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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01

intends working upon a larger
scale than the present, and
that we may look for something
doing in and about Phoebe,
where without question, is situate
the most important properties
of this corporation.
AS to the cause of the retire
ment of Col. Weir we cannot
state, but we trust that the new
officials will exhibit the faith in
this district and the determin-
alton to bring it to front, as has
actuated Col. Weir.
Mr.. Learnard, the new presi-
dent is known as a man possess
ing a great knowledge of mining,
energetic and imbued with mod
ern ideas in every particular.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01
Great West
Mine Sold

While in Phoebe on his recent
visit, President Chas. S. Miller.
OF the Boston and Phoebe Mining
Company, completed the pur-
chase of some very promising
mineral territory to the COM
pany's already extensive list.
The Great West, situate in the
Highland Mining District, was
purchased from John G. Brown
of Pioche; a three-fifths interest
bringing the sum of fifteen hun
dred dollars. Some other i'm
portant purchases were made,
the details of which cannot be
learned at the present time.
At the Boss mine east of town.
the Boston-Pioche Company are
pushing the sinking of the shaft
as fast as possible. A boarding
house has been erected; carpen-
ter shops, blacksmith shops and
bunk houses are now completed.
which gives to the Boss work
lngs every evidence of great ac-
tivity. The management is
very much elated over the show
ings being brought out by the
shaft, and the Boss group of
claims on the famous porphry
dyke will attract attention in a
productive way very shortly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01
Progress at
the Prince

Work is being pushed on a
large scale and is progressing
very satisfactorily on the Prince
mine west of town. This mine
is perhaps more familarly known
as the Bullionville. A gallows
frame has been erected and the
foundation, etc., completed for
/, the installation of 40 horse
power gasoline engine.
This mine is destined to be-
come one of the greatest pro-
ducers in point of tonnage in the
entire district. The shaft on the
same has reached a depth of one
hundred feet, and at that point
the vein has been determined to
have an average width of sixty
feet. Extensive drifting and
prosecuting will be indulged in
at this level, the vein thoroughly
prospected and the shaft contin-
ued to a depth of at least eight
hundred feet; and the same drift
ing etc., will be prosecuted at
each level, and when this shall
have been completed, conditions
justify the assertion of an i'm
mense tonnage being blocked
out.
The ore carries a heavy excess
of iron and lead above the sill
icia and for this reason is very
desirable for smelling purposes,
and in this fact alone, lies the
great value of the Prince ore.
This mine is owned by the
Phoenix Reduction Company,
who also control the tailings at
Bullionville and at which point
a smelter will be erected for the
purpose of working the great
body of tailings. The Prince is
so situated that it is an easy
haul to the Bullionville and the
ore can be used very proftably
in working with the tailings. 1t
is estimated that sufficient tail
ings are at Bullionville to keep
in active operation a smelter of
25O ton capacity per day, for the
term of at least ten years.
The Prince mine will be able to
furnish all fluxing ore necessary
for this and an even greater
period, from ore already exposed,
to say nothing of the great pos
sibilities to be determined by
aeya3oOne eng, a. q. - - 81 ~..5
A good substantial shaft is be-
ing sunk on the Prince in a man.
ner that will facilitate the hand
ling of the large tonnages to be
extracted and within the year
hundreds of men will be en-
ployed at that point. |
Mr.. VIM. Lloyd is directing
operations at the Bullionville and |
is more than pleased with the
general situation.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01

