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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
Much Activity in
Clifford District

Advices received from Clifford yes
terday state that the entire district
is a scene of considerable activity.
One hoist has been erected on a lease
and another is on the road from
Goldfeld. At present eight leases
are being worked and the prospects
are excellent for the operators, All
the lots on four blocks of the main
street have been sold. Lots that
we're selling for $50 a week ago are
selling for $500 now Eight houses
are in the course Of construction and
all will be completed within a week.
The old town has been moved to the
new townsitc.
The Broken Hills Mining company
is now down to a depth Of ninety
feet and the ore that is being extract
ed runs from $3.50 to $500 a ton. A
number of teams will be added to
the f~reighting list and shipments
will be rushed. 1t is predicted that
the mine will pay for itself within the
rext two months. The people of Cliff
ford have sent a petition to the gov.
eminent officials at Washington rel.
alive to granting a postofice there
and it is expected that the Office will
be ordered within the next few
weeks.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
Big Fight Card on
for Thanksgiving

Promoter James J. Kelly has been
natures of Kid Krant and Larry Cor
don to an agreement to box twenty
rounds in the Big Arena on Thanks
giving afternoon. The fighters will
weigh in at 14S pounds at ringside.
Kid Krant boxed Frank Fields here
in Tonopah several weeks ago and
won in the sixteenth round on a
foul. The fight Krant put up is still
fresh in the memory of the sporting
public of this city and there are many
who think he has the best of Cor
don. Both men are considered the
cleverest welterweights in the bus
mess and the bout will determine the
championship. Larry Gordon needs
no introduction in southern Nevada,
for his fights have convinced the
public that he is one of the best and
cleanest fighters that has ever step.
ped into the ring. Gordon, with his
manager. Jack Fogerty. has arrived
from Goldiield, and he started train.
ing yesterday at the Big Castro. Yes
terday a large number of people were
present when he started training anC
already his admirers are out o%fferinl
odds that he will win the contest.
Krant is training in Goldfeld ant
has secured the services of Willard
Bean, physical Instructor OF tn,
Olympic club of San Francisco. L
train him.
There will be an eight-round pre-
iiminary to the main event betweei
, George Odell and Kid Crawford
> which undoubtedly will be an excit
e ing encounter. Both men are train
t Ing hard for the fight.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
Rich pIdCerS Found
Near Round Mt.

About half a mile to the eastward
of the spot where Thomas Wilson
made his now famous $4,000 clean
up of gold on less than an acre of
ground in six weeks by the process of
dry washing, another rich area of
auriferous soil has been found by
Tom Gordon and c. A. Garrecht of
this place, says the Round Mountain
Nugget.
This placer ground is on the Sun
nyside Extension claim which is q
part Of the Blue Jacket group OF
claims and it bids fair to rival the
acreage worked by Tom Wilson.
Messrs. Gordon and Garrecht have
acquired a lease on the ground ant
are 0 working 1t by the dry wasf
process. They modestly say that they
are making better than wages"
The acreage being worked by thes,
me is only a short distance on tn
opposite side OF the Antelope saddl,
from town and two Nugget represen
t~atives went over the ground durini
the week. It is fair to state at thi
point that the two leasers are entire
ly free from e%xaggeration in thei
statement. In fact their modesty |
a little misleading as to the tru
facts.
The work is being done in a smal
gulch or draw. The top soil whic'
carries little or no values for tn
depth Of about a foot has been sven
aside by means of ploughs and scraE
ers. Under this for a depth OF abou
three feet is the pay dirt.
A number of paintings were mad
by both Gordon and Garrecht. tn
dirt being taken from different place
and these. as clearly as could b
estimated, showed a result of abot
70 cents to the small egg pan.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21

they save every pound of ore. On the
surface they have about twelve tons
of the rich stuff already sacked for
shipment. Two shifts are rapidly
pushing the work in the upraise from
the 130-foot level that will connect
with the treasure vault on the sixty
five. When this is completed 1t will
greatly reduce the cost of getting the
ore to the surface, for, as it is broken
down from the stope it will drop in
to the chute and fall to the 1870,
where it will be sacked and SEN to
the surface. AS it is now all the ore
has to be hoisted from the winze by
a windlass and it consumes n great
deal Of time.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
MeteOrite
On Exhibition
in this City

