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The Somerset reporter., 1908-08-27
New Arrivals at Somerset Jail.

Jas. Mcdonald, ST., and Jas. Nc
Donald, Jr., were arrested Saturday
afternoon by Deputy Sheriff, E. l..
Perkins in Madison, and brought to
the Jail in this place to await the
action of the grand jury of the next
term of the s. J. Court.
Several weeks ago a horse was
stolen in Sanford. Between Sanford
and Lewiston the animal was sold.
The McDonalds were the suspects.
About a week ago Mcdonald, jr.,
wrote a letter to his sweetheart in
Biddeford. The letter came into the
possession of the city marshal. For
the past three days Sheriff Rankin of
Alfred, Mr.. Leavitt of Biddeford, who
know the men by sight, and Sheriff
Perkins have been on duty contin-
uously at the postoffice. Saturday
afternoon about 400 O'Clock young
Mcdonald was seen near the railroad
crossing. He instantly recognized
the officers and started on the run
toward the log piles. After a des-
perate fight he was captured in the
back yard of F. l.. Powers and put
into the lookup. At this time small
boy came along and told the officers
he had just seen Mcdonald, ST., in a
house in the upper part of the town,
and on his information gathered in
the father.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-08-27
Accidental Shooting.

Harold Bigelow of Smithfield re-
ceived slight wound from a small
calibre bullet last Sunday morning,
the revolver being fired by his COM
panion, Perry Boothby, who, how
ever, had not the slightest intention
of hitting anybody. Young Boothby,
who is employed at the store of the
Bowman Hardware Co., rooms on
East Front street, and had erected a
tent in the yard as sleeping place
for the sake of variety. Saturday
last he invited Mr. Bigelow, who has
been working at the Fred Horne
place on the Norridgewock road, to
share the tent with him for the night.
Not long after sunrise Boothby awoke
and, missing his friend and thinking
possibly that Bigelow might be ar
ranging some practical joke for his
benefit, he picked up a p calibre
pistol which lay at hand and fired in
an upward direction through the wall
of the tent. He misjudged his direc-
ton in some way and was immedi-
ately notified by the cutlery of his
companion that he had been hit
Both the young men were very much
alarmed but subsequently it devel-
oped that the injury was very slight,
the ball striking the breast bone and
! turning outward, leaving a wound
but little more than skin deep. The
/ fortunate circumstance that the
weapon was loaded with target caps
of low power instead of the "long" OF
"short" cartridges more often used
doubtless prevented more serious
consequences.
The wound was dressed and the
young man returned to his Smithfield
home on Tuesday but little the worse
/ for his adventure.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-08-27

Thelma, the exquisite perfume, at
Fogg's drug store only.
Buchanan wants a young man to
learn the drug business.
Special sale in ladies cotton under
wear at G. J. Williams, 80 Water ST.
Lightbody's famous headache pow
ders, the guaranteed kind, at Samp-
fon Il Avore's only.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-08-27
Athens and Canaan Stage Notice

We have leased the stable opposite the new
Municipal Building which VIII be our head
quarters nom this date. In connection we
w1l do stabling Come and see us.
Telephone orders 10 sampson q Ayors
r. u. CLEVELAND,
GEO. R. SMITH.
August ~, 1905. 3w3S'
The Somerset reporter., 1908-08-27
Not Afraid of Automobiles

offer for sale my horse, 8 years old, 16
hands high, dark chestnut, extra good road
er, not AFRAID of autos, motorcycles or cleo
and drives him nearly every day. Also Car.
wages, Sleigh and Harness II desired.
GEO. W. COVER,
Residence 1872 Main St once 40 Water ST.
tf33 Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-08-27
Pumlow Restaurant Reopened

Pumlow Restaurant Reopened.
l shall reopen my restaurant, next
to railroad crossing, and will be ready
to serve meals to my customers as
formerly, on and after Monday next.
Miss Mary Provencal has been en-
gagged as waitress.
EDWARD F. PUMLow.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-08-27

AS in previous years, L. w. Chase
& Co. offer for sale full line of the
most up TO date carriages and har-
nesses.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-08-27

