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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18

Profits in the form of dividends are
what the principal shareholders in the
Goldfield Kewanas are seeking, rather
than from appreciation in the market
value of the stock. This was evidenced
this week when it was voted to turn
down an offer for the control, which
was decidedly better than the quoted
40 cents, which the stock now COM
mands. The ultimatum of the company
was that no offer of less than ~
share would be considered.
The regular meeting Of the share
holders was held Tuesday. About
10000 shares was represented by those
present. who were Senator h. Fred
Dangberg, w. J. Douglas, j. B. Quigly,
Louis Schloss, J. O'Keefe, William M.
Sims, +. w. Thompson, 2. X. Gordon
and Lucien Simon. H. II. Clark was
unable to be present.
All the old directors and officers were
elected, the choice being: H. H. Clark,
president; w. J. Douglas, vice presl-
dent; Louis Schloss, secretary and gen
eral manager.
The property was inspected and the
shareholders expressed themselves as
pleased with the progress of work. 1t
was decided to hold the promotion stock
in pool for another year.
A report Of the financial standing OF
the company showed that 1920 shares
remain in the treasury in addition to
the sum Of $17, ZOO in hard cash. The
shaft is being worked by three shifts
and is down 500 feet, while consider
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
6Special Correspondence


Rawhide, April 17.-Each new camp
ia q geological law unto itself, and this
the engineers are slowly being forced
to admit 1t was Solomon VINO salu
that gold is where you find it, and there
has been very little if any improve
ment on this as a scientific theory since
the days when the Hebrew wrote ms
famous songs of love. And it is on this
theory that the supporters and adnei-
ents of Rawhide have pledged tneir
faith and in many cases their fortune.
But despite the historic significance
If the theory and it's receptiblllty
through age and origin the sighs OF re-
lief are plentiful in Rawhide as eacn
shot shows penmanency. When tne
veins widen and the values improve,
the Rawhider, however astute, cannon
hide his satisfactios. Tex Rickard 3 ex.
vibrations with the drill to depth OF
BOO feet. and the discovery at thai
denth. Of ore running close to $40 to
the ton in ledge that is estimated az
thirty feet wide resulted in positive
debauch Of speculation. Even the calm.
est the most conservative are content
IN place themselves in the prophet class
Nothing short of the greatest gold camp
in the history of the werid is satisfying
BIG FOUR LEASE
The development on the Big Foul
Lease. operated by the Rawhide Mining
company, and not to be spoken OF wher
the Big -Four Mining or Leasing com
many is under discussion, is ease II
ppo;rt that bears we'll the belief that per
psrmenency will result from deep work
ings. The hoist has been In oPsFstiel
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18

one of the subsidiary companies of the
Syndicate, the Grutt Hill Hooligan Min
ing company. The block secured is con-
sidered among the best on the famous
hill. 1t has the Grutt Haswell on the
west. the Smith -Soelver on the east and
undoubtedly the rich vein Of the Grutt
Hill Mint Mining company traverses
the block, as it can be traced on the
surface, where values can be secured
averaging $47.8S. In the northeast
drift of the Grutt Hill Mint, ore was
uncovered few days ago that went a
dollar a pound across eight inches. This
is being sacked and shipment will be
made in a week.
RESTAURANT KEEPERS GET ORE
The fer er owners Of the Goldfield
Cafe, four in number, sold out that es-
tablishment few weeks ago to get a
grub stake with which to operate a
lease. Yesterday they were fully vim
dieated. They opened up in their tun-
mel on the Car clear of the Regent Rec
tor, an eight-foot vein of ore that is to
be compared only with the best in the
camp. The ore pans at an average value
of two dollars to pan in gold across
two feet. The other six feet 60 better
than $50. This with the exploration by
drill on Tex Richards ground, the open
ing up of good ore by Jack Bell on the
Queen Bethania, the cutting of the
Queen Bethania ledge on the Bluff,
Hoodlum and exceptional values found
on the Tarantula Fraction and the Nor
risey lease of the Last Chance has con
eentrated interest on the northern sec
tion of the camp.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18

