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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

trates the fortunes of mining, and par
ticularly leasing in the GoIdfeld dis
triet. The original owners of the Daisy
Florence lease run ont of money and
sought to dispose of the lease, which
has four months to run, from Dee. 18th.
The Mitchell Fairfield Development
company finally took over the lease,
paying 5000 for the machinery on the
ground and agreeing to pay the Daisy
Florence ~ per cent of the net pro-
eecds. Mitchell and Fairfield endeav-
cred to raise money to work the lease
but were unable to sell any stock. They
were finally compelled to put mp the
money themselves and started to work
one shift until times got better. The
very first round of shots exposed the
high grade streak and now, of course
there is no stock for sale.
John NJ. Mitchell and John NJ. Faie-
field constitute the Mitchell Fairfield
Development company and they stand
to clean up big fortune by the turn of
the wheel, while the Daisy Florence
shareholders will receive handsome re-
turns on their Investment.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
GOLDFIELD MINES WILL PRODUCE
$1,000, 900 A MONTH DURING 1909

thing is in readiness and the machinery
is being tuned up for the initial run.
Vice President George Wingfeld, Gen
oral Manager Mackenzie and a number
of eminent mining men will be on hand
to witness the starting of the mill and
it is probable that the occasion will be
properly celebrated although no plans
for the christening have been an.
nounced by the management.
The Florence mill will begin dropping
its stamps or the first of January, un-
less the management changes its pres
ent plans. The big plant is practically
completed now and could start up on
the first of the week were it not for the
fact that the work of relaying portion
of the pipe line with steel pipe is not
quite completed. Another week will see
this work finished, however, and then
there will be nothing to neeessitate
further delay but the will of the man
agement.
President Lorkhart and Superintendl
cnt Gehrman are in no hurry to start
crushing ore, however, and the time be-
tween now and the first of the new year
will be occupied in completing the ore
tests that are now being made. The
prospects for the coming year so far as
the Goldfield district is concerned, are
certainly very encouraging.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

The Bay State and Nevada on COM
pany has struck oil in the new oil
helds. located in the salt marsh near
Blair; not very much hut sufficient TO
prove the existence of the valuable
fluid in that section. Because OF the
fact that the cable attached to the drills
broke leaving the tools at the bottom OF
the well, SIT feet beneath the surface,
the extent Of the strike cannot be
Known until special apparatus can be
brought from Los Angeles and the tools
recovered. 1t will take at least two
weeks to accomplish this result and IN
the meantime oil men in this vicinity
arc considerably excited over the show
ing made and prospective developments.
Experts who have examined samples
Of the stuff forced up by the gas in the
well have declared there is no doubt OF
us being an excellent quality of oil,
WIN a paraffine base.
d. A. Pitts and H. A. Miller, who
nave charge of the drilling outfit were
u Goldfeld the first Of the week and
Tue former left later for Los Angeles
Procure the apparatus for raising the
iOs' tools. Mr.. Pitts, who is an oil ex-
pert of many years experience in the
VI nelds of Texas and California said
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
JAMESTOWN ORE CARRIES
BIG VALUES In COPPER

jamestown, the new camp in the
Cactus range, thirty miles southeast Of
Goldfeld is pluming itself on the posi-
tility of it's developing into copper
camp. Ten days ago news was brought
to this city of strike in the Schultz
lease on the James brothers ground,
where it was claimed that three feet of
ore had been uncovered at depth of
$50 feet, that ran fifteen per cent in
copper. The report created consider
able excitement and the camp was
visited by large number of mining
men from Goldfield last week. They re-
turned to town bringing ample verifiea-
tion of the report.
On top of this strike another report
reached town few days ago that the
James brothers had between three and
four feet of ore on the 200-foot level of
their workings, which lie about 700 feet
of the Schultz lease This new strike
is said to show twenty three per cent
in copper, in addition to the gold and
silver values. The two strikes were
made on parallel veins, both of which
are cut by great dyke. Drifts are be-
ing run on the ore in both the Schultz
and James workings, to tap the june
| ton of the veins and the dyke referred
to, at which point it is believed some
exceedingly rich ore will be found.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

