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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01

Major W. A. Stanton has Just returned
from the new copper camp of Fitting,
bringing with him some of the finest
specimens of copper ore ever shown in
Goldfield. the rock containing native
cuprite and malachite in abundance.
Major Stanton, upon request made a
statement regarding the new camp OF
Fitting. as follows:
Having just returned from Fitting
Mining district, after my examination
of four days in the district upon the
properties now being worked, wish to
state that this district Is situated six
miles northeast of what is known as
the Acme Water Tanks on the Southern
Pacific railroad. The district Is prac-
tically new to the public. only being
discovered some six months ago, and
every indication shows that it has the
makings of one of the greatest copper
districts ever discovered.
The ore exposures that have been
proved upon by cuts and shafts shows
immense copper values as we'll as a
great quantity of oxide of iron and hem
little, and the iron groupings that over
lie the copper values lying on the con-
tact of lime are exposed in many
places to more than the width of 500
feet. In fact. the property known in
the district as the Big Mitt shows over
500 feet in width and carrying immense
copper values. There is a fortune in
this property IL 1t could be quarried
and dumped into a smelter. There is
no telling how much money could be
made out of it. as the assay values from
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
LOS ANGELES BUSINESS
MEN ENTHUSE over CAMP
Fifty Representative Men From City of The Angels Make Tour
of the OOdfeld District and Were Amazed at the
Showing of Wealth in the Mines and
i Substantial Growth of Town

Angeles Mems special excursion
mineral districts of Nevada it officially designated
will live long in the memories the half hundred financial
magnaes and of industry who constituted the
party. They came conquered. They came,
many them sceptics They returned brimming
with genuine the wonders
Ciodfed was the mecca of the delegation as it was
recognized Godhed mining metropolis of the
The Tonopah and in the Bullfrog district
visited longest stay
was this city visitors threw up sponge
admitted all the astonishing tales they had heard
gardng the wealth of the mines the
field district than verified by what they had
the chairman of the visiting delegation proudly
claimed member Of the party at the head of
commercial financial institution in Los Angeles Their
business in Nevada regarded of such important
character demand their personal attention instead
of sending their managers confidential men, they came
themselves tribute Godfed and to the mining
districts of Southern Nevada could hardly be imagined
POUND IT ALL THuE
Heretofore there has well defined feeling Los
Angeles other sections of the country that Gold
doomed that stories of the fortunes
alleged to have been made here exaggerated and that
the city hardly than mining that in
would be referred once thriving place
the awakening has Los Angeles 1t has to
other commercial Los Angeles merchants heard
rival cities reaching for the Godfeld trade
the capitalists and financial heard that
returned investments made in the Nevada
mining district astonishngy short time They finally
the worth investigating they
expedition, chartered special train and in
convinced and cultivate the friend
ship general Godfed in particular They
extended the glad hand of fellowship everywhere and
where they stopped the welcome cordial
and sincere than here in Goldfed.
special train which delegation Travelled.
rived Goldfeld last Monday at 23o The local
committee headed by W. j. Brewer chairman
them before the visitors had time to draw
breath comfortably seated in automobiles and
through the city the Montezuma club where
luncheon there brief well
coming speeches and and then the members Of the
party automobiles resident and
splendid residences and stone
blocks that adon the of Godfed with the
others in of construction were constant
Californians They
mining built of wooden shacks and tents tenn
structures at best they saw modern city substa
TALLY built yoness eel h.;st and
stories high going fast of
skilled perform the work; they city
comfortably housed enjoying
the conveniences Of civilization.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01

There were no new developments in
the rich strike on the Mohawk Jumbo
lease during the week as the work of
cutting the stations at the 415-foot level
is not yet completed. As soon as the
stations are finished drifts will be run
on the ledge from which the picture ore
was taken. The vein Is known to be
about six feet wide and has been
stripped for a distance of twenty feet.
assuring an immense Body Of high grade
shipping ore. The lease has one of the
finest and most complete plants of ma
chinery in the district and ]. III. Mac
MILAN, s'msnsstng difecsbs~ ef the aeesssE
pany. says every facility is at hand for
big production as soon as the ore has
been blocked out.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01

