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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-27
THRASH OYER KINGS
 MEASURE TOMORROW
MEETING WILL BE HELD TO GO INTO DISCUSSION OF PLANS TO BRING ABOUT SURE ENOUGH GREATER BIRMINGHAM.

The beginning of a Greater Birmingham in reality Is hoped to be the result of the meeting to be held tomorrow night between the representatives of the vari- ous municipalities in the Birmingham district. It will be held in the Conner cial club rooms, for the purpose of get ting the opinion of the various suburbs on the proposition
 Is is well known Representative Jere c. King, after watching the Miller bill die so far as any usefulness Is concerned, has prepared a bill to be presented to the legislature at the adjourned session. winch if passed will mean a Greater Blr- mingham of some importance.
 He has spent quite a good deal of time on the bill and wishes to perfect 1t next Tuesday It is believed that when the true facts arc presented to the represen- tatives of the towns they will gladly acuuesce. The plan Is to extend the limits without any quibbling by vote of the legislature. to take effect October. 1909, just before the census Is taken and glv- ing time enough for the municipalities to get ready.
 The proposition has the endorsement of all to whom Mir King has shown his bill It is well known that such a plan has been followed wherever a greater city movement amounted to anything
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-27
SOLEMN HIGH MASS
 IN MEMORY OF DEAD
FIFTEEN THOUSAND ARMED MEN KNEEL IN SODDEN GRASS IN REMEMBRANCE OF DECEASED COM RADES IN WAR.

New York, May 26.-Beneath leaden skies from which fell misty rain, 15, ,O00 armed men knelt in the sodden grass of the parade ground at the Brooklyn navy yard today participating in the fifth mili- tary field mass in memory of the sailors and soldiers who lost their lives during the war with Spain.
 In the center of the parade an altar had been erected, and at this the priests. robed in the white and gold celebrated solemn high mass in memory of the dead.
 The military forces present included the sailors and marines from the navy yard and the Twelfth United States infantry from Governors Island. The National guard were represented by the entire Sixty-ninth regiment; two companies of the Fourteenth regiment; two companies of the Forty-seventh and the Third divis- ion of the Second naval reserve battalion
 There were also thousand men of the First and Second regiments of the Irish Volunteers and the boys in white uni- forms represented the Catholic boys naval battalion.
 The Spanish war veterans, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Hebrew veter- ans, the Sons of Veterans and the Army and Union were among the semi i-military organizations which participated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-27
FRANK WINS PRIZE.
Mldshprean from Alabama Wins
 Honor in Class.

Washington. May 26-(Special )-An Ala bama boy. Midshipman A. W. Frank, att tached to the battleship Kearsarge, has been adjudged the winner of the class prize. established in 1871, for excellence in practical and theoretical ordnance and gunnery. and accordingly has been orr dered to the naval academy to receive the prize sword on June 4. The presentation will take place after the infantry drill for the board of visitors during graduation week.
 Midshipman Frank was graduated No. in the advanced section of the first class of this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-27
''PIG PISTOL" IS
 UNIQUE CRIMINAL
THOUGH UNDER INDICTMENT FOR THREE MURDERS NO RE- WARD HAS EVER BEEN OFFER ED FOR HIS ARREST,

Lexington, May 26.-"Big Pistol' Jesse Spicer, Is probably the only man in the United States under indictment for three murders for whom no reward has ever been offered, and who is a fugitive from justice, with no one looking for him.
 When the state militia, under the or- ders or the governor swept down upon feud-1idden Jackson, in Breathtt coun- ty and stopped the series of assassina- tions, Jesse Spicer quietly packed his trunk and slipped away. In the excite ment he was not arrested. It Is said that he carried away with him many thous- ands of dollars
 Detectives employed by northern in- Yestors report that for several years Spicer was the leader of band of men who had been receiving money from all parts of the United States, advertising extensively and selling claims to Breathitt and Perry county timber land to which they gave titles. These were recorded but the described property was afterward reported fictitious. Splcer had been close ly connected with the Hargises during the reign of assassination. He had been indicted for the murders of Dr. Cox, James Cockrill and James B. Marcum, and also for having forged deeds to hundred of dollars worth of property, which proved to be mythical
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-27

