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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-10

Elnborntc Sarcasm.
Your Jokes are better some days thar,
others. commented the undplomntIc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-10

Possessing as he does, intelligence,
integrity, courage, and. with clean
record for loyalty to his class, Preston
deserves the honor which has been con-
ferred upon him by the Socialist Labor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-10

q IPosstblc Cause. a
Scientists say that the earth is tllting.''
II wouldn't wonder. Crops are mighty
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
SIX-FOOT VEIN is CUT
ON PR0SKEY AT RAWHlDE
Eight-inch on Hanging Wall Contains
Specimens Running $1,000 Ton.
Depth of Sixty-five Feet
Is Reached

RAWHIDE, Oct A rich strike
has been made on the Proskey No. 2,
which is located on the northeast end
of the Happy Day claim of the Raw
hide Coalition Mines company's estate,
and adioins Kearns No. / on the Raw
hide Queen ground. The strike was
made sixty-five feet west of shaft at
a depth of sixty-five feet. There six
foot vein was cut which carries high
grade milling values.
An eight-inch streak on the hanging
wall contains as fine specimens of free
gold as was ever struck in the camp
This stringer assays as high as $1,000
per ton. Development is progressing
satisfactorily and the work of opening
up the find will be energetically prose-
cuted.
Track is being pus in and another
crosscut is being Strengthened up A
winze will be sunk on the shoot to
further open it up.
Nat Proskey, general manager for
the company, has been spending a few
days in Reno during the week and
while there ordered a hoist, which will
be installed on the property as soon as
possible in order to send the shaft
down to the 100-foot level, where a
crosscut will be run to the vein from
that level.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
KEANE WONDER PROSPECTS
ON SEVERAL NEW LEDGES
Estate Controls Twenty-six Claims.
Milling Material Is Disclosed Over
Entire Property-Search for
Water Progresses

RHYOLITE, Oct. 4.--On the big es-
tate of the Keane Wonder prospecting
has recently been started on several
new lodges, which heretofore have not
been explored and the result has sur
prised the management cy the uniform
good values uncovered
When it Is remembered that the
Keane Wonder estate comprises twen-
ty-six claims, on nearly every one of
which milling material has been found.
the enormous possibilities of future
profits from it's operation Will be bet
ter understood.
At present, wrer' the ore is being
taken out for The mill. the values are
gradually increasing, with the quanti-
ty practically unlimited. The 12-hour
shifts are working the mill.
The work of developing more water,
the one great drawback in the opera
tion of the plant, is progressing with
all the diligence possible. Should they
fail to discover a sufficient supply near
the workings, it is understood the Cow
creek stream, which is practically un-
limited, will be taken over. This wa
ter Is only eight miles distant and can
be piped to the mill by gravity.
When the water supply is assured
the cyanide process will be added to
the mill equipment. which will mean
an added output of cor siderable vol
ume. At present there are many hun
dreds of tons of taimgs which will
return a handsome profit, waiting for
this treatment.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
MINING MEN INSPECT
WORKINGS AT KEWANEE
Chicho Expects to Break Into Ship
ping Ore Before Fifty Additional
Feet of Tunnel Work Is
Done

KEWANEE (via Cima), Cal, Oct. A.
"A number of we'll known mining men
visited the district last week and in
spected the Chicho, Sunnyside and Casa
Grande properties. John F. Wilson.
who had charge of the April Fool mine
at Delamar, and took out over a mill
lion dollars from that property, spent
two days at the Chicho mine. 1t is
reported he Is favorably impressed
with the district and Is convinced that
the camp has a future before it. He
considers the Chicho as one of the
best properties here.
All companies except the Morning
Star and the West Side are working
steadily. The object now is to gain
depth and the sulphide zone. where it
is expected that the rich gold values
found on the surface will become richer,
and an abundant supply of water de-
veloped, which is necessary for milling
the great bodies of ore already proved.
The Casa Grande people are sinking
their shaft in, soft, decomposed rock
at the rate of four feet every twenty
four hours. The shaft will be sunk
200 feet before drifts and crosscuts are
and at this depth it is ex-
pected water will be encountered. Ore
assaying over $4,000 per ton has been
taken from this mine.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
PLACER GROUND NEAR
RAWHIDE LOOKS RICH
Bedrock Streak Is Four Feet Thick,
Panning at 81 Cubic Yard.
Water for Development
from Walkers Lake