feet across and averaged $3.50 a ton.
From the 35-foot point down to the
lotion of the shaft is all in ore of
splendid value. The company continues
to make regular shipments to the mill
but in view of the early completion of
the mill it is probable that shipments
will be curtailed and the greater part
of the ore held to be treated later on
the ground, thus saving from $50 to $40
in transportation and treatment
charges.
In addition to the two company
hoists, the Goldficld Brokerage com
pany has hoist working on block ],
adjoining the company workings. The
Broken Hills Lease Syndicate on block
IL, and the Putnam Shay lease on.
block II, both also adjoining the comr
pany workings have heists ordered and
will have them installed by the first OF
the year. Other leasers continue devcl,
opment work by means Of windlasses or
whim but several are already negotiat.
ing for power hoists.
Helena now boasts Of posso ~ce and
will soon have bank and a telephone
line to Tonopah.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
HIGH GRADE OIL is
STRUCK NEAR BLAIR

that the breaking of the cable was due
20 the clogging of the WE'LL The flow OF
gas forced the dirt and sand over the
drilling apparatus and formed wedge
which became immovable. Mr.. Pitts
said he did not know at the time that
thew had encountered any body OF oil
but that the action of the drill told
him that they were passing into DIFF
feront formation.
~ was not surprised when we got the
sample of OIL" said Mr.. Pitts. ! nave
heen confident all along that we would
qct oil in our well and the sample
shows it is the right stuff. 1t is worth
$5 ar $6 barrel in it's present state.
7 cannot say that we have great now
Of oil as that would be mere speculation.
We will not know how big 1t IS until
we recover the tools. i am satisfied
that we have a good well, however, for
the reason that there was such large
amount forced up by the gas IN snch
short time. Were it otherwise we wouio
have found hardly trace.
GA steady flowing well is better thal
n yusher for gusher seldom last more
than wear while pumping well lasts
for many wears. If we have well tha'
will produce but ten barrels oay w
will have big thing.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
FREIGHT RATES ON ORES
SLASHED BY THE T. & T.R. K.
New Schedule, Which Goes Into Effect on January
"A, Will Be Great Boon for GOldfeld
and All Southern Nevada Camps

re hgh tt
a al a
in freight o all sssf or, @ has been announce
f I complete loss Iases and ~ prospective pftt o
al d% from gup FMowhgs $ b ~ o
Glass $50
rat $500 6
=
= s2 20 s.
benefit t than h y
a b grade an hgh e camp N
T.
In % whhe rdush in freight rates it is vnovd tina
OIL lie OF lie h
aaahn & Needles. Needles mneh md
QUIT f more business The T.oHcak have M the
an g n m re shipped c
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

The Great Western mine at Horn
diver has come to the front in the last
Feek with strike on it's 300-foot level
that places the property in the list of
mld producers. Heretofore the Great
Western has been known as silver
mine, although the ore carries small
rslues in gold. But with two feet OF
ore assaying $34 ton in gold and but
IL ounces in silver it must hereafter
AXE its place with the other big pro-
heers of yellow metal.
The strike was mixc near the foot
sall on the 300-foot level, within twelve
eet of the shaft last Sunday and was
Unexpected as in the upper levels the
lslues have almost invariably been
found on the hanging wall side of the
reins. The vein is being crosscut to the
nnging wall, twentysix feet away and
il present Indications go for anything
the Great Western will prove to be a
whale of mine
The news of the strike was brought
to Goldfeld last Monday by Superin-
tendent E. A. McNaughton, who came
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

The first of January, 1909, will mark
the beginning of a heavy production of
high grade ores in the Goldfield dis
trict, production that will be con
tinuous and not dependent on railroads
and smelters, or on the contributions
from the various leases. Conservatively
estimated the output of the district dur
ing the coming year will approximate
100000 month. The great bulk of
this ore will come from the company
workings of the Goldfeld Consolidated
Mines company and the Florence Gold
field Mining company and will be
treated on the ground in the splendid
reduction plants that have been build
ing for them during practically all of
1908.
These two plants alone will have a
daily capacity of $50 tons, or 20,4OO
tons a month. The ore will be graded
to about $40 ton, making the total
value of the bullion produced at these
two plants $4,000 a month This out
put may be largely increased before
the year is well advanced, as this esti-
mate is based on the Florence mill oper-
ating but twenty of its forty stamps.
The other twenty stamps will be put IN
commission as soon as necessary. which
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
PHENOMENALLY RICH ORE
In OLD DAISY FLORENCE

