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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
GOLD PALMS MINE
SHIPS 200 POUNDS
OF HIGH GRADE ORE

About 200 pounds Of high grade ore
was brought to Los Angeles by w. r.
Mason from the Anaconda mine at
Gold Palms camp, five miles south of
TWenty-ntne Palms, San Bernardino
county. Paintings and Mornings show
strings of free gold. The vein is from
three to four feet wide between walls
of granite and diorite.
The Anaconda mine belongs to the
Mohawk Herald company, which owns
three other claims in the same group.
The ore is on exhibition at ia South
Broadway.
The vein is true assure one and can
be traced above ground for nearly a
mile. Nearly a ton is already sacked
at the mine ready for shipment. The
management intends to put in machin-
cry ana large force of men at once.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18

immense altered porphyry dixie which
has in places been changed to a white
fine grained quartzose porphyry show
ing some quartz crystals and plenti-
fully sprinkled with fine and coarse
gold. In other places the porphyry
is changed and heavily stained by
black manganese and carries consid-
cradle iron and all through it fine par
ticles of tellurium and free gold are
plainly visible. This great gold-bear-
ing dixie outcrops boldly for fully 800
feet diagonaIly through the claim,
running on one end into the Nedder-
land about 200 feet north of the shaft.
and on the other end into the Gold
Hill mine about $50 feet south of the
west tunnel. On being asked what the
many ore shoots would run Davis said
from a few dollars to an average of
over $500 a tom
This discovery on the Ridgewood
adds largely to the value of the Ned
derland and Gold Hill mines adjoining
and indicates that in that section of
the camp some of Americas greatest
mines will be developed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
MODERN COPPER COMPANY
SELLS FOR S1,OOO,0OO
soston-5isbee People Make Purchase.
Assume All Debts and Agree to
Develop Property-Trans-
fer of Stock

BlSBEE, Jan. 17.-At a special meet
ing OF the stockholders of the Modern
Copper Queen hotel, the directors Of ti7e
company were authorized to sell and
convey to the Boston, Bisbee Mining
company al Of the company's property
for 100000 in the capital stock ~ tbe
latter company. The stock is to be held
IN escrow at the bank at Utica, N. Y,
o1 winch Vice President-elect Sherman
is president, until October /, 1912.
The Boston isbee company assumes
all debts Of the Modern company and
agrees to develop the property of that
company, which is contiguous to its
own property. Stockholders of the
Modern company will receive a like
amount of full paid stock of the Ros-
tom isbee company
The Boston Bisbee company is con-
trolled by capitalists of Utica and Ilion.
n. Y, and the company plans to begin
development work at once on a, small
scale. The property is about eight miles
from Bisbee up Tombstone canyon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
PLANT CALCINES
HOME MAGNESlTF
LOS ANGELES BECOMES THE
CENTER OF INDUSTRY
TEN TONS DAILY CAPACITY is
INITIAL RUN
Product Shipped from Great Beds in
Riverside County Passes THROUGH
Modern Economic Machinery
with Excellent Results

