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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17

Battle Mountain, New, July a.
What is considered to be the largest
deposit of commercial iron ore in the
west was purchased here this week by
w. s. Wilhelm and j. S. Parker. These
gentlemen intend to begin developing
the deposit at once and from all indi-
cations it bids fair to rival the larg
est iron mines in the world. The ore
is free from refractory elements ana
of a chemical purity that will enable il
to be converted into finished produo
of a high grade at a minimum cost
That Battle Mountain may become 4
second Birmingham is entirely within
the realm of possibilities. At present
the most of the steel and iron used on
the Pacific coast is brought from the
east at a high cost for transportation,
so that an industry of this kind that
would manufacture steel and iron
would be of vast Importance not only
to this section of Nevada, but the en-
tire coast.
Messrs. Wilhelm and Parker paid
cash. for the mines and will start 3
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
ATLANTA, NORTH OF PI0CHE,
IS PROMISING GOLD CAMP

Phoebe, New, July IA. ATLANTA, To-
Gated some fifty odd miles north of
Phoebe, is taking on the appearance
of a real live mining camp, and en-
thusiasts over that region are making
great claims for it. Some declare that
development will prove it to be the
peer Of Goldfeld. A new town has
been started and the owners OF the
townsite have already disposed of a
good many choice lots. Approximately
100 people, possibly more, are in the
camp now and during the past ten
days IA live tented city has come into
existence. While Phoebe is well repre-
scented in the new diggings, men have
come in from Ely and Utah points.
The Atlanta company which recently
took over the Atlanta group of claims
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
PROSPECTORS FIND HIGH.
GRADE EAST OF VEGAS

Las Vegan, New, July 16.-J. +.
Brown and Dick Lillis, who have been
prospecting in the country south east
of Vegas, have brought in some fine
samples of ire from a new discovery
on their Homestake group of claims,
located about three miles south of the
Quo Vadis. The ore pans richly, pick
ed specimen running from 5000 to So,
900 per ton. Every portion of the
three-foot ledge, so the owners state,
shows colors in panning.
Messrs. Brown and Lillis plan to be
gin active operations as soon as the
weather will permit. Lack of water is
a serious drawback at this time. If
possible the county should sink a well
in that section. Convenient water
would greatly encourage development
work and result in adding many thou
sands to the wealth of Clark county,
There is no more promising mineraI
country in any portion of the stat
than that lying between Vegas am
the Eldorado Canyon, and those test
informed believe that some very ric!
mines will be opened up in that section
just as soon as some means for obtain
ing water is provided. There is ever,
reason to believe that plenty of watel
may be obtained at a depth of two oi
three hundred feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
GOLD AND SILVER ORE
COMING FROM COPPER CREEK

j. B. Parks, a well known mining
man from Goldfield and Rawhide, is in
from Copper Creek, about 20 mile
from here on the west side of the
lake, He reports the mining outlook
very bright in that section.
Wilcox and associates have a 20-foot
shaft which shows five feet of high
grade gold and silver ore in the bot
tom. Owing to the character OF the
ground the shaft must be well timber
ed. For this reason a tunnel has been
started which will cut the ledge at
about 20 feet.
Mr.. Parks says he is following 9
stringer that goes $17S per ton. Ht
expects to go $50 feet before h,
reaches the main chute. He has
traced the ledge 5000 feet. He viii
take up the work on his return mex
Walker Lake Bulletin.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
ALMOST READY
AT MANHATTAN PLACER

