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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24
YERlNG1ON FORESEES
A GOOD TIME COMING

On every hand the impression ap-
pears prevalent that the Yerington DIS
tr;et is slated for a boom this year, says
the Times. Not only will one find this
to lie the case in Reno and other parts
OF the state, but in communities outside
of Nevada. such as Salt Lake and San
Francisco. The glad tidings seems to
have penetrated as far east as New
York, although, of course, in that far
away metropolis the good news has but
slight vogue.
Yerington is favored of the gods.
Mineral is usually hidden in the most
inaccessible and disagreeaLie places
that nature can provide. Barren des-
erts and unwatered wastes are the fav-
ored Repositories for the mineral riches
OF nature. 1t is counted as part of the
cost that man must pay that he must
live amid sordid, unlovely and forbid
ding regions if he would become rieh
by mining. In all Nevada, Yerington
alone furnishes a contrary example. 1t
is the one place where a rich ana bcauti-
full agricultural region SITS eheek-by'
| iowl with one of the greatest deposits
of mineral wealth in the United states
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24
SETTLEMENT OF SUIT WILL
THROW OPEN COAL LANDS

Washington, April 20.-The recent
settlement out of court by the Union
Pacific Railroad company OF the
..Horse Thief Canyon ease in which
the railroad abandoned its defense OF
the governments suit, recovered the
land and paid trespass damages at the
rate OF s cents a ton for the coal minea'
has set a standard for the value OF the
lands in contention, and if tins is ae-
eepted by the courts as a settlement,
the government will regain possession
of lands worth over a half billion dol
lars. This land will then be thrown
open to settlement under the coal and
laws, and it is expected that much
Of the mineral wealth now held by a
few corporations, will be re distributsd
10 smaller concerns and individuals
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24
JOHNNIE MINE BEGINNING
TO "COME INTO IT'S OWN"

southwest of the mine (the same
mill is now pounding out dividends at
the Crown Point Globe mine, adjoining
the Johnnie), for the treatment of the
rich surface ores from their discovery.
1t was about the year 1894 that the
Montgomery boys sold the Johnnie mine
to the Mormon church, of Utah, and
for some time the property was under
the management of s. w. Globe, now
of Los Angeles, and who is rated as be-
ing one of the leading biologists and
mining engineers of he country.
While the Johnnie was under the own
eIship of the Mormon church two Hun
~tington mills were installed at the mine,
and it is claimed that from this little
Wall street metal; and this from mere
surface workings.
The New Company.
Later on the mine passed into the
hands of Carl Anderson, under bond
and option, who made a transfer of the
property to 4. A. johnson and Carl +,
Schrader, of Los Angeles. In the year
1908, the Johnnie formed the basis fol-
the incorporation of the Johnnie Mining
& Milling company, and although the
company only began operations in Dc
toter of this year, the mine is now OIL
a producing and paying basis, and tho
day seems not far distant before 1T vii
begin sharing profits with Johnnie
stockholders. A. ID. Meyers is now on'
of the principal owners.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24

Relative to the work of the federal
grand jury which has irst closed lis
work at Carson City, the Carson News
# Tuesday morning says.
With sixty-three indictments 10 its
credit the federal grand jury completed
its iabors yesterday afternoon and was
discharged by the court for the term.
1t was ly far the longest session of 2
federal grand jury in the history of til,
court and the number and importarc,
of the indictments found also lr0lc a
record. Besides the usual number Of
so-called Indian whiskey eases, Tie
grand jury returned true Hills against
the Southern Pacific company and the
California White Pine and Sugar
agency for relating, found about a
joz6n indictments against various in
lividuals for using the mails for wild
catting,D indicted a bunch of counter
~foiters and forgers and brought several
true ILLS for roEting the mails and
rostoniccs. With its final report tie
grand jury returned three more indiet-
monts against George G. Waite, two in
dietments against Parmeter Kent, alias
Sidney Flower, and crstwhiie editor of
Tie Goldfeld Gossip (now in the gloam-
sng) and two indictments against {. Nj.
Murdoch, a mining broker of Goldicld,
Tor using the mails to dcfraud. 1t Is
le.icvcd that the accusations made
against stock promoters for using the
mails in furtherance of stock schemes
will effectually put a stop to wildcat
ting in this state. None of these stock
promotions could be worked to =
Lroit, without the widest kind of adj
vcrtising and without the postofhce 1t
would be practically impossible for the
guIlible public to be feeeed to a very
great extent. The indictments against
Parmeter Kent charge him with adVer-
Using stock for sale through the col
umns of the "Goldfeld Gossip, pocket
ing the money sent him by the pur-
chaser amid hanging on to the stock
Losides. The same character OF lndict-
ments have been brought against Muir
,ioch and against J. NJ. Brewer, who at
one time was getting ready to hire
special train at the expense OF thirty
thousand dollars to take him all the way
from Goldfeld to New York. Patrick
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24

