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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18

sary to the best handling OF the ores
of the Bullfrog district.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars worth of stock has been placed on
the treasury table and will be sold for
the mill construction at $50 each, par
value 500.
w. H. Malone of Denver is the presi-
dent of the new company, r. H. San
ford of Goldfield is vice president, and
#. H. Stickney is treasurer.
In speaking of the new concern, John
Largent of Salt Lake and Nevada said:
"A stamp mill will be of inestimable
value to the Bullfrog district. for there
is large amount of low grade ore that
must be handled here or not at all,
when it Is remembered that there are
delays in freighting, in handling and
in returning gold from the smelters
and mills in other states.
THE water question has been the
one which has troubled the mining
men OF the district for a long time,
and the settlement of this question
will now put mines on a paying basis
that up to this have only been elassed
as prospects.
''The fact that the company viii use
every cent OF its stock sales in con-
struction of the mill speaks strongly
in behalf of the enterprise. for none
of the directors or men who handle the
stock viii receive commission for its
sale"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
TELLS HISTORY
Of LEE DISTRICT
SAYS MUCH WRITTEN is NOT
TRUE
Claims Located Early In March by
Mining Prospectors Divided Into
Companies Now Having
Heavy Backing
Special to The Herald.

| Special to The Herald
RHYOLITE, New, March 17.-"There
has been a great deal written about
the Lee district by men who know
little or nothing about it, said B. f.
Taylor recently, land the facts of the
discovery Of the district are these:
I'm early January, 1906, Chet Leavitt
and his partner, Maroony Hicks, came
over from California and made the
first location in what is now the Echo
district.
"They staked but one claim, the
Stray Horse, and on which the Inyo
camp is now placed.
clicks and Leavitt did not remain
long, returning to the proven fields.
I'm March, of the same year. the
partners returned to the unknown
land. About the same time Bradshaw
and Paymell came into the country
from the west. All four men camped
together on Cow creek in early March,
On all sides the country was yet un-
known. Mineral had been found to a
certain extent in Lee, but on the other
side of the divide no strikes had been
made. For a few days the prospectors
hung about Cow creek; then they sep
arated.
Locate Seventeen Claims
bradshaw and Paymell headed east
and wound up at the Keene Wonder,
then but a good piece of side hill.
clicks and Leavitt came on to their
original location and in a few weeks
made seventeen locations, embracing
what is now the Inyo group and num-
erous others to the north.
ION the 18th of March, Bradshaw
and Paymell followed and took up
twenty claims adjoining Hicks and
Leavitt These claims have been
divided into several companies The
Skybo, the Sutter. and the Rosario
are OF this location.
"Then commenced the long struggle
of the poor prospectors to make gold
mines. Efforts were later centered on
the Upper Ten shaft of the Inyo to
make a showing.
Interest was early manifested in
this property by mining men, but the
situation remained unchanged. The
owners were unwilling to have their
property incorporated. After time
the Inyo company was formed. Utah
capitalists took hold and the prop
erty of Hicks and Leavitt became the
property of the Inyo Gold Mining COM
pany, with a capital stock. of 100000
shares and par value Of 81.
Capital and prospectors have been
attracted and Echo-Lee has taken her
place in the mining camps of Nevada.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
ANOTHER RAILROAD TO
PACIFIC COAST PROTECTED

have a shorter and more direct route
from California to the mines of Gold
field. This will bring both Los Angeles
and San Francisco many hours closer
than by either the Clark road on the
south, or the Southern Pacific on the
north. There are also in the plans
proviso for later changing the motive
power to electricity. The road will be
of the regulation standard broad gauge.
Exactly at what point in the Sierras
the line will cross, has not yet been
figure that 1t will pass south of the
Yosemite National park and after leav-
ing the summit trend through the
Round Valley and Bishop creek coun-
try. That it may have a tendency to
develop several mining districts west OF
Goldfield, including the White mountain
section, is obvious.
1t is probable that a telegraph line
will be built along the road, $100 per
mile being provided as required by law
The articles OF incorporation allow the
organization of an express company
and the conducting of general express
business.
That Goldf1eld is to derive many bene-
fits from the building of the road is
agreed upon among local mining cir
cleS. In view Of the fact that Salt Lake
capitalists are planning to build across
Nevada to Goldfeld, via Ely, it will
eventually afford direct east and west
connections with the outside world, in
addition to the north and south lines
now in operation. All are in accord in
stating that 1t will forever relieve the
freight congestion and have tendency
to bring both passengers and freight
rates down to normal businesslike
figures
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18

