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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29

social to The News;
hawthorne, New, May 27.-surVey-
,a,ties of the Southern Pacihc De
cork today r~e-surveying the oid
-. between Thorne and hawthorne
lao a new survey was started from
70, town to the base of the Lucky
Raw hill. While no definite information
~ obtained as to the plans OF the
-;Iroad. the presence of the surveyors
,he road to Lucky Boy leads to the
,.,;of hat a terminal station and
s..neb road will be built beyond Haw-
.so,,e This will greatly facilitate the
.;,ment of ore from the surrounding
~.notrv as well as the passenger traf-
although the bulk of the latter is
-voected to pass through Hawthorne.
Spencer Lease Gets Ore.
rio spencer lease has the ore at last,
.,a az a result Lucky Boy and Haw-
.Aorne are wildly excited. The strike
! made today and has attracted IN
..aol attention on the part Of mining
-, here because of the fact that the
80 Is the oldest on Lucky Boy hill.
The ore shoot was opened at a depth
: nearly 800 feet and is nearly two
Go, wide and steadily increasing. When
.hs first bucketful came up, and the
neus flashed we the camp, the excite
mont rivaled any that has been seen
IN this state. Men crowded and jostled
one another to get a glimpse of the
r idly growing pile and obtain speci-
mems. The ore is identical in appear
auee with that of the Lucky Boy-Hub-
bard lease, although it appears to carry
greater silver values than the latter.
considerable .sblack metal' and grey
CONNER are in evidence, and the ore is
considered by those who have seen it,
TO be even a higher grade than that
of the "big lease.'
The Spencer lease was started just
above where the original find of ore
was made on the Bodie road by the
crunehing wheels of the stages that
trayersed it and from high hopes of an
early find of shipping ore, the prospects
of its operation resolved themselves
into a settled determination to "get it
eventually. And faith, pluck and per-
severance have finally had it's reward
at a depth of 300 feet. The lease is
now in the shipping class. The vein
is perfect and is known to be an ex-
tension of the main ledge which ira
verses the "hog- back upon which the
Hubbard, Collins, Mitchell & Fairfield,
Randall and Brodigan leases are sit
uated. Opening of the rich vein at this
point extends the ore zone and proves
the Lucky Boy vein to be almost con
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29
JURY INVESTIGATES
GRAFT AND BULLION TAXES

who at first we're not thought to be i
any manner connected with it. TIL
graft investigation has occupied the al
%tention of the grand jury during all o
today, and over fifteen citizens of Raw
hide are now in attendance at the meet
ing of that body.
The Rawhide graft investigation i
growing daily, and information con
veyed to the district attorneys office al
late as Thursday morning has resulted
in broading the field of the investiga
tions of the grand jury in this regard
where it is said that it has become .
matter of such serious consequence tina,
it may necessitate a prolonged session
of that body.
Not only that, but it is stated frodl
the district attorneys office tba. the
investigation in this line will be carried
on in other camps, and may involve
Goldfeld, Blair, Millers and other minor
camps. The district attorneys Office
is confident that there has been more
or less grating in operation in con-
%nection with false bills turned in to the
county for some time, and a strenuous
effort will be made to uncover these
operations and bring the offenders to
justice.
One of the courthouse officials said
on Thursday in regard TO the Rawhide
graft investigation: "While not at lib
erty to definitely state what the devel.
opments are, you may say that there
have been new developments brought to
the attention of the district attorney
office and the grand jury this morning,
involving prominent citizens of Raw
hide, which were not known heretofore,
and put a more serious complexion on
the matter.
"Before the present session of the
grand jury ends, there is likely to be
very startling developments in regard
to this matter, and an investigation of
like character probably will be made in
G~oldfeld, Blair and Millers. There are
liable to be some indictments of promi-
tent citizens for grating which will
open the eyes of the people of Esmer-
aida county.
"The Rawhide Bank investigation
will be carried through thoroughly, as
we want to know what has been done
with the money which was deposited in
the banks of that camp, .and the rea-
sons for the failure of those banks.
b. Leonard, cashier of one of the
defunct Rawhide banks is now in Gold.
field and says he is not afraid to face
the music
The Rawhide banks which will be
by the grand jury are the
Miners and Merchants, the First Bank
of Rawhide and the Bank of Rawhide.
The grand jury probably will make a
partial report of its deliberations
this morning, upon the minor cases
which have been submitted to it, and it
is possible that a report may be made
also upon the Rawhide investigation,
as it is understood that part of the
iury's work is almost completed
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29

