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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

for the loss they got two staff officers and Wynd-
hams horses and uniform One of the prisoners was
an Austrian baron. Ames had the pleasure OF cap
turing his captain Captain Barker, to whom
he introduced me with great pride.
1t time for us to be leaving So far not a
shot had been fired, everybody being in a panic.
the prisoners, each mounted on a horse and leading
one, massed together, while my men were
placed on their rear and on their TANKS. l led the
column. As we passed a house in the town a window
was thrown up and a in loud voice called out
What IS this cavalry doing here" The tone of
authority was so ridiculous that my men laughed
him. This probably gave him the alarm. We halted
and some went TO haul him out 1t Colonel
tombstone, and he had got away but his uniform
was appropriated legitimate spoil 1t said that
after the danger was over Mrs tombstone made
reconnaissance in the back yard and found him
shivering in a state described in the following
despatch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26
STEALING A GENERAL

Gr --e stiilv night
-Iurnbers cham has bound me.
Fr Memory brings the light
~ other days around ne
Tom Moore.
rGOT my military education in war. And
nv entrance upon guerrilla operations was
Il largely due to chance. The incident which
II led INTO my special service in war befell in
Max ooe We had spent long months on
~r.set d-- and the Southern army. instead of
sranc,r- -er Bull Run, retiring to a new line
T. ie.ense Ae were falling back on the Rama
-snrock General /. E. B. Stuart said to me
N5sbE- mt 70 ind out If this is McClellan's
amy - only making feint."
rert / VIII ind out Tor YOU if YOU will let
Ot c would be glad for me to do il. bt,t
ge- ar-uation 1t was necessary to 90 in the
-.s- u nT. and II was thought too hazardous
II 1rie- .dier to attempt It. Two men were
ia-alet with me, and Stuart furnished a
--ie eW all the paths. We started around
e fa- the advancing column and were not
Ing r IN behind them. They never dis
covered nd had no suspicion that were in
s.e-rr rear
TIE -re my name was mentioned in the war
r an report was in Stuart 5 report of this
-is ~ ~ of the enemy.
Mon ed. The hostile armies were resting
.--ers along the Rappahannock while
--r rt ID ceased firing and were swapping
--on- nee and tobacco. l could not endure
Tx 19 atony OF the camp, got Stuart to
IL rrt dozen men TO haraSs the enerlv's lines
III --t and N front of Washington. This
rsS -- -ning ot my life as a paruzan There
mas zen danger and OF romance IN 1t to attract
sr1--- -l q love Tor adventure and volunteers
-aa~ me. l had no preConceived design when
] le--. dry camp Tor organizing an INDEPENDENT
GONNA battalion that gradually grew up was
q -1I-e evolution.
A---- -a-lng for several weeks against the
outpost -ilng the defenses Of Washington I
tl4rre Older enterprise than any | had at
temp As waiting ior favorable opportunity
rher Epected ally came TO my aid. This was
q l-se- u the Fifth New York Cavalry named
Anne brought fresh information. Ny plan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

was to enter the Union lines at night through
gap had discovered and capture General Slough
ton headquarters at Fairfax. | had pretty
good local knowledge of the country and learned
from prisoners the location of the enemv's canDs
ana outposts. In the daytime they were connected
by line OF vdettes sight Of each other at night
the Vldettes were drawn the reserves for fear
OF capture his made ngress and egress pretty
easy alter dark. The security of the picket line
seemed to be the main object. 1t was apparently
not conceived to be possible that anyone would let
the pckets alone and 60 after the General But that
was my scheme. After | had tested Anes's fidelity
determined on March s, 1903, to take the leap
nave vivid recollection of the events and the
confllct between my hopes and fears that evening
he men met me at Dover in Loudoun County
on the turnpike leading to Fairfax There were
tWenty -nlne. Not one knew of my destination; all
thought we were going on a forav among the
PlcketS ! ne weather the kind | wanted
mere was a misty rain and forecast of a dark
nght the soft snow mutfed the tread of the horses
W e started before shutdown. 1t was about twenty
miles to Fairfax Court House. | did not want TO
get there before midnight On account of the
muddy roads we kept the pike until we got within
TWO or three miles OF the camps; then we turned off
ana passed through gap in the line between them
we could see campres to the left and to the right
but no one challenged us The soldiers in their
tents We're peacefully dreaming; occasionally an
OWL hooted, and a rabbit on its nocturnal rounds
Went skipping before us. After we had got several
miles inside the Union lines | told Anles and one
OF my men, Hunter, sergeant who was riding bv
me, what my plan was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