Ore that runs So q pound, with foot
of quartz, aside from the erich
streak, that assays sl,lso ton and a
constantly widening shoot of phe-
nomenally rich shipping ore, tells the
story of the latest developments in the
old Daisy Florence lease now operated
by the Mitchell Fairfield Development
company. 1t is the same kind of ore
that made the owners of the Engineers
lease all rich men inside of four months.
Il thin streak of solid gold running
through the center of amazingly rich
quartz. The quartz in which the riDDon
of gold is imbcdded is being sacked and
stored in the bank and the rest is being
prepared for shipment to the smelter.
The pay shoot, which was ten inches
wide when first uncovered week ago.
has widened out like fan and the
streak of gold can be easily seen with
the naked eye clear to the top of the
raise, sixteen feet above the floor of
the level. The quartz, when put through
a three quarter inch mesh screen runs
better than 5000 ton while good sized
s1fu1les OF the rock assay $500 ton, all
separate and apart from the bonanza
streak.
The two upraises have been con
nected and chutes are being put in in
order to facilitate the handling of the
ore. The rock is being broken down
with air drills and the management is
completing preparations for a big pro
duction. If the ore holds out, and there
is every indication that it will do so, a
fortune can be taken out in a very short
time.
This wonderful strike peculiarly illus
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

Monday, Charles s. Sprague, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, ten
dered a complimentary luncheon at the
Hotel Goldfield to the new directors,
and to some prominent mining men Of
Godlfield, who might be interested IN
the movement on the part of the Cham
ber of Commerce to secure the next
meeting of the National Mining CON
gress for this camp.
Great interest was displayed and a
promotion committee was appointed
with Mr.. Sprague as ex-officio chairman
as follows: Z. r. Collins, John c. Mar
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
rrEI YN is ATTACKED BY
nISSATISFIEDSHA

Eisen, personal and business friend,
for 10000, when he had repeatedly rep
resented to the company that the dump
was worth $4,000, and that afterward,
Keelyn "bought' half interest in
the dump from Eisen for $4,000, or in
other words, engineered the deal where
by he sold the dump to himself for a
sum much less than what it was worth.
Mr.. Keelyn does not deny this, but to
The News stated that after negotiating
with Eisen for the sale of the dump,
Eisen tried to get out of the deal, and
it was only by Keelyn s taking a half
interest, that Eisen agreed to go ahead
with the deal and stay in. Mr.. Keclyn
also states that there has been no profit
from the dump, and that the books show
not more than 5000 margin over the
purchase price.
Mr.. Keelyn started for Chicago as
soon as he heard that these charges had
been made and that an effort was on to
wrest the control Of the Little Florence
company from him. 1t is understood
that George vickers has been in Chi
cago for some time working with the
" insurgents against Keelyn. Vickers
has been on and off of the directory
ever since the first days of the COM
pany, although it is now said by Mr.
Keelyn that Vickers had to have a share
Of stock transferred to his name in
order that he might vote at the stock
holders meeting, he having no stock of
his own.
The puhl.e will be slow to take any
stock in ans Of the stories set affoat in
this fe'ht,.zs It has become disgusted
with the zNarrels of the outfit which
more resei, Pes lot Of school boys than
director Of business men handling
large an serious interests.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

in view of the enormous tonnage of ore
already blocked out in the mine, should
be in few months. For that matter
there is plenty of ore in sight in both
the Consolidated and Florence to keep
the mills grinding out Abnllion for an
indefinite period.
The Combination mill, with monthly
capacity of $50 tons will not lie idle as
arrangements are now being made
whereby the plant will be operated,
after it is no longer needed by the Con-
solidated company. Thore has been a
good deal OF talk of the mill being
taken over and operated by the Combi-
nation Fraction Mining company, but
it is extremely doubtful if such ar
rangements can be made. Nevertheless,
it can be stated on the best of authority
that the mill will continue to run at its
full capacity. The big reduction in
freight rates, and the probable reduc-
tion in smeltcr charges VIII encourage
additional shipments tc out OF town
points SO that the estimate Of monthly
output of $l,ooo,ooo is extremely con
servative.
1t has been definitely announced thai
the Consolidated company s great planl
on the north slope of Columbia noun
tain will start up on the 25th of De
cember. one day after Christmas. Every
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
HAZEL GOLDFIELD LEASE
MAKES INITIAL Shipment

