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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

This property is another of the many
holdings of J. H. Humphrey and his
associates, and consists of five claims
called the Gold Bug, the South Gold
Bug, East Gold Bug, West Gold Bug
and the Mint.
Considerable work has been done On
the estate, and every foot into the
mountain has proven the value of this
property and the permanently of the
formation. The workings consist OF a
shaft, which is down IS feet and is well
timbered all the way. From this shaft
came some of the highest grade ore
ever produced in the district.
Further down the hill there is a
crosscut tunnel which connects with
the bottom of the shaft and this tun-
rel is in three feet of high grade mill
ing ore. Below this tunnel is another
which is into the mountain for a dis
lance of 4SO feet, and in running in
this tunnel the company cut a vein
which, for a distance of 700 feet on
the surface, showed free gold in large
quantities.
On the Gold Bug claim the surface
Indication are considered the most
promising in the district, and it is
known that some very iattering offers
were made Mr.. Humphrey for this
claim, which he refused. Work is be
ing carried on here at full speed and
several shipments will be made in the
rear future.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
Leasers on Eagle Group
Entering Rich Ore Body

-
The Eagle group, as it is known all
over the Gold Mountain district, is one
Oh the best of the younger properties
and end lines the Empress estate on
the east.
The group is owned by the Gold
Mountain Eagle Mining company and
consists of four claims known as the
Mountain Crown No. l, No. 2 and No.
., and the Badger. There has been con-
SIDERABLE development work done on
'ne entire group of claims, and this
n0fk is now being carried on by the
aasle Leasing company, which is being
financed by j. A. Grant and J. B. Cal
IN OF Junction City, Kansas.
iney are working in a 5O0-foot cross
,u' TUNE and for 800 feet they have
~n'ed on the vein. The intention Of
ieasers is to continue the work in
'unnel until the big ore shoot is
a'ned which has shown it's presence
the high values that occur all
"ough the vein in this tunnel as well
the various other tunnels and
s. s that are on the estate. One OF
'e tunnels is 100 feet deep and SOM
me shipping ore is in evidence
The vein which is identical il
ac'er with that of the Oriental ant
Empress has been opened up in &
"oer OF places on the different claim,
q 'ne company, and values rangin,
70 to $50 have been taken al
'ne vein at surface. In the drift
oeing run by the leasers the or,
constantly increasing values ant
present they have a quantity Of or,
VIII run from $25 to SIS DER ton
a'eh makes it a first class minin,
pos'tion. This drift should eucount
"e rich ore shoot exposed ON tn
Aee within the next 200 feet. an,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
NEW HIGH GRADE
IN GREAT WESTERN

+ Eighteen inches of ore that =
+ runs $3.50 a ton has just been .
+ opened in the WINE being sunk =
+ from the 800 level of the Great .
Z Western at Hornsilver. This in =
+ formation was received this morn .
+ ing by Howard Russell from the =
Z superintendent at the mine. =
+ Gold values predominant in the =
+ new find, 1868 being in gold and =
+ the balance silver. In addition =
Z to this high grade, there is about =
2 three feet Of other ore of a good =
+ shipping grade. che Wine is now =
= down 25 feet below the 800 level, =
= and will be sent down 200 feet. =
+ A gasoline hoist will be put in =
= under ground TO accomplish this =
+ work. =
= In the west stope about Az feet =
+ of $50 to $50 ore is being broken =
+ and the mine is making a splendid =
+ production. =
Z + 1. 4. +
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

ated by Stewart and Box on which lead
and silver ore was opened up near the
surface.
Claude Gillespie and j. M. Beach of
Goldfeld have two promising leases on
the Tiffany group with an option on
that property. The Tiffany is on the
same hill with the Lucky Boy.
Around the Lucky Boy mine has
grown up a town by that name. Prac-
tically all the lots, laid out by the
townsite company, have been sold ana
tents and buildings are springing up
every day. The beautifully constructed
Bodie road which winds among the
hills on its way from Hawthorne to
Bodie passes through the town and
near the mine. 1t was while this high
way was being built that the discovery
was made leading to the opening up of
the Lucky Boy.
J. H. Miller, of the pioneer Haw-
thorne supply house of Adams and
Miller. is the central body of the
activity of the new camp. He controls
the Alamo Mining and Leasing com
pany, the parent company, and is
locked upon by all who know the Lucky
Boy makeup as the latest addition TO
the ranks of Nevada millionaires.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
JOHNNY CRAPOOAND LITTLE GEORGE
TWO RICH GOLD MT. PROPERTIES

