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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
OIL WELLS WOULD HELP

Should the operators at Oil Basin
strike oil in commercial quantities it is
next to impossible to figure anywhere
near what it would mean to the state o.
Nevada but it would certainly mean
much indeed. To the Yerington dis
trict it would mean that any mining
claim in the district that had any kind
of a showing at all could find a market
for the reason that with fuel oil so close
at hand very low grade ores could be
milled at a paying profit. The smelter
question would be settled and the smelt-
ing of copper ores Of the district would
start within a very short time. A
twenty-barrel well at Oil Basin would
mean that thousands of acres there tina.
are valueless today only for the oil in
dicatiOns would Immediately go to from
800 to $500 per acre, and that the Yer
ington district would be second to none
in the United States. With millions Of
tons of gold and copper ores, thousands
of acres of rich farming soil, an abund-
anee of water and plenty of fuel oil,
why wouldn't it be a great district?-
Yerington Times.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
N A RICH MINE

Paul Klopstock, who is making a
mine at Washington canyon, was in
Austin over Sunday. The shipment of
ore made by him, early in the winter,
gave net returns of $153 to the ton.
The ore shipped was taken from a shaft
on the ledge cropping high up on the
hill, and he is now directing all his en-
ergies in driving = tunnel to tap this
rich shoot at d level much lower down.
With the present progress it will not
take many weeks 70 reach the objective
point.
In the meantime he has interested
seme of the best mining talent in the
state in his mine, and within a few
weeks the property will be exported by
mining engineers from Tonopah. If a
deal IS made it means a fortune for NJ.
.Eitrslock, and it further nit N thst
lis excellent p..rat-- will h:.ve all the
csp,.al necessary to open it up speedily
and tut it in the ranks Of the steady
producers .-Reese River Reveille.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
COPPER FIND AT GARNET

The camp of Garnet, situated eigh-
teen miles east of Nina, is being ac-
lively developed by the Garnet Copper
company of which A. l.. Stewart is
manager. The Tonopah Sun says that
company owns sixty-six claims, divided
into six groups. Twelve men are stead
lily employed developing the various
group Two shafts nave been each
sunk a depth of seventy-five feet AMI
two tunnels recently started are in
thirty and thirty-fve feet respectively.
A large number of open cuts and pits
have exposed copper ores Of commercial
values. Assays from ga to go per cent
copper have been secured from the diff
ferent shafts and tunnels on the prop
erty. Another pleasing feature which
assays have disclosed is the fact that
the ores carry values of 1870 in gold
and silver as well. The camp is right
in the midst of an ample supply of wood
and water is close at hand. Mr.. Stew
art sent out several days ago foodstuffs
and mining tools, amounting to over
$500, purchased from one of the local
merchants.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
! LEAsERs RESUME o

A number of leasers have started up
work on the estate of the Big Pine, and
are busy sinking shafts and running
drifts on the ore bodies disclosed. So
far three shafts are down in close prox-
unity to each other to a depth of about
so feet, and in each case three feet of
ore has been encountered of a milling
grade. The Big Pine estate is most fav-
orably located, being in the vicinity of
the Mayfower and the Riley Fraction,
both good properties. The Big Pine
was n of the star properties of the
camp during the boom, and many leas-
ers were working the ground, but with
out mills, they were unable to make the
ore pay. But with the present milling
facilities there will probably be a great
deal of ore extracted from this ground.
Manhattan Mail.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
TO USE DIAMOND DRILL
ON BEST AND BELCHER

1t has been learned hat the purpose
of the recent visit of DIR. Butterield 10
this city was to arrange plans for the
installing of a diamond drill to prospect
Best & Belcher ground from the Sutro
tunnel level to the $500, says the Vir-
ginia City Chronicle. The drill to be
used is of the same pattern as those
which have been so successfully worked
in prospecting the mines of South
Africa and are also in use at Silver
Peak, at which town DR.. Butterfeld
spent several days inspecting the drill,
which is giving very satisfactory re-
suits. The drill has a three-ineh core
and instead Of reducing the drillings 20
a pulp brings the earth out just in the
formation of the ground through which
it is passing.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
BLUE BELL COMPANY MADE
HIT BY BUYING THE BERLIN

