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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
GOLDFIELD NOW LEADING
CITY OF THE STATE

County Clerk and Treasurer f. Hardy.
SAYS that business is increasing at an
astonishing rate. particularly In the
number OF new interpretations filed.
County Recorder Geo. Brodigan is also
kept buster than ever filing locations
1t is an evidence of the wisdom In
moving the county seat to Goldneld'
that the business Of the county offices
has increased four fold in the past .
months. The Offices at Hawthorne were
scarcely selfsustaining. and under the
fee system paid the county officials
only meageriy. Now. however. the
offices are producing a handsome rev.
enue and a surplus above expenses.
Now that the county business has
grown so large, 1t is a subject OF con
graduation tina the officials elected last
fall. are men of such capabilities as to
be able to meet the new requirements
and handle all business with dispatch
and accuracy. One of the state officials
whose duty is to examine the records
of the various counties was in Gold
field recently, and went through the
books Of the county clerk. which meant
also the county commissioners books
as the county clerk is also clerk to the
commissioners. He made the gratify'
ing statement that County Clerk Hardy's
books and those of Deputy Rourke fol-
the commissioners, were the best set Of
books in any county clerks Office in the
state. Clerk Hardy modestly attributes
much of this praise to his deputy. whom
he regards as one of the most efficient
office men in the state.
The county commissioners are coming
In for much praise, these days. VIII
increased revenue at their hands, they
are becoming very active in promoting
various improvements and reforms mucf
to the benefit of the city. They have
increased the efficiency of the sanitar,
and health departments. are preparing
to grade and possibly pave the streets
and are instituting other measures Il
meet the demands of a growing city
The county commissioners recent!
purchased a splendid site for a cour
house, and are already advertising TO
bids for the construction of a building
that will be both commodious and con
venient and be a substantial ornamen
to the city as well as a thing of utility
to the public; and before long, Goldielt
and Esmeralda county will have as fn'
a court house as there is in the state
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06

The following statement Is being sent
out to the stockholders of the Mohawk
Annex Mining company, as the result
of the charges made at the recent meet
ing of the majority stockholders,
against the management Of the COM
pany:
Eat a meeting attended by more than
100 stockholders in the Mohawk Annex
Mining company, held in this city June
26, the following reports and resolu-
lions were made:
"Messrs. Parsons and Tschirgi sub
mitted. We have nus far on record
the names Of $50 stockholders Of Mo-
hawk Annex stock. These stockholders
own a total of 100000 shares Of said
stock. OF this number, 14S are resi-
dents of Goldfeld and Columbia and
own 399.750 shares of Mohawk Annex
stock. Stockholders on record outside
Of Goldheld and Columbia. number thir-
ty-two and own $4,000 shares Of said
stock
Judge Richard s. Miner pointed out
the purpose of the meeting and intro
duced conclusive evidence to show that
the promoters Of this company have
made Misrepresentation in their claims
Of owning property. in the work being
done, in the amount of stock sold etc.
He assured the stockholders thai they
have a good case against these pro-
motors and urged them to take imme-
date action to recover their money.
Others who addressed the meeting
were s. Thornton Langley ]. F. Swears
and Thomas Condor, who acted as
chairman of the meeting.
1.-THE stockholders voted to levy on
themselves an assessment Of $3.50 per
1000 shares of stock held by them, this
money to defray the expenses Of inves-
tigating and TO retain an attorney to
attend to the prosecution.
"A committee of five was chosen to
obtain the books of the as
certain the whereabouts of the promot-
ers. to employ the aid Of an attorney
and to report their findings to the stock
holders. This committee consists of
8. Thornton Langley. chairman: Richard
8. Miner. Louis Mazarde. Charles F..
Belser and Charles C. Tschirgi, who was
elected secretary and treasurer.
This Is but the beginning of a move
ment to stop all such validating in
the future. The committee is now bus
lily working on this case; since the
meeting $4,000 more shares of stock
have been received from stockholders
and the majority have already sub
scribed their assessment.
1T is advisable for any not having
done so to send their assessment to
the undersigned at once, as 1t will be
possible to benefit only those who help
TO pay the expenses which will neces-
sarily be incurred before we can recover
stockholders money.
Send money by draft to Charles c.
Tschirgi, secretary and treasurer, $50
Main street. Goldfeld. Nevada"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06

