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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
ing would follow, as sentiment 2
that place points that way.

ing would follow, as sentiment at
that place points that way.
Bristol, Tenn, April 6.-Wi'l
Chambers, negro answering the
description OF the man who shct
Town Marshal Daniel Galloway in a
pistol duel AT Erwin. Tenn, was cap
tured here, and Is being held Tor
Identification, Chambers, who had
just cCme here from Erwin was ar
reJted by Policeman w. 5. Wiclrs, OF
the Bristol, Va, police force. Gov
ering the negro with a revolver, 1ha
officer demanded that he throw up
his hands. As he responded, he
drew n revolver from his breast poclO-
ct and was In the act of shooting
the officer, when Mrs. Wicks, wife OF
the officer, who CHANGED to be with
her husband, rea izing his danger,
sprang at the negro and wTencbed
the revolver from his hand. BY this
intrepid act on the part OF Mrs.
Wicks, the officer is positive that q
bloody shooting was ayerted. From
information received from Erwin last
night Chief Keller Is confident he has
the man who is wanted for the shoot
ing OF the town marshal there.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
WOMAN SHOOTS HER BROTHER-|N LAW

Richmond, and had gone to the Camp
bell home to try and induce his wife
TO return home with him, which, Il
is said, she refused to do, when a
general family row ensued.
Mrs. Campbell first fired several
shots with revolver without effect
then occurred a shotgun and fired at
close range, with the results men
toned above.
Amos was unarmed, and as the
coroner has just empanel'ed a jury
1t is not known what the decision
wi be.
This is the second murder tina. has
occurred in this place, the other be-
ing negro several years ago.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
REGISTRATION NOTICE

To the voters OF the eighth yard
Notice is hereby given that l will
sit AZ Turner's store in said ward
on April 10th, 1909 for the purpose
OF amending and correcting the reg
istration list OF said ward. All vot-
ers of TT ward. not heretofore rig
istered, urged to register on tina.
day.
]. T. GARRISON,
City Registrar.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
TO THE VOTERS OF
THE NINTH WARD
fANNIoON,
City Registrar

Notice is hereby given that / Will
SIT at Clint Bailey Merchandise sto-e
South Band street. in said ward on
April 10th, 1909 for The purpose OF
amending and correcting the regis
tration list of said ward.
All voters of the ward, not here
tofore registered, are urged to regis
ter on that day.
c. b. WILSON,
City Regist -ar
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
TO THE VOTERS OF
THE FIFTH WARD

Notice is hereby given that will
sit at Bailey Mercantile Co.'s sore.
Brand street in said ward on Aprl,
10th, 1909 for the purpose of amend
Ing and correcting the registration
lit of said ward.
All voters af The ward, MT hereto
fore registered. are urged to register
on that day.
JEROME MITCHELL
City Registrar
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
REGISTRATION

Second ward voters may reg.st II
at Shepherd and Lily's mea. mark >,
any day from 9 TO Il and from 3
to O'Clock. Regi tration will clos.
March s1st and wiil be open aga;..
April 10th for one day oaly.
ID. A. FRENCH
Registra,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
TO THE VOTERS OF
THE SEVENTH WARD

Notice is hereby given that I viii
sit at Bruce's store. in said ward on
April 10th. 1909 for the purpose
of amending and correcting the regis
tration list of said ward.
fore registered. are urged to register
on that day.
j. A. b. BRUCE,
City Registrar.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
SANITARY FISH

Why called sanitary! because
II G.. Brisentlne. Blueaeld avenue.
am properly equipped to handle
them, and they are always fresh and
In sound condition. Buy your fish
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
REGISTER FOR THE CITY ELECTION

ohandlse Company al day April 10
for the purpose of revising and com
pleting the registration of that ward
for the city election.
A. II. HARDWOOD,
Registrar
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06

This is TO give notice that 1 will
be- at r. j. Browns offico in the
Fourth ward Saturday Aprn 10 E.,
the purpose of listing the voters of
laid ward for he city election.
l., A. DUNN, Registra
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
Henry w. Amos Shot and
Killed by Mrs. William
Campbell

Buena Vista, Va, April 6.-Henry
w. Amos was shot and instantly kill
ed yesterday by Mr.. William Camp
bell.
1t seems that the wife Of Amos had
left him, owing to some family tro :
be, and had gone to 5he home OF
Mrs. Campbell, who is her sister.
Amos, who had just returned from
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REGISTRATION.
THIRD WARD

will be at the city hall all DAY
Saturday. April 10, for :he purpose
of registering voters in said ward.
NJ. b. PoSTLETHwAITE.
Registrar
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-06
c. w. AKERS,
Il. l.. BAILEY.

