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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
GOLD MT. Mines CO.
HAS A RICH ESTATE

The North Star claim of the Gold
Mountain Mines company estate is a
name to e%onjure with, to the average
mining man of the district. Although
there are many rich claims in this
district and many of them are today
producing far more than the North
Star, its record is such that as a speci-
men rock producer it occupies a unique
position in this country of fabulously
rich claims.
II is part of a group of seven claims
composed of some of the most promis-
ing property in this district. Among
them are the Hill Top, Desert Lily,
Desert Rose, Central Star, Keystone,
Primrose and the North Star. The
estate belongs to Louis koontz
os the Gold Bar and to w. III. Stills. The
development work on the North Star
is of long standing and has progressed
to a stage where the rich ore body on
that claim has been shown beyond all
doubt to be one of the richest perma-
ncnt ore bodies in the Gold Mountain
district.
At present the tunnel on this claim
is in for over a 100 feet and is on the
vein all the way, every bit of this is
i'll good milling ore. 1t was out of this
tunnel that the fabulously rich punches
of specimen rock came in the early
days and the shipments from this tun-
mel alone, ran way up into the thous
ands. This vein is a continuation of
the Wide West vein on the Empress
estate and on the surface it has been
traced for several thousand feet and it's
strong outcroppings have panned val
ues all the way. On the Central Star
claim of this group the ore averages
over $40, and there is a considerable
quantity of high grade milling in sight
on this claim. The Keystone is also
one of the early worked properties of
the district and produced large guam
titles of good shipping ore years ago.
The other claims of this estate are
also all good properties and combined
this group forms one of the most val
liable holdings in this district. Men
who are thoroughly familiar with the
ground state that they are among the
npost promising in the district and with
active development work started on this
group they will rank among the first
producers within a comparatively short
time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
INDEPENDENT Mine IS
A PROMISING PROPERTY

OF the many promising properties ic
this district the Independent mine L.
one of the best. Situated in the hear.
of the rich ore producing ZONE it has
t, its credit the production in the past
of some of the richest ore that ever
came out of the Gold Mountain coun
try.
1t lays less than 1000 feet northwest
Ct the famous Wide West claim of the
Empress group, which is one of the
richest properties in that group.
The Independent has as interesting
al early history as any in the district,
big and at times sensational producer.
During that time it was worked by
some Frenchmen who, it is said, took
out hundreds of thousands in high
grade silver and gold ore. These men,
who were the original owners, shipped
large quantities of ore from this prop
erty that went as high as 1900 to 1000
ounces per ton in the black metal.
There is a world of milling ore in
the slopes and drifts at present, and
with work started again on this prop
erty there is every prospect that its
high grade record will again become
an every day occurrence. The work.
ings consist of an incline shaft over
a 100 feet deep with the big vein in
evidence all the way down and a mum
Der of slopes hat were worked in the
early days, and are today all in mill
ing ore of a high grade. The vein is
from five to eight feet wide, and
sampling has showed it to be good mill
ing ore all the way across the face. AT
present there is about 500 tons of ore
on the dump that is ready for the mill.
The presence of a mill in the camp is
also an advantage that the early work
ers on the Independent did not have,
and today a very low grade of ore can
be milled at a profit that in the past
had to be left in the slopes or on the
dump. Assays taken from this dump
showed that picked samples went as
high as $92, and a general grab
sample returned $307.50 in gold.
This mine is owned by w. H. Stills,
who acquired it from the original own
or, and Mr.. Stills is now incorporating
the property under the name of the Key
West Mining company. The company
will be supplied with ample funds to
vigorously prosecute development work,
and a modern hoist will be installed as
soon as the mine is opened up enough.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

OF the biggest in point of value that
mas ever come out of the Gold Noun
tain district.
The conditions on the Gold Crest are
most favorable for economical mining.
High mountains affording cheap tunnel
systems and plenty Of wood and water
for all purposes are the chief features
OF the Gold Crest. One well alone on
the estate will supply all the water
that would be required to run a ~
stamp mill and the same well can
easily be made to produce even more
water by developing depth. The most
important claims of this large group
are the Gold Crest, Ouida, Haide, Rough
Rider, Sunrise, Granite Chief, Golden
Era, Central, Queen, Rose, keystone
Phoenix and Gladys Mack. Most OF the
ore ou~tcroppings are 20 feet high Oh
these claims and in some places even
higher.
The formation is somewhat similar
to the rest of the district being .
quartz ore. But the surface on 'h'
Gold Crest shows the country rock "
be a ~porphyry with granite CONTACTS
The quartz is free milling and yieiu'
easily to the milling process. In man'
places there are lodges that appear ~
the surface and are over 20 feet ~u'
and n ledge has been traced acfO''
the entire estate for a distance OF Owe
a mile.
The Gold Crest Mining company
controlled and managed by some oi"'
wealthiest residents of MilwauA'"
George Harding, the president,
famous millionaire breeder OF iSn''
cattle and sheep, of Waukesha eoun''
Wisconsin; G. H. Keyser, a well Know.
manufacturer of Milwaukee, Is Wv
president, and E. NJ. McVicker, .
yer of high character and one Oh
most prominent practitioner
secretary and treasurer. MIR. me-
kar is a conservative and capable -
and he has strong financial connec''
in his home town and he is au'no
for the statement that the company
prepared to spend between s4o,o00
on the development OF the
Crest during the coming year.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