tFrOm OUT own
Tonopah. July 5.-some d~isappoint-
ment has been expressed on the cutting
down of the dividend Of the Tonopan
Mining company this quarter. IL was
confidently expected by a number OF
those who are supposed to be In the
confidence OF the insiders OF the Dig
mpan that a fifty cent dividend
would be declared for the quarter ending
in June: but instead of this the extra
ten cents was cut OF this time, ana
only twenty-five cents declared.
OF course there is a reason for THIS
which may not sound very good 10 ex-
pectant stockholders; blu which Is PROD
ably wise. for all that. From so high
an authority as one of the directors
came the information that there would
be a fifty cent payment In June. ana
this was Immediately after the payment
OF the dividend three months ago. The
statement has been repeated since.
The dividends are declared in Philadel-
phia; so we in Tonopah know OF them
only after the meeting. 1t IL possible
that som inkling may come to the mine
before action Is taken. but Mr.. Frank
A. Keith. general manager for the COM
pany says not. Before he went away
on his last trip to the coast. n some
time before the dividend was declared,
he said that 1t was his conviction that
there would be a decrease, rather than
an increase.
In his opinion It would be the wiser
policy. for the reason that money was
so tight throughout the country, and
that in such times money was money
There was plenty of reserve in the treas
ury, he said, but no one could tell how
long the depression was going to last
and 1t was always better to be on the
safe side. Suppose hat anything should
happen at the mine. that would inter-
fere with the production, n money
were needed to carry on the work of re-
pairs to a considerable extent: 1t would
be much better to have 1t in the treas.
ury than to have to go out and borrow
1t, in fact financiers, in such a stress
would hesitate to part with any money
For the past four weeks the produc.
ton of the Tonopah min has beer
greater than ever; and there has beer
a great deal of high grade shipped
to the smelters as well as hat of lower
grade going to the mill. The number OF
men paid at the mine on the first of the
month was just eight hundred; from
which it can be imagined how extensive
are the workings of the mine. With one
mine supporting eight hundred people
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
CONFIRMED IN
TITLE OF PROPERTY

Some days ago, the county commits
sioners ordered the county surveyor to
survey the streets and alleys and report
whether there were any buildings OBJ
structing or projecting into same. 1t
had been reported among others, that
the new residence of Charles s. Sprague
extended out into Sun Dog avenue and
the surveyor was requested to report
upon that property especially. Mr..
Sprague bought his lot according to the
only survey that had ever been made,
and was satisfied that he was within his
rights in building on the corner as he
did. He was therefore anxious to have
the matter Strengthened out before en-
tfrely completing his residence, which
is one OF he most expensive in the city.
Surveyor Chute yesterday reported to
the commissioners that he found Mr..
Sprague entirely within his rights, and
the title to his location was confirmed.
The report that the commissioners had
previously ordered the residence moved
back from the street, was entirely erron-
eous.. No such order had ever been made.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06

