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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
DISCOVERY OF OIL THE
SENSATION AT RHYOLITE

Rhyolite. New. April 1.-THE location
of nine oil claims six miles a little south
of Rhyolite Is the latest sensation in
Bullfrog resources. II the men behind
the enterprise are correct in their con-
illusions. They declare hat the indica-
tions are fiattering. however. and say
they will have several carloads of ma
chinery on the ground for boring as
quickly as the same can be shipped from
Los Angeles.
The locations were made by william
III. Schnitzer, of the firm Of Donovan &
schnitzer. attorneys of Goldheld, under
the direction of John w. Frank, an oil
expert of Reno, March %. Four persons
are interested in the locations. MIR.
Schnitzer and his copartner in the prac-
tice of law. Mr.. Frank and J. C. Thomas
are the interested persons. Mr.. Schnit-
ger left Rhyolite Wednesday for Los
Angeles to buy and ship machinery for
boring.
The locations include about 900 acres
at a distance of six miles from Rhyolite
on the Tonopah and Las Vegas railroad.
The locators are enthusiastic in the be-
lief that they have found an old oil
channel and expect to find a large flow
VI toW eAa1o VII a. a atRNAl-
James Donovan, one of the promoters.
has ample financial backing. He was
formerly attorney general of Montana,
and special counsel for Augustus Heinze
of that state. Expert Frank declares
that the indications are good. In dis
GUESSING the discoveries, he said:
I'VE have made a careful study of the
entire southern portion of Nevada and
found the first positive indications at
the point where we made the locations
near Rhyolite. We found here what ap-
pears beyond doubt an old channel. Its
average width is about 675 feet. We
made nine locations along this channe
covering the points where there is a
probability of oil being ound.
by the system used in such matters
by experts I made careful tests after
discovering the external indications and
found many evidences that were crafty
ing. / have no doubt as to the prox-
unity of OIL, but the depth is always
speculative. 1t might be reached by
only a few hundred feet, and then it
may require considerable depth to reach
1t. The question of sea-level has moth
ing to do with it, as is often surmised
by the inexperienced. 1t is like digging
for water in a measure. You nay dig
one we'll and reach water at a short
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
INTEREST," HEvIvrNo IN
OLD PIoCHE DrsT1Ycr

II can hardly realize that Phoebe is
the old camp 1 have known so well all
these years." said L. L. Godbe. in
spite of the fact that the railroad wash
outs. coupled with continued bad wealth.
err, has made the transportation problem
the ~fercest that country has ever had
to contend with, scores of men with
money are dropping into the camp and
buying mining properties like hot cakes.
Ground that only a few months ago was
open for location to the first conner now
commands a fancy price. and some of
the oldtimers who W stayed with the
camp all these years are reaping their
reward. 1t is no exaggeration to say
that tens of thousands of dollars are
being paid today for properties that a
year ago could have been bought for a
few hundreds.
And the movement is by no means
speculative in the main. The properties
are being acquired for development.
Work is already being started on many
of them and much more work would be
going on If conditions were not almost
pr~ohibitive. Supplies in general are
running short, and so bad are the roads
that it's simply out of the question to
get in heavy freight. We a to drive
to Modena when / came out, but the
horses gave out and we were forced to
walk a good part of the way through
mud and slush and with a terrific bliz-
zard raging"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
MAYFLOWER CONSOLIDATED
HAS GOOD STRIKE