tents IN the yard, but the tenants were
asleep. I knocked on the front door
window above opened and some one
asked, q" Who are YOU There was an
answer, Fifth New York Cavalry, with
dispatches for General Stoughton."
staff officer, Lieutenant Prentiss
in his night dress opened the door.
whispered my name in his ear, and told
HIM to 60 with me 70 StOughtOn's room
He led the way UP stairs. We found the
man OF war in bed dreaming like the
Turk when MarlloS Bozzaris walked him
up. | did not stand on ceremony but
after striking a light gave the General a
spank. He rose and in an imperious
tone asked. What does this mean.
l told him who | was; that Stuart :
cavalry was in possession of the town,
that Jackson was at Centreville; and
babe him dress quickly. He asked me
70 take him TO FitZ-Lee. they had been
cadets together at West Point
When we came out of the house
StOughton's couriers. who had been cap
tured, had his horses saddled at the
door We mounted and started to the
rendezvous at once, Hunter being de
tailed to take Stoughton's bride reins
and hold on 10 him At the rendezvous
the squads detailed - 60 to the different
places met us with about & hundred
prisoners and horses but the party hat
went with Ames TO Colonel Wvndham
headquarters missed their preV-Wvnd-
ham had gone 70 Washington that even
ing To some extent werelndemnitIed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26
My Guerrilla Operations
By COLONEL JOHN S. M0sBy

oar0NEL. N0SRY Is the most famous Of those South
- guerrilla leaders whose exploits during the Civil
reused So great CONSERVATION along the border
% -c set Irving who recall the time when Wash
~ was into periodic panics by rlmors of raids
-t,r-sbv men There was something portentous and
rr about she suddenness and secrecy of these par
Is which were SO often attended with almost
-,5Ie success No position seemed safe from them
t,r -.nla every expedition against them seemed
ei - loultIture- In series of articles of which
IS The --- Colonel Mosbv viii tell Of sone, of his
- notable exploits and describe the organization and
s,4s al c11uruand-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26
No Resistance From Guards

/ was about two o'clock in the morning when
we entered the town. No sentinel halted us; all
who saw US IN the dark thought we were their own
cavalry We We're dressed in gray; but one color
could not be distinguished from another There
were few guards IN the town they made no resist
ance staff officer reported to Washington the
next day that, They came into our lines with the
countersgn, and no obstruction was offered to their
entrance" We did not have and did not need
their counteTsgn and did not anyone to give it to-
otoughton has been charged with negligence be-
cause we met with obstruction That was the
FAULT OF the cavalry commander, Colonel Percy
W yndam, an English soldier of fortune who had
charge OF the picket line. He was bred in the
European school OF regularity, and did not think it
was legitimate war to be chasing in pickets at mid
night and raising the camps with alarms.
But to proceed with my narrative. We halted
at the court house, and l divided the command
INTO squads and sent them out to gather prisoners
ana horses. We found the telegraph operator
sleeping IN tent, and took him as we did not want
MN to send of any messages about us. We cut the
wires lHe got his revenge by giving me a dinner
IN Denver few years ago. With SIX men rode to
Stoughtons headquarters. There were several
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

or the stiilv night
unber's cham has bound me.
Fr Memory brings the light
other days around ne
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
BOUND MT. MINING COMPANY

Word has been received at the once
of the Round Mountain Mining com
pany from Superintendent Macdonald
indicating that a new vein carrying
good milling values has been found at a
depth of 6S feet in the vertical shaft on
the Sunnyside No. 1. A whim has been
installed on the No. 3 inclined shaft
which will be pushed to the 2O0-foot
point as rapidly as possible.
Mr. Geo. H. Gruss who is to take
charge of the construction of the Round
Mountain Mining company's mill will
leave Goldfield for the mine in Manager
Davis auto on Sunday. He will start
a force of men to work grading for the
foundations Considerable difficulty is
experienced in getting machinery from
San Francisco owing to the freight
blockade. Both the machinery and
timbers will be on the ground at Round
Mountain, however, within 10 days.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
JANUARY JONES LEASE