country was rough in those days and
mining methods the most primitive. A
steam arastra was the nearest approach
to a mill that the district had and even
il. that way the Slopes in the Nevada
Empress gave forth an constant supply
Of rich ore. In 1906 the entire group
of seven claims became the property
of w. H. Stills and his associates, and
then an era of prosperity came into the
Gold Mountain country. Mr.. Stills put
a large force of men at work thor
oughly prospecting his ground and as
c ertaining the values in the different
tunnels and Slopes on the estate. No
expense was spared and today the mill,
the first in the district, stands as an
eloquent testimonial of his enterprise
and foresight, and it is due to him that
the Gold Mountain district can boast
of the first business like managed and
completely equipped mine in its his
tory. In active charge of the mill and
the mine is j. f. Stills, a brother OF
W. II. Stills, and the vice president ano
resident manager of the mine. He II
recognized as one of the most practical
mining and mill men in the country
and combines with those qualities .
democratic spirit that has made HIN
the most popular man in the district
His broad ideas have endeared him t.
every one of his thirty odd employee
and every meal hour sees him seated a
the head of the table in the mess hous
with his miners around him. As a re
suit he not only has a model force o
men working for him but he gets ever.
ounce of energy out of his men.
The estate of the Nevada Empires
NJ. & NJ. company is situated on what
locally known as Anderson Mountai
and consists of seven claims called tn
Central Fraction, Gold Wedge, Contra
Smasher, Lucky Jim, Golden charie
and the Wide West. On the surfae
there are two known veins exposed. In
big Central vein which runs east an
west through the Central, Smasher an
the Lucky Jim claims and which pitch'
to the south is one Of the most full
developed in the district. This gre'
vein has produced fortunes ever stint
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

field and Bullfrog passes less than five
miles from the mine and San Carlos
station, was located for the purpose of
handling the traffic from the Gold
Crest.
And this property is well worthy of
some special attention from the ore
carriers for it was not so very long ago
that a car of ore went out from Gold
Crest and incidentally, that carload
brought in bullion returns on an
average of $43 per ton. And when it
is considered hat this ore came from
the big Ouida vein and at a depth of
less than 35 feet the possibilities of
the property are but beginning to be
understood. The Ouida is an immense
outcrop that juts out against the sky
line for over a mile and in some places
it is over 20 feet high. There is not
a place on this vein that the surface
groupings will not return assays rang
ing from So to as high as $500 per ton
in gold. And at the place that the
shipment was made the ~leasers who are
developing that block of ground took
the ore out of an Is inch vein and it
was getting wider and wider with every
foot of depth.
A eursory examination of the ground,
shows many. thousand feet of develop
ment work on the various claims of the
Gold Crest estate. While a great deal
OF this work has been lone through
cuts which have uncovered the vein
system that exists on the property, a
great deal of it is in shafts, drifts,
crosseuts and tunnels. The main shaft.
which is the deepest one on the ground.
is loo feet deep and has several drifts
which are in for over 200 feet. The
tunnels are also into the sides of the
mountains for distances ranging from
l2o feet to $50 feet. Wherever there
mas been work done of this nature the
ore carries high grade milling values
ana In several places there is a world
of shipping ore.
ihere are also a number of dumps on
the property that contain hundreds Of
tons OF milling ore which is waiting for
the installation of a mill. Most of the
ore IN the shaft will break down at
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

