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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15
DOWN TO THE DACITE," Is
NEW SLOGAN ON ATLANTA

dacite encountered about 60 feet from
the shaft. Drifting is now being done
on the ledge at this depth, but soon as
President Mclaughlin returns from the
east in about two weeks, orders will
he given to sink.
Going to $50 Feet. i
On the Nevada Eastern lease, former
ly known as the June-Atlanta, and
where work was resumed about ten
days ago, the shaft is being sunk from
it's former depth of $50 feet and con-
t%inuous sinking will prevail until $50
feet is attained. Work was started
with one shift, but another will be
added next week.
The LeMance lease, adjoining, is in
the dacite, and a crosscut is being
driven under the hill at a depth of
400 feet to cut the vein and see what
the conditions are at that point.
A crosscut is being driven on the
Maloney lease at 625 feet depth to
reach the vein that courses through
this block, but Manager Maloney has
decided to resume sinking in the near
future and get deeper into the dacite.
Drifting is being prosecuted or the
Blake lease at a depth of $50 feet, al
though the shaft is down about 325.
Some good values were found in the
upper level, and as the Penn Florence
company had ore on the same vein
within 40 feet of where Blake is now
working, it has been decided to thor
oughly prospect the ground at this level
before going to greater depth.
Hooper to Sink Again.
Crosscutting and drifting has been
stopped on the Hooper-Manning lease
adm they are now getting into shape
to resume sinking. The shaft is now
down 400 feet.
Sinking will also be Immediately re-
sumed on the Century lease, where
drifting has just been stopped at 400
feet. This lease is on the Union Jack
claim of the Atlanta estate, endlines
the Grizzly Bear ledge, which has re-
Gently been cut in the Grizzly Bear
shaft at 400 feet. The Century shaft
is now in the dacite, but they have
decided to go deeper to get into the
ore zone.
Altogether there is a decidedly better
outlook for Atlanta, for it seems that
the right line of development is be
earnestly pursued until results are at
tanned.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15
THOMPSON HAS BROKEN
WITH THE GUGGENnEIMS

Ely, New, May 12.-There is a reporI
in general circulation that W. B
Thompson has broken with the Gug
genheims, and has become associated
with the United States Smelling com.
pany of Salt Lake. If this report is
correct, and it seems reasonably well
verified, it most surely means that an
other strong company will 1901 be op-
Grating in this district. Mr.. Thompson
is the controlling element in the Cop
permines company, and is also in pos
session of a large amount of water in
the Steptoe valley, sufficient for a
large concentrating and smelling plant.
At the rate at which the Coppermines
company is now developing ore, that
property alone will soon have need of
a plant of its own. The United States
Smelling company owns a large plant
at Salt Lake, where it treats copper
and lead-silver ores. This company
also owns or controls the Eureka-R Rich
mond mines at Eureka, Nevada, from
which it draws a large portion of its
supply for it's lead smelling furnaces.
This company is in the market for
ores doing a public smelling business.
1t has been annoyed through litigation
by the farmers of Utah, and it has
been stated that the company would
seek a new location for its plant. With
a railroad from Ely to Eureka, giving
it a short haul for its tremendous ton
mage of lead-silver ores from that dis
trict, and with the direct smelling
ores of the Coppermines company, it
would seem that the company already
has a nucleus for the erection of an
Independent smelling plant for the Ely
district. A statement to this effect has
not been made public, but evidently
is something doing along that
inc, Judging from rumors.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15
KINDERGARTEN MILL AGAIN
TURNING OUT THE BULLION

Manager l.. A. Friedman of the Seven
Troughs Coalition company's proper
ties was in receipt of a letter from
Superintendent Ellithorpe yesterday
advising him that the %company's KIN
dergarten mill was to begin treating
ore from the kindergarten workings
Wednesday morning and that the run
would likely be continuous for the rest
of the month, says the Salt Lake Her
aid.
"This is the first attempt to produce
ore and bullion from the kindergarten
company's workings in nine MONTHS
said Manager Friedman, "and, as the
mine is supplying a nice tonnage of $50
rock from the 800 level and, as The
crosscut to connect with the ledge from
the bottom of the c%ompany's vertical
shaft is ready to be made and should
be made any day now, the mine is go
ing to make a good record and help a.
iuStIdlt INC SpiCndAu fdiuC VI INV 'Co'i
ition company's large estate.
About ten days from now Mr.. Fried
man is going to leave for his home
at Dubuque, Iowa, where it is the IN
~tention to pack and store all the un-
necessary house belongings AMI move
the folks out to LOvelock, Nevada.
Coalition affairs are going to require so
much of Mr.. Friedman time dlring
the mex year or two and the chances
for taking a run back home will be so
few that he has decided to have his
family come out and make q temper
airy home at Lovelock, where he can
be at home in an hour after leaving
camp.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15
MILLIONAIRE MINE OWNERS
IN PIONEER CONSOLIDATION