mou of these metals are Q 7-s per
cent copper. IL ounces and 8 $1,000
ounces gold, making the total men,
tionc1 This occurs in the west drift
at the 100-foot point from the double
compartment shaft. at a depth of about
$50 feet. The ore of the West Extern
sion appears to be improving in quality
toward the west. All the workings Of
the property at this time are in ore Of
an excellent shipping grade. while Sc
lected specimens have returned values
as high as $1,000 to the ton. The COM
pany is rapidly assembling a shipment
of this high grade ore which will be
sent in a short time. 1t is also consid-
ering plans for the erection of a reduce
ton plant to treat it's milling product.
Henry Gould. superintendent OF the
Pittsburg Greenwater has just returned
to Rhyolite from the property and re-
ports excellent development results. He
says that at this time high grade copper
ore is appearing in the bottom of the
shaft. No assay returns are available
but he stimates hat much OF this ore
will run as high as 20 per cent in cop
per to the ton. Assays taken hitherto
on the surface have shown copper
values as high as 40 per cent while it is
estimated that ar average will approach
10 per cent in the red metal.
The estate of this mpan is situated
a short distance south of Greenwater
and will be easily accessible to railway
communication upon the completion of
the Greenwater branch of the "Borax''
Smith railroad. 1t comprises sixteen
claims situated on what is known as
Black Butte and was originally located
by III. G.. Belts. one of the best known
prospectors in Nevada and California.
The property was sold last October to
Judge volney T. Hoggatt, l.. p. McGarry
and b. f. Shepherd and development
work was started at once and has been
prosecuted inrustriously ever SINCE. The
management contemplates the erection
of hosting machinery in a short time.
In the opinion of mining experts and
biologists who have examined this
ground. 1t contains the best showing to
be found today in the Greenwater dis
trict.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

binary values in silver and gold and are
now sinking two shafts on that prop
erty.
On the Nevada Rosebud property
there is a separate and distinct ledge
which is giving up some excellent values
and already three applications for leases
on blocks of ground along the course of
this vein have been granted by the man.
agement. People of Humboldt county,
and especially in the Rosebud district,
believe that they ave in the Nevada
Rosebud the biggest mining proposition
yet encountered in the state. and in con-
sequence the camp is filled with most
enthusiastic people.
The Brock interests are opening up
the Dreamland. another property Of ex-
ceptional merit, and in their shaft at the
15O-foot level encountered the high
grade ore. Rabbits Foot is another
most excellent property with some In.
usual s~howings.
There are three stage lines now oper-
ating into Rosebud, one each from Win
nemucca, Mill City and Humboldt
House, all stations on the Southern
Pacifc's main lines. The telephone
has it's line in operation and
the telegraph is being installed, so that
Rosebud is in shape to do business In
the usual rapid mining camp style with
the outside world"
Mr.. Macmillan declares that the Won
der district is humming along at a good
rate and though there is some little diff
ference in the labor situation it is not
of enough Importance to injure the camp
materially. Additional strikes are re-
ported daily and new companies are put
ting men at work opening up their prom
ising prospects.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

Rhyolite, New, April "a big strike
has just been made on the 300-foot level
of the Mayfiower Consolidated. On the
west drift from this level now in a dis
lance of IL feet. the entire length shows
an average of $26 in gold to the ton.
Manager Robert Smith states that the
values rave increased 100 per cent from
the 1oo-foot level and that the dip of
the vein has Strengthened from so to
rs per cent. proving very conclusively,
he thinks, that 1t is a true fissure vein.
The last four feet OF the IL feet men,
toned. he says is very much richer
than the rest of the body approx
mates the shipping grade.
In the upper level the material In
which the gold occurs is silicifed rhyo-
lite. carrying tale spar. At the 800 this
has changed to pure quartz with a small
per cent of manganese intermingled.
The ~uncovering is regarded in camp as
a very favorable indication and 1t Is
conceded that 1t closely points to thu
~permanence of the May1ower ore body
On the upper level the vein has beer
crosscut from the hanging wall on
which the incline shaft is being sent
down for a distance of over 80 feet and
as yet no opposite wall has been en-
countered. According to surface sur
veys the vein is estimated to carry a
width of about $50 feet, though this has
not yet been established in the under
ground working. In addition to the
shaft in which this uncovering took
place, the Mayiower Consolidated COM
pany is sinking a second shaft known as
the Mayfower Consolidated shaft on
Starlight ground which was included in
the recent merger. This is on the well
known Mayflower vein and this shaft
with it's laterals is also in ore Of a
good milling grade. Both shafts are
equipped with u~p-to-date hosting ma
chinery and the company is now con-
sidering plans for the erection Of a big
milling plant.
Another big strike has just been made
IN the West Extension. Manager L. p.
McGarry reports the entire face of the
west drift in ore which averages ac-
cording to an assay just made 1920 to
the ton in gold. silver and copper The
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
A NINE IN THE TOWN
LIMITS OF BEATTY

