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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06
TALK OF AN OIL
MERCER

There is a movement on foot among a
number of the locators and owners of
oil land at Oil Basin to shape matters so
that several thousand acres of land in
the basin can be turned into the Yering-
tor Oil and Gas Company.
If that arrangement cannot be made a
holding company may be formed and the
land referred to above, will be placed
with the new commpany.
The holding company will consist
practically of all the same people who
are interested in the Yerington Oil &
Gas Co.. with the addition of locators
and land holders who have not as yet
acc uired interest in the old company.
The fact of the matter is that all in
terested in Oil Basin want to get things
in such a condition by amalgamation
that special inducements can be made to
outside capital to put down series of
ho es without having to depend on the
selling of stock outside of his territory.
Interest is growing steadily we under
stand, in and around Yerington and it is
expected that many more of our farmers
will subscribe for few thousand shares
of oil stock each as they are beginning
to realize what an oil strike would mean
to This district.
We present here report on Oil Basin
as it appears to an oil we'll driller OF
wears experience.
Yerington, New, Jan. p, 1909.
Having been approached many times
by parties interested in Oil Basin for an
opinion based on practical working
knowledge, as / know it, / take great
pleasure in making the following
statement:
/ have worked as driller in the var.
iors oil fields in the States of Ohio
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, In
diana, Kansas, Indian Territory, Okla
homa and Texas for IL years. The con
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06
NORTHERN LIGHT
COPPER COMPANY
A Renaissance of This Great Copper
Property Brought to Mind

considerable body of native copper near
the surface, while mining In his primi-
tive way, should have been much elated
over his good fortune. 80
After he had sufficiently opened the
bunch of native" to see that it would
yield several tons, he lost no time in
going the lS'"miles to Yerington. or
'Pizen Switch" as 1t was then called,
and securing a stout six-horse team to
load the ore for Dayton.
He also wrote to Joe Douglass, the
owner of the chemical works to let him
know of the rich ore he was bringing in,
sending him sample. The team was
loaded according to program with six
tons of the high grade, worth at that
time about $3.50 per ton. and old Bob"
started for Dayton, mentally counting
tie fifteen hundred and odd dollars he
expected to get for the ore, and having
dreams of the conviviai joy it would fur
nish him on the "Comstock."
He was met at the Switch by a let
ter that dashed his high hopes and put
him on the bum.'' His ore was too
rich and not suitable for use at the
works.
Bob swallowed his disappointment to-
gether with lot of Pizen Switch booze
and piled up the ore on the ranch of
Charles Snyder and went back to the
mine. There the rich ore remained for
several years, until the sacks rotted
away from it, and it was finally gathered
up and shipped as part of a carload
from the Ludwig.
So ended the shipment of the richest
copper ore ever made from the Northern
Light mine. and for that matter from
the Yerington district.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06

The stories and statistics heretofore
written and circulated among mining
journals about Yerington as a copper
camp make interesting reading to the
mining and investing public but do not
satisfy the curiosity of the average in
dividual concerning the struggles and
disappointments of the early pioneers
who mined for copper and gold in this
region.
Around each of the old-time copper
mines in this section cling human in
terest; stories of grit and determination
in The face of disappointment illustrative
of the unconquered American spirit. One
of these relates to early day operations
on the Northern Light (known then as
the Bob Mathews" mine.)
The only market for copper ores in this
part of the West from the early '70s
10 the middle sos, was at the great
Coinstock lode, 40 miles to the north
from here. In reduction by old pan
process of the millions of tons of silver
pre mined there during that time great
qua nifty of bluestone (sulphate of cop
per- was used. This was manufactured
at chemical works at Dayton and Vir-
ginia City, direct from suitable (mala-
chite) ores hauled in, mostly from this
section on mule and OK teams.
These ores averaged in value from
Is % 40 per cent and were very desirable
for use at the works, because of the
favorable chemical combinations already
made in natures labratory. However,
the ore was paid for at the prevailing
rate for copper and valued according to
the percentage of the red metal con-
tanned. Hence it was not strange that
Bob" Mathews when he encountered a
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06
The jim GOOD IN
RUNNING CLASS

