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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

The past week in the Tonopah mines
has witnessed the usual steady produc-
ton, although its total was cut down
by the importation Of the Belmont, that
has been shut down for three weeks
while a new compressor plant was be-
ing installed, and other repairs made,
including the installation Of a Crane
ore picker. The ore production of the
other mines has been as follows: Ship
ped to the Tonopah Mining company
mill at Millers for treatment, by the
Tonopah Mining company $500 tons,
MacNamara 300 tons, West End 160
toms and Midway 100 tons. This, with
the 968 tons Of Montana Tonopah ore
treated in the mill of that company
makes the production of the big prop
critics total 5,O2S tons milled, Of \
value of $125,70O. Some ore was
shipped to mill from the Jim Butler
estate on account Of the Jim Butler
company and the leasers who are busy
that estate, but the figures have not
been given out as yet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

the cement platforms Of the building
will be built eight OF ten l0O0-gallon
tanks for containing the lubricating
and higher grades Of oil. The oil will
be delivered to these tanks through q
small cap in the platform and pumped
out for use through the same small
opening, hui reducing the possibility
of danger. from fire to almost an i'm.
possibility. In covering the roof of
this immense ire-proof structure 3d.
900 square feet of asbestos felt will
be used. and several hundred tons of
steel will be required in the super
structure and galleries.
Since the plans were draughted the
company has decided to include the
stationery department, which is n
considerable magnitude, within
the walls of this building, and this IS
necessitating some few changes in
the original plans. Work will be com.
as s0on as the plans are revised.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11
TESTIMONY IN THE
"SQUATTER" LAND CASES

Testimony is being heard taken FL
the courthouse before Joseph Hamilton
commissioner, in the matter of the pro.
test fled by Goldfeld settlers, repre-
sented by General Donovan, against
granting patents to M. ". Tabor, Of
Creed, Colo, and his clients, on certain
mining claims covering a large acreage
in the east and s~outEeasterly parts Of
the Goldfeld and South Goldfeld town
sites. Much Of this land, known ss the
Anaconda No. ! and No. 2 claims, the
Magnolia, Dry Pan, Wednesday and
Wednesday Fraction claims, is en-
braced in the government townsites
that have just been surveyed and pat
ented.
1t appears that title to the land is
not really in danger, but that before
the townsite survey was made and re
sent to the commissioner, certain
protests against granting patents were
made, and testimony taken in the mat.
ter on both sides. Now, government
cannot be granted to these lands
until the testimony of the companies
have applied for patent, and of
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

burro. Mark Twain was one of the
men who had been operating placers at
Dogtown Diggings, by the way.
Shortly after the exodus to Aurora,
three men who had formed an associa-
ton because they were all fellow Ma
sons, went out prospecting from the
boom camp of Aurora, and found a
mountain the sides Of which revealed
some lodges of gold-bearing quartz.
They named the mountain masonic
Mountain" and from their prospecting
and mining operations, the camp of
Masonic has at last devolved. The dis
covery was made in 1860.
New Bodie Railroad.
"The new railroad into the Bodie
country said Judge Miner, twill add
an impetus to a naturally rich mineral
and timber country. The Masonic
country is bound to grow with develop
ment, and You may look for notable
developments there. 1t is a country
that offers a great field for investors"
Mr.. Miner has just had the assess
ment work on his Jefferson group at
Masonic Mountain completed. A num-
Der of years ago the judge located this
property, and had a fancy wooden loca-
ton monument made.
~ had to get one union to saw out
the monument" said the judge, "an.
other to plane it off, another to do the
lettering on it, another to paint it, and
another to haul it to the claims. And
! had a photograph made of a famous
old painting of Jefferson. Had to get
a union photographer to do that; had
to get a member of another union to
make a cavity in the monument in
which t o insert the picture, a member
of another union to put in the glass
that covered the photo. And in course
of operations the monument was stolen
half a dozen or more times and always
in some saloon, where | had to
set 'em up to the whole camp to re-
deem it. 1 paid more money in re,
deeming that monument than the years
assessment work on the claims cost,
but l finally got the monument in place.
And, by the way, that picture faces the
east, and when the rising sun touches
the face Of Thomas Jefferson it touches
the highest monument to his memory in
the world
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