Ludwig Schwabacher of New York
came in from Berlin Tuesday where he
spent several days looking ove the Ber-
lin mines, purchased a few months ago
from the Stokes interests in New York
by the Blue Bell Mining company Of
G~oldfeld, says the Austin Reveille. He
was enthusiastic over the record of bull
lion production made since the property
was taken over by the Goldield man
agement. While the mine has been in
course Of unwatering the mill has been
pounding away on ore that was left on
the dumps. A number of gold bars
have already been sent to the mine,
bringing in a evenu approximatins
$4,000.
The Blue Bell owns a promising acre
age at Goldfeld and has good business
and mining men at the back of it. No
company has made a shrewder o
than was made by these people when
they added the famous producer at Ber-
lin to their assets. The property IS
well equipped and besides being fitted
with all machinery for deep mining It
has a thirty stamp mill, run by water
power. This reduction plant will be
kept busy to its full capacity on ores
mined by the company as soon as the
way is cleared to the deeper levels.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
MINING MARBLE NEAR NINA

Nevada has a new industry. The Ne
vada Black Marble company has made
its first shipment from the quarries
twelve miles southeast of here where i.
has a seemingly inexhaustible deposit
of marble the like of which NJ other
state can show. This black and gold
marble has been passed upon by ex-
perts who pronounce it the true Egyp-
ton variety which has been found only
in Egypt until the discovery was made
in the hills near Nina, says the Herald.
This marble is worth $14 a cubic foot
in New York and at that without cut
ting or polishing, but in the rough as it
comes from the quarry. The shipment
today was one car, 440 cubic feet, sent
to San Francisco. The demand for this
marble is such that the company is as
sured of orders enough to keep twice
the force of FIVE men now employed,
busy for years to come.
The deposit so far as it has been de-
veloped, covers about sixty acres, and
the present cutting shows it to be 200
feet deep with no limit as to the posi-
Bile depth apparent.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
Ida, Esmeralda Co., Jan. Ist, 100

Ida. Esmeralda Co., Jan. LIST, 1909.
To John Best and Sammy Best, or
their assignees:
You are hereby notified that / have
expended 800 in labor, during 1905, On
the Geraldine mine situated in the Ida
Valley mining district, county Of
Esmeralda, state of Nevada. The loea-
tiou certificate of said claim is re-
eorde in the district also in the county
recorders books at Goldfeld, Nevada,
in order to hold said claims under the
provision of section 1924 of the Re-
yised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto, approved
January 22d, 1880, concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amount to hold said mining claim for
the period ending Dec. 31st, 1908. And
if within ninety days after the publica-
ton thereof you fail or refuse to con-
tribute your proportion of such ex-
penditure as co-owner, $50, which
amounts to your interest in the claim,
will become the property of the sub
scriber, your co-owner, who has male
the required expenditure, by the terms
of the above section.
w. c. ROSS,
8. d. ROSS.
Ion q lat
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
COPPER GROUP NEAR BLAIR
aHour.D MAKE ma mi

A mining property that will make
heavy tonnage history and which is
located in the vicinity of Tonopah is
the six claims and fraction comprising
the group owned by Messrs. McMullin
and Stewart, and which is situated nine
miles south of Mclean station, three
miles from Barrel springs and ten miles
north of Blair.
This property has been worked for
the past seven years, though not con
tinuously. Strong copper groupings
were found for over 200 feet and they
commenced sinking on the vein and
have an incline shaft down on the ore
body 100 feet and a erosscut towards
the hanging wall twenty-three feet.
Neither wall of the ore body has been
cut. Assays in the crosscut gave the
following results: Copper, $52; gold,
$50; silver, $104; total, $161.70.
Down the side of the hill 275 feet be-
low the shaft, they have run a crosscus
tunnel which is now in 200 feet and still
has seventy feet to go to get into ore,
which will give better than 250 feet
depth on the ore body. Assays on the
copper content in the rock run from
Is to 40 per cent. The copper occurs in
carbonate form, which at 100 feet depth
is now changing to a sulphide character.
NJ. 7. Michaels of this city secured =
two-year lease and bond on the prop
erty several days ago, and expects to
put a force of men on the ground. The
showing is very good, considering the
amount of work done, and capital will
soon have a chance to get in on a prop
erty that has shipping values in sight
in great abundance. -Tonopah Sun.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE = NEW
LEAF MINING CLAIMS.

