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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
PHOENIX AND EASTERN
WILL BUILD TRACKS
PROMOTERS EXPECT TO START
WORK AT ONCE
Grade Beyond WinkeIman, the Des-
tined Scene of Railroad Activity,
Has Ties and Rails in
Waiting

PHOENIX. Aug. 15.--The work ON
the completion of the Phoenix anu
Eastern railroad will start within a
week or ten days, the first track laying
to be done on the grade beyond -" N
kelman, which has already been punt.
A carload of ties was transported from
Phoenix to that point last week ana
the rails. which are on the road, and
additional material and supplies VIII
he placed on the ground shortly. a
number of men and teams have been
employed and apparently there is to be
no delay in pushing active construc-
ton.
and p. and p. and E. has returned from
Tucson, where he was in conference
with Epes Randolph. When asked re-
garding the plans of the company ne
said he could say authoritatiVely that
the track laying will begin within two
weeks, and preparations are now pelng
made to get supplies and labor on the
ground. The exact day will of course
depend on the dispatch with which the
preliminaries can be disposed.
When the track is finished to the end
of the present grade Of about nine
miles. the construction gang will be
within striking distance of the line or
the new rOadbed and the work on th1
ella canyon. 1t will take month to
six weeks TO complete this stretch,
when the balance of the material and
supplies and large force can be
shipped to that point. No definite time
is set for the beginning of work on the
Box canyon. but it is said it will start
as soon as the weather moderates and
the necessary labor can be secured
probably before October l, depending
largely on the rapidity with which the
track laying on the old grade moves
forward. Work will start at both
ends of the canyon. At the present
time the canyon is too hot for oper-
ntiOnS
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
BOSTON CAPITALISTS BUY
GROUP OF CLAIMS AT GLOBE

GLOBE, Aug. 15.-The Barney group
of twenty-eight claims, in the Miami
district have been sold to Boston
capitalists by the owners, j. D. Coplen,
J. B. Coplen and E. T. Wilder, the
deal having been closed last week
through S. Klauss.
The property goes to P. j. Reardon,
H. f. Kingston, w. A. Twombey, Frey
Bros. and the Dougherty estate, all
of Boston. The purchasers are said
to have heavy financial backing, and it
is understood that a holding company
will thoroughly develop the property.
Lying, as it does just west of the
Miami property, and between the Key
stone and the Williamson & Newman
properties, the Barney group is par
ticularly promising.
An investigation of geological con-
ditions leads Mr.. Klauss, representa-
tive of the purchasers, to believe that
this property is in the same zone as
the Miami, Inspiration and keystone
holdings, in which event an extensive
body Of ore may naturally be expected,
To date the property has not been
developed to any extent, the principal
working being accompaniment
shaft, which has been sunk to depth
OF 112 feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
BIG CAMP TAKES
BRIEF VACATION
G0LDFlELD PAYS $4,740,000
WHILE RESTING
FOUR QUARTZ MILLS OPERATE
WITHOUT INTERMlSsIoN
Passing of High Grader and Wildcat
Places District on Solid Basis,
Agreeable to Substantial
Investor
BY c. F. sPILMAN

With four big quartz mills producing
a constant stream of gold bullion
from whcih an aggregate of $l1S5,OOO
in dividends is paid each quarter, Gold
field, New. is now a very quiet city,
and in a business way is undeniably
dull. But the opportunities to make
money are not all gone and the camp
has a most promising future.
The days of the high grader and the
wildcat promoter have passed, never 10
return, but the readjustment now tax
ing place will put Goldfeld on a solid,
substantial basis and will attract to
southwestern Nevada a class of in
vestors who will develop the splendid
resources of that and tributary dis
tricts.
One of the principal factors in this
readtustment is cheaper transportation
of ores. The proposed Ely-Goldheld
railroad an extension of the Tonopah
& Tidewater, is now practically as
sured, and it has been semi-officiallv
announced that the road will be built
on to Salt Lake City, construction to
begin late in October. Aside from the
market afforded a large tonnage of ore
which is now available. the building
of this road will stimulate the devel-
opment of many properties which now
are idle, not alone in the GOldfield dis
trict, but in a score or more of camps
of merit that are tributary to this pro-
posed artery of trade.
The Goldheld district is now being
developed by men who know how to
mine. Leasing companies with strong
capitalization are mining at great
depth, not for the rich pockets of ore
which stimulated and excited the in
experienced two years ago. but for
large deposits of medium grade ores
for the mills
Penetrate to Depth
On the Atlantic, the Yellow Tiger
and the properties of the Consolidated
are a number of shafts which have
penetrated to a depth of from 800 to
700 feet, disclosing a condition which
warrants the belief that the big mines
of the district are yet to be developed.
But few days ago George Wingfield
announced that all of his properties
would be thrown open to leasers. This
includes in the Goldf1eld district the
Sandstorm and Kendall, the first loca-
tions in the district, each of which
produced 100000 from shallow work
ings; the ConqueCor, from which good
ore was shipped; Columbia Mountain,
believed by geologists to have been the
center of disturbance when the later
enriched fissures were created: the
Blue Bull, Commonwealth and some
lesser lights.
While the boom days are gone, the
good days are coming, and men who
know that mines are made, not found,
are following investigation by invest
ment. The next two years in Gold
field and southwestern Nevada should
greatly increase the bullion output of
the state, building on substantial and
lasting foundations
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
THREE GROUPS OF MINERS
EXPLOIT ZERO PROPERTY

