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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22

Reno, May 21.-C. G. Anderson of
Washington, d. c., chief of the topo-
graphical department of the United
States geological survey, department
of the interior, has been in Reno pur-
chasing provisions for a corps of seven
government surveyors who are to assist
him in some special important work
here.
When seen yesterday by a Journal
man, the official explained his mission
in Nevada. "The department has
sent me out here from Washington to
prepare surveys and Typographical
maps of the Walker lake district said
Anderson. "This is my first visit this
far west and this city, with all its eA-
tent of apparent business, is a revela-
tion to me.
"The exterior township lines were
run by the government several years
ago, but there has never been a topo-
graphic map made of the district,
which comprises 1000 square miles OF
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22

The Goldfeld Consolidated Mines
company has just equipped the Cier-
mont and Mohawk shafts with a new
safety apparatus which is designed I"
prevent accidents from overwInding,
which might result in death or serious
injury to men or great damage to the
sallows frame and hosting plant. The
safety apparatus is a hosting engine
controller, and is the invention of {. X.
Welch of Salt Lake City, who is repre-
sented by Chas. NJ. Kinsey as western
agent.
Quite a number Of mining men have
witnessed tests of the invention since
il was installed on the Clermont ami
Mohawk hosting plants, and after re-
peated unsuccessful attempts to run the
cage up through the shieve wheel, the
verdict has been that there is no pos
sible chance for an accident while as
cending, even if the engineer should
drop dead at his post while the engine
was in motion. The cage or bucket
stops at its usual place above the col
lar of the shaft as surely and as stead
ily as though the engineer was at the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
NEVADA CON. TO PRODUCE
AT $4,000. OOO-POUND RATE

"By August 1st, the Nevada Con
~solidated will be producing copper at
the rate of 60,000,00 pounds per an
nun at a net cost sold of seven cents
per pound" says a leading official of
the company, according to the Boston
News Bureau
1t is apparent from the above that
the two Ely producers, Nevada Con-
solidated and Cumberland Ely, are ex-
pected to be outputting copper at the
rate of nearly 100,000,0 900 pounds per
annum before the close of this year.
Both companies have added mate
rally to their respective ore reserves.
The former has added 100000 00 pounds
of additional porphyry ore to it's re
serves as a result of it's development
of the past few months, while the
Veteran ore body of the Cumberland
Ely is materially extending in size and
value.
The Nevada Consolidated people say
that the question of a still further ex-
pansion of the Steptoe reduction works
will receive early consideration.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
GOVERNMENT WILL SURVEY
WALKER LAKE DISTRICT

territory. The government has a camp
outfit at Yerington, composed of twelve
horses and all a~ppurtenances making
up a complete equipment, and | VIII
have it at Walker lake in a few days.
LATTER L have laid in a supply of
groceries, canned meats and feed for
the stock, which l am buying In your
city, where / find a good source Of
supply, / will start for work which
will consume at least six or eight
months. This section will probably be
designated by the department as the
Hawthorne quadrangle, various names
to be assigned to the sections after our
work is completed.
s'Our visit here now is the outcome
of a plan inaugnrated last fall. h
foremost reason for this particular
tract being selected for early opera
lions being undoubtedly the belief
that it contains valuable mineral de-
posits and a survey and maps would
be desirable in the near future
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
GOLD BULLION COMPANY
HAS RESUMED OPERATIONS

DEVELOPMENT work has been resumed
with a good force of men on the prop
ertv Of the Gold Bullion Mining com
PAW. on the Cold Spring road, about
four miles east of Goldfeld. The prop
ertv consists of twelve claims, and is
apparently in a dacite zone, similar TO
the productive formation Of Goldfeli.
John ID. caldon, the well known hi.'-
ing engineer of Colorado and other
mining sections, is in charge OF ope-
r~ations.
Six men are now employed In retim-
bering the shaft and drifts, and this
force win be added to as soon as the
preliminary work is completed so tina
more men can be used.
The shaft is down 500 feet, and 9
large amount of lateral development
has peer done. This work will be ex-
tended in the search for ore, OF when
there are good indications in various
places. The property is supplied Win
! hoist and good buildings for the
work of the mine and accommodation
Of the men, but a heavier gaiows
frame will be installed to facilitate
the work.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
ERB PICKS UP WINGFIELD
COUSIN LOST ON DESERT

