Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-11-01
MINERS SUE DAISY
FOR $4,000 WAGES
DEAD BROKER HAD LEASE ON
BOOTH MINE
Lodi SmeIter Closes DoWn--Auto Goes
to Round Mountain for Valua
able Consignment of
Bullion

GOLDFIELD, Oct. 29.-Speculation
is rife here as to what is to become of
the Daisy Today suits We're fled
against the company for $4,000, said to
be due various employees for wages,
and all of the personal property, in
Guiding the hoists of No. ! and No.
shafts. the compressor plant, assay
Office, etc, was attached The suit
was brought by +. J, Hangs as attor-
ney for the miners.
This is the second suit pending
against the comp ny, Frank Horton
for the American Mining company
having instituted court proceedings
more than a month ago to recover IS 90
claimed to be due that company as a
loan made to the Daisy.
Had Lease on Booth
Webb Parkison, the young broker
who was shot TO death Thursday night
by a woman claiming to be his wife,
was the manager of a lease on the
Booth ground which is believed to be
practically certain Of getting the pay
shoot opened up in the north end of
the Red Top ground by the Consoh-
dated company. Arthur Weber of the
Atlanta and ]. A. Mclaughlin of Lin
coin, Neb., are also interested in the
lease, which is operating through the
had on the same ground more than
a year ago. The Red Top has since
follc wed an ore shoot clear out to
the Booth lines. ii is said, and ii was
information given Parkison by George
Wingfield which induced him to take
the lease.
Pioneer Lease Gets Ore
Earl Clemens, publisher of the Rhy-
&c ~
camp and brings the report of a new
strike in the Pioneer lease. The ore
was encountered on the 215-foot level,
the cross-cut passing through six feet
of quartz which returned assays OF
SIS per ton, a fine grade of shipping
ore.
Going After Bullion
James r. Davis Of the Round Noun
tain Mining company, who has been
visiting in Los Angeles, is expecte ed
home tomorrow and will leave Sunday
in the company's auto for Round
Mountain. accompanied by Detective
Sage to bring back the bullion from
the last two weeks run of the mill.
The first half of the month the mill
turned out 1923 900 in gold bricks. and
the last half is expected to equal If not
exceed that amount. The bullion is
always brought down in the auto under
guard. The company has powerful
Pope Hartford car of the latest tyne
which by MANY is considered the best
desert car made.
Lodi smelter Closes Down
Ed Lachwitz. who has been prospect
ing in the northern part of Nye county,
is i'm Goldfeld and reports that the
smelter recently erected by the Lodi
Mines company at the Illinois mine
has closed down indefinitely after a
run of about sixty days. The trouble is
said to be a lack of lead. but Mr..
Lachwitz says that the company is
working but a few men in the mines
which it owns. The town Of Bob,
which was founded by the promoters
of the smelter, is practically deserted.
Will Work Placer Ground
Edward Double. Douglass White and
G. Alfred Maryland Of Los Angeles were
here yesterday, leaving this morning
for Manhattan, where they purchased
some placer ground while in attend
ance on the mining congress It Is
understood that they will start work
while there.