There has just started in Los An
geles plant to manufacture magnesite
products, the magnesite being brought
mere from deposit beds at Winchester.
riverside county. This announcement
means the initial commercial effort to
develop one of Southern California's
great minerals.
Inc market in the past has been
undersold by foreign magnesite, mined
and manufactured by cheap labor and
laid down here at prices too low to
justify the development of local de-
posts But by modern economic ma
chinery it is believed the product can
now be successfully manufactured
here.
The plant operated by the California
Magnesite company is located at 1852
Palmetto street, Los Angeles. The de-
pos1ts at Winchester comprise 800 acres.
most of it being covered by a large
mil OF magnesite. There are 100000
tons OF magnesite in sight. The ma.
terlal is hauled half a mile to rail-
road and shipped direct to the plant az
Los Angeles. Here it is ground, pull
verified, calcined and put into pack
ages. After leaving the car the pro-
Duct is handled exclusively by ma
chlnery. The magnesite is sold for use
IN the manufacture of sanitary floor
lngs, wainscoting, for tile, pressed
brick, faced brick, fire brick. for use
In furnaces requiring very high tenn
peratures; for fireproof paints, white
cement, for art marble and for many
other purposes requiring a waterproof
ana hreproof plaster and material.
State Stards Alone
California is the only state which
produces magnesite in commercial form
ana the present company the only con-
Germ calcining it for plastic purposes
Inc capacity of the, plant on Palmetto
street mas capacity of ten tons a day.
The success of this COMPANY. means
perhaps the opening of a great indus
try in the southwest and the only prob
lem 10 race is the cheap foreign labor
winch mines and manufactures an in
ferior article.
On this point F. L. Hess of the
united States geological survey. in q
report published in The Herald No
Venper-l6, 1908, says: I'm spite of the
Iact that California magnesite is or
dlnarlIy purer and cheaper, calcined
Greclan magnesite is shipped into Los
angeles as white cement for use in
oXychloride cement"
Concerning the foreign denosi+s ana
working conditions Mr. Hess saws:
In Hungary the wages paid in 1905
at the works Of the Magnesite com
pany were forty cents a ten-hour dav
Tor common labor and eighty cents for
foremen. Besides these drawbacks
none Of the California veins comma 70
well in size with the Hungarian veins
IN quality, however, the comparison
with the foreign material is favorable:
IN fact the California article is ordi
narily better"
The California Magnesite companv
has paid up capital of $500. 900. The
OFFICERS and directors are:
Z. 5: Hoadley, president; C. E. Tav-
Tor, vice president; George r. Stone
treasurer; F. Yale Adams, secretarv'
D. H. Gillian, manager.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
Big Mine at Pioneer

GOLDFIELD. Jan. 17.-E w. Crit
fifth returned from Pioneer last week
and is of the opinion that great mine
has been found by the lessees, Bryan.
Stickney and associates. He made an
inspection of the mine. At the 210-foot
level. he said, there is twelve feet of
ore that will average $1O0 a ton as
the rock is shot down, and in places
three feet of ore that is saved separate
ly averages $500 ton. The little Camp
is lively, and work is being prosecuted
in all directions from the scene of the
bonanza find. Both the Tfdewater and
Las Vegas railways have corps of en-
gineers in the field, and one or botn
will have spurs to the mine in few
months He saw a carload of fifty-two
tons loaded at Springdale, which the
lessees said had gross value of not
less than $4,000.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
GREAT WESTERN SHIPS
STEADILY TO CUPRITE

GOLDFIELD, Jan. 1.-THE Great
Western mine at Hornsilver is again
shipping steadily by wagon to Cup
rite at the rate Of twelve tons a. day.
The ore is of better grade than ever.
In the west drift there is an immense
showing 106 feet from the shaft, where
a drift Is being extended. This is a
foot of ore that assays at a rate which
surprised the owners. An ASSAY on
what is believed to be a fair sample
of the ore went at the rate of 1872
ounces in gold and 1914 ounces in sill
yer, total of $SS7.65 a ton. Alongside
the high grade there is four feet of ore
that runs from $50 to $40 a ton.
James Russell, manager of the mine,
returned from the property last week
ard says that the showing in the west
drift is immense and that picked sam
pies of the high grade run as high as
10000 ounces in silver and $3.50 in gold.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18

oo,OOo'Oeo pounds. With addition for
copper in pyrite, not included above.
the total imports may be estimated as
equivalent to about PIC, 900, 900 pounds of
renned copper, a decrease of about 13
per cent from 29S 031. S2O pounds in 1907.
On similar basis the exports of me-
taIilc copper are estimated at about
poO'0OO,OOO pounds, the largest ever re-
corded, and an increase of about 80 per
cent over the 50S,929, 4O1 pounds exported
in 1907.
Undoubtedly Large
Stocks or refined copper are still I'M
douotedly very large. Domestic con-
sumption of new copper will show de-
cline from the S5,0OO,OOO pounds of 1907.
The average quoted price of electro
lytlc copper at New York for 1908 was
1920 cents. The price at the close of
the year was 14.18 cents.
The prospect is bright at present for
a still larger copper production in the
year 1909, but it is evident that the
principal producers will, more than in
recent years, guage their operations by
the consumption of the metal, which
cannot at this time be safely forecast
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
Only a Question Of Mills

