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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

Values are increasing in an encodr-
aging way in an immense quartz ledge,
fully Is feet wide,. that has been pen-
ed on the south drift on the 500 level
of the Fairview Cherokee lease on the
Black Bear and Union claims OF the
Atlanta group. The company aass ap-
proximately 400x6o0 feet, and their
shaft, $50 feet, one of the deepest on
the Atlanta ground. 1t is the intention
TO push down 200 feet further in the
very near future.
At present they have about 1000 feet
of drifting, principally on the second,
third and fifth levels. Some nice
lodges were cut on the second and thirl
levels, but the best assays were oniy
about $25. The formation was badly
broken, and they decided to go deeper.
A large ledge was found at the 400,
and they continued sinking on this to
below 500.
Some large assays were secured from
strngers, but there was not quantity
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

Incorporation papers were hled yes
terday for the Rogers No. l Pioneer Nj.
l.. company, which has lease on the
Bimetallic No. 2 claim, within l.zoo
feet of the famous Pioneer lease on
BimetaIlic No. 3. The block of ground
is 3Oox6OO feet, and covers 300 feet OF
the same dyke on which the big bo-
nanza is located
The company is headed by Lewis II.
Rogers. of the famous Rogers Syndi-
cate lease on the Florence Goldfield
propertv. from which was taken about
$780, 900 in a very short time. Asso-
eiated with Mr.. Rogers in the new lease
are Henry Bell, Charles r. Topping and
J. Ii. Goldsworthy, all of whom are wei
known Goldfeld operators.
Judge Rogers is very enthusiastic
over the showing of the Pioneer as
trict. and believes that the strike on
the Pioneer lease is one of the biggest
ever made in the state.
"The ore bearing ledge is at least
100 feet wide,' declared Mr.. Rogers
today, "and on surface it shows that
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

ed advisable that this company should
ever define stated time for the nav
ment of dividends, but will pay them
as the financial conditions exist. And
this has been our policy throughout.
Profits have been distributed at such
times as the action was warranted by
the condition of the company's treas
ury and have been paid at the rate of
about 40 per cent on the outstanding
stock, without any reference to the time
or period.
81 cannot account for the stories
which have been circulated in the
press stating that we had an enormous
cash reserve in the treasury. As a mat
ter of fact we have at no time had any
such sums as we have been credited
with. The annual statement included
in the report shows the following figures,
covering the period from May 6, 1906,
TO December 81, 1905:
During this time our earnings were
$5l5,is4.91 and our expenses $Sl ,463..s,
leaving net profit of s434,321.l9 or
a gross income for the period of $685.
0s2.54. During the year 1908 we paid
out in dividends the sum of $420,013.7J.
This shows a prosperous condition for
the company but in order that the
treasury reserve may not become de-
pleted it has been determined not 20
pay a dividend at this time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
EVIDENCE POINTS TO OIL
STRIKE IN WELL AT BLAIR

Late reports from parties who nave
the oil strike at the Ne
vaaa Bay State company wen near
Blair confirm previous statements thae
the well is making better than barrel
of oil day, but according to informa-
tion, the casing is being driven down
in an attempt to cut off the flow, an
the management steadfastly diselalms
that any oil has been struck.
Numerous people, however, have dur
ing the past week exhibited bottles OF
dope from the well, about one-third o.
which is crude oil with paraffine bass,
and the rest a mixture of water and oil
sand. From the best information OBJ
tainable, there seems every reason u
believe that the upper portion OF me
oil zone has been penetrated, and thst
continued drilling will bring in a big
producing well.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
PIONEER LEASE is ONE OF THE GREATEST
MINERAL DISCOVERIES KNOWN TO MINING

