The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-05

Z. b. O., Plttsburg, ga iee'ei
Of inquiry regarding the Black Butte
Consolidated is one of many that have
recently been received by this office. In
your letter is a clipping addressed to
shareholders in the company which
reads: "For the mutual interest of
stockholders, it is desired that they
communicate with the undersigned,
number of shares held. Nego-
tiations of vital Importance to every
shareholder are pending. Free details
will be Mailed AS a matter of fact,
the Diamondfeld Black Butte Consol-
idated appears to be one of the most
.conservatively and ably managed prop
critics in the district and The News
knows no reason for its being so gen
erallv and methodicalIy knocked. An
effort seems to be on foot to depose the
present management and select new Of
fcers. Frank NJ. Ish is president of the
company. 1t is true that he is away
from GoldfeId the majority of his time.
The general superintendent, John T..
Hockins, however, is constantly "on
the Job He is conceded to be a prac-
teal and efficient mining man. L. L..
Patrick, the vice president, has just re-
turned from an extended trip to the
coast. He saws: "The Black Butte
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Consolidated is not a uniform h1gh
grade proposition as some people
seem to think. The shipping ore
occurs in lunches and as fast as 1t is
encountered it is mined and sold. In
the development work, which consists
of about 5000 feet, the company has
exposed tremendous bodies of mill
ing grade ore. As the ship
ments have barely paid operat-
ing expenses it has been impossl-
BILE to set aside a fund for a mill. we
are, however, attempting to arrange on
the outside for funds wherewith to
erect a mill, which we believe will place
the property on an excellent paying
basis. / have,' said MI. Patrick, 100
600 shares in the company, which VIII
devote to any cause advanced by the
shareholders which win prove of mu-
tual benefit
w. H. B., Boston, Mass.-The Bay
State Oil and Mining company has been
operating for some time on the Monte
side of the big basin on the OPP
posite side of which is the Silver Peak
district, the mining camps OF
Blair and Silver Peak. While this
had knowledge of oil operations
in that vicinity, the work was going on
so ouietlv that we did not know the
of the company and hence did not
identify it as the company about
which you made inquiries, some time
ago,a and this is the reason for the delay
in answering. You will find an ex-
tended article in this issue on the oper-
ations of the Bay State Oil company,
and the excitement that has been occa-
stoned bp the developments in that
section.
r. e. NJ, Providence, r. 1.-The Ne
vada Old Colony Mining company has
four claims, sixteen miles south of Gold
field, between the Las Vegas and Tono-
pah and the Tonopah and Underwater
railways, being about a ten minutes
walk from the former and 20 minutes
from the latter. Work has been
prosecuted with two shifts, and the
shaft is now down 200 feet, and a cross
cut is being run TO the ledge. Stringers
were cut all the way down in the shaft
and assays running from So to as high
as $45S were had. The company, which
is managed and controlled by ]. T.
Minchin, is negotiating for a gasoline
hoist. THERE'S plenty of money in the
and no debts.
K. F., San Francisco.-Careful scan
ming of the Manhattan paper for weeks
past fails to reveal any mention of
work performed on the Wolftone Exten-
sion. 1t is probably a dead one. The
W~olftone itself is a promising prop
erty, the writer having repeatedly Sc
cured excellent paintings. The Exten-
sion lies out on a sand fat below the
noint of the hill toward Central from
Torpey & McIlvaney. we
believe, promoted the Extension. They
are said to have gone broke. At all
events, the firm has abandoned its Man
Office.
J. r., Zuyder Zee, New York.-Three
and a fraction were secured by
the Red Fox Bullfrog Mining company
in 1905, the location being on the north
end of Bonanza mountain, Bullfrog min
ing district of Nye county, Nevada. The
ground is considered as well located and
was being developed until a few months
L. L. Patrick, who is now in
charge of the c%ompany's affairs, says
that it is at present without funds, "all
of its treasury having been exhausted
in development work. Further, that
'splenty of stock remains in the treas
ury, and some of this will be sold when
warrant and work will be re-