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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05

Without waiting for action on the
part of the Nevada Consolidated com
pany, the powers in the Cumberland
Ely company have decided that there
shall be no further delays in hurrying
to completion the great milling and
smelling works at McGill. The lat
ter company, through the foresight
of it's promoters, is at present blessed
with treasury that contains more
than $2,000,000 in cold cash, and
this money, or as much of it as may
be necessary, is to he loosened up in
order that the work Oh the reduction
plants may be rushed to completion.
This was all decided upon when S.
w. Eccles, George E. Gum and other
big interests in the Cumberland Ely
and other companies interested got
together here and in Ely last week
The action taken only remains to be
formally ratified by the directors of
the Cumberland Ely company, and
that will be done just as soon as they
can be called together in New York
The men under whose direction the
great works are being constructed de-
clare they can have them ready to go
into commission by April, the mill
sooner than that George E. Gum
places the limit at June /, believing
that he is conservative in that, as all
the material for the completion Of
both mills and smelter not delivered
is now probably in transit. There is
a force of about $50 skilled mechan-
les now employed at the works, and
this number will be increased by just
as many men as can be worked to ad-
vantage. In other words, nothing
will be put off till tomorrow that can
be done today.
In the meantime there is a force
of 250 men employed at the Cumber-
land Ely company's mines, where the
opening up of the sensational ore
bodies is progressing day and night,
and where the mammoth working
shaft is being pounded down as rap
idly as the best miners in the bust
ness know how to do it. Here the
installation of the magnificent new
hosting works will soon be under
way and here, at the Veteran work
ings, it is expected the first ores to
go through the mammoth smelling
works will be produced. This is SO,
because the Veteran mine has hun
dreds of thousands of tons of ore
blocked out that is altogether of too
high grade to necessitate its con-
version into concentrates; it must go
direct to the smelter.
In all this Ely amalgamation bust
ness, or community of interests prop
osition, the Cumberland Ely company
occupies an enviable position, and
one that is not generally appreciated.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
Agreement Entered Into
Between Gould and
Hartman Lines.
At THE TERMINAL END
Western Pacific Will Use Southern
Pacific Tracks....NegoiiatiOns
Carried On With Much Secrecy

OAKLAND Noe 1-uarriman
and conId have roocbed a final aoree-
mont nc to 90 Western pacifc roiI-
wov,e ontr.nce into Oal,Iand rnder
which tho orioinal n1one of the now
svetem for an indo.
nandont ronta tbronob tbo citv have
bean ahondonod
Tho Xyosto,.n p,c;tic will ueo tho
E;,.et straat n,ain 1i,, trocl,s cf tho
southern p.cifin con,nonv IRON, Ninn-
toontb ovarno ,,ost ward and viii nov
for thot ,r;riloaa s,,n, annroxiniat-
mo e. 0no oG0
VIII tho ,,tn,ost sooroo, tbo r.il-
,o5 omoio1esof hot, oo,,,,orias hove
o,,ar1od +,1i', troo,So ao oarear,on, n
,oa,ns !, ,,,s tbat tba nntire hnsinn.s of tho
W'astarn pocifio viii ha h.nd,ad nnt
~. n,a. o. fnst o,,,io,,, ,,1otod throroh
M I'd ,t,ont ~ ~, H. E;,,ot ,troot
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
GAME WITHOUT WARNING, |MPR|S0NNG FIVE MEN
ON LOWER LEVELS LARGER NUMBER TAKEN
QUICKLY FROM THE 500.-.ENTOMBED MEN.
TELEPHONE OF SAFETY, COMPLETING MES.
SAGE JUST AS LINE BREAKS -RESCUE|
PARTIES ARE WORKING At TOP EFFORT

