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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-14
Plato Dobbs' Tricky Ways
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mare that had affrighted him seemed
to have departed With curiosity and
awe on her face, Mrs. Dobbs took up
the bowl and gently raised it until
Plato's fingers dipped into the water.
''Wet his hand more" admonished
her sister at her side.
Mrs. Dobbs was about to comply
when Plato struck out suddenly, send
ing a shower into the face of Miss
Angelina.
wow" muttered the sleeper.
there she is again. There's old bow
legs-ugh."
There, what did I tell your" ex-
claimed Miss Angelina. Hes talking
about women already. Wait till get
the salt water out of my eyes. and I'll
find out what he's been up to. Wet
his hand again, sister,"
Once more Plato's hand was sub
merged. and this time he made no
protesting movement Miss Angelina
fixed her eyes on his face and sterniy
demanded:
plato w. Dobbs, where'd you first
meet this female?"
"Um-um-down by the river" sleep
lily muttered the man in the bed.
81 knew it," declared Miss Angelina
Il told you, sister. that he went down
there for something else besides fish,
ing. / followed him often enough, but
/ never could catch him at anything.
Where'd you hide, you bald-headed old
deceiver?"
up a tree" responded. the victim.
with astonishing promptness. up
ree-tree-tree-um.
Good lands." exclaimed Mrs.
Dobbs, there's no woman around
these parts that can climb a tree, let
alone staying there when she got up.
Ask him how she kept from falling OF
the limbs"
"Bow-legged," Immediately respond
ed the sleeper "Old bow-legs-bow-
legs-ugh."
Keep his hand well wet, sister"
cautioned Miss Angelina. I'm going
to find out who she is now, only
dassent ask him right out, just yet
What does she look like, Plato W."
ugly, slabsided = hawk nosed old
lla-gorilla-wow!"
And you've been running after u
person like that?"
Nav, she chased me-every day
up tree"
There, knew it," exclaimed Mrs.
Dobbs. you see, sister. no matter
what we've found out, it isn't his
| fault"
BE still, and keep his hand wet.
Plato W., what is her name?"
Plato stirred, grunted, and hid his
face in the pillow.
"Wet his hand. sister. Come, you
brute, you've got to tell. What's her
name? Speak up"
Angelina Barlow" and then Plato
drowsily took away his hand and
| buried himself beneath the patchwork
coverlid.
The bowl of water dropped unheed-
ed from Mrs. Dobbs' fingers, and Miss
Angelina sunk Imply to the floor.
You'd better go to bed and get
some rest, Angelina" said Mrs. Dobbs
at length. You'll be getting up early
tomorrow"
do you b'lieve what he said % weak
ly demanded Miss Angelina.
"N-no, course not; only you told me
that the salt water made 'em all tell
the truth. and you know, Angelina
that you're awfully bow"
"Sister!"
"Well, any way, you'd better PACK
your things, and the hired man'll drive
you over to Peaville the first thing in
the morning."
Beneath the bed clothes Plato Dobbs
was chuckling and winking in the
darkness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-14
Where All Are Agreed.

will do human nature the justice
to say that we are all prone 20 make
other people do their duty. Sydney
Smith.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-14
love.

Iove?-i will tell thee s %
II is to build with thoughts shrine,
Where Hope sits hrooding like beaueous
Where time young, and like a thing divine.
Yes this is Iove-the steadfast the true,
The immortal glory which hath set;
The best the brightest boon the heart eer
OF all Iifes sweets, the very sweetest yet!
Charles SWAIN
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
ANTI-SCOTTS CONTROL
SCOTT MINES NOW