These new discoveries bring the aver
age of the Combination product up to
$50 a ton, as against $50 a ton hereto
fore. During the month of May the
production of the mine was $150,000 and
the net receipts $130.000. The entire
output, with the exception of the two
carloads referred to, went through the
Combination mill. This mill has twen-
ty stamps, with a total capacity of 10
tons a day. which is only fraction of
the possible production of the mine.
Enough ore has been stopped out to
keep the mill running for nine months
without breaking out any more ore dur
ing that time.
George wingfield returned to Gold
field last Saturday after an absence of
two weeks, spent in California, having
fully recovered from his recent illness.
Mr.. wingfield says all the Consolidated
holdings are in fine shape and are being
developed in a systematic manner. He
verified the report of the opening up of
a large body of high grade ore on the
Combination mine but could give no
promise as to the intention of the Con-
solidated directorate in regard to de-
claring dividends.
There has been too much newspaper
talk about the plans of the Consolidated
and it's attitude toward its stockho1d-
ers," said Mr.. Wingfeld. These news
paper stories have been misleading and
some of them have been absolutely
without foundation. Dividends will
come in time but the public must have
patience. / want to say that the at
tack on Senator Nixon, charging him
with being responsible for the decision
not to pay a dividend in June. was un-
warranted. As a-matteF OF fact Senator
Nixon was in favor of paying divi-
dend but I opposed it on the ground
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01

are more than pleased with our recep-
tion at Goldfeld and hope 1T will not be
long before we return it. There has
even been some talk of delaying our re-
turn to Los Angeles in order that we
may spend another day or two in your
city.
/ am more than enthusiastic over my
share in bringing about better under-
standing between your great state and
Los Angeles and Southern California
and l will do all / can toward helping
straighten out the freight rate situa-
tion, and in securing better transporta-
ton facilities. l think that before long
you will be able to leave Goldfeld at
or o'clock in the afternoon and wake
up in Los Angeles. The attention that
the state is attracting from the rail-
roads is a sure indication of the great
ness of it's resources. / look for unpre-
cedented development in Nevada during
the next two years.
HON. FRANK G.. TYHRELL
Frank G. Tyrrell. lawyer and capital
ist:-There is evidently wonderful fu-
ture for Goldfeld. The very name tells
part of the story but even that is not
quite comprehensive enough-it is a
gold field of gold gorges. 1t has sur
prised me and / think every member
of our party, to find in Goldfield such
a body of well informed. broadguage
business men and to see the volume and
value of the work that has been done,
both above and below ground. There
have been three times as many honest
blows struck and substantial results
produced as / had thought. 1 was ex-
pecting something great as / have or
ganized a number of corporations that
are doing business in Goldfield. but
what I saw was like the visit of the
Queen of Sheba to King Solomon amid
all his splendor, Goldfeld is not an ex-
pertinent. 1t is an experience. 1t has
already achieved present greatness but
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
MOHAWK CONSOLIDATED
NEARING THE ORE

however, it was found after unwatering
the shaft that the drift had caved in
for almost it's entire length, making ii
dangerous to continue work in it. 1t
was then decided to sink deeper and
undercut the vein, and the shaft was
sent down 35 feet further. In the
meantime work had been resumed on the
east drift and the indication were so
promising that the energies of the
miners were directed to pushing the
work in that direction. The lease is
equipped with a hoist and all necessary
machinery and indications are that a
good body of shipping ore will soon
be encountered. Later an upraise will
be started to undercut the vein that was
encountered in the drift. The leasing
company is controlled by M. c. Scully
and A. j. Moore of San Francisco.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
NEW ORE BoDx IN DAISY

A fine body of ore has been opened
upon on the $50 foot level in the Daisy
mine and has been followed for a dis
tance of 200 feet The vein runs In a
northerly and southerly direction and
contains thousands of tons of ore above
the 150-foot level which the company
expects to treat in its own mill before
the first of the year. A large amount
of the same grade of ore has been un-
covered in all the old shafts and leases.
General Manager John r. Searles has
been having considerable difficulty with
water that has been rising in the lower
asuelsz an he rnte= ahnut ooo gal
Ions day. Two pumps have now been
installed to take care of the water and
a station is now being cut at the 200
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01