Goldfeld bids fair to become great
railroad center. Recently coterie OF
Fresno, Cal, capitalists have organized
and Incorporated the Monterey, Fresno
& Eastern Railroad company. It's OBJ
ject is to make Goldfield the eastern
terminus and connect with Monterey
harbor and central California points.
That the road will be built is evil
denced by the subscription of $154,O
of it's $5,000000 capital stock. Also that
the promoters are men of wealth and
merit. They are putting forth every
effort to commence work Immediately
and have placed a large order for steel
rails in Pittsburg. Surveyors are out
and perfecting the plans of the pre-
liminary surveys.
The company is exceptionally strong.
Alfred D. Bowen, president, has built
the California Ocean Shore line. He
states that his new enterprise has as
yet no definite connection with his
former promotion, nor with the Clark
Salt Lake road. He refuses to give
any information regarding affiliations
the directors may later make with east
ern railroads. In the board are G. w.
Pursell and H. H. Sanbern Of San
Francisco; It. M. Fairchild, Winfield
Dorm, w. A. Chickering, Allan L.
Chickering of Oakland and George H.
Whipple and G. S. Lamson of Ala
bama.
The stock issue comprises $4,000
shares of $1O0 each. OF these 10000 are
common and 10000 preferred. The pre-
ferred stock is worcestershire and can
not be attached by creditors. After
January l, 1912, the dividends on the
preferred are to be cumulative.
1t Is the intention of the company to
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
FIND GLITTERING GOLD
IN THE WONDER CAMP
Sensational Discoveries in the MarvelOusly Rich
Goldfeld DisriCt-Lucky Strikes Increase
in Number-MOre Millionaires

field district three years ago, when the
camp was I'm a purely prospective state.
He stated that veins were undoubted-
ly fissures and as depth was reached
vents of the ore-bearing solutions
would undoubtedly be found. The ar
ticle met with considerable criticism
among mining men, many claiming the
ore deposits we're mere enrichments,
small chimneys and pockets with no
depth. In the later workings Of the
great Mohawk, which has thoroughly
explored and demonstrated the vein
system, 1t has been proved that II Is
true fissure lying between walls OF
dacite. 1t has verified Mr.. Bacon's
article of three years ago in full.
The Horseshoe Belt
Continuing Mr.. Bacon said: THE op-
portunities on the eastern ends Of the
famous horseshoe belt are as good as
in the near vicinity Of the now pro-
ducing mines. Had the great Mohawk,
Jumbo, Combination, Florence and
other producers, which all lie in close
proximity of each other, been discov-
cred at either of the extremes of the
mineral belt the surrounding country
would have been thoroughly prospected
and the present site of Goldfield would
have been classed as the other end of
the belt and would only have been
superficially prospected today. That
ore has been found in the so-calied
outlying zone where little work has
been done clearly demonstrates that
the ore belt has not yet reached its
limit. The discovery of cinnabar (sul-
phide of mercury on the Brooklyn
group is feature which clearly proves
the deep-seated origin and thermal
action forming the veins. While the
discovery of this element may not be
of any commercial benefit to the camp
1t proves the above statements.
"In the early history of Goldfield
mining the camp was turned down by
men unaccustomed to the desert vein
formation, which is totally different
from that of the northern states. From
Goldfield south to the Colorado river
in Arizona are vast areas of mineral
lied ground, some of which has been
slightly prospected, but on the whole
| in a virgin state and simply await
the coming of capital that has made
| Goldfield what it Is today. This is
especially true Of some of the old-time
camps where rich ore was found on
the surface, but work was abandoned
as soon as fault or pinch in the vein
| occurred"
VIII Open March 25
The recently organized stock ex-
change at Rhyolite, New, will open
for business March 25. Night tele-
graph service will be provided.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
CUSTOM MILL
FOR RHYOL|TE
PLENTY OF WATER IN SIGHT
FOR OPERATION
Mines Which Have Heretofore Beer
Only Prospects viii Become Pay
Ing Properties Through Agency
of the New Concern
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
RHYOLITE, New, March ia GUS
tom mill will be erected within the
Bullfrog district as soon as the Nevada
Milling and Ore Purchasing company
can build the necessary building and
place the required machinery on the
ground.
The mill will handle fifty tons a day,
and II is the intention of the purchasers
of the mill site to buy and run the
full capacity of ore every day and to
increase the size Of the mill as fast
as the production viii allow.
To the present the want OF water in
this section has prevented the erection
and operation of a custom mill, but the
organizers of the present company
have enough water to operate mill
Of 500 tons daily capacity. The value
OF this water IN the desert country is
hard TO estimate, but II is worth some-
where In the neighborhoOd OF S250,000.
The mill site already has been pur-
chased and engineers are working out
the question OF the machinery neees-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
POLICE LOOK FOR MAN
WITHOUT RIGHT SLEEVE