To Albert Brinkman and Chas. Vollmer:
You, and each of you are hereby no.
titled that l have expended one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements
upon each of the following named min
ingclaims to wit: The New Leaf No. /
Mining claim, and the New Leaf No. 2
Mining claim as will appear by Ger
tifcate and proof of labor, filed Feb. II,
1908, in the Office of the recorder of
said Nye county, Nevada, in order to
hold said premises under the provisions
of Section 1924, Revised Statutes of the
United States, being the amount re-
CURED to hold the same for the year
ending December 31st, 1908, said claims
being situated in Goldfeld mining dis
trict, said county and state.
And if within ninety days from the
service Of this notice PERSONAL---VERY.
ninety days after this notice by publ
cation, you fail or refuse to contribute
your portion of said expenditure as
said co-owners, your interest in said
mining claims will become the property
of the subscriber, under said Section
1924.
FRED KEMPA.
Dated Jan. 2, 1909-13t.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
NEW GLORY HOLE" OPENED
THREE NILES FROM RAwHrnr

A dispatch from Rawhide avs thst
Cunningham, Rice and partners have
opened a "glory hole" of such vast
wealth three miles southwest of Raw.
hide that it is almost unbelievable. Ont
OF a foot hole, 20 feet long and tbreo
feet and a half wide, they have sacked
~ tons of gold ore that assays indicate
will yield $4,000 per ton. Samples %
the ore In Camps window show a sugar
quartz in 10-pound chunks that ia al.
most all gold. The ground adjoins the
famous Ruby Queens on the south ne..
the camp of Reward. The strike has
caused the greatest excitement eve-
known here.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
ELY SILVER LEAD COPPER
COMPANY SHOWS FAITH

C. r. Fuller, manager, and William
R. Miller, a stakeholder, returned yes
terday from a visit to the property Of
the Ely Silver Lead Copper company,
located nine miles southeast of Ely. In
speaking of their visit this morning,
Mr.. Miller reported f~avorably on the
property and expressed himself as firm
in the belief that the rear future is to
-eeeANSenewal of activity which will
rival the Pafmy-dsys of thirty and
forty years ago, when Numerous for
tunes were CLEANED from these hills,
says the Expositor.
The company is engaged at presen.
in driving a 1,200-foot tunnel on the old
Tammerlane mine and have plans made
for the erection of a compressor in the
spring. Ore taken from the workings
recently shows values averaging sixty
to eighty ounces silver, but the owners
are building their hopes on much richer
results, of which they assert there is
every Indication. Some of the old
shafts at a sixty-foot depth have pro-
duced ore carrying from 800 to 1000
ounces of silver, while individual finds
al much higheE-
Ore taken from these workings nearly
forty years ago was of such high value
that it warranted a haul to Eureka by
oxen, from which place it was shipped
to Salt Lake City by rail.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
ONE LOST NINE STORY
WHICH IS MT A FAKE

There is one ''lost mine' story which
is not a fake, whatever others may be
-or perhaps it is the story of a gold
deposit which white men have not seen.
For years Indians have been bringing
placer gold into Benton for sale, says
the Inyo Register, and the late John +.
Millner bought quantities of it at diff
ferent times. Also some has occasion
ally been brought here and sold. White
people have never been able to elicit
information as to the source of supply.
The Piute patriarch of Long Valley will
extend his simple hospitality to ac-
quaintances, but to inquiries from yer
the best known the most definite in
formation vouchsafed is "You go look,
maybe you find um." 1t is a certainty
that the Indians know of a gold de-
post, probably in the Long Valley
neighborhood, which yields gold with
small labor and limited operation.
Connected with this, in some degree,
is the old story of the lost cement mines
bordering Long Valley. The quest for
them has cost lives, and much time. One
man, Gid Whiteman, gave years to the
search, and finally died in the old
Blaney House at independence, poorer
if anything than when he started out.
Whether natural changes, landslides,
and so on, have covered up the ore of
which the fabulously rich cement was a
part, there are excellent grounds for
believing that the story which started
the years of searching vas true.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
NEW MINING DISTRICT
OPENED. NEAR LovELoCK

