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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
Great Is Cold6eld--T The News Its Prophet
From tile Mining Investor.)


n FEW YORK CITY has just been celebrating the marvellous prog
IN ess of three centuries. If Hudson and Fulton in their day
4 ' could by any means have had a vision of the wonderful page
ant in the still more wonderful environment which celebrated the
Booth anniversary of their achievements. they would have been per-
fectly justified in declaring that such things were beyond the limits
of human possibility.
Scarcely less marvellous in degree, and far more wonderful in
view of the brief lapse of time, is the change wrought within six years
in a section of the Nevada desert. Six years ago a sandy waste OF
what was apparently worthless desert unmarked by human habitation
and seemingly scorned not less by nature than by man; today a city
with frstclass business and residence structures with all modern con-
veniences, a community of prosperous and progressive people with
territory which has added not less than 1873 100000 in gold to the
actual wealth of the world!
Not even the dreams of the old alchemsts who believed that by
some secret process of retorts and reagents they could change the
base metals into yellow gold, exceed this transmutation in six years
of a sandy desert to a rich city.
Great is Goldfeld, and the Goldfeld News is its prophet. We do
not, by any means, wish to give the News all the credit for what pub
Lefty has done for Goldfeld. Frankly and with all modesty, we claim
for the Mining Investor due credit for our own services constantly
are glad to repeat what we have frequently asserted, that the Goldfeld
district has been very fortunate in having as its local exponent such a
high class publication as the News. On this particular OCCASION, we
call attention to a concise history of the ctys progress, reprinted else
where in this issue, which was published in a souvenir edition OF the
News at the time of the convention of the Mining Congress.
The article referred to shows the progress of Goldfeld Is graphic
aly as the great pageants in New York two weeks ago showed the
progress of three centuries in that city.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

VIRGINIA CITY, New, Oct. "a
Herman Zadig and II. G. Dodds, presi-
dent of the Scorpion Mining company,
nave completed an inspection OF the
Comstoek mines. Both Mr.. Zadig and
Mr.. Dodds were elated at the showing
found in the north end mines and were
very enthusiastic over the future pros
poets of the camp. Mr.. Zadig express
ed himself in the most favorable way
possible over the ore body being opened
up in Mexican, and said that he con-
sidered the prospects of a big exfrac-
ton of rich ore from that MN a lit
tie later as of the brightest. He had
an encouraging word about the outlook
all down the line, and as ever is opti-
mistic in his views and talks of a re-
vival of the old camp, on a scale not
attained in recent years. Mr.. Zadlg IS
a believer in the Comstock and is graft
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
OVER MILLION is REFUSED
FOR CRYSTAL LAKE MINE

An offer of $1,250,OO0 has been made
by Eastern capitalists for the property
of the Crystal Lake Gold Mining com
pany at Lundy, Cal, and it is under
stood that the offer has been decline.
This property includes the famous May
Lundy mine and adjoins the Parrett
group which was secured two weeks ago
by j. C.. Mccormack of Goldfeld for
the Broken Hills company at $4,000. IL
is within a few miles of Mono lake, and
has a great future in store. For years
nothing but development work has been
done. and it is only the present season
that any effort has been made to place
the property in the producing class. The
ore taken out in development has paid
operating expenses of the mine.
A tunnel, nearly a mile in length
has been run into the hill, giving a
depth of over 1000 feet and there is a
big vein of ore opened from the tunnel
level to the top. The ore runs from SIS
to $40 per ton and the vein is from four
to seven feet in width, giving an al
most everlasting ore body on which to
work.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
.ROSSCUT ON CHEROKEE
GETTING CLOSE TO VEIN

There is good indication that the
crosscut at the $40 level of the Chero-
kee lease ON the Atlanta is getting
close to the vein that the shaft passed
through at $40 feet, and it is not I'M
probable that within a short time the
announcement of finding the ore at this
depth will be made. AT the present
time the formation in the heading of
the crosscut is identical to what under
laid the vein at $40 feet, which indi-
Gates that the ledge will be found as
has been anticipated since the shaft
was sent down for greater depth and
prosecuting begun. The vein was
pitching at about 45 degrees where
penetrated by the shaft, and the addi-
tional hundred feet of depth has made
it necessary to drive a considerable dis
lance to reach it from this point. Two
feet of ore averaging about SIS per ton
were passed through when the VEN
was first intersected by the shaft, and
the additional depth may show a ma
terial increase in size and vaiues.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
FUETSCH HAS BIG
SHOWING AT REESE RIVER