III you want hand-me-downs get
them. IL you want tailoring see
tailor. G. III. Bergman, Rale gh
street.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
X. 1. LEASE HAS GREAT
SHOWING AT SEARCHLIGHT

tune had at last, not smiled, but grim
ned on the plucky ~leasers. With every
succeeding foot the ore has widened,
the ore, identical with that of the adj
joining Fraction, likewise carries the
values.
Across the face, next to the hanging,
is a streak eight or ten inches wide OF
copper-stained ore, while below there
is exposed the biggest part of four feet
of soft, rose -colored quartz. Further,
Mr.. Cook stated that beneath tie
banked up .smuck' there was a good
two feet more of the same ore, making
a total of fully six feet between the
walls. This Wine is to be continued on
down and if the vein, as expected,
rights itself, an upraise will be put
through to the surface, 40 feet, and
used as a working shaft.
1t is only a matter of a few days nm
til the first car goes through to the
smelter, probably to San Francisco. Of
the required 20 tons the leasers now
have over 10 tons sacked, this in add
ton to two and one-half tons of hig.,
grade.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
SAYS PARKER CLAIMS
HAVE NOT BEEN SOLD

.slf ouI claims near Acme Tanks, ia
the Fitting district, have beenAsold, we
have not been notified as yet, and know
aotilng of the deal,' said Ptthef
brothers last Tuesday when questioned
as tc the report that the cltims up, II
which they made a rich strike j moath
ago ad been sold in San Francisco.
-. 6. Thompson was maze aur as,rt
for the sale of the property two weeks
ago Wien he went to San Francisco, and
went to see j. L.egget of New York,
who has been interested in the prop
erty. Thompson was given the prrvi-
le2e Of selling a lease on the property
where we made the strike for $1,000,
or TO sell the entire property for $50,
you, he TO. have a fourth i~nteress IS
commission.
He wired us that Leggett was en-
sidSving the proposition, but it seems
ineonceivable hat a man would pay
$4,000 cash outright for a property
when he has never seen it or had an
examination made. We are hoping that
the sale has been made, but l guess
thai the informant of the paper that
published the news of the consumma
lion Of the deal had Eeen s~.strung' by
Thompson. He hasn't let us know about
it yet, and he is our agent
The gentlemen are figuring on the
cost of a small mill, consisting Of some
kind of grinding pan, or Chilean mill,
with amaIgamation process, with the
idea of keeping work going on their
new strike, and saving the rich free
gold vslues themselves, making the
property pay its way.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
MINES AT GEORGES CANYON
MAKING STEADY PROGRESS

The steady work which has been go
lag on in Georges Canyon in Nye
county for the past three months has
Ieen productive of excellent results. in
that considerable shipping grade ore has
Leen developed. The district is essen.
tally a milling camp, for while there
are numerous streaks and punches of
high grade the work thus far lone
proves that the life of the various
properties lies in the large amount of
milling grade ore which can be seen in
all the workings.
While this milling ore carries values
in excess of the milling ores of camps
more favorably situated in regard to
transportation and milling facilities, it
cannot be worked at present at a profit,
hut the day is not far distant when the
difficulties will be overcome and the
camp given a chance TO show its worth.
Meanwhile from so to 40 men are at
work on the various leases and com
amy workings, and from most of
them nearly enough shipping grade
rock is icing extracted to pay the
expense OF development, SO that by
the time the new railroad is built,
which will pass very close to if not
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
AGGRESSIVE MINING AGAIN
MAKES GOLCONDA LIVELY