break were Immediately brought to
the surface.
Within a few seconds after the slip
telephone communication was estab-
lished by Pumpman Bailey, from the
pumping station below the 600 foot
level, who, with remarka BILE self-pos-
session, advised the men on top that
there had been cave-in but that all
the men below were safe. He then
said:
Cut off the steam SO we can break
the steam pipes and get air and
at that instant secondary slip, or
settling of the mass occurred, de-
stroying the telephone line and cut
ting off verbal communication.
The steam was instantly shut Off
and the miners below broke or I'M
coupled the steam pipe. The pumps
were set to work, and in few sec
nnds were going regularly, sending
to the imprisoned men copious
supply of fresh and Wholesome air
AS soon as the pumps began to force
the fresh air into the shaft, a stream
of hot, foul air was driven out to
the surface through the pipes.
As soon as the news of the acci-
dent spread, there were willing vol
unteers for the work of rescue. The
first party that went down was COM
posed of the miners taken from the
mine upon the first intimation of dis
aster. These men descended as far
as possible in the cage and from that
point made a reconnaissance, return
ing to the surface to report condi-
tions.
The work of rescue was under
taken at once, a small gang of men
being sent to the high point of the
cave in. These men worked slowly
and cautiously, in order to prevent
another fall OF rock and timber. The
first gang was relieved in an nour
and another sent down The rescu-
ers are replacing the destroyed and
broken timbering with false sets as
they proceed The work is neces-
sarily slow because of the character
of the rock in which the break oc-
Cured.
Tile imprisoned men are not in the
shaft proper, though they have ac-
cess to it. They are working in a
drift from the station at the 100
level and can remain perfectly safe
from falling rock dropping down the
shaft. An additions protection t. the
bottom of the shaft is the cage be-
low the cave in, which will aid in
holding the waste above.
The work of rescue was carried on
during the day under the direction OF
Foreman p c. McFate, a thoroughly
practical and highly capable miner
assisted by P. J. Fitzgerald, skilled
miner and mechanic. Superintend-
ent E. w. Walter, who started for
Salt Lake yesterday morning on bus
mess for the company. was informed
by wire to Cobre of the accident and
returned to Ely last night. He was
met at the train with fast team and
went at once to the mine, where he
has taken direct command of the
work and is doing everything posi-.
BILE.
The geological characteristics al
the point of the break are a strata
of hard oXydized quartzite resting
| on, and surmounted by strata of soft
porphyry. The soft porphyry is
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05

ARE ADOPTED
Commissioners and Other County
Officers Frame Words OF ES.
TEEN and Respect.

The board of county commission
ers met yesterday and adopted resolu-
tions expressing sympathy to mem
bers of the family of the late William
r. Bassett, and expressing their high
regard for his character and sterling
citizenship. The resolutions are as
follows:
IN MENIORIAM.
Resolutions of Coincidence on Death
of William r. Bassett, passed by
the Board of county Commission
ers of White Pine County, Nevada,
Wednesday, December 4, 1907.
Resolved, that the recent death of
William r. Bassett, in the midst of
a useful and honorable career, is
deeply lamented by the board of
ceased was at the time of his death
an honored member, as well as by
all the officials of White Pine county
and the public in general; his death
not only being a loss irreparable to
his family and to his many personal
friends, but also a public calamity;
that, while his friends and official as
sociates cherish in their grief the re-
membrane of his virtues, which won
for him their esteem and command
their respect, the public is called
upon to deplore the loss of one whose
stainless integrity in the discharge
of private and public trusts was never
questioned.
Resolved, that these resolutions be
Continued on page four.)
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
INDICTMENTS
At FRISCO
More For Schmitz and Ruef..-Pu.
giIists, Fight Promoters and
Lawyers Also Get 1t.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 4.-Those
indicted today by the Oliver grand
jury were: For bribery of super
visors on behalf of fight trust (nine
indictments each), against Eddie NJ
Graney, James w. Coffroth, Willis
Britt, Abraham Ruef and Eugene E.
Schmitz.
For receiving brides of $4,000
from the fight trust, Eurege E
Schmitz.
For receiving bribes from United
railroads, Home Telephone company
and San Francisco gas and electric
company, of $4,000, $4,000 and $3.50,
respectively, George II. Duffey.
For subornation of perjury, Luther
Brown.
The fight trust" has at last felt
the measure of wrath of Heney, the
graft prosecution and the Oliver
grand jury. Yesterday, on the eve
of its discharge, the grand jury re-
turned true bills against Eddie NJ.
Graney, THE honest blacksmith" and
the famous referee; James w. Coff-
roth, fight promoter and saloon
keeper, and Willis Britt, brother and
manager of Jimmy Britt, the light
weight pugilist, all of the fight trust,
accusing them on nine separate
counts of having bribed members of
the board of supervisors on January
20, 1906, by the payment of $475
to each official EX-Mayor e. E
Schmitz and the confessed boss, Abe
Ruef, are joined with the three fight
promoters in the indictments.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
OF
THIRTY-NINTH YEAR

