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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
A VALUABLE INDUSTRY
OF SOUTHERN NEVADA


An industry, the ultimate import
ance Of which cannot be overestimated
is the saving Of the immense deposits
of borax in the great dry lake beds of
Southern Nevada. At Bonnie Glare
one of these dry lake beds is five by
eleven miles in extent and a large por-
ton of the fat, white bottom has been
staked, primarily with a view to work
ing the sands for the gold values con-
tanned.
Numerous samples of the sands, near
the surface, have given $3.50 a ton in
gold. No assays are known to have
been taken at a depth of more than six
feet. Tests are now being made at the
mining department of the state uni
versity, by the American Borax CON-
pany at Daggett, CAL, and by an emf
nent New York chemist to determine
the character and value of the borax
contained in the sands which forms a
thick, white crust ON the surface.
The theory upon which people who
are interested are working and which
they hope to carry into operation Is
that the sands may DO worked at a
profit for the borax and the gold saved
as a by-product. This may be effected
it is thought, by means of ~dredgers or
with steam shovels, large evaporating
tanks and a washing process, or per-
haps a process which will involve cy-
aniding. to save the gold. The industry
is still in the experimental stage. but
many mining men have expressed the
conviction that it will eventually rival
quartz mining in Importance in South
ern Nevada.
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n. A. NO. 1913.
NOTICE or APPLICATION FOE
UNITED STATES PATENT.

United States Land ONCE.
Carson City, Nevada. March 3, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that The Gold
field Midnight Pawnee Mining Company
by w. H. Parkison, it's attorney in fact,
whose post Office address is Goldheld,
Esmeralda County, Nevada. has made
application for U. s. Survey NO; 2Z4S
in Sec. 81 T. 2 s. r. 40 r.. M. d. M.
Goldfeld Mining District. Nye County,
Nevada, described as follows. to wit:
PAWNEE LODE. -
Beginning at Cor. No. l whence tne
N. w. Cor. Sec. 81 T. 2 S. r. 43 T.: M;
d. M. bears N. So deg. l min. w. 2130.3
feet; thence s. AZ deg. "a min. E. 5000
feet to Cor. No. 2; thence s. AZ deg. 10
Min. W. 1900 feet to Cor. No: 3; thence
N. AZ deg. "a min. w. $1,000 feet to Cor
No. 4; thence N. 48 deg. 16 min. Il. 15OO
feet 10 Cor. No. 1, he place OF begin
ming. ~.
Total and net area Pawnee Lode ap-
piled for. 20.662 acres.
The original and amended certificates
of the Pawnee Lode Mining Claim are
recorded in the Mining Records OF Nye
County, Nevada, in Book Is, page loS'
and Book o. page 26 of Mining Loca-
TONS respe fouIs J. COIN. Register.
Date of first publication March T.
fs9si & DOUGLAS.
Law Attorneys for Applicant.
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NoTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS o
TIE 0OLDYIELD KEWANA8
MYMYR0 COHIPAHY.
1889 acres

