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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

citizens sought out greener pastures.
until the population dwindled from TO-
600 to 300 persons.
Those who remained were always
cheerful, and patiently awaited the
coming of a railroad, which was a
long, weary wait.
Steam Horse ReViVes Camp
When the Salt Lake road was built
things locked brighter, and the rail-
road to camp was talked of day and
light. Still another wait, and then
many of the old timers became dis
heartened and their hopes reached the
zero mark. But two years ago the
actual work of constructing the Cali
ente & Phoebe railroad was begun and
finally reached camp. Then indeed did
the hopes of these patient people rise.
They rustled around, made new loca-
tions, cleaned out the old disused
shafts and tunnels and retimbered the
shafts Mining property soon COM
manded good figures. Real estate that
the year before could not be sold for
enough money to pay the taxes went
up to the blue. New blood was being
infused IN the camp, and the result
that the fabulous wealth of silver. lead.
gold, copper and zinc ores of the dis
trlct are to be worked at Bullionville
Old Bullionville, where now stand the
ruins of the old smelters and mills Of
the early 70s, and close to 100000 tons
Of tailings that were deposited there at
that time and now known to contain
$16.40 values ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
MINES MINING AND PROSPECTS in GREAT SOUTHWEST REGION

ores, of which there were several mil
lions of tons, We're left upon the dumps
and there it remains awaiting nearby
treatment, and if present methods and
facilities for mining and the reduction
of ore had been available in those days
the story would have had far differ
ent ending
True, fortunes We're wasted in bar
ren ground by the Inexperienced, but
the fact remains that SOME of the
greatest mines in the world exist here
today.
A small railroad was built from Pi-
oche to Bullionville, twelve miles, to
transport the ores to the mill.
Simple Ore Treatment
The method then employed by the
mill operators to treat the ores was
simplicity itself Salt and sulphate of
copper was used with fairly good re-
suits The lead was separated from
the bullion by passing the mercury and
amalgam through a sack suspended
in boiling water. The lead amaIgam, be-
ing liquid at this temperate, passed
through the sack with the mercury,
leaving the amalgamated silver be-
hind. N-
In 1875 the Bank of California at
San Francisco, which was the deposit
tory for the funds of nearly all the
rich operators here, suddenly closed
its door and quit business, with the
result that the wealthy men of the
district found themselves ''broke. -
Then came the rebellious zinc ores st
water level. The mines soon flooded.
These conditions, coupled with the de-
cline in the price of silver, lawsuits,
excessive treatment charges and the
high transportation rates, soon crippled
the mine owners to such an extent that
operations ceased and many of the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
EMPIRE COPPER Mine
AGAIN STARTS WORK
Recent Strikes in Johnson District
Cause Excitement-United Con-
soIidated to Sink Four
Shafts

The Empire Copper and Gold COM
pany in the Johnson district, Cochise
county, Arizona, started drilling again
last week, after a few days delay,
caused by the breaking of an air COM
pressor. The company is pushing its
way northerly toward the mammoth
copper ledge known to exist there.
They are now only about fifty feet
away from it. The accident to the air
compressor was serious one, so far
as the machinery was concerned, but
fortunately no one was hurt.
The certainty of high grade ore iii
immense quantities in this mine, to-
gether with the wonderful new strikes
made near it, are causing much eX-
cltement and many capitalists and
mining men are looking toward the
Johnson district, which is destined to
be in the near future a second Bisbee.
Adjoining the Empire mine on the
east lies what was formerly known as
the Arizona Consolidated-now known
as the Arizona United Mines company
This property has recently been sold
to Philadelphia capitalists and they
at once will sink four shafts and equip
the property with the most modern
machinery known. Their Mammoth
claim adjoins the Empire on the east
and from this claim an immense for
tune has already been taken and many
thousands of tons of high grade ore
is on the dump and in sight in the
drifts and Slopes: thus far the Mann
moth claim has been worked only on
the hanging wall The vein in the
Mammoth is the same as it is-in the
Empire; but the Empire is pushing
ahead to reach the ledge from the foot
wall side. The. experts of the Arizona
United Mines company have made a
careful examination of the district and
speak in the highest terms of the Black
Prince, the Empire, the Johnson Cop
per company and others.
Very recently a strike of the red
metal was made on the Centurian
property and it is estimated that more
than 100000 tons of high grade ore is
in sight here. Preparations are being
made to install new mining machinery
and work the property on a large scale.
The manager of this property is Jack
Richardson, one of the best known
mining men in Arizona. For many
years Mr.. Richardson and others have
known that large bodies of copper ore
existed in the Johnson district; but it
was left to Mr.. Richardson to make
the largest strike of copper ore ever
made at the same depth in Arizona.
Much of the ore in the new strike
will run from 20 to 25 per cent, accord
ing to smelling returns.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

