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Mohave County miner., 1906-05-05

Silver, Eddie, owned by James Dun
don, and Tub, owned by T. L. Ayres.
/ The Silver and Tub are the only ones
! having extensive work done on them,
the other one having but superficial
workings. The Silver is opened to a
depth of 80 feet by shaft and several
hundred feet of adit drift, which shows
up the immense size of the vein to adj
vantage. The ore as a whole is low
grade, but there are wide extents of
vein that run well up in value in gold
and silver. This ore can readily be
concentrated.
The Tub mine has been opened by
shaft and drift and shows the same
general characteristic as the Silver,
with the addition of copper. 1t has
been large producer of lead, the
value in that metal running up to
forty per cent.
Farther up the hillside is the Col
conda mine, owned by E. F. Thompson
and Mrs. E. B. Smith. This mine has
been opened by shaft and tunnel and
has produced many hundreds of tons
of rich gold, silver and lead ore from
the superficial workings. The ore also
carries values in copper and zinc
Hundreds of tons of ore from an adit
drift were worked in the old Empire
mill in Todd Basin, which gave good
results. The mine is one of the best
in the camp.
James Mulligan owns the Suffolk,
also large mine. This vein lies west
of the Silver lode and is almost as
large. Good ore was taken from the
surface of the vein, but no attempt has
been made to open it at depth.
The Green Linnet mine has been
opened by both shaft and drift to Il
depth below the 100 and has a good
showing of ore. The drift is nearly
800 feet in length, but has not yet
reached the main lead of the net work
of veins. 1t was from this point that
we recently reported on the advisibil-
ity of tunnel, which could be run to
an intersection with many of the big
veins of the camp, cutting them at
depths ranging from 300 to 1900 feet,
and opening up great extent of rich
veins
The old Mexican. Climax, Nightin-
smaller veins are situated in the camp.
Every location covers a number of
veins and all are mineralized. There
is no reason why this section should
not become one of the richest produc-
ers in the county.
Mohave County miner., 1906-05-05
Gold Basin.

Gold Basin. owing to its situation
far from the base of supplies, has long
been neglected by mining men, al
though of late years several good
propositions have been taken up and
worked quite successfully. One of
these is the Eldorado. This mine was
discovered in the late seventies and its
ores worked in mills and arastras.
Thousands of dollars were taken out
in this way, but the process was ex-
pensive. Hundreds of tons of rich ore
were found on the surface of the
claim, which produced the first bullion
taken from that district. At first it
was thought that the mine was blan-
ket, but later development has proven
it assure. At the present time the
shaft has reached a depth of three
hundred feet on the vein and is in
good milling ore. A ten stamp mill
and cyanide plant are handling the
ore from the mine successfully. The
Arizona Minnesota Gold Mining COM
pany is working the property. This
company has developed water for mill
ing and camp use and while working
under many disadvantages has done
large amount of development proving
the property to be a good one.
The surrounding mines in the same
mineral belt are the o. K, Cyclopic,
Tiptop, and many others. The veins
are all large and some of them have
excellent pay streaks. The scarcity of
fuel and water makes the handling of
ores in the district an expensive prop
Mohave County miner., 1906-05-05
Union Basin.

Union Basin is one of the most eX-
tensively mineralized sections of the
whole Wallapai district, there being
such a network of veins traversing the
hills and gulches of the camp that it is
really bewildering. Chief among the
veins is the Silver, owned by James
Mulligan, having a vein width of
nearly 100 feet. On this vein is the
Mohave County miner., 1906-05-05
Cerbat.

