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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

One Of the most consistent boosters
of Rawhide, but who has several thou
sand rivals in Southern Nevada.
Is J. Z. Mclaughlin. He Is vice presi-
lent and general manager Of the Raw
hide Republic mpan and. despite the
stress Of the seething gold camp TO the
northward, he has stolen away for a
few DAYS to renew acquaintance with
wife and baby and incidentally talk
business with his associates. Boyer,
Thomas & Co.
Mr.. Mclaughlin tells some great
things about the camp. all of which are
true but unbelievably interesting. the
general public not having concluded the
process of stretching arms and yawn-
ing preparatory to accepting as gospel
ruths the tales that append to the
Rawhide.
Mr.. Mclaughlin is certain sure that
the Rawhide Republic will make good.
He is confident that 1t will be n OF the
big shipping propositions of the camp.
So far as surface showing goes 1t Is
an absolute winner.
Rawhide pilgrims, he relates. are ar
irving in all possible -conveyances,
ranging from shoe leather to touring
cars. Many roll in in dead axe wagons
driven by Indians who are not averse to
picking up a transient or two n a dol
lar or two, even II the land that the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
NEVADA'S MINERAL RESOURCES

mines, and incidentally the decadence Of
silver, the glory Of Nevada seemed to
have passed away. Mining. and profit
able mining, has never ceased. but until
recently population has steadily dimin-
ished, and II was with dificulty that any
effective state government could be
maintained.
"All OF a sudden Nevada has bios
somed out as a great g~old-producing
state, and 1t may yet do more than its
share in making gold-as some predict
II will soon be made-as fuctuating and
uncertain a measure of values as silver
now is. What will come of h present
rush to Rawhide it is too early to pre-
diet, but 1t looks as II 1t were to be a
great gold-mining camp and there is no
reason to doubt-and no veteran pros
pector Toes doubt-that somewhere In
the state there are hundreds and per-
haps thousands Of ~outcropping lodges as
rich in gold as any yet discovered. And
rich gold mines will bear substantial
taxation. so that the power of the state
as represented by public and private
revenues may become equal to that of
almost any other state in the Union.
The auto is destined to play a great part
in the exploitation of Nevada 1t uses
little water and its fuel is concentrated
and light. and when 1t is not working
It costs nothing. 1t looks as II the great
state of Nevada was now at last coming
to its own"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

Below Is reproduced an article from
the San Francisco Chronicle. remarkable
chiefly from the fact that the papers OF
that city are at least willing to concede
that Nevada's mineral resources are 60
ingt to make 1t one Of the greatest states
in the Union. Perhaps the fact that
Nevada's trade is slipping away from
San Francisco and being given to Los
Angeles and Salt Lake City has some
influence in bringing the papers to a re-
~alization. tina this state Is something
more-than a desert waste. but whatever
ssSe cause, it's a real pleasure to have
one of the big newspapers tell the truth
about Nevada once in a while, as the
Chronicle does when 1t says:
1.-THE f%orbidding aspects of nature In
the greater part of the state of Nevada
and the difficulty and cost of prospect
ing it's arid wastes have hitherto pre-
vented anything like a careful prospect
ing for the discovery of its mineral
wealth, but the great strikes which are
occurring one after another In widely
separated parts of the state indicate
that for centuries to come new and prof.
table mines will be discovered and
opened up and that the mineral wealth
concealed under the Nevada soil Will yet
make that one of the richest states in
the Union. That was freely ~prophesied
when the Comstock mines were begin
ming their then unprecedented yield OF
silver. but with the decadence OF those
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
M'LAUGHLIN TALKS OF
THE RAWHIDE DISTRICT

tenderfeet are taking possession OF was
once and. according to h Red Mems
tenets, still is the property OF the
aborigines.
From 200 to 700 a day is the estimate
Of the increase in Rawhide's population
and this despite i~ndisputablc evidences
Of race suicide. They come not only
from the four points of the compass.
but from Fallon and Reno as wei
as from Tonopah and Goldfield.
On the train in which Mr.. Mclaughlin
arrived in Goldheld there had been a
sleeper. filled fore and aft. top and bot
tom. 1t was sidetracked at Schurz. In
addition to the a~ristocrats of the Pull
man.. there alighted some 20 people from
the day coaches. The same story could
be told of the north bound trains and
the chief industry of Fallon now seems
to be the caring for wayfarers who have
icket for the new camp.
Living is not so expensive. after all
in Rawhide, according to Mr.. McLaugh-
lin. Good meals are o~btainable for SO
cents. and a dollar a night is charged
for a comfortable bed. Miners receive
$3.50 a day and carpenters are content
with the dollar an hour that is paid
them. There are $50 miners regularly
employed, while that number are de-
yeloping claims and leases which they
individually own.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