I hour, in a rotary motion much like
carpenters anger. The stand pipe J.
sunk to bed rock, which is from IS t,
60 feet in Manhattan, and the water
run through the pipe. The flow OF
water is strong enough to puddle
the gravel for twenty-five feet around
the mouth of the pipe. After the
"puddling" process is complete, the
compressed air is turned on with \
pressure of about $50 pounds to the
cubic inch.
The compressed air pipes are arrang-
ed in such a manner that one of them
causes a terrific suction that draws all
of the wet gravel into the stand pipe,
while the other. from below, with an
equal pressure, forces the gravel up the
pipe to the surface, where it is emptied
into the sluice boxes. From an ada
cent shaft sufficient water is obtained
to supply the dredge itself and the
sluice boxes.
1t is claimed that the dredge can
take out the gravel from bed rock as
clean as though swept with a broom,
and work from 300 to 400 yards a day
at an expense of 25 cents a cubic yard,
which is a couple of dollars lower than
the expense incurred in the ordinary
manner of drift mining. By drift min
ing it costs $3.50 to So to handle u
cubic yard of gravel. Another advan
tage claimed for the dredge is that /
is mounted on wheels and can lie 10Y
ed after cleaning out one hole to an
other portion of the property, where
the same operation may be repeated.
Old Klondikers who are now in Man
haitian assert that the placer properties
in the gulch are far more valuable than
anything ever discovered in the Klon
dixie.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17

Saturday of this week or early ~
next week a mammoth dredge that j.
the invention of +. ID. Morse. a Sacra.
mento, California, man, and which is
said to be capable of handling from
800 to 400 cubic yards of gravel pei
day, will m operations in Man.
haitian, upon a lease on the September
claim, owned by DIR. II. c. McCallun
and f. ID. Nurse, both of Sacramento.
1t was thought the dredge would be in
operation July 4, but owing to delay in
the arrival of some of the essential
parts the initial run will be delayeu
for several days.
The process by which the gravel is
handled with the new dredge is en-
tirely new, and although it has not
been tried as yet in conditions similar
to those in Manhattan, it has been
river. A keg of railroad spikes, con
tanning 175 spikes, was dumped into
the Sacramento river beside the drodge
and out of that number 167 were suck
ed back by the dredge. 1t is said to
be capable of recovering three out of
every five ordinary building bricks
dumped near the mouth of the pipe.
The plant by which the dredge :
worked consists of all of the necessary
engines and an air compressor. A o
able derrick 20 feet high stands over
what is called the stand pipe, which
is eight inches and hollow. The stand
pipe is go feet long. Clamped to the
stand pipe for it's entire length are
three one and one-fourth inch pipes.
one of which furnishes water and two
furnish compressed air.
A churn drill at the end of the stan1
pipe sinks at the rate of 60 feet m
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
CHAFEY MINES SHIP GOLD
BULLION IN BIG CHUNKS

Nothing comes from the Chafey
mining district of Nevada these days
except gold bullion, and this undoubt-
eddy is a much better advertisement
for the camp than the daily reports
of strikes, says the Salt Lake Tribune.
Ed S. Chafey, the man who brought
the old camp back to a new life and
to a new name, stated yesterday that
the Chafey Mines company had re.
ceived from its mill another bar OF
bullion which weighed forty pounds
The management is whipping out be
tween seventy and eighty pounds Of
the bullion per month Mr.. Chafey
said also that the McCar vel leasers ha;
shipped a ear lot of high grade gol,
ore to the local market.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17

but are unwilling to make the least
effort to obtain them.
l.. l.. Mushvtt is going ahead with
the work upon the Bank lease owner
by Eugene Howell and associates. The
showing is still as good as ever, ann
work will be prosecuted vigorously
from this time.
The equipment for the Nagle-C Cooper
lease is on the ground and will be in
stalled at once. This lease is lust
southwest of the main strike, and some
fine assays have been secured. 1t is
the opinion of many that they have
the extension of the big property, and
from all n,.ications it will not be long
before some shipping ore is encoun-
tered.
The Fourth and its attendant fes-
t~ivities have rather broken in ON the
affairs of the camp. 1t postponed the
signing OF the leases until today, 50
that another week has been lost. But
they do not let business interfere with
pleasure out here, so everything closed
down for the local celebration. Every
body says it was one grand time, and
from the looks and actions Of those
who took it in, l think they are telling
the truth. Let us hope that from this
time ON there will be some real min
ing done.
The Cornforth lease will have a crew
of men at work next Monday. 1t is
the intention of the owners to sink a
shaft as quickly as possible, and no
expense will be spared in so doing.
This is the kind of work that counts,
and it is to be regretted that more
are not willing to adopt the
policy.
The crowd that went to Tonopah for
the Fourth is gradually sitting back
again, and the town looks quite busy
once more. Sam Forman came in this
morning and states that ne will start
work on his lease Immediately. He
also c~ontemplates doing some develop
ment work upon the property on Saw
in which he is interested. Some
.fine-looking float has been found and
it is his intention to hunt up the ledge
from which it came. The rock appears
to be a silver-bearing ore, and it looks
good enough to satisfy the most fas.
tidious.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
NEW PROCESS TO TREAT
ORES AT sPRINGDALE

