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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
BIG MOUNTAIN OF SAND
PROBABLY TO BE MINED

NJ. X. Maull, Maurice Downey, Char
ley Grader gnd Clarence Linville re-
turned Saturday from Sand Springs,
where they completed the assessment
work on the sane mountain, one of the
eounty's phenomenas. This mountain
has Teen located by Messrs. Maui and
Downey fer Reith, Craig & Co. of San
Francisco, who propose to utilize the
low values of gold found with profit
to themselves. These values, taken
promiscuously from every part of the
mountain, average $1.34 to the ton, ard
the amount of sand available for mill
ing purposes is almost incalculalle. The
mountain is from 200 to 500 feet high
and two miles long, and the sand forms
a pyramid shaped mountain vita an
angle of 81 degrees.
The present loeators will shortly in
stall a cyanide plant for tests and it
is believed that it will demonstrate
that the sand can be treated at a
small profit. The pe%rcolation is perfect
and there are no base metals to con-
tend with. An attempt was made a
number of years ago to work the sand
by a patent amalgamation process,
which failed to return a profit and
the work was consequently abandoned.
Churchill Standard.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
Want Aboveboard Reports

-HAT the Mining & Metallurgical Society of America has taken
step which will prove of value to the mining industry, in off,
i cially putting forth a statement of the character of information
that should he given in reports of companies, is the opinion of brokers
investors and others interested in putting the mining business OF a
higher place.
The mining engineers, mine managers, biologists and mehlur
sists that compose this society are collectively urging that every min.
ing corporation publish within 80 days of the close of each fiscal year
an annual report adequately setting forth the financial position of the
company and the condition of its property.
Such a report, the society states, should contain tabulated state
ments of work accomplished results obtained, expenditures and re-
ceipts from the beginning, marketable products of each year, sums re.
ceived from the sale of them, together with the net earnings and the
disposition made of them. A review of work, with statements of as
sets and liabilities, showing all details of the capitalization of the col
.pany, other information OF the financial condition, and, in addition,
statement OF ore reserves and a competent estimate of the probable
life of the mine, is also called for by the societyis report.
The investing public is coming to realize that the purchasing of
stocks of companies that dare not publish straightforward statements
of their affairs at reasonably frequent periods is nothing less than
folly and is earning to let the stocks of such companies alone. It's
rightly becoming equally suspicious of companies that send out in
geniously worded statements that fail to give facts essential in estmat
ing the merit of the investment. Comparatively few corporations that
are asking tie public to buy their shares longer have the audachy to
refuse their stockholders annual reports. Many companies that are
afraid to show their hands are finding it to their advantage to issue
quarterly reports and a strong sentiment is springing up in mining
circles in favor of these quarterly statements.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

Railroad men are of the opinion
that Nevada, Utah and other Western
states may be granted some relief in
freight rates even before the inter
state commerce commission takes ac-
ton. A report has been current ever
since the rate hearing that when the
Western Pacific opens through to the
coast this fall, George Gould will make
a sweeping reduction of freight rates,
installing a tariff sheet based on the
number of miles the commodities are
hauled rather than upon water COM
petition, says the Salt Lake Herald
Republican.
This sheet, it is predicted, will give
a lower rate to Utah than to Califor-
MIA, and a lower rate to Colorado
than to Utah. The principle OF mile
age will be the sole basis for the rate
charged, except, of course, hlgher
charges will be made for hauling some
kinds of goods than others.
Frank b. Kindell, a brother OF the
noted George b. Kindell Of Denver,
was in Salt Lake recently and said ne
had a letter from the Denver rate
expert, notifying him to expect whole
sale reductions in freight rates. The
letter did not specify from what caus
the reduction would come, but Frank
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
RICKEY PAINTS HIMSELF
BLACKERTHAN ENEMIES DID

Thomas b. Hickey declares that h,
is in danger of assassination in Orms
by county and that for this, and hall
a hundred other reasons he doesn y
want to be tried in this county TO,
wrecking the State Bank and Trus,
company.
He also says the United States dis
trict attorney took the stump and de
nounced him, that influential citizens
have done the same, that the news
papers in particular, have been active
III showing up the said ~afiaut; that dc.
positors, their friends, relatives and
their friends and relatives unto the
third and fourth generation of them
that hate Tom Hickey are industriously
abusing the afiant for wrecking Til.
bank, and that for these and sundry
and divers other reasons he cannot get
a fair trial in ormshy county, or in
half a dozen other counties in the state
of Nevada.
The affidavit bears down particularly
hard on the newspapers. 1t devotes
several pages TO a description of what
Senator Newlands calls the :meilifc
influence of the cartoon, as she is ear
TONED in Nevada. The language of
the affidavit is: "That all of said
newspapers, Immediately after said
bank suspended as aforesaid, com
mencod and thereafter, to the present
time, continued most violent, viruIent
and impassioned publications against
afiant and the other directors of the
Tank. That all of said newspaper at
all times after the suspension of said
bank published editorials and state
ments charging affiant petitioner with
having used the funds of said bank
r~nlawfully and corruptiy for the per-
sonal profit of afiant petitioner, and
published statements at all times here
tofore that afliant has used his Office
as president of the said bank to make
loans to corporations, partnerships
and associations in which afiant was
interested and published statements
that affiant had diverted the funds of
said hank to build houses and i'm
prove property in reckless disregard
of the interest of said depositors, and
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