GOLDFIELD, Jan. III. S. Purdv.
who has been in the Silver Peak dis
trict for the past three weeks, has re-
turned and talks enthusiastically of the
mining situation. He is of the opinion
that it is only question of mills to put
the district in a prosperous condition.
Purdy also did the annual work on a
group of eight claims owned by the
Goldf1eld- Pittshurg company, a short
distance south of the Pittsburg Silver
Peak mill. At the old town of Silver
Peak three miles from Blair. George
McClelland, the discoverer of the ia
nous Jumbo mine, is erecting a twenty
stamp custom mill for the treatment of
ores from Coyote and Stimler.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
TWO BIG STRIKES
EXCITE SYLvANITE
COARSE PANIED GOLD RUNS
$1,000 A TON
Second Strike Said to Carry Average
of $500 CONGRATULATIONS Point
to Development of Great
Mines

SYLVANITE, N. M, Jan. Ion
Wednesday morning last Sylvanite
awoke in whirl of excitement over
some fabulously rich gold ore brought
into camp the previous day by Robert
Bruce Buchanan from the Quo Vadis
group of claims, and excited knots OF
men gathered round small tin pan
i'll which the ore had been washed
showing long heavy stream of bright
colors and coarse gold, the value being
variously estimated at from $1,000 ia
$4,000 ton.
What is now known as the Buchan-
an mine comprises a group of six
claims known as Quo VadiS No. 1 and
No 2, Sulphide, Lead Pipe and Silver
Lance and two mill sites, located by
r. 3. Buchanan and r. r. Smith and
situated about one mile north of the
Wood mine and about the same dis
lance east of Barker'S wells. On the
Quo Vadis claims there is an immense
quartz vein fully twenty feet wide in
lime and slate contact. The aver
age value of this ore has not been
ascertained, but it pans milling values
and on the lime wall, which is greatly
altered, are from fourteen to twenty
four inches of iron-stained crystaIlized
hOneycomb quartz showing free gold
in fine particles distributed through
out the ore and aSSaying from four
ounces to one hundred and fifty
ounces of gold to the ton. Many speci-
mems were obtained which showed
much higher values than the above
The new owners left Wednesday for
the property both to operate it and
protect it from specimen hunters On
the Lead Pipe and Silver Lance claims
adjoining the Quo Vadis and which
were located two years ago is a strong
body of lead carbonate ore in lime
from which shipments have been made
yielding returns of 80 per cent lead
and good silver values.
Wednesday and Thursday a STAN
pede to the property set in and there
was a wild scramble to locate claims
in the vicinity. From the course of
the vein it is believed that it will juno
ton with the Clemmie vein of the
Consolidated Mines company some
company's property.
Location Is Ideal
The Buchanan mine is ideally located
for both shipping ore and milling on
the ground. 1t is only nine miles from
the railroad and on the mill sites in
cluded in the property an inexhaust-
IDLE supply of water is obtainable. The
new owners intend to make a shin
ment as quickly as the ore can be ex-
tracted from the vein.
While nearly all Sylvanite was at
the Buchanan mine, whispers were
heard Of another great strike which
had been known to the discoverer for
some days, but was not made public
until Thursday. Little more than
three weeks ago Frank P Davis Sc
cured bond and option from N. w
Click, r. A. Weir and G. G. Stump
on the Euclid and Ridgewood claims
adjoining the NedderIand and Gold
Hill mines. No ore of any great value
had been found on the property and
Davis started to systematically pros
pect the Ridgewood claim, uncovering
the rich ore which was inspected
Thursday afternoon. This ore occurs
in a contact of slate and lime, in an
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18

feet. The ore body has proved thick
ness of ninety feet. A crosscut has
been. run through it this distance and
two drifts run on the strike of the vein
distances of ninety eight and TWENTY
eight feet either way are also in ore.
NO shaft is down 36S feet. The ore
exposed is a suIphide, Carrying conner
iron and lime, similar in Character 10
the ores in the other openings, indicat-
ing that the three shafts are sunk on
the same continuous lead or deposit.
thousands Of tons of ore are exnosed
In the Moro group, also owned by the
company, short distance across the
range from the Swansea properties
The ores Of the Moro and Swansea arc
an ideal combination for smeltinec
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
Red Mountain DEVELOPMENT