Hornsilver is the latest camp in
Nevada to make bid for
popular favor and it certainly has the
goods wherewfth to back up all it's
claims.
Last Sunday the representatives of
rTheI News, and the daily papers of Gold
field enjoyed the hospitality oof Howard
Russell, one of the most heavily inter
ested of the mining men of the new
camp. With 'eShorty" at the wheel,
thet trip to, the new camp was made in
less than two hours.
lHornsilver' lies almost directly south
by southwest from jackson mountain,
peak in southern Nevada that en-
joys an almost equal distinction with
Mount Oddie and Columbia mountain.
Fourteen miles southwest from Cuprite
is the new camp, lying at the base of
Slate range, within speaking distance
Of lime Point.
The site is semicireular basin, sur
rounded on three sides by the Crescent
range, in which lies buried the ransom
of hundred kings.
Two days before our visit the first
lot had been sold in the new townTand
the first tent pitched. 00n the day OF
our trip there were fourteen tents in
the morning and eighteen tents and
two frame buildings when we left. AT
noon a wagon freighted with lumber
and another laden with culinary uten-
sils and supplies drew up in front or a
vacant lot. When we returned from a
visit to the mines several hours later
we found a substantial hotel building
with dinner served in the dining room.
Sunday morning two saloons started
business in structures consisting OF a
floor and bar, togther with the neces-
sarv stock. BY the middle of the after
noon the refreshment pariors were
snugly under roof and had even Ice
with which to regale their customers.
It is thusly that mining camps IN
Southern Nevada in the year 1908 are
builded. A transformation within 4e
hours from a cacticovered, arlu desert
To little city of several hundred IN
habitants and all the comforts OF nr-
ban life provided you are not too dif-
'ficult to satisfy.
At this writing, Thursday afternoon,
the camp Of Hornsiiver has already
been assured a railroad, telephone
line and water system. It is a busting
little city with six saloons, four res
taurants, a barber shop, four lodging
hopses. three stores, two automobiie
lines and one stage line, feed yard,
livery stable and what not.
At the mature age Of five days the
ci%v of Hornsilver made application
for postofice and precinct is be-
inc established, while the mining dis,
triet has already fixed its metes and
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
YANSAS CITY HAS SHOW TO
DEVELOP TWO PRODUCERS

values and prevent their slipping out
into the dacite.
Prior 70 the new administrative re-
gime considerable shipment was made
from the old shaft, but the new bore
was started in order to save extensive
lateral work and cut the ledge "on its
dip, which seems to have been accom-.
plishcd OH the 459 level just upon
leaving .he shaft
This lease is equipped with 25.horse
power gasoline hoist and an adequate
gallcws frame and other surface work.
ings. Despite the water, The shaft re-
mains intact, no swelling ground hav-
ing been encountered. Fourteen miners
are working in this property.
Viewed from Goldfield The most
striking surface working is the gal
lows frame on C. O. d. hin. Tt was the
highest frame in the camp until the
Goldfield Florence was installed. The
60foot clearance permits the dump.
ing Of buckets automatically, doing
away with the expense Of a top man. :
The Kansas City's shaft on the c. O.
D. is down 325 feet, but work rs being
concentrated on the 200. The equip
ment here is also 25-horse power gaso
line hoist.
Since Mr.. Mcguire took the super
intendency the lateral work has beer
changed in direction, with the result
that the c. o. D. ledge and q ascrpsslead
from it have been encountered. The
ledge assays from 80 to $22 TO the ton
and the -crosslead has not yet been
sampled. In the face of the main drift
the ledge is beginning to show the
presence Of copper, which is expected
to develop into the tetrhhedfrte
which carries net onlw abost eighteer
per cent copper, but large gold values
in Gold Bar ground.
Even a eursory view of the -surfac,
of the property evidences that the
Gold Bar vein, in which values AS higf
as 5000 are obtained, is in Tine to bt
picked up by the east eresscut ano
doubtless will be had in about sixty
feet more work. Manager Koortz is
now drawing up contract for year :
extension of the lease.
After thoroughly inspecting both
these properties, on which the lease
holds run from eighteen months to two
wears, the representative Of The News
is favorably impressed with the chances
for making producers and is absolutely
assured that the company is honestly
endeavoring to gain profits Tor the
shareholders. The treasury OF the com
pany is in splendid condition and there
are neither liens nor Indebtedness OF
anv sort against the concern. Kansas
CITY Goldfield is obviously doing hon,
est work with the honest expectation OF
receiving honest gain.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
fsrecial Correspondence.l }


