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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
OLD GOLD MINES ARE
SOLD FOR LARGE AMOUNT

J. J. Jones. general manager of the
Western Mining & Development company;
Judge z. l.. Hubbard. counsel for the
company. accompanied by Il. w Nolan
der. president of the American iron works
Of Everett Wash. and +. e. Campbell a
mining man of GOldfeld. arrived here
from the latter place Tuesday night. says
the Eureka Sentinel
Wednesday the party made final in
spection Of the Windfall mining property
near Secret canyon summit. about six
miles south Of Eureka. which has been
under option 10 the Western Mining q
Development company since Sept s.
That same evening MIR. Jones on be-
half of his company made the initial pay
ment Of $4,000 to the owners. Messrs
Charles =. Greenwood. Eugene Cferaty and
Dan Morrison. Further payments Of SI75.-
O0o will be made at intervals during the
next ten months, final payment being due
or Sept. s, 1909.
This is probably the largest mining
deal made recently in the state in which
the principals dealt direct. and in which
no middle men were employed or COM
missions paid.
The entering Of this company into the
Eureka district is OF more than ordinary
Importance to the camp. the parties in
in Nevada Tor aggressive and thorough
mining.
MIR. Jones in an interview stated to the
Sentinel that IN order for several carloads
of lumber had been placed before he left
Goldfield for immediate shipment for the
purpose OF erecting shops bunk houses
hoist house. etc. at the mine: that a high
that the development Of the property con-
templates double compartment shaft to
be sunk immedia tclN to the 50O-foot level
and which in the soft limestone formation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
BIG SHELTER
FOR RENO, NEV.
Canadian Money Being Re-
Ceived to Buy Land on
Which to Operate.

Bills of exchange amounting to 100000
are now on the way from Montreal 10
Carson City for the purchase OF smell
ter site by the Western Smelters corpora
ton. according to advices received by 9.
w. Clapp. the original organizer of the
company. from J. A Yerington, its presl-
dent who mas been handling the eastern
end of the financial affairs of the COM
pany. says a Reno dispatch
This sum not only assures the purchase
of the site but will make the initial pay
ments on other properties which the
smelter company will acquire and which
il has under option.
The offices of the corporation VIII be
opened at once in Carson City. where a
suitable building has been offered the
company by Mr.. Yerington. Work OF
clearing up the site will be begun at once
and the first unit of the smelter will be
put in operation within six months, ac-
cording TO the expectations OF the COM
pany.
to add further units as soon as the first
is running to its full capacity. which own
erS of mines in sight of the railroad insure
the company viii be Immediately. The
plans as first drawn will provide for ii
l .500-ton plant and the arrangement of
the buildings will be such that further
units can be added as the Tonnage grows.
Not only lead and copper, but zinc will
be treated. and the news that Nevada at
last will have an outlet for this metal
will send prospectorS scurrying through
the hills seeking further deposits.
In treating copper, the benefits of the
smelter to Reno and surrounding territory
cannot yet he estimated. The entire
state will profit. since there are many low
grade copper deposits within 100 miles of
Reno that at present cannot be worked
because OF prohibtive freight charges.
From visits TO the various mines within
twenty miles of Reno ore has been found
that will give the smelter 1000 tons a day
from the start for an indefinite period. Al
though the huge deposits at Yerington are
forty miles from the site of the smeiter,
these also Will be tributary to it and add
to the output in a remarkable degree
With the completion of the first unit OF
the smelter. the copper era of the country
surrunding Reno may be said to have be-
gun
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
MINES AND MINING

Of Secret canyon will be done in record
time
Superintendent c. T. Weidman has been
instructed to prepare two test shipments
Of ten tons each to be forwarded for cy-
anide tests at Denver and Salt Lake
Grading for the erection of a lotion cyan
ide plant Will commence as soon as the
ground plans are received from the con-
tractor.
Mr.. Jones states that the Windfall is
one Of the big cyanide propositions of the
west, and that there is scarcely doubt
that within the next year this property
viii commence to take rank as producer
of gold bullion with the Gilt Edge Ken
dali and other big cyanide propositions
extending along the dixie a known dis
lance of leo feet, and at present dis
closed is nearly 200 feet in width The
average value Of this entire mass runs
cOnsidera bly, better than one ounce in gold.
making it one of the highest grade cyan
ide propositions in the country. 1t is prob
able that the ore will be extracted By the
tIlory-hOle or caVing system
The average value given above does not
include the wonderful high grade ore
shoots from which the owners have been
extracting and shipping some of the rich
est ore ever sent from the state
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
Union Assay Office.

