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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-26
STRIKE NEAR SALOME
REVEALS QUARTZ ORE
Latest Discovery Lies in a Different
Part of Winchester District, on
Anaconda Claims of Salt
Lake Man

WINCHESTER, Ariz., via Vicksburg,
April 25.-Another big gold strike has
been made in the Winchester district,
which gives promise Of being as large
as the famous bonanza strike OF March
49, The new strike is located less than
a mile from Winchester and about one
mile and half from the Arizona
Northern, or the bonanza. 1t was un-
covered while the location work was pc
ing done on the Anaconda CLAIMS pc
longing to j. d. Mitchell of Salt Lake,
w. H. Slaughter of Glendale, Arizona,
and j. T. Hemperly of Topeka, Kan.
The newly found ore is different class
of ore from that on the bonanza in that
1t is found in the gold quartz, while the
bonanza is found in the diorite. The
Anaconda claims are two in number
and work is being done at three differ
ent places on the claims. The quartz
veins of fissure are found in the schist
in regular formation and the strong
naturalization is on the diorite con-
facts. The veins have a northWesterly
and southeasterly strike and the diorite
dikes cut the veins at right angles.
At the first excitement anent the big
strike on March 10, Mitchell came into
the district and instead of locating
claims near the Glory Hole he picked
out his present location, selecting the
ground on account of the regular for
nation and the great outcroppings of
gold-b bearing quartz. His first prospect
on the surface revealed the fact that he
had good mineral. He took several
samples and had them assayed and
each assay showed fine values. He
notified his partner, w. H. Slaughter,
and they began to make further inves
tigation. A few days ago they sold a
third interest to Hemperly of Kansas
for good figure and contracts were
let for several prospect holes to be
put down to test the ore bodies and
to their surprise the ore came in far
stronger than was anticipated. shot
in one of these holes today threw out
a large boulder which was filled with
picture gold as rich as any ever found
in the district. The ledge where the
rihc find was made is about two feet
wide and widening with depth.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-26
.LUNING CAMP
ENTERS EAST
COMPANY WILL PROMOTE AT
NEW YORK
SmeIter for District Is Among Various
improvements Planned-Copper-
Iron Property Discloses Vast
Surface Wealth

NEW YORK, April 25.-Samuel L.
Silyerman, a mining man, whose OPP
erations have been so extensive that IL
is hard to localize them and who can
only properly be described as west
ern man, arrived in New York recently
with several of his associates for the
purpose of establishing permanent Of
fees of the Nevada-Paciic Copper
company at 40 Exchange place, and
yesterday during an interview he said
the company had acquired a large
number of copper-iron properties IN
the Luning district, Esmeralda county,
Nevada, which are so rich in ore that
he will not have the slightest diniculty
in producing copper at cents a pound.
In addition to the properties which
have been acquired outright, an option
has been secured on the Copper King
Mining and Smelling company owner
of two famous MayfioWer claims, one
of the richest in Nevada, which was
patented in 1884.
The Nevada Pacific Copper COM
pany has been incorporated under the
laws of the state of Nevada with a
capital stock of $5,000,000, which is d.
vided into 100000 shares of the par
value of So each. OF this amount 100,-
900 shares is preferred stock, bearing
per cent interest and the rest COM
mon stock. There has been placed in
the treasury $4,000 shares OF preferred
stock and 100000 of common stock, the
proceeds of the sale of which will be
used in development, erection of smelt-
ers, etc. The company has also Sc
cured the services of the most COM
petent metallurgists and engineers and
is Differed by western men of wealth
and admitted integrity.
Great Surface Showing
When Mr.. Silverman was seen yes
terday at his office at 40 Exchange
place he said:
1.-The Mayflower claim shows one of
the greatest ore bodies on the surface
that l have ever seen in all my expert
ence. There is in sight, according to
our engineers reports, at least 100000
tons of 514 per cent copper ore with
gold and silver values of about 81 a
ton while six months development
work will uncover at least another
100000 tons
because of it's accessibility and the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-26

