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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
A Money Saver

Yesterday a simple little %contriv-
ance was put in place at the mouth
of the Montgomery Mountain tunnel
at Rhyolite which, if put in general
use, promises to save many mines
hundreds of dollars monthly for the
one item of fuel alone. In all mines
not supplied with air shafts some
means must be had to get the pow
der smoke out, whore two or more
shifts are employed. and for this an
air pipe is run into the mine close to
where the miners are working. On
the outer end Of this pipe a Sibley
stove is attached in which a fire is
built to create a draught, that pulls
out the smoke, and in a country like
this wood for one of these stoves
where two shifts are working, cost
nearly $3.50 per month.
The new smoke puller," whic!
was placed on the Mountgomer
Mountain is somewhat similar to tn
Sibley, but burns distillate, instea
of wood.
One quart Of oil an hour will ru
the stove and it does the work {
drawing out smoke better than doe
the wood affair. which means a sa'
; ing of at least 500 each month.
j. r. Lane, Thomas Kilker, Cha
| les Stevens and w. Sisk are the o
iginators of the new smoke e
tractor" as they call it. and it ce
tainly will prove a money saw,
wherever fuel is scarce.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19

at fifty feet. They have four feet of
pay dirt and have reached bedrock.
They have bought a hoist and pump
and will install them at once, when
they will proceed to drift.
Haywood, Auxier and Cruze have
just made a clean up, and their dirt
averaged $40 a yard.
"Leasers recently started a shaft
on the september Fraction ground
just east of Price and Wiedman, and
are now down about twenty-five feet
They expect to have to sink fifty feel
to get to bedrock. They are at the
junction Of several draws, and viii
probably get rich dirt .'-Manhattar
Mail.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19

claimed as agricultural. 1t was sew
eral miles from the proven oil field.
but the government refused to accept
the application and sent an agent 70
investigate the matter. The agent
reported that no oil had been de-
veloped upon the land claimed Us
agricultural, but the government
held that its propinquity to the oil
field would prevent its entry as agri-
cultural land.
3. The general trend of the law
aside from specific provisions, seems
to call for direct development work
rather than preparatory or incidenta.
work. The conclusion would seem tt
be that nothing short of actual dis
covery of oil entities a location to b.
made which will withstand legal al
tack.
4. Where oil lands are located a
placer mining claims, the annual as
sessment labor upon such claims ma
be done upon any one OF a group o
claims lying contiguous and owne
by the same person or corporatio
not exceeding five claims in all; pre-
vided, that said labor will tend !
the development or to determine I'll
:, i l-bearing character of such co,
tiguous claims. (Act of congress, a
. proved February 3, 19O3.)
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
Rich pldCerS
at Manhattan

f. A. Davis said to a Mail repre-
sentative today, in speaking OF the
placer deposits below camp, The
placer diggings of the main gulch will
surprise the natives and the world.
my brother and 1 struck water on
the Wolftone Extension lease at sixty
one feet. The last thirty-ive feet We
have had pay dirt. and some pan
nings, through five or siy feet, that
would run S. to Sc to the Tard. Al
water level we have pannings worth
$40 per yard. We are now putting in
tanks and will sink to bedrock.
Price and Wiedman struck watel
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
WRITER'S WIFE HAS
SECURED A DIVORCE

OMAHA tNeb.), Dec. 16.-Mrs,
Cora Whitney, wife of G. William
Whitney of New York, editor of the
Outing Magazine and one of the best
known sporting writer's in the coun-
try, was granted a divorce, with 500
alimony, in Judge Estelle's division
of the district court here this after.
noon. The charges were cruelty and
nonsupport.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19

William Martell. who was sea-
fenced last week in the district court
to serve three years in the state pen
itentiary on the charge OF having
burglar tools in his possession with
felonous intent, was taken to Cars m
on yesterday mornings train in
charge of Deputy Sheriff T. S. Mar.
shall, who will place him in the be.
have foundry.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
Big Payment on
Clifford Property