w. C. Rannells, mine manager of the
Rawhide Hub Mining company and the
Roseberry Rawhide Mining company,
has just returned from Rawhide. and re-
ports tina the camp is improving daily
and that development has now advanced
to the point where machinery is neces-
sary. Mr.. Rannells states that there
are to his certain knowledge no less
than a dozen plants Of machinery or
dered for Rawhide properties. and sew
eral are now on the way to the camp.
Mr.. Rannells came to Goldield to con-
fer with the directors of the Rawhide
Hub in regard to purchasing a plant OF
machinery for that company. At a d.
rectors' meeting held this week 1t vas
decided to purchase a 25-h.p. plant and
ship to Rawhide at once. By the time
the plant Of machinery reaches Rawhide
the shaft will be down so feet and the
machinery will be installed and sinking
continued to the 100-foot depth.
In determining the point at which to
start the shaft the vein on the HUI
property was trenched for a dis
lance Of AZ feet and a general assay
taken across the entire width which ran
$3.50.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
xxyADA HILLS COMPANY
PASSES ITS DIVIDEND

The Nevada Hills Mining company of
Fairview. at their las meeting at Salt
Lake, passed the regular quarterly divf-
dend. The company's treasury now
holds in the neighborhood of s150.000
and could thus a easily paid out
$4,000 without draining it. The COM
pany, however. has a number of plans
in contemplation for its property which
will need some money to finance. The
company has not shipped any ore for
-four months, as the directors do not
propose to pay high freight rates and
exorbitant smelling charges.
The company is particularly DESTROYS
of building a mill and has solved all the
auxiliary problems connected with this
step, such as water and millsite. but has
met a stumbling block in the fuel prob
lem. Neither oil nor coal can be sent in
proftably. There is a likelihood of the
company making an effort to secure
electric power at Virginia City, New,
where all the Comstock mines receive
the electric current that is helping to
rejuvenate the lode. Such an effort
would require building a 90-mile power
line and it is believed that this sug-
gestion will be the most practicable to
solve the power question from an eco
nomical and permanent standpoint.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
LEASING TERMS
THE MAKING OF RAWHlDE

Mr.. Rannells states hat the leasing
system adopted by the owners of prop
erty in Rawhide is the o generous
he has ever known in any camp. and is
the key note to Rawhide's wonderful
growth. On all of the big properties.
such as Roseberry Rawhide. Coalition,
Consolidated and Rawhide Queen. there
has beer granted leases running from
eighteen months to three years time and
at reasonable royalties. Mr.. T. A. Rose
berry, managing director of Roseberry
Rawhide Mining company, inaugurated
a new system, by reducing the royalties
q, all his leases from 20 per cent to 10
per cent on ore running $25 or less. Is
per cent on ore from SIS to SIS and 20
per cent on all ores running SIS or more.
Such generous treatment of leasers en-
c~ourages them to more active develop
ment work, and also enables them TO
make profits on all grades of milling
ore. There is a world of high grade
milling ore being mined in Rawhide. and
I believe that Rawhide will develop into
one of the greatest milling camps in the
state of Nevada" said Mr.. Ranne1ls.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR COPPER

ore deposits. mined by steam shovel and
the product concentrated and smelted in
huge plants. that will eventually give
to Utah and Nevada an enviable reputa-
ton. Success in these states will also
mean perhaps the utilization of similar
practices in mining and ore treatment in
districts where heretofore the future for
economically developing the vast low
grade copper deposits seemed to be
hopeless.
The saving in mining at rs to 30 cents
a ton by steam shovel and 81 to $3.50
by ordinary means is a factor which
will encourage the development of any
property whose area is large enough to
guarantee profitable working even if the
ore does not carry more than about 2
per cent copper. Such property, intelli-
gently managed. should yield a fair in
terest on a normal capitalization, even
when copper sells at only IL or 10 cents
a cOund.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

