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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
PROPERTIES AT ELY TO
BECOME HEAVY PRODUCERS

to the concentration the shovels will Ill
ore ears steadily.
At the Star Pointer property of the
Nevada Consolidated everything is in
readiness to go ahead the minute the
order is given.
Rapid and steady strides in construc-
ton work at the reduction plants of the
Steptoe Smelling and Mining company
are being maintained and augmented by
additions to the forces of skilled me-
chanics. BY virtue of its having
reached a more advanced stage toward
completion, progress at the %concentra-
tor is most noticeable. The force has
been increased largely and the work
will be pushed until all the mills are in
operation.
All plans are now perfected for the
~placing of the entire unit on the north
section in commission, and this unit will
work exclusively on Nevada Consol-
idated ores, while the south section Will
handle the production of the lumber
land-Ely.
Good progress is being made on the
construction of the second concentrator
unit. and it is calculated that tins unit
will he lnished early in June. With
two units in steady service the output
will be an important factor in the metal
markets.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence.)
rockefeller, May ell Remarkably
"a hoat has been discovered during
: past week in this district, the pieces
''sning from about an ounce to more
a pound. One sample, which
4'"ed considerable free gold, assayed
e''er than sec, OOo.
L. number Of prospectors are on a
hunt for a rich ledge near camp.
vat and lunches of quartz out of
are assaying into fancy figures,
'ne lode in place has not yet been
neountered.
'ae tunnel of Adolph Neahr & Co.,
Nv" In n~inety-fve feet in a rose
'@ and porphyry formation, which
ass ss.46. The company has sunk
'aaft eighty-fve feet and has OBJ
\ l assays as high as $l4.4O in gold
so ''er. The shaft will be sent to
'ee' before lateral work is done.
I..a assay of $112 was obtained this
from ore taken from Knott &
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
TWO STAMP MILLS READY TO
START AT SEVEN TR0UGHS

but it is understood that, as a result
of the deal, the company has now suf-
ficient funds for a thorough and exten-
sive exploration of its rich estate.
Seven Troughs Caesar
The Seven Troughs Caesar Mining
company, operating near Farrell, is
drifting on the vein from the crosscut
on the 100-foot level. The vein is three
feet in width and widening with each
round of shots. Assays across the vein
give $50 and better. Crosscutting on
the 60-foot level is also in progress to
intercept the vein recently opened on
the surface while ~excavating for a
hoist. This vein is two feet wide and
gives values from $l5 to $50. A hoist
is on the road and Immediately upon
its installation, the shaft will be sunk
to the 250-foot point where crosscuts
will be driven east and west.
Conditions have been revealed in the
east crosscut on the scventy-fve foot
level of the Wild Bull property in Wild
Horse canyon that indicate in the eyes
of the most conservative mining men
of the district that a mine that will
rank with the leaders of Seven Troughs
has Deer found.
A cold blooded sampling just taken
on three feet of the vein, lying cast of
the black dyke, which has just been
penetrated, gives a ten-inch streak on
the hanging wall that averages so
ounces in gold and 240 ounces in silver
and a foot streak on the foot wall that
averages $500 a ton with the remaining
fourteen inches in the center of the ore
body averaging $50 a ton.
Strikes in Wihuja
Two important strikes of shipping
ore were made simultaneously in the
workings of the Wihuja lease on the
Therein during the week. On the 32o-
foot level, a new shoot containing a
foot of very rich ore, in addition to
several feet of milling ore, has appeared
at the bottom of the incline shaft and
a similar condition has been disclosed
in the west drift 35 feet from
cline shaft and on the 300-foot Level.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
A VOICE HAS BEEN RAISED
in BEHALF OF THIS STATE

