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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
SHORTY HARRIS
MAKES NEW STRIKE

A San Bernardino dispatch to the Los
Angeles Herald has the following to
say of Shorty Harris new find in Win
gate Pass:
Rich gold strikes have been made in
a region of volcanic formation about
10 miles east of Wingate Pass in what
is known as the Hidden Springs re-
gion. "Shorty'i Harris, one of the
best known prospectors in all the desert
section, is the fortunate d%iscoverer.
Already a rush to the new field has
commenced and the outlook is for one
of the biggest and best paying camps
in the county to be developed.
The ore is said to carry free gold in
extraordinary values, but there are
some among the mining men who have
seen the ore samples and talked with
Harris who declare in their opinion the
find will not amount to much, at least
not in the near future. Among those
holding this opinion is John Stukey of
Johannesburg.
Stukey has just come in from that
section. He met Harris at Stovepipe
springs. Harris displayed his ore and
described the lay of the ledge. Stukey
admits that the samples are rich, but
states that they are not any more so
than what can be obtained in small
quantities at many points throughout
the vast Death Valley mineral belt.
So far little development work has
been done. Almost every prospector in
the field is busy locating and tracing
the veins of gold bearing rock. Lack
of water has already been experienced
and is the most serious drawback the
prospectors are facing. The new field
can be reached by a good wagon road
from Panamint or Goldfcld or by way
of either Dagget or Barstow.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27

George weddell, Edward Thomarson,
A. jackson and E. Greenwood have ar
rived from Phoebe daring the present
week. They are now in the city order
ing new supplies for certain properties
and completing a couple of important
business deals. Conditions in Phoebe
were never better, they declare. Inter
est in the camp is growing steadily, be-
cause of the many strikes being made
that give ample evidence of their i'm
~portance. Nj. Weddell and Mr.. Thorn
arson are interested in the Anglo-Ne-
vada company, limited, an English cor
poration organized by Mr.. Weddell
some time ago to take over the control
of the Nevada Horn Silver and the Ely
Valley mines. This company is now
preparing to ship ore to the smelters
from both mines. Gasoline hoists are
being ordered for both mines. Another
of the Anglo Nevada properties, known
as the Quartz Springs, is to be opened
up upon the return Of Mr.. Thomarson
to Phoebe. This property is located
about twenty-six miles northwest OF
Pioche.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Lawson Has Option

The steam-heated imagination of Mr..
Thomas Lawson will be working over
time in the near future, for he has Sc
cured an option on the Guggehheim
holdings of stocks in the Nevada Con-
solidated, Cumberland Ely, Steptoe val
ley smelter, Utah Copper and other cor
porations working copper mines in Ne
vada and Utah, says the Mining and
Scientific Press.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Sale Of Rawhide Property

Negotiations were completed in Fal-
lon last Thursday afternoon for the
sale of a two-thirds interest in the
Mascot and Mascot No. i lode mining
claims in Rawhide district to IN east
ern syndicate, represented by a MI.
Steele. f. H. Whitacre, assistant
cashier of the Yerington bank, is the
owner of four ninths and J. Otto Lee
and A. Walter of this city own the
other two-ninth of the t~wo-thrids. The
The price to be paid for the two-thirds
interest is 10000. A bond for a deed
for the two-thirds interest has been
placed in escrow in the Washoe County
bank of Reno. The terms of the deed
call for two payments of $4,000 each,
the first on the 18th day of July, 1908,
and the second on the 18th day OF
August, 1908.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Duck Greek. District

The Steptoe Lead and Copper com
pan of which VIM. H. Tibbals n a.
+. Davis, of Salt Lake, are the leading
spirits. is about to begin a campaign
of leasing on the property in the Duck
Creek district. While only surface
work has been prosecuted so far'
enough ore has been developed to make
the proposition attractive to leasers'
With a smelter only a few miles away,
the property has every prospect of de-
veloping into a large producer.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Mrs. Ruf Proves Strongest

Recently a party of ladies mustered
the courage to go down into the lower
workings of the Great Western NINE
to see it's fine display of high grade,
etc. During the visit a contest was
started among the ladies to demonstrate
which could fill the big mine bucket OF
500 pounds capacity the quickest. Mrs.
Andrew Ruff won, and to the great sur
prise of everybody accomplished the
task in four minutes without excessive
fatigue. This is considered much pet
ter time than the usual mucker Will
average, and proves Mrs. Ruff to be the
strong woman of Hornsilver.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Preparing to Ship

The Frances Lime Point company,
near Hornsilver, has reached the Ioo
level and has begun prosecuting to
catch another vein to the north. Inc
shaft is in vein matter the entire DIS
tanee. The full width of the shaft
pans gold freely, coarse gold being
present in encouraging quantities. Three
feet of this vein carries good values
and even at 100 fleet assays $4o.3o IN
gold alone.
During the week team bringing out
the hoist for this property lett COLD
field. These same teams on their re-
turns will take out the ore that mas
been sacked, which will approximate a
carload.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Preparing Road