G. R. Fogg will sell you any kind of
spice you may want in spices, for the
picking season.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
PRESTON AND SMITH
MUST SERVE SENTENCE

The supreme court Monday handed
down a decision denying the applica-
tion of M. R. Preston and Joseph Smith
for a new trial the decision of the court
being based on the question of proceed
ure wholly. Preston and Smith are two
men found guilty of the murder of John
Silva, the Goldfeld restaurant keeper
on March 10, 1907, and Preston SEN
fenced to serve for a period of twenty
FIVE years in the state prison and Smith
sentenced to serve for a period of ten
years.
Silva became involved in the labor
disputes at Goldfield and pickets were
placed at his restaurant for the purpose
of keeping away trade, owing to the
fact that he was employing "unfair''
labor. He was shot to death by two of
these pickets and Preston and Smith
were arrested charged with the crime.
After a long drawn trial both men were
found guilty, Preston being found
guilty Of second degree murder and sen
fenced to serve 25 years in prison while
Smith was found guilty of voluntary
manslaughter and sentenced to serve 10
years. They made a motion for a new
trial in the district court. Judge Lam
gan, presiding, refusing to grant the
motion. His ruling was appealed from,
the case being carried to the supreme
court.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
shamrock of Churchill

On Friday R. Mccoy left Fallon with
his freight outfit to bring in a ton OF
sacked samples from the Shamrock
group, owned by ]. Ingalls,, G. A. Bar
mum, w. Preston Clark, r. Mccoy, Rob
Halter and Lou Miller. The group con-
sists of eight claims and lies toward
the north end of the district. 1t is a
little south of the old White Cloud dis
trict that mined and smelted gold and
copper ore thirty years ago and tina
even now is still developing a gold
mine and following up a strong ledge OF
zine hat was tapped on the way to the
gold ledge.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
To Be Reopened

1t is reported from Cherry Creek
that the North Mountain Mining com.
pany is to clean out the old workings
of the Egan mine and resume regular
operations with a small force of men.
The company is composed of Ne
braska capitalists and did considerable
work some years ago, but the workings
in the Egan have been allowed TO go to
ruin for several years. The property
has been a producer of fine grade of
gold ores and is said to have pay ore in
sight that can not be reached in the
present state of the tunnel
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Camp Summit

The new camp of Summit, thirty-fve
miles east of Rawhide, is attracting con
siderable attention. The best way to
get there is to go by way of Luning.
Five or six gold discoveries have beer
made in the camp and several iron, sill
yer and lead finds. In one instance the
iron ore runs as high as 90 per cent.
There are about two hundred people in
the camp at present. A postofice is
soon to be established and a general
supply store has been opened by G. M.
Compton and Charles Hurley, two well
known gentlemen who were formerly IN
the railroad service.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06

"The Atwood district from a mining
standpoint is looking very good,' said
Walter d. Cole, who, with others, re-
turned yesterday after nearly a week
spent at Atwood. II. NJ. Roche, n OF
the party, expressed himself as being
most favorably impressed. "Mueh de-
velopment work has been done in the
district and there is a large amount OF
mining machinery ready to do work.
said MI. Cole, "but apparently many
of the companies ran out of funds at
a time when the district looked the
best and much ore was in sight"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
MINING NEWS FROM ALL DISTRICTS


The Cumberland Ely property in the
Ely camp has been under development
a little over a year and a half and in
that time its Veteran ore body has been
opened and 3,000,000 tons Of ore placed
in sight that will average 81 per cent,
says the News Bureau There have
been rumors of late that the limits of
the Veteran ore body have been deter
mined, and that the management has
run out of ore. This is not 30. This re-
port probably arises from the fact that
on the west end of this ore body a zone
of oxidation has been encountered, but
there is no fear on the part of the man
agement but that under this Gaping of
oxidized ore, the pay ore will be found
as strong as ever.
The ore body as at present demon
strated will give Cumberland Ely com
pany 195,0OO,O0O pounds of copper,
which, on 12-cent copper and an Scent
cost, would net the company $7,s00,00O
and 81, 5000 additional for every cent
advance in the price of copper. The
Cumberland Ely company has an enor.
nous mineral acreage in the Ely camp
and other developments will be fol
lowed so that the Cumberland Ely com
pany's ore reserves will not be limited
to the Veteran deposit. The Wedge
claims of the property are now under
development and are showing consider
able ore, although of a lower grade thar
tho Veteran ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
VIII Begin Operations

