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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
LITTLE TALES OF THE
BASE BALL DIAMOND

of that big rock slick as whistle! Did 1t
on bet with nothing but a base ball.
Rowan didn't believe it as first. but he
got plenty of verifcation. He returned TO
the hotel in q thoughtful mood and slyly
borrowed a base ball from Manager Jen-
nings. A lew minutes later found him
blazing away with that ball at stone cor
ner just above the bearing Sherman s
autograph He put all his strength into
the heaves, and the sweat rolled down in
torrents, but he couldn't break the stone.
Finally the bunch that had been hiding
and watching him couldn't hold in. They
gave a concerted yell. and when he saw
them Rowan admitted that he had found
the first throwing feat he was not able to
equal
Crawford Lost Horace.
Few people who sit in the stands watch
ing Crawford as he stands like some mas
slve statue, waiting for the pitcher to
wind up. knows that all his bats are
named, just as the race horse man names
his horses or the automobile fan names his
machines. says a Detroit paper.
Last year Sam had a big, dark -colored
bat with which he was lining the ball over
the iniielders heads every day. During
the entire close of the season, when the
Tigers were going at a fast clip, every
body on the team was using 1t.
But Horace is gone now, said sum
Horace They splintered him to pieces. /
left him alone in the club house last fall,
all smashed up.
"Emmas gone, too, now. I broke
Emma yesterday. Emma was that little,
short, fat one"
The new bats came in recently, and
when the man from Wahoo sorted out
his. the first thing he did was cut his
initials in them. The second was to
christen them. There are Hans and Fritz
and Julia and Grace-and, last of all
Horace the Second.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
Joke on Jack Rowan.

Big Jack Rowan, one of DetrOt's cub
pitchers. who was recently farmed out to
Atlanta, is very proud of his throwing arm
and hates to think that anybody can throw
a ball harder or faster than he. That gave
the Detroit boys chance to put up little
joke on Jack.
The team was playing at Columbia, the
capital of South Carolina. The old capitol
building still bears the scars of lombard
meut by civil war cannon balls. There are
a dozen marks where solid shot Clipped
away the granite, and in one place a large
share of the corner of one massive stone
carried away.
Farmer Willett, another of Detroit's
pitching recruits. showed Rowan the place
Jack he said, "t-ey have had some great
ball players down here. Look what Bob
Wallace did last year. Took off the corner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
Were Bound to Win.

1.-THE old Baltimore team was the great
est bunch Of ball players ever gathered to-
gether." says Hugh Jennings. There have
been and are stronger Individual players,
but such team work will probably never be
seen again. Why, you couldn't keep them
out of the game. They were, maybe. a
little too aggressive sometimes, but 1t was
only because they wanted every game
They would rather, every one of them,
that you should put your hands in any one
Of their pockets and take their money than
lose the game. Doyle Brodie. McGraw,
Kelley and all the rest played ball like
tends | remember at one time Keller had
"A felon on his finger which panied him
drcadfully but you could not keep him out
Of the game He said he might miss fly
or two but he must play. His hit-and-run
tactics were great
Every point To win game was taken.
Once McGraw got a base on the queerest
trick ever known. A pitched ball hit his
hat. lie at once pinched his arm and
claimed his base The umpire was skep-
teal. but MCCiraw showed his arm, which
was red. of course, from the pinChing. and
was given the bag This won the game,
for II resulted in the prettiest batting rally
ever seen.
Yes. of course. a good many times
succeeded in getting his. and the pain and
rubbing were all bluff. We were after
games, and got them. But | have re-
ceived several cracks during my career in
the game which We're slashers, one result
ing in the breaking of my nose. But 1t is
not such a painful thing to get hit.
When ] determined to get hit in order
to walk ! just hrdCed myself. Tightening
my muscles, and the ball would bound off
like rubber It's easy. Oh yes it takes
nerve. but YOU can't play ball without nerve,
and the old Baltimore ,eam had plenty of
that article always on hand. | doubt if their
likes viii ever be seen again comrades,
all fond of one another and working in a
'l.aN.
another in criticism Of bad or foolish plays,
but ii was all done in the spirit of good
nature, and man was seldom called twice
FOR the same thing"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12

