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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30

the expectation Of its becoming twice
as valuable some time.
Then, there are other Goldield men
in Ely, and while they haven't got
ground ON the "inside," they are
bound to make money on the general
upward tendency in all stocks and
properties in the district. Walter Whit
more is one of the largest holders in
the Ely-verde, a good prospective prop
osition. Associated with him is Geo.
Wingfeld.
Turner and Rice.
o. B. Turner, while he cannot be
rated as a Goldield man, divides his
time between Goldfeld and Ely. He
made his stake in the sale of n If
the big Tonopah mines, but his stake in
Ely will be many times larger. He has
the Ely Central property, which lies
Immediately between the Giroux and
the Consolidated, the two largest prop
critics in Ely. George Graham Rice is
a heavy holder of this stock--perhaps
the largest holder, and is handling the
stock, and it is said by those who
know, that eff Rice ever made good
on anything it certainly will be on the
Ely Central" for their ground is in
the heart of the district, the scoop
shovel workings being right up to their
side lines, and the ground the same as
that adjoining which is producing mil
lions of copper. The stock is one OF
the favorites among Ely residents ana
is being picked up by miners and other
wage workers and by everyone who
knows the ground.
So, Ely has been the wheel of for
tune, where the ball dropped in the
right number for several Goldield men.
1t is the greatest copper camp in the
world today, and many a man will find
his fortune through Ely operations.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30

The Goldfeld boys are doing things
at Ely, the great copper camp. The
same bunch that came into Goldfeld
early, were ready for a flyer in Manhat-
tan, Rawhide, Pioneer, Lucky Boy and
all the best of the new camps; they
were on the ground early in the Ely
field, and they are the boys who are
making money hand over fist selling
their own ground and turning the
ground Of others to the two great rival
copper crowds-the ~Guggenheims and
the Cole-Ryan syndicate, who arc COB
bling up everything that is worth while
and paying enormous prices.
The Goldfeld boys who are lin the
money, now and who have prospects
of making hundreds Of thousands more,
are g. L. c'Tex'') Richard, w. $.
(sOle''D Elliot, AL Meyers and Dick
Colburn; every one a pioneer in Gold
field-everyone among the very earliest
bunch. TEX and "Ole' started
the Northern saloon and gambling
house while Dick Colburn and AL Mey-
ers were surveying the Red Top and
other properties that went into the
great Consolidated, eventually.
This bunch of thigh rollers made
money early and fast. The Northern
a mint for years and is yet for
that matter; it became the most noted
gambling house in the west, and
and Richard, together with
Highley, a third partner, were
0 rated in the quarter million class
Colburn and Meyers saw their stocks
go up like a kite and Al Meyers was
in the millionaire class, while
z Dick well, Colburn always did
money, and he has it yet.
Wheel Turned.
But Richard and Meyers were bold,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30
PLAYED POKER LIKE THE
'WATSONS" IN CARSON CITY

crowded to the card room to watch the
game. Women even made an excuse to
peer through the doors or windows and
watch the silent haggard men as they
dealt and bet and dealt and bet again.
At one time there was $4,000 on the
table. One man had a roll Of green
backs in front of him big enough to
choke a horse. All the players had
from $500 to $500 on the table con-
stantly. All had bank accounts and
as fast. as money was needed, the pro-
prietor cashed a check or sent one to
the bank for the coin. The gamblers
took no checks, each player demand
ing the coin or currency in sight.
There was only one player who is
not a professional gambler. One Of
the men started playing in Dayton
Sunday night. He played all night and
slept about four hours Monday, coming
I'VE here Monday evening where he
played all night at another game. Tues
day morning this game started and this
man sat continuously from then until
last night about midnight. He was at
one time $4,000 loser, SO it is stated, but
made it up. When the game broke up
last night he was the freshest one Of
the four very jaded looking men.
1t is said the four players came out
about even. The house took in from
the game about $50 for cards and
food and drinks. The game started
in a dice game, first flop at 800 q
corner.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30
INTEREST GROWING in
LAS VEGAS LAND SCHEMES

ing into the district. They now have
men making careful computation Of the
amount of ore actually in sight, and
when the figures are all compiled, some
definite conclusion will be reached. The
spur will be a strictly business propo
sition, and if the ore is not in sight
TO justify its construction it won't be
built. Ore that is prospective won't
count much in the estimates
The reporter asked the significance
of the presence of SO many railroad
men in the camp today. sob, that don't
mean anything said MI. Redman. Mr..
Gillett comes up about once a month;
Mr.. Grace is making a regular inspec-
ton trip, and Mr.. Whittemore- and Nj.
Burnett just happened in at the same
time. That's all there is to it at this
time. OF course they are all here on
business, but there is nothing of inier-
est to give qne-just yet"
Goldheld Man Back From Vegas.
James Owens returned from Las
Vegas last evening, and reports that
he was successful in securing some prop
erty there. Mr.. Owens states that Las
Vegas is growing by jumps, and that
it gives signs Of becoming n Of the
finest little towns in the state. 1.-THE
agricultural land proposition, with irri-
CATION, is assuming immense proper
tons, considering the short time that it
has been known that the valley is in an
artesian belt, and the hitherto arid
lands will soon be yielding marvellous
Ily rich returns"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30