A nine-foot body of quartz.
while doing assessment on one of the
claims comprising the townsite, just
east of Main street, near Fifth, created
quite an excitement Friday. The ex-
istence Of the vein was known to many
and had been slightly opened up by the
former TOWNSHIP owners. but until re-
Gently little or no attention had been
directed toward it, and no one had ever
taken the trouble to have an assay made.
A careful sampling of the material in
the bottom of the hole Friday returned
values from $12 to SIS, principally in
gold. The report Of the strike on Main
street drew crowds to the spot. and dur
ing the afternoon many of the visitors
made paintings of the rock invariably
obtaining results. Saturday morning
two men were put at sinking, a windlass
to be used until arrival of the hoist.
The shaft is to be put down 100 feet and
the vein crosscut. They are confident
as the many others who examined the
strike that a mine will be opened up
under the Main street of Beatty
Beatty Miner.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
NO I. w. WIS TO GET
FooTHOLD IN RHYoLITE

That Bullfrog is in very little dan
ger of being ruled by the I. w. w is
the belief of Will c. Russell of the
United Mines syndicate. who has just
returned from the southern camp,
where he went to look over the work
on one of his ~company's roups Rus
sell said this morning that he talked
with many of the miners at the prop
erty and also at Rhyolite, and that one
and all expressed themselves as OPP
posed to the 1. w. w. They are well
content with the hour and wage scale
now in effect at the lower camp and
they do no care to back up a move
ment like hat of the /. w. w.
Russell will start this evening for
Atwood. where his company is also in
terested. He expects to be gone sew
eral days before his return to this city,
where he will make his headquarters
during the coming season.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
MALONE BUYS
INTO WONDER

Recently quite n number of important
estates have been transferred in Wonder
district and this fac taken with the re-
markable development gives every
promise of aggressive work in that dis
trict. These sales have been made to
corporations with sufficient financial
backing to prosecute work on an extern
sive scale and the installation Of modern
machinery for deep mining will naugur-
ate an era in these rich mineral fields,
and while heretofore the initiative there
has been taken by Goldheld and Salt
Lake people. at last Reno men are awak-
mini to the Importance which Wonder
merits.
Within a few days the Magician Won
der Mining company has been organized
and is controlled by Reno men. The
corporation owns five full claims which
are located on the great mineral zone
which trends through Wonder district
and assays had from the surface out
crop shows values from Sc to SIS per
ton. Prior to the taking over of this
estate an exhaustive examination was
made by Charles A.. Gehrmann, the COM
pany's engineer. and on his favorable
report the deal was at once consum-
mated for $4,000. n 1t is pertinent to
remark that while this sum is to be
made in payments the new owners have
already refused a cash offer of $40, 900
for their holdings.
Associated in this enterprise are a
number of prominent citizens of Carson
City all of whom are taking a very ac-
tive interest in the enterprise from the
fact that 1t is believed that the Magi-
clan group is one of the most import
ant estates in Wonder district and only
a limited amount of development is nee
essary to make a producing property.
In the Incorporation William II. Ma
lone of Denver is president and f. II.
Sanford of the same place is vice presi-
dent. J. l.. Lindsay has been elected
treasurer and Donald Macdonald is Sec
rotary. The latter gentleman Is the ac-
tive spirit in the enterprise and has
large holdings In Bullfrog. FL Dorado
Canon and other parts of Nevada, and
is very favorably known as a prominent
and aggressive mining operator.
Malone and Sanford left for Wonder
district with a complete camp outfit to
make the initial move in the extensive
operations now contemplated and within
the week these arrangements will be SO
perfected that the thorough exploitation
of the rich ore shoots on the property
will be in a fair beginning.
The stock of the corporation will at
once be listed on the Reno exchange as
well as the exchanges Of San Francisco
and Goldfeld.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