GOLDF1ELD, Jan. 1.-THE Nancy
Donaldson group of claims, situated in
the Red Mountain section, some eight
miles northeast of Goldfield, are to be
worked in a miner-like fashion from
this time forward. Three miners are
engaged prospecting the ground, in
order to find the best place to sink a
new shaft, and two shifts will be en-
ployed on the property. A gasoline hoist
will be installed and a strenuous effort
will be made to find the source of the
rich float that covers the surface. A
few small shipments of a fair grade
of ore have been taken out in sinking
shallow shafts on the wide dykes that
run through the claims owned by the
company
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
SAN SIMEON CREEK
YIELDS QUICKSILVER

CAMBRIA, Cal, Jan. 17.-Quicksilver
III large quantities and with every evil
oence Of quality was struck recently
at the Hamilton mine on San Simeon
creek. AAieolA
The mine is known locally as tho
Hamilton mine, but it is said that a
wealthy company, composed of Chicago
ana San Francisco interests, is behind
the project.
The work on the creek has been
prosecuted for nearly two years with
indifferent success, and considerable
money has been spent in development
of the property.
There is said to be fully twenty feet
OF ore in the ledge. Experts pronounce
it the biggest find in years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
RESTING POINT ON TRAIL
YIELDS HIGH GRADE ROCK

SEARCHLIGHT, Jan. IA rather
important discovery of high grade has
Just been made on the Shoshone a
Fourth of July mountain, four miles
east of town. G. B. Smith, one of the
owners, in relating the incident. saws
that the point of discovery has been
for years a favorite resting place be-
side the trail.
On this particular day Mr.. Smith
idly picked up a piece of rock and as
it looked pretty good he decided to Gs
a little digging. Almost the first ia b
of the pick turned up a handsome
specimen. Others were also found and
indications are that shoot has been
uncovered
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
HOMESTAKE KING SHIPS
BRICKS VALUED AT $4,000

RHYOLITE, Jan. Flour gold
bricks, worth approximately $4,000,
were brought in Monday morning from
the Homestake- King by General Man
ager Rothschild and Mill Superintend-
ent Tyler. The bullion was shipped to
the mint by Wells-Fargo express.
Mr.. Rothschild said that this ship
ment, which represented the clean up
for the month of December, brought the
total production of the Homestake-
King mill for 1908 up to $4,000. This
sum is $4,000 in excess of the estimate
placed upon the HOmestake output for
1908 in The Herald's table, published
two weeks ago.
This is the first official announcement
made upon the Homestakes total pro-
duction.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
Victor Groun to Shin

GOLDFIELD, Jan. 17.-Shipments
will be started next week from the Vic
tor group of eight claims, located a
mile north of Blair. Three carloads of
ore on the dump assay in gold, silver
and lead at the rate of $50 a ton, and
in the bottom of the 125-foot shaft
there is four feet of ore. E. w. Thomas
of Goldfield who owns the property,
has left for Blair to look over the
sacking of the ore for a trial shipment.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18

HE Las Platanos mine is owned
and operated by the Las PlatanOs
Development company, SIG Grant
building, Los Angeles. 1t was bought
by the present owner about a year
ago, prior to which time it was worked
by MeXicans in a primitive way, the
ore being hand-sorted, etc. 1t is said
to be one Of the best copper proper
ties in Mexico and ore running from
20 to 80 per cent copper has been
shipped.
The mine enters upon a new and in
all probability greater era under
American control. And with the ap-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18
Strike at SearchIiuht

SEARCHLIGHT, Jan. IA new
strike has been made by the New
Years Gift leasers at Searchlight on
the 170-foot level. No assays have been
made, but the ore is clearly of a high
grade smelling quality.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18

proach of the Southern Pacific lines
into Mexico and the Kansas City
Mexico & Orient railway this mine
will be given an outlet direct to the
north and east. The former road will
almost tap the mine at Choix and the
latter will run within forty-five miles
crossing the former at San Bias. The
seven miles from the mine to proposed
road is a downhill haul. Twelve men
are employed at the mine at present
and this force will be increased as
development work warrants. The
mine will be operated in a modern
way, with hoists, etc.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-29
AMPUTATION
OF LEFT
LEG
CLAUDE T. MOVES is IN A cRlTI-
CAL CONDITION.
Doctors Decide That, in Order to Save
His life, Surgical Operation
Must Be Performed.