!. Variable bonanza orc body wheh
fully opened up.
The shaft, which is down nv iee'
will probably be sunk an additional ioo
Foot as soon as the vein has been proVeu
nm for a sufficient depth in the winze
to definitely establish its parman.n'..
In the meantime development work y
the 72o-foot level is being rushed win
ali possible speed. - 90
Thursday night in the west i"s y
the south drift four feet of $40 ore was
uncovered. This strike is important -
view of the fact that heretofore '"e
v.,ues have been confned TO the east
face of the drift
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

"a, warfare in the Little Flor
iii never cease, apparently. Not
..od with the troubles they have
..;,b the Florence company, which
lived extended and expensive litiga-
~ .he directors keep up the old fight
''a' 'a,g themselves which started at the
..t + glitter of gold in the Little Flor
p, ,.mss f. Keelyn of Chicago was man
,;,g director of the company, or at
the company stationery so indi-
He came to Goldfield to take
..o,al charge of affairs, and worked
&. beaver, taking the burden of
-, various fights upon his own shoul.
:. and of necessity, in the absence OF
otber directors in far-away city,
,.;,g much in their name which would
Soue by the directory, If on the
mna He has had to fight the home
s,setors continually and his lot has
), far from an easy one.
From circulars sent out from Chicago
two of the directors, they now in
"a 10 get control of the company and
.,,ow Keelyn out They have sent out
statement charging various irregular
- and overt acts, which if they can be
.ovep would warrant them in their
awe Among other charges they make,
one which states that Keelyn sold to
no company a group of claims that he
smself owned, and which they never
,sreed to purchase The price was $12,-
so II is not clear how Keelyn . sold .
bs ground to the company unless they
,sreed to buy it and did buy it, unless
| Mr. Keelyn is president, secretary and
,,easarer of the company all in one, and
aid himself out of the company funds.
Another charge made is, that Keelyn
wl the Little Florence dump to A. &.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

Rawhidc, New, Dec. 17.-Price
manipulation of Coalition shares cannot
affect the intrinsic worth of that com
pany's 100 acres of precious metal
bearing realty, be its traders in the
market place either bears or bulls. The
foregoing statement is offered as
timely suggestion to holders of Coali-
tion stock; together with the following
pertinent facts.
Pay grade milling and shipping ore is
being mined at fifteen leaseholds on the
Coalition property. Namely: At the
Truett, the Miller, the Portland, the
Victor, the Rickard- Holland, the Hooli-
pan Hill Coalition, the Sunbeam, the
proskey No. i, the Townsite, the
Marieold. the Grutt- Hard, the Mint,
the Proskey No. 2, the Sutherland and
the Seloyer Smith. Two of these leases,
the Truett and the Miller, have been
sending ore regularly to sampler since
the very early days of this somewhat
recent camp. The Grutt-Hard, the MINT
and the Sutherland have been IN the
shipping division since last May. Eaeh
of the quintette has produced many
thousand dollars worth of gold laden
quartz having value ranging from
$,oo to $4,000 the ton. The more re-
cont additions to the property's pro-
anct;veue list have mineral showing
mite in keeping with that presented al
the same stage of development In the
sve leaseholds before mentioned.
Large Treasury Reserve
m, s,,m which has accrued to the
Coalition company as royalties from the
sa,e of lessee ores approximates $loo,-
ooo II is augmented very materially
suon week to week as further ores are
sh;,ned and further royalties are paid
Not alone that, but the amount OF roy
altv paid by the various productive
,o.ses is increasing as the ground De
comes more thoroughly developed and
greater depth is gained. Then again
now lessee ground is constantly coming
!, thereby increasing the sum totai 'n'
eompanv receives in way of royai'fes
A,so the treasury fund receives ampl'
additions from time to time by tne sa''
of treasury stock. As matter OF fae'
the Coalition eompany's treasury IS de
cidodely more healthy than 'na' y
many other Nevada mining e0mpan'e'
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19


