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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03

James G. Owens, secretary of the
goldfeld executive committee handling
the preparations for the meeting of the
American Mining congress to be held in
Goldfeld beginning September %, has
TO Goldfeld from q visit to
Tonopah, Manhattan and Round Noun
tain. to which camps he went to discov-
or the sentiment of residents of those
places and assist in any preparations for
the coming of delegates. Mr.. Uivens
saws that throughout the state the peo-
ple are enthusiastic over the meeting OF
the congress, and assured him that the
meeting in Goldfeld will have the sup
port of The press also is ably
assisting in the placing of reliable infor'
nation before the public.
.sThere will be twenty delegates COM
ing to the congress from Tonopah,
said Mr.. Owens last night; fourteen VIII
come from Manhattan, and four from
Round Mountain. These are the present
figures on those camps, and there may
be additional delegates from them to
later signify their intention of attend
ing.
'sIf the numbers who attend from the
various camps continue in the same
ratio, we should have between 400 and
800 delegates from the state OF Nevada
alone. About 140 already have signified
their intention of coming, and all OF
them are enthusiastic, and show especial
interest in the mining exhibit that is to
be held in Goldfeld at the time of the
meeting of the congress. All OF them
are convinced that we shall have a big
attendance at the congress, and l figure
that we shall have about 1000 of the
foremost mining men of Nevada in Gold
field at that time. Many of the big
mining men throughout the country
have said they will be here"
Mr.. Owens has received a number of
answers to inquiries to various promi-
nent people throughout the country, and
nearly all of them say in glowing terms
that they will be pleased to attend.
Some of the replies are as follows:
Governor Denver s. Dickerson, Car
son City: "Shall be pleased to make the
address of welcome at the coming SEES
sion of the American Mining congress-. y
United States Senator Francis G.
Newlands, Washington, ID. c.: eff l am
able to attend, / will be glad to make a
few remarks
John Dern, vice-president of the
American Mining congress, of Salt
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
INCREASED SILVER COINAGE

Avs I'M san FRANCISCO Cali in its issue Of June 10:
..rhe Nevada state Journal the Denver News and other inter-
mountain newspaper rant . resumption Of the coinage Of silver by
this country at some arbitrary ratio. which the News desgnates at 50 to l
ca4xa ommoMtv valuation fol- silver. rus disagreement among the propon-
ens 4 tho measure indicates the vice Of tho whole proposition. There is
NOT an never can "a : settled ratio Of valuation between gold and silver
NJ more than you an permanently AZ the price OF potatoes o. onions in
IS absurd : II ne should propose that = yard should b a n time 10
tnche and IT another SO.
As It present., II the people want it. but they certainly would not want to ham
die such were It made Il weigh twice a much as the current silver
dollar That would be the effect Of coming silver as token money 81 the
ratio of SO to l. Al fg making silver legal tender o = SO to l ratio or any
other hat q : niece Of nonsense that was thoroughly exposed in the can
paigno Of 1906. II IL too late to light that battle over.
1.-THE Cali would rejoice "a see some measure Of relief extended to the
silver miners but it il . waste If breath o talk II any legal tender basis
or that metal whether SO to 1 or 16 to 1 A nation may have silver, or it
may hv gold or its currency basis but it cannot have both, and in this
country the people havs once for AL decided that silver shall be treated IS
q commodity, and nt h national measure Of value.
.om contemporaries urge that the use Of silver as money would help
international trade with The Orient That is true but as a double standard
4 : physdcal impoxnnity, tn only means by which the United States can
gain this advantage is BY making silver tn standard and not gold II We
ala that y should dsmoralse our trade with all nations dealing o . gold
basis
John Hau Hammond is quoted as saying that tho coinage Of silver
aus b . resumed in this country u SOM practicable ratio We have not seen
Mr.. Hammoud's reasons for this belief, nor what he considers practicable,
but in the absence Of q more definite program v . may regard ais proposition
= NJ moro smachcabls' than 70 have your cake and eat it."
our esteemed contemporary Is both right and wrong Right in admitting
hat h us Of silver will help on trade in the Orient and that there Is no
objection nor . thGs b. to increasing the coinage Of silver. And wrong
in many vayA
pu.ueemut = . the ratio. If it be the vcs Of tho silver proposition,
- characterized By the Call - not fatal On all important question: there
Al. das.uesmsuts m "a certain details mt there CON > meeting Of minds
on . bsssu that u fair y every . Ana mus This question may ONE : b
adtusbA
W stxsA protest against the ratio being axd 4 81 10 1 because that
4 not giving consideration 70 the fact that y soon - this nation has silver
n well - gold for IT, currency basis, silver VII 10 longer be . deprecated
conrodMy, ana measured - such BY tho single gold standard; but wu be-
~ . msuy annAaxd n inH. b MEASURED - such. win require 40 Apollo
- - IN - $1,000 IN ~ ts dignity Of standard money
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
STATE LOOKS GOOD TO
MINE INSPECTOR STUART

