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Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
MAKES NEW STRIKE IN
LOST GULCH DISTRICT
Ore Yielding $4,000 a Ton Is Found
in a Region Thought to Have
Been Thoroughly
Worked

The strike of gold recently made on a
claim belonging to B. f. Kellner in Lost
Gulch is attracting considerable attention
among mining men of the district, and
future developments are being looked fol-
ward to with much eagerness, so reports
the Silver Belt Lost Gulch has always
been a favorite locality for prospectors
suffering with the gold fever and consid-
cradle money has been expended in the
past to make a gold mine in the gulch.
Either poor management or the absence
of pay ore, or possibly both, have been
the cause of a number of failures in that
section, which is only few miles north
west of Globe.
to work on his claim and he has expecta-
lions of developing a rich mine. The
claim is the Yellow Metal and is patented.
1t is in the center of a group of ten claims
owned by Mr.. Kellner. Nothing but as
sessment work has ever been done on it,
although on the adjoining claims con-
siderable money has been expended. The
recent discovery was made by accident at
the top of a ridge on the yellow Metal. A
ledge about a foot wide was uncovered,
with a pay streak in the center of it about
an inch and half wide. The half inch
in the center assays $4,000 per ton, and
the entire pay streak about $1,000 ton.
A tunnel has been begun which at a
distance of thirty feet will cut the vein
at a depth of approximately 100 feet, as
vein dips almost perpendicularly. The
vein r -ould be cut in few days.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
TO REOPEN
BIG MINE
AT Ell TORO
ENGLISH OWNERS GIVE NEW
ORDER
WILL BUILD A RAILROAD FIRST
THING
Lower California Mine, twenty-five
Miles Below Ensenada, to Be
Scene of Activlty-Labor
Employed

SAN DIEGO. Jan. 1.-Within the next
week active work on the reopenins Of ono
of the large gold mines situated in Low
er California will be commenced by the
Ell Toro Gold Mining company with a
force of more than 100 men.
The company, which consists of num-
Der of English capitalists and is financed
by the Bank of London, owns number
of mines below Ensenada. For number
of years these mines, which at one time
were very paying propositions, have been
abandoned, but it is now proposed to re-
open them and operate on a large scale.
Alexander Van Dodge, chief engineer
of the company. arrived in San Diego
and received the following letter from
Amos G. Hildreth, general superin
tendent:
ION your arrived in San Diego proceed
at once to give the following order for
men to the Marks employment agency:
100 japanese laborers, 2 Jap cooks, book
keeper, timbermen, miners, machin-
lists and 2 electricians"
The employment agency is hard at work
securing the men TO fill the order, and
as many as could be got together left for
the mines on the steamer st. Denis last
Wednesday.
1t is proposed to use the Japanese la
borers IN the construction of a railroad
track down into the mine.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
GOLDFIELD MINES
PAY SIX MILLIONS
DIVIDEND ACCOUNT OF THE
BONANZAS
With a Loss of Over One Hundred
Working Days, Mines Still
Make a Remarkable
Showing

GOLDFIELD, Jan. 12.-During the year
just ended, a year in Winch more than
one hundred working days were lost on
account of strikes, the mines and leases
of Goldfeld district paid $6,616,s74 in divi-
dends to stockholders.
This means that the production of the
camp during the twelve months was in
the neighborhood of eighteen million dol
lars. The treasures are in a much more
plethoric condition than they were at the
beginning of the year and this money, in
addition to that expended for mills and
other permanent improvements, makes
the estimate of 900 seem ultra con-
sentative.
The companies paying velvet money and
the amounts distributed are; Mohawk,
S56S, 00C; Consolidated, $706,624.40; Hayes
Monnette (approximate), $4,000,000; Little
Florence, $40O, 900; F'rances-Mohawk, $780,
COO; Ish-Sheets, $135, 000 Mohawk-Jumbo,
$4,000; Mohawk Florence, 100000; Red
Top, $3.50; Kalfus, s5S, 900; Mohawk-C Com
bination, $4,000; Nevada Exploitation,
$50 900.
At least 100000 additional dividends
would have been paid by the Little Flor
ence If tho smelters had handled the ore
reserves that are now being moved out
and at least one other company would
have paid dividends amounting to a mini
mum of 100000 had its funds not been
tied UP in suspended banks.
The indications are that the year 1905
will vastly exceed the performance of the
year just ended.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
MONTGOMERY SHOSHONE
MAKES ANNUAL REPORT
Charles M. Schwab Puts Up $4,000
Difference Between Income and
enditures-Dividends
Are Expected

