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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
WORK AT WARD.

X. II. Plate in the Mining and Sci
entific Fress, gives the following de-
scription of operations at Ward:
Ward, in White Pine county, Ne.
vada, has been deserted for the past
% years, but owing to the develop.
ment Of the great copper deposits OF
Ely, it now exhibits signs of life.
The Martin White mine, which
supported the town of Ward, was one
of the largest producers Of Nevada in
the 70s and during the early SOS and
is credited with production of sew
eral millions of dollars in silver and
lead \ brief description of its sit
uation and little of Its history Will
be interesting and give one a better
idea of the adverse conditions under
which the mine flourished in. those
days.
The mine lies on the west slope of
the Steptoe valley In the Egan range,
about 1G miles south of Ely. In the
early days the nearest railroad point
was Palisade, on the Southern Pa
cific, a distance of about 200 miles;
machinery and supplies were hauled
by teams from this point and the ore
and bullion were hauled of In the
same manner TO be shipped TO San
Francisco Under this handicap and
a still greater one of poor milling and
treatment methods, which l will de-
scribe later, the mine prospered and
declared dividends till 1t finally shut
down when silver deprecated. From
company letters and books found in
the mine Office and bearing the dates
of the 70s, the cost of mining and of
milling was approximately $50 per
ton, consequently ore running below
that figure was left in the mine. The
tailings from the mill ran about Sic
to $40 per ton. The mine was not
inteligently developed or prospected,
system of gouging the rich ore, and
with no thought of tomorrow was
CdTTleu VI. / dul lOiu Ludl uldHS
thousands of dollars In rich ore and
bullion was stolen from the company.
With the above as brief introduce
ton to the conditions that existed in
those early days one can better UNI
derstand the simpler problems that
the operators of today have to con-
tend with.
The geological formation of the
district is limestone. stratified and is
slightly tilted from the horizontal;
through the lime are numerous in
trusions of porphyry. These bikes
vary snghtIy In direction and thick
ness. but generally have a northwest
and southeast strike and a dip to the
The ore bodies occur in
A filling between the lime and por-
phyry and the mIneraliZed solutions
haye penetrated the softer rock. por-
phyry and deposited the sulphides for
some distance from the contact The
Dre varies In width from Il few fdet
10 nearly a hundred feet. Tho depos-
1t, AZ whole. resembles those OF Red
near Ouray, Colorado.
AT and near the surface the ore
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
PROGRESS OF DEVEL OPMENT AT ELY Mines

completed, is now engaged in prot
pecting near Milien, Arizona, sou n
of 'fnC Needles. Fox was a printer
and WIS employed at the Office of inc
White Pine News, and at other offices
here. and had man friends.
Immediately after leaving My
Fox went to The Needles country On
the colorado ri where re went
over the country with great care. He
has rlafn :. illmhcr of rich cope:
discoveries, the ore running from 40
per cent to so per cent in the red
metal Of commerce. Samples of this
ore have been sent to friends here,
and to his brother, Jasper Fox, of
Shoshone The richest ore was found
within two miles of a railroad, and
is in schist and porphyry.
There is not great deal of acti-
witty in that section of Arizona, and
the country has been imperfectly
prospected. The country is described
by him as fine field for prospectors,
but considerable money will have TO
be spent In the development of the
region, according to his observation,
as The shafts will have to go down
100 FEET or more to get below the
leached zone The ore. when It is
found however, is rich, and IN large
Quantities, and 10 worth ell the to'l-
bic and expense required 70 reach Il,
G'his section, he says, viii In time,
ard with development, be as rich rs
any ctner part of tn country.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Wednesdays Daily.

