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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

being opened up at a depth consider.
ably greater than ore has been found
in any other of the mines of the camp,
it speaks volumes for the mine, as well
as for the future of the entire DIS
trict. While this important work Is
Icing prosecuted on the lower levels,
no new development work is being done
on the 500 and 900 foot Levels.
Montana Mill Busy.
All stamps in the Montana mill were
Kept dropping continuously during The
past week, crushing "A total Of 1858
tons, pretty close to the full capacity
of the plant. OF the ore crushed 7a
tons came from the company's MINI
and PSI were the product of the Mae
Namara. An average extraction OF W
per cent was obtained. Regular devd
opment was continued throughout the
mine during the week, a total of iGs
feet of new ground having been broker
some of which was on ore, while the
balance was ON work being done 10
open up new territory. While the dh
ferent faces of ore are very ~satisfae
tory, at some points showing improved
values, there has been nothing out Oh
the ordinary reported. The severa'
veins being stopped upon and openeo
up by drifts show about the Sane
strength and value as last week, inc
result of the weeks labors being the
exposing of a larger tonnage of ore J"
the mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
HIJBBARDLEASE AT HAWTHORNE
IS PRODUCING $4,000 DAILY

With the increased output and teams
which are now being arranged for, it
now looks as though the present daily
production of 100000 will soon he i'm.
mensely increased, and that this will
prove to be one of the greatest mines
opened in Nevada since the days Of the
Comstock.
Mitchell & Fairfield will start work
on their lease within a few days, and
expect to open something about as gooi
as the Hubbard.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
Red Plume Shaft.

The Red Plume shaft, which is loeat'
ed on the westerly end of the com
pany's property, was lowered 20 feet
this week and is now down 4S1 feet
below the collar, or 81 feet below the
point where sinking was resumed. The
bottom OF the shaft is in a brown
oxidized p~orphyry, showing some bar
rem quartz. 1t is expected the body of
quartz penetrated by the drill some
time ago will be encountered some time
next week. The drill being sent down
from the 740-foot level of the Silver
Top claim, just east of the shaft, is
now down 573 feet below the level, or
1913 feet below the surface, an adj
vance of 25 feet for the past week.
Some trouble has been experienced of
late ON account cf the broken charae-
ter of the ground the drill was passing
through, but the formation now being
pierced is more solid and better prog
ress is expected.
The usual work has been advanced
on the several levels from the Silver
Top and Mizpah shafts, with nothing
a of the ordinary to report. The
regular tonnage is being extracted from
the Slopes and various other workings
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
(From the Tonopah Miner.)

on ore, the shipments for the week
amounting to 5000 ions. Considerable
prospecting and development work is
in progress throughout the mine, the
new footage broken during the past
week amounting to 476h feet, Of
which 1211a feet were broken in the
Silver Top claim, 313 in the Mizpah
and ~ in the Red Plume.
Mac Namara in Velvet.
Following on the heels of the first
dividend, which was declared in Feb
ruary and paid On March 9th, the di-
~rectors of the MacNamara Mining com
pany met last Saturday in San Fran
cisco and declared a second monthly
dividend of / cent a share, payable
April 5th. At this rate the stock is
paying about 80 per cent a year on it's
present market value, which should be
enough to satisfy any enc. After the
payment of this second dividend there
will still remain over $4,000 in the
treasury, with the February and Marcn
net profits yet to be turned in. While
a great deal of extra expense is being
incurred at present, owing to the sink
ing of the shaft and carrying on other
important development work, still the
mine is earning enough to pay the
monthly dividend, which requires about
$1,000. This is certainly a record to be
proud of, and is conclusive proof tina,
those who have been persistent of late
in knocking the property were talking
from a stock jobbing standpoint and
ut from the merits of the mine.
The property is in excellent condition
and as work progresses improvement.
in the ore bodies at various points Is
being shown Notably is this SO in the
workings on the 200-foot level west,
whore the new upraise is showing a
body of fine grade ore over four feet
wide. The stope recently started from
this level, about go fee. EAST of the
above mentioned raise, is also showing
a great improvement, there being fully
four feet of high grade milling ore ex-
posed in the back. The shipments this
week, amounted to $50 tons to the Mon
tana mill, a 80 ton ear having been
sent out every day. As the present mill
ing contract with the Montana people
expires next week and will not be re
newed, the company will market its
ore elsewhere. The report that final
arrangements had already been made
for the handling of the ore in future
is denied by Superintendent Chandler,
who states that nothing has yet been
determined, and that several PROPOSE
lions were under consideration. Good
progress is being made in the shaft, the
bottom being lowered at the rate of
four feet a day, and is now down over
100 feet below the 500-foot point, where
sinking was resumed.
Tonopah Ext ension.
Outside of the usual progress in the
development work now under way on
the 400 and 40 foot Levels there is
nothing to report from this property
this week. The entire time is devoted
to new work, which is being done in
order to open up new blocks of terri
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