GOLDFIELD, Oct. 4.-The Rawhide
Consolidated Gold Placer Mining COM
pany, of which Diamondheld Jack Davis
is at the head, looks Ike one of the
biggest proposition In this state COM
pared either with placer or lode mines.
From time to time there haye been
brought into town little bottles of
coarse gold from the property by
miners who panned thu dirt themselves.
Remarkably rich paintings have been
brought in during the past few days.
The company is the owner of nearly
200 acres of around close to Rawhide.
Some twenty-six acres OF the area has
been proved up By shallow shifts.
The bedrock streak is four feet in
thickness and pans at the rate of 81 a
cubic yard. Above this there is from
two to seven feet of dirt that pans at
the rate of SLIPS yard. Water can be
secured to work the ground with a
small outlay. Those who have put UP
their money on tn, showing of the
mine are George Wirgfield, James e.
Keelyn, William Harper of Las Vegas,
NJ. M: Charles Coe and William ].
Showing of Goldheld
The property makes such a phe-
nomenal showing that the men who
have invested their money in the ex-
nloitation did not believe the reports
fhev received from others until they
made the tests themselves. There js
an unlimited body of water available
IN the depths of Walker lake which
can be delivered on the ground at a
nrice that would pay to handle placer
dirt Of but a fraction of what the pres-
emf claims at. Rawhide reveals.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
GOLD SCATTERS OVER
HILLS FOR ONE MILE
RICH POCKET BREAKS WHEN
SHOT is FIRED
Paystreak a Foot in Width Amazes
Prospector When He Returns to
Muck After Blastinq-Quartz
Carries Thousands

PRESCOTT. Ariz., Oct. 4.-Shooting
gold quartz carrying thousands of dol
lars to the ton and scattering speci-
mems half gold over half mile radius
up on a mountain side is said to be the
strange experience Of Fritz Vierthaler.
Vierthaler started to do the annual
assessment work on one claim of a
group of five, owned by him and r. A.
Sweet, an eastern capitalist, on the
headwaters of Slate creek in the Has
sayampa district. He began to sink a
Shaft. He then drilled hole and shot
it. On returning to muck 1t out he was
amazed to find he had uncovered a
pay streak a foot in thickness with
gold speckling 1t as profusely as holes
in a sprinkling can. The shot had car
ried away the outcrop of rich streak
to depth of over two feet.
Several hundred pounds of the bonan-
"a ore had been scattered over the hill
side, as the hole had been loaded heav-
lily with a view of blowing 1t out as
clean as possible.
Amazed at the wonderful richness of
the ore, Vierthaler began search for
the pieces shot away He found several
small specimens around the place.
These ne gathered and shipped to his
partner, Sweet, now in the east.
In the Proved Section
The bonanza strike Is on vein a
half mile east of and paralleling the
Davis mine, one of the proved gold
properties of the district.
Vierthaler was in the city and re-
turned to camp to continue the develop
ment of his new find. The story of the
discovery has already spread though
the district and prospectors and miners
now in the locality are hoping to un-
cover other fancy ores.
The strike seems to be the richest
made in the Hassayampa district since
harrington and Harlan opened the
Howard mine on the northerly slope of
the same range half mile south of
the Senator mine. The finding of the
rich deposit in the Howard mine was
similar to the Vierthaler strike. Har-
rington and Harlan were doing assess
ment work on a group of claims. They
seriously considered abandoning the
Howard but having the work on the
other claims of the group finished, con-
cluded to sink a ten-foot hole on the
ledge.
for additional supplies. and returning
that night found the other locked in
the cabin with several hundred dollars
worth of gold quartz the shooting from
the apex in the afternoon. In all $685. 900
was taken from the rich pocket of the
by the discoverers. They sub
sequently sold the claim to Chicago
company.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05

CALIFORNIA IS SECOND
IN OUTPUT OF TUNGSTEN
Production Almost Doubles In one
Year--Nevada, Arizona and Prob
ably New Mexico Are Among
Producing States