While coming from Los Angeles by
automobile Tuesday, William Erb, a
mining man of this city, picked up a
young mar named Spreading, who is
said to be a cousin of George Wing
field, wandering around in the desert
near Ida, apparently lost. He
brought him into Goldfeld and left him
in the care of the sheriff's office.
Next morning an examination of the
young man vas made by DR.. ID. A. Tur-
ner, county physician, who gives 1T as
his opinion that the young man, who is
about 25 years of age, had become al
fected by the heat of the sun, and lost
control Of his actions. He ordered that
he be taken to st. Mary's hospital for
treatment.
Until about three days before Spread.
ling had been working in the Red Top
mine, but quit his position about that
time to go to Pioneer, saying that he
was going to walk the entire distance.
He had been rome about three days,
and lone of his friends in Goldfield
had heard from him. 1t is supposed
that he lost his way in the vicinity of
Ida, and had been walking for the
greater part of yesterday in the hot
sun, trying to pick up the trail, and
had inferred from sunsfrake
Spreading was injured by a rock
falling upon his head, during a cave
in the Red Top, some time ago, but had
entirely recovered from the injury
when he started to walk to Pioneer.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
REPORTS SUCCESS RAISING
FUNDS FOR KAWICH MINES

DIR. A. II. Elftman of Tonopah has
Just returned from a successful bust
ness mission to the East, where he went
to finance the Kawich Consolidated
Mining company, which owns some
promising properties at Golden Arrow
and Bellehelen. He was in Goldfield to-
day, and reported that his trip had been
entirely satisfactory, and that funds
have been secured for installing Il gaso-
line hoist and doing several thousand
feet of development work. While East
he visited Duluth, Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and other points, most of
the stockholders of the company being
residents of Chicago and Duluth.
The company owns 26 claims, along
the line of the proposed Ely-Goldield
railroad, and it is expected to have the
new plant working by July l. Some
good values were found in doing de-
velopment work this spring. and the
ore shoots appear to be strong. One
shaft is DOWN 20 feet on a ledge five
feet wide, which gives average values
of $40 in gold clear across.
1t is proposed to sink this shaft to a
depth of 800 feet and then develop
by drifts and crosscuts. This property
is the same camp in which tie Cotter
Mines company is located, which has
developed good values at from $50 to
800 feet.
81 find that financial conditions are
improving quite rapidly in the East
said DIR. Elftman, "and it is a com
paratively easy matter to raise money
for meritorious mining propositions. The
banks have lots of money, and large
amounts are now being drawn out Cor
in enterprises that offer
profits than the 2h per cent
that the banks would pay on time de-
Farmers are especially prosper
Gus, and general conditions are much
brighter than some months ago."
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22

the Black Butte, Emporium, klondike
and Snowflake claims, and does show
that the locations work on the Hustler
and the Black Butte was not sufficient
to meet the requirements of the law.
II is stated that work on none of the
claims mentioned complies with the re-
quirements of the stature, although
there was possibly enough work done
to induce prospectors to respect the
l~ocators' claims.
The court then says that the plant
if having invoked the court, it was
incumbent upon them to show a CON-
pliance with the law, and the burden
of proof was upon them to establish
their rights in the premises. Having
failed to do this, the ground embraced
within the boundaries of the Hustler,
Snowflake and Black Butte locations
was open to location at the time of the
discovery and location by the defend
ants.
SOASOWCS = dlluxc.
1.-The plaintiff Comedies states the
opinion, "that no work was lone on the
Hustler, Snowflake, Black Butte, Klon-
dixie, Emporium and Lilly May claims
during 1906 and 1907, but claims that
sufficient work was lone on the Lone
some Valley claims to cover all the
others. The court comedies hat the evil
dence establishes this, if the work is
SO lone that it could be applied or con-
sidered as work done for the develop
ment on all.' In this regard, the
court cites section 1924 of the revised
statutes, which says that the "neces-
sary work to be lone on any one claim
of several claims held in common ap-
plies only when such claims are con
tiguous,' and continues:
"In this case the court is Of the
that the pr~eponderance of evil
dence is against the proposition that
the work done in the Lonesome Valley
would tend to develop any of the
claims comprising the group, with the
exception of the Lilly May
and the Black Butte, as the evidence
shows that the bottom of the shaft is
at least 40 feet above the surface of
the Hustler and the Snowflake and the
fraction, and for the further
reason that it was shown an intrusion
Of granite intervenes between the
and in all probability cuts off
the veins between the Hustler and
Snowflake and other claims.'
Gin view of all the evidence in this
case,' concludes the court, 81 can only
reach the conclusion that the plaintiff
has not complied with the law relative
to the location of mining claims upon
the public domain of the United States
to such an extent as entities him to the
possession of the ground in controversy,
and for that reason judgment should
be entered for the defendant in this
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
MOHAWK DECISION
AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT

case the court has ne question of the
improper conduct of the Juror Brad
ford. / believe the afidavits of Con-
nelly and Murphy in relation to what
passed between Bradford and them
selves to be practically true, and there
is nothing could be said too strongly
conscience as Juror Bradford showed
himself to be. A man of that kind is a
dangerous citizen in any community,
and not entitled to any respect or con
sideration; but in this ease nothing
whatever shows that the plaintiff or its
attorneys, knew or had any idea what
ever as to the character of Bradford
or conduct before he vas empaneled as
a juror
Judge Stevens then continued and
said that the evidence shows that the
superintendent of the mine knew all of
the facts regarding Bradford, and yet
allowed him to sit as a juror, and as
the knowledge of the agent may be con
sidered as the knowledge of the princi-
pal, the defendant therefore must be
charged with the knowledge of that
mans character, and apparently was
willing to take such advantage as
might be secured by having a man of
the kind on the jury. There was moth
ing to show misconduct after he had
been empaneled IS a juror, and the fact
of the drawing of the scales might as
easily have implied that he considered
the evidence in favor of the plaintiff, as
that he was representing money in the
scales. Judge Stevens dismissed the
complaint against Juror Van Devort
with the remark that the defendant
knew of his relations with the CONSOLE
dated, and could hardly advance that
as grounds for a new trial, and conclud-
ed: 81 DON t believe under the cir
cumstances the plaintiff has any rig t
to complain of the actions of these
men,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
ANACONDA COPPER REPORT
SHOWS CASH SHRINKAGE

= New York, May 19.-The re- Z
+ port of the Anaconda Copper t
= Mining company for the fiscal year +
= ending Dec. 81, last, was given to +
= the public today and for one of +
z the few times in it's long and pros +
+ porous career it showed shrinkage +
+ in cash reserves, due to suspended T
+ operations during the early part +
+ of the year. The first six months +
+ showed a loss. The mines were +
+ closed for January and February +
+ and the cost of reopening them :
+ absorbed what was made in April, T
= May and June. The total surplus t
+ is $4,994,443, or a decrease of I
+ $1,317,O2O.
:. !. !. 1. I. 1. i i I! + ++*%+
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
SUES FRANCES
MOHAWK FOR DEFAMATION

William NJ. Mackay, formerly super
intendent of the Frances Mohawk lease,
has filed suit against the Frances
Mohawk Mining and Leasing company,
ID. Mackenzie and Lillian f. Goodbur-
let, alleging that by an affidavit of
Miss G~oodburlet, his name and repu-
tation have been injured in the sum of
800, 00O, and asks that sum as judg-
ment against the defendants.
The affidavit of Miss Goodburlet was
filed in the district court December ID,
1908, in an action brought against
Mackay by the Franees-M Mohawk Min
ing and Leasing company, and recounts
a conversation alleged to have been
held between Miss Goodburlet and Uri
b. Curtis, in which Curtis is said to
have asked Miss Goodburlet if she
knew hat Mackay had been receiving
money from the Curtis brothers on ac-
count of ore shipped from the suitcase
on the Frances-M Mohawk.
Upon answering that she had not
heard, Curtis is alleged to have replied
that he already had paid Mackay $4,000
and hat Mackay had brought sui
against him for $751; additional, which
was not paid. The affidavit states tia:
afiant believes that upon information
and belief, Mackay had obtained in a
fraudulent manner $3,1S7 from the Cur
tbs brothers, which had never been pail
in to the company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
MANY GOOD DISCOVERIES
REPORTED AT BUCKSKIN

cut from a shaft at 25 feet depth, hav-
ing an average value of $12 in gold for
over four feet in width. A sample
from a 12-inch vein in the bottom of
the shaft went $3.50. Samples taken of
the light colored porphyry belt 200 feet
in width, goes about S. and it is free
milling.
The Richards property at Mason
Pass on the same belt is showing up
fine. Their picked samples go very
high, and several holes six feet IN
width average $50. Numerous other
gold properties are being prospected at
this time that pans good.
The Junior group of claims Will
prove a winner, as there are five acres
on n claim that are covered with
quartz, which all pans some gold. They
have found several lodges that pan
well and expect when they get a little
depth the claims will be valuable.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
MINE ASSESSMENT WORK
MUST BE DONE LEGALLY

