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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

tract and the other ourselves. Thus we
shall be able to test the relative merits
of work by contract and work done un-
der our own supervision.
we shall work just as fast a. the
money in the township fund permits us
to work. We now have in the fund
about $4,000. derived from gaming
licenses. and. while part Of this sum IL
not available for street work, we have
enough to 90 ahead. We expect to keep
continuously at the grading OF the
streets until all the area where grades
are established shall be completed. We
cannot say when that will be. 1t will
be determined entirely by the funds at
our command. We shall lay stone
blocks at the crossings and stone curb
ing will also be installed. We shall
use crushed stone. and shall experiment
carefully to determine the best material
for street use. What work we do will
be done substantially at the lowest pos
sible expense for good work. Main
street has been chosen for the first
work, because It is the most important
street. and because II will serve as an
object lesson to the citizens who should
all be interested in street improve
ment."
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
WEBER'S LEASE
UPON GRANDMA

= An important deal was closed .
. this week by Arthur Weber. where .
. by a syndicate composed of Eng .
= lish and Canadian capitalists take .
. a three years lease on the Grandma .
= and will proceed at once to develop .
= the ground on an extensive scale. .
. The company. which Is close =
. corporation, has already begun =
. preliminary work with diamond :
. drill to determine the most favor =
. able location for a shaft. Seventy =
. five days are allowed by the terms =
. of the lease for this preliminary .
= work. A steel gallows frame and .
. 10o-horse power hoist has been .
. ordered and shaft will be sunk .
. to a depth of 1000 feet. The .
. Grandma adjoins the Kewanas. on =
. which a big strike was reported =
. few days ago and as the leasers =
= are plentifully supplied with funds .
. there Is every reason to believe =
. that they will develop a good body .
. of shipping ore. =
Q tt . . . . . .
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

william Mackay. one of the best
known mining men in the district, and
the superintendent of the Frances-Mo-
hawk lease No. /, when that famous
property made the worlds record for
gold production, has been placed in
charge of all the d. Mackenzie prop
critics, succeeding Frank Oliver who re-
signed last week. Mr.. Mackay returned
to Goldield less than two weeks ago,
after an absence of six months most Of
the time being spent at various health
resorts. He has been busy during the
last week inspecting the Mackenzie
mines and familiarixing himself with
their condition.
II want to say" said Mr.. Mackay
yesterday, that Frank Oliver leN
everything in excellent shape. Every
thing has been done in a most workman
like manner. In fact 1t could not have
been done better,
! The Frances-MehAwk lease No. ID
now shipping 20 tons = day and prep
arations are being made to sink the
shaft, which is down s65 feet, another
100 feet. Two drifts have also been
started on the 365-foot level to thor
oughly prospect the entire block OF
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
EIGHT FEET OF 500 ORE
STRUCK IN THE KEWANAS

Of In Of
In
Of
but
drifting 4oo-foot
a
incline
q o IS
. Q . . . . . . = . = . = . . . . . . . = =
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
MONTANA-TONAPAH MILL
READY TO BEGIN OPERATION

Tonopah, Aug. 9.-The forty-stamp
mill of the Montana Tonopah is COM
plete in every particular. and will COM
mence dropping its stamps on next
Thursday, the 18th. 1t is expected that
at the start the mill will be operated to
but one-half it's capacity. Lack OF
power is the reason for this. which is
not the fault Of the mining company,
but of the power company. To get suf-
ficient power to make certain the operat-
ing of the mill. the entire current in use
at the mine will be switched to the
plant; the hoist and the compressor go
ing back to the days Of steam.
1t is claimed for the Montana Tono-
pah mill that it is one Of the very best
in all the country. 1t is composite
affair in point of construction. for the
best parts of several systems have been
absorbed. The mill was designed by r.
L. Bosqui of San Francisco, who enjoys
the reputation Of being one of the best
cyanide experts in the country. There
has not been a single part put into the
machinery which has not been fully
tested with regard to the treatment OF
the ore of the Montana Tonopah.
In cyaniding and concentrating II Is
estimated that SO per cent will be saved
in the handling of the sulphide Ores In
which the mine is now working. the
Wilbur A. Hendrix system OF agitation
is employed, there being six agitators
in the mill. These have capacity eacn
of 35 tons q charge. and will take from
one to eight charges a day. Mr.. Hendrix
SAYS for his system that any ore ground
fine enough to leach in two, four, SIX or
eight days, can be handled by his agita-
tors in two, four, six or eight hours
He says further that So ore can oe
handled at a good profit. and that the
mill will pay for itself twice year. IN
the saving Of horse power alone.
Mr.. Bosqui has supervised the con-
struction of the mill. spending consider
able of his time on the ground. and the
selection of the men who are to be en-
ploved. will be left entirely with him.
The man to be placed In Immediate
charge of the mill is A. p. Carter. VINO
has enjoyed a long experience In the
Homestake mine.
Charles E. Knox. president and gen.
eral manager of the Montana Tonopah
was here this week. and expressed him-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
COPPER FOUND in KEWANAS