Los Angeles, July To- According to
news received from Pioneer, and con
frmed at the local Offices of the In
ternational Ore Treating Machinery
company, a forty-ton plant, equipped
with the Wiswell apparatus and pro-
cess, owned by the company, will be
installed at a point half a mile south
of Springdale, New, close to the Tono-
pah & Tidewater tracks where ample
water supply can be obtained. a
mpan known as the Nevada Ore
Treating Company has been organized
by w. S. Taylor and J. Lemle, and the
latter has just returned to Nevada at
ter a trip to this city where he ar
ranged for the capital necessary to
finance the venture. The installation
will be the first of it's kind in the
country and will be closely watched by
all mining men interested in econom-
ical ore treatment. 1t is claimed that
a very high percentage of recovery re-
suits from the use of the process and
that it is simple in operation. The
company has made exhaustive tests il
this city with a test plant which hai
been in operation for the past year
The successful completion of thu
Springdale plans will probably lead t.
the erection of another similar plan
at Beatty.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
CORY CANYON COUNTRY
SHOWS GOOD GOLD VALUES

The two Jacks-Inglis and Kitchens
are developing what bids fair to be a
fine gold property before long, says
the Walker Lake Bulletin. Their as
says run from $50 to 500 per ton in
gold. The mines are about eight miles
southwest of town, in the Mt. Cory
country, and formerly belonged to Jas.
Marigold. The lodges vary from 6 to
"a inches wide and every pound of t
shows gold in the pan.
The situation is an ideal one for "a
mine, as a creek of water runs within
a few yards of their work, and the
mountains are densely clad with TIM
Der, making it a simple matter to re-
duce the ore right on the ground at 4
nominal cost.
The two Jacks are old-tim,rs here
and all their friends wish them unlim
tied success, and, both icing practical
miners, and hard workers, they are
sure to succeed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17

A remarkable machine for washing
gold from earth and gravel has just
been completed by F. w. Il. jain Of
Los Angeles. 1t is so constructed that
one man can operate it and it does
work of similar machines that are so
ponderous that they can only be OPP
Grated by an engine. The manner in
which gold-bearing dirt is handled is
as follows:
The earth is dumped in a hopper,
from which it slides down over a Sc
ries of screens, at the same time be
ing washed by a shower of water, thus
separating the larger rocks from the
fine silt. The latter falls into a tub,
through which run a shaft with spid-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
GLENDALE LEASERS ARE
GETTING READY FOR WORK

Writing to the Tonopah Miner from
Glendale, regarding the outlook in tina
new camp, Fred l.. Seybolt says:
The leases are being signed up today
and tomorrow will see the real star.
upon work in this camp. Up to tn,
present time the work done has been
merely preliminary, but from this time
on there will be a great deal of regu
lar development. Owing to objections
made by IN. nv of those who bad -
cured leases to the clause relating to
milling ore, a change has been made
in the form of the leases, and the
~leasers will be allowed to remove their
milling ore at any time within "A year
after the expiration of the lease. This
is satisfactory to all concerned, and
the one point of friction has been re
moved.
Billy Douglass, Tom Kendall and
Paul Tarpey came out Thursday, with
a NRN 4 " iVVhthS VNti tHth itSBtCiftt
properties. They are all preparing to
start up their leases and intend "a
prosecute the work with vigor. They
have all had experience at the leasing
game, and the fact that they are going
ahead with so much vigor should con
vince the most skeptieal that there is
something here worth going after.
The Callihan-Hill lease south of
town is commencing to look up. Good
paintings have been secured from the
start, but they are coming in with
more regularity as the shaft gets down
and it begins to look as if they were
getting into good ground. Paintings
that would indicate a value of $50
per ton have beeen secured repeatedly,
and the ow iers are firm in the belief
that it only requires a little work
to open up ore in paying quantities.
Speaking of work, 1t is manifest
some who have secured leases are
more prone TO do their work by word
of mouth than with pick and shovel.
And when it develops that this form
of development does not produce ore,
there is going to be some leases re-let.
A lot of people here are grumbling al
ready because there are not half a
dozen shippers of ore in the camp al
ready. And the leases were only sign
ed today! Verify, some people want
all the good things the world offers,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
RICHARD LEASE AT
PIONEER is SHIPPING

