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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
AMUSEMENT PALACE

new building of perhaps the great
est general interest is that n be con-
structed by the Nevada Amusement com
pany on the northwest corner of Column
bia and Hall streets and diagonally op-
posito the postoffice
The structure which will be of wood
will have a frontage of 80 feet on Co.
lumbia and 100 feet on Hall streets. Ii
is the intention of the Nevada Amuse-
ment company, which was recently
formed by c. w. Hopkins and G. w.
Peer, to fit up the building as a high
class amusement house. The plans as
now laid down comprehend a wide pro-
gram. On the ground floor natatorium
36x60 feet in size is to be constructed.
On the north side of the same floor q
bowling alley will be located containing
three alleys. The Hall street fronta ge
Continued on Page 16)
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
MARVIN Z. IsH g BRO.

The mining firm of Marvin f. Ish &
Brother. have bought 60 feet next to
the purchase of Wingfeld and Nixon.
on Columbia street and will erect there
on a modern business block, to be among
the finest in the city. The entire front
age of 60 feet will be occupied by a
stone business block at least two stories
high. and probably three stories. The
building is constructed, primarily, for
the banking and brokerage house of
Marvin +. Ish & Brother, although, of
course, there will be several offices for
rent to the public. The structure will
have every convenience and equipment
of a first class office building 1t is
possible that the Ish and Wingfeld
buildings will be uniform in height and
general architecture. Marvin f. lsh q
Brother is a new firm. The Ish brothers
were formerly of Webber & Ish The
firm recently dissolved. and the Ish
brothers formed new firm, the mem
bers being Marvin T.. Ish and William
G. ISh.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
GOLD BAR HAS
RICH ORE in ALL WORKINGS

away in the pictures. The Gold Bar las
been one of the recognized rich mines of
the camp for long time and the man
agement Is trying to make 1t the big
mine of the district. Nearly the entire
force employed are engaged on dead
work. The dyke of pay rock In places
is 40 feet wide.
When the first trainload of ore over
the new road is shipped from Bulif ,or
to one of the smelters the Gold Bar car
will probably be the richest one. WHAT
it will be worth can be only guessed at
and that is dangerous as the figures
mish. be accepted as gospel truth.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
BIG WEEK FOR
FRANCES=MOHAWK

The Frances Mohawk has been aver
aging so tons daily for the past week
The new 50-horse power hoist is not yet
in evidence and IL is needed badly.
portion of IL is on the ground ana
other sections are on their way here
from San Francisco and Denver. Some
pieces of the machinery are coming
through by express at the rate of II
or Is cents a pound 1t is a rather cost
ly way to ship machinery but Ii is the
only way out of serious proposition.
The ore is in sight and the life of the
lease is limited. In the meantime the
drift is being extended to the 2S0-foot
level ON the shoot to connect with the
winze which has been sunk from the
level above. The entire breast is in
ore that ASSAYS as high as $4,000
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
NEW STRIKE ON
MOHAWK No. ONE

What gives promise of turning out to
be the best and most important strikes
of the year has been opened up on the
north end of the Mohawk No. l under
lease by ]. e. Barsness. Judge j. w.
Deane and others, under the name of
the Amalgamated Mining, Milling and
Leasing company. Under the direction
Of Judge Deane miners were put to
work trenching and only few feet be-
low the surface ledge of quartz was
encountered that panned we'll There
is now showing 20 feet of lively look
ing quartz between porphyry walls. The
work of sinking big working shaft will
be started in few days.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20

The highest grade ore that has ever
been mined in the Bullfrog district is
now being broken on the Gold Bar. The
the north shaft at a depth of so feet on
the wide ledge. The streak of high
grade is inches wide and assays taken
on it in the past few days have run as
follows: s15O.25. sss2.55. s57115.
s1.74s.e5 and ss.17S.75. These assays
were taken from across the streak and
picked pieces of the quartz could be
taken from the samples that would rur
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20

