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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-05-28
Calhoun Items.

sSsseOSs0 1SSAAS0s
Plcanty Of rain these days
farmers are kept out of the
field considerably on account of
to much water.
Charles Mickey family are
about recoveded from the
On account of the heavy rain
Of Sunday there was no preach
ing at Calhoun school house,
but in two weeks from that day
Elder David Chambers of
Magnolia, will be there atthree
o'clock weather being favor
able.
John Scoes children have
been sick and unable to attend
school.
Mr.. ard Mrs. C. E. Reedy
and children and Miss Grace
Talcat of Dunlap spent Tues
pay in Calhoun with home
folks.
Miss Ellen Mickey who has
been attending the Woodbine
normal the past year is at home
her health not permitting her
to return after a siege of
measles.
Mr.. Lovelady was an Omaha
visitor one day the past week.
Dan Buffen who lives north
west of Calhoun is marketing
corn in Mo. Valley, which will
bring a good price.
Some of the farmers are
done planting corn and ready
to cultivate while others have
to replant seed being destroyed
by wire worms and cut worms
which are numerous this year.
Wheat and all small grain
looks splendid this time of
year.
Pastures fine, but the fruit
crop will be very light on ac-
connt of late freeze
Married On A Dog License
South Norwalk, Conn, May
81. When William Krisick and
Miss Alexandria Kirszika, two
Poles, applied for a dog license
from Town Clerk Herbert B.
Smith on Saturday they got a
marriage license and John Cur
now, justice of the peace, mar
rieG them.
The bride fas now instituted
proceedings for divorce and
threatens the officials. She
says all that they wanted was
a dog license.
Krisick's dog was NAMED
Louise, and in his broken E i.
glish all he could say was TIN
he wanted a license for Louise,
which accounted for tho mis-
take. 'fhe bride. is a e. U in of
/ the bride groom
The Den son Bl!leiin says: -
"'Thev are talking about a girl
10 years old named Anna Smith
lin Kanosha, Wis, who has a
strange and voracics appetite.
/ She will devour a dozen candles
as fast as they are handed her
and has eaten twenty raw no'a-
]toes in as many minutes. With
people looking ON she ate two
pounds Of butter ard the same
Lot unconked bacon and then fin
ished with a pound loaf of bread
At another time she ate 2 dozen
large pickles, a pound Of lard
2 pound of honey in the comb
Like shark she is always hun
cry and il size ever gets a hus.
band he will have to hump him
self to get her enough to eat
Much Interest in Fight Pict=
tires.
Ever since Frank Gotch, the
Iowa farmer boy, got away
with the title of the Champion
ship Wre;tler of the world, at
Exter Park Pavilion. Chicago,
when he won over Geo. Hack
enschmidt after two hours of
the most terrific wrestling that
has probably ever been witness
ed, there has been a desire on
the part of every lover of sport
in the country to witness a re-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-05-28

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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-05-28
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Entered at the Postotlice at Missouri
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
MIDAS BECOMING A
BIG MINING CAMP
Principal Town Of Gold Circle Dis
trict-New and Richer Lodges
Are Being Uncovered.

MIDAS, April 1.-THE Gold Cir
Gle district. with its attractive gold
features, is making strides faster
than any OF its sanguine prophets cal
culatei when they INDUCED in the
roseate hopes of four weeks ago.
This Is not only manifest in the great
increase of population and the many
new buildings of substantial order
being erected along Main. parallel.
and cross streets. but likewise in the
avidity with which lots in the orig
inal tovnsite are snapped up by pur-
chasers.
Ten days ago Midas was dotted
with go tents and frame buildings.
covering about three blocks ON Main
street. Today these signs of habita-
ton have increased TO 336, distrib--
uted over the townsite and beyond
the plated limits. making a stretch
of one mile in length. In like man
ner the population has increased in
the same proportion. Where there
were approximately 500 people in
here then. there are now at low es-
innate 900. with quite large
sprinkling OF the feminine spirit TAX
ing advantage OF the opportunities of
this growing community. The popu-
lation is not the potpouri that usually
follows the camp trail of enticing
mining eXcitements. but is of the
staid class which is imbued with the
merit of the showings that the Gold
Circle district has and which are be-
ing daily confirmed by the uneovering
of newer and richer discoveries over
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