That Goldheld has d~istanced all COM
petitors in the race for the honor OF
being the first city in Nevada, there
can be no question. The phenomenal
growth of the city during the last three
years has also brought Esmeralda
county prominently to the front. The
great strides AIDE by Goldield, In a
commercial n social sense. cannot be
fully appreciated, except by personal
observation and Investigation. but facts
speak for themselves and the attention
of the sceptics, II there be any such,
Is invited to the enormous increase In
the receipts of the county since Cold
field was given a place on the map.
To begin with, the receipts of the
county clerks office during the years
1905 and 1906 were $2.2o2.35 and
s 2,769.ss respectively. a total OF
s4,272.33 for the two years. The re-
ceipts for the first six months OF 1907
were $4,450.15. That is just a begin
ming.
During the years 1905 and 1905. the
amounts received from the sheriff on
account Of personal property tax. pole
tax, proceeds of mines, licenses etc.
totaled s15s,475.37. The amount re-
ceived from the same sources for the
first six months of this year was $751;
1859.
The amount paid to the state by Es-
meral6a county for the seventeen years
from 1890 to 1907. inclusive. on account
of the states a-pportionment of licenses
and taxes, was $S1.s20.40. This year
the states portion is $s7.4S4.o4. or al
most as much as the entire seventeen
years. The tax rate last year amounted
to $4,000 all but $4,000 of which has
been collected.
The tax rate in Goldfeld for the
present year is $40 as against "a for
last year. The increase Is due to special
courthouse pond taxes the apportion-
ment being as follows:
State. TO-; general school tax.35; IN
terest and Sinking fund. 10; court house
bonds,4O; special school tax, SO; special
fire tax, SO; redemption of school bonds
4O; interest on school bonds, IS; county
tax, $1.40. Total $40.
h rate for the county Is $2.95, In
GLIDING the $40 assessed against Gold
field. The county tax rate last year
was s2.75.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
GOLDFIELD OPERATORS
SECURE A BONANZA

differently. None of the stuff was taken
at a greater depth than a foot and a half
from the surface, and most of the stuff
was grabbed up right on top, with grass
roots hanging to the rock and dirt.
When they returned and had the as
says sampled by Downer brothers. they
were thunderstruck with the results.
Only one sample went below a hundred
dollars, and ran as follows: SIS, $219.9O,
$227.20, $174.4O. $16S.40, $123.20. One
piece Of rock that Mr.. Cornish picked up
showing free gold, ran over $1,100, but
he said, "of course 1 expected good re-
turns from that"
1t is needless to say that Messrs.
Lind and Cornish lost no time in tying
Burro'' group; and Mr.. Cornish will re-
turn Immediately to begin work on their
newly acquired bonanza.
The story of the find is incomplete
without reference to the humble burro
which has figured so prominently in the
Nevada mining history. The claims
took their name from the fact that
Morris and associates who located the
ground were out prospecting. and lost
their burros. 1t was while securing the
country for them, that they fell Upon
the onanz ledge, glistening with gold.
They were mad with excitement and Off
they started for Rhyolite. forgetting
their burros, oblivious of the terrible
trip ahead of them, entirely bent on get
ing into town and telling of their for
tunate strike which they knew could
be turned into an immense fortune in
the twinkling of an eye. The hard
ships they endured are pitiful to relate,
suffice it to say that their boots wore out
and they had to tread the hot sands
nearly barefooted. They had one fairly
good pair among them and they took
turns in wearing them, getting a little
surcease in this way from the blistering
sands They arrived in Rhyolite nearly
famished for water and entirely reduced
in strength and frightfully bruised n
bleeding from their battle with the ele-
ments.
But they won a prize that was worth
while and they will be Independently
rich hereafter.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06

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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06

IT am convinced that this is going
to turn out to be a great gold mine
The mountain is literally made Of gold
rock. both the quartz and the conglomer-
ate running high in values. The con-
gromerate material occurs in huge dykes
of iron and lime"
Mr.. Glover and Harry Ramsey
the first ground hat was located in the
new district by Joe Witherel, in May.
The ledge is fully three feet wide and
runs under a Gaping of lime. The lime.
also carries gold. as does the iron and
%porphyry walls which line the white
quartz.
The peculiar location Of the mine,
with a spring of water at the base of
a high hill, has led the old prospectors
to declare that it is the los Breyfogle
mine. The circulation of a report to
this effect has caused a great stampede
to the new district with the result that
those having rich claims are guarding
them with guns. Several savage quar-
rels have already occurred and the news
of a fatal clash is momentarily expected
in Greenwater.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06

