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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-20
Wholesale Prices.
POULTRY,


Eggs, tic doz. Hens, sc Id.
Young Chickens, each Is to 25c.
Turkeys, fat, per To-, 10c
Ducks, per h., &c.
BOOSTERS, per h., Sc.
Full feather geese, per doz. 400
to $3.50
GRAIN.
No. 2 Northern mixed oats per
oushel. IS; No. l Timothy hay, per
ton, $1,000; No. 2 Timothy hay, per
ton, $12. 90; No. l Glover Hay, per
ton, $1,000; Mixed Glover Hay. Z
POULTRY, EGGS AND BUTTER.
Prices paid by wholesale deaIera
20 the producers and dairymen:
Live Poultry-Hens, per To-, SC.
Butter-Packing, packing stock
per h., 13c to lac
ROOTS, HIDES, WOOL AND TALL
LOW.
Prices paid by wholesale deaIe9g
to butchers and farmers;
Ro0ts-SOuthern ginseng, $500 b.;
Golden Seal yellow root, SOC H.;
Mayapple, &c; pink root, L2c and I3c,
Tallow-NO, L, SC; No, 3, &c.
Woodbury. IL TO 70; Clear
Grease, Zoe to 23cc' Medium, tub
washed, 35c to 45c: coarse, dingyS
tub-washed, 3OL to Soc Black WOO
24c.
Feathers--Prime white Pnose,
45c; dark and mixed old goose, 25e
to Csc; gray mixed, 15c to SOC: white
duck, Csc.
Hides and SkIns-These quota
tons are for Kentucky hides,
Southern green hides 43c.
We quote assorted lots; dry flint,
No. l, sc to 10c;
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-20
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

No. 51-St. L. Express SIG p. m
No. 63-St. L. Fast Mail 5:37 q. m
No. &C. & N o. Lin. 11:50 p. m
No. 65-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:05 a. m
No. 95.-Dixie Flyer, 9:37 a. m.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-20
TIME TABLE.
TRAINS cHtNG NORTH.

No. 52-St. LOUIS Express, 1915 a. u
No. 81 st. L. Fast Mail, 1905 p. 10.
No. &C. & st. L. Linn, 500 a. m
No. 6-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. ID
No. 94.-Dixie Flyer, 5:43 p. m.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25
IMPORTANT DEcIsIoM
n M11IHo SUIT

The supreme court yesterday filed a
decision in the suit for the ownership of
the Wonder mining district. The case
was appealed from the district court,
which body decided in favor Of defend
ants. The supreme court set aside many
of the features Of the verdict of the
lower court and awarded the case in
favor of the plaintiffs, Costello and New
hall.
The suit grew out of a grubstake
agreement between Thomas J.. Costello.
of Tonopah. Miss Lenora X. Newhall, of
Tonopah and Murray Scott, a prospector.
The two former advanced money on diff
ferent occasions to the latter for his
prospecting tours. During one of these
he located the camp of Wonder. Later
he sold part of 1t TO one Fitzpatrick.
The plaintiffs then sued the latter for
the recovery of the property and one OF
the hardest fought cases in the history
of the state ensued.
The plaintiffs claimed in their briefs
that Fitzpatrick and Scott made the deal
the former knowing of the partnership
existing between the plaintiffs and
Scott. But in the decision the court de
cided that Fitzpatrick believed that III
was legally obtaining the property ant
knew nothing OF the existing partner
ship and the latter was ordered giver
a new trial and the costs OF his suit
Carson Appeal.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25
MINING IN NEVADA PRocEEDs

Production in Nevada" says United
States Senator George s.. Nixon in an
interview in the New York Commercial,
has been retarded by physical causes, all
OF which will be adjusted before long.
There is no reason that 1 can see why
the production of copper and the devel-
opment of copper properties in Nevada
should not proceed uninterruptedly,
especially in view of the relation be-
tween the cost of production and the
existing market price of copper. Taking
the Ely district as an example with it's
low grade output, I am given to under
stand that a ton of Ruth ore containing
2.6 per cent or SO pounds of refined COP
per, and a ton of Eureka ore containing
20 per cent or 1902 pounds of refined
copper, will cost SO and 81 respectively,
the former costing 7.75 cents per pound
and the latter SO cents per pounds
figuring in the recovery of gold and
| silver per ton, which is small. The pos
sibilities of much higher grade produc-
ton in the Yerington and other districts
should not be overlooked. Who shall
say that even at present prices much
profit cannot be had from copper mines.
Il look FOR large production OF gold IN
Nevada during the next II months.
While development of prospects, may be
temporarily retarded, while the con-
fdence of the people may be disturbed
in the values of many mining stocks. the
output of developed properties will be
maintained, if not increased, and a con-
slant stream of gold will inevitably flow
into the channels of trade, stimulating,
upbuilding and reviving public con-
fdence and allaying the prevailing I'M
rest"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25

