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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
GOULD TAKES LEASE ON
THE LICE HARRIS GROUP
Will Organize Leasing and Milling
Company to Explore the Veins
on the Nevada
Property

RHYOLITE. May 10.-Henry W,
Gould has taken a two years lease on
the Lige Harris, including four claims
in all, with the exception of ten acres
covering the main workings OF the
company. In addition to this Mr..
Gould has taken an option on 10O,Ooo
shares of the company's stock at ga
cents a share. A company to be known
as the Lige Harris Leasing and Milling
company is in process of incorporation
and work has been started a short dis
lance from the main workings of the
company.
Mr.. Gould. after having made an ex-
animation of the surrounding country,
has become convinced that rich leads
from the Meikiejohn mountain strike
trend directly through this ground; IN
fact, he thinks he has succeeded IN
tracing them, and the point at when
he has started work he believes TO Dc
on the same system.
The development heretofore done by
the company has shown some encour-
aging values. There Is an appearances
of fluorine similar to that of the Dia-
mond Queen high grade, in the same
section of the district.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
HAVE GREAT FAITH IN
BALSAS RIVER REGION
Miners Who Have Just Returned
Speak Highly Of New Access
sible Region of Old
Mexico

CITY OF MEXICO, May 10-W. H.
eager and Pat O'Brien, after stay OF
several months in the Balsas river re-
gion, where they have been looking
after the development of some mining
properties which they have discovered,
returned to the city last night and will
be here for a few days before return
ing to the mines. Mr.. eager had the
misfortune to be thrown from his
horse while at the mines and was laid
up for some time with a broken collar
bone. He has fully recovered and is
now able to be out and around.
Speaking of general mining condi-
tions. Mr.. eager stated that as whole
the district was in very good shape.
There is considerable development
work going on and some shipping.
From Ordes on the Teotepec noun
tain good ore is being shipped which
will run high in value, and about 80
tons per day is being handled. A good
deal of prospecting is going on, and
many promising claims have been dis
covered and will later be worked.
Messrs. eager and O'Brien are at the
present developing a mine which they
will call the Shamrock, and they ex-
pect to be shipping within the next six
months.
The Balsas river district is producing
some splendid mines and is going to de-
velop into one of the great mining sec
tons of Mexico. and when railroads
are built through the state Guerrero
will attract much attention from min
ers. There are some exceedingly good
properties on the Balsas river. The
country is highly mineralized and there
is no question but that some fine mines
will be developed in the course of time.
After q few days spent in the city
Mr.. eager and Mr.. O'Brien expect to
return to Balsas to continue work at
the mines
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
LAOUNA STRIKE IS
RICH IN MANY WAYS
MUSHETT LEASE REVEALS A
FINE ORE BODY
Not Only Shows High Values, but Has
Length, Breadth and Depth.
Reward for Poor Pros
pector

GOLDFIELD, May 10.-In the center
of the state, where the limelight CLOVIS
the brightest, is the Mushett lease on
the Laguna.
One by one the mines and leases OF
the camp dispossess each other for
prominence and when the curtain Is
finally run down on the tragedy ana
comedy of Goldfield-which will run
on and on. like a Chinese play-it Will
be found that this camp has furnished
greater and more sensations in the
mining way than any other district
the world has ever seen.
incidentally Goldfield will have added
uncountable wealth to the treasury of
the nation, but that is another and
oft-told story.
This Mushett lease on the Laguna
is worthy of it's prominence for many
reasons. In the first place it is the
richest ore body that has been uncov-
cred ir the camp for many day, rich
not only in it's assays, but in Its length,
it's breadth, it's depth. Then it is worthy
of serious consideration because of its
extending the proved bounds of Gold
fields known bonanza zone for nun
dreds of feet, bringing the sphinx of
the district, Columbia mountain, again
INTO OI0sT lldn plly
for, be it known, the trend of the bo-
nanza is directly toward the Booth es-
tate. 900 feet away. Ere long the
sphinx will speak in golden and silvern
language and the mystery of Columbia
mountain will be solved, the southern
being probably an extension of the ore
zone another mile to the northwest.
Still another reason for the promi-
nence due the Mushett lease is the fact
that the original owner, who still re-
tains a big interest, is young man
who started life in Nevada in hum
BILE way, as did United States Senator
Nixon, president of the Goldfield Con-
solidated Mines company, both being
railroad telegraph operators. His con-
quest of wealth has been spectacular
and deserved.
And still another and last reason
why the Mushett is worthy of dis
tinguished recognition lies in the fact
that here iS found the first base ore
vet discovered in the heart of the Gold
field district, with the possible excep-
ton of the cyanidicides of the lower
levels of the Florence. In the Mushett
are found zinc, anthony, bismuth and
copper, which are also present in the
Great Bend mine in the Diamondfield
section of the district, several miles
to the east These elements absolute
ly assure permanency.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
DAISY is A "DAISY"
IN PRODUCING RICH ORE
New Developments on Famous Mine
Enriching the StoekhoIders-"onIy
Six Feet" Rather Odd De-
scriptlon Given

