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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-07
Tendered Farewell Dinner.

At his home on Dallas Street last night. Mir. I L. Rosendorf rendered farewell dinner to Mir. A. A. David son, who will leave tomorrow for Ger many Afew friends were invited and the evening proved most enjoyable occasion. Those present besides the host and hostess were A. A David son. J. c. Adler, J. Rothchild. Nathan Kahn. B. J.. Schuster. I. Yaretsky. and Rudolph Richards.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-07
Creel.. ana Field. FIoeaea.

The hard rains of yesterday and last night did considerable damage through out the western part of Dallas County and Marengoa was reported here this morning. The rains are reported to have been regular cloud bursts. and creeks throughout both counties have been rising rapidly since. and an over flow is expected as the rains have continued all during today. Nearly every field in the western part of Dal- las County and many in Marengo were reported to have been flooded by the rains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-07
THE NEWS OF SELMA
CORE, CHARGED WITH THEFT OF sI,ooo, ARRIVES IN LINDEN,
Detectives of southern Expre.. Com psny Arrest Yeang Clerk and
 Bring Him from Virginia for . Triai--Fiooded Fields.

Selma, May Especial During the session of the Circuit Court of Marengo County at Linden yesterday was called the case against Frank Gore, a young white man, who. about year ago, stole tI 900 from the office Of the Southern Express Company at Fauns- dale. Gore, who was out on bond, did not answer to his name. and the case against him was continued to the next term of the court. A forfeiture against his -bondsmen was asked for. After his case had been continued and after the forfeiture against his bond had been ordered. Gore reached Eiuden during the afternoon, reaching there on the Louisville and, Nashville train. which left Selma at o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Immediately upon his arrival at Linden Gore was placed under. arrest and confined in the county jaif, 1t being understood here that he will be allowed bond again if he can make it. tN
 Gore was employed by the South ern Express Company at Faunsdale at the time of the alleged theft of the sf 1000. The package containing the s1.000 was shipped from Selma by the City Ma tfonal Bank. and while it was in the 1t disappeared and Gore also came up missing. Detectives of the Southern Express Company, after chase of several months. finally arrested Gore in Richmonds Va. He was brought back to Faunsdsle and then carried to Lin- den and placed in the Marengo County jail.
 After the case was continued the last time Gore made bond and left Marengo County. He came to Selma Tuesday morning from Montgomery. and took the afternoon train from here to, Linden to answer to the case against him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
One of the New Producers.

The Beaver Carbonate company's
property is another proposition that has
been brought to the front during the
year. A new shaft has been sunk zoo
feet and the ledge has been opened AT
that depth in absolutely virgin ground.
Drifting through ore on this level has
been progressing for weeks, and there
has been an absolute demonstration
that the property will be highly pro-
ductive of a good grade OF lead-siiver
ore during the year just ready to open.
The property has been equipped with
fine steam hosting machinery during
the year. and the work of development
has progressed just as rapidly as the
character of the ground would permit.
The management is only awaiting the
chance to make a favorable contract to
begin the career of production that
should place the proposition in the div
idend-paying class within twelve
months.
It would be possible in a review of
conditions in the Beaver county dis
tricts to write pages without giving
more than a couple of inches space to
each deserving undertaking, but that
would be only wearisome without ac-
complishing anything but some things
must not be overlooked, as they have a
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and the development work has been car
ried on for more than two years with
increasing returns from every depth
that is reached on the levels
The payroll of the company is about
81. 900 per month. The dividends al
present are cents share per quar-
ter, or 10 cents a year. The manage
ment of the company has every con-
fidence in the ore which it is expected
is in the lower levels of the mine, and a
systematic campaign has been planned
for the extraction of the valuable met
ais within a short time
Mr. Gordon located the Round Noun
tain claims in February, 1906 1t was
more of an accident than anything else
He had not intended to become pros
pector. In fact his mind was bent on
the navy when he was in his. teens, and
his father secured him an appointment
to Annapolis. where he served one year
and then changed his mind about the
rolling wave. He entered the bank of
his father at Austin. New.
