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Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
DIAMOND QUEEN LEASE is
AGAIN IN BIG ORE BODY

< BEATTY, Nov. S.-The original !.
: lease on the Diamond Queen Min X
+ ing ground is again in big ore. The !.
\ find was made in the slopes from \
! the upper tunnel level and there X
! seem to be large quantities of ore X
!. in sight. w. N. Culver, one of the X
: owners of the lease, says that last =
I Friday two carloads of ore were in !.
! sight and the grade was as good, <
: if not better, than any ore that has !.
\ been shipped from the mine. 1t +
: should give returns of 5000 or more \
\ ton. Another shift of miners X
\ has been put on and the leasers 4
+ are going to devote all their time X
\ to getting out the ore and ship 4
< after the lease expires, which will !.
\ be November %. <
K The Winze in tha Easter Sunday i
!. lease is all in ore at the bottom, 4
: and the leasers are steadily sink J.
\ ing and saving the ore taken out, !.
\ which is much more than paying \
< the expense of sinking the winze; !.
! when a depth of fifty feet has been K
\ reached levels will be run on the !.
4 ore and stopping started, when a !.
! good production should be made. !.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
LAST SHIPMENT FROM
BROKEN HILLS ARRIVES

GoLDFIELD, Nov. S.-The last car
load shipment from the Broken Hills
mine at Clifford was settled for last
week on a value of $20S.96 a ton. The
sampler sheet showed that the ore car
ried gold values at the rate of 7.63
ounces in gold and 1870 ounces in sill
yer. This ore was taken from the dump
left by former owners, and was the
second sent under the present manage
ment 1t did not equal the first, which
averaged 1888 ton, but was taken from
a different place. The latter repre-
ssents a fair average of the eight feet
Fof ore that has been opened at the
100-foot level.
The following officers have been
chosen for the ensuing year to look
after the affairs of the mine, which has
been incorporated under the name of
the Broken Hills Mining company of
Nevada:
j. c. Mccormack, president and gen
eral manager: A. Mccormack, treas
urer; w. E. Pratt. secretary and as
sistant treasurer; w. c. Rannells, mine
manager; Ed Curtin, superintendent.
Directors: j. c. Mccormack, w. F.
Smith, Alvin L. Wright, A. McCor-
mack and w. c. Rannells.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
MONTGOMERY SFOSH0NE
MILL TO BE ENLARGED
About Seven Thousand Tons of Ore
Are Broken in Original Glory
Hole and a Slope to
the East

The Montgomery Shoshone mill at
Rhyolite is to be enlarged, probably
within thirty days, by the addition of
a six-foot Chilean mill and tube mill.
This will enable the mill to treat the
highest grade ore in the mine and the
heavy cost of shipping a carload of
concentrates to the smelter will be
saved. The cyanide process will be
used.
It is expected that the tonnage of
the Montgomery Shoshone for October
will reach 4400 and the bullion output
for the month will be the largest yet
recorded.
There are fully 5000 tons. of ore
broken in the original 'glory hole"
and over 1000 tons in a stope extend
ing eastwardly from the glory hole"
proper. The total amount of ore
broken is estimated at 11,000 tons. Two
men with single jacks and one man
with a machine drill are working here.
Only six men on the average are re-
quired to get out enough ore to keep
the mill running to it's full capacity.
1t is said that sometimes 100 tons are
broken down in Stopping during one
shift. These facts prove it one of the
most cheaply worked mines in the
country.
A raise has been started from the
500 level to the 500 to provide better
and active development
work is being prosecuted on the 200,
800 and 400 levels.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
DESERT PRINCE TO ADD
TO GREAT PIocHE MINES

TONOPAI, Nov. S-Considerable in
terest in the Desert Prince property at
Phoebe has been taken by II. w. Hand
of Portland, Ore, who recently pur-
chased the mine, and work is under
way. This is a very promising prop
erty, consisting of seven claims and
a large fraction. One hundred dollar
assays are obtained at grass roots, and
with thorough development, as Rand
and his local associates, Schoddy and
Hurley, are sure to give It, there will
be one more shipper added to the list
of great mines of Phoebe. Their first
work will be putting up good buildings
then a shaft will be sunk 100 feet in
close proximity to the known ore shoot,
then prosecuting to the vein. They
are all live ones, and there will be
something doing on the Desert Prince
from the first ring of the gong until
the ore body is pierced at the 1O0-foot
mark
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
NEW COMPANY DEVELOPS
CLAIMS ON TONIC CREEK
Property Is Traversed by Seven MINI
eralized Lodges Carrying Copper
and Go!d-Values Run High
in Copper