Habeas corpus proceedings in an IN
teresting case were filed yesterday in
the supreme court, the writ being
brought to release W. J. L~angdon. an
assayer of Goldfeld who was recently
convicted of receiving stolen goods and
sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 or serve
500 days in the state prison. The case
was tried before Judge Pike at Fallon
and the supreme court ordered the writ
returnable before Judge Orr, of the
Washoe district on April 9Th. at which
time the case will be argued.
Langdon and his partner, A. C. Pray,
are assayers at Goldfeld and had been
purchasing ore from miners and various
other persons for some time and several
months ago started to San Francisco
with a quantity of high grade rock.
They were arrested at Hazen charged
with having in their possession stolen
ore, high graded from the Mohawk mad
h two men taken to Fallon and tried.
The case was bitterly contested but
ended with the conviction of the de-
PENDANTS Who were ordered to pay a fine
of 1900 each or serve 500 days in the
state prison.
Pray paid the fine but Landon has so
far refused to pay the amount and his
attorneys have now filed habeas corpus
proceedings in the case. The attorneys
claim that If the goods were stolen and
received by Langdon the act was COM
mitted in Esmeralda and not Churchill
county and therefore the court had no
jurisdiction; further that the statutes
of the state do not provide for a fine of
$1,000 with an alternative Of 500 days
in the state prison.
The question of jurisdiction Is the
principal one raised by Langdon and his
attorneys and involves quite a nice
point of law.
Mr.. Pray, partner of Langdon and
who paid the fine imposed by the cuort,
is a former resident of Carson City and
well known to MANI persons here.
One of the interesting features of
the story is that before a writ of
habeas corpus could be issued 1t was
necessary to confhe Langeon in the
state prison. Accordingly the sheriff
of Churchill county brought Langdon
to this place yesterday morning a pris-
oner and look him to the penitentiary
yesterday afternoon a short time before
the supreme court convened to hear the
case.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
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Enr1RE STATE PRosPERs

Deputy United States Revenue Col
lector Harry Humphreys is in camp on
official business. He is amazed at the
progress that has been made here since
his last visit. Mr.. Humphreys, through
his position. has his pulse on the public
pulse. He states that Nevada is at
present passing through a period of I'M
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growing as rapidly as Goldield and
Wonder is a close second. The camps OF
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
FACTS sou DuLUrH,

Nevada's sensational high grade gold
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06
NOTICE OF sHERIFF'S SALE OF
REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY.

