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

1.-The new state prison that is to be
erected in Carson City to replace the
n that now is doing service, will be
n of the most complete and modern
is completed said Governor Denver
s.. Dickerson, when asked in regard to
the arrangements which have been
made to carry out the plan of the last
legislature.
Governor Dickerson remained in
Goldfield for several days visiting
friends in the city, and during the
time made a close study of business
conditions in Goldfeld, particularly
with respect to any noticeable improve
ment.
At the recent meeting of the legis-
lature an appropriation of $225,OOO
was made for the purpose of defraying
expenses for a new set of prison build
ings to be constructed upon the most
approved modern methods. For the pur
pose of compiling data to be used in
the course of construction a committee
composed of Attorney General X. G.
Stoddard and State Engineer +. X.
Nicholas vas appointed. The commit
tee has inspected most of the prisons
in the west and now is in the east in
speeding the prison buildings of tina.
section.
"Not only will new prison buildings
be constructed as soon as the report
of the committee, which is expected in
about a month, has been made said
Governor Dickerson, "but in addition to
this a large manufacturing plant will
be built as a part of the prison, and
run in conjunction with it.
"The prisoners of the state will be
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
MINING ACTIVITY INCREASING
IN SEVEN TROUGHS DISTRICT

Before the shaft is sunk any deeper
il is the intention of the management
to do some development on the 3oo-foo'
level. At the point where the drift
was stopped on this level either a fault
or a cross vein cut the shoot abruptly.
Work will be resumed at this point and
a erosscut will be run to cut several
blind veins which traverse the lease.
With the ore shoot fully proven to
the depth now attained the Wihuja is
conceded to be one of the best proper
ties in the district.
rairview Mine Is Rich.
With a carload of ore here that will
net between $4,000 and $4,000, and with
another carload being made ready, the
management of the Seven Trougns
Mining company is feeling pretty good
by Superintendent C.. II. Elithorpe
during his presence in the city, says
the Salt Lake Herald. The meeting of
the company was held in Salt Lake
yesterday, when complete reports on
the physical condition of the mines and
the financial condition of the company
were made.
From the manner in which the recent
strike in the Florence Leasing com
pany's ground OIL the Seven T~roughs
property is opening up it looks as
though the parent company was going
to realize a heavy revenue from that
source. Some of the ore in this strike,
quite a good portion of it, is worth
cts and streaks of ruby silver, which
almost merge into the native, as well
as fanking streaks of free gold, make
the ore the finest looking stuff that
ever came out of a camp. Chunks
of it are on display in President r. J.
Evans Offices, and they are certainly
worth looking at.
Those who know declare that the ore
is identical in character with the high
grade taken out of the Tonopah com
pany's bonanza in the early days, and
the positive assertion is made that the
Seven Troughs company's mine is now
in line to make an even bigger bonanza
mine than the original Tonopah mine
has proven to be. 1t is said the corn
pany is opening and mining from the
same ledge on it's own account and that
some of the ore now being marketed
in Salt Lake is coming from the work
ings in that portion of the mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
Station Bells.

Where electric bells are used in CON
~nection with other bells:
If cage is wanted, ring signal station.
Station tender will answer l Bell.
Reply l Bell to go up.
Reply 2 Bells to go below.
If station is full of ore and station
tender is wanted, ring station signal
and do not answer back.
PIP Bells are rung, engineer or sta
tion tender does not understand, repeat
signal.
In case of danger or accident ring
station signal, station tender will reply
| Bell; ring 8 Bells.
When men are to be hoisted or lower
ed, give the signal "Men on" g bells).
Men must then get on bucket or cage,
then give signal to hoist or lower q or
, bells.)
Signals to meet local demands, and
not in conflict with the above, may be
added by individual operators, but the
same must be posted in clear and legible
form in connection with the above code.
One copy of this Code should be post
ed on the gallows frame, one before
the engineer, and / each station.
To be in effect from and after June
LIST, 1909.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
SIERRA MADRE CLUB NOW
OPENS ITS NEW QUARTERS