In reply to inquiries concerning the
likelihood of the American Smelling and
Refining company closing down any of
its shelters. Franklin Guiterman. the
general manager. states that there is no
danger of this. There is no connection
between the smelters of this ompan
and the plant which has reduced forces
at East Helena.
THE price of the paser metals is still
low" said Mr.. Guiterman. but the out
look is more reassuring now h 1t has
been for some time. owing to the fact
that there is again a market for lead.
There was a period of perhaps 80 days
when there was no demand for lead, but
there is a market now. and it viii prob
ably continue.
II feel that the very worst is over in
the metal market The bottom prices
have certainly been reached and from
this time on there should be q steady
rise in prices. With the price of lead
moving up to 81 and silver reverting to
so cents. ! look for the greater part of
the mines TO resume normal conditions
in due time. There is no danger OF clos
ing any of our corapany's smelters. al
though a few blast furnaces may have
to be closed down temporarily Daily
Mining Record.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25
rozrE1ruHE T
= Adolnb Longabaugh.

To Adolph L~ongabaugn; h.ua
expended during the year 1905 one hun.
dred dollars in labor and Improvements
u non the Eureka East lode mining claim
up M the Montezuma Mining District,
Esmeralda County; Nevada the io ca I tpe
oMca ~ the County Recorder at Gold
heid. in order to hold SAID 1aas clam az the en Re-
,,asad Statutes of the United States, ano
the a~mendmsnt thereto; ap anS~ai s 5
uaaayy mining claims. being the amount
required t. hold n.s said lode g. el isos. f and III II
peI,ou On davs after the publication OF
this notice. you fail or refuse s to : SSn-
tribute your proportion OF sucn enpena, ~
,S SIty at and one-third dollars, your
interest in the claim above named WI WI
hecome the property Of the SUBSCRIBER.
pecr co-owner who has made the re-
Suired expenditure. by the terms OF sa'0
sss1l0nM oNTEzUMA EUREKA MINING
COMPANY. (INC.) o@'i'
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25

Quite a number of instances have been
cited, of late, where old and abandoned
mines. located in different portions Of
the west. have been reclaimed, and are
now on the producing and paying list.
Because a mine or prospect has been
abandoned, because development work
has been suspended for a number of
years, is no excuse for the assertion that
the property is worthless or valueless.
AS a general him an old and aban-
doned mine was originally regarded as
being a most promising prospect. When
first located. without doubt, 1t was look
ed upon as beirg the most valuable
ground in the district; the cream and
choice of the country. and its early OPP
orators were firm in the belief that 1T
would develop into a bonanza PROPOSE
ton.
Many of these old mines were heavy
producers and were only abandoned. but
not exhausted, when local conditions
became such that they could not be
longer worked at a profit; and others
were closed down because of litigation.
the settlement of estates; or because of
difficulties existing between owners. And
SIlll III WtiC 6isS w
poor management, the exercise of bad
Judgment in development and the ex-
travagant and reckless expenditure OF
money.
In nearly every case these old mines
can now be worked to advantage and at
a profit. Those which were heavy pro-
ducers in the past can now be handled
again, owing to advanced and improved
ideas and methods in mining and mill
ing. improved transportation facilities
and the Increased demand for the baser
metals in the commercial and manufac-
turing world. others nave been released
from the courts and are now in the
hands of capable and experienced men,
and there are yet others. which have
been designated as failures because OF
poor Management and reckless develop
ment. which are now demonstrating the
fact that no intelligent effort was eveI
made to open up their ore bodies or tc
place them upon a producing and paying
basis.
In this class we often find properties
where ore is soon found after they pass
into the care of careful and up-to-dat'
mining men. For instance. we have In
mind a ease where a long tunnel wal
driven into the mountain for a distanc'
of LOO feet and. no ore being found
work was discontinued and the propert,
was idle for years until lately. when
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25
PHENoMENA or
DEATH VALLEY

