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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-12-02

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-12-02

II the first three days OF December
rule the winter: we know something
of what is in store for US during the
next three months.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-12-02
/, the OIL Fields

.
Tho new producer in the fourth
sand territory on Chureh's Fork,
Church district, Wetzel county, \ Is
holding up very credltably. 1t Is
owned by Cochran, Funk & Company,
and their No. 4, on the G. W. Hixen.
baugh farm, The production for the
"a hours ending at I o'clock yesterday
morning amounted to $50 barrels.
On Church Fork. Church district,
the Venture OIL Company has drilled
It's test on the Owen Talkington farm
through the fourth sand and found It
barren. It may be drilled to the fifth
sand. On :in F=@wpaa rpr. Pawpa5.
district. 3!$rica coanp the PhlIsael.
phia company has drilled It's test on
the G, S. Basnett farm through the
fifth sand AMI has very light gassar.
Near Folsom, Snrdis district, Hart.
son county the South Penn OIL Com,
pany has drilled its test on tho I.nhalu
darlington farm "a feet Into the Cor!
don sand and the we'll has made one
1o-barrel flow. In the smithfeld dis,
.triet, Wetael county, the same com.
pany has drilled Its No. 4 on the
Cassie Dawson farm through the Cor.
don sand and developed a, very light
gas pressure. "
turkey shoot tonight ate Fairmont
She Shoe ting Gallery. as Jackson street
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-12-02

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
AT rules held in the Clerks office OF
the Circuit Court November s, 1907.
Maggie Walker
VS.. Mo- in Chanrery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-05

many startling the relation boxes
typhoid epidemics cholera II tells the truth about reR
Grafton and why the Bohn safe. How refg
FREE You will appreciate IT, It fully eaaogs
the BONN REFRIGERATORS
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

At time when comparatively little
attention was being attracted to Flor
ence ground, and when the camp was
undergoing that regrettable inactivity
during the tie-up, set of leasers on
the Florence abandoned their workings
which were promptly taken over by the
Meeker-Nelson company who had hardly
secured the transfer of the lease when
the Little-F1orence was sending to the
surface the rarest specimens of high
grade ore ever seen in this OF any other
camp.
The demand for stock of companies
working in this rich territory was re-
Gently evidenced in the face of de-
pressed and an almost unbearable
standstill of the market.
The Florence Aurelia company, which
now controls one of the largest and best
blocks of ground on the Florence is now
ready TO join the ranks of high grade
producers and is confident of the sup
port of the Goldfeld public, which
usually looks over the ground with an
eye trained by association with this
productive country and usually casts
the closest scrutiny to show them"
before they fall into line.
A double accompaniment shaft, 30
horsepower electric hoist and three full
shifts of men, doing the continuance
performance act on the best piece OF
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

The Simmerone Leasing and Mining
company is in line for the next big
strike in the Goldfield district. The
shaft is down 265 feet and two stations
are now being cut at the 260-foot point
on the east and one on the west side or
the shaft. When these stations are
completed, crosscuts will be driven In
both directions for known lodges. Su-
perintendent Ross has made careful and
exhaustive calculations and he Is con-
fident that within the next thirty days
he will catch the big Simmerone ledge
in the west crosscut, and he is also con-
fident that when he gets it he will open
I'D a big body of shipping ore. There
are three other lodges lying west or the
main shaft, all Of them carrying good
values. They were opened up in the
old workings Of the Simmerone Mining
company and yielded some rich ore
The old incline shaft was sent down l65
feet and from the bottom of the shaft
considerable drifting and prosecuting
was done. about $4,000 worth OF ore
being extracted from the mine IN very
short time. The big ledge was followed
for a distance of about 100 feet, at
which point it turned almost at right
angle SO that the trend is now toward
the new shaft. Several other ledges
were opened up in the old workings,
all having we'll defined veins. one OF
the smaller lodges runs directly toward
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