The Nevada Leasing company mas
struck it rich on block or grouhu
adjoining the Reilly on the Florence ana
the indications are that it VIII produce
as much gold as its famous neighDor'
The leasing company has been shippihs
for some time past occasional CARLOAD io.s
that were running at the rate OF WV
and better This came from the lou
foot level and evidently from the apex
of shoot that is liable to turn out 10
be the best thing yet opened on FLOR
ence ground and that is saying great
deal. At the 200-foot level few days
ago the shoot was entered and 1t is
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20

cut in the shaft that is being sunk at
the Cavanaugh lease of the Silver Pick.
Black sulphides and free gold were evil
dent This ledge is the one that the
lessees were seeking and ii is their in
tention to put the shaft down to the 100
foot level and then crosscut. Should
favorable developments ensue at this
depth the lessees will bring in machin-
cry from Tonopah and inaugurate exten-
siye development work.
NEVADA EASTERN LEASE
Another lease on Silver Pick ground
that presents an encouraging aspect is
that known as the Nevada Eastern,
located on the blocks adjoining the Sill
yer Pick company's main shaft. The
shaft is now down rs feet and has been
well timbered to that depth.
The lessees have this week got into
vein matter and the rock, which is por-
phyry quartz. upon panning showed up
pretty well in colors. 1t is expected that
the sulphide zone will be reached almost
any day hoist has been ordered for
this lease and development work will
progress with all speed.
THE PRICE LEASE
On the Price lease of the Silver Pick
the operators are now drifting north and
are also crosscutting west in order to
reach the ledge cut in the shaft of the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
Won poLENz NOW IN aREENwArER

One of the biggest deals of the week.
involving large amount of cash. was
closed yesterday when the firm or Geo
+. Won Polenz & Co. took over the con-
trol of the onda-Consolidated Cop
per company of Greenwater owning b
claims south of the Clark and Schwab
holdings and west of the Knight and
Knox properties. The property is said
to have fine showings, and assays taken
from along the ledge are reported to
show values as high as 22h per cent In
copper While the purchase price has
not been made public, it is understood
that 1t will run well into the thousands;
the property was taken over on cash
basis. j. L. Kalfus, the we'll known
owner of the KalfusM Mohawk lease, Is
vice president of the company, while
the balance of the directorate consists
of Los Angeles finaneiers.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
POTTER LEASE

The shaft on the Potter lease of the
Silver Pick is now down to about lao
feet. Progress is somewhat retarded
by reason of the amount of water that
has to be taken out each morning A
new 15-hp. gasoline hoist is expected to
be running on this lease by next week,
when sinking to the $50 level will be
under way.
PETERSON LEASE
shannon, Minter and Peterson are now
engaged in crosscutting east at depth
of 115 feet on their lease on Silver Pick
territory, and they have gone dis
tance of Some 25 feet from the shaft
The lessees have already cut through
ledge in their shaft which came in at SS
feet of depth.
Preparations are now being made to
erect a gallows frame and by the first
of the month they anticipated that they
will have a 15-h.p. hoist in running
order.
Crosscutting a ledge from another
shaft at 100 feet of depth some good
looking quartz and tale was this week
encountered. The rock carries encour-
aging values.
CAvANAuGH LEASE
At a depth of SO feet a good looking
quartz vein feet in width was Monday
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
THE RED KING LEASE
ON THE FLORENCE ESTATE

Lord brothers, who have charge of
the development work of the Red King
lease on the Florence mine. are making
a record for fast sinking. This lease
started on October 1st. and they are
now down 100 feet with a standard
shaft, and have started crosscutting for
the ledge, where they expect to hnd good
values.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
GoLDFIELD AMERICAN
BUYS CLAIMS

The Johnson No. 1, Johnson No. and
Gold Watch, all located on Horton noun
tain and three-quarters of mile south
and a little east of Diam ondfield, have
been purchased by the Goldfeld Ameri-
can company. The surface indications
are good and the work of finding an
oreshoot will be started this coming
week
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
GoLDFIELD MADoNNA'S NEW
SHAFT IN GOOD QUARTZ