DR. Fisher, prominent surgeon Of
Salt Lake. arrived In ogden this morn
ing. at the request Of Contractor Dun
das. TO consult with DR. Pidcock as
TO the advisability OF amputating the
left leg OF Claude T. Moycs. who was
badly injured month ago by falling
from the viaduct while employed in
inspecting rivcts.
The cast was removed from Claudes
leg "Wednesday afternoon and several
local surgeons In consultation decided
that prompt amputatlon was neces-
sary to save the young mans life.
Contractor Dundas learned of this
decision on the part of Ogden sur
geons, and requested delay until the
case was passed on by DR. Fisher, who
performed a similar operation on MI
Dundas several years ago.
Or. Fisher said an operation was
imperative without delay and immed-
lately Or. Pinkerton of Salt Lake was
telephoncd TO and he replied that he
would arrive on the first train.
The leg may have 10 he amputated
above the knee, as GanSrene mas
made its appearance below that point
Young Moyes has "A wide circle OF
friends in both ogden and Salt Lake
who are deeply Interested in his con
dition and who are watching the case
with feverish interest
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-29
HOT TAMALE VENDER
lECTURED BY JUDGE

The case OF assault and battery pre-
ferred against Thomas A Nerden. the
hot tamale merchant, by his wife.
Maria. was brought up this morning,
the Judge having taken the same un-
der adyiSement.
Nerden was called before the court
and given a considerable amount of
good advice as TO his future actions
He was told to consider the nervous
temperament OF his wife with whom
he had lived for 26 years, saying that
il she wanted divorce from him
and his presence at her home contin-
ued TO prove source OF discord, he
should so away and leave her at
peace
Those children" said the judge.
ARE yours and you have got to sup
port them. This quarreling and fight
ing, however, has got to stop You
have no right to strike your wife no
matter what the provocation. You
may diSarm her. If she should attack
you during loss Of temper. but don't
let me hear of YOU striking her again.
You may go now and | will let the
matter stand as it is"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-29
{ | GIL T N EN
W HO DRANK
TOO MUCH
WE'RE BEFORE THE JUDGE OF
THE POLICE COURT.
Wife Of One of Them Urned Her Err.
ring Husband to Plead Guilty,
But He Objected.

The morning session of police court
was taken up largely with cases of
drunkenness. With hardly an excep.
tion. the defendants readily admitted
their guilt, most of them exhibiting
too much circumstantial eyi lencs in
the way of bleared eyes and touseled
hair to plead otherwise Many of
them were new arrivals in the city,
having been attracted here by The ap-
proachlng races. They declared that
Ogden booze and the unaccuStomed
altitude were factors which they had
not taken into consideration when
participating in friendly get ac-
quainted' drinking bour.
] Hutch and L. j. Woods were the
first to be arraigned They entered
prompt pleas of guilty and drew the
customary fine of S. or FIVE days each
Then came Charles Pringle, f. A,
Arnold and Henry Spencer Each
pleaded guilty and the So fine was i'm
posed in each case
Thomas Cowlinshaw was also
charged with drunkenness and mis-
wife was on hand to see that he plead
ed guilty. The erring husband, how
ever. developed an unexpected con
trariness at the last moment and in
dignantly denied that he had been in
toxicated. The court then fixed his
bail at S. and ordered the case con-
tinued until the afternoon session,
Frank Warren entered n plea OF
guilty but in so inaudible a tone that
it was mistaken for n denial and the
case was ordered postponed. Frank
seemed rather disappointed at not be-
Ing allowed to begin his service at
once. but passed out, only TO be
brought back later and given the five
day sentence. when ii had been dis
covered that the defendant had plead
ed guilty.
Sam Wanagratzli was arralSned on
the charge of begging in Electric Al
ley. He smillngly informed the court
that the charge was an incorrect one
and he was placed under bonds of $50
TO await the afternoon session.
John Doe" escaped publicity by
forfeitinE bail to the amount of 80 for
having been drunk Wednesday.
O. L. Yeds and Ebert Hubbard
Burden. two colored men, were ar
raigned on the charge of fighting,
quarreling and in various ways dis
turbing the peace and quiet OF the mu'
nicipality They seemed amused at
the absurdity of such a charge and
entered pleas of not guilty, the cases
being continued until the arrestinS Of
fcers could be present,