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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

shipper of the camp. And yet all this
was but at a depth of So feet.
Mining men who have visited this
remarkable vein and noted its size
and strength at this depth shake their
heads and wonder why they eouldnt
be lucky enough to strike something
like it. The general opinion seems to
be that there is enough in sight to make
the greatest mine in the district out Of
the Orleans. Certainly it seems that "A
II foot vein of the strength that the
Orleans vein has SO near the surface,
is not going to pinch out at any point
near the surface.
The big vein runs from the east to
the west and where it is lightning to
turn in the direction of the town, 1t
shows a width of IA feet from wall to
Nall, and every foot of this Will break
down at $500 per ton. Now that the
%permanoncy of the ore body has been
established the operators are sinking
a new working shaft about 100 feet
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

One of the youngest shippers In the
Hornsilver district is the De Vote
mine adjoining the Frances Lime Point
In the short time that this promising
property has been in operation 1t has
made some of the best shipments that
the district has to its credit. II. Nj. DE
Vote, who is in active charge of the
mining end, has several other men M
terested with him, every one of whom
are practical miners, and between them
they are following the lead in the sun-
mel in a manner that will make a mine,
t there is n there.
Work on this property was first
started in 1906 in a small assessment
hole. and the values that showed mere
AT hat time were of such an eneour.
aging nature that active devei1 -.
of the claim was decided l,
w.s s,arted in .Jar-ary, lSo9. Inc
e.. 49, .,.t re Vote and his part
ners aid VS. to drive in a tunnel on
Tho ve;,. and they had not gone ~
lore than so feet when they encounter
ed the big values that enabled them ''
make their first shipment. Ore run
ming as high as $542 per ron wa sac.
ed, and the Go r.o;,
- snipped better than 500. The'i
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point of development it is today,
through the treasures brought from its
depths and without the aid of a dollar
of outside capital.
Today the Great Western is one of
the most promising mines in the entire
state, and one that is making million
aires out of it's stockholders. The Rus
sells, in addition to making a mine,
have taken an active part in the de-
~velopment of the district. They own
many claims and also a great part of
the town of Hornsilver. In a few
months they will begin the erection of
a 30-stamp mill, and they are con
templating the building of a water sys-
TEN, bringing the water from the east
slope of Mt. Magruber, nine miles from
Hornsilver at a cost estimated to be
$4,000. And all this in two years.
The estate of the Great Western con
slsts of four claims known as the Net
tie l. Nos. l, 2 and 3, and the Mohawk
Fraction. The main shaft is down 800
feet and at the 100-foot level there are
two drifts running east and west. The
east drift, from is face to the shaft, is
Io1 feet long, and for a distance OF
100 feet has been stopped almost to
the sufaee. The big ore shoot in the
vein at this point is still IS feet wide,
and all in good milling ore that will
average $12, and in addition there is
about five feet of shipping ore that will
break down at better than 800. This
was the first place in the mine that
the immense high grade that gave the
camp its name came in evidence. In
the face of the drift by the dim
nicker of the candles, the hornsilver
Cutters everywhere. Specimens taken
out Of this drift seem to be fairly
piastered with it. Actually the rich
streak is but IL inches wide, but every
DIT OF this specimen streak will sack
10 the handsome figure of $3.50 pei
ton. This is shown by actual figures
which are ON record at the mine. Jusl
'nink OF a streak like that, and they
nave 1T wherever the vein has beer
opened up.
There is enough specimen rock in thu
"feat Western to furnish all the cabi
nets In the country with a fortune il
high grade. The west drift on the 100
ioot level is in for a distance Of 80
,eet. The vein in this drift widen
from an lS-inch streak to l2 feet. Sew
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