J. c. Mccormack, president of the
Broken Hills Mining company, came
over from Goldfield yesterday a%fte,-
noon in his auto and returned later
on in the evening. The chief object
of Mr.. McCormack's visit was to make
a big payment on the mine, which
he deposited with the Tonopah Bank
ing corporation. The payment would
have fallen due on December "a and
was made eight days ahead OF the
specified time, and was deposited o
the credit of Ed Clifford. Sr., Ed Cliff
ford, Jr.. John w. Clifford and James
Clifford, the original owners OF the
property.
The company has been operating
on the property since October and
has been making regular shipments
OF high grade. II is sinking two vec-
= teal shafts, one Of which is already
d equipped with a hoist and the ma
. chinery for the second is being in
stalled. The 115-foot shaft, which
was worked by the former owners, IS
being extended to the 300-foot level
y and will be made the company's prin-
'' eipal working shaft. There has al
ready been exposed in these work
" ings twenty feet of ore that will aver
6 age s25 a ton, besides considerable
ore OF a high shipping value. The
, new shaft which the company suns
has opened up one of the finest bod
NJ les of ore ever discovered in Nevad;
= and it is from this ledge that the higl
grade is being taken for shipment t
this city. The ore body at present
thirty-hve feet in width. The tw
shafts are 200 feet distant and bot
6 veins are separate.
In speaking Of the property yeste.
day. Mr.. Mccormack stated: "Th
en- mill which the company will ere
will be in operation by the first
March. | am now having tests mac
- of the ore in Denver by a prominei
We m%etallurgist of that city and the be
IDS process for extracting the values Wi
OF be used. The company has also eI
ployed the services OF Charles Kea
b., ing, a prominent mining engineer
ms Goldfeld and formerly of Sou
red America, and he is now on the groul
IN conducting experiments. There is
'es. abundance of water for both the m
nd use and the townsite as we nave thr
be springs within eight miles of I
it'll camp. One of the springs has a
rit. pacity of $4,000 gallons per day a
re- it will probably be from this one II
sed the pipe line will be constructed
lre- Negotiations have been unC
tt y way for some time toward the er
ton of a telephone line from Hele
st i to Tonopah. This line will be br
oil F.! by the company and will proba'
iory take in the camps of Golden ARE
Silver Bow and Bellehelen, as
100 present they are also without t.
ads. phonic communication. This sho
OIL be finished before the middle of j
ex- uary and will help greatly toward
working Of the property. o
ONE enough ore will be shipped from
oca- mine to take care of the cost of OF
as ations and the ore blocked out
tire be held in reserve for treatment
this the mill.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
MAY NOT RACE
AUTOS On The
MILLER LAKE

There's a great big hitch coming
up in the matter of using Miller or
Auto lake for automobile racing this
coming spring, For the time being,
those behind the enterprise, including
Tex Rickard, Walter c Stone and a
dozen others, are entirely at sea, says
the Goldfeld Tribune.
This dry lake has a bed that is
ideal for racing purposes, and a
course was laid out some weeks ago.
The initial meet of the Goldfield auto
lists was a success from every stand
point, and plans have been under way
for some time for Barney Oldield and
other national celebrities to come
here this spring and race on what APP
pears to be an area matchless for the
purpose.
Yesterday, however, Mr.. Riekard
received a letter from II. n. Farnam
representing Mrs. Bessie Miller, who
says that she located two years age
nearly the whole of Miller lake
eighteen miles northeast of the city
The ground has been surveyed, say
Mr.. Farnam, the stakes set, Location
work and assessment work done 70
/ the year, and location certificate
c filed.
Mrs. Miller's attorney asserts tina
her stakes have been removed an
thrown to one side of the lake; also
that the bed will be used as a bi
= racing ground this spring. If arrange
ments are not made with her in ad
vance for the use of the bed of tn
lake, Mrs. Miller says she will b
: forced to resort to legal remedy
: prevent an intrusion Upon her allies
ed rights. She says she is willini
- however, to grant terms for a perio
: of from one to five years, but tn;
the racers must first come to h,
dSI 6tLlGnl. 1OAOluulhSy onG says
~ Il might add that discoveries hay
been made of sufficient placer, bot
u" gold and platinum, to justify Il
: working of every 160-acre group
II locations, and that DR.. David T. Di
of the geological department
Washington has made surveys of Il
same, and that assays have be,
'e' made by local and other assayers,
~ that there can be no question whi
"u ever as to her vested rights in and
Ia the ground referred to-"
'h' Richard was asked last night abe
the complication, but said SIM
me that he knew of no placer ground
uo the lake and that, moreover, M
VII Miller's stakes had not been remoy
so far as he knew.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
Senator Oddie
Sells Ranches