GOLDFIELD, May 10.--In slang
phraseology its a daisy"-this mine
out Diamondfield way which General
Manager C. Walter Geddes has trans
formed from a good looking prospect
into a splendid producer.
The Daisy Mines Syndicate has been
placed upon velvet by the developments
of the past few months. The first easy
money came from the upraise from the
2oO-foot level of the old shaft which
was operated while unwatering was In
progress at the main shaft. The ship
ments were better than the ordinary
rock sent to mill. In fact. Mr.. Geddes
marketed $4,000 worth of 800 ore in d
brief period during which time the mine
expenses were only $4,000, including
the cost of development work. This
upraise is still in ore as good as has
been shipped out and extraction will be
continued.
This vein is cross assure to the
three main assures which traverse
Daisy territory. The vein trends to-
ward Belmont ground and is the one
which afforded that company its recent
shipment.
The new strike in the Daisy was in
spected by The Herald representative
through the courtesy of Mr.. Geddes.
In the old Truett shaft, where water
was fought for two months, day and
night. the find was made. After the
unwatering a crosscut was run south
from the S00-foot station and at
seventy-five feet the middle vein was
picked up.
1t is splendidly walled, so far as the
hanging is concerned, but twenty feet
additional has failed to reveal the foot.
While all the ledge thus far opened
shows low grade milling ore, only about
six feet will bear shipment.
"Only about six feet" sounds rather
odd especially as a few inches of ship
ping ore is regarded as bonanza in
other districts.
This shipping streak varies in value,
one assay across the breast giving only
$36, while the last went as high as s304.
A fair estimate and equalization of all
the face assays shows the ore body to
run on an average about $780,
Mr.. Geddes has started work upon
ore bins and shipments will begin from
the new strike within a few days.
Samples from the breast of the drift
which was started yesterday are start
ling in their resemblance to the Mo-
hawk. The texture of the quartz is the
same and the values are similar.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
OPHIR MINE GIVES
GOLD FOR PATIENCE
$4,000 TAKEN OUT IN FOUR
DAYS
H. H. Apple, After Years of Persist
ence, Proves His Faith In the
Allegheny property-Sus-
tains Itself

GRASS VALLEY, May 10.-Alle-
ghany, the famous mining town in the
southern end of Sierra county and which
adjoins Nevada county, continues to
offer its surprises to the world in the
way of mining discoveries The latest
to come to the notice of mining men
and of the public is the rich chute of
are unearthed in the Ophia mine. The
chute was intersected one day last week,
but to prevent the news from being
premature the superintendent and
owner of the property concluded they
would wait few days to make sure
the chute showed signs of permanency.
Several days have elapsed since the
discovery was made and there has been
no diminution in its size or value. 1t
has all the earmarks of permanency
and, naturally, the owner and super
intendent are elated with the outlook.
During the last few days ore to the
value of $4,000 has been extracted from
the new chute by small force of men
without any extra effort. Some OF the
specimens are exceedingly rich in gold
and will equal anything that has been
taken from the famous Tightner or
Plumbago. The vein resembles in every
particular the Tightner, which has been
celebrated FOR its wealth. 1t carries
free gold, much of which is finely crys-
tallized, while the sulphurets are arsen-
ical in character and very rich.
The Ophir mine is situated on Ka-
naka creek, in the Allegheny district.
1t is down close to the creek, which
gives the property ample backs" for
stopping purposes. The tunnel has
penetrated the hill distance of 300
feet, and 1t was an upraise at the end
of the tunnel that the discovery of last
week was made. Tom Bradbury. the
superintendent of the mine, estimates
there are between 700 and 500 feet of
backs" from the tunnel to the apex
of the vein. The mine is only few
hundred feet west of the Tightner, and
is supposed to be on the same vein.
The property is owned by II. II. APP
pie of Sacramento. Apple is a .promi-
nent mining man with a variety OF
mining interests in various parts of
California. Despite his other interests
Apple has always felt much attached to
the Ophir. contending that some day
1t would be the equal of anything yet
discovered in the Allegheny district.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
Bio Placer Scheme