A meteorite, considered one Of the
finest that has ever fallen in the
United States, was brought to Tono-
pah yesterday and placed in the Of
fee of the Tonopah Banking corpora
ton. The huge body of metal was
found on a claim belonging to Mrs.
Eugene Howell, in the Twin Springs
district. Over a week ago Professor
w. p. Jenny was sent to locate the
body and after travelling over 400
miles by auto he succeeded in finding
it and bringing it to Tonopah with a
six-horse team.
The aerolite Is supposed to have
fallen in 1893, as one was seen at
that time by the residents of Candle
laria, travelling in a westerly direc-
ton, and If this is the one it passed
directly over the place where the city
of Tonopah now stands. 1t was seen
to fall far to the west in the vicinity
of where Clifford now stands. 1t
weighs slightly over 1000 pounds
and measures eleven feet in circum-
ference. forty-two inches long, thirty
four inches wide and is two feet
thick. The base is oval in shape and
1t is very irregular in outline. The
upper surface is deeply channeled
and pitted by the fusion in passing
through the atmosphere. When
found it was just slightly embedded
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
Haas an Easy Tool
for the GrdfterS

Attorney Richards of the firm Of
Roberts. Richards and Fowler, OF this
city was personally acquainted with
Morris Haas, the man who attempted
TO STAY Heney in San Francisco last
week and afterwards killed himself.
Speaking of the man yesterday he
said: when | knew Haas in San
Francisco, several years ago, | did
not know that he was an %eX-conviet
and feel certain that the majority OF
those who knew him at that time
were unaware of his former penal
servltude. Haas was a heavy drink
err. do not e to say that he was
n who was given to periods Of
drunkenness, but was one that kept
in just about a certain degree of in
t%oxication all the time. He was a
man who would have to have a GER
tain amount of liquor In him before
he was able to transact any business.
He was in the saloon business then
and went around in more or less Of
a dazed condition.
From what | remember of him !
would consider him a man who
would have been an easy mark, es-
pecially after he had been exposed
by Heney, for any n to play upon
and him to commit the fright
full crime. This was my belief until
had heard that he had killed him
self, but now / think differently. Had
he done the work at the behest Of
any one, he would have gloried in
the crime and would have fought It
out. Such was the case, however,
and his act was only that of a drink
crazed man, smarting under the lash
OF what he considered a great wrong
In his statement nat he made to
the officers at the time Of his arrest
he stated. When Heney exposed me.
he signed his death warrant and
this goes to show with what / knew
Of the character OF the man, that ht
had suffered the disgrace and conse.
quently brooded upon 1t and in his
demented condition-perhaps stirred
on to certain extent, by the %feelinf
that many had against Heney-de
cided to kill him, at the same tint
preparing himself for death. which
he welcomed.-Carson News.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
Oil to be Found
i'm Salt Marsh

That oil will be found underneath
the surface of the salt marsh which
stretches between the Montezuma
hills and the high mountains of Sill
yer Peak is the firm conviction of ].
T. Minchin, manager of the Nevada
and Bay State Oil company. The
well of this company on the east side
of the marsh, which is the only one
operating as yet in the districts, is
down 900 feet, and has passed
through salt water, alum water, fresh
water and quicksand, the latter caus-
ing no end of trouble to the drillers.
A few days since a terrific flow of
| natural gas came in and raised the
casing thirty feet out of the ground.
Ike Caillac was taking a telescope
view into the earth through the
tubing but a few seconds before, but
withdrew in time to save his head.
Mr.. Minchin, who was the first
man to undertake to develop the oil
fields, declares that everything in the
nature of fossils and rock formations
that goes with oil deposits is present
in the salt marsh, and that there are
even groupings of Ignite to be found
on the ground of the Nevada and Bay
State company. Every oil expert in
the country who has visited the
ground agrees with Mr.. Minchin, and
while this first well may not "hit the
h~igh-grade," he is firmly convinced
that it is there. Bottles of water
brought up by the baler contain pc
troleum of a fine grade, which quick.
ly forms on top, and one of the hot
springs is greasy with the oil.
Representatives of the Bakersfield
oil trust have secured land adjoining
that of the Bay State company, anC
are now preparing to drive a we'll. 4
representative of the company tolC
Mr.. Minchin that they had followed
up all the oil prospects which hav.
been reported, but this is the frs
field which has tempted them L
spend any money.
Mr.. Minchin considers that tn
discovery of oil in this section Of tn
state would be more valuable than il
other places in the west for the rea
5 son that the mining camps in the I'M
t mediate vicinity would afford a bi
LEGAL market for the product. ]
: would certainly be a boon for tn
2 camps. affording a cheap fuel in ur
limited quantities.
A Goldfeld syndicate headed b
e l.. L. Patrick, R. L. Colburn, Jane
e Keelyn and A. c. Eisen has secure
land in the same vicinity, and is pre-
S pairing to bore a we'll.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
AckING suRFACE oRE.