An opinion in a mining suit involvin,
several knotty problems in mining Law
has been handed down by Judge Theron
Stevens, of the district court, in tn,
suit of X. +. Lenihan against Heller
Cottrell, involving valuable minins
ground in the Hornsilver district. Judg
ment was rendered in favor of the dc
PENDANT.
The opinion deals mainly with the
amount and quality of work done upon
mining claims, in accordance with the
requirements of the statute. The re-
spect which the average prospector has
for a semblance Of assessment work
upon a mining claim, is held by the
court to be without weight when the
matter is brought to trial, as the law
specifies just what work shall be done,
and that alone will suffice in a court
of justice. The practice of so many
of doing the assessment work for an
entire group of claims, upon one claim,
is held only to be applicable where
the claims are contiguous. The opin-
ion is in favor of the defendant, who
relocated the claims.
Suit to Quiet Title.
The suit was to quiet title to a group
Of claims located by the plaintiff under
the names of Hustler, Snowflake, Klon-
dixie, Black Butte, Emporium, Lilly
May, Lonesome Valley and Lonesome
Valley Extension, located in 1905, and
those of the defendant, under the names
of Argentite Nos. l and 2, Argentite
Extension and the Coyotes Wall frac-
ton. The decree says:
1.-THE court holds in it's opinion that
the location of the Argentine Nos. l and
9, Argentite extension and the Coyote 8
Wall are valid if the ground covered
by them was subject to location at the
time such location was made.
"The Hustler, Snowflake, Klondike,
Black Butte, Emporium, Lilly May,
Lonesome Valley and the Lonesome
Valley extension were located long
prior to the time of the locations of
the defendant, and if the makers of
former locations have fully complied
with the essential requirements of the
law, they are entitled to a Decree
1t is shown by the opinion that the
defendant contended that the locations
of the plaintiff are invalid and that the
plaintiff never acquired any title there
to by virtue of such locations and that
right was acquired by virtue
of the locations of the Hustler, Snow
and the Black Butte was forfeit
ed by the failure Of the plaintiff to
perform its annual labor on the claims
in 1906 and 1907.
Location Work insufficient.
1t is held in the opinion that the
locations of the plaintiff are not en-
tirely satisfactory and that the evil
dence of the plaintiff fails to show a
lode or deposit of mineral in place in
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
EDITED BY
SIDNEY NORMAN

The annual meeting of the Transvall
Nevada Gold Mining company will be
held at their Office on the corner of
Main and Aluminium streets, Goldfield,
Nevada, on Tuesday, June 10Th, 1909,
at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of elect
ing officers and to transact such other
business as shall come before the meet
ing. By order of
CHARLES n. MORSE,
Secretary.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
WILL. DEVELOP GOOD HOPE
MIME NEAR HAWTHORNE

II. A. Pierce has taken q bond I'M
lease on the Good Hope mine in Haw-
thorne district, the property OF Box and
Atehison. The Good Hope is a valuable
property, and adjoins the famous Fam
leo on the south.
M. Pierce is a mining man OF long
experience, having been connected VIII
the Alaska Treadwell company and M
Rothehilds. He il now associated Win
ueople in the state Of Washington. he
has begun operations on the Good Hope
.nd vim run . tunnel to tap the back
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
Especial Correspondence.)

(Speclal OrTtspouuCHee
Buckskin, May 20.-The men who
came into the Buckskin district in the
early days and have kept their faith
in the camp through good times and
bad, win doubtless be rewarded In time,
for the district is now attracting more
attention than ever, because OF the
many gold strikes that have been maize
at various points, and many people
looking for good propects are now IN
camp.
The naturalization of Buckskln IS
widespread and the porphyry portion
of the district, which is several miles
in extent, pans gold freely, especially
the quartz at the contacts OF different
colored porphyry.
Among the best finds recently made
is the Blue Bird group OF claims owned
by Mollart Bros, San Kelly and Wat
Craft. The vein is tapped by a cross
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
MINING LEASES

