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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
OPERATIONS ON PLACERS
GIVING GOOD RESULTS

Placer development and operations
during the past week have been salts
factory to the operators and continue to
grow better from day to day, says the
Manhattan Mail. The weather turn
ing slightly colder has cut off a Goa
siderable amount of surface water and
consequently has limited sluieing where
surface water was depended upon.
How ever, at a number of points along
the gulch, s~luicing of enough gravel Was
done to demonstrate good pay dirt
every place where washing was carried
on. 1t cannot he expected that very
extensive operations will be carried on
antil the weather becomes settled; that
Is, there will not be much sluicing done,
Lut at present the main line of operation
is confined to blocking out the gravel
and running drifts SO that when the
weather is favorable the gravel can be
rapidly taken out and washed.
Among the several leasers all along
the gulch there is an unfaltering faith
in the placer deposits and not in a
single case has there been a "quitter. -
While some are more enthusiastic than
others, the universal opinion prevails
that in every case the gravel without
any additional values will give a big
wage to the operator, with the posi-
bilyity of finding crevices and spots
that will be exceptionally rich.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
LUNINo Is TO HAVE BIG
SMELTER IN NEAR FUTURE

James ID. Sword, a well known mining
engineer interested in the Mayfower
mine, at Luning, arrived in Goldheii
last nighs, and says that preparations
are under way for the erection OF
smelter for the treatment of the cop
per ores of the mine, which are of too
low a grade 10 be shipped to the out
side smeiters. The smelter, if erected
will be of sufficient capacity to handle
about 400 tons a day.
Sword is interested with L.. l.. Pat
rick, president of the First National
bank, of Goldfeld, in the development
of the Maylower mine, and other
claims, which together comprise a total
of about 400 acres. Assays made some
time ago show 81 per cent copper, ana
there is sufficient of this to justify the
erection of a smelter.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
COLD CIRCLE LEASES
IN WONDERFUL ORE

The Burns and Charter lease on the
Esmeralda at Gold Circle took out about
one ton of ore that is estimated al
$4,000 the other day. They have eight
inches that is very rich and as they get
nearer to the adjoining lease, owned by
Yaaen and Schenks, their ore shoot gets
larger.
The Yaden and Schenks lease No.
4 on the E.smeralda No. / at a depth
of 100 feet has three feet of ore that
will mill $75 and they expect to have
a mill for their use only, the ore from
the 75-foot level to the l00-foot show
ing a good average value N they
have so feet to drift to their end line,
making a big tonnage Loveloek he
view.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
HOOSIER BOY LOOKS LIKE
NEW MINE FOR BULLFROG

The indications are that Fred G,
Reisch, proprietor of one of the board
ing houses at the Homestake, and John
Il. Lane, the oil man of Rhyolite, have
struck something good in the Hoosiei
Boy claim, situated about one and one
half miles east of the Homestake am
about three miles west of Rhyoiite
says the Herald.
The group of Ave claims was located
the first of the year, and in doing the
location work on the Hoosier Boy A
ledge of quartz has been exposed that
looks like "a winner from grass roots.
An average sample across "a face OF SIX
feet returned values of $40 in gold,
while a picked sample went $l46O.40,
The assays were made last week at the
n. M. Simons office in Rhyolite.
The showing is so good that the own
ers are continuing work and are driv-
ing a tunnel into the hill, following
the ledge, the tunnel being in about
Is feet, just under cover, with a depth
If perhaps ten feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA,
THE SCENE OF STRIKE