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 23.-
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Scott Mines company, held in
this city the other day, resulted In the
election of a new board Of directors,
which is said to be in sympathy with
the Belgium, or anti-Scott interests. The
new board, as ele sted and afterward
organized, comprises: c. C. Parsons,
president; E. L. Godbe, vice president;
r. Van B~uggenhoudt, secretary and
treasurer; A. L. Hoppaugh, R. J.
Graham, Ed ~Thomarson, H. Frank Cary.
The company was formed about two
years ago to take over several proper
ties in which A. w. Scott, a well known
Utah and Nevada operator, held large
interests. Scott had secured the fin
ancial backing of Eastern capitalists,
headed by Van ~Buggenhoudt of Bel
GUM. The affairs of the company ap-
peared to run smoothly until about six
months ago, when a break occurred be-
tween Scott and his associates, result
ing in the closing down of mine oPer-
ations.
The exact nature of the disagree
ment was never made public. At the
annual meeting Scott, who was presi-
dent and general manager of the com
pany, made no attempt to retain his
position; he had, apparently, disposed
Of a large part of his holdings. Tho
votes that were taken were unanimous.
The company owns the Boston &
Phoebe mine, in Phoebe district, in
which a considerable tonnage of, ore
has beeen developed TO the S00-foot
level, and it controls the Nevada North
ern property in Rawhide and the Phoebe
Arizona at Bouse, Arizona. The prop
critics are all said to be meritorious, the
Boston & Phoebe, especially, being in
line to be made a producer.
G. c. Parsons, attorney for the New
house companies, who was made pres
ident Of the Scott Mines company, is
said to represent the large Eastern
stockholders. He said that the policy
Of the company under the new nan
agement would be to actively develop
and operate the properties.
E
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
MAN AND WIFE
NEARLY PERISH IN SNOW

AUSTIN, Dec. 22.-Mr. and Mrs. II.
E. Trescott, who reside at Berlin, were
saved from death by freezing in the
fierce blizzard that swept this portion
of Nevada two weeks ago. But for the
timely appearance Of Forest Rangers
Riley Patten and r. E. Marshall, who
were making a trip from the Toiyabe
to the Mono Reserve, both the man and
woman would have persisted in the Ionc
desert.
They had started from Berlin to
Tonopah in a blackboard on the morn
ing of December 4. When about
twenty miles out the broncho they
were driving kicked the blackboard to
pieces and got away, leaving Mr.. and
Mrs. Prescott unhurt, but alone in the
waste with a binding now storm
raging.
There was nothing to do but trudge
through the storm in the hope Of meet
ing with assistance. Night fall came,
and they lost their way. All that night,
they fought against the snow and cold,
the woman being too lightly clad to
escape certain freezing. Next morning
found the storm still sweeping the
desert and still they fought against the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
BRIAR Will
HAVE A Mill SOON

LOvELOCK, Dec. ga mining
property that has passed from the pros
pecting stage to that Of a producer Is
that owned by the Bonnie Briar Gold
Mining and Development company,
located about twelve miles east of Mill
City, in the east range of mountains.
For some time aggressive work has been
going on there and after an expenditure
Of $150,0OO the property is now in
shape to send out golden bars to the
mint and help increase the circulating
medium Of the world. The company
owns forty-eight claims at Bonnie
Briar and all have been more or less
developed. The longest tunnel on the
property is in 700 feet and the deepest
shaft $50 feet. Besides these main
workings the numerous lodges that
traverse the holdings have been de
veloped enough to prove that large
bodies Of pay ore exist there and that
a milling plant is needed to extract the
yellow metal from its matrix.
At a meeting Of the officers of the
company held at the camp a few days
ago it was decided to have a mill erect
ed at once on the estate.
However, before this decision was
made the property underwent q thor
ough inspection by the directorate, ~
gether with NJ. E. Hutton, a prominent
mining engineer, who was formerly
with the Goldfield Consolidated CON-
pany, and it was after the inspection
and recommendation of the engineer
shat the mill was proposed and Mr..
Hutton was appointed to take charge
of the property and m the cree
tion Of the plant at ones. To carry out
these plans Mr.. Hutton is now in Cali
fornia assembling the machinery for a
ten-stamp mill with four Frue Vanner
concentration. The plant is to be run
by steam power and will be complete
in every particular.
j. L. McCulloch, general manager
Of the property, who vas in town a
few days ago, stated that material is
o arriving and is being hauled to
the camp. The first lot to arrive is
two cars of lumber for the building
and a car of cement to be used for a
reservoir for the storage of water for
milling purpose. Together with the
mill equipment a sob. p. gasoline hoist
will be installed on the shaft on what
is known as the Jersey mic, one Of the
claims in the Bonnie Briar group.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
NEW STRIKE IS REPORTED
FROM CAMP OF NATIONAL

