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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
WORK rs PROGRESSING ON
BIG SHOPS AT LAS VEGAS

Every week sees the work on the
great shops of the Salt lake road now
h,;lding in this city, moving forward
TO new features of the construction,
saws the Las Vegas Age. The founda-
t;ons for the south half of the machine
shop are now completed. Upon the ar
rival of the first shipment of structural
steel. which is expected within the next
thirty days, the walls will begin to grow
skyward, making startling changes IN
the site where now only huge piles OF
Concrete material and several thousand
cement blocks attract the attention.
The rock-faced blocks of which the
walls will be built up to the sill course
are now ready. Above the sill course
tho blocks will be plain. Additional
material is arriving each day so that
when the steel arrives rapid progress
will be made.
The contract for the 100000 pounds
of steel to be used was let to the
Llewellyn Iron Works of Los Angeles.
This will permit the delivery and trans
p~ortation of the great beams and grid
ers to this city with the least possible
delay. In this connection it is interest
ing to note that the Llewellyn Iron
Works has grown TO be one OF the great
institutions of the West. Only a Few
years ago all steel for building purposes
in Los Angeles was brought In from tne
East or from San Francisco. Inese
works have reached such proportions
that they now compete successfully
with the greatest iron works In the
country and i. is a satisfaction to Vegas
that he steel for our greatest institution
win come from our mother city OF Los
Angeles.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
STRIKE IN RICHARD LEASE
AT PIONEER IS RUM0RED

keeps up its consistent showings, and
at the S2-foot level the bottom of the
shaft is showing values of $26.SO. This
is not clear across the shaft, but in the
tale seam and a stringer of quartz
which is rapidly widening out. The
two shifts are sinking the shaft rapidly
now, and when the 100-foot level is
reached, crosscuts will be started for
the quartzite ledge which outcrops
some so feet to the east of the shaft,
and for the huge brecciated and highly
oxidized and silicifed rhyolite dyke
which outcrops 30 feet to the west of
the shaft. The shaft at the same time
will be continued downward to the 200
foot level. AS the ~porphyry belt which
intervenes between the two lodges is
all highly mineralized, it is believed
that when the lodges are reached at
100 feet, and when the contact is
reached at still greater depth, a great
deposit of rich ore will be encountered.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
SUIT is FILED OVER
HORNSILVER PROPERTY

Hornsilver has come into the lime
light with a real up-to-date mining dis
pute of its very own, and some of the
ablest mining lawyers of Goldfield are
conducting the different sides for the
disputants. The suit is one of r. +.
Mcmillan, ct al, against Mrs. Helen Cot
trell, and is based upon a conflict OF
claims between the two parties to the
suit.
The plaintiffs own the Rustler and the
Snowflake claims, while the defendant
owns the group adjoining them. The
conflict is over some overlapping terri
tory, which both parties claim. Re
Gently the plaintiffs secured an injunc-
ton againrt Mrs. Cottrell to restrain
her from removing ore from the dis
puted territory. Bryant and O'Brier
are attorneys for the defendant and r
l.. Hubbard represents the plaintiffs.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08

/ r. V. LeGrande owned another fourth
and Adams held one-half. A few day.
ago the property was sold to st. Loui.
parties for $40, 900, making a nice clean
up for Mitchell & Fairfield on shor'
notice.
Mr.. Miller brought in a large collec
ton of handsome specimens from the
Hubbard lease, to be exhibited at the
coming session Of the mining congress
The board of county commissioner
this week decided to rent the old
court house at Hawthorne, and it will
be remodelled and turned into a first.
class hotel.
1t is also understood that within SO
days the railroad will have gasoline
motors in service between Thorne and
Hawthorne, which will greatly faeil-
itate travel into the camp.
George Springmeyer of the district
attorneys Office, returned to Goldfeld
last Tuesday from Lucky Boy, with
the news that he had been successful
in securing a lease upon the east half
of the Mountain Lion claim of the
Goldfeld Alamo Mining & Leasing com
pany's ground, in Lucky Boy.
Mr.. Springmeyer went to Lucky Boy
for the purpose of securing the lease
for himself and associates, and is de-
lighted with the ground he has secured.
1t is located about 600 feet from the
shaft of the Hubbard lease on the
Mountain King claim, and a strike made
on the ground adjoining gives him rea-
son to believe that the big ledge of the
property runs directly through the
ground of the lease. Work will be start
ed during the present week upon the
lease.
"Greatest thing / ever saw said
Mr.. Springmeyer, land | can't express
the excitement in words. There must
be easily 1000 people in Hawthorne
and another 1000 in Lucky Boy, and
they are all hustling to beat the band.
Everybody is b~lding, but the scarcity
of lumber binders things a little
Joseph H. Hutchinson and Z. s.
Highley last night closed a deal for the
LeGrande lease on the Mountain King
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
LITIGATION HAS STARTED
in THE PIONEER DISTRICT