J. M. Russell, vice president of the
Hornsilver Chamber of Commerce, to
whom was entrusted thd matter of
road repairs, by the county commits
~sioners, is having the work attended
to promptly, says the Hornsilver Her
aid. Men and teams are engaged ex'
tending the line of Main street wei
down into the desert, and will continue
on making repairs on the road to Gu
prite, so long as the amount a%ppropri
ated will last.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Churchill in Limelight

With Wonder and Fairview again
coming to the front with rich strikes
and shipments, Churchill county is
again coming into the limelight, and
Fallon the center of a very rich agrieul-
tural district, is also becoming the
center of a very rich mining district.
While Rawhide is not in Churchill
county, the people of Fallon still con
slider the camp one of it's children, and
are boosting for it in every possible
way.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Merger Certain

Advices from Wonder the
long expected merger of the Jack Pot
group with the ground belonging to the
National, Hercules and Globe com
panies, which have recently agreed to
this consolidation, and a call has been
issued for a meeting of the stockholders
of the Jack Pot, to be held in Hercules
ON July goth, to confirm the agreement.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Sale Of Well Known Property

The Randsburg Miner says D. '.
Williams has completed the sale of the
Sidney group of mines, A. c. Whites
property, about seven miles southwest
Of Randsburg. Consideration $4,000
with a cash payment of $4,000. The
property goes to eastern parties. The
Sidney group is one of the best prop
critics in this camp.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Another Incorporation

This afternoon articles of incorpora-
ton of the Nevada Gypsum company
were fled with the county clerk of
Ormsby county. The purposes of the
company are the mining, refining and
selling of gypsum and the acquiring of
the mineral. The incorporation is for
225,00O shares at a par value of 81 a
share.-Carson Appeal.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Nevada Wonder

Reports in Won ieI ere that a tg
body of shipping ore has been enconn'
tered on the 200.foot level Of the Ne
vada Wonder. The width of the vein
has not yet been determined, rs neither
wall has been cut, but the rock ucw
showing is of u very god slipping
grade. The only as$lv that has been
given out was s2lS. AMI this is believed
to be a fair avef,g, =: the lot.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27

There Is a great revival of mining
near the old camp of Dun Glen, in the
Sierra district. A number Of the old
mines that have n record as producers
of the yellow metal are being worked
again and good ore is being extracted.
On the Dun Glen mine, now under
lease by L. s. Chafey, a big strike OF
gold has beer made IN virgin ground
and a drift which is being run on the
ledge is showing greater riches with
every shot. The strike is a rich one
and large pieces of the ore brought to
Winnemucca are literally alive with
eold-not merely specks, but strings OF
the precious metal sticking out of the
rock. When the find was made it was
only a stringer; now in the face Of the
tunnel the ledge is FIVE feet wide and
will average over 800 to the ton and
specimens of ore from this large ledge
will run up into the thousands
Already a carload of ore has been
hauled to Mill City for shipment to the
shelters and another one is ready to
be hauled as soon as teams can get 1t
away from the mine. The ore house is
full of ore and further shipments are
to be made just as soon as it is possible
to do so.
The mill is rapidly being put in shape
and the crushing of ore will
within thirty days. A new townsite
called Chafey has been laid out by W
NJ. Horner and situated just below the
old town of Dun Glen. The townsite
plat will be fled in e few days. Mr.
Horner is in town today and is very
enthusiastic over the camp. He stated
that Mr.. Chafey is pushing work or
the property with two shifts of miners
and they are piling up plenty Of ore
Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
will Make Big Camp

Granite has begun to take on the ar
of a genuine Nevada mining camp, says
the Yerington Times. The leases are
looking we'll and the ore bodies are
widening and contain the same high
values.
The Big 20 is destined to make one OF
Nevada's greatest mines. There are
reasons for this: First, the formation
is perfect for the deposit of rich ore
and, second, the geology of the district
is the same as that of Virginia CITY,
which has been the greatest mining
camp in the United States.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Great Showings

Some great showings have been made
during the past few days of high grade
copper with increased gold and silver
values in the Red Bluff district. The
strikes have beer made in every part
of the district, thus proving it one Of
the largest and richest copper areas in
Humboldt county.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Leasers Combine Forces

Five sets of leasers on the Hart
group of claims near Goldbug, Rose
bud district, have combined forces to
drive a long tunnel which will develop
their several blocks Of ground at depth.
The operators in this section are OBJ
tanning highly encouraging results.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Kimberly Smelter

