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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-10
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
AFFAIRS AT TILE FLORENCE
MOVING ALONG SMOOTHLY

Things have been moving along
a bout the same as usual at the Flor
ence mine during the past week. the
mill has been grinding steadily, grad
ually reducing the big dump at the
south side of the mill, and also working
ore from the mine. Several teams
hitched to s%crappers are kept busy
dragging the dump ore up to the ehute
into which it is dumped and sent down
to the 50-foot level, from whence 1t Is
raised through the main shaft to the
top of the ore bins in the mill.
The connecting up of old lease work
ing is being carried forward in the
mine, to make the large bodies OF ore
readily available for extraction through
the main shaft. In a general way,
there is practically nothing new IN con
ditions at the Florence this week.
President Lockbart has been IN Gan
fornia for several days, but is expected
to return soon and resume managerial
duties at the mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
PREMIER DRIFTS
ON A PROMISING VEIN

Drifting is progressing on a very
promising ledge at the February Pre-
mier lease, and there is a good body OF
quartz in sight, carrying sulphides and
appreciable gold values. Work has
been carried forward energetically ON
this lease, which is located in good ter
iitory, and mining meu confidently pre-
diet that it will be numbered among the
producers in the very near future. III
is controlled by Brock L. Feagan of Los
Angeles, with whom are associated some
Goldfeld men. Willis A. Gates has re-
Gently disposed of his holdings in the
lease, and will devote the greater part
of his interest to the K~niekerbocker
lease on the Blue Bull, in which he is
one of the heavy owners.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
LEGAL FORCES LINE UP
IN FRANCES MOHAWK SUIT

Legal forces are now well lined up
on the scene of action for the battle
which will be called in the district
court here on Monday, in the suit of
the Consolidated company against the
Frances Mohawk Mining and Leasing
mpan for $125,00 damages for al
legged neglect to comply with the terms
of the lease of the latter on the Mo
hawk ground. The plaintiff contends
that by the negligence of the leasing
company in failing to properly timber
and protect the lease workings the
property was damaged to the amount
claimed.
Harry Bryant, of the firm of Bryant
O'Brien, and G. S. Thomas, Pr, all
of whom are included in the counsel for
plaintiff. have arrived from Denver to
be ready for the opening of the triai.
John Wellington Finch, former general
manager of the Consolidated property,
came in from Denver with them, ana
will be an important witness for the
plaintiff.
Judge O. w. Powers of Salt Lake
CITY ard Frank J. Hangs of Goldfield,
will represent the defendant Frances
Mohawk company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
SAYS TARIFF QUESTION
UNsETTLES BUSINESS

A. II. Howe, secretary of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company, has
from an extended eastern trip,
which he witnessed the Inaugural
tion.
conditions are not any too good in
a financial way in the East at the pres
ont time,'' said Mr.. Howe, ~"although
they are improving. The present un-
certainty as to what will be done by
congress at the extra tariff session
seems to be the thing that is now hold
ing the business of the country, and
also investments, back. When that is
settled, l look for a very great revival
in financial matters.
"The big slump that is now on in
stocks is due to the general feeling of
uncertainty in other channels. Indus
trials are going down, and mining
stocks are folio wing in sympathy. 1t
seems to be one Of those times when
ever good news, such as prevails regard
ing standard Goidield mines especially
has a r~eactionary effect, and is not ae'
cepted by the investing public for what
it is worth. Business is going to pici
up. however, as soon as the tariff ques
ton is settled
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
TECOPAH WILL GET ROAD
BUT DEAL NEARLY FAILED