The announcement of the raise in
the purse offered by Tex Richard for
fight between Cans and Nelson
here July or September 3. from
$4,000 to $4,000, is given special
attentioi. by w. w. Naughton Oh the
San Francisco Examiner. This pa.
per is authority for the statement
that Ben Selig. western represents
tive of Cans, said, upon being adj
vised OF the offer made by Richard,
that If the purse were made 81 ,000,-
900 Cans would not fight unless MOL
son would come to his terms.
Cans demand is that the fight
must DC at 1873 pounds, ringside, the
fighters to weigh in without fighting
toys.
1--WE are ready to accept the best
offer we can get under these condi-
tions, Selig is quoted as having
said, but no matter how large the
purse may be made, we will not fight
Nelson under any other conditions
AS Nolan is just as immovable in
his position" says -Naughton, In
commenting on the situation, ii
doesn't appear as though Richard 8
increased offer brings the fight any
nearer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Tuesdays Daily.
WEBER SELLS LANDMARK
TO DIAL AND ALLISON

q. L. Allison of the Capitol saloon
and Ben Dial, former lessee OF the
Munro hotel, and for some time con-
nected with John Weber's saloon,
have purchased the Weber place and
have taken over the business. Both
the new owners are well known here.
Mr.. Weber is one of the pioneer sa-
loonists of the camp and his retire
ment from the business will be re-
GREETED. BY many friends. He Will
devote his time and attention TO his
mining interests.
Mr.. Weber has the record OF new
er having bonded property that was
not sold. and has never entered into
q deal Tor the sale of a mining prop
cry la which the price was not paid in
full.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Wednesdays Daily
TWO NEW HOSE CARTS
FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT

The two new fire carts ordered
some time ago for the better pro-
lection of the camp have arrived
from the factory of the Wirt-Knox
Manufacturing Company. Philadel-
phia. The Cart. which cost $3.50
each, were ordered some months ago,
through the SGreyell-Paterson Hard
ware company, Salt Lake, but ow.
Ing TO COMPOSITIONS of freight ali
along the line between the factory
and Ely, were not delivered until
this time. There are now three of
these carts In the camp.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
I'm AND ABOUT ELY DURING THE WEEK

From Wednesdays Daily.
D. W Ellis, of the firm of Dick
erson * Ellis, was arrested by the
sheriff's Office on n charge of hav-
ing destroyed location notices and
| corner posts on alleged mining
claims on the land In Fay addition.
This land is controlled by Dickerson
q Ellis, who claim that the land is
patented, and that 1t has perfect
title.
The location notices and corner
posts were placed short time ago,
and an employee of the firm OF
Diekerson & Ellis removed the cor
ner posts and center posts on these
alleged claims a day or two ago.
The result was that Barleau swore
to a complaint charging Ellis with
having wilfully removed three of the
| location posts. AS soon as the war
rant was served Mr.. Ellis was re-
leased on his own recognizance and
will appear in court before Justice
Cartwright tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock His interests will be
cared for by Chandler & Quayle,
while Attorney Martin O'Brien will
act as special prosecutor
Barieau contends that the loca-
tions have been made In good faith,
and that he has the right to make
such locations Ellis contends thai
the land is patented, and the records
of transfer. and bona fide warranty
deeds for the land. covering tran
sactions since 1888 are matters oil
record in the Office of the county re-
/ corder, The case will be watched
with considerable interest.
The penalty of conviction OF the
offense charged against Mr.. Fills Is
fixed by the statute at fine of from
4 $40 TO 500, or by Imprisonment In
the county Jail from thirty days TO
one year The case must first be
heard in preliminary hearing by u
justice Of the peace, and If there is
reason to believe that an offense has
been committed, the case Is remand
ed to the district court for trial.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
We're Pleased With Ely.

The Wells Herald says; Grand
Chancellor Coryell and Mel S. Badt,
who departed last Thursday for Ely
for the purpose of instituting a X. of
P. lodge at that place, returned here
Monday afternoon. They report that
very promising lodge was estab-
lished, about % charter members
having been initiated into the mys-
teries of Pythianism during Friday
night and Sunday. Both Mr.. Coryell
and Mr. Badt are loud in their praise
of the hospitality of the people of Ely
and returned here we'll pleased with
their trip.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Tuesdays Daily.
Cahill Asks for letters.

James Cahill filed an application
with the fourth judicial district court
yesterday for letters of administra-
ton for the estate of Edward Leahy,
a miner, who died at Lane City April
g. The estate is alleged 10 be worth
Approximately $4,000, consisting OF
the persona! property of the d"ceas-
ed and his interest in a mining deal
which is about to be closed.
The application is made at the re-
quest of Patrick Leahy, brother OF
the dead man. who lives at Williams
burg, Iowa.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Tuesdays Daily.
Wade VIII Enlarge.