The demand for tungsten ores and
products during the first nine months
of 1907 was much greater than that OF
1906, prices were high, mining and
prospecting were both actively carried
on, and as result the output of the
United States was increased from a
total of 92S short tons of concentrates
carrying so per cent of tungsten tri-
oxide in 1906 to 1910 short tons in 1907,
while the value rose from $34S,867 in the
earlier to $S90.04S in the later year, ac-
cording to a report just issued by the
geographical survey.
The principal tungsten minerals are
wolframite, tungstate of iron and
manganese, and scheelite, a tungstate
of calcium. Both minerals, like tin
ores, occur as a rule in quartz veins
cutting rocks containing much silica,
such as granite and rhyolite, but some
apparent exceptions to this rule are
found, as for instance in New Mexico,
where hubnerite and small amount
of scheelte occur with pyrite and lead
minerals in a vein cutting limestone:
and at Nome, Alaska, where a scheelite
is found In the gold placers In region
of schists several miles from the
nearest granite outcrops.
The greater part of the American
tungsten product in 1907 came from the
mines in Boulder county, Colo, which
reported an output of 1146 tons of VOL
framite valued at $573,642.74. In Cali
fornia. which was the second state In
order of production, the output was in
the form of scheelite, as was also most
of that from Montana. The total
scheelite reported was 414 short tons.
Small amounts of tungsten ores were
also produced in Washington. Nevada.
Arizona, and probably in New Mexico.
No ore is known to have been produced
in South Dakota. although much pros
pecting and some development work
WAS carried on.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
STONEWALL JACKSON CUTS
STRATUM OF SILVER ORE

GLOBE, Ariz., Oct. 4--The Stonewall
jackson silver mine al McMillen, east
of Globe, famous thirty years ago for
the production of silver, having pro-
duced one million dollars. is being re-
opened by the McMillen StoneWall
Mining company, composed principal
ly of local mining men who have faith
in the property, The new working
shaft at the depth ot 175 feet cut a
stratum of ore that widened rapidly
until now at 200 feec the ore fills the
shaft and averages over sixteen ounces
of silver to the ton. level will be
opened at 800 feet in depth, on which
level the ore is expected to be found
much richer.
In the '7Os ore ass0ying thousands
of ounces in silver was taken from
this mine. From this 20O-fot level to
the bottom of the OLD shaft 600 feet
deep, where the ore was good, is virgin
ground, and the management is con-
fident of finding valuable ore bodies
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
DAISY SYNDICATE
STRIKES $1OO ORE
INTELLIGENCE is WITHHELD
PENDING ASSAY
One Hundred Tons Of Ore Are Hoisted
to Surface and Stored-Produc-
tion of Fifty Tons Daily Is
Predicted

GOLDFIELD, Oct, 4.-The Daisy
syndicate ground in the workings or
the company in all probability is the
scene of a huge strike. Those in charge
of the property refuse to say word
and no one is allowed to go below for
the purpose of investigating for them
selves.
The observer on the surface knows
that something is doing, as in the past
few days there has been hoisted to the
surface nearly 100 tons of ore that has
been stored in the bins. While those
in charge of the workings will not say
when shipments will be started, others
who are working in the mine say that
ore teams will be there tomorrow, after
which daily production of fifty tons
is predicted. According to the assays
the report goes that the ore will
average better than 800 ton, and 1t is
broken at the 300 and 400foot levels in
the drifts that were extended east under
the old workings that were abandoned
on account of poor mining and water.
That a fine body of ore has been
opened up is certain, but the extent Of
the ore shoot and it's value are matters
Of conjecture. The fact that three
shifts are at work on the property and
sixty-five names on the payroll is proof
enough that the erratic and much
abused Daisy is going to redeem her
SELL ana take rank With Tie OtuSI us
mines of the camp.
officials when questioned about the
big strike say: Just wait few days
and then the sampler sheets will be
turned over and the tonnage given to
the public Until that time nothing
will be given out In regard to the mine.
1t will be public property then"
Has Been a Teaser
The Daisy has been before the public
so long as one of the big mines of the
camp and has been threatening to pro-
duce something in the shape of a great
mine and not doing it that people who
invest their money in stocks have been
badly bitten by it's ups and downs
For nearly five years the property has
been worked on company account, as
we'll as under the leasing system. Ore
was found in a dozen places on the
ground and a few shipments ran fairly
well.
Eighteen months ago the controlling
interest in the stock of the company
was sold to c. r. Woodin, president of
the American Car and Foundry COM
pany of New York and his associates.
Since then a systematic course of de-
has been kept up under the
direction of mine managers who know
their business. In the course of de-
in the old workings some
thing like $6S,000 worth of ore was
taken out. The average width was
within a few cents of $10O a ton. This
was at a depth of 210 feet where an ore
shoot was proved up for a distance of
sixty feet. The average width of the
ore body was three feet. This is the
ore shoot that must have been picked |
up in the lower levels, and the fact |
that there is "a steady shipper in the I
station will put new life
into those who own property there.
Later dispatches from Goldfeld say |
that the strike on the Daisy runs over
500 a ton and that three shifts are
now working.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
ABANDONED TUNNEL AT
HUMBOLDT YIELDS GOLD