'h0SA-A NoEtSsponue1hs
Boston shaft. of the Quartet,
Mining Company. As yet n,
water has been encountered il
the Midas, but the working,
show strong indications Of moist
ure and another so fifty feet Of
sinking will in all likelihood tar
a ledge. dipping from the east,
and at the same time supply the
mine with plenty of water.
STANLEY FORBES EXTEN.
SION.
Development at the Stanley
Forbes Extension which is a
new corporation formed to, work
the east extension Of the, now
big ore producer, continues to
show rich surface ores. A large
force Of men has been employed
for the past two weeks, now
trenching and searching for the
best point to sink a shaft, and
This matter has been finally set
tied at a point where the ledge
shows an abundance of free gold
from the grass roots. There
are five claims in this group, and
on every one Of them is trace
able strong lodges. When the
Stanley Forbes was started it
could show but moderate values
from the surface and it required
an approximate depth of 200, feet
to come into the main ore body.
On the Extension the vein out
crops many times larger than
the original and carries as good
values at surface as the original
had at 100 feet. The corporation is
a strong one, Joseph Macarthur,
president of the Stanley Forbes,
holding the vice presidency, and
practically directing affairs. Cox
M. R. Meyer is president. J. ].
Tyndall is secretary, the board
of directors including M. ].
Kaiser of Searchlight. joseph
McArthur's success, with the
Stanley Forbes speaks volumes
for the conservative, careful
management that will be given
the Extension, and with pay ore
from the grass roots, another
shipper will doubtless be blown
in at Fourth of July Mountain in
the near future.
SEARCHLIGHT BELLE
The shaft of the Searchlight
Belle is now cutting a fine body
of quartz, which pans a long
string Of colors. This new body
of mineral is larger than the
cut above, and is sup
posed to be the forerunner to the
main ore shoot. The company
is awaiting for the arrival Of its
big plant, with the machinery
needed, when work will proceed
with greater dispatch.
MAJESTIC GOLDFROG
Owing to the great rush for
machinery in the east, the hoist
for the Majestic Gcldfrog has
been delayed in shipment. Supt.
P. E. Sayles finds himself in the
presence of a nice body Of ore,
but can make ordinary progress.
Efforts have been made to reach
the water level and the main
ore body with a windlass, and
while being a slow method, it is
fast placing the property in ex-
ssflent shape. and with the asss,
rival of the hoist, it will not take |
ong to begin exploring the min
eral zone. E. M. MARTIN. |
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01
Ore Now Ready
For Shipment

Manager Owen Speer of the
Demijohn-Pioche Mining CON-
pany reports that company's
properties as responding very
nicely to the work now being
prosecuted. Large bodies of ore
have been exposed, and it being
extracted and sacked on the
dump, ready to be rushed to the
smelters at the time the railroad
is completed to Bullionville.
There has recently been a con-
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01

solidation of the properties now
controlled by this company
which has taken in the Lucky
Boy Group, which together with
the Demijohn Group, of which
the Demijohn mine is the lead
er. makes a very promising piece
of mineral territory.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01
Bank Opens Tuesday.

Cashier Fitzpatrick states that
the Bank of Phoebe, Inc. will open
for business Tuesday morning at
8 o'clock. Phoebe has been with
out a bank for twenty years and
every business man in town well
CONS the new banking institu-
ton.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01

SEARCHLIGHT, New, May
q. AS development on the Du-
plex progresses, this property is
demonstrating that it is soon
destined to become another
Quartette. Despite the fact that
several fortunes have been taken
from the workings, the property
is just beginning to assume the
shape of a mine, and only this
week another good strike is re-
ported. which is the most i'm
portant yet made in the lower
workings. A large body of rich
ore has been encountered, which
will give the mine a reserve for
years to come, and the same time
allow steady mill run. The i'm
portance of these developments
are contained in the fact that
consistent prospecting is bring
ing in far greater mineral bodies
than were found in the surface
workings. The new discoveries
argue well for Searchlight, for
as soon as the ore is blocked out
and opened sufficiently, an addi-
ton will be made to the mill,
which will double the capacity
and also be the means of adding
triple the number of miners to
the. payroll.
Reports from the lower levels
of the Quartette indicate that
even richer ore is now being
found than has ever come to
light in that great property. AS
development progresses, every
available man is being put to
work, and as soon as the 20
stamp addition to the mill is
blown in the property will go in
for record breaking production.
These circumstances coupled,
with active development at Mob
Hill on the Silver Legion, and in |
Eldorado Canyon, where the |
Fortuna is now producing heav-
lily, and where lesser properties
are placing on extra miners, has
had a tendency to inject a spirit
of activity never before witness
ed in the district. Business houses
and commercial institutions
have felt the change and the
banking institutions have doubled |
their business within the past |
thirty days.
The district is on the eve of a
feverish boom, when a number
of big prospects begin adding
their product to the already in
creasing output.
MIDAS.
Contractor T. E. Fredericks is
making record time in complet-
ing the work on the Midas shaft,
which with ten more feet, will
be at the 200 foot level. The con-
tract calls for a total of 126 feet
of work, and this has been ac-
compished in little more than
80 days. The rich stringers cut
in the progress of the sinking
have passed out of the workings,
and drifting will have to be re-
sorted to in order to pick up the
ore body. Experts who have
viewed the territory agree that
no effort should be made toward
ore production under 800 feet,
md aa.-.ether>S workings in ths !
have demonstrated thar~l
at this depth the ore comes into
solid formation, and attains its
richess. This was true in the
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01