Another important strike was made by
the night shift Thursday, August 23d,
at the January Jones lease on the
Cornishman claim of the Florence Min
ing company ground. This was the un-
covering of five feet of ore of identical
composition with the ore from the
famous Reilly lease on the Florence.
The Reilly lease is but a stones throw
away from the Jones lease, and as this
new strike assays between $500 and
$500 to the ton, 1t would surprise nobody
to hear that January Jones had cut the
extension of the Reilly ore shoot. If
this has happened there will be another
record breaking rush to get out big
tonnage in the shortest time. The Jones
lease has nearly six months yet to run.
and with the preparations that are now
being made for installing new machine
cry, Mr.. Jones feels that he has ample
time to make large production with
five feet of shipping ore blocked out and
ready to break down.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25

The Combination Fraction at this
time is holding a very well deserved
place in the public eye. A great wave of
popularity is sweeping over the ground
located along the draw south of the
Mohawk and those fortunate enough to
hold leasing ground in this section are
the subject of considerable envy. The
Combination Fraction main shaft is
down 1856 feet and large bodies of mill
ore have been developed. An upraise
from the 260-foot level to the 200-foot
mark is in a ledge of ore varying in
width from IS inches to feet and rang
ing in value from $50 to S4,s04. Stop
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
ATLANTA LEASES

In the Woodward and Gaskin lease, on
the Atlanta the shaft now down 212 feet
has just passed through ledge of sui
phide quartz which carries values of
$17.60. The rock is almost Identical
with the Mohawk ores and in view of
the close proximity to the greatest pro-
ducers of the camp there appears
small doubt that will make ore. The
ledge is from feet to feet wide The
lessees have been at work for some
time and Will always preserving an OPP
timistic frame of mind this find is un-
questionahly of great announcement.
The company shaft is now down 150
feet and the men are still sinking. The
situation is as good as could be looked
for at the present depth.
The Century Leasing company shaft
has reached depth of 259 feet and
drifting commenced from the 25O-foot
level.
Stewart and Holbrook have attained
a depth of 1856 feet and are still sinking.
Several new leases have been issued
within the last week to parties who In
tend extensive development.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
FLORENCE HAS DEVELOPED
INTO AN IMMENSE MINE

leasing largely and several of the
lessees are in shipping ore.
In the Lindsay lease good strong
ledge of $40 rock has been opened up
and stopping was begun on Tuesday. The
lessees sank shaft 275 feet and upon
crosscutting north IS feet encountered
31k feet of ore. This ledge was drifted
on about 80 feet and the values and
strength of vein continue. A crosscut
to the east from this same 275-foot level
at a distance of % feet cut two veins
lying between the dacite and porphyry.
These bodies carry values of about $40
and measure 6 feet and 3 feet respec-
lively. Drifting south a ledge of 81 rock
was also cut with considerable water.
On the 150-foot level where some ore
was stopped the workings have been
cleared up and winze will be sunk on
IS inches of ore valued at from $50 to
$50. The shaft is 290 feet deep.
Shipping ore is also present in the
lease of the Nevada Leasing company.
A drift is being driven on 6 feet of ore
at the 2O0-foot level and a crosscut is
going in from the 150-foot mark. This
is now 40 feet long. drift has also
been run on the ore so feet from the 10
foot level Shipping begins before long.
In the Peer and Pugh lease a shaft
has been sunk 255 feet and about 1900
feet of development completed Messrs.
Peer and Pugh took out over 200 tons of
ore from the $50 and 175-foot level
which ran over 500 per ton. while
values have gone as high as $4,000. A
crosscut is being driven from the 250-
foot level to catch a ledge which should
carry good values. Already the dyke
which lies in front of the ledge has been
entered and it is only matter of few
days when the ore will be tapped. A
great deal of water is present.
The Wallace lease which Messrs. Peer
and Pugh took over some time since has
been connected with their own workings
and viii be thoroughly prospected on
the 200 and 250-foot levels. The equip
ment of this lease is splendid A 20
hp. electric hoist is giving great salts
faction.
There are many other lessees on
Florence ground who are working along
steadily with good showings and pay
ore may be encountered in any of them
at any time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25