Among the many strange phenomena
associated with hat strange and weird
region. Death Valley, erhaps the
strangest is the peculiar effect result
ing from the impact of the shod hoofs
OF horses against the rocks. A pros.
pecting OUTFIT which returned from the
Panamints this week has many uncanny
experiences to relate.
There were two in the party. and most
OF tie travelling was done by night
In following the trails" says n OF
the men. 1T vas frequently the case
that our horses hoofs would strike
against the rocks n produce fre--an
ordinary occurrence, but the strange
part OF IL was that instead of the usual
shower OF sparks. great balls of fire
would roll on the ground for yards, nlI-
minimizing the immediate vicinity. The
fire resembled balls Of lightning which
has been observed in many localities at
rare intervals. I am at a loss to account
Tor the phenomenon. There must be
something in the air which the spa, ks
from the horses feet ignites and pro-
duces this peculia- effect On account
Of the great heat we did most of our
travelling at night. and the phenomenon
was frequently observed.
Another strang, natter we noticed
is this: When we were on the trails in
the mountains above we could see IN.
Vulnerable sparks radiating from the
salt 1n1C In fhn ,.olI-. -
very much like thousands of peop,e
down there striking matches in the
darkness to light their pipes or cigars.
Or again like a great convention If fire
flies but is was neither.
of all the strange, weird, gruesome.
uncanny spots ia the world, believe
that none equals this great basin of
death and gold. 1t guards it's treas
ures by per;ls unhelcd of I'm any land.
yet the moving incidents by fiood or
Held, wild people or unbearable heat has
never in history deferred the hardy and
adventurous prospector from seeking the
precious stuff.
I'VE passed in the lower valley many
graves OF these dauntless men. We
come upon the grave of the man who
was evidently murdered some time ago.
an account of which appeard in the
local papers a few weeks back. As
stated then, the remains had been bur-
led in a shallow grave which the coy
otes rifed. The skull had been crushed
leading to the almost certain conclu-
sion that the man had been foully dealt
with. Some p~rospector had gathered up
the bones and reinterred them, placing
the framework of a dead horse on top
OF the mound But this is only one of
the countless tragedies of this strange
basin."-Bullfrog Miner.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25
,uxE.A1 APPLICATION NO.. 1894.
survey no. 31o1.
II g Land Office.

U. 8. Land Office.
Carson City, Nsv4 Jan; u, Isos Sot
Goldfieid Bullion Mining Company, a
corporation. whose p~ostoffoe address Is
Goldfeld. New, has made appiicatIon
for a patent for not exce1Ii1g 1SJ'
linear feet each, OF the pig IKE bear,ng
cold. with surface ground on eacH 90.
feet in width, situate III L 'iS.cto
Mining District. County of Nye: sta.s
of Nevada. and Known ana an Ale
in the q. S. Land Office at Carson ClaSS'
New. as Survey No. 3101, In SECTIONS 20 .
%. AZ and SO, Township 2 s. mi SO
E.. M. D. NJ, the extef fp Dounaafies -
Big Dyke Lode.-Beginning at 90
No I whence the common Cor: Secs; aass;
30, az and SO aforesaid bears n. ~ .
w. 1882 TT: thence N. . ~ +; S q 90
r. 10 20 cor COR. No. 8: thence S. s. 90 "; 5s5
r.. to Cor. No. 4: thence N. ga "a w
1853 30 IT. to Cor. No /. the place Oh DC
ginning. .. - COR No
, whence the common corner OF sec
90 %. so and 33 aforesaid bears Nae %
as w. s22.5S it.; thence 5. 20 W " ~ p
II. to Cor. No. 2; THENCE 3. % u o.
1!4 sss az &; r. to to c Cor. NO No. I; thence n. g.
o. w. 1449.60 TT. to Cor. NO. l. 'H'
place of beginning. -, cor No
Siwash Lode.-Begfnning AT cecs
1. whence the common corher IA
44S; W. s22.5s IT.: thence. N. 81, ~ y.
XIX "a n. to Cor. No. 2: thence .. II oSr
v. iass.s4 IT. to Cor. No: 3; thence thence :
s4a o. E. 51l IT. to Cor. Nc. = t the DIace
2no r. 1892 TT. to Cor. NO tntaI me-
srea e%e IF ss,s7i acres in $. w, Z Sec q. Is
N. w. v Sec. ss. N. E.; u Sec; 81 an M
s. F.. v Sec. 20 TIP. 2 So, R. 40 T. M
Record big Dyke. Blk. p. pc Szn
Rnllion. Blk. r. pe. 500: Siwash. Bk. r
no s97 Nye County Nevada RECORDS.
Adjoining and conflicting ciain
an LOUIS ]. COIN. Register
Rober L.. Hubbard.
Attorney. .ooe
First publication, January rs. 1908.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25
RESURRECTION OF OLD MINES