Growing business attending the
rapid advancement In Ely, has COM
PEELED Wade, the tailor to arrange for
enlargement of his place of business.
Mr.. Wade has formed a partnership
with several strong men in the tall
oring line, Messrs. G.. Marks, John j.
Mitchell and G. H. Grieves. and Wade
and Company will soon have one OF
the most complete tailoring estab-
lishments in the west. All the MEN,
bers CT the firm are experienced and
iup TO date, and know now to please
the public
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Wednesdays Daily.

a rousing meeting of the members
of the Ely baseball club, which de.
feated Lane City's team of miners
last Sunday at Lane City. was held
at the Offices of Fulmer G Ives last
night for the purpose of perfcctlng
their organization.
Baseball was talked from the
opening of the meeting until the
close, and plans for putting the game
on solid footing In the camp were
discussed in detaail
AS the result of the meeting
Frank w. Welshons was elected
manager. and w l.. Fulmer captain
of the Ely team. Frank McNulty
was chosen as secretary and Tex
Hall was appointed treasurer
A finance committee was appoint
ed to take up the matter of securing
subscriptions for the purpose of get
ting a baseball park, with fences
and bleaehers and grandstand. The
members of this committee are Tex
Hall, Frank Welshons, Frank Nc
Nulty and w. l.. Fulmer
A game has been arranged be-
tween The Ely team and a picked
team from Ely City, which will come
off next Sunday The field for the
game has not yet been selected. The
management of the team will select
the ground today or tomorrow. The
lineup of the Ely team has not yet
been determined
The members of the team spend
an hour or more in hard practice
work each afternoon at Lyons ave-
nue. and Third street. and are get
ting more used to each others style
of work, In view of the fact that
the team had never got together be-
fore the game last Sunday. il is
shown that with team practice there
is material in the team to make il
one of the fastest in the west.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
Two Groups Sold.

Nanetho Goodwin of Cherry Creek
has transferred TO Samuel G. An
derson of hutchinson. MINI. for a
nominal consideration, the Dewey
group Of 10 claims in this mining
district
$. NJ. Mingus has transferred to
the Guggenheim- Clearwater Copper
company OF Los Angeles for noml-
nal consideration, the Pinyon group
of three claims. and the Contiguous
claim. located five miles north of
Ely
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From TnesdaY's Daily.


Control of the famous Tenderfoot
group at MiZpah, owned by the
Shute-Long-Helm combination, has
passed into the hands of A. d.
Myers of Goldfield and Tom Lane of
San Francisco, according to word
which Nas brought to Ely last night
by J. l.. Herrick of H. c. Herrick &,
company, who returned from Miz-
pah after having spent week there
looking after he company's interests
in that camp.
The deal by which the control of
the property passed into the hands
of Myers and Lane. was consum-
mated after several weeks of nego-
tiations. The papers We're said by
Mr.. Herrick to have been signed by
the interested parties at Salt Lake
yesterday The amount involved In
the transfer is not known, but in ad-
dition to big cash payment, the
purchasers are understood TO be
HSuhu " tsiiIh 4 SAdll lbI iDu lEtl
At once on the property
Myers is one of the early owners
of the famous Mohawk mine at Gold
field, from the sale of stocks in
which company he cleared up a for
tune. He also has other large inter-
ests at Goldfeld and many import
ant holdings here
Lane is a son OF the manager of
the old Chairman mine and In whose
honor Lane City was named
Mr. Herrick says that the pros
poets Tor Aizpah look exceedingly
bright The streets of the townsite
are being cleared and laid out and
many buildings are being erected.
Foundations are being laid for a big
store building and the ground is be-
ing cleared for the erection of the
large motel contemplated for some
time
Mr. Herrick brought with him al
most 40 pounds Of sample ores taken
rom the property of the Mizpah Con.
Gold and Copper company, adjoining
the Tenderfoot property taken over
by Myers and Lane. The Copper Jack
shaft is now down 80 feet and the ore
body is widening and improving in
value with depth. Ore running to
better than 800 to the ton in gold
has been taken from this shaft. The
vein matter is running into iron OK
ides and copper.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Wednesdays Daily.