The Goldfeld Madonna's new shaft is
down so feet a wide ledge of quartz
and in doing the work assays have been
secured that went as high as SIS. On
this same ledge and property ore has
been found that assayed as high as So,
900. A good strike in this section of
the camp would send things hummine
and the Madonna people are going after
il in a way that may be a benefit to
themselves as well as to the owners of
adjoining properties
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
JUMBO LEASING

The Jumbo Leasing and Development
company, operating on the Cornishman.
has been in ore at the 110-foot level for
some time past. The streak is to
feet wide and it runs from $50 to $40
in gold. At the 200-foot point the shoot
is being followed and the grade as well
as width of the pay crack is better than
i'm the level above.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
LrpA-MoHAwx LEASE

The Philadelphia Exploration COM
pany, owning the Lida- Mohawk lease. is
down 10 feet with it's double eompart-
ment shaft. and has cut a station at
that point, but will sink to 200 feet be-
fore prosecuting formation. A small
gasoline hoist is in commission at pres
ent but double drum electric hoist will
be installed by Nov aber 15.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
THE CAMP

This poem was written IN the Office o
The Goldheld News in the latter part q
February, 1906, by Philip Verrill Nigh
els of New York City. a noted author
1t was first published in Harpers Week
ly, March II, 1905, and proof sent t'
this paper by the author with CRATE
full reference to that chilly morning
when / staid about an hour in your of
flee to get warm" 1t was early IL
Goldfeld's history when the trail
from Tonopah was ''blazed" with empty
bottles. I'D. News
Then have We seen the mining camp
They're building over yon?
Twas suddenly created there
Between the night and dawn.
They built it by the glinting light
OF gold. beside the street,
And they built ii on the desert
Where the desolations meet.
And mountain rocks and lesser rocks
Berib the rugged scene,
And some are hard and golden rich
And some are hard and lean.
There's not enough of water there
To bicker. down rill,
But stronger drink, of vicious red,
Flows ever up the hill.
The homes, of mud or eanvas-like
the dice of fortunes throw
Are scattered on the ups and downs
OF rush and fever row.
And fifty hundred men are there,
And twenty hundred mules,
And twenty dozen gambling halls.
And a thousand crazy fools
And have ye seen the fling of chance
The men that luck will choose
The tyros here who win the gold,
The pundits there who lose?
And have We seen the ancient shame
OF women lost to hope
That may not even walk to hell,
But weakly toward it grope?
And have ye heard the lusty shout
OF rudely snatched success
That browns the quiet moaning of
The hearts that know distress?
And don't ye know that laughter's god
Is loud and full of cheer
To hold the worlds attention lest
1t sadden at a tear?
And have ye counted half the sum
OF pity and applause
The gods record who traffic not
With puny, human laws?
And wot We aught of tragedy
And comedy-the twain,
So fair and dark, and dark and fair,
That march beside the train? :.
Yet when you see that mining camp,
(You cannot miss the trail
It's blazed with empty bottles and
With signs of fierce travail
Regard the homes-the garden spots
That on the desert press
Where men of strength, with women's
aid,
Subdue the wildernessl
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
NrxoN AND wrNarrELp

Though as vet barely in outline, the
projected stone building to be erected by
Nixon and Wingfield at the southeast
corner of Columbia and Ramsey will be
a handsome addition to the office build
ings of the town. A two-story edifice
with plate glass front, it will cover a
space of about S0x60 and involve an
outlay of some $4,000. Fire proof
vaults will probably be feature of the
;ntarior ao,,iproap.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
TO WORK aHAsszorPEz GROUP

The Grasshopper group of six claims,
located three miles east of town, is TO
be worked by a company of local MIN
ing men who have organized under the
name of the Home Trust company. As
says on float rock and in that taken out
in the course of doing assessment work
have been secured that went from a
few dollars to as high as $50. 81
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
NYE g. oRMsBY BANK

AS already announced the Nye and
Ormsby bank is now projecting new
office building to be con-
of stone at the southwest of
Main and Ramsey streets. The lot just
acquired by the bank will afford
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
LEASES ON THE SILVER PICK.