At the regular annual meeting or the
stockholders, held on the 4th day OF
April, 1908, the stockholders there rep
resented decided it would be for their
best interest to have shares of the
company registered. The company has
ton Trust Company of Goldfield and
San francisco. also the Title Guarantee
and Trust Company Of New York CITY
to register and transfer shares OF the
corporation for the ensuing year.
All stockholders wishing to take ad-
vantage of the opportunity now pre-
sented may have their shares trans
ferred free of charge and receive IN
lieu of same the new engraved certif-
cate, by forwarding their certificates to
the office of the Registration Trust
Company at GoIdfeldi; Nevada daos on aft or
which date the regular transfer fee will
be charged. - -
THE GOLDFIELD KEWANAS MIN
BY Louis sCHLOss. Secretary.
Registration Trust Company.
p. o. Drawer 2403, Goldfeld, Nev.
3OS Bush ST.. San Francisco, Cal.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co, ~
IFS Broadway. New York. Anil.
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by c. c. Goodwin in Nevada Mining
News.)
The finding Of the Comstock lode was
an epoch to the United States. Before
that many dreamed of possessing thou.
sands, but when the wonders of the
Comstock began to be revealed, then
their dreams expanded and they began
to ask why they should not be million.
aires.
The men that discovered the Com.
stock were dull souls, and they were all
lowly and poor.
Two canyons that run down from the
Comstock to the Carson river; one to
the southeast and one to the east; each
carrying a little stream of its own, had
gold in their banks. These miners for
two or three years had been mining in
these avInes They thought it was
gravel they were working. The fact
that the sold they found was worth
only from $11 to $13 per ounce never
awakened a thought in their minds;
they knew that there was some alloy
mixed VITA the gold, but they never
had the enterprise to have assays made
to discover what that alloy was. That
is was possible Ii y. it came down from
a great ledge never once ente. ed their
minis But really what they were do.
ing was simply mining in the decom-
posed rock hat had crumbled from the
great lode and had been distributed by
the waters down the canyon. One lit
tie group was working in Gold canyon;
another in East canyon. The fact that
their gravel grew richer as they as
cended the mountain excited no sur
prise in them. Their eyes were dark
ened. That they were in the shadow
of the greatest of mines never once
crossed their visions, no more than it
did the emigrants, who in crossing the
plains raised their weary eyes to those
dark hill tops and wondered why they
were ever formed. But the time was
ripe for the discovery. The placers Of
California had been pretty well worked
out, that is so far as men could work
with rockers and ~sluices. A great wild
goose chase had been made to Frazer
river in the hope of finding new placers,
and of the thousands who went there,
nearly all returned destitute and in de-
spair. 1t was time for something new
to be found. SO these placer miners
in June, 1859, in the Six-Mile Ravine,
or East canyon, one day found what
they thought was a marvellous pocket
of gravel, and for several days they
took out fabulous sums in their rockers,
and they traced the outlines Of
what they thought was their placer
claim, and located it as a placer claim.
In point of fact, they were even then
on the groupings of the famous Ophir
mine, and the rich gravel iii which they
were working was merely 6ecomposed
rock from the great lode.
DID NOT GET QUARTZ
About the same time the miners
working in Gold canyon also found rich
gravel. as they thought, and the de-
posit from which the gravel had come,
and located it as a placer mine. The
truth is they were working in the crop
pings of .oe great Gold Hill.
The men who made the discovery at
Gold Hill were John Bishop and his
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United States Land once,

Chttcu states Land ONCE.
Carson City. Nevada, March 4. 1908.
n21lce is hereby given. that the
PANY. a corporation. through its duly
authorised agent. GLENN r. WATER
MAN, whose post ONCE address is Gold
neld. Esmeralda County. Nevada. has
patent for the WONDER LODE FRAc.
TON lode mining claim, situate in
the Goldheld Mining District. County OF
y State Of Nevada. being Survey No.
$3.50. and described in the field notes
and plat on file in this office. with
magnetic variation at II deg. East, as
Commencing at Cor. No. 1. whence the
3. N. bears bear; i 4. 4s 81 s Z : W. =; ss - e. m n:
;; thence s. IS. IS \. ssi.ss e #. tor to- c S1.
No. 8; thence N. IS. -, y. 5s1;s7 q. TO
IT, to Cor. No. 1. the place of beginning,
and located on section s. Township 3 s.
Range 43 f. M, D.-B. and NJ. contain
aa7s. Monarch" Snow 6 5Tirfxsy ana and
Claims: with Mineral Survey No asis'
Tin Horn and 'Hunch Bell No. ~
Lode Mining Claims; and with Mineral
Survey No. 2254. "Knickerbocker No. 2"
Lode Mining Claim, which 2.415 acres
is hereby applied for patent. The ad-
joining and conflicting claims as shown
Snow Drift" and Snow Drift No. q"
all Of Survey No. 2273: Tin Horn" and
'Hunch Bell No. T." both of Survey No.
2319; and 'Knickerbocker No. g" Survey
No. 1884.
I direct that this notice be published
in the Goldfeld News, at Goldfeld,
Esmeralda County, Nevada.
LOUIS ]. COHN. Register.
Date of first publication, March Z,
1908.
II. II. Atkinson.
8 Nyco Building.
Tonopah. Nevada,
Attorney for Applicant.
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IoT1cE