the actual settlers on the land, has been
heard. The proceeding seems to be in
the nature of a friendly suit to quiet
title.
Some Of the mining companies claim
that the land is subject to patent, ow-
ing to defined mineralized veins upon
It, and the "squatters" on the other
hand claim that no mineral in CONNER.
cial value has been found on the land.
All the testimony will 60 to the Car
SON land Office, and thence to Washing
ton. In the meantime, the business Of
fling applications for lots in the gov
eminent townsites is going steadily on.
December cath is the last day for fling
application for government deeds to
lots, and after the applications are all
in, the data in Judge Stevens Office
will be sent to the government officials,
in order that deeds may be made out.
There is q vast amount Of red tape that
be unwound before the govern
ment can give settlers deed to their
lands, but when the deeds are given,
they give government title from TIE
land, and no one can 60 back Of that.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11
MINES Make AN
IMPROVED SHOWING

Practically of the machinery for the
30-stamp mill Of the Tonopah Exten.
sion company has been installed, with
the exception Of the electrical eqnip
ment, and this is ON the ground. All
the equipment for the mill has arrived,
and the work Of installation is being
rushed, so that it is the confident be
lief of the contractors that the Toncpah
Extension will begin dropping its
stamps on ore by January Is.
The mill report Of the Tonopah Min
ing company for the last week in No
vember has been given out, and shows
that an average Of 81 Of the 100
stamps Of the mill were dropping con
~tinuously, crushing 5000 tons Of ore
Of the average value Of $19 per ton. An
average extraction of 80 per cent was
recorded. Bullion shipments consisted
Of 60 bars, valued at as, 900, and %
tons Of concentrates, valued at $12, ,00c,
giving total shipments Of bullion and
concentrates valued at 10000 for the
week. s.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

J. P. LOTUS, Charles g.. Patrick, w.
n BRYANT. Frank Chambers and Chas.
s. Sprague, directors of the Amargosa
Land and Irrigation company, accom-.
panied by others will go to their and
project at Ash Meadows, tomorrow, &c
spend three or four days on the ground.
Their engineers went down today
While the party win 60 down in auto
mobiles, they will have the accomoda-
tions Of a private car placed at their
disposal by the Tonopah and Underwater
railroad, while there. The railroad will
also have its land and irrigation ex'
perts ON the ground to give whatever
assistance they ear to the new project
which is considered Of great import
ance to the railroads traversing that
section.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11
homestead Mine IS
TEMPORARILY CLOSED

SEARCHLIGHT, Dec.- 9.-Te'e
graphic Instructions closed the Home
stead down Tuesday evening. Since that
date the only further news received has
been by merchants who have been as
'ured that the suspension was only tenn
porary.
Indirectly it is learned that the
homestead is preparing to issue some
NOO,OOO worth of bonds, sufficient TO
clear the property and to provide means
ior carrying out the extensive plans OF
Development.
The town is not much exercised over
me news, as it is well known that as
Iar as the property itself is concerned
y never showed up better. About 2
dozen men were affected by the order
President A. w. Crittenden, OF the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11
PUSHING PLANS OF THEIR
BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT

The preliminaries ~embodying survey
ing and engineering phases Of the pro-
ject as well as legal, are well advanced
SO that early in the year the actual
work of installing the irrigation plant
can begin, and settlers be on the land
by summer.
Newspaper accounts of this reclama-
ton project have travelled all over the
country and many enquiries are being
received from every nook and corner,
some Of them from colonization parties,
all indicating a desire for the fullest
information with the view to locating
on the land, SO that the promoters Of
the enterprise feel that the settling Of
the land is the least of the problems
that confront them.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

Fred Balzar, state senator from this
district. has arrived ''in the money s
at Lucky Boy, according to the "Min-
err published at Nina. Friends Of
Senator Balzar and his brother, Bert,
will be glad to hear of their good for
Says the Miner:
Senator Fred Balzar and his brother,
Bert, and their associates, the Stevens
brothers, are feeling rather fine these
DAYS caused by d bonanza strike inst
made at Lucky Boy. In their lease on
the Hardscrabble claim lying about 300
feet west of the main working shaft OF
the Hubbard lease On the Lucky Boy,
thew have encountered a foot OF ore
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11
LOS ANGELES MEN TAKE
HOLD OF NATIONAL MINES