Los Angeles, June 30.-The Sierra
Madre club, the first social mining or
ganization in any frst-class city OF
the west. and the second of its kind in
the United States, was thrown open
to its members in Los Angeles last
week with a charter membership of one
hundred, which includes many of the
leading mining men of the country.
Prominent among them are Seeley w.
Mudd, who is president of the club;
John Hays Hammond and A. Chester
Beatty, of New York; F. c. Alsdorf, of
Globe, Ariz.; l.. w. Powell, of Bisbee,
Ariz.; d. s. Long, of Oakland, CAL;
George Wingfeld, of Goldfeld, New,
and most of the leading representatives
of the industry in the city.
The temporary quarters, which will
be used until the extensive permanent
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03

quarters are completed, in October,
include coy reading and writing rooms,
lunch rooms, buffet and service rooms,
under the stewardship of an experienced
French chef.
Every effort will be made to keep in
close touch with visiting mining men
from every part of the country, and it is
expected that the generous hospitality
of the institution will accomplish great
results for Los Angeles, besides bring
ing the fraternity closer together in
bonds of social intercourse.
The directors extend a hearty invi-
to visitors in Los Angeles and
will be glad to issue cards to all who
are engaged in the legitimate develop
Of mining property in the south
west. The secretary is Sidney Norman,
10 whom communications should be adj
dressed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03

great producer is now under Roadway.
Deep mining is what Austin always
wanted, but never had. It's this deep
mining that will reveal the true worth
of the Austin mines. Austin has beer
opened up to only a very shallow depth
Suppose we had quit mining in Tonopah
at the 60O-foot level. What would that
great camp BET 1t would be an eye-sore
to the state. Bue we went down and
tben down. We have produced our
millions and Tonopah mines are better
At now than they ever have been.
Tonopah is the greatest camp in the
state and Nevada is the greatest min
ing country in the world.
Its a 100 to / shot that with deeper
mining here, Austin will repeat her past
record. The character of the ore bodies
is convincing proof to me that depth
is what will count"
Then with Calling gun rapidity, But
Ter compared the formations of Tus-
%carora, Austin and Tonopah and other
camps, showing the minutest knowl-
edge of the great essential factors that
count for so much in the mining game.
While in Austin, Jim Butler was
busy gossiping with his numerous
friends among the old-timers, whom he
esteems fully as much now as he did
when his worldly outfit consisted of a
few burros and camping regalia.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03

, 1000, 900 shares, give the entire 1000
900 shares back to the company, and
what a glorious opportunity for adver
Using "No promotion stocki Every
share placed in the treasury Of the
company! Every certificate issued will
be stamped Treasury Stock and is
guaranteed by the law of the statell'"
The bill which failed of enactment
here in Colorado, while seemingly YER
bose, perhaps, was a statement Of fact
in reference to the stock issued anil
could in nc way be manipulated or
deceptively used. 1t was as follows:
every stock certificate issued by
any corporation, which is not for stock
sold by the corporation all the pro-
ceeds of which go into the corporate
treasury, shall have printed or stamped
across the face of such certificate, with
ink, the color of which is conspicu-
ously different from that with which
the body of the certificate is printed,
and in letters not smaller than those
printed from 12-point type, the words:
This certificate is a transfer Of own
ership of the stock represented by It
and not a sale by the company"
The provisions would apply to both
treasury and promotion stock. When
the full amount of the capital stock is
issued in payment for property, the
certificate would bear no special i'm
print. If a promoter sold any portion
of his stock, the certificate for that
stock would bear the required imprint
and the purchaser would thus be i'm
mediately notified that he was not
buying of the company, and if he had
been deceived could take immediate
steps for recovery. 1t would also pre-
rent the collision that has been prac-
ticed between officers of corporations
and distant shareholders who sub
scribe for large amounts on small pay
ments and with the aid of officers, dis
pose of the stock at an advanced price
to those who believe they are buying
direct from the company.
VIM. p. DANIELS.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
PiITSBURG.SILvER PEAK
FILES BOND FOR $50 900