G. c. Miller, the Fay mining
man, came in from that place
Thursday and reports conditions
as on the improve in that Sec
ton.
Let everyone attend the Fourth
of July meeting Monday night.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01

Mr.. E. A. Taylor, a mining
engineer of Salt Lake City has
been in Pioche for some time
past looking over the country
in the interest of Salt Lake peo-
pie. MIR. Taylor is an enthus-
iastic student of geology and
states that he finds much mater
ial for study in this section.
A large counter for sale, in
first class condition. Inquire at
Record Office.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-01

Broker Ellsworth made a trip
to Caliente Thursday, on husi-
ness connected with his Office.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-27

A halfmile was covered without another
word being spoken. The stream had been
almost as straight as an arrow for mile.
There was turn just ahead, where 1t
curved a little to the left; thence it was
straight to, the middle of Rocky Bend; then
it took a sharp turn to the left again.
AT Rocky Bend the stream was wider than
at any part of its course, being there tuly
six rods from bank to bank.
It's channel was full of great boulders. and,
for little less than half mile, the descent
was considerable, so that the Bend was, as
Frank had said, "an ugly bit OF water at the
best of times"
1t was one of those rapids in descending
which you cannot trust to the paddle, but
must stand erect in the canoe, settlng-pole IN
the way, ready at any instant to thrust ouI
the pole with all your force, throw your
weight upon it and either hold the canoe
steady until you can find a safer chahnel l nl
it off from some jagged rock, to strike on
which would mean disaster.
The only good feature about it was that
the run was a quick one, and when the
canoemen knew how to. handle, themselves,
was one of the most exciting and thoroughly
ENJOYABLE canoeing feats in the whole coun-
try, always provided you came safely through
il. it,
AT the top of the Bend you always dreaded
it, but at the foot, when you sat down with
breath and glanced back at the white caps
behind you, you voted it glorious.
Just as the canoe was swinging. around the
turn above referred to, Harry, who was tax
inc a last searching look over the way they
had traversed. exclaimed
''The fire. is coming!~
At the same instant, Tom, whose keen
ewes had taken in everything before them,
cried: 80,
Frank 'ebacked water" Tom stopped pad
ding and the canoe became motionless The
bovs glanced at each other, and their faces
crew bale at thought of the threatening dan
ger; then they looked back at the pursuing
flames.
since Harry's exclamation, the fire had made
s'S9ih When he had. first noticed it, only small
column of smoke was rising on the right
hand bank of the stream; now shaft of
flame, that grew larger as they gazed, arose
from either shore.
Then they turned and looked down the
stream. There was evidently o great body
az FIRE below the Bend, but whether it was
near the Fream, they could only conjecture.
CONTINUED ON PAGE Six
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-27

