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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-05
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
AGAINST THE MINING INDUSTRY

who is striving to get ahead in the
world-and the American public has
grasped II.
Small wonder that the New York Stock
Exchange has been missing accounts.
and calling the roll of its lambs only
to find such a startling number absent"
Accounts in Wall Street commission
houses Of late rave been vanishing like
chaff before a March wind. but they
have gone by a better route h a the
old-fashioned way. They have been
pulled down." not wiped out" and
the money has been transferred to legit-
innate mining stock speculation. where
a fellow has some show for his white
alley.
This attitude of the Stock Exchange
people is a very natural one. These
gentlemen are famous for their ability
to discern and discount" coming
events. and they have plainly discovered
in the mining situation an impending
danger to their own selfish interests,
calling for prompt action. We doubt,
however. II the moves they have made
thus far will count for much. 1t Is
pretty hard to get out Of the path of
Fate. once you are in 1t. Since the
transfer tax law was put in operation
the mining stock business has increased
enormously. in spite OF the fact that the
law was expected to kill 1t, in New
York state at least. and on the other
hand the business of the New York
Stock Exchange has fallen off percept-
IDLY. Elsewhere in the country mining
exchanges are recording transactions
Of tremendous volume. and mining stock
investors in New York state are making
just as much money as those In any
other section of the country. So in the
handling of this knotty problem 1t
would seem that the Wall Street crowd
has not yet hit upon the solution that is
to work out their salvation.
Anyhow, the public is busy making
money. During the past year or SO
investors in mining stocks, and espec-
tally Nevada securities, have been piling
up profits hand over ist-which Is SIM
ply a shortcut way of saying that at
many times 1t has been possible to
double ones capital at every new move,
or with each successive investment. The
old curse that once attached to the hit
or-miss mining investment has been
vanquished. 1t is down and out. New
ada has made good. 1t is still making
good, and 1t is going to make even
better.
But as a mining region, 1t has been
thoroughly demonstrated that the value
and possibilities Of these Nevada camps
have not been over estimated. They
haven't arrived at their browning glory
yet-they are only in the process of
getting there. 1t isn't a little move-
manf or a local CRAVE II ia q great
development, growing constantly in pop
ularity; and If the Wall Street gentle
men have made up their minds to buck
against 1t We can promise confidently
that they nave some hard bumps coming
to them.-Editorial in Western Mining
Telegram.
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'"The Ida mineral belt, 60 miles long
and several miles wide, practically un-
broken, will become n of the biggest
in the United States and make
history in the mining world" remarked
w. s. Dougherty, last evening. Formerly
connected with the management Of the
January mine, he was discussing on
mineral belts, their depth, scopes. and
general characteristics. to a group Of
mining men.
Its size is phenomenal" he ex-
claimed. 'starting from Silver Peak It
passes through Ida, cuprite and ends
not until it reaches Mt Jackson, south
of Goldfeld. 1t has been worked more
or less systematically since ~ and will
be mined 100 years hence. 1t has pro-
duced millions Of dollars
II remember" he continued. reminis-
Gently, when I first came through the
section In 80 at the head Of Q suqad Of
government troops. that bullock-teams
were hauling ore out Of Ida to San
Pedro by the way Of Los Angeles. to be
shipped to Swansea in Wales. The ore
practically Melted 1000 nee In silver
and nothing was ever mentioned about
the gold and copper values.
Il tell you" he added enthusiastically
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-05
RAMSEY MAKES GOOD
GROWTH In SIX MONTHS