The Jim Good mine which was men
toned last week, is holding out as well
as was confidently expected. They are
now down about so feet, and have from
one to two feet of ore running 500 per
ton approximate. Alongside of this,
the width of the shaft without any walls.
the ore runs about S. Mr.. Davidson is
starting up his mill which is within about
four miles of the property, where the
100 tons averaging s7s on the dump al
ready, are to be milled.
This property joins the old Crabbe
mine on the east side and Mr.. Charlebois
has several claims lying adjacent. from
which test was milled plating in the
eishborhood of $50.
Murphy and Mapes have nine claims
on the West and North side OF the
Crabbe property which are very prom
ising. They have ore in four different
places running by assay, from $40 to S34.
The ledges are from one and one-half to
three feet. The average assays from
three feet across the surface give, in one
place S53.25; in another, Is inches wide,
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06

ditions as found them in many fields
vary a great deal. ! may mention here
that only on the Missouri and Kansas
line about six miles from Arcadia, did
find similarity of conditions as shown
in the many locations where seeprges of
oil occur on your ground. Here, as at
Arcadia, asphalt base oil is shown on
the surface. So marked are these seep-
ages in your field that any person would
recognize it was oil. No matter II he
never had gazed on an oil field before.
At the point in which I speak (Arcadia)
there has been drilled wells, many OF
which are now producing oil and paying
enormous dividends to their stockholders.
In reference to rocks indications to-
gether with the sand that follows in the
wake of oil deposits nearly everywhere,
the comparison is very noticeable to the
average man who follows oil fields. I
have gone over that part of your oil belt
covered by township IS. investigated
it very closely and the surface showing
to my mind, is all and everything re-
quired, to convince the most skeptics.i
that oil is here in commercial quantities.
Lava or Volcanic Matter
fail to find anything or any evidence
that such conditions ever existed here in
this territory. I have discovered no sea-
shore conglomerate, but evidence of this
nature may be here in quantity upon
closer investigation.
In many places have found consider
able gas such as have made many oil
wells famous and it is generally conceded
ii at oil exists in the vicinity.
In commencing those remarks should
have mentioned that am not mineral
ogist or expert and have to refrain from
using those scientific terms applicable in
such instances. But the fact alone stands
out very prominent that nowhere else
have found more favorable conditions
or any better indications of oil than
have discovered here. But the wisest
sage cannot accurately predict all the
results until final proof is made by the
sinking of we'll.
Respectfully, c. c. HADDEN
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06

$40. 20; in another OF two feet, S24. 40.
-Four other distinct ledges OH the same
property, from three to FIVE feet wide,
ASSAY from g. so to 81 on the surface, all
free milling, and pans well.
Another prospect which Mr.. Mapes
owns adjoining the MCGOWAN property,
four miles west of Mountain View, gives
an average assay of $3.50 in gold, across
four feet, surface. picked sample as
sayei 81 in gold and l9 per cent copper.
The ledge is we'll defined and has both
walls in place. The MCGOWAN property
cons SITS of four claims, tunnel so feet,
gaining about 80 feet Of depth, shows a
value OF $40 across IS inches.
On another claim, shaft rs feet gives
$40 across two feet. The ledge is very
well defined, and good strong, lively
look ng quartz Picked samples from
this property have returned high assays.
If one were looking for spectacular
assavs, Mr.. Mapes carries sample in
his vest pocket, from a two-inch stringer
from Crabbe district, the other half of
whi, h runs s., 600. But being the con-
servitive miner he is, he knows this
strir ger doesn't constitute a mine.
Nea ly all the gold bearing ledges of any
Importance run east and west from Mt.
Grant to Wabuska.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06
YERINCTON STOCKS

The following quotations are taken
from Salt Lake papers of date of Zebra
aru 4.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06

Tuesday of this week II. w. Knierim
departed for his home in Jamestown,
Missouri. Mr.. Knierim has been in
Yer ngton sometime settling up the es-
tate of son, Byron, recently deceased,
and wishes to express his sincere thanks
for he courteous treatment accorded him
by the people of Yerington.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06
Northern Light Election