TUCSON, Nov. S.-The Tonic River
Copper company is the name of Pitts
burg, Pa, corporation that is develop
ing the Schell group of copper claims,
situated on Tonic creek, ella county,
about sixty miles northwest of Globe.
This property consists of twenty-nine
claims traversed by seven minerallzed
lodges carrying copper and gold. AS
says made by the Pittsburg Testing
laboratory of samples of ore from four
of the company's claims gave total
values per ton of $S2.26, 1878, $l77.04 and
S126ti22, mostly in copper.
The property has been examined and
favoraply reported upon by Sultan q
Wayne of Globe and G.. &. Hewitt OF
Rittsburg. The company has done
about 75O feet of development work,
tunnels and shafts, and is now prepar-
ing to resume work on larger scale,
having ample capital to carry on de-
velopment. S.V. Thompson, director
of the Tonto River Copper company
recently visited the property and re-
turned to Pittsburg highly pleased with
the result of the work thus lar DONE
and confident that deep development
will reveal still larger and better ore
bodies.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
DUTCHMAN GROUP AT
B0USE FIGURES IN
LATEST LARGE SALE
With Additional Disposition of Little
Butte Group, New Arizona Cop-
per Camp Assumes
Boom Spirit

BOUSE, Ariz., Nov. SIT was inti-
mated a few days ago when the an
nouncement of the sale of the Little
Butte group by Bouse and McMahon,
the original locators, was made that
a second important sale was made on
the tapis.
1t has been concluded and the first
payment made The transaction has
been conducted with extreme secrecy,
but it turns out that the well known
Dutchman group was the ground that
passed in last weeks sale.
This group contains a large acreage
and is considered by many as the best
group in the camp. o
Both sales were negotiated by Colonel
J. c. Denton of Bouse, a former Gold
field operator and a promoter who
knows how to swing a deal. This
makes the second large sale in the
camp last week, both negotiated by
Colonel Denton, who is systematically
interesting a wide circle of his mining
acquaintances in Nevada, Colorado and
Los Angeles in the merits of this great
young copper camp. His work is ap-
preciated by the miners of Bouse camp,
many of whom have more property
than they are able to develop actively
and are delighted to find that Colonel
Denton is able to deliver the boom
which all the summer he has promised
them for this fall and winter. He says
that he will be able before midwinter
to conclude a dozen laree sales in the
camp to capitalists whom T. has al
ready interested. But Bouse feels that
two big sales In one week are pretty
good for a starter. 1t is understood
that Colonel Denton has taken over
two splendid copper properties for a
syndicate of heavy Los 7 L-oeles oper-
ators, who will spare no money in
crowding development.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
RICH STRIKE is MADE
NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN

:. BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nov. s. !
+ A strike that bids fair to rival that !
y made on the now famous Hill Top )
:. was made last Monday on the !
!. Golden Rule property, which ad- !
i joins the Hill Top on the west. !
+ The find was made by Mat Skow, =
/ who, with Martin Christopher :
i owns the Golden Rule group. !
:. In doing their assessment work =
i the men uncovered a ledge about :
! ten inches in width that is literally !
!. alive with the precious metal. :
i Nearly $400 in gold was panned :
!. out of the rock in two days and :
:. some of the prettiest specimen ore :
, ever seen in this vicinity was :
!. brought to Battle Mountain last !
:. Wednesday. :
!. This latest find demonstrates !
!. that the rich mineral zone In the :
4 Hill Top district is an extensive :
!. one and will no Coubt lend great !
!. impetus to the interest that is CEN :
i tering in that section. :
i Messrs. Skow and Christopher !
I are now sinking on the latest find :
/ and some sensational development =
:. is looked for in the near future. :
!. There is at present considerable :
= activity in the Hill Top district :
4 and newcomers are seen in the =
+ camp daily. =
J. 80 + + \ + !. i = 4 + + !. !. =
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
FINDS SOURCE
OF GOLD FLOAT
PR0SPECT0R MAKES A BIG
DISCOVERY.
LEDGE SHOWS GOOD WIDTH
WITH RICH VALUES
Vein Is One of the Largest in MohaVe
County, Arizona, and Passes
Through Deep Turquoise
Deposit