" EELER, April 25.-One hundred
IL thousand dollars a month is the
IA capacity which the Four Metals
company claims for it's smelter at
Keller, and which it AYERS will be the
bullion output of the furnace after
May /. 1t will require until then to get
everything in readiness to permit the
smelter to run full blast and to have
the tram from the Cerro Gordo mine in
perfect running order.
During the run just completed the
output has been $500 a day, but this
can be considerably increased, says the
smelter foreman.
And this is by no means the most
startling fact revealed in the condition
of the Four Metals company. Running
at this capacity the management gives
out notice that the Stag pile of the old
Cerro Gordo smelter, at the top of the
mountain, and which the company now
proposes to run through the smelter
again, will run this smelter at this rate
for a full period of four years. In
other words, the company believes in
this Stag pile of the old Union mine,
from which, it is conservatively estt-
mated fully 100000 in silver and lead
were taken years ago. almost $5,00O,000
in ore still remains, and now can be
and will be taken out by the more inn
proved methods of modern smelling.
This does not take into considera-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-26

friable character of this ore it will
yield a profit of SIS a ton. The iron
properties have in sight 100000 tons OF
ore that will range between l per cent
and per cent copper with go per cent
metallic iron and SIPS in gold and sill
yer. This iron would be worth 81 a
ton to any smelter located in the dis
trict.
ut is the intention of the company
to erect a smelter Immediately at the
junction of Indian reserve and Walker
lake by the side of the tracks of the
Southern Pacific railroad. This smelt-
er will not only treat the ores covered
from our own mines but also custom
ores. The location here of a smelter
will obviate a 600-mile haul to Salt
Lake City where the nearest plant is
situated and the advantage to pro-
ducers is obvious especially to those
whose mines yield low grade ores and
who would sustain great loss through
the heavy tolls exacted by the rail-
roads,"
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MINES MINING AND PROSPECTS in GREAT SOUTHWEST REGL(

claim to know it all" Then a new
light came in his eyes and he pointed;
1--WE have sunsets here, too" My En-
glish fails Oh, for Turner's brush
Stephenson's pen! The longer 1 looked
the more grandeur there was. AT last
turned await was too big for me.
Boys Say "Good Luck"
It was time to go and the boys all
came to say Good luck" They looked
me straight in the eye and somehow |
felt they meant it, The driver seemed
different man. AT my request he
talked of the camp life, its works and
it's pleasures. We were at the railroad
in a moment, all too soon. Something,
I know not what, prompted me to re-
peat the old question, And don't you
ever get tired and lonely?" He was
silent moment. then his voice became
doubly earnest. Cant you understand?
These rocky old hills, the desert, the
wild birds, the little flowers, the blue
sky all mean something to us"
/ turned half around and saw the
moon l had not noticed 1t at all the
night before. I could see the lady in
the moon just as plain. Somehow she
seemed to be bending closer to the
earth and shedding a kindlier light on
the desert there. / grasped the hand
of my new-found friend and said: II
believe / can. I am going to- try"
The train was coming. l made anoth-
err mistake. Putting my hand in my
pocket I asked, "And my bill?" And
then 1 bit my lip. He understood,
laughed and said. Come again; you
are welcome any time"
I climbed aboard, but did not enter
the car right away. I wanted another
look backward. The train steamed
city-ward. But some time l am going
back to those dear old hills again.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-26
THINKS PARKER
WILL SOON BOOM
DISTRICT INCLUDING NEEDLES
FORCES AHEAD
Operator in WhippIe Mountain Section
Returns from Inspection Trip with
Optimistic News of Great
Region

