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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09
BABY FLORENCEA THRILLER
in LAST MONTH OF LEASE

Golden eagles are screaming in each bucket that eomes mn ,h.
Baby Florence shaft, and this lease, which expires oil February 6 Will 90
out Of existence in a blaze of glory and whmlwind of production tat
may place 1t Vt the head of all those that have been the sensation NJ M
camp, should its present ore bodies hold out.
or tn past week or more there has been a particularly good show.
ing IN ms lease which at various times in its history has been clasWd
among the "thrilcrs, y but the disclosures made during the last two davs
put anything else 1T bas ever shown far back into the shade.
Three Get If solid ore, the entire width of which YESTERDAY lmke at
an average OF Sl6O per ton, is in sight in a drift to the north from near
the breast o the east crosscut o the 150foot level. and viemg with II
for hst honors rs another ore body that is being developed through a
drft to TIT south on this IA level, but on an entirely different vein.
and about 10 feet back lin the erosscut.
In the latter place there is a streak of .spicture -, o,~ arout ttree
inches wide which will n from $4,000 to $40 900 pert ton am awocatod
with it arc from two to three, feet of ore that will run 500 nor tor or
better as 1t is broken in the stope.
These figures are lot guess work, but arc verified by Superintendent
Charles A. Gehrmann of the Goldfeld Florence Mining COMPANY. mon
which estate the Baby Florence lease is situated.
m n?idlty with wheh thu bonanza ain the north drift has developed
during the past few days ca he shown by the fact that last Tuesday m
breast of the drift, then in about twenty feet from the crosseut carried
only milling values, although the three foot vein "a lille from vail to
vail with a sohd body of sulphide ore. On Thursday the average values
had raised to $lO2 per ton, but yesterday morning they made n record
breaking jump and landed at $500. A raise IA put up OF this streak
eight fee before the day was over, with an even better showing il the
top than where the raise wa started.
Arrangements were Immediately put under n for doublir to
hosting capacity of the lease by securing a lew hoist to be mt into
commission N the old Wallace shaft, near the present working shat. am I
this will be in place today. Where 80 men we're On the payroll Tuesday 4
all the mn that car be crowded into the mine will be put N 10Y There 1
will probably be a hundred before the end of the coming week. Il IS 4
Feverlsh haste marIs every development and preparations are bGnp 4
made for forcing the output up to $50 tons per day, or more if it can 4
possibly be handled. -Four additional xhorse teams have been ordered 4
the mine, and if the Baby Florence does not break some of the biggest i
leasing records in the camp during the next twenty eight davs. IL will Z
lot because the present outlook does not Justify that prediction. !
+ + Z
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09
$26l47,0 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $lOyS Los
RED TOP IN
BIG SHOOT OF HIGH GRADE