Now that all the necessary prelimi-
nary work in the shaft has been COM
pleted, the work of sending the three
compartment main shaft of the Tono-
pah Mining company down to the 1900
foot level has been started, the first
round of holes having been drilled last
Thursday. For the past three months
the work of cutting a station at the
I200-foot level for the big pump, the
placing of the water column to the
surface, the installing of the pump and
cutting out of a stump has been IN pro-
gress, all of which was rendered neees'
sary on account of striking water.
Sinking is now going ca in earnest, AMI
the big shaft will be sent down with
three shifts a day until the desired
depth is attained. 1t is expected that
a progress of about 20 feet a week vii!
be made, and as the bottom is now
down 1878 feet, the 1500-foot should be
reached within the next three months.
The new pump, which has a capacity
of 200 gallons a minute, is working
perfectly, and is now keeping the shaft
dry by running about two hours a day.
The present flow of water amounts to
about $4,000 gallons a day, which IS
raised by the sinking pump to the
stump on the l20O-foot level, just north
of the station. This stump has a ca
pacity of 1850 gallons, so it will be
seen that the big pump empties the
sump in about an hour, and by run
ming steadily will handle over 20 times
the present amount of water. Some
stories nave teen set afioat TO the effect
that ore had been encountered in the
shaft, hut the Miner can state posi-
lively that such is not a fact; and,
moreover, that it has been ascertained
that the same dacite formation con-
tinues for at least the next 100 feet,
this having been proven by the drill
sent down to the 1360-foot point some
time age.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
KEEPS UP PACE
WITH WORK AND OUTPUT

levels for the purpose of ventilation.
Outside of that coming out in the
course of development work, no ore is
being raised and hone will be until the
proposed milling arrangements have
Teen completed. Work has been sus-
pended for the present on the big ore
ings on them 400-foot level on account
of the machines being needed OF the
770-foot Level, where a raise has been
started to make connection with the
600-foot level.
The regular shipments of 100 tons
were sent to the mills by the Midway
this week. The work in the mine shows
no particular change from former re-
ports, the faces in the different work
ings remaining about the anne. A great
deal of new work is being done in
order to open up some new blocks of
ground, and while the formation being
penetrated is highly mineralized, no
quartz carrying commercial values has
been found. The older workings are
producing the usual amount of ore and
continue to look very satisfactory.
Jim Dandy
During the past week nothing has
been done in this property outside of
STOPPING on the North and South veins
from the 100 and 200-foot Levels and
the intermediate level below the 200.
The regular amoun of ore was ex-
tracted and sent to the mills, the ship
ments consisting of 200 tons. Work
will probably lie started next week in
the Wandering Boy shaft, making the
necessary repairs to put the shaft in
condition for use. 1t is planned to be-
gin development on the different levels
from this shaft as soon as possible and
thoroughly open up the ground. Before
work was suspended in this section of
the company acreage some very prom
ising bodies of ore were partially de-
veloped I'M a considerable tonnage of
ore extracted. 1t is proposed to ex-
tend this development work and thor
oughly prospect the ground, which
will no doubt be difficult, owing to the
numerous faults which appear, making
the following of the veins to any great
distance a hard task. The treasury of
the company, however, is fast building
up and it is now in better condition to
pursue this line of work than it has
been for months past. The veins in
the Stone Cabin section of the prop
erty have produced a heavy tonnage
during the past six months and still
show a large amount of ore.
Tonopah Belmont.
Some idea of the way things are NOV
ing in the Belmont mine can be CLEANED
from the fact that during the pas.
week a total of 206ha feet of new
ground was broken, all of which was
done on the 100 and 1l00-foot Levels.
While it has taken a great deal of time
and considerable study to work ont
the complex system of faults which
has been encountered in the lower
workings, a great deal of KNOWLEDGE
has been obtained, which will mate.
rally aid in the opening of the o.,
bodies already exposed and ~tappipg
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