CUMBERLAND COMPLETION
THE CONCENTRAToR AND SHELTER SOON
AS MEETING DIRECTORS COMPANY, ASSEM-
BLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ENDORSE SUCH
PROGRAM THE SUM SUBSTANCE STATEMENT BEAR
ING EAR MARKS AUTHORITY PRINTED BELOW
FROM YESTERDAYS HERALD. SUCH COURSE
SHOULD BE ADOPTED COME SURPRISE IN VIEW
OF THE STATEMENT GIVEN OUT HERE LAST WEEK BY $. w
ECCLEs, IN WHICH PLAINLY NTMiTED THAT THERE MIGHT
RESUMPTION AS
BROAD AND RAPID SCALE EVER WITNESSED THERE.
ACTION NOW PLANNED MEANS THAT THE SHELTER WILL BE GO
April. POSSIBLY EARLIER THERE SOON
RETURN CAMP ACTIVITY As
WITNESSED
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
IS
NEAR END
Last of This Month EX-
pected to See PrOduc-
tiOn Resume.
STOCKS WILL RESPOND
Worst Is Decidedly Over-..WeIl
Known Authority Sees Sunshine
Ahead...The Situation.
STOCKS WILL RESPOND

NEW YORK, Dec. 4-From a num-
ber of developments that have oc
Cured in the past few days in the
smelling circles of this city there arc
indications that the worst so far as
the copper situation in this country
is concerned in the present curtail-
ment has been reached. While the
improvements may not be perceptible
for some time the impression IN
smelling circles seems to be that q
change for the better is coming. II
is known that orders have been issued
to several of the large copper pro-
du ing companies which have recent
ly cut down their output, that if the
present more cheerful outlook con-
tinues they will be allowed to in
crease their shipments by the latter
part of December. Should this tenn
porary improvement show any signs
of weakening by that time those
orders, of course could easily be
countermanded.
The silver lining in the dark
cloud of the copper situation" says
M. Rothenberger in his letter, lis
now perceptible to degree that
leaves very little doubt as to what
the next six months will show. BY
this we do not wish to claim a boom
or a big speculative move, such as
was witnessed a year ago; but the
turn has come and the next six months
should show higher prices for copper
stocks that are in position to earn
money on fair copper market.
"Those who are in touch with the
copper market will tell you that the
three first months of the year begin
ming with January, are always noted
for the placing of particularly large
copper metal orders. The prospects
of this buying materializing in 1908
are all the better by virtue of the
fact that domestic consumers have
been waiting for months to jump in
and buy when they could reasonably
feel that bottom had been reached.
"As so per cent of this country S
copper mines have been shut down
for several months, and because those
that have still kept running have
cut down their output so per cent,
there is bound to be shortage of
the metal as soon as the buying in
large lots commences. The surplus
of $50, 100000 pounds now waiting
on the market can be sold in less
than one weeks good business.
I'VE have knowledge that num-
Der of the largest mines in the west
that have been shut down have been
told to hold themselves in readiness
to open at full blast by the end of
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
TIMEKEEPER M'DONALD.
PUMPMAN BAILEY.
MINER BROWN.
MINER "SLIM."
MINER CONSTANTI.

These men are imprisoned in the
bottom of the famous Alpha shaft of
the Giroux, mt Copper Flat, LOO
feet below the surface.
Above them, filling the shaft, are
thousands of tons of rock, earth and
twisted and splintercd timbers, caved
from between the 500 and 600 foot
levels, presumably by Il slip of
earth, and kept from falling clear to
the bottom of the shaft by the inter-
lacing of mine timbers which were
torn out from the walls when the
working ground forced the timbcrs
at 9::sO o'clock yesterday morning.
A rescue party comprising yirtu-
ally every man employed by the
Giroux Consolidated Copper company
is at work i'm heroic effort to save
their fellow workers from death.
The rescue parties are working i'm
alternate shifts of small numbers be-
cause of the imminent danger of II
secondary slip or cave i'm and because
the space in which they are working
is too narrow for many to be advan-
tageously employed at Il time.
The rescue parties are working one
hour each, and every man thus em-
ployed has volunteered to stay at his
post until the men below are rcs-
cued from their perilOus position.
These shifts are taking life in hand,
the task they have undertaken be-
ing perilOus i'm the extreme, a fact
which is easy of realization.
The accident occurred at $3.50 yes
terday morning. Without an in
stant's warning, without a premoni-
tory creak or rumble, the timbers be-
tween the 500 and the 600 foot lev
els were crushed from their positions,
a rumble and dull roar accompanied
that was heard by miners working
underground in other properties more
than a half mile distant
r'nlly 20 sets of timbers are be-
lieyed to have been crushed in and
carried. down by the irresistible force
of Thousands of tons of the soft
rock through which the shaft was
driven in it's course toward the rich
mineral deposits in the depths of the
earth.
The management of the mine has
always kept one cage in the bottom
of the shaft for emergency use. II
was learned Immediately that this
cage was caught below by the lal'
of earth, rock and splintered tlmbers
Another cage was at once dropped 10
the 500 foot level ard 5 miners VINO
were working above the point OF the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
SUBMIT CHANGES TODAY.
Those Proposed for Court House Will
BE Inspectcd-Work of Com
miSSiOnerS.