'he Two ledges Is mInerallzed. is in it,
self an indication that the lodges are
highly mineralized. and that at the
junction of the two lodges will be found
an immense body of rich ore. I believe
that the jelly Jane is the most promis-
ing lease in the camp
Application was made last week for
an extension of six months time on the
lease, which has Is months to run from
February 4, 1909, and practical assur-
anee has been given that the extension
will be granted.
Savage Strike Confirmed.
The strike recently mode on the Saw
age property and made public in The
News, has been confirmed from three
sources. Superintendent Spencer of the
Jolly Jane company confirms the report,
as do Richard Tobin of Pioneer and
leb Kendall of Tonopah, all of these
gentlemen having inspected the ground
personally. Mr.. Tobin, in particular, is
feeling elated over the great extension
of the proved mineral zone at Pioneer
made by the Savage strike.
The ore has a quartzite base, and the
values are in rne shape of finely divid-
ed, free milling gold. There are some
six feet of ore exposed and it will av-
erage about the $40 mark.
Within the last few days a new strike
of Importance on the property of the
Pioneer Mining and Leasing company
on the Bi-Metallic No. 3, has been made
in Pioneer, and according to c. +. Red
man, general agent of the Las Vegas
d Tonopah railroad, who returned to
Goldfeld this week from Pioneer, it is
one of the best yet made in the camp.
Wednesday Of this week a stringer
about two inches in width was cut in
the leases 21O level, which was fol-
lowed until Friday, during which time
it widened to about two feet, and as
says taken yesterday show that it will
run easily $500 to the ton.
"The litigation which has begun as
a result of the purchase by Messrs.
Wingfeld and Brown, Of the Conserva-
tive claim, is not causing any uneasi-
ness in Pioneer, said Mr.. Brown, .'as
it is the general opinion that the liti-
CATION is a means toward forcing a
consolidation between the Gold Hills
company, which owns the Conservative
claim, and the Rrllfrog Pioneer Mining
company. 1t is the general opinion that
probably the only suit which will be
tried in court will be theh one between
the Gold Hills company and the Indiana
Nevada Mining company, which was
brought a few days ago.
The suit which has been fled by the
Gold Hills company against the Indiana
company sets out that the Conservative
claim was located in 1895, and that in
the latter part of 1908 the defendants
went upon the ground, and with show
of force destroyed the corner monu-
ments and stakes Of the Conservative
claim, and covered some 500 feet OF the
Conservative ground with what is call
ed the Indiana claim; that the defen-
dants have started a shaft on the Con-
servative ground, and are proceeding
wrongfully to mine that ground.
w. b. Milliken and Edwin $. Giles
are the principal owners of the Indiana
company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29
LEASES ARE IMPROVING
AROUND PIONEER DISTRICT

hahager John >. spencer Jr., OF IN
jolly Jane Mining and Leasing com
pany, anne up from Pioneer Monda,
and is showing some fine samples of or,
from the 100-foot level of the lease
The ore is a porPhyritie quartz ano
rhyolite co-mingled, and in many places
shows free gold to the naked eye, and
under the glass fine particles of gold are
seen practically all over some of the
pieces of rock. Assays taken from the
100-foot level of the shaft ran as high
as $s7-and the rock is on display to
back up this assertion.
The qualification as shown in the
lower part of the shaft is now more
strongly defined than ever, the vein
matter dipping into the west-or into
the hill-at an angle of about 20 de-
grees. Along the footwall side of the
seam which the shaft has cut is a
thick deposit of tale filed with PARTICLES
of silica, and which pans gold freely,
while to the western side of the shaft,
away from the footwall, the rock is
highly oxidized and embedded in kaolin.
All of the rock in the bottom of the
shaft pans gold now and some sulphides
are coming in.
Without an exception the jolly Jane
shaft now shows the best values of
any shaft in the camp, the rich ore in
both the Mayfower and the Pioneer
lease having been found at greater
depth, and away from the shaft. The
shaft of the Pioneer lease, at a depth of
30 feet, shows values of but about SIS.
Figured with a transit, from the un
foreground trend of the ledge and from
the surface trend of the dyke, the jolly
Jane leasing shaft is in direct and ex-
act line with the rich vein which is
being worked in the Pioneer lease. Sur
face indications are that it is a con
tinuation of the same big ore deposit.
So similar in appearance and texture is
the rock now coming from the Jolly
Jane shaft and from the workings of
the Pioneer lease at the 210-foot level
that they can not be distinguished one
from the other. This also points to the
fact that the jolly Jane and the Pho
neer lease are on the same great ore
deposit.
Good Words by an Engineer.
j. j. Mccarthy Of this city, a well
known mining man, recently visited the
Jolly Jane, and when told of the rock
which had been found at the 100 foot
level, he said:
"Some weeks ago / told a client
that in my opinion the jolly Jane lease
gave perhaps the most promise of any
lease in the entire camp. 1t seems TO
be on the exact trend of the big Pho
neer vein, and the formations and char
acter of rock, together with the iatter-
ing and constantly increasing values in
the shaft, from the surface down to the
bottom, would indicate to my mind that
the lease is destined to be one of the
biggest shippers from the camp.
"That the shaft is going down be-
tween the two parallel lodges, in the
p~orphyry, where no ore is expected, and
discloses that the entire zone between
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29

