Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-22
POMONA CONCERN
CORRECTS ERROR
IN STAMP MILL
WILL AMALGAMATE ORES FOR
PRESENT
MAY CONSOLIDATE SILVER PEAK
MINES
Sam Newhouse, Who Owns Control of
VaIcalde, Claims Apex Rights
to Big DrInkwater
Vein

The Goldfeld-Silver Peak Mining
company, a syndicate of Pomona and
Los Angeles investors owning a large
acreage in the Silver Peak district,
thirty miles west of Goldfeld, has Sc
cured the services of a practical mill
man who is now conducting expert
ments in the company's ten-stamp
mill with fair promise of bringing the
capacity up to forty tons daily. Nc
Laren is the name of the expert, and
he has had charge of the plant since
October 1. Mr.. McLaren has demon
strated that the ores, which are free
milling, can be milled on a much
coarser mesh than that which was
formerly in use and that the plant will
make a good extraction with simple
amalgamation. The syndicate portion
of the mill has been proved to be un-
suitable for the requirements and will
have to be remOdeled. In the mean
time the tailings will be stored for
future treatment.
The Goldfeld-Si Peak company
has recently secured a valuable ad-
Joining acreage in the Blue Diamond
and other holdings, which were taken
over for a stock interest, and now
owns 400 acres situated about seven
miles west of the town of Blair where
the big plant Of the Pittsburg Silver
Peak is located. The company has a
considerable tonnage of good mill ore
developed and the plan of the direc-
tors is to put the property on self
sustaining basis. after which the mine
will be extensively developed and
larger reduction works provided. u
R. Miller, general manager OF the com
pany, is at the mine and is giving
his personal attention to the work In
The offices of the company are in
the Citizens bank building, Los An
geles, and the officers and directors
are: D. c. league of San Dlmas'
president; w. o. McClintock, vice
president: Wash Hunt, secretary, and
G. II. Bartlett, L. c. Meredith, A. W
Lee and W. A. Johnstone, directors.
May Be Consolidation
There are indications that the Silver
Peak district is to have either a big
consolidation or a big apex suit in the
near future. When the Pittsburg- Sill
yer Peak company which is composed
of big Pittsburg capitalists, at the
head of which is United States Senator
Oliver, purchased the old Drinkwater
or Blair mine, an unsuccessful effort
was made to secure the Silver Peak
Valcalde, which claims ownership of
the apex of the big ore channel on
which the Pittsburg is located.
The Valcalde was developed by the
O'Meara brothers, formerly well known
operators in Utah, who made a for
tune in a lease on the Mizpah in Ton
opah in the early days of that camp.
About fifteen months ago Sam New
house of Salt Lake, London and Paris
bought a controlling interest in the
Valcalde and it was announced short
" afterward that the mine would be
extensively developed and the mill ca
pacity increased. Recently it is re-
ported that Mr. Newhouse has pre-
sented consolidation plans to Senator
Oliver and his associates and that the
plans were strengthened by a polite
intimation of the claims of the Val
calde to certain extra-lateral rights
If a scrap should be the outcome it
will be a merry one, as the opposing
interests are both powerful financially
and skilled in the law.
The Pittsburg- Silver Peak is
equipped with a 100-stamp mill and is
a regular producer Of bullion. The
company recently achieved consider
able notoTiety by a clash with the
state authorities of Nevada over the
payment of the bullion tax and some
of the officials We're indicted by the
grand jury Of Esmeralda county. The
case was finally settled out of court
and the indictments dismissed. During
the controversy State Bullion Tax Col
lector Haley made sensational charges
against the general manager of the
Silver Peak, alleging that he had been
threatened with physical violence be-
cause he had insisted upon payment of
the bullion tax.