NJ. 6. Hanauer ]. v.Sadles.
Ise So West Tornoie. p o. Rox l44a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19

property at various points gave values
from 81 to $40 per cubic yard. / found
these values extending 10 three feet above
bedrock with naturally the heaviest val
ues on bedrock. The bed rock, as a rule,
ton. The placer deposits consist of small
shale and gravel. slightly cemented to-
gether by lime and clay. The ground
stands well from surface to bedrock, eth
er by round or square shafts, and can
easily be worked by pick and shovel.
From my examination of this PROPOSE
ton the gold values from this placer de-
post could be extracted at nominal cost
with handsome profits per cubic yard
from three feet of the deposit above bed
rock. At present / can see no other meth
cd to operate this ground successfully
other than drift mining. which is well
known to the mining world The material
TO be lifted to the surface from near bed
rock could be worked either by dry con-
centrators or by series of sluices with wa
ter brought from the lake
Since Mr.. Dingowty's report was issued
a lot of prosecuting has been done. four
other shafts have been sunk and the
property proved up in far better shape
The report was made in April when no
work had been done except to sink few
shafts. It now has a far better showing
and its chief recommendation lies in the
fact that ii has the values in sight max
ing it unnecessary to drift or search for
any ore shoot. The present showing on
the territory gives the best assurance that
the owners are destined to realize d big
fortune from their enterprise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
Vermont Heads the List.

Vermont in 1907 produced $3.50 per cent
of the marble output of the country. The
production in this state was valued at
81. 724, representing about 1.450,000 Gu
bic feet; in 1906 the value of the pro-
ductiOn was 9l3. or 0.36 per cent Of
the total, ana represented an output of
!. 100000 cubic feet. Vermont marble is
used largely not only for outside build
interior decorations, for electric work
mosaic work. etc. and is sold by the
producers principally as dressed stone.
Georgia. which ranked second in 1906
ranked third in 1907. with an output val
ued at $S64. i51. as against s919,356 in 1856
"a decrease in value in the later year
of S54.599. In 1906 the product was about
So. 600 cubic feet and in 1907 about SO7 600
cubic feet. Most of the marble from this
state is sold rough by the quarrymen TO
the manufacturers. The demand for build
ing marble was reported as very light
after the first of September and the out
put remained practically the same as in
1906
New York became second in rank in
1907, with an output valued at s9l1,95l. as
compared with $557 954 in 1906-an increase
of S553.997 in the later year.
Utah Output Increased.
Of the other marble-producing states.
Alabama. Alaska. California, New Mex
leo, Tennessee and Utah increased the
value of their output; Maryland, Massa-
chusetts. Nevada. Pennsylvania and
W NOUi1IlS showed decrease,
Alabama marble, which has recently en-
tered the market. has found favor both
as a building and monumental stone The
Kentucky output was "onVX marble from
Cave City. Barren county. The Idaho out
put was very small and was used only
locally for building and for burning into
lime.
Development work and installation of
machinery was reported on marble and
onxy property in Gunnison county. Colo
RADIO. but no commercial output has re-
suited. Development work was also done
on deposits of marble in Nevada and
production will probably be reported in
1908.
A statistical report on the stone in
dustry in the United States in 1907. pre-
pared by A T. Coons of the United States
geological survey. is being published by
the survey an advance chapter from
Mineral Resources of the United States.
Calendar Year 1907" Copies of this re-
port which will soon be ready for dis
trlbution. may be obtained by applying
to the director of the survey at Wash
ington. d. c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
RAWHlDE PLACER DEPOSITS
Jack Davis, Geo. Wingfieid and 9th
ers Preparing to Operate Ground.