EUREKA, May lot is learned that
a syndicate of Humboldt and Trinity
county men propose to mine thousands
of acres along the klamath and Trim
ity rivers for gold. The river beds
will be dredged and the ground in
likely spots will be hydraulicked. On
klamath the claims are located lin
spots between Terwah Flat, in Del
Norte county, which is three miles
from the mouth of the river, up stream,
through Humboldt county, into .Siski-
you two miles above Happy Camp. On
the Trinity river the locations extend
from the mouth of New river in Trim
ity county, to the Hopa Indian reser-
walton in that county.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
BRADLEY FINDS SILVER
ON THE RED TOP CLAIM
Djscloses Orc Showing Four Thousand
Ounces to the Ton-Score
Another for Lime
Point

GOLDFIELD, May 10-Captain j. f.
Bradley. ex-sheriff and also the only
Republican in the state assembly from
Esmeralda county, has struck it rich
on the Red Top claim, owned by the
Great Western Gold Mining company
at HornSilver He secured lease on
a block of the ground in little gulcn
to the west of the main ma some ooo
feet a few weeks ago. There were no
surface groupings that looked good to
the average seeker after a good thing
ore was in evidence on the trend OF
the dixie east and west of him, and he
surmised that a little depression in the
earth would not cause that true insure
to change it's course, and apparently
wisely concluded that right in those
depressions very high-grade ore would
be found. His judgment was confirmed
by assays made yesterday.
The samples went all the way from
hundred ounces in silver to better than
1000 ounces, with half an ounce of gold
thrown in. 1t appears to be the Dig
gest find vet made in the Lime Point
section of Gold mountain, and as re-
cult the new little town of Hornsllver
is growing so rapidly that nothing like
it has ever been seen in this section of
the country.
one month ago today the first tent
was pitched on the ground, and by
actual count there were 20 frame and
tent houses there yesterday. The news
of a real mining camp has spread far
and wide, and roads leading into the
district are kept dusty by automobiles
stages and wagons loaded with all
kinds of travellers and supplies from
Goldfeld
These in-going vehicles are met by
others that are heavily laden, but
moving more slowly, as the wagons are
loaded with ore.
The Bradley shaft is down only
eighteen feet, and it is now being tim
bered. The wash was deep for that
country, and when the by I shaft Is
timbered up the work of sinking Will
he continued
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
BIG GoLDFIELD MERGER
rs REPORTED COMPLETED

GOLDFIELD. May 10.-Negotiations
have been completed for the second
largest merger of properties in southern
Nevada, exceeding in acreage and
values only by the Goldfield Console
dated Mines company.
This consolidation has been named
the Goldfield Merger Mines company,
and is capitalized for $4,000 1t in
cludes the following estates: st. Ives,
IL acres; Velvet, 80 acres; Potlatch, 81
acres; Gold Horn, 81 acres.
These properties lie east of the Con-
solidated and are in almost a solid
body. The incorporators are John Err
ickson, Claude M. Smith, T. G. Lock-
hart, o. p. Erickson and George Ker-
nick. 1t is the intention of the merger
people to Immediately begin work on
three compartment shaft, which will
be sunk 1000 feet, with exploration
laterals. It is rumored that Frank OIL
Yer will have charge of mine develop
ments. The properties included in the
merger have already produced ore
valued at $125,000.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
YAVAPAI HAS PROMISE
OF A GOOD Oil STRIKE