import In the finding of such excellent
copper values. The presence OF copper
Is favorable sign for the continuity
of the ore shoot at great depth. The
on our ground and is not the Red Top
or the Laguna- We are not deep enough
to reach them but I believe that both
will be found on the Kewanas ground.
although It will require a depth Of at
least 1,2oo feet to reach them. l am
inclined to believe that our ore body is
a continuation of one Of the veins that
run through the Jumbo"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

One important feature OF the strike
is that the ore carries considerable cop
per. The assays average from 1.s7 to
s.s per cent copper and from s51 to $50
In gold on the level Of the drift. with in
creasing values as depth IL obtained In
the drift. In discussing the strike.
Manager Schloss, who is also president
of the Kewanas company said:
I'VE have ore and plenty OF 1t In the
winxe at the 42o-foot level. and accord
ing to our assays. the entire body will
average better than 500 ton. Aside
from the fact that the strike enlarges
the boundaries Of the producing area
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

self as more than pleased with the pro-
gress of the work on the mill. He was
called away to Fairview, where he has
large interests, on Tuesday night, but
he announced his intention or returning
to be present at the first test of the MILL
He has no doubt Of the success of the
plant, and on this, Mr.. Bosqui will bank
his reputation.
The mill of the Montana Tonopah
means much to this camp; much more
than would apear at first sight 1t
means that ore which will go no higher
than eight dollars ton, will be made
an asset to the company owning it. The
The Montana Tonopah has from twenty
to twenty-five thousand tons on the
dump, some Of which will go more than
$50 a ton. 1t has thousands upon
thousands of tons blocked out in the
mine, which means that when the
stamps are dropping continuously. that
there will be a mine which is mint.
The Montana Tonopah will develop at
an early date into one of the biggest
mines in the state, with an army Of men
on its payroll. 1t has pretty good
force of men now at work, but when the
mine is opened out to its capacity. there
will be four or five times the number.
mining authority, not very long ago
declared that the mine was one Of the
greatest in the world. 1t has two great
lodges, one an oxide and the other sui
phide, which are equal to the majority
of those on the mother lode which made
the famous Utica mine one of the most
celebrated of the present day.
This same authority said that II the
Montana Tonopah were the only mine In
this camp. it would be enough to keep
the camp going for twenty years to
come. This would be true, he said II
the ore averaged, all through. only $12
a ton; and he was certain that 1t would
come nearer to $40 ton.
There was a rumor current that rich
strike had been made on the 700 level
of the Mizpah. but the story was denied
by Superintendent Blackburn of the
Tonopah Mining company. They are
still working away on the old shafts,
hoisting. shipping and milling The Red
Plume shaft at the railroad end OF the
town is in readiness for operation, but
the wheels will not be turning for .
couple of weeks yet. as the power on the
hill is limited. For the present this
shaft will be used for doing exploration
work, but. undoubtedly. 1t will also be
used for hoisting. as it Is connected
with the workings of the Tonopah COM
pany. and will save tram OF 1900 feet
up the hill.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

was sent to the sampler just as 1t was
broken down in the drift without any
attempt to sort it.
Columbia Mountain Annex
The Columbia Mountain Annex Min
ing and Milling company, is pushing
work on the Price lease on the Silver
Pick, which it recently acquired The
company also owns 35 acres on the west
side of Columbia mountain on which
work will be started in a few weeks.
1sd Butte 10.
A 25-horse power hoist has been or
dered for the Red Butte No. lease,
on the Red Butte Great Bend company's
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
LAYING THE CORNER STONE
OF THE MONTEZUMA CLUB