KINGMAN, Nov. SIN doing the
assessment work on mines in Ky can
yon, Ed Swope recently discovered the
source of the gold float that was found
in that locality in years gone by. The
ledge is of good width and samples
from the shaft show big gold values.
w. A. Studley of Kingman is interested
in the strike with the boys. The mines
lie to the east of the j. f. T. claim,
owned by Gaddis & Perry company,
Smith & Sawyer and the estate of the
late Herbert J. Delamer.
The vein is one of the largest in
Mohave county. 1t spurs from the cop
per veins of the lower part of the
Mineral Park basin, while the main
body of the vein passes through and
forms the turquoise veins to the south
of the park. Rich gold and copper ore
has been found in the outcrop of the
vein, but so far no large body of the
metals hos been opened. The lead is
traceable from Stockton. Hill to
Chloride and is virtually covered with
locations the entire distance.
The Golden Gem mine is showing
much improvement with every foot OF
the ground made in the big shaft
From present indications it is sure to
become one of the greatest gold pro-
uuCeFS III lne county. WIN gold
supply of water and a great body of
ore coming in the shaft there is no
reason why this company should not
soon be on a dividend basis.
L. Hoffman, superintendent of the
Arizona Southwestern Copper company,
went down to the mines a few days ago
and reports that Swork on the main
drift on the vein which is being run
in the mountain is progressing. A num-
Der of crosscuts have been made on the
vein the past two months with gratify-
ing results. AS soon as the big pump
is in place work on the main shaft will
be resumed and continued to the 500
level.
Persons coming in from the Tom
Reed section of San Francisco district
report that James Carter has one of
the richest mines in that part of the
district. The ore is getting better with
every foot of development.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
LEAsERs FAIL TO PAY;
HOLD MINE BY FORCE

The Lucky Boy six miles from Haw-
thorne on the Bodie stage road was the
scene of shotgun play few lays ago.
Four months ago Miller & Adams sold
the property under $35O,OOO bond and
lease to ], d. Hubbard and associates
of Chicago. A large payment was made
when the deal was closed. Ever since
the ground has been worked with a
force of forty miners, and steady ship
ments have been in order
one of. the payments fell due last
week, and owing to some misunder-
standing was not met. Miller & Adams
took forcible possession of the property,
and the mine has been guarded since
with shotgun men, while the work of
taking out the ore was continued.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
Los Angeles Men Take Final Lease
on GoIdfield Consolidated Ground

October 2Sth, and work on shaft was
started the following day.
officers and directors of the new
company are:
President. George e. Feagans of
Brock & Feagans, jewelers., Los An
geles; vice president, George b.
Church, chief geologist of the Goldfield
Consolidated Mines Company; treas
urer, E. II. Schick, confidential capa-
city, Brock & Feagans; secretary, c.
B. Gillespie, of Campbell, Metson &
Braun, attorneys at Goldfield, Tonopah
and San Francisco.
The above, except Gillespie, are also
directors. other directors are L. I.
Merwin and L. DeSellier, both of Gold
field
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
DANA MINE PICKS UP
LEDGE LOST YEARS AGO

GRASS VALLEY, Nov S.-Excel-
lent headway is being made at the
Dana mine, the Gauthier property,
which is being operated by company
represented here by John Burgess
ME old shaft is. being enlarged as
work progresses, Wand already twelve
sets of timbers have been put in for
a double compartment affair. In the
course of operations the ledge which
was encountered many years ago near
the surface has been picked up and
pieces of the rock taken out show free
gold. The outlook is brighter than the
onerators expected at the depth at
tanned. and they are now more enthu-
.sia stic than ever. They are anxious
to enlarge the shaft to the bottom of
the old one and will push the work
vigorously.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
THREE BILLION
IN TEN YEARS
GREAT OUTPUT OF GOLD FOR
PAST DECADE
oNE-HALF OF AMOUNT GOES TO
WORLDS COINAGE
Fears of oVerproduction Are Una
founded-supply Is Rapidly Ad-
Iusting Itself to Increased
Business Demand