mine. In the west drift near the june
ton, assays have been taken showing
as much as 1900 ounces in silver and
1862 in gold. The general character
of the ore seems to be much the same
as in the upper levels, but the wonder
full versatility of the mine and the dis
trict is shown in the fact that from
high grade silver values the ore is
changing into just as high grade gold
with increasing depth, much to the
satisfaction of the company.
The entire length of the ''goid
drift rs it called at the mine, is one
of the greatest gold showings in the
state. For a distance of 100 feet the
three foot vein will average $25 and
for so feet it will average $40. All
through it are punches of high grade
that will run anywhere from $3.50 to
500 per ton. These are cold facts TAX
en- from the assay reports. One OF the
slopes on this vein is 140 feet long
and so feet high and no top in sight.
All through this immense body there
are four to five feet streaks that will
run from 800 to $3en, and the balance
of the vein will all mill.
The plans of the company at pres
ent include the sinking of a shaft on
the hill opposite the present main
shaft of the company in order to eater
the dip of the vein and utilize thu
present shaft as an auxiliary. A WINS
i, being sunk on the 300-foot level an
a small engine will be installed there
TO hoist the ore. Eventually the maii
workings of the mine will be aroun,
the new shaft.
All over the estate of the Grea'
Western the surface formation show
values. In a number of places diff
ferent leasers have opened up thu
ground. in some eases to a depth o
several hundred feet. And wherevel
a hole has been sunk the workers wer'
rewarded by shipping ore.
The officers of the company ar
practically the only stockholders, Their
being very little stock held by the pun
lie. j. NJ. Russell is the president an
general manager, and J. Thomas Cava
naugh is vice president, Howard Russell
is the secretary and treasurer, and >
T. Murphy is assistant secretary VIM
f. A. MeNaughton, one of the diree
tors, is the superintendent and resid'n
manager.
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THE ORLEANS NINE IS HORN.
SlLVER'S BANNER PRODUCER

The Orleans mine, known all Owe
the state as the Cottrell mine. is in Il
feet of better than 800 ore. and til,
ledge is widening with every shot.
From the time that the bonanza vein
was struck and the news was spread
broadcast, the eyes of mining men all
over the country have been turned "a
the Hornsilver district.
The history of this young marvel OF
the mining world and that of its own
er, Helen Cotterell, is as inter, sting a.
any story Of fiction that ever was writ.
ten. The Orleans claim lays on the sids
OF a low hill, almost within the town
% Hornsilver and but a stone throw
from the Great Westerns main shaft.
TIE first discovery of values was made
hut % feet from the surface and was
OF such a sensational nature that a
working shaft was Immediately sunk
at a spot about 33 feet to the north
east.
In this shaft also, the rich ore was
struck at a depth of 55 feet. A drift
was run in OH the ore and the first
shipment was made. The shaft was
afterwards sunk to So feet, but the
rain work has always beer in the 80
foot Level. This shaft is an incline, as
Helen Cotterell and her associates, Me
Auliffe and Olsen, stuck by the origi-
nal lead even though it led them on
Tough twists and turns, and the re.
a.. as more than shown their wis
70 Who, 2g so, for it led them straight
90 h;ch ar.drbably the liggost vein
depth. 'o""' '"''
At the 55-foot level tn.
to the north and at this po.
bunch of high grade was take.
and shipped. From then on it wa.
merely a ease of "follow on and sack
it, until, when the drift was in for a
distance of about 40 feet, a secondary
replacement was encountered at the
junction of two lodges which seemed to
cut short the values. 1t was in cutting
through this that the big ledge was
found and this ledge seemed to run in
to the first one, and by its strength
seemed to have absorbed the former.
Ever since then the Orleans has pro.
o'ced by long odds the richest gold
IRE in the district. ore that at times
shovec phenomenal and almost unbe.
ii''a"e 'alues, and that placed the
orieahs an fscord as being the premier
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DEVOTE SACKlNG ORE AT LIME POINT