GOLDFIELD, Jan. 12-The second an
nuai report of the Montgomery Shoshone
Mines company is very lengthy and COW
ers operations and developments from the
incorporation of the property up to the
first Of December. Following are few
extracts:
Discussed for property purchases, mine
and mill equipment, water rights, etc.
$747, 800; income from ore sales and other
sources, $26O000. 1t appears that Charles
M. Schwab has put up the difference be-
tween the income and expenditures, a
small matter of $42S, 600
The ore reserves, including ore on the
dumps and that blocked out in the mine,
are valued at $5000.000. The main shaft is
now caring the 700-foot level and is go
ing to the 1000 The company expects a
net revenue of al least $4,000 a month.
Included In this estimate is the bullion
from the mill cleanups, and returns from
concentrates and ore shipments to Utah
smelters.
No mention is made of dividends or
when stockholders can look for them. 1t
is foregone conclusion that at the pres
ent rate of production the Shoshone will
enter the list of Nevada dividend payers
in 1908.
Don B. Gillies is president of the Con-
sol.dated; M. r. Ward, vice president;
Oliver Wren secretary and treasurer: B.
w Turner, general manager; the above
named and Charles M. Schwab, w. p.
Bonbright. ]. e. Schwab. e. A. Mont
gomery, Malcolm L. Macdonald, John Nc
Kane, directors.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13

| resented in the message of Governor
Sparks, which will be transmitted TIC the
| legislature when it convenes Tuesday.
The message is expected to recommend
the organization of a force of state
rangers. who will compose small stand
| ing army for the state. This ranger
| force will be chosen by the state from
well disciplined men and will be available
for the protection of mines and employees
wherever needed.
The plan to organize a state militia
met with opposition. The mine owners
contended that a militia would be nlled
with union men and their sympathizers
and would bring about worse confusion
and antagUnism than has already ex-
listed. SO the governors plan Tor
rangers Is accepted as the most feasible
by the mine owners.
This plan, of course, meets opposition
from the union elements which will in
wade the legislature not only to oppose
the ranger plan but to demand a COM
pulsory arbitration law of rather drastic
kind The union element is led by some
good fighters and may have influence In
determining the action of the law makers.
The return of Senator Nixon for the
meeting of the legislature is following
accepted reports of what his plans at
Washington are for amelioration of con-
ditions Nixon and the big owners agree
that the withdrawal Of troops from Gold
field would be injurious to the making
of an open camp the thing they have all
now determined to accomplish. 1t is UNI
derstood here that Senator Nixon. not
without some friendly hint from Wash
ington, has laid plans for the establish
ment of a mint at Goldield. Such an
establishment would necessitate a garri-
son to protect it and thus an excuse
is furnished for the permanent quarter
ing of United States troops in the camp.
The known antipathy of the Washington
officials to the w. F. M. and the other
so-called union organizations Of the region
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
AL MYERS BUYS INTO
CROWN POINT GLOBE
With Q. G. Doubleday Will Develop
Wonderfully Rich Property in the
Johnnie District-Very
Rich Ledge

GOLDFIELD, Jan. ia. ID. Myers,
who located the famous Mohawk mine in
Godfield and afterward sold his interest
for an enormous sum to the men forming
the Goldfield Consolidated company, has
Just bought a large holding in the con-
troll of the Crown Point Globe, the mine
which D. G. Doubleday has recently made
such sensational developments on at
Johnnie.
On the surface of the Crown Point
Globe ore which carried values as high as
800 900 a ton was sacked. On the ninety
foot level this same rich pay shoot doubled
in value. From this point of development
work to the surface fifty sacks OF high
grade ore were extracted which promise
to make the richest mill run of any such
quantity of ore on record.
At the 30. foot level this rich shoot was
again cut and ore which surpasses any
thing ever taken from a quartz ledge is
now being sacked. Specimens of it which
were taken out by c. w. Ayers in thirty
minutes and brought to this city by Mr..
Doubleday aggregate over $4,000 In actual
gold value
]. c. Thompson, VINO recently visited
the property as a guest of Mr.. Doubleday
took out a lump of ore as large as an aV-
erage sized potato which carried $l52C
gold
The ledge increases in size with every
foot of sinking, and outside of the SEN
satiol al ore shoot carries extremely rich
milling values. This is not surprising to
those who know the formations OF the
Crown Point Globe for the main johnnie
ledge and the rich Treasure vein unite in
the Crown Point Globe to form the rich
ore body now being developed there.
Mr.. Myers will be elected to the board
of directors of the company at an early
date. and will be identified with Mi
Doubleday in the development of this
wonderfully rich property.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
SHANDoN BELLS MINE
HAS REACHED RICH ORE