rwIve feet of ore that will ship at from 800 to 5000 per ton IS It rs
len in he top is the marvellous showing tina is o IN sight IN me
ur.a.rdated Red Ton lease, controlled by John Donnelan q Co., IN the
81 Toc claim f the Golfcld Consolidated estate. The ore is spreading
- direction with each round of holes-up, down sideways
IN :, believed that a bonanza has been disclosed of such startling proper
ions hat it will rank high among the greatest o. those which made
Gollfed famous. -, ,-
-" From a pinched up streak a few days ago, the ore has widened like
CON and beyond the most extravagant expectations which nave peh IN
,ertained by reason of the splendid promise during recent development
en- lease. This is a continuation OF the or lenses which rave been noted
Jnpg TN past two or three weeks but beside which tn sdosur OF
.ha nst pale into insignifcance. 1t lies between the = n 3oofoot
,ovois and is being developed in a southerly direction oward the Con
soI;datedc company s shaft on the Red Top.
M pre- VA first encountered on the 3OOfoot level A stope va
started hut when it had got well under way the tense narrowed to a
nall streak; then it opened again rs the raise as continued, then
s;nahad again. b. mt rot without having shown the presence of picture ore.
r Once more the narrow streak spread out, n showed more thigh
ouoac,, han ever. This ws about tel days ago. Then it pinehed again,
s Though trvingt to conceal the riches which lay beyond.
q" The' Inc was there. however. and under the pounding of power drills
thu barner IA swiftly battered down, and a marvellous storehouse OF
Golden wealth disclosed. Like a flying wedge it opened. Its boundaries
are yet unknown. .u "a. So 100
ASSAYS of sos, $3.50 and 81 TAG, and the entire width wi break good fol
s15 pr ton Returns on 107 m Just received confirm these hgures.
The drift OF the 3Oofoot level is nov being extended south to catch
tho oe shoot on its downward pitch, and that it is nearing 1T is indicated
by the $50 values which the breast now shows They still have o feet
b. dr;ve before the south sidehne is reached, and there is every indication
that the ore may prove continuous to that point and beyond or tn
rift low being extended north from the Red Top shaft toward thu Dom
neTan & CO. lease is proving up a immense ore body regarding which
most sensational but unconfrmed, rumors have been prevalent or ev-
eal days.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09
O. D. CONSOLIDATED STRIKE

An important strike is reported this week OF the Goldfeld {. O d
Consolidated company's ground, in company workings, OF the line Ovid
ing the Gold Bar and Victor lodes. Good values have been found
at times through the workings between and connecting the two shafts, but
the recent strike vas made in a Wine sunk even feet deep at the ESQ
foot level Fifteen inches of orr that sampled $1S4 per ton, without
sorting, as opened Wednesday, and has been more than holding its "
as development progresses
The quartz shows some free gold, and paintings gave coarse gold.
The ore is being saved for shipment, and a drlft Will be extended ron
the 800 foot level to catch the shoot while the winze is being nun to
make connections.
Some good ore has been produced from the Gold Bar and the Victor
in the past, and small strngers o. high grade equal to any yer produced
in the camp have been found here. There is a large moun of milling
grade N sight, and the company is planning to erect a mill this year 1t
a cost of $250000.
Lessees are actively at work in all parts of the big acreage. An
eastern company has secured a lease oil the north end of the Gold lar
claim. where there is a shaft down wei 500 feet. and will within the
near future start the work of lowering the shaft to a depth OF loo Feet.
The shaft is equipped with a good hoist and is well timbered
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09

the great low grade ore reserves in the
mine are attacked.
Plans for Future
A comprehensive plan of develop
ment work to connect the workings of
all the old leases has been mapped, and
a crosscut is now being run from the
bottom of the Engineers shaft to get
under the main Florence shaft, where
connections will be made by an up
raise of about 200 feet. This crosscut
gives a depth of $50 feet below the
collar of the main shaft at the west
side of the mill. 1t is said that some
of the richest ore ever opened in the
mine has been developed by this cross
cut, and adding immensely to the
known extent of the wealth of this
phenomenal piece of territory.
I'VE have been taking our time III
starting the mill to running SAID
President Lockhart, "becausc We
wanted everything in perfect running
order when we did start, 50 hat we
would not run a few days and then
have to shut down to make changes
which undue haste might make neces
sary. We could have put on an army
of men and rushed the work, but did
not think it wise to do so.
Big Mill Reserves
GAS to the future policy of the com
pany, it is certain that there will be n,
more leasing on the Florence groun,
after the present leases expire in tn,
neal future. While il is true tina
practically all of the ground so far de
veloped has been done by ~leasers, an,
that they have opened ore bodies whiel
have produced millions of dollars. thcr,
is another side to the question, which
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09
GOLDFIELD DIVIDENDS PAID
TO JAM. |, 1909, $lO,8Gl ,657