Cerbat was one of the first mining
camps in the Cerbat range of noun
tains and has always been a producer
of high grade gold ore. The early
ores from the camp were reduced by
arastra and later by small milling
plants. a popularity of the camp is
that on the north side of the canyon
the ores carry gold almost exclusively,
while on the south side of the canyon
the same veins carry lead, silver and
gold. OF the mines on the north side
of the canyon the Vanderbilt, Golden
Gem, Cerbat and Flores are probably
the best known producers. These
mines have produced nearly one mill
ion dollars in gold since the first work
was done on them and are today cap
able of making a big output of the yell
low metal. The Vanderbilt has been
opened to a depth of 2S0 feet and at
the bottom the ore is far richer than
at any other point where ore was ex-
tracted. The levels now being run
are in ore running more than 300S to
the ton in gold and the vein has a
width of nearly three feet. A mill is
soon to be placed on the mine to han
die the low grade ores from the upper
workings of the mine, of which there
are immense quantities. The Golden
- no
of the camp and produced some nice
ore from the Outcrop. Later 7. l..
Ayres took from the mine fully 2OO,-
COOS in gold and the main shaft has
only reached a depth of 400 feet, no
stopping having been done below the
200 level. This mine is one of the
most promising in the camp.
The Cerbat mine was another of the
big producers of early days, having a
credit for production of about 300, COOS.
The mine carries values in gold, silver
and copper. The rich ore has been
taken from the mine, yet there are
good mill values still in the property.
1t has been opened to a depth of APP
proximately 200 feet, but no drifting
has been done from the bottom of the
shaft. The vein is large one and we
believe it to be one of the best prop
critics in the district.
The Flores was known at one time
as the Five Forks, on account of the
north end of the vein lingering out
into the same number of divisions as
the human hand. 1t has been opened
to a depth of 300 feet and has been a
big producer of good ore. 1t is pro-
vided with a hosting and milling
plant. Nothing has been done on the
property in recent years and the mine
is now filled with water to the 100 lev
el. The mine is good one and no
doubt is entertained by those who
know it best of its becoming divi-
dend payer with proper handling.
Another of the gold veins is the
Columbus mine, west of the Wander
bilt, which has been opened to a depth
of 200 feet by shaft and tunnel. The
Mohave County miner., 1906-05-05
Mohave County, the Treasure Vault of Arizona

gypsum, which may become of large
commercial value. In the north par
of the county black tourmaline i:
found in large quantities. This stone
could readily be used in place of jet,
which it would displace were its sus
ceptibility to high polish and brilliancy
known to the public.
Everywhere the prospector may &c
through the mountain ranges of the
county he will be confronted with the
wonderful mineral possibilities. Gold,
silver, lead and copper is to be found
in every range and in pay quantities.
For years the chlorider made big
money from sales of ores from the
smaller veins and now it is essential
to the life of mining that the big veins
be brought into the producing class.
1t is from the big and untouched veins
of the county that we may look for
the producers of this century. Every
range has its big lodes, carrying values
that ought to make them desirable
properties. Some of the veins are so
large that a statement of their size
would be unbelievable to the miners
of other mining states and territories.
1t is no uncommon thing to see two
claims in width covering the outcrOp
of ore on some of the veins. But it is
nevertheless true that these enormous
veins must be handled on an immense
scale to make them pay. But once on
pay basis they are good for a century
of production. Take for instance the
Father de Smet mine, of the Black
Hills: This property has been pro-
tinue to pay for years to come. Yet
its ores have a value of less than four
dollars per ton. Among the big veins
of the county there are hundreds that
carry values better than four dol lars
and conditions are in no wise worse
than in the Black Hills camp. Once
get the big mine of the county in the
hands of operators with the means to
open it up in a systematic manner and
put in machinery to handle the ores
economically and the county will be
overrun with investors looking for
similar mines for investment.
Again there are great natural ad-
vantages in the county in the matter
of economic power plants, such as cleo
trical installations on the Colorado
river, using the vast volume of water
of this stream for purposes of genera
tion. The Grand Canyon of the Colo
RADIO is in the county and offers induce
ment to capital to utilize its mighty
walls to dam the river and harness its
water power. The distribution of cleo
tricsl power in the county is a neces-
sity and as soon as a few of the big
mines are put in a proper state of de-
velopment power will come to decrease
the cost of bullion production. With
the introduction of inexpensive power
hundreds of mines can be worked that
are today lying idle. Speed the time
when capital will recognize this coun-
ty in its proper light and take advan-
tage of the latent resources.
Mohave County miner., 1906-05-05