According to letter received by At
torney l.. II. Roseberry from C. b. He
bron, consulting engineer of the Shan
don Bells Mining company, there are bril-
liant prospects in the holdings OF that
concern. The shaft of the mine, the let
ter stated, is now down eighty-fivs feet
and has penetrated a highly mineralized
formation; the workers expect to tap :he
real vein within the coming week. AT
this depth, it was set forth in the mis-
sive, the miners struck water, which fms
came much in the nature of a surprise,
for they did not expect that until they
had gone at least 200 feet down. The find
ing of water at the eighty-five foot level,
said Mr.. Hebron's letter. is taken as an
other favorable indication of hidden
wealth. and the whole situation looks like
q winner.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
GOLDFIELD
EXCHANGE
IS ACTIVE
RECORD FOR 1907 ONE OF
MAGNITUDE
AVERAGE VALUE OF SHARES So
CENTS
Transactions Involved Forty-five Mill
lion Shares and a Money valua-
ton of Twenty-four Mil
lion Dollars

GOLDFIELD, New. Jan. 12.-On the
Goldfield mining stock exchange in the
year of 1907 there were transferred 49,
TAI ,98115 shares of stock for $23, yOl, 1io rs,
showing for the entire year an average
value of 81 cents per share for all Sc
curities traded. These figures are OBJ
tanned from the official records contained
ia the weekly sales sheets issued by the
Goldheld Consolidated mining stock ex-
change, showing transactions for every
week of the year, beginning with that one
ended January and closing with the
week ended Saturday. December 2s.
The banner week of 1871, both as to the
number of shares sold and their market
value is the second week of the year,
ended January IL. whose number of
shares transferred, 2,57s,1 1870. is 1893 per
cent above the years weekly average,
S79,673, and whose value of stock sales,
a,272,l4O, is III per cert above the years
weekly average, s459,64S4O 40. The poorest
week of the year as to number of shares
sold Is the one which ended November
3d. whose record is 15O,35O, being SO per
cent below the average The week of De-
cember 2S, the last week of the year,
displays the lowest record as to value
of stock sales, its score being $22, ssS 55,
which is So per cent below the weekly
average, $459,64s.4O
In the matter of average value per
share of all stocks sold the years top
week was that one ended May %, whose
tally is 20 cents, n per cent above av-
erage, 81 cents; and the low water mark
was reached In tue weeks of November
and December %, when the average
value per share was only 10 cents, 81
per cent below the average
For the fifty-two weeks of the wear the
average weekly number of different stocks
recording sales is So; the average week.
ly number of shares of each stock sold
Is 14,Ol9, and the average weekly value of
shares of each stock sold is $7325.O7.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
ENGINEERS COMING
TO SCAN HARBORS
Col. o. w. Lockwood and Lieut.. Col
S. S. Leach viii Report on Needs
of California Ports and
Rivers

Col. Daniel w. Lockwood, Lieut.. Col
S. S. Leach and Capt. Webber of the en-
gineer corps of the United States war de-
partment will arrive in Los Angeles this
evening, having been sent by the depart
ment to investigate the needs of the
rivers and harbors of California and to
make a special report on the recommen-
dations of the local engineers of the de-
partment in the state.
DR.. Clarence f. Edwards of the Califor-
MIA promotion committee is at the Alex
andrla, having come to meet the commit
tee of engineers and be with them during
their stay in the state. Through the eff
forts of Rufus p. Jennings, chairman of
the California promotion committee and
also president of the River Improvement
and Drainage association of California
such representations were made to the
war department regarding the recommen
dations of the local engineers that this
committee has been sent to investigate
the proposed work which entails the ex-
penditure of vast sums of money by the
national government.
The investigation will begin at San
Pedro Tuesday, January IA. The en-
gineers will leave that evening for the
north and will be at Monterey on We'd
nesday, January Is. where an examina
ton of conditions will be made, althoug,
there will be no public meetings at that
point
on Friday, January II, there will he
a public hearing at the California build
ing in San Francisco, at which time the
representatives of Eureka will be heard
regarding the desired improvements %
that harbor.
viii Go to Stockton
The committee will then go 10 Stockton
and hold a meeting Saturday morning.
and in the afternoon will take trip down
the San Joaquin river to Benecia wher.
the night will be spent on the boat. Sun
day morning the boat trip will continue
up the Sacramento river to Sacramento.
where a meeting will be held Monday af-
ternoon, January 20
DR.. Edwards, who meets the committee
as the personal representative of Chair
man Jennings, IN speaking of the visit of
the engineers. yesterday evening. said.
Il consider the coming Of these men OF
the greatest Importance to California. Ii
is of much greater significance than ap.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
"sWIFTWATER BILL"
IMPRESsING RAWHIDE