From information recently at hand,
1t appeared tnat Nelson L. Graves,
wealthy paint manufacturer of Phila-
delphia, had abandoned negotiations for
halr Of the Tecopah Consolidated Min
Ing company, or wnicn lie is president
ana heaviest holder. Mr.. Graves mad
Leen WORKING ON the deal for some time,
ana there was every indication that it
would lie consummated, but at the last
moment ne refused TO sign the papers
owing to the fact that ne was called
upon to guarantee a certain tonnage be-
tore the Ionopah 4 Underwater railroad
would undertake the construction OF the
ii miles OF track necessary to reach
the mines.
menI or the smelter was Indifferent to
tne utaI, owing TO the Iact that over
lures hau air.aay been made by repre-
sentatives of the United States Smelt-
ing company, ana tnat these are still
under consideration.
That the deal is not entirely of,
however, at least so far as the railroad
is concerned, was asserted by Genera
Manager Ryan, of the Tonopah L. Tide
water, during his visit to Goldfeld this
week.
ave could not afford to build the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
HOIST ON IMPERIAL TO
DEVELOP OUTSIDE SECTION

A gallows frame and gasoline hoist
have been installed this week on the
Imperial claim, east of the Blue Bull,
and energetic development of this
promising territory will be the program
for the future. Operations are in
charge of Sam Berkeley, representing
Eastern owners, who have great faith
in this piece of ground in the heart of
the 'outside" territory. Developments
on surrounding claims are of a very en-
~couraging nature, and it seems only a
question of depth and persistency for
opening pay ore here. The shaft is
now down about so feet, and the work
can be classed as one of the most ina
portant of the new undertakings in that
section.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

road without a guarantee as to the
amount of ore the Tecopah company
would furnish" said Mr.. Ryan, "and
would not do it, but after Mr.. Graves
returned to Philadelphia, he changed
ahead with the survey at his expense,
and agreeing to meet our proposition
fully. So the road will be built, but it
is possible that unless satisfactory terms
are made for the purchase of the smelt-
.er, or for it to handle the T~ecopah
ores, Mr.. Graves may conclude to build
a smelter ON his W account.
"That camp is going to be one of
the greatest in Nevada, and the Tecopah
mine is something immense. We had
our engineer make an exhaustive ex-
animation of the property, and he re-
ports that there is over $4,0O0,0O0 worth
or ore in sight, and that the mine is
amply able to MAINTAIN shipments of at
least 800 tons a day indefinitely
The news that a spur railroad would
be built to the mine caused various
owners along the proposed right-of-way
to fence in their possessions in antici
patton of securing cash settlements, and
in several places barbed wire was strung
across the main road from the mine to
the town of Tecopah.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
DAISY SHAFT NOW DOWN
TO DEPTH OF 500 FEET

Conditions continue most favorable at
the Daisy in D~iamondield, and a large
output is being maintained, most Oh inc
ore being hoisted through the old smart
so as not to interfere with the work OF
sinking the main shaft, which is now
under way. The contractors nave no"
reached the 500-foot point, and are
emitting a station there. When TINS Is
finished. the shaft will be continued
down until it reaches a depth OF ioo
feet Levels will be run at each loo
feet. and the big ore bodies already
proven up in the present workings VIII
be opened to production from these
lower points.
Manager C. ID. Wilkerson is pushing
development as rapidly as the present
hosting conditions will admit WINE
sinking the shaft, and is making
splendid showing in the mine and II
the way of production.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
PERPETUAL PROGRESS
PREVAILS AT PIONEER

owner, has secured a 45-day option on
the Sun Dance claims, which adjoins in
the Mayfower estate on the west and
north, and will probably purchase, as
recent developments on the Mayhower
make this group of four claims most
desirable. Eisen is handling the deal,
it is understood, for a group of inter
ested parties. There are several pres
ent owners of these claims, and Top
ping and Goldsworthy are acting for
them. 1t is understood that the amount
involved is $50, 1000.
John S. Cook is supposed to be back
of a party who has secured an option
on the May Star group of five claims,
owned by J. Gott and others in this
locality, the option to run but 10 days.
The amount involved in the deal is
given out as $4,000.
For the next sixty to ninety days
there will probably be what some might
call "dull times for Pioneer, for the
simple fact that there will be little
production, but a vast amount of money
must be brought in from the outside to
pay for development work. Within
80 days, two or three of the leases will
likely be shipping ore from the camp,
in expectation of which a much shorter
road is being constructed from Pioneer
to Springdale. When the shipping
period arrives for even but one OF the
new leases, the .sboom' will be on in
earnest
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
MANAGER BRANDED AS FRAUD