Regarding the interest among Los
Angeles mining men the camp of Ma
tional is creating, the Los Angeles Her
aid says:
"Phil Blume, a prominent mining
man and property owner of Winnie
mucca, Nevada, is in Los Angeles to
complete the organization Of the Ma
tional Auto Leasing company and to
purchase a hoist for the property. As
ISOLATED with him in the venture are
A. l.. McGue of the Commercial Gas
Engine company and the McCray Oil
company; NJ. L. McCray Of the McCray
Oil company; John s. Stottler and H.
Heney, all of Los Angeles.
"The company has a lease and bond
on four claims located by J. L. Work
man in the famous high grade gold
camp of National, about seventy-fve
miles from Winnemucca, and has a
shaft down 105 feet, which has cut a
shoot of extremely rich ore, of which
twelve TO fifteen tons have been sack
ed for shipment. Mr.. Blume was not
prepared to say what the ore would go,
but judging from the specimens which
he brought down with him it will run
into money very fast. Some OF the
National ore is fully half gold, and
will sustain the reputation OF that
camp as being the richest high grade
camp known to the mining world.
~. L. Workman, who located the
Auto hill ground which Mr.. Blume's
company is now developing, also To-
Gated the famous Charleston hill mine,
which he sold to the National Mining
Of Nevada. On the Combi-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11
SENATOR BALZAR LUCKY
IN LUCKY BOY MINES

that shows, after a number of careful
assays had been TAKEN values better
than 5000 per ton. The shaft in which
the ore was cut is only down thirty
feet. The discovery is in a different
part of the district from where the pre-
vious finds were made, and has
caused a revival of interest. Senator
Balzar went wei to Hawthorne the
first Of the week to make an inspection
of the property with a view of increas-
ing the present force and inaugurating
a more extensive campaign Of develop
ment. The boys feel very jubilant over
the fiattering showings. The lease will
enter the list Of shippers at an carly
date.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

nation lease on this ground a tunnel
has been driven for 800 feet into q
solid body of rich ore and the mine
manager, H. c. Cutler, who was chief
of staff for George Wingfeld until he
went to National, stated recently that
he could take out 81, O00, 900 worth OF
ore in sixty days. The lease is owned
by. the Stall brothers, and is now clos.
ed down by a temporary injunction
brought by the owning company, which
seeks to terminate the lease ON a por-
ton of the ground. The case is to
come up for a hearing in December.
"Auto hill is the next hill to Char
lesion, and on the same rich ore chan
mel. Mr.. Blume has purchased a hoist
from the Commercial Gas Engine
works, which is to be shipped to the
mine at once. just as soon as the
machinery is installed the shaft will
be lowered to a depth Of 400 feet, to
intersect the main ledge.
"Mr. Blume was the locator of the
one-time famous Brown Palace mine
in the Rosebud district, and Mr.. Nc
Cue and Mr.. McCray were associated
with him in the ownership. The mine
produced some very rich ore and was
bought by Charles M. Schwab. about
the time that gentleman asp;red to
the ownership Of all the bonanza
mines of Nevada
"The officials of the National Aut1
Leasing company are Phil Blume,
president; A. L. Bracket, vice presi-
dent; c. L. Tobin, secretary treasurer.
These, with A. L. McGue and R. E. L.
Windle, form the board of directors"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

1t is understood that the plan is 70
start with but thirty Of the sixty
stamps which the company now has in
its mill, and after things progress
further capacity win be added as
needed.
Everything is shaping itself toward
removal and persons who claim to
know say there is no doubt Of it. Brady
il on record in favor Of it.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

Lively mining operations in the
mines of the Seven Troughs district are
proceeding with good results and with
the best spirit prevailing in the camp
that has been known for a long time,
according to advices received a few
days ago from L. A. Friedman, says the
Salt Lake Herald Republican. Full
crews are at work in the kindergarten
mine Of the Seven Troughs Coalition
company. The steam plant has been in
stalled at that conpany's Wihuja work
ings and operations will be resumed
there as 1901 as storage tanks for the
fuel oil to be used are in place.
Work in the Fairview mine of the
Seven Troughs Mining company is be-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