The Austin Manhattan Consolidated
Mining company will soon begin opera
lions upon an extensive scale at Austin,
Nevada. This company recently ac-
quired 81 patented claims in the district
which included nearly all the old-time
PRODUCERS of the district. The enter
prise is backed by a strong eastern
syndicate. Austin has been a dead
mining camp for a good many years,
but it now begins to look like 1T would
have a genuine revival and TAXI its
place among the active producers again.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Lost Mine Rediscovered

C. B. Carpenter and wife, well known
in mining circles in this county, ar
rived last evening from the Black Rock
desert, where they have been prospect.
ing for the past three months, states
the Winnemucca News. They had some
choice silver ore, which they state is
from an extensive ledge, and which, IN
their opinion, is the famous "Hardin
Lost LEDGE over which for half a
century history and mystery has pre-
vailed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Nero stamps at Liberty

F. H. Bowler of the Tonopah-Liberty
mine, twenty-five miles north OF Tono-
pah, is charging the mill on the prop
erty to twice it's present size.
There are now ten stamps In the
Liberty mill and when finished there
will be twenty, making the capacity
100 tons a day.
Mr.. Bowler is also Installing 4 hun
dred-ton Huntington null. The Liberty,
a silver and gold proposition, is ore OF
the oldest mines "a .,cvada. The shaft
is down 500 feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
searchlight Mil Proposed

Superintendent ~Spanogle of the Sill
yer Legion is now sinking a shaft for
water development at a point about
one-half mile west of the camp. This
is incidental to the installation in the
near future of a reduction plant. The
upraise work that is now being run in
the Legion mine is within 20 feet of
daylight.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Leasing at Marietta

There are seven leasers working there
now and every one is taking out good
shipping ore. The depth of the ledge
has not been determined, as the deepest
workings are only down to a depth OF
about 90 feet. OF the seven parties
who are leasing four of them are from
Tonopah. A meeting was held there a
short time ago and the district was
named the Ibex mining district. A
townsite is planned and surveyors Will
start to work at once.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
TWO Feet of Chloride

C. p. Christensen, one of the leading
merchants of Caliente, who is president
of the highlands och Mines & Smelt-
ing company, informs the Mining he
view that most satisfactory results have
resulted in the development of the com
pany's property, as two feet of silver
chlorides have been uncovered going
high in their metallic contents. The
Highland Phoebe is located in Highland
district, Lincoln county, a thousand
feet south of the great Mendha mine
Work will be pushed in mine develop
ment this summer.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Sierra District Is Lively

Sierra district is experiencing a lively
boom as the result of rich discoveries
made during the past ten days. Those
there believe the district is to become
one of the leaders of Nevada. Sierra is
about twelve miles southeast of Mill
CITY. An effort was made to keep the
fact of the recent rich finds from the
public, but the news got out last week
at Winnemucca. Thus the rush now on
there is probably one of the few in the
state where the outsiders have had an
eoual chance with those who were early
on the ground.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06

f. H. Bowler, Dick Ycuman and
Jerry Shechan are saekipg ore ON their
property eight miles from Cloverdale in
the Golden district.
They report eight tons already sack
ed and state they will ship to Miller
forty miles distant, when they have a
ear load. The ore uni $500 to 5000 on
a twelve inch streak. They have four
men at work driving a 300-foot tunnel
to get 400 backs. 1t is a gold PROPOSE
ton.
Hoffman brothers of Salt Lake have
four shafts down on a 600-foot ledge in
the district. Mr.. Bowler, who IS super
intendent Of the Tonopah-Liberty, as
saved the ore on the Hoffman ledge and
found it ran $54 to $50 across five feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Fifty Sets of Leasers