GOLDFIELD. Oct. Am the face Of
an old and abandoned tunnel at the
mouth of Humboldt canyon in the
Humboldt range, a rich ledge of ore
has been uncovered. o. r. Webster,
proprietor of the Humboldt house, who
has the claim located, few days ago
put two men to work clearing out the
old tunnel which penetrates the noun
tain forty-five feet. After the debris
had been cleared away a round OF
shots was put in the face. The men
were surprised to find that they had
exposed a rich ledge of gold and silver
ore
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
Tonopah Ore Shipments

TONOPAH, Oct. 4.-The ore ship
ments over the Tonopah and Goldfield
railroad for one week to the Western
Ore Purchasing company consisted OF
ninety tons from the Tonopah Exten-
sion.
The Tonopah company sent 1850 tons,
the Belmont company 700 tons, the
Montana Tonopah 1901 tons, the Mid
way 100 tons, the MacNamara $50 tons.
West End $50 tons, and Jim Butler 200
tons to the mills. making the total
shipments for the week to the mills
5651 tons.
The total output of the Tonopah
mines was 5741 tons, of an estimated
value (the shipping ore being valued
at $50 ton and the milling ore at $25
a toni of $146,675.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
OMEGA Placer Is BUSY

GRASS VALLEY, Oct. 4.-One of the
busiest scenes in the Forest City min
ing district is the Omega gravel mine,
a short distance belo Forest. The
company has about fifteen men at work
and the task of erecting the new mill
is being rushed as fast as possible.
Superintendent G. H. Brown expects to
have the mill ready to crush gravel
within thirty days.
This week the work of building a new
bunkhouse and boarding house will be-
gin and the structure will be finished
in a short time. The residence of the
superintendent is now we'll near to
completion.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
Strike Near Ida

TONOPAH, Oct 4.-The Gold Ridge
Mining company has struck anoth5r
nice body of free milling ore on its
property about two miles southeast of
Ida, and adjoining the Snow Storm
property on the north. This property
is owned in Gilman City, Mo. The as
says run twelve ounces silver and
$86.4O gold, which makes this ore Of
shipping value.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
Midnight to Improve

KINGMAN, Ariz., Oct. 4.-Kean St.
Charles reports that the big concen-
trating plant for the Midnight mine
will soon be shipped from San Fran
cisco and that as soon as received at
the property it will be rushed to COM
pletion. The capacity Of the plant is
said to be about 100 tons daily.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
We Want It AM

Thirty days considered cash. We want
ali the piano business for the rest Of
the month. We are generally willing
to divide, but 300 pianos must be SOLD.
No money required. but 50 for 81 for
cash in 80 days. as advertised. Bart
lett Music Co.. 2S1 Broadway. opp. city
hall. 9-27-x
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
MaohInerx For Ensenada

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4.--The schooner
Bernardo Reyes has received a charter
to deliver forty tons of mining ma
chinery from this port TO Ensanada.
The machinery will be used at the old
Jacalitos mines.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
Homsstake Resumes work