When one delves into the ancient his
tory of mining in this western country
it is made clearly manifest that many
of the great mines of today were dis
covered and located by the early pio-
neers, says Will c.. Higgins, in the Salt
Lake Mining Review. Such discoveries
were usually the cream of the re-
pion in which the discovery was made,
for the indomitable prospector a his
generally selected the best. Oftimes he
was unable to realize ON his discoveries,
although they were bonanzes in EN-
Lryo. for the reason that his rich finds
were long distances from railroad
facilities and the market; and this ac-
counts for the fact that wonderfully
rich mines, discovered years ago, are
just lightning to make good, and are
now star attractions in the mining
world.
The Johnnie gold mine, in the south
ern portion of Nye county, Nevada,
twelve miles east of Amargosa station
ON the Las Vegas & Tonopah railroad, is
one of the phenomenal discoveries In
early day mining which, after long
years of waiting, is just beginning to
..eome into its own,' and that it will
soon take rank as a regular dividend
payer no one doubts who has carefully
inspected the splendid ore reserves in its
underground workings; who has watch
ed the operation of its fine and up-to-
date mill, or who is acquainted with the
management or personnel of the diree-
torate of the johnnie Mining q Milling
company.
Sold to Mormon Church.
The Johnnie mine was located by Boh
and George Montgomery in the early
nineties; Bob Montgomery, in later
years, being one of the discoveries OF
the Montgomery -Shoshone mine in the
near vicinity of Rhyolite.
The Montgomery brothers installed .
onc-stamp mill at Ash Meadows, eigh'
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24

Conditions at the Nickel mine are
steadily Improving as development
work progresses said Superintendent
T.. W. Bell to a Lovelock Review man
tuesday of this week. "The showing
AZ present is far better than at any
'Ame since operations were commenced
ana feel safe in saying that it Will
now only be a matter of time until the
property owned by the American
Nickel company will be on a regular
producing and paying basis.
Two shifts of miners are regularly
Employed and the work recently has
osen confined to running a erosscut
IRON what is known as the 435-foot
'annel level. The objective point of
the erosscut was to tap a chimney of
nickel ore and after running IS feet
Tue body Of ore was encountered. A
"'nze has been sunk to a depth of 25
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24
CARSON MINT WANTS BULLION

The Carson mint has announced thai
49,
the doors of the house are again open
for the reception of bullion from the
southern mines. The news of the re-
fusal of the former shipment acted as
a boomerang to the branch mint, which
found that the shipments fell on 70
such an extent that there was nothing
to keep the employees engaged.
shippers took alarm and without any
statement hegan shipping their Iuilioh
to San Francisco for treatment. Gov
crnor Colcord, the assayer IN charge,
wrote TO Mr.. Leach, director of the
mint at Washington, and has received
an answer that nothing can he zone
until August, when the deficiency ap.
preparation is considered.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24
INDIANS TAKE SUPPLIES
UP COLORADO RIVER

Utilizing Indian power, a lotion load
os supplies was recently taken up the
Colorado river from Needles to the
Capitol camp. 1t is a novel sight to see
a band of husky braves struggling with
the swift current. Some tow from the
bank, while others wade behind and
push. Ii takes five days to make the
trip up stream.
Returning on this last trip the barge
was loaded with Is tons of ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24
HOUSE CLEANING" MADE
BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY

Camp and OFarrell, all prominent min
ing men and brokers', have been indicted
for advertising treasury stock in a
Manhattan mining company for sale,
pulling down in the neighborhood OF
sixty thousand dollars, and after TAX
ing out their commissions dividing the
money with tnc promoters instead Of
putting it into the nine for the benefit
Of the stockholders. To get these in
tietments witnesses were s%uhpoenaed
clear from the New England states to
give their evidence before the grand
jury.
The Relating eases are the first in the
history of Nevada. The indictments
contain fifteen counts Zach and if con
v%ictions are secured penalties running
into the hundreds of thousands may he
imposed. officials of the railroad cont
pany and of the shipping corporations
gave their evidence after having been
suIpoenaed and the indictments re-
suited. While the grand jury was
till in session, the trial of cases has
been steadily going on and already a
flock of convicted defendants are on
their way TO the government prison at
Mcneil s island. From present indica-
tions the trial of eases will continue
well into the summer, for besides the
large number of indictments found by
the present grand jury, other eases
prosecuted by the government have
Icnn 81 lnmn for trial
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24

n
was made from the Grutt Balloon Hill
lease. on the Rawhide Queen Mines
eompany's estate a couple of days ago.
This lot will aggregate IS tons and
its value will easily reach $400 per
ton. Samples taken from the high
grade streak show values ranging
from 1920 to $4,000 to the ton. This
is mixed with the lower grade ores,
which brings the value down to $500
per ton as stated above.
The shaft is down 100 feet and they
have run a crosscut west 81 feet in
which they have sunk a 15-foot Wine.
In this winze the ore is looking fine.
In the south drift they have four and
one-half feet of ore screening 1920 per
ton, aside from the immensely rich
high grade above referred to. They are
now % feet in this drift in the ore.
The company is just getting in shape
to get out a larger quantity of ore
and will probably extract another ship
mmt of similar extent within a very
short time.
The st. Ives people now have two
men working in the west crosseut to-
ward the line of their lease and will
follow the vein into the St. Ives prop
cry. They are working 10 feet east
of the winze.
New Reduction Plant.
From now on, work on the Reduc-
tim plant being erected in Rawhide
~ the National Ore Purchasing and
Reduction company, promises to be
rosecuted with renewed vigor. John
v H%eisner, president of the company,
returned from San Francisco during
tie week and is authority for the above
shtement.
The pumping plant is practically COM
plted and they are 10Y finishing the
esing in the bottom of the well. 1t
is expected that the plant will be
st.rted in a couple of days, to pump
tn, well out in order that it may be
sunk deeper, which will give IL feet
of pure water. The well is located
in wash sand and gravel and the water
is dear and pure, and this well is sit
uatd east of the others.
The pipe is laid for over half the
distance from the water plant to the
town, and those in charge state that
it will be finished during the week
|, ard that the pumping of water from
y tue lake to the company's mill-site
wiz he begun within that time. When
this is accomplished the heavy con-
Foundation timbers. The framing of
these timbers will be commenced next
week and we are informed that the
erection of the mill will be pushed
forward with all possible rapidity from
now on, as about all the timber and
llmber are now on the ground.
Marigold in Rich Ore.
The Marigold lease, on the Coalition
estate, is certainly in the high grade
class this morning. Last night in
aosseutting the vein on the third level,
al a depth of 100 feet, they shot into
80 inches of high grade, eight inches
of which is wonderfully rich. The
quartz is brittle and porous and is
easily crumbled in the hand. In all
the c~revices and breaks of the rock,
the native gold is clearly visible. Pan
Kings taken show long strings of the
precious metal. The eight inch streak
Is all quartz and brown tale.
Throughout the remainder of the 80
inches are ore stringers of high value.
Taken altogether the strike is a decid-
edly important one and crowds of in
terested Rawhiders throng about the
Workings since the news of the strike
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24

