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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
EXPERT SAMPLES TAILINGs
FROM OLD WHEELER MILL

G.. G. Smith arrived in Yerington
Tuesday from Pine Grove where he has
Leen engaged for several weeks past in
making metallurgical tests on the tail
ings from the old Wheeler mill in that
district, says the Yerington Times. The
tests were made for the s. G.. Palmer
Mining company of California, who are
considering doing extensive work in
this locality. 1t is understood that the
tests proved highly satisfactory, which
means bright prospects for this old
camp in the spring.
Nj. Smith is a well known mining
man on the coast, having had charge Of
mining property in Porto Rico for sew
srs. years, and since leaving South
America has been employed by the s.
q. Palmer mining operators He left
Wednesday for Idaho to erect : cyanide
plsnt in the Black Warrior district for
his company.
In speaking with Mr.. Smith, he said:
:. Although / nave been unable to visit
only a few of the numerous properties
in this district, L have visited Con-
tinuing, he said: "From what l have
seen and heard on the outside, the Yer
ington district promises a great fu-
ture.'
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
THINKS VELVET DISTRICT
HAS A SPLENDID FUTURE

Charles T. sherman, the mining man,
was in Lovelock this week and left
Tuesday evening for his home in SUI
sanvillc, Cal, where he will visit for
three or four weeks before returning TO
the Velvet district, says the Review.
Mr.. Sherman, who is associated with
Messrs. Pearson and Macfarlane in some
promising mining property at Velvet,
The new district, eighteen miles west If
Lovelock, is highly pleased with the
dc development work that has been done
and he has no hesitancy in predicting
a great future for the camp
my associates and myself said
Mr.. Sherman, shave been operating in
that section for the past three months,
and while it is true we have not done a
great deal Of deep mining, it has been
demonstrated that mineral exists there
in paying quantities and all that is re
quired to put the camp on a regular
producing basis is a limited amount III
capital. Not alone is our property
showing up. but there are several Other
operators in the camp and in every case
the best Of results are being obtained.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
GOOD PROSPECTS BEING
OPENED AT WELLINGTON

Dan Sherry was down from Yelling
ton this week, where he is engaged in
mining on the Mexican Girl, one of his
claims adjoining the Yankee Girl on
Taylor Hill from which flattering re-
turns are given as development work
progresses.
Mr.. Sherry, in company with Lige
Beaman and Ike Miller, have a lease
and bond for one year on the Yankee
Girl. On the 30-foot level they have de-
veloped a ledge of gold bearing rock
that yields 800 to the ton.
While on the 65-foot level a good
sized ledge is being worked that assays
over 500 in the yellow metal. Speci-
mems from this latest find were shown
in this Office and it is safe to say that it
would not take many tons to put the
owners in the class of Rockefeller.
just as soon as weather conditions
permit a run of this ore will be made
at Nordyke or the Davidson mills.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

Probably no other mining district in
the state Is experiencing as much good
substantial development, and as little
is being said about it, as the Gold Run
district adjacent to Golconda, says the
Lovelock Review. At the present time
every person who is working in the dis
trict is taking out ore, and most of It
is of a shipping grade, and now and
then a shipment is made, yet nothing
is said of it. On the Gertrude at pres
ent there is probably two cars Of ore
partly sacked that will pay $40 to $50
per ton net when shipped and Seisenop
4 Duncan are adding daily to the ton
mage already extracted. As the prin-
cipal values of this ore are lead and
silver, Mr.. Seisenop will continue TO
hold it and get more ready to ship IS
long as the lead and silver market con
tinues to have a rising tendency.
The leasers on the Nevada Central
are now sinking a shaft to open the
being taken out ON the Gertrude. The
shaft on the Gertrude is only about
fifty feet distant from the end line OF
this c~ompany's property, and the new
shaft is only about one hundred feet
from the Gertrude shaft. Hopes are
entertained that the ore shoots will be
encountered at about thirty feet depth,
the same as in the Gertrude.
There are three men leasing on the
Leadville and two IN the Black Dia-
mond, which claims adjoin, the vein
extending the entire length of both
claims. 1t is understood that another
lease will be granted on the Black
Diamond soon, on a block of ground
adjoining the one already under lease.
Already ore is being taken out that
assays 46S ounces silver; 20 per cent
lead and shipping expenses in gold.
On these two claims is one of the larg-
est and best defined veins in the state
and that the ore is there in proper
grade and quality has been proven by
the shipments that have ben made.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
RUSH TO BLACK CANYON
WHEN SNOW GOES OFF

