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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21

As the SENTINEL is reliably informed
that what is known to mining men as
the "siash system of extraction" is the
method to be used in working the Eu.
reka Con. and Richmond mines ON Ruby
Hill by the Richmond. Eureka Mining
Company, the following descriptive
article from the Engineering and Min
ing Journal showing the method of the
''slash system" as conducted in the
United States Mining Compauy's mines
at Bingham. Utah, will no doubt prove
interesting to many readers Of the
SENTINEL:
The slash system Of mining is a modi-
fication Of both the square-set system
and the caving system, which is being
employed at the Jordan and the Tele-
graph mines of the United States Min
ing Company at Bingham, Utah. Ii
has been in use there for several years
and has proved quite satisfactory. Like
other methods it has its advantages
and disadvantages, but Its cardinal point
is that it is a very safe method Of min
ing in heavy Slopes. 1t is an under
hand, square set method, in which the
overburden is allowed to follow down
after the caved timbers.
The ground at the United States
mines is heavy and the slopes are large.
The wall rock is limestone. in which
a soft sulphide ore has been deposited
by replacement. A raise is put up to
the top Of the slope. Then the top
slash is mined out by means Of square
sets. the posts being planted on the
ground with bracers, or spreaders, be-
tween them at the bottom. The set is
Jagged. and a floor is also laid. When
the sets have been pushed to the bound
aries and the ore on that floor or slash
has been mined out. holes are bored
into the posts and loaded with dyna.
mite.
They are then blasted and the over
burden caved down upon the floor.
Iu case the ground becomes too heavy
the floors can be mined in sections and
each section caved as soon as the ore in
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21

d. S. Taggart. District Freight and
Passenger Agent of the Southern Pa
cifc Company at Reno, requests the
SENTINEL to officially that
special rates will be in effect during
Summer months from all stations to
Lake Tahoe. The lake is a very beauti-
full spot. aud should any people be look
ing for a place to recuperate during the
Summer, they cannot find a better place
than Lake Tahoe. The announcement
concludes with this statements: 1--WE
have now very low rates from a great
many Of our points and will. within a
a few days. arrange rates from all points
and l would be very glad to have you
bring this beautiful resort before the
public"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21

White Rock lake. the highest lake In
the vicinity of Truckee, 10 still frozen
over. something never before known
this time of the year, not only by pio-
neer citizens. but also by Indians, who
say that they never knew ice to remain
ON this body of water so late in the sea-
son. The ice will hold mp q horse. and
it extends over the lake. The snow 10
still many feet deep.-virginia Eater-
prise.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21

In the development Of the Bay State
Superintendent VIM. ii. Wainwright
who has virtually been in charge Of the
property for the past 20 years, is pushing
ahead in the main or lower. tunnel on
the north side Of tbs. csRxnn
time hss fofsN -smsipis-sl41ng
and laying the foundation Of his new
building to be erected ON the corner of
Main street and Cdoie avenue, laid the
cornerstone to his building last Thurs
day. While no ceremony. in accor.
dance with time honored custom, ac-
the placing Of the stone, the
material part was duly fulfilled. In
the cache were placed copies of the
Tonopah papers of July 7--Bonanza.
Miner and Sun Mr.. McKim's business
card and a copy Of the Fourth Of July
program. As the building is a firmly
built one and as Nevada is not liable to
seismic disturbances it Is more than
probable that those relics will remain
undisturbed until the second coming of
Joshua's host to demolish the walls by
q mighty blast from its ram horn
The building when COM
will have two stories and a
basement with dimensions 30x66 feet.
The front and one side will be OF cut
stone while the rest will be of quarry
The first floor will have n
modern glass front and in this Mr.. Nc
Kim will open a dry goods store while
the upper floors will be for Office rental.
When the building proper is completed.
which will be IN about 60 days. a 100
foot extension will be added to it. The
cost is estimated at about $22, 900.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
Thursdays Train Broke Down

The engine hauling Thursdays pas
senger train 10 Eureka broke an eccent-
rio strap while near Alpha about II a.
m. and it was found necessary to work
the disabled engine back to Palisade for
another locomotive. Oliver Pratt was
in charge. and he says that he found
the making of sufficient repairs TO the
engine to permit getting back to
Palisade a pretty warm job. He got
back to Alpha with a fresh engine
about 1880 p. m. aud the train reached
Eureka a little before midnight. Al.
Clayton Of Alpha took charge of the
six passengers aboard and furnished
them with a first-class dinner and
supper.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
PUBLISHED SATURDAYS.