Although not in some time has the
Florence Goldfeld Mining company fig
ured in print conditions on this pioneer
shipper were never better. Practically
the first or the big leases of Goldheld
was the Florence lease No. l operated
by Sweeney and his associates. Work
was commenced under this contract on
January is, 1904, and the life of the
lease was one year. Although the
values in the surface groupings where
work was started were only S1.65 the
ton pay ore was opened up at depth
of so feet and before the expiration OF
the lease over $75O,O0O worth of ore
was taken out and shipped.
On January Is, 1905 the company took
possession of this ground in which the
leasers had completed a 250-foot shaft
and $500 feet of drifting, stopping ana
crosscutting. Systematic development
began at once, the shaft was sunk to
the S5O-foot mark and an electric hoist
of great calibre with pumps and COM
plete equipment installed. A 1OO-ton
automatic sampler was also installed.
The next great lease was the Reilly
lease a six months contract under
which work began on April 18th. The
output of this block of ground during
that time was 100000 of which $780,
900 was taken out in the last 40 days.
The Reilly block is also under develop
ment by the company and connection be-
tween this and the No. / workings will
be effected in a few days upon two
levels. These levels will be over 500
feet long with several raises to the
surface for air. The united development
in these two workings is 10000 feet. In
the course of development many thou
sand tons of mill rock has been taken
out and thrown on the dumps while
great bodies are blocked out in the
mine. The total production to date Is
s1.S0S. 900 The company's rule has been
to ship no ore under the 800 value All
falling below this standard has been
reserved for treatment in the company's
mill to be erected. Tests are now un-
derway to determine the best process
for the ores. AS soon as this can be de-
termined the company's plant will be in
stalled. The ore shipped has ranged in
value from 500 to $4,000 the ton. Pur-
suing it's old policy the company is still
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
RAMSEY WILL SOON
BE SHIPPING ORE

racentlv returned to Goldfield. He is
FIRMLY impregnated with faith in the
Ramsey camp and declares that before
the first of January next the mines there
will have produced half million dol
lars worth of ore.
On the Ramsey Mining company S
ground a shaft is being sunk on the
vein and is all in shipping ore. A cross
cut trench feet deep shows the vein
to be 80 feet wide.
On the Elkins- Robinson lease which
is owned by Wood Elkins, who was as
sociated with Jack Sweeney on the
FLORENCE lease a shaft is going down
without a stop to the 100foot mark
from where a crosscut will be driven
for the dyke 40 feet away. About IA
inches of $40 rock has been opened up
on the Burns lease 400 feet further
along the dykes AS the camp is only
10 miles from Apache on the southern
Pacific with a down hill road this is
very good shipping ore.
REYNOLDS also reports that with as
sociates he has purchased the heo
Mountain claim No. from the Ramsey
bovs and Geo. Fletcher, paying $SO'ooV
Oh
veral stage lines and auto service
been established from Dayton, Fort
cbiu and Carson City and tele-
line is under construction. Ac-
ng to Reynolds the next 50 Gays
witness one of the largest stam-
to Ramsey that has ever taken
in the state.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25

On Wednesday a great strike was
made in the Portland which lies south
and east of the town about half a mile
in a region in which no strike has ever
previously been made. For months and
months the big hoist on the side of the
hill has patiently lifted the waste from
the deep workings and such values as
have been had were small and not par
ticularly encouraging. AS the dump has
grown faith in the property among the
outside onlookers has steadily dwindled
until not many would care to invest in
that section. Now suddenly at depth
of 426 feet the lessees, Donald B. Gillies,
John McKane and associates, have come
upon an immense ledge 80 feet ross
which returns average values of $50
the ton.
John F. Mitchell, who is connected
with the Portland company and who is
authority for this story states that as
says as high as $500 have been had
from the ore The rock is a sulphide
quartz exactly the same composition as
the Mohawk ores. The Portland is over
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
NEVADA METALS CO. LEASE