for elucidatien and correction
There is another phase Of this stu.
alton to which | desire to invite voar
attention. You will readily recall that
left Goldfeld during the latter days
of February and did not return until
the afternoon of March IL, and you will
probably remember that between the
ninth and eleventh of March | had the
pleasure of an extended conversation
with you in San Francisco, during the
course of which / informed you that adj
vices from Goidfeld had revealed to me
the fact that our mill heads had run up
to 800 per ton during my absence;
that | could not definitely determine
the real cause of this condition until |
had returned to Goldfeld and made per
sonal Investigation, but that | believed
il was due to the ore from this new
Combination working.
Advised Directors and Pulalc \
When ] arrived hack in Goldheld on
the fourteenth, l made verifcatiea al
the ASSAYS and other necessary inve<ti
cations, and on the evening Of the six-
! sent q telegram giving fall in
Of tine rich strike to the di-
rectors of this company, all of whom
were absent from Goldfeld excepting
and most of whom were in the
far east :
This telegram, as ! say, was sent on
the evening of the sixteenth, and was
by the directors of this com
pany on the morning of the seventeenth.
On that morning the secretary of this
company issued and gave to the local
an official public statement. and
the same appeared in the afternoon
of that day; so that rather than
The information having been ssgiven
weeks after the event, at the close of a
period during which bear tips have been
circulated, it was continuously re-
Ferred to in the company's reports, and
inally reached the directors and the
public simultaneously, the directors
having no advantage in respect to
knowledge of the final developments
the public ITSELF
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24

| HOllinGN III dfftto FI
| there is little doubt but that the pres
| emit rate of dividends will be kept up
for some time to come. These i'm
mcnse profits have been earned in adj
| dition to doing extensive and costly de-
velopment work and the payment of
$4,000 900 in dividends, and prove con-
clusively that the mine has well earned
the enviable position of being one of
the leading mining propositions of the
day.
This fine showing is due in a large
degree to the excellent management of
the mine and mill, both departments
being under the supervision of men who
ar thoroughly conversant with the work
re quired of them and who give every
detail their special attention. Mr..
Parsons, superintendent of the milling
department, has every reason to be
proud of the work accomplished in his
department., the record of the mill for
the past month exceeding that of any
month since the plant was in operation.
Reduction Cost Decreased.
During the month of March the re-
dIction cost per ton was less than any
previous month, while the records shows
the average extraction on 1850 tons
to have been better than 80 per cent.
When the character of the ore is consid-
cred, this is a wonderful showing. In
the mine, under the careful supervision
Of Superintendent Blackburn, an i'm
mense amount of new ground is being
opened up, in addition to the extraction
of about 1900 tons of ore, the report
for the past week showing a total of
new footage of ASP feet, of which 30l
feet were broken in the Mizpah work
ings, 121h in the Silver Top and 291a
in the Red Plume. Much of this is
what is termed "dead work." and con
sists of sending out several prospecting
in order to open the ground
up.
The three compartment Mizpah shaft
has reached a depth of 1887 feet, an
flow of water showing no increase over
that of the past month, and amounting
to about so gallons a minute, which is
handled easily by the pumps recently
installed. There is no change in the
in the shaft, the bottom still
being in dacite. Sinking was resumed
in the Red Plume shaft this week, the
station at the 500-foot point having
been completed. The bottom of the
shaft is now 81 feet below the station,
been lowered five feet during
the week and shows broken quartz
carrying no values.
Work on West End.
While stopping is in progress on good
bodies of ore at various points in this
property, the work of prospecting for
ore shoots is being pressed Wig
No matter in what direction
are run, quartz is encountered,
all of which carries some values and
shows spots of good ore. This show
ing made this week in the stope from
the top of No. s upraise west of the
shaft is certainly encouraging, as a
good body of high grade milling ore is
being opened up. Not enough work
has been done to determine full ex
tent of the shoot, but already Z feet of
Dre is exposed, with neither wall in
sight. In several of the other work
which are being sent out on a
prospecting mission the indications
are excellent, as lunches of rich ore
are constantly encountered. During
the week a total of 81 feet of new
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24