One of the biggest land deals made
IN Nevada in a number of years was
contaminated in this city TuesdaH
when Henry G. Stimler, OF Goldheld'
and william A. Marsh purchased OF
senator T. l.. eddie his famous Pine
Creek and other ranches, located IN
he central part of Nye county. The
purchase price of the property is not
made public, but the estate is locke
mon as one of the most valuable in
Nevada, and is known to have been
held BY Senator Oddie to be worth In
the neighborhood of 100000.
The deal is of special interest to
the public. as the purchasers nov
W and control nearly all the
ranches and ranges of Monitor and
Ralston valleys, covering an area Of
eighty miles, and it is their intent IN
a little later to use the electric
mower that can be developed by Pine
creek for agricultural purposes In
the valleys named. This will throw
open for cultivation large tracts q
what are now arid lands, and en-
nance the value OF those lands y
once a h~undredfold.
In addition to the Pine creek rancl
purchased by Senator Oddie some 81
years ago, and on which he has ex
pended more than 500, 900, the de
includes the transfer of the Cor
coran, Haystacks, John Cook, North
cumberland, Punchbowl and Ike Mo
Gonigal ranches. Miles OF hay land
belonging to the properties are undo
fence, and hundreds of acres ar
planted in alfalfa and grain. Til
deal also includes the transfer of tn
celebrated blooded stock belonging
Senator Oddie, part Of which wei
purchased from the late Goyernt
Sparks, part imported, and many
which have taken prizes in exhit
lions throughout the country. The
animals include French draft horse
thoroughbred trotting and ra
horses, and Hereford cattle. One
the imported stations cost $4,000
France. and several of the Hereto
bulls cost $1,000 each.
The new owners OF Pine creek a
already heavily interested in la
and cattle in Nye county. having pl
chased Hunts canyon, from the Hu
estate. about three years ago. w.
the improvements, horses and Gait
this ranch is valued at $4,000.
the properties will be operated
conjunction with each other unt
the management of w. A. Mar
who "a recognized as one of the b
cattlemen In Nevada. With the p
chase OF the Oddie properties, Ma
and Stimler viii now control
summer range Of the high mo
tains, as well as the winter ranges
Ralston valley. making a desira
combination, and doing away v
the winter feeding Of cattle belle
ing to the ranches.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
MOVEMENT OF U. 5. TROOPS.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-Orders
involving the movement of about TO-.
900 soldiers of the regular army dur
ing the next twelve months were is
sued by General Bell, chief of staff,
today. These orders include the
home coming of about 5000 troops in
Cuba, as well as the home coming OF
about 5000 troops in the Philippines
An equal number from the United
States will take their places.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
SHIPMENTS.

In last weeks Manhattan Mail vas
reported the total shipments of bull
lion from this camp since January 10,
1908, showing a total of $37S,SS7.57
Shipments through the bank during
the week were $1,000. Total ship.
ments to date. $3S1,5S7.57.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
PERSONAL.