The Nevada Metals company, re-
Gently organized corporation having for
its object the buying, selling and oper-
ating of mines and leases has chosen
G. w. Peer for it's president and general
manager, r. G. Withers, vice president,
c. W. Hopkins, secretary and treasurer,
H. C. Gillespie, assistant secretary and
these with M. c. Howard, directors. The
company is now operating a lease on the
Daisy block adjoining the Detch Brewer
strike and by cross trenching nave
opened up the Detch-Brewer ledge in
four places. At all of these points the
ledge pans well. A shaft has been
started and is down about 80 feet. A
2O-h.p. electric hoist has been ordered
and it is intended to sink 100 feet and
then crosscut. Three shifts are being
worked and rapid progress will be
made.
The company is also working a lease
on the Great Bend. At present the sur
faee prospecting is under way. Three
ledges have been uncovered, two of
which pan freely and the third carries
fair values. This lease will also be
equipped with a 20-h.p. electric hoist.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
JUMBO EXTENSION

The reported rich strike on the Jumbo
Extension Mining company which The
News last week made public was veri-
fed on Tuesday when News represent
alive visited the scene. The strike is
in the Higginson lease and the ore was
struck in a winze from the 120-foot
level The ledge varies in width from
10 inches to feet. No stopping has
been done but in the course of develop
ment considerable ore has been ex-
tracted which will assay all the way
from $500 to $4,000. In the improvised
bins on Tuesday possibly 10 tons of ore
was piled which would average better
than $1,000. On Tuesday a new find
was made revealing Is inches of ore
which pans very richly. No assays from
this had then been made. Considerable
development has been going quietly on
during the time this strike was kept a
secret and now everything is in readi-
ness to begin stopping. The working
force will be largely increased during
the next week or so.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
DEEP SHAFT
FOR RED TOP

Goldfield camp is fast leaving the old
order of surface mining behind and the
era of deep mining is being ushered
auspiciously in. On at least dozen
companies development fo- depth is be-
ing steadily prosecuted. What this will
mean to the camp is easily imagined
Depth will prove the permanent rich
ness of the district and result in the in
flux of investment monies to the various
properties that surface mining could
never draw.
The extensive equipment for the Red
Top which as The News some six weeks
ago announced was ordered has arrived
with the exception or the hoist drum
which is being constructed along spe-
cial lines and will be delayed possibly
two weeks The great 50-h.p. electric
hoist is in the camp ready to be hauled
to the mine The foundation is waiting
to receive it and probably the next week
will see 1t in place. AS soon as all is
complete the shaft will be continued to
a depth of 500 feet The present bottom
level 165 feet is now below the water
level so that the company will find con-
tinual use for the pumps which form
part OF the new equipment. The condi-
ton of the mine is improving each day
as the work of blocking out the ore pro-
crosses further.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
sHosHoNE EXTENSION

j. C. Mccormack, one of the pioneer
mining men of the Bullfrog district and
president of the Montgomery-Shosho
Extension Mining company, wires from
the east to his secretary, G. K. Vaughn,
that he has placed a large block of the
company's treasury stock and secured
sufficient money to fully develop the
property.
The Montgomery-S -Shoshone Extension
Mining company owns the Emerald and
Ruby mining claims which are located
Immediately south of the famous Mont
gomery-shoshone mine and contains the
ledge of that great mine, hence the
name given the company.
Mr. Vaughn received information from
Superintendent Doyle at Rhyolite this
week that the Clark railroad people had
so men working on an open cut for
distance of 800 feet through the south
end of the property, and the main work
ings of the company are located at
sufficiently high elevation to permit of
the installation of trestles and other
facilities for loading the ore by gravi-
tation
A two compartment shaft is being
sunk on the property which has now
reached a depth of 165 feet and timbered
all the way preparatory for permanent
operation. The shaft will be continued
TO a depth of 200 feet when a crossout
will be run to cut the Montgomery-Sh
shone ledge which dipped out of the
shaft at a depth of so feet.
While the shaft was in this vein good
values were obtained for the full width
of the shaft and stringers of tale were
found running as high as $500 in gold
to the ton, and the superintendent feels
certain of finding a large body of ore
when this ledge is encountered at a
depth of 200 feet.