that development will prove the quart
ute to be the great ore maker. At
pre- sent the basalt is the ore former, as
all the ore has been found neal it. All
the higher hills are capped with lava
or "~malapai'' as it is sometimes called,
and the surface of Keystone mountain,
where the main workings Of the COM
pany are located, shows a very strong
two big veins there are a number of
smaller veins that have not yet been
developed, but which nave shown good
values. The country being rugged it
lends itself to the tunnel system of
mining which is in use at the Nevada
Empress as, in fact, it is all over the
entire district. In the Empress there
are six tunnels, each laying further up
the side of the mountain than the other
and each connected with raises. They
are all equipped with rails and ears
and thoroughly ventilated. In add
ton to these tunnels there is also a
shaft on the Wide West claim of the
group.
The lowest tunnel has it's entrance
very near the roof of the mill and all
! the ore that is stopped out of the entire
tunnel system is transferred through
the lower one in ears directly into the
hin over the crusher. This tunnel is
the longest one in the district being
400 feet long, and it is a marvel OF
engineering. 1t is as straight as al
arrow and is now being driven int
the mountain for another 240 feet. Sew
eral new veins nave been cut already
and the men are expected to cut on
within a few days which will open vi
a new and very rich ore body. 1t i
the intention of the company to driv'
this tunnel clear to the west end of thu
Lucky Jim which is on the extrem
end Of the holdings, and this will max
the tunnel nearly 1000 feet long, open
ing up hundreds of new ore bodies an
making it one Of the longest in tn
state. Tunnel No. 2 lays 200 feet allow
the main tunnel and is $50 feet long
1t follows the big vein from its moutl
to the breast and is in rich milling or,
> CONTINUED ON Page 6.)
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

ing in such capable hands and with the
milling ore that is in sight at present,
as well as the big punches of high
grade that appear all through the
workings, it will not be long before
the Richmond will be added among the
"big fellows of the Gold Mountain
district
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-12

becoming way. A picture of Lincoln,
crowned with wreath of evergreen,
occupied central position. And tn.
walls were hung with flags and
steamers of red, white and blue.
Miss Sarah Johnston is the principal.
The program of this afternoon fol-
lows:
Song-Battle Hymn of the Repub-
II lie -. ~. 49,. SchODl
Song-Illinois :. .............. School
Recitation-A Eulogy on Lincoln.
......-....... Juanfta Doud
Recitation-Tributes to Memory of
Abraham Lincoln. INSTRUMENTATION.
........... 80. Grace Peterson
Song-Wake Nicodemus .........
...... Sixth and Seventh Grades
characteristics of Abraham Lincoln
Clay Boatman, Vera Peterson,
Edgar White, Alice Hederich,
Henrietta Harder, Lille Broen-
del, Robert Ehlers. May Lewis,
Dina Blanche, Natan Marble
stone, Gertrude Ross, John Bum !,
ming. Alice Coyne, Karl Thiele.
Recitation-A King Hughie Semmers
Song-Old Kentucky Home. School
Recitation-Old Ironsides ........
Theresa Condor
Recitation-Forty Years Ago Gin
coins Favorite Poem) .......
Bruce Edwards
The Name of Lincoln ............
Earl Clarke, Nellie Burning, Fran
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-12

Clarence Fisher
Song. Lincoln Dear" $3.50. School
"A Mothers AdvicS" -Four Girls
Recita.io "a Tribute to lincoln.
-....,. viola hiri
Flag Exercise ............ Eight Girls
Recitation, "a Celebrated Man. :.
............... Arthur Mckinney
Recitation, Our Lincoln. .........
Harold Brown
Song. Lincoln" ...........,. School
LET Us Be Like Him. !. Three Girls
Recitation, "A Veterans Grand
child" ........... Dorothy Kaupke
Recitation, Whats in a Name?".
............... Ralph Slsco
song .................s ....-. ochopi
Flag Drill ...... Second Grade Bo.'s
Flag Salute School
At KcmbIe School.
Kemble school, Miss AIDA E. Muse.
principal, was prettily decorated with
flags, pictures and Lincoln quotations.
The fifth and sixth grades. Miss
Ferry and Mrs. l.. Koch. teachers, as
sembled in room six, and gave play,
What Made Lincoln Great?". The
second and third grades, Miss Nellie
Kellerstrauss and Miss Ethel Carter.
teachers, gave in room two the follow
ing program:
Song, Illinois School
Speech of Welcome ..............
Richard UllemeyeT
One of the People. /. .AnsOn Rohliving
"a Question -. Richard WeinbergeT
The Flag Goes By. .... Marie Bruner
My Joy Raymond Francis
Song. Flag Colors School
Keep Trying .......... Robert Doyle
Lincoln's Scrap Book. -. George Keil
A Hundred Banners. ......... School
Three American Heroes. Jake Wolf
Stories of Lincoln-Irene Elliott.
Lois Hall. Andrew Weinberger.
Mike Posateri.
A Copy .............. Edward Gippert
Growing Lincoln-Cavita Wilson.
Frederika Riggs, Erla LeLaney,
Dorothy Temple.
Lincoln Gems ........... Third Grade
Song, Hurrah for the Flag. .Schoo
An Autograph Letter .............
Lucille Hartman
A Great Mans Merory. Marion Tobir
Story of Lincoln. $500. Bertha Polloch
Flag Exercise-Paul Anderson, Oar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-12
ng ..... Rcd. White and Blue
Eighth Grade.