of the same by other work which is
now in progress. Thus far an enor-
nous tonnage has been proven up, the
ore bodies on the lower levels being ex-
ceptionally strong. Although Stopping
has been in progress at W places on
the big vein from the 100 foot level
for over a month, the ore body has
hardly been scratched, the principal
result being the proving of the ore
body to be more extensive than at first
supposed. In the early part of the
work 1T was thought that the ledge was
but IL feet wide west of the winze, bur
it has lately been proven that they
were working only a portion of the
or hanging wall, branch of the VEN
has teen encountered which shows .
width of eight feet, all CARRYING good
values.
Finding More Ore.
While miners have been busy open.
ing up this section of the ground an
other force of men has been equally
successful in the east drift from the
l25-foot level of 1856 winze, which was
sent down on the vein exposed on the
north or hanging wall side of the Miz.
pah fault. This drift is now out 1861,
feet, and while it has shown ore all tho
way, the vein has gradually strength
ened until there Is now fully eight feet
OF good milling ore exposed in the face
ms drift will be continued and raises
sent up in order to block out the mr.,
ana from present indications, they are
on the eve of opening up another ore
CODY as extensive as that exposed west
OF y D WINE, over 400 feet distant.
Never in its existence has the nina
iooked fetter than it does today. and
we predict that in less than tbr,a
months time the various bodies of ora
encountered on the 1000 and ll0o-f foot
will have Leen opened up TO sue,
an extent as to expose ore enough 20
run their to stamp mill 10 it's full ca
paeiiy for many months.
when II is taken into considerable,
that these immense todies If ara a..
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

Wis mill at Dayton, Nevada, Tor the 10
,n.,;on If $50 tons of second grade ore.
Dump sampling indicates II 10 h"'
vaIne of from $50 to 800 tae toH'
nevelopment is universal in all por-
,;ons of the workings and is attended
bv the extraction of nigh grade ore On
,oa "a the IS and tine l0O-foot levels.
l,1KewIst, a large reserve OF mining
Grade ore is being blocked out from the
s.. foot to the I00-foot levels. Inc
drive north on the s5-foot level SHOWS
four feet of ore which samples SZVo u
ton. rnree feet of ore IN the south
ariye nave value.
Rawhide Mining.
An excellent grade of shipping ore Is
heino mined from the ore snoot recently
discovered in the drive on the loo-
foot level OF the GIinlIand lease on Tue
estate OF the kawnide Mining company.
About 10 tons or an average
vame OF siUU the ton are sacked lor
Shipment. A large tonnage OF mining
ore IS being blocked out below GROUND,
where it will remain until such time as
provision can be made for it's reduction
at the proposed plant of the company
The Morrissey and MeCleliand leases
continue to output a small tonnage OF
n,ppln. ore anu to tIocK out mining
grade below ground.
Again Changes Hands.
Once more the hearns NO. 1 lease on
the estate OF the queen company mas
changed ownership. Inc present pre-
slider over its destiny is ". ID. Meaeh,
well known as a successful mine opera
tor, Mr.. Wedell is likewise a Rawhlde
pioneer, "a circumstance which tends TO
demonstrate a somewhat comprehensive
knowledge OF the worth, past, present
and future, of the leasehoid in question.
Mr.. wedell acquired control of the
Kearns No. l lease by virtue OF pur-
chase of the control therein for some
months held by George +. Won Polenz
of Goldfeld. He has assumed personal
charge of development work and is ar
ranging to sink the main working shaft
to a depth of 500 feet. Ore shipments
have been resumed under the Wedell
regime, and the statement is made
that they are to be frequent and
regular.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
Tonopah x ension.

Outside of the usual progress in the
development work now under way on
nothing to report from this property
this week. The entire time is devoted
to new work, which is being lone in
order to open up new blocks of terri
tory and making connection between
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
Homo of the International Bureau Of
American Republics.