BY II. f. Davis, of The News staff.)
present month has passed nearly score
of companies must have power hoists in
actual operation, else forfeit their lease
rights.
Surface prospecting work has been
diligent and at the same time intelli-
gent, and now practically all OF those
men who have secured leases are sink
ing their shafts and some of them are
preparing the foundations for their
hosting equipments. Many OF the
shallow shafts are bringing up rock
which shows some. values-others who
have not yet reached solid formation
have some values and occasionally pan
bit of earth and detritus which show
little free gold. This is not unusual
in the Bullfrog district-the Pioneer
district is part of the Bullfrog dis
trict by the way-and it is this same
prevalence of surface values which has
led so many mining men astray in many
of the Nevada districts. In the Pio-
neer district, however, evidences are
that what would in California be called
the " mother lode' has been found, and
the Mayfower mine and the Pioneer
lease give evidence that from the rim
of hills which surround the town Of
Pioneer has come much, at least, of the
metal which gives the hill sides AMI
stream beds below their assaying values.
Many of those who are digging for
gold at Pioneer. like in all other dis
tricts, will be disappointed, but after
long and careful study and investiga-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
FAlRVIEW CHEROKEE CUTS
AN I8-FOOT LEDGE ON 500

enough to ship. Aa station was cut az
500 feet in quartz, and drifts run north
and south.
In the north drift fair values were
found, but work was closed down o.
account Of water. The shaft was UNI
watered short time ago, and 1t WAS
found that the north drift had caveJ
70 bad that they had 10 drift to tn,
south. They soon expect to erosscut
back and pick up the ledge in the no, p
drift. In drifting south water course
was struck, which delayed them a few
days, but the quartz ledge widened -
Is feet. While they have no shipping
ore at present, the values are improving
with every shot.
The lease expires January !, 1911.
Il is controlled by Killen, Mclaughlin,
Reese and associates, of Lincoln, Neb.,
Chicago and New York. J. A. MeLaugh-
In is president and treasurer, II. \.
Reese, secretary and J. n. Smith, man-
ager.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
GOOD ORE AT SURFACE ON
COSSER g. TERRELL LEASE

Ore that paintings indicate wiz run
$50 ton has been found IN an open
cut ON the Cosser and Terrell lease on
the Hat claim on the Blue Bull estate,
and it will be thoroughly explored at
surface and downward to guide the
york of catching it at greater depth m
a shaft nearby, at a depth of about =
feet. The streak in the open cut 's
from foot to Is inches wide, being 4
very hard quartz with small seams OF
tale, and when it is thoroughly figured
out. an effort will be made to tap 1t
with crosscut from the shaft.
Some distance away, shais'
equipped with hoist, etc., was sunk u
AGO feet, and small quantity OF good
ore found, but the values did not prove
persistent, so that work has been n
least temporarily abandoned here II
favor of the new location.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
IMMENSE STRIKE REPORTED
IN MOHAWK ON 900 LEVEL

as "black, mueky looking stuff" and
it is said to carry a high percentage OF
copper, and to have been tried in the
Consolidated mill, but because of its
peculiar character, nothing could be
done with it by that system of treat
ment.
A discovery of ore running in gold
and selenium, or tellurium proper, Is
said TO have been made in the 300 level
OF the Mohawk within the last few
days, and to run from So to $40 a
pound. The ground was formerly that
included in the old Truett lease, ad-
joining the Combination Fraction. The
strike is southeast of the main Mohawk
shaft.
The strike on the 600 level is reported
to be colossal, and if true, is the biggest
thing which has ever been found in the
camp.
Shipments of bullion averaging about
$4,000 are being made every second
day from the Consolidated mill, as re-
suit of the steady process of outpu.
that has been reached in the working
cf the big plant. 1t can not be said
that regular clean-ups are being made,
for the bullion is recovered more as a
matter of evolution that is going ON
every minute of the day, the ore start
ing in at the head of the mill and con
stantly yielding its values on the ANAL
gam plates, the concentration tables, the
vanners, and so on to the cyanide tanks,
the filters, and then the bullion room.
Thence to Uncle Sans receiving sta
ton at Carson City.
At the rate of approximately $4,000
a day, which is probably under, rather
than above the actual figure, there is d
" cinch' ON an output of $7,300,00o per
annum from this mill alone, as a basis
for dividends of $1,0S0,O00 every three
months.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