One of the oldest and most interest
ing mines in the district is the Johnny
Crapoo, which is situated in the hills
to the south of the Gold Mountain
mine.
How it acquired the name it bears is
shrouded in mystery, but it is thought
that some French miner gave it it's
name, which has in time been changed
to the title as it is spelled at present.
The estate is now owned by j. IL.
HUMPHREYS of Goldfeld and his asso-
ciates, and consists of five claims, the
Johnny Crapoo, Bonanza, Bonanza
Fraction, Mountain View and the
Moonlight. They are all in the rugged
part of the range and afford excellent
tunnel sites, as in fact, there are a
number of tunnels on the estate at
present. Of these claims, the Johnny
Crapoo is the most interesting. 1t is
an old property and many years ago,
when the district was one of the most
active in the state, was a big producer
The surface indications are the same
as those on the Empress estate and
the vein on the property is known to
be a continuation of the big Central
vein on the latter property. The big
gest ore body developed on this prop
erty is found in a tunnel which IS In
for over a 100 feet, and which has
well defined vein averaging from $4(
to $50.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
The Nevada Gold Mountain Mining 20.
A AT.
GOLD MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
The "Old Glory District" Of Southern Nevada

Cold Mouptai lies 80 nile south of Goldfeld, IN the urapevv.ihe nans',
the dividing line between Nevada and Death Valley IN oahiornna .o
# "a within 10 miles, cas- down grade Of Bonnie Glare sdatlon,w where "
lines OF railways stop, connecting Tonopah and Goldheld with hy ymn nm
e. los Anoies and Salt Lake. Water and wood n the range. ne famous
lost Breyfogle mine famed in song and story in Nevada, is proven TO De iocaaea
within half a mile of or claims. Almost pure gold was scoVer oh IN Inv i ,as.
in Nh early days but owing to a haul Of hundreds OF miles through inc ueso'
70 railroad and 10 mills, The claims were not worked.
R+ now Gold Mountain is in the midst of the great active gon zone! nov
ss @r ~ nu dst,ict of PIONEER. and brsk work on the hundreds of mining
- - enoon hos beun No N therabouts doubts, with the eyelopnen
mad that Gold Mountain will before the coseo of l99 open VI many
I aaaas of sarlnp richness. And all the ore thus far exposed SHOWS at ts.
n ner cent gold, with som silver and lead. There is a god mime VIII a mn
working within a mile OF our claims
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
ASTONISHING DEVELOPMENTS
AT NEW CAMP OF HAWTHORNE

in silver and lead ore, netting ever
better than 800 a ton.
The remarkable feature of the mine,
and the beauty of it, as the miners say,
is that, while sinking the shaft and
driving the levels to open up the i'm.
mense ore body for stopping purposes,
the rock taken out has netted 800
from almost the start to the present
time.
The ore body has been practically
blocked out 800 feet each way. All the
levels have passed straight along the
vein, and, at level examinations, the
great shipping ledge is staring out as if
to say it never ended. The shaft is
through the stuff to the very bottom so
there is no doubt that the ledge extends
true through the Mountain King.
1t had been worked at the start in
the Lucky Boy and, at the line be
tween that property and the Mountain
King, as shown in the levels, the great
ledge passes into the Lucky Boy.
Others After Picture Rock
Mitchell and Fairfield of Gold6eld,
on a two year lease, are sinking a shaft
to catch the big ledge in the Lucky Boy
and they will certainly get it. The
ledge is so regular that there is no un-
certainty about that and it is predicted
that these Goldfeld operators will take
out a million dollars and more.
In fact from present indications there
is every reason to believe that this re-
markable ledge, varying in width from
three to seven feet, passes right
through the big hill. To give a fair
description of the vein would be to say
that it looks as if a great cut, varying
in width from two to seven feet, had
been made through the hill and molten
silver and lead poured almost to the
top in the mold. 1t is perhaps one of
the most spectacular mines in exist
ence.
The ore is blocked out about 800 feet
each way in the Mountain King. There
is nj telling how deep it will go but,
figuring on a 300-foot basis, there is
estimated to be 1851, 800 in sight.
This total was gained by figuring the
vein at only two feet in width and the
net proceeds per ton at 500. The ore
body in sight should contain about
$50, 900 cubic feet. The rock runs
about seven cubic feet to the ton,
hence the estimate of 25,715 and the
value at $2,571,500.
Other preliminary showings indicate
the presence of a parallel vein and
that the ledge passes through various
other properties and consequently there
is reason for the confidence and en-
thusiasm of leasers and owners of other
claims.
There has been very little stopping
and no prosecuting lone in the Hub
lCdot ia thp htAb iOoA hhoheHN
the length of the balance of the life of
the lease, will witness great activity in
getting the rock out. Three shifts are
at work and the scene about the mine
is a lively one.
Senator T. l.. Oddie is on the ground,
the owner of the Carroll Rye and
Squaw Valley groups, and is most en-
thusiastic. His property is considered
very valuable.
w. A. ingalls, and r. l.. Colburn have
a lease and bond on the Silver Wave
from which good silver and lead rock
has been taken. This property is some
distance from the Lucky Boy but is
probably more promising than that
property was at the start. Above
the Ingalls-C olburn lease is one oper-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