''In my opinion" said State Mining
Inspector Stewart to a T~onopah Bo-
nanza reporter, upon his arrival from
Silver Peak, "the state looks better
than at any time in its history. Iso-
lated camps that are little talked of
and seldom heard from are showing
up well and entering upon an area of
production. Everywhere l have been
there seems to be considerable activ-
ity. In many of the smaller camps
that | say are little spoken of, the
surface showings are indeed encour-
aging, enough, at least, to warrant the
prediction that they will come into
their own before many months will
have rolled on to history.
81 have been to Ely, Goldfeld, Ida,
Tokop, H~ornslver, Quartz Mountain,
Tonopah, Lone Mountain, Klondike and
other camps that at this time / cannot
recall. Each is looking fine and devel-
opment is showing them all to be
worthy ones. Nevada's production this
year will be nightly increased over
that of last year, while l am sincere
when l give it as my belief that next
year will be even greater and the next
greater still, until the production of Ne
vada win actually startle the world.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
AND COMPANIES
INSTALL JUICE AT PIONEEE

+. B. Mechling general collecting
agent of the Nevada California Power
company, returned to Goldfeld from
Pioneer this week, and reports that
with the coming of the power line into
that camp, many of the leases and min
ing companies are installing electric
power.
The Bullfrog Consolidated Mayflower
Mining company is installing a plant
run entirely by electricity that it ex-
pected to be in running order in a
couple of weeks. 1t includes a 30-h. D.
electric hoist; a 75-h. p. electric air
compressor; 40-h. p. for the use of the
company mill and a l0-h. p. pump.
Jack Awkward and McKaskell, of the
Mckaskell lease on the Indiana proper
ty, have installed an electric hoist. as
has also the Engineers lease on the Tn.
diana. The Pioneer lease on the Ri.
Metallis No. 3 also has installed an elee.
trio hoist and a 75-h. p. air compressor.
Mr.. Mechling says the town lighting for
Pioneer amounts to a considerable item
for the company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
INTEREST IS INCREASING
IN THE MINING CONGRESS

Lake: "I expect to be present and take
part in the general discussions and lie.
alterations of the congress-"
U. s. Senator Walden b. Ueyburp.
Boise, Idaho: cit will give ne very
great pleasure to be present and to adj.
dress the congress upon the question of
forest preserves and public land ques.
tions generally"
State Senator George ID. Pyne, Gold.
field: ''It is with great pleasure that |
accept the invitation to deliver the
opening address at the mining con.
gress."
A. ID. Parker, vice president AMI
treasurer of the Florence Goldfeld Min.
ing company, Denver: 81 appreciate
very much your asking me to read a pa.
per on the Florence mine. If l am un.
able to be there 1 could have someone
read it for me-
j. Ross Clark, Los Angeles: al
thank your executive committee for
your compliment. Have spoken to Mr..
Douglas White, editor of the Arrow.
head, who is interested in zinc minec in
the Good Springs Country, and asked
MN if he would prepare and read a pa
per III my stead.'
Thomas F. Walsh, of Colorado. 81
would like very much to be at IT,, en-.
gress and make some remarks. | will
make every effort to come"
J. p. Lotus, Goldfield: 81 shall be
pleased to present a paper to the con.
gress on the Round Mountain mine.
hope for the success of the congress and
am anxious to be of any service in my
power"
L. Z. Stuart, state mine inspector,
Carson City: 81 accept your kind invi.
tation to read a paper before the min.
ing congress-
Oscar J. Smith, Rhyolite: cit gives
ne great pleasure to accept the invita-.
tion and l shall be glad to read a paper
on the Bullfrog district
Clay Tallman, Rhyolite: 81 am al.
ways ready to do all in my power for
the benefit of the mining industry in my
section and in the state, and shall be
glad to read a paper before the con-
gress."
Samuel w. Belford, Ely: 81 shall be
glad to accept your invitation and be
present at the meeting of the congress
to respond in behalf of the Ely dis.
trict.o
Besides these, prominent mining men
throughout the country will attend,
among them Harvey NJ. La Toilette, of
La Toilette, Tenn, and owner of the
biggest coal mines in the south, and
Hon. j. Sloat Fassett, of Elmira, N. Y.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03