Shows deep and dreary are impeding
prospectors, miners, mine owners and
prospective leasers over in the Black
Canyon section of the Humboldt min
ing district of Nevada. But when the
SHOWS melt of sufficiently that man
kind can get around in the usual fash
ion, there is going to be one OF the
spectacular rushes Of the season into
this new but achieving section Of Hum
boldt county.
The above is the gist of the report
that George Wilson, one of the Salt
Lakers interested in the Indian Ike
group of claims in Black Canyon,
brought to Zion Thursday, says the
Tribune. Mr.. Wilson has been in this
camp for several days, and he returns
more than ever impressed with the flu
ture possibilities of many properties
there. Mr.. Wilson tried to get over the
Indian Ike territory this visit, but the
SHOWS were so deep that he gave the
task up as hopeless. When asked about
the camp, he said:
"You are going to see a great scram-
BILE over there for leases if the present
struggle to get first class allotments of
is a criterion. Right now there
are many, many more demands for
than there is claims to give them
and it will be the survival of the
%fttest, or the selection of the fittest
as far as the mine owners are con-
They already are coming into
the camp, and some prominent men
have had their representatives there
over various propositions.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
INTEREST CONTINUES IN
RHYoLIrE-PoRPHYRY BEL

Interest continues undated in the
rhyolite and porphyry belt in the north
part of the camp, says the Manhattan
Mail.
The Sunshine Mining company is sink
ing a shaft and is down 100 feet. Two
shifts are working and the shaft will be
put down to the water level before any
drifting is done. In the bottom Of the
shaft is a strong two-foot ledge, carry
ing values ranging from IS to els in
gold. From surface values recovered
from the outcrop, the ore shoot is evil
IDENTIFY about one hundred feet to the
west, and it is probable that a drift
will have to be run to get the best
values. 1t is not known whether the
ore shoot dips to or from the shaft.
On the Wild Bill a shaft is being sunk
on the ledge, near the mouth of the tun-
mel. The entire shaft is in ore, and that
part rich in hematite is being sorted,
preparatory to a mill run. This COM
pany is anxious to procure water SUI
ficient for milling purposes, when it will
erect it's W mill.
On the Sherman ground work is be-
ing carried on, chiefly confined to sink
ing. 1t is probable that this ground
may be Incorporated soon, as it has
been sufficiently developed to show it {,
be meritorious property.
The Morning Star continues to be of
interest to the owners of the ground who
are doing the development work. A
drift is being run from the 12O-foot
level, and the face of drift gives the
same values as found in the shaft.
In the gulch below the Wild Bill a
shaft is being SUM on a placer location
which is proving very satisfactory to
the owners. While bedrock has not
been reached, the owners claim that for
the last twenty-five feet the gravel and
sand has been panning well and when
they reach bedrock they expect to find
good pay.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
BIG NUGGETS IN GRAVEL
OF MANHATTAN PI.ACERS

Nuggets estimated to be worth Eel
800, washed from three and one-haif
yards Of gravel, is the record for a few
hours cleanup last Friday, from the
Barney, Stanley and Clifford placer
lease in the gulch below town, says the
Manhattan Mail. Several of the mug
gets were worth from SO to So each,
while there were any number of them
that would run as high as ST. each, the
remainder of the gold being in mug
gets from a pin-head in size to some as
large as peas. The gravel from which
this cleanup was made was secured at
a depth of forty feet. Saturday and
Sunday six and one,half yards more of
the gravel was washed, and the total
amount from the ten yards, according
to James Barney's estimate, will total
over $3.50.
Contrary to the rule in most of the
other workings, when bedrock was
reached on the Barney lease, water was
not encountered and the ~lessees found II
necessary, in order to extract the mug
gets from the dirt, to haul the gravel IN
the gulch to the Price and Weedman
ease, whose sluice-boxes were used. Mr..
Barney states, however, that the shaft
on this lease is now being run through
bedrock, in the hope of en%countering
water, and that it will be only a matt Il
If IL or Is feet when water in abund-
lnee will be struck.
"Dry-wash' Wilson has fourteen
men at work on his holdings and is run
ling three shifts. The machinery ha
Ill been installed aud Mr.. Wilson i
yoing after the pay dirt for all that
re is worth. His ANY years Of expert
nee in the placer fields of different
sections of the country, show him that
ne is in right in Manhattan, and his
operations arc being watched with great
: interest by the entire community.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
NEW ORE L.ENSE FOUND
IN sEARCHLIGHT PROPERTY

