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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

! Mr.. II. s. Stark, the eompany's con
snlting engineer, reports as follows con-
corning the physical condition Of the
property:
"Property-Your property holdings
remain the same as at the last annual
meeting, namely, one claim and three
fractions.
Development-The development ope-
rations for the first nine months were
confined to- opening out the 200-foot
level east, and prosecuting along the
west fault. Several drifts were run
from this crosscut, but no values were
found that would Justify further ox.
ploratory work in this direction.
For the past i've months all under
ground operations have leen confined
to opening out and Stopping ore of ship
ping value from that portion of the
mine lying east of the main fault. -Four
ore chutes have teen found to date.
the longest having an extent Of about
80 feet. A considerable quantity Of
low grade ore has been exposed by this
work that is too low to pay to ship, brt
of a good milling grade. Stopping has
Teen carried on up to near the 75-foot
level. This work has indicated an i'm
p%rovement at depth, both in the extent
of the ore bodies and in values.
The country has been found TO be
very much bIvken up and faulted. 1t
is the opinion of the writer that there
is a good mining chance, Judging from
the results Of exploratory work to date,
of finding the ore bodies more regular
and of larger extent at depth.
Shipments have been made as fol
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

completion. The S5.foot turntable has
been placed in the pit and will be ready
to operate in a few days. A large wa
ter tank has been erected to be used as
soon as the deep well is finished and the
big steam pump is put in operation. At
the present time a temporary tank has,
been erected near the bridge to be sup
piled by water from the town ~service.'
The foundation is laid for another wa
ter tank near the ~roundhouse and a crew
of men are building the nighttime for
the coal supply. Two large boilers have
leen unloaded to be used in the shops.
The plans and specifications for the
passenger depot, to be located at the
foot of Bridge street, have been com
pleted and just as soon as arrangements
are perfected work will be started ON
this building. Those who have seen
the drawings of the building, which is
to be built partially of cement, say it
viii be a very handsome structure.
Taking matters as a whole, good pro-
gross is being made with the Western
Pacific work at this point, with every
available man employed.
Unless unforeseen business detains
him in the east, George Gould will be in
Salt Lake between October Is and 20,
end will participate in the simple cere
monies of driving the last spike ON the
Western Pacific railroad which Will
take place at some point near the Ne
vada- California line. Preliminary ar
rangements are being made for a pala-
tial special train, which will bring not
only Mr.. Gould, but a large number of
New York ~millionaires, many of whom
are stockholders in the Gould enter
prise.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
AND GOLDFlELD
RY. HAS NEW PRESIDENT

Confirmation Of the report to the ef
feet that NJ. b. Cutter had been elected
to the presidency of the Tonopah anG
Goldfeld railway has been received.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the company was held in Tone
pah, October 6, and the meeting of the
directors in Philadelphia on the 1th,
was the result. At this meeting Presls
dent Thomas NJ. King rendered his
resignation. stating that the press OF
other business duties prevented HIM
from continuing at the head of the I.
& G.. His resignation was accepted and
Mr.. Cutter selected to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Cutter has been a director OF
the road for a number of years and
visited this section about three years
ago. He is a thorough railroad man
having acted for several years as gen
eral manager of the Iowa Central ant
Minneapolis railways. He was also con
nected with the Burlington and ohis
line.
At the directors meeting W. 4
Henshaw, who has been acting II
the capacity of assistant secretary
was appointed secretary
1t is understood that Mr.. Cutter Wi
shortly pay a visit to this district am
make a trip Of inspection over the line
of the company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
Spur and Bigger Mill
To Put Bonnie Clare to Front