Work has been started on the trench
for the pipe line from the pumping
plant to be installed in Steptoe valley
to supply water for the concentration
of ore at Kimberly. Some changes and
additions have been completed in the
concentration, and it, together with the
smelter at Kimberly, are ready to be
started at any time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
OLD TIME LAW SUIT
BEFORE SUPREME COURT

A case which has been hanging fire
in the courts for about twenty-five
years and now involves over two hun
bred thousand dollars is being heard by
the supreme court of the state. The
case is tina Of the Central Trust COM
pany of California against the Home
Mining company. ct al.
The Home Mining company operated
it appears that the company had a large
debt among it's other troubles, so it is
sued bonds for the purpose of liquidat-
ing the amount. Bonds were issued to
the amount of $125,OOO by the company
and taken up by the Central Trust COM
pany of California, another California
corporation, a mortgage on the property
being given to the Trust company to
secure the bonds. Suit was later
brought on this mortgage by the trust
company and in the district court it
was held valid but the case was APP
pealed to the supreme court by the
Southern Nevada Gollen Mining com
pany, a Judgment debter of the Home
Mining company. The judgment debtor
cites that the consideration for the
mortgage was not legal nor sufficient
and therefore tie mortgage should be
set aside end the appeal is made on
this principal ground.
The case hcs attracted considerable
a:ta1t.cH ms it involves with principal
and interest about a quarter of a mil
lion dollars and has been hanging fire
for twenty-five years.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Fallon Men Make Mine

Word has been received of a very
rich strike on the Valleyview Mining
c~ompany's property at Cortez, Nevada
A good body of high grade silver ore.
estimated to u 200 ounces in silver
20 per cent lead, with a little gold, has
been struck in shaft No. Z. This is the
fourth ore shoot the owners have
opened up.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Preparing to Ship

The WACO road from the Orc Belle
M. I mine in the Hart district has been
put in condition the past week to en-
able Hart & Hit to make their first
shipment. About one carload of high
grade ore is ready to be sent out for
treatment. Tons upon tons of. SIS and
500 rock are on the dump while this
supply is being daily added to from the
north and south drifts being run on
the big vein in the tunnel. The best
grade is put into sacks for shipment,
and the milling grade is held for local
treatment.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
High Grade Ore

The Chandoin lease s.n the Tairview
Mizpah, at Fairview, is in ore that goes
better than $500 to the ton. The find
was made on the 200 level, and the ore
is literally shot with supplies. The
~leasers and company are working more
vigorously than over.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Douglas

The Nevada Douglas Copper com
pany, at Y~erington, New, is considering
plans for the erection of a custom
smelter to treat it's own ores and those
of the mining districts throughout
western Nevada, such as Fairview,
Comstoek, Ramsey, Rawhide, Tonopah,
Goldfeld, Bullfrog, etc. The Yerington
district is just outside the southern
edge of the irrigable territory covered
by the government reclamation service,
and the Nevada Douglas company has
in Smith Valley an ideal smelter site,
removed from farming operations. This
precludes the possibility of litigation
for damages from smoke and fumes by
farming interests Boston Financial
News.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Ready to Drill for Gas

The drilling outfit of J. r. Nash is
now on the ground where it is intended
to sink for natural gas. The d~rillers
are only waiting for some new parts to
arrive from San Francisco before start
ing. The site selected for the expert
ment is just back of the residence of l.
II. Kent and on the same block.-Fallon
Standard.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Economixing Charges

The Schwab properties are consolidat-
ing their work, as Indicated by the
resignation of Bryce Turner, of the
Montgomery Shoshone, at Rhyolite.
Superintendent Kirchen, of The Tono-
pah Extension, win manage both prop
critics and, it is said, that Tonopah Ex-
tension ores will be shipped to the Sho-
shone mill at Rhyolite for treatment.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Veteran Of Ely

The Veteran mine at Ely has beer
hosting about 400 tons daily, but now
that the new electric hoist is in com
mission the output will be very mate
rally increased. The automatic skips
on this hoist will give a capacity of
five tons per trip, and this is greater
than any other hosting capacity in the
Robinson district.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
New Company incorporates

Articles of incorporation Of the
Smoky Valley Mining and Leasing com
pany have been filed. The capital
stock is 100000 and the incorporators
are w. B. Pittman, w. G. Lamb and c.
E. Howard, all Of Tonopah.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
sackine Ore

Tom Gordon and p C. Gallagher
have six inches Of $50 rock on their
lease on the Daisy ground 1T Round
Mountain. This is being taken ,ut and
esacked for shipment.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
ronopah Scale Adopted

At a meeting of the Mine Owners
association at Tiptop, the Tonopah
scale Of wages for miners, tool sharp
eners, timbermen and all other labor
ers employed, was adopted.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Gold Mountain Stage

The town Of Gold Mountain is grow
ing. 1t now supports a tri-weekly stage
from Cuprite, will soon have a post
Office and is gradually assuming all the
functions of a progressive town.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Tramp-Eclinsa