Owing to the new system adopted,
whereby the measurements of the un'
derground work in the Tonopah Bel
mont are made on the 1st and 18th
of each month, the distances made In
the different workings will appear In
this paper in the first issue after those
dates. The first half of this month
shows that development work is being
pushed ahead as fast as possible and a
great deal of new ground was broken,
the total new footage amounting to 391
feet, or at the rate of over 500 feet
for the month, all of which was done on
and below the 1000-foot level, where
most important work is being carried
on. Excellent bodies of good ore are
being opened up, and the showing on
the 11O0-foot level is such as to war
rant a good tonnage for a long time
to come. The most important develop
ment of the past week, however, oc-
Cured in the north crosscut from the
Lcttom of the 1854 winze, which is be
ing run to make connection with the
south crosscut from No. 1856 Wine.
Seine time ago the Miner called at
~tention to this work and stated that it
was being sent through a very inter
esting section of ground, and our pre-
diction was fully verified this week by
the encountering of a very rich, though
small, vein, showing a foot of ore that
will crowd the $3.50 mark. This ledge
was cut at a point 6S feet north of the
east drift from the bottom of the Wine
and is a most important find. As soon
as the crosscuts between the two WINES
have been connected, some prospecting
will be done on the new discovery,
when the extent of the find from an
ore producing standpoint will be ascer-
tanned. The work of cleaning out the
bottom of the old Belmont shaft, which
is down 5S1 feet, is in progress, pre-
paratory to sending a churn drill down
to connect with the 1000-foot level.
No development work is being done
at present above the 1000-foot level.
On the 900-foot level stopping is m pro
gress on the South vein, west of the
where the ore body shows an
width of four feet over a dis
tance of 200 feet, the present length of
the stope, all carrying good milling
Tonopah Mining Company.
Without the least ripple of excite
ment and lacking any p%retense of spec
plays the old, steady producer,
the Tonopah Mining company, goes
ahead opening up its vast reserves and
placing the property in a better condi-
tion every week. This mine has been
a steady producer for the past eight
years, and since the completion of its
100-stamp mill nearly three years ago
has sent an average tonnage of over
5000 tons a week to the stamps for
treatment. Notwithstanding this enor-
nous output the mine is in a better
condition for production than ever,
100000 tons or over ~$S,000,000
worth of ore actually in sight, and a
probability of several times that
to be opened up. With a treas
ury containing about t~hree-quarters of
a million dollars after paying the pres
declared dividend of $35O,OOO, and
hundreds of thousands of ounces of
silver bullion stored away for future
sale, and in addition to this vast store
of wealth the owner of over one-half
the stock of the Tonopah and Gold
field railroad, to say nothing OF It's
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-04-24
J. H. MACKENZIE
"CALLS" EDITOR RICHARD

In a recent issue of the Mining and
Scientific Press Of San Francisco, +. \.
Richard, the editor, undertakes to
criticize General Manager j.. IL. Mac
konzie, of the Goldfeld Consolidated,
for alleged concealing from the public
OF information regarding important de-.
velopments in the Consolidated prom.
critics. lit IS surprising that the in
formation should be given weeks after
the event, at the close of a period dur
ing which bear tips have been eireu-
lated, says Mr.. Richard.
In a reply published in Richard S
Journal, Mr.. Mackenzie shows the fall
lacy OF the editorial in question by call
ing attention to statements made in his
monthly reports to the board of dircc-
tcrs and also in the last annual report
eff the Consolidated company, giving
continuous information ap5p develop
ments, and brands the attack as
~mendaeious to a degree tord. rug
upon personal affront." For this
says Mr.. Mackenzie, II have
departed from my customary practice
% ignoring editorial comments, and
cited to you facts which you al
ready knew.
integrity Is Questioned
Under ordinary circumstances, !
consider it unnecessary and un
desirable to enter into argument with
editor of a mining journal on min.
ng subjects, especially with a gentle
nan whose eminenee in mining discus
sion is as pronounced as your own; for
engineers are undoubtedly en-
and the public is at liberty,
Doubtless capable, Of estimating the
value of their opinions. But
T. the present instance your article
ranscends the scope of opinion 20
hieh a mining engineer, by reason of
rs pcrspicacity, is entitled, and con
aims an imputation of dishonoratlc
'rocedure not only in connection with
ny administration of the affairs of the
company, hut of the attitude of its
directorate toward the public, calling