Tom Cornish, the noted mining engf-
neer, familiar In name of If not in per-
son to every mining operator of conse-
quence in the country, has had a new
experience with high grade mining
propositions since he has been in this
part of the country. He has been used
to high grade in Colorado, but he has
never before picked up $1,000 dirt
right from the surface and all over the
surface, as he did this past week down
in the Panamint, 8 miles northeast OF
Ubehebe Peaks, where he went to o
at soma properties from which sensa-
tional values had been reported.
Some days ago, H. B. Lind received
a telephone message from Rhyolite from
some prospectors that they had made a
world beating strike and to hurry up and
look it over. MI. Lin took Mr.. Cornish
and away they went. At Bonnie Claire
they were met by autos, n across
Death Valley they pun in a scorching
n sitting heat, via Grape Vine range,
80 miles from Skidoo, and IL miles west
of Death Valley. Here they found 6
full claims located in a virgin country
of altered granite porphyry and lime.
The ledge on which the claims were To-
Gated. was of unknown width. but the
quartz lead, where the enormous values
were found. was about 2 feet at the sur
face. Mr.. Cornish is known among the
profession as a cold blooded sampler.
and he said that the tales that had been
told him were so e~xtravagant that he
used especial precaution in getting his
samples on this ground. The ledge was
full of free gold n in sampling. he
did not take a single piece of free gold
showing rock. He made grab samples,
mostly among the ~decomposed matter,
while Mr.. Lind took quartz samples
from the ledge proper. The samples
were liberal, each filling to the full the
largest size sample bag commonly in use.
He wasn't prepared to get very high
assays. In fact, Mr.. Limo states that
they were disappointed when they got
onto the ground, and although they
found considerable free gold, the prop
erty on the first blush did not seem to
come up to representations; conse-
quently they took their samples very in
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
xADIo P1EDIcrs HIox
PAGES ON OLD rAvo1IrYs

Mr.. III. Zadig. head of the large broker
age concern of San Francisco of Zadig
& Company. Is spending a few days va
cation in Goldfeld looking over the
camp. Mr.. Zadig is a great enthusiast
in the matter of Goldheld and her mines.
He is also a staunch friend of the Gold
field News which he eagerly awaits
every week. he says. II used to think
The News was inclined to be too ex-
t%ravagant and optimistic" said Mr..
Zadig; but 1 have since come to learn
that 1t is only too modest and too
conservative in its claims for Goldneld.
and I now read it as my financial Bible.
Mr.. Zadig expects to see the better
class of stocks selling much higher in
a few weeks. and predicts SIS for Con-
solidated by the first Of September.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
TONOPAH MINING COMPANY
REDUCES ITS DIVIDENDS

IL can be estimated. how many others
may depend upon IL for their livelihood.
And in the opinion of experts. the Mig
pah is destined to last for many years.
A.. p. Forbes. q well known mining
engineer. and expert, was here this week.,
and he gave it as his opinion that the
mines of Tonopah would reach great
depth
There may be faults occur" said he,
but the formation IL of such that they
will be picked VI again. These faults
occurred in the Comstock mines. I re-
member in the Crown Point mine. there
was a fault on one of the levels pretty
well down. and they almost ~despaired
of ever getting any more ore. The stock
was assessed. and the price went down
to something like seventy-fve cents a
share. Six months later. the price Of the
stock was $1,000 a share. They had got
the ore again in the lower levels. and II
was richer than ever.
TT may turn out that higher values
will be found in the lower levels Of the
Tonopah mines. This was the case in
the old Con Virginia From the thir-
teen, fourteen and down to the sixteen
hundred-f levels they got their rich
est ore out Of that mine: so 1t does not
always follow that the quality of ore
decreases with depth. Very often II
gets better"
J.. H. Dockweiler. consulting engineer
of the Little Tonopah. which is one of
the deepest mines in the camp. was
here this week. with DIR. Clinton, one of
the heaviest stockholders in the prop
erty.
I'VE are down $50 feet in the Little
Tonopah.' said Mr.. Dockweiler, land
we are going a thousand before cross
cutting, and If we do not find the ore.
II will be my fault and nobody else will
be to blame. But we will find 1t all
right, and when we do. 1t will be one
of the greatest things which has ever
happened in this camp. 1t means that
the area of the ore zone will be extended
to the west at least one mile.
II need not tell you what this means
to Tonopah. 1t will increase the work
in the camp; 1t will induce greater spec
ulation and investment than ever; 1t will
open up the country to a greater extent
than was ever dreamed of. 1t will, in
short, revolutionize things in the camp"
The Montana mill is rapidly approach
ing completion, and 1t Is believed, be-
yond a doubt. that 1t will be in operation
by the 18th of this month. When this
mill is going. what an increase there
will be in the production of the camp.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
Wo1GAN oPx1AroH
N 1UHEs AND STOCKS