gorge r. Thompson, one of the
Ivy minority stockholders of the Ne
topper company, has returned
ionopah where he went to attend
melting Of the stockholders of that
~pany. The meeting was held for
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29
GOOD DISCOVERIES OF ORE
ARE BEING MADE NEAR NINA

Nina, New, May 27.-The Lucky
Man group of claims lying two miles
to the north of Nina, made an exceed
ingly rich strike this week, which puts
that property among the list of ship
pers. The strike was made off the
left of the tunnel at a point in about
jl5 feet, with a depth of 225 feet.
About three inches of tale lying along
the side wall of the tunnel was cut
through exposing twenty inches of high
grade ore. The average assay value
across the entire vein were, gold $o9.S0;
silver, $13; lead, 81. Other assays tax
en- were considerably higher, one re-
turn showing $103 in gold, $3.50 sill
yer and 81 in lead per ton. The ore
is in place and shows every evidence
of permancy and increasing values
with depth. The strike has created
much excitement here and the ore,
which is on exhibition here would
create a stampede anywhere else. The
result of the strike has been increased
activity in the development of the sur
rounding claims.
This property was worked in the ear
y days, but with a queer freak of
fortune Characteristic of mining the
rich vein, which promises to make the
present owners rich, was missed owing
to a three inch layer of tale.
A short time ago +. M. Farrell OF
ogden, secured control of this property
after Mr.. Farrell had made a thorough
PERSONAL examination of it. The work
consists of several hundred feet OF tun-
hfls and slopes.
High Values on Oriole.
During the past week there has been
some highly sensational values opened
up on the Oriole. Upon the lease re-
Gently secured by Mr.. Hunt and asso-
yates near the mouth of the Towers
tunnel, a vein has been uncovered
which runs in values better than $l00
q ION. Dozens of paintings have beer
maze, all showing coarse gold. On
Monday Superintendent Towers began
saking and will also put men to stop
hg ore in the tunnel with a view OF
aH immediate shipment to the mill al
'Oiaville for treatment.
VA the east end of the Oriole CLAIM
= the l30-foot level at the bottom
" 'he l5-foot winze two veins of orr
AVE been cut. superintendent Tow
brought up a sack full of the or
aAen from the bottom of the winz'
s4a Tree gold in liberal quantities cal
seen IN every piece of the rock
'"efe Is a vein of black Manganese
fsai'z running eight inches in widtl
Aen Will pan better than $50 a ton
black manganese always indicate
presence of a large ore body an
sa'a'ional values may be looked for ]
Immediate future.
Nevada Copper to Resume.
george +. Thompson, one of tn
ea'y minority stockholders Of the NJ
topper company, has returne
~ ionopah where he went to atten
meeting of the stockholders of tina
~pany. The meeting was held ia
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29
Marble Display for Goldfeld.