This, the end Of the year, and the
end of the first six months of Ramsey's
life as a mining camp, finds the place on
the map to stay.
When Ramsey was started. when the
great discoveries that have since that
day developed into huge mines. were
made, there was the usual rush to the
district by followers of mining excite
ment.
Some stayed. Most went away again
and some of these returned. The expert
ence of all mining camps was that of
Ramsey, a season of feverish excite
ment and sensational reports of all
kinds, a calm and then a forceful silence
of development and earnest work on the
part of those who had become inter-
ested in the district.
Today more men are working under
ground in this district than ever worked
on top or underground here before. Full
shifts are being worked on half a dozen
mines. Half a dozen more companies
will start this week with full shifts.
Each one of these companies has
either a huge dyke of ore on top or a
rich ledge that crops with enough width
to justify extensive development. In
no place in this district, and this state
ment cannot be denied, where systematic
work can be lone has the worker been
disappointed in finding ore. On some
claims ore has been found in such
abundance that the owners have been
simply staggered by the stupendous
prospect before them.
From the point of discovery, the now
famous Clark dyke, to the south end of
the district the huge cropping hat first
disclosed the worth of the porphyretic
quartz can be traced on the surface. 1t
is possible for a miner to walk on
this huge dyke for over two miles with
out stepping of the gold bearing quartz
at any point in his journey. This
sounds big. but it is so.
The other big lead, the Red Mountain
system, is exposed for almos as great
a distance as the Clark dyke. 1t run
from the Rec Mountain No. 2, an ex-
tension south of the Rather No. 2. to
the extension of the south end of the
Starlight and crops in three places in
huge cliffs Of ore that assay milling
values on the surface. 1t is on this
lead that the Ramsey brothers have
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talked their claims and are investing
their fortunes.
In the eastern part of the district
are two vein systems that run almost
parallel with the Clark dyke trend. On
the south end of one of these is the
Garavanta dyke, probably the largest
body of unmilled gold ore on the surface
of the earth. The Gravanta claims
cover a huge knoll that is topped by a
cliff 200 feet high and nearly 1000 feet
long and every pound of rock in this
cliff seems to carry free gold. 1t is a
fact that this cliff probably has been
sampled more and oftener than any
other in the district and not one man
has been able to find a barren spot in
it. The south end of the knoll disap-
pears on it's slope under the malaipi.
On the other end of the knoll the big
vein can be traced to the northern limits
of the district n on this trend are To-
Gated som claims that will eventually
make huge mines. TIT erosion covers
this lead more han 1t does the Clark
dyke and the big trend disappears from
time to time, to come out again on the
saddles and high places between the
G%aravanta groupings and the north end.
Experts say this trend continues and
marks the ledge matter and vein system
of ~Tallapoose. Others declare, after
surveying it's direction, hat this trend
is the true Comstock extension. 1t is
Joined about half way up it's length to-
ward the north by a parallel system that
at the point of junction makes a crop
ping over 700 feet wide that carries
gold on the surface it's entire width. At
this point silver is found in greater
quantities han in any other part of the
district n experts declare that this
system will prove more prolific in point
of quantity than any other vein in Ne
vada. 1t is so huge that all flows and
counter currents of country rock have
not disturbed it. Like a wall we'll built.
it has repealed all charges against 1t by
the forces of nature. Wherever on those
huge veins dept hhas been attained, in
creased values nave been found and the
future of Ramsey is assured by these
four veins alone, If none other were dis
covered. AS a matter of fact the dis
trict is full of cross-systems that run
between and up to the central or main
dykes and good prospects have been
found upon all of these, some even bet
ter thar upon the main dykes.-Ramsey
Recorder.
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When the members of the New York
the greatly reduced amount Of business
which the public of late has given them
to handle. they are smiling over the
success which thus far apparently has
attended their efforts to diminish the
volume of transactions in mining shares.
For many years these gentlemen have
been buying Fifth avenue mansions,
and steam yachts. and automobiles at
the expense Of hat portion of the public
that has ~perennially been i~nveigied into
the hopeless but alluring task of beat
ing the Wall Street game. and they
probably became imbuec with the idea
that this was to be regarded as a
thing of beauty and Joy forever' prop
osition.
But many things like the May eth
panic. and the passing Of dividends on
the common stock of the Steel Corpor-
alton. which was SO widely heralded
as the greatest business enterprise in
the world. and the multitude Of "semi-
official" rumors pertaining to all stock
and relating to dividends and increased
dividends which somehow fail to ma
teralize-little things like these. we
say. rave resulted largely in turning the
public away from Wall Street.
h desertion would hardly have been
possible were 1t not for the recent n
wonderful increase in the development
of Western mining properties.
OF course, mining stock Investments
ave been before the public since the
days Of Adam, but with the single ex-
ception Of the Cripple Creek excitement,
there has never been an opportunity
until the present time for the public
to participate in mining stock specula-
ton OF a scale sufficiently broad n
attractive to compare favorably with
the chances for money making that
Wall Street is supposed to offer.
The Cripple Creek excitement came at
a time when the public was not educated
to the possibilities Of the stock COM
pany, and generally speaking. the people
who made fortunes out of the rise of
Cripple Creek stocks were those who
were located at or near to the mines.
The existing conditions in Nevada,
therefore, offer to the American public
practically the first real and unlimited
opportunity 1t has had to profit, with
little or big investments, in a mining
boom in which there is room for all.
1t isn't a one-camp proposition. 1t is
the opening UP of a vast section Of our
Western country which. for years re-
garded as utterly barren, is proving a
veritable store-house Of silver and cop
per and gold deposits, representing a
wealth so great as to be entirely beyond
the grasp of the most active imagina-
ton.
Here, truly is a chance for every man
or woman in the United States who is
ambitious to force the growth and in
crease of savings in hand. There is no
bluff about it. the facts are so big that
exaggeration falls flat. 1t is natures
square deal" opportunity for everybody
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
AMBERGRIS.
This Valuable Substance Comes From
Diseased Sperm Whales.