I
G. Hermansen has received from
! Richard Kletting. prominent Salt
Lake architect, drawings of the front
elevation and ground plans of the
theatre building, which Mr., Herman
sen and his associates wifi build In
Lyons avenue, near the Good Time
/ cub building, and not far from the
! site Of the new st. Bartholomew
Episcopal church. which Is under
construction.
The theatre building will have a
/ frontage of rs feet and a depth of
| 100 feec The drawings from which
the building will be erected, show
that 1t viii be two stories in height.
and arehitecturally ornamental The
entrance will be protected by a bni-
3ony extending from the building TO
the gutter line. This will be sup-
ported by four ornamental fluted
pillars, each surmonted by capitol
and cluster of electric lights
The parquet will be on the ground
hoor' and the stage. which Will bt,
50 feet in width and 25 feet deep.
will be pitched from the back, In
order hat an unobstructed view NAV
be had from the pit
With The pit and the balcony. the
house will have a seating capacity
OF 1,500.
On each side of the stage will be
dressing rooms for the actors and
every means will be taken to make
them comfortable The theatre.
which will be known as the Athe-
noun, will be plumbed throughout,
and lighted by electricity.
At the front and on either side of
the min entrance will be the of
fees Of the management, and retir-
ing rooms both for men and women
That part of the second floor not
occupia by the balcony Will he
given over TO the apartments for the
use of the members of the stock
companies appearing at the theater.
The grading for the building has
been completed and the work of CON
struction will begin at once.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Tuesdays Daily.
Deals In Mining Property.

The Willard Ely Copper company
has transferred to w. n McGill for u
nominal consideration part of the
Aultman lode In this district, CON-
prising $50 acres
H. Byrd Northrop OF Denver has
transferred TO the Nevada United
Mines company for a nominal con-
sideration, the Paymaster placer
claim.
Henry c. Stewart has traetaoin II
to the Antwerp Nevada Gold Mining
company of Arizona, for 800 the
Com bination claim. the Florence
claim, the Buffalo and the Buffalo
No. . +. in the Gold Canyon mining dis
trict
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Wednesdays Daily.
DEVELOPMENT i'm Minerva Distrl

Jasper NJ. Fox of Shoshone came
in yesterday with the Clayton broth
ers, VINO have been working some
mining claims in the Minerva dis
trict, which give promise of develop.
Ing into fine property. Mr.. Fox
also has several claims with fine
tungsten showings on them. near the
mines of James II. Marriott. He has
also some lead properties in Sho-
shone.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Tuesdays Daily.

Irwin, Pa, April 22-About 500
men employed at the Larimer coke
ovens Of the United States Steel Cor
poration struck today for a 10 per
cent increase in wages. Two hundred
ovens were ready 10 be drawn but the
men left them burning The strikers
who were ordered off the company's
property, Immediately surrounded the
plant Special police are guarding
The ovens tonight The local Off
eials say that men Will be brought
from the connellsville region to oper-
re the plant, IN which event trouble
IS feared, as the strikers. majort-
" OF whom are foreigners. are in an
Ugly mood
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
Mining Notes.

The new Richard Keystone drill
has been put in operation on the Bea-
yer claim of the Richard properties
The Ely Mines company is sink
ing new shaft on the Badger claim
Superintendent James Willoughby
of the Butte and Ely, has struck a
fine body of sulphides in the April
Fool shaft of that company.
Development on the Alpha shaft OF
the GirouX Con. still continues in a
high grade of sulphides.
The Ely Central drill near the
Ruth mines is now in sulphides.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Wednesdays Daily.

Il lOLl w
Workmen have begun to grade OF
the site of the electric power plant
at the intersection of Eleventh and
B streets, Ely City. The power plant
is to he built three blocks west OF
che passenger station. and on the
railroad right of way.
The power plant will be equipped
with two 1000 horse power genera
tors to be operated by steam tur-
bines. Elevated tracks will be con
structed for the dumping of coal
from the railroad cars to the bins
for feeding the nres.
The entire townsite will be sI ,
piled with water from the water sys-
TEN within four days, according to
Chief Engineer Vail. The mains at
the townsite have been completed
and only few final touches remain
to be made to put the system In per-
feet condition.
Chief Engineer Vail also an
nounced yesterday that the material
ordered for the water mains in Ely
is looked for daily. and that the day
1t arrives the work of laying the
mains will be taken up. The mains
to be laid are larger than provided
for in the franchise, to make proper
preparation for the growth of the
camp Instead of 12-inch mains in
Aultman and hurry streets, as pro-
yided for in the franchise, 16-inch
mains will be laid. Other mains will
be as much larger in proportion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
LANG City Aid society.