North of Cerbat is Paymaster basin,
in which is situated the Paymaster
mine. This property is owned by the
Victor Paymaster mining company, of
which F. n. Chandler is superintend-
ent. The mine is equipped with a
steam holster and the main shaft has
been sunk to a depth of POO feet. The
mine has produced a large amount of
money above this depth in gold and
silver. The lead is quite large and
well mineralized throughout. The
present owning company has group
of claims surrounding the property
and have done some work on it. A
force of men has just been put to work
on the mine to unwater it and begin
the extraction of ore.
Mohave County miner., 1906-05-05

mine has produced hundreds of tons OF
gold ore.
Along the same ridge on which the
four above named mines are situated
are many smaller veins of ore which
have produced largely of gold. These
veins have been worked in a spasmodiC
manner, but with proper handling
they may be made to produce a nice
revenue to the owners. The whole
section of country from the main Ger
bat range to the valley is gridironed
with these small veins. To the east
! of the Cerbat mine is the Bunker Hill,
owned by John Mulligan. This mine
has just shipped carload of gold-cop-
per ore to the smelter at Needles that
is expected to return about l,000S net.
The ore is good and the vein quite
large. In the present workings there
are two veins lying within few feet
of each other and both carry values in
gold and copper. Men have been at
work developing the mine for some
time and have succeeded in getting it
in good shape. Regular shipments of
ore will now be made to the smelter.
The Robert Emmett is one of the
large veins of the camp and carries
good values in gold. 1t is situated to
the north of the Vanderbilt and has
been producer of rich gold ore.
w. B. Campbell has a group of gold
mines in the camp that are said to be
among the most promising of that sec
ton
Jack Little has a group of mines
west of the Flores upon which he has
done a great deal of work. These
mines carry value in gold and copper.
The veins are large and give promise
of a great future.
The Ark and San Antonio mining
company own the Esmeralda mine on
the north side of Cerbat canyon. The
mine is equipped with a steam holster
and has been opened to a depth of
about POO feet. This is one of the good
veins of the camp and could readily be
made one of the largest producers in
that section.
John Barry owns the Nugget mine,
one of the northwest branches of the
Flores vein. Years ago this property
was known as the Ida and Rhoda
Lewis and was a big producer of gold
and silver ore. The vein is good one.
On the south side of the canyon are
the St. Louis, Fountenoy, Flagstaff,
Little Man and other good properties.
The st. Louis and Fountenoy carry
good values in lead and silver, while
the Flagstaff is a strictly silver mine.
These properties have been developed
to considerable extent and have been
good producers. The St. Louis re-
Gently shipped carload of ore to the,
Needles smelter for which l,2OOS was
received. Another carload is now be-
ing prepared for shipment.
To the west of these mines are the
Twins. Blue Lode, New London and
Champion. These mines produced
thousands of tons of ore running high
in lead, gold and silver. The Cham
pion and New London have been the
greatest producers, but the owners
have worked the ore bodies out to the
change, between wind and water, and
there have abandoned deep work.
There is no doubt that the mines are
all right and will carry the values to
far below the water level.
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-04-27
Destructive Hail Storm.

Some parts Of Prince Edward and
the adjoining counties were visited
last Sunday afternoon by the most de
strucuve hail storms seen for years.
Farmville escaped the fury of the
hail. but both the lower and upper
parts Of the county caught it. The
storm is reported to have been very Sc
we're i'm Nottoway and lower Prince
Edward, being accompanied 10y high
wind which unroofed some houses
while the hail broke hundreds Of win
dow panes.
A gentleman who arrived here Sun
day afternoon was out in the storm
near Burkeyille. He reported that the
hail stones were not large, but so furi-
Gus was the storm that in the shortest
imaginable time the ground was cover
Ell To the depth Of six or eight inches
aud IN drifts was at least twelve inches
deep. Tobacco plant beds in the path
of the storm were almost completely
DESTROYED, and much damage is sup
posed 10 have been done TO budding
fruit.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-04-27