Any person seeing a man with the
right sleeve of his coat missing will
please notify the police, The officers
wish very much to capture such man.
Henry Scanlon, a laborer, was ar
rested yesterday morning on the
charge of having stolen quantity Of
copper wire. With Scanlon was an
other man who Is suspected of having
been implicated in the theft. While
the officer was taking the men to the
station the second man gave a sudden
wrench and broke away from the Off
Ger, leaving the right sleeve of his
coat IN the patrolman's hand. Scanlon
is held at the central station on sus-
picion.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
GOLDFIELD, New, March 17.-One
Of the richest strikes ever made in the
Comstock region is reported. on the
East Comstock Wonder property a
ledge was encountered, IL inches Of
which assayed $4,000 to the ton. Work
is being pushed ahead as fast as pos
slble and 1t will be only a matter Of
a short time before the East Comstock
wonder Mining company Will be a
dividend payer.
Another one of the old mines of the
Comstock region that was worked in
the early days by primitive methods
has been taken up by mining men Of
note and development will be COM
menced Immediately. At present there
are over 1900 feet of development work
done and a small mill Is in operation.
The operators are now formulating
plans for the erection of larger mill.
Assays on the ledges run high. A
new ledge has been uncovered which
will assay $25 per ton. The ore can
be mined and milled at a cost of $3.50
per ton.
Great Ore Body Uncovered
Still another strike of large proper
tions is reported on the Mohawk Con-
the Mohawk. Several tests have been
made of the ore and all show that the
entire breast uncovered is rock of gilt
edged shipping grade. The find was
made when a blast brought the ore
to view. 1t was found at the inter-
section of a lead which was being
followed in the easterly drift with an
other and much stronger ledge that
came in at nearly right angles. Nine
trated and no wall is in sight. The
assays show an average of better than
$500 for the samples, While a tale
streak several inches in width returned
the handsome sum of $4,000. This
formation is doubtless continuation
of the ledge that enriched the owners
of the Frances Mohawk, Hayes-Mon-
nette and other leases on the l<o. 2
claim of the Mohawk. The lease has
seven months more to live and within
six weeks 1t will be ready to ship
from the new level, while in the mean
time there will be a large tonnage
extracted from the present workings.
Great Ore Veins
"The ore zone of the Goldfield dis
trict has scarcely been scratched" re-
marked H. r. Bacon, one of Gold
fields prominent mining engineers. He
is an authority upon geological struc-
lures and future ore deposits. Mr..
Bacon wrote the first geological ar
ticle that was published on the Gold
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
MINES ARE BUSY
IN ORD MOUNTAINS