At the mine hoist. Of late. q Lsyner
air compressor has been installed. and
machine drills are now being used.
During the past few mouths the old
mill has been re-modsles sslsurv
20 opt44 IS the tentt "a Septemba
sa.BrH6 any general election. A. the
tenth day Of September falls on Mon
day this year. h last legal day Tor reg
.istration will be Saturday. September
8. Voters should make q note Of this
and not put of registration until 1t IL
too late. Remember that you must reg
lister this year before 8 o'clock p. m.
of Saturday. September 8. IL you want
to vote.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
CALlFoRNIANS WANT THE JOB
More Carpet Baggers Willing to Ae-
cept Nevada Political FavOrs

Carson, New, July 16-Considerable
interest is manifested here over a story
to the effect that the vacancy created by
the resignation of District Judge Hawley
of the Federal Court may go to a Cali
fori ian. According to the story, both
Congressman Needham and Victor Met
calfe. the latter Secretary of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. would
like to occupy places on the Federal
bench, and that one Of them has already
asked the President to be sent to Ne
vada. There is no official confirmation
of the story. but it has not been denied.
In view of the candidacy Of Judge
w. A. Massey of Reno and f. 5. Far
rington of Elko for the appointment,
the rumored candidacy of the Cali
fornians is interesting.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21

amount Of bullion was realized; while
thousands Of tons Of high-grade ore
were shipped t. outside markets. Al
the mill the old-time process Of pan set
Going was employed, the extraction be-
eacL in the neighborhood of 20 to so per
TINS ~ the silver values
medical au- s.sfesi AID rendered the
employee who from any oarss may re-
ruire his services. The other half Of
,his amount il held ~ an emergency
fund by the company to defray the ex-
penses of nursing. boarding. etc. any
afflicted employee. and the company has
arranged with the matron OF the En-
reka County Hospital to take charge
and care for any of its men who become
physically disabled in any way.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
Any Old Time In Eureka Now

Last Monday the new ime-Mountain-wen into effect In
Eureka. A visit on Main street about eight o'clock Friday morning
revealed the fact that only a portion of tbs business houses are 60
ing by the new time. AT nine o'clock, Mountain time, the mail had
not been brought up from the depot, and a crowd waiting at the
post Office for their mail were clicking" and wondering what time
the people who carry the mail was using. The fact that the resi-
dents of Eureka have heretofore used Pacific time does not make
the new change very popular, and the SENTINEL says make 1t uni-
versal Mountain or Pacific time, but not a mixture.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
Death of George W. Travers

A letter has been received by Mrs. j.
II Lee announcing the death at Everett,
Washington. on June 2S, 1906. of George
w. Travers. father of Mrs. Lee aud Miss
Grace Travers of Eureka. Mr.. Travers
was an old time Eurekan, working here
in the furnaces in the early days. He
left here a number of years ago for the
northern country, and has been located
in the State of Washington for some
time. Heart disease was the caage* OF
his death. He va a native of Dublin.
iselnnd. and aged 70 years and two
months.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
NEW SHELTER FOR NEVADA
The New Plant VIII Be Erected
Midway Between Reveille
and Eden