We are now drifting in the VEN
from the point at which It was opened
by the cross cut tunnel Since dfli-
ting begun the ledge has widened
from twelve to thirty feet. and the
entire vein Just as the ore is broken,
has been found to carry from 81 10
$40 per ton in gold. while twenty-five
feet of II. as shown in the cross cut
recently made, gives an average oil
$31 in gold per ton.
I'm addition to developing the vein
with the present drift, the company
has now decided to sink vertical
double compartment working SHAFT
which will go down at a point de-
signed to cut the ledge 1T an approx
innate depth of 400 feet. This shaft
will be equipped with first-class
steam hosting works, compressor
and pumping plant. and the cam
paign will be carried through with
Just as little delay as possible.
The Pedro company is controlled
by a powerful crowd of operators,
who fully understand the business Of
mining and who appreciate the value
of the gorund As soon as develop
ment work has progressed to point
to Justify the action. the property
will be equipped with a mill of gen.
erous size. and a career of dividend
earning will be inaugurated. Mr..
Langley expects to remain In town
for two or three days
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
COMMENCEMENT PLANS At
THE NEVADA STATE UNIVERSITY

sing this and when sung by 100
voices il will be well worth hearing
DIR. Stubs announced that COM
mencement day will be on Wednes,-
day. June 10th. and on that day
Clarence Mackay, Mrs. Clarence Mac
kay and other members of the Mac
kay family will be in Reno and will
take part in the commencement ex-
ercises. On that day Clarence Mac
kay will dedicate to the Nevada col
lege the Mackay mining building now
being completed on the college cam
pus. This building will cost when
finished more than 100000 and the
entire cost is being paid by Clarence
Mackay. The Mackay statue, which
was seulptured by Gntzon Borglum.
the noted sculptor. will be unveiled
on that day. This etotue wiz he of
bronze and will represent John W.
Mackay in miners clothes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
MACHINERY FOR
THE PEDRO MINES
Manager J. W. Langley says Battle
Mountain Properties viii BE
Equipped Right.

John w. Langley, manager of the
Pedro company's gold properties at
Battle Mountain, Nevada. came in
from camp yesterday morning to look
after business matters for a day or
two, says the Salt Lake Herald. He
reports the camp as forging 10 the
front with rapid strides, and. as illu-
strating this fact, he stated that sales
of no less than three different groups
Of claims had been made during the
last two weeks. As Battle Mountain
is also prominent starting point for
Gold Circle district, the influx TO that
camp is materially helping business
at Battle Mountain. Concerning de-
velopment work at the Pedro prop
erty and the affairs of the company,
Mr.. Langley said:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
Unite Pine and WeUddd Matters OF VelDS
Other Features Of Lat. Occurrence

