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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

steadily increase as additional ground
is opened.
An immense body of low grade has
been developed, through which are rich
ore lenses carrying from $25 to $3.50
and $400 per ton. These lenses seem to
be gaining in strength as the ore zone
is penetrated, which leads the manage
ment to confidently expect much more
important developments.
NJ. j. Fink, the general manager, be-
lieves that at some point within this
territory the Mohawk vein, coming in
from the south, will be found to merge
with the Red Top from the west, which
is thought to be the one now being de-
veloped by the shaft. This view seems
to be borne out by the fact that lenses
of ore have been encountered in the
workings of the lease showing dis
tinetly different character, some Of
which is almost identical to the Mo
hawk ledge and some bearing the char
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

The strike recently made by the
Kansas CITY Goldfeld company on the
old Kicker lease on the Velvet claim Oh
the Merger Mines company, continues
to improve as depth progresses IN 'ho
winze. Ten tons of ore that VIII run
500 per ton is now ready for shipment
from the new strike. The ore pineheu
mn little for time, but has openea
out again so that practically the entire
winze is in good ore. The winze is now
down about so feet from the 4o-foo'
level.
On the 800 foot level of the orginai
Kansas City lease erosseut is oeihe
driven to get under the new ore shoot.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

Prospects for the Hazel 'oidheid
lease on the Last Chance claim OF the
Laguna to develop into one OF the
greatest mines of the camp and widely
extend the recognized mineral belt, are
being strengthened with each day de-
velopment of the immense ore body re-
Gently encountered at us feet IN the
shaft. Sinking on the ledge is beng
vigorously pushed and the SHAFT mas
now reached a depth of 74o feet, by far
the deepest ever attained by any leas-
ers in the camp.
Four trial shipments have been made
since the ore shoot was entered, anu
the returns have been of very salts
factory nature. As soon as the smart
is sunk through the vein to the foot
wall. drifts will be run and systematic
stoping of the ore commenced. IL is eA
neeted that within twenty DAYS the
Hazel Goldfeld will have joined the
steady shippers, and its output VIII
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
NEW OIL FIND Is MADE
IN FISH LAKE VALLEY

Another oil excitement has broken
ont in Esmeralda county, the scene OF
the latest interest being in Fish Lake
valley. IS miles west of Goldheid- Lo-
cation work has been in progress IN
small way for the past three months,
but there has recently been rush into
the valley and thousands of acres have
becn filed on. The valley is twelve
miles wide and seventy long.
Frank Oliver was one of the hrst
locators. and associated with him are
&c. c.. Stanley and number OF Los
Angeles oil men. This syndicate has
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

More than half of the 100 stamps III
the GREAT mill of the Consolidated COM
pany are now dropping regularly In the
,ctual treatment of ore, and are work
ing without hitch The number VIII
be gradually increased until the entire
battery is in commission, which 1t is
believed will be accomplished early
next week.
The operation of this big mill Will IN
crease the annual output of the Con
solidated property by several millions
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
PORTLAND FLORENCE is
EXPECTING HIGH GRADE

Work is being pushed in an energetic
manner i'll the Portiond- difference lease
on the Florence ground, and the man
agcment reports that indications are en-
couraging for opening body of high
grade ore in the near future. Dev"l.
opment is being carried forward with a
force of fifteen men on the different
levels from the 800 to the 600foot.
4 strong vein.over 80 feet vile has
been encountered on the 600 level winch
pans free gold and assays fairly well.
On the 300 and 400foot levels good
lodges have been exposed, CARRYING good
values, and drifting is in progress with
the expectation of opening iieh ore
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
TWO MORE HOSTS FOR
BROKEN HILLS PROPERTY

With three hoists now at work on the
Broken Hills mine at Helena, and two
more on the way for the equipment of
additional leases, this property promises
to forge rapidly ahead of its present en-
viable position as a big producer. The
last carload shipment, consisting of 600
sacks, sent out by the company to the
Western Ore Purchasing company at
Millers, returned $122.0S per ton. In
tercst in this new district still continues
unabated, and it is attracting wide at
tcntion among mining men. Traffic
Manager Harris of the Tonopah & Gold
field railway, +. r. Bowie, A. M. Allison
and c. Fenner went out from Goldfeld
Thursday in the Mccormack auto to
inspect the various properties of the
district.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
GRIZZLY BEAR LEASE Is
NOW DOWN zoo EEE4I}