Mrs. M. E. Moore, Los Angeles, is IN
Goldfield again. after a few months alb
sence in her home city. Mrs. Moore is
one OF the successful woman investors
n spectators in Goldfeld, town and
camp. She has been in several good
leases, and picked out some of the win
ners among the stocks. On her return
10 Goldfeld she finds that a little piece
OF property h picked up some months
ago. has appreciated immensely in value.
II Is a fraction between the freight
claim Of the Florence and the Atlanta,
and is within rs feet of the working
shaft Of the Florence Ledge. While not
large In area. 1t is in such compan as
to make it valuable. and Mrs. Moore is
receiving the congratulations Of her
many friends.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06

wedding took place last sunday in Mr..
Pentland's office in the Weber building.
In the presence Of about a dozen init
mate friends of the bride and BRIDE
groom. After the ceremony, Mr.. Pent-
land entertained the guests at a we'd
ding breakfast. The men employed at
the mine presented the happy couple
with a dozen solid silver spoons, which
were suspended by a tiny cable from
a miniature gallows frame. Mrs. Pent-
land Is a native of Switzerland and
since her residence in Goldfeld has made
a host of friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Pent-
land leave today for the East on their
honeymoon. They will visit New York
and Mr.. Pentland's former home in
Canada.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
TO ConHNCE WORK on
NEW ENGLAND ooIDYIELD

Advices from the home Offices Of the
New England Goldheld Mining company
at Boston. are to the effect that the COM
pany is preparing to commence develop
ment work under the supervision Of w.
+. McNair of Goldheld. The New Eng
land company WINS two claims. Nos. 3
and 4 OF the Fredonia group. adjoining
the Black Hawk properties in the south
east part of the district.
The affairs of the New England Gold
field Mining company are In the hands
of the Massachusetts, Loan and Guar
antee company. c. A. Baldwin. general
manager.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
STILL TIE
BEST sAYS PoUY

Col. o. P. Posey has returned to
Yerington, Ida, Wonder and Fairview.
He says all the camps he visited are
looking well but he believes that there
are more opportunities in Goldfeld for
the development than any other place
in the state. He thinks Ida has the
making Of a great amp as a producer
Of copper ores and has decided to push
the Thanksgiving shaft down to 500
feet before doing any extensive lateral
work.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06

QUERIES
AND
ANSWERS

Subscribers are welcome to the
use Of this department In asking
about companies, state III the
facts al far as known Of location
OF property. officers, etc, to assist
in our Investigation AZ IL re-
!, ouires much time and correspond
ence often to elicit the desired in
formation, and as the demands
upon this department are very
!, heavy, subscribers will please ex-
, ercise patience. and allow for two
} or three weeks time for answers-
No answers by mail
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
REASON TO HAVE AN INNING

The action Of the mine owners yesterday in asking for a permanent COM
rdteeo n arbitration, and the practical acceptance Of such a proposition Of the
mnsrA slthoush called in mas meeting to take action that probably meant
Z nna r the most important event, potendng good to the district that has
happened for many . day. It looks q II We had reached the time in our labor
AFFAIR." Whau reason Il to have an inning and blind prejudice and passion be r0e
gated to the rear The time cannot come too soon.