Reno, June 30.-Coming into the court
just in the nick of time with $150,000,
or what the defendants say is the same
thing. a bond for $4,000, Dewitt
Clinton Blair, administrator of the es-
tate of John !. Blair of Blairstown,
n. j., and the other defendants in the
famous Pittsburg-Silver Peak litigation,
STAYED OF the appointment Of an arbi-
traitor during the tendency of a motion
for a new trial.
Over 10 days ago, after suggesting
that Col. H. b. Maxson, ex-city engi-
neer, be named as a custodian or con.
servator of the property in litigation
during the present proceedings, the at
torneys agreed that if the defendants
would furnish a good bond for $685. 900,
that would do. Judge Pike approved
and yesterday the bond was fled under
the direction of former Judge NJ. A.
Murphy, one of the attorneys.
1t remains now for Attorney Dorsey
for the plaintiffs, Gamble and Hanchett,
to approve or reject the bond and
Judge Pike has indicated Saturday as
the time when this may be finally de-
cided.
The bond was furnished through a
New York surety company after it
was found that the law relating to
sureties passed by the last legisla-
ture does not go into effect until after
July ].
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
CRITlQSES NEW NEVADA s
.HkqoT MINING PROMOTION LAW

In a communication to the Daily
Mining Record, Vim. p. Daniels of Den.
yer criticises the new Nevada mining
Law, and points out some weak spots,
which are of considerable interest. Mr.,
Daniels says:
Editor Daily Mining Record.
The recent opinion of the ATTORNEY
general of Nevada in regard to the
stamping of stock certificates throws
the spotlight direct upon a fatal defect
of the new Nevada law so far as Civ.
ing correct information in regard to
the sale of promotion stock is con
cerned. The stamping of certificates
Treasury Stock" and promotion
Stock" is as futile and foolish a pro-
vision as can well be imagined, and it
has been praoticed in Colorado for the
sole purpose Of deceiving investors.
When this particular matter was I'M
der consideration in the preparation of
a bill here in Colorado, the proposition
to so stamp certificates was immedi-
ately rejected by attorneys as being OF
no benefit whatever ami a provision
that could be made to give the color OF
law to deception.
70 illustrate, a company is organ-
lied with 1,0O0,0 900 shares, half of
which, after the ''full paid farce has
been enacted, is returned to the treas
ury and certificates for any portion of
it are to be stamped Treasury Stock"
1t is placed on the market at, say, !
cent a share, and a large amount Of it
is Immediately subscribed for by the
promoters who organized the company.
In a comparatively short time the price
is advanced to 5 or 10 cents a share,
and then the promoters begin to I'M
load not their stock, but the treasury
stock which they have purchased on
small monthly payments, and the GER
tificates for it are, under the Nevada
law, stamped Treasury Stock" thus
a law the promoters can well afford to
be liberal in their organization, and,
after selling their property for the full
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
WESTERN NEVADA COMPANY
READY FOR BIG WORK

Salt Lake, June 3O.-General Man
ager Maurice M. johnson of the West
ern Nevada Copper company, returned
yesterday from the Mason mining dis
trict. Mr.. johnson s visit to the prop
erty at this time was for the purpose
of outlining the development work, and
rounding up his working forces. The
management began work Wednesday
evening, and from now on everything
will be action with the organization.
Mr.. johnson states that development
work will be conferred on the first, sec
ond and third levels below the tunnel,
or which more properly are the 300,
400 and 50O-foot levels. Before work
was stopped several weeks ago, the
first two levels mentioned were show
ing ore, so drifts will be started right
on copper resources. On the 500-foot
level, the management still is cross
there will be started as 1901 as the
ores are gained, which will be in \
very short time. Nj. johnson says that
the amount of water on the lower levels
is very small, not over 1000 gallons
each t~wenty-four hours. The present
pumping equipment is handling it easily.
When asked in regard to the financial
end of the company, Mr.. johnson said
that money for development work had
been deposited in bank to his order,
and that was as much as he knew or
cared. The company is now employ
ing % men.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
ROUND MOUNTAIN WILL
HUSTLE FOR GOOD EXHIBIT

ii. b. Smith, who is collecting speci-
mems for the mineral exhibit, to be held
at Goldfeld, during the American con
gress. arrived in town Saturday and de-
parted for Milletts on Thursdays stage,
saws the Round Mountain Nugget. Mr..
Smith made an extensive canvas, but
was unable to secure the kind of exhibit
that would do Round Mountain justice.
The board Of mining congress commits
~sioners are making every effort to dis
NAV n of the finest exhibits ever
held in the west and guarantee the safe
return of every specimen loaned, where
the exhibitors do not wish the speci
mems returned they will be sent to the
Mackay School of Mines at Reno to Do
placed on permanent exhibition. Now
is the time for Round Mountain to get
in and boost and show the world that
she possesses the "real goods and IN
consequence of the poor exhibit shipped
bv Mr.. Smith a committee consisting of
+. II. Cove, o. w. Robertson and Sam
Bostwick has been appointed to secure
further exhibits, that will make every
other camp sit up and take notice. sam
Bostwick is the secretary of the COM
mittee and those loaning exhibits Will
be given a receipt by him.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
i'm BUTLER PREDICTS
GREAT FUTURE FOR AUSTIN