The shaft on the Grizzly Bear Mining
company's lease on the Grizzly Bear
claim of the Consolidated estate is now
down 200 feet and is being carried
down at the rate of three feet day.
Another shift has been put on since
Mr. Blanchard IS return from the east,
and by the end of the month third
shift will be added.
A six months extension has been
granted the lease on condition that
depth of 500 feet will be reached by
the lst of February, 1910. As the man
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
DEVEI OPMENTS ON THE HAZEL

acteristics of the Red Top vein. If
future development proves this theory
to be correct, there will certainly be
something doing" in this neighbor-
hood ere long.
The Red Top ledge was caught with
in fifteen feet of where it had been
figured out by Mr.. Fink and }. NJ.
Beach, the mining engineer who sunk
the shaft and is now superintendent Of
the works. Having proved up on the
Red Top vein, they are confident that
they will be able to prove up on its
merging with the Mohawk.
A mountain of low grade ore has been
developed by 800 feet of drifts ON the
ledge, all of which gives average assays
of $l4 per ton. This ore body is 20
feet in width in places, and is pro
nouneed to be one of the greatest de
posits of low grade ore ever opened. II
can not be profitably handled bs the
tContinuec on last page.)
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
AISY FLORENCE LEASE
MAINTAINS GOOD SHOWING

own in th~ upraise, although it some
iames narrows up little and then wild
ems again. We expect to have to rails
some distance before we get into th.
best part OF the ore shoot, and it i
also the opinion of others familiar witt
the property that there are mneh. l,sa.
things aheaea OF as sfa4@ .e have yet en
ccsa..e red. -
Returns have been received from the
first shipment of thirty-one tons, which
gave value of $15 per ton. This was
taken out roughly in the course of de-
velopment in the upraise, and none of
the high grade ore was included in it.
The raise is now about twenty-five feet
above the floor of the drift, and shows
four feet of quartz worth $40 per ton
as it is shot down, exclusive of the high
grade.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
NEVADAFOR THE YEAR 1908
In PICTURE AND STORY

Other camps that will be covered in extenso, will be
Searchight, Bodie, Bullfrog Tonopah, Manhattan,
Geld Mountain, Round Mountain, Rawhide, Wonder,
Fairview Seven Troughs and Gold Circle beside less
extended articles all ether camps.
The edition of January 9th will contain some 40
haif-torc cagravings including panoramic view of
the GoGaca district extending clear across two pages
of the paper It will be the handsomcst and most IN
te-esTng and valuable edition of Nevada paper ever
issued.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
LEASE LOOKS GOOD

Increased activity is evide-t on 'he
lease holdings on Vindieator mountain.
The Marquette lease ON the Taimaee
group is being developed in an ener'
getic manner, and the shaft has az
tanned a depth of l25 feet Atiee iee'
a big vein. from u to 20 feet in wia'e'
was penetrated, with IS inches OF ore
assaying from $40 to SEQ. The s@o"-he
is so encouraging that the company w''l
continue to sink and develop the groraa
thoroughly.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

Because of failure to receive cuts on time, The
News was unable to get oft its illustrated edition this
week, as was expected. The edition of January 9,
however will be all the more profusely illstrated by
reason of the additional me gained and our readers
will have no reason to complain Of the delay
Next weeks issue will also contain resume of the
year in all the more important mining camps of Ne
vada written by special contributors The Goldfela
resume will be especially complete, containing produc
tion and dividend tables etc. which are being prepared
with the greatest care.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

shoot like those which have made bis
tory in adjoining ground. The COM
pany has shipped one ear of orr when
gave satisfactory returns, and part of
another carload is now in .hc bins.
This block of ground is most favor
ably situated, having for its neighbor
ON the north the Combination Fraction,
on the west the famous Reilly lease,
and on the south the Florence Wheeler,
all of which have been high grace ship
pers. Good things are looked for from
the Portland Florence ground, and #
location and present indications coant
for anything, another big producer may
soon be added to the laurels of the cele-
brated Florence.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
CON. MILL is SATISFACTORY