J. Acron Wilson, manager OF the
Nevada-Bell at Gold Reef, is one of
the happiest men in the state. His
search for a vein was made in a very
careful, scientific and methodical
manner. and he found one Of the
best. though the blindest vein in the
Gold Reef district. He is now down
but Ave feet, but is sacking every
thing as he goes, and claims It will
run into the hundreds.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21

in the earth, showing that It was
travelling at an angle with the earth's
surface when it struck. The body is
composed Of 80 per cent iron and 10
per cent nickle.
1t will be eventually installed in
some institution, which will probably
be the Smithsonian institute at
Washington, ID. c., as an offer has
been made by it for the body, which
is in excess of several other offers
received.
When the meteor was being un-
loaded and placed in the bank a
large number of people were attract
ed by the novel sight and many com
ments were made as to the perfect
condition and beauty of the speci-
men. Professor Jenny, who has
studied several meteorites, stated
that in his opinion this one was the
finest in the United States, owing to
its perfect shape and preservation.
He stated that the true test to de-
termine ameteoric body was that
known as the Widmanstadttin test,
where a thin portion is sawed of and
an acid placed thereon. After stand
ing several moments the acid is re-
moved and the nickle figures stand
out in bold relief. This test will
probably be applied when the meteor
is placed in a museum.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
RUBY VALLEY DISCOVERY.

James M. Hoover, who has been
engaged in prospecting in the noun
tains skirting Glover valley for the
past couple of years, uas made an i'm
poTtsnt discovery in Ruby valley, one
that gives strong indications of de-
veloping into a great producer.
Some time ago Mr.. Hoover vent to
Ruby, where he has been doing some
prospecting, and has just opened up
a large body of low grade ore, at a
point eight miles from Cave creek.
He has uncovered a forty-foot ledge
OF rock carrying copper, gold and sil.
yer.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
STARTS GRINDING.

The new mill Of the Lloyd-Search-
light at Camp Thurman was due to
start grinding away on ore yesterday.
The run for the first week or so is ex-
pected to be of a highly sensational
character, as a quantity of high
grade, sacked and stored on the
dump. will be the first to be run.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
A G PROPERTY.

The shaft Of the Pioche-Mohawk
is now down 125 feet, at which point
a good body of manganese has been
opened up. This ore body seems to
be the same as was opened up at the
eighty-foot level. The shaft will be
continued to the 200-foot level, at
which time an electric hoist will be
installed and crosscuts be started to
develop the vein. The ore carries
about 80 ounces in silver with a large
proportion Of lead. The equipment
has been ordered and is in transit.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
Will TREAT ORE.

The mill at Silver Bow has chang
ed hands and will be treating ore
within two or three months. In the
meantime it will be given II over
hauling by the new ow2 and
adapted to the character OF rock in
that rich camp.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
JAMES SHELTON WILL
REPRESENT CLIFFORD MINES

James w. SHELTON, an old time
friend of J. A. Mccormack. has been
appointed the Tonopah agent of the
Broken Hills Mining company of
Clifford, OF which Mr.. Mccormack is
president. Mr.. Shelton will transact
all the local business for that COM
pany.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-11-21
N PLANT.