four Wilfeys. one Allis- Chalmers tube
mill, classifers, a complete agitation
system, and Oliver continuous filter.
The installation of the cyanide and 9th
er new equipment will make this a
thoroughly modern plant, which will he
of great benefit not only to the owning
company, but to the other mines of
the district, as it will be run as a
custom mill. General Manager Trumbo
is now negotiating with the Nevada
California Power company for electric
power to run the entire plant.
Regarding the ore blocked out in the
Bonnie Clare company's properties, Mr..
Trumbo estimates that the Rattlesnake
has 100 900 tons in sight, the Courhet
20, 900 tons, the May Day 1900, the Hard
Luck $500. the Eva May 1900, and the
Emerson 1000, in all approximately
Over So, 900, 900. In addition to this,
the other developed properties of the
district have all immense tonnage of
good ore Blocked out, ready for action
when transportation and milling facili-
ties are available.
Ample finances for the Improvements
at the mill have been provided, and IN
the meantime the development Of
known ore bodies and the search Tor
new ones goes on in the Rattlesnak",
Courbet and May Day properties. Three
ears of first-class ore, averaging about
800 o ton, is now ready for shipment
from the ground under lease to McLain
and Link on the Courbet, where the
entire bottom of a Wine that is being
sunk from the lower level is in quartz
that assays $50, containing consider
able lead and some silver. On the May
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

That a spur will soon be built by the
Tonopah & Tidewater railway from
Ronnie Glare to the mines of the Gold
Mountain district now seems to be set
tied beyond doubt, for investigation BY
railway officials has not only proven
that a 8 per cent grade can be secured,
hut that the mines can furnish a sufh-
cient tonnage to make the operation of
the road profitable. During the past
few days Will Lockhart of the I. 4 L.
railway has been inspecting the district
and has expressed his approval of the
building of the spur. General Manager
Ryan and General Agent Keith of tfc
T. & T. have also approved the PLAN
The proposed line will be seven miles
long and within easy access for the
Randolph, the Oriental and the Nevada
Goldfeld, the Rattlosnake, Courbet,
Nav Dav and others of the Bonnie
Glare Mining company, the Goidheld-
Granite Mountain and other very prom
Using properties in that district.
A complete plant Of machinery for
increasing the capacity of he Bonnie
Clare mill to 100 tons per day has just
Teen ordered from the Allis-ChaImers
company by A. j. Trumbo, general
manager of the new Bonnie Glare com.
nany and II will he installed as quickly
as possible. The mill at present con
sists of 10 stamps, two mortars, posts
and line shaft ready for 10 additional
stamps, twin boilers of 70-h. p. capacity
each, one 65-h. p. four-valve Atlas en-
CINE and a 45-kilowatt generator from
which the electrical power is generated.
The additions to the plant will consist
of 10 more stamps, four Diester tables,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
Especial Correspondence

AUSTIN, New, Oct. 15.-The recent
finding of gold in two places south of
the main canyon at Austin is taken as
proof that there is strong likelihood
that every silver camp has its Bannock,
even as old Galena, fourteen miles
south of Battle Mountain.
Galena has been a great producing
district in years past. 1t was a flour
ishing camp. 1t has its decline and
most of the buildings were hauled to
Battle Mountain for old lumber.
4 month ago, just over the ridge from
Galena, gold ore of amazing richness
was uncovered. 1t was so rich that at
10 feet below the surface where the
ledge was d~isintegrated by the elements,
$4,000 worth of the yellow metal was
scopped up in an old coffee pot. At
IS feet depth the gold impregnated a
2-ineh streak that, struck with a big
sledge, bent instead of breaking. Oma-
ha capitalists have entered upon .
feverish program of development at
Bannock.
The gold strikes south of the old
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

reply. There has already been u lot
of money spent on the surveys, the men
back of the project have the money,
and they see that where their present
road is now merely holding its own, and
possibly a little more-or ltss--the ex-
tension of the road would mean a great
deal more business, would bring the
eastern and western sides of the stsxc
into direct communication and fasili-
tate the growth of the rich mine al
country in between. It's almost lake
mining; they see that they have got
to put more money into the road II
they are to take out what they already
put in with any rapidity."
Since the adviees from New York
some DAYS ago 10 the effect that the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

1--WE are expecting news from New
York any day now as to final deeisiar
on the Eiy-Goldield railway proisft.''
said a gentleman connected with the
1oropah and Tidewater railway this
week, "as the matter has teen ~
the hands of the directors for sonie
days now. Trey have full data as e
surveys. cost of construction, etc., aei
their decision as to route adopted ana
as to construction of the road is cEe
at any time"
'.Do you think the road viii he
construetedi' asked a News reprrtei
~ think that there is little doubt Of
the construction of the road, - was tie
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
QUINCY ASBESTOS DEPOSIT
MAKING A FINE SHOWING