a. Hagan arrived yesterday from the
Reese River country and reports much
activity in a mining way in that sec
ton. The gentleman has been doing
work for Carl Fuetsch of this city on
the Big Chief claims near Gooding's
ranch, and brought some fine samples of
oxidized quartz showing free gold, with
him. The specimens came from a three
and a half foot ledge o. the Big Chief,
that was opened in prosecuting through
a big quartz dyke with porphyry foot
and hanging walls. The mineralized
vein averages something over $40 per
ton for the three and a half feet.
On a property adjoining leasers are
at work, and a short term bond for
500, 900 has been taken on the property,
the people bonding it paying $1,000
down and their agreement STIMULATING
that they shall do 100 shifts of work
per month on the property until The
expiration of the bond. Work viii not
he resumed on the Feutsch property
until spring.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
E.. s. GILES BRINGS SUIT
TO RECOVER COMMISSION

Suit has been filed in the district
court by +. s. Giles of Pioneer against
ID. A.. Tamney and X. L.. Phillips, for
$4,000 alleged to be due as commission
for selling the three Indiana claims at
Pioneer, for them, to w. b. Miiliken,
for $15, 900. The complaint alleges that
Giles secured an option on the prop
erty. with the understanding that if he
was to make the sale for $4,000 he was
to receive $4,000 as commission. 1t 5
alleged that the sale was made and the
money paid to the owners, and that
800 commission is all that has been
paid to him. The suit asks for the bal
ance of $4,000 and costs of suit.
Mr.. Giles has also filed suit against
w. b. Milliken and the Indiana Nevada
Mining company. The complaint al
leges that for his interest in an option
held on the three Indiana claims, w. y.
Milliken agreed to pay him $4,000, form
a company to take over the claims, ard
give plaintiff 11s,75O shares of the COM
any stock. Complaint alleges that
there is remaining unpaid on the con
tract $500, and that the stock has
never been delivered to him, despite his
repeated requests for same. Costs of
suit, the balance of $500, and the stock
as set out above are asked for. Bryant
and O'Brien are attorneys for plaintiff.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

A fve-years' lease has been granted
to sydney A. Addition and associates ON
a portion of the Tramps Consolidated
estate at Rhyoiite, the terms of which
call for a large amount of development,
and a mill will also be built by the
leasing company for the treatment OF
the ore. The parties who financed the
lease have for the past month had ex-
perts sampling the property, and While
the final report has not been made pub
lie, it is understood that the results
have beer much better than was antic'-
pated. There are several other sets of
lossees on the Tramps Consolidated, ana
a large amount of ore is being produced
and developed. This new proposition
is the most important that has yet been
undertaken on the property, and should
bring it to the front at a rapid pace.
Late information from the Pioneer
lease more than confirm the recent re-
ports of a splendid new strike, and IN
dictate that the minimum values are
aLout 500 a ton. There is considerable
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

AUSTIN, New, Oct. 22.-The revival
of interest in mining, which is SO appar-
emit in Austin and Battle Mountain,
seems to extend all through Lander
county and adjacent territories. This
is true Of the old camp of Bullion which
includes Tenabo, Lander and Mud
Springs. These places two years ago
were thriving and gave promise of de-
v~eloping into mining centers of import
ance. At the time of the last panic,
however, they received a check, and
since then, little has been heard from
them that was OF interest.
The recording of deeds at the office
of the county recorder at Austin from
the Gem Consolidated and Reliance
companies to the Tenabo Mining and
Smelling company whereby the latter
company mas taken over the Little
Gem, Two Widows, Phoenix lease. Oh
lie, Reno and Winnemucca lode claims
indicates, however, that a settlement of
differences over this splendid group of
claims has taken place, and that activ-
ity in them will be renewed immedi-
ately.
The Little Gem has been pronounced
by competent experts to be a remark
able mine, and the failure to work it
has been the chief reason of the mae
in mining in Bullion.
However, independent Of the Gem
Affairs, there are indications that the
real revival comes from other reasons.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
IEASERS WILL BUILD MILL
ON TRAMPS CONSOLIDATED

ore of a much higher grade, but even
an average of 500 makes it 4 great
proposition. Shipments have been
handicapped by a shortage of teams,
but this obstacle is expected to be over
come within a short time.
The Reynolds & Mann Mining con
pany, operating the properties knowh
as the Kline group on Quartzite noun
tain, are proving up a magnificent
body of ore.
The strike was made about two
weeks ago at a point in a tunnel
which is about so feet below the sur
face. Since that time sinking has been
pushed with the ore showing constant
iy improving. Now there is four feet
of solid ore in the Wine which yields
an average of $64 to the ton.
Additional men have been added
to the force and development is being
theoretically prosecuted. This strike
is of great Importance at this time, not
only for those Immediately interested,
hut for the benefit of the district and
the owners of contiguous claims.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
HILLS COMPANY
BUYS MORE MACHINERY