In a suit against +. ID. Bale, formerly
superintendent of the Wheeling
Gold Range Mining company, the COM
pany makes serious allegations against
the defendant, alleging that he used his
position with the company, to misrepre-
sent facts in regard to properties the
company purchased. 1t is alleged also
that for the purpose of making a fraud
ulent profit for himself he misrepre-
sented the facts regarding the value of
ore in the various properties.
The company also alleges that the
ore which was represented as coming
from the properties, and which showed
the assays as represented by Bale, did
not in reality come from the properties
which were later purchased. The COM
pany asks for a judgment of $l3,750
against the defendant.
In the purchase of the Lookout Noun
tain, Gold King No. 2 and the Last
Chance properties, the company alleges
that Bale claimed ore was in sight run
ming $24 a ton, with picked samples 60
ing 800. Upon purchasing the prop
erty the company obtained no greater
samples than SLAP a ton.
The company alleges that Bale false
ly represented the extent of "A copper
vein, and also the assays from the vein,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
ROUND MOUNTAIN COMPANY
MAILS DIVIDEND CHECKS

4 Checks for the fourth quarterly =
4 dividend of the Round Mountain =
+ Mining company, amounting TO
Z $50, 900, have just been mailed 10 :"
+ the stockholders of that company. =
= This brings the disbursements for =
Z the past twelve months up to =
= $%l2s,OOo. :
4 The ore bodies at the mine are =
Z holding up to their splendid aver =
+ age. and with the improvements =
Z in equipment which are now oeing =
+ installed at the mine and the mill, =
= the output viii o be greatly '
Z increased, which may mean a "
Z corresponding increase IN dl'i :
+ dends at no very remote date. =
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
SUES NEVADA GOLDFIELD
CON. COMPANY FOR WAGES

j. w. Chandler has filed suit against
the Nevada Garfield Consolidated Mines
company, for judgment in the sum OF
$93l.50 The amount of the judgment
includes 5000 salary which Chandler
alleges is due him for work this year;
1891 which he claims is due him for
expenses incurred in the company
name; and $235 for wages of John
Manion, which claim has been assigned
to him. The property of the Nevada
Garfield Consolidated MINES company
is located about Is miles northwest of
Nina.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

G. f. Wyman leaves tomorrow for a
stav of about a month in the east, the
greater part of his time spent in
Rochester. New York. The gentleman
will visit Washington, d. c., however,
and several other of the large cities of
the east before his return to Nevada.
Walter Stopford, who is interested
with Ernest Kennedy in a lease on the
Lone Star, arrived in Goldfeld this
afternoon from Los Angeles.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

in the purchase of the Christopher
Columbo claim. 1t is alleged that ore
was shown running $40 to the ton, but
upon later assay by the company moth
ing greater than $40 a ton could be OBJ
tanned. Practically the same allegations
are made in respect to the purchase of
the F1ourine claim.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
NILES FROM oOLDFIELD TO