The following is the mst accurate and complete compilation of the profits
made from Godfed mines and eases from te ncentmn az tho ..nn ma, Ia.
70 mol = as ounrato as noms,Io rhoroh ma 49, - 10
Of Tho eamo hut mona bro boon oouvh.o go 80 -, -. ,.e. -.
tho nro1uctioD cf the earlv leass wbieb usv mc luuo ana mhah "a 80
before ,ecurataIv o;vau bec,use Of thu be5tancY ,f to 1o.sam - 80 -
nosed TO be ,avinc royaItos q, axroo thar EN- n~oana4;on NJ NJ. II ~.
ima hamaam; - =. .. a.. -
' ~ sf' "' P"a"'@"" a' "e Poh'so AIRY nay leases,
as wei as OF latterday operators. h total amount of profits taken nd dis
trhued from the Goldfeld mines and leases to this time. is so so. 657. This is
under rather thar over the actual profits of Goldfed mining.
Besides, the Godfcd Consolidated directory will meet Monday. On that
DAY III Is expected matt the onsoldated VIII announce a resumption of dividends.
1t is believed that this dividend will be about 30 cents If this be so then the
dividend to be distributed will be not less thai 100000, which really should
be added to the dividends of 1905, as the dividend Was made during that yeaf
Adding this dividend madr to hose declared anap aH@ he total ano5at xrmil{
be $1ls 8 1857 or nearly if lot quite $l2000O00. !
To these dividends paid, IS showing the earnings Of the mines Of the dis /
srlct should be adued the surplus IN the treasure Oft the various c0manhs The
Consolidate will have about a million on hand afer paving its dividend Nh
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09
ENCHANTING STORY OF THE
WORLDS RICHEST CAMP
In Four Short Years, in the Midst of a HabitIess
Desert There Springs Up An Empire in Riches
and Population, That Challenges the
WOnderment of the Whole World

Five years ago Goldfeld was but a win'lswept and
; trackless desert. Today Goldfeld is the metropolis IF
Nevada and the greatest gold camp that the world has
ever known.
The first location in the Goldfeld district was made
) on the Goth of October, 1903, when Harry Stimler,
, staked by George Wingfeld, located the SANDSTONE.
, From that time to the date of this writing, a little
more than five years, the history of the Goldfeld dis
? trict is rcpiete with stories of 9 strikes that read like
fairy tales. Millions of dollars have been taken out b.
; leasers and widely distributed among the many thou
sand investors who took the gambler chance. Other
millions have been distributed among the many who
invested their money in the stocks of the parent min
ing companies. During this short interval, the output
of the mines has been over $26, 600, 900, while nearly
81, 100000 have been distributed in profits.
Who has not heard or read of the fortunes that were
made by those who bought Mohawk stock at II to ID
cents and sold at from SIS to $40 a share; who has
not heard of the enormous profits made by investors IN
, leasing stocks in the many companies operating on the
Florence; who has not heard of the fabulously rich
ore bodies so frequently discovered in the mines of
this district, ore SO rich that the tales of the Arabian
Nights pale into insignifcance.
Goldfeld, yesterday a tented camp on the wind
swept desert, is today a city of twenty thousand inhab-
itants, modern in every respect, with graded streets.
handsome and substantially built school houses and
public buildings, paid fire department and exceptional
telephone, telegraph and railroad facilities, adequate
water supply, handsome residences and the finest eli
mate in the land.
The growth of Goldfeld has been a repetition IF
the development of other great mining camps in this
country in an exaggerated form. After the first ex-
citement that followed the discovery of gold on the
Sandstone, which nearly depopulated Tonopah and
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09
COL DFIELD'S PRODUCTION
TO JAN. i, 1909, $26,l47,OOO