The annual meeting of the Northern
Light stockholders was held in the Office
of the company in the Leavitt concrete
building in this city, Thursday, Febru-
ary 4. The following officers were elect
ed: l. A. Strosnider, president; L. Ii .
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06

Bartholomew, vice-president; W. E.
McTaggart. treasurer; IF. ] vicks, as
sistant cashier Lyon County Bank, ses :
retary. Directors, I. A.. Strosnider, l..
II. Bartholomew, w. E. McTaggart. ID.
w. Mckenzie, d. Lawson, DR.. G. &.
Leavitt and DIR. F. E. Carpenter.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06
M. e. Church,

Sunday School 10 a. m. Acts 4.32,
Sill. II a. m.- First things in the
Early Church. p. III. All things Com
mon or Communism in Apostolic days.
Choir practice i'll parsonage Friday at
7:31 p. m.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06

Fred Barker and Curly Morgan have
returned TO Yerington, after an absence
of several months.
ALI Clifford was registered at the Over
land hotel in Reno Wednes ay.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-02-06

will not be responsible for any bills
from date of this notice contracted by
any other than myself.
January 30, 1909,
II. o. PURSFL.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13

TIE News Is only 5Oc a year.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13
RED MEMS PICNIC
Brings About Fifteen Hundred Vis=
tors to the City

The Red Mems picnic here yesterday
was given under most favorable cOndi-
tions, the day being ideal for the oc-
casion. There was good attendance
of red men and their squaws and pap
pooses, if the good ladies who accom-
panied them will allow us to style
them as such, and also a goodly sprink-
ling of maidens and braves.
The trains arriving at $40 and $50
a. IN. brought many visitors while
large numbers came by vehicle from
Tracy, Whitwell, jasper, and other
points
On arrival of train, march was taken
TO the town hall headed by Woodward s
Band, of Tracy City, of which mum
ber of ladies are members. Arriving
at the hall the address of welcome to
the red men on behalf of the citizens
ofIne town was given by Maj. Thos.
ii. Hill, who turned the town over to
the visitors wishing them happy and
enjoyable day. Other exercises were
held after the custom of the lodge and
then the red men took the trail to the
grove near Blowing Spring, where
seats had been arranged and a refresh
ment stand erected. The speaker of the
day, a gentleman from Nashville, was
unable to attend on account of sick
ness and SO the Red Men were left
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13
Caroline Chapel.

SPecf6l 10 the Ne70S.
Rev. Potter preached at this place
Sunday and there was a large crowd
present.
There was Sunday school organiz-
ed here Sunday. / hope the people
viii come out and bring their children
every Sunday for we all need a good
Sunday school i'll our settlement, and
we can't have Sunday school unless
the people come out. ALI of the pa
rents of this place ought to come out
and bring their children every Sun
day.
John Rogers and daughter, Mrs. Ell
len Harris, attended church Sunday.
Arthur Evans was with his best girl
Sunday.
Ed Ross went across the river Sun
day to see where the cyclone passed
through.
J. W. Miller called to see his best
girl Sunday.
Ben Gates and Walter Billingsley
We're out wheel riding Sunday.
Ben Jones of Mt. Zion was in these
diggins Sunday.
Misses Josie and jamie Ross are Wis
iting relatives in Chattanooga from
Thursday until Monday.
The boys of this place have organiz-
ed ball team
Arch Billingsley and best girl at
tended church Sunday.
j. H. Priyett and family went to
the graveyard working Saturday at
Pleasant Grove
Mr.. and Mrs Clyde Griffith attend
ed church Sunday.
W. G. Moore made a flying trip to
Whitwell Saturday.
A. A. Spears called on his best girl
Sunday evening
Walter Moore visited Ethel Billings
ley Sunday.
Dan PitlnaR attended church Sun
day.
W. c. Moore is getting tan bark out
now.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Long visited
home folks Sunday.
A. j. Webb called on J. FL. Privett
Monday.
Mrs. j. 7, Billingsley visited her
son and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Billingsley, of East Lake, from
Thursday until Monday.
Eph Turner visited D. NJ. Griffith
Sunday.
Rev. W. A. Chadwick, of Victoria,
visited Jno Spears Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Green Evans went to
the graveyard working at Pleasant
Grove Saturday.
Come on, "Old Joe, - we sure like
to read your pieces.
Green Gates called on his best girl
Sunday evening
Jake and Ben McNabb went to Whit
well Saturday.
There will be quarterly meeting here
the 9Th Saturday and Sunday in this
month. We will have our District
superintendent, r. B. Stansell. with
rs that day.
Everybody come ont to Sunday
school Sunday morning at am.
New Writer.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13
NOTICE
To the Delegates Of Marion COnn-
ty to East Tennessee Farmers
Convention, Knoxville, May
lS-l9-2O, 1909.