pors have been prevalent in GER
.;rcIes during the last few days OF
entirely new strike of great magni-
IN the Mohawk claim of the Con
.,I;aated and while the company ON
.;oIs have not thus far corroborated or
,on;ed the report, the informants state
.bere is no doubt that it is the
oa,est strike in the history OF the
camp.
The figures given by the informants
.ro so large that they seem almost in
.red;ble. 1t is said the strike has been
10 on the 600 level and that the
sboot was found last Saturday, and IS
s,u being followed. The vein is said to
10 40 feet wide, carrying values en-
trely across the ledge, but running
,hronph the center is an immense streak
OF high grade.
The average ioi
ors ledge of ore is said to run from
s,Oo to over $400 ton, and that at
nresent the length of the ore shoot has
NOT been determined. In corroboration
of the size of known ore bodies in the
uohawk. the statement of General
Manager Mackenzie in the recent Con
sol;dated annual report is repeated,
which saws that on the 600 level an ore
body twenty feet in width was cns
some time ago.
The ore carries gold and copper IN
sucb a peculiar combination that 1t IS
s,id the ore can not be reduced in
Gold6eld. and will have to be sent to
tho smelters. 1t is combination OF
eopper. tellurium and free gold, and
soeeimen of the ore which has been seen
carried band of gold entirely through
the center. Ore fthe same kind as the
niece shown would run $50 pound.
The main body of the ore is describe
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
NEW ORE BODY ON MOORE
LEASE THREE FEET WIDE

Forty feet from the shaft in the
drift at the 473-foot level in Stona-
ham Moore Griffiths lease has now ex-
posed three feet of ore, all of which
pans freely and the rock is apparently
of high quality and identical in char
acter with that from which the sam
pies ran between 800 and $500.
The vein is turning to the west,
toward the Stoneham Mining and Leas-
ing company's territory and Enginee.
henderson of the Consolidated, after
ah examination of the workings, de-
eiares that if the present direction is
maintained it will be found to traverse
'he Stoneham block.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
ORE SHOOT
RETTER WITH PROSPECTING

duetion, and the work at present Is ea-
tirely of a prospecting nature, follow
ing but keeping in touch with the ore
until its extent is pretty definitely d.
termined as basis for opening 1t IN =
more systematic manner. If it holds
up to present indications, the shaft now
down from surface to depth OF %
feet will be equipped with hoist an''
sent down to 200 or 800 feet for the
extraction of the ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND
DEFERRED BY FLORENCE

No dividend will be paid by the
Florence Goldfield Mining company for
the present. At a meeting of the di
reetors Monday, following the annual
stockholders meeting. at which time all
the former directors were reelected, i,
was decided that il would not be for the
best interests of the company to pay
a dividend at this time.
Vice President A. ID. Parker, who
arrived here Saturday to attend the
meeting, stated that it is wrong to say
a dividend has been passed as the con-
pany has at no time pledged itself to
the payment of dividends at any specific
time and that this point has been
reiterated repeatedly by the officers OF
the company.
In the annual report of President
Loekhart to the stockholders of the
company the following statement is
made
'With the completion of the new
mill the eompany's policy has been to
discontinue further operations by les
sees. This has cut off large revenue
during the last six months so that it is
considered unwise to pay further divi-
dends until the cash reserve is again
built up, which with the operation of
the mill, it is anticipated will be in
very short time.
1.-The policy of the company will be
to continue to share among the stock
holders all profits from operations over
and above safe cash reserve
Mr.. Parker laid particular emphasis
upon the statement that it has not been
the policy of the company to establish
any specific time for the payment Of
dividends. In this regard he said:
''In the first declaration made By |
the company, in the preamble to the
resolution declaring the dividend, was
this clause: Whereas, 1t is not deem ;
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

"If looks would make shipping ore,
we would have the biggest producer "a
Goldfield, is the way Jack Lamb de-
scribes underground conditions at his
lease on the Grizzly Bear claim. 1T
is as nice looking ledge as anyone
ever saw, but the values seem to be
leached out where we arc working on
the $50 and 25O levels. We will prob
ably sink the shaft to greater depth
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
sac. 900 FROM COMBINATION
FRACTION IN FEBRUARY