down ninety feet and if the incline vein
is proved to trend to the northwest a
station will be cut at the 100-foot point
and crosscut driven to pick it up on
that level.
Within the last week the company
has exposed seven feet of the $100 ore
in an open cut on the side of the hill,
just below the main shaft A good
body of shipping ore has also been ex-
posed in another cut about $50 feet TO
the west. Nearly 200O sacks of ore
from the various workings are now
ready to go out and shipments will be
resumed the first of the week and COLI
tinued until the completion of the mill
There is enough high grade in sight to
keep UP shipments for an indefinite
period.
The two cuts referred to are in the
vein that was uncovered in the main
workings on the top of the hill The
main shaft is down 220 feet and the
vein has been cut on both the 100 and
220-foot levels, exposing an immense
body of high grade milling ore.
The poles for the new telephone line
to Helena are all up and the wires are
strung to a point beyond McKinney's
Tanks The line will be completed
within ten days.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
ROUND MOUNTAIN PAYS
A DIVIDEND OF 1000

GOLDFIELD, Feb. 21.-At a meet
ing Of the board of directors of the
Round Mountain Mining company the
fourth quarterly dividend, amounting
to $32,000 was authorized. This makes
a total of $12S,000 paid by the Round
and inasmuch as the directors have
planned to increase the capacity of the
plant, as detailed several days ago,
the earnings will probably justify the
heavier disbursements to shareholders.
The present dividend is on a basis of
about 20 per cent Of the market price
The plant at Round Mountain is pro-
ducing $4,000 a month, or about $1,000
day. The capacity of the mill will
be increased to 10 tons a day, with a
compressor with ten drills added and
also a tubular mill.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

BOVE is Ely Valley Mining and
~ Milling company shaft and build
ings. Phoebe. At the left is Ne
vada-Utah shaft. At the right is the
Raymond and Ely mine. At the bottom
is view near Day mine, unloading
mine timbers. The Nevada Utah is an
extensive property, which includes the
holdings of the old Raymond and Ely
company, as well as the famous
Meadow Valley mine. There are in
al thirty-eight claims, fifty-one town.
lots, the old Godbe smelter and 1900
acres of land in the valley. There are
other holdings outside of the Phoebe
district. The Ely Valley company has
large acreage on the Prince fissure.
1t is one of the newer properties, de-
velopment work having been started IN
1907 with splendid results ever since.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Broken Hills Sacks Ore from Three
Different Places on Two Big Veins

H ONAPAH, Feb. 21.-President ]. c!
Mccormack and Mine Manager
Il w. c. Rannells returned last week
from the Broken Hills mine at Helena,
where they spent several days making
thorough examination of the prop
erty. Ore is being sacked for shipment
from three different places and on two
distinct veins, all Of which run better
than $1O0 a ton, some of it going more
than double that figure. In the drift
from the bottom of the incline the ore
body is sixteen feet wide and averages
around $3.50 a ton, with streaks of SEN
sational high grade in addition.
This drift appears to be trending to
the northwest toward the Florence Con-
solidated lease and the Broken Hills
Lease syndicate block and further de-
velopment work which will be started
as soon as the ore that has been
broken down in the drift is sacked and
hoisted to the surface, will definitely
determine whether these 1easerS will
catch the vein on it's strike; both are
certain to catch it on it's dip, which is
TO the north. The Florence Consoli-
dated shaft is down 200 feet and has
some fine looking quartz in the bottom
of the shaft. The Syndicate lease is
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
STAGE Auto to Pioneer