camps of the sagebrush country have
reverted back to their former desert
conditions"
Even were this true, why should il be
placed in such a light as is given it by
the Registerf Nevada, last year, pro-
dueed s~l5,00O,000 in gold, a record close
up to California IS. Nevada this wear
will exceed these figures greatly. Gold
Held at low ebb is sending out better
than 100000 weekly, and Tonopah as
much more. Here is a ten-million Gait
in the two camps.
Suppose these Nevada districts do re-
vert back to their sagebrush conditions.
is it not communicable that hundreds of
millions of dollars should be extracted
prior to that time3
Amador county anil every other min
eral producing county in the state have
great that will eventually be
developed, and when all the ore has
been extracted, where will these coun.
ties be except in unbroken silence9 The
gold will not always last here any more
than in Nevada, and when once ex-
tracted it cannot be replaced except,
possibly, by change that millions of
years may cause.
The claims for Nevada have resulted
in the influx of millions of capital for
the development of its resources. A
dozen permanent mining camps have al
ready been proved. A score of others
are now in the initial stage of develop
ment. Some of them will vie with Gold
field and Tonopah and the Comstocks.
Others, yet undiscovered, will stick
their heads out of the desert with the
rising of the sun any of these days. A
thousand or ten thousand human beings
will have penetrated sections hitherto
Lntrodden by the white man. Millions
upon millions more of treasure will have
been produced from the ~forbidding
country. Hardships untold would have
been endured to accomplish all this.
Nevada appears to be one of the most
highly mineralized portions of the en-
tire globe. California is separated only
by an imaginary line. The people of
Nevada and California are one. Their
interests are identical. The Nevada of
today is to California what the Nevada
was of old when the Comstocks held the
stage.
We suggest to the editor of the Reg
lister and to all other editors who are
in the same frame of mind that they
just pull the latchstring on Nevada's
door and walk right in; they are well
come, and see for themselves just what
Nevada is. Then they will come home
with a spirit of "boost" instead of
"knock." They will be better pre-
pared to tell the tale of riches that are
yet to be dug out of California treas
ure house.
1t is not well to look with derision
upon the other fellows claims, espe-
cially when he can prove many of them,
sufficient of them, to still further in
crease the JEALOUSY of the spirit of the
fellow who does not now happen to be
in the limelight of publicity.
Great is California, and great is Ne
vada, and greater still will be the flu
ture of both.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
M FROM WONDER
PROPERTY ARE RESUMED

After an interval of several months,
work was resumed last Monday on the
Jack Pot with even men, says the
Wonder Mining News. This number
will be increased by degrees. Despite
the numerous shipments that have al
ready been made from this property, a
considerable quantity Of unusually high
grade rock is sorted and sacked Mt the
mine, and a load Of about five tons was
sent to the smelter this week. II is
the intention Of General Manager Har-
ris to ship from six to ten tons a week
for the present. This rock will run
better than 5000 a ton.
Production on the Jack Pot will be
combined with development work, a
part of the general plan being to re-
sumo, in a short time, sinking in the
shaft. which is now down 800 feet.
Nevada Wonder
There is talk around town 10 the eff
feet hat ten feet of shipping rock
have been uncovered at the 100-foot
level in the Nevada Wonder. Some of
the ore, which has been passed from
hand to hand, shows free gold, ana all
of it is rich in sulphides of silver. Sew
eral of the samples were pronounced by
an assayer to have every appearance
A-an -
4 heavy percentage of gold. Rumor
doesn't specify as to which vein this
ore was taken from, or how far from
the shaft the pay shoot was cut.
Jack Pot Fraction
Lew Hahn, who returned to Wonder
early in the week after a somewhat ex-
tended stay in Rawhide and Goldfeld,
is completing arrangements I'd start
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
NEW COMPANIES FILE
PAPERS OF INCORPORATION

Bovard Consolidated Mines com
pany, 81, 10000; James Mccoy, Sig
Harris and L. Z. Aldridge.
Tructt Mining and Reduction com
pany, $4,000 O0; N. H. Truett, j. II,
Howard and NJ. A. league.
Goldfeld Gibraltar Mining and Leas.
ing company, s1,000,oo0 r. b. New
port. William NJ. Erb and A.. Z. Porter.
Parlor Match Mining and Leasing
company, 81, 900, 900; Alfred w. Mar
tin, Charles Z. Evans and Charles II
Hopper.
The Disintegrating and Free Anal
gamating company, of Nevada, $1,000,
600; James H. Condit, w. S. Kelette
and Rasmus Rasmussen.
The Lime Point Gold Wedge Mining
company; 100000; Bart Knight, w. IL
Zimmerman and II. Fred Scott.
The Desert View Mining and Milling
company, s1,OOo,0 900; NJ. A. Maher, Fred
Patterson and Harry Mcnamara.
The Great Eastern Mining company.
81, 5000; Lee Garrett, I. j. Flynn
and Fred Fontaipe.
G. b. Hanson, j. NJ. Jackson and John
Kinkaid today filed articles of incor
poration for the Trojan Mining and Elk
ploration company, with Office at Raw
hide. Capital stock, $250,000.
Articles of incorporation of the Cali
fornia Rawhide Mining company were
filed by Arthur H. Jordan, T. A. Nip
pert, A. +. Maine, John II. Bunningt
and William II. Pfuger. The capita
stock is $3,000,000.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
GOOD OUTLOOK AT cLovERDALE