News received from National yester-
day il that the high-grade ore has been
encountered in tunnel No. 4 on the
bonanza property Of the National Min
ing company Of Nevada, says the Hum
boldt star Of Wednesday. This tun-
mel Is the one which il following the
ledge into Charleston hill, giving about
$50 feet greater depth than the No. :
tunnel, the one in which the Stall
brothers followed the high grade shoot
for 4 distance of fifty feet before they
were enjoined from working their
lease, and after they had blocked out
ore which competent engineers have
estimated to be worth 100000 Q
The No. 4 tunnel is being run by
the company and this latest strike OF
high grade is Of the greatest import
ance, owing to the fact that It VIII
open the ledge at SO much greater
depth than where the bonanza shoots
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
PREPARING TO FILE ON
'LAPSED" MINING CLAIMS

With the nearing Of the new year,
many people are trampine over the
hills, and looking up location notices,
with an eye to the possibility Of locat-
ing ground upon which the location
work has not been done, and which viii
Be open for location At 1901 o'clock
on the morning Of January 1. Many
holders Of claims are looking up their
location notices and seeing that their
monuments are in place, in order that
there may be no remissness on their
part that may cost them a likely mining
claim, or allow any possibility Of ex-
pensive litigation.
1t is known, however, that there are
quite . number Of pieces Of property in
the Goldhsld vicinity that will lapse
with the end Of December, and these
viii be picked up by some one. The
law holds that when q mining claim has
been allowed to lapse, through failure
to do assessment work, the previous
locator can not relocate it, and thus
ave his title. This law applies to land
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25

held by mining companies a. well ~ to
that held by individuals.
In two or three places in the camp,
ON outlying property, annual assess-
ment work during the past two months
has developed some promising showing,
and in one case, it 10 said, development
work took the operators into shipping
ore, in what seems to be . well defined
and strong ledge. The people who have
secured these showings promptly stop
ped work when the assessment require
ments were complied with, boarded over
their shafts or tunnels, and said nothing
about what they had discovered. This
for the reason that land adjoining their
ground, and into which the lodges they
have discovered might be supposed to
enter, will probably lapse, and they
have perfected preparations to locate
the land themselves. This seems to be
the state affairs in at least two cases,
and those who own mining claims in
the outskirts, as well as in the central
part Of the camp, should watch sharp
when the first Of the year rolls around.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
HARD LUCK Of
JAMES CREEL

James Creel, for some time employed
at the ~storehouse Of the Consolidated
Mines company, about . week ago broke
his right arm just above the wrist, the
result of falling from . platform q.
his place Of employment. Enforced
idleness ensued and yesterday, while
near the northwest corner. Of Crook
and Columbia streets, Creel accidental
" backed into an open way leading TO
a cellar and in the fall suffered . break
of two ribs.
The unfortunate man was taken to
st. Mays hospital where he was At
tended by Dr.. Wheeler. He will be
confined for several weeks.
Fortunately, in the second fall, Creel
escaped further injury to his already
broken zrm. Creel was formerly loca.
freight agent for the Tonopah and
Tidewater railroad.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25

There IL "sometning DOING on the
Pittsburg-Nevada ground, some two
miles to the southeast Of tho Florence,
this ground laying far beyond any
workings in which commercial ore has
heretofore been discovered in the Gold
field district.
During the summer a force Of sur
veyors was 1T work in the vicinity Of
the Pittsburg-Nevada and at the same
time . crew Of miners was engaged in
driving . tunnel into . hill partly 10Y
cred BY the claims Of the company,
which hill shows q Jagged, silicious out
crop.
Assays a. returned by . local assay
ing Arm showed values for picked
specimens Of as high as $4,000 per ton,
while, it is learned upon good authority,
that . ledge with . 1O-foot face, show
ing average values of better than 80
per ton, was exposed in the tunnel, and
that some lateral work was done to
show that the ledge was continuous and
strong, and that the ore deposit was not
a small pocket.
The Pittsburg-N Nevada is managed by
Donald Ferguson, who is at the present
time in New York. After the ledge has
been exposed, the working force was
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25

oncoming weakness, aggravated ~ H..
ger. Sunday afternoon, Treseott a..
out and but for the wonderful eour,s.
OF his wife would have gone to ala, 4
the NOW But the woman fought =.
cold and the hunger and drseeed ~,
husband a score of times back q i.
feet.
1t was Z O'Clock Of the second .;.At
in the storm that the woman, who n
the way, was formerly Miss E.et,
Thomas of Austin, heard the rattl. -
the forest reserve wagon, Is Il. n.ls.
dragged it into view. When A. a.
that rescu had come she threw nm ~,
arms and collapsed, faintinq il ~
snow.
With all possible haste, the pair xsre|
made comfortable in the wagon. aad|
a quick drive was made to Goldyhs.
Here at the home of w. D. Jonon the1
physical needs of the man and woman
were given every attention. Nm Tres.
colt 8 feet and nose were badly frozen.
and these members were workd With All
through the night. Mr.. Tfeseott also
suffered from frostbites.
The next day, they were taken ON I'd
Luning by the forest men.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
BOOTH LEASING co.
GOING FOR RED Tor