The members of the American Min
ing Congress when they meet at Gold
field in September will have the pleas
ure of inspecting a beautiful exhibit
of Mina's celebrated black and gold
marble. The representative of West
ern Nevada Miner suggested the mat
ter of an exhibit to Secretary Davies
of the company while he was in town
this week, and Mr.. Davis assures us
that Nina will be represented with a
handsome display. Some of the blocks
are now at San Francisco where they
will be cut and polished. The collee-
ton will entrance not alone the black
and gold, but several other varieties
and shades of coloring as well. Recent
ly a discovery of oxblood marble was
discovered to the east of Nina which
is susceptible of a high polish.
The ompany owns 140 acres of
ground west of Nina, upon which a
quarry is being opened up. AS before
mentioned in previous issues of this
paper, the deposits of black and gold
marble are the only ones found outside
of Sicily and Egypt. Ernest {. Dalzell
of New York, who has made several Wis
it's to the Egyptian quarries for Tiffany,
the New York jeweler, recently inspect
ed the quarries here and was astound-
/ ed at the enormous deposits. He stated
that nowhere in Egypt were the veins
so extensive and the quality of this
marble was far superior to the foreign
importation.
A block is now being taken out that
will weigh at least $50 tons, and which
is without a break or law.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29

to be examined by the members of tina
body personally.
Somers Gives Instructions.
In court Monday afternoon Judge
Somers read the following e~ommunica-
ton to the grand jury:
'sGentiemen of the Grand Jury:
"By reason of the investigation made
in their official capacity by Mr.. ]. f.
Bradley, sheriff and ex-oficio assessor
of Esmeralda county, and Mr.. J. +.
Haley, state license and bullion tax
agent, it has become a matter of pub
lie suspicion, if not knowledge, that di-
vers mining companies whose proper
ties are located in this county, have
sought to evade the payment of their
just proportion of the state and county
taxes. 1t becomes my duty, therefore,
to direct your attention to the matter,
and suggest to you the propriety of
making such Investigations as in your
Judgment the facts may seem to war
rant.
eff you find that any perjury has
been committed by officers Of such COM
panies in the making of their reports of
net production of mines, to the proper
authorities, or that any such officers
have couspired in the making of false
reports, or have made false reports
with the intent to defraud the state
and county, they should be brought to
justice.
"PETER J.. SOMERS,
"District Judge
Should the investigation of the grand
iury result in the finding of any rec
concentrations for the commencement
of suit, or indictment for perjury, 1T
is probable that the cases will be
fought bitterly in court, as it will be
remembered that officials of the Pitts
burg-Silver Peak stated that they
would fight the matter in court as hard
as necessary.
A Busy Grand Jury.
With this matter brought to the at
~tention of the grand jury, which al
ready is investigating alleged graft IN
Rawhide, and matters of Importance
still under cover, it is probable that
the names of the members of the jury
will be long remembered and the grand
Jury itself will go down in the history
of Esmeralda county as the most mem
orable one ever in session.
The Rawhide Investigation.
1t was stated Monday morning by one
of the court house officials that the al
legged graft at Rawhide is of such a
nature and has so many ramihcatlons
that from a small inquiry started by
the district attorneys Office, 1t has be-
of so serious a nature that 1T Is
likely, before the full investigation is
to include a majority of the pub
lie officials of that camp, as well as a
large number of private citizens. Its
scope at first was not appreciated, but
the inquiry has been started, 1T is
said that it has broadened out In every
conceivable direction, including many
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29

the purpose of taking action for the
re sumption operations on their prop
erty east of Nina, formerly known as
the Dunlap. Mr.. Thompson states that
the prospects for an early resumption
of work is very bright.
The majority stockholders are the
principal owners of the Tonopah Min
ing company. A tunnel 600 feet in
length has been run on their holdings
showing up high grade copper ore in
quantity.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-25
Blosser-Lantz

The marriage Wednesday fore
noon of Irvine E. Blosser and Miss
Allie Lantz at the First Presbyter-
ian church was the elimination of
a beautiful love affair which unit
ed two Of our popular young
people.
The church was handsomely
decorated with flowers and ferns.
Miss Margaret Klinger presided at
the piano and was assisted in the
music for the occasion by Prof. A.
T. Vawter and Miss Bessie King
with violins. Miss Viola Ringer
sang "To the End of the World
with You" as the bridal party ap-
preached.
The bridal procession was head
ed by Rev. j. z. Abbott, the off:ciat
ing minister followed by the ushers
and attendants, Louis Blosser,
Clarence Blackburn, Calvin Balthis
and DR.. j. R. Osborne, followed by
the groom and his brother Clyde
Blosser, best man. UP the other
isle came the little ring bearer,
Dorothy Dyer, followed by Misses
Allie Hessett, Mary Switzer, Maud
Blosser and Anna Brown. The
bride then followed with her maid
of honor Miss Margaret Clarkson.
|. After the ceremony the bridal
couple and immediate relatives
were entertained by the BRIDES
mother, Mrs. Alice Lantz, at Med-
ding luncheon at her home on
South OdelI while the bridal party
was entertained at the Ruff.
A large number OF olt of town
guests were present.
The groom is member of one of
Saline's most prominent families
and the large relationship was
well represented.
They will board temporarily at
Mrs. Nooe's after their return from
the home of the groom's parents
at Blosser, where a big reception
was rendered them last night.
We wish them a long married
life of unalioyed happiness.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-25
$4,000 Auto Wrecked