believe thai It will he the greatest
the world has ever known. Whether
this be true or not ! cannot say.
am back in Ely 10 stay as the big
money making days of Rawhide are
over for some time to
come. The summer and practically
the greater part of the fall must be
spent H. development work. Realiz-
ing this, hundreds of people are leav-
ing the camp every day. The greater
part of these are of the class who
have drifted in with the idea of
permanent boom and arrived with no
more money than was required to
bring them there ana pay expenses
for a few days.
Men who have acquired property
are proceeding with systematic de
yelopment. On the Kearns No. |
shaft was sunk 10 the depth of 125
feet. but 1t was then decided to sink
a second shaft nearby for the pur-
nose OF providing air. before drift
ing commenced The second shaft is
now down 80 feet. On the Miller
lease a contract for a 800 foot shaft
has been let. Some very good ore
has been opened up on this lease.
On the Oglive Reynolds lease the
work of putting In two hoists in or
der 10 sink to depth was under way
when I left. There are plans for sew
eral mills To be erected In the i'm
mediate future. either on the plains
a short distance out from Rawhide
or AT Schurz BY this time the actual
work must have been commenced. as
the ties and rails had been delivered
when | came out.
Another feature OF the camp was
the number of leasers who We're at
work when left. In four months
more than 200 leases were let On
some of these some very good strikes
were made To my mind and In
opinion of the people who are staying
by II. the camp offers every oppor-
tunity for permanently. There is alb
solutely no cause To knock IL and I
do not see where any knocker gets
chance. II he really investigated
the properties"
On his way 10 Ely Mr. Herrick
visited Jessnp. Jumbo the Comstock
aud several other points of interest
in the mining world Reno and the
entire western portion of the state Is
booming at present with every pros
pect of continuous and conservative
progress after the actual boom has
died down.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

RENO. April President Stubs
of the Nevada State university at a
special general assembly, made sew
eral important announcements for
college commencement this year. Mrs.
Woods, the music instructor of the
college, also spoke few words to
the students and made arrangements
in regard to the music for commence
ment.
She notified the assembled students
that she intends to have a chorus of
more than 100 voices for the exer-
cises and that If the students will be-
gin training Immediately for the oc-
casion the music will be the best ever
rendered at the college. There will
be a full orchestra for the commence
ment exercises and one of the Drinci-
pal songs viii be THE Village Black
smith. II viii take Is minutes TO
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

The Yerington district, not salts
fed with the biggest deposits of
high grade copper ore in Nevada. is
coming forward with a gold camp at
Mason Pass Los Angeles investors
recently purchased a group of claims
there for $4,000, and have a good
showing of ore. One OF the early
discoveries of Rawhide was Yer
ington man, Chas. Mcleod.
Two feet of ore which assays ST.
sci in gold and $63.53 in silver. a
total OF s1.62453, has been found
near Blair, in the old Silver Peak
district, 20 miles west of Goldfield.
according to the Blair Press. Blair
is the home of the Pittsburg- Silver
Peak Mining company. composed of
Tonopah and Pittsburg operators,
which is equipped with a 100 stamp
mill, the largest in the state. The
ores carry both gold and silver and
the leads are of great size.
A carload of ore was sent to the
smelters recently from the Mamma
Hills mine at Seven Troughs which,
it is claimed. will bring the company
a check for $4,000. The ore was
taken from two rich shoots opened
up recently in the lower tunnel. and
is specimen rock of the first quality.
The company has sold a lease on a
block of ground. which had been re-
served, to c. b. Potter of New York
city and w D. Arnett of Reno. New.
the lessees signing an agreement to
sink 200 feet before drifting or stop
ing
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
THINKS RAWH|DE
A BIG CAMP

Enthusiastic over the future pros
pect for the greatest gold camp in
Nevada at Rawhide is II. c. Herrick
Just back from that camp after a
stay of several months. lie Is free
in his statement that the boom there
is practically over and that the camp
will now settle down TO active and
legitimate development, which has
already been well started.
My opinion Of Rawhide is that
II will make great camp. Mining
men there in the majority of cases
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
NATIONAL LEADERS
TO MEET IN MAY.
Governors ana Specialists in Great
issues of Day Will Gather
i'm Washington.