GOING FOR RED Tor
The Booth Leasing company, Of whiel
Arthur Weber Of Goldfeld and Henri
Reese and j. A. Mclaughlin Of Lin.
coin, Nebraska, are the principal back:
ers, is making good progress in its "
erations from the old Banner shaft =
the Booth. Two shifts Of men ara
work driving a crosscut from the M
ner shaft to the east, in an endeAvu!
to cut the Red Top vein, which has beel
proved up to the sidelines Of the Bod
by development in the Red Top woi'
ings Of the Consolidated. The crosss
is now in As feet and is being drivt4
at the rate of five feet per day. 4 !
estimated that the croscur will ~
to go between 80 and 100 feet in ofte1
to encounter the vein.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
kEANE WONDER
MAKES RECORD

The Keane Wonder mine and mill
during the month of November broke
all Its monthly records since the mill
was started in operation about two
years ago. The November clean up, as
represented by bars of bullion just de
posted in the First National Bank Of
Rhyolite, by Homer Wilson, the presi-
dent Of the property, totals more than
$25, 900. This does not include some con
c~entrates.
The mill recovered an average slight
~ in excess Of SO per ton by ANAL
gamation alone, this high ~amalgamation
saving due to the fact that a higher
grade Of ore was run through the mill
during November than usual. This
rich ore is coming from the No. A tun-
uel, and the ore bodies there seem to
be growing larger as development work
is done. With work in the lower levels
Of the mine showing that the true vein
system Of the Keane Wonder estate has
been partly solved, and new surface
deposits opened on hitherto untouched
rarts Of the estate, the old Keane Won
der is looking better than ever.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
DOING AROUND
THE PITTSBURG-NEVADA

withdrawn and the tunnel entrance
boarded up 80 that none could gain en-
trance. Nothing was said ON the out
side about the discovery of ore, and
the impression was given out that the
work in the tunnel was merely assess
ment work. 1t is learned that the reason
for this secrecy was that at that time
the assessment work had not been done
ON certain adjacent property to the
Nevada, and that the strike
was kept quiet in the hope that the
assessment would not be done and the
enabled to pick up
the ground. Now the holders Of ada.
lent property have done their annual
work, and there is no reason for secrecy
in the matter.
If the strike is as large as is reported,
it will open up an entirely new part OF
the camp. Mr.. Ferguson is an energetic
mining man, and there is little doubt
that after his return from the east
shortly after the first of the year he
will conduct board development opera
tions on the Pittsburg-Nevada ground
if the showing in the tunnel is anything
like as good as is shown by the assay
sheets from what is presumed to be
mine sampling.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
SLIDE CATCHES A
PROSPECTOR NEAR LUNDY

BODIE, Dec. 21.-The snow god has
claimed another victim and in the can
yon above Lundy the remains Of a poor
prospector will lie until the summer
sun dissipates the avalanche. In his
search for gold E. A. Harrington, a
mining man, has paid the penalty Of
venturing on the hillsides and up a
canyon after . heavy fall Of snow.
Mr.. Harrington arrived here last
fall to look after mining properties
for some Chicago capitalists, spent
some time on Virginia creek and
afterwards went to the Lundy district.
He took an option on some claims on
Lee vining creek and returning to
Lundy on the 4th Of December ex-
pressed his intention of examining the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25