Coldf1eld. Nevaoa. rSo
r. rohn Kautz or John kunta: : have
TO vou "" are hereby notified tnas One
ssH ,,psdsss p Sanlns tsleo.oSS i il labor rr and
H anrnvements upon the Eldoraao ~ the
IMP Lode Mining Claim. itua. raida
c.on Mining District. csrtiacate
- Which is found of record IN ooo
Q. n,s. IN the ONCE Of the County h IKE;
Tax ~ said County. In oloer 20 Y sec
c coz claim under the provisioHs of the
f I10ited states. and the amen non.
ss.rsto approved January -: .ss w,ninr
tnererS annual labor upon 10
SSn,d said lode for the periou, tnin ninety
noaI her a.. 1907. And II. w,sn ~ this
cem EN- from the personal serv,ce ftsr the
oay or within ninety days =, refuse
nn,hs,cation thereof. you ian such ex.
~ contributc your proportion s-arrt.
e..s,,rre as a co-owner: which antsrest
1astv Dollars (eso.0o). ~ nronerty
TO t ~ claim viii become the ply, who
o. tnc aSs h required expe"o
the terms JOHN ,.
p.ts nrst publication ist
1905.
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xor1cE

To E. ]. COOPER. %Yerington. Nevada:
You are hereby notified that the un-
dersigned Walker a Gold Mining
& Milling Company, with you
in the (2) mining claims Known as
Mamoth and Hiawatha. said claims be-
ing situate in PenrOd Canyon, ABOUT
t~hree-uuarters of a mile from west
shore of Walker Lake.. about IL miles
south of Schurz, in the Walker Lake
mining district. county of Esmeralda
and state of Nevada. and recorded In
Book A., page 475-proOfs of labor-did
expend during the year 1907 In labor
and improvements the sum of two hun
dred ($200) dollars-the sum OF one
hundred ($1OO) dollars on each of said
mining claims-being the amount re-
quired to hold the said claims for the
said year.
You are hereby notified that If, at the
expiration of ninety 1901 days from date
of first publication of this notice, you
shall have failed or refused to con-
tribute vour portion of the amount re,
auired by law to be expended on saio
claims, and actually expended on them
aforesaid your interest lin said claims
will be forfeited and become and be tht
property of your said under
the provisions of Section 1924, Revised
Statutes of the United States.
WALKER LAKE GOLD MINING AMI
MILLING COMPANY.
note or Frst pub., Nav 2. 1908.
Date of last pub, July 20. 1908.
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MINERAL Arr11cAr1oN NO. 1859.