Preparations for greatly increasing ore shipments are being made
by the Nevada Hills Mining company at Fairview, under the direction
of General Manager W. II. Weber. A 40h. p. gasoline engine for
running the air compressor and drills has been ordered and will be
delivered within a few days. Then a more energetic campaign Of de-
velopment and production will be inaugurated, and the big ,Oy Of
rich ore encountered in a Wine some time ago will be fully exploited
The Nevada Hills opened in its property at Fairview, a body Of
ore. which is very rich and is said to be precisely like the bonaza rock
in the Comstock mines. A strong flow of water, suddenly tapped
washed down boulders of the stuff, weighing as much as $50 pounds
each And the black stuff that lools like lead, assays 1000 Ounces in
silver and 5000 in gold to the ton.
What it may mean for Nevada Hills has not yet been determined
The management doesn't know positively yet whether it has a big
body of the rich material or only a few boulders of it. But il would
be a strange occurrence if large boulders of that kind of ore should
be found in the bowels of the earth without there being a parent body
close by. 1t has the appearance of a permanent ore body.
A significant feature of the find is that it was made in the big
fault vein, which is barren in the upper levels. The strike WI made
in a 5O-foot Wine sunk from a drift which was sent out to tie fault
vein on the 35Ofoot level. The water came in so rapidly that te min
es had only time to gather up some OF the rich boulders which were
washed down before making their escape. The water soon flowed
over the top of the winze, and it is being cared for by being rm back
into an open part of the mine.
A drift is now being run on the 4OO-foot level to get under the
new strike, that level being 80 feet below the bottom of the WINE. At
the same time a drift is being run in the opposite direction fm the
shaft to connect with an open fssure, into which the flow OF waer will
be conducted when the fault vein is tapped on the lower level
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
WILL BUILD SAMPLER TO
AID MANHATTAN LEASERS

building of an ore dump. This improve
ment will require two men less in crush
ing ore, and will, during the winter
months, he a great advantage to the
company.
In addition to the ten stamps now in
use. the foundation for ten additional
stamps has been put in, and G. +.
Thompson, who has charge of the tube
mills of the Montana Tonopah mine ct
Tonopah, is now in camp and working
on the tube mill, putting the same into
such condition as to do the most eff
cient work. In addition to the improve
ments mentioned, a large machine shop
has been built and equipped with ma
chinery to make such repairs as may be
necessary during the operation of the
mill.
The camp, in general, is pleased with
these new improvements that arc being
made by Mr.. Peterson, and particularly
that a sampler will be immediately
erected.
This is a most important thing from
the standpoint of ~leasers and operators,
as it will be possible for them to take
any quantity of ore TO the sampler and
Immediately receive the cash for what
ever the ore samples, thereby making it
possible for the small operator to carry
on work without the heavy expense of
the charges for a mill run on a small
tonnage. A like advantage from the
standpoint Of the milling company is
also evident. as the company viii rot
be compelled to stop at the end of every
hatch of ore run and make q cleanup
but will be enablST to run Until such
time rs it would be necessary to @ean
the plates. ~ II they had been runhing
on . single shipment
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

The property is well EQUIPPED N
produce big dividends, as not only Is
there a 20-stamp mill and a cyanide
plant for concentrates, but an electro
plant that now delivers 350-horse power
in operation and it's capacity can De
increased without trouble or expense
The completion of the tunnel makes 'ls
a mining proposition, and, if it is eni'
getically worked, it will become a wOra
famous producer.
The history of Lundy, its noIea
characters, the May Lundy mine zone
of the Crystal Lake group ana uF
ups and downs of the camp would prov
very inters sting reading, as mueh 50 u
that of any camp in the west. Wnen !
was booming it had its share Of gran
ers, gamblers, geniuses and gun-lnsA'
but throughout it all it has Deen :
producer-some years less, some yea''
more, but always gold.
The coming year will probably w
the old camp again cutting as Wac :
swath as it ever did, and IS name wa
cut a big figure in the states goiu wv
put.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
WILL INCREASE JOHNNIE
MILL TO MEET DEMANDS