PRESCOTT, Aug. 15.-A. C. Gilmore
has returned from the Zero mine, now
being exploited by three different leas-
ing partnerships The third party Of
four miners has arrived on the property
and is getting ready to start work. Mr..
Gilmore says that a second vein par
alleling the main vein 500 feet to the
cost is being opened. The ore Is the
same general character as the rich
product of the Zero, sampling In silver
from 300 to 800 ounces to the ton. The
new vein dips to the east. in the OPP
posite direction to the strike of the
Zero ledge.
Mr.. Gilmore says there is ore in the
headings being pushed forward by the
lessees, indicating that the mine may
soon be among the highest producers
in that section of the Hassayampa dis
trict.
The Zero mine is held under United
States patent. 1t is located twelve
miles south of this city in one of the
richest mineral belts of the Has
sayampa district.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
Discovery i'm C0cI1iSe County
PrOUeS Wealth of Remote Hills

to the railroad is but few miles in
the vicinity of Kelton.
Pearce had the samples of his ore
assayed in Pearce and so favorably
impressed were the employees of the
Commonwealth company with the re-
turns that they in behalf of themselves
and Smith and Swatlling, the present
lessees of the Commonwealth property,
have located number of claims adj
Joining those of Pearce. Cal Glenn, the
general foreman of the Chiricahua
Cattle company, has also taken up n
group of six claims, a part of them be-
ing extensions of the Pearce property.
The opening of this new discovery
tends to prove that the valleys and
mountain ranges of Cochise county
have not been prospected, and every
little while a new strike is made in
some section of the county of ore car
rying good values which has been gone
over for years by miners and pros
pectors who were too eager to reach
some distant point of which they had
heard so much instead of embracing
the opportunity that lay at their feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
TREASURE GROUP
CHANGES OWNERS
PRACTICAL MINERS ACQUIRE
VALUABLE PROPERTY
EIGHT CLAIMS AND WATER RIGHT
INCLUDED IN DEAL
Operations VIII Begin at Once and
Mine Be Reopend by a Main
Shaft with Drifts and
Crosscuts

PRESCOTT, Aug. 15.-By far the most
important mining deal of the week was
closed when the title to the Hidden
Treasure group of mines passed under
bond from the Stark Gold Mining COM
pany to Ed Shumate of this city and
George Rohpeter of the Aqua Fria
valley.
The consideration of the sale was
not made public, but it is known to
be an amount high in the five figures,
payable in installments covering a
period of eighteen months
The property transferred comprises
eight mining claims, the Dripping
Springs water right with steady water
supply the entire year, a complete ter
stamp mill and cyanide plant, all To-
Gated in the Black canyon mining dis
trict.
Active development of the Hidden
Treasure mine will be started at once.
Supplies will be shipped this week to
Turkey station on the Bradshaw Noun
tain railroad, four miles from the camp.
The unwatering of the mine will he
started tomorrow under the direction of
George Rohpeter, one of the purchasers.
who will have charge of operations ON
the ground.
Work Accomplished
The mine is opened by a main shaft
270 feet deep and by other shallower
shafts and several hundred feet OF
drifting. AS soon as the mine Is un-
watered the vein will be opened extern
sively by drifts and crosscuts.
The ore is of high grade and the
property has an excellent record as a
gold producer. 1t was located by
Charles Nj. Gorin many years ago. He
partially developed it and made several
large ore shipments. Later 1t passed
into the possession of Ed Shumate and
his associates, who in turn sold 1t to
the Sark Gold Mining company. This
company spent $S5,0O0 in its develop
ment and equipment, operations being
abandoned about the time the construc-
tion of the mill was finished, owing 20
differences among the company's heavy
shareholders.
Mr. Shumate and Mr.. Rohpeter are
familiar with the property and its rec
ord as producer. They have been me-
gotiating for it's purchase many months.
Their plan of development of the prop
erty contemplates the expenditure of
considerable amount, as 1t Is their in
tention to open the property in a large
way and thoroughly explore its ore
shoots,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
AURORA BULLFRoG MAY
BUILD MILL AT PIONEER