1t had been the custom of young Mr.
Gordon to spend his vacations in San
Francisco. In February, 1906, he was
preparing to go to the city when some
friends invited him to go hunting with
them in Nye county. He hesitated and
finally decided to take the rifle and
there was the turning of his fortune
and the making of one of the brightest
young mining men of the western coun-
try.
1t was while on this trip that Mr.
Gordon located the famous Round
Mountain properties which take rank
with some OF the best gold mines that
have been discovered in the state of
Nevada After locating his claims he
began to work on the property in the
middle of the winter. 1t was only a few
weeks after he discovered the gold at
Round Mountain that the big strike
was made in the camp, and Round
Mountain took its place among the To,
nopahs and Goldfields and Rhyolites of
the desert The big strikes were made
on the property of the Round Noun
tain company in their Sunnyside claims.
Through the able management of Mr.
Gordon, who interested outside capital
in his mines, the property soon devel-
oped into one of the best-paying prop
ositions of that part of the country.
Mr.. Gordon is president of the Round
Mountain Homestake company, which
owns ten claims at Round Mountain.
This company has a shaft which has
been sunk to depth of 200 feet. There
has been a good showing of excellent
ore all the way in the development work
on this property and the prospects are
encouraging that ii will turn out one
of the bonanzas of the district
The management has decided to equip
the property in the near future with a
hoist and many other improvements
justified by the showing which has been
made by the mine thus far
Another valuable property in which
this young mining man is interested to
considerable extent is the Round
Mountain Sphinx, which has some of
the best claims in the Round Noun
tain district and which is regarded as
one of the most promising Of the new
mines that have been opened up for
development recently.
There are several other mines in
which Mr.. Gordon is a stockholder and
guiding spirit in the direction of its
affairs and the active management of
the work on the property Among the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
L. D. GORDON

Who brings forth two blades of grass
been recognized as a benefactor of man
kind who should be made the object of
much gratitude from his fellow men
But no one has thus far ventured 70
suggest suitable reward or the proper
niche in the hail of fame for the man
who has brought forth gold mine on
desert. He is doubly entitled 10 the
plaudits and the concentrations of his
brothers. because he had nothing to
start with, whereas. the other benefac-
tor of The race was fortified with a
guiding star in the shape OF at least one
blade of grass. There wasn't even wa
ter where Louis d. Gordon located the
gold diggings which are now known as
Round Mountain, and which has become
one of the important camps of that
metal covered state of sagebrush and
fortunes
Perhaps the world has held back it's
reward for the man who makes a gold
mine where only a desert grew before,
for the reason that he finds his own re-
ward in a material sense when he To-
Gates his gold mine That has been the
lot of many of them who are of the
present-day alertness and intelligent
prospectors. Mr.. Gordon is a leading
light among the energetic and intel
ligent body of young men who jumped
to the front ranks of the mining indus
try in the state of Nevada which had
its tremendous boom some three or four
years a go.
The story of his rise in the mining
world has the touch of romance and al
ways the element of luck to begin with
1t required brains as well as luck in
the rush of the Nevada field because
there never was a more intelligent and
alert set of young men who battled with
the desert in Nye county and the sur
rounding hills than those who left the
comforts and conveniences of metropol-
itan civilization and journeyed through
the hardships of the frigid and water
less plains Of alkai to wrest fortune
from the mother earth.
Every man had 10 be on his metal,
and it was not always to the luckiest
that the prize was given You had to
prove your worth to keep abreast of the
battle and go just a little further than
the other fellow in the exercise of ex-
cellent Judgment and keen foresight
into the developments of whirling sea
of changing events which were never
staple for more than week at time.