A hosting plant is to be installed at
the Tramp-Eclipse property in the Bull
frog district and the shaft put down
to a greater DEPTH
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Mountain View

Three weeks ago the Wilson Gold
Mines company shipped, from their
properties at Mountain View, twenty
Eve tons of ore to Silver City for treat
ment. Thad Hoppin, an experienced
mill man, was sent to superintend the
work. The mill run was made and the
result is that the company has received
a retort valued at one thousand dollars
and has it on exhibition at the Lyon
County bank.
There can be no further doubt OF the
permanency of Mountain View. 1t is
one of the 1908 camps that has made
good and will bring riches to many
citizens of Yerington.
The Wilson properties will soon be
numbered among the staedy shippers.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27
Native Copper

A strike of NATIVE copper in the
Mason Valley of Ysrings,c has
no little excitement in That camp.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-01
TGWNSITES LOCATED
IN TRIP COUNTY
Five New Towns Provided For
Dallas Has Room Tor
Large Crowds.

Dallas. S. D. sept. 22-An Is III readi-
ness for the rush ut tire people who are
coming 10. the opening Of Trip county
October ) to III. Several large tents
have been erected the last few days,
TO be used Tor sleeping quarters. One
100 people under II canvas. Thirty
five automobiles have beer busy show
irg prospective settlers the various
purchascaDle tracts in Gregory and
Tripp counties. There have been many
sales Of inherited ndian ands sub
ject 20 the approval of the government.
Major Edward h. Kelly, the Indian
agent. who has had charge of the Rose
bud reservation FOR several years,
states the quality Of the land to be
opened for settlement viii bring larger
crowds than these of any former OPEN
ing. Major Kelly and colonel ]. H.
Scrivens. the specia! allotting agents.
have completed the selection of the
government townsitcs in Trip county.
There are five of these toWnSites. The
method OF The dtspoSing of the town
lots in the new towns has not been an
bounced. The locations have been care
fully settled. Judge J.. W. Witten will
arrive in Dallas to open his headquar-
tiers for the registration Saturday even
ing.
The government clerks who will as
sist in the work of the drawing and
the onening will coma to Dallas soon
from Washington.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-01
ZION CITY TO
STORM CHICAGO,

Chicago. Sept. Pa visitation from the
hosts of Zion City is to purify Chicago
which is branded rotten as hell by the
Zion leader.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva. successor to John
Alexander Dowie, came to town as one
OF the strangers into Sodom and an
nounced that the militant host would
march on the city the latter part OF Oeto-
Der.
Noliva's purposed invasion of Chicago
VIII rival Dowie's famous Visitation of
New York several years ago. He plans to
bring a host of 1000 followers to the
storning of Chicago's stronghold of vice.
with banners streaming, bands playing
sacred mssic and hymns swelling from
the long ranks, the Soldiers OF the Lord
VIII march from Zion City to Chicago.
BY this missionary descent upon the
city Voliya hope to add several thousand
members to the church Of zion.
Voiiva's speech was made in the Whit
ney opera house. His wrath fell upon the
CITY at large, including the courts and the
ministers. and particularly caustic words
We're directed at Judge Lands of the
United States district court and against
John Fately, ex-receiver. of Zion City.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-01
SPURIOUS MAPS OUT
SHOWING TOWN SITES
NOT YET LOCATED

Dallas. 5 p. Sept. 30.-Because OF
h fact that a great many maps pur-
ported to be correct plans Of Tripp
county, showing the allotments to In
dlaJls some OF which have not vet been
approved by the government and pur-
porting to show the locations of the
several government townsites, Judge J..
w. Wltten, superintendent of the OPEN
ing, has stated thai as a matter OF
TACT the secretary of the interior has
not, as yet made n reservation for
toWnsite purposes and the commissions
ser or the general a office has notified
Judge Wittcn that his office has in no
WAY recognized any OF the
townsites and has directed Judge Wit
ten to make and report such investiga-
ton and inspection as win be helpful
70 the secretary in making reservations
iar TOWNSHIP purposes. The secretary
VIII, as directed by the act OF congress,
hereafter reserve from these lands such
tracts for townsite purposes as in his
opinion q be required for future
public interests. These tracts will be
surveyed by the general land office into
lots and sold at public auction after
they are appraised, but until the secre-
tary- has made the reservations and the
location of III go~VernInent's Tripp
county town they cannot be knpWn.
Before the time for filing, the govern
nelt Will issue an official map Of Tripp
county showing tise iand correctly sub
ject 70 occupation by those lucky
ssnougi1 to win q good number in the
drawings; and also showing such lands
IA Tripn county rs have been allotted
tu the Indians. This map will also
show the SHE or the government town
r NIL MNH4Nt5