There has been produced in the past
decade something approximating $S,00O,-
100000 in gold. About half of this has
gone into the worlds coinage; the other
half has been consumed by jewelers.
and other tradespeople. The world to-
day is producing about $4OO,OOO,OOO
worth of gold annually, fourth of
which is to be accredited to the United
States. About 40 per cent is to be
chalked up to the credit of Africa
Some time ago a prominent English
authority voiced the fear that there
would be more gold than the world
could use. Following this other author
ities have expressed the fear that the
worlds gold production is already at
its zenith, and that from now on 1t will
show a steady decline. One is afraid
of too much, and others fear too little.
The more gold produced, the greater
will be the demand on the part OF tne
trades. The more gold that goes into
coinage, the more use the industries
will find for it. 1t is in the nature OF
a stimulant to business of all kinds, and
the more business there is the more
money is needed. In the meantime,
bankers say there is a STEADY loss
through abrasion; that the more gold
there is in circulation the greater the
actual loss. Should some one uncover
a gold deposit that would yield several
billion dollars in few years, that sud
den addition to the gold supply might
work havoc in prices of commodities
through dangerous speculation. No one
however has stumbled upon anything
so rich. So far as can be learned, no
one is in danger of doing so. In the
meantime, the mines and the camps
are steadily drawing on their reserves
deposits that are never replenished.
The passing of the years always brings
q little nearer the finale of these mines
and these camps. And the worlds
commercial affairs are growing apace.
The need of money is more pronounced
as time passes. The time for the
economists to be alarmed is past, for
the adjustment of gold supply to busi-
ness is rapidly completing itself.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09

inestimable value such a provision as
carried in article 144, if somewhat modi-
fed, would be to investors, both in the
republic and abroad. Annually, thou
sands upon thousands of dollars would
be saved from wildcat investments and
ultimately directed into legitimate
channels. Undoubtedly, the depart
ment chose a very bad time for pro
posing the change in the present law,
which is very liberal. The proposal,
coming as it did during the financial
stringency combined with the uncer-
tainty as to its full provisions, and
somewhat tactless advocacy of the
measure, has given Mexican mining a
blow from which it will take long
time to recover
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
QUARTERLY STATEMENT
SHOWS BIG CASH BALANCE

TONOPAH, Nov. 8.-The quarterly
financial statement of the Tonopah
Mining company of August 81 shows
that the cash balance on hand after
paying the $25O,OOO quarterly dividend
of October 1 amounts to $262,417. These
figures do not include the September
earnings or those of the present month.
The report in detail for the quarter
ending August 81 shows ore receipts of
$3.50 The mining and milling ex-
pense for that period ran up to $685.
595, leaving an earning balance of $780,
721. The miscellaneous income totalled
500, ,094, or entire net earnings of $780,
SIG. Deducting the $250,00O dividend
leaves a net surplus of S200,Sl6.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
NEW OWNERS IMPROVE
FAMOUS OLD AMALIE
MILL WORKS STEADILY DAY
AND NIGHT
First Shipment of Twelve Tons to the
SeIby Smelter Returns Over $500
Ton-Underground De-
velopment Continues

CALIENTE, Nov. S.-Quick work is
being shown by the new owners of the
old Amalie mine near here. Title to
the mine passed to the Provident Gold
Mining company last September and
work was started on large scale.
In October the first shipment of about
twelve tons of high grade ores was
sent forward to the Selby smelter and
returned over $500 to the ton.
The old mill at the Amalie was In
poor condition when the new company
took over the mine, and it was reported
that they would replace 1t by new
mill by November l.
Four days ahead of the promised
time, on October 27, the new mill was
started up and is running steadily day
and night handling good tonnage.
In addition to all thu surface inn
provements the new company has been
rapidly pushing underground develop
ment Upward of 200 IONS milling ores
which are said to aver ~e S25 to the
ton were mined last month, as we'll as
some high grade values which are
sorted and sent to the smelter in sacks.
There are now in the bins over 500 tons
of milling ore, 300 tons of which are
known to verage 500 or better to the
ton, while the balance will run from
is estimated to be fully 1000 tons, and
numerous assays show it TO carry from
S4.75 to SIS to the ton. A new cyanide
plant is to be put in in near future,
and this will then take all tailings as
they come from the concentrators.
On 25o-Foot Level
The mining operations are at present
chiefly confined to the different work.
ings on the 250-foot level, where both
milling and shipping ore are exposed
in volume. A large porphyry ledge has
also been cut into on tbs level, and
found to carry much native silver 1t
is being explored now from wall to wall
and promises alone to provide sufficient
tonnage of ore to keep the mill running
for two years. It's average values Will
be low grade, but it's great volume Will
show enormous profit on it's treatment.
A 760-foot tunnel is being pushed in
from a point above the mill to strike
the main shaft at 300 feet of depth, and
with a view also of intersecting four
strong lodges lying between the mill
and the main shaft each of which has
been uncovered from 40 to 70 feet of
depth from the surface and shown to
carry high values in we'll defined veins.
The force employed at the Provident
is being steadily increased as new stop
ing areas are opened. 1t already COM
prises over thirty men, and it is eX-
pected that before many weeks it will
be more than double this, as the new
company is showing a strong and ag-
gressive management and evidently in
tends to bring the old Amalie back into
the ranks of the big producers of the
state.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
REFUSES ONE MILLION
DOLLARS FOR SULPHUR MINE

