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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
STRIKE AT GOLDEN Annow

c. G. Sigurd and George Brewer have
arrived in Tonopah from a three days
stay in Golden Arrow. where they are
interested. Mr.. Sigurd says that that
district looks brighter than ever. He
reports that the miners of that section
have nothing for the /. w. w. and will
not mix up with the trouble makers in
any way whatever. They have. accord
ing to Mr.. Sigurd, expressed their dis
approval of the jumping of claims. such
practices in the Golden Arrow district
being recently resorted to.
The biggest sensation in that district
is the strike made on the Snyder-Parker
property, the biggest assay of which
went $50 ounces in silver and sos in
gold, at depth of ten feet
Mr.. Sigurd owns two claims in prox-
unity to where this strike was made
and he says that there are outcrops of
the same ledge on his ground that look
very good.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
BUSH MAKES BIG WONDER SALE

once. Surface values of from $3.50 to
$500 are obtainable on the Gold Bar
No claim, and also good assays on the
Montana No. and No. 5.
In view of the very favorable loca-
ton of the ground, adjoining one of Won
ders best properties, and very close to
the Jack Pot claim, with the vein trend
ing directly towards it, the Gold Bar
group would seem to have every chance
of developing into another big Wonder
mine Mr. Greeniaw is much elated over
his purchase, and in fact, since clos
ing his deal. has refused handsome
profit on the investment, but states that
he will develop the ground.
The deal was consummated through
Frank J. Busch, of the well known firm
of Busch Brothers of Goldfeld and
Rhyolite
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

The troubles of the Helena Gold Min
ing company seem to have been settled.
and the claim of the jumpers of their
property knocked out by court.
When the Helena Gold Mining COM
pany owning five valuable claims east
of the Sandstorm, made application some
time ago for patent for the ground, s. III.
Harris, started adverse proceedings on
the ground that he owned the claim by
relocation. last Tuesday, the matter
came before the District court of Es-
meralda county at Hawthorne, and after
strenuous legal battle between Hon.
Sam Platt, u. s. District Attorney, OF
Carson City, for the plaintiff and Robert
l.. Hubbard of Goldfeld for the defend
ant company, the court rendered deci-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

One of the most important mining
deals of the past few weeks was con-
sumated yesterday whereby papers were
signed by Archie LaMontagne, and as
sociates, deciding to w. r. Greenlaw of
the brokerage firm of Greenlaw, Root q
Co., of Milwaukee, Wis, the Gold Bar
group of five claims and a fraction in
all about 100 acres, located in the heart
of the Wonder Mining district, adjoin-
ing the Queen group on the north and
east, and less than four hundred feet
north of the famous Jack Pot.
The exact consideration is not known,
but understood to be in the neighbor-
hood of $25,OO0. Mr.. Greenlaw states
that 1t is his intention to organize
strong company of local and Milwaukee
men and begin active development at
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
RAILROADDAY
AT RHYOLITE
NEARA HAND

Rhyclite, New, April 4-Business
men of Rhyolite are arranging the
plans for Railroad day which will take
place as soon as the Brock line is COM
pleted around the base of Ladd noun
tain.
At the present time the graders are
at work on the outskirts of Bullfrog and
the men of the survey gang are busy
laying out the depot grounds and the
freight yard.
The grading will be complete to the
foot of the Bullfrog hill before the end
laying track within three miles of
Beatty will be into Bullfrog within a
few days.
it's grading camps established practi-
cally to Goldfeld and work on the RIGHT
of way is complete to the edge of the
Bullfrog district.
Spur tracks to the base of the hills
on which important mines are working
have been surveyed and every attempt
is being made to corral the important
properties before the Brock line passes
Rhyolite.
1t was while the men on the Las
Vegas and Tonopah line were cutting
at the base of the Bonanza countain be-
low the Tramp and the Gibraltar mines
that the blasting gang uncovered
ledge of quartz that the Tramp people
will be able to work with good advan-
tage as the ore is high grade milling.
The blocking of the Salt Lake line
between Las Vegas and the Mormon
city has not only piled up Bullfrog
freight in Salt Lake, Los Angeles and
on the line of the Southern Pacific
through Sacramento, but it has kept
back the building of the railroads into
the district for the lack of steel and
other supplies.
At the present time Los Angeles is
supplying the whole of Southern Nevada
with edibles and mining supplies as no
trains are coming in from the east.
As a result Southern California In
vestors are being attracted to the dis
trict as never before and more Los
Angeles men are pouring into Beatty
and Rhyolite than the hotels can well
accommodate.
There is a boom on in Beatty real
estate but in Rhyolite the mining inter-
ests are paramount for the future of the
town is assured and real estate prices
are practically staple.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