GOLDFIELD, Aug. 15.-Another big
mill that will rival the Montgomery
Shoshone of Rhyolite is under advise
nent by company of capitalists who
have the funds to execute their plans
without floating bonds or calling for
assistance. This is the Aurora Bull
frog company, operating two miles
north of Springdale, in the Pioneer
district
William Pister of Cincinnati, a rep
resentative of the William Moerlein
Brewing company, is the financial
agent who has just disclosed his pur-
poses and returned to his home in the
east. The Aurora is owned by an
immensely wealthy syndicate of brew
ers living in milwaukee,, st. Louis and
Cincinnati, and was taken over about
Jour months ago. Joseph Murphy was
installed as superintendent and under
his charge the work of development
has progressed so rapidly that it re-
mains only question of ore reserves
before the owners decide what they
are going to do. The ore runs in the
vicinity of 50 a ton, and is of such a
uon-refractory character that it can
easily be handled by cyanide plant
1t is proposed to begin with a unit
of forty or fifty stamps, or a capacity
of 200 tons a day, and then gradually
increase the milling appliances as the
ore body is brought into greater promi-
nence Twelve men have been en-
ployed on the ground, with the result
that they have disclosed an ore body
fifty feet wide that is said to be the
largest single pay ledge in Nevada.
superintendent Murphy has been in
structed to sink another 100 feet and
then crosscut so that the ore body may
be blocked out to the complete salts
faction of the owners and their en-
gineers before the final plans for the
mill are adopted. 1t is anticipated
that by the first of the year construc-
ton will be well under way and that
in another three months a rich pro-
ducer will be treating low-grade ore
netting at least $1,000 a day.
AS a preliminary to the mill the
company has secured by either pur-
chase or location the entire water
rights of the Amargosa.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
ALLEGHANY ADDS
TO RESOURCES
GOLD KING ON KANAKA CREEK
BEGINS WORK
STAMP MILL WILL SOON BE IN
OPERATION
Five New Buildings Are Being Erected
at Camp-Twenty-one Mine
Drifts on Vein-Red
Star Is Active

NEVADA CITY, Aug. 15.-Alleghany
continues to be the busy camp of Sierra
county, and there are at present no
fewer than five buildings in the course
of construction there, while new mines
are being opened right along. Last
week witnessed the initiation of work
on the Gold King mine on Kanaka
creek, which had been idle for many
years. The syndicate formed by Colonel
Stevenson has taken hold of the Gold
King, and the Armstrong brothers Of
Allegheny will start boarding house
there this week. There is ten-stamp
mill at the mine and a complete plant.
which was erected under the direction
of H. L. Johnson some fifteen years
ago.
The Gold King has a large shoot of
milling ore, and the production of the
mine is about 900. Colonel Steven
sons associates have also secured sew
eral properties around Allegheny and
will soon take hold of the Sherman
mine,. which is believed to be one OF
the best in that district. They are
working the Gold Canyon and Happy
Jack and have laid out an extensive
program of development work.
The Twenty-one. where a rich strike
was made a few weeks ago, continues
to look good and the drift is being
run ahead with all possible haste on
the vein, which is an extension of the
Tightner.
A large crew of men is employed at
the Red Star, and Manager Woodbury.
expects to have the new mill going
shortly. The engine arrived at the de-
pot Thursday and has been hauled 70
the mine. AS soon as it is installed
the mill will be ready to work.
Manager Woodbury. is also doing con-
siderable new work at the Rainbow,
where the mill is running. While ir
town he showed specimen ore that was
taken out of the Rainbow. 1t con-
tains much free gold, besides being hall
filed with sulphides.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16