Homo of the International Bureau OF
American Republics.
the Commerce building. John Barrett.
director of the International Bureau or
american Republics, will give an adj
dress upon Our Sister Republic; won.
derIands of Opportunity and Progress
George Badders, secretary OF the Com
merciaI club has received notice from
William v. Griffin, private secretary TO
Mr. Barrett, in which he promises to
make this city the visit and deliver the
above address named.
Topeka is especially fortunate In Sc
curing such man or note Mr. Bar
rett is due in Kansas City the 21st and
22d of October and from there he goes
to st. Louis where he will join the
presidential party on a trip down the
Mississippi river. At the last meeting
OF the Transmississippi Commercial
congress held in Denver.
George Badders called upon Mr.. Bar
rett after he had made a most brilliant
speech and extended him cordial in
vitation to come to Topeka Mr.. Bar
rett was much impressed with the To-
peka spirit and promised that ne would
honor an invitation If 1t was filed with
his secretary. However. Mr.. Badders
never dreamed that the gentleman
would include Topeka on his next 1tin-
erary and there was a surprise sprung
at the club rooms when the announce
ment was made.
Diplomatist industrial ambassador
and a human bolt of affable and ir-
restrainable lightning with countries
for his pawns and patrons and CONT
nents for his personal operations would
be a photographers definition of John
Barrett. While other men can see only
farms, factories, mines, mills, banks
and railways, John Barrett. whose eyes
are telescope, looks over oceans and
mountain ranges and comprehends
whole races of peoples of both hemis-
pheres. And why shouldn't he have
some of these characteristics? He has,
according to his records, served as
United States minister to Slam, United
States minister to Argentine, United
States minister to Panama, United
States minister to Colombia. commits
sioner general of foreign affairs of the
St. Louis fair and special plenipoten-
tiary of the United States to the Pam
American conferences.
The Nations Peacemaker.
John Barrett is continually heralded
by the press as being the Nations
Peacemaker," s'Latin-America's Spon-
eor" and a ''Diplomatist Whose Mission
Is One of Cancellation"
The Orient-particu1arly China, ia
pan and the notwithstanding cot
ton and other essential and gainful
things was large within HIS illimitable
vision long before the United States,
bound to the treadmill Of the present
and the home market, perceived it's
world wide and waiting chances. John
Barrett plays the music of materialism
and the nations are his notes. Is quot
ed from James B. Morrow, a well
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
DOUBLE TRACK ON COAST LINES.
System to Be Improved Between Col
ton and San Berardino.

San Bernardino, Cay, Sept. u.s.
AS soon as the contracts can be let
the long-projected double tracking of
the Santa Fe, between this city and
Cotton, that work will be commenced,
the authority having already been re-
ceived.
For some time the officials have
desired to build a double track be-
tween the two points, in order to as
sist in the getting of trains in and
out of the yards here but owing to
insufficient appropriations it has been
impossible, before the present time,
to start the work.
Two years ago a freight cutoff was
constructed and put in operation from
point half way between Cotton and
this city and entering the yards from
the west and this to some extent re-
Iieved the limited facilities in the
movement of trains, all freights en-
tering and leaving San Berardino via
the cutoff.
The double track will only require
the construction of in the neighbour
hood of 1000 feet of roadbed, it be-
ing the plan to join the cutoff, where
it meets the main line, and the ice
house track which runs several thou
cand feet north of the station at Col
ton, and 1t is only that distance be-
tween the two switches. It will be nee
essary to construct a $50 foot bridge
over the old Lyle Creek wash and
the specifications are now being
drawn for that trestle.
1t Is estimated that the cost of the
new track, which will double the line
between the two points, will not ex-
coed $4,000 and will possibly run less.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25