From c.. f. Trimble and +. +. Ray
mond, who are in Quincy today from
the Cromberg section, it is learned
that a fine showing is being made on
the asbestos deposit discovered and
located about two years ago near the
eastern portal of the Western Pacihc
long Spring Garden tunnel. Inc 70
cation, which includes five CLAIMS Is
now owned by G. +. Trimble OF Crom-
berg and w. NJ. Richards and w. D.
Clinch of Quincy, says the Plumas bui-
letin.
The asbestos formation is OF the
cross fiber variety, the fiber running
eight inches to two feet in thickness,
according to the report, The deposit
has been developed by ten open cuts
and one shaft for 4 distance OF be
tween 400 and 500 feet in all OF when
asbestos has been found. Samples OF
the mineral taken from this claim are
W uioDidy at tuc L thbS
ing bureau, and the specimens she"
good quality of asbestos, with unusaa'
length of fber-a very desirable az
tribute.
The owners of the property have al
ready received offers to purchase, pu'
as yet no deal has been made MOS
of the asbestos deposits in Canada
and the United States, in fact al OF
any consequence, are controlled py 'n'
trust, and any promising prospect !
usually snapped up by it. Nearly al
of the asbestos used in the thi'e'
States comes from Canada, there re
ing only a few deposits of a very !"
ferior quality in this country. How
ever, this discovery in Plumas count.
promises TO be an exception to IN
rule, and a verdict on it's e"mmereia
value will be awaited with interest.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
DECISION DUE ON EL%Y-GOLDFIELD RAILWAY

and estimates for the Ely-Goll-
field called for an expenditure of
$5, 900 900, nothing further has been
heard from the men most intimately
connected with the project, and who
were then engaged in consideration Of
the project, for it's final determination.
The fact, however, that yer in Ely
one or two parties are quietly obtain.
ing possession of certain ground that
would he the logical location of a de-
pot and terminal yards, lends color 20
the belief that the word has been quiet
~ passed out that the Ely-Goldfeld is
- a go' and that before long the desert
between here and the great copper
camp viii be %spanned by the tracks
If the rev road.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
EXPEDITION WILL SEEK
FABLED RICHES ON ISLAND

PHOENIX.Ariz Oct. 15.-The tabled
riches said TO lie buried in the hills OF
Tiburon island, in the Gulf of Cali.
fornia. is the objective of an expedition
that viii leave Bislee. Ariz., carly this
month. TIE expedition viii number
some Is or 20 mining men and othres,
and will include DR.. Fayette A. Jones
of Albuquerque, n. NJ, who has been
as scientist. A vessel has been
chartered TO leave Guaymas and will be
equipped in preparation for meeting the
warlike Sri Indians who inhallt the
island. and who annihilated the orin'
doll marty. which a few years ago
sought TO do what the Bisbee party
will now attempt.
A concession has leen oftairel from
the Mexiesn government and the party
viii thoroughly examine the island as 20
its mineral resources. Gold and otasr
precious metals are known TO exist
there. and a numter of parties have
attempted their location, but
tions Of only a superficial nature have
been made, owing TO the wariike in-
dams.
DIR. Jones is well equipped for an I'M
aattaling of this kind, having had
lorge experience in the handling OF ex-
peditious Of a similar nature. and fis
visit there will no doubt prove the cor
reetpess or falsity of the oft-told tales
Of the island wealth and the warliks
Indians.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

Day claim Leaser Seaman has opened
six feet of ore that returns $139 for
the entire width.
w. w. Whitney of San Diego, Cal,
who is president of the company, was
in Goldfeld during the Mining Coz
gress, and also made a thorough in
the mines at Gold Mountain, with the
result that nothing will be left undore
to advance the property to an early
dividend basis. Mr.. Whitney is rated
at twice a millionaire, and can provide
ample funds for all purposes.
Although a young man, Mr.. Trumho
is one of the most capable and con
sentative mining men in the country,
having successfully managed large
operations in Arizona, Mexico and else
where. His ability as a mill man has
been amply demonstrated at Bonnie
Glare, where he has been running a large
quantity of tailings from the mill under
a former management and netting the
company So a ton, treating 80 tons
daily.
The Rattlesnake and Gourmet mines
were famous producers 40 years ago
and made regular contributions to tht
metal market until five years ago, whcn
the old Bonnie Clare company purchase
the numerous claims and built the pres
ent mill. Louis Chiatovitch, who ownea
the mines, operated a small mill OF
antiquated pattern at Thorpe's Wells
near where the present plant stands
Yeas before the railroads came NJ
across the desert from the south, and i
living a retired life of ease on thu
fortune that he wrested from the hills
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
nIpRITE SULPHUR CUTS
INTERNATIONAL FIGURE