All parties holding stock in the
Goldfeld Coming Nation Gold Mines
who have not received the
important information" concerning
the company, address P. Q. box $780,
Goldield, Nevada, and a copy VIII De
forwarded Immediately.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

high grade ore which is being extract
ed from the company's ground at tue
camp Of National. The plant il from
the Nevada Engineering Work AZ
Reno and only ore assaying from N
dollar per pound and upwards viii h
handled by this plant.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

The matter Of removing the Belmont
mill from Miller to Tonopah is to be
decided at the annual meeting of the
Tonopah- Belmont Development com
pany At Philadelphia, December 16. Su
perintendent Brady left Monday to be
present at the meeting.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11


Mr.. Lockhart succeeds
George s. Hall, who re-
signed ZONE weeks ago,
after withstanding a
great deal Of criticism
regarding the way in
which he had conducted
Cor, as charged by some
interests, misconducted)
the affairs Of the de-
funct banking corpor-
alton. MI. Hall 8 resig-
nation has been pending,
and went into effect to.
day, when Mr.. Lock
hart was appointed to
succeed him.
The appointment of
Mr.. Lockhart comes as a
surprise, as his name
had never been publicly
mentioned in this con-
nection. Frank Golden,
president of the wreck
ed bank, was in favor
of the appointment of
former Governor Adams
as receiver, but later en-
dorsed Mr.. Lockhart.
Mr.. Lockhart, when
interviewed concerning
the appointment, said;
sYou can say for me
that l did not seek tie
appointment, but that
now that it has been
made, an going
through with this thing
in the least possible
time, and without fear
or favor. There won't
be any monkey business,
and there will be no
-favorites played. Per-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

Crittenden Development company, leas-
ing on the Gift, left for Los Angeles
Yesterday to confer with the Home
stead people and also with G. Fred Col
ton, from whom the property is under
bond. Mr.. C~rittenden did not appear
much concerned, and said were 1t not
for other business he would not make
the trip.
~ have,' said Mr.. Crittenden, MIR.
Cotton s word that in any case my lease
would be protected, and, as in all my
dealings I have found him a man Of
his word, I have no fear as to the future
of my enterprise
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11
T. &. LOCKHART RECEIVER
FORN. & @. COUNTY BANK

Thomas q Iockhart president Of the Goldned Florence Mines company
ws today appointed receiver for the Nye 4 ormsby banks that failed follow
ing h recent panic, and nw will be n charge Q, the work Of settling with
the creditors Of the chain II six banks Of the Ne = ormsby organization.
hat were involved in the general crash.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11

soualv r renrsent some $4,000, involved in the smashup OF tn BANK, ID
want TO get all thu bank affairs cleaned SO that | "a get my an1"s
Strengthened out. 1t doesnt make any difference to me ma the amount -
tn account Of M creditor is. They III all get the san treatment
And veryon who knows Thomas g. Lockhart knows lat ne ~h y
what he wi MI. Lockhat is a honest, keen business man, fhh OF enel0'
an wiz doubtless make a new record for Nevada in the matter o. setthne
the affairs of a deceased bank.
In Diminishing Receiver Hall, the court paid a compliment to tine mann
in which that gentleman and his attorneys had done heir WORK.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11
FAJRVIEW STOPPING RICH
ORE AT SEVEN TROUGHS

ing carried on in a stope from the 800
foot level which is being driven to cnt
the great vein of high grade ore which
was opened in the Florence lease, about
400 feet north of the Fairview work
ings. Thte stope, Mr.. Friedman says,
is in rich ore, and a change has come
in the face of the crosscut which indi-
Gates that a assure is being approached.
The Darby (Nevada) Reduction com
pany is installing concentrators IN its
custom mill. This is expected to be ac-
complished in about three weeks, when
the mill will be started upon the high
grade ore from the Florence lease. From
the working of that ore the Seven
Troughs Mining company is assured
considerable sums in royalties.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-11
MIL TO WORK THE
NATIONAL HIGH GRADE

WINNEMUCCA, Dec. 8.-A nex
p~an-arastra mill and an ore crusher
have arrived for the National Mining
company Of Nevada. The mil was put
up expressly for the amalgamating "
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-24

