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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
CIAs. A. roWuE
WHITING ms u1xxs

Former Senator Shas. A. Towne, the
silver tongued orator Of Minnesota. and
one Of the best known men in the United
States, was in Goldfeld a few lays this
week on the way back from an inspec-
ton of his mining property in Death
Valley. Senator Towne was one of the
foremost advocates of bimetallism in the
silver agitation following the repeal of
the Sherman law, and is just as strongly
in favor of the free coinage of silver at
the present time. To a representative of
The News, he said:
THE enormous advance in the volume
of business Of the country in the past
ten years is something that very few
pay any attention to. To carry on this
business 1t Is necessary to ave money.
Gold production has been also on the in
crease, ano you people here in Nevada
have tried to .ielp out the country by
its production. The financial stress we
are going through ut the present time
would hav, .n,2h. us long ago lad 1t
not been for the wonderful increase in
the production of the yellow metal in all
parts of the world. I am as firmly con-
WINGED today that the stand l made for
the free coinage of silver was the right
course as when I advocated the measure
IL the lower house of congress-"
The senator has some good property
in the Death Valley region and believes
that some of the largest mines in the
country will be developed in that region.
He left for his home in New York yes
terday morning.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
MANHATTAN In LINE

Last Thursday morning the manipuia-
tors of the air drills were driving deep
holes into the high grade ore bodies In
the west drift of the Thanksgiving
mine. The round of shots that followed
showed a beautiful tribute to real birth
of the min which was staked two years
ago and named in honor of the holiday.
The birthday blast broke down the pref
test rock that has yet been taken from
this phenomenal drift.
II was not a new strike. 1t was SIM
NV a rattle of the birthday Jewels so
much has been seen in Manhattan from
this Thanksgiving ledge that a general
o,r,ositv existed to know the real value
~ the high grade. A piece of the rich
!. Vas assayed by Percy Train. and the
results ought. indeed, satisfy the most
confirmed sensation monger In the
country.
The rock carried s4I.oos.fo in gold
and saas52 in silver. Such rock Is
worth s23.50 per pound. This hisn
80 forms a Pinch streak on the
hanging wall of the VEIN Inc entire
,aaga at the point of the present WORK
,ngs gives assay returns of slef.se per
TON from a sample across its -FOUR iee'
of width. -.
The Thanksgiving run OF iooo IONS
a, .oarcalv he commenced at the Woif
! u.;,bin a month, as it will probably
rac,,ire that length of time to mpie
the initial run of Consolidated ores
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

been some changes in the management
of the Belmont. Morgan Tillinghast.
who was recently elected vice president
and general manage of the company
after his effective tight which resulted
in the removal of the Brock forces. has
been hefe for several days. One Of his
first acts was the naming of 8. II. Brady
as superintendent OF the mine, to sue
coed II. r. Henderson. who resigned
Mr.. Brady took charge on Wednesday.
He was formerly superintendent Of the
Michigan Mining company Of Houshton.
Mich, and arrived here only on last
Saturday. Mr.. Morris Teaf was made
auditor Of the company, a position that
has been vacant since the resignation OF
Auditor Charles Of the Tonopah Mining
several months ago.
I'VE are going to conduct the working
Of the mine on different lines Than II
was formerly worked" said Mr.. Tiliing-
hast. we will in all probability ship
less ore than we have boon shipping. but
that is not to say that we will have any
the less to ship. We " a mill and we
propose to work our ore through IT, !
will not deny that at the present time
we have not su1icient ore to supply the
mill. and to keep sixty stamps running,
but we are going to keep the mill run
ming lust the same. We will do this ~
handling ore from other mines.
1T have not had the time to thorough
ly inspect the mine. but I am quite sat
isfied that as far as ! have gone, the
mine today is as good as II was q year
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

Every day brings forth some news OF
some member of our ever increasing
population who has broken into fresh
evidences of the lavish display with
which Mother Nature has endowed Raw
hide, says the Rustler. The latest lucky
man who has run into picture rock Is
d. A.. McFadden. who has thirteen
months lease on the Captain Jinks claim.
McFadden very modestly admits to hav-
ing assays of $164 to a ton on the sur
face and a 4-foot ledge in place; this
certainly looks like the ready money
in these days Of scrip and clearing house
certificates.
So great has been the demand for
leases, especially OIL the RoseDerry
group, that hardly a day passes without
a new lease being signed. The group is
controlled by H. H. Dorsey and a COM
pany of Chicago capitalists who thus 1ar
have let out twenty leases on the prop
erty. OF this number eight of them are
sacking high grade ore for
and taking into consideration the fact
that several of them have not started
operations vet, it gives at least a per-
centage Of so per cent who are sacklng
llRn RTdue. NOt q onu
group of claims.
On the Alexander lease when Is the
original one let on the Roseperry group
the shaft has attained a depth OF % Iee'
and on thai level the assay returns sho"
the screening values to be sSi 10 the 'on
and the quartz shows up s1s2 per ton
This remarkable lease has SHOWN I'M
provement from the grass roots gov"
and the operators are confident OF s'riA-
ing a great body of picture rock.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