Keno should nave a fress cluD.
There have been for a long time
and are now a sufficient number of
local newspaper men, who, with the
right spirit, might make such an as.
ISOLATION of kindred minds a pleasure
and a profit, says the Gazette, plain
lively.
During the session of the American
Mining Congress last week in Gold
field one of the features provided by
that city in the midst of the desert
was it's elegantly appointed Press club
suite of rooms on an upper floor of
one of the prominent buildings.
That ca fellow feeling makes one
wondrous kind" as Uncle William once
remarked, was a~bundantly manifested,
as one entered into the atmosphere of
eongeniality which pervaded every
nook of it's cheerful coy corners, rest.
full in their touches of Mission style,
respondent in Indian blankets and
variegated tinted fancy sofa pillows.
Fortunately for the newspaper
"boys' of that city, they found in the
person of one of their residents a
benefactor-G George Wingfeld-now a
resident of Reno-who at his own ex-
pense furnished their Press club
rooms deliberately.
That place continues to remain one
of the most attractive spots in all
Goldfeld. Its hospitality will long be
remembered by the visiting press dur
ing their attendance at the congress.
Its doors swing both way to the nan
having any connection with newspaper
work and to knock Tor admittance is
prohibited. The words welcome;
make yourself at home and be
happy are stamped upon every large
easy chair-every couch-every coy
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

for the purpose of indirectly enriehins
%afiant.
"That said newspapers at all time.
azores said published statements tina,
loans were made of the funds of said
bank upon worthless securities and
upon mining stocks regardless of the
value of the property because afiiant
had an interest as borrower and would
profit ty the loan made. And said
newspapers at all times as aforesaid,
published statement that after the
bank had failed afiant had favored
some d,positors as against Others by
permitting said favored depositors, by
indirection, to receive their deposits
in full, while the other depositors were
Icing injured by the withdrawal of
valuable assets of the bank.
THAT said newspapers at all times
as aforesaid. published pictures and
cartoons representing affiant as ex-
'tremely greedy and avaricious, and a
worshiper of money above every vir-
tue, and such pictures and cartoons
so published by said newspapers de-
picted scenes of distress wherein de-
p~ositors were represented as persons
sick, bedridden, hollow checked, sunk
en-eyed, and with tattered garments,
all suggested in said pictures to have
Leen caused directly by the conduct of
afliant as director and president of
said bank.
"And in others of said pictures and
cartoons so published from time to
time in said newspapers, afiiant was
represented as living in luxury pur
chased with the money he had flched
starving children, old, aged persons,
decrepit and sick persons, were sub
jected to distress and misery because
of the loss of deposits in said hank,
all of which was charged to rave been
directly caused by the conduct of af-
faint as president and as a director of
said bank.
The affiant goes on to say a lot more
about the newspapers and the power
they have welded in bringing Tom
Hickey to justice and the name in
which they have shed light in the dark
places of the State Bank and Trust
company affairs and then takes a rap
at Sam Platt.-Carson News.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

"The greatest thing that mas ever
happened for the development OF the
resources of Nevada was the passage
of the wildcat law says james =.
Haley, state bullion tax collector, III a
recent interview. lit has practicaiiy
put an end to the validating business
and has assured the future OF mining
in Nevada on a stable basis. 10 DC
sure there were other conditions "hich
killed the wildcats, but this law mas
prevented their resurrection.
stAs proof of the fact nat .he
wildcat has gone from Nevada tnere
have not been two dozen mining
companies incorporated in the state
this year, though two years ago Inc
secretary of state was recording 'ne
articles of from 10 to 10y com
panies daily. The money TOT 'ne
incorporation of these companies a.
one time was one of the consiuera'i'
sources of revenue of the state.
1.-THE fact which / rave just stated
does not indicate by any means tha'
mining is dead in Nevada. For tht
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
ANTI-WILDCAT LAW IS
GREAT THING FOR NEVADA