dent Roosevelt would attend the funeral services, no further arrangements would be given out until Monday.
 Respect was paid Mrs Mckinley in many Canton churches both morning and evening, Sunday. At the First Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mrs. McKin- ley was a member, 1t was announced that all services would be held next Sunday.
 Mayor Turnbull in a statement tonight said a conference would be held with Secretary Cortelyou for the purpose of ar- ranging an appropriate action by the city in memory of Mrs. Mckinley. It is quite likely that the Memorial Day arrange ments will be altered to conform to cere- monies for Mrs. Mckinley. Luther and William Day, sons of Justice Day, formed the death watch tonight at the Mckinley home, relieving Judge Day and Secretary Cortelyou.
 Mrs McKinley's last words were for death. An attendant said tonight:
 Mrs. Mckinley would say, Why should finger? Please God if be Thy will, why defer it?' She would also say: He is gone, and life is so dak to me now Other kindred expressions fell from her lips"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-27
TESTIMONY CONCLUSIVE.
Evidence Shows That Negroes Did the
 Shoot Up" at Brownsville.

Washington. May 26.-(Special.)-Th the testimony taken in the Brownsville hearing is absolutely conclusive as show ing that the shoot-up of the town was done by the negro soldiers Is the opinion of Senator Overman of North Carolina and Senator Taliaferro of Florida, mem bers of the committee. The two senators even doubt whether a subcommittee will now go to Brownsville. and they look for closing of testimony in about two weeks. The committee will meet again in November and prepare its report for pre- sentation to the Senate in December. The report will dispose of the theory that the negroes had nothing to do with the shooting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-27
Will Attend Funeral,

Indianapolis. Ind. May 2s-vice Presi- dent and Mrs Charles Fairbanks will leave this city on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mckinley. On account of Mrs. McKinley's death the vice pres ident has cancelled an engagement to speak at the laying of the cornerstone in the new Young Mems Christian Associa- ton building at Clay City. Mich. Tuesday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-27
Respect Paid Deceased.

Secretary Cortelyou who has been a constant attendant at the Mckinley home. where he has charge of affairs, said to- night that beyond the fact that Presi-
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
ziegler Bullfrog Mines Company

Work on the tunnel on the Pearl
Hart claim continues, and the man
agement is working two shifts. The
tunnel is in 1875 feet and has en-
~countered a vein of manganese quartz
which by actual tape measurement
shows for ffty-one feet in length
through the tunnel, and as this in
tersects the drift d%iagonally, by care
full computation is actually thirty feet
In width. This ore resembles the ore
found in the Hobo shaft of the Den
yer mine. decomposed, easily brok-
en-, and the miners are making three
feet per day through this material,
Four and one-half feet in width
across the breast was sampled and
gave assays from $40 to SIS per ton
in gold and silver, about one-third
of this value being in silver. The
ledge as a whole has not been
sampled. The entire ore body is
highly m~ineralized, and it is the be.
lief of the management that it car
all be run through the mill at a good
profit.
This vein is a true assure, cutting
through the formation, and is almost
vertical. The walls are a rhyolitiC
quartz foot and a porphyry-talc hang.
ing. The management has now
started a drift on this vein, and aftei
getting in another 100 feet or les
will crosscut the vein, and at thit
point will have a vertical depth o
approximately $50 feet.-Bullfrol
Miner.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
GREAT Scarcity OF PLATINUM

LONDON, Mar. 23.-The extraord-
mary rise in the price of platinum
toward the close of the past year
has aroused no little inerest among
those branches of industry largely
using this precious metal. During
1906 the price rose 70 per cent and
is now double the price of standard
gold. This tremendous appreciation
in value to a figure hitherto I'M
known might have been expected at
first to lead to a considerable cur
tailment in its various rises. OF this,
however, there has not been very
much evidence so far. On the con-
trary, the demand for the metal, the
| characteristics of which are abso-
lutely unique, and for which nc
genuine substitute has yet been
found, has kept steadily on the in
crease.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
The Echo-Lee