Already in New York a company has
been formed through the efforts of
Malcolm l.. Macdonald and Donald b.
Gillies to take over a number of impor-
tant options on southwestern Nevada
mining properties held by them and to
erect a smelter for the reduction of the
ores of the Kawich district. says the
Reno Gazette.
The officers aud directors ares: NAL
colin l. Macdonald, president; Arthur
w. Joseph, treasurer; Henry l.. Friden-
berg, secretary; E. A. Montgomery.
Leonard A. Desser, Charles B. Norris.
Charles R. Miller and DoAalgsG. Gillies.
These names iaGlude some of the best
mining men in the country.
managed by an executive committee of
the board of directors, consisting of
Messrs. Macdonald. Gillies and Friden-
berg. The New York office of the
company is at 20 Broad street aud is in
charge of Adam Underwood, assistant
secretary.
The new company controls the South
western Nevada Mines Company. own
ing the great silyer-lead property at
Reveille; the Goldreed Mines Company,
which is opening up a very rich group
of claims at Goldreed. in the Kawich
range. and six other properties at Elem.
Clifford, Bellehelen and Golden Arrow.
The company will erect a large smelt'
er at a point about midway between
Reveille and Eden, and it is announced
that ground will be broken early this
Fall.
The Nevada Smelling & Mines cor.
poration is capitalized for 100000
shares each of a par value of $5.
Mr.. Gillies left New York last night
for Tonopah and will soon be followed
by Mr.. Macdonald, and it is understood
that on their arrival here the plans OF
the new corporation will be perfected.
and that the development of the
various properties now under bond will
be pushed vigorously all along the line.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
LOOK OVER YOUR POLICIES
List of Insurance Companies
That Are Paying San
Francisco Losses

In the ferry building in San Fran
cisco a list of the insurance companies
that intend to pay do!lar-for-dollar OIL
their losses. and not try to take refuge
behind some clause so that they will
not have to pay their just obligations. hai
been posted. 1t would be we'll for thu
people of Nevada to look over their in
surauce policies aud see whether OF
not they are in the companies which
have proven themselves honorable. Oh
the companies which come under Q
different heading. The LIST follows:
Aetna.
American Central.
American of Newark.
Atlas of London.
California Insurance. Company.
Citizens of st. Louis.
Continental.
Connecticut.
English American Underwriters.
Hartford.
nome Oh new 1orK.
Insurance Company of N. America.
Kings County.
Liverpool and London and Globe.
London and Lancashire.
London Assurance Company.
Manchester.
Mercantile of Boston.
Michigan.
New Hampshire.
New York Underwriters.
New Zealand.
Niagara Insurance Company.
Northern Assurance of London.
North British and Mercantile.
Orient of Hartford.
Pelican of New York.
Phoenix of London.
Queen of New York.
Royal of Liverpool.
St. Paul. =
Springfield.
State Of Liverpool.
Sun of Liverpool.
Teutonia.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
mi New Position

Professor H. H. Howe. who for 80
years was principal Of the Carson City
schools and who was ousted recently
by the action of the new trustees, was
Saturday appointed by President
Stubs al principal Of the University of
Nevada High School. The position
carries with it a standing on q par with
the faculty Of the University and
$500 yearly salary.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
The Weather In Eureka

While the people throughout the
country are reported to be sweltering in
the heat of excessively hot Summer
weather. Eureka is experiencing a few
warm days that bring the usual feeling
of depression and discomfort. but here
the evenings are cool and pleasant and
one can always get a good nights rest
and sleep.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
Eastern Capital In Nevada

The New York Mail estimates that
over $50 900, 900 have been invested in
mining districts in Nevada. and a great
part of this comes from the wealthiest,
shire widest and most successful mine
operators of this as well as other coun
tries. says the Beatty Bullfrog Miner.
There are inclu led among these opera
tors capitalists of London who repre-
s~ent.over 800. 000. 900.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
New 4. Il P. Agent

@. B. Newcomb, formerly agent Of
the Southern Pacific at Lovelock, Hum
boldt County, Nevada, has been ap.
pointed agent of the Eureka & Palisade
Railway at Eureka, vice G. A. Nickles,
resigned. Mr.. Newoomb arrived here
last week with his wife and young son
and has already assumed the duties of
agent at this Place.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
MANY DYING IN DEATH VALLEY
Thermometer Reported lis at Rhyo-
lite and 1875 on the Desert