The east drift on the 200-foot level OF
the Mohawk Consolidated Leasing COM
pany's ground on Mohawk NO l. Is
now about 200 feet from the shaft A
number of stringers of rich ore nave
been encountered and the formation
shows every indication of the near
presence of the ore body. 1t Is expec'eo
that a few more shots will break into
the vein that is known to trend In that
diction.
Before the labor troubles an exceed
ingly rich vein was encountered IN the
north drift, which was in 100 feet from
the shaft on the 200-level. the assays
running into the hundreds of dollars 10
the ton, and stringers going even nigh
er. When operations were resumed
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
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that we needed the money for improve
ments. 1 do not believe we should be-
gin paying dividends until we are in
a position to pay them regularly Sup
pose we should pay a dividend in June
and another i'm August and then dis
continue them? The knockers would
Immediately raise the cry that we did
not have the ore.
TT costs about $25 ton for shipping
and treating ore and I think it is poor
business policy to ship ore when by
holding it until we have the facilities
for milling it ourselves we can save
that amount on every ton produced by
the mines. The capacity of the Com
bination mill is only about 75 tons a
day, not enough to handle the output of
the Combination mine alone. I cannot
say what plans we have for the building
of a larger mill but we will undoubtedly
build in the near future"
The directors of the Consolidated held
a meeting Wednesday. but the only bus
mess transacted was the renewal of a
large number of leases and the grant
ing of a number of new ones. The Com
bination also held meeting and dis
solved the corporation. so that the
company is now out Of existence. As
the entire stock of the Combination
company was owned by the Consolidated
the dissolution of the former company
has no special significance.
Mr.. Wingield declined to venture an
opinion regarding the possible revival
of interest in stocks but firmly be-
lieves that the public will realize be-
fore long that Goldfield mines are all
right and should not be Judged on the
condition of the market, especially
when -thersis practically no market be-
cause of the financial stringency in San
Francisco and throughout the east.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01

Mr. Mackenzie is one of the mine
owners and operators of Goldfield who
is not worrying about the condition of
the stock market.
There are number of explanations
for the present dullness in the stock
market" said Mr.. Mackenzie yesterday
"and the question has been so thor
oughly discussed during the last few
weeks that everybody dealing In stocks
should be fairly well posted on the sub
ject by this time. The stock market
will pick up after awhile and / predict
that We will see the greatest boom in
Goldfield next winter that the camp ever
witnessed. BY the first of February
there will be fifty new producing mines
in the Goldfield district, and the out
put from the proven mines that are now
attracting attention will be vastly in
creased.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
MOHAWK-FLORENCE
SHIPS HIGH GRADE

down $50 feet and the sinking will be
resumed in a few days. To use the
words of Dr. Robinson. sinking will
continue long as the vein holds out,
IL they have TO go to China.
Every effort is being made to increase
the facilities for working the lease. 1T
is expected that all the machine drills
will be in commission in a few days.
The Little Florence made shipment
of ore last Monday that run between
$500 and $4e0 ton and another ship
ment of the same grade OF ore will be
made this morning. The connection
between the Little Florence and the Mo-
hawk Florence shafts is nearly com
pleted only about eighteen feet now
separating the two workings. The con-
nection will be completed in few days
and Will greatly facilitate work on
both properties.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
AND oorDr1r1D ONLY rz.nz Years OLD.