w. j. Hurley, district recorder for
C%loyerdale, came in from the new
camp yesterday and is very enthusiastic
over the outlook for that section of
the country. In speaking of operations
at Cloverdale, Mr.. Hurley said:
son the United Verde they have a
3.foot ledge that gives an average value
of $12 per ton in gold. George William
son is managing operations on this
ground.
son the Murphy and Seyler lease on
Powhattan a 3-foot ledge that pans
clear across has been encountered at
the 70-foot depth. They have a drift
in about IA feet.
son the Big Boston, Haywood,
Moore and Price are now saeking ore
that will run about 5000 per ton. 1t is
likely that they will have a shipment
of the ore ready to go to Miller's siding
some time this month.
"Whytock, Crawford and Gthin, on
their Boom ground, adjoining the
Lucky Strike ground of Moffatt and
Hansen, have a shaft down 80 feet, and
the showings there are exceptionally
good, the sacking of ore from that Level
is daily in progress.
"Swansou and Schubert has a shaft
down 90 feet on their Alabama ground
They have a erosscut in about 30 feet
/ from that level and have good gold
values.
"On the Robinson Brothers Firs'
Chance property over at Golden, tive
miles west Of Cloverdale, they have
struck a rich stringer on the surface
near the main shaft, which gives VI
fake gold in good quantity. Thi
stringer was two inches in width on tn
surface and at a depth of 2 feet ha
widened to 4 inches, the values inereas
ing with depth
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23

(Speeial Correspondence by Earle X.
Clemens, Publisher Rhyolite Herald.)
Rhyolite, New, May 22.-This has
been a week of good things in the Bull
frog district. Several items of news
are available that may be placed IN
.sthe brighter side" column.
Bullfrog West Extension
An average sample from a two-foot
streak in the West Extension, taken by
Superintendent Len p. McGarry In the
presence of the writer, was assayed by
Charles Chimes, and returned the mag
ni6cent values of 1896 in gold and
s62.1 10 in silver, or $1,O5s.10 a ton. The
strike is a continuation of the main
streak of green ore, which has been ex-
plored for considerable distance in the
nroperty. Paintings from this char
acter of ore are simply eye-openers'
Immense quantities of milling ore are
being blocked out.
Keane Wonder
A cold blooded sampling of the newly
discovered ore body in the Keane Won
der gave returns of $50 a ton across
thickness of "a feet. This is n of The
most remarkable ore bodies along tho
Nevada California border. Homer WI
son. manager, brought in a $4,000 goie
brick Monday. Next month the mil
will be up to capacity, the company
having a new pipe line under way.
Leasers Shipping
A t~welve-ton shipment has been made
this week by G. w. Peterson and ~
Rratton. ~leasers on the Original Bull
frog. The ore was consigned to tn
Nevada oldfeld Reduction company
The shipment has been sacked from tn
old tunnel level and will probably g
$50 or better a ton.
Ed Dreyer is sacking ore from HI
ORIGINAL Bullfrog lease, and ore is be
ing sacked by the Slavonian lease OF
the West Extension.
A cotton shipment will be made abou
June LIST by George Phillips and Ere
Moesser from their lease on the Gibral
tar Mines Syndicate property on BE
nanza mountain. The ore will run pei
haps 800 a ton.
Tramp Consolidated
The Eclipse ledge in the Tramp Cor
solidated estate is improving. A 22-to
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23