sion in favor of the company and against
the jumping claimants.
This litigation has attracted no little
attention because of the fact that a large
amount of stock had been sold and when
the adverse proceedings stopped the pa
tent there was great deal of dissatis-
faction among the buyers and for q time
it looked as If no end of complications
would result
After the stock was sold, many who
purchased demanded a return OF the
money on the ground that the company
had no title to the ground To show
their good faith in the matter, much
money was returned; but sthe outcome
of the suit settles the company in the
title to their property and shows the
refunding of the money to have been
unnecessary.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

There was more or less fluctuation
in the prices of stocks during the week.
due principally to street rumors regard
ing the labor situation. Early in the
week a report that the miners would re-
turn to work at once caused jump IN
prices but when it was learned that the
report was false. prices again receeoeo.
This uncertainty naturally had It's Ell
feet on the volume of sales although
the brokers generally say that business
has been exceptionally good under the
circumstances. The older stocks have held
fairly firm in spite of the sluggishness
of the market but there was not mucn
doing during the early part OF the week
in the weaker stocks. The public ap-
peared to be holding back until the labor
trouble was settled before investing their
savings freely.
The publication yesteday morning. OF
a story to the effect that the miners had
finally voted to withdraw from the !. w.
w. and that they would hereafter con-
duct their own affairs. independent OF
the trouble making organization, caused
a genuine boom in stocks. especially
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
PusHIMo loo-ToH MILL
AT Silver PEAK

The Pittsburg Silver Peak Consoli-
dated company has a large force at work
on the new 100-stamp mill at Silver
Peak, New Nearly all OF the machinery
is on the ground, and 1t is calculated
that the mill will be in commission by
midsummer. A large force of miners
is employed in the mine, blocking out
ore and extending the drifts and cross
cuts. mining man who visited the
mine last month stated that every days
work is adding at least $4,000 worth of
ore to the reserves blocked out in the
mine.
The Silver Peak Valcalda is pushing
construction work on its new 10-stamp
mill. All the machinery has been re-
ceived, and IL there is no unexpected
delay. the stamps will be dropping in
side of 80 days. Development work is
progressing as usual in the mine, which
is looking better than ever before in its
history.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
WEEKOF STRIKESATTONOPAH

ledge widening out from IL to 20 feet.
They have yet to go LOO feet to reach
the West End ground, and the ore body
will undoubtedly go into the McKane-
Schwab territory.
THE WEST END
On the West End, work is going on
400 feet west of the main shaft. A
double compartment shaft has been
started 500 feet west of the present
shaft in the center of the West End
claim. They are down 65 feet but will
continue to the 400-foot level before
prosecuting to get the vein. This is
to be the working shaft. and 500 feet
further to the west they are putting
down a prospecting shaft, and working
on the eastern portion of the newly
acquired property of the Ohio Tonopah.
On the 400-foot level. west of the
present working shaft, they are stoping
on an ore body, forty feet wide from
the hanging wall which runs $40 to the
ton. At this point the ledge is 112 feet
wide. the remaining ~ feet running
from s12 to $50. easily an average of
$50 a ton.
THE TONoPAH BELMONT
From the Tonopah Extension on the
west to the Belmont on the east is a
far cry, with ore every foot of the way.
On the Belmont they are working on the
1,100-foot level. the ground having been
thoroughly proven from the 600-foot
level to this point. Here the vein is
from 20 to 10 feet wide between walls,
and the ore is the highest grade ore in
the camp. The rock runs 500 a ton
as it goes into the car for shipment,
without sorting. Work is being rushed
on the sixty stamp mill which is being
put UP, and 1t is expected that 1t will
be completed by the first of June.
Taken all in all, Tonopah is holding
her own with any of the camps in Me-
vada, in the world. Few can make as
good showing, and 1t is doubtful If
any can make better one. With mills
going and new ore discoveries. 1T Is only
a matter of time when the prices of
Tonopah securities will rise to their
proper market value.
1t is reported that Tonopah Mining
company and Belmont have declared
their usual dividends, and as nothing
in the way of news has been received,
ii is assumed that the reports are true.
Indeed 1t would be rather remarkable
with the showing that both mines have
If the dividends should have been passed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
ooLDr1ExD MEN IN
QQ0u At CACTU9 aR1IN0a