.,most chemically pure sulphur
c,,r;te. about twenty miles
of G~oIdfeld, may cut a promi
-, figure in the settlement OF an IN
'...,iOual question involving $1,000
~ oer annum in duties on what Is
as Bungo and Satsuma sulphur
almost chemically pure crude i'm.
.;on from Japan. The ease was
saturday in San Francisco before
p':..d states General Appraiser Ma
nsvries. Judge Sidney Williams
Goldfeld is one of the witnesses
.u.d by the government, and in his
...timOny the sulphur mines of Cupritc
20 brought into prominence.
The government will be affected by
Jo.;s;op TO the extent OF the loss of
Al ooO.OOO per annum in duties should
-, vsrdict be given in favor of i'm
..,,ers of what is known as Bungo and
r.,suma sulphur. Crude sulphur is ad-
-;.,od free of duty while IS a ton
..,;e is levied on refined sulphur. The
,,s, ease is that brought by ii. M. New
..u & Co. of this city, who have filed
, protest against paying the duty on
,oo tons of Bungo sulphur.
They claim that as it has not been
,hroueh a refinery it should be admit
"a free. as crude. The contention of
,be government is that this product
has been refined partly by nature and
partIy by man; that it is even purer
than refined sulphur, and that, there
fore. not requiring to be refined before
noe it should be taxed as provided in
the tariff.
Joseph Bley of C. ID. Bunker & Co.
appeared as attorney for the importers.
william l.. Martin of Newhall & Go.
testified that Bungo sulphur was a nat
ural crude product and was never sold
as the refined product. This particular
importation was sold to hop growers
who used it as a bleaching and curing
agent for hops. He introduced an afi-
davit of DR.. Boyer of Yokohama to the
effect that he had visited the Bungo
Springs and examined the mode of its
production and reported upon the quail
itv of the commodity. He reported
that this sulphur as obtained at the
spIings is 80 per cent pure, and that
the Japanese refined product vas loo
per cent pure.
D. Frank Lloyd, United States assist
ant attorney general, objected to the
affidavit on the ground that it was an
argument and not a recital of facts.
IT was received, however, subject to
the objection.
Cuprite in Evidence.
The government introduced Judge
Sidney Williams, a geological engineer,
who told of a visit he had made to the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16
EAGLE COMPANY
ISSUES ITS ANNUAL REPORT

The following report of the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Fairview Eagle Mining company, held
September 2s, has been issued By A. II.
Howe, secretary of the company:
To Stockholders:
The annual meeting Of the stockhold
ers of this company, adjourned for lael
of a quorum, from July 26, 1909. to
September 20, 1909, and again adjourn
ed for the same reason, was held this
day at the Office of the company in
G%oidfeld, Nevada, at ] O'Clock p. M,
at which the following board of diree-
tors was elected to serve during the
current fiscal year: II. +. Holmshaw,
II. G. Cutler, j. NJ. Fenwick, Geo. X.
Elder and A. III. Howe.
For the information of stockholders
not informed, it is stated that the com
pany was organized in May, 1906. II
owns one claim and three fractions in
the Fairview mining district, consisting
of 59,71s acres, patented. 1t is capi
at 100000, with 1000, 900
shares of a par value of 81 each, Of
800, 900 shares were placed in
the treasury. OF this treasury stock
l41, 200 shares have been sold, leaving
a balance in the treasury of l5s, 300
Below is given a statement of re-
ceipts and disbursements from the date
Of organization to July 81, 1909:
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