for themselves under guise of the Cole
Hills Mining company; that the Tobin'
are operating the Bulffrog Pioneer foi
their own private gain and are not con.
sidering the minority stockholders.
Another Step in the Game
Co-incidentally with the lawsuits
started and threatened as above set out,
the Gold Hills Mining company sells to
Messrs. wingield and Brown the Con
sentative claim. Before the sale is
contaminated, almost, it is given out
that il has been discovered that the
Pioneer Leasing company, ostensibly
working on the Bi-Metaliic No. 3 claim
of the Bullfrog Pioneer ~company-one
of the Tobins' richest holdings, and
which seems prolific in lawsuits against
the Tobins-is taking out ore from the
Conservative ground, and that Messrs.
Wingfield and Brown will Immediately
sue the Bullfrog Pioneer on apex, extra
lateral and other rights. 1t is peculiar
that the Tobins sell a claim knowing
the sale will plunge their richest prop
erty into litigation.
Whittier the Straws Blow
With the prospect of extended litiga-
ton, backed by a coterie of million
aires, it is not unlikely that the stock
Of the Bullfrog Pioneer company will
drop many points, and when it drops
it is not impossible that the Tobin
Brothers might take opportunity to buy
out the stockholders who have sued
them for alleged fraud, nor is it i'm
possible that Messrs. Wingfeld and
Brown would pick up a little of this
stock. This done, and Messrs. Wing
field and Brown, and Tobin and Tobin
holding absolute control of the Bull
frog Pioneer and the Gold Hills, the
apex and other litigation might very
handily be compromised"
At the same time, the Tobins might
transfer some of their Bullfrog Pioneer
holdings for money with which to
swing the Valley View purchase, and
with this consummated, there is no
litigation from the Valley View com
pany end as to the Conservative claim.
With the litigation thus taken out Of
the hands of troublesome and inquisi-
tive outside stockholders, and held be-
tween the Brown and Wingfeld inter
ests on the one side, and the Tobin in
terests on the other-and by that time
it looks as though it will be hard to tell
which is w~hich-what would be more
natural than a conference of a few min
utes in a quiet corner with the astute
Mr.. Thomas, who seems to accidentally
be on hand for just such an occurrencef
And what would be a more natural Sc
quence to the conference than the an
nouncement that the Pioneer Consoi-
idated had been born, and that the mill
to which Mr.. Tobin alluded some weeks
ago had been arranged for and would
be constructed at once?
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15
GAMBLE MAKES DEMAND
FOR SILVER PEAK MINES

Silver Peak, May 14.-Followins
closely upon a decision of the court
b. A. Gamble of California has made
formal demand for the property of the
Pittsburg Silver Peak Mining com.
pany that it purchased from the Blair
esate. The demand was refused and
Mr.. Gamble is reported to have papers
prepared for an injunction to restrain
the company from further operation
of the property that he claims.
Mr.. Gamble and Cleve Baker, dis
trict attorney of Nye county, arrived
here and quickly proceeded to the
~company's Offices, where a demand
for the property was made and turn
ed down. They were allowed to go
through the mill. Later, General Man
ager Juessen, Cashier Voorhees,, Master
Mechanic McKenna and one or two
others took the company auto for Tono-
pah, presumably to confer with the com-
pany's legal advisers.
Mr.. Gamble visited the big mine
and inspected the changes that have
been wrought in the property during
the past few years. According to
him, Judge Pike of the Washoe county
court, awarded him a victory on every
he raised in his contention with
the Blairs. The court also says, accord
ing to Mr.. Gamble, hat he would be
to damages later.
After adding that the chances for
a compromise are very remote, he
said that when in possession of the
property he will give it an equipment
equal to any. The demand involves
all the Blair estates holdings, but
does not cover the Mohawk, Mary,
nor any of the property
from the Mohawk Alpine
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15