N0TES|

Engineer c. e. Jewell will be off
several days next week visiting rel
atives in Hutchinson.
Mrs. F. E. Cherry. wife Of F. E.
Cherry OF the electrical department
has gone to Parsons, Kan, to visit rel
atives.
The lecture given last night by Mr.
Frank L. Snow, was very entertain
and very large appreciative crowd
was present.
L. Eversole of Argentine is spend
ing short time here on a business
trip.
Fireman F. L. Fritz of Argentine
has returned home after being here
on short business trip.
ThomaS Israel, one of the Santa
Fe'S penSioned men, who was for
merly of the spring department of the
local blacksmith shop is recovering
from an attack of rheumatism He
is able to be up and around.
Engineer E. F. Ludwig of Argentine
is spending several days here on BUSH
ness.
Miss Frida BechteI daughter of
John Bechtel of the coach shop is
teaching school this winter in VaIen-
cia- She came home yesterday to re-
main over Sunday with her parents.
Conductor j. ShuIl of Argentine is
in Topeka on business.
Brakeman E. L. Wright has re-
turned to Topeka after making
short business stay here.
The male chorus will meet this
evening at the Y. NJ. c. A. for organ
ization. All young men interested in
music are invited to Join.
G. E. Barnaby will conduct the
Bible class at the Y. NJ. G.. A. Sunday
afternoon at 2:15 o'clock
C. E. Shoopman of Arkansas CITY
formerly of the local machine shop
is back in Topeka visiting old friends.
Rev. N. III. Huffman will speak to
the Mexicans in their quarters Sum
day afternoon at g o'clonl-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25

known newspaper writer-and 1t is
more than true. He is the poet OF mod
ernism but he writes in dollars, pounds,
instead of words. AS an artist his pic
ture is a steaming and smoking world
with men at work. He is entirely
American and nationalistic in his
achieving and Jealous performances.
He is truly the Nations Peacemaker.
Many great men of the American va
ton have called John Barrett into their
private rooms and consulted with him
On questions of national and interna-
tional interest and Importance. Grover
Cleveland sent him on state errand
to Siam. Mckinley urged him con-
tinually to explain the Philippine Ques-
ton from stump to stump. Roosevelt
depended upon him for an important
DISPLACEMENT to Argentina, Panama
and Colombia and each instance to
meet a pressing or delicate question.
He is a very fascinating and exceed
ingly interesting speaker" said Secre-
tary Badders, in speaking of him this
afternoon. He talks on a subject that
is of great interest to business men and
especially to US of the middle west to-
day. Mr.. Barrett is big, tall, impos-
ing man and will receive royal well
come in Topeka"
The dinner for Mr.. Barrett will be
given in the front room of the CONNER
cial club suite at seven o'clock Wednes- |
day evening, October 90 Tables will be
prepared for 200 members of the Com |
mercial club. 1t is very probable that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
BOYS CORN GROWING CONTEST
VIII Be Held in City Court Room
Following Thanksgiving.

Saturday following THANKSGIVING
day has been set as the day for the
shawnee county corn contest Brad
ford Miller. father of the boys corn
growing contests of Shawnee county
and the famous Shawnee Indian
corn, was granted $50 from the
county treasury by the board of com
mtssioners today TO be used as prizes.
The Saturday after THANKSGIVING
the hundreds CT boys under sixteen
years of age, W. o have denied them
selves the joys o. the swimming hole
or even remained away from a circus
to hoe their little patch of corn on
the small plot begged from father,
Will assemble their products at the
county court house and tealously
pick the flaws in the exhibits of their
rivals.
The court room of the court of To-
peka will be turned over to the boys
for their contest as well as the main
corridors of the building. The con-
test is said to be going to be the
greatest in the history of the county
both in the number of contestants and
the size and quality Of exhibits. The
unusual activity of the boys is at
tributed largely to the proximity of
Christmas to the announcement of
the winners of the prizes. All sum-
mer, it is reported, the junior
farmers have been planning the most
judicious spending. of the forthcoming
winnings to best augment the
Christmas cheer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25

to pass national legislation about rail-
roads which managers regarded as
harmful to employees and to the in
vestors in railroad securities, the as
ISOLATION would send a delegation to
the capital with view to securing
a hearing before the proper commit
tee. Although the railroads do not
like to have the object put in this
manner, the organization was design
ed to combat hostile legislation as
we'll as to educate employees and in
vestorS with regard to railroads.
Should the association grow as is
expected, it will ultimately have a
tremendous political power and will
control large number of ballots. The
railroad officials, however, disclaim
any purpose to use 1t as a political
machine, but believe that it might
be warranted to use its votes to de-
feat pernicious legislation.