West from the main shaft on the 300
foot level the Searchlight M. 4 Nj.
company a big tense of ore has been
located, says the Bulletin.
The strike is the more elating for the
reason that this particular block If
ground had previously been considered
entirely barren.
Three upraises are under way and all
are in a fancy grade of milling ore. One
horning of ~drillings, seen on Wednes-
day, was good for at least SIS, but this
was better than the general average.
However, as there has been a steady
improvement, it is not at all improb-
able that the average will equal if not
exceed, this handsome figure. The new
Tense is at least $50 feet in length, hav-
ing been proven for this distance.
Manager Carter returned on Wedncs-
day from his trip to northern Cal
~ifornia. He visited a number of the
large mines around Grass Valley and
after inspecting the various styles of
pumps in use has decided to install a
triplex Gould pump. Such a pump has
. guaranteed lifting capacity of 500
gallons 500 feet per minute, or a total
of 100000 gallons per day. 1t will be
electrically driven and mechanical in
it's operation.
While at Grass Valley Mr.. Carter
went down in the famous North Star
mine to a depth Of over a mile. The
ore coming from this mine averages
81 a ton.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
INSURGENTS ARE PUSHING
WAR OVER BLACK BUTTES

Of physicians that are working toward
getting the stockholders of the Dia
rouddeld Black Butte Mining company,
,oc.,ber 70 obtain control of their
-property are making progress right
along.
This week one of the large Erie, Pa,
stockholders has practically agreed 10
swing his 100000 shares toward the
move, while it is likely that William
Hinkel & Co., brokers of San Francisco
will add another $50, 900 share lot to the
side of the stockholders.
A communication received from W..
Hinkel & Co. during the week from
San Francisco offers TO allow the Ho-
boken people one director on the board
and if that proposition is satisfactory
they will, according to their @lettef,
swing the 100000 shares to this side OF
the fight.
The committee answered that letter
as follows:
"You say you would allow us one
representative on the board of directors.
You certainly are not liberal. Your IDEA
of combining is a good one-in fact, Ii
is the effort of this committee to secure
the combined vote of all stockholders.
"We have not, as yet, decided on any
one to represent us, and on that point
we are open to suggestions as to VINO
they shall be, and we would gladly
consider anyone you might suggest. We
have two or three in mind, but none
have been approached. Should you send
us your proxy for the amount of your
holdings, which you place at 100000
shares, you certainly would be entitled
to representation, if by the right man.
eve realize, and will continue 20
realize, our Obligations to those who
have entrusted us with a voting power
of something like 100000 votes ami
more to follow, and we will do our
level best to get men who will give
them and us a square DEAL"
The committee have also issued an
open letter in answer to the attacks
made upon them by brokers. In this
statement they say that stockholders
are foremost, should wake up to their
rights, and brokers should help them
rather than attempt to prejudice them
in the efforts.
"The sooner says the committee,
|''that all concerned take this view OF
the situation and know that it is their
right as we'll as their duty to investi-
gate, and by any and all fair means
protect their interest in any property,
mine or company in which they become
part owner, the better it will prove for
stock jobbing generally. If, however,
in the process of such investigation any
one feels that his toes are being trod
on, he has the privilege to set up a
howl if he so declines.
GAS a committee we are investors in,
and consequently part owners of, the
property of the Diamondfeld Black
Butte Mining company. AS such VIC
intend, on behalf of the minority stock
holders, to use any and all fair means
to know about and protect our entitled
rights in that company
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