have been proved in the workings
above, on the Stall lease.
1t is also reported that high grade
is being stopped in the No. 5 tunnel, on
company territory, at the point where
the bonanza shoot was encountered last
summer and over B25 900 worth Of ore
taken out with the little stopping that
was done. These strikes On the com.
pany ground will greatly enhance the
value of the big company, as well as
being a most important development fol-
the camp. The company is employing
q large force Of men and these latest
strikes indicate that production on
company account may now be resumed
Seattle Excited Over National.
The great attention which National
is attracting in Seattle is Shown by
the following article published in the
Seattle Daily Times Of the 18Th in
slant:
"A stringer Of almost pure gold,
winding in and out Of a vein of rich
quartz ore running up to five feet u
width and averaging in assays $3.50 per
ton, is what Swan Beeman, a well
known Alaska miner and resident OF
Seattle, who returned today from the
National district in Nevada, says was
found last Saturday in a 150-foot tun'
mel on the Radiator group.
ssBeeman, with l.. T. Hottie and JOIN
Anderson, all veteran Alaska miners,
bought a group of ten claims ON Thar
lesion hill, not far from the Radiato.
group and within $500 feet Of the be-
nanza property on Charleston hill.
"The story Of the fabulous find rivals
aven the earliest accounts of the dis
covery of gold on the claims Of !. >
Lippy and Clarence Berry, IN the
IKlondike. Beeman is q practical mar
who went to the Klondikc from Seattle
in 1898 and who j. not likely to be
come excited over gold strikes, yet the
accounts which he gives of1the new 81
dorado and Of the richness Of The orr
seem almost incredible.
q THE ore found in the pay shoot q
the Radiator and West Virginia claims
runs almost pure gold on on string
or. while the quartz assays evenly
Anen $1,000. 49, Anksvo
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25
GUGENHEIMS ARE
BULLING Utah
COPPER

NEW YORK, Dec. 23,-It was an
nounced yesterday that the Guggenheim
copper deal had been completed to the
point where the terms could be an
nounced.
1t is proposed that the Utah Copper
company shall at this time take over to
the Boston Consolidated, giving one
share of Utah for two and onc-half
shares Of Boston, and also the Nevada
Consolidated, giving n share of Utah
for two and ~one-quafter shares Of Ne
'vada.
The terms provide that a majority
of the Nevada Consolidated be secured
within a given time.
1t is known that certain Nevada
Consolidated minority interests win
enter a strong protest against accept
ance Of the terms offered.
Nevada Consolidated closed at about
27A, which is about the right price,
figuring Utah at 81 Is, and allowing
that Nevada Consolidated stockholders
will get 44.44 per cent, Of Utah Copper
in exchange for their shares.
Some of the objecting Nevada Con-
solidated interests declare that the
richest of the Utah Copper company's
ere has begun to run out, and that the
Guggenheims, in order to preserve the
value Of the investment in Utah Cop
per, are seeking reinforcement for
Utah in the shape of Boston Consoli-
dated and Nevada Consolidated.
Utah Consolidated is today paying
a smaller dividend than Nevada Con-
solidated, and it is claimed that the
Utah Copper ~company's cos Of max
ing copper is today neare 10 cents a
pound than 87s cents a pound, - given
in the last annual report.
On January 6, Utah Copper stock
holders will he asked to approve an in
crease in the capital stock from 100000
shares to 100000 shares, or from
Il, 100000 to $25,0OO,0 900 for the pur-
pose of paying for TIE Boston and Ne.
vada shares, and to provide for an
offering of new stock to Utah Copper
stockholders, the proceeds Of which viii
be used to enlarge the Utah company's
plants from a capacity Of 5000 tons
daily to $4,000 tons, and to increase
the Boston company's Garfield plant
to a capacity Of 5000 tons daily.
The improvements viii give the Utah
properties a capacity Of 1900 tons =
day, or lao, 0OO,O0 to $50, 10000 O pounds
Of copper per annum, which, with the
Nevada Consolidated output, will give
the enlarged Utah Copper company q
copper production Of more than 2O0,-
pounds a year. Utah Copper
n Of the strong stocks today.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-25

Regan property, adjoining the May
Lundy, q portion Of the estate Of the
Crystal Lake Mining company.
He left his cabin, against the advice
of r. T. Pierce and others, and started
to 60 to the property mentioned. Az he
did not return, ; searching party start
ed to hunt him up and after seeking for
the past week, have finally given up
ell hope.
The relief party found his tracks
where he had left the cabin and
followed them to an immense snow
slide, which cut of the trail. From
every direction an attempt has been
made to discover his whereabouts and
the search has been given up.
Mr.. Harrington's home is at Beloit,
Kansas, where it is reported that ne
has a wife and children.