new building just comm enced. and de-
failing how the funds were to be raised
to carry out the project. The building
was to cost $4,000 and the expense was
to be met through a bond issue and that
many OF the bonds had already been
subscribed for.
Immediately after the speaking the
"Jinks" began. and then the dancing.
Altogether 1t was one Of the most APP
propriate and enjoyable evenings in the
history of Goldheld's chief business and
social institutions.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
DOING in THE HILLS

ground at Diamondfield. The shaft Is
down so feet and stringers of ore have
been encountered that run as high as
$50 ton.
The Goldfield Midway's shaft is down
20 feet and fifty horse power hoist
will be installed at once. The shaft will
be sunk to the 400-foot level before
prosecuting.
The Gold Medal lease. on the ground
of the Chicago Goldfeld Mining COM
pany is installing a 35-horse power
hoist. The shaft will be sunk to the
450-foot level before prosecuting.
The Lewis lease on the Gold Horn
ground has a shaft down ninety feet
and has encountered some fine looking
quartz new hoist is being installed
and the work will be pushed vigorously.
The shaft on the Atlanta Cherokee
lease on the Atlanta is down 1865 feet
Some good looking quartz has been
encountered.
Leases ON Talmags
OF the eleven leases on the Talmage
group, seven are working and making
a good showing. All the leasers are
confident that they will get pay ore as
soon as they have attained sufficient
depth. The four leasers that are shut
down expect to resume as soon as they
can make some necessary financial ar
rangements.
1sd xills ~. 3 Z.
The Goldfield Red Hills Mining and
Leasing company is drifting on the ESQ
foot level and will start an upraise in
few days. to tap the vein that was en-
countered in the shaft. The company is
very well satisfed with the appearance
of the formation In which it is now
working and will go after the ore with
renewed energy. An application to list
the stock on the local exchanges was
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
MOHAWK LEDGE MAKES A
PHENOMENALLY RICH STRIKE

on Jumbo has a
500
the Mohawk and The latest
a d.
Mohawk Ledge the Hgsinson lease bks without
hanging wall
for
the a
Of feet ship
of Of
BEEN xended
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

J. H. Macmillan, George b. Holieran
and associates, who recently secured
lease on the Miss Jessie claim Of the
Red Top. are going after the ore with
the same energy that has characterized
their work on the Mohawk Jumbo and
they confidently expect to duplicate the
success they have made on that rich
block. The new company will be known
as the Mohawk Red Top lease and no
stock will be sold. The three compart-
ment shaft is already we'll under way
being down 1856 fest and a gallows frame
Is being installed. The machinery plant.
formerly used on the Frances Mohawk
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

row N as FEET


The Congo tunnel on the Nevada
Queen property is in sl5 feet and an up
raise has been started to the surface for
the purpose of securing ventilation. The
upraise is making ten feet q day and
from the tunnel level to the surface is
145 feet. Donald Ferguson. manager of
the property has gone to Montana and
as soon as he returns a shaft will be
started.
On the Pittsburg Nevada, also man
aged by Mr.. Ferguson. the shaft is
down 120 feet and making good head
way. Preparations are being made to
install a hoist and complete plant Of ma
chinery on the Hombre claim at once.
President Enoch of the Francis Group
company will be in Goldfield in few
weeks and the erection Of two machin-
cry plants on the property will begin
soon after his arrival
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
zrAwAxDA N ons

The Etawanda mine. five miles east of
Goldfield has made big strike of gold
ore. According to reports. an eightfoot
body of high grade. with no wall in
sight has been encountered on the 115-
foot level, in a drift to the northeast of
the shaft. The vein runs north and
south and the ore Is said to assay from
$40 to $3.50 ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
Won POLENZ HAS EXTENSION
ON HIS SILVER PICK LEASE

sunk to depth Of 500 feet and TOO feet
of lateral work has been done. Several
rich stringers have been encountered
and ledge nearly Is feet wide has been
cut but SO far only small values have
been found in 1t. Work was resumed on
the lease last Monday. after two weeks
shut down caused by a breakdown Of
the engine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
MOHAWK COMBINATION TO
JOIN THE DIVIDEND PAYERS

loads of ore every day and expects to
increase the output materially in short
time. Fred Siebert. who opened up the
great Mixpah mine at Tonopah. will
take charge of the work on the lease
sometime next week. 1t Is estimated
that the total output of the lease Will
approximate 100000. The company
is a close corporation. the entire stock
issue being held by half dozen men,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