The new pumping plant of the Gold
field Consolidated Water company has
been in operation for several days, and
the water supply of Goldield now
reaches a total of $4,000 gallons each
day, which is ample to supply all the
wants of the people of Goldfield. The
new pumping plant is located in the
vicinity of Ida, neal some new springs
which the water company recently de-
veloped. The supply has been in
creased between 60 and 20 per cent.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15
Litigation In the Air

Following the rush to Pioneer at
tendant upon the opening of a vast
body of high grade ore in the Pioneer
lease, the majority stockholders of the
Valley View company have been threat
ening suit against the majority stock
holders of the company, alleging that
the majority stockholders knew that
the Conservative claim was worth
more, and alleging that they had sold
the claim for their own private gain
and with intent to defraud the minor
ity stockholders. Whether the major
ity stockholders of the Valley View
company hold any of the stock of the
Gold Hills company remains to be
shown.
In the meantime, the minority stock
holders in the Bullfrog Pioneer com
pany (Tobin Bros. holding the control)
have filed suit against the Tobin
Brothers and the Gold Hills company,
for an accounting and restoration of
property, alleging that the Tobins
ostensibly purchased the Conservative
claim for the Bullfrog Pioneer com
pany, but instead of turning the prop
erty over the Bullfrog Pioneer, held it
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15
FENWICK SUCCEEDS sCHLOss
IN CHARGE OF KEwANAs

At a meeting of the directors of the
Kewanas Mining company last night
the only action of Importance was the
formal election Of James M. Fenwick
as secretary, to succeed Louis Schloss.
This action confirms Mr.. Fenwick's APP
pointment, made by the executive eom-
mittee in February. Plans are now be-
ing considered for renewed operations
by the Kewanas company on an in
creased scale.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15

company. Separate items of the cost
OF operating the two properties have
always been kept. However, the
water right at Silver Peak is in
cluded in the demand. and il it be
secured a hardship will be worked,
not alone on the operating company,
but the o W of Blair itself.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15

The Gold Hills Mining company, in
which the controlling interest was sold
a few days ago by w. j. and Richard
F. Tobin to Messrs. Wingield and
Brown, has brought suit against the
Pioneer Leasing and Mining company,
and against the Bullfrog Pioneer com
pany, for $250,000, alleging this to be
the value of ore which has been taken
from within the lateral lines Of the Con-
sentative claim by the leasing company.
The Conservative claim is the property
of the Gold Hills Mining company, and
the Pioneer Leasing and Mining COM
pany is operating a lease on a block
o fthe Bi-Metallic No. 3 claim, of the
estate of the Bullfrog Pioneer COM
pany.
The Pioneer lease was brought to the
bonanza point by J. R. Bryan, an asso-
ciate of the Tobin brothers in all their
Pioneer enterprises. 1t was understood
that the Tobins, as well as Mr.. Bryan,
were heavily interested in the Pioneer
Leasing company. During January,
1909, quiet stock manipulation removed
Bryan, Tobin s associate, from manage
ment of the Pioneer lease, and this
formed a sore spot in the mind of MI.
Bryan, and incidentally, of the Tobins.
Mr.. Bryan "sloughed' a lot of his
stock about that time, in an effort to
drive down the price of the leasing
stock, and it was rumored that the
Tobins were quietly absorbing at the
same time, in an effort to regain con-
troll.
Later the minority stockholders of
the Bullfrog Pioneer company sued the
Tobin brothers, who are the majority
stockholders, stating that the Con-
sentative claim had ostensibly been
purchased by the Tobins for the Bull
frog Pioneer company, but that they
had turned it over to the Gold Hills
company, which was, until the sale to
Messrs. Wingfeld and Brown, the
Tobin brothers.
The Gold Hills company now claims
that the Pioneer Leasing company
worked out of it's leasing block and took
ore from within the Conservative claim.
OF course the Tobins did not know
this when they sold the Conservative
1t is also given out that the Pioneer
lease has been given a lease on the part
of the Conservative claim under con.
troversy, the lease to expire with the
expiration of the lease on the Bi
Metallic No. 3. So, after all, the suit
just filed in this county is not so seri-
GUS, and is merely for the purpose Of
securing for the Gold Hills company
payment for the ore alleged to have
been extracted from the Conservative
ground to d&te.
The Suit as Filed
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15
HONOR WAS GIVEN WHERE DUE
CLOS Angeles Mining Review.)