During the month of February the
cleanup from Combination Fraction
ores treated at the Nevada -Goldfie.1
Reduction works was over $4,000. On
February 3 the stamps began dropping
on this ore, and at first but ten stamps
were in commission, the full compile
ment of twenty being started only on
the sixteenth day of the month.
One of the motors in the mill burned
out early this week, causing shut
down of ten stamps, but the full equip
ment of the mill will be in operation
again within few days. Tom d.
Murphy of the Fraction company says
the mine is in splendid shape. A fine
extraction is being made and the ore
handled is new running between $40
and $50 per ton in value.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
| IAMB LEASE LOOKS GOOD
BUT VALUES ARE LEACHED

unless we pick up something OF a ship
ping grade pretty soon, but it certainly
is fine ledge and ought to carry the
values at the depth we are now. About
month ago we struck some oxidlzed
ore that was pretty near in the ship
ping class, and we still have good
lighting chance to get the real article
nv continuing our present drifts. Going
to try it for awhile longer, anyway,
before sinking
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

The crosscut being driven from the
bottom of the vertical Kewanas shaft
has not yet reached the vein, although
it has gained the point at which sur
veys indicated the lode should be en-
eountered. This was based upon sue-
position that the vein would continue
at the same dip it had shown in the
old workings above, hut it now seems
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

continued in the expectation of some-
thing better.
There is good showing in the wor1
ings on the 200 level, where a big ledge
is opened, and plans are being made
for driving ahead on the mineralizei
quartz which shows values of from 50
to 81.
DIR. Robinson, under the advise OF
superintendent Bissell, is considering
the sinking of the shaft another lift of
at least 100 feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
KEWANAS CROSSCUT HAS
NOT YET REACHED VEIN

evident that the ledge has Strengthened
up to some extent, and the crosscut will
have to be driven little further
Based upon the splendid showing n
the old workings which had to Re
abandoned on account Of the immense
flow of water, the Kewana management
is confident of getting splendid values
when the crosscut finally reaches is
destination
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

ton, and after much hard work, We
again reiterate our opinion of month
agone that if money is spent in the
Pioneer district in honest, intelligent
mining, there will be many big mines
developed-rich mines.
Town Building Continues
The busy hammer of the carpenter
still adds its minor part to the trium-
phal harmoney of sound which fills the
little basin in the hills; a harmony com
posed of the thunder of dynamite blast,
the staccato bark of gasoline hoists at
the Mayfower and at the lease, the
laboring cough of the ever busy and
laboring automobile, the crack of whips
over mule teams, the shouts of team
sters, the rattle of hammer on sheet
iron, tin and lumber, the tinkle of piano
and the sounds of revelry in the ten
derloin. The huge yellow front of a
two story hotel, perehed on command
ing knoll, is one of the first things to
greet the eye of the traveller as his ma
chine rises to the top of the divide
which has heretofore hid the town from
him. The upper and the lower town
sites, which at first held proudly aloof
one from the other, have run together
now, and no one can tell where the In
terests of rival and enterprising realty
agents leave off or begin. We have seen
new town go from a dozen tents to
two score tents and houses in week
then double in another week; Thea
fCoptinued on PAGE Five1
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

Development on the Kniekerboeker
lease on the Blue Bull continues to meet
with an improvement in the size of the
ere body, which is now as wide or
wider than the incline winze that is be
ing put down under the ore ON its dip.
The values are not quite as high as
they were a couple of weeks ago, but
are still uniform and strong.
No attempt is being made at pro-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
EIGHT FEET OF ORE IN
ORLEAN AT HORNsILVER

Mrs. II. Cotterell, one of the owners
of the Orlean mine at Hornsilver, has
returned from a visit to that camp
and reports that the mine now has
exposed eight feet of ore, al! of which
pans freely and with wido seam Of
high grade, in which bromide stains are
as the lead is further
opened.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
LEASER GOES INTO
PIONEER ON BIG SCALE