body at depth. There is a plentiful
supply Of wate to be had. and the
place will be very easy Of access to
a railroad. There are plans on foot
to bring in a railroad from Boanie
Claire, and this will be very easy of
accomplishment from the fact that a
very light grade a be established.
There are a number Of properties be-
sides those of Mr.. Salsberry to feed
the railroad, and there can be no
doubt Of the success of the latter
from a financial standpoint
MIR. Greenley is an engineer of no
little standing. He has been eight
years in the field, and has operated in
Colorado and Mexico. California and
Idaho and British Columbia. He left
last night for northern California,
from where he will go into the Bit
ter Root mountains, Idaho.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12
FINE specimens
OF COPPER ORE


q. 5. Sparks, well known in this
section, arrived here Wednesday
from Arizona, with some of the fin
est looking specimens of copper ore
that ever came out of Arizona. In
terested with Mr.. Sparks in the prop
erty is George w. Durgan, superin-
tendent of the Booth mine in Gold
field.
Il have not had these samples as
sayed," said Mr.. Sparks; lin fact the
only assay that / have seen was that
on which | was induced to 90 and
look at the property. That went 60
per cent in copper, twenty ounces in
silver and $3.50 in gold. The sam
Piles which | have speak for them
selves. took them from just under
the Gaping, and they are certainly
the best that have ever e There
has been no work done at all on the
property, but there is a property adj
Joining from which there have been
two shipments made.
We own five and a half claims,
and | have walked over the ledge
from which the samples were taken
for a distance OF four thousand feet,
all on n property. The location
was made by j G. Duncan and a
man named Bowles. | don't know
what district the claims are in. furth-
er than that they are in La Pose
range of mountains. and are between
forty and fifty miles to the southeast
of Yuma.
Capital is turning back to Ari.
IONA. and there have been several
big purchases made there since these
claims were taken mp. 1t was too hot
10 do anything during the summer.
but now that the weather has mod.
Grated, the people win be going in
fast enough.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12
HARKEN TO THIS
FOR A FAIRY TALE

Docs anybody know Johnny
Duwvry?
Little Johnny Duwyry.
What. no answer? There must be
something wrong Listen TO the
White Pine News:
The youngest letter carrier in the
government is John Duwvry, of Tono-
pah, New"
The News is springins statistics on
the postal department. They quote
Frederick j. Haskin, who writes all
about the mail service, but appar-
emily doesn't know all about 1t. Mr..
Haskin says that John Delaney of
New York is the oldest carrier in the
service, He is eighty-three years old
and has a fortune Of fifty thousand
dollars. and is soon going TO retire.
lie hopes to retire before he is A
hundred.
Then either the News, or Mr.. Has
Kin, through the News, tells us about
Johnny Duwvry, He can neither
read nor write. and therefore was not
able to put up much OF a civil SER
vice examination. But in that town
such Jobs as letter carrying so beg
ging, and John was the only fellow
the postmaster could get 10 fill the
place"
Whew! the nerve of that man from
White Pine. Look at our thirty or
forty uniformed mail carriers, and
then think of that. and weep. He
can neither read nor write. 4 libel
suit for the school trustees. Faith,
that's yellow Journalism for White
Pine.
But listen, there's more of 4;
He goes entirely by number. COM
pairing the numbers on the houses
with those the postmaster puts on the
letters.
Imagine poor Wesley Stewart, the
genial, good uauured postmaster,
overburdened now with work. hold
ing back the mail, to rat numbers on
the envelopes. No. 23 for that mar
in White Pine. He doesn't even say
that our Wesley has a number ma
chine, and the inference is that We
have only one street, What kind OF
men have they got out there in White
Pine?
But chat isn't all:
John is going TO night school nov
in the effort to add 10 his store Of
! information. He Is less than twenty
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12