Cactus Springs. mining camp mid
way between Goldfield and Kawich. Is
greatly excited over a tremendously rich
find of several pieces of float that were
picked up last week close to the Dickens
group of claims. The quartz is smeared
all over with native gold and prospec-
tors are now busily engaged trying to
locate the ledge from which 1t came. Al
Hendricks of Goldfield and Mr.. How
ard of Chicago, are interested in the
Dickens group and are said to have a
proposition that will develop into a pay
ing property. John MacKitchen has
also very promising group about one
mile south of the springs. He Is now
busily engaged doing development work
with values exceedingly high for sur
face work. some running up to $3.50 per
ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
LARGE BLOCK
OF FLORENCE
GOES EAST
Option Taken on Hennessey Hold.
ings, Amounting to 10000
Shares at $4,75 Per Share
.-.Substantial Amount
Paid Down

= Eastern capitalists are anxious I
. to invest their money in Goldfield
= mines and they are willing to pay
= good prices when a proposition I
. looks good to them. This is evi- Z
= denced by the fact that negotia- I
2 tions are pending for the pur- I
2 chase Of big block Of Florence I
= stock at $4.75, which is above the I
= market price. Clarence Oddie, rep I
= resenting Philadelphia syndicate I
= has taken an option at the above I
= figure on the 10000 shares of the Z
= stock owned by J. p. Hennessey I
= Of Tonopah, paying $4,000 down. I
. It has been reported that the stock I
= had been purchased by Frank I
. Golden of Reno but the report was I
= unfounded. Oddie's option runs I
= until April 7 and until that Z
2 time it cannot be said whether the Z
= deal will be considered I
2 The Florence is one of the great Z
= properties Of Goldfeld. It has Z
= been the producer of some of the Z
+ richest ore Of the camp, and its !
z milling grade bodies are the larg- Z
+ est of any mine in Goldfeld. Only I
+ recently a contract was let for a !
Z large mill to be erected at cost !
z of upwards of 100000. 7
Z It has always been the policy of !
+ the Florence to let leases on the !
Z ground not being worked by the !
= company proper. Some of these :
= leases have produced phenomen- I
= ally rich ore. Two Of the leases, I
= the Little Florence and the Flor I
+ ence Leasing and Mining company I
= having broken into picture ore Z
= just before the shut down of the I
+ mines, due to labor troubles. The :
I. stock has always been closely held =
= and therefore not free trader on :
I. the market, but recently the shares :
= have gone from $500 to $4.00 or :
+ better, and much higher prices are I
= looked for when the mill gets into :
+ operation.
= - ~
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
LOCkHART is
IN 100000
ON ST. IVES
Sells His Holdings Of Over 2OO,.
600 Shares to Erikson and
Smith and Gets $50, 600
Down as the First
Payment