year ending December 81. 1908, on a
production of $31 100000, a bullion tax
of SOL 600 was collected. That was an
increase of over 100 per cent on the
bullion tax for 1907. However, the
total production in the state for the
first six months of this year exceeded
$15, 000, 900, on which a bullion tax OF
$122, 900 was collected.
'sThe production in Esmeralda coun-
.ty for the last quarter amounted to
over $1,000, 900 monthly. In Nye
county for the last quarter the produc
ton was 100000 monthly, of which
$4,000 was being paid in wages and
i~neidentals. White Pine county, which
up to this year had not paid a bullion
tax for a quarter of a century, now
ranks third, having produced 50 fal
over $3,000,o00 in gold and other
metals.
"These figures plainly mean that
Nevada is producing more all the time
and that the prosperity of the stat,
is being worked out along legitimate
lines
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
COLE TAKES UP OPTION ON
MILITARY GROUP AT ELY

ELY, New, Oct. l5.-Thomas +.
Cole, acting presumably for the Cole
Ryan interests, has exercised the last
of several options that he had taken
on Ely properties, and as a result con-
siderable money is in evidence among
small stockholders of the property in
volved in the purchase.
The option exercised was that on the
Military group. The Butte & Ely, Rick
ard Ely, Veteran Ely Extension proper
ties had previously been taken over by
the Cole syndicate. These properties
cost the syndicate $444,000, all of which
has teen paid. In addition the pur-
ehasers expanding about $4,000, 900 for
a reduction plant which Nh. Cole recent
lv announced would lie erected in this
district.
The Ely Central people are awaiting
the arrival of o. A.. Turner, president
of the company, to start extensive de-
velopment work which has been out
lined by Edward Hoffman, directing
engineer. Word was received this
morning by wire that work was to be
pushed for all its worth and that $40,
900 a month had been set aside by the
company for development work on lines
outlined by William A. Parish.
Instructions have been given to go
ahead with the sinking of shafts on
the Clipper and Monarch claims, sub
ject to the approval of Mr.. Hoffman;
to keep three shifts at work in the
Eureka Fraction shaft, and to do all
other work in the way of development
recommended by Mr.. Hoffman, the only
restrictions to be observed being to
keep within 10000 a month, but to
expend the entire appropriation on the
development of the mine.
The third shift on the Eureka Frac
ton already has teen put on, and the
other instructions will lie followed out
to the letter.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENT
OF NEVADA RAILROAD

RENO, New, Oct. 1.-The extension
of the Nevada, California and Oregon
narrow guage railroad from It's present
terminus at Madeline to Lakeview, Ore
gon, the erection of a large office
building to cost at least $25, 900 and
the addition of modern shop machinery
and enlargement of the shops of the
company located at this point, are
among the Improvements as announced
for the immediate future by 7. +. Dun
way, president of the company, on his
return from New York last night. In
all probability the road will be broad
guaged. The Office building will lie
located at Reno.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
NEXT LEGISLATURE MAY
REVISE BULLION TAX LAW

their experience so that We may be
aGle to segregate the good from the
bad.
"Under the law of Ontario, every
mine whose annual profits are more
thar $4,000 shall pay on the excess
over this amount an annual tax of 3
per cent. From the gross receipts are
deducted the cost of all transportation,
expenses of working the mine, includ-
ing wages, construction of mills, re-
duction works, smelters, explosives, in
s~urance, depreciation or wear and tear
of property, cost of new work, and all
necessary expenditures incident to the
development and maintenance of the
property.
elf you will take into considera-
ton the wide scope covered by the
Ontario law and the broad incentive
to mining investment it offers, | be-
lieve you will readily conclude that
it is a wise and just measure.
"You will observe that the Nevada
law does not exempt a single item of
expense to encourage the mine owners
of this state to build mills, smelters
and reduction works for the purpose of
treating their ores at home.
"Nevada is essentially a mining
state, and any condition that affects
the mines affects every other indus
try in the state in regular proportion.
Governor Dickerson, in his mes
sage to the last Legislature of Nevada,
properly emphasizes the important
place in the state occupied by mining
in its every phase. l do not agree
with him, however, in the broad state
ment that Nevada is dependent on for
eign capital for it's development, and
J do not think his assertion well con
sidered in view of the fact that this
grand old battle-born state has pro-
duced, and is producing now, sufficient
wealth TO meet her every need were it
utilized at home.
Heretofore our state has been
very largely, and is still to an extent,
dependent on the outside world for the
money needed to develop our mines
therefore we owe it as a sacred duty
to our state to encourage capital to
come to us for investment, and to
shield and safeguard it when hereby
enacting such laws as will properly pro
teet the interests of all, and / would
urge that we go still further, and place
upon our statute books laws founded
upon justice, wisdom and right, that
would protect such investments from
any possibility of double taaxtion, aud
unreasonable discrimination
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
RENO MAN ENTHUSES OVER
GOLDFIELD PRESS CLUB