Interested by the reports of splendid
quartz strikes in the neighborhood of
Fairbanks, Alaska, several Goldfeld
residents are said to be making prepar.
ations to leave at once for the locality
of the strike in the far north. The
news of the strike is carried to Gold
field by letters to men in Goldfield and
Tonopah, and the letters state that the
entire district is worked to a fever
pitch of excitement in regard to quartz
mining, and that from indications,
Alaska will take a foremost rank as n
quartz mining country, during the pres
ent year.
A letter received in Goldfield by A. j.
Slaight, from st. Marks, conveys the
news to Goldfeld, while a letter to
Eddie Drake, in Tonopah, from Samuel
Stein, conveys the same information.
The letter to Drake is three yards
long, typewriter, and took three days
to write, according to the sender.
The letter to Slaight tells of a quartz
strike in the Chatalinka range about
30 miles from Fairbanks, the original
strike showing values on the surface
running from $1,000 to $4,000 to the
ton. The ledge is said to be plainly de-
fined in places and may be traced for
twenty miles. All of the ground along
the ledge and for miles oil either side
has been staked, and many mills are
preached for the development of the
ore.
The best claims are said to be owned
by Doe Madden, on whose property the
values of $1,000 to $4,000 have been
found. The ore is said to be a white
milling quartz, and the letter also states
that eight mills are proposed for the
reduction of the ore, the materials for
the construction of the mills having
already been shipped from Valdez to
Fairbanks.
The letter to Tonopah says that the
otiihe a hi"to J"S' 1911 -
left Alaska, about a month ago, and
that already the merchants of Fair
banks were joining together in a propo-
sition to erect a three stamp mill, to
treat the ore, which was to have been
completed in three weeks.
The ground at the foot of the range
of mountains known as the Chatalinka
range has been noted as rich placer
country for some years, although no at
tempt had been made to discover the
souce of the placer gold until about W
months ago, when Doe Madden spent i
couple of weeks in the mountains, re
sulting in the strike of ore which has
set the entire community around Fair
banks wild with excitement.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
BIG VEIN Is TRACED
MORE THAN TWO MILES

The strike which has been made on
the new Reagan lease on the Wild Bull
is one of the most important occur
r, nees in the camp, says the Seven
I Troughs Miner. 1t is not only a good
thing for that property, but it is the
best illustration that we have had of
the extension of the vein system to the
north. The vein on which Mr.. Reagan
has opened his rich shoot is the Badgsr
Hill vein from which Mr.. Preston is
operating his mill to such advantage on
the English George lease.
The vein crosses the gulch from the
Badger Hill and has been opened up
on the Gold Chain where some very
good values have been obtained. Then
the vein is picked up again a mile 70
the north on the Silver Pick group,
and it is found further along in
Wild Horse canyon on the Morrison
Molter lease on the Golden Horseshoe,
whore they have secured values as
high as 1892 a ton. They are now
sinking on the Morrison-M olter to a
depth of $50 feet. From this holding
the vein has been picked up by Mr..
Reagan on the Wild Bull and some of
the coarsest gold that was ever found
in the district has been developed in
the paintings. In the shoot that has
been opened up by Mr.. Reagan there
are fully three feet of ore which will
average between $50 and $50 a ton,
and in this there is a ten-inch streak
which will go better than 800 a ton.
And besides this there is a seam run
ming from half an inch to three inches
that carries very high grade rock, ore
that will go into the thousands of dol
iars in values.
The same vein has been found on
the J.. and B. group still further to the
north and there is no doubt that de-
velopments here will produce just as
rich shoots as have been opened up on
the Badger Hill, on the Morrison
Molter and the Reagan. The findings
give at least two miles length to the
remarkable vein.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
MINE TIMBER CHANGES
INTO SLAB OF SILVER

Secretary O%verbury, of the May
flower Consolidated Mines company, has
a curiosity in his office at Rhyolita
which is worth while. 1t is a section of
an old timber taken from one of the
old drifts ON a lower level of the Te-
copa mine. This working has not been
used for years, but the old timber was
standing there, seemingly as intact as
the day it was put in place. A chance
tap with "A hammer shattered the tim
Der.
The section which Mr.. Overbury is
showing has been practically entirely
replaced with silver. There is a small
bit of ~carbonized wood present, but
while the entire texture of the former
bit of wood, grain, rings and all can
be seen, it is all silver save that II two
or three places where there were evil
IDENTIFY cracks in the wood, there are
thin streaks of gold. The bit of re
placed wood is now heavy as a piece OF
solid metal, and affords an interesting
study of the replacement of wood or
soft stone with precious metals through
filtration. This replacement is not un-
like the process which has formed the
streaks of immensely rich gold and sill
yer deposits through the wide ore chan
nels which are being worked in many
of the Nevada mining properties.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
STEADY WORK ON NORTH
SIDE DESPITE DEEP SNOW