lease was obtained upon 1t by an ex-
perienced and thinking" man. It was
then demonstrated that the long tunnel,
for Utmost its entire length, had par
alleled the vein, and a short crosscut
soon tool the workings into a magnif-
cent body of ore, n now this mine is
looked upon as one Of the coming big
producers of the west. And this is not
an isolated case, either. as almost every
old mining camp in this inter-mountain
region can make one exhibit. If not more,
of the same character.
Many of these old and abandoned
mines are now being resurrected, n
they are proving to be the equal, If not
the peer, of the wonderful new finds and
discoveries which ave been ~chronicled
the last few years, the development and
operation of which have electrified
financial and business circles from one
end of the globe to the other.-Salt Lake
Mining Review.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25
VEINS ARE OFTEN
NATURAL WATER COURSES

drainage tunnels at Cripple Creek, to-
gether with the deeper and longer one
now In process of construction.
A remarkable instance of tapping an
underground body Of water in a assure
vein is related by Robert N. Bell. state
Inspector of mines of Idaho. Is his re-
port for the year 1906.
In the Muldoon district, at one of its
properties, an unusual and startling con-
dition was encountered which. but for q
pure accident OF ~premonition on the part
Of the men in charge of the works.
might have resulted fatally to two Of
them. This occurrence was the tap
ping of an enormous reservoir Of water
In the tunnel of the Idaho Mining and
Improvement company. This tunnel was
being driven on the vein with two
shifts of men and was at a point 500
feet in from the portal, and within 125
feet of being vertically under a shoot
of rich lead carbonate and galena ore
exposed in an upper tunnel. The night
shift decided TO lay off on the first of
November to make a trip to town.
During the night. while nobody was
working, a great body of water broke
into the tunnel at the face, which had
Just passed a porphyry dixie. and the
flood continued for about 40 hours UNI
der enormous pressure.
WATERS rwEEP AwAF DUMP
The pressure and voume of water was
such that 1T washed away the cars, tools,
shop and a big dump, which had been
accommodating for a year, as II by magic.
Just below the dump a grove of large
fir trees. some of them three feet in
diameter. were cut out and uprooted by
the escaping food. and tossed aside X
straws. 1t cut a gully down the side
of the ountai to bed rock, in places
80 feet deep, rolling over and pushing
aside boulders of many tons weight in
its course. 1t raised the creek out OF
its banks for four miles. The water
was discolored and muddy like yellowish
tailings.
After 40 hours the flow gradually de-
creased until there was only a stream
about one and a half inches deep fow-
ing out of the mouth of the tunnel The
tunnel was found to be filled with mud
and debris that tapered back to the
roof at a point bout 70 feet in beyond
the entrance. Many pieces OF calcite
and quartz craystals were mixed with
the debris in the tunnel. together with
49,
pieces of galena-
A spring which was formerly flowing
on the surface nearly over this tunnel.
and which had been drained by 1t, has
commenced to flow again, which leads
to the assumption that the underground
reservoir is not completely drained. but
simply checked and damned ~. and
when open will flow again. A crew Of
men have been put to work to clean up
this tunnel and underground mystery.
The finding of ore mixed with the debris
leads to the assumption that the water
came from a great underground channel
that travelled the line of the assure and
probably replaced a large chamber de-
post of mineral. an important residue
of which may still remain and be avail
able when the tunne is cleaned out and
the water completely drained of.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25
MANY DIFFICULTIES OF MINING