John w. Fink, president and general
manager of the D. q w. mine, returned
last week from McNerty, located III
Whipple mountain section, San Ber-
nardino county, seventeen miles from
Parker, Ariz., on the California side OF
the Colorado river. Mr.. Fink was
absent two months supervising the IN
stallation of a new equipment at the
D. and w. property.
indications point to an enormous
boom in the Needles-Parker district
this fall" said Mr.. Fink. THE recent
fabulous strikes have challenged the
attention of great mining capitalists
whose representatives are now quietly
studying the ground and taking options
on various properties. Preparations for
active development on a large scale by
claim owners are now being made. The
throwing open of the government reser-
walton at Parker and the arrangements
for pushing to completion the Santa
Fe cutoff on the California side of the
river are two results of the country 5
development, these in turn being con-
tributing causes of the coming boom.
The marvel to us who have been ope-
rating in this district for years is how
it escaped sensational notice before.
The surface showings of gold and cop
per are simply phenomenal. All that is
now required is deep development to
prove the ore bodies beneath.
Operates Three Years
1.-THE D. and w. Mining company has
been quietly operating for the past
three years Having reached a stage
of development where more powerful
and effective equipment was necessary
we installed our present new plant.
Heretofore we operated with hand
drills, but we are now using machine
drills, operated by a 36-horse power air
compressor, driven by 42-horse power
gasoline engine The air compressor
also supplies the power for our new
station pump, which has capacity of
twenty-five gallons a minute. We use
an additional 1S-horse power gasoline
engine for hosting and to run the fan
for shaft ventilation. This entire equip
ment was contracted for in Los An
geIes. which is destined to be the great
central supply point of the Needles
Parker district.
1.-THE D. and w. is the most highly
equipped and developed property in the
| Whipple mountain section of the dis
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-26
MAKES SECOND PAY
MENT ON LEADVILLE

TOMBSTONE, April 25.-The second
payment on the C. & A. option on part
of the Leadville Mining company group
at CORTLAND, Cochise county, has been
paid, and the company stockholders
have $4,000 more to their credit from
which, it is understood, another divi-
dend is to be paid to the fortunate
stockholders of record.
The G. & A. have a bond covering
the Maid of Sunshine and King Solo
mon mines of the company for 5000, 900.
A first payment of $4,000 was paid in
October last and the second payment
of $4,000 made on Saturday last makes
a total of 100000 cash which has been
applied on the bond price. The re-
mainder of $4,000 falls due on October
II next.
The C. & A. development on these
claims has exposed immense bodies of
ore and it is said enough ore has been
encountered in the exploration and
diamond drill work to warrant the be-
lief that the bond will not be permitted
to lapse. The property is rated among
the most valuable in the district.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-26
GOLDROAD IN NEW
FIELD OF ACTIVITY
EXCAVATES FOR MILLS AND
CYANIDE TANK
Transformer House Nears Completion.
September Is Time Set for In
itaI BIoW-in on Ore
Exposed

KINGMAN, April pa new order
of things is fast assuming shape at
Goldroad. The excavations have been
made for the new mills and the great
cyanide tanks which will do service
The transformer house in when the
power machinery will be placed, is
nearing completion. The new hoist
over shaft No. 1 will set high up on
the hill over the Glory Hole
Everything is hurry and hustle as
preparations are being made to utilize
the electric power which will pour out
from the Kingman plant. AS rapidly
as affairs are pushed. it will probably
be we'll into September before the work
of crushing the great ore body now
exposed begins.
When the new service is ready 1t Is
computed that it will take five years to
work out the one thousand feet-to DE
strictly accurate, 1912 feet-of ore
which is exposed to an average depth
of 600 feet. in the mine, even though
the big rock crusher eat it up at the
rate of $50 tons per day
The new boilers and compressors on
the Tom Reed mine are in place and
the hoist ready for sinking in the 250-
foot shaft, which begin next week
The shaft has gone down in the foot
wall and a crosscpt to the famous ore
body will probably not be made until
200 feet more depth is reached. This
will be watched with interest as a
four-foot vein of high grade ore, which
will give returns of better than $500 a
ton is now exposed to the floor of the
drift on the 250-foot level, to say moth
ing of many feet more of rich milling
ore 1t will probably be the middle OF
July before this cross cut is made.
A suit was brought in the justice
court by James Uncapher against w
]. Wilson and Lester Robertson to re-
gain possession of the Ithica mine at
Mineral Park, claiming that there had
been breach of contract and the mine
was detained unlawfully. A verdict
was rendered for the plaintiff and he
was put in possession of the property
The Ithica is valuable for its turquoise
Weld.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-26
MINERS FIND LIVE
TOAD, THOUSANDS OF
YEARS OLD, IN CELL