Senator George s. Nixon, who has
been in Goldheld for the past week
looking after the affairs of the Goldfield
Consolidated Mines company. of which
he is president, takes very optimistic
view of the local situation and predicts
a season of prosperity in the near fu-
ture that will exceed anything in the
history of the camp. Senator Nixon
says there never was a time when the
outlook was richer with promise. In
regard to the dullness in the stock
market, that lis condition due sentirely
to financial conditions in San Francisco
and the East and while he says he
never advises his friends to buy stocks,
there is not a legitimate stock in the
Goldfleld market today that is not a
good buy.
Senator Nixon disposed of the rumors.
originating in San Francisco, to the
effect that the Rothschilds or the Gug-
genheims were negotiating for the con-
troll of the Consolidated properties, and
that they had sent experts out here
to make an examination of the proper
ties, by declaring emphatically that they
were entirely without foundation. NO
experts have examined the properties
and there have been no negotiations
looking to their purchase.
Il do not know how these rumors
originated said Senator Nixon, but
they are so absurd as to be hardly wor-
thy Of denial. They are absolutely
false"
Speaking of the plans of the Console
dated and the character of the work
being done on the properties, Senator
Nixon said:
'It must be remembered, that the
mines were not turned over to us by
the leasers until the first of the year
and since that time, We have lost sixty
days on account of the labor troubles
causing a suspension Of operations In
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

drawn up short while celebrating on
this theme in hotel lobby or Pullman
smoking room. He is impaled. har-
pooned and stillettoed by volley of in
terrogatories:
"Is any work being done on the Felis
Cactus?"
when will the Malapai begin paying
dividends?"
Are Catchem & soakem reliable
brokers?"'
If these information seekers would
limit themselves to questions regarding
legitimate mines and prospects the
work of the missionary would be easy.
but, unfortunately for the booster, they
know all about such things and are
chiefly interested in promotions made
in the early days of Goldfeld. number
of which were wildcats pure and simple
and have long since departed from life.
unhonored and unsung.
These unsuccessful promotions, made
by individuals and firms who no longer
infest the camps, have hampered the
operations of the legitimate promoters
now doing business here. The holder
of deprecated or even worthless secur-
tiles is wary of making additional in
VeStments. lie must DO dsSuTcu THAT
he will not repeat his former error in
judgment. My listeners took particular
interest in my oft-repeated statement
that the modern method of promoting a
company in Goldfeld is for the officers
to serve without salary and for the
pooling of promotion shares. Relating
these safeguards thrown about invest
ments made convincing arguments. My
statement that 16s properties are being
operated within a radius of three miles
of the office of The Goldfeld News was
taken cum grano sails until copy OF
the annual edition of this paper and
other corroborative evidence was adj
duced. The avidity with which these
publications were scanned is evidenced
by the tattered and torn condition of
the only annual remaining of the suit
case full taken on the journey.
Rural communities showed greater
interest in promotions than in listed
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
MOHAWK
SENDS OUT
TRAINLOAD
The Shipment Will Approximate
Four Hundred Tons and
has a Total Value
of 5000

A trainload of ore was shipped from
the Mohawk mine early in the week.
There were ten cars in the train. each
carrying about 40 tons of ore, the en-
tire lot being valued at about $50. 900.
This is no indication OF the work being
done on the Mohawk as the management
has not begun the extraction of ore
in a systematic manner. All the ore
taken from the mine. including the re-
cent shipment. was taken out in devel-
opment work only. The work of retim-
bering the mine and Strengthening the
shaft, putting in new machinery. ETC.,
is about completed. The big new three
compartment shaft Is practically COM
pleted and will add largely to the out
put capacity of the property. The work.
ings of the Frances Mohawk and Hayes
Monnette leases have been undercut and
some fine bodies of high grade ore have
been opened up since the recent shut
down.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
LEASE ON THE SIMMERONE
HAS SPLENDID SHOWING