1t was in this feverish state of bus
mess operations which sprung up under
the new ana the cOnQl-
tons that young Mr.. Gordon was an
nealed. That he was made of the right
material is amply proven by the heights
he has attained in the mining world
since the glamor and the rush of the
discovery period of the desert has
passed or simmered down TO normal
conditions again. Mr.. Gordon is today
one Of the leading young men in the
mining business and is heavily interest
ed both as a stockholder and an active
director and manager of some of the
best-paying properties in the state of
Nevada.
He is the locator of the property
which is now owned by the Round
Mountain Mining company and is a d.
rector and large stakeholder in the
company. This property is producing
about s35900 a month. and has a 100
ton mill in operation on the property
The mine is equipped with two hoists.
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ductiOn is due to the systematic plans
of development and broader operations
underground. where conditions in the
working of the mine have been raised
to the highest standard in that field.
Every improvement of tried and
trusted value has been introduced into
the operation of the mine. and 1t is
now on footing of the highest eff
cheney for the quick and satisfactory
creasing in the mine the deeper the
shafts are sunk.
The directors of the company last
winter appropriated $4,000 for i'm
provements in the mine. This vast sum
was to be expended at the rate of
about $4,000 month by General Man
ager ]. b. Risque for new develop
ment The results which have been
obtained through the use of this money
are the best evidences of the able man.
ner in which the working of the prop
erty has been carried on under the SUI
pervision of it's managing head. In
fact. it is this apropos expenditure of
money for development and improve
ment that has placed Utah Consolidat-
ed on the high plane of operating eff
cheney and financial productiveness and
security.
Its available ore is of larger tonnage
now than at any other time in the his
tory of the development of the mines
of the company. Most of the import
ant disclosures have been made in the
territory north and west of the main
workings below the seventh level
In addition to the copper values
which are thus made available through
progressive and energetic development
work there has also been disclosed
some deposits which run extremely
high in lead. The treatment of these
will be available through commercial
smelling facilities in the near future
The product from the recently devel.
oped ore bodies at new depths is being
hoisted to the tunnel level through
wines. An electrical power service is
one of the results of the development
campaign.
This arrangement of hosting
through the WINES is only of tempo
rary duration. A thorough examina-
ton of the workable territory of the
mine is now in progress with view to
selecting the most advantageous point
possible for big operating shaft
which will ultimately command the en-
tire territory, including its undeveIoped
ground to the west.
The present ore tonnage blocked out
in the Highland Boy is sufficient to
supply eighty tons daily Tor the next
seven years. But because of the restric-
! tons which have been placed on the
company for smelling it's product the
mines could easily turn out $500 tons
of ore a day to be treated, instead oil
the 500 to 900 tons which it is turning
out at present
With the development of the neW
ore bodies a higher average grade OF
ore has been produced This new ore
with the by-product of a highly credit
able showing, will enable the Utah
Consolidated to maintain its place as
the country's- leading low-cost pro-
Queer, despite the obstacles which have
been set up in the temporary smelling
disadvantages
The adverse injunction which was
rendered against the smoke nuisance
of the smelter of the company was no;
as serious a matter as it was at first
supposed it would be. While the COM
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direct bearing on the welfare of every
enterprise In the county.
One of the good pieces of news that
materialized during the fall was that
the Majestic company's affairs had
been finally Strengthened out and that
means of supplying any amount of
money for the farther development OF
the company's several groups of claims
had been provided Under the direc-
ton of A. D. Moffat, the company
Harrington and Hickory ground is now
being developed and explored to deter
mine whether the splendid showing
made above the 400 level can be de-
pended upon to make a big mine or not.
1t is the belief of Manager Moffat and
every other engineer who has examined
this ground that 1t should turn out well;
the work to prove it is now under way.
Later, it is expected, the company will
take up the development of the Old
Hickory and the o. x, particularly as
the company, in the leasing of Its
smelter to the Heinze interests. has Sc
cured smelling privileges at the works
that would help like the mischief in
taking development costs out of TIE
ground.