pickets are at the mines. Tho mines
where work was expected TO start up are
surrounded by union pfcksts. intended
to intercept any one who was disposed
to 80 to work. n argue them out Of H.
Early Friday morning. Il was reported
at the headquarters of the mine oper-
ators association. that q squad Of miners
armed with rifles were seen on the
Tonopah road Just out Of town escorting
a bunch of non-union workman out OF
camp. II was claimed that they were
the men who had intended going to work
on the mines this morning. Two auto
mobile leads of ofncers were sent in pur-
suit
A train load Of non-union miners left
Angels camp. in California At noon yes
terday. bound for Goldneid. II had
been known for some lays that the mine
operators had men employed to come
into camp to work the mines IN case
local men In suficient number could
not be secured. These men are expected
some time during today Saturday
when trouble In expected to begin
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
MINERS MUST RENOUNCE
FEDERATION TO GET WORK

The rumor was started on THURSDAY
hat the Min Operators associat ion
would recede from its demand that all
applicants for work must sign an agree
ment ~renouncing their allegiance to the
western Federation Of Miners. The
rumor a 1t that the mine operators had
been greatly disappointed In the small
number Of men applying for work and
taking out cards. and that they believed
that II would be wise to abandon the
card system. As mother reason for
abandoning the system. 1t was said that
criminal prosecution would be instituted
against the employers for forcing en-
ployes to sign agreements renouncine
their rights to belong to labor organize
tons. an unlawful act in this state. by
statutory enactment of 1908. While such
an act is upon the statute books, the at
torneys for the mine owners say that
they 30 not fear 1t as 1t unconstitutional.
etc.
Regarding the abandonment of the
card system. Secretary Erb, of the Gold
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
-w BOARD AID OFFICERS fo1
rArnvrEW-AxTEC n1IAo CO

Ar a meeting recently held al Cnes-
snne. wyoming. the following BOARD oi
directors was elected: H. d Linu'
D Davts. Geo. L. Kaeding. +. j. Parten-
ne;mer and W. F. Bond.
Al the directors meeting held yes'e',
7 p~artenheimer and W F. Bond
resigned from the board and Fred J,
s,rain and J. NJ. Fenwick were elected
70 MI these vacancies George n 49,
- was elected president. H. b. Line
ine --as,aent. and Fred c. Strain secre-
tary. q, sxca,tsnt
Its workings have attained
= depth of 200 feet. and SO Tar as ca.
he ascertained. have entered 'ne
"a ~ the Fairview Eagle controiieo
'eau axaela and Nixon. A tremendous
~ ~ water has temporarily stopped
us,,on Of new machinery. active
work will soon be resumed
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
MINERS UNION MAKING
AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN

The Miners union has not been idle
during the past week. While they were
disconnected by the swift course Of
events eliminating In the importation Of
federal troops. they ave been meeting
constantly at their quarters. Rumor has
u that st. o h IL In Denver e~ndeavoring
to get financial support for the local
strike. At any event, he has left camp.
and II IL understood that Some of the
other radical leaders have taken the tip
and left also.
The union committee IL e~ndeavoring
In every way TO Impress upon General
Funston that the miners are the law-
abiding people OF this camp and that the
offenders are the mine operators IND
business men, For fear that some out
break or brawls might occur to preju-
dice their cause they have pickets sta.
toned around saloons and prominent
loaing places to keep their men from
making any disturbance.
There are other pickets in camp. put
out by the Miners union. but these
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