WASHINGTON, April 11,-At 10
O'Clock on the morning of May % in
the historic east room of the White
House, President Roosevelt will call
TO order the conference to discuss
plans for the Improvement of the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

GOLDFTELD, April 7-Goldfield
mines and leases produced 1882 tons
OF ore during last week. The COM
bination mill of the Consolidated
Mines company treated 500 tons and
the Nevada-Goldfield Reduction com
pany converted $50 tons into bull
lion 1nf ~"entrates.
The Western Ore Purchasing com
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

TONOPAH, April Sinking of
the Tonopah Mining company's shaft
from the 900 foot level to a further
depth of at least 400 feet will begin
within the next two or three weeks.
The regular work is going on on the
second. third. fourth, fifth and sixth
levels in both the Silver Top and
Mizpah claims. On the fifth level of
the Mizpah claim some new Slopes
have been started in the Mizpah vein.
This will open up some 300 feet or
more ground upon which very little,
if any, work has been done on the
ledge. The vein shows an average
width from four to five feet of mill
ing ore. From now on a great deal
of prosecuting will be done on the
first and second levels of the Silver
Top and second level of the Mizpah
claims
After announcing that the base of
operations in the Jim Butler Mining
companys ground would be trans
ferred from the Wandering Boy shaft
TO the Stone Cabin shaft, and having
made excavations for the foundation
of the compressor which it was the
intention to move from the former
TO the latter shaft, the management
has again changed it's plans and the
development work will continue from
the Wandering Boy shaft.
The ledge which was encountered
on MacNamara in the crosscut 100
feet from the main west drift on the
800 foot level, about CSC feet west
of the shaft has proven TO be an ex-
ceptionally fine body of ore. A stope
has just been started on this ore
body and is being carried forward
with / ) foot face. 1t is now up a
distance of IL to A feet and shows
the vein to be over six feet wide and
all good grade.
Development work in the Belmont
is progressing at the rate of 1000
feet a month, PAS feet of new work
having been done last week.
Everything is running along nicely
in the different workings of the Mon
tana-Tonopah, and the usual amount
of prospecting and development work
has been accomplished this week.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
How they Look to an Ely Man Follow
ing Recent Visit--Not Few Have a
Good Deal of Merit, Says Herrick

pany bought 1875 tons of the product
and the Nevada-Goldfield Reduction
company S07 TONS of which 30 tons
came from the Original Rawhide
company. operating the Kearns lease
No at Rawhide. Segregated the
output was as follows, according to
the Review.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

While large interest is felt locally
in the development of the various
new camps of Nevada and the names
of Jessup, Jumbo and Mountain View
are becoming more and more familiar
with the people here, but littls is
known of them in the district from
actual contact. The following inter-
view with II. c. Herriek, who recent
ly visited the three camps, will prove
interesting.
Jessup is situated 30 miles north
west of Lovelock and Is Il miles
from the Southern Pacific tracks. AL
though young camp. it has good
surface showing and such sinking as
has been done has as a general thing
been accompanied by good results.
Five leasers were working at the
time Mr.. Herrick visited the camp.
He thought so well of its future pos
sibilities that he purchased lot in
the town as a speculation.
Jumbo is not poor mans camp,
in Mr.. Herrick's belief. The forma-
ton is good but indicates that depth
before adequate returns can be Sc
cured will be required. The Selby
mines are rich in gold. the values in
creasing with depth. Plans have been
laid for the building of several mills
by the Selby people and others. A
fine deep mining proposition is what
the camp will make, he believes.
Mountain view is a new camp To-
Gated eight miles north of Schurz.
which is attracting great amount
of interest at Rawhide at present
"npE haa nPnanAdad 70
as yet to make any statement about
its probable worth, although surface
indications are good.
At Gold Circle, where Mr. Herrick
has a man prospecting for him,
large amount of activity is being
felt. The trouble with Gold Circle,
while some rich rock has been found,
is the small number of persons seek
ing leases This will doubtless he
remedied shortly, however, as numer- |
Gus persons from Rawhde and FLY
are going into the district.
OF all the camps named, Mr.. Her |
rick believes most greatly in Jessup, /
where active development is bring |
ing 10 light rich values. The activity |
toward deep mining development is
such as leaves little doubt that the
camp will be thoroughly prospected,
he states. At the Stewart mines two
new hoists are being installed prep |
aratory TO sinking to depth.
Shortly before his return to Ely, |
Mr. Herrick heard the news OF a
bonanza strike of ore carrying horn |
silver in the neighborhood of Austin. !
The ore is said to carry as high as
500 ounces of silver to the ton.
The formation in which it was |
found was so unpromising that it |
has been passed over time and again |
before a prospector decided it was |
worth while to chip off a piece of it, |
The resulting assay sent him scurry- |
ing back to the ledge at once and |
new excitement was created.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