w ICKENBURG, Aug. 15.-The Vul-
w ture Mines company, with prop
erty fifteen miles south of Wick
enburg, Ariz., now has sixty men at
work and the present efforts of the
management are being confined to de-
velopment work.
The Vulture property was taken over
by the present management Sept. l and
$S5, 900 has been expended in prelimi-
nary work and development since that
time. The mine has been unwatered,
the 400 and 500-foot levels opened and
work started on the 600-foot level.
on the 400-foot level considerable
prosecuting and drifting has been done.
and the average of forty-one samples
from the main vein gave assays of $S.n
a ton, while six feet of high grade ore
averaged $40 a ton.
The main ore zone of the Vulture is
100 to 200 feet wide. In this vein occurs
lenses of quartz which carry the gold
values. These lenses are of varying
sizes. one on the 400-foot level is 80 TO
40 feet wide and over 100 feet long,
From the old workings to a depth OIL
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
MINERS URGE BUILDING
OF NEW ROAD TO CA5A6l

TUCSON, Aug. 15.-Mining men are
interested in a proposed new road lead
ing to Quijotoa, Fresnal and Cabapl'
They are preparing petition which
will be presented to the board OF super
visors and a request will be made that
a change be authorized in the road
which will mean a saving Of at least
four miles on the journey to the mining
camps mentioned.
The proposed new road will run past
Snyder's Hill, thence past Robles ranch
and Dobbs buttes and on to Mosa s
wells and the Haynes we'll At the
latter place the road will branch to
the different mining camps.
Under the proposed new route the
highway will extend past the Coyote
mountains and not through them, as
it does at the present time. Much
trouble has been experienced with the
road in these mountains, as it is fire.
Quently washed out.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16

IN OMBsTONE. A. T.. Aug. 15.-John
Pearce, the original discoverer of
the famous Pearce mine, is in the
city for a few days from his new find
in the Sulphur Springs valley. He has
located group of several claims in
the heart of that valley that promises
to net him some excellent returns. The
claims are located between the West
Wells of the Chiricahua Cattle COM
pany's ranch and what is called the
"Aremotor' windmill. Here in a low
range of hills Pearce has opened n
promising prospect. Recent assays
from the bottom of the shaft on one
of the claims where a fourfoot ledge
has been uncovered gave returns of
20 per cent copper and $14 a ton in
gold. Pearce has taken out several
tons of this class of ore and will soon
make a trial shipment to the Ell Paso
smelters. The haul from the property
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
Vontriaqer District Active

There have been many visitors to the
California Gold and Copper company's
property at Vontrigger, CAL, in the
past month. Prominent among them
was Mr.. Hanna of the Santa Fe com
pany. He spent few days in looking
over the property.
Mr.. Cram, with Joe Jensen OF River
side, made tour of the entire proper
ty, resulting in Mr.. Jensen buying 1000
shares of stock.
Work on the electrical plant is
progressing satisfactorily. The mill
building is completed and the mixers
and grinders installed
Mr.. Cram, president of the corpora
tion, left Los Angeles Friday morning
for the north 1t is believed he went
to look at some machinery for the new
mill.
Everything at the mine is ready for
the machinery, which will be pur-
chased within a few days.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
Many Lyon County Locations

CARSON CITY, Aug. 15.-The min
ing outlook for Lyon county at present
is extremely bright from the records
shown in this city, During the past
six months there have been over 500
mining locations made in that county.
of which not more than 100 were re
locations. There are eight mining dis
tricts in the county and thirtyeight
properties working.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
BUY
COPPER CREEK
(sIBLEO
STOCK
NOW


l.. OVER twot OF
g.
A
s. of ime ron or ores In smel
ndanceo of fuel TIM fol- its team
T. by the
canyo
e'ground
Thirty miles of telephone
The is No bondsor
profits of in
Security Bldg
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
Concentrates from Ell saIto

PARRAL, Mexico, Aug. 15.-Harold
d. Higgins came in from the hills last
week with a shipment Of concentrates.
Mr.. Higgins and his partner, Gilberto
Perigua, are working their El Salto
mine in the state of Durango. The ore
is treated in a two-stamp mill, triple
discharge, with concentration run by
water power. The ore is of a fair
grade, and if the rains continue they
hope to continue working through the
winter months.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
TARIFF ON ZINC AT
Ell PAS0 SINCE LAW
MAKES TOTAL OF $216C