The clouds of doubt in the copper
market are beginning to disappear, ac-
cording to the Mining World, and as the
sky clears there is a gradual return OF
confidence. The stimulant which is
strengthening the market is the resump-
ton of buying by domestic onsumer
who, 1t seems, anticipate that prices
will not go lower. If anything will adj
vance. Incidentally the re-opening OF
some of the more important mines in
Butte and elsewhere suggests that sup
plies of copper in first hands are near
ing the level where. should the normal
demand reappear before new stock has
been produced in quantity, prices might
again jump beyond reason.
Utah and Nevad are in line for a
mammoth copper production, and 1T
would not be surprising to see these
states eclipse many of their elders a few
years hence. 1t will be the low grade
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

Now that summer time and dog
days. are just ahead, everybody who
summers at home, is considering 10Y
to simplify things and get the most COM
fort out of an uncomfortable situation.
We interview the ice-man; order thin
clothes: plan to ease up here and relax
there; but more than likely forget the
one most important item in the whole
hot-weather scheme-some means of do
ing the family cooking without the in
sufferable hea of a coal fire in the
kitchen.
Everyone with experience knows 10Y
tiresome it is to stay in a stuffy room
to prepare a meal. let alone the doing of
a big baking. But everyone doesn't
know how very easy 1t is to change a
hot kitchen to a cool one. and do better
cooking at the same time. Just d to
your list of summer c~onveniences a New
Perfection Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook
Stove and you've done all that n one
can do to lessen hot weather discom-
fort.
Wouldn't 1t be fine of a summer morn
ing to step in the kitchen. put on the
kettel. broil the steak. bake the muf-
fms, filter the coffee and give the break
fact call in one-fourth the time you'd
take to do it all Pm a coal stove?
And wouldn't it be fine to be as cool
when the breakfast vas prepared as
when you first entered the kitchen?
People who nave tried 1t say that the
New Perfection Oil Stove actually does
everything in the line of cooking and
domestic service without overheating
the room or the worker.
Undoubtedly the reason is to found in
the blue fame principle on which the
stove works.
A cylindrical chimney concentrates
the heat at the stove top and in this way
prevents surface radiation as in a coal
or wood stove.
1t is easy to see that this lessons very
much the matter Of personal discomfort
in summer housekeeping.
So don't forget the New Perfection oil
Stove in your summer plans and you
will nave a comfortable kitchen and the
best cook-stove in the world.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
LIST OF NEW INTERPRETATIONS

Crescent Provision company. 10000
John C. F. Pendant, ]. NJ. Clark and w
E. Wright.
The Northern, Inc, 100000; G. L
Richard. Andy Common and w. T. Haig
Rawhide.
Aguilar-Kilpatrick company. $4,000
Carlos Aguilar, d. E. Lane and F. j.
Hangs.
Rawhide Yankee Girl Mining com
pany. $1,000. 900; A. W. Harbold, Marx
walser and G.. j. Seilaff.
Mountain Consolidated Gold Mining
company. 81, 900, 900; James O'Brien, L.
f. Kretz. A. Korvi. H. Dietz and B. F.
Elliott.
The Rawhide Yankee Girl Mining
company has filed Incorporation papers
with the county clerk. The organiza-
ton is capitalized at 81. 000, goo and has
as original subscribers. A. w. Harbold
Mark Walser and G.. j. Sielaff.
Golde Eagle Mining company. ST.
600, 900: G. p. Steele. J. S. Henderson
and III. G. Cannon.
Grutt Hill Mint. Mining and Leasing
company. 5000. 900: H. c. Sumner. Archie
La Montague. l.. E. Krotz. c. N. ShaffeI
n w. II. Shaffer.
Rawhide America Mining company,
81, 600. 900; Thomas j.. Salter. ]. f. Fitz-
gerald and John A. Montgomery.
The Red Star Mining company. $1,000.
900; L. Willstaedt. ID. b. Wilkinson and
E. c. Edwards.
Rawhide Eclipse Mining company
81. 0o0. 600: p. w Smith. c. NJ. Brown
and r. d.. Mitchell.
Rawhide Red Top Leasing and Min
ing company. 81. Zoo. 900; John Meter
NJ. A. league and N. II. Truett.
Nevada Rawhide Gold Mining com
pany. 100000: Mathew ID. Reay. Thos
Kearns. Frank ]. C~avanaugh and JOIN
r. Meaker.
GIN Realty company. 10000: II. E
Hill. C. A. Gill and +. A. gill.
Rawhide Nevada King Mining com
pany. 1000. 600: Charles del Bondio. o
j.. Van Pelt. W. J. Moran and Thomas
Mccarthy.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
NEWS OF THE ELY DISTRICT