development work on the Jack Pot
Fraction property, which he controls,
and which consists of forty-fve acres
Of highly promising ground adjoining
the Queens groups, which, as far as
can be judged by surface indications,
is one of the most valuable pieces of
mining property in the state. A strong
ledge carrying good values outcrops on
the Jack Pot Fraction. 1t is the inten-
tion Of Mr.. Hahn to 'determine as close
ly as possible the strike of this ledge,
and to start n prospect tunnel on it near
the foot of the hill. He believes that
he will cut this ledge with the tunnel
at or very close to the surface. Devel-
opmcnt work would have started months
ago had it not been for the tying up of
the bulk Of the treasury funds in the
suspended State Bank and Trust com
pany.
Piroutte Resumes
Operations on the Piroutte were re-
sumed this week by Superintendent
Springer. who arrived a few days ago
from Los Angeles, after ordering a %
hip. gasoline engine and hoist, which
machinery is now being transported to
the property. Sinking in the shaft,
which is down n little over 100 feet, is
again under way, but one of the chief
concerns of the company just now is
the building of a road of considerable
length from the fiat up the hill to the
shaft, for the hauling Of the hoist, and
also for the hauling out of loads of high
grade ore, with which work, il is con-
fdently believed, the company will be
confronted in a short time. The shaft
is on the ledge, which shows heavy
values from IS feet to the bottom.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23

The finishing touches are being put
on the ten stamp milling plant of the
Seven Troughs kindergarten Mining
company and the Mazuma Hills Mining
company, says the Seven Troughs
Miner. With the exception of a few
odd jobs, which are now being done,
both plants are completed and 1t is
more than likely that the stamps of
both will be dropping before the end Of
the coming week. The machinery Of
both plants has been placed in opera
ton several times during the last few
days, and on all occasions, it workeS
like a charm.
The kindergarten mill is located on
The ground of that company in the town
of Seven Troughs, and is situated so
that the ore from the mine can be run
to the mill receiving bins with ease.
The mill covers an area of ground
seventy-five by thirty feet. Oregon
pine has been used in the framework,
and corrugated iron constitutes tie
roofing and sides. The mill has two
batteries of five stamps, each stamp
weighing eight hundred and fifty
pounds. The drive pulley, operating
the stamps, is set between the two bat
teries instead of at the end of the shaft
ing, as is usually the case. In addition
to the stamps, the mill building con
tains two Whitley concentrating tables.
Receiving ore bins, having a capacity
OF sixty tons, have been erected imme-
diately we a hugh crusher, and rock
will need but little attention to deliver
it to the stamps.
Hero Is Financed
According to information obtained
in a reliable quarter, success has crown
ed the negotiations of the officials of
the Hero Nevada Mines company, oper-
ating the well known Little Hero and
Wild Cat claims in the northern end
of the Seven Troughs district near Far.
rell, for the sale of fifty-one per cent
of the stock of the company to a syn
dictate of New York capitalists. The
figure at which control of the company
has been sold could not be ascertained,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23

T., leaking through our California ex-
-. We oftentimes find just a little
-. a feeling of jealousy over the
.,...aa situation, says the Mining and
r,r;,eering Review. To us it matters
,;.,,s where mining activity is found.
10. are for the industry whether it be
:. Nevada or in California, in Wash
ton or Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Mon
,.na. wyoming, Utah, New Mexico,
.-;vona or in any portion of our posses
.;ans No imaginary state line can
..nse TO attempt to belittle any portion
- our wonderful mineral sections.
The inspiration for these remarks is
.ound in an article in the Amador Reg
;.,er. where there are great possibilities
Cor profitable mining. The Register
avs. "The gold camps of Nevada
.n.,e no efforts to boost their claims to
mer;t before the American people. In
,,.nv instances the boosters overdo
..o;r role.v Now it would seem that
Tho Nevada people have a spirit of I'M
ouenehable optimism in their opera
,;ons. California people might well
..te the "boosters'' of Nevada as their
example. The time was when California
reople did the anne thing that is now
beinp done in Nevada. California men,
California capital, California enter
nrise and California optimism, in COM
mon with operators from Colorado and
other states, are the best kind of Ne
vada boosters. Nevada is practically
made up of California, Colorado, Utah
and Montana mining men, who have
recognized the merits of Nevada and
are now there in the role of boosters.
Nevada has more than doubled in popu-
lation. 1t is prospecting as never before,
and for the reason that many wonderful
mining districts have been opened up
by outside men.
Referring to the claims made for the
Nevada camps, which the editor of the
Register would do well to investigate
for himself, the Register says: "Here
in Amador county, where quartz min
ing has been in vogue for more than
half a century, such claims deceive no
one. They are greeted with derision.
The talk of ore running into the thou
sands of dollars per ton, and almost
solid gold, smacks of fake mining"
And vet a carload of just a little over
fifty tons of ore was shipped from the
Mohawk that gave net smelter returns
OF 1884, 900. That was by no means all
the ore there was in the Mohawk, which
today has millions of dollars worth of
ore that is estimated by competent en-
gineers to run better than 800 to the
ton. The entire output of the Mohawk
averaged better than 500 per ton. The
shipments from Goldfeld today average
over 800 per ton.
"The permanent mining camps are
low grade propositions" says the Reg
lister. "The flashy camps of Southern
Nevada have the call for a time, but we
believe that capital will eventually at
taeh itself to the great quartz belt of
Amador and adjoining counties as a
safer becauee more permanent field. The
mother lode belt will, in all probability,
be surrendering gold when the boom
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
Lead at osceola