Pioneer, New, July l3.-The Rick
ard Garberg lease sent out its first
shipment this week. 1t consisted OF
about 80 tons, and goes to the Western
Ore Purchasing company at Goidheid.
There are three distinct grades made
of the ore. 1t is hardly possible to
estimate the total value of the snip
ment. The leasers state that it will
go about SIS to the ton; but admit
that it may vary much either way from
that figure. The first grade is quartz,
picked from streaks in the Wine and
is of uniform high value. Another
character of rock included in the con
SHIPMENT is tale. This is the uncertain
quantity in calculating the returns.
Some of it has shown extraordinary
values and some of it carries but
slightly, The third classification IS
screenings from the entire width Of
the WINE. This is calculated to be of
a low shipping grade.
In the winze, another body of tale
has been opened up in crosseutting
from the first level towards the west.
1t is exactly similar to the original
body and seems to indicate an extent
of the latter that had not been ex-
pected. The saeking continues on the
quartz streak, as previously reported
The formation is still very broken AMI
uncertain.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
BULLION FROM GOLD CIRCLE.

Joe Fayant arrived in town yester
day in his new Buick auto with fifteen
pounds of gold bullion, the product of
ore from the Fayant-Sehloss Ludwiek
lease on the Esmeralda claim at Gold
Circle. The ore was reduced in the
Geyman mill at the camp. Gold Circle
is one of the new camps of northern
Nevada that is making good, and the
shipment of bullion made yesterday is
not the first made from the district.
From the Fayant : Schloss Ludwicb
lease alone a number of shipments OF
bullion nave been made through the
First National bank here TO the mint
Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
PLANT ASSURED
ON THE WALKER RIVER

Carson City, July 13.-P. J. Conway
Of Sweetwater, passed through Carson
Monday. accompanied by Judge COST
gan and DIR. Pollard of Denver. In
Reno they will complete the deal b.
which Mr.. Conway disposed of a large
amount of his holdings in Fsme-alda
county consisting Of land and water
rights to the Walker River Electric
Power company. The engineers arr on
me ground and preparing 20 COM
mf'ee he erection of a large power
rlnat to supply Masonic, Aurora and
Lucky Boy with electric power.
MI. Conway in speaking III tn, new
!cocect said: 81 have the papers N
my pocket and the matter will be
completed this trip. The papers will
be placed in escrow in a bank in Reno
and | hope before the year is over to
see the large plant well on its way to
completion. As you know, the Walker
river offers one of the finest power
sites in the west aud as there is an
ample amount of water in the river
the year round to run almost any plant
that would ever be erected, it is one
that has been in great demand. For
a number of years past | have been
receiving fattering overtures from
parties who would like to build upon
my land but | now feel that a plant
of this kind would do more to build
up our section of the country THAI
anything else, so at last rave con
sented to the action
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17

has completed the erection of a bunk
house, boarding house and other build
ings and has about twenty-five men
on the pay roll.
The work being prosecuted by the
Atlanta company is in charge of +.
Nugent Cosby of this city. Mr.. Cos
by came in for supplies a few days
age and from him the Record learned.
that he is sinking two shafts, one
by contract, while the other is being
put down by the company. The CONF
tractors have been fortunate in strik-
ing good ground and they have been
making progress at the rate of SIX
feet "a day. 4 horse within has been
installed and if results come up to ex-
pectations, the company will soon
put in more adequate equipment.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
INVENTS A MAN-POWER
GOLD WASHING MACHINE