this week on the ore line. for the pur-
pose of preparing the upper end for
heavy traffic within the month. aEf an
nouncement that passenger service will
be established the minute the track is
ready to handle It with entire safety.
HOUSES ARE IN DEMAND
There is a largely increased demand
for real estate and houses in Ely City.
with greatly increased incoming passen-
ger traffic. made up Of w~orkingmen. IN
vestors. mining engineers ana ert;ers
from all parts of the country.
GENEaAL SUMMING Up
These are among the points of the
week which tell forcibly of things doing
here, and of the steadily gaining
strength which the camp is making
through the certain near approach of
high activity. 1t is in the air that
things are coming through fast. and tie
impulse to get up and be doing is felt
and responded to on all sides.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

The Engineers Lease corporation has
filed papers of incorporation with the
county clerk, with a capitalization of
$500, 900. The original subscribers are
Harry P. Taylor of Goldfeld, John c.
Muen and Lieutenant Price. both of Salt
Lake.
H~ooligan Hill Mining company. with
Mark Walser. A. w. Harbold and II. F.
corporated. The company is capitalized
at 81. 900, 900.
National Brokerage company. $780,
600; l.. C. Van Ripper, George 8. Finn
and A. s. Proskey.
Horn Silver Mining company, sl.0oc.-
600: C. r. Howard. w. H.. Richards. w
II. whitmore and Charles O'Daniel.
Placer Brick Manufacturing company,
500. 900; Charles A. Herman. Frederick
Manss and viii E. Sirbeck.
Rawhide Consolidated Annex Mining
company. 81, 500, 000: NJ. A. league. ]. A.
Morris and j. H. Todd.
The Excelsior Mining company has
Incorporated. the original subscribers
being w. II. Routledge of Sacramento,
j. w. Shelton, Berkeley and H.. f. Shell
DON, San Francisco. The organization is
capitalized at 81. 000.O 600. divided into
1000. 900 shares of the par value of 81
each.
Articles of Incorporation OF the Raw.
hide Water Power and Milling company,
with a capitalization of $500, 600. divided
into a like number OF shares OF the pal
value of 81 each. have been filed with
the county clerk. The original sub
scribers are Waiter stopford. w. b. Kol'
man and w. l.. McGregor.
Amendment to articles from Rawhids
Anaconda Mining and Milling compan,
to Rawhide Gold Reduction n Mining
company. $1,000. 900; chas. f. shober. Z
w. Waybright and X. NJ. Colwell
Rawhide Water. Power and Milling
company. $500. goo. Walter Stopford. w
b. Kelman and w. L. McGregor.
Kearns No. 2 Gold Mining company
$500. ooe: Thomas Kearns. John Howard
and James O'Brien.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
SEVERAL STRIKES AT PH0N0LITE
fspecial correspondence.)

Phonolite. New. March 31.-A strike
of unusual interest and Importance was
made a few lays ago in the tunnel OF
the Phonolite ~Paymaster Mining COM
pany, situated in this section OF Nye
county. 1t promises to be the peer OF
anything recently found in the state.
The ore body was struck 200 feet be-
low the surface and a winze has been
sent down 26 feet. Every foot of the
latter working is in ore n the ledge
is steadily widening. 1t now being seven
feet between the walls.
Three other strikes have been made
six miles west of Phonolite and two
large sales are pending. which will be
closed in a few days. The considera-
tions are said to run into the tens OF
thousands. Just as soon as the roads
are passable a rus is expected into
Phonolite.
Following are the assay taken from
the Phonolite Paymaster's strike. They
were run In three separate assays and
the pulp checked:
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

NJ. ]. Fink. who returned from New
York City Thursday. that
work will be started the first of the
week on two of the properties of the
Hazel Goldfeld, for which he is general
manager. One of these is the Berenice
Fraction and the other is a lease on the
Laguns. On the former nothing has
hitherto been o except surface cross
cutting. the greatest depth attained be-
ing 30 feet. A ledge was exposed, as
says from which ran from $3.50 to $62.
The shaft of the fraction will be sunk
to a depth of 200 feet.
On the Laguna the shaft is already
down 257 feet and will be rushed to the
depths. Mr.. Fink says that while money
is still very closely held in the east
the desire for Investments in Goldfeld
properties is steadily growing and he
believes that within a very few months
an old-fashioned boom will set In.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
FORESIGHT IN MINING BUSINESS.