Ambergris is one of the most val
liable products IF the sea. The
mariner who spies floating on the
waves a grayish mass, fatty in APP
pearance, will, if he knows what
ambergris is, betray considerable ex-
element, for the substance brings
high prices.
The origin of ambergris was once
a mystery, but it is so no longer. It
Is a morbid secretion due to dis
ease of the liver of the sperm whale,
IN the intestines of which animal
Jumps of it are occasionally, though
rarely, discovered. DR.. G. H. Ste
venson of the United States fish
commission, who made a special
study of the subject, said that the
whales which yield ambergris are
invariably sickly and emaciated.
Anciently the substance was
known as amber, name which was
subsequently applied to the fossil
gum now commonly so called. But
to distinguish the two one was call
ed Gambler girls" (gray) and the 9TH
er amber jaime" yellow.
So it appears that ambergris
means simply gray amber. Like the
fossil gum, pieces of it we're found
now and then on the seashore,
where they had been cast up by the
waves; hence doubtless the giving
OF the same name to both.
Ambergris usually contains the
beaks of cuttlefshes, on which the
sperm whale feeds, Sometimes it is
black, but the finest is gray in color.
When dried, to cure it, it is light
and inflammable and yields an odor
family resembling honey. On being
melted by heat it evaporates slowly,
leaving no trace behind.
The substance has been used for
centuries in sacerdotal rites of the
church and with fragrant gums was
formerly burned in the apartments
of royalty. To some extent it was
employed as a medicine and to fla
vor certain dishes. Nowadays it is
utilized almost exclusively by per-
tuners in the preparation of fine
scents, being first converted into a
tlncturc by dissolving it in alcohol.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
BUILT By UNSEEN HANDS.
Jewish Legend of Solomon and the
House of the Lord.