United States Land Office,
Carson City. Nevada, March 4, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the Gold
field Gold Banner Leasing and Mining
Company. a corporation, by j. J. Jones,
its attorney in fact, whose postofice ad-
dress is Goldield, Nevada. has made ap-
~plication for a patent for not exceeding
1900 linear feet Of Tom Boy Lode or
vein, bearing gold, with surface ground
600 feet in width, situate in the Goldfield
Mining District, County of Nye, State
of Nevada. and known and designated by
the field notes and Official plat on file in
the u. s. Land Office, at Carson City,
Nevada. as Survey No. 1853, in N. "
Sec. 4, TIP. 3 s. and s. w. u Sec. 33, TIP.
. SO. Range 43 E. M. D.. T. and NJ, the
exterior boundaries Of said survey. being
as follows: Beginning at Cor. No; I.
r. l3 e. M. d. B. and M. bears s: S..
2O' so" w. 1894 it,: thence N. co. ~
f. gas IT. to Cor. No. 2; thence 8. 45'
21' 80" e. 1885 #. to Cor. No. 8; thence
s.. So ~ w. gas IT: to Cor. No. 4;
thence n. 49, 81 80" w. 1885 IT. to Cor.
No. / the place of beginning. Contain
ing a total net area of 1902 acres, ex-
elusive of Kevanaugh No. 8 Lode Sur.
No. 1920, and Investor Lode Sur. No.
$40 and which conflicts are hereby ex-
Record: Blk. d. p. 1888 Goldfeld Min.
Dist, and Blk. SO p 1877 Nye County
records.
Adjoining and conflicting claims, In
weston and Kavanaugh No. 3.
LOUIS j. COIN, Register.
Date Of first publication. March Z,
1908.
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rush and roar of business, all combined
to draw to that city the very foremost
talent in all the United States in every
line.
HOW SHARON PLAYED THE GAME
There were fortunes being made
every day in the stocks, and fortunes
lost, because if there had been none lost
there wouldn' Z nave been money enough
in the world to nave made up the game,
and all the time William Sharon held
his hand steady at the helm, and they
used to say of him hat he could pour
three million dollars into a hole in the
ground without the tremble of a nerve.
People had a suspicion that he had a
~promonition, when he did things Of that
kind, of about when the money would
come back. Dominicy Tarpey used to
tell one story of him. He said Sharon
had been calling on the boys Cor some
shorts which they had been foolish
enough to sell. Things very blue. Tar
pey went out of the hills to San Fran
cisco and reached there just when the
panic was deepest. In his usual way
he walked up to the bar of the saloon
where they congregated, threw a $50
gold piece on the counter and said,
"Boys, come and take a drink" A
little old short Irishman walked up be-
side him, picked up the SEQ gold piece.
bit it, then dropped it on the counter
where it would ring, until everyone
settled down to watch him. When it
was all still he looked up at Tarpey and
simply said 'sDid Sharon know you had
thatf"
READS LIKE RAwHrDE
When the first ore in the Con. vir-
ginia was found the stock was selling
at about So. A year and a half later
the values had beer increased so that
it was selling for 5000 per share.
Among the owners in the Con. Virginia
was General Thomas H. Williams. He
was a lawyer. He tried a case for a
mining company and received as q fee
1,SOO shares of the old shares of Con.
Virginia. He tried for two years to
unload it, and to his friends he told
how hard he had worked o that case,
how much he needed the money, how
much his family needed the money, but
he could not sell. Three years after he
woke up one morning with $~12,000,000,
and then his opinion as to the mine was
sought by everyone, he being an ex-
pert. Why shouldn't a man worth $12,-
600, 900, made out Of a mine, be an ex-
perti Later he went to California to
live and was pointed out as n OF the
men who was not only a great lawyer
but a great miner, one who had the
shrewdness to know how to buy and
sell stocks and had made a fortune
thereby. 1t was about the purest ac-
cident in the world but he got the
money, and that makes everything
right.
THE CoMsToCK'S ACHIEVEMENTS
In the latter sos another ore body
was found in Con.-Cal. ground from
which a few millions was taken, n
still the work has been going on ever
since, and now / am glad to hear that
away off in the east country the Ophir
is making good in a tremendous body
of newly found ore. 1t is not impos-
sible to believe that the glory will all
come back to the Comstock, but if it
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partner (name unknown); "O1d Vir.
ginia' Ia kindly eccentric old chap
whose real name was Fennemore); and
a fourth man who name has been lost.
"Old Virginia. was the man after
whom Virginia City was named. Their
discovery was on the 30th day of June,
1889, almost tho same day when Peter
O'Rilcy and Patrick Mclaughlin To-
Gated their claim, now the Ophir
Higher on the hill than where O'Riley
and Mclaughlin were working, two
men. Henry Comstock and Emanuel
Penrod, owned ni~ne-tenths of the
stream running down Cedar Ravine,
which supplied the rockers with water.
When O'Riley and Mclaughlin showed
samples Of what they were washing,
Comstoek told them they certainly had
struck it, but informed them that Old
Virginia, James Finney, Joe Curley and
VIM. Hart claimed that ground, and ad-
vised O'Riley and Mclaughlin to buy
them out. Penrose was delegated to
make the purchase, and for $50 each
obtained a bill Of sals from Fnney:
Curley and Old Virginia. Comstock
exchanged an old horse for the other
nine-tenths interest in the Cedar Spring.
1t was then agreed that O'Riley, Nc
Laughlin, Penrod and Comstock should
own the ground and water in common.
They went to work running three rock
ers, which paid them $500 per day per
man.
ONLY GOLD WAS THOUGHT OF
All this time only gold was thought
of, although the miners were continu-
ally troubled with black sand which
clogged their rockers and sluices. There
are two stories of how it was discov-
cred that the great lode was more a
silver than a gold mine. One is that
the miners gave some of this black ma
terial to "SnowshOe' Thompson, who
carried the mail on his back from
P~lacerville, CAL, to Genoa, New, and
surrounding camps Tin winter on snow
shoes, hence his s~obriquet), that
Thompson showed the material to Pro-
fessor Frank Stewart, the editor of a
little newspaper in Placerville, who on
looking at it told Thompson that he
had no means of testing it, but that it
looked like what the books described
as black sulphurettes of silver, and ad-
vised him to have it assayed in Sacra-
mento; that Thompson did so with the
result that it showed some 1900 per
ton in gold and silver, the silver pre-
dominating.
Very soon the great lode was located
up and down for miles, the locations
often overlapping each other. Many
of the notices were SO indefinite in de-
scription and dates, and so crudely and
vaguely written, and the records SO
carelessly kept that the adjusting of
titles kept the courts busy and made a
perpetual harvest for lawyers for years
thereafter.
SHOWING STIRRED COUNTRY
The first great showing was in the
Spanish and Ophir mines, and as the
daily yield was reported it stirred the
whole coast and spread to the east.
In the meantime, Virginia City had
become a big little city. The salaries
paid, the retainers paid to lawyers, the
fortunes made in a day in stocks, the
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wonder Busy Again