it is mineralized clear across. In the
underground workings it has never been
crosscut to the hanging wall, but it has
been opened in solid ore for width of
twenty feet in the incline shaft, and
the ore has been crosscut twelve feet
at the 210 level. The beauty of it is
that the values are uniform through
ont, and everything is beinS-1 sacked
without sorting, just as it is broken in
the mine.
"Mr. Goldsworthy telephoned me last
night that Is inches of ore that will
run 81 900 ten has been opened in the
drift on the 30 level of the Pioneer,
as an especially high grade streak
through the main ore body.
"We are now trenching the surface
on our block of ground to find the most
likely spot for locating the shaft. The
company is well financed, we have the
material on the ground for active work,
and will put on hoist as soon as we
reach sufficient depth to need it. l
have great faith in the camp, and am
going into it heavily"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
BAL LTIMORE BELLE IN FINE
QUARTZ ON 4OO-FOOT LEVEL

very encouraging showing is being
'aue IN the heading of the drift on the
~ level of the Baltimore Belle lease
'ne Bee Fraction. A cross ledge was
'ueh TINS week, which opened large
['uy OF quartz that is well mineralize 1
Ha looks good for at least milling
falues.
IN an upraise from this level is also
'air prospect, and the raise will De
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

Pioneer, March Eighteen inches
of ore that will run $1,000 a ton has
been opened in the drift on the 2lO
level of the Pioneer lease, according 20
statements made by officials of the leas-
ing company. The ore is an enrichment
in the main body, which was crosscut
for twelve feet before the drift was
started, but without reaching the hang
ing WALL The main ore shoot still holds
exceedingly high values, and the early
predictions regarding the richness and
extent of the ore are more than being
borne out by continued development.
All who have seen the latest strike
agree that it is one of the great DIS
coveries of the state.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06


What has The future in store for Nevada7
simple question yet that brings to mind visions
of golden empire rising like mirage out Of the sun
desert-busy prosperous substantial cities real
centers of civilization built up the slopes and in the
guches rolling plains where the brush and
cactus held undisputed sway.
Mines mills surgng under electric energy hummins
with industry extraction Of bodess wealth from
the EARTH and bands Of steel mmering
desert highways from camp T. city, from
mines to mills and smelters.
Out of what now seems but waste, the coming
generation garden spots and fruit sprngnS
up, ntred by waters flowing from artesian wells and
natured by the brightest sun that ever shone
derricks will dot the basins where nature PRO-
CLAIMS greasy depths below and the output
should distant date rival in value the
stream of golden wealth pouring from the mines.
But of the mining interests almost exclusively this
story intended to be an exponent
The most optimistic predictions of the past which
painted rainbow colors brilliant picture of and
achievement of the reality it is assured
by the conditions of today.
The half has not been told, be in off hand
summary generates barren Of details which alone
could tell story of Nevada and her opportunities wait
ing beginning to receive the cooperation of
capital and men in the development thereof
GoLDFIELD, THE HUB
summarizing progress the camps the story If
well known to call for repetition
Tnat the Wor0S rlcneSC golo camp was
ago beyond possibility Of dispute It the
hub around which mining activity rotate
energy public interest surgng hther AMI
thher like the bow of the casting their burden
humanity Shores the sands of
which grains gold glitterng The pick and shovel
pan reveal the convincing evidences
rches followed by the hammer and blast the
assay returns, and then pandemonium
Behold! In the twinkling Of eye where yesterday
was naught prospcor and his burro camped
sage brush, today is village of hundred or tho
sand souls has shifted from pastoral
quiet of the desert boom mining camp
swing The chugchug of tie auto browns the hec
aw Of ackas deep shafts supercedc prospect holes
gaows replace the windass almost before one
a realization of the swiftness of the change
Thus is another mining camp boru add its wealth to
that those which have come before.
It was even thus that oldfeld premier, born
five years ago. time Godfeld has produced
than golden metal paid dividends of
100000 stockholders companies has grown from
sage yucca covered fat to the metropolis Of
Nevada and is entering upon It's real of
ducticn nearly 600 per under
the steady pounding mills will result in div
ably couple Of extra millions thrown in for good
measure.
NEW CAMPS WELCOMED
While it not probable equal Of Godfeld will
soon be discovered by beyond the pale of
possibilities Goldfeld phenomenal but not selfish, and
would welcome rival for its honors, AMI
development But there many other camps that
can proud honorable place among the wealth
producers of Nevada the with its
will he