the main ledge but the drift was not
followed to the point of contact.
Superintendent Ross selected an ideal
spot for sinking the big shaft and If
he fails to cut these lodges at depth, 1T
will be because nature has indulged in
some unnatural stunts. The shaft has
reached the water level and work on
both crosscuts will be pushed with
vigor. The ledge to the east is but
short distance from the shaft and
should be tapped within forty days.
Everything has been done In most
workmanlike manner and when the ore
bodies are uncovered, the extraction of
the gold bearing rock will proceed rap
idly and without delay. The big double
compartment shaft is we'll timbered
throughout it's entire length, and both
commandments can be put in commission
at few hours notice. At present only
one compartment is being used, that be-
ing ample at this time. The equipment
includes a 15-horse power gasoline en-
CINE but this will be augmented by the
addition of an electric engine of greater
horse power.
The Simmerone Leasing and Mining
company also owns about eight acres,
known as the Crown Fraction, lying
about two hundred yards vest of the
leased ground. 1t is regarded as a
promising property but no attempt has
yet been made to develop 1t.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

William Mcclure Gottwaldt. formerly
with The Goldfield News has just re-
turned from a two months trip through
the east and contributes the following
article on conditions as he found them:
Newspapers, magazines and book COW
ers are burdened with impressions"
gained by summer flights over the sea,
undertaken both from this and the other
side of the pond. These impressions are
so hastily transmitted through the optic
nerve to the brain and thence by the
waves of stimuli to the fingers that
guide the pen that the printed results
are. frequently amusing and often incor-
rect.
To attempt in this allotted space to
relate candidly. fully and conyincingly
the status of the eastern opinion con-
cerning Goldfield and the other Nevada
mining camps would be too hard for
nation for the drills of Hercules to
penetrate If he had spent only four
weeks on such a trip as l have just
concluded However, to the theme! Let
the ink blots fall where they may.
The subway commuter on the Atlantic
seaboard lays aside his penny paper and
displays more nearly correct knowledge
of conditions in these camps than does
the average resident of Reno or Carson
City. From his faraway vantage point
he views clearly the passing of events
here that are overlooked by the people
dwelling nearer home. 1t is amusing,
however, to listen to the dissertations
of the New Yorker. uttered as they are
in a dialect combining eastern idioms
with western phrases.
The newspapers of Reno. New York
and all intermediate points are equally
eager to secure for publication "all
that's new and true about the greatest
gold camp on earth" Preparing articles
on this subject was the principal. most
arduous and pleasantest duty Of my
trip, inasmuch as innumerable varia-
tions had to be arranged for the same
tune, the burden Of which appears In
the foregoing quotation marks
A Goldfeld missionary is frequently
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

the district. There has been great
deal of work to do to put these proper
ties in condition, retimbering the shafts
and crosscuts, putting in new machinery
and getting things ready for systema-
tic mining I am not interested in the
stock market in any degree. My pur-
pose is to make the Consolidated a great
mining property and I shall devote my
time and energies to that purpose"
NAY BUILD BI0 MILL
1--WE have one mill on the Combination
GROUND, which.is treating &,out 100000
a month. BY treating our own ore we
save SIT ton so you see that when we
begin in earnest to extract ore from
the various mines of the Consolidated,
the question of shipping to outside mills
or putting up mill of sufficient capa-
city to handle the output. will be well
worth considering. 1 cannot say that
we will enlarge the Combination mill
or build new mill with a capacity of
500 tons a day. The board of directors
will meet in short time and the matter
will be passed upon by them.
II expect that in about sixty days
the mines included in the Consolidated
holdings will be in fine shape for large
output Of ore. At the present time no
ore is being shipped, except that taken
out in the development work, and none
will be until we have completed our
plans for working the mines in tho
roughly systematic manner. We could
if we desired. make shipments Of bo-
nanza ore that would undoubtedly please
the stock brokers and spectators by
causing the market to boom. In order
to do this however, it would be neces-
sary for us to adopt the same methods
of gouging out the rich ore. as were
adopted by the leasers, and by so doing
we would ruin our property and such
thing is, of course, not to be consid-
cred for a moment"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
ST. IVES
LEASE SHIPS
RICH ORE
Two Carloads Sent Out This
Week That Will Average
From $500 to $500
to the Ton