April 24th, 1906.
A terrible hail storm passed over
this sectiod Sunday afternoon between
and , O'Clock. The stones were as
large as partridge and guinea eggs.
The ground was covered to the depth
Of five inches and in some places drift
ed much higher At Hickory Grove
the wheat crop Of Hancock Bros. was
seriously injured, one half Of il being
beaten down, and as it was very for
ward, there is no chance Of lis coming
out again Their clover crop, which
was also forward, was completely
beaten down, nothing but stems left
They had seven hundred yards Of
plant beds under canvass which was
destroyed. The canvass was torn to
pieces and beaten in the ground.
Leaves from forest and fruit trees all
beaten of. There was still a good
deal Of hail i'm the woods Monday
evening. Many young pigs and
chickens reported killed in this neigh
borh0od. ! heard Of some cOlOred
friends who said they knelt down and
prayed all the time Of the storm.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-04-27
Condemned Man Baptized.

. one of the most solemn and inn
pressive scenes ever witnessed IN
FamvIlc was the ceremony Wednes-
day incident TO the baptism OF Robert
Booker colored, the condemned muir
derer who is sentenced to die on the
gallows one week from today.
The prisoner was taken from the
county jail at 3 o'clock with every
precaution against his possible es-
cape. Sheriff Dickinson was assisted
by Police Onlcer FOCUS and Constable
Bliss. The prisoner was manacled
and hand-cuned and an officer had
hold Of each arm. On reaching the
First Baptist church where a large
congregation had assemble the con-
demned man was seated before the
altar i'm his manacled condition.
The choir sang son Jordan's Stormy
Banks I Stand;n Rev. :. G. Hatcher
Of the Methodist church, read appro-
pirate Scripture lessons, and Rev. Mel
son Jordan offered most earnest
and feryent prayer. While the pastor
was doning his baptismal robes the
choir sang sweetly, "Shall We Gather
at the River" The candidate salts
factorily responding to thequestions as
To his faith and trust, was led to Il e
pool and immersed. Through
choking sobs at one point of the GER
emonies, the prisoner said he had seen
nothing but trouble all his life, and
now he was glad it would all soon be
over.
After baptism and some preparation
the Lords supper was administered
and Booker was returned TO Jail tOI
await the coming Of Friday, May 18th,
when he will expiate the crime for
which he is To die-that Of shooting
10 death Charlie Brown at Rice Depot
on the night of January 10Th, 1906.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-04-27
Miller Ewing.

ON Wednesday at noon in Weslyn
Methodist Church, Meherrin, Miss
Cordie Vaughan Ewing became the
bride of Mr.. Hugh Byron Miller, Of
Lunenburg county. The church was
beautifully decorated in green and
white
After the solemn and impressive
ring ceremony, the bridal party re-
paired 10 the home Of the brides par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. If. Ewing,
where wedding breakfast was ser
we'd. after which Mr.. and Mrs. Miller
left for am extended Northern tour.
Mrs. Miller unites in her charming
person not only the beauty and aris-
tocracy Of Virginia, but also a DISPOSE
ton Of rare loveliness, which has won
for her many friends. The groom, a
most popular and successful young
business man, il a large shareholder
and general manager Of the Lunen-
burg Lumber Company, controlling
vast timber interests i'm this section.
The night preceding the ceremony
Miss Ewing gave am elaborate func-
ton i'm the shape Of an anti-nuptial
supper for the bridal party, at which
the beautiful colorings Of green and
white were carried out exquisitely in
both decorations and menu.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-04-27
AMELIA COUNTY.
Farley.