10 THIS plan OF procedure, and is hope
Luz that the entire commission Will ae-
cede to his proposal.
'Commissloner Lane was especially
courteous and hopeful to the represen-
tatives from Nevada and the entire
commission was IN a sympathetic mood
concerning the subject, and it seemed
eviseG~5snat they interest was alive
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
A MOST IMPORTANT DECISION

~ NE II the most important mining decisions sver handed down by a Ne
vada court is the made recently by Judge Theron Stevens IL suu
- text Of which is printed in this paper The decision shows that the
courts of the state have determined to protect the investor in mining properties
insofar As possible. and that they cannot be used n . vehicet hrough M nv
which to deprive investors Of their legitimate rights The decision wMuen not
touching upon any Of the points involved In tho antLwIdcat law passed by the
last Legislature. is in line with the spirit Of that law, insomuch as it demands
that the investors money be expended honestly and that the min operator
and he company promoter be open and above board in all thdr dealings
giving the investor exactly what they tell him they viii e.
One u h practices Of some Nevada mining men has been 10 organic =
mining company . handle . piece O ~operty-the property ranging from
good. or indifferent to bad-and sell the investing public stock ostsnudbyf r
n purposes u developing tho property, but the STOCK really being tn personal
STOCK d the vendors md he moneys derived thersfrcm put into their W
pockets The general plan, thereafter As been for tn vendors then &c ad-
vance money, personally. for development II the property and thsn, when they
know there is n money in the company treasury to forecose N the property
fer the money they have advanced, and have the property sold out t., them
selves. This freezing OUT Of the stockholders has been toe m a prac
te, and the decision Of Judge Stevens will be read with interest INC salts
faction by the entire country.
The investor will soon learn that the ours of the state Of Nevada. ara
now standing behind him. and that when no puts money into Nevada proper
ties It is with the assurance that he Il to get . square dea, - Judge ser
M Is . a the right track. and his forcsfuL straightforward and clsr ut dsct
sion viii b. Of inatmabls bsnsE, Il the mining industy Of the state.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03

interests intruding ON the companys
possessions, and particularly because
some of the ground was hugging closely
some of the three shafts the company Is
now sinking to water level, where, I'll
expected, the ore will be found. Rather
than make the proposition more inter
esting to us through the work they were
doing, our agreement to sell out to INC
company for $3.50 was secured, ana
4. w. Jones, representing the company
came on from New York and closed 'ps
business up with us Tuesday afternoon
We have four more claims down IN tDs'
county and, if it pans out all right,
are likely to make a few dollars mort
Believe me Las Vegas is not a bad VI"
ter resort
Mr.. Hayes states that the formative
on which the company has located
described by biologists as a~lunite; '''.
1t closely resembles the formation
Cripple Creek, and that the syna'e'.
behind the company named is eonna''
of reaching big bodies of ore at ""e
level, which will be somewhere be'"e''
500 and 1000 feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
KEEPING UP ITS OWN COURAGE