BY doing the annual assessment work
OF the Recovery claim, in Dry gulch, a
shoot of ore was encountered in the
shaft that has all the characteristics
Of the rich ore in the Cumberland, ON
the opposite side of the gulch. Samples
Of the medium-grade ore assayed OH
ounce gold, Is per cent silver and lead
t, the ton, while picked samples show
almost solid galena.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23

shipment was made a short time ago,
and another shipment is being prepared.
The sacked ore is running better than
800 a ton, while assays from the pay
streak 60 as high as 1913.
Diamond Queen
Fluorine, the new camp at the Dia-
mond Queen, is growing steadily. The
ore shoot has been recovered in the
Biddlecone and Culver lease, and an
other carload shipment will be ready
by June list. The last shipment Melted
$217 a ton. Shipping ore has also been
encountered in the Easter Sunday,
Lemle- Dawson and Strelhke No. 2
leases.
Telluride the Latest
The newest camp in this section is
Telluride, situated about five miles
north of Fluorine. Several leasers are
working in good ore, and some picture
rock has been struck IN the Groshong
lease, showing splendid free gold speci-
mems. John Doser has established
~townsites at Fluorine and Telluride.
Visited Shoshone
"Bob" Montgomery, locator of the
Montgomery Shoshone, visited the mine
a week ago, and found conditions much
better than reported. He utterly dis
regards all the knocking recently given
the property. The Shoshone's April
output of bullion, shipped last week,
consisted of $4,000 ounces, worth be
tween $4,000 and 100000. Daniel j
Shea & Co., Boston brokers, are advis
ing their clients to buy Shoshone at the
market.
Homestake-K King
The 25-stamp mill on the Homestake
King will be ready for a trial ruI
within 80 days. A 6-drill compressor
plant is being installed at the mine.
Ladd Mountain
Lcasers on Ladd mountain continu
to get the ore. The Stutter-C Case Nc
Carren lease has received special con
sideration of late, owing to a find o
specimen gold ore at slight depth. Tn
stewart-M evicker-Lytl lease has
new ore body Of promising proportions
Logland and Baeigalupi continue I
sack high grade every day.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23

A suit has been filed in the district
court here against George +. Holes
worth of Tonopah, architect Of the
Goldfeld hotel, asking for damages, the
total amount Of which is s205, l25. The
allegations ere numerous. and specify
failure to comply with the contract in
about twenty instances.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
R A TO ARRIVE LATER

Effective Sunday, May oath, there
will be a change in the morning time
of train No. "a, which for some time
has been due in Tonopah from Nina at
$3.50 a. m. Hereafter it is due in Tono-
pah at IL a. H., will leave for Gold
field at l1:15 a. m, arriving at the
southern terminal at 1928. The time
of the outgoing coast train has not been
changed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
Mills in Building

Excavation work is in progress on the
Campbell and Smith custom mill at
Beatty, two ears of machinery for the
Springdale mill have arrived and the
Bullfrog Pioneer mill will start opera
tions, perhaps this week.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-23
Tramp Consolidated

The Eclipse ledge in the Tramp Con-
solidated estate is improving. A 22-ton
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-03
A Glorious Trip.

Somebody is going to take this
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It may not be the best looking per-
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You do not have to get two hum
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