In the Third Judicial District Court of
the State of Nevada, in and for the
County of Nye.
F. E. ATTEAUX,
NEW ENGLAND ToNoPAH MINING
Defendant.
By virtue of an execution issued out
of the above entitled action, duly at
tested the goth day of March, 1907, upon
a judgment in favor of said plaint1n,
for the sum of $5.325.59. lawful money,
with legal interest from said day, and
lowing described real and personal prop
erty, set forth in schedules l and 2.
SCHEDULE NO. I
Personal Property
Two Ore Cars, 2 Iron Ore Buckets, 1
Iron Wheel Barrow, 2 4o-h;p. Boilers,
Ames Iron Works. Oswego. N. Y, make,
Nos, 227o0 and 227o1, ! Cable Hoist
j., 2 Drive Engines attached to hoist,
1900 TT. (more or less) wire Gable IA
inch. l No. 4 B. F. Sturtevant. Boston,
Smith VAN Co. small Engine No. 51527.
/ Pump. Baker & Hamilton, San Fran
cisco, make. $50 TT. Pipes. (steam and
Watero. various sizes En1 collars collars 1r SHOWS snd
Frame Building. abou SO by 40 IT., 2
Smoke Stacks, about 40 IT.. long each,
1870 1T. Car Tracks. ! Hosting Cage. !
pair Blacksmith's Bellows, Q Galvan-
lied Iron Water Tanks. about 5 TT. deep
and 9 TT. in diameter, l Frame and Tar
1 Wooden Ore Bucket, I Cast and Sheet
Iron Cooking Stove, Lumber in two
Tent Houses. each about IA by 80 it.,
4 Water Barrels, 4 Cookh9use Benches,
Table about IL TT. long. / small Heating
Stove, /. ~ by IA Stable House.
All of said above described personal
property being situate on or o the
Prudholm Mine, about 2 miles Southerly
of Tonopah, and on the Southerly slope
of Mount Butler. in Esmeralda County,
SCHEDULE NO.
Real Property
Prudholm. also called Proudholm.
pusky 9uee W, Rlsing r. San' P Mani stse
Mayfiower, Orion, Comet, Plymouth. lode
mining claims, situate in Tonopah Min
ing District, also called Gold Mountain
Mining District. about 2 miles Southerly
from the town of Tonopah, and being on
the Southerly slope of Mount Butler, in
Esmeralda Countv State of Nevada.
day, April sth, at three O'clock p. NJ.
at the premises known as the New Eng
land Hoist, about two miles Southerly
from the Town Of Tonopah, In said Is
scribed personal propertv listed in
Schedule No. 1, at public auction, to the
highest and best bidder for cash.
on Saturday, the goth day of April, 1907.
in front of the Court House. at Haw-
thorne. in said County, / will sell the
real property described above in Sched-
ule No. 2. at public auction, to the high
est and best bidder for cash, or so much
of the above described property as may
be sufficient to satisfy said execution.
and all costs.
Dated. Tonopah. Nevada, March 2sth.
1907.
Mcintosh & Cooke,
Tonopah, Nevada,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. M30-3t.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

depth. and then dig another by the side
of It. only a few feet distant and have
to go twice the depth of the first well.
"As I a already stated, the indica-
lions are ideal. The ground. formation,
and rock. shaie. evidence OF high pres
sure in the locality. the trail of natural
gas. all c~orroborate the course of the old
channel.
'The soil is also soft and drilling can
be made at a reasonable cost.
Il am satisfied that we have found the
real thing" said Mr.. Schnitzer. I'VE
have already drawn up the incorporation
papers and will proceed with haste. I
kno of no better place in Nevada
where oil wells could be more probably
established han near Rhyolite. with
her mine-developing and numerous rail-
roads that are heading this way we will
ind ample sale for the great output of
oil. should we strike the fuild at a
reasonable depth"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

Naturalization by refined middle
aged woman as cook and housekeeper
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housekeeper in hotel. High Goldfeld
and Denver references. Address Box
Ill, Denver, Colo.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-06

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In the Third Judicial District Court OF
the State of Nevada, in and for the
County Of Nye.
F. T.. ATTEAUX,
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-29

Teller sds bring results.
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Notice for Publication.


Department of the Interior, Land
Office at Lewiston, Idaho. February
IA, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice
Of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before register and
receiver, United States Land ONCE al
Lewiston, Idaho, on March 20. 1907,
viz: Martenie Bish, H. e. No. 1910, for
the N 1-2 NV IA Sec. "a: e 1-2 NE
IA Sec. 2S. T. SO N, r. w. B. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation OF said land, viz:
James Scott Oster, Of Woodside, Ida
no; Hermann A. Gaertner, of Forest
idaho; Elias r. Nelson, OF Forest, Ida
no; Austin d. Policy. of Fairburn
Idaho
T. II. BARTLETT, Register.
Daily March 20 to April 80.
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