PRESCOTT, Ariz., May 10.--As depth
is gained in the oil we'll being sunk by
the Yavapai Oil and Development COM
pany near Valley station the Oil scent
in the water appears to be getting
stronger and the expert in charge of
the drilling is of the opinion that oil in
paying quantities will be struck soon.
The we'll is now 900 feet in depth and
sinking is progressing as well as ex-
pected by the management.
When the first signs of petroleum
were discovered month ago the man
agement of the company was of the
opinion that the strong scent was due
to a seam in the rocks filled with gas
AS depth was gained since, this theory
was exploded from day to day by an
increased oil smell, although the for
nation is firmly solid, no seams being
encountered since.
Mr.. Head, general manager of the
company is elated over the outlook for
a "gusher.'
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
PASADENANS INTERESTED IN
THE HoTTENToT MINES

YUMA, Ariz., May los. Maxwell
and his son, c. A. Markwell, million
aires several times over, have become
half owners of the Hottentot group of
claims fifteen miles east of Parker. The
considera ton is said to have been
SIS 900 cash for the half interest and an
agreement to spend an immense
amount of money this fall in develop
ment work. The Hottentot group of
twenty-eight claims. all of which are
rich in gold and copper values, are now
the joint property of the Markwells and
E. S. Osborne, the well-known mining
man and promoter of Pasadena, Cal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
RHODES SPRINGS SCENE
OF NEW RICH FIND
Sample of Ore When Assayed Shows
$32,5o0 to the Ton-OpaIs
Are Also Found In
Abundance

RHYOLITE, May 10.-W. p. Graham
came In a few days ago from Rhodes
springs, a short distance southeast of
Gold valley, In the Willow creek dis
trict, with some of the richest gold ore
ever seen In Rhyolite. Part of the ore
came from the McMurray-Rice prop
erty. three miles north of Rhodes
springs, and part from Mr.. Graham $
claims in the same locality.
A sample of this ore assayed at
Zabriskie Mr.. Graham says. returned
S32, 800 to the ton in gold. The state
ment can easily be credited, since from
their appearance some of the specimens
which he had with him will run very
much higher than this. They were
principally gold.
There are several veins on the prop
erty ranging in width from two to
seven feet. The one from which the
rich ore came varies between four and
six feet. Practically no work has been
done on this vein, the picture material
having been uncovered practically at
the surface. On the McMurray-Rice
property there is a shaft seventy feet
deep. and in ore all the way.
The veins, Mr.. Graham says, are true
assures and the formation and surface
wealth lead TO the belief that develop
ment will reveal immensely rich de-
posits of ore.
In addition to the gold specimens,
Mr. Graham brought in samples of fire
opals of a very fine quality. These
came from a locality sixteen miles
southeast of Rhodes. The opals occur
in very hard jasper quartz matrix,
and while the stones are hardly of suf-
ficient size on the surface to make
them of commercial value, Mr.. Graham
is of the opinion that the deposit is
worth investigating. In quality they
are not to be surpassed by the finest
Austrian fire opal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
FIND GOLD FLAT RICH
IN COLLABORATING ORES

;. George Rosso and NJ. E. Marshall )
!. of Los Angeles, who have just :
!. returned from Gold Flat, Ariz., =
\ both report that the new camp is !
!: booming and that it certainly has !
!. much free gold. The surface in !
!. dications are regarded by them as :.
!. sure that the depths will be ex- !
!. tremely rich. Mr.. Rosso is to re- J
! turn soon.
\ They report that the Morgan !
:. Consolidated has shipped in a !
j. large amount of machinery and !
!. supplies to the Fay mine and that
i a big strike has been made on the :
j. Bullion-Beck claims, where a tun-
!. mel at a depth of $50 feet caught :
i. a vein in twenty-five feet which :.
i. was rich with gold.
!. !. i i !. !. X /. i j. !. J. J. \ \ = = =
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
KEANE WONDER SENDS
ANOTHER GOLD BRICK