RENO, New. Jan. 12.-"Swiftwater Bilr'
Gates has bobbed up again, gaining no.
torlety this time with the whirl of excite
lnent he is causing at the new mining
camp of Rawhide by his reckless extrava-
gance. Bill shipped the first automobile
into the fiourishing camp, which has just
got on the map, and with his touring car
started to show the residents how money
can be spent with dispatch.
Gates has shipped a twenty-stamp mill
into Rawhide and expects to start opera
lions on the output from his group OF
claims as soon as the machinery arrives
Until then he is putting in time making
the miners believe what a successful
snatlder he is.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13

NTEvADA. the new Eldorado, will oc'
Y cupy the limelight of attention ii
~ mining circles this week. Upon the
call of Governor Sparks the sS-te legisla'
ture will convene in extraordinary session
January IA to take action on the acute
situation developed by the union" and
"open shop struggle in Goldfield. On
the result of this session millions is at
stake.
Confidence in the restoration of full OPP
portunitles for the Goldheld region to
mine it's rich ores without interruption
has already affected mining stocks The
Los Angeles market has felt this conf
dence, and many cheap stocks have
doomed during the past week, and the
high priced ones have shown additional
strength at their fancy prices. The at
mosphere of both exchanges was charged
with the belief that the governor, Senator
Nixon and the mine operators were pre-
pared to provide new legislation that
will enable the mines to resume produc-
ton with full forces. This confidence
began in the reports at the beginning OF
the weel. of the successful formation OF
a new union, modelled along the lines OF
the one that was a peaceful factor at
virginia City for decades. Additional re
ports show that this report was well
founded and that the opening for the new
union has been suspicious.
In addition to this George Wingheld.
acting for the mine owners, hired 10
miners in Salt Lake City in few hours
and sent them to Goldaeld. Thus the Ill
wind that shut down the shelters at Zion
and closed the Park City mines-the
standbyo-blew good to Goldf1eld.
Additional confidence in the exchanges
came from the intimations Of the course
that is to be pursued by the owners IN
seeking what they deem will be remedial
legislation This course will be repre-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13

nears on the surface The resident en-
gineers of California have reported on
various projects which require govern
mental attention, and these reports are u
such nature as to attract the attention
of the department.
1.-THE call is for the expenditure OF a
vast amomt-so vast, indeed, that it was
the disposition of the department to reject
the recommendations.
Urge Favorable Action
when word to this effect reached Cal
ifornia he California promotion commit
tee and the River Improvement and
Drainage association took the matter uI
through the congressional delegation In
Washington, and also through a personal
representative of the committee, who
was sent TO Washington to urge the de-
partment to give favorable consideration
to the requirements of California.
1.-THE result of these representations is
seen in the visit of the eminent engineers
who now come to the state.
AT the meeting of the counties COM
mittee of the California promotion COM
mittee, neld in San Diego Dec. 10, 1906,
the harbors of California were discussed,
and the result was the appointment OF
a committee by the state legislature to
investigate the needs of all the harbors
of the state, sand also the appointment OF
this committee of engineers by the wa
department, eth being brought about in
compliance with the provisions of the res
olutions adopted at that meeting.
Comes to Meet Them
81 have been sent by the California
promotion committee to meet the gentle
men who come from Washington, and tC
randar such assistance to them as max
be in my power.
I'VE intend to show them such courte'
sizes and attentions as their prominenci
and position entitle the to, and 1 hope
in some small way to be able to make
their visit to California a pleasant and
profitable one.
LAS these gentlemen remain in Califor-
mia but a short time, 1t is essential that
those Interested in the harbor proposition
at San Pedro be prepared with statistics
and data in writing ready for submis-
sion, as more attention will be paid to
such information than to oral representa-
tons"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
Nevada Legislature to Discuss Mining Situation