and the other minority stockholders.
The Conservative claim was con-
veyed from William j. Tobin to the
Gold Hills Mining and Milling company
on January 2sth last. 1t is claimed
that the Tobins own practically all the
stock of this latter company.
1t is also set forth that the Tobins,
as officers and directors of the Bull
frog Pioneer Gold Mines company,
should have acquired the Conservative
claim for that company and not for
themselves personally. The complaint
further states that, by their possessing
the Conservative claim, the Tobins now
assert apex rights as against the Bull
frog Pioneer company and threaten to
deprive that company of the extra
lateral rights belonging to its BIZ
Metallic No. 3 claim. The defendants
are alleged to be managing the affairs
of the Bullfrog Pioneer company for
their own private and personal gain.
The plaintiffs ask for a temporary
order restraining the Tobins and their
Gold Hills company from disposing of
the whole or any portion of the Con-
sentative claim pending a hearing;
that the said claim be held in trust by
the Gold Hills company for the Bull
frog Pioneer company; that a receiver
be appointed to take charge of the as
sets of the Bullfrog Pioneer company;
that an accounting be made by the
Tobins of the assets and liabilities of
the Bullfrog Pioneer company.
The litigation will not cause any ces-
sation of operations at the Bullfrog
Pioneer %company's property.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08

An unusual performance occurred at
the resuming of operations on the June
Atlanta lease last Monday, when, after
an idleness of more than a year, work
was started in the bottom of the shaft
without a moment 8 delay being neces-
sary for retimbering, pulling water, or
other repairs, and only one bucket OF
muck had to be sent up to admit OF
putting in the round of shots. The
shaft is 23O feet deep, is 4%x9 feet In
the clear, and as straight as a plumb
line.
Some time ago, when preparations
we're under way for resuming work, the
old hoist was replaced by the 5O-h. p.
plant formerly used on the Rosebud
lease on the Florence, but after the
new plant was installed, operations
we're again temporarily suspended. On
Monday when the power was turned on,
everything moved off without a hitch
or delay.
This lease will hereafter be known as
the Nevada Eastern, but it will still be
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
MINING ENGINEER REPORTS
ON vEITH-PLAMENAZ LEASE

Percy Train, a prominent mining en-
gineer of Manhattan, has made a report
for the Mail on the Veith-Plamenaz
lease ON Union No. 9, where a rich strike
has been made. Mr.. Train IS report says
that a brief history of the claim shows
that Union 9 is credited with an actual
gold production of 100000. The Pla-
menaz ground Cease No. l and p was
originally opened up by Pete Bart and
associates, who sunk a shaft to the 100
foot level and stopped out the available
ore, milling 700 tons that amalgamated
$50 per ton. Later Plamenaz and
Veith opened the ledge to a depth OF
235 feet and milled $50 tons of ore
that netted $40 per ton, and they still
have 500 tons of $50 ore on the dump,
extracted from the upper workings.
This seemed to be the extent of the
upper ore body, except where the ledge
left the lease lines and extended into
the Stray Dog ground, where Mr.. Peter
son took out a much larger amount
of ore.
Coming into the ledge at 2S5 feet
point ON the porphyry hanging wall
side was a streak of rich ore that, in a
few feet, widened to six inches, and at
the 800 foot, where the work of sink
ing is now progressing the frst-class
ore is now over a foot wide, and at q
very conservative estimate should aver
age $1,000 per ton. Along the foot wall
side of this rich streak is approximate
ly two feet of sulphide ore that will
carry $33 in gold.
Water level has not yet been reached,
but the ledge is nov at a point where
both the oxidized and the unoxidized
ores occur intermingled in the vein. The
pyrite occurring being the dark gray
variety, in small cubes and ~dodecabrous
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
LEASERS AFTER THE ORE
ON THE ATLANTA GROUP