great pine, whose branches and foliage Gov
cred the Stream like roof, completely hid
ing the sky.
$50 did," he replied; 'but when 1 saw
what it was like. 1 knew they wouldn't roll
by Why, that swamp's so dry on top, that
the hre will run through it like a hay-mow,
and we would have been smothered first BY
the smoke and fried afterwards; and, what's
more, we've no time to waste in talking. We
may nave race with the fire yet, before we
get out into the Nah-goot-cook"
Can't we go faster than the fre?" asked
We'll, that depends The way the wind
IS now, we can; but, if it swings around any
70 tne south, the fire. will overtake us, in
spiGe OF all we can do"
1t has crossed the stream already" said
nd1rfy,, 1 VINO sat facing up stream.
frank and Tom, who had resumed their
padding, turned their heads and looked
A striking spectacle met their gaze. The
WIND was not very strong, and the flames,
though making rapid headway, were rising
almost straight upwards. Perhaps the draft.
caused by the open course of the stream, had
something to do with this.
| They rose in great columns, which met in
the air above the water, and were crowned
with, a light gray smoke-cloud through
winch, here and there, loomed up black pill
lar, marking the spot where some spruce or
hr M Tree was being devoured by the flames.
| Not much noise accompanied the work of
destruction, only slight cracking and an
occasional "s-s s-swish-h-h," as the flame seized
upon an evergreen.
Through the fiery archway, the borders Of
the stream. where it emerged from the
swamp, could be seen, and, in proof oi
Franks prediction, two lines of fire could
be observed making their way through the
moss. one on either side of the water,
isn't that grand?" exclaimed Harry. as a
turn in the stream hid the fire from view.
"Oh, yes, grand enough; but I've had ali
want of i'll" answered Tom.
| "Then put more vim into that paddle of
yours" advised Frank. "If the water were
not so deep, I'd take my setting-pole"
"You wouldn't think there was afire with
in ten miles of us" replied Tom
| Nevertheless he increased the speed and
strength of his strokes.
! Nor would the idea that fire was so near
have suggested itself. The density of the
forest growth hid the flames and smoke. The
noise Of the fire was not loud enough to be
heard at that distance, and the light wind
carried the smell of the burning brush in
another direction.
'For my part" said Harry, ri don't see
how fire ever got started there. Why, it's
ten miles from a settlement, and we have
not seen any fire near u.s."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-27

"Oh. yes, we did-or, at least, did!" re-
piled Tom. There was a fire just below
Nah-ged-keetch. | it on the lower side
OF the mountain, just as we came across the
swamp"
But, that's two miles away" was Harry
amazed comment
well, a fire will Jump two miles in the
woods any time, when everything's dry and
there's wind enough to carry the sparks. You
see, on day like this, the sparks 90 straight
up, OF, nearly straight, and then they float
along for great distance"
Then there's chance of there being FIRE
ahead of us -
And Harry's voice betrayed the a'arm he
could not conceal.
that's al SO, Harry. did not think of that
II Il, l. had. answered Frank. 80
Inc prospect of having to meet fire in
'front.'. while pursued, even though SLOWLY
by fire from, behind was not very eniiveny,, rlIWy,
n, inf, ana I'M a silence tell upon the two, broken
| At length Frank said: u 'ne paadles
II we were only past Rocky Bend. 7
should not mind; but that's an uoIv niece q
OF water at the best Of times, and It would
] both banks" iasins oh
The only place about here that I'd l;ke
to be Just now is the top of the P;ij,r . ie =,
which opinion of Toms the Others acon;l =
esced. oers acqui-
| AAS A'esh was mass OIL tran rock rpbs al,
rose about two hundred feet in H. wnicn wi, a
short distance from the shore, lust ba,s1,,a ftn
down Rocky Bend and Rocky R Bend md1iaway ;tSaIs
was more than two miles aWav i'seil
The stream where the bows wero -.
padding was closely overhune with +I,oV Low
principally of hardwood, the FIR and snrnss rasess
having been confined for the most nart spruee &c
| the border of the swamp. pars TO
There was not much underbrush. bnt 49,,
naly cedar trees had formed considerabgfs sid ol,g
part Of the growth. When these baJ Iaaa
cut for railway sleepers the tons pes,l zen
branches had been left, and. heinz oops and
ly dry, were highly inflammabie. perfect
1t was therefore with no little alarm ~. :.
Tom and Frank heard Harry saw: - 'nas
II believe the wind is coming fron, ~.
South" " tne
As this was the news they most dro.dos
to hear. neither of them disputed it. t6oueb
Tom said: oush
the middle of the afternoon" ~
"Not if there's a big FIRE below us. That
would make a draft toward Itself. Can't Can't
you paddle harder. TomT
"I'll try, Frank," was the answer bpt
the great beads of perspiration on his face
told that he. was already bending all his
strength to his work.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-27