: CLOS Angeles Mining Review)
= Goldfeld's spontaneous and hearty welcome to it's foremost opera
: tor. MI. George Wingfeld, which took the form of a public ban
= quet last week, as a honor well deserved, honestly earned and ac-
= knowledged in the whole-souled spirit which has made the name of
= Gohfeld a synonym for hospitality since the days when a tent ws
= the only abode of welcome and the humble bean the whole bill of fare.
= The guest of honor is a Ia who has fought his way upwards, consist
= emily and honestly, and in the years of his spectacular connection with
= the mining history of Nevada he has " been known to finch in the
= face of danger or forsake a friend in the storms of adversely. 1t is
= largely due to his optimism and his energy that Goldfed has emerged
: safely from the black night of depression and has nw taken its rightful
: place as the greatest ighgrade gold camp n earth, with the largest
= single dividend in the history of gold mining to its credit. 1t is through
= such men that the desert has been made o yield up its treasures and
= more.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15

There is going to be a revolution in
development work on the Atlanta
group. The slogan of every leaser or
leasing company pm this estate in the
and at plenty of depth. The old ques-
ton that has been asked for months
and years, "What's the matter with
Atlantass' is going to be answered,
and the answer will undoubtedly be
the opening of some important bodies
of ore az a date not far distant, that
will place the Atlantas in the produc-
ing area of Goldfeld.
After expanding many thousands Of
dollars in u~nproductive development
work, the operators are just beginning
to "sabe' the formation and under
stand why their efforts have so persist
emily failed to bring rewards. 1t is
because most of the work has been
done in the andesite, which caps the
'acite over a large part of the Atlanta
ground, instead of continuing to sink
until the dacite was reached and pene-
trated to good depth before expecting
to encounter ore. Thousands of feet
OF shafts, drifts and crosscuts nave
been driven in the andesite at various
depths, but the ore has failed to ap-
pear. 1t has been so conclusively dem
onstrated that the dacite is the only
formation hat carries ore in Goldfield
that all the leasers on the Atlanta have
with unanimous concert decided that
work in the andesite must be abandoned
and the fight for ore made in the
dacite. The dacite outcrops on a por-
'on of the Atlanta property, but it is
buried beneath the andesite over a
greater part of the area. But out of
the andesite they are all going, by
sinking, and the dacite is to be sys-
'ematieally explored at depth. This
Will undoubtedly be the making of the
Atlanta as a productive mining terri
tory.
Garrison to Lead Way.
The new 40-h. p. hoist is now being
installed on the Garrison or Precious
metals lease, and as soon as it is ready
iof operation, the shaft, now down 425
ieet, will be sunk three hundred feet
'eeper and well into the daeite. While
awaiting the arrival of the new plant,
. crosscut was recently driven on the
= level in the dacite to prospect the
Vu'iying ground and at a point 1875 feet
Aoftn OF the shaft the vein was en-
'ountered. In this vein a heavy flow
u water was opened, which flooded the
"orkings for several days, but has now
trained sufficiently to be easily handled.
ine ledge is eight feet wide, varying
values. Drifting is in progress
any shot may open ore.
-aore depth is the end to
which work win be directed within a
:" days, and the shaft will be sent
No"h at rapid speed in accordance
""h that plan. President Garrison, q
company, recently arrived from Los
INCHES to get the new work well under
"ay' and will keep things going in
'nniteiy along the new lines.
ine same general conditions exist on
cherokee lease, which adioins the
"'ison. The shaft has been sunk In
anaesite and several hundred fee'
'rosscutting and drifting has beer
'0ne In that formation without finding
heeently a erosscut was driven Il
north from the 500 station and tn,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15