line by reasono of connections with other roads leading to those two
points. H4
The interests back If the project are a guarantee that there will
be nc lack of funds o carry it through. Frank NJ. Smith, head IF the
Pacific Coast Borax company and 81 the Tonopah & Underwater railroad
is the prime mover. Associated with him are {. h. Zabriske, secretary
and treasurer of the T. & t.; w. b. Thompson, who is heavily inter
ested in Ely mines, and Frank G.. Armstrong, whose interests are close
ly identified with Mr.. Thompson; and Max Bernheimer, who has e
Gently been elected president of the Montgomery Shoshone Mining
company. I
That the construction work will be rushed in record making time
is guaranteed by the fact that this will be under the direct super
vision of Mr.. Ryan, who built the ronopah & Tidewater railroad, devel I
opd Nh. Smith borax propositions, and has beer a prominent fac I
tor in many other enterprises o equal Importance. Grading and track 1
laying can be carried OF from Goklfeld and Ely, as there are already I
plenty of railway facilities at these terminals for getting in necessary I
supplies, equipment, etc. The road will cost approximately $40OOO00, I
in addition to extensive equipment for handling the ore, freight and I
passenger traffic. 1t will be N of the most important railway ON I
nections that could be projected in Nevada at the present time, and :
will open several rich mining districts that will add millions to the I
annual output of the state. !
All hail. the new road, and its projectors! o. I
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20
REVIVAL OF THE FAMOUS OLD
MINING CAMP OF PIOCHE

In view of the awakened interest il
the old camp Of Phoebe, the News hai
secured from James w. Abbot, an emf
nent authority, the following articl,
on the camp and its mines, especially
written for this paper:
the camp of Phoebe, Nevada, is
situated on the 3sth parallel of lati.
tude in the eastern part of the tate.
IL was established in 1865, reached its
zenith in 1872, declined to 1876, and
then collapsed. In the late SOS and
carry 80 an attempt was made to re
vive 1t. The Union Pacific railroad
system started the Utah Southern tnen
undtr It's %cOntroi, from Milford to
Phoebe; the grade was nearly com
p,et,d when Inc panic of 1898 stopped
further construction and no further at.
tempt was made at railroad building
on,n after the san fedro, Los Angeles
ana oait lake railroad had been open
Ell. January 4, 1905, a branch starting
at ,auenIe on tnat railroad was opened
20 fioche, "A dIsranee OF 81 miles. TINS
made 1t practicable to reopen some OF
tne OH properties ana 10 ueveiop new
ones.
IN its early history Phoebe was n
Oh the most FAMOUS camps In the Unit
Ell states, DeIng seconu only IN import
ance to Virginia City, Nevada. Its out
put ran tar up INTO tine mIiiions and
minerals to the extent OF over % mil
non uoIIars IN vaIues were extracted
arom the mines In that period.
Was Thriving City
Tne most noted mines were those
Owned W ine raymond and kly Min
Ing company and the Meadow Valley
41inIng company. These adJoin on the
south of tine town OF Phoebe, which had
ct It's greatest period of activity a pop
OF at least 10000 people.
The most famous mines in tnat see
non OUTSIDE or the town of Phoebe were
on the westerly slope of Bristol
ountaIn at a distance by the road OF
miles northwesterly from PIocne.
On the easteriy slope of the same
mountain was discovered in 1871 a
Inlne OF phenomenal richness which pro
luced many hundred thousand dollars
value, and after varying vicisitudes
of many years was finally purchased
" the Nevada ia Mines x Smelters
corporation who also purchased the Ole
raymond and Ely and the Meadow
Valley mine, together with more con
.iguous and adjoining properties. About
.nree years ago a corporation known as
ne Onio-Kentucky Mining company Sc
.urcd a claim about a thousand feet
;ontnwesterly from the famous Panaca
of the old Raymond and Ely
Immediately after securing this
property the io-Kentucky Mining
company opened up a very extensive
,ody of silver-lead- zinc ore, which re-
in it's characteristics ore found
n the old mines below the 12OO-foot
evel. Apex questions arose n com
,licating the titles of both the Neva-
a-utah and the Ohio-K Kentucky; to add
o the complications the Ohio-Kentucky
,couired a half interest in certain OF
he properties owned by the Nevada
Jtah aside from their Raymond and
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