GALVESTON, Texas, Nov. 8.-The
tapping of a stratum of sulphur 325 feet
deep in liberty county, in east Texas,
has brought to light what experts de-
clare to be one of the, richest sulphur
deposits in the world. Tests have been
secretly conducted for many months.
1t is claimed $1O.O0O,O 900 worth of sui
phur is in reach and the exact area of
the mine is not known.
DR.. A. L. Lyons of st. Louis conduct
ed the experiments, and a syndicate of
capitalists offered the owner of the
land, James B. Patterson, $1,000,000 for
seventy-five acres, which he refused
Three years ago, while boring for oil
on this land sulphur was found, but
not considered, for then the country
was oil mad.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
n ROMINENT Los Angeles and Gold

n ROMINENT Los Angeles and Gold
field men have taken the final
lease on ground at the Goldfield
Consolidated Mines Company and
started operations under the name of
the February Premier Mining and
Leasing Company. They are operating
on the south end of the February
claim of the Goldfield Consolidated,
sinking a double compartment shaft,
working three shifts daily.
The shaft was started last week, and
is now down fifty feet.
The contract was let to ]. M. Dunn
Zee, the contract calling for 800 feet
the work to be finished in eighty days
The lease is on some of the most
favorable ground in Goldfield. 1t is
within 450 feet of known ore and on
direct strike of the vein. This vein
is known to be fifty feet wide with
average values of S62 to the ton. The
lease is 40OX600 feet in size and is on
the January vein of the February
claim. 1t is the only lease ever given
on this claim and is unique In being
the largest and longest lease ever
granted ON Consolidated ground
A resolution adopted a short time
ago by the Consolidated people bars
all other leasers. On the February
claim the leasers have an electric hoist
In operation, and every indication is
favorable at the present time.
Four hundred feet south of the Feb
ruary ground is the Donnellan lease.
on Hazel Queen ground, where strike
was made about the time the February
leasers started to sink shaft. on the
Moore lease, 300 feet from the Febru-
airy, ore was struck october 10Th. This
ore assayed $500.
The February Premier Mining and
Leasing Company was Incorporated
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
STRIKE NEAR AUSTIN MAY
DEVELOP WONDERFUL CAMP

! AUSTIN. Nov. s-Joe Scallen, \
+ otherwise known as Smoky VAL !
i ley Slim" recently made rich !
i strike on his claims forty miles !
i south of Austin on the north slope !
+ of Mount Jefferson and twelve !
4 miles east of Milletts station. He =
+ found on one claim a ledge carry !
+ ing gold and silver ore giving as !
+ says as follows: $10680 in gold !
J. and $3.50 in silver. !
= The ore in some instances is ex- =
i ceedingly rich and it is believed !
!. that the new strike win prove to I
= be a wonderful camp. =
+ There is a good road to the dis !
I trict and near the mines can be =
i found plenty of wood ana water. ;
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
Increases Its Enroe

RHYOLITE, Nov. S.-The Echo Con-
solidated company of Lee, Cal, situated
near the famous Inyo mines, are back
ing up their faith in the Echo Lee dis
trict by working two men on the largest
tract of land held In the above famous
district. General Manager Charles b.
Croner will increase the force to five
men and continue to increase the work.
ing force as fast as developments will
Justify
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
Silver BOW Attraots

Silver Bow, fifty miles to the south
east Of Tonopah, is looking up, ac-
cording to r. M. Dorothy. He says
that much development work is being
done there and that number of east
ern capitalists have been LOOKING over
the properties. They all saw that same
of the finest assays they have seer In
any of the Nevada districts are Sc
cured from workings in that section.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
Ely Payroll Is 100000

The monthly payroll in Ely now
amounts to almost or quite 100000. The
Nevada Consolidated, Cumberland Ely,
the Steptoe Smelling and Mining COM
panies pay employees about $150,000
monthly i'm addition to which there are
the railroad, the GirouX, copper mines,
Boston Ely and other operating proper
ties
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
onens Vein Near Jack Pot

The rich north and south fissure
which has proved its pay quality in the
past on the Jack Pot and other claims
to the southwest, has been opened up
by a leaser on the Pfeiffer ground 1000
feet north of the Austin Manhattan
mill at Austin New
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-09
Strike at Gold Circle

From Gold Circle comes the report
that new strike has been made in the
camp on the Queen property, owned by
George Storey. The strike is said to
be bonanza one, and as great as any
heretofore made in the camp.