Defendants.
The state of Nevada sends greetings to
X. n. Day and Goldfeld Joshua Min
ing company, a corporation, defend
ants.
You and each of you are hereby re-
quired to appear in an action brought
against you by the above named plant
if in the district court of the First
judicial district of the state of Nevada,
in and for the county of Esmeralda,
and to answer the complaint filed there
in, within ten days Exclusive of the
day of service) after the service on you
of this summons, if served within this
county; or, if served out of this coun-
ty, but in this district, within twenty
days; otherwise, within forty days; or
Judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer OF
said complaint.
The said action is brought to have
certificate No. 4 of Goldfeld Joshua
Mining company, now standing in the
name of ID. NJ. Day, intended for de
PENDANT X. n. Day, cancelled and an
nulled; for judgment that said r. n.
Day, defendant, has no right, title or
interest, claim or demand in to or upon
said certificate No. 4, nor the one hun
bred thousand shares of capital stock
of Goldfeld Joshua Mining company
represented by said certificate; for
judgment that the plaintiff is the sole
and only owner of said one hundred
thousand shares of capital stock; for
judgment against said Goldfeld Joshua
Mining company, defendant, that it
execute, issue and deliver to plaintiff
a certificate for said one hundred
thousand shares of it's capital stock in
the place and stead of certificate No.
4, and subject to a certain pool agree
ment set forth in said complaint; and
for such other and further relief as to
the court may seem just in the premises
and for the costs and disbursements of
the plaintiff against defendant Day, as
will more fully appear from the com
plant in said action now ON file with
the clerk of the district court afore-
said. And you are hereby notified that
If you fail to appear and answer said
complaint, as above required. said
plaintiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded III said complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
OF the district court of the First Judi.
eial district of the state of Nevada. in
and for the county of Esmeralda. this
18th day of August in the wear of Our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
eight.
(Seal, district eourt).
Attest:-A true copy.
4. HARDY. Clerk.
BY j. b. ROURKE.
Deputy Clerk.
II. NJ. FARNAM.
! Met.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
MINING NEWS FROM ALL NEVADA
TWO FEET OF 500 ORE
STRUCK IN LOWELL MINE


On January 30th the Sylvanite Miner
stated that the lowell Gold and Copper
Mining company had a big mine AMI
the description of the property given
then and in subsequent issues of that
paper attracted the attention Of many
prominent mining men who have since
examined the property and confirmed
the statement first made in the Miner.
The sulphide ore was first struck in
the mine at a depth of 80 feet and was
followed down to the present depth of
20 feet. In sinking, the pay shoot
dipped to the west side of the shaft
and at the level now reached it was
decided to open up the ore. In starting
to drift on it the pay shoot has been
proved to average two feet wide IN
repeated samples across the face give
values of 800 a ton in god and silver,
of which fully so per cent of the values
are in silver. This high grade shoot is
a sulphide ore showing streaks of quartz
and both brittle and native silver, with
wire silver in the "vugs." Pieces of
selected ore gave assays of over 400
ounces of silver and $40 of gold to the
ton, while specimens would show much
higher values. Alongside this pay
shoot the drift shows nearly three feet
of ore of lower grade, but highly pay
able shipping ore, the values averaging
from $33 to $35 a ton. Until the en-
tire ore body has been thoroughly ex-
plored it is quite impossible to esti-
mate it's full extent, hut it is evidently
of great width. The shaft is sunk at
the junction of the main ore body n
a cross vein. This main vein, estimated
by the outcrop, is fully 40 feet wide
and the cross vein about 20 feet wide
and where the shaft has been sunk the
ore is exposed on the surface for a
width of so feet with only one wall UNI
covered. As the smelters will treat this
ore for So a ton and the cost of hauling
and transportation will not exceed
$3.50 the profit on such ore can be read
lily estimated. The company is now
breaking down and sacking ore for
shipment and the force at the mine
will be increased as soon as possible.
The property is daily visited by prac-
teal mining men all of whom predit
that the lowell will make a great mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
DEALS -CONsUMMATED FoR
PROPERTIES NEAR FARRELL.