On the east slope of our nearest range
of mountains just east of the Big Five
reservoir a new mining camp is surely
coming to the front, says the Lovelock
Tribune. On the ground owned by A.
P. Kensler, Jas. Collins, Chas. Carpen-
ter and j. R. Bunch, a l2-foot ledge
shows up on the surface, which they
have sunk on, and at a depth of l02
feet have assay values of $l75 per ton
in gold, silver, copper and lead, which
is not a bad showing. The owners ex.
pect to open up better values soon. On
ground adjoining the above owned by
VIM. Petit, who has a 23O-foot shaft
and 60 feet in drifts, got better than
$15 per ton, assays in the same metals.
The district has not been named vet.
but will most likely be called the Wild
Horse.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.
Jan Q. 13-t.
J. H. PAPE VS.. JACK DAVIS.

j. II. PAPE VS.. JACK DAVIS.
Under and by virtue of an execution
issued out of the District Court of the
First Judicial District, in and for the
County of Esmeralda, State of Nevada,
and to me directed and delivered for a
judgment rendered in said court, on the
Goth day of November, A. d. 1908, in
favor of j. H. Pape, and against Jack
Davis, for the sum of seven hundred
fifty-eight and 3O-1OO ($75s.3O) dollars,
in lawful money of the United States,
together with costs of suit, and inter-
est l have levied on all the right, title,
claim and interest of said defendant,
of, in, and to the following property,
to witt
Lot 10 in Block 4 of Booth 8 Addi-
tion to the Town of Goldfeld.
Notice is hereby given that on Satur-
day the 9th day of February, 1909 at
two O'Clock P. NJ. of said day, / VIII
sell all the right, title, claim and inter
est of said Jack Davis, of, in and 20
the above described property, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy plaintiffs claim, besides all
costs, interest, and aeeruing costs.
The sale will take place at the front
door of the Court House of Esmeralda
County, at public auction, for cash in
hand, to the highest and best bidder.
Dated, this 18th day of January, A.
d. 1909.
J.. F. BRADLEY, Sheriff,
By ]. P. DONNELLY, Deputy.
J16-4t.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
CUPRIrE SULPHUR BEDS
PROVE GREATER IN AREA

A new strike has been made on the
property of the Cuprite Sulphur Min
ing company, about 1000 feet north
westerly from the old workings, says
the Rhyolite Herald. The prospect hole
penetrated a layer Of shale and came
into one of the most promising deposits
of sulphur as yet opened in the Nevada
field. Chunks of almost pure sulphur,
as large as a man can comfortably han
die, are being taken out Of the hole.
The known area over which the rich
sulphur beds extend is being proven
larger by several new uneoverings, and
i. is now predicted that the Cuprite
field will become one of the most pro-
duetive in the world.
j. f. Austin, president of the com-
pany, advised a Herald reporter that
the big retort is to be built at Cuprite,
at no distant date, so that all of the
material, both high and low grade, may
be converted into powdered sulphur,
which brings the highest market price.
Important discoveries of sulphur and
other metals have been found on claims
in the vicinity of the company's hold
ings. One prospector has opened gold
values around $40 in sand which is iden-
teal with that which lies in the close
proximity of the sulphur deposits. There
is no sulphur in this said, however, as
in the company's workings.
Sandy Mcdonald, of Rhyolite, IS
among those interested in the Cuprite
Sulphur Mining company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
MINING NEWS FROM ALL NEVADA
BONITA DISTRICT GIVES
RICH PROMISE FOR FUTURE