The st. Ives Leasing company Is
progressing rapidly with its develops
ment work. Two carloads of ore were
shipped this week. one Wednesday and
one Thursday The ore averaged be-
tween 5000 and $500 a ton and Manager
Codd says the company proposes TO
make regular shipment of this char
acter OF ore from now on. The main
shaft is down 800 feet and drift has
been started on that level to catch the
main ledge of the st. Ives company.
Several good lodges have been opened
up in the shaft and crosscuts and the
winze that is being sunk on one of the
rich veins is being pushed as fast as
possible, with very encouraging indi-
cations. There is considerable more de-
velopment work planned by the manage
ment before stopping will begin, or any
attempt made to extract ore other than
that taken out in the development work.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
LITTLE
FLORENCE
IN LINE
Consignment Of $500 Ore Made
Wednesday Which Will
Be Followed by Reg.
uIar Shipments

The Little Florence shipped fifty
tons of s460 ore last Wednesday and
will continue to ship regularly but the
grade of the ore making up these ship
ments will be reduced in order to save
in freight rates and charges for treat
ing the same. The work OF straighten-
ing the Little Florence shaft Is prac-
tically completed and the crosscut from
the Mohawk Florence Is now in Little-
Florence ground. An upraise has been
started from the crosscut and in a week
or ten days Little Florence will be
sending out rich ore through the Mo-
hawk Florence shaft. When this up
raise which viii be about SIS feet is
completed Dr. Robinson, OF Robinson a.
vickers expects to surprise the public
with the amount OF ore that will be
produced from the lease.
The other leases controlled by Robin
son & vickers are in good condition and
the work is progressing In a satisfac-
tory manner. The Jumbo Extension
lease of the Mohawk Florence is in ore.
The lessees have the hanging wall and
are working west toward the footwall.
The Mohawk Gold Bar lease on the
February claim of the Mohawk Is
down s25 feet at which point station
is being cut and preparations are being
made to use air compressor drills in the
drifting, which will be pushed forward
rapidly. They have been in ore for 40
feet and DIR. Robinson says 1t Is the
best looking rock he ever saw.
The Gold Bar lease on the Gold Bar,
is Installing a complete outfit OF MAJ
ohinarv and will croSscut Mt the 20O-
foot level to catch the Gold Bar vein.
The spearhead lease Is down $50 feet.
1t has complete outfit Of machinery
and is working full force of men. The
contract on the Spearhead calls for
shaft $50 feet deep and the additional
hundred feet will be sunk as rapidly as
possible.
The Quartzite lease of tho Mohawk
Daisy has shaft down 156 feet and is
drifting for what 1t believes to be the
ouartzite vein. Several stringers car
rying good values have been cut and the
stringers are widening. DR.. Robinson
SAYS he expects to get shipping ore in
short time.
The Jumbo Extension lease on the
Gold Coin claim is now in the sulphides.
They have ore showing good values but
in small quantities. The shaft is down
to water but will be sent down to depth.
On the Daisy lease of the Mohawk
Extension, they are preparing to cross
cut at the f00-foot level for the main
Daisy ledge. They expected to strike
this ledge before but find that It is dip
piffg TO the east tThey expect to get
it in about so feet
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
JANUARY JONES LEASE

The January Jones Leasing and Min
ing company has thirty men at work,
in three shifts. on it's lease on the
Cornishman claim of the Florence. The
shaft is down 800 feet and a drift is
now being run to catch the big ore
shoot. The main ledge has been struck
in the shaft and on all three levels. 1t
runs a little west of north and east of
south and on the It's and 300-foot levels,
numerous samples of the ore from a
half dozen different points in the drifts
and crosscuts, panned fine gold in guam
titles.
Several smaller lodges have been un-
covered in the crosscuts and Mr.. Jones
is confident that they all come together
few hundred feet west of the shaft.
He expects to uncover big body of
shipping ore within the next few weeks.
Nearly all the work in the lower levels
is in shipping ore and the company has
about 80 tons sackes%s@s- ,se-dy to be
sent to the mill. all taken out in devel-
opment work.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
LEASE ON
: JUMBO EX.
HAS 1T BIG
Mohawk.Ju Company Gets
5000 Ore in its Lease on
Gold Wedge Claim of
Jumbo Extension