The following table shows the enormous production of the mines n leases
in the Goldeld district since thu first strike was made fe year ago, a total
GROSS production of $25,5f.OO0. The actual amounts credited to the various
nopertesa arc in man Eases estimated, but where official figures were lot ID
care hs been exercised to avoid owe restimaton.
Godfed Consolidated Mines Co.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-09

other camps in the state for a time, there ensued a
period of depression, comparatively speaking, until
the remarkable find in the Hayes-Monnette lease on the
Mohawk which electrified the mining world and caused
a frenzy of speculation such as the world never saw.
Stocks jumped from nothing to a dollar a share over
night and fortunes were made every hour of the day.
True, bad stocks benefited with the good and the pup.
lie bought wildcats as freely as it did the stocks of
companies with genuine merit. But who could tell
what was a wildcat and what was not; even the Mo
hawk was considered a wildcat up to the time the great
strike that was to stamp it as the richest gold mine III
the world was made.
The Mohawk was not the only big mine that was
opened up in the early days of the camp. Before the
Mohawk began to give up it's treasures the Combina-
ton was producing ore of extraordinary richness. This
property, which was sold for $4,000 to Chicago men
after almost interminable negotiations, produced in ex-
cess of 100000 within a few months of the closing
of the deal, making fortunes for it's new owners, to be
sold later to the newly organized Goldfeld Consol-
idated for ~$4,o00,o00. 1t has produced more than that
amount already and has millions more blocked out in
its extensive workings.
The great Jumbo mine, which has laid practically
undeveloped for the last two years, because the Con
solidated company was busy with its other holdings.
produced over So, 100000 in one year, all of which was
taken out by leasers within a couple of hundred feet If
the surface. January Jones took out a quarter of a
million from a comparatively shallow shaft on the
ground of the Goldfeld Mines company, now a Con
solidated property, adjoining the Combination; for-
tunes were dug from the depths of the Sandstone and
the Kendall, its %neighbor, or rather scraped from the
surface, while the Red Top, the Velvet, the ST. Ives,
the Combination Fraction, the Simmerone and a score
of minor properties contributed to the fame of the
camp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-29
PERSONALS


Elmer Gleason and Ray Shellhamer
spent Sunday in Stevens Point
Clarence Christensen left Monday
for Loyal to visit relatives.
Ben Hansen left Monday for Chi
cago on business.
Russell Hansen went to Rhineland-
er Monday on business.
Miss Grace Kruger spent Sunday
in Kellner visiting friends.
Martin Hoenefeldt of Vesper was
in this city on business Monday.
Alfred Voigt and Allen Woodell
left Monday for Loyal on business.
Mrs. F. H. Otto and Grandma
Otto spent Sunday at Vesper
Clyde Herrick of Nekoosa trans
acted business in this city Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reinholt Neitzel went
to Green Bay Sunday to visit friends.
Miss Fern Love spent Sunday with
her cousin, Miss Ramona Piffner at
Stevens Point.
Mrs. Nels Laramie, Sr., spent Sun
day with her daughter, Mrs. Belle
Anderson, at Stevens Point.
Dominick Reiland of Appleton
spent Sunday in this city with rel
atives.
Mrs. Sophia Blankenburg returned
Saturday from Milwaukee, where she
has been spending some time
Miss Elsie Book left Sunday for
Dale to visit her parents for some
time.
Mrs Chas. Duncan left Monday for
Oshkosh to consult Dr. Oviat She
has not been we'll for some time.
Mrs. ]. Welsh returned Saturday
from Nekoosa, where she had been
visiting friends.
Miss Hattie Armstrong spent Sun
day at KnoWlton the guest of Mrs.
Il. C. Gunther.
Miss Harriet Heiser, who has been
visiting her brother, John, left Sun
day for her home in Green Bay.
Mrs. r. E. Mcfarland and niece,
Nora Bender, left Sunday for Black
Greek to visit relatives.
Miss Louise Sharkey is spend
ing a few days at her home in Ru-
dolph.
Mrs. Edna Armstrong and daughter
Marion, went to Bancroft Monday to
visit friends.
George Mullen, who has a position
in Wausau spent Sunday in this city
with his parents.
Miss Joyce Hatteberg of MarshfieId
arrived Monday to spend a week in.
this city.
Ruth Rozell of Plainfield arrived
Monday to spend a few weeks with
relatives in this city.
Edwin WenzeI and Edward Tanghe
of Milwaukee were guests at the
Herman Wachs home over Sunday.
Mrs. Clinton Molten and son,
James, of Wausau are in this city
for an extended visit with relatives.
Miss Imogene Moss, finisher for
o. p Mcneil, spent Sunday at her
home in Seymour
Mrs. Lutz and daughter, Mayme, of
Marshfield were guests at the Kuntz
home in this city over Sunday.
Mrs. L. j. Ule and daughter are
visiting relatives in Stevens Point for
"a few days.
Mrs. l. Baruch left Saturday for
Merrill, where she will visit at the
~Heineman home for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Bauer and
daughter, Estelain, of Levensworth,
Texas, spent several days at the
SKuntz home in this city.
Miss Christina Jacobs of Stevens
Point, who has been visiting Miss
Stella Douville for several days, left
for her home Monday.
John Rasmussen has just finished
laying a cement walk and curling
in front of the Mat Schlig residence
Oh Third avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Reichel and
son, Freddie, left Sunday for Stur-
geon Bay to visit relatives and
friends for a short time
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-29