That the future greatness of Rawhide
and the revenue to be derived from its
rich quartz lodges of the district is evil
denced by the results of experiments made
by mining men in the placers near the
town. SAYS the Rawhide Rustler.
Jack Davis while here few days ago
secured in the course of an hour phial
of coarse gold taken from the black sands
which are found in the placers and de-
clares that fortunes are to be made by
treating these sands
a vast area OF placer ground is now pc
ing developed by the Rawhide CONSOLE
dated Placer Gold Mining company. which
was promoted by Jack Davis and COM
pany. and they now have down nine
shafts with drifts and croSScuts which
have been run across the entire channel
and show the presence of material which
runs s. to the yard, the deposit being
four feet thick. eighty feet in width and
is opened for a length on the ground of
800 feet
Each yard of this earth. according to
the tests. carries sixty pounds of black
sands which has a value of between s., SOC
and 5000 20 the ton. II is proposed TO
line for the purpose of bringing in water
to treat the sands and il is said that when
the company is enabled to begin this work
the line can be completed within a period
of sixty days. A pumping plant Will be
established at a point about four miles
from the placers and ii will be necessary
to. raise the water from 400 to 800 feet
A remarkable circumstance in connec-
ton with the prospecting of this ground
is the fact that while two men have been
at work sinking shafts the surface man
has. since last March. been able to pan
sufficient gold from the surfact dirt to
pay his wages during the intervals of
hosting the buckets. Two men are now
employed on the ground and four addi-
tional shafts have lately been sunk. which
further shows the great value Of the ter
ritory under development. On the trip
with Mr.. Davis was William Harper of
Las Vegas. \. NJ. formerly of Goldfield.
who. during his examination took six pam
nings. picking his own dirt. which ran
from 10 cents to s. cents TO the pan. He
now has with him one panning which Will
run better than So cents.
Interested in the property with Mr.. Da-
Wis are William Harper. George Wing
field. r. l. Hubbard of Goldfield and
another man who is about to take an in
terest is L. V. May. a prominent New
York broker and chief owner of the Great
Mogul mine in the old Ray district. north
of Tonopah. Also in the project is NJ.
Shelving. superintendent of the Combina-
ton mill. and all are practical mining men
who are showing their faith in the prop
erty by putting. in their own money.
A report by c. l. Dirgowty. mining
engineer of Reno. contains the following.
my tests from five shafts upon your
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
THE HERALD IN NEVADA.

the Herald can be bought at the lo'
loWIrg places in Nevada:
Lovelocks-Charles II. Baker
Iuscarora-Mrs. A. l. Clark
Reno-Rosenthal * Armanko:
Goldfield-Palace News Stand ana HUI
Ter Adv. & Pub. Co
Ely-Harville Stationery Co., u D. "a
on and Walden & Burnett.
z CaIiente-John Shier
Delamar-J. NJ Kelly.
Pioche-Piochs Drug Co and A a. "ar
than. z. NJ -
Cobre-Richard Richards.
Rawhide-Louie Poiin-
Las Eegas-Wilson Drug co.
Smeiter-M- Herman.
Ionopah-T- A OldfatheT-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-19
UTAH CREDITED WITH
GREAT MARBLE OUTPUT

The marble output of the United States
In 1897, including building and monument
tai stone, marble for interior work and
rough stone used for other purposes. was
valued at M.S3S.6S5. as against S1.5S2 93S in
1896, a gain for the later year of 1854. ~.
The various uses Of this output in the last
two years are shown in the following Ia
BILE:
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
BLUE JACKET
HAS 20 FEET

Grangeville Free Press: On the $50
foot level of the Blue Jacket Copper
mine the miners have struck 20 feet of
black oxide of copper and have drifted
200 feet on it. 1t has carried It's width
the full 200 feet. Later on thirty men
will be put to work running the lower
tunnel and cutting the ledge at 1000
feet in depth from the surface. The
stockholders in the east are expected
out within the next two months and
will investigate the advisability of put
ting in a smeltery and try and obtain
some definite information as to when
transportation can be looked for.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
For Sale.