Bill Brunn is in town again from
Lee. Bill's been doing the Amar-
gosa stunt for the past eighteen
months and every time he hits town
he feels satisfied. Bill says Lee can't
help but be another Goldfeld. He
said so months ago, and smiles a
bigger one every time he repeats it.
On the Echo-Lee, Brunn says he is
sinking a second shaft. It is down
fifteen feet and paintings show values
from 500 to $3.50. He is also driv-
ing a tunnel on the B Fraction and
getting into copper sulphides. AS
says show values of $101.50, carry
ing 10 per cent copper. Indications
here look like a real mine, as the
ledge is apparently thirty-five feet
wide.
A branch road will be started
Monday from Lee, Calf, to the
Sunnyside and Burro claims. This
will be a great convenience for autos
and transients who daily are on the
ground. Many are attracted to Lee
Echo for specimens, and the latch
has been out to everybody. There
have been a number of parties look
ing over the Midnight and Redbird
claims for the purpose of acquiring
leases, which in itself ic the best en-
dorsement of good surface showings
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30

ton. Splendid free gold specimens
showing pure yellow gold in solid
rose quartz are numerous at the
Burro. A lively campaign Of devel-
opment win row be instituted on
the shafts and tunnels already under
way.
The Lee Burro is largely owned
by the Hayseed-State Line crowd and
is south Of that property. ]. P. Mel
son, who has made the fame of the
Gibraltar property and is also heav-
lily interested in the Burro, Hayseed-
State Line, will have direct personal
charge Of the developmnt for both
these latter companies. 1t means an
other big substantial boost for the
Lee-Echo district.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
LIKE
SKiDOO BOOM

n
The u-ndercurrent of a boom is no.
ticeable this week, trending toward
Skiddoo. Strikes Of rich ore on the
Kocopah, Skiddoo. Granite Contact,
Gold Bird, etc, are quite sensational.
The camp is being largely capitalized
by Rhyolite people, and Rhyolite is
the principal supply point. Some of
our prominent mining men who were
at Skiddoo and returned this week
are f. NJ. Gronen, Chef Leavitt, w.
J.. Sander, T. H. Appleton and T. M.
Pagan. They say Skiddoo is on the
boom and crowded both with pros
pectors and investors. The town is
being improved. A water system of
eight-inch pipes with 900-foot feed
is being put in from the snow foun-
tains of Telescope peak. The power
of this descending water will be util-
lied to generate electricity to light
the town. the mines, etc, which sys-
tenn of improvements will be com
plete by May 10.
Uncle Sam, after a reconsideration
of the proposition, has allowed the
changing of the name of the post
Office from Hoveck TO the commonly
established name of Skiddoo, and
though the camp is in California, it
is almost wholly in the hands of Ne
vada capital and enterprise.
The Granite Contact company,
made up of Rhyolite people, is now
running crosscuts from the 50-foot
level of a development shaft on a
30-foot vein, all of good milling
value, and though SO ore would pay
working expense, there is much Of
the Granite Contact ore averaging
above $40. There is a 33-foot weir
carrying $11.5O free milling, and Sc
lect assays run up to So, 50 and 81
per ton in fine free honeycombeC
white and red quartz. The crosscut'
being driven on the 30-foot vein ar,
to determine value and permanenee
This being now fully assured, worl
will be crowded on the present SO
foot tunnel, which is in 800 fee
along the strike will cut the vein
feet below the bottom of thi
D v-foot shaft above. An estimat
depth of $50 feet can be gained b.
tunnel on the Granite Contact prop
erty by 500 feet of tunnel from tn
bottom of the hill.
The Skiddoo and Kocopah prop
!, critics are putting in a stamp mill o
eighty tons daily capacity. to be con
pleted in July. Ten toni of the ca
; pacity Of this mill will be devoted t
custom ores. Fifty-fve men are en-
, ployed on these latter properties
Fifteen hundred feet of developmeI
tunnel is complete up to date and q
; present 18O-foot accompaniment shat
is in shipping ore.
!. The whole Skiddoo camp has
rich network of veins and is loomin
up as one of our leading camps.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
Lee Burro incorporated