Earnest development work is bring
ing good results in Gold Circle district,
and it is a very pleasing sign that all
of those leasers who have been at work
for the past 80 days are perfectly sat
isfed with the showing now had. AT
this time there are something like so
different sets of leasers operating on a
number of estates, and with this limited
amount of work within so short a time
at least four of them are in material of
a sufficient high grade to warrant an
early shipment.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Discovery at Granite

A. B. Colwell, of the firm of Half &
Colwell Bros, made a discovery of very
rich ore on the Stinson group, in the
Granite district, belonging to w. ID.
Campbell, and Immediately secured an
option on the group. He expects to
start development work at the earliest
possible moment. The find was made in
a winze sunk from an old tunnel.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Rich oweenah Ore

Over 300 sacks which will average
better than 5000 a ton have been taken
from a crosscut in the 70-foot shaft of
the Lemaire brothers at Gweenah. The
Gweenah Consolidated Leasing company
has ore in three different places on the
surface that will run about $50 to $500
a ton. Hendricks lease has struck a
ledge averaging $50 to the ton. Hlg-
gins lease, which adjoins the Ken
bricks, has a three-foot ledge, struck at
a depth Of twelve feet, that assays as
high as $500 a ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Bonanza Strike

News of a very rich gold strike In
Spring valley "a few miles south OF
KNOXVILLE, was brought to Winnemucca
yesterday by s. R. Guthrie and A. M.
Hitchkiss, who have been prospecting
in that section. The strike was made
by John Murray, who has been pros
pecting and doing development work
in Spring valley for the past year and
a half. Specimens of the ore from the
Murray strike are sal to be fairly daz-
cling with the glitter of the golden
nuggets with which the rock is per-
meated.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
MANY BUILDINGS
ARE CONTEMPLATED

The building activities in Gold
field have recently been under q
slow bell, owing to the late lamented
labor troubles and the financial strin'
gency but indications are that the duet
Of the hammer and saw win ring out
louder and clearer than eve before
midsummer. Quite a number Of pre-
tentious buildings are contemplated
and some of them have passed to the
point of letting Of contracts.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Much Is Expected

Word comes from the King lead mine,
within two miles of the Steptoe smelter,
in the Duck Creek district, that the
lower tunnel is about to break into the
large ore body that was encountered in
the upper levels. The veins in these
upper workings are furnishing a high
class product and much is expected
when the ore is tapped at the greater
depth.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06

The Western Smelter corporation, the
newly organized and independent smell
ter which was incorporated April 9Th,
is now a certainty and it will operate
entirely independent of the trust, and
will fIl a long felt want to the mining
interests of this state. The plant will
be located five aai one-half miles
northeast of Carson On the banks Of the
Carson river, and on the site of the old
Merrimac and the Brunswick plant,
which was in operation in that section
over forty odd years ago and which is
still remembered by many of the old
timers.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Encouraging Showing

Shadyrun, the new mining camp
about forty miles northeast of Fallon,
is the scene of the latest mining ex-
citement. A large number of mining
men from Fairview, Wonder and Raw
hide have visited the new district dur
ing the past week, and without excep-
ton they report that the showing is
very encouraging, indicating that sew
eral good properties will be developed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Mineral That Burns

Professor j. G. Scrugham Of the Ne
vada University is in receipt of a speci-
men of material that resembles some
what either coal or asphalt. Consider
able comparing and testing fails to, give
a definite analysis. 1t burns almost ike
oil and does not leave any ash at all.
This places it out of the coal family.
There is a deposit of the material In
the eastern part of the state.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Long Tunnel Project

Matt T. Osborn, of Salt Lake, who
has been developing mining properties
east of the smelter at McGill, is ex-
pected to soon resume work driving the
long tunnel through the range. The
tunnel is now in $40 feet but will have
to be pushed some distance ahead be-
fore cutting the lodges sought that are
opened on the surface above with fine
showings Of lead ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Gold Center Prosperity