of dollars, and turn into the profit side
of the ledger an unlimited quantity of
ore that could not be otherwise advan-
tageously handled. The ore is hauled
from mine to mill over the company's
own railway by its own train, and the
oil engine has demonstrated its ability
TO haul 800 tons over the per cent
grade. The mill embodics every auto
matte and labor saving device known to
mill construction, and its efficiency IN
the extraction of values is being demon
strated TO the utmost satisfaction.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

adications are encouraging that a
ANA ore shoot may soon be en-
ntered in the Baby Florence lease
the Florence, where sulphides have
n struck on the 150-foot level which
Ieing driven south in pay grade of
Assays show values up to $50
ton, and the ledge is wider than the
II. The opening of this ledge in the
fern part of the big dyke seems to
out the contention of well in
ped miners and engineers that the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

agemcnt intends to push the work with
all possible speed, this depth should be
attained not later than july.
The fact that the Consolidated main
shaft has entered the Mohawk ledge
at aboat the s00-foot level is an added
incentive - the management to get
down to the bonanza vein without any
loss of time. rhe great enterprise is
ably managed and should without
doubt develop into another oae of the
great leases that have carried the fame
of the Mohawk vein and Goldheid
around the world.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

work. The vein on the Kicker lease
from which ore is being shipped strikes
directly into the Combined ground and
is one of the network of veins forming
junction within the boundaries of the
Combined lease. Mr.. Blanchard, who
succeeded in raising the money for this
work on his recent trip east, is con
fdent this lease, which he has stuck to
with great perseverance for so long,
will ultimately deYelop into a simmer.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

located nearly $4,000 acres, and are stii
sticking stakes, the tlmbers for mohu-
ments being hauled in from Blair ana
Candelaria, and then packed on burros.
John T. Murphy and James NJ. nus
sell of Goldfeld and Hornsnver nave
returned from trip to the valley,
where they have had couple OF men
locating oil lands on the Marsh, ana
have filed ON LOO acres, They brought
back bottle of oil and can at asphai-
tum, and are enthusiastic over the pros
poets for large quantities OF oil IN the
new fields. A derrick will be installed
At once and boring started to prove up
the ground.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

cut Is being run to cut the incline and
Is In 76 feet, and because of the angle
az which it is run, must go 276 further
10 get under the incline shaft, when
lnere must be an upraise of 115 feet.
mere was good shipping ore at the bot
tom OF the incline when it was aban-
doned, and it is believed that when the
connection is made, shipping can begin.
Manager Louis Schloss says that he
believes that his. ground will not be
troubled much longer with water, as the
country will drain itself. In the mean
time, the plant is well equipped with a
Demming triplex electric pump and the
works are easily kept clear of water.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
'ABY FLORENCE LEASE
GETS NEW ORE SHOOT

best values would be encountered in
this region.
Rumors of the strike are confirmed by
Superintendent Gehrmann of the Flor
ence Goldfeld company. Although it
showed but small values where inter
eepted by the crosscut, the blue sui
phides are increasing in richness in the
drift, until assays now show from So
to $50 per ton. The drift is in good
looking ground, and it would not be sur
prising if splendid body of ore should
be developed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
ON THE KEWANAS

hewanas is saving wood" and
q little these days, but it is be-
I that by the time connection is
oetween the vertical shaft now
sunk and the old incline, the
(rty will be in shape to make. a
production.
hewanas people were driven ont
Old vertical shaft by an inilow Of
( The shaft had to be abandoned
new vertical shaft was started
hundred feet from the collar of
incline. The incline was abap-
y the 5Oo-foot point. The verti.
~ is now down 470 feet. A cross.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
KEWANAS Elk. MINING co.

|e hewanas Extension Mining com
7 which is backed by San Fran
| people, has reached a depth of
ieet on its block of ground on the
anas' IN quest Of the Hazel ledge
= IS known to pass through the
anas at that point. The particular
Of ground is block I, on the Aorth
|of the Kewanas No. 2.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
ST. IVES sACKINa ORE