The GoldHeld Silver Pick Leasing
Syndicate ouerating on the Deserted
claim of the Silver Pick. has secured an
extension of its lease until the first Of
July of next year, with a promise of an
other six months extension II ore is not
encountered before the first Of the year.
Up to date s1s.50o has been expended
In development work. a shaft has been
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10


The Goldfeld Horseshoe Mining COM
pany's property. adjoining the Rochester
and Panyan has run into fine looking
rock. and will no doubt develop into one
of the best properties in the Goldfeld
district at an early date. The work OF
developing will be carried on in the best
possible manner AS the company has
good surplus in it's treasury, no ef-
forts will be spared to make the Gold
field Horseshoe one OF the first shippers
from the eastern district.
In sinking a shaft, good quartz
ledge was encountered at depth Of
only ten feet. which assayed away above
the expectations OF the owners. Messrs.
Wilson and Newport Of Philadelphia
who are expert mining men. with years
OF experience, and who spent two
months looking over the entire district
before deciding on their present prop
erty.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
DrAMoHDrTExD 1ED MT.

Tie Diamondfield Red Mountain Min
ing company is pushing active develop
ment work on its group of claims in the
Diamondfield section and the shaft is
now down about 100 feet. well timbered
throughout. There is fine ledge rum
ming through all five claims and tlSs
management is confident that with
depth a good body of shipping ore will
be uncovered.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

The Mohawk Combination Leasing
company will pay its first dividend of
ten per cent next Thursday, amounting
to about $4,000. 1t is the intention
OF the management of the company to
pay divid ends every fifteen days from
now on until the lease expires. which
will be in about four months The
company is shipping about three car
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

The Daisy Mining and Leasing com.
pany IL pushing work on Its shafts
which has reached a depth OF 235 feet
and VIII be sunk to 800 feet as rapidly
as possible. The east drift from the
crosscut on the 200-foot level is IN
40 feet and all in ore. and looking bet
ter all the way. This drift IL within
20 feet of the old shaft. from which the
first shipment was made about q month
ago The management will continue
taking out ore from the 2oo.foot level
as fast as possible an1kes saonGsas the
work does not intsrfefS With the sink
ing Of the shaft to the 500.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10
NEW LEASE ON THE RED TOP

No. lease, including 75-horse power
engine, double drum hoist and all the
necessary equipment. has been pur-
chased and is all on the ground. The
plant will be equal to any plant In the
district The gallows frame is fifty
feet high and the new equipment will
be in operation by Tuesday.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-10

YYogYD03 WITH DxAgo1D DRILL
The Begoles Mines Syndicate will in
stall a diamond drill at the bottom of
shaft No. on the White Rock. for the
purpose of thoroughly prospecting the
ground in every direction from the shaft
at a depth of 40 feet.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-23
Claims He Was Robbed

Yesterday man named John Andrews
applied to Judge Goodman for warrants
for the arrest Of two men whom he
charged with robbing him or assisting
In robbing him. From his story It ap'
pears that he. with the two men enter.
ed lisreputable house In Swilltown
and one of the inmatcs urged him to buy
beer. This he declined to do when his
companions seized him and, held his
arms while the woman took his purse
from his pocket She returned the
purse but he claims that a twenty.dollar
piece was abstracted from IL, He did
not know OF his loss until later when he
opened the purse and found the money
missing He 10 satisfied that the money
was abstracted when the purse was TAX
en- from his pocket. Hc made no com
plant until yesterday after the accused
mon had left town. The matter Ia be-
ing investigated and II sufficient evidence
can be secured to warrant II complaints
will be drawn up.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-23
O q u u u u u u u u y Il ., u :; 10
aaa DONE BY DEEDS as.
O /. u u :. :: .; :. q M .. y ~ no