controlled by j. o. Buckley and asso-
! ciates, of Milwaukee. They are under
contract to continually prosecute sink
ing to a depth of $50 feet, but may also
do lateral work in connection there
with.
There is very little change In the
showing at the Cherokee lease. Drift
ing is still in progress on the ledge re-
Gently struck by the crosscut from the
bottom of the shaft, but within a short
time sinking will be resumed, and the
shaft sent down toward the 1,000-foot
mark.
The new hoist for the Garrison lease
is now on the way from Greenwater,
and should be in operation within the
next two weeks.
An upraise is now being put up from
the $50 level of the Blake lease on the
Atlanta, and assays from $12 to $23 are
being secured.
Development is being energetically
pushed on the Maloney lease, and it is
the intention to soon resume sinking be-
low the 600 level.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08

According to the Rhyolite Bulletin,
litigation has commenced in the Pioneer
district over the Conservative claim,
which was ostensibly purchased some
months ago by the Bullfrog Pioneer
company from the Valley View com
pany. When the big pay shoot was
struck in the Pioneer lease, minority
stockholders in the Valley View com
pany talked of a suit for the restoration
of the claim to the company, stating
that the majority stockholders had sold
the most valuable part of the Valley
View estate-the Conservative adjoin-
ing the Bi-Metallic claim No. 3 where
the Pioneer lease is located-for their
own personal gain. 1t now appears
that the Conservative was again sold,
this time to the Gold Mills Mining
company, in which some of the stock
holders of the Bullfrog Pioneer are the
principal owners. Now, the minority
stockholders of the Bullfrog Pioneer
are alleging that the valuable claim
was sold with intent to defraud them.
Regarding the suit the Bulletin says:
A case has been filed in the district
court of Nye county in which Samuel
II. Bradbury, of Waukeegan, ILL.,, is
the plaintiff and Richard +. Tobin, Will
liam j.. Tobin, the Bullfrog Pioneer
Gold Mines company and the Gold Hills
Mining and Milling company are de-
PENDANTS.
Mr.. Bradbury owns about 10000
shares of the Bullfrog Pioneer Gold
Mines company and represents the
other minority stockholders of that
company indirectly, though they are
not parties to the suit.
The complaint ~recites that plaintiff
is Uniformed and believes and upon
such information and belief alleges that
Defendant Richard +. Tobin and Will
liam J. Tobin are the owners of prae-
tically all of the capital stock in said
defendant corporation, Gold Hills Min
ing and Milling company; that said
corporation was formed or caused to be
formed by said defendants for the pur-
pose of acquiring the Conservative
mining claim and defrauding plaintiff
and other stakeholder in defendant
Bullfrog Pioneer Gold Mines company
in whose behalf this action is brought
of valuable property rights as stock
holders in said corporation"
The complaint further sets forth that
Richard F. Tobin is the president of
the Bullfrog Pioneer Gold Mines com
pany, that William j. Tobin is the
treasurer of that company, and that
both are directors of that company,
and were officers and directors of that
company prior to the time the Gold
Hills Mining and Milling company was
organized by the Tobins to acquire the
Conservative claim. The Tobins are
said to W about 100000 out Of
100000 shares outstanding of the
Bullfrog Pioneer company and there
fore that company is made a party de.
PENDANT to the suit by Mr.. Bradbury
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08

j. f. Mitchell, who returned from
Hawthorne Monday afternoon will
"Johnny" Miller, who has optionec
his Lucky Boy and Alamo groups to the
United States Smelling and Refining
company for $1,5O0,0O0, says that the
camp is going ahead at a phenomenal
pace. and it looks like a big piece OF
none in sight for many OF the leas'
ers on inside territory. Mr.. Miller be-
lieves his option will be taken up with
in the next week or ten days.
New strikes are being made as work
progresses, the possibilities of .he
ground becoming more evident every
day. and estimates on the amount OF
money that will be produced are g'sLg
up like the estimates en- the "Hamp
ton stone of tie Goldfsd Consol
dated.
The population of the camp is grow
ing rapidly, and work is being started
in every direction from the scene of the
first big discovery on the Lucky Boy.
There is a genuine Nevada boom on,
with a solid foundation in the way OF
proven mines, to build upon.
A discovery made a few days ago ~
r.. D. McAfee, 1900 feet northwest
from the Hubbard ground, shows the
richest ore that has yet been found on
the surface, running as high as 44o
ounces in silver and So gold per ton.
This was on ground that had not been
considered particularly favorable by
other leasers.
Ore has already been struck IN the
Mitchell g. Fairfield lease, and
"Johnny" Miller predicts that $soo'
ooo will be taken out from this lease
within the next twelve months. In
faot he is so confident of it that he
bet Mr.. Mitchell a trip to Europe ina
the output will reach that amount.
As an illustration of the quick turns
hat are being made in the new camp
and the demand for ground at constant
" advancing prices, is a deal just con-
spmmated on the Mountain King Ex-
tension. bout a month ago Mr.. Fair
field bought a one-fourth interest IN
+h;s nronertv for $500, from j. f. Clark.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
DAMAGES FOR REFUSAL
TO TRANSFER STOCK