trict. went to Gold Park T. look over
a property in which he is interested,
returning to Battlemountain Satur-
day OF last week. Bellows Bros. Of
Springfield. Mass, and Count Ward
OF London. who IS closely in touch
with foreign capital and represents
the company's interests in England,
France, Germany. and Austria. All
of the company's Rotations are han
died exclusively through the domes-
tic and foreign exchanges. Count
Ward fioated the Boston Consolidat-
ed, Utah Apex, and Utah Bingham.
The stock of the Utah Bingham is
listed now on the foreign exchanges
and will be placed on the Boston ex-
change during the coming winter. Mr..
Noonan stated to the Herald repre-
sentative that there was a growing
interest in Europe in mining invest
ments and that the stocks of repu-
table companies having known merit
were being looked upon by the inves-
tors abroad with increasing favor. He
spoke hopefully of the financial situ-
alton in the East, but said he did not
look for much change in the condi-
lions of the stock market before the
first of December, when he expected
there would be a very material Inn
provement.
Count Ward will meet Mr.. Noonan
there about the tenth of October, at
which time arrangements will be
made to list the Gold Park property
on the Boston exchange along with
the Utah Bingham. Mr.. Noonan and
his brother left Battlemountain
Tuesday for San Francisco, from
which place they will go to Durango,
Mexico, then going to New Orleans,
where they will take q steamer to
New York.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12
THE WONDERS or UBEHEBE.
New York Capitalist Personally In
spects Property.


GOLDFIELD, Oct. g. Colonel
Frank Peterson, a capitalist of New
York, arrived here today from Ube-
hebe, and is stopping at the Casey
hotel. In company with Charles Bots
ford, Colonel Peterson is taking in
the camps of southern Nevada, with
a view of learning personally, all that
is to be learned, and for the purpose
of investing the money of himself and
friends. He expressed himself as
particularly impressed with the won
ders of Ubehebe.
Il went down to look over the
property of Mr.. John Salsberry of
Tonopah, and to say that | was sur
prised with the showing, is to hardly
express my qualification Of what i
saw. had heard a great deal of the
copper mines of that district, but |
must confess that | was u%nprepared
for anything like the showing that
they have. We hear so much about
] ~ bJcI tlcS WHICH, are never SAD6CIGu
to come anywhere near the descrip-
ton given them; but in the case OF
the Ubehebe, the reverse is the case.
There are great lodges cropping
out and the unmistakable evidences
of big ore bodies. For the amount of
development work that has been dom
the showing is simply immense.
There are open cuts and shafts and
tunnels all over the mountain. and
there is copper on every hand.
spent only a day there, and that is
no time at all to devote to such
proposition. 1t is a very interesting
proposition. l regretted that I could
not stay longer for the reason that
| must go north, but ! intend to re.
turn in about two weeks, and I an
going back to Ubehebe. must con.
fess that ! am more than interested
in what l have seen, and I want t.
see more"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12
NEARLY LOSES LIFE FOR DOG

Devotion for a canine nearly aus
ed the death by drowning this after
noon Of Joe NJ. Martin, a prominent
mining man of Ida and Goldfeld.
Martin Is now lying In his room at
the Melrose rooming house a nervous
wreck and the fact that he is alive
TO tell the story OF his narrow escape
Is due entirely to the fact that he
possesses more than an ordinary
knowledge of swimming and has a
cool head combined with an unusual
amount of good luck.
Martin, who is In Reno with his
wife, has been detained here several
DAYS by the Goldfeld railroad strike.
tie went to the Truckee dam this
afternoon taking with him his valu-
able setter dog for the purpose of
giving the latter a bath.
The dog had saved his masters
HE on two different occasions. aad
Tor this reason was much beloved by
Martin. Martin threw a stick on the
apron OF the dam and the dog sprans
after 1t and went over the edge OF
me dam. Seeing his faithful friend
perlshing Martin plunged into the
water below the dam and was caught
by the undertow. For twenty min
utes he struggled with the dog in his
arms to get out of the undertow, but
would be pulled back under the apron
Of the dam, He finally succeeded in
gaining a foothold and with the dog
stu in his arms was pulled to the
bank by p. Kelly, who had been at.
traeted by his struggles in the
water.
Martin expects ia leave for Gold.
heid tonight and is bemoaniug the
loss of his setter, who was too fan
gone to be resuscitate Reno Gaz
cite.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12