Ralph Peterson visited Goldheld
yesterday.
Arthur Raycraft Of Manhattan is
in from the northern camp.
Greet the morning sun in the
breakfast room of the Mizpah grill.
II. Mcnamara was a Goldield pas
senger on yesterday mornings train.
Rufus c. Thayer, OF the law firm Of
Thayer and steels of Goldfeld, is in
town.
T.. b. Bassett, who has charge OF
the new mill at Belmont. is in from
that camp.
T. L. Oddie went TO Blair yester
day, where he viii examine mining
interests.
The Rev. H. Warren Nice, of the
Baptist church, was a Goldfeld visit
tor yesterday.
Senator Harry v. Moorehouse of
Goldheld came G from that city on
business yesterday.
Eugene Hinkel returned yesterday
from a three weeks visit 10 Sacra-
mento and San Francisco
T. s. Marshall went to Goldfeld
yesterday morning on business 0
neeted with the sheriff's Office.
w. M. Mcdonald returned to Tono-
pah yesterday from a trip through
; the northern part of the state.
, George w. Cowing has been APP
pointed city marshal OF Carson to
succeed Fred Knoblock, who resigns,
Attorney George Thatcher went to
Goldfeld yesterday afternoon on le-
. gal business. He will return today.
F. w. Dixon and J.. F. Stebbins, OF
Round Mountain, returned yesterday
afternoon from a business trip to
Reno.
i Pat Carney, a prominent attorney
= of Goldfeld, came over from the
j southern city yesterday on legal bus.
mess.
S. H. Brady, superintendent Of tn,
\ Belmont mine, returned yesterda.
from a several weeks visit 10 Phila
delphia.
e. A. Wilson and 7. r. Cornfortl
at left yesterday for %Bellehelen. wher
lie Mr.. Wilson win examine mininI
IN property there.
50 C. Lisle, of the Tonopah and Gold
It. field railway, left yesterday for hi
to home in Texas, where he will spen
the holidays.
ut Charles c. Schnepfe was yesterda
'iy granted a divorce in the district coul
on from Sadie f. Schnepfe on tn
RS grounds of desertion. Mr.. Schnepi
ed is a resident of Rhyolite.
James Morris left yesterday mori
ing for San Francisco, where he wi
meet Mrs. Morris and daughter an
accompany them to this city, whel
rs. Miss Morris will spend the holiday
am At present she is attending a priva
The school in the bay city.
est Miss verl Louise Malatesta, wi
un- has been attending a private seho
100 in San Francisco, will return fro
ion that city on Sunday mornings trai
ter She has stopped over in Hazen I
and several days to attend a dance Civ
in honor OF Miss Mary Gruber, W
is a classmate of hers.
Charles Stimler and William Mar
vas of Goldfeld, who purchased the Ode
bull ranch at Hot Greek, arrived yesterd
10 from Manhattan and Belmont. T
..57. final papers were signed yesterd
ring and the property turned over to
,hip- new owners. Both geneltmen will
turn to Goldfield today.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19
MARR1AGE LICENsE ISSUED.

A marriage license was issued yes
teruay at the county clerks office to
Gilmore c. Simpson and Edna G.
Malatesta, both of Tonopah.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-19

Advertise in the Daily Bonanza.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-07

No USE TO Go INsIDE.-The woman
who had shopped until the closing gong
had sounded stood at the transfer sta
ton and awaited the suburban trolley.
What" she wearily asked herself
docs it profit a woman if she does
gain the elusive bargain and loses ev-
cry Grace of physical freshness?"
Presently the car came along. II
had the usual fringe Of humanity
strung along the running board, ano
the woman resignedly prepared tc
stand between the seats. when a grimy
youth arose and rendered her his place
Protesting family, she sank into II
guiltily and registered VOW never tc
shop overtime again.
In due time several seats were Vacat-
ed, and the woman looked hopefully
toward her knight
Jimmy" friend of his was say
ing, there's room inside now. Why
don't you sit DOWN."
And the last drop of discomfort was
added to the woman's cup Of humilia-
ton when Jimmy responded:
Jaw, what's the use? No sooner III
get me legs stretched when another
tired old hen will get on, and I'll have
to hop up!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-07

BREAKING THE NEws.-Capt. Pritch-
ard of the Mauretania was talking
about sailors, says an exchange.
I'VE are a bluff lot" he said. Did
you ever hear about the sailor and
the parrot?
We'll, once upon time an old lady
was returning from abroad with a
parrot Of which she was very fond.
She entrusted the bird, with many ad-
monitions to a sailor for the voyage.
"Seasickness or something killed the
parrot the third day out. The sailor,
knowing how upset the old lady would
be, could not bring himself to tell her
the sad tidings, but asked compan-
ion, famous for his skill in such mat
ters, to break the bad news to her very
very gently. The man assented.
And approaching the old lady with
a tragical face, the famous news
breaker touched his cap and said:
I'm afraid that ere bird o yourn
amt going to live long. ma'am.'
"'Oh. dearv exclaimed the old lady
in alarm. Why
cause he's dead was the reply. "
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-07