| corner, writing or reading table por'
there or lace curtain. Everything is of
rich material, the elegant piano pro
viding more than ornamentation TO
the general attractivcness, for among
the "boys'' are serveral who excel in
handling the white keys. while their
fellows frequently make the rooms
ing with song.
Its a jolly ~"bunch," and they have
good times, although the membership,
once more than so, is now much
smaller.
There is one thing extremely unique
about those clubrooms, and it is ques-
tionable if a similarity can be found
in any other Press club in this broad
land. In one corner rests a mammoth
metal ice water tank-of the ordinary
sort-circular and brilliant in it's glar-
ing red exterior-it possesses the usual
lid and nickle- plated faucet below.
One of the visitors last week stepped
up to it, and east his eyes about for
a glass, expecting to find one, as is
ordinarily the custom, by the side of
the tank. There was no such means
of relieving his thirst-no glass could
be seen.' That ice water cooler had
stood there for the past seven months,
yet it was seemingly as new as though
it had been purchased that very day.
Jack Merriman-who does not know
little "Jackf''-one of the Invest news
paper boys in the state-quickly no.
ticed the inquiring look of the visiting
scribe and calmly remarked: "Did
you ever see an ice cooler like this
it's the CLASHES kind, invented here
in Goldfeld-and it the only one like
it in town, if not in America
(Note-The Gazette man should have
looked inside the cooler for the glasses
and perhaps a bottle or two-of soda
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

on for some time. The contact has an
east and west strike and dips 70 the
south. Recently a cross assure was
encountered and work of prospecting il
commenced Sunday.
Assays from the ore found in the
contact ledge give an average of 4 per
cent. copper and s. in gold with traces
Of silver. The extent of the ore has
not yet been determined but will be
by the drifts started Sunday on the
400 level. Twelve mon are employed
ON W shifts and the company expects
to continue work steadily all winter.
White here Mr.. Levy may put a force
Of men on the Zack to drift from the
shaft above the water level which is
about 400 feet from the surface.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

At the next session of the legislature
the promises to come up legislation
looking to the revision of the bullion
tax laws of the state. In fact, such
legislation was smo'hered during the
last Legislature. In several sections
the mining men are already discussing
this matter, and as a means OF form
ing a basis for a general discussion, II.
C. Jones, a mining man of Tonopah,
was asked to prepare a paper for the
Mining Congress on the ".Bullion Tax
Law in Nevada The paper was sub
mitted to the congress during the ses-
sion held at Tonopah. We give ex-
cerpts from the paper, as follows:
"A system of taxation which is suf-
ficiently comprehensive to meet the
requirements of a state, and at the same
time be just and equitable, is a matter
of growth and evolution.
"Theories may take their place as
building material now and then, solid
flying into what is staunchest and best,
but should not be given power for good
or ill until they have gone through
the perfecting influence of the crucible
of experience.
"Another element which must he
reckoned with in the consideration
of a taxing system is that of pub
lie sentiment. Public sentiment is
usually the equivalent of an official
command, and no great reform can
be accomplished except by educat-
ing the people in respect to existing
of proposed notifications.
SIN presenting this paper to the
18th American Mining Congress, |
am by no means unmindful of the
fact that the subject under discussion
is not a new one, and it is possible that
all that is worth saying has already
as long as a wrong has not been right
ed, or a mistake corrected, it is tie
duty of every man to raise his voice
in no uncertain terms in behalf of
what he himself believes to be right.
"In approaching this subject, our
first duty is to consider the various
laws enacted by our sister mining
states relating to the bullion tax
question, and if we find that expert
ence has taught them what is wisest
and best, we should allow ourselves
to be benefited by it. If we find that
by a thorough consideration of this
matter they have enacted laws which
are manifestly sound and just, it is
our duty to weigh well the result Of
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
GOOD GOLD VALUES FOUND
m CONTACT ON ELY CON

s. NJ. Levy, presiden@-aaA manager
of the Ely Consolidated Copper com
panv. arrived Saturday night to make
an inspection of the development w'sS
being done in the Brilliant SHAFT o"'
Of the Ruth mine, and to consider re-
snmption Of work on the zaek prop
crty which lies southwest from u"
Star Pointer shaft, says the Exposi'or'
On account Of the amount of water
coming in on the Brilliant which can
rot be handled without the ard 81
pnmps, operations have heen confined
fos some time % the o level who're
drifting on q contact has been going
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

The Goiifeld News has always been
the most satisfactory place to get job
printing done. 1t is done right there
and always delivered when promised
Cali up phone 1892.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

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