wINNEMUCCA, New, Oct. a.
The aggressive mining and milling of
ores from Kramer hill Mt Golconda is
fast bringing that town back to its old
standing, when the town was one of the
busiest commercial and mining centers
in the state. The work being done there
is not mere prospecting, but progressive
mining on a big scale inc reduction of
the ores extracted in the big mill at
Golconda. There are now about 80 men
at work on the property under the SUI
perintendency of A. p. S. Macquestin
of the Glasgow & Western Exploration
company, and il was by his conservative
management that the property was so
extensively developed for the easy
handling and extraction of ore. With
the aid of power drills two long tunnels
were run from different directions to
penetrate the great ore zone that had
been previously prospected by a shaft
to a depth of about $50 feet on what
was known as the Oswald Thompson
lease and another on what is known as
the ng-Welshons-Egg block Of
ground just south of the former lease.
Satisfied that a great mine existed there
the tunnels were started into the hill
to tap the ore bodies at great depth and
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

SEARCHLIGHT, New, Oct. d.
Barricaded by a great pile of sacked
ore, the /. X. l.. lease, high up on the
west slope of Duplex Hill, looks like
a fortifeation. And well it might be
patroled and guarded, for within the
tunnel, on the dump, the rampant it
self, all show a mass of mineral wealth.
Six feet of ore has been exposed,
which, conservatively estimated will 90
better than $50 a ton across the entire
face. On the dump there are some 80
odd sacks of high grade, but the great
bulk of the sacks are filed with ore
OF which Is assays returned an aver
age of eight per cent copper, % per
cent lead and $50 in gold a ton.
Two or three other parties have at
different times taken leases on the /. X.
H., hut it remained for Messrs. Cook,
Zook and Case, through their persist
ent and well directed efforts, 70 locate
and open up this remarkable shoot of
ore.
The walls Of the Wine, down prob
ably 20 feet, tell the story of how For.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
SENDS GOLD DUST TO PAY
SUBSCRIPTION FOR NEWS

wedding, Mr.. Hurd left by steamer for
South America. This fact created some
comment in Goldfield, and finally it be-
came rumored about that Hurd had left
Goidfeld unannouneed and the story
got into print. The rumors were en-
tirely mfounded. Mr.. Hurd's friends
knew he was going away and he gave
a farewell dinner at the Hotel Gold
field the night before he left and sew
eral of his friends ssaw him off, at
the train the next morning. His mar
rage and sudden departure alone, was
no occasion for comment. Intimate
friends of the couple knew they were
to be married and also knew their
plans; that Mrs. Hurd stayed in San
Francisco while her husband proceeded
/ her to the Colombia goldfelds, was all
prearranged and the gossip all started
by those who seemingly knew nothing
If their plans and affairs.
Mr.. Hurd writes that Honestly and
frankly he does not like the country
Is.In a country where you can hire good
miners (sueh as miners are here) for
% and 80 cents per day. you can take
it for granted there is not much wealth.
! Nevada for me every time. Poost for
Nevada. l shall without doubt return
! there within the ncxt IL months.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

through the district, there will be a
tonnage of ore blocked out which
will furnish a good haul for the road
as well as returning to the faithful
miners the profits they are justly
entitled to.
Sinking and drifting continues in
the joint shaft being sent down by
Fancher and Smith and Myles and Mey-
ers, which is down nearly go feet, fol
lowing a rich stringer from 8 to 10
inches wide, which is being sacked. The
balance of the ledge, which is about
four feet wide. carries value averaging
over $40 a ton, which is being placed on
the dump for future working, owing
to the great transportation cost now
prevailing, which would eat up all
the profit. The shaft is on a line be
tween the two blocks of ground, and
Fancher and Smith have already
drifted about 20 feet. Myies and
Meyers intend to drift at a furthe.
depth of % feet. Several of the prop
critics have an excellent showing, the
general run of the ore going from see
to $50 a ton, with the veins strong ami
in place, in addition to which there
are rich streaks carrying very high
values.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