BISBEE, Ariz., April 25.-Miners
working in the shaft of the DEM mine
discovered a toad buried in the lime
stone and still alive. The animal was
found at a depth of 1865 feet and the
men on shift at the time felt all sorts
of chilly shivers chasing each other
over their backs when the antedilu-
Wan creature hoped from the little
cavity where it had rested for thou
sands of years. This is not the first
instance of such a discovery, but 1t
probably is the first time in the history
of the Warren district.
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Strike at Las Chispas

BISBEE Ariz., April 25.-Word has
reached here from the Las Chispas
mine in Sonora that a new strike of
remarkably rich ore has been made,
though as yet the extent has not been
learned. The company is working a
force of about 400 men at present.
At the Babicanora mine. which is in
the same locality, a strike of $50 ore,
60 ounces silver and one ounce gold.
was made recently and large tonnage
is said to be blocked out.
The Glenwood post., 1909-10-02

PAGER and the other be gentle that Il
lady might ride it. People saw the
horses enter the alley. but thought
nothing of it.
On Thursday morning Andrew w.
I 8 iilrtte, representing the United States
Fidelity Guaranty company, and
Detective J. w. Erb of the Denver
Pinkerton service arrived in Glenwood
and immediately started thorough in
vestigatiOns of the robbery. There
seemed to be much difference of opin-
ion regarding where the robbers had
their horses stationed while they We're
in the bank, but it is now clearly set
tied that the men followed the follow
ing\ plans; One of the men took his
station at the corner of o Neil 4 Rich
ardson s bottling works ON Colorado
avenue early in the afternoon. He was
seen there by employees of the plant AMI
by people living in the neighborhood.
Later one of the robbers and third
from the barn and rode to Pitkin ave
nue. and east through the alley to the
bottlng works, where the horses were
tied and the two robbers, after holding
a short consultation, left and went
through the alley east to Grand avenue.
They then entered the bank and pulled
Of hn I'd IN
the sidewalk of Seventh and Colorado
and walked back and forth until Re
saw the robbers mount the horses and
he then disappeared, but was later ar
rested. The two men turned their
horses and rode up Colorado avenue to
Eighth street and seemed in no hurry
until ordered by Undersheriff Divilbiss
and Marshal Weidenhammer to halt.
Instead of obeying, they whipped their
horses and went south along Pitkin
avenue and followed the trail as de
scribed above.
The blood hounds from Bucna Vista
also reached the city Thursday morn
ing and were taken Immediately to th ,
spot where the horse was shot under the
robber, A large posse of men was with
them, but after several hours of wan
dering over the hills and back to the
Cardiff road, the dogs were returned to
the city as it seemed they were unable
to render any assistance.
The Glenwood post., 1909-10-02

was impossible to go further, for the
three sides of the canon reached almost
straight up for a distance of from two
to five hundred feet. Leaving the canon
the robbers turned up over dirt slide
and on across the hills toward the south.
In the meantime the first posse TO leave
the city had gone over Grave Yard hill
and failing to see any trace of the rob
bers, had turned south along the fiat
tops, and as the robbers came onto an
open spot two miles from the city they
were seen by Jack Fry, who opened
fire, shooting one of the horses from un
der the rider. An exchange of shots
followed and the robbers, knowing that
armed men were coming behind them,
realized that they must either face a
The Glenwood post., 1909-10-02
Want Baggage Hauled to Get Him Out
of Their Road When Ready to
Pull off Daylight Rob-
berry of Bank
BOY WATCHES ROBBERS MOUNT

Although the air is still full of ru
mors and wild and conflicting state
ments, the Pos has secured few
which tally with what the Post knows
to be absolute facts.
Peter Schebert
This young man is employed by
o Neil 4 Richardson In their bot.ling
works on Colorado avenue, between
Seventh and Eighth streets. He said
81 was at my work that afternoon
and / noticed some fellow, who was
dark complexioned and had a dark
moustache. He came to the corner Of
the alley and walked back and fort i
for "A little time He rolled q cigarette
using brown papers and tobacco from a
sack He was a good cigarette roller.
He then took a seat on one of the beer
kegs which We're standing there. |
watched him, for | thought it was
someone trying to get away with keg
He had been there about half an hour
when ! saw man coming down the
alley from Pitkin avenue. He was
riding the black horse and leading the
other II rode up to the first man and
got off and they tied the horses to the
pole. They stood and talked a couple
of minutes and went on down the alley
toward Grand avenue. went ahead
wit h my work all the time they Were
near me and | did not hear what thew
said. Pretty soon. heard someone
coming down the alley and | looked
The Glenwood post., 1909-10-02
$4,000 Taken From Bank vauIts...An
Armed Posse Chase Bandits
Into Mountains-.-.Shoot
Robbers Horse
BANDITS DODGE THE OFFICERS