= Tom q. Lockhart has disposed
= of his interest in the St. Ives Min
= ing company to John Erikson,
= Claude M. Smith and others not
= named. The price paid Is with
= held but as Lockhart's holdings
= In the company amounted to 224,
= 900 shares, the inquisitive can ag-
= ure out that his bank account will
= be sweiled by something like .
Z quarter of million by the trans
= action. The buyers have made q
= first cash payment Of $4,000 and
= it is understood that the balance
Z Of the purchase price Is to be paid 4
= in quarterly installments. Mr.. Lock
= hart declined to discuss the deal, 1
z although he admitted that he had I
= received an offer for his stock. 1
= Mr.. Smith was scarcely more CON-
2 municative. He admitted that he
Z and his associates had purchased
= the block as an investment but
. declined to state the price paid.
= I've have bought the stock and
+ made the first payment Of $780,
= 00O,'' he said. "The balance Of the
+ money will be Forthcoming when
= due. We prefer not to say at this
= time what we paid for the stock"
= Mr.. Lockhart was president Of
= the company, John Erikson, vice.
+ president and Claude Smith, Sec
Z retary and treasurer. The COM
= pany owns the st. Ives claim, 17.2 !
2 acres. Several leases have been
= given on the property, and at least
= one lease--the Codd lease is In
= splendid ore. The st. Ives is re-
= garded as one Of the finest pieces !
. of mining property in the Goldfield
. district. The market price Of the !
= stock Is above $1.50.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

are showing up richer than ever. there
is more ore in sight, and the hum of
dropping stamps in the mills tells the
story of increased production. The
Midway mills with it's ten stamps in
operation is crushing 800 tons week,
and the big Tonopah mill is grinding
out 800 tons a day.
For more than week past there have
been dropping on an average of one
hundred stamps a day. The Tonopah
company's mill has been running. day
and night, with ninety stamps and the
Midway with ten. The ore passing
through the Midway has averaged $25
a ton net, which means return of $500
week
The Tonopah Mining company has
been doing a land Office business. The
ore that passes through the mill is
sorted TO an average of $50 a ton, and
besides this the mine is shipping to
the smelter and to Virginia City. 1000
tons week, will go easily, $55 ton
AN ENORMOUS Product
The production of last week, with
ninety stamps going, and including the
shipments, amounts to more than $4,000
600 a year. When the mill is running
in full blast, as it will be shortly, the
production will reach the sum of from
SIC, 600, 900 to $12.oOO,000 a year. and
with enough ore blocked out to keep
going for seven years. With this enor-
nous production the Tonopah Mining
company ought to pay dividends of
1000. 900 a year. A mine that can pay
100000 dividend every month is a
mine worthy of the name.
ToNoPAH ExTENM0M
The Tonopah Extension Is proving
all that was claimed for 1t in the days
gone by. The ore body which faulted
months ago 1880 feet west of the shaft
, on the 400-foot level has been picked
up again. General Manager Kirchen
changed the direction of the drift, and by
going seventy-two feet north found the
ledge, AZ feet in width. eight feet of
which will go from 500 to $50 ton
without sorting. The rest Of the lead
goes from SIS to $50 and $40 a ton. They
have now drifted on the hanging wall
for 800 feet on the west ledge.
Uniform values have been found for
1850 feet going west, and they are
/ stopping from the 400-foot level to the
surface. A drift was run to the east
/ for $50 feet to Tonopah ground. the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
FLATTERIN0 P.SoGREss
REPORTED ON AzTEC

Manager Webber, of the Nevada Hills
and the Aztec mines in Fairview dis
trict. reports that fiattering progress is
making at the main shaft on the Azetc.
Aztec's domain endlines the Fairview
Eagle on the east and it is expected that
some additional development will prove
upon the Aztec the extension of the rich
Eagle ledge. Sulphide symptoms are
coming into the bottom OF the Aztec
shaft at a depth the same as that al
which this formation was encountered
on the Eagle and Nevada HIS II
seems probable that within the Aztec
lines will also be revealed the north ex-
tensions of veins that are being probed
on the Pyramid and Lookout groups,
whose north endlines are the south end
lines of the Aztec.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
EASTERN PART OF CAMP
ON VERGE OF A BOOM

The hoped for settlement of the labor
troubles will be followed by revival of
interest in the district east of Goldfeld.
Several large contracts for development
work in that section will be let as soon
as a settlement of the existing differ
ences has been made, the signing of the
papers being delayed only until that
time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
TWO GOOD STRIKES
ON NEVADA HILLS