The matter of suggesting certain
changes in the plans for the proposed
court house was not taken up at the
session of the commissioners yester-
day. Councilman j. II. Carbon.
chairman of the committee recently
appointed by the Commercial club to
conduct this matter with the board,
not being able to be at the meeting.
He Will, however, attend this morn
ing's sessions and make such sug-
gestions to the board as the commit
tee may have decided upon.
The board yesterday opened the
bids for the construction of the pro-
posed building, but these We're not
read. They will be read at this
mornings session. There are three
competitors for the contract, j. f.
& II. f. Schraven of Ely, formerly of
Salt Lake; Dodson Il Weller of Ely
and Fred Dreyer of Salt Lake The
board has it within its power to re-
ject all of these bids il they are not
Continued on page four.)
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05

spongelike in its characteristics and
1t, is believed that the weight of the
upper strata became too great for the
quartzito to bear. The quartzite ac-
cordingly broke, and was forced
downward into the lower strata OF
soft porphyry, which gave way be-
was that the shaft 'bucRlcd' and fill
ed for from 120 feet to nearly 200
feet
The lower tinbers We're broken
first, the sets above .o,iowing one
after another, until the shaft was en-
tirely filled. The imbers and rock
interlaccd in such manner that but
little rock fell to the bottom.
Ii seems remarkable that the pipe
lines and telephone lines were not
broken at the first FALL. That the
pipe lines remained intact after the
settling of tho great mass of rock,
is little less thar providential
1t will be possible for the men to
be given liquid food for an indefinite
period, by sending il down through
the pipes Therefore there is no
danger that they will suffer from
hunger or thirst.
The Alpha is a wet shaft, a fact
that makes for the only danger that
now appears likely to the lives of the
imprisoned men. Steps to prevent
the arising of conditions which
might allow increase in water on
the lower level to point endangering
tie men are being taken.
At o'clock last night and again
at midnight signals were heard, the
miners below communicating with
the men above by tapping on ,ne
pipes. These taps were five in num-
ber, repeated many times. indicating
that all five are alive.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
STORY Of CAVE IN WHICH CLOSED SHAFT YESTERDAY


OF
o Nc
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
ABANDON HOPE Of SAVING MEN
FREMONT MANAGER FLOODS MINE

STOCK. ON. 4.-Confdent every of he
miners enombed last Saturday Manager
in charge of the ordered this morning that the
mine be flooded
the tmbers permitting
in. the a n a
pletey eXinguished,
Those in charge
it will be possible the
level The object the
Gated during the fire sunday morning Members
families working
urging them in the firm that
escaped death
opposition he or
the mine flooded claimed that
reached small and
emanatng the fire the
impossbity the
the fire had been eXtinguished
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
INJURED FOOT.

Horace Harmed of the Townsite
company general office, is suffering
from a severely bruised foot, the re-
suit of slipping while trying to mount
to the front seat of the Ely City bus
as it was coming from Ely with
crowd which filled the interior of the
wagon. The young mans foot went
under the front wheel of the wagon
as he slipped to the ground, the
wheel passing over the member.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05

Though passenger traffic has not
been heavy of late, last evening
brought in a good train. There were
IA passengers in the Pullman
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
IN ELY CITY.

J. p. Bumbaugh yesterday inaug-
urated parcels express and transfer
wagon business for Ely City. He has
established stand in front of the
Fulmer building and can be reached
there.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-05
UNITY, NEVADA THURSDAY, DECEMBER s. 1907
TWO DEAD IN G|R0UX MINE; THREE REPORT SAFE

Ataneal lhorHb bmrngh endh two Ii f
the Gmoxr e were drown
who hen Brownies
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nheppa Tedty rcodb nj in
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
Worry a Cause Of Poverty.