Mr.. chas. f. Newmeyer. for years
past recognized I'm Colorado as one OF
the best posted mining men and abiest
among mining writers. has quite recent
~ been appointed eastern travelling
representative Of the II. A. Riedei In
yestment company. Mr.. Newmeyer as
correspondent at Cripple Creek for the
Denver dailies gained a wide knowledge
Of that remarkable camp in the earlier
years Of it's history. For the past SIX
years he has represented the Daily Min
ing Record in various capacities ana
Travelled to most Of the prominent min
ing camps in Colorado. Nevada and other
states ir it's interests He comes TO the
Riedel Investment company. therefore.
with a matured judgment and expert
ence which will be of uiiquestioned value
to the frm in the vast mining enter
prises IL is developing in cooperation
with a large eastern clienteie.-Nining
Investor.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

neid Mine Owners association autbor-
ized the following statement:
There Is no intention of witbsraw,r~
our demand that employees take OUT
CARDS. as a requisite for getting employ
ment- We are not now. nor have we con-
s'dered such a step. We entered upon
this policy with elaboration we'll know
ing what II involved. and Irrespective Of
and other rumors em.natine
from the local Miners union to the con-
trary. We will insist that anyone seek
ing employment IN the mines Of this as
ISOLATION shall sign a contract enounc-
Ing any allegiance to the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners. We have not been
surprised that more miners have not
taken out cards. but we of course. regret
that this is the case. However. we were
repared for 1t and our plans will in no
wise be disturbed"
This would seem to anticipate the i'm
rortation of non-union miners from out
sid camps. and 1t is known that many
oners of help have been received.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
TO OPEN JAN. !

Frank Golden. president Of the Nye &
Ormsby County bank. was in camp this
week for a few days. He is working TO
open his chain OF banks as early as pos
sible. and in esponse to an inquiry as
TO the date OF opening. said:
THE banks will be opened up all
along the line by the first Of the new
year. The principal difhculty ABOUT
opening is caused by Goldheld, as the
depositors have been slow In signing the
agreement. which is the only possible
way we can open. At all other points
where we have banks established those
who have deposits In our banks are not
having any trouble in cashing their per-
sonal checks for the payment OF mer-
chandise. When the bank is reopened
IL will be I'm the new building at the
southwest corner OF Main and Ramsey.
The furniture has been ordered and Is in
transit, somewhere. The banks are
solvent. and will pay dollar for dollar
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

The Lot Angeles stock exchange sent
Governor Sparks q telegram commend
Ing his action in asking for troops for
Goidneid a. n precautionary measure.
The following 10 . copy Of the message
sent to the governor:
The members OF the Los Angeles~Ne-
a Mining Stock exchange. in open as
sembly. unanimously adopted the follow
ing resolution today:
Received. That the members Of this
exchange. individually and a. q body.
express to the governor OF Nevada and
the mine operators Of 0old0eld. New,
their most hearty approval and endorse
ment OF the action OF It's chief executive
in having federal troops sent to Gold
field; and It II further our most earnest
hope that these troops will be retained
in Goldfeld until such time ~ the mine
operators and business men Of 0oldneld
In particular. and Nevada In general. are
assured protection In operating prop
critics and general condition Of business.
The attitude Of the worst element In
Goldheld has long prevented the mines
from u~nrestrained production. when the
general country II in such need Of gold.
beg you to stand behind the mine
operators and give them protection nee
essary to operate. and to protect their
rights against all violence. Further
more, we condemn b action Of the
sheriff and other county of7cials in OPP
posing the coming Of the federal troops.
Los ANGELEs-NEvADA MINING
STOCK EXCHANGE.
BY r. IRWIN HEBRON. Secretary.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
PRODUCTION TABLE

The following table states IN paraiie
columns. the number of tons OF ore
shipped each week of this year. GOWN ~
the end of that one closed last SATURDAY
December Z, and the market Vaiue u
stock transfers on the 1oioieio
change. =.
If the history of the year may DC
taken as a criterion, it may not De un
reasonable to expect now larger saie
of the stock exchange than were re-
corded at times when labor cohoi.io
were apparently TRANQUIL.
Invariably, as is proved by the so1.
ule below, stock dealings were hVeii
when industrial disadvantages cause
ore shipments to be the smaiie''
pothtpo
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
CONSOLIDATED CAN TREAT
ITS OWN ORE FOR s. TON

= with It's own reduction plant. Z
. Of q daily capacity Of from 500 TO .
= 800 tons, the company win be abls =
. to treat ore Of the grades above Z
. mentioned 1t . total cost Of less Z
. than IS per ton. while the extrac- Z
. tion would nearly equal the .
. amount now returned by the smell .
. ters, viz. SIC per Of for gold, or =
. 90 per cent.
. I'm order that the company .
= may become independent Of the =
. smelters and financial disturb .
= aDces. . large reduction plant .
. capable Of treating 500 tons daily =
. Is now being planned and every Z
. possible energy Is being directed =
= toward its completion"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
MENTION