I"A HEX . 1re ahead, boys! was LON
Andrews exclamation, as the canoe
rounded turn, and small
l&HqgSNI swamp, encompassed by fir trees,
came in sight.
His companions, lads, one year
older, and the other year younger, than
himself-<he was seyenteen-looked in the d.
rection indicated, and, sure enough, little
cloud Of smoke arose on the further side Oh
the swamp, -,
'sI never saw fire IN the woods before,
said Harry AScher. the youngest of the trlo;
Well you don't see much of one now!
was the curt reply of Frank Edmunds, lesder
of the party In all their exploits by land or
water
But he had scarcely spoken, when tongue
of fame shot upwards, and, catching in the
light, dry moss enshrouding fir tree, made
pillar Of fire against the dark green OF the
forest. -,
down there, after all" he added.
"We'll 60 on, of course?" said Tom, IN
eyes; we can turn back if the fire is too
hot. and wait until it burns out"
A minute or two of strong padding
brought the canoe to the verge Of the forest;
but the flames had been swift also. and had
already spread to several trees standing near
the bank.
The stream was narrow-not more than
"H it were only quick water, now" said
Frank, "we'd go by that blaze so fast that
we'd hardly feel it; but it will be hot work
padding by"
Certainly it looked as though it would be.
The summer in that part of Nova Scotia had
been unusually dry, and the moss on the
trees and the dead wood ittering the ground
were like so much tinder, among which the
flames spread with great ferceness.
Already, for two or three canoelengths
along the bank, the blaze was rising in al
most continuous sheet.
The boys had let the canoe drift, as they
drew near to the FIRE; but Frank, who sat in
the stern, called out to Tom. who held the
bow paddle:
Z here"
And, as he spoke, he make sweep with
his paddle that sent the canoe over to the
left-hand shore. and as far from the flames
as possible.
The rapid strokes of the boys seemed al
most to lift the canoe from the water, and
they shot past the fire, without accident.
flames rolled byl," calculated Tom, as they
paused for breath. under the shadow of a
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-27
Copyright BY James ElversOn.

Copyright by James Elverson.
HERS fire ahead, boys!" was Tom
Andrews exclamation, as the canoe
rounded a turn, and small
swamp, encompassed by fir trees,
came in sight.
His comnanions 1ada one n wear
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-24

The old remedies are the best
Hickory Bark Cough Remedy has
been In use for over one hundred
years by the old Dutch Dunkards OF
Pennsylvania. and is still in use by
all the old families OF western Penn.
sylvania. Is absolutely pure; made
from the bark OF the white or shell
bark hickory tree. The bark Is
shipped from the east, and manu-
featured in Salem, Oregon. For sale
by all dealers everywhere.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-24
The Sonrkrn,t Rnntn

T. j. Newstead is of the opinion
that he knows more about janitor
work than he does about running \
telephone. Recently a workman
named Allen was repairing the fire.
escapes at the capitol and had or
dered some irons for the work. In
due time q phone message was re-
ceived from the :. p. freight office
that there We're some packages there
Tor Allen. That gentleman started
Tor the phone 20 give directions
about having them sent up. when
Mr.. NeWstead said he would send the
order mat so many mistakes hal
oeen made In ordering things over
the phone that he was tired and
wanted one order right. lie attend
ed To &c all right giving distinct AMI
minute orders 10 an eNpressman io
get the packages and bring them ta
the state house. Tn the course OF
an hour they arrived, and then Allen
sent for Ngwstead. and asked him
what he was going to do with his
sourkrout. and how he expected the
officers 70 get out of the building in
case OF fire. by using three crates OF
cabbage, for that is what the ex-
pressman brought, and the Allen
grocery folks were at the same time
wondering what they were going to
do with collection OF iron ladders.
Newstead says the fault was at the
other end of the line and the man
there says that was the cause of the
trouble
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-24

boring royalty. An intrigue Is set
on foot by the mother and she en-
lists the services OF her informant by
holding out the promise OF her In
nuence in securing a much coveted
degree OF knighthood.
And then is unfolded one OF the
cleverest schemes ever taken from
life or a playwright's pen, the action
Is swift, dramatic, and OF intense In
terest. The wife Is led 10 believe
that her husband has tired OF her
and seeks a separation, and on the
other hand the young man Is shown
apparent proof OF the young woman's
inndelity. He orders her from the
house. The succeeding incidents Of
the story are closely woven with
pathos. comedy and strong heart In
terest. At the Grand opera house,
Friday. October 25 Seats on sale
at hoX Office Fridav al a. m