Arthur s.. Putney, superintendent Of
the j.. ID. Johnston company, owning
property at North Manhattan, reports
that despite the very deep snow in that
section, work is progressing in ine
shape. Mr.. Putney states that the sno
is much deeper than in previous years,
and while the wagon road is blocked,
pack trails have been dug in the snow
and supplies are being packed in on
same. The mining outlook is certainly
good at this time of the year, for even
with the disadvantages caused by the
snow, work is going on on almost all
of the properties in that section, AM
they are showing up better than ever
Manhattan Mail.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
ODDIE THINKS HAWTHORNE
WILL MAKE GREAT CAMP

Hawthorne is !. place that mining
men will do well to keep their eyes ON,
for it is going TO be one of the best
camps in the state, , said Senator I. l..
Oddie of ~Tonopah, who was in Goldfe.d
yesterday. 'sThe ore bodies opened in
the Mountain King and Lucky Boy
claims are just about the finest thing
| ever saw, and there is going 10 be a
big sensation in that part of the eoua
try by other developments which are
now under way"
Mr.. eddie and j. NJ. Mitchell, of the
firm of Mitchell 4 Fairfield, left for
Hawthorne in the eddie auto this fore-
noon. They will also visit the new
strike near Nina. and see what il
amounts to. All reports from there al
the present time are of an optimistic
nature and indicate that some gooI
finds are being made.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
WANTS OIL STOCKS LISTED.

Goldfeld, New, March Is, 1909.
Editor, Goidfeld Daily News:
Sir-In view of the appearance of oil
on the mineral horizon of Nevada, and
the organization and incorporation of
various companies to operate in this
field, | should like to inquire whether or
not these companies may list their
shares on the Goldfeld Consolidated
Exchange and, if not, will the Goldfeli
Consolidated Exchange SO amend their
charter so as to receive applications for
the listing of these various oil com
panies that may have their h%eadquart-
ers in Goldfield and that they may make
a market in Goidfeld for their stock,
to the good of Goldfeldi
Yours truly,
A GOLDFIELD BOOSTER.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
ASKS FOR RESTRAINING
ORDER FROM COURT

Alleging that the defendants ousted
them from the possession of the Pay
master claims about three miles from
Ida, and are now extracting ore which
is of a very high grade, and are con
verting the money to their W use,
Frank w. Lindstrom. John l.. Kalfus
and John W. MINIS have fled suit in
the district court against F. A. Camp.
bell and L. f. Campbell. The plaintiffs
ask that a temporary order be issued
by the court, restraining the defend
ants from extracting ore until the trial
of the ease, and asking damages in the
sum of $4,000.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
GOLDEN HORN PANS GOLD
ON BIG LEDGE AT SURFACE

S. r. Phail brought. in some fine look
ing quartz from the Golden Horn group,
situated 1000 feet northeast of the
Keane Wonder mine. The stuff pans a
nice string of gold and will probably
run $40 a ton. In doing surface work,
eight feet of the quartz has been ex-
posed, making a very promising show.
ing. Mr.. Phail located the claims Jan
uary l, 1906, and has been performing
annual labor on same every year, as
provided by law. He believes that he
has one of the best showings in that
section of the camp, where good show
ings are numerous-Rhyolite Herald.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
GRAFT SILVER STRIKE IS
REPORTED IN MEMO CANYON

it 5 reported that a strike OF silver
ore, 4 o,cr -1o0 ounces to the
ton. has been made in Memo canyon, 10
miles south of Skidoo. 1t is claimed
that the strike was made by George
Montgomery, known as MONTY
brother Of r. A. (Bob) Montgomery,
owner of the Skidoo mine. 1t is gener-
ally thought that the fortunate dis
coverer is Frank Montgomery the third
l.rother. who is also known as
Monty The Cook lease on the
TLissee property in the same canyon Is
still turning put an abundance OF high
grade ore.-Keeler Post.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
BRINGS IN GOOD ORE
FROM SPRING VALLEY