The delegates from Marion County to
East Tennessee Farmers Convention,
are requested to start the morning of
the 18th. The certificates of transpOr-
tation furnished our delegates by the
Department of Agriculture are good
only from Chattanooga to Knoxville
and return to Chattanooga, so it be-
comes necessary for our delegatesto pay
their railroad fare to Chattanooga.
Delegates going by rail from Marion
County to Chattanooga pass through
portions of Alabama, and Georgia,
thereby coming into conflict with in
terstate commerce laws if travelling on
certificate of transportation. So we
will be unable to use our certificate of
transportation until we reach Chatta-
nooga. | have spoken very highly Of
our delegates to our Commissioner Of
Agriculture, the Hon. John Thompson,
and expressed the opinion that practi-
cally all our delegates would go to
Knoxville. trust failure to get trans
portation all the way will not keep our
men away. know some have suffer
ed in the recent storms, but whenever
possible let's make an effort to go.
We are unable to get transportation
for the lady members this year. l am
very sorry, indeed, but it could not be
helped.
Please remember to start on the 18th,
as l am trying to arrange lodging for
the entire delegation at one place so
the delegates will be together as much
as possible.
ALBERT r. RANKIN,
Pres.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13
FairnOunt.

Spenal 10 tie NezOs
The Rev. Hutchinson preached an
excellent SERMON at this place Sunday.
If the storm has not blown Sunny
JIM away we would like to hear from
him again.
The Epworth League did not meet
Sunday night on account of the rain.
Walter Estill is on the sick list,
Hope he will soon be out again.
Elijah Witt, of this place, says that
the base ball league that he plays with
has only lost one game He is one of
FairmOunt's best
j. M. Brown left Sunday afternoon
for his farm. The girls don't mind
seeing him go if he would not take his
son, Silas along.
The M. E. Church of this place is
being improved.
Mrs. R. E. Miller and daughter,
were the guests of Mrs. R. A. Hat
field Sunday.
There was quite a number of Chat
tanoOga people on the Ridge yesterday,
Sightseeing and looking at property.
Happy Hooligan.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13
Eastiand, Tenn.

SPECIAL 10 the Ne7OS.
Edgar Ables and wife of DeRossett,
We're in the city Sunday.
I. j. Bostain, of Clifty, preached at
the School House Sunday.
A Sunday school will be organized
Sunday, the 10th at this place.
You are right, Representative, !"
the News is our favorite paper. We
like the Statesman Democrat and its
editor we are personally acquainted
with. We like him as a man and as
preacher. We have read all the Mari
ON County newspapers and number
of other papers but we like the News
the best of all.
We were sorry to hear of the death
of Mrs Lizzie Turner of Inman. She
was one of our old schoolmates and
friends We sympathise with the be-
reaved husband and children.
Mrs. NJ. j. Girdley has been on the
sick list a few days.
Mrs. Wayman Vanwinkle is in Spar
ia visiting her son, Roma Worthing-
ton.
Carroll Tylor went so Bon Air Sun
day.
Jesse Overton and j. L. Dibbrell
were in the city last week. looking af-
ter the interests of the company at this
place
Irwin Todd was in the city Saturday.
J. G.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13