Rhyolite. New, July 16.-The heat
in Death Valley and the surrounding
country is frightful. Every day al
most reports come i'll of prospectors
being overcome or lost on the desert,
many of them dying from the terrible
heat and from thirst.
The thermometer has stood at a
high point for over two weeks now
and it is dangerous for the most ex.
perienced and hardened miners to ven-
lure off the known trails even though
supplied with water and food. Live
stock is suffering fearfully. Hundreds
of burros and horses have died, the
latter being unable to Withstand the
terrible heat.
The Tonopah and Tidewater Railway
has practically suspended work in
Amargosa canyon, which has become a
furnace. A number of the workmep
died from the heat. and So Macy Of the
others wera overcome that practically
all the survivors quit work in a body
aud returned to California.
Word m from Emigrant Springs
that two pr%ospectors, one believed to
be named Nelson. have persisted in the
desert. They started out with a single
canteen of water and never returned.
They are believed to have become in
sane and wandered from the trail.
In spite of the reassuring articles
printed in various newspapers about
Death Valley having been robbed of its
t%errors, it is claiming its annual host OF
victims.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
LOCAL SOCIAL T
rendered a Surprise Party on Her
Fifteenth Birthday

A number of the young friends OF
Miss Wave Loofbourrow gave her a
surprise party on last Monday evening
in honor of her 10Th birthday. The
jolly crowd of young people spent a
most delightful evening. The instru-
mental music contributed by the young
men of the house added life and merri-
ment to the party. and games and vocal
music were other features of amuse-
meut.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
JULY %. 1905.


is kept from mixing with the ors~~
slash or floor of ore is miusd q a onl.
fore, a floor Of two-inch p.ank lagg=o'
being laid as the mining progresses.
This slash is caved and the pr cess re-
peated in the slash below.
Advantage of Method
The timbers used in these mines are
SxS-inch Oregon pine. The posts are !
feet, z feet 4 inches. or z feet 8 inches
long. The caps are 5 feet 4 inches long,
as are also the girts, so that the caps
and the girts are placed at 5-foot centers.
No timber is recovered and no back of
ore is caved. The advantages Of this
method are that all the Gre is recovered,
that smaller timbers can be used and
that the method Is safe for the miners.
The disadvantages are that a bottom of
ore must be taken out on each floor. 1t
is like continually mining on a sill floor.
except that sill timbers are not laid. As
a result the cost of breaking the ore is
high. Raises must be driven in the
solid rock instead of carried up in the
sets as in the case of ordinary square-set
mining. Moreover. the slopes are very
hot and the air poor, because there are
no raises to levels.above to promote ven-
tilation. The decay of the timbers,
which follow down with the caved over
burden soon fouls what little air gets up
into the stope. The crushing OF the
caved overburden and the timbers also
aids in making the air hot.
This system could be eaisly converted
into a regular caving system by caving
a back OF ore each slice. but on account
of the value Of the ore and the conse-
quent loss Of some of it, entailed by the
caving system, this not attempted at
he United States mines. AS with any
system it is simply that method which
is cheapest considering everything
coming into the problem.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
SCHOOL CENSUS RETURNS
OF Eureka County as Taken by the
Census Marshals

County Superintendent Of Schools,
Lew Rogers. has furnished the SEN
TINEL with the following returns of the
School Census Marshals collected in
Eureka County for the year 1906:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
Miss Ford Meetswith Serious Accident

News reached Eureka Thursday that
Miss Gertrude Ford. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Ford of Eureka. who
wen to Ely in April to accept a position
as stenographer, met with a most I'M
fortunate accident early this week.
She was out riding with James Gaskill
when the team became frightened and
ran away. The buggy was upset and
both were thrown out. Miss Ford hav-
ing an arm broken.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
New Photograph Gallery

1t has been officially Stated that a
Photographic studio will be opened on
Spring street in Eureka as soon as the
apparatus and tent, which have been
on the road for several days, arrive.
Baby pictures will be their speciality.
When ready for business announce
ment will be made in tie columns of
the SENTINEL.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
Drowned Fording the Humboldt

DTUW Htu tHo HUIHuOEut
O, n. Martin was drowned in
the Humboldt river, near Winnie
mucca on July 16 while attempt
ing to ford the river on horse
back. The horse went under the
water and Martin was washed
out of the saddle. The drowning
was witnessed by half a dozen
fellow vaqueros.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
Firm of Kind 4 Kraus VIII Close Out
Their Stock of Goods at Cost.