Ely, New, May Gas the result of a
district court decision received for nj
ing by the county clerk yesterday morn
ing Governor Dickerson, ID. w. Ellis,
Tom O'Neill and associates in the Rob
inson Copper Mining company are
liable for the payment of damages to
the amount of $4,000. The decision
came from Judge George Brown, who
forwarded it from Elko. 1t is the out
come of litigation which has been in the
district court of this county for some
months, the suit having been brought
by Fulmer and Ives, as assignees for
stock of the company secured by Mrs
Roy Ives and Earl Hulse in 1906, to
the amount of about 10000 shares. In
that year Mrs. Ives and Hulse had op'
portunity to sell the blocks of stock
which they possessed, provided they
could cut the two big certificates up
into smaller lots and secure their trans
Ter on the books of the company. They
Went to the officers of the company and
asked this privilege. 1t was refused
and they were unable to make disposal
OF their holdings. At that time the
stock was selling around 40 cents pei
snare. 1t declined and is now said t.
De available for less than s cents 4
share. In consequence of the declin,
the suit was brought for damages.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
DIADEM STOCKHOLDERS
ON TOUR OF INSPECTION

George butcher of Newton, n. j., and
Carl l.. Rost of Indianapolis, who aie
two of the heaviest stockholders in tLs
Diadem lease on the Great Bend, are in
Goldfeld to make an inspection
As an evidence Of the faith the back
ers of this lease have in it's outcome,
between $4,000 and 100000 have been
expended in its development. Shaft
sinking is to be resumed and crosseuts
and drifts run at the 500 level t. de-
velepo the three lodges that have been
exposed in the workings above that
point.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
FOUR BIG FACTORS MAKE
MINING OUTLOOK ASSURING

' A survey of the world of mining, considering both its physical Z
= and financial aspect, is certainly most reassuring, and the surprise ia Z
' hat thu public does not show a better appreciation Of the truly ION .
= derful condition. IL yer there IA the making of a DON in mining 4
= W e have the factors now, says the Mining Record. .
= Without detailing all the various camps and what they ire doing .
= let 1t suffice al thist time to contemplate what might be characterized .
? as four big factors in the situation, to wit: GoidfeId, Cobalt. the low. .
= cost copper producers and the discoveries all the time being reported .
= from the desert sections of Arizona, California, and Nevada. .
, AT Goldfeld the leading mine there is rolling u a record. which .
= the wonder is has lot been exploited in every newspaper and magazine .
. in the country. Goldfeld Consolidated il doing greater things than .
= has yer before been accomplished in the history of American gold .
= mining. 1t is maintaining a production record up into the seven figures .
= monthly, and already has paid a 100000 quarterly dividend, with the .
+ promise that future jsbursement will be increased. A further rich .
= discovery has recently been made in the mine, enhancing it's value .
= greatly, and, it is said, vieing in extent with the big finds which in the .
= past had made the mine famous The public, it would seem, lust DON >
Z awaker to a appreciation of the wonderful story of Goldfed Consol .
= idated. .
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
Slit AGAINST FLORENCE
TO COLLECT BULLION TAX