The Burning Moscow, the Moscow
Bonanza, the Moscow Extension, the
Hub mine of the Utah Mining. Milling
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More capital and more energy, more
ability and more determination has en-
tered into the mining districts Of Bea-
yer county during the past year than
for a long time past. IL is safely
within the limit to say that not less
than $500, 900 has been spent for ma
chinery and equipment of newer prop
critics during the twelve months. This
does not include the electric power line
that has been built through the heart
of the mineral country from Beaver
city. nor does il include any moneys
that have been spent for betterments
AT such mines as the Cactus and the
Horn Silver. Deals for properties IN
,olving probably $1,000 900 or more. in
the aggregate have also been consum-
mated and, judging from the manner
in which everything is moving at the
present time. several new producing
mines viii be added 10 the growing list
during the year to come.
one of the most recent and signifi-
cant mining enterprises to have been
launched down that way is that of the
King David company. which is headed
by David Evans and Jesse Knight, this
following the gathering up by the same
ties, couple of miles east of the
NeWhOuse properties, the Cactus.
Group after group of claims fianking
the famous Horn Silver on the west
ana south We're gathered i'm during
months OF negotiation by David Evans.
assisted by l. y. Morrison, until now.
after the purchase of the Reciprocity
group of fifteen claims two or three
weeks ago. the King David company
RON owns outright nearly ninety claims.
Since launching the proposition last
August q water pipe line has been laid
foc five miles from springs owned by
the company to the point where min
inS operations arc now being pushed,
near the side lines of the Horn Silver
bonanza mine. and into which ground
IL has been tablished the Horn Silver
lode extends Here splendid hosting
works. housed in steel buildings. have
been Installed. and here a compressor
plant OF great capacity has been placed
ia commission, so that work may
eventually be carried on with power
drills at a number of points on the large
group at the 50 me time.
In the financing of this proposition
the public has not been called upon for
q penny During the construction of
the hosting works and the installation
OF the machinery Only little work has
been done in the big shaft that was
started as soon as the grade for the
building was finished. But the 100-foot
mark is now reached and the hoist is In
operation, insuring rapid work from
now on. a tunnel is also being driven
anf leasers are making fine money min
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BEAVER HAS YEAR OF WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT

ed with rock ready to send to market,
it may be taken for granted that tile
Horn Silver will make things hum dur
ing 1909.
The Cactus mines of the Newhouse
company have been theoretically devel-
oped, and while there has been no
splurge made over conditions, ii is un-
derstood that Manager T. r. Drummond
is rapidly getting the proposition In
shape for a record breaking career. 1t
took considerable time early in the year
to catch UP and make safe a lot of
caved ground in this property, bur
nothing now stands in the way of OPEN
ing new ground and supplying q big
tonnage to the splendid milling plant
The Indian Queen company's proper
ties have been equipped with splendid
machinery. buildings, ETC., and the
work of driving the long, deep tunnel
into the heart of the mineral zone IS
being pushed at rapid rate, while
some of the fine assures encountered in
driving the tunnel are being prospect
ed. While there is still long distance
to go to get directly under the ore de-
veloped in old workings in this prop
erty, the probabilities are that several
lodges big enough and rich enough in
themselves to make mines will be
opened in the meantime.
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Owing to the gradual change IN the
character of the ore as greater depth is
attained, IL has become necessary to crush
the ore 10 a finer mesh in order TO lib
crate the mineral This has necessitated
the installation of more tables. Tanks
also have been purchased and will short
ly be installed. 1t is confidently expected
that when this new machinery is in work
ing order the recovery of the mill will be
increased at least 10 per cent In order
to cheaper the operating costs in the mill
three new concrete settling tanks have
been built into which all the concentrates
will be run and the fine vanner product
allowed TO settle. From these tanks the
concentrates will be loaded in the rail-
road cars by a clam-sheIl bucket The
mill is now handling 80 tons per day and
after the installation OF the new machin-
cry it will be capable of treating $50 tons
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pany had partially completed prelim-
ihary plans last fall for the building
of a new snelter, where II would be
free from any injunctions because OF
the smoke, it would take all of a year
before the work could be completed
There was prospect of the mine lying
idle until the new plant was completed.