From Charities and the Commons.
1t so happens that worry, which Dr. w.
c. Saleeby. In his book, Worry, the Dis
ease Of the Age" looks upon as a causs
of disease. is also one Of the character
istic symptoms of poverty. PARTY
through Its effect on health. parity
through It's effect on personal habits
and partly through its direct effect on the
making and carrying out of plans for
earning living. worry is one Of the d.
rect and all,pervoding causes of eco
nomic dependence. It follows that the
ideal visitor Is one who car Danish worry
from the homes Of this poor. 1t Is quite
true that worry IL our most democratic
institution. invading palace and cottage
with fine lmpartiality: but the one most
wearing and cankering form of worry,
that which SPRINGS from anxiety about
the actual necessities of life, for wife and
children. for ones self in disease and in
old age, and about the possibility of find
ing or holding that employment which
Is the means of livelihood-this is re-
served for poverty and for those whom
poverty stares in the face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09

rolling stock has just been brought Into
the subject of rail quality and rail sec
ton. 1t would appear from the discus
sions II conventions that it has remained
for the railmakers to point out to the
railroad interests that they have increased
~ weight and speed Of locomotives to a
e1Meksr aItoot than they have increased
the 0styss nj taa rails upon which they
ssaA A railroad in an entity, the parts of
NS3h shoa1d certainly be proportioned,
yet il looks as II it were only now that
the necessity Of proportioning the locomo-
tive to thu rail or the rail to the locomo-
tive Is being carefully studied
The railroad engineers baked so at any
large increase in the rail section that 1t
would appear that If they had known
that such an increase would have been
required by the rolling stock they have
put upon the rails they would not have tn-
troduced that rolling stock at all. An
enormous increase in investment Is re-
quired by any increase in the rail sec
ton, and It certainly is question whether
the game is worth the powder. All this,
however appears to be an after con-
sideration. Development is continued In
dependently along different lines until
there is a clash, as at present, and then
the inter-relations begin to be studied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
ITS ANNUAL MEETING
WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSION
AIRY SOCIETY IN SESSION.

Nearly 800 delegates attended the thirty
sixth annual meeting of the Baltimore
branch of the Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society at 10 o'clock this morning in
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church,
18th and Church streets. The meeting
will continue until next Friday after
noon.
The opening exercises were conducted
by Rev j. R. Sumwalt. Greetings were
extended by the pastor of the church,
Rev. R. NJ. Moore, and the acting district
president. Mrs. F. NJ. Bristol to which
Mrs. ]. T. King responded. Next in order
was the appointment of special commit
tees. Mrs A. H. Eaton, president of the
society, delivered her annual address
Mrs. Otis Sweet and Mrs w T. Reed
sang duet Mrs. E. d. Huntley, cor
responding secretary. made her report
recess was taken at noon for luncheon
Miss Florence Allen was in charge of the
literary table. The courtesy committee
consisted OF Mrs. r. NJ. Moore, Mrs. S. D
LaFetra and Mrs. A. E. Bovee.
The session this afternoon convened a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
red by both the Grand Army of the Re
,,rhIIc an6 tho Snapish War Veterans

ored by both the Grand Army of the Re
public and the Spanish War Veterans.
he being past chief of the
latter organization. The Washington
Medal of Honor Club is booming him for
the place. and his friends express their
confidence in his election. Col. Urell was
awarded a medal of honor for gallantry
in action while detailed as colorbearer at
the battle OF Bristoe Station, Va, Octo-
Der IA, 1863. where he was wounded nigh
unto death. AT that time he was pri-
vate in Company E, SD New York In
fantry.
The program for tomorrow includes a
business meeting at the Ebbitt House al
10 o'clock am. and a banquet there a.
pm.
The officers of the Washington Medal of
Honor Club. who are entertaining the viz
| itors, are:
President, Alex. Scott; vice president,
| Charles F. Rand; secretary, Edwin NJ.
Truell; recording secretary. William H.
| Raymond: treasurer. James w Accher
| historian, Henry Romeyn; executive com
mlttee. John c. Black. chairman; Lev
| erett NJ. Kelley and Jacob F. Raub.
| The Veteran Zouaves of Elizabeth, N j.
| formerly known as brakes Zouaves. are
| expected to reach here today and be pres
ent at the evening session of the legion.