A damaged Stearnes touring car
attracted much attention at Sister
Wednesday and Republicans re-
porter found the facts In the
matter damaged about as badly as
the auto.
E. J. Lord, a retired contractor
of New York City, with his chat
feur, A. r. McGee, were on their
way from New York to Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands. After twelve
days of travel they arrived in How
ard county and met L. Feis, the
Slater merchant who with his fe5n-
lily was enjoying an outing at Lin-
neman's lake fishing. e. =
They invited Mr. Feis to Join
them in ride to Kansas City to be
their guest that evening Tues
day. for supper. Mr.. Fe,s realized
that it was long way to Kank ss
City and it is presu~led he urged
them on in order not to miss a
good thing. At least the car was
a 60-horse-power one and was let
out to train speed.
At Clay Duncan's they lost con
troll OF the machine and It went
through a barb wire fence without
complaining and fortunately no
one was hurt. A fence post was
also knocked down.
They passed through Slater in
the middle of the afternoon and it
looked like very late supper SO
they speeded up little more.
When they struck stump in the
weeds near Orearville the machine
stopped and six horses pulled 1t
back to Slater to go to Kansas City
on "The Only Way" The supper
got cold and Mr.. Feis is out Of
sorts because he missed both il
and the ride.
The chauffeur told US that the
whole trouble. was caused by Mr..
Feis not knowing the roads and
chasing them through the. woods
Mr.. Feis denies it and says that
they were going SO quick that by
the time he told them to turn into
a certain road they were half mile
up the other one.
With all the contradictory
statements we must draw our own
conclusions-that Mr.. Feis had been
fishing, that the weather was very
warm, that the good time in view
caused fine feeling and that ac-
cidents will happen.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-25

MRS. JOHN LAIPLIE, Of Lib
erty formerly Miss vinia Schondel-
maier of this place died at Kansas
City Thursday morning. Mrs.
Laiplie was operated upon for goi-
tire and stood the operation quite
well, apparently. However she
suffered relapse Wednesday night
and early Thursday morning pass
ed away. The remains were ship
ped to Liberty where interrment
will take place tomorrow. H. M.
Charles, Fred and John Schondel-
maier and their wives, and Mrs. j.
Il. Blackburn, brothers and sister
OF the deceased lady went to Lib
erty to attend the funeral. The
news OF their sisters demise came
as a shock to- them, as they sup
posed she was progressing nicely
toward health. We extend sym
pathy,-Houstonian.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-25
Sion Academy Exercises

The closing exercises OF Notre
Dame de Sion Academy, usually
known here as the Convent School
Monday afternoon was big event
in the schools history as well as in
our educational circles.
A splendid program was render
ed in Convent Hall, after which
many prizes were awarded by
Father O'Neal and attorney VIM
Meschede. Among the prizes were
the following gold medals:
History-Mary Callahan.
English Composition-Ge enevieve
Sandi1ge.
French-Louise Ordway.
= Highest average in 18th grade
Georgia Weber.
Highest average in 10th grade
Mary Frain.
Highest average in 9Th grade
Willie Romine.
Amiability and ladylike deport-
ment- Mamie Palmer.
Diligence and observance of rules
Catherine Desmond.
Elocution-Regina Donahoe.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-25
The County Fair Meeting

Pursuant to the call the stock
holders Of the Saline County Fair
Association met at the court house
Saturday afternoon and selected
the following committee to per-
feet the organization, elect officers
get up by-laws, etc.
Arrow Rock--A. j, Davidson.
.Blackwater--Chas. w. Gorrell
Clay-Celsus Young
Cambridge-B. P. Storts
City Of Marshall-C. B. Bacon
Elmwood-Arch Hancock.
Grand Pass-Offa Walker
Liberty--C. L. Chapel
Miami-H w. Hawkins
Marshall-John Barr
Salt Fork-June X. King.
Salt Pond-John Hicklin
About $18,500 has been subscr.b.
ed towards the fair and 1t ia
practically assured that the pro-
ieet will be carried through al
though it seems too late for this
year. ~