so that there was neither ham
mer nor ak nor any other tool Of
iron hear in the house while it was
building" Il Kings vi, y. The above
Is a Scriptural quotation, to be
found at the citation given, and is
concerning the building of Solo
mons temple. The reason therein
assigned for the perfect Quietude
which existed in and about the great
building while it was in course OF
erection is that the stones and tim
bers were all made ready before be-
ing brought to the site of the great
building. Heber beautifully alludes
to this in the little couplet, in which
he says:
No hammer fell. no ponderous axes rung.
Like some tall palm the mystic fabric
sprung.
The Jews have a legend to the
effect that Solomon did not employ
men in building the great "house
OF the Lord" but that he was aided
In the gigantic undertaking by the
genii. Having a premonition that
he would not live to see the build,
ing finished, Solomon prayed to Goo
that his death might be concealed
from the genii until the structure
was finished. Immediately after he
made a staff from sprout of the
tree of life, which was growing in
his garden, and leaning upon this
he died, standing bolt upright in the
unfinished temple.
Those who saw him thought that
he was absorbed in prayer, and they
did not disturb him for upward Of a
whole year. Still the genii worked
day anl night, thinking that they
were being constantly watched bv
him whose eyes had been closed in
death many weeks.
Ali this time, so the LEGEND saws.
little white ants tone account saws
red mcc) were gnawing at the stair,
and when the temple was finally ftp
lshed the staff gave way, and the
body Of the dead Solomon fell prone
upon the floor. Mohammed ailudes
to this queer legend in the Koran
(see Sura xxxiy), where he says,
"When he God had decreed that
Solomon should die, nothing discov-
cred his death unto them (the gently
except the creeping things Of the
earth. st. Louis Republic.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01

worth of flour. "wny don't you buy
a dollars worth ?" asked bystand-
er. Il amt got no bag" was the
reply. ooh, well, I'll lend you one,"
said the merchant. but I amt
got no money with me-" the man
said. You can pay for it when you
bring back the bag" was the reply,
and the man went home with his
Hour. One day last week the man
was again in the store, and the gro
Ger said to him: Il have little bill
against you for flour. Do you re-
member about it ?" His eyes open
ed with establishment as he gazed at
the grocer and replied, II amt
brought the bag back yet" The
bill has been charged to profit and
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
TEN PAGES.
A Hard Head.

When Farragut ran the gantlet Of
Forts Jackson and st. Philip, below
New Orleans, the little gunboat Ca
yuga went in the lead and was ev-
erywherr il tie thick of the fight
ing. A colored boy of the crew was
passing powder when a spent grape
shot struck a casting near him, shat
tered and flew in many directions.
One piece hit him on the thickest
part of his forehead, says the au-
thor of "A Sailor of Fortune" and
dropped to the deck.
He picked it up nonchalantly, put
1t IN his pocket and kept at work.
When the fight was over and the
members Of the crew were Dragging
this boy, who was not over fourteen,
stepped up to some of them and
pulled the grapeshot from his peck
ct.
"You hush p he said to the boast
ers. dat shot done hit me on de
haid an broke in two! Dere's de
shot an dere's de place it hit me,
You can see fob you'se'f." -Youth's
Companion.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
Space Filters.

Two chance acquaintance on a
train between Washington and Phil
adelphia discovered that they had
come originally from the same
neighborhood in Delaware and fell
to conversing about old times.
''By the way" said the passenger
in the skullcap, whatever became
Of Harry Mullins ?"
ooh, he's a special writer on one
of the New York papers," replied
the passenger with the red tie.
''Gets $40 column. Good thing"
"And his brother Dick?"
Dicks Q fat man in a museum.
Weighs 40 pounds. Gets a good
salary"
'Well, WE'LL" unused the man in
the skullcap. Beth of 'em have
achieved success as space filters,
Ell New York Times.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
A SNAKE INCIDENT.
The Boy Was Scared, but Had Ne
Reason For Fright.

| stopped low to pass under an
overhanging limb and found that I
had planted my feet on either side
of an ugly looking blacksnake about
i've feet long, says writer in For
est and Stream / knew instantly
that the snake was harmless, but a
crouching tiger, famished and Zero
cious, could not have startled me
more.
The path was on a steep hillside,
sheer ascent and descent on each
side, the boy was behind me, and
the head and most of the snakes
body in front, so straight up was my
only line of retreat, and to the very
best of my ability l pursued it. l
will not attempt to state how high
| jumped, nor will | stand for the
boys statement that it was most
out of sight" but | can truthfullv
say that | jumped just as high as l
could and stayed up as long as l
could.
The snake sprang into the air at
the same time--not trying to strike,
but evidently surprised and startled
and when compelled to return to
the earth we were about in our orig
inal positions. Without moments
hesitation l jumped again, as did
the snake.
With the next jump l combined a
kick, which landed and spoiled the
snakes jump, and, coming down
just right, set my heel with full
weight upon it, causing it to thrash
about desperately for an instant and
then beat hasty retreat. Straight
down the path toward the boy it
went with wide sweeps. / could not
shoot it without endangering him
and could only call out reassuringly:
Stand still. 1t won't hurt YOU"
The distance was not over TWEEN
ty-tive feet, and it took but an in
slant for the snake to cover it. l
hoped it would turn aside from the
path before reaching the boy, but
apparently it had no such inten-
ton.
Just as it reached the little fell
Outstanding wide eyed and mo-
tlonless-it sweryed very slightly to
one side. But the quarters were too
close. With yell all dit of proper
ton to his size the boy sprang for a
sapling growing near at hand and
ran up it like squirrel. AS his feet
cleared the path l sent load OF
shot into the snake, raking it fore
and aft, and, although l deprecate
the killing of all harmless serpent8,
| have not yet felt regret for this
bne.
I
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
No Room For Argument.