Won Polenz lease adjoining. This latter
vein which dips into the Price ground,
was found to have a width of some 6
feet when encountered in the shaft and
some very satisfactory returns have
been secured from samples, running
from $40 up into three figures.
Within two or three weeks the lessees
on the Price ground expect to have an
1s-hp. hoist up and in operation The
treasury is amply supplied with funds
for undertaking an extensive program of
development, so that the new hoist is
now the chief consideration.
GoLDFIELD-sILvER
PICK SYNDICATE
The new double-compartment shaft of
the Goldheld-Silver Pick Leasing Syn
dicate has attained a depth of 10 feet,
and the shaft is now being timbered
solidly. The ledge which was struck
last week, proved to be over II feet
wide and averages $3.50 clear across
with a very rich streak in the center,
which will assay well into the hundreds.
A quantity of tellurim has been found.
according to the statement of Manager
Geo. F. Won Polenz. and the property
looks exceedingly well. Work will be
pushed to the 125-foot level and then
prosecuting to the big ledge will be
started.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
BONANZA
is RECOVERED

Florence Leasing and Mining
Lindsay lease the Florence
entered the bonanza list with good chances of becoming
owing Inadequate facilities for hosting
oneo foo
$ ling for a
hpmen
} the 4
of the 4
for
4
of
was this week. and Messrs Benedict
the -Monnette
and
large stockholders Joined
elected 4
freely
aloney to
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
UNION SECURITY COMPANY
OPERATING IN GREENWATER

The Union Securities company of Ne
vada which is offering the Boston-Green-
water Copper company through Scott
q Amann, appears to have promotion
which should reflect greatly to it's credit.
The Union Securities company, which
is temporarily located at room 2, Nixon
block, is a strong concern backed by
eastern capital and is locally represent
ed on it's Board of Directors by James H.
Lindsay, the well known cashier OF the
State Bank of Goldfeld, while the local
office is in charge of Mr.. J. M. Colon
The company maintains offices in Rhy-
olite, Pittsburg, Duluth. Philadelphia
and New York. 1t represents a large
number of Nevada companies in the
east as registrars and transfer agents
and has been the means of bringing IN
a lot of capital to Nevada.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
NEW LEASE ON THE FLORENCE

Mr.. F. Alba-DeCosta has taken TWO
leases on the Cornishmsn claim of the
Florence company, which will be IN
eorporated at once. Work will be begun
Immediately. These leases are in the
ore belt and adjacent to the sampler
of the Florence company. Mr.. DeCosta
has also taken a lease on the Silver PICK
which will be Incorporated during the
coming week This lease lies adjoining
the Wedge Fraction and the Linda MO
hawk lease, giving him and his associ-
ates nine hundred and fifty feet across
the mineral bearing zone on the two
leases. A double compartment SMART
Will be commenced on this lease at once
hoist is now on the way from san
Francisco.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20

frontage on Main street of 80 feet and
on Ramsey of 100 feet The whole of
the ground floor will be used for bank
ing purposes while the two upper floors
will help to supply the great demand for
office rooms.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
CITY OF GOLDFIELD
GoLDPrELD TODAY

= GoLDFIELD TODAY =
Z Population, 12.000. =
= Aggregate deposits of three banks. =
& s5.So0.OOO. Z
& Postonice receipts (stamps alone) Z.
Z per year. ss5,00o. Z
. Telegraph receipts, per month, =
& $4,000. =
= Miles of water mains. IL. =
& Miles of sewer pipes 5. +
q Telephone subscribers. 500. (Aud {
& 200 waiting). =
z Increase in post office receipts for Z.
= year, 100 per cent. =
= Increase in telegraph, 125 per cent. =
= Increase in bank deposits. 11O per =
g. cent. +
= Increase i'm population. Ice per cent. 1.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20

carload of ore ever
nothing approaching n
world Tn one car WI"
a million dollars
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
NEW BUSINESS BLOCKS
'>>~~~~e~%~~>>>>>>>>>>>~>.