A. Codd, manager of the st. Ives
F on the st. Ives claim. reports an
Puraging showing as result of re-
development, and that they con-
+ 10 sack considerable ore, from
IN another shipment will soon be
+. Ihe ore runs about $40 per ton
Proken In the mine, and enough is
9 taken out to pay the running ex
|es of development.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
OMBINED M. 81. co. RESUMES

ne Combined Mining and Leasing
|pany has secured new eighteen
lths lease on their old block of
pnd on the Velvet, beginning Jan
lst, and work has been started in
pest once more, contract having
let for 200 feet of prosecuting.
PIE recent strike on the Kicker lease,
Plning the Combined lease on the
/, has given a new impetus to the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

erected. and one frame building was
moved in bodily from Tonopah.
Some Early History
just before the attention of Southern
Nevada was called to the Wilson dis
trict, News representative made per
sonal visit to this stretch of country,
and is of the belief that it is destined
to be one of the heavy producing dis
rfxsxts of Southern Nevada if capital to
a. lop its properties is secured and the
york done in systematic and prae-
I lsai manner.
: Some ten years ago Jim Butler and
Senator Bell, of Tonopah, stopped there,
3 tracted by enormously rich float, and
II time took out quite bit of placer
gold by dry washing process. Having
made grubstake," they continued
prospecting, and in the excitement
which followed Butler s first strike on
a hillside where Tonopah is now located,
this district to the southeast was for
gotten. The camp of Klondike has
called some attention to this section
again, and the Gold Reef district, four
miles long by two wide, has long been
known to have mineralized zones of con
siderable extent, h-st all efforts to in
terest capital in it have been unfortun-
ate, and the district remains to this
day practically unprospected.
Get Good Paintings
For something like year the Grimes
Brothers, operating what is known as
the Toggery lease, little east of the
northwest corner of the Gold Reef dis
trict, have been following a true fssure
vein down with an incline shaft, and
have been taking out ore which pans
free gold in large quantity. This has
been the condition from the grass roots,
and with the shaft now down some 80
feet, the vein is gradually growing
wider, maintains its rich values, and is
defined by true walls, smooth and per-
feet. At intervals the vein is joined
by rich stringers which, though small,
point to larger ore bodies at depth.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
NEW CAMP NEAR GOLDFlELD

The Toggcry lease is on the first up
ward slope of range of low, Jagged
hills, which slope extends across the
upper side of the Gold Reef district, in
southcasterly direction, to the Nevada
Belle property four miles away, where
A. j. Wilson recently made the strike
which has attracted so much attention
during the past week in Goldfeld and
Tonopah. A study of the topography
and the formation gives good founda-
tion for belief that there is vast
mineral zone extending from where the
Toggery lease has sunk its shaft to far
past the Wilson property, and that it is
merely awaiting development along
practical lines. 1t is in the draw at
the base of this range of hills that Jim
Butler and Senator Bell found their
placer gold; it is here in years gone by
numbers of Chinese, with crude washing
machines, took advantage of the trickle
of water from melting SHOWS in the
spring to make rich wages by washing
the surface dirt; and for years pieces
of immensely rich float have been
picked up here now and then by chance
prospoctors, the float being a mat of
gold with the interstices filed with dirt
or disintegrated quartz. No one has
ever been able to trace the exact source
If this rich float principally because
no one has spent the time and money to
Systematically prospect the ground.
Should Be Well Prospected
Our correspondent, in his long tramp
over some six miles of this district,
knocked off the surface cappings on
some of the dykes WHICH thrust up.
through the sand and detritus, and ear
ried away samples of the rock under
meath Many of these samples panned
strong colors-not colors which required
an exercise of imagination TO see, but
stringers of real, yellow gold. Iron and
copper stains are everywhere, yet there
is no malapai formation. We believe
this district holds out much promise for
those interests which shall scientifically,
practically and thoroughly prospect 1t.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02
VELVET STRIKE MAKING GOOD

The main shaft is down 500 feet ana II
the new ore shoot proves continuous ~
can easily be reached when desired at
this depth.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