According to the Tonopah Sun, it is
reported hat United States Senator
George S. Nixon is back of a company
which will operate the Marker prop-
critics near Farrell. A company is to
be organized to take over the Blue
Birds on which a quartz ledge has been
opened up that gives very encouraging
values.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
CHAFEY CAMP IMPRESSES
SALT LAKE MINING MEN

L.. q. Hardy, the local
mining man, returned yesterday from
a visit to the coast, and on his way to
Utah he spent a day or two in the Cha
fey district to get a personal idea as 10
this camps probable future. That his
inspection was favorable to the district
is evident from a few minutes talk
Saturday with the Salt Lake Tribune.
When asked for his opinion of the camp,
he said:
"There is no doubt in my mind of the
permanently of the district, and they
will be milling ores there for the next
twenty-five years. The placer fields,
worked in the early days, radiate every
way from the range that runs through
the district. This placer gold was
found in abundance, and it came from
the strong lodges in the hills, and they
are finding, and will find, tn. continual
tion of these lodges, the upper portion
being worn away as they must have
DCVh III tHC CoAi oSN" - NSAh" IN
large and well defined, and in my opil-
ion the operators will not strike water
level before the 600 or 700-foot levels,
and to that point the character of the
ores is likely to be the same as now
known. The town and camp has a
healthy, steady tone, the town is grow
ing rapidly, the buildings being of a
very substantial nature.
81 went into the Black Hole mine,
the original find of the camp, and was
very much impressed with it. The
company is working in fine ore, and
there are three different leasers on the
same property with the same kind Of
fine resources. / also saw the jewel
box, from which Mr.. Chafey during the
first two months took out 100000
worth of shipping ore. In the camp
are eight foot faces of ore ranging from
$50 to $50 per ton gold, while in these
bodies are st-eaks of high-grade, which,,
when sorted, can be shipped direct to
the market
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
SUMMONS.

In the district court of the First judi
cial district of the state of Nevada,
in and for the county of Esmeralda.
Action brought in the district court
of the First judicial district of the
state of Nevada, in and for the county
of Esmeralda, and the complaint filed
in said county of Esmeralda, in the
office of the clerk of said district court.
C. SCULLY,
Plaintiff
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
Plaintiff,

r. n. DAY AND GOLDFIELD JOS
HUA MINING COMPANY, a cor
poration,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-05
A THIEVES TREASURE CHEST

People passing along the quays of
Dublin some time ago to their work
had their curiosity excited by the spec
tacle of two men sOlemnly gazing
through field or opera glasses into the
river Liffey from Butte bridge, near
the custom house. A crowd naturally
gathered, and when the news was
passed round that the watchers were
detectives there were many bantering
remarks as to a new clew to the lost
crown jewels. Neither of the men with
the glasses took any notice. nor moved
their gaze from the surface of the
river. The tide was going out, and the
sloping river bed could be seen more
clearly through the Swallowing water.
AT length one of the detectives uttered
an exclamation, pointing out something
in the river to his companion, and shut
up his glasses with a snap. A few min
utes later the couple were being rowed
out on the stream in a boat, and soon,
out of the muddy depths of the Liffey,
a large box. the object of their search,
was fished up. 1t was taken to a po-
lice station, and on examination was
found to contain a large quantity of
silver, which, from time to time during
the past few months had disappeared
from various residences in the south of
the city. During the day many own
ers of the missing property called at
the office and were gladdened by the
sight of household goods which they
had never hoped to see again.-Weekly
Telegraph
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-05
A DISAPPEARING PEOPLE

In the extreme south of South Amer
lea lies the Fuegian archipelago inhab-
tied by a now gradually decreasing
race called the Yahgans, says London
paper. The climate of the islands is
most inhospitable and damp and the
inhabitants are said to be the most saw
age and in the lowest state of improve
ment in the world. Their food supply
is scarce and hazardous in the getting,
and to aid themselves in this struggle
for existence the Yahgans construct
dug-out canoes of beech logs and in
these frail craft they venture out on
those storm-swept channels so dreaded
even by mariners equipped with every
aid that science and the shipwright's
skill can produce.
The Yahgans dwellings are of the
rudest and most primitive type-mere-
ly temporary shelter against the bit
ter winds and continuous rain-they
consist of small tree trunks and drift
wood or beech boughs stuck on the
ground and their tops bent over and
lashed together at the center.
AS the Yahgans' existence is purely
nomadic wandering about in search OF
new food supplies, the necessity for