original intention had been to continue
the tunnel to a point under the dixie
which crops out on the surface about
IS feet further south, but when the
high grade was struck they started TO
drift on the vein. They followed the
vein east, staying with it all the way,
and at present the breast of the tunnel
is in four feet of rich ore and no walls
in sight yet.
There is a world of good milling ore
on the property which will have to go
on the dump until a mill Is built TO take
care of it, bet the property is sell sup
porting with the high grade that Is IN
sight.
A working shaft is now being sunk
II Is peihg
which Is Vein and follows it all the
sum down. Values as high as $40 show
across the face of this vein and the
distance that this one is from the tun-
mel /, rapidly proving the DE Vote
nronerty to be a very valuable hold
ing.
Certainly, it seems that when the
shaft is in far enough to enable the
owuers to drift under the tunnel SO
that they can begin to stope up on the
rich ore body they have there, they
will be among the leading properties
in the shipping class at Hornsilver.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
DIONEER OF HORNSILVERIS
THE GREAT WESTERN MINE

"ral raises were sent up for about SO
feet on the vein in this drift and ship
ping ore running $50 and often better
was taken out. There are also a mum
her of erosscuts which have blocked
out the ore, and every one of them show
good values with the high grade streak
always in evidence. On the 200-foot
the values began to increase and the
ore body gets larger. In the west
drift on this level there is three feet
of ore that breaks down at $197 in sill
yer and about $40 in gold. The vein
in this drift is regular and wen defined
and a raise from the 300-foot level,
which was sent to connect with the
upper level to determine the extent of
the ore shoot, never missed the vein
and shows perfect walls.
The walls are n white tale, and in
this level the walls form a slip which
was thought to be the real wall, but
when it was broken through the vein
was found to be SO feet away from the
real hanging wall. And here again
every bit of the ore between the false
wall and the real hanging wall was
found to be shipping ore. All along
the vein in this drift from the shaft to
&c hrnoa4 tha ana mill hpnnE hntfnr
than $65. None of the ore is sorted
and all through this vein is a four inch
streak of high grade showing silver
~carbonates running way up into the
thousands in the black metal.
drift the character of the ore changes
into a silicified quartz, which shows
more gold than silver, and which will
break down at about $64. At the ex-
treme end of the drift is the biggest
milling vein in the mine, II feet of
$15 ore clean across the face with
streaks of high grade that will assay
as much as $500 ounces in silver. Every
where it is the same story. Wherever
the vein has been opened up, on all
the levels the wonderful richness of the
Western receives additional proof. At
the 300-foot level the vein has pitched
away from the shaft and was picked up
at a distance of ia feet. At the juno
ton of the east and the northwest
drift on this level the face of the drift
age value of $12 in gold with streaks
of hornsilver running through it. 1t
is one of the prettiest places in the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10

practically the same as that further
east towards the Nevada Empress. The
crest of the mountains being capped
by basalt and the outcroppings being
granite and lime. There is a four-foot
ledge running through the entire group
and the ore in this runs from $3.50 to
$50. The character of the ore is a
brown jasper and a hematite quartz,
and it is in the latter quartz that the
rich high grade values are found here
as elsewhere in the district.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-10
Frances Lime Point is
Valuable HOrnSiIvef Mine