A. A. Codd is in Los Angeles with his
family for the holidays.
Walter whitmore returned this week
from a short visit to San Francisco.
Mart o'Brien is down from Rawhide-
He was recently appointed deputy dis
trict attorney for that camp.
w. l.. Mckay. for some time manager
of the d. Mackenzie properties, has re-
signed to look after his own interests.
Col. Geo. 8. Newman and Newman
Hall. mining men of Aspen. Colo. are
investigating mining conditions in this
section.
Joseph NJ. Jordan OF the Tonopah Bo-
nanza staff. was over yesterday to get
the straight dope on the local b
situation.
w. L. Cook of Boston. Is In camp for
a few days. arranging for the resump-
ton OF work on the Scotia Mining COM
pany in which he is interested
Roy shadinger. formerly with the Re-
view. came in Thursday from San Fran
cisco. but was Immediately recalled by
a telegram stating that his mother was
very Ill.
John L. Briggs has returned afte- an
absence Of three months in Philadelphia
]. II. uEI VI itkHDt s. . 60 - FNt
ping at the Casey. He is interested In
some mining property at Silver Peak
Mrs. H. B. Lind vas the hostess at a
beautiful luncheon and card party. given
at her residence on Crook avenue Thurs
day. Mrs. Harry Bryant and Mrs Z. T..
Patrick were awarded the prizes.
Thos. v. Common returned this week
from a months vacation spent In Cali
fornia and Colorado. He visited Cripple
Creek during his absence and reports
great activity in mining and mill build
ing there
wingfieid Hogaboom Of the Associated
Press, H. H. Mcdonald OF the United
Press. s. c. Masters Of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. Tim Healy of the Hearst
syndicate and H T. Quinn of the San
Francisco Call. are in Goidheld doing
the special work for their papers In con-
nection with the strike.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
CAPTu1ED N
LITTLE xxo1ENCE WORKINGS

Two men who gave their names as
VIM. McCabe and James Thompson,
were arrested Tuesday night in the act
of looting the workings of the Little
Florence lease. The men were taking
ore from the high grade vein at the 400
foot level. and were surprised by a force
of deputies who were watching the prop
erty. J. johnson. F. O'Donnell and Joh
Riley were also arrested later as being
implicated in the thieving and all were
charged with grand larceny in the JUS
tees court. 1t is reported that not less
that $4,000 worth of high grade has
been stolen from the Little Florence
since the beginning of the present
strike.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

Ask the Ticket Agent for n Of the
Time Table Folders of the Tonopah and
Tidewater ct. & tt Route. II tells the
tale and also contains a new map of the
country in which you are interested The
new Treasure World Close connections
at Ludlow for the east and San Fran.
cisco. Buffet Sleeping Cars and Re
lining Chair Cars 10 Los Angeles with.
out change.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14
FREIGHT RATES PAID
BY THE CONSOLIDATED

Among other facts set forth, the .
= report shows: .
The present rate Of freight, .
= treatment and smelter deductions .
= on Goldfield ores is as follows: .
On ores carrying $50 per ton, .
= $3.50 per ton. Q
On ores carrying $50 per ton, =
= $24.50 per ton. .
. On ores carrying $75 per ton, .
= $33 per ton. .
= On ores carrying 500 per ton, .
. $37 per ton. .
= 1.-THE above rates represent an =
= advance In the freight and treat =
= ment charges Of from rs per cent .
= to 40 per cent within the last three .
= months. .
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

John Wellington Finch. who recently
resigned as general ana of the
Consolidated Mines company, accom-
panied by Mrs. Finch. leaves today for
Denver to spend the holidays. Soon
after the first of the year they will go
to New York for a short visit. and later
sail for Europe. Mrs. Ffnch's mother
and sister reside at BouloEne n they
will spend a great part of the time with
them. Mr.. Finch expects to return to
Goldheld next May.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

Bruce & Jones. mining engineers and
deputy mineral surveyors. have moved
from their old Offices In the Nixon
building TO rooms Eli. ei2 and 213. in
the News building. occupying the suite
directly over the postofnce. The change
was made to acquire more room on ac-
count OF their increasing business. and
they now have the most commodious
and nicely furnished ofices Of any firm
In camp.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-12-27
NOTICE OF HEARING IN THE MAT
TER OF THE FINLEY DRAINAGE