The Ladies' Aid Society of Lane
City will meet next Friday evening at
Emerson hall, Lane City, when Mrs.
Corey Mattison will deliver an add
dress. During last week the society
gave a dance and circulated sub
scription list at Lane for the benefit
of the hospital there. More than $500
was realized. The patronesses of the
dance, who were also members OF the
subscription committee were Mrs.
Decker, Mrs. Emerson and Mrs. Mil
Ter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Tuesdays Daily.
MFR. Corbett's Auto Party.

A. G. Corbett of the Ely TOWNSHIP
company entertained number of his
friends last night with an auto drive
to McGill The trip to the shelters
was made in quick time and on the
return the so horse power National
car. driven by William p. Miller. rae
ed with the Nevada Northern passen-
ger train from McGill. beating 1t by a
narrow margin.
The guests We're DR.. and Mrs. Wad-
leig. MI and Mrs. Gael Hoag, and A.
e. Burton Dr. Cowen returned with
the party from the smelter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Wednesday Daily.
Back From Spruce.

\. = ColWell returned Yesterday
from Spruce, where he had been for
several DAYS on business. He says
that there IS considerable activity
among the miners in the district.
who are making preparations TO
ship ore. Ore is being taken from
the Contact mine By c. NJ. Spence.
who has contract to deliver ten
tons day \ part of this claim
has been taken over under a bond
by Hand & Dunn, who have made
good payments on the purchase
price.
The Banner Hill group is being
worked by Charles Johnson with a
small force.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
Real Estate Transactions.

w. r. Terry of Trinidad, Colorado,
has transferred to }. II. Messenger the
east rs feet of the south half of block
81, Ely. for a stated consideration of
$40.
John X. Lee of Preston. has trans
ferred to II. A. Comins for $240, lot
16. block ], Preston Five Acre plat,
and lots 4, s, 6 and in block 10 of
Lund Ten Acre plat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Tuesdays Daily.
Another Ely City Structure.

-Ala~Li-NL LILY ~AtJ EStA HNtsAH
A II Cowell Of Butte, Mont. has
bought from the Ely Townsite COM
pany. business property at Thirteenth
and D streets upon which he will put
up a store and Office building for rem
tai purposes
The building will be OF Two stories
and brick Will be the material used.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
Burglars Make Rich Haul.

Salt Lake City, April 21.-Dia-
monds valued at from $4,000 to
SIS, 900 and $3.50 in cash are the
loot secured by burglars who blew
the safe of John Daynes & Sons, jew
elers, last night. The store is at 26
Main street. The robbery was not
discovered until noon today
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
From Wednesdays Daily.


Denver, April 23.-The United
States government will be asked to
mediate between the Denver and Rio
! Grande railroad and its trainmen in
an effort to bring about a settlement
of the differences existing over the
scale question. L. E. Sheppard, as
sistant grand chief of the Order of
Railway Conductors and w. T. New
man, third vce-presldent of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
held a final conference with the Of
flcials OF the Rio Grande road today
and notified them that the trainmen
had rejected almost unanimously
the offer of the company's manage
ment of an increase averaging 1853
per cent and nothing less than the
Chicago scale, agreed upon recently
at meeting of general managers
of western railroads and representa-
tiyes Of trainmen, which granted
10 per cent Increase in wages with
regulation of working hours. will
be aeeeptible to the Rio Grande men.
They we're told that this could not
be granted and were also notified
that the railroad would appeal to
Washington. The representatives of
the trainmen responded that as a
concession to the public they would
Withhold further action until Wash
instou could be heard from. but that
onl! mediation and not arbitration
would he consented TO. They also
declared that they would wait a
reasonab bic time until reply from
Washington could be had, but that
a strike would be declared unless
word came that the national govern
ment was willing to extend their
good Offices. Ninetynine per cent of
the conductors voted to reject the
company's offer of 1853 per cent in
crease and 81 per cent of the other
trainn!an cid likewise. The confer
ence has been on since April ..