The Duffy lease on the Francis Lime
Point estate is one of the young ship.
pcrs of the Hornsilver district and il
is one that has made good far beyond
the expectations of it's owners.
p. s. Duffy, who is a director in tho
leasing company is a mining man of
many years practical experience and
through his connection with the Francis
group it has become to be known as the
Duffy mine.
AS a matter of fact this lease was
one of the many investments of the
late DR.. Francis Williams and was
named by her. 1t was one of the prop
critics On which she pinned her faith
and she often heard to express the
opinion that the Cline Point would
yet make the greatest producer in the
Hornsilver District One thing is GER
tain, for a property less than a year
old it has shown better results and has
come more nearly up to the expecta-
lions of it's owners than the majority
of leases do at the same stage of de-
velopment.
The main working shaft of the COM
pany is down 100 feet and at the 10
foot level the men struck a body of
shipping ore that returns $44 per ton.
Since that time the mine has been a
steady shipper and has been one of
the properties hat have helped Horn
silver to get the title Of the "camp
that was born a shipper" At the
100 foot there are two drifts running
east and west. The west drift is in for
a distance of rs feet and the east drift
IS in over 100 feet. Both of them are
in good high grade milling ore, and
from 10th have come several shipments
OF high grade. There is also a cross
cut from the east drift running north
! fol a distance of 80 feet and in the west
drift there is a crosscut running to the
north for more than 80 feet at present.
In addition to all this development
work there are several shafts on the
estate that are all in milling or ship
Ping ore, and also a number of cuts
which show that the estate OF the
company is literally a mass of veins
which have their junction near the
main workings. 1t is one of the proper
ties that has supported itself and every
cent that was taken out went as
promptly back into the ground.
There is at present a 1S-h. p. gaso-
line hoist on the ground and j. P. Will
.iams has stated that the plans OF his
mother in regard to this property as
well as the others will be carried out
with all possible speed.
The formation in this part of the
Hornsilver district is much the same
as elsewhere being a lime hanging wall
and a slate foot wall with the ore mat
ter a hematite quartz. -Four of the
most recent shipments Melted the com
pany over $40 per ton and another
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Eorth of the big strike and a 25.h. n.
fairbanks-M Morse hoist will be installed.
The work of sinking and turning the
Orleans into a big producer will be
carried on as fast as money and men
can do 1t, and Mrs. Cotterell, when seen
yesterday, stated that the shaft would
be sunk to a depth of 100 feet before
any drifting would be done. ave
already cut the big vein in the new
shaft" she said, "and when we are
down far enough we will begin drifting
and from then on We shall stope out
some ore that will open the eyes of the
people in this district as to what we
have really got.
"Our shaft is the largest in the
camp, being five by eight feet in the
clear, and we are going to make a mine
out of this property that will be as
complete as it is possible to make it.
Why just think and the eyes Of the
little woman began to sparkle with
enthusiasm, I'VE have only been on this
vein for a short time ard with the
limited force at our command we have
shipped already over 200 tons Of ore
that brought returns from the sampler
of the Nevada Reduction Works, rang
ing from $127.4s to $176.6s, and / am
rather inclined to be conservative too.
|. was all shipped in small lots of from
eight to fifteen tons each, and we
could keep this up for an indefinite
length of time, but we are anxious to
start larger operations and therefore
We are going to start sinking to a great
Ell depth"
The history of Helen Cotterell is the
of many an intrepid pioneer
woman who came to Goldfeld in the
early days of the camp. Delicately
cared and coming from one of the best
i~"'lies in Kentucky, Mrs. Cotterell
hao he',r "roughed it, and when she
came mere IA 1895 she Was. as she calls
herself IN speaking of that time, /. the
most tender tenderfoot that ever came
to the camp" She didn't know a
thing about mining, and she thought
all one had to do twas to dig a
little hole and take out the gold But
she soon learned differently and began
to do some prospecting on her own ae-
And ever since she located and
started work on the Orleans at Horn
she has been prominently identi-
fed with the development Of that
She practically made the first
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shipment is being got ready which will
exceed that figure.
The general opinion of those resi-
dents of the district who have been
watching this property is that with the
erection of the machinery that is now
on the ground this mine will become
one of the biggest producers in the
neighborhood.
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.-,. started by the Russell =
. brothers less than two years ago =
. on virgin ground. =
Total depth, $50 feet.
Total amount of drifts, cross =
cuts. raises, ETC., 1000 feet.
Average size Of ledge in mill =
. ing ore, IL feet. y
Total amount of ore in sight, =
Average value per ton, $40. =
conservative estimate.) =
shipments, total tonnage to =
= date, 124,els tons. ,
. Total mill returns from ship
= ments, s57,9o5.36. =
To read the story of the struggles
and hopes of the men who make the
mines of Nevada literally wrestling the
hidden treasures from the virgin
ground, is always stirring, and the
story of how from the time the first
nick was driven into the ground where
now the Great Western stands and how,
in the short space of two years, the
wonder work was wrought and the mine
supported itself, reads almost like a
tale from the Arabian Nights.
II was a little less than two years
400 that Jim and Howard Russell, then
almost unknown prospectors, heard of
the hills beyond Cuprite and started
for the ground on a prospecting trip.
That trip resulted in the location of
the Great Western, and the boys i'm
mediately started a shaft. They struck
the values almost from "the grass
roots and within four months from the
time that they started their shaft the
shipment out of the Hornsilver country
was made. And since hat time the
Great Western has never failed them,
and from all appearances, never will.
The wonderful %sourc of Horn
silver are fully exempliied in this
mine, which, started by poor men, has
not only made them wealthy, but has
at the same time brought itself to the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-12-16
"Ox Eves" For Two.