Their Stock of Goods at Cost.
The firm of Kind s. Kraus-known
here for So years-has decided to go out
of business in Eureka. Mr.. Kind 10
now in business at Tonopah, and Mr..
Kraus has mining interests at Tybo
whichdemand his personalattention and
the store here will be closed nj at cost
and below. The entire stock consisting
of groceries. meats, tinware. shelf hard.
ware, clothing and supplies Of all kinds.
also all fixtures-.ounters, shelving.
scales, etc., will be sold at remarkably
low prices for cash. The sale is now on
and you can get your supplies at your
OWL figures.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21

The above figures show an increase
in the county of eight boys and a de.
crease of seven girls of school age.
making a gain of one scholar over last
year. Eureka district had l5i in num-
Der last year. which is the same in the
returns this year.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
METAL MARKET.

The latest metal quotations are as
follows.
Silver at New York 65s cents per ounce.
Lead at New York. 1915 per 100 pounds.
Casting Copper at Salt Lake City. IS cents.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
Z. 4 r. Now Using Eureka Water

Z. Il r. Now Using Eureka Water
On account of the increased traffic
over The Z & p. Railway the company
this week had the Eureka Water Com
pany put in a stand pipe along side the
railway track on Cedar Hill. aud the
locomotives are now taking water there.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
STATE SCHOOL MONEYS
Second Semi-Annual ApportiOnmeI
to the Several Counties

The second semi annual apportionment Of
State school moneys to the several counties Of
Nevada for the year 1906 has been made by
State Superintendent Orvis Ring. on the basis
of So. 16464S per census child, as follows:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21
pumphy Ranch VIII Cut 1000 Tol

Fent Fulkerson. foreman Of the
Dumphy estate at Beowawe, while in
Elko Wednesday told a Free Press re.
porter that crops in that section will be
unusually large this year aud that the
ranges are In. such a condition as to in
sure fat cattle this Fall. He says he
will cut about 1000 tons Of hay.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-07-21

that section is mined out.
then drop down a set In t.
begin to mine out another n
The floor OF the slash above
up by the square sets and 50 |
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
Fooled thas Senator.

Representative sibley, of Pennsyl-
vania, according TO story told by
one of his friends. was redhot fight
er for the rights of the dairymen
against the oleomargarine people. He
worked va1iantly for the passage of
the oleomargarine bill. After it was
passed he went out to his district
and oficiated at fair. He was made
referee in awarding prizes for the
best butter, solely because OF his
great work for the bill and his ex-
pertness on dairy questions. He went
about his work carefully and consei
entiously and awarded the prize-of
course without inquiring the name of
the maker. When they came to look
for the authorship of the prize-win
ming butter there was howl at sib-
ley's expense. It was the name Of
the most celebrated oleomargariue-
making concern in the United States
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
The Census Bureau.

Hardly any institution of the ma
tiona1 government is of more impor-
lance or should possess greater inter-
est than the census bureau. Orig
inaIIy a census was merely count
of the number of people, but gradual
" the scope of inquiry has been en-
larged and extended, until now the
bureau undertakes investigations into
great variety of subjects to obtain
the facts which students of econom-
zeal, industrial and social questions
can make available in drawing useful
conclusions. One recommendation Of
the director in his recent report is of
special Importance. HIS proposes
that authority be given to him to col
leet Judicial statistics. The facts to
be ascertained are the number and
character of crimes and misdemean.
ors that come to the attention of the
courts, and the disposal of the cases.
The offenses and the offenders would
be classified, and thus valuable infor-
nation would be obtained which
would show the prevalence Of crime
at certain periods and in certain re-
gions, and exhibit the progress OF
the communities toward better OBJ
seryanee of the law. and better en-.
foreement of the 1aw.-Youth's Com
panion.