I without a Big Chief to address them,
but an enjoyable day was'spent never
theless. Hugh Coppinger of Whitwell,
who is an organizer for the Red Men
ia this section, made a short speech,
whoever, asking the visitors not to go
near the handle works. Mr.. Coppin-
ger said 'Over there is big manu-
factory and there is a lot of lumber
there, highly infammable, and as all
red men smoke" (he alluded to the
pipe of peace). II ask you not to go
near it. " This was the only speech of
the day, and it is supposed the visit
ors, who were as well-behaved body
of people as we ever saw gathered to-
gether, obeyed this request.
A photograph of the red men and
the band was made during the morn
ing by Photographer Rapier.
AT p IN, the big game of ball be-
tween Whitwell and Tracy City was
pulled off and enjoyed by a big at
tendance, who made the welkin ring
for their favorites to go in and win
After the ball game, a report of
which is found elsewhere, the visitors
departed on their devious ways with
expressions of pleasure as to the events
of the day
The attendance is estimated at about
1900.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13
PANAMA
VISIT TO CITY AND CANAL
AND DESCRIPTION THERE
OF BY A VISITING SAILOR.
U. S. S. Tennessee,
Punta Arenas, G. r.

Punta Arenas, =. h.,
March 8, 1909.
In my last letter told of my trip to
Conception, Chill, and of our depart
ure. We visited Coquimbo, Chill and
Callao, Peru, but the Commander-in-
Chief deemed it advisable not to grant
us liberty, so cannot tell anything
about those places.
The fleet arrived in Panama on
schedule time, after an uneventful
voyage and the men were given lib
erty on the following day.
When went ashore in Panama. |
was very much surprised to see so lit
tie difference in the appearance of this
place and that of the cities in Chill,
all Spanish towns and cities are pref
ty much of the same character. being
modelled on the same lines, practically.
There is quite 4 difference in the
people, however, and | rather think
the people of Chill are superior to
those of Panama and Central America.
They have a better appearance to
me, anyway, and there is quite diff
ference in the appearance of the coun-
try, geographically, the mountains
are loftier in Chill, and there is no
tropical vegetation there as seen in
Panama.
l went over twice, while we were in
port, once on liberty and once on du-
ty The duty attended to at once,
which required about an hour, and
the first lieutenant told me to return
with the liberty party, so / had the
rest of the time to myself, and l as
sure you | made good use of it, which
you will see.
On my liberty trip, l took a run out
on the Panama Railway, with several
others from the feet Anyone in the
uniform of the U. S. Navy was car
ried free, which was very nice to the
boys of the fleet. The road runs par
allel with the canal and | saw the
great work of excavating in progress.
l can hardly give you an adequate de-
scription of what an enormous under
taking it is, the idea of cutting
through mountains and marsh, beset
with pestilence and disease, and re-
moving enough earth and stones to
make channel wide and deep enough
to allow the largest ships to pass, a
distance of 40 miles.
While we were on the train we PASS
ed hundreds of cars of dirt taken from
various cuts, bound for flats or marsh
es, to dump the load and return for
more; the, big steam shovels ploughing
and tearing through tons and tons of
earth, retilling the fiat cars at ton a
minute, drills going, and the detona-
tion of tremendous blasts, reverberat-
ing and dying away, only to be follow
ed by another at close intervals and
thus the mighty work goes on.
L became acquainted with gentle
man, Mr.. Waite, and he was well
posted on the facts and figures concern
ing the history, and other interesting
information relative to the canal, and
learned much from him which con
slider very valuable.
The United States made an appro-
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13
Smile

is a pretty hard thing to accomplish
when you're blue, bilious and ont Of
sorts. There is a sure cure for all
kinds of stomach and liver complaints
constipation and dyspepsia. Ballard's
Herbine is mild, yet absolutely effect
i've in all cases. Price SOC per bottle.
Sold by Sequatchie Supply Store
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13

If you expect to get the original
CarbOlized Witch Hazel Salve, you
must be sure to get DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve 1t is good for cuts, burns
and bruises, and is especially good for
piles. Refuse substitutes. Sold by
Whitwell Drug Go. and J. W. Simp-
son.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13

I. S. Williams of Dunlap, was here
yesterday. Mr.. Williams is in charge
of the affairs of the Southern Steel Co
there.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-13

]. r. Morgan. cashier Of Bank of
Whitwell, was here yesterday.