'And you say Godheld but three years old'' they
"Yes and all big business blocks
built with taken of the ground. was the
evening visitors entertained the Mont
club and shown the sights Tuesday morning the
party taken through the prn-
cipal of district They Mohawk Little
Florence Combination Combination Fraction and dozen
rich gold After being
workings they taken
the Combination mill where they shown the process
of converting the gold bullion
turn o city time for luncheon at the club
afternoon farewell reception held at the club
and after the Los Angeenos got through telling
thought Godfeld selling
local reception committee
started the bali with very fectous
te significance of the visit of the Cafornans
conviction that it's immediate result
would be tho establishing of closer and enduring
His speech
echo then the visitors started
stream of euogsc oraory that was positively
principal spokesman delegation Frank
G. Tyrrell spellbnder with astonishing command of
language and facility of speech that took his audience on
cheering applauding before he
had half dozen words Mr. Tyrrell said he but
expressed the sentiments of the entire delegation when he
declared that he parayzed with asonhment at the
derful richness and unlimited resources of the Goldfed
saEArEn THAN DREAMED OF
I'VE dreamed you had so much wealth actually In
sight said the speaker and had idea that Goldfeld
believing and have then enough to
convince that Godhed is the greatest gold mining camp
discovered and that 1t will last forever"
Milton NJ Detch and Charles s. Sprague also spoke for
Goldfeld.
Angeles delegation who spoke eloqueny of
hey had and the close relations that he
between Los Angeles and
Goldfeld.
Chairman Wright presented Mr. Brewer of
Al beautifully bound views in and
Ahxeles.
The visitors departed Tonopah o'clock Tues
They left that city their trip
Angeles "Wednesday night.
sometimes the that glad hand orators rather
of community speeches made
public receptions Such speeches do not always
seiI hessts NJ
delegation the real thing be
following expressions of opinion obtained
from the special train Tonopah
from \
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
ANOTHER RICH STRIKE
ON McNAUGHTON LEASE


to
has
is Oh he
the workings iast
while the race 'he oA
is most
shipped several carioaas Oh M % %
the The hrst u r, and
considerable quahe'S oi
The lease
which time alone can
are the ledge VIII oe
soon as the eA - ~
hndh sbecn1
who
of
3o-horse nois.
a few and machine drhs wiz
eende big and rapid
. . = . . . .
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01

The Mohawk Florene lease has
shipped about sixty tons of high grade
a day for the last four days, the ore
averaging 500 to $500 ton. The pay
streak is now three feet wide and with
increased facilities for handling the ore
the management expects to largely in
crease the output during the next few
days. Dr. Robinson thinks that by the
middle of the coming week the lease
will be shipping several hundred tons
day. An effort will be made to re-
duce the average value of the shipments
in order to effect a saving in freight
rates and in the mill charges.
The assayers returns on a half
dozen samples taken from the pay
streak, which We're received yesterday,
gave values running all the way from
5000 to $1426.40 a ton. The shaft is
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
MACKENZIE BUYS
MT. WHO'D GROUP
Prominent Operator Shows His Faith in
GOldfield by Paying Big Price for
Three Claims Two Miles
East of Town H

in
of
Mr. Mackenzie
have been trying to buy that Of claims to
Goldfeld" 1t.
of the by
n
and in
shortm me
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
GOLDrIELD BULLFno0
MAKES IMPORTANT DEAL

The Goldield Bullfrog Mining and
Milling company has purchased the Lee
Combination and the Lee Washington
corporations for a sum in the neighbor-
hood of 100000. Development work
will be started on both properties at
once and will be pushed with vigor.
The Washington and Combination COM
panies are incorporated for a million
dollars each and their joint holdings
comprise sixteen claims. all of which
show good surface indications.
The Goldfield Bullfrog company will
build a 20o-ton mill at the Gold Springs
ranch in Oasis valley for the treatment
of ore from the properties controlled
by the company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
RIcxAxD-MoHAWK LEASE
AFrER HIG0INs0M ORE

The Richard Mohawk lease is cross
cutting on the 2OO-foot level of shaft
No. l for the Higginson ledge which 1t
is exnected will be cut in a few days.
The shaft has reached depth of ESQ
feet The big shaft, which is down 1S5
feet has been unwatered and connec-
tion made with shaft No. /, at the 100
foot level. Both shafts are equippeu
with hoists and Joseph HUTCHINSON WIN
owns the controlling interest IN the
lease, expects to open up good pooy Oh
ore in a very short time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
corrER IN GOLD BAR