gagged in the industry he must expect all
manner of delay; all kinds of difficulties.
And more, he must be determined to sur
mount them, but in his calculations he
must consider that he will lose some
time wen when conditions seem to be
the most favorable.
Men who undertake the development
of new mines often are called upon to
display an amount of perseverance. self
denial. and courage. seldom required in
other pursuits of life. When the work
can be started on a rich outcrop and the
development of the mine continues in
payable ore, all usually goes well, but
there are many instances where this
happy condition does not obtain, and the
mine manager is required to work early
and late, appease stockholders and per-
haps tradespeople. or even The working
miners themselves with promises in
stead of checks. Many an unfortunate
superintendent who has had such an un-
pleasant experience will verify this
statement.
We have known the superintendent Of
a small mine being developed by month
ly assessments of a few shareholders.
getting out at 2 o'clock in the morning
and with a couple of men-and engineer
and miner-work industriously until z
o'clock to get the water out of the shaft
so that a day shift could go to work
promptly on time, the funds available
teing too small to permit of larger oper-
atoms. Naturally this was a most ex-
travagant way of developing a mine.
hut after a time rich ore was found and
then all thu available stock was readily
marketed and all went well.
The instance recorded in our news
colunns last week Of a strike in the
Omega mine. near Jamestown. CAL. Is
q case in point. c. w. Ayers, manager
of that property. organized the COM
rany, put in his own funds and worked
irdustriouslv for years to open the
property. Several times within the past
three years he has been Obliged to close
Down. owing to temporary shortage of
funds. More than once he has all but
ing, but his faith was still mistaken.
He believed in the property and evident
ly his Judgment was well founded. He
has struck 1.-THE result of persistent
effort in the right place and a determine
ton to succeed, and we congratulate
both M. Ayers and the members of his
company on the now promised fortunate
outcome of their enterprise.
The moral is easily seen: Persevere.
If you have faith. You will probably
succeed. but If you lose you certainly
have lost in a good cause.-American
Mining Review.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25

That mineral veins. especially those
known as assure veins. are often natural
water courses. or the pathways of pent-
up springs and other bodies of water.
has long teen recognized by miners, so
much So. that when in drifting a miner
taps suddenly a body of water. he halls
II as a good omen OF approaching an ore
body, writes Arthur Lake. in Ores n
Metals. In some cases he Is disappointed
by finding only water, the ore shoot not
extending to the point tapped. and only
the barren portion Of the assure. or is-
surred zone, being present In some
other cases he encounters too much
water and by its pent-up violence Is
driven from the vein and may be kept
indefinitely from attacking It.
A mineral vein usually occupies a hs-
sure. or assured zone. in the earth's
crust. and this line of weakness is a
atura one for water permeating the
rocks in the vicinity to seek and I'LL.
nature abhoring a vacuum. such pent-
up water Is often under tremendous
pressure. and when tapped by the min
er's drill II sprouts out explosively and
with terrific force, driving him from the
spot.
The rush OF water may continue for
days, and then gradually decline. or the
water may continue in a stream sufn-
GENTLY strong to run a mill for an indef-
mite period. The prevailing dryness OF
the surrounding region, or OF mines IN
1t, may be no guarantee against the
tapping at some depth of an overwhelm-
ing body of water. The mines of Grip
pie Creek were, in their incipiency, prov
erbially dry for the first few hundred
feet; now a long drainage tunnel
through the district has become a nec-
essity. We heard of a noted mine in one
of the most arid and waterless districts
of southern California that had been
compelled to shu down owing to water.
l6uCK DEPENDS ON 1ocK
Much depends on the porous nature
and character Of the rocks; also upon
the amount of precipitation and snow
in the region. Volcanic rocks, such as
those of Cripple Creek and Of the Cali
fornia region above cited. by their por-
Gus and c~avernous character. are liable
to absorb an immense amount of water
from the surface. leaving. It may be.
the surafce zone arid n dry.
Akdlus a IC6iOh N - 90
Colorado, composed largely Of porous
volcanic rocks containing. in their upper
portions. many wide cirques or hollow
am%phitheatres. where the snow accumu-
lates to great depth in winter and where
there is generally a tarn, or mountain
lake. in summer. is liable to have be-
meath 1t very wet veins.
1t is no uncommon thing In the San
Juan to pass by tunnels on assure veins
that have been abandoned on account
Of water, and from which a copious
stream pours down into the ravine be-
low. In most of our camps in Colorado
long drainage tunnels. after a period
of deep development. have become a
necessity, as. for instance, the Yak tun-
mel at Leadville. he N~ewhouse tunnel
at IDAHO Springs. the Cowenhaven tun-
mel at Aspen. the Smuggler-Union at
Telluride. the Standard n Ell Paso