r<HE ToN0PAH SUN. in its puerne way continues TO heap what it con-
siders abuse upon The Godfed News because that paper has moi un-
reservedly accepted the word If the editor If the Cifordowned Ton
ouah Sun that Glendale is an Eldorado 10 which the whole world should rus
without asking questions; without desiring other information than that given
out by the aforesaid Sun These childish attacks are regarded with genuine
amusement by the few readers Of the Sun. and are very reminiscent of the
story of the small boy who yelled at the TOP Of his voicew when in the dark, ito
keep him from being afraid
The Godfed News has heretofore stated that it sincerely hopes that
Glendale will make a great rich mining camp. It has taken the stand that
the permanency of the ore bodies should be shown to SON eextent before a
rush to the new camp al be advised As the camp comes into its own and
r@l mining operations show that the really remarkable surface showings con
tinue to ONE depth below the surface, The News will give the camp full
and merned publicity The attitude taken by the Sun that the Gldfld pa
prs and the Goldfeld people ire trying to knock the camp is not only
manfestly ponsensical but shows that the editorial staff Of the Sun has no
conception of the truth. The Tonopah Sun lis proving the worst 'sknocker'
Glendale has, and its present tactics but bear ut the past record Of the par
ties singing its attempted vtuperahon.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
NEVADA MAY WIN THAT
RAILWAY TERMINAL FIGHT

Prof. Henry Thurtell, Nevada rail
road commissioner, who was in Wash
ington with President w. II. Simmons
of the Reno Commercial club in behalf
of Nevada, in the hearing before the
Interstate Commerce commission in re-
gard to railroad rates, returned home
Wednesday, says the Reno Gazette.
Like Mr.. Simmons he feels that Nevada
has an excellent fight and believes tina
it will not be long before the rate ques
tion is settled. When asked for an in
terview this morning he said:
eve found the members of the In
terstate Commerce commission were
taking just as much interest in tn
Reno case as in the case of the city o.
Spokane. In the discussion that took
place before the commission the Reno
case was quite as prominently mention.
ed as was that of Spokane and it seem
ed evident that the commission con
sidered that the settlement of the
Spokane case or the Reno case must
eventually bring about the settlement
of rates into all the i-ntermountain re
gion. | am very hopeful that the el,;
tire commission will come to the coast
by September, hear the supplemental
Spokane case; the case of the merch
ants of San Francisco seeking better
vast bound rates into the intermoun
tain region, such supplemental evil
dence as the railroads or the Nevada
commission may desire to offer in the
Reno case and act uopn the whole sub,
ject of rates into the in~termountain
region from both east and west at the
same time. Commissioner Lane has al
ready made a motion before the inter
state commerce commission looking
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
GOOD RESULTS FROM WORK
OF NEVADA COTTONWOOD

George vickers, manager OF the We
vada Cottonwood Mines company, re-
ports that work is progressing salts
faetoriIy on the property at Stimier,
lust across the hill from the plttsburg-
Silver Peak mines. There are two
shafts on the property, $50 and Zoo
feet deep respectively. At the former,
20 feet of ore averaging s12 a ton has
been opened by a crosscut from the
shaft. and at the latter shaft a cross
cut has exposed ~ feet of ore that
averages better than SIG. The full ex-
tent of the ore is not yet known IN
either place. as the crosscuts have not
exposed both walls.
Five men are working at the 2O0-foot
shaft, and are still crosscutting to de-
termine how wide the vein is. 1t is
the intention to begin sinking the
shaft another 100 feet within a short
time, and it will also be sent down
to water level, which it is expected
will be reached at a depth of between
400 and 500 feet. When the ore is
tested at the water level, it will be
known what kind of a mill be needed
for the treatment of the ores.
Mr.. Vickers contemplates erecting a
60-stamp mill when ready, but viii
wait until the ores below water level are
proven before making any definite ar
rangements in that line. The ledge has
been traced on the surface for 320t
feet, and it assays throughout the en-
tire distance. The property is equipped
with two hosting plants and the usua
necessary buildings and other equip
ment. Values are about equally di
vided between gold and silver, with in
dications that the gold per cent il
increasing with depth.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
SEARCHLLGHT PREPARING
MONSTER ORE EXHIBIT