On the eve of their departure for
Los Angeles. Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. He'd
den at s O'Clock last evening, We're
called upon by the entire office force
OF the Tonopah 4 Goldfield railroad,
and in neat speech made by ID.
Bnoughel, car accountant of the rail-
way, were presented with a silver tea
service upon which was inscribed:
Presented to Mr.. and Mrs J. F.
Hedden by the employees of the Tono-
pah & Goldfeld railroad" Mr.. He'd
den was also presented with a dia-
mond studded Mystic Shrine pin and
Mrs Hedden received diamond
brooch inlaid with pearls. both pres
ents being works of art. The gifts
were highly appreciated by them, not
alone for their value. but for the
fact that they show the esteem in
which Mr.. Hedden was held while
superintendent of the road.-Tono-
pah Bonanza.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

The Rawhide Water and Power
has been organized TO fur
nish water to the camp. A telegraph
order has been sent to Los Angeles
firm for a gasoline engine 10 run the
pump and a storage reservoir will
he built on Balloon hill which will
give ample pressure for fire protec-
ton. \ deep well is to be driven on
the fiat six miles below town. from
whence comes the present supply of
the necessary fluid.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

Beautiful specimens OF wire gold
have been found by Joe Martin on
his claims at Slate Range in the
Gold Mountain district, lying be-
tween the Great Western and the old
Statelne mines.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

The old camp of Tuscarora has
been well nigh depopulated by he
gira Of miners and prospectors 10
the new camp of Cold Circle. Midas
is the principal town and it is grow
ing like a mushroom
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

The Seven Troughs Mining COM
pany Is sacking picture rock taken
from several upraises that are being
made to connect the different levels
This work completed, sinking will be
resumed from the 500 foot level
Leasers have gone to work on the
old Browns Hope mine, three miles
east of Ida, near the Thanksgiving
mine. The ores taken from the old
workings were rich in silver and the
mine has a good record of produc-
tion from the surface.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
MINING NOTES
Of THE STATE

W. S. Hills, president and manager
of the Nevada Empress mine at Gold
Mountain, will return from an east
ern trip next week. and will COM
mence work on a mill for that prop
erty.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

Fred Vahrencamp has announced
that he will remove the machinery of
the American mill at Goldfeld to
Bonnie Claire, midway between this
city and Bullfrog, add new battery
and treat custom ores. He has Sc
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

ConsiderabIe interest has been
awakened by the discovery of high
grade silver-lead ore ten miles west
of Nina, which is one of the principal
points of departure from the rail
road to Rawhide. Upon the develop
ment of ores of this class. valuable
as flux. depend te escuhesssawa
as "a fiux. depends the success of a
smelter project for the state
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

j. S. Purdy came in this week from
Tule canyon, where he is installing
pumps at the Gravity mine, over
looking Death valley. The Gravity
is bothered with water somewhat just
now, but 1t will be valuable COM
modify when a mill is installed
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

A good strike of silver-lead ore is
reported from Ida, in the Monarch
ground, where drifting is in progress
for a big shoot of ore that outcrops
on the surface. The ledge was cut
in tunnel last week. and carries ore
that would be of a shipping grade
with A railroad.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13

The crosscut from the main drift
on the 800 foot level of the MacNa-
mara mine at Tonopah has broken
into high grade ore at point $40
feet west and 120 feet south of the
shaft. The full face of the drift is
in ore of shipping grade,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
SOME Of THE NEW NEVADA CAMPS

cured "A rate OF 81 per ton from the
railroad.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-13
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