Song .......... Rcd, White and Blue
Eighth Grade.
Miss Lou NJ. Harris, teacher.
Song NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. School
Paragraphs from Life of Lincoln. :.
.......... School
Song - School
Reading ...... -. Dorothy Griffin
Song ......... Members of School
Reading julius Brown
Song of the Flag. Israel Goldman,
julius Brown. Edward SIIolzham-
mer and School.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Earl Vermerc
Lincoln Song School
Reading ...-......... Leonard Kruse
Song ................ .,....... School
Reading ........,.. Hulda Peterson
Eighth second Grade.
Miss NJ. E. Entriken. teacher.
Song, America .......S School
A Study of the Life of Lincoln. School
Song, Lincoln the Man. School
Lincoln Quotations. ........1 IA Pupils
Recitation, Let Us Be Like Him"
Bessie Tucker
Song, Illinois ................- School
Tributes to Lincoln. Nine Pupils
Recitation, "Lincom's Favorite
Hymn" 49,. Helen Parker
Song. Star Spangled Banner. J. School
Recitation. "'Tis Splendid to Live
SO Grandly". Garnet Schmaker
Recitation. Lineoln's Gettysburg
Speech =. Fred Kruger
Song, Lincoln ....s.. ...-.s..... School
9.5s-s-,.. s;--s Second Grade.
Miss@M A..@Brennan and Miss W.
Huntoon. teachers.
Song, America" School
Recitation ......... .a...-Fannie Ka:z
Exercise, Lincoln. ..Seyen Children
"Lincoln's Story Five Girls
Song, The American Flag"
........ Harold Brown and Chorus
Exercise, Flag Colors" Three Boys
Recitation, Like Lincoln.
Abe Resented
Exercise, Like Lincoln
Seven Boys
Recitation ............ Horace Wilson
Exercise. Red, White and Blue.
Mary Rogers, Kathryn Yeager and
Edna Molten.
why We Love Lincoln" -Four Girls
Recitation, His Choice. 49,.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-12
McCabe's Specials for Saturday.

The fashionable shades of large Millinery roses
200 of them Saturday Ice each Ice, quantity limit.
White hemstitched Handerchies sizes for both child
rem and women pure linen, each Sc.
Extra heavy copper wire wardrobe hooks worth l5c
Saturday dozen Sc.
Lead glass optic water tumblers. 75c dozen value for
Timed wire garment hangers for cloaks, coats and
skirts, Saturday SC.
10 quart heavy galvanized water pals, only 14c.
l8-inch large hemsttched doyies with Of drawn
Roman dice toweling with red border, per yard SCI
linen department
The celebrated Sarla full 36-inc soft finish bIeached
muslin 2 o'clock till closing time, yard, &c. =
Staple check apron ginghams at 7.30 o. n per yard
4Hc. -
Beginning at and till sold, GA wide fine brown
sheeting, per yard 15c.
Women's best Csc wool and cashmere hose not all
sizes of either lot, to clean em quick pair, 15c
Chldrens rubberS, to o'clock, per pair 29c. -.
Oxdized metal coat and hat racks, 17x31 inches with
French plate mirror and large hooks, 81 IS.
Solid Oak Dressers with shaped tops large drawers
and 16x26 inch bevel French plate mirror, sc. 90.
good patterns floor oil cloth, 18c per yard -
manufacturers close out of odd sizes Prairie grass
rugs sizes about 27x36 inches to 9x12 feet half price
Saturday. Csc to S4.35.
House wrappers of good print, dark coors, mostly
small sizes, 29c, only 29c.
ID years. values up to ST. IS, choice SIPS.
Grab quick and get handsome fur neck piece Saur-
day $500 that will be worth anywhere from So so to
only $500.
Sozodont tooth powder, 25c size 16c
Lundborg's famous SOC perfumes, per ounce, Csc.
Special 25c large barrettes, all the rage Saturday
15c AN''
Black and white cube pins full count, only &c.
Wire crown hair rolls with combs attached, 15c.
Musical Program i'm the Evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-12
PEOPLE OF CITY
L. PAY TRIBUTE
Continued From Page Five.)