A concentrating plant will soon be
erected on the Buckhorn property
near Vernon. Large bodies of mill
ing ore have been blocked out and
a water supply has been secured so
that everything is in readiness to
start the mill as soon as completed.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10
Bryan Resorts to Ward Boss Methods

man. He presided with easy dignity,
and no fair criticism can be leveled
against any one of the parliamentary
rulings he made. And it should be
remembered that many of the ques-
tions decided by Bell were full of
temptation to decisions that. most poll
ticians would not hesitate to make.
Bell entered into his duties as tenn
porary chairman with a speech that
endeared the convention. He con-
cluded with strong hold upon the
genuine admiration of both Bryanites
and anti-Bryanites
The advent of Permanent Chairman
Clayton was not so happy, and, Incl
dentally, served to demonstrate the
hold President Roosevelt has on democ-
raey. CIayton's speech, which con-
sumed an hour and a half, was for the
most part an old fashioned stump at
tack on Roosevelt
Clayton's epigrams We're good
enough. His oratory was of the ap-
proved spellbinder type, and had his
shafts been leveled at the republican
party they We're of a character that
could be relied upon to drive demo-
cratic convention into frenzy of
cheers. The applause Clayton received
came from the galleries and was pain
fully faint, while the delegates and
the major portion of the great audience
sat in cold diSapproval
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10

Marine
Risks Premium
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10
TAwNEY For CHAIRMAN

UTICA, N. Y, July .9.-Speaker Jo-
seph Cannon and Congressman Lou
denslager of New Jersey are here to-
day to confer with ]. S. Sherman, the
vice presidential candidate, concerning
the craftsmanship of the republican
congressional campaign committee. 1t
is said that in the event of Sherman be-
ing relieved Congressman James A.
Tawney of Minnesota, the vice chair
man of the committee, will be named to
succeed to the Craftsmanship.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10
DENY SLAUGHTER BY cossAcKs

LONDON, July 9.-Telegrams today
to commercial houses having connec-
tions in Tabriz gave no indication that
there has been any fighting there, and
the report from Odessa that hundreds
of men, women and children in Tabriz
had been killed by cossacks is quite
without confirmation.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10

Net amount OF risks
written during the
year
Net amount Of risks ex-
pired during the year
Net amount IN force
December 81, 1901.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10

Net amount OF risks
written during the year. S65. .0D2 1896, ISL 81
Net amount of risks ex-
pired during the year. 81, ,0l0, 1921 $1,000 81
Net amount In force De-
cember 81. 1907 ...l 70, 46l ,920 921 ,616 &c
M. JOS. NOwLAN, Vice President.
e. r. DANIELS, Secretary.
JAS. J. LEYDEN, Asst. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 18th
day Of April. 1905
WILLIAM @. FISCHER JRs. Notary Public.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10

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written during the
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expired during the
year .....-......
Net amount in force
December 81, 1907
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written during the
year ....s..........
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expired during the
year ....as.......s.
Net amount In force
December 81. 1907.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10
EXPENDITURES

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written during the
year ...............
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expired during the
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December 81. 1907. j..
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10


While the Johnson cheers were slow
ly dying and the chairman was strug-
Cling with the obstreperous galleries,
T. /. Irving Handy of Delaware was
waiting on the rostrum 10 name as a
presidential candidate George Gray Of
his state.
When Handy had spoken for a few
minutes he was interrupted by the long
awaited committee on resolutions. After
the committee had been provided with
seats Handy proceeded with his speech.
There We're calls OF time" time
from the galleries, and Handy jumped
at the erroneous conclusion that they
came from some of the delegates. His
ire was aroused and in a second he
changed form oratorical to converse
tional English.
What's the matter with you?" he
demanded hercely of the delegates.
What has become Of your spirit Of
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10
PLATFORM is ADOPTED