Always be civil. Try to treat rich
and poor alike. Is not the poor mans
20 shillings as good as the rich mans
pound? The working mans wife, with
her basket on her arm, says Sir Thorn
as Upton In the Strand, Is entitled to
as much respect as the lady who comes
In her carriage. When Benjamin
Franklin was ambassador at the
French court, speaking to young
man, he said: THE last time | saw
poor father he received me in his
study. AS l was leaving he showed
me short way out of the house
through narrow passage crossed by
a beam overhead. Suddenly he cried:
Stoop! Stoop!' l did not understand
what he meant until felt my head
bump against the beam. He was
man who never failed to give good ad-
vice. You are going he said, and
have got to go through the world.
Stoop as you go through It, and you
will miss many hard thumps.'"
have never failed to be impressed by
this lesson Of humility.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-24
making any running there, dare say
l. - In -, -o,,,.o % r,,w doN..u

making any running there I dare say
he will pay some of my debts"
Lumleys wishes were fulfilled, for
Mrs. Sayille, shortly before the dress
ing-bell rang, commanded Miss Des-
mond's presence at dinner. That young
lady hesitated, and said, with her u.s.
ual good-humored frankness, You are
always so good to me, that you may
possibly ask me to dine as civility,
but | assure you l would prefer the
evening to myself"
you are quite mistaken. l wish
you to dine with us to-day. Why, is of
no consequence. l may not always
ask you, but. when l do, be sure l
mean it."
"Oh, very well. l am glad you have
made matters clear"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-24
THE sTREET-coRNER GIRL.
Her UncOnsidered Acts Shut Her Ous
from Social Advancement.

Her UncOnsidered Acts Shut Her Ous
from Social Advancement.
Horace Wendall, the well-known
banker, was on his way to the office of
DR.. Richards, the even better-known
physician. 1t was half past in the
afternon-an utterly impossible hour,
as he had informed the physician; but
DR.. Richards had quietly said it was
the only hour at which he could give
him treatment, and had added that the
walk from the bankers office to his
own was part Of the treatment and
Mr.. Wendall had yielded, as people al
ways did with DR.. Richards.
He walked briskly, to lose as little
time as possible. yet even so he smiled
alphabetically at a group on the cor
ner Of Bellevue avenue-a pretty,
bright-faced schoolgirl with two high
school cadets. The girl made him think
Of JeSsica, his own little niece and
adopted daughter, who was the apple
Of his eye.
The next day, half-unconsicously he
looked up as he reached the corner.
The pretty schoolgirl was there again,
this time with three boys; they had
the air Of having fingered for some
time; and this afternon Mr.. Wendall
did not SMILE
During the next three weeks there
was scarcely a schoolday that the
girl was not standing upon the corner
with one or more boys. Once she
reached up and saucily boxed the ears
Oh one OF the boys; once, a man, pass
Ing glanced insolently at her. The
banker, still thinking of his little Jes-
sica, wondered gravely If the girl had
no mother.
1t was the next night that Jessica
brought home schoolmate to dinner.
She had talked great deal lately of
Carolyn Edson,-her brightness, her
popularity, her generoslty,-and Uncle
Horace always wanted to meet her
friends. AS for the girls, they were
always delighted with him. But this
evening things seemed to go wrong.
Uncle Horace was courtesy itself to
their guest. but Jessica, knowing him,
missed something that she never had
missed before.
After Carolyn had gone, Uncle Ho-
race called Jesslca to him.
Little GIRL" he said, have l always
been nice to your friends?"
"A dear" Jessica answered, prompt
ly. THE girls all adore you 80 that
I'm Jealous most of the time"
Then will you trust laundering
old uncle when he asks you not to see
very much of this particular one-be-
cause he happens to know that she
isn't quite the kind of girl that he
wants his little girl to know?"
Jessica was silent a long while;
then she said, quietly, You have the
right, Uncle Horace"
That was the way 1t happened that
Carolyn Edison found herself somehow
left out" at the Wendalls. 1t was
harsh judgment, perhaps, but life has
fashion Of exacting heavy payment.
Youths Companion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-24

Carries sister May, years of age.
on being asked why the Sabbath day
was different from the other days in
the week, answered, very carelessly,
"Oh, that's the day you pin things on,
stead Of sewing."-Ths Delineator.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-24
A TactfuI Politician.

Knicker-Does he mend his fencesf
Bocker-Yes, but leaves the knot.
holes.-Judge.