Promotion time in the public
schools is invariably season. of un-
due citation and of heartburnings
among the pupils. 'Did you get
promoted ?" asked a small girl in
front of Brooklyn school of a
larger companion.
YES. 1t was easy for me in that
class, was the reply.
We'll, they left me back" re-
marked the small girl and then,
with bitterness, ''But you're not so
smart anyway"
ooh, | don't know" said the 9TH
er, with an air of superiority.
There amt many in this school
that has better education than me.
| was promoted, and the teacher was
left back. New York Globe.
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the room in, towering passion.
you have been making free with
my name in very improper man
ner, and I've come to demand salts
faction" After some parleying In
clcdon rose and, striking a graceful
attitude in the center of the room,
began to sing 'Black Eyed Susan"
in his most delightful style. When
he had finished the song he said
coolly, "There, sir, that has given
complete satisfaction to several
thousand people, and if you want
anything more I've only to say
you're the most unreasonable fellow
| ever met"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
Cells of the Honeycomb,

Honeybees are generally credited
with instructive skill in making the
cells of the comb hexagonal in
shape, but it is probable that this
construction is merely the ordinary
result of mechanical laws. Solitary
bees always make circular cells, and
the bees in hive no doubt make
them circular also, but mechanical
pressure forces them into a hex
agonal form. A well known natural
list IN speaking of the matter says
that all cylinders made of soft plia-
BILE substances become hexagonal
under such circumstances.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
A Losing Agreement.

A Jenklntown grocer says that
there is nothing like being accom-
modating, even if it goes so far as to
cause a loss in cash. About a wear
ago character well known in that
section of Montgomery county, who
lives alone in a small house nearly
mile back in the country, happen
ed to be in tho store and said his
stock OF provisions was low. He
asked the grocer TO sell him cents
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
PoHtenaSS.

Politeness is a just medium be-
tween formality and rudeness. 1t
is, in fact, good nature regulated by
quick discernment, which proper
tons itself to every situation and
every character. 1t is a restraint
laid by reason and benevolence on
every irregularity of temper, of ap-
petite and passion. 1t accommo-
dates itself to the laws of custom
and fashion as long as they are not
inconsistent with the higher obi.
cations of virtue and religion.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
Better Baif.

Teddy's father had brought home
some rare old cheese, and after
hearing his praise of its strong
points Teddy was manfully strug-
Cling to make away with small
piece of it. Seeing the cheese still
on his plate and Teddy's nose per-
ceptibly elevated, his father said:
"What is the matter, Ted? Don't
you like that fine cheese?"
eyes," answered Teddy, with the
air of a connoisseur. ''This cheese
is very good, but 1 think 1 like just
plain, common mouse cheese bet
ter. "-Harper's Magazine.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
OUR CLUBBING OFFER.

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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-08-01
Satisfaction.

On one occasion some remarks of
lncledon, the once famous singer,
gaze soffcnse to a man who resolv-
ed TO have satisfaction" for his
wrongs Accordingly he hunted UP
Incledon the next afternoon, finding
hum at dinner in noted hotel. ''Mr.
lncledon," said the visitor, entering