the leasing company is sparing no cx-
pense in order to complete this dis
lance at the earliest possible moment.
As soon as the ore body gets opened
up a little further and the full extent
of the rich holdings has been ascer-
tanned, the leasing company will erect
a mill at the mine which will treat the
ore at very little expense.
The Gold Mountain Eagle Mining
company is largely controlled, by east
ern capitalists of whom J. c. Starr is
the head, and he is the president OF
the company. c. A. Leager Of Gold
field is vice president and 8. g. Grant
Of Goldfeld is the secretary OF the
company as well as the treasurer, and
Carl N. Starr and Joseph Mayer are
] associate directors.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
SLOPE FURNISHES
NEW SURPRISE In RICHES

Hampton stope," in the Combine.
tion No. ] mine Of the Consolidate
estate, today bids fair to surpass in
production the s20,O0O,O 600 estimate
made by the News two weeks ago. Tn
der the floor of the fourth level. at a
depth of 23O feet, recent tests show
that at least three feet of the six feet
OF high grade will run from 300 to 500
ounces gold per ton, or from $4,000 to
$4,000. All the rest of the immense
ore body is holding up to a total aver
age of about 5000 per ton.
A raise has just been completed
through from the $50 to the $50 level,
proving the ore to be continuous and
as strong as on the other levels where
ii has been opened, the average width
being from 40 to As feet.
No attempt is being made at produe
ton except on the fifth level, because if
production was pushed on the various
levels, all the mills in the state of Ne
vada could be swamped with the out
put. At the present time one man with
IL STOPPING drill is breaking about 100
tons of ore a day in the stope above
the fifth level. The average value Of
this ore, exclusive of the high grade
streak, is so high that the milling ore
has to be mixed with lower grade from
elsewhere in the Consolidated property
to bring it down to a desirable grade
for the mill.
awe are producing with this one
drill all the ore the mills can handle in
connection with the ore from other por.
tions of the Consolidated properties,
said Superintendent Hampton this
morning. off we wanted to turn loose
we could bury both mills so deep in two
OF three days that it would take a
month to dig them OUT
The Mohawk workings of the Con
solidated are also making a splendid
showing and production at the present
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
SHIP
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

The big new hoist and compressor
plant which was ordered some time ago
for the Pioneer Leasing and Mining
company, operating the Bonanza Pin
neer lease, has been installed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