The drawback of fancy names FOR
dishes Is their tendency to be deficient
I'm prosaic information. Would you
order "angels on horseback" for In
stance. If you did not know what sort
of thing it was: And to appeal to the
waiter to interpret is humlliating. A
correspondent recalls his own fate IN
the matter of .'ochsenaugen" (ox eyes'.
Having repeatedly seen them on the
menu among the pudding class during
tour In Germany, he and his vile
eventually ordered them. 1.-Two por-
tions?" asked the woman waiter. "Oh.
yes. two portions" 1t proved that two
portions of OK eyes meant six fried
eggs-as the final course Of hearty
meal. And. as the wife had the moral
courage to refuse to eat more than
one. the cowardly husband, unwilling
to give away that he had not known
what he was ordering, had to worry
down the five others.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-12-16

to the ballot box Just as you do now
"Y0u nad better come down grace
fully. amt. above all. let uu feeling OF
discovered interinrity brrray YOU into
evil speaking ot the domestic powers.
There have been recent instances OF
diStinguiShp gentlemen. no doubt in
stiyated b, reheilions husbands. who
have rpckIes>ly accused these guard
Ian angels nf youi tirrside Of being
extravagant and frivolous These
things are never uttered with inpuni-
ty. | would not Insure the life of one
who libels the ladies' for less than cent
per cent
"Discite justitium moniti ct non tenn
mere DivaS. which. az you may not un-
derStand the back woods pronunciation
Of the classic warning. | will translate
with freedom betting the day we
celebrate:
Now. all you happy husbands
Beware the rebels fate.
Live In obedience all your lives.
Give up your latchkeys to your wives
And never stay out late.
Laughter and cheers From John
Bigelow's "Retrospections Of an Active
Life" In Metropolitan Magazine.
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I'HIS is to give notice that the sub
scribers, Lewis d. Crawford and
John R. Lantz, have obtained from the
Orphans Court of Frederick County,
Md, letters testamentary on the estate
of
LEONARD C. HARBAUGH,
deceased. All persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same with
the voucher thereof legally authenticated
to the subscriber on or before June so,
1910, they may otherwise be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are hereby
warned to make immediate payment.
Given under our hand this 9th day of
November, 1909.
LEWIS D. CRAWFORD,
JOHN r. LANTZ, Executors.
nov II St
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-12-16
A STARTLING Hat.

A lady's hat which would no doubt
create az great a sensation today as 1t
did at the time Of it's first appearance
in 1852 was that worn by Blanche de
Bourbo'.. queen Of CASTLE. wife Of
Peter the Cruel. 1t cost f35 and was
made in Paris. The hat itself was
composed of de chypre and relieved
with great pearls, garnets and enamel
work. Children. carved In the whltest
Of ivory. were depicted picking acorns
Of pearls from the oak and scattering
them 10 the swine below. Birds were
singing In the trees, and at the foot
were bees stealing honey from the
flowers springing up from the verdure.