A mild stampede 70 new camp
called Wilson was started few days
ago by reports of the discovery of rich
ore, and quite number Of Goldfield
mining men hiked out by autos and
other conveyances to the scene of the
excitement. The new camp Ees about
twenty miles northeast of ioldhcld and
eight miles south of Touspah, and five.
miles from Klondike. ssS
me 49, z Nc Nssl%
- discovery, made on 4.
Belle, is credited to J. A. w5fs -
eriy professor of mining al
ocnooi Of Mines at Golden, Colo. wbo
was aoing assessment work on group
OF claims which he has been proSoect;n
since last July. his
wilson took Cla;a.,.r secured an eigh
confidence anfease ON block of ground
on on the property and a bond and lease OF
a group of s.x claims TO the north of the
find He also located a group of seven
claims Immediately adjoining on the
south Then the news of the strike was
given out, and the rush started.
Varying assays have been secured by
those who sampled the ore streak in the
bottom of the 14-foot shaft on the
Nevada Belle, and Inman and Wilson
claim assays running from SIS to $26S.
Assay Retf Vary
The Nevada Benz is located on a
small hill through which a ledge out
crops prominently and can be traced
for several thousand feet. Some fair
paintings can be secured, and specimens
Of the rock show tiny specks of gold to
the naked eye. One lease has been
taken by Oney Daugherty, who made
the original strike ON the Mizpah, and
others have been taken by Watson Van
Etten, Fred Wilson, Claude Inman and
William Inman. The lessees are to be-
gin active development work at once,
and townsite is being planned on a
fat near by, which will probably be
called Wilson. Several tents have been
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

Nv are opening the ground as ssssst. ssss.
|. j can and at the same time put in
4 .oles and make other preparations
,tssary for starting a heavy produc-
M said Mr.. Fairfield yesterday,
,nd we viii soon be in shape to work
lease to better advantage than we
at present. We started in on a
III scale. with two men and single
ks, but we have now put in power
Dis and will push the work energetic
/. The streak of orc is holding its
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

sslopment on the Daisy Florence /
being operated by Mitchell 81
/ 4, is progressing with t1A'rougniy
49, -eesa.fs, and with the rich
h recently opened on the 315-
kel maintaining its excellent
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-02

CONTINUED on last page.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-17
KENNEBEC
READFiELD.

Mrs T.. Brooks went to Webster
Saturday, called on account of the III
ness of her sister, Mrs. Lucy Higgins.
Mr.. Brooks went to Webster Sunday.
\ T. j. Dudley was calling on fr1ends
in this vicinity of his old home SUNDAY.
MIR. and Mrs. Will Hunt of Granite
Hill were in town Sunday night.
George Higgins is digging potatoes
for Charles Towle of Winthrop.
Miss Lucy Doyle and Harry Hewitt
were in town Sunday.
The Misses Jeanette Dudley, ora
Morrow, Edna Moulton and Mildred
Dalton were guests Thursday of Mrs.
F.. NJ. Dudley of Manchester.
|, Mr. and. Mrs. E. NJ. Dudley were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Staine of Mt. Vernon.
The s'just and the unjust are both
alike suffering very much here for
rain. The potato and corn crop must
be very light and pastures have failed
to supply the stock.
r The minister at the Brick church on
Sunday for the universalist Society
was f. w. Walker of Pittsfeld
L Rev. DR.. Eckles and wife returned to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-17
The people of Hallowell will be

The people of Hallowell will be in
tcrested to know that Winthrop S.
Worcester of Forest View farm intends
at an early day to open up milk
route in this city. Mr. Worcester is a
scientific farmer and treats his stock
after the same manner. A visit to his
home reveals the great improvements
made during the past few months. He
has fitted up his COW barn to accom-
modatc IS cows and has installed all
modern devices for cleanliness and the
general care in the way of feeding and
watering the stock. The sanitary ar
rangements are of the most perfect
type and it is really pleasure to note
the affairs about this up-to-date farm.
A new stable for his driving horses
has been built near the house. All the
old stabling has been thoroughly rem
ovated George l.. White CT this city
was the carpenter in charge of the
rebuilding of the old structures that
had passed through so many storms.