Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

to him for aid in fighting for principles
dear to every Virginian, he became en-
gagged in a series OF duels that caused
the dons to give him a wide berth. Sew
eral graves in Mexico in the old world
city Of Vera Cruz contain the Sc
quel Not all OF his time was devoted
to the defense Of the weak and op-
pressed, however, for he took active
mining as a life business and there
displayed the rare good judgment for
which he is noted in locating valuable
mining property.
Diamondheld Jack Is next found in
Idaho, and there developed several big
mines of the state. When Tonopah
first found a place on the nap Jack
Davis was one of those to come to the
new Eldorado, but when he found that
ambitious prospectors had staked every
foot Of ground for miles around, wheth-
er there was a prospect or not, he WISE
ly concluded that all the gold was not
to be found In one spot, so with In
domtable grit he pushed on south along
the low mountains, crossing the alkali
flats and finally reached the present site
Of the great Jumbo mine Here he
found other prospectors and much ex-
element due to the discovery of rich
ore that has caused the world to marvel,
and knowing that It was impossible to
locate there he then proceeded north a
short distance and found what he was
looking for-strong groupings of quartz
veins. He sampled the groupings, took
them to Tonopah, where 81 Simons,
now Of Rhyolite, assayed them and the
result was that "Diamondfield Jack"
returned and located the present town
of Diamondfield, situated in an ideal
location in the very heart of the min
ing district. and now the Diamondfeld
section is one that has attracted the
attention Of the world In general, so
rich has its mines proven to be.
Valuable Mines Active
Among the many mines developed
upon Mr.. Davis holdings may be mem
toned the Daisy, Quartzite Diamond
field Black Butte Consolidated), Great
Bend, Diamondfeld Triangle, Spo-
kane, Belmont, Great Bend Annex
Eureka, Skylark, Diamondfeld Anne
thyst and others of lesser note. The
Daisy was "foated" at Is cents per
share and the stock has sold as high
as So. The mine could not be pur-
chased today for S5,000000. The Quartz
lite under Mr.. Davis management
produced over $780, 900 the first year and
Is still turning out good ore. The
Quartzite was in 1906 consolidated with
the Black Butte and is now known as
the Diamondfield Black Butte Consoli-
dated Mining company The Belmont,
another Davis company went to par,
81, 1,0OU, 900, only a few months after its
organization. Diamondfield Triangle is
another property that is worth while,
and Diamondfield Jack is proud of it.
Now a merger of the Diamond
field properties is spoken of, and in the
event that the deal is consummated it
will rival the recent merger known as
the Goldfield Consolidated Mines COM
pany. To Diamondfield Jack is due the
discovery of the Bullfrog district, for
1t was he that grub staked Shorty Har-
ris and directed him into Bullfrog.
Partner of Keen Insight
Before going further it will be we'll
to introduce A. K. Wheeler, now in
partnership with Mr.. Davis. After a
years acquaintance with Mr.. Wheeler
Diamondfield Jack decided that he
needed his keen insight into legal
matters and the benefit of sound
business judgment in the devel-
opment of the great enterprises
then pending, and partnership
was formed, the company incorporated
and the firm of Davis & Wheeler i'm
assumed a prominent place
among others engaged in active mining
operations as we'll as in the promotion
business.