Hart, Cal, April 16.-Hart is now
three months old, and thirty four
leasing and independent companies are
in active operation, with the population
of the camp steadily on the increase.
The stages coming from Hit and
Leastalk are loaded every day, and a
number of strong companies are pre-
pairing to begin operations on a large
scale. Clustered around the great
Jumbo lode, which property was pur-
chased few weeks ago by the Quar-
tette Mining company for large con-
sideration, at least seven different
leasers are at work, with the promise
of many others starting operations
within the next week. Four companies
have already placed orders for hoists
and compressors, and il will not be
long before developments will be car
ried on with power drills, which will
greatly accelerate the gaining of depth
in record time. Prominent mining en-
gineers who have made a careful study
of this district declare the showing yet
to be encountered rs developments pro-
gress will far surpass that made to
date, which, according to the best au-
thorities, II unprecedented in the an
nails Of mipipg. The progress being
made IN the mines j. reflected in the
rapid growth 81 the camp itself.
Buildings are going up all over the
town. Many substantial z, business
blocks are in course of erection, while
numerous others are being planned and
will be started within the next week
or two.
Another rich strike was made at the
Sloan lease on the Jumbo last Mon
day. At a depth of so feet erosscuts
are being run east and west, and in
the east crosscut the vein is becoming
richer as distance is gained. This
shaft has been in $50 ore for 40 feet,
and the crosseuts both ways demon
strate that the vein is growing in
width and richness.
A hoist is being installed at the
Ouartetae shaft ON the Jumbo. which
was purchased by the Quartette Min-
ing company few weeks ago for a
large consideration. Last week while
excavatinc for site for the hoist
building workmen encountered rich
panninga near the surface, which
makes this great lode at least SO feet
in width. Before purchasing The
Jumbo the Quartette company took l5o
samples which returned an average
value across 30 feet of the ieege OF $50
per ton. Three shifts are cmDlpyed IN
rinkine, and the ore will be hauied -
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
o0IIND MOUNTAIN MINING
TO PAY DIVIDEND IN JUNE

Nsvada mining shortly
& Of dividend It the Round Mountain Mining
the nss Davis of Godfeld th
will be held in
a ne declaring hoped
matter quartcry distributions money,
r favoraby acted Former Governor Thomas of
Godfed
mc Round Mountain this morning inspect
f.or, tho nina and mil; aro uo
fn streak that $780, while the entire
~. -sakTng 800 to the ton
rr the April the tonnage
was
@ the first of May the mill will be handling about
~ April expected to be between $50
sso 600 will be forty cent increase March
Nevada With depth the
Que and the n breadth.
Go~ Aesestt = . . . . = &af+
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
WEEKS PRODUCTION HAS
VALUATION OF $l5O,l8Z.5O
Greater Part OF the Tonnage is From the Leases,
the Larger Companies Awaiting Completion
Of Milling Faciities---NO Smelter
Shipments are Being Made
Comb i'll average value
to na 1.-THE large
ompn Of dt
nd nh@ Of ecamp
ut Combn
ninety yNma tn snmaknsa aanva vam no
Purchasing
nssyndcte
p snmsK Kan lease oddad
w
this total ~ Western
g
al
tons nhum eyne III
hhmageo H1&
eavayn hondnmn from
NEW CAMP OF HORNSILVER
HAS REMARKABLE GROWTH

The cause for the rapid growth Of
this city, which is keeping Mr.. Russell
on the jump making change and Mr.
Chute in lather of perspiraticn setting
stakes, is the mineral showing of the
district.
1fornsilver is like Round Mountain
in that it did not invite the public to
come in and make their homes and
their fortunes until there was proof
positive that the camp was Perma-
nent and profitable one
There are mines at Hornsilver, three
in actual course of production and
scores in potentialities. 1t was the in
tention of the representative of The
News to .enumerate the various prop.
critics, but that will be impossible
within the space restrictions Of this
article.
That is another story, which win bs
| told soon, but il is enough to say that
the original strike of the district, tho
Great Western, is now shipping at ths
rate Of 100000 a month and has hardl,
entered upon it's era of production
The property is equipped with sub
stantial head frame and gasoline
hoisting engine, as well as all neees
sary building and equipment.
The shaft has been sunk to the 200
foot point, with sump in addition, and
extensive work has been done on the
200 level, throwing tremendous body
of shipping ore in sight.
From point in the east drift WINE
has been sunk and it is now thirty feet
=. of ho< x.ysIl
$500 to the ton. This is being mixed
with the lower grade from the stopt
above the hundred-foot level and the
entire amount is returning about $20l
to the ton, although hereafter less ore
will be sent from the upper workings
A crosscut has been started toward the
ledge from the 200-foot point, which
will be reached in about a week, when
the mine is expected to prove regular
free coinage mint.
The Russell boys and their associates
also own number of other properties
lin the district, but none yet developed
to the extent of the Great Western.
Another shipper in the vicinity is the
check for $1,000 net from nineteen
ton trial lot There are quite mum
Der of other properties in the district
that win be shipping ore even before
the railroad comes, especially the Cot
trell, Olson & McAuliffe property, but
an enumeration and description of these
mines must be deferred until second
visit is made by The News representa-
tive to the camp.
1t is sufficient to say, however, that
Hornsilver is on the map to stay. From
every indication it is permanent and
will be a large and prosperous town.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18