Scott Hickey. a deputy sheriff,
drove in from Silver Bow Wednesday,
and stated that there was shipping
ore in the leases on the Silver Bow
Bell. He says that there are sacks
piled up ready for shipment which
will go as high as $1,000 a sack.
For the past two days a stream of
people has been flowing along the
Goldfeld road on the way to the
strike, while as YET there has been
nothing doing in Tonopah. W. l..
McGonagill, geperal manager OF the
Silver Bow Bell, said yesterday that
he had only heard rumors of the
rich finds. and that he was going to
Silver Bow Immediately to determine
what there was in them.
Postmaster Cook Of Silver Bow
came into Tonopah day before yes
terday with his usual monthly ship
ment from his lease on the Clifford
property. To those with whom he
met he impaired the information that
there was considerable doing in the
district, and that it was beginning to
look like old times again. from the
influx Of people.
Silver Bow. at one time. had as
many as four hundred people in the
camp, and had started a newspaper
there. The district was a milling
proposition, but there was some very
fine float found there, and there were
some very high values found at a fail
depth. Then came the Manhattan
boom, and the men OF Silver Bow
went over the divide in a night. Some
of them have drifted back to Silver
Bow. but not the great majority. Tn,
camp was deserted before it was &
full ledged one.
About two months 9 the Catlir
group was bought by Bert Smith
Charles d. Porter. and their asso
c%iates, and they vent right to worl
developing the property. They fount
some very high grade ore. and tn,
l%easers on the NcGonagin property
which adjoins the Catlin. Went t,
work with renewed energy, and In
big strike has been the result.
w. S. Johnson. who has interest
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12
Grade Ore
AT Silver Bow

in Silver Bow, heard of the new dis
covery on Tuesday. Adjoining the
Catlin group on one side, he and his
associates have the Hidden Treasure,
close to which is the property of
Wingheld and Nixon. On the other
side of the Catlin, lies the McGona-
gill, or Silver Bow Bell mine, next
to which are the Blue Horse; then
the Midas, Midas No. 2, the Camp
Bird and the Gem, all of the latter
four being owned by Johnson and
his associates.
= nave found considerable rich
float on the Hidden Treasure" said
Mr.. Johnson" last night, "and OF
course it did not fall from the skies.
There is a ledge there somewhere.
All these properties lie on the same
rang of mountains, and Silver Bow is
a most ideal camp. There is a living
stream of water running through the
camp, and there is timber in abun-
dance for all purposes.
We have found lots of ore thai
viii go s2S a ton, splendid milling
stuff. but what are you going to dc
with It out there? A mill or two ii
Silver Bow would start things. anC
You would soon see one of the big
gest camps in the State. There il
plenty of high grade ore there, too
On one trip | picked up a sample OF
the dump of the Catlin, and brough
1t in here. 1t lay around the offic,
for a while, and finally | got into
controversy with a gentleman as u
the value of it. | made the propo
sition to him that he get it assayed
and that if it went under $25 a ton
that ] would pay for the assays, an,
that if 1t went above, he was TO pa
for It. He had three assays mad
and the lowest went $440, and tn
highest $449.
That was a sample picked fror
the dump at random. There is, :
my mind, a great future for Sflve
Bow, and the people of this tow
should not allow Goldfeld to take
away from them. There are goo
roads to the camp. but they should b
improved. Here is one man. Cool
who has a lease out there, and
making all kinds of money, workin
it, and hauling in his ore himsel
Now the leasers on Silver Bow Be
have struck it. If someone gets bus
and puts in a mill there, no matte
how small it is to start, you will fin
another Tonopah there. 1t is almo.
impossible to tell the ore from III
Catlin and the Montana Tonopa
apart. There is certainly going to b
o big camp at Silver Bow"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12