Continued from Page ~ Z
: field connection probably indicates what the board of directors will =
Z decide upon. =
+ 81 "a not say just what route across the country will be Sc =
I Iected, for that will depend upon the result of the recognizance. L :
+ ma possibly go we the route with the engineers, but if don't, | I
+ will meet them in Ely when they arrive there, and return overt the route T
+ with them % finally decide what passes will be best to select The :
+ nos feasible route, and N that will att the Va time take us closest +
+ to the best of the e mining country between here and Ely, will be :
+ chosen =
+ The definite announcement that the road is to be built, and as 1
+ quickly al possible, is of the utmost Importance to Goldfeld M the :
+ mining interests of this part of the state. The route which vas sr- t
+ veyed some thine ago between Ely and Goldfeld lies along the vest :
+ side Of Hot Greek valley, through the old mining district of Typo, =
+ through the camp of Clifford or Helena, and convenient to Beneheen t
+ and Reveine. 1t will open up several mining districts that have t
+ promising properties, but have not been extensively developed be T
+ cause of lack of transportation. 7
+ 1t will place Godfed and contiguous districts hundreds of miles I
+ nearer to the smelters, and will open a nw shortline between Salt :
+ Lake City and Los Angeles, and place Goldfeld on a transcontnental i
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

LOvELOCK. The United States Gov
eminent has purchased from W. Q. Plss
two acres of land in Lovelock for the
purpose Of constructing buildings for
an Indian school. Superintendent Ash
burv. of the Stewart Indian School at
Carson, states hat there are about
twenty Indian children in LovelocS
aIone. and that with those from tbs
camps in the vicinity there will be a
least fifty Indian children to atten
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-20

very largely in the Phoebe region. From
the fact that Kirby and Weber and
several other Of the Salt Lake asso-
ciates have made so much money on
the Nevada Hills mine at Fairview
their Phoebe district investments ere
generally referred to as the mining
properties of the Nevada Hills
hunch.' Kirby ct al. are installing
machinery on their various properties,
erecting buildings and planning a Wig
orous campaign CT development.
The properties already referred to on
the western slope Of the Bristol range
were under the control of VIM. Gelder
of New York, formerly a state senator
in Colorado. Mr.. Gelder made a report
upon these properties in which he stated
that from the best of his knowledge
after patient investigation he estimated
the output Of all these mines up 20
January ], 1908, as three million dol
lars. From William Colder the prop
erty passed to the Bristol Consolidated
Mines and SHELTERS company of which
Walter G. Brace is the manager. The
California Nevada Copper company and
7. l.. Underwood together own about
two-thirds of the stock in the Bristol
Consolidated. The par value of the
stock of the corporation is four
million dollars.
This company owns the following lode
properties: The Iron lode with three
shafts, the Libby Williams with two
shafts, the Klondyke claim with one
shaft, the Great Eastern with three
shafts, the May Day with one shaft,
the National with two shafts, the
Vesuvius formerly the Cave) with two
shafts, the Imam with two shafts, the
with one shaft and the Oregon
Short Line with one shaft. The Ore
gon Short Line is an extension of the
Hill Side mine now owned by
the Nevada Utah. Each of the mines
above mentioned has been worked and
produced more or less ore. Early in
the 70's the smelter was erected espe-
cially to treat the ores of those mines.
They were worked more or less con
tinuously for % years and during that
period two smelters and one pan anal
yamation mill was erected and operated
upon those ores.
Enthusiastic Lessees
In order to work those claims prop
erly the railroad should be extended
Phoebe right up to the mines. 1T
would be an easy line to build and
when finished the property of the Bris-
Consolidated would without ques-
ton become one of the most valuable
in this state. Today five sets Of les
sees are working; each set is very en-
thusiastic over It's prospects, notwith-
standing the fact that Mr.. Brace has
made a more stringent contract with
hem thar most of the contracts that
nave been let upon the bonanza proper
tics of Goldfeld.
The properties upon which the les
sees are working are the Iron lode, the
National, the Vesuvius, the Inman and
the Oregon Short Line. Each set of
|~essoes has to furnish his own equip
nent, not a particle of machinery be
.ng furnished by the Bristol Console
lated.