the alley. AS soon as the robbers left
us Mr.. Davis and ! hurried into the
bank and he rushed on to Grand avenue
where he gave the alarm. Our loss is
about SIC, 900. but We carry insuranc"
amounting to several thousand more
than that.
Undersheritf Divilbiss, who was pass
ing the bank at the time, rushed ON to
Eighth street in time to see the robbers
as they were laying the whip to their
horses going west on Eighth street.
The undersheritf fired two shots at the
men, but neither shot took effect and
they turned south on Pitkin avenue and
followed that thoroughfare to the city
limits where they turned east toward
up the hill as some unknown man later
told the posse, the robbers skrted the
bottom ana went one mile south ust
east of the poor farm, when they turned
again to the eas. and entered one of the
toughest canons in this sections of the
mountains. Two hundred yards from
en- trail leading to the south and over
the hills, but the robbers either failed
to see this trail or decided to risk max
ing their way on through the canon, for
they continued their course and within
another hundred yards were forced to
dismount and lead their horses along
narrow shelves of rock and across deep
gullies. They reached a point where it
The Glenwood post., 1909-10-02

Citizens bank with my driver. One of
the robbers came up and asked if |
would go to the depot for some bag
gage. He said he would be there by
the time we were and that he would
have the checks. / got out of the wag-
on and my driver went to the depot.
! walked up in front of the drug store
and stood there. In short time We
were told that the bank had been rob-
bed. | went down the street with
Weidenhammer and we We're close to
them when they came up Colorado onto
Eighth. | asked Weidenhammer why
he did not shoot them and he said he
did not have a gun. ] then went to
my barn and got horse and my belt
gun and went out Grand avenue and
then | saw the men turning into the
hills. rode up Grave Yard hill and had
stopped to take down a fence. While
was doing this, Weidenhammer and
the rest of the crowd. including Jack
Fry, Divilbiss and others, came up and
asked me if | was going to the top os
the hill told tLcm | was and if they
would come, we would get the fellows
Sag knew where they would have to
come out ON the trail they had taken.
We went on and were ahead of the
robbers when they showed up where 7
said they would. We were not far
AWAY when we saw the first one appear
He was leading the gray horse and had
the black one tied to the gray The
other man was about twenty yards
back on the trail and kept looking
back. He had Winchester and seem
ed to be sure some one was following
him. When the one leading the horses
stopped, the other came up and they
stood with their backs to us. | asked
Jack Fry if he could not hit them, and
he said, 81 can hit them ninety-nina
times ont of hundred I then said,
Why in h don't you shootf' Then
he and Weidenhammer took a rest AMI
fired three shots, but all they hit was
/ the horse, and that was ON the third
shot, The fellows jumped into the sad
die when they heard the first shot and
looked back along the trail, but at the
second shot they looked our way and
the fellow on the black horse-the
/ other had the money-pulled his gun
/ around to shoot at us, for he had seen
] me under a cedar tree When tho ryrav
/ horse was shot, he wheeled around and
started back and the robber could not
1 hold him. The horse rushed up to tho
edge of the cliff and stopped suddenly
and dropped to his knees The robbcr
| Jumped off and over the cliff Then
the one on the black horse got off and
they went over the cliff into the brush.
We went up to the edge and then the
fellow with the Winchester took a shot
| at us and we got into the brush. Of
course, they kept running and we did
not see them again. j cannot see why
the fellows missed them when they
shot at them when they showed up OIL
the trail, but they did and that is all
there is to it, l found the trail after
that and followed it to the ditch near
the pest house and then lost it and
came to town.
That the robbers knew someone, al
though unarmed, was following them is
thus proven by Mr.. Burnaugh's 8 state
, CONTINUED on Lat Pprsl