No oue appearing in answer to the notice of the county mai the
Iporenee Mining company show cause why the arbitrary assessment
made h Sheriff Bradley should not be collected, it "a ordered by the
umntvl last Monday that the arbitrary assessment made by the sheriff
sbo.d be allowed to stand, and the district attorney al directed to
. institute proceedings in the courts at once, fol the objection OF tn u
= ion ia from that company.
A pecuiar condition presents the county if affairs are al they ire
. stated. 1t is said that although the Florence has been milling orr fom
tbe company ground and also from several leases, the worn state
. uent of the company for the past quarter is to the effect that there ire
. no proceeds from the mining upon which to levy a bullion tax.
The company explains this by stating that the proceeds of the
. ninesh have been eaten up by the expenses which have been incurred In
= tho oneraton of it's ground and business. 1t is alleged by the county
. hat several leasesh have produced bullion ITO the amount of several
ands 81 thousands of dollars, and that although the parent company
: has ever been paid in.
The arbitrary assessment made by Sheriff Bradley estimated
4 tai IF about $1,000.
1880 =
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-08
BELMONT MAKES FREQUENT
SHIPMENTS OF GOOD ORE

Several small shipments of medium
grade ore have recently been made from
the Belmont mine at "Diamondfeld, and
there are steadily improving indica-
tions that an important body of ore has
been encountered. The Belmont is
working on the same vein that is pro-
ducing the ore on the Daisy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-03-20
BASEBALL FEVER
HITS The PARSONS
BOYS ON THE HILL ANXIOUS TO
GET INTO THE GAME--PRos-
PEcTs ARE BRIGHT AT FARGO
COLLEGE FOR BASEBALL AND
TRACK TEAMS.

The fine spring days lately are Civ
Ing the preachers the. baseball fever
Baseball is the topic of conversation
now among the students on the hill.
The prospects for fast team are
very promising this spring, as nearly
all last years team is back In school
and there is great deal Of good ma
terial among the new students.
Coach Grogan expects to have about
three teams out this spring. from
which he will pick his varsity.
The prospects for a good track team
look pretty good also this year. There
is a great deal of good material in
school and there is no reason why we
can't be out for the state champions
ship.
The dates of the games with the A.
G. in baseball this spring have not vet
been fixed, but 1t Is hoped that the
management of the two institutions
will get together pretty soon and fix
definite dates.
The baseball practice begins next
week in the gym and the boys will
practice there until the weather per-
mits them to get out doors. The coach
intends to get them started in good
shape so that by the time they can get
outside the team will be in pretty good
shape. The season opens early this
year and our first game is a big one,
so that means the boys must get to
work. The season opens with a game
with the University here in Fargo on
May 8.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-03-20
KETCHEL The Man
TO WHIP JOHNSON

New york. March 2o.--Willus Britt,
gives the following reasons for think
ing that KetcheI can take the cham
pionship away from Jack Johnson:
Record for record, KetchePs is the
better. They are matched now and
when they get together Just get down
all you have on Ketchel. Everybody
admits Ketchel to be the best puncher
in the world today. Ketchel can weigh
as much as Sharkey did either time
he met Jeffries, and Sharkey in two
fights with Jeffries went forty five
rounds without being knocked on his
feet.
II am convinced that Jeffries never
will fight johnson. am waiting to
have the match go to Coffroth's club
at colma, Cal, when the men can go
forty-flve rounds, or viii agree to a
ten round bout in New York.
"Ketchel has the best chance against
johnson Of any man in the world, and
both he and are confident of victory
in the coming match"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-03-20
JOHNSON LACKS PUNCH.
Negroes Old Manager Says Jeffries
Would Slaughter Him.


San Francisco, March 20.--Sam Fitz-
patrick, the former manager Of Jack
Johnson yesterday issued statement
about his business affairs with the
heavyweight champion. His remarks
follow: .,.-.
When Jack Johnson came to me
two years and one-half ago he had
been fighting fifteen years and did
not have cent to his name. When
we split up he had $4,000, the heavy
weight championship of the world,
and advertising that would net him
$4,000 a year for at least two years.
That's my answer to Johnsons state
ment from Chicago charging me with
being weak and easily imposed upon
and getting the worst of 1t from
Tommy Burns when the match was
made.
"He has a swelled head and will
have to go his way. There is one
thing, however, that Johnson will
never be able to accuse me of; / never
told him he could lick Jeffries.
was always afraid to tell him that.
Johnson hasn't any punch and if JEFF
fries is right it will be shame to
say what will happen. That may
sound as if | was sore. 1t isn't that.
Johnson knows never gave him that
kind of advice, and he would do well
not to drive Jim in corner.