Ore carrying ten per cent. OF copper
has been encountered in the Gold Bar
mine For some time indications of cop
per have been found in Gold Bar ore and
few days ago. while drifting on the
200-foot level, the miners uncovered
vein containing a Jorge amount of bro
mide. The stuff was assayed and
showed ten per cent copper and large
values in gold. The extent of the find
is not yet known but it is believed that
the formation is changing and that a
large deposit of copper will be opened
up at depth.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
BOUGHT DUQUEsNE LEASE
AND WILL SINK DEEP

The Precious Metals Mining company
of Chicago, which has large interests in
Leadville, Colo, has taken over the
Duquesne lease on the Black Bear claim
of the Atlanta and will send the shaft,
which is down 1870 feet. down to water
level A hoist and the necessary ma
chinery is being installed and the work
will be pushed vigorously. w. p. Gar
company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
RED KING LEASE

The Florence Goldfield Red King
Claim Leasing company has received its
carload of machinery. ordered some
time ago, and the plant. which includes
a powerful gasoline engine, COM
pressed air outfit and pump with a
capacity of 20 gallons a minute and
four Ingersoll machine drills. is being
rapidly installed. The plant will be in
commission by the first of the week and
the work of taking out ore will then
be prosecuted with vigor
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
HIGGINSON AND CODD
LEASES ARE SHIPPING


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level
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extends old of the
:
245 and is just entering
the sulph sinking will continue
sub the Higginson ground pushing de-
striking
pay in a
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
coEnrIELp-AMERIcAN

The Goldfield American. which was
taken over three weeks ago by the IN
terests represented by Colonel .. r.
Posev and w. E. Mitchell. is being de-
veloped under the direction OF Generai
Manager Searles. The shaft is down
fifty feet and the hoist, which was or
dered sometime ago is expected to ar
rive on the ground any day. The prop.
erty lies on Horizons Peak, soutn oi
Diamondfield and has two weii oenheo
lodges exposed on the surface.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
KREIss ON DAISY
BEGINS SKIPPING ORE

A shipment of ten tons of ore. which
viii run several hundred dollars to the
ton, was made a few days ago from
the Kreiss lease on the Daisy property.
There are two shafts down on the
lease. which adioins the Great Bend
property. both in ore. The owners of
the lease believe they have a large body
of high grade shipping ore in sight.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01
TWO BIG STRIKES
ON COMBINATION
Oldest Producer in Camp to the Front With
High Grade That Runs $500 to Ton
and 25-FOOt Ledge That
Averages SOS st'

Consolidated
shipped
Of
in the Reilly
body of high
sorting the value runnngf
inclined shaft and will from $500 to $500 ton Up
shipments only of ore that
in the development work
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01

CHAIRMAN a.. .. WRIGHT
Gilbert S. Wright, president of the
Wright Calender company am not
a miner and know very little about min
ing but the impression 1 gathered from
what / have seen in Goldfield is that
the mines there will prove greater pro-
ducers than the Comstock at Virginia
City, and that eventually the Goldfeld
district will become one of the richest
mining districts in the world. l figure
that the entire state, to use a vulgar
expression, is just reeking with gold.
Finding gold in Nevada is just like
finding oil in California. While l have
no interests here at present / hope to
have before long I was somewhat in
strumental in bringing about this busi-
ness mems trip because, when l was
through here about six weeks ago,
Goldfield looked to me. not like a second
Ell Dorado but the first. l returned
to Los Angeles very enthusiastic and ac-
cepted an invitation to tell of what /
had seen at a. joint meeting of the
presidents of the Chamber of Commerce,
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, the Jobbers Association,
the Chamber of Mines and the Clearing
House Association. At that meeting it
was unanimously decided that the rep
resentative business men of Los Ange-
les should take trip through the min
ing districts of Southern Nevada and
committee, with myself as chairman.
was appointed to make the necessary
arrangements, it being decided that the
delegation should be limited to fifty.
This is the result. While the committee
found some difficulty in inducing the
heads of business houses to spare the
time for the trip the task was finally
accomplished and whatever work / did
in that connection has been pleasure.
Everybody is satisfied and it will not be
difficult to secure a representative body
of men for a similar trip later on. We