Two years ago this month the evaeua.
ton of Hawthorne occurred. Goldfeld
became the county seat on May ], 1907,
and on the afternoon of April 30 every
vehicle in the little town was EN-
ployed in carrying to the railway sta
ton at Thorne, seven miles distant, all
county officials and attaches, the dis
trict court, lawyers, jury, witnesses
ard prisoners connected with the then
unfinished Preston Smith murder trial.
ii was quite a sight, this long string of
rigs of all descriptions, stretching for
seven miles from town to station. 1t
was also pitiful to look upon for it
seemed, at that time, as if all that
Hawthorne had-the county was
icing taken from her.
However, Hawthorne has been pa
tent out under her little grove of
poplar trees, and fortune, in the mean
time. has come back to smile again.
The trend Of passenger traffic is to
ward Hawthorne these days and it is
90 no mean proportions. The wonderful
Lucky Boy mine as it is commonly
known now opened up to an extent
that almost beggars description, is the
cause of the regeneration.
Creating Fortunes
This property promises to make John
Miller and j. K. Adams, its principal
owners, millionaires, and for most of
the l~easers, there is undoubtedly in
store, goodly fortunes. For miles around
pectors are out by the scores. The hills
are all mineralized and the extent is
SO great that the money the big ex-
element is bringing to camp promises
10 make the former county seat one of
the leading mining centers of Nevada
and the west.
While the Lucky Boy is a silver and
lead mine, with silver predominating
gold and copper prospects are being
worked along the range with marked
Success. Also promising showings in
silver and lead have been uncovered AZ
considerable distances from th5 Lucky
Boy. There is no telling what the de
yelopment work now going On outside
the Lucky Boy will ledi to bu1 it is Sc
widespread and encourag ag thar il
woulu not be surprising if many other
mines of remarkable richness were
made.
At crescent the ore from the s0-called
Lucky Boy is being taken out under a
lease operated by j. d. Hubbard, of
Chicago, and others. Hubbard was one
of the original owners of the Com
bination mine in the Goldfeld district.
The mine is known as the Lucky Boy
because the tunnel through which the
rich ore is being taken has its opening
on the Lucky Boy claim at the foot of
the hill. The ore, at present, is coming
from the Mountain King claim above
the Lucky Boy, owned by the parent
company, as are the Mountain Queen,
Mountain Lion, Lucky Boy No. ] and
3 and much other valuable ground.
Mine Paid It's Own Way
The ore was discovered in driving the
tunnel through the Lucky Boy. The
tunnel was continued into the Noun
tain King where the vein opened up to
a width of several feet. Under the
Hubbard lease a shaft, inclined to con
form with the dip of the ledge, was
sunk from the surface and is now down
nearly 400 feet. This shaft has fol
lowed perfectly the ore body and at the
foot of the sinking today the hanging
and foot walls form two sides of the
shaft and the other two are glittering
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

| to $50.
Evening journal., 1909-07-14
SUBSCRIPTIONS AS
COUNTY FAIR PRIZES

''The National Farmer and Stock Crow
er" OF 81. Lous, Mo. has offered ten
yearly subscriptions to the magazine to
to be awarded IN the live stock depart
ments OF the New Castle County Fair.
Five OF these viii be given to the cattle
and FIVE to the sheep and swine depart
ments and one years subscription for
each OF the following: The best registered
Guernsey hcifer under two years old. the
best Jersey COW over two years old, the
best Holstein bull. the best Guernsey
grade heifer under two years and the best
grade Jersey COW over three years. In
the sheep and swine department for the
best Southdown buck, the best Dorset
lamb, the best Jersey Red sow over one
year. the best Poland China pen of four
shoats. and the best Chester White boar.
The secretary requests the early regis
tration OF entries In all department OF the
fair. This viii give ample time for the
necessary writing OF tags and will avoid
errors which are apt 10 be made II entries
are not made until the date for closing
There is no fee in any Of the classes ex-
cept live stock, with the exception OF poul.
try this latter fee is 10 per cent of th'
first premium as listed In the 1909 premium
list In the poultry classes the fee IS 81
cents for each bird. The exhibition lis
is growing daily and numbers many new
ones, the vegetable department showing {
decided gain over last year.
Evening journal., 1909-07-14
DROUGHT DAMAGES
THE APPLE CROP
Farmers Say Rain is Needed
To Save Them From Dis
aStrOuS Season

Delaware applejack OF the 1909 vintage
will be a scarce article unless Juniper
Pmvius gives the farmers nft. From
all sections where apple raising Is no
inconslderable part OF the farmers in
come, the cry Is being raised that the
apple crop will amount TO little or moth
Ing this year In comparison with what
Il has been In former years. This Is the
result OF the drought which now has
Delaware IN It's clutches.
AT the present time the apples on tho
trees are small and gnarly. and the farm
ers are becoming discouraged over the
outlook. In some years when the apple
crops has been poor, tho farmers have
been content to turn their crop over Ia
the stiil owners and let them get what
apple whiskey they could from the pro.
duct. But lnis year the outlook Is SC
poor that the apples will be hardly worth
the gathering.
What Is true OF tho apple crop Is ais,
true Of the potato outlook. The hlgl
price OF last year induced farmers al
over the State to double, and IN somi
cases treble their acreage. When IN,
season was fairly underway farmer
were fearful that with so many potatoo
growing the crop would be so large tina
prices would be az the lowest notch
when the drought came tho outlook be
came so discouraging for the fan crol
that prices now bid fair to be highe
even then they were last year.
Evening journal., 1909-07-14
UNIQUE FISH
AT SEATTLE SHOW