Columbia Harbor Land Co, to John
w. Hunt. lots 7 and =. block IL;
lots 8 and 4, block al; lot IL, block
43; lots 8 and 5, block S.; lots 4,
and 9, block 50; lots II. IL, 10 and
IA, block "a; lots 7, s, 0 and 10,
block 9l; lots 8. O, 7 and s, block l0l,
Warrenton Park ..............S .S6s5c
Walter G. Smith and wife to John
W. Hunt, lots 7, 8 and 0, block 2S,
first extension Of East Warrenton,
also lots 0 and TO- in block /; lot
4. block 3, and lots |, 2, 4 and s,
block 9. Union Square. e........,.... .4G7s
Nelson A. Gary and wife TO John
II. Haak. SW Ia sec. 0. 7. 4 N,
R. 10 W...........,.....
Nelson A. Gary and wife to NJ.
Edee, power Of attorney. ..........
Alex Gilbert and wife to Eliza
beth Jette, lots 35, 80 and 10. In
block 7, Hills second addition TO
Astoria ...................
Y. s. TO Willard r. Connor, NE.
Ia Of sec. 20, 7. q N. r. 0 W.; 100
acres, patent ..........,.......
Otto ]. Kraemer to w. c. Manley,
lot 10, block 2. ELK Creek Park. .... 10
Mary T. Stanley 10 w. N. Mayo.
tide lands ................... 10
Samuel b. Weist and wife 10
Nehalem Investment Co., n. IL OF
SE. IA, the Sc. IA Of the Sc. IA
anl lot number 8 Of sec. IS, T. 4 n.
In. s W., 1896 acres. ............... !
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-23
Thumb Hurt In Mill

Pete Johnson, an employe Of the
Kuappton Mill, came over to Astoria
yesterday afternoon and went to the
hospital where an operation was per-
formed on his thumb, which had been
injured in the edgcr in the morning while
he was working with the machine
Jchnson's thumb was split open and thu
attending doctor was able to save the
member by putting in Is stitches Hi'
arm near the elbow was also hurt.
II Is claimed that had not the waste
with which the machine was cloggcd
been present he would have lost his arm
The thumb Is healing rapidly and John
son expects to be around at his work
again after q short period OF rest.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-23
CAPTAIN LARKINS A TARGET.
Fisherman Takes Shot at Him on Trip
up Wednesday Night.

PORTLAND, August 22.-Captain
Iarlins, of the steamer Lurline, had a
narrow escape from being shot by an
irate fisherman, Wednesday night, as
the vessel was crossing the bay at As
toria bound for Portland. The bullet
whizzed by his head through the pilot
house windows, which were up. c. NJ.
Fowler, commercial agent of the Astoria
&Columbia River Railroad, was standing
on the deck OF the steamer, and fancied
there were two shots, one passing in
proximity to him. The steamer reached
here yesterday.
Mr. Fowler says the night was un'
usually dark, Fishboats were scattered
all over the bay, and Captain Larkins
kept throwing his searchlight from one
point to another to locate the small
craft. He threw the light on fishboat
near his starboard bow. After indulging
in profanity for few moments, the
fisherman whipped out six-shooter and
began firing point!blank toward the pilot
house. The Lurline continued on her
course. Aside from the skipper and Mr.,
Fowler, no one on board knew anything
about how near a tragedy came to being
enacted out there on the still waters Of
the Columbia.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-23
The Wood pile Question


Superintendent OF Streets Kearney Is
having trouble in enforcing the orders
made by him for the clearing OF the
streets of wood piles. Some time ago
orders were given that the ordinance
concerning wood piles would have to be
complied with and the streets cleared.
The ordinance states that wood must
not be allowed to remain on public
street more than "a hours and herein
lies the trouble. At this time Of the
year many purchase their winter sup
plies and as rule the wood purchased Il
green slab wood that must be dried Il
make it ft for use. The superintendent
does not wish to be arbitrary in the
matter and work a hardship on any one
but Is desirous Of doing his duty. Some
complain that owing to the scarcity Of
labor thsy cannot get men to carry
their wood off the street in the short
time allowed but a. general feeling pre-
walls to comply with the ordinance tc
the best of their ability. Superintend
ent Kearney asks the cooperation Of
the householders in remedying the evl
as much as possible and expects to re
ceive it.