RHYOLITE, Feb. PIE. w. GiIlett,
traffic manager of the Las Vegas &
Tonopah railroad, while in Rhyolite L
few days ago, made arrangements for
an automobile service between Rhyolite
and the Mayhower-Pioneer sections,
and the first run will be made tomor-
row.
The automobile will meet the l.. ".
& T. passenger trains from the north
and the return trip will be made in time
to catch the northbound train for Gold
field and Tonopah. The automobile will
make the trip from Rhyolite to Pioneer
in about forty minutes.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
FIVE SACKS o. HIGH
GRADE FROM NATIONAL
RUN $1,000 IN VALUE

HUMBOLDT, Feb. 21.-S. w. Gun
daker of National is here with five
sacks OF the fabulously rich ore which
the camp is noted for. The ore is
from the Gundaker-Stal lease on
Charleston hill, the property of the
National Mining company of Nevada
and is the richest yet brought here
from that famous camp.
The five sacks of ore, weighing 465
pounds, are valued at about $1,000 The
ere is of the same character as the last
shipment, almost solid tellurium and
free gold-the richest ore ever brought
to Winnemucca, and that is saying q
good deal
This is not the first shipment of Ma
tional high grade and there is more
to follow. Mr.. Gundaker. deposited the
rich ore in the First National bank
to be shipped to the smelter
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
POCKET HUNTER GUARDS
SECRET OF PLACER BEDS

GRASS VALLEY, Feb. 21-John
Webster has left for Nimshaw. in
eastern Butte county. to take job
on a mine there. where he had beer
working before he came to Nevada
City last fall. Webster takes with him
valuable secret as the outcome of
his prospecting work the past five or
six weeks between here and Grass
Valley. Webster, while pocket hunt
ing, found a seam which yielded some
fine colors to each pan, and only
few days ago found a piece of leaf gold
as broad and long as a thumb nail.
Then he learned that he was on pat
ented ground, and that the owner held
the property at a very high figure IS
a ranch, and would not lease at any
reasonable royalty as a mine.
Webster thereupon concluded TO holl
the find as to the locality secret. He
says he believes there is a valuable
mine on the property, but he will bide
his time to get the benefit of his knowl-
edge.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
OIL MEN TO PROTEST
AGAINST PASSAGE OF
FLAVELLE OIL BILL

Henry S. Woo1ner, secretary of the
producers agency, has issued a call re-
questing oil men of Southern California
to attend a meeting for the purpose of
protesting against the passage of the
Flavelle oil bill. The meeting will be
held at the Chamber of Mines hall,
room 500 Germain building, 224 South
Spring street. at 2 p. m. tomorrow.
Ref1ners, producers and all interested
in the oil business are being urged tc
be present.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Plomosa Range Offers Inducement to
Both Quartz and Placer Prospectors

RESCOTT. Ariz.. Feb. 21-"To the
prospector, miner and capitalist
l know of no more inviting re-
gion in the west than that part of Ari-
zona between Vicksburg and Quartz
site" says A. ]. Doran, a pioneer, who
recently returned from a mine inspec-
tion visit through that country
Inducements are there for the quartz
and placer miner alike It has been
known many years that the ledges of
the Plomosa range are very rich in gold,
silver. copper and lead, but none but
the hardest ventured into the range
until the Arizona & California railroad
was built. There are hundreds of pros
pectors there now, and I look for a
great mining boom in the next five
years.
The Plomosa range has been only
partially explored. No large mining
operations have been attempted. al
though the surface showings are not
surpassed anywhere.
Colonel Judd and Mr. Moore Of
Vicksburg have a very promising group
of claims in the Plomosa mountains
twelve miles south of Vicksburg. The
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
sianaI Peak Drives Tunnel

The new three-drilI compressor has
been installed on the Eureka -Consoli-
dated lease on Signal Peak and the
tunnel is being carried into the hill in
the most aggressive manner, according
to John Cleghorn, the manager of tie
property, who arrived in Mazuma Tues
day. The Old Bird tunnel, which is in
$50 feet, will be driven 1000 feet. at
which point the vein has already been
opened in the workings of the Eureka
lease by John Duke. At this point two
feet Of ore was found that assayed
around $40 ton, while punches of high
grade went as high as $1,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
National Bank shipment