Very promising mining ground on
Gold Mountain. on ledge between Ne
vada Empress and Gold Crest Mines
and only a short distance from the
Frances Williams Royal Flush claims
(the long lost Breyfogle mine) will be
leased in blocks to suit on easy terms
to reliable persons, WHO MEAN BUSl'
NESS.
Five claims, about 80 acres of ground
every claim showing ledge on surface;
Assays $4,000 in GOLD, also silver ana
lead to the ton each of two shafts al
ready sunk to 25 feet from surface. May
strike rich shipping ore at any shol
Highly mineralized.
Nevada Gold Mountain Mining COMPANY.
Apply to Joseph l.. Hasman, Palace
Hardware Co, Goldfeld; Capt. G.. A NC,
Kinley, Rawhide, or to General john r.
Sheehan, Union League Club. San Fran
cisco, or Veterans Home, Napa County,
California, or Hon. z. Carter EDWARDS
attorney, Goldfield.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
O QUOTATIONS


1t would be hard to find a more err
ratio and unsatisfactory stock market
than has prevailed during the past
week. The slump has been of tn most
puzzling nature to the laymen, but
behind it all could be seen the hand of
the professional manipulation who puts
prices up and down at will, regardless
of the physical condition of the mines.
During the week Consolidated dropped
down to $7.65 and Florence was down
to $3.50 and Combination Fraction
touched 81, but there seems to be a
rallying movement on at the weeks
end, and prices are going up. The mar
ket was fairly strong today. with an
one prevailing.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
Serial no. 03914.

United states Land once.
Carson City, Nevada, May Z, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance of the Act of Congress approved,
May 10th, 1878, the Penn-Nevada Gold
Mining and Milling Company, a corpora
ton, by f. c. Edwards. it's attorney in
fact, whose postoffice address is Gold
field, Esmeralda County. Nevada, is
about to apply to the United States for
Patent for the Peacock, Peacock No. /,
and Eureka No. 9 Lodes, bearing gold
and silver, being u. s. Survey No. 3420,
situated in Sections rs and 35, T.. 2 s.,
r. Al E., Mt. Diablo Il. and M, in Gold
Nevada, Recorded in Book X, page 4S9,
and Book j. page 631. in the office of the
County Recorder of said Esmeralda
County, and described as follows, to-
wit:
Beginning at corner No. l, whence the
S. u Cor. of Sec. 26 T. 2 s., r. Al f.,
Mt. Diablo B. and M. bears S. 49, So 80"
603.62 IT. to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 6S0
2S' w. 1900 IT. to Cor. No. 81; thence N.
Is Is w. 603.62 TT. to Cor. No. A; thence
F. So 2S' E. 1900 fl. to Cor. No. l, the
place OF beginning.
Peacock NO. / Lode.
Beginning at Cor. 1. whence the S. 4
Cor. of Sec. &c, T. S. 2 r. Al B.. Mi.
Diablo B. and M. bears S. 1so Sc 80" W.
1892 IT; thence N. 15o 10 E. 6O3.62 it.
IT. to Cor. No. 81; thence S. 15o is, ".
603.62 IT. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 6So %;
~. 1900 1T. to Cor. Nc. l. the place of
beginning.
Eureka No. 3 Lode.
Beginning at Cor. No. /, whence the
s. u Cor. Sec. rs, L. = s., N. Al q. Mt.
Diablo b. and NJ. bears 70 "a, e. i52.O2
It; thence s. 74o As f. 900 #. to Cor. No.
=: thence \. IT, t. f., 1900 #. to Cor.
4; thence S. 15' 15' W., 1900 IT. to
cor. NO. J., the place OF beginning. varia-
lions at all corners 15' 3OF E., containing
oi.ysS acres; No adjoining of conflicting
survey.
Dated and posted on the ground, this
lst of February, 1903.
Gold Mining and Milling
Company.
By +. C.. EDWARDS.
Its Attorney in Fact.
LOUIS J. COIN, Register.
May Is.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
Eureka Mo. q I.od.
Nor1cE.

SotAtTs ~ "a AtulntI, w. w.
Sturgess, AL. c. Gray:
You are hereby notified that during
the year ending December 81, 1905. the
undersigned has expended one hundred
dollars In labor and improvements upon
each OF the following group of lode min
ing claims: Johnny. Johnny Extension
Mhite Quartz. Red Bluff. Pink Quartz.
IN Goldheld mining district, county of
Esmeraida, state of Nevada, located
March. as0f. recorded in Book K. in
OF holding said mining claims under the
provision OF section 1924. Revised Stat
utes OF United States; and. II at the ex-
piration of ninety days after the date
hereof you shall fail or refuse to on
tribute your proportion of the expendi-
interest In the said. claims shall become
the property Of the undersigned, who
mas made the expenditure required by
May 15-13t.