ers fastened on each side. A little
rake is fastened on each leg of the
spider, and the turning of the shaft
agitates the dirt as it is washed. From
the tub the dirt is washed into a sluice
box that is divided into five compart
ments each having a copper rifle m
the bottom. These rifles are plated
with silver amalgam, which attracts
even the most minute particles of gold.
While in operation the sluiee box
moves with a double motion, sidewise
adm forward and backward, giving ev-
cry particle of dirt a rub against the
rifle plates. The machine is adJuste
to use the water over and over again
A pump is attached to the drive wheel
to keep the water on the move.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
BANK CLOSURE FORCES
LEASES AT PIONEER TO CLOSE

Pioneer, July 13.-The Pioneer Cen
trail, Pioneer Bi-Metallic and Amigo
are among the leases that have been
forced to close down for the time be-
ing, pending the settlement of the
Pioneer Bank difficulties. All have
made strong bids for success, but have
lost their nest eggs in the closed bank
and are now down to that nest egg.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEET.
ING.

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting OF the stockholders of the jun
DO Extension Mining Company will be
held at the company's office. the ONCE
of Roy s. Goodrich. Phoenix. Arizona.
on the 18th day of July. 1909. at two
o'clock p. m. for the purpose Of election
of directors for the ensuing year. and
for the transaction of such other bust
ness as may properly come before such
meeting.
Dated, Tune 16. 1903.
EDWARD 8. VAN DYCK.
Secretary.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17
NV SHELTER AT PlOCHE
ASSURED BY NEW YORK MEN

the ground until the new plant is IL
commission.
The location and assessment work
done by the original owners of the
property disclosed the presence Oh nan
pansse ore characteristic OF rs illus
trious neighbor and other propertie:
in that end os the camp.
Big Ore in Golden Prince.
Officials Of the Golden Prince mine
are in a happy frame of mind ove'
the rapidly changing conditions in that
property.
From Dean r. Low, the Record
learns that in the east drift on the
3OO-foot level, there is exposed at
least twenty feet of ore, which Mr..
Low declares, averages somewhere
around SIS a ton. In the west drift
a change is taking place with every
indication of the near approach to an
ore body. A station has been cut
on the OuU anu cfosoCusti"S pesu".
This will be slow work, however, I'M
til the company ~installs a new engine
and compressor.
Employees of the Gold & Silver
Prince have been slow about returning
after their Fourth vacation and things
were not going at full blast again un-
til yesterday. The shaft, however is
down $50 feet and as stated in last
weeks Record, sixteen feet of good
manganese ore has been disclosed.
The Gold Crown, one of the Low
properties nearer town, is showing evil
dences of a budding mine and it is
likely that new machinery will be in.
stalled there before the beginning of
September. In addition to the shaft
work at the last two named properties.
they are to be exploited to some ex
tent by mean of tunnels.
Shipping High Grade.
The Boston 4 Phoebe Mining com
pany began loading two ears of high
grade ore Thursday morning for aaip
ment to the Salt Lake valley shelters.
The ore now being moved to market
was taken out of the mine during the
regular course of development.
1t is understood that the Scott Mines
company, which controls the Boston x
Phoebe, ~contemplates the installation
of heavier equipment in the near flu.
ture and that the machinery to be re-
placed will be dismantled and shipped
to Bouse, Arizona, where the Scott
company is operating a big gold prop
erty.
In the meantime, Superintendent
Shaw will get things in shape for
greater campaign planned for the flu
ture.
The gasoline hosting plant ordered
by the Oregon-P Phoebe Mining company,
operating in the Highland district, has
arrived and the equipment is being de
livered to it's destination.
The management of the Oregon-Pi-
oche recently let a contract to 4. b.
Frederick to sink the main shaft on
the property 100 feet deeper. Mr..
Frederick, who left camp soon after
having been released from his contract
at the Phoebe King, will not return
but has turned the Oregon-Pioche job
over to other parties who will do the
work for him.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17

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