RHYOLITE, Feb. 21-Jack Logland
has returned from Needles, where he
had accompanied a shipment of 37b
tons of ore from his lease on the Ma
tional Bank to the smelter at that
place.
Mr.. Logland says that the high grade
ore in the shipment returned % ounces
in gold and 13 ounces Of silver, while
the low grade went 31z ounces gold and
s ounces silver
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
CALIFORNIA SWEET PEA
SEED FREE

LOS ANGELES, Cal.-In this distri-
button for Introductory purposes. there
are six separate packets of wonderful
new varieties. the regular retail price
being 60c. and we include free copy
of Germain's beautiful California flower
and seed catalog, also valuable book
on the subject Of Eucalyptus Culture.
and a whole years trial subscription to
the Western Empire Magazine. lovely
paper of garden and outdoor life in
California.
All for 25c, stamps or coin. Address
Western Empire Magazine. 125 Times
Block. Los Angeles. Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
NANPAH VALLEY
HOLDS RARE ORE
COMPRISES MANY PROSPER
Gus CAMPS
THOUSANDS OF TONS AWAIT THE
COMPLETION OF MILL
Recent Strikes Run Heavily in Gold,
Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc and
ungsten-LiVeliest Un-
doomed Camp

A. Armsden has just concluded an
extended visit to the mining camps on
each side of the Ivanpah valley, which
is crossed by the Salt Lake railroad,
between the stations of Gina and
Good Springs. All of these camps are
showing wonderful prosperity. These
include the Standard, Kewanee, old
Ivanpah, Clark, Good Springs, Key
stone, Lyons, Crescent, Vanderbilt,
New York and the Death valley mining
districts. New strikes are being made
every day, showing excellent values in
gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc, also
some important discoveries of the rare
metals tungsten, radium, molybdenum
and thorium
Thousands of tons of concentrating
and smelling ores are now on the dump
awaiting the advent of custom plant,
which is bound to come within the
year. Several parties have already
been looking over the ground for q Gus
tom smelter.
The most important of these camps
lies on the north slope of the New
York mountains, near the Salt Lake
railroad, in the vicinity of Cliff can
yon, two miles south of Brandt station
Great excitement prevails over the dis
Covery of a zinceferous ore carrying
over Is per cent of the metal thoriunn.
This metal seems to be very abundant
in this camp, and as soon as the proper
methods can be installed for the eX-
traction of this rare metal the Cara
Vanza mill will be treating 100 tons OF
ore day, and will be prepared to save
all of the various valuable metals con-
tained in the ores.
Is NaJu,hIA Natal
As this thorium metal is worth sew
eral dollars a pound with a ready mar
ket, there is no doubt that this camp
will be one of the liveliest in Califor-
MIA. Already several new companies
have started work, and contracts have
been let, also some big deals are pend
ing, awaiting investigation.
In Cliff canyon alone there are some
5000 feet of development work, expos
ing thousands of tons Of concentrating
ores contained in the vast series of par
allel veins which are from three to
eighty feet in width. These ores will
be concentrated in the Garavanza mill
as soon as they have installed their
new power plant, which is expected
within the next thirty days, also the
chemical plant for the treatment of
this vast amount of complexed ores
will be completed about the same time
Judging from the number of veins
and the quantity of ores in sight, even
though they be low grade. and also con
sidering the molybdenum, and the
thorium contents, this camp is destined
to be the strongest, liveliest and rich
est rare metal camp in California or
the United States. and the only camp
that has been made. without boom.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Activity at coIconda