III A<ShOOSd WISHING ITl6nQS.
Mrs. J. A Jackson of Rudolph was
in this city Friday visiting friends.
Mrs. John Berringer of Wausau is
visiting relatives in this city.
VIM. Marceau of Rudolph trans
acted business in this city Monday.
Clarence Emmes is visiting friends
in Rudolph this week.
Edward Van VIE went to Wausau
Tuesday on business
Joe Helm Of Stevens Point was in
this city on business Tuesday.
Miss Luella Jackson departed Fri
day for Milwaukee to visit friends for
a few weeks.
Ernest Rossiter of Port Edwards
was in this city ON business Fri
day
Miss Myrtle Rowland returned Fri
day from Nekoosa, where she has
been visiting friends for few days.
Miss Margaret Lindsey of Toma-
hawk is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Barbara Bever, in this city.
Robert Morse returned Friday from
| Waupaca, where he has been attend
ing court He drove back in his car.
Judge Webb arrived home Thursday
from Waupaca, where he has been
holding Circuit court.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Lintner of Han
cock arrived Friday to visit at the
A. Gibbs home for few days
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. DeGuere left
Tuesday for Milwaukee to spend
few days
Mrs. D. J. Hayes of Milwaukee ar
rived Tuesday to visit relatives and
friends in this city.
P. A. Williams, A. w. Pors and
Oscar Lindeman of Marshfield were
visitors in our city Tuesday
Miss Kitty Finch left for her home
in New Rome Monday, after spending
few days with friends in this city.
Miss Florence Rafftery of ST. Paul,
Mimi, arrived Tuesday to visit Miss
Mae Griffin
Misses Anna Kayser and Nina
Carlson were Green Bay visitors
Sunday
Mrs Edward Rafftery of Marsh
field was a guest at the M. Griffin
home between trains Tuesday.
Mrs. A. G. Miller returned Satur-
day from Mcmillan, where she had
been visiting her mother.
James Brockman returned Tuesday
from Marshfield, where he had been
On business.
Miss Mae Griffin returned Satur-
day from Oakfield, where she had
Miss Beulah Marceau, who has
been visiting friends in Nekoosa for
several days, returned to her home
in this city Monday.
Mrs. Sarah Baldwin of Mauston,
who has been visiting friends in
this city, left Monday for Abbotts-
ford.
Mrs. J. D. Short, who has been
this city, left Monday for her home
in Schofield
f. MacKinnon, who was in the
city on business Monday, returned to
Hazelhurst Tuesday, where the fam
lily are camping.
Mrs. Geo. Gibson left Tuesday for
Prairie du Chen to receive treat
ments for rheumatism at a hospital
in that city.
Mrs. Herman Loock and children,
Carl and Harold, who have been Wis
iting relatives at Babcock a few
days, returned home Monday
Miss Helen Kroner returned Mon
day from Stevens Point, where she
has been visiting friends for some
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fox were in
the city between trains Friday on
their way from Merrill to their home
in Plainfield
John Ernser, driver for J. r. Ra-
gan's furniture store, who has been
laid up with a sore eye, resumed his
position Friday afternoon.
Mrs W. F. Parker and daughter,
Veda, and Mrs. S. Adams of Stew
ems Point are guests at the home
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-29