rioun,ls and selected its officials. Within
a couple of weeks the town will have
attained TO growth of possibly a
thousand men, women and children, for
the gentler sex and the coming genera
tion are beginning to flock in and make
homes.
The climate of Hornsilver is as
equitable as could be expected-som
six miles from the head of Death Val
ley. The altitude, however, rs greater
than that Of G0Idfield. In the imme-
diate vicinity are towering mountains,
reaching an elevation of better than a
mile and half. Near their SUBMITS
tthe snow banks still lie, despite the
fact that wild flowers are blooming in
profusion about the townsite.
On these mountains is an almost in
cxhsustiBle supply of sstimber, some-
thing of novelty ip Ssdthern Nevada.
On Mt. MeGrudor and Lida mountain
are ravines where q never failing flow
of pure spring water gushes forth, and
some of this is to be piped to Horn
silver without delay. The Coolest in
habitants,'' and there are several that
have flocked into the new community,
say that bear and deer, as well as
smaller game, rove through the mac
cessible defiles of the higher SUBMITS,
while some go even better and say that
they have seen bnffalo feeding on the
upper mountain pastures.
At all events, wood and water are
plentiful within striking distance of
the new camp, while railroad rs as
sured within few weeks. Chief En-
gineer Mcclure and General Agent
knight of the Las Vegas & Tonopah
company have made two trips to the
district and they state almost posi-
tivelv that a branch road will be built.
/ 1t will cut off from the main line about
six miles south of Cuprite and will
have a uniform and easy grade, it be-
ling hardly necessary to do more than
scrape of the scacti and sagebrush be-
fore laying the ties and rails.
A contract was signed this week with
tC. H. Bernard to Immediately con-
struct a telephone line into the camp.
The contract calls for it's completion
before the 25th Of April.
To evidence the .rapidity with which
the town is springing up, it is only nee
essary to state that the visible supply
! of tents in Goldfeld has been tenn
exhausted, while $4,000 feet of
lumber was sent out Thursday morn
ling. The Empire Lumber company
viii conduct a lumber yard there and
before this article appears in print the
Exploration Mercantile company, the
Palace Hardware company and Barnes
& Co., will have branch stores running,
possibly without walls or roof for the
present, but doing business just the
same.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18

p,-.uuut of it's policy of making
.,....l investigations of mining prop.
~. before speaking positively OF
m.;, .hvsical condition, The News sent
..-r.seutative one day this week to
,horuehly sample the workings of the
v.,.. City ,GoldReld, a company that
.~,..dsd some 100000 last year in de
veIs,ng the resources of this district
~. ,eoncern is the owner outright
!. ..r a dozen claims. in the Goldfeld
S;.tr;et upon each Of which the an
.., ,vork has been done and prepara.
49,. made for extensive development
80 - -. as the existing 'leaseholds ex-
n;,s thus assuring permanency for the
ssor,mation, instead nof expiration OF
IN when the leases are at an end.
A mevent General Manager Me
cli,toek, who is giving the work his
nervual supervision, is concentrating
ibs peraics Of the company upon two
lss,s. the Kansas City Velvet and the
Kansas GityC 90. ID.
u, NcClintock has selected as SUI
,.,;.A.naent a miner of thirty-two
Yes,, experience, E. C. Maguire, q
man who has operated in Butte and
othr large camps I'M the west.
u,asr The lfatter's direction the com
papv,s SHIFT on the Velvet estate has
bee, svIk to a depth of $50 feet, with
leyeh run at the first, second, third
fourh una fifth hundred foot points
ana n inteYmediate ldevel b has been
started on the 40.
Privr TO the shut down last fall, due
10 lsbsr troubles, the Velvet lease was
, ur,auser. quantity of ore averaging
40 "a the ssn shavirg been shtpped
IRON the U9iHized -zcnes @
While there is considerable amonn'
If ore riIl on this level that will shiI
prodtab7y, it is the policy Of the com
pany to develop the ore bodies in the
mlphide zane, where ,permaneHcy IS as
sred and where backs will be had that
will enable the slopes to be carried NJ
into the ere -that exists IN the'oxydizeo
section.
While the shaft was being sent dowr
the ore was cut at $50 and hereSSuper
intendent Mcguire has started IAN adit
The showing, SO lar as appearances go
is very hattering, although The News
representative aud not obtain any as
say samples from The breast. The com
pany's assay sheet, however, shows
the ledge to carry from 50 'to'$f2o' u
the ton.
On the 500 level there is considerable
water, which is easily handled by Z
taller. At the narrowest point 'en TIM
level the ore body is twelve 'inches u u
thickness and shows permenent ,waii
Of sufficient hardness TO concentrate tn'
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18