Continued from Page ~
panies now controlled by the Tobins
will be easy, and Pioneer will have one
of the strongest and largest combina-
tons in the state, backed by men able
to spend millions in the development of
what all engineers who have covered
the ground acknowledge to be one of
the most promising yound districts in
the state.
How It Happened
To have an understanding of the stu
alton at Pioneer and the relations ex-
isting and alleged to exist between the
Conservative claim, the Valley View
company, the Bullfrog Pioneer com
pany, and Messrs. Tobin and Tobin,
and Brown and Wingield, the history
of the Conservative claim must be
traced.
Last fall the Conservative claim was
sold to the Tobin Brothers by the Val
ley View company for a bagatelle of
81, 500. The claim forms one of the
westerly boundaries of the Bi-Metallic
claim No. 2 of the Bullfrog Pioneer
company, and still to the east of this is
Bi-Metallic No. 3, upon which the rich
Pioneer lease is situated. Formations
indicate that the rich ore bodies of the
Pioneer lease ~traverse the Conservative,
also.
Tobin Brothers, it is alleged, trans
ferred the Conservative claim to the
Gold Hills Mining company, which they
organized, and in which they hold
over 900 900 shares of the entire capt.
talization of the company, which is of
100000 shares, of par value of IL
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-15
Tho Suit A. Filed

Besides asking judgment in the sum
of $250,O00 for ore extracted the Gold
Hills company asks that the leasing
company be ousted from possession of
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-06
FLIES FROM COURT
WITH GRANDSON
Painful Scene Follows Ruling Oi
Judge Restoring Babe to
Custody of Father

OAKLAND. April ST won't give
up the baby" shouted Mrs. Annie Mil
Ter in Judge Ogden's court today. and
clutching her tiny grandson in her
arms. fled from the courtroom A
clerk of the court and several attor-
neys running after her apprised Sheriff
Frank Barnet OF the situation, and
Barnet had to take the infant by force
from the woman. There was scene
as she screamed and wept aloud
Mrs. Miller had petitioned to be ap-
pointed guardian OF little Frederick
Meyers Jr., on the ground that bis
father was unit to have the child's
custody. She said he drank too much.
And how much do you drink, Mrs.
Miller?" queried Attorney L. D. Man
ming TO the surprise of the court
she said that she consumed five to
seven gallons OF beer monthly. Other
questions revealed that one of her
sons had been in serious trouble, and
as Mrs. Miller was hopelessly dragging
more skeletons to the light. her coun-
sci threw up his hands and dismissed
her petition
Judge Ogden restored the baby TO
his father by an order and 1t was
then that Mrs. Miller made her at
tempt TO escape with young Frederick
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-06
Pendleton newly president city
B. H. Pendleton. newly elected 1
BLIND STUDENTS TO
DEBATEAT STANFORD
Clash on Rostrum With Lowell
High School Team for
Championship

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April s.
lastic debates of the year will be held
at Stanford university this week. When
the speakers of the Lowell high school
of San Francisco and trio of debators
from the Califoi a Institute for the
Blind of Berkeley meet on the local
ship Of the schools of northern Cali
fornia viii be decided. and also the
possession of the handsome trophy
cup offered by the Stanford student
body TO the team winning the contest.
The debate is an annual affair. The
blind students have scored the greatest
number OF wins and now have two to
their credit.
II the blind students win the third
debate the cup becomes their property
under the articles of organization.
DR.. F. W. Snow. head of the hygiene
department of Stanford university. has
been appointed to take charge OF the
exhibit car designed by the state board
of health.
The exhibit is unique and consists of
coach completely fitted out with mod
els of houses. drainage systems, fac
tory conditions and charts giving vital
disease statistics.
The car is now in Palo Alto. 1t is
the intention of the health officials to
tour the entire state. DR.. Snow will
lecture during the trip.
-Four freshmen students We're added
tonight to the staff of the Daily Palo
Alto, the college daily OF Stanford uni
versity. The new journalists are stu
dents who have been appointed after a
rigorous tTyout. They are J. w. How
ell of Los Angeles, ]. M. Houghland
OF Rockland. Ill; S. M. Haslett Jr of
Alameda. and i. NJ Johnson Of San
Francisco. The students will rank as
assistant editors.
Four prominent students have been
appointed TO aid and entertain the
many students OF the high schools of
the coast who will came here for the
interscholastic meet in May. The men
named by ]. R. Holman, SO, president
Of the interscholastic association, are
G. n Richardson, yell leader; c. B.
Bradford, varsity trackman; j. p
Eemphill, president of Encina club, and
J. H Virgins, prominent gym club
man.
1t is proposed to give a big links
for the benefit OF the visitors the even
ing of the meet in Encina club room.
At this function the men of the local
high schools will be lodged this year.
as in the past. at the various fraternity
houses and in Encina dormitory.