with a determination and persistence
that demonstrates the pluck and energy
of Goldfeld mining men to a marked
degree as it's slogan, the Mohawk-Jum-
bo Lease company has at last found
unlimited reward by dropping into an
unusually extensive body OF high grade
ore on the Gold Wedge Fraction of the
Jumbo Extension. Late assays taken
from the shaft of the Mohawk Jumbo
Lease give values as high as $500 while
many of the returns reach the thou
sand dollar mark. The big strike was
made Friday morning. Confirmation of
the find was had at several quarters
through the management of the Mo-
hawk-Jumbo Lease company were very
guarded and careful respecting the
strike. At this time the indications
point to the opening up of one of the
famous Goldfield ore bodies. The high
grade has been encountered at the AS
foot level.
The Mohawk k-Jumbo Lease company
Is an incorporation with six hundred
thousand shares of which two hundred
and fifty thousand shares are held by
the treasury. The remaining stock is
owned by B. Holleran and J. H. Mac
milan of the ]. H. Macmillan Company.
Inc, while J. P. Lotus is also largely
interested. Mr.. LOTUS Is president of
the company. The leasing company
was promoted and has been managed by
the j. H. Macmillan Co.. Inc. and has
in all likelihood the finest equipment
for hoisting purposes in the district.
Tho eba ff is a two comma rtment work
ing one with manway and is equipped
with a 75-horse power double drum
electric hoist with skips.
The lease which promises so much
at this time for the Mohawk-Jumbo is
a block of ground $40 x 265 feet on the
Gold Wedge fraction of the Jumbo Ex-
tension and takes in the southern por-
ton of that fraction Immediately ad-
joining the Mohawk company's work
ings and runs to January 1, 1908.
The Mohawk-Jumbo went S95 feet
with its big three compartment shaft
ere it's efforts were rewarded In the
slightest degree. Down to that point
the best assay obtained was $1.4O yet
the management never lost confidence
In the richness of it's privilege. Two
days previous to the recent labor trou-
BILE assay values running as high as
s42 were obtained and then came the
enforced idleness. Upon resumption of
work fully two weeks were occupied in
retimbering and getting the shaft In
shape. Until yesterday the best assay
results obtained reached near the $50
mark. Yesterday moliiing tnS inSii
grade was reached and the picture re-
turns obtained.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
HIGGINSON LEASE WILL
MAKE BIG PRODUCTION

workings Wedge
the
opened the
incidentally and trend the
of
the northern end
length The Jumbo
ingsa in ores me o
of
interesting reading to the stockholders He finds
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servativ a
economically
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
EAST WELL POSTED ON MINES

securities, probably on account Of the
former being relatively cheaper, while
in the centers of population the people
seemed more desirous of purchasing the
latter, assigning as the reason that they
want quick turns on their money. The
rural buyer of stocks does so as an in
vestment and generally puts the en-
graved paper in the bottom of the old
hair trunk
While the entire east seemed busy
and prosperous upon the exterior
building railroads. pressing capacity of
mills and clearing additional ground for
tillage, all the results of good prices for
products of all kinds--the feeling of
elation shown by the farmer. manu-
facturer and wage Garner did not seem
reflected on the countenances OF the
market gambler. Nevada stocks have,
as you may possibly have indirectly
learned, suffered a severe hammering
recently, but a comparison OF tables
will show that industrials have fared
likewise They will react in unison
and / believe that mining stocks will
lead industrials in the upward move
ment.
While talking with the fringe of that
gorgeous financial fabric known as .the
street" / was convinced that the talk
of New York brokers fighting Nevada
securities is the veriest tommy-rot. The
dealings in these mining shares on Wall
street do not total l per cent of the
transactions in industrials.
Another convincing evidence of the
advantage of purchasing mine shares
was presented broadcast and freely ac-
cepted. 1t was table showing the
huge profits accruing in brief space of
time even at the present low quotations
over promotion prices. Altogether. the
feeling in the east regarding Goldfeld
and other Nevada securities is extreme
ly favorable and every new dividend de-
clared will press up the prices of the
individual stocks and stiffen the market
generally. With the passing Of the
present low water mark. l believe that
a fioodtide of profitable investment is
inevitable.