cords than that of any previous year.
Spruce the wood from which in 1899
three fourths Of the pulp was manu-
factured, is still the leading wood, but
ii now produces O little less than 20 per
cent Of the total. How well spruce is
suited to the manufacture of pulp is
shown by the fact that during period
in which the total quantity of wood
used has doubled and many new woods
have been introduced, the production
Of spruce pulpwood has remained near
ly constant in spite Of the drains upon
the spruce forests for other purposes.
During this time three different woods,
from widely separated regions, have
in turn held the rank of leader in the
lumber supply.
Since 1899, poplar, which for years
was used in connection with spruce to
the exclusion of all other paper woods,
has increased in total quantity less
than 100000 cords, and is now outrank-
ed by hemlock. Pine, balsam and cot
tonwood are used in smaller amounts.
New York alone consumes each year
over million and quarter cords OF
wood in the manufacture Of pulp, or
more than twice as much as Maine,
which ranks next. Wisconsin, New
Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Michi-
gan follow in the order given. Sixty
per cent Of the wood used in New York
was imported from elsewhere, and
even so the supply appears to be wan
ing, since the total consumption for the
state shows a small decrease since
1905, whereas the other states named
have all increased their consumption.
Other states important in the produc-
tion of pulp are: Massachusetts,, Min
nesota, Ohio. Oregon. Vermont, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia.
The average cost Of pulp delivered
at the mill was 1921. The total value
of the wood consumed in 1906 was $685.
400, 900. The chief item determining
the price of paper is the cost Of pulp.
An example Of the increased price Of
paper is found in the case Of a pub
Usher Of q daily in the middle west,
who recently paid $1,000 for a carload
of paper. The same quantity and
grade Of paper cost year ago but $500.
The chemical process Of paper MAX
ing, which better preserves the wood
fiber is gaining over the mechanical
process. In 1899, 65 per cent Of the
wood was reduced by the mechanical
process; IN 1906, less than so per cent.
All importations of wood for pulp are
from Canada, and comprised, in 1906,
| 789, 900 cords, nearly all Of which was
spruce Four and a half million dol
lars worth Of pulp was imported in
1906, a slight falling off from 1905.
Circular 120 Of the Forest Service
contains a discussion of the consump-
ton of pulpwood in 1906, based on sta
tistics gathered by the bureau Of the
census and the forest service. The
pamphlet can be had upon application
to the Forester, United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Washington,
D. c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-07
HOG CHOLERA.

The greatest drawback to the hog
industry which breeders in this coun-
try have to contend with is what is
known as "hog cholera" and Swine
plague"
Hog cholera is a highly contagious
disease and unless checked is liable to
carry off a great number of hogs in a
very short time.
Mr.. A. P. Williams, of Burnetts
Creek. Ind, tells of an experience which
he had with some hogs that had the
cholera Five years ago. says Mr..
Williams. II was in the employ of Mr..
]. d. Richardson. Lafayette. Ind. as
his barn foreman. Some fine hogs that
/ was feeding took the cholera. l
gave them Sloan's Liniment and did
not lose hog. Some were so bad they
would not drink sweet milk and / was
compelled to drench them. l have
tried it at every opportunity since and
always find ii o. K"
Write for Dr.. Sloan's free book on
the treatment of Horses. Cattle, Hogs,
and Poultry. Address: Dr. Earl S.
Sloan, 615 Albany Street, Boston Mass.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-07
WHITE PAPER STOCK.
Wood Getting scarcer and Prices Much
Hiqher.

Wood Getting scarcer and Prices Much
Higher.
The publisher pays much more for
his stock than he did a year ago.
Today there is general complaint
among publishers that printing paper
is constantly growing dearer In the
middle west many local papers are
raising their subscription price so per
cent in order to pay for the paper.
From the time when Gutenberg first
used movable type made of wood, to
the present day of metropolitan papers,
some of which consume the product
of acres Of spruce in a single edition,
printing paper has in very large degree
depended upon the forest.
In the face of a threatened shortage
of timber, the amount Of wood consum-
ed each year for pulp has increased
since 1899 from two million to three
and a half million cords. The year 1906
marked an increase of $4,000 cords in
the imports of pulpwood, the highest
average value per cord for all kinds,
and a consumption greater by 469,O53
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-07

WAS IT PDoT.-Bayard and Lady
Sybil Cutting have villa at st. Morit2
this winter, said New York man, says
the Minneapolis Journal.
The last time I met Mr.. Cutting
1t was in Paris. He was looking al
furs in. the Rue de la Paix. Pricing
a sable stole that was worth $4,000
he made a dry face and told me fur
story.
1.-TWO clubmen, he said, were con-
versing in their club. 1t was week
or so before Christmas.
by the way said the first, I un-
derstand that you and your wife are
coming round to call tonight after din
ner%
Yes said the other; I believe
some such arrangement has been
made
The first man knitted his brow and
puffed at his cigar nervously.
"'See here he faltered, do me IA
vor, will you? Don't let your wife
wear her new sables. l don't want my
wife to see them at this time. It
why said the other, that was
just what we were coming for"