Austin, June 30.-''It's a 100 to |
shot," said Jim Butler, discoverer of
Tonopah and owner of mines of every
description from Inyo county, Califor-
MIA, to Eureka, Nevada. Its a 100 to
! shot, he repeated, "and / know
the mines Of Austin as well as / do the
mines of Tonopah; it's a 100 to l shot
that in sinking the Frost shaft to an
additional depth of four to five hundred
It, as good ore will be found as Was
EN- from above the tunnel level"
rn1s i what the Father of Tonopasa
nan.xeepopsible for nzining r..
] that has given to the world al
Edy a hundred million of additional
~kasure, thinks Of Austin.
Jim Butler is probably the best
known prospector in America. He
amassed a fine fortune at Tonopah, has
a great ranch in California; has money
to burn and mines galore; but he still
calls himself a prospector. It's jim
DutltT > uccP-StdtCu " y 9NS
valleys and brown mountain ranges
of the desert that keeps him ON the fir
ing line.
He arrived in Austin last Monday
with a pair of mules and he ordinary
prospector's outfit. He had come from
Eureka and will traverse the length OF
the state to his home place in lnyo
County, California.
81 just came into Austin to cash a
draft with Joe Miller said Butler,
.and now am going on down across
the state. / am looking over all my
mining properties and after my trip Is
finished, will decide which are worth
while keeping and which should be
thrown overheard.
81 am glad l came to Austin. The
work necessary to make this camp q
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03

Seven Troughs, Nevada, July L.
Messrs. Preston, Soule, May and Far.
rell have secured a lease on the Snow.
quail and are already working the prop
erty with a large force of men,
The old shaft on the mine which is
down seventy feet will be worked with
whip while a new shaft to be operated
with a gasoline hoist will be started at
once about 100 feet to the north end.
The Snowquall is believed to be one
of the largest, if not the largest, low
grade milling propositions in the dis
triet. The new lesses are at present
taking put ore from a ledge fully forty
feet wide and the values run $40 and
seemingly clear across the vein.
The new shaft will be sunk on the
hanging wall of the vein and will con-
tinue in the vein for a considerable
part of the 125 feet to which it will be
carried before prosecuting.
Eight-horse ore teams are busy haul
ing the ore over to the Preston mill
which started up on the 14th. The re.
suits obtained so far are very satisfac-
tory, the saving being between 81 and
80 per cent. Under the new manage.
ment the Snowquall should be a steady
shipper and will unquestionably dc
much to open up the northern end Of
the district than which there ism t to.
day a better field for development in
Seven Troughs.
Wihuja Still Producing.
The Wihuja this week is taking out
ore from the kindergarten shoot in an
upraise from the 425-foot level. The
drift will be continued from this point
to the boundary line of the lease by the
kindergarten people, who are at pres
ent working in ore on their property
from the Wihuja side.
The drift to the west to the Wihuja
shoot is in about fifty feet and at this
distance is getting into the same ore
that has made the mine on the upper
levels. The shoot which is being open.
ed up looks even better than it did in
the upper levels; the vein itself being
of a high grade milling rock with the
same high grade stringers literally in.
terspersed through it.
As soon as the shoot is opened up to
it's entire length they will begin stop
ing out the ore and it is expected that
a mill run at the Coalition mill will be
in progress by the middle of the week
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
new STATE CODE OF
Mine BELL signals