At the eleventh hOur last Saturday
night a meeting was hurriedly called
in honor of Mr.. Charles Kapp, a repre-
sentative of the American Mining Con-
gress, says the Searchlight Bulletin. The
purpose of Mr.. Kapp's visit was to urge
this section to arrange for a mineral
exhibit at Goldfeld during the coming
session of the congress, commencing
September %.
Goldfeld is expecting to entertain
several thousand delegates, and for
their benefit proposes to gather to-
gether a mineral exhibit representative
of the entire state of Nevada. To this
end Mr.. Kapp and another special COM
missioner are in the field working up
the necessary enthusiasm and thor
oughly explaining the details of the
proposition.
At the meeting Saturday night it
was decided to ask Eldorado and Ches-
cent to unite with Searchlight, as the
Golden Triangle in making one
large display. By cooperating, it
was also thought possible to raise suf-
fcient funds with which to defray the
expense of sending a local man to
handle the exhibit; also to prepare
printed matter for free distribution.
From among those present the fol
lowing committee was chosen: j. f.
White, chairman; III. A. Perkins, sec
rotary; Matt Hoveck, w. H. Perkins,
r.. S. Morrison and X. p. McGhan.
In outlining the proposition, MIR.
Kapp said: 81 wish to impress upon
lou that the advantages to be gained
from such an exhibit directly concern
yourselves, indirectly the whole state"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
LOOKS GOOD FOR NEVADA

TATE RAILROAD COMMISSIONER THURTELL'S belief that the
railroad rateh hearing at Reno before the Interstate commerce commits
sion will have DEFINITE and beneficial results is refreshing to all the po
pie Of Nevada, and it Is only to be hoped that his prediction is followed By
realization Present freight rates as extored by the railroads are not felt SO
much by the business man . they are by the ultimate consumer in Nevada,
for it is the consumed who pays the freight bills
We have SO often dnatsd upon the manifest hardship wrought by, and
injustice IT,, that back haul charge from Sacramento OF eastern ship
to Nevada points that it seems hardly necessary 20 go into its details
again. Every resident Of Nevada who las paid any attention to the matter
of freight charges IN all supplies from the cas- is fully aware that there is
a serious defect in the laws which allow the railroads to charge the Nevada
onsume for a haul ON shipments from the east, through Nevada % some
California point It transcontnental rates. and then at local rates from the
gcanfornia point back Il the Nevada point where the goods are to b. delivered
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HAUL Is NEVER MADE. In any other bust
nesst the law says the buyer cannot be made to pay or goods that NJ not
delivered. It seems that the law would apply 70 the railroads n that it
should prevent the railroads from charging for a haul which is eve made
The discrimination against The state Of Nevada by the railroads is so
elaring and unblushing that it seems hardly possible that the interstate omL
MERGE commissio can overlook it, now that it has been formally called to the
attention of that body. If the interstatec commerce commission fails to give
then that bod. is a failure. The failure may be attributed to lack Of
earnestness Of purpose, Of to the fact that it has not been conshtuaonany
vested with legal powers sumcient to carry ut its purpose In either cset 1t
might as well be abolished until such time as it al be clothed with the neces
say mowers. The commission las done much good. In many instances 1T has
seemingly failed, and this failure appears to be ne % lack OF vested powers
One of the reasons for the creation of the interstate commerce commission
was III very manifest discrimination on thu part OF the common carriers for
M against certain interests and sections The rebating practice las been
very materially lessened, II not ended. But in the matter of equaizing rates
charged b thu common carriers. the commission seems Il be against a stub
bon snag
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
AUSTIN INTERESTED IN MINING CONGRESS

= N the converting of the Mining Congress It Goldfeld, Austin has the chance
to make a great name for herself, says the Reese Review ReveIle. Aus
= tin has q nam # her W already but among the newer camps of the
wMch arr so noisy md loud. Austin is supposed Il ID . . back number.
The facts are quite to the contrary Austin has a much mineral wealth
as any camp in the state. It has al anuring opportunities to offer as any nw
famed eldorado in the state. II las a past, but it. also IA a future.
The ore exhibit that this camp al send to GolAeld will surprise the
captains of the mining industry who win be present there O the occasion Of
the converting Of tho Mining Congress. It will be money in the pocket of
every AusMnite % 70 well represented.
A good display Of rock should not satisfy Austin. There should be SON
in convenient form that could be taken homo by Goldfed visitors
and read at leisure Tho story Of Austin is al old one, but it will barr repeat
ing to every n who has not heard Of it.
Austin exhibit at 0oldhed will be worth more to b tow n dis
trct than If it were spread before the pleasure seekers at the Seattle fair.
At oodheld h mon who view the high grade, will be men who know the
meaning # q piece Of ore and who are looking for a mining district that has
possibilities worth talking about