Ell PASO, Aug. 15.-Five more cars
of zinc ore were entered for duty at the
customs house late Monday afternoon,
the estimated duty on the five cars be-
ing $10S0.
The five cars are a part of the ship
ments which were being rushed from
the Mexico mines to the border to get
across before the signing of the tariff
bill. Five cars were in Juarez when the
tariff bill was signed on August 5, and
these were entered for duty the follow
ing day.
The estimated duty on the ten cars
received since the tariff bill became
effective is $2160.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
InstaIIs an Arrastra

FORT BIDWELL Aug. 15.-James
Kafader has crew of men at work
on the Bidwell Discovery property in
stalling a ten-foot arrastra. The OBJ
ject is to clean up several tons Of
very rich free milling ore which has
accumulated on the dump and to pre-
pare for the coming of the mill to be
installed by j. T. Wall.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
Lucky Boy Dividends

CARSON CITY, Aug. 15-The Haw-
thorne-Lucky Boy Post claims that the
mines of Lucky Boy have already,pr
duced over S1,000,000. A dividend OF
$4,000 is scheduled to be paid today
which will total $1SO.OOO in dividends
to date
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16

ores containing a higher percentage of
copper than any other district in the
southwest. The monthly production of
copper bullion is in the neighborhood
of 100000 pounds. and the industry is
growing. Gold mining is of late as
suming no little importance in the dis
trict around Globe, and many gold
properties, overlooked in the rush for
copper mines. are now being investi-
gated and developed. Thirty-three
years ago Globe came into existence as
silver camp. In 1880 there were six
teen silver mills about Globe and the
camp had grown to something like 1900
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16

persons. In the first period, from 1876
to 1884. the camp produced about d.
100000 pounds of copper. The second
stage, from 1885 to 1898, was charac-
terized by alternate activity and de-
preston accompanying the fluctuations
in the price of copper. But from 1905
to 1907 is the period which marks the
beginning of a new era. In 1905 the
OlG Dominion company of Maine was
organized as holding company for the
securities of the United Globe and the
Old Dominion Mining and Smelling
companies. with Phelps-Dodge as the
dominant interest. Within a year new
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16

NLOBE is often called the Butte of
ET the southwest. With population
W of about $1,000 and a monthly pay
roll of $35OO0O Globe is at present re-
garded as the coming city of Arizona.
and is well up among the leaders, with
activity in mining,
which tends toward the making of a
metropolis. The Globe spirit is the
true eXemplification of western energy
and progress Among the residents of
the Mountain city" are to be found
the men who are playing an important
part in the development of Arizona's s
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16

rich resources. The story of Globe is
the story of other early mining camps
of Arizona. but as the narrative un-
folds it is seen that nature has been
more liberal in it's rich mineral gifts.
until today capitalists and corporations
are vying with each other to acquire
these riches. The mineraliZed belt of
which Globe is the hub, extending
northeasterly and southeasterly in ella
county, is more than 100 miles in length
and in some places upward of twenty
miles in width. Globe is situated in
one of the largest mineralized districts
of Arizona. in a proved region. with
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-26
Banking Department
Trust Department

Executor, Administrator Receiver and Trns. Cnstodian wills free charge where b " Execuor and takes charge when ,eon to do Makes SURETY BONDS guarantees tt,es r important feature of will is the appoine of In making selection not comm, M Estate to unsafe hands with Trust Company the eemen, . is eliminated undertakings are otherwise . guarded against all WY
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-26
 NOT SWEET ON SUGAR TRUST
Oklahoma Senator Caused Washington
 Papers Expose Spread on Records.

Washington, May 25.-The so-called sugar trust was the subject of an at tack in the Senate today by Senator Owen of Oklahoma, who sent to the secretary's desk a denunciation of the trust published yesterday in a local newspaper.
 This account" said MT. Owen, points out one of the most vile and insidious consequences of building up in this county these gigantic organi- zations protected by this so-called tariff which led to a condition that permitted millions of dollars to be stolen from the people of the United States"
 This fact was not mentioned by the leading newspapers of New York, but, on the contrary. full-page advertise ments of the American Sugar Rein- ing Company appear in lieu of the truth. which ought to be made known to the people of the United States.
 Consequently, he asked to have the newspapers attack read in order that it might appear in the record. which was done