" GOLCONDA, Feb 21.-Golconda, only
seventeen miles east of the county seat
and prominent shipping point on the
Southern Pacific, is in line for a con-
siderable bOom-not the f1ash-in-the-
pan kind, but one Of a substantial ma
ture that will place the town with the
commercial centers of the state. AL
ready there is quite a stir and many
people are arriving daily. 1t is the
nearest railroad point to Gold Circle,
the Squaw valley gold camp, that is
making good with every stroke Of the
pick and blast that is fired.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

ores are rich in gold, silver copper and
lead.
Several placer miners are recovering
gold from the cements of Tyson wash.
Placer operations have been under wav
there since pioneer days. The ground
is very rich. Many claims have yielded
fortunes. Some miners are now doing
we'll on ground worked by the pioneers.
who only skinned the richest deposits.
Excellent accommodations for the
traveller are had at Quartzsite. The
meals served in a restaurant at Quartz
site owned by Mrs. Moore and daueh-
ter are not surpassed by any served in
the best hotels in the land
Il do not hesitate to say that were I
young again, / would cast my lot in
this inviting region, destined, i'm nv
opinion, to develop into one of the
greatest mineral producing sections in
the west in the next ten years.
DO you believe in fairies?' The boys
and girls who write the best letters upon
this subject may win prizes tickets TO SEE
Peter Pan" Address Aunt Laurie, care
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
$4,000 Gold Brick

RHYOLITE, Feb 21.-Homer Will
son Of the Keane Wonder is here with
a bar of bullion valued at $4,000, the
result of a short run in February.
Construction work on the cyanide
tanks, which are being installed, is
almost completed and they will soon
be put in commission. Both the mill
and mine are working without a Hitch
and the ore body is holding up both
in quantity and quality.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
NEW YORK MONEY TO
WORK MITCHELL MINE
Capital to Equip Railroad from Clara
Consolidated to Swansea SmeIter.
Additional $4,000 to
Follow

Following two important strikes made
last week on the MORO mine Of the
Clara Consolidated, Bouse, Ariz., which
are considered Of equal Importance with
anything yet found in the property,
money began pouring into the treasury
from the New York contingent for the
purpose of equipping the seven-mile
narrow gauge railroad that is to con-
meet this mine and the Clara with the
smelter at Swansea.
The find on the MORO consists Of
two discoveries of exceptionally rich
ore in shafts being sunk on the main
ledge of the property some 1000 feet
apart. In the shaft to the east a large
body Of copper glance and ruby silver
has been uncovered, the copper ore also
carrying high percentage in gold.
This ore is of the character that was
shipped out of the district many years
ago and taken to Europe for treatment.
The instructions from New York con-
veyed the information that the eastern
hackers of the Mitchell venture have
sent west 100000 to be expended in
purchasing equipment for the road, and
coupled with this the directors have
announced that an additional $175,G00
viii be appropriated Immediately. En-
gines and cars, steel rails and other
accessories will be Immediately ordered
delivered on the ground by the time the
grading is completed.
Access to SmeIter
The narrow gauge line will afford ac-
cess to the smelter for a large area Of
country to the east that would other
wise be cut off owing to heavy wagon
hauls. 1t will be possible to reach the
railroad by level grades, north and east
of the Morro. Operators in this vicin-
| ity will be able to market their ore at
| the Swansea smelter.
A newspaper has been established al
Bouse on the A. & c. road. and the
county is experiencing a boom on the
strength Of the Clara's development.
To date approximately 100000 has
been expended in equipment, and before
the enterprise is in full swing quarter
of a million dollars viii have been thus
! laid out on the strength of showing
| of $4,000 worth of ore ready for eX-
/ traction and treatment.
| Backers of the enterprise are en-
thusiastic over the showing and the
fact that as yet not one setback has
/ occurred.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

Don't simply allow it to die-that plan Of
yours. Find a little capital through advertis-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-21

"a curse by great majority of our fell
lows. Few men work for the pleasure
of it.. The most Industrious are labor
ing for the good time when they can
for economists to exhort such people
aad construct tables showing how
much IS lost by laziness, or how much
might be gained by industry. Nothing
but actual necessity drives the majority
of men and women to work. Civiliza
ton makes what we call artificial
wants and necessities, and in that way
promotes industry, but if bread fruit-
trees grew along all our highways, and
dates and pornegranates hung invitingly
from bushes that needed no cuItiva
ton, our army of ioafers would at once
be increased to immense proportions.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-21

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This saving Of three months time
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of the fact that the student Of our
school gets three months practical ez-
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We have hundreds Of graduates hold
ing the very best positions to be found
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