The well-known Burro group of
five claims in the Lee district is now
incorporated as the Lee Burro Gold
Mining company, with A. G.. Cush-
man as president; o. o. Kincaid, as
treasurer; B. f. Taylor, as secretary,
and ]. r. Bevis and s. T. Hernstadt
as additional directors. The capital
ization is for 100000 shares, par
value 81; 100000 shares in the
treasury.
On this property there Is a perfect
network Of lodges. from sixteer
inches up to fifty feet in width. will
assays ranging as high as $1,000 PEI
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: You
are hereby notified that l, Phil f,
Thorn, with l.. II. Smylie in
those certain mines and mining claims
known and called Sterling" group,
situated in Goidreed mining district, OF
the east slope Of the Kawleh range
and about nine 90 miles north OF
Goldreed, Nye County, State of Ne
vada, did expend and perform upor
said mining claims, during and for the
year 1906, labor, improvements and
development work, as required by law
In an amount equal to one hundred
dollars for each of said claims. You are
hereby further notified that If at the
expiration of 80 days from and after
publication OF this notice, as provided
by law, you hall nave failed or re-
fused to contribute you proportion OF
said expenditures, made and perform
ed upon said claims, by me as afore.
said, your interest in and to said min.
ing claim or claims shall thereupon
become forfeited to me, the under.
signed, and become my property, un.
der and by virtue of the provisions OF
Section 1924 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
PHIL F. THOM,
First publication made on the 29tl
day of December, 1906.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
l. COPPER N
The Company Is Importing 1000
Chinese LabOrerS

The Company Is Importing 1000
Chinese LabOrers
Mexican mine operators are await
ing with interest the result of an ex-
pertinent being made by the Boleo
Copper company, and which, it Is
hoped, will go far toward solving
the labor problem. now a very seri-
GUS matter in the Southern republic,
as. it is In the United States. The
Boleo company, which is a French
corporation, has shipped from Hong
Kong 1000 Chinese laborers. These
men are now en- route and are ex-
pected to reach Guaymas next
month. They will then be put to
work in the company's mines in
Baja, Calf.
Recently a considerable number
Of Japanese were imported into
Mexico, largely for work on the
numerous railroads now building.
The Japs, however, worked only a
few days, when they disappeared
and subsequently showed up along
the border, those of them who had
sufficient funds at once securing
admission to this country, while 9th
ers sought work to enable them tC
make enough SO that they would moi
be turned back as paupers.
With the Chinese no such ques
ton can arise, as the Celestials will
not be permitted to enter the United
States under any circumstances
Thus Mexican mine managers fee
that the second experiment may We
succeed where the first one failed
and that, with no contract labor Law
to check them, they may find il
China an abundant labor suppl.
which has failed them on this sid,
of the Pacific. Los Angeles MINING
Review.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30

Notice Is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been duly appointed and
qualified by the District Court of the
Third Judicial District of the State Of
Nevada, In and for the County of Nye
as administrator of the estate of Der.
tina +. Webster, late of said County
deceased. All creditors having claims
against a estate are required to file
the same, with proper vouchers at.
tached, with the Clerk of The Court
within three months of the first publ
cation of this notice.
Dated January 26. 1907.
8 mo
j. f. FORD.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30

Eric Morrison has taken over the
Northern and Sunny Jim claims in
East Gate district, The two claims
are now under a sixty days bond to
Mr.. Morrison, the terms of which are
that he shall by the 10th of next
month work 200 shifts, and at the
expiration of that time pay to the
Williams Mining company the sum
of $4,000, and $4,000 every thirty
days thereafter.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
WONDER
Free Gold Strike

One of the most notable strikes
yet made in the Wonder district was
that of Friday by Superintendent
Higginson on the ground of the Ne
vada Golden Wonder company, when
at a distance of about twenty-five
feet below the surface in a newly
started tunnel, white quartz was un-
covered which showed much free
gold of unusual c~oarseness. The
width of this vein when first found
was not more than six inches, but it
Widened rapidly, and six feet of
drifting developed a width of nearly
three feet, with increasing quantities
of free gold. The formation first un-
covered was that of hematite in the
white quartz, and a little farther
along in rhyolite.
The latter has, in turn, given way
to solid quartz, with a constantly
widening pay streak and growing
values. The first assay showed a
value of about $3.50, the astonish-
ing feature of which was the fact
that this value, with the exception
of a very small percentage of silver,
was all gold. Because of these gold
values the strike has created much
excitement in Wonder, with so strong
a demand for the stock that its price
was multiplied within a few hours.
The ground upon which the strike
was made lies due west of Wonder
and less than a mile from the town
It's great showing in gold is regard
ed here as indicating that the range
of hills stretching north and south
to the west of the townsite is stored
with heretofore unsupported wealth
1t is felt in Wonder that the strike
ranks in Importance among the very
first OF the big developments Of the
district.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been duly APPOINTED and
qualified by the District Court of the
Third Judicial District OF the State of
Nevada, in and for the County of Nye.
as administrator of the estate OF A,
j. Webster, late of said County, de-
ceased. All creditors having claims
against said estate are required to file
the same, with proper vouchers at
tached, with the Clerk of the Court
within three months Of the first publ
cation of this notice.
Dated January 26, 1907.
J. F. FORD.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
NOTICE OF roRrr1ruRE.