NOTICE OF HEARING IN THE MAT
TER OF THE FINLEY DRAINAGE
DISTRICT. DISTRICT NO. ,. BEN
TON COUNTY. WASHINGTON.
To A. ]. Crane and Jane Doe Crane, his
wife.
TAKE NOTICE: That the County
Engineer has f!el his report and return
of schedule for the lots AMI lands and
public or corporate Tpa s or railroads
that would be benefited by the improve
nle1t and ma 'e an estimate of the total
number of acres to be Improved by the
construct on Of sail ditch AM the spcci-
iication of the manner in which the i'm
pr0VemeHts are to be male and COM
pleteI the estimated damages that will
accrue to each piece of land by reason
Of said Improvement, together with the
plat profile ana report of same and the
Board OF County COm:niesioncts of Ben
ton County have fixed Monday, the 9Th
day OF January. y. u. 1898, at 10 o'clocl,
A. NJ, at the Court House, at Prosscr,
hearing sail report. The route of said
drainage ditch is as follows:
Beginning ct q point $. 10 deg. so
min. T. of and at distance OF G2S.9 feet
IS, 7. n, z. 80 Z. w. NJ and running
thecce $. 81 deg. OF min. W., 1919
feet to a point on the west line of said
section IS. 2oS.G feet south OF the $. w.
of said section IS; thence S. 9 deg. %
min. W., 113f.S feet to a point 184.5 foot
west Of the w. Il corner of sail section
is; thence s. 10 deg. So min, f., 5IS.3
feet south to point on the wost line of
said section l6, J1!.S feet south of the
w Il corner of scctio,? Is: tho?cc :. AZ
deg. SO min. f., 22G5.0 feet; thercc n.
80 deg. .oS min, f.. 139c 6 feet: thence
5. IS deg. .07 min. T., 2G32.4 feet TO u
point on the east limo of said sect: IN 16.
1870 feet north of the :. I, c0r.er of
said section Is; thence same course,
|1SI5 feet to center of p. and s. Ey;
thence =. 81 deg. 80 min e. .tGl % feet &:
thence S. 81 deg. 20 min. =. 1901 feet
to a point on the north line of section
%. r. S n. e. 50 H., ". NJ. G3,.5 feet
thence s, IA dog, 81 min, r. 41t7 fcot !:
thence :. 81 deg. ~ min. t. 132Ii feet :
thence $ IS deg. % min. t.. $50 feet
to a point on the east line Of sail sec
ton 90 1908 feet south Of ~ H. corner
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-12-27
NtTIC t. or HEAEiN

as,ap JENKINS. Couoty ! tc1tor
N.rlsE or mEAEiA n. MIN. :,
TON CotNTY. WAsIING BEN
To George u. DAYS and J"l-.
id>is. his wife. zoe
TAKE NOIl> -: That the County
F,Isluecr has Tile his report alI return
OF sthe .luie for the lots AMI la. nd
public or corporate roa IS or ~ lrOa Is
that would lie bcncfite by the lnipr"ve-
.t,eut a-ll m,, = al estimate OF the total
number OF ac. IS to be improved by the
construction of sail ditch AMI the s9vCi-
tication of the ma.ncr in which the i'm
proveme"ts are to be male AMI COM
pletei the estimated damages that VIII
accrue to each piece of IL III b. reason
of said Improvement, together with the
plat profile ana report of sane. and tue
Board of County Commissioners Of Ben
ton County have fixed Monday, the 9th
day Of January. y. d. 1908, at 10 o'clock
A. Nj, at the Court House. at Prosser.
Washington. as the time and place for
hearing sail report. The route of said
drainage ditch is as follows:
Beginning AZ point s. 20 deg. so
min. L; of and at a distance of G2S.9 feet
from the northwest corner of section
is, T. n. r. 90 E. ". NJ. am running
feet to a point on the west line of said
section &c. 20S.G feet south of the s. W.
corner of the n. w. Il of the n. w. 4
Of said section IS; thence S. deg. 26
west of the w. Il corner of said section
Is; thence s. 10 deg. SO min. e, 54S.3
feet south to a point on the west lire of
said section Is. 51tS feet south of the
". = corner of section Is; thence :. / !
deg. 53 mir. T.. 2265.0 feet; thence n.
s. leg. .0S min. L., 1123.6 feet; thence
:. IS deg. 90 min. f.. 1924 feet to a
point on the east line of sail section Is,
= "a a