VIM. A.. Parrish Jr., superintendent
of the Johnnie Mining and Milling
company, of which Captain f. Price
Mitchell is the managing director,
states that everything is progressing
nicely at the mine and mill. The ere
showing is so great and the reserves
being added to so rapidly that 1t has
been deemed best to increase the cspac-
ity of the mill, which is now heins
done.
The mill consists of sixteen Nlssen
stamps which are o crushing hvc
tons daily to the stamp, and may reach
six tons per day. With an abundance
of ore and much of it of a crushed,
~granulated character, the necessity for
additional pulverizing machinery was
apparent. To supply this need a ten
foot Chilean mill has been ordered. The
graduated ore will be screened out and
fed to this mill, and it is calculated
that this will increase the output 30
tons per day, making a total of over
100 tons.
The main shaft is down 700 feet
with numerous and extensive drifts
which uncover a vast stretch OF ore,
and this is being steadily added to-,
which insures years of steady work
for the present plant. The ore is of
a fairly good grade, free milling IN
character, and quite satisfactory in
profits.
There are As men on the payroll at
the present time. The cost of mining
and milling is quite low for the desert
country. Mr.. Parrish states that
while he has not made separate COM
putations of cost of operations, be-
cause of constantly improving condi-
tions, he is of the opinion that the
total cost of milling as conducted there
should be under $3.50 per ton.
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
ZADIG ENTHUSED OVER
SHOWING IN COMSTOCK

fed at the recent rapidly improving
conditions on the old lode.
The latest from the Ophir is entire
" of a favorable nature, the indl-
cations from the southwest drift on
the 1000 level of that mine pointing
to a widening of the vein being drift
ed on. The values are holding up
strong and the work this week will do
much to determine the extent of the
ore body at that point. But the pros
poets there are very favorable and this
drift promises to augment the output OF
the mine many dollars in the immediate
future.
Mexican is still in the vein OF the
$500 and those who visited the mine
yesterday including several comstock
superintendent are just as sanguine
as ever that a few more blasts will
again develop high grade ore. There
is still a good deal of porphyry mixed
in the face.
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

The realization of a long-feit want IS
now almost a reality. For a long time
a sampler has been wanted by the
leasers and operators IN Manhattan.
Leasers who have been able to take out
only a small quantity of ore hase been
unable to operate at a profit, because OF
the mill charges for treating their ore,
it being necessary for the mills to make
a charge covering the time necessary
for making a cleanup, and on small
quantities of pre- this charge made the
ton price of treatment so high that
the small leaser was compelled to absn-
don his lease.
Frank Peterson, president of the War
Eagle Mining and Milling company,
was seen by a representative of the
Manhattan Mail, and in response to an
inquiry as to whether he was going TIC
put in a sampler, said: "Sure, we are.
II is important to the camp that a
sampler be built, and we will have one
in before it freezes. Excavation is now
being made and l can only say thai we
will have one built and in operation be-
fore cold weather sets it,
Mr.. Peterson said that work was be-
ing carried on the Indian Camp and
Stray Dog, but nothing sensational had
occurred. The work, however, was en-
tirely satisfactory to him, he stated,
and that he proposed to go ahead with
the development of the properties.
The writer was at the mill of the War
Eagle Mining and Milling company ON
Sunday, and there saw the excavation
being made for the sampler. Other i'm
proveghents have been made at the mill
during the summer, one Of which vas
tho lowering Of the crusher aud the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
RICH CAMPS OF LANDER
COUNTY COMING TO FROM

Myers, Filippini, Follu, Mosen'
and Hale, The LOWE, Engstrom
others have been working qulen!
are proving up good mineral sno7'''
In fact the Bullion district, II
dormant state, has better oe
more OF it than it ever had beio'
Mining men who visited the y
strikes at Buckhorn, Kearns anu
Mile, have not passed the old camp
and there are pending a nurn0"
deals which make things look n0P'
This is specially so in regara I'll
Myers and Filippini proper'le'
day may witness a resumption Of oP0'
tions all along the line in bu'l0A
While Buchhorn, -Four MIC
Kearns are not in Lander county
they are in a great measure e
with it's great mineral belt. Al
That Buckh0rn and hea' qs
make good is without ques'i0' pa,
of Wingfield, MeCofn''' iii
nolds, LOTUS 4 Davis eonhee' and
the former, and, Kearns' 'a...s.
Bresnahan with the latter arc ,ud.
that both places have min a.
that there is plenty of money AZ
velopment purposes. Bofn - thl
being pushed ahead aecoru''e fsa
original plans, and are ero
There are no idle men. "a
. In Four Mile, which is' I'D
Buckhorn and Kearns, hu' ct;rra
Eckman, Snyder, Pollard a.s ,siss
have opened up good ''V w'.,,s sd
carry values. WIN
Four Mile must s's
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
PREPARING TO DEVELOP
THE CoRINTH PROPERTY

Judge Long and Walter A. Lord are
preparing for extensive operations on
the Corirth group, near the Rochester,
in the eastern part of the Goldfeld dis
triet. The shaft is now being timbered
and the property put in shape for active
development. 1t is located in a very
promising section where there are fav-
orable chances for opening some good
mines.