TO SIElN
You are hereby notified that we, f.
A. Morrison and ]. D.. Ross, co-owners
with you in those certain mines and
mining claims, known and called &C.
f. NJ" IN. c." "Birdeye," "Porphry,'
IN. c. Fraction and &C. e. M. Frac-
ton" claims, situated in the Silver Bow
district, Nye county, State of Nevada,
did eXpend and perform upon said min
ing claims, during and for the year
1906, labor, improvements and develop
ment work, as required by law. in an
amount equal to one hundred dollars
Tor each Of said claims. You are here
by further notified that If at the eX-
piration of ninety days from and after
publication of this notice, as provided
by law, you shall have failed or re-
fused to contribute our proportion OF
said expenditures. made and performed
upon said claims, by me as aforesaid
your interest in and to said mining
claim or claims shall thereupon become
forfeited to us, the Undersigned. an(
become our property, under and by vir-
tue of the provisions of Section 1892
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
r. A. MORRISON.
j. d. ROSS.
First publication made on the 1911
day of January, 1907. 500
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-30
BUDGET OF NEWS
FROM LEE-ECHO

In connection with the purchase
Of the Tulip Stormcloud and Flor
ence Fraction claims, in the Lee dis
trict, California, by the Mann-Whitte-
more company, from Dick Ryan, Bob
Mckenzie and Stratron, Curtis Mann
of the above firm went to Lee Sat
urday in his auto for a trip of in
spection.
He was accompanied by ]. E..
Weir Of Weir Bros, the prominent
Wall street brokers of New York
city. The latter gentleman is maxi
ing a general visit to properties that
his firm is interested in, and looking
into the new districts with the eagle
eye of the expert.
The Tulip, Stormcloud and Flor
ence Fraction are very promising
properties in Lee, Calf, and parallel
the celebrated Hayseed-State Line
group.
while I was absent in New
York" reports Mr.. Mann, during
the preliminary negotiations for the
purchase of this group. l am more
than pleased after a careful exami-
nation of the property last Saturday
and Sunday of our new acquisition.
Mr.. Weir and myself went all over
the ground, and | find identical con-
ditions as appear on the Hayseed-
State Line. The ledge on our prop
erty carries similar side lines to the
adjoining group. and numerous
cross lodges between the two main
outerops are easily traced, and all
carrying gold values. We have been
busily engaged in surveying our
group, and here in town we have
about covered all the preliminaries
of Incorporation. In the very near
future this property will be on the
market and will be as quickly
snapped up as Hayseed-State Line
From the day it was known that we
purchased these claims we have hat
inquiries for stock reservation.
TOO much cannot be said fol
Lee" continued Mr.. Mann. 1--WE car
all get in with a good word, as thu
success of Lee means additions
wealth to Rhyolite. | visited thu
Lee Bonanza with Mr.. Driscoll, thu
superintendent, and made numerous
paintings we'll across the ledge. TIL
main ledge has been opened up 50t
feet from the main shaft, with value
all along the outcrop.
We spent two days in the LIE
district and returned Sunday even
ing. Mr.. Weir departed Monday TO
Goldfeld by auto"
While absent from Rhyolite MI
Mann visited all the principal inan
cial centers of the East and me
many investors who are interested |
this section of Nevada. He states
however, that while there is a maj
ket for developed mines in Nevada
the speculator has taken a fancy t
Cobalt, Mexican and Alaska copperl
These stocks have the call now abov
everything else, which in a measur
partially explains any seeming slum
in Neyadas.
Mrs. Mann returned with her hu'
band, and after a six weeks journe
they have resumed housekeeping /
their cosy bungalow on Knob hill.