After working for weeks to get be-
yond the wet belt in the Belmont shaft.
the goal was reached this week and
the bottom is now in hard, dry an
desite, being down $50 feet. At this
point a short west drift is being sent
out for the purpose of catching up
the water, which will be baled ou'. as
the flow from above is very slight.
AS soon as this work has been complet-
ed, sinking will be resumed and push
ed ahead as fast as possible. A sta
ton is being cut on the 1000-foot level
at a point directly underneath the Bel
mont shaft, from which a raise tlrec
compartment wide will be sent up, ihps
working on the shaft from both erds.
When connection has been made the
work of charging the upper portion If
the shaft to three-compartment VIII lt
started and no time will be lost until
the job has been completed and the
entire shaft timbred with 10x10 tir1bers
afer which it will become the nsin
working shaft of the property, thus cut
ting down considerably the cost Of ain
ing, owing to its much closer proximity
20 the ore bodies now being opened up
and which are furnishing the bulk of
the ore for shipment.
Preparations are now in progress and
the lumber is on the ground for the
erection of an ore bin at the collar OF
the Desert Queen shaft, to be used as
storage for a Crane ore washer and
picking belt, which will shortly be
installed. This will materially reduce
the cost of ore sorting in the ore house,
as the ore will be thoroughly washed,
and sorted on a belt conveyor before
entering the ore bins. This devitc is
expected to increase the grade of ore
shipped to the mill, as it will enable
the company to clean its ores thor
ougly of all porphyry above one inch
in size. The report from the Belmon.
mine for the past month shows that
an average of As out of the so stamps
was dropping continuously, crushing in
the neighborhood of 5000 tons of ore
from which an excellent extraction was
made. Outside of a small tonnage of
custom ore, all of the ore treated wax
the product of the Belmont mine. The
developments in the mine continue to
be excellent, especially in the east drift
on the Belmont vein from the 100
foot point of 1856 winze, the face OF
which shows Is feet of good milling
ore, with neither wall in sight. This
is by far the best showing ever made
in this vein, and the drift, which is
being sent ahead Is feet wide, resem-
bles more a fiat stope than a drift.
Ships Ton of Bullion.
Last Tuesdays express took out an
other shipment of bullion from the
Nron+o,o nina ba;pn tho racnlf of the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

Bungo district in Japan FIVE years age.
The sulphur comes, he testified, not
from springs, but from geysers in the
crater of a volcano. When these gey-
sers. which are intermittent in activ.
ity, become quieseent, the Japanese lay
pipes in the fssuers of the crater near
the geysers. These pipes lead to con-
Quits and into reservoirs. When the
geysers resume their activity the sui
phur gases pass through the pipes into
the conduit and reservoirs, where they
are cooled and condense into sulphur.
In this manner the sulphur is refined
by nature, with the assistance of the
pipes and reservoirs furnished by the
hand of man. cit is the purest sui
phur that can be had, - added the wit
ness, because it has been refined by
nature, which does the work better than
man can do"
On eross-examination by Attorney
Bley he said that he had found crude
sulphur that was 95 per cent pure in
a mine at Cuprite, Nevada.
Government Chemist DR.. Dawson
testified that he had analysed samples
Of the importation of Bungo sulphur
and had found that some were 100 per
cent pure, but that he had made an
average assay that showed it to be 99.9S
per cent pure. In his opinion it was
refined. In addition to the analysis, he
said the product was similar in phys
ical appearance to the best refined ar
ticle.
What the Statute Requires.
Assistant Attorney General Lloyd
said that the statute did not require
that the sulphur should be refined by
the hand of man to make it dutiable.
The question was what was its condi-
ton: was it refined or crudeY
Bley introduced Chemist William
Estes Van Krakan as a witness for the
importers. He swore that the product
was crude. The term crude applies
to sulphur which has not been refined
or sublimed, but which is produced by
nature. Crude sulphur may be pure,
and often Is.
p. NJ. Paulson and Charles Stauffier
of the San. Francisco Sulphur company
testified that the importation was a
refined product. 1t is known to the
trade as refined sulphur and is sold as
such, they said. Satsuma and Bungo
sulphur are refined in the earth. 1t
presents the same physical character
istics as the product of the sulphur re
~fineries. In fact he had heard com
plants from some consumers that
the article refined in this county was
not so good as the Bungo or Satsuma
crude product.
The ease was submitted, the contest
ants reserving the right to file briefs
later.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-16

In view Of the results obtained, II
has been decided to sink the main in
cline shaft a further 100 feet and open
up from the ea0-foot level.
Very truly yours,
A. II. HOWE, Secretary.