In compliance with a statutory re-
quirement, State Mine Inspector +. +.
Stuart has compiled a code of mine
signals for general use throughout the
state of Nevada. There are some slight
changes from the codes generally in use
up to June /, and therefore the new
official code will be Of interest to min
ing men throughout the state. The
new cod is as follows:
STATE CODE OF MINE SIGNALS.
Signal Bells.
l Bell hoist, l Bell stop (when in mo-
tion.)
3 Bells lower, 3 Bells men on.
1 Bells blasting signal; engineer must
answer by raising bucket a few feet
and letting is back slowly.
Then / bell hoist men away from
blast.
5 Bells steam on, 6 Bells steam off.
I Bells air on, s Bells air off. 1929
send down drills; 1928 send down picks.
9 Bells danger signal Cease OF fire or
other danger), then ring number of
station where danger exists. No per-
son shall ring any signal bells except
the station tender, except in case of
danger, or when the main shaft is be-
ing sunk. Engineers must slow up
when passing stations when men are on
the cage.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03
OFFICE SUPPLIES

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News office-supply store and see if there
are not many little D n time saw
ing appliances that you are now in
need of
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03

The Goldfeld News has always been
the most satisfactory place to get job
printing done. 1t is done right there
and always delivered when promised
Gall up phone 1923.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-03

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Evening journal., 1909-02-12
PEPPER AND BATS
BAD FOR HORACE
Questioned Girl About ESCa-
pade and Gets Into Fresh
Trouble

When Horace Ringold. colored.
charged with assault and battery. be-
gan to question the prosecuting, wit
ness. Carrie Price. also colored. in City
Court this morning, he made his case
worse.
Horace. II was alleged, hit Carrie in
the Jaw during an alteration, at No.
40i East Fourth street, last night. Car
rie wanted to drop the case, but she
was too late. and she had to tell the
story. She made it as mild as pos
sible until Horace was permitted to
question her.
Carrie" said Horace gently. @why
did you throw pepper into my eyes?''
Cause yuh done try to hit me with
a brick" was Carries, response. And
she added. Oats what yuh git for
askin' such fool questions"
Horace was staggered. II was the
first mention OF brick, and Carrie
was then obliged to tell Judge Coch-
ran how Horace had narrowly missed
hitting her with il.
'Do you want to ask any more ques-
tions like that?" Judge Cochran asked
mo sah," said Horace.
Twenty dollars and costs. said th'
court. sf.-,.~ e.,
Evening journal., 1909-02-12
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
BY the Hon. L. Irving Handy.

Abraham Lincoln was a frontiersman.
born and reared beyond the reach OF
schools and churches Physically he was
almost giant. and had phenomenal mus
cular strength. lie was. however, indis-
posed to physical industry. His intellect
was inquisitive. acquisitive and OF the
first order OF strength. From boyhood his
ambition scared and he cherished the
hope Of becoming President of the United
States from early years when such hope
appeared grotesque in view OF his actual
situation. He failed in all OF the enter
prises OF Young manhood. lie never sue
ceeded in anything until he undertook the
practice OF law when nearly thirty years
OF age. He soon became a powerful and
successful advocate before both judge and
jury. But tho real business of his life was
politics. II is not enough 10 say that he
was an adroit politician. lie was a politi-
cal genius. People do not often speak Of
il but Il Is a fact that Lincoln was one of
Americas greatest orators. These things
contributed 10 his elevation TO the Presi-
dency His was the hardest task any Pres
ident has had TO perform. Ills achieve
ments mark him as one of the greatest
and most benevolent intellects known in
the history Of men. His own generation
did not fully realize how great he was
hut posthumous fame does him justice.
He was not soft man. on the contrary
his purposes were inhexible. Lincoln
public purposes were pure and patriotic,
his temperament moderate and patient
and his mental grasp so powerful that It
srsppled and controlled the most difficult
situation free government has ever faced
Lincoln. Ike Napoleon. believed that he
Evening journal., 1909-02-12
HURT
PICKING COAL
Frank Serpenta Stuck by a
Baltimore and Ohio Train
and Dies in Hospital

While picking coal on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad tracks. at Ninth
street TO-DAY. Frank serpenta, Of No
6OS Rodney street. was struck by a
train and died two hours later at the
Delaware Hospital
The mans left leg was crushed so
badly that It had to be amputated
shortly after he was admitted 70 the
hospital. The right leg and one arm
were broken His death was due
hemorrhage of the brain.
Serpenta had picked a bag Of coal
and was about to go home. He step
ped from behind a car in front OF an
approaching train and was thrown
many feet. Railroad employees picked
him uD and sent him to the hospital
in the Phoenix ambulance.