Lincoln's Early Speech Making.
................. Ruth Johnson
Song, Columbia ..............S School
Lincoln's Desire to Be Educated.
Marion Caldwell
Lincoln and the Young Birds. .....
............s.. Willie Giles
The Soldiers Daughter ...........
................ Amy Applequist
lincoln, the Slaves Friend. ......
The Soldiers Reprieve. Sam Cohn
Tribute to Lincoln ..,........ School
COmmemoration Ode School
The Assassination of Lincoln 80.
...... Minnie Vogle
The Lincoln Monument
,................ Irene Gustaphson
Song, The Night is Come. $50. School
seventh Grade.
Miss M. J. Wilson, teacher.
song ............. America
A Story of Lincoln ........
Augusta. SchyvenS
lincoln as Soldier. 1883. Julia Ague
Abraham Lincoln Ruth Swanson
lincoln's Childhood. May Schulz
song '............. Lincoln
Lincoln's Tenderness of Heart.
-...........-..... Kenneth Kahlke
Lincoln's Life in Illinois. ..
.................. Frieda Peason
Honest Abe 49,. Margaret Ohlweiler
Iincoln's Early Life. ....Leafie Hunt
Song When Lincoln Was Little Boy
a Look at Lincoln's Life. ....
e..................- Ida Consulbaum
Lincoln's Conscript. . Henry Moller
TO HIS Mother Emma Gleger
The Boyhood of Lincoln ........
Ruth McGinnis
song HIS Name
The Coming of Lincoln. Fred Kruger
Selection from Second Inaugural
Address ........ Horace Mason
Abe and Honor trace Ra1Scn
Quotations from Lincoln. Rose Coin
Gettysburg Address Margaret Palmer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-12

ces Hefferman, Helen Peterson,
Victor Clarke.
Abaham. Lincoln We. Love so Well
Lloyd Doud, Margaret Knox, So
phia Knox. Sophia Horblit, Anna
CONTINUED on Page TEND
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-12

TT has been said
l. there's an end to
all good things. NJ.
x X. want TO give
notice these unusual
price reductions we
are giving will not
continue a gre a t
while longer.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. s..
Land Office, at Rapid City, s. d.,
April 8, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
Ethel Minnie Brooks, Of Rapid City,
s. D., who, on February IA, 1908,
made homestead entry No. 1928
O12454, for the east half of north
east quarter and southwest quarter,
northeast quarter of southeast quar-
ter, Section IS, township north,
range Z east, B. H. NJ, has filed no.
tice of intention to make final com
mutation proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
Register and Receiver, U. S. Land
Office, Rapid City, S. D., on the 2Sth
day of May, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses, E.
Bryce Reed, of Rapid City, s. D..
John Hart, of Rapid City, s. D.,
Claude Coon, Of Rapid City, S. D.,
Storey Lowell. OF Rapid City, 8. D,
John L. Burke, Register.
No coal lands listed in this dis
trict.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
Notice for duplication.


Department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office. at Rapid City, s. D.,
April 9, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
Minnie Martenson, Of Piedmont, S.
D., who on April 4, 1904, made
Homestead Entry No. S24O-O9410,
for the east half Of southwest quar-
ter and west half OF southeast quar-
ter, Section 6, township 3 north,
range 8 east, B. II. NJ, has filed
notice Of intention to make final
Five year proof, to establish claim
to the land above: described, before
Register and Receiver, U. s. Land
Office, Rapid City, S. D., on the 26th
day OF May, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charles 8. Pierce, Of Piedmont, s. D.,
Ernest d. Smith, Of Piedmont, s. D.,
,Eberhardt Johnson, of Piedmont. s.
D., George w. Pierce. Of Piedmont,
s.. d.
John L. Burke, Register.
No coal lands listed in this dis
itrict.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
Public Land Sale.

Department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office. Rapid City, s. D., Feb.
,l5, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that as
directed by the Commissioner Of the
General land Office under the pro-
visions of the act of congress APP
,roved June %, 1906, ga Stat. $40
we will offer at public sale to the
highest bidder at o'clock a. m. on
25th day of March, 1909, at this Of
dee the following tract of land. viz:
East half of southwest quarter and
jots three and four of section 81.
ownship 8 north, range east B. H.
", Serial 05886. Any person claim
ng adversely the above described
ands are advised to file claims or
objections on or before the date des-
grated for sale.
JOHN u. BURKE, Register.
MYRON W1LLsIE. Receiver.