The accompanying poem, written on
the earlier days of the camp vividly mar
rates the beginning of things in Gold
field when the tented houses were scat
tered over the desert like dice upon the
table
The following building story is pre-
sented to show the contrast of only Is
months, in the short history of Gold
field, and as tangible evidence to the
world of the greatness of the mines of
Goldheld, upon which the city rests it's
foundation, and without which no city
or even hamlet would be possible.
Goldheld was plated as town site
in November. 1908, just about three
years ago. The first lots sold from $40
to $35 each. The town consisted of
about 20 tents
Today, Goldfeld, town and camp, has
population of about 15,0 900 people and
is growing with astonishing strides. The
built up portion spreads over 1000
acres, and extends 1 q miles from north
to south, and about a mile from east to
west. Residence lots sell from $500 to
S1,500. the former price being for inside
lots on the outskirts of town. Corner
lots a half mile from the business
streets. sell for $1,000. Business lots
sell from $1,000 to $4,000. Ground in
the business section rents from SO to
$3.50 per front foot, by the month.
Godfield today is experiencing great
activity in the way of building. No
city in the west is putting up as many
substantial and ornate business blocks
and residences as Goldfield; and it ap-
pears as if the town of today with its
1000 to $4,000 people, would in another
year be a city of from $4,000 to 10000
population. This prediction is war
ranted by a review of the building ac-
tivity as now presented in Goldfield. The
detailed statement following, includes
only the business structures in process of
building, or in immediate contemplation
A review of the residences in course of
construction must be left to another
time, because of the space required.
NEW HOME FOR THE NEWS
The new building to be erected by the
Goldfield Publishing company. owners
of The Goldfield News, will cost in the
neighborhood of 100000. 1t will be
the finest building in the city in every
respect. The publishing company will
own the building, which is to be erected
primarily for it's use, with office rooms
on the upper floors. Plans are now be-
ing drawn and as soon as they are ap-
proved, excavating will begin. The
corner on which the building will be
located is the most slightly in the city.
1t is on an elevation above the business
part of town and from the roof garden
the finest view of the surrounding coun-
try obtainable will be had.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20

HALE MILLION


to be Of the same character and
they neighbor opposite sides
probably been 4
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20

At depth of SO feet good looking
quartz vein feet in width was Monday
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-13
THE LATE SAM JONES
He Was Bright Nan And a Scrapper And
Was Fearless of Results.

81 hate theology and botany; ! love
religion and flowers"
"Anything that makes my neigh
boris wife's heart bleed | am going 10
fight until hell freezes over. Then I'l'
fight upon the ice. .
"Boston is half mile from hell"
death repentance is the retreat Of a
coward and an insult to God. >
"The only title | want is ID. d If
it means Devil Driver"
"Whisky is good thing in its place,
but its place is hell"
"When God gives man a good wife
and fifteen children or so, he's all right:
when the devil gives him society We
man and poodle dog he's in bad wa 60
Bipartisan politics and religious sec
tarianism have about done up this
country.
Dancing is hugging set to music"
"Any church will DO as your tempa-
rary home on your way to God"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-13
MORE THAN EXPECTED
Washington Contributes Nearly Half Million
Dollars to The Reclamation Fund

WASHINGTON, Nov. r. Nearly hall
million dollars were contributed to
the reclamation fund by the state OF
Washington during the past year. a
statement given out from the general
land office Saturday shows that after
certain deductions are made from the
the years land Office receipts in Wash
ington, this state will turn into the re-
clamaton fund S494, lS2.
The receipts from all sources were
much larger than the estimate made
less than year ago by the secretary OF
the interior, when that official was
trying to determine the probable ex
tent of the reclamation fund between
then and 1908. The receipts of the
land Office from all sources during the
year were 81, S22 0S4.