Two important strikes have been
made in the Nevada Hills mine at Fair
view within the last few days. In SHAFT
No. 4, which is located at the east end
of the ore zone. vein was uncovered by
drifting, that widened to four feet in
short distance. The ore assays $500
ton, half of the values being in gold.
Heretofore the ore taken from this mine
has shown values chiefly in silver, the
ratio being about four ounces of silver
to one of gold.
The second strike reported by Man
ager w. H. Webber, who is on the
ground, was made at the other end OF
the ore zone in shaft No. s, where
winze is being sunk in solid ore pooy
that runs from $500 to 500 ton.
The owners of this property have
good reason to be well satisfied with
their investment 1t has paid two divi-
dends of 10 cents each inside Of year.
has another years dividends in the
treasury and ore valued at half million
dollars in transit or ready for shipment
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
OF RED FLAG
OBSTRUCT SETTLEMENT OF
LOCAL LABOR DIFFICULTIES
Miners Disposed to Meet the Terms of the Mine Operators But
the "Red Necks' Hold Out For Troube=NO Progress
Towards Settlement Made During the Week.
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
BUYS THE
WASHINGTON CLAIM

Webb HI. Parkison has bought OF
George Wingfield, the General Washing
ton claim which lies just south of the
Concord. Mr.. Parkison is making ar
rangements to put in diamond drill
and proposes to go after the granite con-
tact that runs through the mountain
A strong company will be organized at
once to develop the property on an ex-
tensiye scale.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
MAYFLowER CONSOLIDATED
LOOKS LIKE A SHIPPER

The Mayfiower Consolidated property
is looking good, according to latest re-
ports from the mine. At IL feet of the
crosscut on the 300-foot level fine
looking body of ore has been broken
into, running from $50 to $500 ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
1Ep xr1xs xEAsxNa

c. p. burst has just bought a one
fourth interest in the Goldfeld Red
Hills Mining and Leasing company.
which is on the great Florence vein be-
tween the Gatzen & Smythe-Roberts
leases.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
(From our own Representative

(From our own Representative
Tonopah, New, April 5.-The sensa-
ton of the week has been the discovery
of high grade ore in the Montana Mid
way Extension At the 630-foot level,
they ran into shoot which averaged
$3.50 ton, which will give backs up
to the 475-foot level. The shoot is two
feet in width. and the ledge itself thirty
feet wide. The remainder of the vein
in in milling values, from SIS ton up.
With the mills in the camp fifteen dollar
ore is not to be sneezed at, for eight
dollar ore is now an asset.
The find in Montana Midway Exten-
sion is regarded as one of extreme i'm
portance from what may follow. The
strike was made in the company's little
fraction of 70 by 800 feet, surrounded
by the Midway, the Golden Anchor and
the Tonopah Mining company. Mining
men are of the opinion that Golden An
chor cannot fail to get the same vein,
lying as it does to the west of the Frac-
ton and that the vein will pass on
through the Cash Boy and into the Lit
tie Tonopah, which will extend the ore
zone Of Mount Oddie far down into the
fiat, and give it greater area than that
of Goldfield.
THE NORrH STAR STRIKE
This last discovery. coming as it does
on the heels of the big find in the North
Star. has increased the interest of spec
ulators and investors in Tonopah securi-
ties. For some inscrutable reason the
management of the North Star strove
to hide the treasures that were opened
up in the underground vaults. A big
body of shipping ore was encountered at
at 95O-foot level, and some of the speci-
mems that have found their way to the
surface are remarkably rich. Instead
of hoisting this ore it is being sacked
and piled up below.
On the 1850 level of the North Star
a crosscut is being run to cut the Mon
tana Tonopah veins which are known
to extend into the mine, and the indica-
tions are that ore will be encountered
in this direction very shortly. On the
1.250-foot level work is being rushed
on the south crosscut, where 1t Is
known that the Belmont ore body enters
the North Star ground.
roMoPAH LOOKS GOOD
Taken from any standpoint. Tonopah
never looked better in the history of the
camp than she does today. The mines
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
DoxnELLAN's DIRECT WIRE

Kenneth Donnellan & Co. nave put IN
a direct wire from San Francisco anu
are now receiving quotations direct from
the San Francisco Stock and Exchange
Board.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
roMoPAH LOOKS GOOD

Taken from any standpoint. Tonopah
never looked better in the history of the
camp than she does today. The mines