Mining operations in the Ord noun
tains, fourteen miles from Daggett, are
in full blast. The company which re-
GENTLY bought the OsbornDrew in
terests has thirty men at work. A IA
mile road has been completed from
Daggett to the property, and traction
engines are on the ground ready to
haul the ore out as fast as 1t is mined.
Besides this mining development, CIV
ing trade to Daggett, Los Angeles
man has inaugurated an automobile
service between Daggett and the Crack"
erjack mining district, trips being made
every other day. 1t Is sixty-five miles
to the district, and the trip is made In
three hours.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
BOOM STARTED
IN NEW SECTION
CRACKERJACK PROPERTIES AT.
TRACT CAPITAL
Valuable Claims Sold Last Week to
Los Angeles and st. Louis SYM
dicates-GroWth in Busi-
ness Enterprises

A veritable boom seems to have set
in in Crackerjack mining district
properties. Hardly a week passes
without the report of a big transac-
tion in mining claims in the district,
to say nothing of small deals and nu-
merous options being given on promis-
ing holdings. The latter part of last
week the sale of the Red Pass group
of fourteen claims was consummated.
These claims are very advantageously
located and changed hands for con-
sideration of 100000. The seller was
r. D. Robinson of Los Angeles and the
buyers were l.. A. w. Johnson and
Willis A. Gates, both of Los Angeles
and oscar and 1. A. wilson, St. Louis
capitalists. The purchasers of the
claims intend to undertake their de-
velopment in large way, forming In
all probability a corporation of the
close order for the purpose.
Reports indicate the early consum-
nation of other deals in Crackeriack
claims involving good sized figures.
The district is attracting widespread
attention, especially among the heavy
mining operators who are looking for
new fields of conquest and who have
been deeply impressed with the re-
ports made by mining experts after
to its nearness to Los Angeles Qt is
in the north central part of San Ber-
nardino county,, Angelenos are espe-
cially interested in the development of
the district. Already a trade of no
mean proportions has developed be-
tween the people of the district and
merchants and mining supply con-
Germs of Los Angeles.
Railroad and Business
The Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad
company, which now furnishes by way
of Silver Lake the closest railroad SER
vice to the Crackerjack district, Is
thoroughly aroused to the latter's
growing importance and has repre-
sentative looking into the advisability
of building a branch line to the town
site of Crackerjack, which is in the
heart of the district. Pending the con-
struction of this line the railroad
company does not propose to let slip
any more Crackerjack traffic than 1t
must. A fine road Is now being built
from Silver Lake to Crackerjack, the
work being done jointly by the county
and the railroad company, and as soon
as this highway is completed the COM
pany will inaugurate over 1t an auto
truck line for carrying freight and a
double daily automobile service for
passengers. There is now conducted a
daily automobile service to Cracker
jack from Daggett. which makes the
run In about the same time that with
the present roads 1t can be made from
Silver Lake, although the distance
from Daggett is much greater. 1t Is
apparent that the Tonopah & Tide
water railroad intends to compete most
effectively with the route via Daggett.
AS indicative of the great increase
in population in the district it may
be stated that a large new merchan-
disc and supply store commenced
business in Camp Crackerjack last
week and Ave abe-bodied men were
kept busy throughout the day waiting
upon the customers.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18

but 1t proved to be an unfounded ru-
NOR.
And so on indefinitely might the
songs and stories of lost mines be sung
and told, but none of the lost mines
have as yet brought JOY and gladness
to the heart of the gold hunter. Oc-
casionally a find is made, but hope
vanishes with development. The re-
puted fabulously rich Lost Square mine
of the San Francisco range of noun
tains was rediscovered a few years ago,
but its identity is in dispute. Some
miners who have examined 1t declare
il to be nothing but a natural rift in
the face of a great wall of rock. But
others can see in the cavernous open
ing in tn bluff traces Of former gold
hunters.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
Saved Her sons Inc

The happiest mother In the little town
OF Ava, Mo-, is Mrs 8. Rupee. She
writes; "One year ago my son was down
physician was unable TO help him; when,
by our druggists advice / began giving
him DR.. Kings New Discovery, and Z
soon noticed Improvement. / Kept this
treatment up for a few weeks when ia
was perfectly we'll. He has worked stead
lily since at carpenter work. Or. King
New Discovery saved his life" ouaran-
teed best cough ana cold remedy bv
DEAN DRUG co. 60c ana sl00 Trial
bottle free
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
Professional Tactics