and children,
left Monday
ltiyes. Curtis
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-07
Inc 1909 Wedding Dress Of Draped Satin

arc turned back cuffs aud a turnover col
lar fastening with a board SILK tie. Such
coat. made OF stone gray silky mobalr
VIII be worn by the Easter bride over
light silk and lingerie frocks duriue the
summer and Will be useful on the warm
aut1mn days when light cotton gowns
look nimsy yet The weather Is too sultry
for the crisp fail suit OF wool.
When tho bride Dimes out.
The sprIue bride has little need Of
elaborate evening costumes BY tho time
the wedding trip Is over and the younS
pair are back In town, society has gone
to sleep for The summcr--so for ms urban
entertainments arc concerned land except
for n few June weddings, taking place
In the daS time. there Wln be no call
for the 'glud clothes" Of the trousscau
Two pretty dinner gowns there should
be- for tho bride Will inevitably be dlncd
and wlncd many tlmos. These dinner
gowns need not be OF expensive ma
terlnlS. but they should he gIuccml and
smart with trailing s6irtS, and one
shontd be In scmldccolletc effect. the
other having a high yoke OF some very
sheer material for restaurant wear or
Tor Informal dinncrS. These gowns must
be In onc-picoo effect, If there is a
bodice OF sheer fabric 1t must match tho
color OF the skirt exactly and high
girdlc or shoulder straps must suggest
the wholc-gOwn Idea Nothing is Ia worse
tnstc for dinner wear tbuu the separate
waist and skirt suggestion
The Black FrocIS n Dinner standby
This year blnck Is extremely fnshlon-
aplc' ana next winter promises TO sec IL
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-07

I'm quite as high favor for deEi-tollcttcs.
Therefore, The frugal bride viii bc sure
10 own ot least ono useful blnck dress OF
net or chiffon over satin Black satin
gowns are seen. but this fabric IL npt
Ia make even tho prcttcst woman look
several years older If uurclleyod by my
ntry clouding Of softer material The net
or chiffon oycr-drapcry should ba built
over satin frocS. nodded To- the Ggurc
but tho drnpcry should hang straight
from the bust or shoulder md should
follow the clinGlog lines Of the skirt.
Flounccs arc absolutely out ct date and
n tlounccd net or chiffon frock. no mat
ter how pretty It might be 10 itself. would
be marked MS bopclcSsly out OF date
Gold and silver trimmings are both
very effective with black costumes and
Wien my Of this trimming is shown on
n gown n 1llct OF gold or silver ribbon
TO match Should be worn In tho hair
jet Is very fashionable, and many OF the
smart black costumes for gasli2ht wear
have jet beaded panels Scquln sewn emf
Ion Surpllccs, or net skirts embroidered
with cut jet beads. Jet trimmings. how
ever. must be very sklllfully managed
or 1t Will suggest middle ago aud pom
derous matroDly dignity
Every Trousscnu Boastr One
Evening Wrap.
For wear over thn dinner frock-and,
In fnct, to give inestimablc service on
hundreds of occasions, there viii be a
long wrap OF some warm material: either
OF broadcIoth in smart and not too
delicate shade. or of satin. trimmed with
gold and interlined with 0annel This
wrap VIII be made In capc style. md |