Fortunately. however, the manage
ment was able to make an arrange
ment with the American Smelling &
Refining company for the treatment of
its ores in the Garfield plant. 1t was
because of the favorable smeiting quail
tiles of the ore produced by the mines
of the company that this arrangement
was finally made. A contract was Sc
cured whereby the company received
as much Of its product as If it had
treated the ores itself.
The contract calls for the delivery Of
500 tons of the ore from the mines of
the company for year TO the smeIter.
The company had the option of renew
ing the contract for another year.
which il took advantage of. and is now
negotiating for a fiye-year contract on
the same satisfactory terms. This lat
ter contract will go into effect as soon
as the old one expires.
This arrangement has proven so sat
isfactory to the Utah Consolidated that
larger tonnage than it now does with
its own smelter. the management has
not deemed il advisable to hurry the
completion of its own plant.
The arrangements for its own plant
are so well developed and in such salts
factory state that the company could at
any moment rush the work Of complet-
ing the new plant and be in a position
to take care Of it's own ore in a COM
paratively short space Of time.
In the event that a new contract Is
not made by the company similar to
the one it has been operating under for
a year past, the new plant would be
hurriedly completed without any Sc
rious loss to the operating of the
mines.
The site of the new smelter OF the
company is at Pine canyon. on the
TOOele county side of the Oquirrh
range, about seven miles distant from
the company's mines.
When it is completed the plant will
be one of the model smelters of the
country. II will have a capacity OF az
least 1,500 tons day. and the ore from
the cOmpany's mines will be trans
ported to it by tramway at a less cost
than the present transportation item
is.
Up to less than a year ago the power
in the mines of the company was
steam 1t was the only motive power
used in driving the machinery, and the
ore cars were all drawn by horses.
Under the campaign of development
and improvement which was -inaugu-
rated by the directors of the company
q year ago the workings OF the entire
property of the company have been
equipped with a complete electrical
system of transportation and other
modern electrical advantages which are
in use in all of the big mines Of the
country at present.
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e. Transportation company, Nthe Cedar
and Talisman and a half dozen other
properties in the same vicinity have
made good exhibits during the year,
though most of them have been under
the smelter ban in the matter of ship
ments.
Hecla Is Making a Mine.
The Hecla company is making a fine
mine across the valley from Milford. In
the range wherein is located the famou,
old Cave mine. Considerable nice ore
has been shipped, but the company is
just now bending its efforts to prove UP
the continuity of the vein and the per-
manence of the ore shoots rather than to
see how much ore can be shipped
Charles Morrison is opening a fine
property in the same section, and the
Snyder crowd also owns splendid
ground in that section.
The Red Warrior company has devel-
oped a fine shipping property. the first
ore having gone to market In June; the
Mowitza ground. adjoining. is also max
ing good, and Manager w. j. Merritt
who opened the Red Warrior and then
took up the latter. says he will make
just as good a mine OF the Mowitza as
he made of the Red Warrior before re-
linquishing the management of 1t.
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per day with better recovery than it is
now making.
The town of Newhouse is a model min
ing camp and reflects credit on its de-
signer. One Of the distinctive features
of the camp is the Cactus club. which
was organized for the benefit and COM
fort of the employees. The company built
a commodious clubhouse, consisting of a
reading room, card room. billiard room
and barroom for which the club pays a
monthly rental The club began its ca
reer several thousand dollars in debt but
is now the owner of a 5000 hotel and a
$4,000 theatre in which dances, theatre
calls and meetings are held. 1t exerts a
strong influence on the social life Of the
camp and aids the company by keeping
contented men who could not otherwise
be induced to spend their lives on the
desert