What made that big brute OF a
prizefghter hit his poor little child and
knock the little one unconscious?"
"He didn't mean to hurt 1t. He just
forgot when his wife asked him to put
the baby to Sleep"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18

Homeless children received ana
placed in houses for adoption. Apply
Rev o. v. Rice. Superintendent Chill
dren's Home society. SS4 Bradbury
! building. Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18

Everything you want you win ana ia
the classified paRe-a modern ancyclo-
pedia. One cent 4 word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18

ROMANTIC STORIES
OF LOST MINES
Early Days of Intrepid PrOspectors in California,
Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Oregon.
Suicides in the Desert

driven, but the secret of the lost vein
who have since attempted to search for
II has heen able to find II.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-22
NOT ELKS' TEETH AZ ALL.

the far north might be shocked to
learn that it is hunted In the bone
pile The dentists might tell him
something about the porcelain elk's
tooth"
About how many elk hides a year
does your house get?" was asked, ex-
pecting the reply to be several thou
sand.
mot over a couple, II was thought.
How many elk hides are sold annu-
ally N the entire United States?~
mot over 100"
How many are shot by private
hunting parties and the hides carried
home? ?"
Not over 200 elk year are shot on
the continent" the fur buyer declared
ruthlessly.
pThat means not over 400 elks'
teeth available for the clubmen?a was
suggested
It does not mean anything Of the
sort Half the number Of heads are
mounted intact. keeping the teeth IN
them"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-22

Era i.l3I boys HHdar 2l years oi age.
Q loss of Eve for the year, and there
are 4.768 girls under 2l years. an ih
crease Of 12. school district NO. 76,
which includes the Third and Fourth
wards in the southern part Of the city,
showed a total growth Of %. but at
the same time a loss Of Sc children
under 21 years Of age.
That Evanston Is a woman's para
disc is shown in the census revelation
that there are i. .958 more females than
males in the city. Last year the pre-
ponderance of women was only l,456,
but with AZ men gone there were
enough females born or who moved
into the town to add 512 to their ma
iority In fact, the city's growth has
been entirely among its feminine pop
ulation, no male having arrived to re-
place the AZ who departed. So the
women have brought the total figures
to 24,324, an Increase or AIS over last
year.
\ III the women continue to In.
crease and the men continue to de-
crease the situation will offer prob
lem too deep for even President
Roosevelt" said one observer. mo
matter how much the women might be
inclined toward matrimony, their op-
portunities are lacking. Evanston will
become an old maids home"
"A circumstance that has proved a
surprise is the growth Of race suicide
among the negro population. Mr.. Nc
Culloch said that on Benson avenue,
and IN other districts occupied by ne
groes, the number Of children was sur
prisingly small, not larger, IN fact,
than in the homes Of the rich whites.
Almost the only exception to the rule
Of small families among negroes was
In the home Of Rev. Mr.. Gales, pastor
Of the Second Baptist church, where
there was a family Of eight children.
University students We're not In
cluded in the census. Had they been,
the total population would have been
nearly 1000 greater and the dispropor-
ton Of women even larger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-22
THE BABY CROP is SCANT

suicide was prevalent almost alto
gether in the homes Of the wealthy.
In that part Of the city given over to
luxury, which furnished a total popu-
lation OF about 10000 In school dis
trict No rs. there we're just about the
same number Of children that there
were In the Fifth and Sixth wards.
which furnished only 1900 people. Vic
tor McCulloch, the census taker, who
is Northwestern university student,
said that even this showing In the
wealthy homes was much better than
it would have been had It not been
that the maids and other servants
under q years Of age we're included
as among the children.
And there are considerably less chill
dren altogether In proportion to adults
than there were year ago. Especial
ly in large districts OF tho city. which
show an increase in the total popula-
ton. there was a sharp decline in the
number Of children from last year. In
the city as a whole there was an in
crease Of Just seven children under 21
years Of age during the year. There