civil engineer, to anage the mine. Dur
ing the following two years he extracted
all the ore made easily available by his
predecessor and then. when he saw that
all the easy money" had been gouged
out resigned. Another man was sent
out. and II took a year for him to de-
velop enough ore to Justify stopping
again on an extensive scale. Meanwhile
the mill was idle. and this new man got
few thanks for his well directed efforts.
The man who had Immediately preceded
him, who had made good" was re-
engaged at an advanced salary and re-
peated his former performance OF min
ing cheaply at the expense Of the man
before him, and then again to the great
regret Of the company retired covered
with laurels.
Again IL remained for another first
class miner to put the property In SHAPE
IN produce. Such has been the career
of his noted mine. Three times did this
civil engineer take this property and
make It largely productive-each time at
the expense of men. his superiors In In
teligence and ability. One man got all
the praise, the others all the damning.
OF course this may be considered the
DAD luck Vi tlc hth Wv ho0
"drudgery" for the fellow who made the
proft; however. it Is by no means an
isolated case Of the kind.
Where the man in charge fails TO APP
preciate the necessity of preparation Tor
the future the career of a property may
be shortened by many years through
such short-sighted management. Very
often large expense is essential that can
not possibly be Immediately profitable
but while the mine is making a sub
stantial profit is the time to prepare Tor
the future when ore will be lower IN
grade, more dinicult to mine and conse-
ouently more expensive. II this dead
work bs neglected the time will almost
inevitably come when the property VIII
be Obliged to close. and this permanent
ly.-American Mining Review.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
ELI corPEn DISTRICT

ELY COPPER DIsT1ICT
Night shifts have been added to the
working forces at the machine shops,
planning mill and carpenter shops at Nc
Gill.
WORKING FORCE INC1EAsED
Increased forces this week were put
on work of preparing Nevada CONSOLE
dated and Cumberland Ely mines for
early production of ore, and increased
forces put in Copper Flat to prepare the
way for the operation of steam shovels
in the great surface copper deposits.
HLLxoNs N SIGHT
Everything Is moving to the end OF
getting the better than $4,000, 900
worth of ore. which the Cumberland Ely
has ready to send down the ore line and
the vast tonnage of Nevada Consolidated
pouring through concentration and
smelter.
WORKING ON DEE LIME
Large forces of men were put at work
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

No business requires more foresight
than that Of mining. The su~perintend-
ent of a mine must plan. not only for to-
day. but he must see weeks and months
ahead into the future II he desires to
keep the property continuously In sue
cessful operation. In most large mines
II is an easy matter TO secure an abund-
nnce of ore the first few years. and as q
result. these first few years are too
often years of extravagance-not only
carelessness as to expense Of operation
but a positive disregard for the future
prosperity Of the mine Is evident Not
infreouently this foolish. short-sighted
policy in mine operation Is the direct
outcome of an attempt on the part OF
the manager or superintendent to make
a record for cheap mining. which In
after years some times proves to have
been at the expense of his successor.
Thu richer ore shoots are gouged out.
leaving lower grade ore on one or both
sides: necessary development is neg
,ected: raises or winzes for better ven-
citation are not put through. m every
expense which tends to p~erpetuate the
profitable existence of the mine, out
which is not of immediate and direct
benefit is left to be done by the other
fellow.
We have in mind a mine OF whicn
much has been written. The ground 10
bad, and hard to hold; much dead work
is at times necessary, and altogether 1t
is a dificult mine to work II everything
is not lone in a thorough fashion. A
man was placed in charge of this prop
erty when It had been allowed to get In
the worst possible shape. A serious
cave had killed several workmen. He
was a wise and competent man. and
spent many thousands Of dollars in
bringing order out Of chaos. BY the
time his contract expired he had placed
the property in excellent condition. but
HI had produced little bullion. The COM
pany did not renew his contract. but
sent another man. not a miner, but a
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

The next two give the metal in ounces,
total in dollars:
No. Silver, 1917 ounces; gold, 4S3
ounces; total, $1C.71443.
No. 2-silver. 40 ounces; gold. 3S
ounces; total, sS3S.1O.
III. w. Bruner, manager of the prop
erty, is claimant to the title of doing
more feet of development work for the
number of treasury shares sold than
any mining man in the state.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

The interest hat Is once more CEN
tering on the Spider Wasp ledge IL at
tributed TO the activity OF Robinson
and vickers. who recently took over the
Cleopatra ana Red Rock groups. COM
bining them under the Victor Wonder.