RHYOLITE, May 10.-Homer Wilson,
manager of the Keane Wonder, accom-
panied by Mrs. Wilson, came in from
the Death Valley bonanza yesterday
evening bringing with them gold bull
lion estimated to be worth nearly $4,000.
The bullion represents the cleanup
from the mill for the last two weeks
run, and will be sent to the mint.
Recently considerable sulphur has
been found in the quartz, which is in
,reasing in value with development.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
Conveyance Of Jumbo and MohawkLeads
Promises Greatest Ore Body Ever Found

While this information is for refer
ence in. case of appeal to the inter-
state commerce commission, Secretary
Walker is equally DESTROYS of securing
estimates on ore of eYen less value than
$12 which might be treated at Nevada
plants. If it can be shown there is a
sufficient amount of this low grade ore
it is quite likely the state railroad com
mission will insist upon such transpor-
tation charges in the state as will cause
thousands of tons to be removed from
the landscape of Goldfeld.
Secretary John /. Tierney of the
chamber of commerce is anxious to Sc
cure this data for the railroad commits
sion, and any communication addressed
to him will be forwarded to the rail-
road commission.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11

~ OLDFIELD, May 1O-Through the
II action of the state railroad COM
VI mission material reduction in
TRANSPORTATION charges on low grade
ore shipped TO Salt Lake City may be
secured.
The railroad commission is seeking
information from all the mining dis
tricts of the state. 1t is evidently its
purpose to be well equipped with facts
and figures before presenting the case
10 the railroads and later probably to
the Interstate commerce commission.
Not only does the commission seek to
learn the amount of low grade ore
already mined, but estimates are asked
as to the prospective tonnage that could
be set in motion at reduced transporta-
tion rates.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
May Materially Reduce the Charges on
Shipments of Low Grade Ore in Nevada

mistaking that the wonderful ore body
which was opened up on the Mohawk
is in evidence several hundred feet
deeper.
The importance of the discovery lies
in the fact that it is the deepest work.
ings in the camp. The find was made
in a crosscut driven east from the bot
tom of the shaft at a depth of 600 feet,
and the ore shoot was entered $50 feet
distant and just about where it was
looked for from the surveys. 1t is be-
lieved that it is Jumbo ground, but that
does not make any difference with the
Consolidated, as it is the owner of that
ground also.
When the junction of this Mohawk
lead and that of the Jumbo is reached
the highest grade body of ore ever en-
countered in any camp in the world
will be the result 1t has been proved
that both are rich, and from the dips
of the veins they are certain to come
together.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
LOS ANGELES PROGRESS
AT A SEARCHLlGHT MINE

The North Searchlight Gold Mining
company, of which Bascom A. Ste
phens of Los Angeles is president, is
sinking an incline shaft at it's proper
ties and has passed through much So
and SO ore in reaching it's depth of
seventy-five feet. The ore is of the
same character as the Pompei mine.
which it adjoins, and much like that
of the Blossom. The company has six
claims of it's own and leases five more,
all being contiguous.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11

~ OLDFIELD, May 10.-The biggest
aT and most important strike made
~ in this district for a year is in evil
dence on the main workings of the Con-
solidated. 1t is simply "A whale of a
find, and even the dimensions of the
leviathan have not yet been determined.
The ore body is known to be at least
thirteen feet thick and there is yet no
sign of a hanging wall. Nineteen as
says taken on the ore as it was shot
down by machine drills averaged $62 a
ton. This ore came from the foot wall
side of the immense ore shoot, which
has been proved to be the lean portion
of the vein
When the hanging wall shall have
been reached it is liable to be the
repetition of the Hayes and Monnette-
and then some. 1t is that same chute,
as it has been followed down for a suf~
ficient depth in Wine from the 450-
foot level to show that there can be no
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11
Sells Emerald Gem

SONORA, Cal. May 10.-F. C. Reid
has sold the Esmeralda Gem. near
Groveland to c. L. Holland of Oak
land for $4,000. This sale was made on
April II. on the oath Mr.. Holland dis
posed of $1-100 of the property to
George L. Courtney of Oakland for
$1,000. 1t is said extensive work will
follow
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11

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