iae Hazel Goldfield Mining company
"aae its initial shipment of ore from its
esse on the Laguna last Monday. The
'a'pment was not large one, just a
'a'ioad that was sent to the sampler to
y tested. The ore body is holding out
both as to size and value, three
'ee' OF quartz or the 720-foot level as
sying better than 800 ton as 1T is
~0Aen down. An upraise is being put
Y On the ore and winze is also being
'A on 1t to determine its strike ana
p There is no indication of the ore
r''en'ng out and the management OF
''s lease is confident that it will prove
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

ton milling plant the Coalition company
purposes to erect on the bank of Walker
lake. Also, some account will be taken
of the automatic dump ears which the
company will purchase for transporta-
ton of its ores to mill via the tracks
of the Rawhide Western railway.
Site Well Chosen
No better site could have been shosen
for driving the first shaft on company
account than is found on block No. Z
of the Happy Hooligan claim. Situated
in the very heart of the rich Hooligan
hill section, and about half way be-
tween the famous Truett lease and the
valuable Rickard- Holland leasehold,
exceptional opportunity is afforded
through its medium for prosecuting the
entire Hooiigan hill portion OF the
Coalition estate at varions depths. In
so doing the rights of the various leas-
crs arc to be recognized to the letter and
every chance will be afforded them for
further proving up of their blocks by
means of the company crosscuts and
laterals. Likewise, the leasers will be
permitted to hoist their ores through
the company shaft if they so desire.
Paving, of course, for that convenience
and for the privilege of working their
ground through medium Of the CON-
pany's crosseuts and laterals.
Work Being Rushed
The Coalition shaft is being driven
! into the depths of Hooligan hill as ex
pcditiously as three shifts of miners
can get action. Unless the present
plans of the company are modified nc
lateral work will be done above depti
of 500 feet At that depth, however
main crosscuts will be driven length
wise through the hill. From these mair
crosscuts, laterals will be seat out u
connect with the various. blocks be
ing developed by leasers. A similar de
yelopment campaign will be inaugur
ated at each 100-foot interval below th'
500-foot point.
Location Of Other Shafts
The second of the trio of 3-compart
ment shafts viii be sunk in the vieinit.
of Burns hill, while the third will prob
ably have its site at some point con
venient to the west slope of Grutt hill
(. whereon are located the Marigold, tn
Grutt- Hard, the Mint, the Sutherland
the Proskey No. 2 and other valuabl
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

The st. Ives lease continues to send
occasional shipments to the mill, the
ore coming from the small shoot of
high grade that was uncovered on the
fifty foot level of the old workings
several months ago. Manager A. A.
Codd is in Rawhide, where he went in
connection with work on the st. Ives
lease in that camp, and also to look
after tho interests of the Rawhide Min
ing company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
col LDFIELD DERS GOING AFTER
THE MINING CONGRESS

tin, J. w. Hutchinson, j. +. Douglass
and j. r. Davis.
The committee was empowered to en-
ploy secretary and work was at once
started for the eonsummation of the
object named.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
PRECIOUS METALS
WORKING STEADILY

The Precious Metals Mining and Mill
ing company is working steadily on rs
lease on the Black Bear claim OF the
Atlanta. The shaft is rapidly nearing
the 400 foot point and when that depth
is attained station win be cut and =
crosseut driven to tap the ledge.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19

The existence of large body Of ore,
carrying such large percentage OF
copper has attracted the attention of
Senator w. A. Clark and one OF the
copper magnatc's experts is not enroute
to jamestown for the purpose OF MAX
ing thorough examination of the
ground. jamestown is only twenty
miles from the Clark road and If the
Montana senator should become inter
ested in the district it is probable that
a branch line would be constructed to
jamestown within the next year or 50.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-19
WORKING ON THE sANDsroRM

WOKKING On Id6 oNO0
The Sandstorm- Kendall Leasing com
pany is working steadily on its lease on
the old bonanza ground Of early Gold
field days and have obtained some ex
cellent values but no body of shipping
ore has as yet rewarded their efforts.