0xOA4 410M4402 ~
With continued work the Bonita dis
tict is proving all that its champions
claimed. 1t has the gold in paying
quantities and it is only a matter of
time when Bonita will be on the regu-
lar producing list, says the Austin
Times.
c. Arson Barker who has been in
terested in Bonita since the camp was
discovered has recently made some good
finds on his ground and will accordingly
extend the scope of his operations. The
Arson Nevada Gold Mining corporation
of which he is manager has lately added
to its holdings by the purchase of the
Bowler Mayett claim. This claim form
erly belonged to George Richardson who
is experimenting operations while Mr..
Barker is in the east on business con.
nected with the company. Several
lodges that will pay handsomely to
mine have been uncovered on company
ground and this year everything posi-
bic to be done to place the company on
a paying basis will be undertaken. Be
sides the new mining ground purchased
the company has become Interested IN
the Bonita TOWNSHIP. This is in an ideal
location and with the growth OF the
mines there is no question about the
place growing into one of Importance
and p~ermanence.
Mr.. Barker was in Austin Tuesday IN
his way to San Francisco from where
he will 90 to New York in the interest
of his company.
OF the general conditions in the
Bonita district, Mr.. Barker said:
.sThere have been a number of new
strikes in the Bonita district this win
ter. Active operations will be started
this spring on a number Of properties
and as the season advances 1 look for
a material increase of mining oil
through the district. On the Bowler
holdings the work under way at present
is bringing to light some splendid gold
bearing ores hat will unquestionably
lead to something attractive and perma-
nent. The gold showings all through
the district were never so good as now
and i do not hesitate to predict that
the camp of Bonita will early become
one of the most productive and best
known in the ~state.'
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
NEW STRIKE NEAR B1A1R

The men employed by E. w. Thomas
to do the annual work on the Victor
group of claims just north of town AMI
lying between the road going to the
valealda and the Mary mine, have
made a discovery of a considerable
quantity of ore which will pay to ship.
The property is in the vicinity of the
Black Warrior, which it is claimed has
ore whose value runs to 1925 per ton,
and upon which several have tried I'M
successfully to obtain a lease. Mr..
Thomas will try to secure a carload
shipment Of the mineral, which is only
mile or so from the railroad Blair
Press.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
NEW STRIKE Exc1rEs JEssuP

A strike vas made a few days ago
while sinking the shaft to a depth Of
80 feet ON the Compass claim at Jessup.
A ledge two feet wide has been discov-
cred which assays go the entire width.
The owners, P. J. Hams Of Lovelock,
C. 8. Holman and g. H. Magee of Gold
field, are very jubilant over their find.
If the development in the next 10 feet
is equivalent to the present indications
the Compass win have all the earmarks
Of . producing mine.
The shaft on the Mary H. claim is be-
ing sunk with rapidity for the purpose
Of systematic mining. Ratli6 & Mach
are working two shifts Of men ON the
Eureka claim who are extracting and
saeking ore preparatory for regular
monthly shipments.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
RICH ORE AT CENTRAL

A report has reached Winnemucca of
a strike made in Old Central district on
the Big Lcde claim, owned by Frank
Nevileir of Milwaukee. The property
is located about a mile from the Sun
rise claim, on which an important strike
was recently made. In a shallow shaft
Nevileir uncovered ore which assays up
to $685. in gold, silver and lead. He
will go ahead with development, believ-
ing that the property will make good as
a mine. The Nevileir strike is on the
gold belt northeasterly from the OLD
considerable excitement in the district.
Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
GOOD REPORTS COME IN
FROM MINES OF SHADYRUN

A. j. Williams ana Attorney f. E.
Winters have returned from the Shady
run district and have a good report CT
the activities of that district, says the
Fallon Standard.
The linn Brothers, of the Nevada
Gold Syndicate Mining company, have
received assays that are very encour-
aging in their 400-foot tunnel in Fond
away canyon. They have a ledge 40
feet wide that carries an average assay
of $40. In another tunnel just below
the one described above but or the
same ledge, they are in 700 feet and
are expecting to tap the ledge they
have in the other tunnel.
Barrow Brothers, who own the Griz-
ely group, nave a tunnel 22O feet long
and have crosscut a ledge of 80 feet
which gives IN average Of $14 per toa.
1t is their intention to start another
tunnel at a different angle to get the
same ledge.
Sullivan and Smith are working their
properties in Shadyrun and have opened
up some very good lodges that with de-
velopment are likely to prove above the
average. Several other people are
there at the present time doing their
development work and much activity is
manifest in that district. In Shanghai
canyon about three miles south of
S~hadyrun Messrs. Bailey & Anderson
are opening up some very good property
and the showings warrant further de-
velopment.