April ., 1906.
Easter was celebrated by the young
people Of this vicinity by a great fish
ing excursion tothe AppOmattox river.
Promptly at halp-past ten on Monday
morning the party departed from the
hospitable home Of Mr. Il. A. Johns,
chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs. James
Fretwell and Mrs. r. A. Johns. They
proceeded for quite a distance up the
muddy banks Of the river and tangling
themselves In the "bambo briers"
which grew so abundantly there, un-
ill at last they decided on a spot be-
meath the tempting shade Of the trees,
they cast their lines to await patient
ly the nibbling Of the timid fish pre-
sent. There arose a great shout and
Mr.. Homer Warmer, Of your town,
drew from beneath the murky waters
a huge "fat-back," but, alas no
more Of his companions followed.
Mr.. viii Borum, after great deal Of
patient waiting, at last caught an ell,
but only kept him for few moments,
when he succeeded in going back to
the water. At last the party conclu-
ded that fish would be more abund-
ant farther down the river. They
went to where the mouth Of the Ango-
la flows into the river, where they
found a boat and Immediately gave
up fishing for the superior pleasure OF
rowing. Only four Of the ladies ven
tured to cross the river and a number
Of the gentlemen, where they were
met by Mr.. Mettauer Crute, Of Cum
berland, who, with his guitar and
harp. furnished delightful music for
the party. After an afternoon and
morning spent in so much pleasure,
the crowd dispersed and wandered in
search Of buggies and horses, and af-
ter few moments were ready TO leave
the enticing banks Of that beautiful
river for home, somewhat dilapida-
ted crowd in appearance but very
merry one at heart, all saying that
they hoped to spend just another such
day "down where the Appomattox
flows" Those among the party were
Misses Annie, Mabel and Alma Glenn,
Edith Davis, Bernice and Mary Bo-
rum, Maude Vaughan and Mrs. X. A.
Johns and Mrs. James Fretwelli
Messrs. VIII and Bob Lee Borumr
Herbert Glenn, Rod Garrett, Alvin
and Irving Kennedy, Homer Warrin-
er, Irving Noble, Willie Farley, Met
tauer Crute and James Fretwell. Mr..
Warmer took with him his kodak
and took several pictures Of the merry
party.
Miss Loyeline Vaughan spent seve-
raj days recently with Miss Lucille
Morrissette.
Messrs. VIII Morris, Irving Noble,
Irving Kennedy, Homer Warmer
and Vernon Steger and Misses Edith
Davis and Jane Steger were visitors
in the home Of Mr.. II. A. Johns East
er Sunday.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-04-27
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Stoddert.

April, "A, W.
Mr.. William Garnett's relatives and
friends are much grieVed over his
serious condition.
After a good sermon Sunday at
Browns Church by Rev. John Davis,
the following relatives and friends
gathered at the hOspitable home OF
Mrs. Walker Blanton and partook Of
the sumptuous dinner prepared in that
home always on Saturday for Sunday.
Rev. John Davis, neiee and two daugh-
tiers; Mr.. Shepard, Of Richmond; Miss
Rosa Blanton, Of Farmyille; Miss Bell
BlantOn, Of Adriance; Mr.. Barksdale
Blanton, Of Richmond; Mr.. aud Mrs.
f. b. Hughes and Mrs. Mary Blanton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rubin Johns, three
daughters and one son; Mrs. J. l..
SwoOpe. The afternoon was most
pleasantly spent, and will long be re-
membered by all present.
Miss Sydnor Johnson spent last
week with her friend, Mrs. Ben Wal
ton
Messrs. a. w. Lyon, Sidney Faris,
Lewis Crawley, Walter Claiborne,
Bob Agee, attended Cumberland
court today.
A high school, long felt want in
this community, is much sought after
by the people Of this vicinity, but like
everything else there are some who
kick, so building up Of this section we
think will be a thing Of the past. We
had hoped to have a good school house
in which to hold Sunday school on
Sundays, and sermon 0ccasiOnly In
tue afternoon. You would be surpris-
ed to know, my friends, that there are
people, well to do, In this section who
heard sermon in years. In
the past there were few young people
in this community, but now 1t bids
fair to be the garden spot in that re-
spect, and we want high school and
must have 1t. We might as well reap
the benefits OF such q school as other
counties are doing.