has to say Is that he
saw samples few days ago IN Gold
field, ranging from S5Il.l5 10 S,lIS.i5
per ton. which proves the Gold Bar
to be one OF the richest mines in Bull
frog district
WHAT DAVIS DID.
When Mr. Davis had put this proper
~ on its feet. he came back TO Gold
field. where he found the Sandstone
doing well, and so he cast about for
other mines to open up. He looked
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GoLDFlELD TODAY.
Population. 10000
Aggregate deposits OF three banks
SJ,300000.
Postoftice receipts (stamps alone) per
year, SCI, 900
Telegraph receipts, per month, s2O-
900.
Miles OF water mains, II.
Miles of sewer pipes, 8,
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l0FTUS-DAVIS.

There arc many good men operating
In the various mining districts Of this
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-05-24
Death of q Bright Child.

One of the saddest deaths occurring
in Oakland recently was that of little
Miriam Elizabeth, only child OF Mr. and
Mrs. John Felty, il, which took place
at the home Of Mr.. Felty last Friday
midnight. The little one was i'll but
one week with a complication Of dis
eases, the direct cause of her death
being brain fever. She was aged two
years and eight months and was the idol
of not only her parents but numerous
relatives and friends into whose hearts
she had become entwined by her bright,
sunny disposition and lovely nature.
Her funeral took place from the home
on Third street Sunday afternoon at
two o'clock. the services being conduc-
ted by Rev. E. Manages, pastor Of St.
Mark S Ev. Lutheran church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-05-24
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE LINE
Material Has Arrived In Oakland fer
Erection of Lines in Town.

Considerable material in the way Of
poles, cross arms, wire, cables, etc, has
been unloaded from the cars here
within the past few days for the c. &
P. Telephone Company, which corpora
ton proposes to open an office and es-
tabEsh business in Oakland for long
distance service. The Office will be To-
catedin the McComas building adjoining
The Republican building on Second
street and it is reported the company
proposes TO place a telephone in every
business house for the term Of siN
months free Of rent in order to becoms
established here.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-05-24
ANOTHER RAILROAD FATALITY
William Riley, Aged %. Killed or the
Kendall Road.

William Riley, % years old, employed
by the Kendall Lumber Company at
Kendall, was so badly injured Monday
afternoon that he died one hour after
being taken to the Cottage hospital at
Connellsville. Riley was employed as
a brakeman on the narrow gauge road
and was setting brake when he slipped
and fell beneath log train. His lower
limbs were badly crushed and he was
almost disemboweled when the wheel of
one Of the log cars passed over his body,
near his hip. The young man was hur-
ried to the hospital on a freight engine,
but his case was hopeless. The body
was shipped to his home near White
Rock, this county. Deceased was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Riley
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-05-24
DEER PARK TO CELEBRATE.
Memorial Day Will De Observed
There Hext Wednesday.

Memorial Day, next Wednesday, viii
be observed at Deer Park with more
than usual activity.
4 program has been arranged cover
ing the entire day and evening. In the
morning the decoration exercises will
be held at the cemetery where an adj
dress will be made by Rev. Faust.
Other speakers will be Hon. G. w.
Haulenbeek, Rev. c. w. Hudson and
Mir. r. D. Stephenson, Of North Caro-
lima. In the afternoon at the base ball
ground athletic sports will be in order,
followed by game of ball between
Oakland and Deer Park, and in the
evening a play, written specially for
the occasion, will be rendered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-05-24
MEMORIAL DAY IN FRlENDSVILLE,
Annual Decoration of the Graves OF
the Honored Dead.

Sherman Post No. II. Grand Army OF
the Repn5lic. desires that there be
general turnout Of the citizens, public
school children, Sunday schools and Wis
itors from the surrounding country are
also invited to participate with the Post
on Memorial Day, Wednesday, May 80,
in decorating the graves Of the noble
dead who have answered the last roll
call, and are now resting in our ceme-
teries. Rev. Mama will deliver the
principal address.
We Will meet on the public school
grounds at $50 and march to the NJ. {.
church where the addresses will be de
| livered.
Platform exercises will be heidi the
afternoon, consisting of short addresses
and appropriate music. Donations Of
flowers will be thankfully received and
can be left at the NJ f. church.
K. E. FRIEND,
Commander.
II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-05-24
GEO. F.. BlSHOFF,
Adjutant.
For Thirty Days.

A. D. Naylor & Co. viii give special
low prices on their entire line of We
hicles. Graindrills, Harrows, Flows,
Turnbull and Weber Wagons, Fertile
ers, two and three-ply Roofing, etc.
Our warerooms are running over with
goods and we will sell at the lowest
possible prices. If you do not want to
buy come to see us anyway; we want to
show you the largest assortment as well
as the best line of goods in Western
Maryland. 81.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-05-24
Sc. and I0C. Goods.

There are special bargain tables near
the front of the store on which are
placed quantities of SC. and lOc.
goods that are sold at ridiculously low
prices. Look for these tables the next
time you come in. One half hour spent
in this way and the purchasing of 50
cents or dollars worth of goods cannot
help but please and put many useful
articles in the home.
J. M. DAVIS & Sons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-05-24

On next Wednesday, May 30th, all
members of the Junior Order are re-
quested to meet at their hall at 8
O'Clock and to participate in the decora-
ton of the graves of deceased brethren.
EAll members and friends of ST.
Marks Ev. Lutheran church desiring
to place memorial windows in the new
building will please communicate with
DR.. NJ. c. limbaugh at an early date
as possible.
Mr.. J. P. Miller. who recently left
Engles Mills in this county and went
out to Ohio, where he will take up his
future residence, has purchased gener-
al store and land at Fidelity, near West
Milton, Ohio.
Quite number of OaIlland's citizens
went to Cumberland last Saturday to
see Barnum & Bailey's circus. All who
made the trip were we'll pleased with
what they saw and returned to Oakland
Saturday night
T Mr.. R. c. McCandlish, cashier Of the
( Friendsville bank. was in Oakland Tues
day evening en- route to Cumberland
on business connected with the Penn
Garrett Coal Company, of which he is
the secretary and treasurer.
Mr.. William r. Ofutt's handsome
new residence on Second street is APP
preaching completion. The building
was erected by Messrs. D. E. Bolder
q &c. 1t is well planned and one OF
the modern homes Of Oakland,
Messrs. Chris, Robert and Fred Felty
of Connellsyille, Pa, were in Oakland
SUNDAY attending the funeral of theiI
little niece, Miriam, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Felty, whose death i
noted elsewhere in these columns today
Mr.. L, i. Lantz was recently elected
as a delegate to the spring convention
of the Allegany Conference Of the Ev
Lutheran church, which meets at Au
rora, W. Va, June lib, of whicl
charge Rev. VIM. H. Berry is the pas
tor.
Mrs. Joseph F. Harmed and two chill
dren. of Oakland. have cone to Cumber
land where they VIII be guests OF rela
uVeS during the present week. MI
, harmed accompanied ms family to tina
E city returning TO Oakland Saturda
mght,
The Board Of County Commissioner
will meet on Tuesday, June 18th, fc
the transaction Of routine business. O
-, Wednesday, the 18th, according to az
vertisement published elsewhere in tn
paper the Board VIII award the COZ
S tract for the erection of a new wrougt
e iron bridge to be built over Deep Cree