There is considerable activity noted
in the Wonder camp at the present time.
About 20 men are employed by the
stated, the company will soon commence
the erection of it's milling plant. The
Jackpot, Hidden Treasure, Bald Eagle,
Desert Wonder, Vulture and Spider
Wasp properties will soon be operating
again. Work has been continued all
winter at the Quartzite Wonder mine,
where an encouraging showing is being
made.
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n. A. 1es7.
xuRvEx no. .
G Land ONCE,

n &. Land Office,
CIV New, Mar. 81, 1908.
carson T. hereby given, that Goldfield
Nouso Mining Company, a orporation
Bullion Sostoffice address Is Goldfield,
Enoss mas this day made application
Ne'su, natent for not exceeding l500
lor ! fPeet Of the Milwaukee Lode mine
Lnes a,n bearing gold, with SURFACE
,mro,,nd 500 feet In widtn; situate iyins
ssmS being in Goldfield Mining District;
S roanty Of Nye and state OF Nevaoa' any
Known I'd oficial plat, on file in this
notes as y survey No. 1882 in Township
cnee' panee az f. NJ. ID. b. and M.
~ ~ sxterior boundaries of said Sur
Ihs sSss being as follows: Begin
vy " cor No. / whence the N. E. Cor.
ing a. r > s. r. AZ E. NJ. D.. b. and NJ.
se ~ 4s' E. 1921 TT. Thence 8.
oss " iss.s IT. to Cor. No. 2; thence 8.
y. AZ, =. 1895 IT. to Cor. No. 3;
20 q. 4S3.S IT. to Cor. Nc. 4;
ssnse n. ca 04' w. 1895 IT. to cor.
rsA, !, the place of beginning. contain
y a total net area Of S.92S acres ex-
ssssive Of Sur. No. 2243 New YORK NO;
! leds and Sur. No. 24S2 Peerless NO. 2
lode. .co MI u coldAs,d M
= H, sssords; Pg. 322 Blk. NJ. Nye Co.,
fsc ssisiuing and conflicting claims.
a,sss and Peerless No. 2, Sur. 2432,
fesIS1y o,r No. 9. Sur. 2243, Morning
new s srr s131 and Siwash Sur. 3101.
s@'' LOUIS j. COHN, Register.
nate Of first publication, March IS,
p p%s l. Hubbard. Atty,
se0.s0l News Building.
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NOTICE TO
In the District Court Of the FIRST Judi
cial District OF the State Of Nevada
in m for the County Of Esmera1da.