John Murray arrived the fore part
of the week from Spring Valley and
brought with him a 50-pound specimen
of ore from property owned there By
John Murray, p N. Marker, Frei
Sehriker and Jim Davis. The ore on
assay shows a value of $s5. Mr.. Muir
ray states that there is a three-foot
ore body, and the indications for a
valuable mine are excellent. Loveloek
Tribune.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20


James W. Pearson, who has extensive
interests in the Velvet district, west OF
Lovelock, came in last Tuesday and will
remain several days attending to i'm
portant business matters, says the Re.
view.
1.-The Velvet district, although prac-
tically unknown to the mining world y
said Mr.. Pearson, lis making a splendid
showing. At present there are only
about fifteen operators IN the camp, but
these few are going head with their de-
velopment work and the results are far
ahead of what was expected. During
the past three months several properties
have been under steady development
and the result has been that numerous
strong lodges, showing all the earmarks
of opening into bonanzas, have been
opened up.
The Gold Note Minlug company, of
which f.. A. Worswick is manager has
added another rich find to it's already
Zig showing. Two shafts have been
sunk on the maiE lead. The deepest
shaft. which has been sunk on the IN
telsect;on of two veins, is gu rect deep.
/ rom the collar of the shaft to the DOT
tom good paintings can he had from any
part of the ledge. The Paystreak,
which shows a width of two feet at the
surface. is gradually widening as depth
is attained. and it is believed that fur
Their depth will reveal a big pay shoot.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
STRIKE AT ELY MAKES
ASSEMBLYMAN NELL RICH

Assembly Neill of White Pine was
treading the air yesterday afternoon
as he had received a telegram from
lis son in Ely stating a large ledge
lad leen tapped in the Bunker-Hiii
and Sullivan property there which
made Neill a wealthy man. Samples
of the orc received the other day by
Mr.. Neill were as fine as ever exhib
it.d. but this was thought to be only
a s~fringer, hut the opening out into
a large and well defined ledge was a
most agreeable surprise to Mr.. Neill.-
Tonopah Bonanza.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
GETS GOOD RESULTS FROM
MOHAWK NEAR TONOPAH

4. J. Frazer, owner of the Mohawk
claim. situated six miles north of TINS
eitv. is getting some excellent returns
from his development work.
At a depth of eighty feet he has a
six foot ledge. Another ledge, that
shows $59.l7 a ton, has been only
opened to a depth of six feet. 1T is 9
strong formation and promises y
make an excellent ore body at ths
point of intersection with the ven
previously mentioned.-Tonopah Sun.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
INYo COPPER STRIKES ORE.

At ffty-two feet deep the VEIN was
cpt in the shaft of the Inyo Copper
company and found to carry ore OF ex'
eeiIent value in copper and silver. So
very encouraging is the showing thai
drifting in the vein will be started at
once. for which another shift OF men
has been sent to the mine. This prop
erty is situated below Death Vaiiey
Junction and promises to develop .
profitable mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
START WORK ON UNION 0

Messrs. Shea and Pullman have start
ed work on their lease on Union y anu
intend keeping as large a force OF men
employed as can he worked to good ait
vantage. 1t is probable that they will
not lie able to make a mill run for a
month as they want to have at least
a hundred tons for the first Man
haitian Mail.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
cOPPERMINES COMPANY HAS
20 MEN ON DEVELOPMENT

Twenty men are Eow employed at
the Coppermines property who are
working from the shaft sunk into the
ore body discovered by drilling. The
shaft is 240 feet deep and penetrated
the ore to a depth of 70 feet, says the
rly ~Expositor.
The present work is in drifts from
the shaft to prove up the size OF the
ore deposit which Manager Plate classi
fies as a quartz porphyry and which is
very similar to the Ruth ore, and of
which, in all probability, it is a part.
Ii contains much chalcoeite.
Churn drill operations were suspend
ed some time g on account of the
weather, but will be resumed again
this spring or summer to prove up other
parts of the ground.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
ON MONTGOMERY MOUNTAIN