The News is in receipt of a letter
from i. b. Hurd, formerly Of Goldhe'd
and now mining il MedeIiin, Colombia,
S. A., enclosing an envelope containing
gold dust to the AMOUNT of $l.2o, as
subscription for three months for the
Goldfeld Weekly News. MI. Hurd ex-
plains that he has no exchange IN that
amount and no small paper money, and
that the gold dust, the common medium
of barter in that country, was all ne
could transmit in payment for the
paper.
Mr.. Hurd says that life IN COLOMBIA
is not all that could be desired; IN facf
when he went there it was no place
for a white man, ..Iet alone a woman,
and therefore he had to leave his bride
IN San Francisco until he could pre-
pare a decent abode for her. lie says
that he was expecting Mrs. Hurd with
in a few days after the letter was WRIT
ten and she has probably joined her
husband by this time.
Mrs. Hurd was Miss Coleman, wen
known in musical circles IN Goidneid
and a most estimable lady. 5he Went
to San Francisco from Goldield, where
she was married to Mr.. Hurd, a pros
porous broker. The next day affer the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
GoLDFIELDERs AFTER
LAS VEGAS LANDS

The News learns that next Sunday a
number of Goldfield people are going
down to the Las Vegas country for the
purpose of looking over lands in the
Amargesa valley that are seemingly in
the artesian belt, and that some of them
will probably take up lands there. a
number of people from this vicinity
have dropped down there quietly, un
der guise of going somewhere else, and
it is learned that a great amount Of
land has already been taken up. Near
ly every railroad employee at Las Vegas
has taken up land and the same applies
to the company officials. They are get
ting ready for the time when Las
Vegas will supply southern Nevada
with practically all its fruit and vege-
tables, which now seems almost a cer-
tainty.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
COMsToCK MINERS DROP
INTO HOT WATER SPRINGS

VIRGINIA CITY, New, Oct. &C.
There was a peculiar and unusual acct
dent at the Ward shaft last evening IN
which shift Loss Ed Sheerin, Joe Ben.
nett and an Italian named Isola were
more or less burned by coming in con
tact with the hot water on the PATS
station.
They were being lowered to that
station, at the usual speed TO make
some changes in the motor. The con.
pressed air supplying the pump had
been turned off by some one and the
water had consequently raised unbe-
known to them. The first thing they
knew they were in the hot water. All
were more or less injured, but Joe Ben
nett had the misfortune to fall and
was therefore more severely used mp
than the others. The cage was rnng
up at one and the contact with the
water was only of brief duration.
1t is expected that all three men
will be able to resume work again in
a few days.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
ELECTROSTATIC PROCESS
FOR PIOCHE ZINC ORFS

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 19.--Tests
of Ohio Acknowledgements Utah zine
ore for treatment by the HUFF electro
static process have proven entirely sat
isfaetory, according 10 word received at
the Ohio Kentucky Offices III this city
yesterday from George f.. Learnard,
president of the Nevada Utah company.
This means that even greater profits
than had ever before been counted up
on await the mining and milling of the
enormous ore bodies in the Phoebe Con
solidated properties.
BY the use of the Huff process in its
mill at Bingham junction the United
States Smelling company is making
from zine-lead middiings hitherto Writ
ually worthless a product which brings
rich returns, and the adaptability of
that process to treating the Phoebe lead
zine ores assures handsome profits from
some millions of tons of ore that was
once SO heavily penalized at the smell
ter as to render it a menace rather tran
a resource.
The work of clearing out and retim-
herring the old workings of the mines
included in the merger is progressing
in good form. The Ohio Kentucky COM
pany has, III fact, completed that work
in 10th the Susan buster and the Green
wood mines, while the Nevada Utah is
still busy placing No.. / mine in con;ii-
ton for the heavy campaign of produe-
tion which the Phoebe Consolidated
company is about to undertake.
Ernest l.. Godbe, who, it is under
stood, is to Ee managing director OF the
Consolidated company, expects to leave
the last Of the week for New York to
take part in closing the details Of get
ting the new organization in working
form. One of the things to be CON
sidered will be that of choosing an ae-
tive manager for the properties.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
BOOM AT HAMMOCK KEEPS
UP At VERY RAPID PACE