All the miners that room can be
found for are now employed in the
Great Bend. The slopes are being
rapidly opened. The first shipment was
made from the property this week and
is now at the Western Ore Purchasing
company's sampler, where it will be
tested tomorrow. The ore is believed
to run from 1925 to 5000 to the ton
and is an average mine sample.
From the present appearance OF the
workings the shipments will now be
sent forth in regular line, increasing
in volume and richness as the ground
is developed.
Within three weeks it is expected the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18

a.e me Jarrett lease ON the Kendall is
Ef.e'oping into bonanza proposition.
ara zen miners are employed and they
The yIanking out ore at the capacity OF
on ~ Io'st. Already about 600 tons is
amoas ae Jump, with an almost unlimited
,ona: Mr: Garrett estimates that at least
On ~ ~ TONS Of hne grade ore is in sight.
eioh. me o-foot level there is a ledge
10 ets ~ ieet wide that will average $50
in. ss AZ Ton: In addition to this show
mrfsse aese is quantity Of ere On the
inmsrss' s mat can simply be described as
low 80 The ore was sut il a shall
lsS sss, snsn, which has besa extended
The length, breadth snd
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
BLUE BELL TAKES OVER
A DIVIDEND PAYING MINE

of the big history of Goldfeld
be Monday Bell Mining
of the and
a will
of the Berlin
This pending time
well mlonares of New
York -
The Nevada hyae patented claims They have
In all
have given to the world about 100000 during the few years that the
$l5
bins and added rapidly be- The mill on the
needed ace
the
of producing
Bell will shortlyp into the dividend paying
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
RED HILLS I. q n 90.
HAS LEASE EXTENDED

An extension of the time of the lease
hold of the Red Hills Leasing & Min
ing company has been granted to July
I, 1909. The shaft is now 285 feet IN
depth.
At the lowest level there are quartz
stringers in sight and three small veins
were cut on the $50 level. One of these
assayed $168 to the ton.
The company owns three claims north
Of the Sandstorm, upon which a shaft
win shortly be sunk and lateral ex-
ploration carried on.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
GARRETT LEASE is A WONDER

depth of the Lens or DEF. deposit ! .prIinp m
seems seems TO have resulted frorl s.ea q ea are
over of the ledge on the sufia'''
unknown. nIoving a number
of men az ass .ne for one year, with a
privilege 90 o. sftv tons daily and tins ms
capacity oi ore a can be shipped from the
amount o. .os oeo for long time to come
At At the mill new pumps M nsVJ ,limes and
stalled for the sands, sands anu ,raek.ge laid.
The Squ present activity Of II. hsnrI Ssys1sp~sut,
In this lease,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
GREAT BEND MAKES SHIPMENT

output will reach thirty or forty tons
daily, as the two levels are now opened
for considerable distance, showing
the pay shoot through, as well AZ in
the connecting winze.
Arrangements are being made to sink
a two-compartment vertical working
shaft to depth OF. 600 feet. Work on
this shaft will probably begin within
the next 10 days. Messrs. LOTUS 3
Davis, who are the principal owners of
the rGeat Bend, have already financed
it to the extent Of about $l50,o00, the
treasury Of the property having been
practically exhausted before they
gained control Of the property.