Manager Thomas kllker states thal
work is being steadily pushed In the
shaft of the Montgomery Mountain
Mining company, adjoining the Sho-
s..one. A depth of seventy-one feet
has been attained and the lOO-foot
point is expected to be reached by
April /. AT that depth a crosscut VIII
lie started to tap the same great VEN
that is developed in the Shoshone
This done, the Montgomery Mountain
will tegin to take on the dignity and
value of a mine. -Rhyolite Herald.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
HORNSILvER
THE GOLD-SILVER CAMP
Hornsilver Consolidated Mining an
Milling Gomnanu


Capital, $1,oOO,oOO; par value, 800
Property-Two claims adjoining the
Great Western, one Of the greatest gold
silver mines in the world. We have
three mineral lodges running through
our property, one ledge running directly
from the Great Western from which W.
have secured values of SIS on the sur.
face.
Management-Our property will be
rapidly developed by sinking at once q
200-foot shaft, at which depth we ex
pect to commence paying dividends
Active work has already started.
Ofering-One hundred thousand
shares of treasury stock at ten cents !
share. The second one hundred thou.
sand shares will be sold for no less than
twenty-five cents a share. Full particu.
lars on application.
HORNSILVER INVESTMENT co
Hornsilver, Nevada.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
FINE STATIONERY

The finest of box stationery, fancy
and staple, at the News Stationery
store.
The state herald., 1909-07-23
HOME TESTING
A Sure and Easy Test on Coffee.

To decide the nil important ones.
ton of coffee. whether or not Il ia
really the hidden cause of pbysical
ails and approaching fixed diseases.
one should make n test of ten days by
leaving ON cotyea ep,,re,v md us,nv
well.made Postum.
IL relief follows vou nav know IN
a certainty that coffee has been
your vicious enemy. or course Won
can take II back IN vour heart again
II YOU like To keen sick.
A lady saws. 81 had sufYerea With
stomach trouble nervousnesa and tar.
ribie sick headaches ever since I was
n it'll. child for nv neonle were Al.
ways great cofYce drinkers and lot ma
children have all we wanted I rot
so Thought could mot live w,,hon,
coffee. hui I would not acknowled~s
that IL caused INV suffering
"Tho, I rooa ,n ,,.n, .-,i,,.
'" feau 30 many "rucies ABOUT
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The state herald., 1909-07-23
Amuse tents for Summer Parties.

This is the season of outdoor enter
tainments, for most of our readers, If
not sojourners by the sea or on the
mountain top, may arrange for novel
entertainments in the open air by uti-
LIKING what is near-the parks. the
reaches of inland lake or rivers. the
shady lawn of the home place or some
adjacent country side reached by the
ever-present trolley car.
A fagot party is not new, but this
way of conducting one has new fea-
lures; A circle of pine trees was the
setting for little fireplace made of
stones, on which paper and dry twigs
were ready to be touched Off
Each guest was presented with a
bundle of fagots to which was at
tached number; duplicate number
was given out The hostess re-
Quested the guest who drew No. l to
look at the fagots; If he had No / the
bundle was laid on the blaze, and he
had to tell story, sing song or
dance a Jig while the fagots burned.
1t really was another way of conduct.
ing stunt party. one guest re-
cited some clever negro dialect,
bits she had collected while in the
south. man gave some college
stories; sweet singer rendered some
Hawaiian love songs which she
learned from the natives while on the
island. The result was very good.
There were IL guests and II bundles
of fagots burned underneath the tall
pines. Refreshments were served on
the inclosed porch of the summer cot
tage. A candle was at each plate
held by drop of melted wax onto a
wooden picnic plate: by it was
wooden skewer; with it marshmallows
were toasted over the candle and
eaten with ice cream and small cakes
There was impromptu singing of col
lege songs to the accompaniment of
the hostess guitar. All the girls wore
tub suits and the men came with neg
iigee shirts with duck or flannel
trusers and serge coats.