Gentlemen of the convention" said
the chairman, 81 now have the pleasure
Of presenting to you the chairman of
the committee on resolutions, Governor
Haskell of Oklahoma"
The governor called forth loud cheers
from the convention when he announced
that there was no dissension among
the members of the committee, and that
he represented them all in presenting
the report. He, then read the platform.
AS the hands of the big clock, oppo-
site the speakers platform, reached the
hour of midnight an assistant SER
geant at arms climbed on top of the
railing and stopped them. 1t was evil
dent that there was no desire to trans
act their present business before the
convention on the ''unlucky day" of
Friday.
The reading OF the platform was con-
cluded at 1856. Governor Haskell hav-
ing read for a few minutes less than
one hour.
Mr.. Chairman. move the adoption
of the reports said Governor Haskell,
turning to the chairman.
The question is on agreeing to the
report of the committee on platform.
All in favor of the platform as read will
signify by saying aye" announced
Chairman Clayton.
The chorus of affirmative votes was
unanimous and the adoption of the
platform was loudly cheered.
FOR LINCOLN CELEBRATION
John E. Lamb of Indiana reported
from the committee on resolutions a
recommendation that the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln be appropriately observed
throughout the country.
After the ayes had chorused their ap-
proval, Chairman Clayton said that as
son of a confederate soldier and
slave holder, he declined to put the neg
ative and declared the vote unanimous.
The session of the convention continued
until Bryan was nominated
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10

Net amount OF risks
written during the yearl$67 All, ,63f tsI8s 5Te %
Net amount OF risks
expired during the year, II, SIS, ,694 67S, oil 02
Net amount IN force
December 81. 1907. -. "a. .sg4. 652 5e7 25B. Ca
wM. FITZPATRICK. I'd vice Pres, ,
e. n. DANIELS. Secretary,
JOHN A. R0BEEO. Treasurer
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 18th
day Of April, 1908.
wM. G. FISCHER sR.. Notary Public
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10

fair play? have not spoken a qnarter
as long as the gentleman from Ne
braska nor a third as long as the gen.
tleman from Minnesota, and you call
time on me. 1 am offering you the
best proposition you will get tonight,
and / want you TO listen to it"
Cheers greeted his remarks and
Handy resumed his speech. Some
cheering was heard when Handy con-
cIuded, but there was no attempt at
a Gray demonstrat tion
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10

R. EMORY WAKEFIELD, President
JOSEPH McCORD, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day OF January. 1905
CHARLES CoGAN, Notary Public.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10
RESIDES WITH DIGNITY

Bell did himself and the man who
selected him credit as temporary chair
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-20

"Of Whom the World Was Not
Worthy"

From the Venango Daily Herald
The world will never be able to do
justice to the men who blazed the trail
for the army now marching to the con-
quest of alcohoPs forces Such grand
old men as Hopkins, Swallow, Funk,
Marquis and Vibbert, and a select COM
pany of others must now find honor for
themselves in the tremendous coming
together of the forces of righteousness.
And there are others whose hair grows
white these days, not yet old, but pass
ing over into the sunset glow. Those
who are younger in the ranks often feel
desire to show honor to these tireless
heroes of one of the most tiresome and
prolonged fights ever made in the up
ward moving of the race. God bless
them all, and give them greatness of
JOY over the dawn of victory day.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-20
A Just Tribute
From the Evenimg Express, Portland,
Mel

Mel
He is either short-sighted or Him
formed who reads current events with
out noting the part which the Prohi
bition party has played and is destined
yet to play in the onward march of the
mighty movement for the delegalization
and destruction of the most dangerous
trust and most insidious graft of mod
ern times-the now -barricaded traf-
fic in intoxicants. While league, church,
temperance committee, and woman's
unions and young peoples movements
have done glorious work, the Prohibi-
ton party leaders have patiently col
lected and compiled during the past
thirty years at least nine-tenths of all
the important data and statistics, devel-
oped the argument, sown the truth in
season and out, and sent their own ex-
pert investigators round the world to
get the broadest possible view at first
hand of the great question it was Of
gained to aid. Wherever victory
has been won in all this time it has
either been attained by men and women
who were out and out party Prohibition
lists or the material and methods used
have been furnished or adapted from
the marching orders or the ammunition
magazine of the Prohibition party.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-20
Atlanta Not Broke

ATLANTA, Ga, February 15-(Special
correspondence 1t now appears that
instead of suffering for revenue on &C
count of losing the saloons blood money,
the city of Atlanta will actually have
some $4,000 more to spend than it had
last year. This comes about from the
natural increase of tax values and not
from any steps taken to counterbalance
the loss of the saloon revenue.