gives reason to believe that the Nixon
plan is already fairly approved.
In discussing the meeting of the legis-
lature and appealing for effort on the
part of Gol6held to work for the remedial
legislation noted above the Goldfeld Re
view says
1.-THE assembly will meet next Tuesday
morning. The members from the south
ern part of the state in whose power
rests the recommendations that will sway
the legislature are of one mind. They
are reported to have agreed upon a reso-
luton to the president of the United
States, requesting him to continue the
military occupation and, If consistent
with the national policy, to establish per-
manent garrison somewhere in Nevada
Every western state and all of the terri
tories have regular garrisons Nevada
is the only exception, and 1t is probable
that congress will act favorably on such
a petition The members of the special
session have buried their partisanship
and are going to cooperate for the gen
eral welfare. The validating of the sug-
gestion that the state establish body of
consta bulary or rangers, either on part
nav or as a permanent establishment, is
almost a foregone conclusion. Some ac-
ton of this nature will have TO be
adopted to warrant the government In eX-
tending the further protection of federal
troops, but, no matter what is done by
the assembly, the mines will be operated
as quickly as a market may be found for
the ores. This may not be for long
time, owing to the hiatus created by the
smelter help which in turn may even
tuate in closing down the chief smelters
Of Utah and Colorado, where the ores of
Goldfield are sent for the extraction of
values Taken altogether the situation
is not of the most alluring character for
the miner and so long as the mines are
at the mercy of the shelters there is no
great incentive for the operators to hasten
poucluaiOnsf
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13

MILLION AND A HALF
FOR NEW POWER SYSTEM

The Jerome Mining News states thai
the fact that those promoting the Fossil
creek power proposition have peen sue
cessful in raising $1,5OO,OOO with which to
complete the work on the plant, VIII be
good news to all who are interested In
mines in this section, as 1t means an
abundance of cheap power with which to
develop their properties. 1t is given out
that the plant will be on operation before
January /, 1869.
The shaft at the Verde Grande is down
419 feet. the formation in slate, carrying
sulphdes.
The Haynes copper company being I'M
able to handle water flow with whim
has shut down, awaiting the arrival OF
machinery.
The Arkansa 1-Arizona is temporarily
shut down for the same reason
At the Boston-Jerome the shaft is dowr
1913 feet. the showing being satisfactory.
The road to the Mescal mine is nearing
completion. 1t is expected that work
will commence on the property this week.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
NEW TOMBOY SHAFT
SHOWS RICH STRIKE
SIXTY-FooT LEVEL is SCENE OF
DISCOVERY
Samples Show Gold and silver Assay
ina 5000 a Ton-Will Go Deeper
Before Drift is
Made

CRACKERJACK, Jan. 12-Samples OF
ore than will bear comparison with any
ever seen in the CrackerjacG district were
displayed by E. E. Adams, manager of
the Crackerjacl Tomboy mine, last week,
and attracted much attention. The ore
comes from the bottom of the Tomboy
shaft, which is row down sixty feet on
the ledge. Much free gold is visible In
the ore, and samples are said to run 500
In gold and silver. The ore is of the sugar
quartz variety, characteristic of the Tom
boy and Blue Bucket and other mines
in that part of the district, and is much
similar to the rich ore from the Cracker
jack Gold.
A four-foot ledge is nov shown to be
in place in the omboy at sixty feet, the
ore having steadily widened from the
surface. While the entire ledge is not OF
the high-grade mentioned, il is said to
yield fine milling values, with ten-inch
seam of the rich ore on the hanging wall.
Manager Adams says he is very well
pleased with the new developments in
the Tomboy, and announced his intention
of sending the new shaft down to the 100
level before drifting on the ore is begun
He has added materially TO his force in
the last week.
The Tomboy company is a South Da-
kota corporation and includes in its d.
rectorate some influential business men
of the east and of Los Angeles. The
management from the start has adopted
a conservative and bnsinesslike method
of mining, giving little heed 10 anything
save the systematic development of its
ground. Little Information of the plans
and prospects OF the company has been
given to the outside and only a small
amount Of stock has been placed on the
market Five claims are included in the
group held by the company, the ground
lying south of the Peterson group and
the Crackerjack Gold.
The future of the Tomboy mine seems
exceptionally bright and there is little
doubt that it will develop into one of the
largest producers in the Crackerjack dis
triet.