RHYOLITE, Oct. 4.--A crew of min
ers We're put to work last week on the
Homestake and more will be added as
needed. 1t will be only a short time
until the full force of men is employed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05

ft's as easy to secure bargain in a used
automobile, through want advertising, as Il
used to be--and stiu is--to secure horse
and carriage.
Free press., 1908-02-15

home again., doesn't she, Heart O.
Sunshine? She's tired of Aunt Aud
rey; yes, she is. There, won't she hold
out her little hannies to the nice Big
Man?"
But The nice Big Man drew away,
with his hands behind him. This thing
had happened, too, on yesterday, day
before-day before that This was the
regular program. If it might pave the
way to his opportunity-but it
wouldn't. She would only sit there op-
posite and trOt her knees, too, in
sympathy, and make sweet nonsense
faces at the undeserving Baby! Al
ways the Baby!
The little aunt's face took on in
jured lines. She caught up the limp
little heap of dimity and trotted it
herself with exaggerated fervor.
There, there, here we go trotting
to Boston, trotting to Lynn-trotting
to Salem and home again! Well go.
won't we, Eyes D Blue? We know the
way-don't need any horrid, cross Big
Man to take us; no, we don't! Let
horrid Big Mans go-right-away."
All, but it was torture to see her
crush the little face against her face!
1t was awful to stand by and see the
waste of her precious kisses! Was
there no help for man?-gods of
pity, take that gurgling child and trot
It TO Boston and give a man a show!
Audrey" he began tentatively, you
know the"
Miss Audrey"
Miss Audrey, you know the choco-
lates promised you? If you'll put that
blast-er-blest baby down I'll pro-
duce them. I think 1 never saw nicer
chocolates. So fresh-so choice-so-
er@
'Oh, give them to me quick! I'm
going to give Floss O. Gold one-she
wants a chocolate right on her little
red tongue, doesn't she?"
"Pitying godsi'' muttered Richard
Taft. He strode away from them and
made his plans. They were not def
mite, but they were deep-hued, desper-
ate. He meant to eliminate the Baby.
Coming back across the lawn, his eyes
were fixed on the little purple face
crushed against Audrey's breast. A
look of alarm dawned in them. He
tried to introduce into 1t the tender
ness that he knew would count.
Great heavens, look at the childs
face, Audrey" he exclaimed What
makes 1t so red? Wait; 1 know. 1t
wants water. Babies require frequent
hot weather. He
stood before her, peering down at the
baby. Have you given 1t water late
Iy?" he demanded sternly The doe
tors say the mortality of babies il.
the summar IL due
:, "la.SAt ~ ~ . aeaAAa Are yoa
Free press., 1908-02-15
THAT BABY
By ANNIE HAMILTON DoKHELL
(Copyright.)

That-baby again! Richard Taft's
thoughts hesitated Aetween the first
two words, but he was not guilty of
profanity. He only groaned. He could
hear the baby's crows and Miss Aud
rey's little high, falsetto croonings. It
was just as it had been yesterday, day
before-day before that. Heavens and
earth, when hadn't the baby crowed
and Audrey crooned!
Richards hotel was a mile away
from this pleasant summer place of
the Baby, and on the way down this
afternoon there had been plenty Of
time for him to face the desperateness
OF his situation. The items stood out
in indigo lettering before him. Item
one: no hope of Baby's mother return
ing. Item two: no hope of devoted
young aunt's extraction from Baby,
even for minutes blessed space.
Item three: the transatlantic steamer,
City of Baltimore, would leave her
dock tomorrow morning, six o'clock.
Plying angels, could it be worse?
Item four Richard hid in his heart,
but it outweighed all the rest. If he
did not get the chance to take the little
white hands of that slender slip of a
girl, grooming love songs to a baby
down there, into his hands and hold
them prisoners there while he said
what he had come to say six days ago
well, how do you think he was to go
seas over without that chance? And
that only wisp of baby should
stand in the way! 1t was maddening.
He strobe ON till he came into the
immediate radius of crows and croons.
He had murder in his heart.
"Oh, Richard, is that you? You've
come just in time to trot the Baby
on your knee. She wants to go to
Boston, go to Lynn, then to Salem and