One Diamond drill and boiler, COM
plete without diamonds, for 1900 feet
depth. Price $4,000.
One Fors Is h. p. Gasoline Engine, 1
Rand Imperial 7x7 air compressor type
Ii, brass and 2 glass oil cups, un-
loader and regulating cylinder, un-
loader dust collector, 6-ineh leather
belt 80 feet long, l lightner pulley and
boxing, air tank, safety valve, air
gauge. One No. Rand Burleigh drill,
so feet of hose with couplings, column
bar with arm, 2 foot rests, l bottom
splitting tool, dolly, saw, set ham
mer, top splitting tool, end swedge.
With the gasoline engine there is So
gallon tank, double end wrenches, 8
locket wrenches, battery cells and
connections, oil cups, pipe, etc. Price
$7O0. Inquire at Mining News office.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
Notice of Assessment.

At a meeting of the directors
of the Elk Gold Mining and Mill
ing Co., Ltd, held at their Office
in Wardner, Idaho, February Is,
1908. an assessment of one mill
per share was levied upon the
capital stock of the company, to
be paid on or before March 20,
1908, to John Hammer, treas
urer, Wardner, Idaho. And all
delinquent stock after that date
will be advertised and sold.
H. w. JEWELL, President.
JOHN HAMMER, Secretary.
f28-4t
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
Quartz Mill and Saw Mill Have
Already Been Purchased.
BEGIN WORK Ar ONCE
Contract Let Tuesday for
Moving Machinery.

Frank Peck, manager and one Of the
owners of the South Fork mine, let con-
tract Tuesday to F. W. Thornton, of
Sites, to move the mill machinery the
company bought of M. J. Sweeney to
the South Fork mine, on the Clear
water river. The removal will be be-
gun just as soon as Mr.. Thornton can
get here, SO the teamsters may have
advantage of the snow road. Mr..
Peck has orders, too, from company
headquarters in Atlantic City, to have
saw mill, cars and track steel delivered
to the mine as soon as possible.
Manager Peck. feels sure that the
South Fork mine will be big producer
before the year is passed, his faith in
the property being so strong that he
stated Tuesday the five stamps are only
the ''initial'' plant The stamps are
1850 pound weight. There is one big
vanner and gasoline engine and gas
compressor that go with the stamp mil
outfit Mr.. Peck states the concen-
trates will be shipped and the tailings
saved, with the intention of cyanidine
them later.
E. E. Espey cleaned up s21OO'in four
teen days last winter with his LITTLE
''coffee grinder" Mr.. Peck says h'
will make that cleanup look like thirt,
cents worth of Cancelled postage stamp
as soon as he gets the big battery t.
working.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14

L. G. Ross, who has been
spending the winter on Red
river, came to camp Thursday.
DR.. ]. D. Shinnick was in Oro-
grande Tuesday, and stopped at
Thunder Mountain mine over
night on his return.
Free Press: Among the ad-
ditional industries for Grange
vile the coming season is a brick
plant. We have it on good, auth
ority that a company has been
organized and capital subscribed
for such a business. Clay sent
away for analysis has proven the
bank they contemplate using is
good brick clay. The new com
pany will bid on the brick for the
new hotel.
Supt. J. F. Thorn of the Buster
arrived home Wednesday. Mrs.
Thorn will not come to Elk City
until summer. Mr.. Thorn was
congratulated very heartily by
his friends when he arrived here
and, according to reports, his
journey from Sites was one con-
tinuous ovation. There is no
sworn statement produced that
the popular 'Supe" went and
done it," but whether he did or
not this paper has established a
reputation to try and give its
readers the news ahead of any
and all competitors.
Kooskia Mountaineer: A deal
was closed Wednesday by which
Forest Ranger Louis Fitting be.
came the owner of a good 100
acre ranch located about IL miles
up the Middlefork. This is the
August Fitting ranch and is one
of the best on the river. The
former owner is negotiating fol
the purchase of the Gilroy rancl
on Harris ridge. Louis will con
tinue in the forest service ant
lease the place to some respons
ible party. 1t is a good invest
ment, as a person can't make
mistake by investing in land il
that locality.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
Hotel Arrivals:

Hotel Parr-James H. Dunn, Sites;
G. w. Peck, Walla Walla; Claude Rob-
bins, Newsome; VIM. Puray, Newsome;
Robert Brownell, Blue Ribbon; F. M.
Peck, South Fork; M. ]. Durant, Red
River; John Shelton, Mt Idaho; ]. H.
Rice, Mt. Idaho; Chas. Davis, Grange
vile; A. F. Nurse, Grangeville; Dave
Natwick, Sawmill; A. w. Boyd, Spo-
kane; ]. F. Thorn, Seattle; Rich Klee-
sattle, Dixie; Bert Harsh; Ralph Mid
dleton, Hercules.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
GOLD BUG HAS
FOUR FEET ORE

VIM. Boyce reports he has crossed
the ledge in his Gold Bug property on
Box Sing gulch, at 40 feet depth, and
finds it is four feet wide. The tunnel
is in 80 feet. The ore is hematite, oxi-
died.
Mr.. Boyce is still at work on the
claim, and intends to drift on the ledge
and sink from the surface.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
BIG MOGUL HAS
20 FEET OF ORE

R. Greckwell has been forced to sus-
pend operations in his Big Mogul prop
erty on account of the water. When
the other wall was struck in the cross
cut that was run from the shaft the
water came in such volume that the
miners were compelled to leave their
work.
The ledge at so feet depth is 20 feet
wide.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
A NEW TUNNEL
IN THE ALABAMA

J. M. Anderson and Jack Stone have
started new crosscut tunnel to gain
greater depth in their Alabama claims,
on Little Elk, eight miles above camp.
The ledge shows about 200 feet wide on
the surface, and samples taken for 20
feet averaged $10.74.
The Alabama comprises four claims,
which are one-half mile from the well
known Erickson Reef.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
CUT FIRST LEDGE
IN UNCLE SAM

Ed Brown, who is working on his
Uncle Sam claims, and has extended
the main tunnel 415 feet the past few
months, reports he found four feet of
ore in the first ledge cut The tunnel is
being extended to cut another ledge 100
feet farther ahead, which pans on the
surface, is 10 feet wide and has been
traced $50 feet.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
At Dixie.

March 11-Satn Dillinger has moved
over to the Mckinley.
Frank Duncan came in on the stage
last night and will work at the Saradoc
group.
C. E. Wallace and A. E. McCoun of
Elk City came in to work on the Dixie
Royal sawmill.
The Black Diamond mine improves
with every foot of development work
]. B. Brown is doirg location work
on claims located by himself and R..
Kleesattle.
The cross-cut in the Penn-Dixie has
cut into the hang wall of the vein.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
RESUME WORK
ON THE EEL RIO

Mining News special correspondent in
Spokane, writes that John Nassau will
arrive here in few days to resume de-
velopment work on the Del Rio. The
company will extend the tunnel, which
is now in lat feet, 400 feet further,
crosscutting at frequent intervals. The
tunnel is on the vein all the way, which
runs from six to Is feet in width.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14

connected by an upraise. Drifting has
been carried from the lower tunnel 700
feet and in the upper one $50 feet, both
showing high grade ore. Another tun-
mel is needed to run from the mill into
the ore body, thus eliminating the aerial
tram, and giving cover to work during
the winter.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14
Hotel Arrivals.

Elk Hotel Oliver Kesling Newsome;
W., H. Giles. Newsome; Clate Vance,
New York; P. L. O'Bannon, Clear
water; Dale Clark, Clearwater; Glen
Lamb, Clearwater; j. E. Brown, Uncle
Sam; ]. T. Bell, Deadwood; j. M
Wisdom, Orogrande; v. York, Mud
Springs; Jack Thompson, Dixie.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14

Bonanza mining property in Cortez
district, Nevada. District has produced
thirty millions. Money for develop
ment needed. Greatest mining oppor-
tunity of today. Mining men write ].
B. Menardi, Reno, Nevada.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14

Meets every Thursday night at
8 p. M, Odd Fellows Hall. All
visiting brothers are cordially in
.vited to attend. GEORGE CHAMB-
ERs. Secretary.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14

George w. Peck left Sunday
for his home in Two Rivers.
Washington, after visiting his
brother, Frank Peck, at the
South Fork mine several weeks.