Advertise in The Bonanza.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12
INTERESTED IN NEVADA.
Count Ferdinand Ward Going To the
Battle Mountain District.

One of the most significant visits
to the district this week is that of J.
NJ. Noonan, who is at the head of i
Boston syndicate that controls more
Eastern and foreign capital than any
mining interests represented in the
West, says the Battlemountain Her
aid.
Mr.. Noonan, who was accompanied
by his brother, w. H. Noonan, OF
Boston, was on a tour of the Western
States and Old Mexico, examining
properties in which he is interested.
He came here from Montana, and af-
ter spending several days in the dis.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-12
ENGINEER OF
NATIONAL FAME
WILL MAKE REPORT ON SAILS
BERRY'S PROPERTIES IN
THE UBEHEBE.

l.. A. Greenley, an engineer of ma
tional fame, is the latest expert 10
examine and to be charmed with the
Salsberry properties of the Ubehebe.
Mr.. Greenley spent five days looking
over the property, and will make an
exhaustive report upon it, which will
be OF interest to every copper mar in
the financial world. 1t will be, also
a wonderfully interesting document
from a geological standpoint.
In company with Ray Baker. Col
onel Frank Peterson of New York,
DR.. Grissim and Cleveland Baker,
Mr.. Greenley returned to Tonopah at
an early hour Yesterday morning,
and left for northern California last
night. In response to a question as
to his opinion Of the district, he said
that he liked it very much.
For a property that has not been
fully developed, said the engineer,
lit is the biggest thing l have ever
seen, It is the best thing that have
ever seen, from point of outlook.
What appeals to one, particularly,
are all the leads showing on the sur
face which are the result of a bic
base formation at depth. They have
been forced up through the contacts,
and the indications for base ore are
excellent.
They have gosson %cappings and
quartz p%orphyry, and where these are
found there are generally big forma-
tions Of copper. On the surface
there is plenty of oxide of copper
and there is also considerable pea
cock copper found in the great mum
her of cuts and workings that have
been made. The best showings are
along the north and south of tn,
range. One can follow the outcrop
pings, the contacts and the blossom
as far as the eye a reach. A mum
Der of groupings run at right angle
TO the %northerly and southerly trend
the result of the base formation.
found on one claim a considerable
quantity Of lodestone, and also
great deal of magnetic, which is til
higher oxide of iron.
The origin of the country i
aqueous. The ore stratiied, origin
ally laid on a horizontal plane on tn
ocean bed. 1t has been tilted or rails
ed by a younger formation, whic
caused the assures. The origin q
. the leads is due to the action of sui
, terrean water, which was carried u
in solution. The assures. formerl
an alkaline solution, were replaced
atom by atom, by the copper value,
II found in one part of the proI
erty. a place called Mears' canyo1
which is about 1900 feet above tn
: elevation OF the Saline valley,
true fissure lead in a quartz gangu,
I, | did not have any of this assayet
. but ! have never seer ore of a sin
liar character that did not carry va
ues.
In II tunnel, which is in eight
feet, at a depth of about $500 fe,
from the ubehebe peak, and whic
has a face fifty feet in width, all /
ore, | found a number of lenses {
gray copper, running from 65 to Z
per cent in copper. The tunnel site
are all very fine. There have been
great many open cuts made along Il
contacts to show evidence of an oil