SEATTLE, Wash. July 1i.-one Of the
most interesting exhibits to be found at
the AlasSa-Yukon-Pacih Exposition is in
the Fisheries Building and is the collec-
tion Of fishes imported from the Hawaiian
Islands. There are no less than one hum
dred Of these finny specimens OF almost
every conceivable size, shape, form and
color imaginable. Some arc black and yell
low. others a pale green while some are
tri-colored with specks and stripes re-
sembling an American flag.
Their tints are as gorgeous as the rain
bow and as radiant as a butterfly Their
shapes are odd in the extreme. Some have
the head of an ant-eater. others are more
than half-head with eyes in the top of the
back. One particular variety have more
the appearance of butterflies than fish
and move about as gracefully as a sun
beam upon a wave This Is the first i'm
portation Of live fish ever taken from the
Hawaiian Islands and their unique ap-
pearance causes thousands OF visitors Il
linger about the aquariums looking npor
their pristine beauty in wonder anc
amazement.
Evening journal., 1909-07-14
Chinese Eilial Pietv.

The following Chinese story illus
trates the national regard for dlial
piety: A man and his wife maltreated
the husbands mother. As a punish
ment the scene Of the act was openly
cursed, the active agents were put TO
death, and the mother Of the wife was
bambooed. branded and exiled for her
daughters crime. The house In which
the offenders lived was dug up from
the foundations. Moreover. the schol-
ars of the district were precluded from
attending public examinations, and
even the magistrates were deprived Of
their Offices. These drastic measures
were designed TO render the empire
flial.
Evening journal., 1909-07-14
CLOSE BIDDING
FOR STREET PAVING

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Del. July IA Engineer Wat
son. for the Street and Sewer Commission
last evening finished the tabulation OF
the bids and found that IN a contract in
volving the expenditure Of $4,000 two
rival and entirely distinct concerns came
within s54oa of each other.
This II is said, viii 90 down into history
for big contract work In this country as
an example OF skin In close bidding.
The bids contemplate. and the commits.
sion will so contract for, modern sewer
systems, manholes. basins, Intersections
and river connection. and contemplate the
pavement on top Of this sewer work OF
all OF Loockerman street. Dover. from
the Pennsylvania railroad station 20 IN,
intersection Of State street. ana all ol
state street from Washington street OF
the North to Water street In the South
And Dover considers herself fortunate IN
deed TO get this work for $4,000 and less
SUMMARY or THE BIDS
The summary OF the bids shows the foi
lowing:
sewers Barber Asphalt Co. si9.iS5 81
United Paving Company. slss2i7o; stand
] ard Btulithic Co, ses65S
Curb and cutters Barber Asphalt Co
/ SomS.o3. United Paving Co. Sli25ii
Standard Bitulithic Co. ss,3Sic9
Asphalt paving-Barber Asphalt Co
Slll6O. United Paving Co. s52,0So. standar
Bituhthic Co.. $4,000.
Total-Barber, s7S,iSs.s7; United Pavinl
S7S.i2asi standard. sS9.542.2o
Bltullthlc-united Paving, s561do; Stan,
ard. $3.50 Atlantic, tlo.b20.
Evening journal., 1909-07-14
EXPLODING STOVE
BURNS MAN AND CHILD

An explosion Of a gasoline stove at the
home of Richard Abel, farmer of Twin
Oaks, four miles north or this city. near
" cost him his life. As it was he had both
hands and arms. extending up as far as
the elbows. badly burned and the pain was
SO intense that he was compelled to hurry
to Chester for medical treatment George
Lewis, a ten-year-old lad, son of William
Lewis, had his hair badly singed by the
explosion.
Mr.. Abel was busy with his harvesting
and upon coming TO the house hurriediy
lighted the stove. He failed TO see that one
Of the burners had given out, permitting
the gasoline TO leak and when the lighted
match was about TO be applied there was
an explosion. The flames literally COW
cred the hands and face of Mr. Abel and
for a time he was almost blinded but he
escaped injury TO his face.