Notice to Creditors of Appointment of
Executors of the Last Will and Tesla
ment of r. s. Common, Deceased.
In the Matter of the Estate of r. s.
Conner, Deceased.
Notice to Creditors is hereby given
hat /, Alex Mackenzie, was duly ap-
pointed on the 21st day of March, 1908,
executor of the last will and testament
of r. S. Common, deceased. All persons
having claims against the estate of X.
s. Conner. deceased. are hereby required
to file the same with proper vouchers
and statutory affidavits attached with
the Clerk. of the Court within forty (40)
days from the date of the first publica-
tion of this notice. as said administra-
ton is ordered under the provision OF
Section 1856 of the Compiled Laws OF
Nevada
Given under my and this 18th day of
April, 1908.
ALEX MACKENZIE.
Executor.
James Donovan, .
Attorney for Executor. A25-4t.
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ALIAS su,rxoxs
ALIAS SUMMONS
: te District Court OF the First Juoi-
SA District Of the state OF Nevada
N and for the County Of Esmexalda.
foSA DESMOND HOYLE,
Plaintiff.
". HOYTE
Plaintiff.
!. ". HoYLE.

Defendant.
action brought in the District Court
me First Judicial District Of the
Rssie Oh Nevada. in and for the County
ssmeralda. and the Complaint MEG
y said County of Esmeralda. in the
khee OF the Clerk of said District Court.
: state of Nevada Sends Greetings TO
w. HOYLE, Defendant: =,
y are hereby required to appear IN
aeuon brought against you by tne
"owvse named Plaintiff in the District
M So, OF the First Judicial District OF
~ state OF Nevada, in and for the
ounly OF Esmeralda. and to answer the
infant filed therein. within ten days
elusive OF the day of service) after
srvs ssrvlce on you of this Summons. II
M 81 - within this County; or. II served
Fi,h3a ms County. but in this District,
lays or Judgment by default VII
raw snen against you. according to the
MI OF said complaint.
e sad action is brought to recover
onds see OF this court. dissolving tne
Ixasn OF matrimony now existing be-
rouna you and the plaintiff. on the
~ sa ~ or the habitual gross drunken
bsso; p defendant. during a period com.
bo7 on the first day Of March
lain, uo"n to the fling of the com
brnsr.n this suit: for reasonable at,
th,s ices. alimony for the support
alovs5 sidihtlH, and that plafnt1n d
kOsa % resume her former name
fnsrs, DESMoND-and for costs ant
INV relief. all OF which will NOR
this sppear from the complaint or AL
kferrsa aetion: to which you are hereb,
Ana aor further particulars.
bu fail are hereby notified that J
bmnla,n. 70 appear and answer salt
4 viii why. as above required. said Plain
b dem APPLY to the Court for the re
Giyer ano In said complaint.
tbe under my hand and the Sea
al Distrs.ttict Court Of the First Judi
pa for t ,Ss Of the State OF Nevada. i
b dsv ~ County OF Esmeralda. thi'
prd on" April in the Year of Gu
shi. o"s Thousand Nine Hundred ant
kEAL.)
p n trua conv.
lom ny J; 3: RoURKE. peputv Clerk.
samns.E. Kepner. and
lS-st Aorehouse & Thompson.
Attorneys for Plaintin