AUSTIN, New, Oct. s1.-Bannock,
the new camp south Of Battle Mountain
in this county seems to win the abso.
lutte faith Of every man that sees it. The
original strike has yielded close 10
100000 in high grade gold ore during
the past month. This treasure is stored
in the bank at Battle Mountain. Not
a pound has beer sold or sent to redsc-
tion plants. The men who control the
Nevada Omaha company have plenty Of
money of their own to carry on the
development and are in no hurry for
dividends. The best opinion base on
what is now in sight, is that this rish
cross assure will yield over a million
before it is exhausted.
The company's holding, consisting
of 100 acres, is all under lease except
one or two small blocks, which were
reserved. The most liberal leasing pol
icy heard of in the state has been fol
lowed. The leasers are busy prospect
ing the surface of their blocks to find
groupings parallel with the first strike
or on the extension of the original vein.
A Reno leasing company has let a con
tract for a 600-foot tunnel which will
entirely crosscut the formation in the
richest section.
The strike is in the center of one of
the most heavily mineralized sections
of the range first to the west of Reese
river. The Buxzard Gold Mining ecm-
pany a Salt Lake concern, has been
making ore shipments regularly from
a property, just to the west of the town
of Bannock. The Boston and Maine
patented holdings lie to the south of
the townsite.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

it is from these workings that the mira
is being worked at the present time.
Three teams are kept busy hauling
ore to the mill, which is crushing forty
tons a day with Huntington mills and
with gratifying results. 1t is claimed
that the ore is averaging in the neigh
borhood Of $50 per ton and this is a
fine grade of milling rock, when it is
taken into consideration that the ore
bodies in many instances are Is to 20
feet wide.
The Kramer hill property was only
discovered about two years ago by l..
X. Kramer and since that time the
claims have been under development
either by leasers or by the discoverer
and his associates. The finding of this
big mine so near the town is one of
the wonders of this great mineral
country for when Mr.. Kramer placed
his notice in the discovery monument
on the outcrop the ledge stood at least
FIVE feet out of the ground with ore
that assayed very high in gold. With
the showing and large ledge that can
be seen traversing the side of the
mountain for a long distance it sceTs
strange that it should have been over
looked so long by prospeetors.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23
OPERATIONS ARE RESUMED
ON LEASE AT sEARCHLIoHT

SEARCHLIGHT, New, Oct. 22.-
Work has been resumed on the New
Years Gift lease under the direction
of A. w. Crittenden, president of the
C%rittenden Development company, who
extracted $35, 900 from this asme block
Of ground during a former lease. A new
hoist has been installed. new track lai I,
and various other preparatory steps tax
en- for extensive operations. While the
company has a two years lease from
the Homestead people, still, not a mon
ent will be needlessly wasted, and with
Mr.. Crittenden's intimate knowledge of
the property it is safe to predict that
shipments will be on the road within
90 days.
With the view of placing the mine
on "A producing basis at the earliest pos
sible date, the ore shoot to the west
of the shaft. from which MIR. Critten-
den during his former lease extracted
*35, 900, win be exploited below the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-23

The town of Bannock is building VI
very rapidly. The travel to and from
the new camp is making Battle Noun
tain hum. The merchants are working
over time and business at the north
portal of Lander county has all the
swing and dash of the early mining
camps in the southern country
Thomas and Mass of Reno will o
open a fine restaurant at Bannoek.
George Abel will erect a hotel of two
stories and a company OF Omaha and
Reno men with Fred Bowler as manager
will soon be in course of construction.
A large grocery store stocked with
things needed in the camp and the
usual number of saloons are already in
business with all the custom they can
manage.
The town wants a justice of the
peace and a constable. The people are
determined to have an orderly town
and have already served notice on the
rough and ready element that night
in Bannock will be recognized as
time for sleep and quiet.
The leading men of Bannock are
on a water system. a series
of wells are being sunk in the guich
with good showing of a plentiful sup
ply of water, The Nevada Omaha
company is taking care of the mill
question and plans are already per-
fected for erecting a plant that will
give ~leasers a home market for their
ore.
The camp is scarcely a month old
and from the present pace will give
account of itself most creditably to
Lander county and the state.