The Gold Crown estate is not only be
ing operated by a large force on com
pany account, driving a tunnel to cut
the vein at a depth of nearly 300 feet
below the apex of the zone, but are also
sinking a shaft on the hanging wall OF
the vein. The drift mentioned has nov
been advanced about 1s5 feet and good
milling values have been secured a
several different points in these work
ings. The outcrop on the Gold crown
is strongly defined, and exceedingly
high values have been had from time tt
time. Quite a number of assays have
returned gold values from $4s.oo 10 al
high as $4,000 a ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Discovery at Phoebe

In prosecuting from the 3Oo-foot 10
the south contact of the Yuba dyke a
small seam of galena was encountered
ON the east side. This has been fol-
lowed in by a drift and the seam has
gradually widened and sacking OF rich
ore, averaging 1875 ounces in silver and
So per cent lead, has been going on for
the past 10 days. The drift is now IN
30 feet and about two feet of ore
shows in the face.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
blaine Ore Body Larger

Frank Welshon and Joe johnson, both
of whom are interested in mining prop
erty in the Granite district, and upon
which they have been doing develop
ment work, came in from the new camp
of Blaine recently and report that
everything in that section in a mining
way is disclosing the most promising
prospects, while the town is gradually
assuming a mining camp appearance
with its attendant activity.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
snecimeu ROCK Encountered.

P. d. Delmas, of Salt Lake, manager
of the Delmas Copper company, whose
property near Battle Mountain has been
responding in such a highly satisfactory
manner, received most important news
from the mine foreman last week. The
letter states that a big ledge of speci-
men rock has been encountered, and,
Judging from the samples sent in, the
find is a remarkable one.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Now Regular Shipper

The Seven Troughs district has be-
come a regular producer of high grade
shipping ore. With the advent OF the
milling stage Seven Troughs will at
tract greater attention than ever be-
fore. High grade and shipping ore can
then be treated at home or sent abroad
to the shelters. Two mills, ten stamps
each, are rapidly approaching compile
ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Raid Mountain Property

AL Dees and brother are working on
their group in the Bald mountain dis
trict, where they have ore carrying gold
and copper. The gold values are said to
run from SIG to $50. Some samples
have assayed as much as $50 in gold and
~ per cent copper to the ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Activity at Ramsey

A full force of men is working at
the Ramsey-Comstock, and the work of
constructing the new mill is progress
ing as rapidly as possible. Good strikes
were reported during the past month
from the Walkover and Midnight mines.
Development work is continuous at the
Wide West property.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Stock ~Underwritten

R. COPYRIGHT, of San Pedro, is in re-
ceipt of a letter from A. q. Burnt, now
in Boston, stating the stock in the new
company that is to erect a custom
stamp mill at San Pedro, for the treat
ment of ores from the Blackhorse dis.
trict, has been underwritten by the
brokerage firm of Burnham L. Bennett.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
zenoli Is Producing

The management of the Zenoli mine,
at Palisade, received = check last week
for $2,240.65 as the returns from a So
ton shipment. This property is largely
owned by Salt Lake parties and has
already disbursed ono substantial divi-
dend to the lucky shareholders.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
reduction Plant Proposed

Announcement is made that the Ne
vada Douglas Copper NJ. Co., is to
shortly make tests on its ores to deter
mine the best method of treatment, and
as 1901 as this is aseertained arrange
ments will be made for a reduction
plant. During the past year the com
pany has made a number Of improve
ments at its Yerington properties.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06


The newest mining camp in the state,
being born in the month of May, is Ma
tional, sixty miles north OF Winnie
mucca. Leasers are reported to be
working in ore running from a few dol
lars to $1,067 per ton.
The new strike is in the Buckskin
mountains. A TOWNSHIP has been laid
out by that veteran surveyor OF Iono-
pah and Manhattan, Mr.. s. n BRAD
ford. Reports from responsible parties
state that the leasers who first started
TO work win have a ear load shipment
of ore ready to 60 forward by the END
of June.
Several Goldfeld parties are in the
new camp which is said to resemble
Tonopah in formation and character Of
ores.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Better Than Expected

The latest assays from the Gold
Crown properties at Gold Circle prove
better than expected. A grab sample
from the dump gave returns of s41.9O,
while an average sample from fourteen
inches on the foot wall at the bottom
of the shaft went 5000. A gradual in
crease in values is being shown as
greater depth is attained.