The Carson City Appeal says: The
big poker game that has ragged for two
days and nights came to an end last
night with the physical exhaustion Of
the players.
1t has been many years since the old
fashioned poker game has been seer
here, a game wherein thousands of dol
lars were on the table and the players
sat hour after hour until the game had
lasted days and nights and all the play
ers stand with it to the end.
Last night one man had to pinch
himself to be sure his legs had not
gone utterly to sleep. Another sat
Launched in his chair unable to rise
to his feet without great cxertion and
pain in every muscle of his body. An
other had bent over the table SO many
hours that when he rose to his feet
he remained half doubled up, unable
to stand erect and only able to walk
with difficulty. Another was SO stiff
that he made no attempt to rise but
had a couple of friends cary him to
a rig and take him home.
None of the players in this game
drank much. The game was too strong
for one thing and had lasted SO long
that liquor lost its power to stimulate.
lpnumerable cigars and cigarettes were
consumed. Meals were brought to the
room, but SO intent were the players
and so afraid were some of them that
the game would break up on the least
interruption that they had their dishes
brought to the card table and all tool
a lay of when it became necessary Ia
take food.
Cards were used by the dozen packs.
A bad hand and the resultant loss
generally made the player throw his
hand ON the floor and . new deck was
called for. There was a pile Of spoiled
cards a foot deep around the lard table.
The players would not tolerate q
broom or an interruption Of any kind
in the game.
Dozens Of persons who never played
for five dollars in their whole life
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30

Giroux Consolidated, the merger form
ing by the syndicate, or cash. 1t was
optional which they would take. cole"
wanted the money. 1t looked good to
him, SO he took down his $51 900 cash,
and departed. Not SO with Richard. He
believed in the future of the camp, in
tie people who were to operate the new
merger, and he saw greater profits in
taking the stock. He took Giroux Con-
solidated stock in lieu Of cash at So
per share. His judgment was correct,
for Giroux is now selling at SO per
share, and Tex's holdings are worth
nearer 100000 than the $51 900 cash
he was offered.
Tex and cal"
"Tex' will take down a big bunch
from his Ely Calumet. He and Meyers
have optioned their stock to the Cole
Ryan syndicate for a fortune, and to-
day the papers are to be signed which
will eventually turn into money for Tue
Goldfeld men. The Ely-Calumet is
one of the best properties in the dis
trict. 1t is near town and has brilliant
possibilities. Under the contract sign
ed today, the Cole-Ryan people begin
running a tunnel for 900 feet to get
the ledge at depth. AL Meyers paid
$780, 900 for his interest in this prop.
erty, but he will get twice that much
out of it, or more. He has other prop
erty in the district, but its value has
not yet been proven.
TEX and ssDick."
TEX Richard is likely to make an
other killing some time-just when,
will be for him and Dick Colburn to
say, for in the United-Ely they have
one of the finest properties in the camp,
and it is already in demand, but neither
one Of the owners needs the money and
they propose to let the ground rest with
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30

the crowd, being in all the companies
organized by the Goldieid men, and
as the competition for ground became
tense Richard became an important
figure in the Ely situation. So import
ant, that he became necessary to the
operations of the "big fellows Both
crowds tried to annex him to their
staff, but "Tex'' finally lined up with
the Cole-Ryan syndicate and he is now
their personal representative and cou-
fdential man in Ely, advising and car
rying out all their extensive plans, ac-
quiring property and other rights es-
sential to their mammoth operations.
"Tex' Richard is now the most i'm
portant figure in the Ely district and
he is on the way to make a cold mil
lion in a short time.
The Cole-Ryan people are the great
Amalgamated Copper crowd, the lafg-
est copper operators, perhaps, in the
world, and Tex Richard has made his
fortune simply in the connection he
has formed, if in no other way, for to
be confidential man of such millions in
a field of such vast possibilities as Ely,
would establish the future of any man
provided he made good. And TEX
Richard is making good. He is no
longer the dashing sporting "Tex,' al
ways ready and looking for a
"chance,' but he is the keen, cool
headed business man, with his wonder
full energy and acuteness turned in the
right direction.
TEX" and cole"
"Texo and nOle' made their first
money in the sale Of the R~ickard-Ely
and Boston-Ely, to the Cole-Ryan syn
dictate. They were each offered SOL
600 for their interests. They sold.
They were offered stock in the big
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30

ARE OPERATING
The OLD BERLIN Mine

AUSTIN, New, Oct. 26.-The Berlin
mine, up Reese river, which was pur-
chased nearly a year ago by the Blue
Bell Mining company Of Goldfeld, is
being operated at the present time by
leasers. Twelve men are taking gu
good ore and are keeping a battery OF
ten stamps busy. The showing in the
mine is very gratifying to the manage
ment.
Col. S. I. Pearson, who is managing
the Berlin mines, is also interested IN
the King Midas Mining company,
which is opening up a new property m
the Gooding district. The property -
one bought from George Gooding last
spring. It lies at the head Of Ophir
canyon in the Toiyabe range on the
west side. 1t is about three miles from
the old Ophir mine which has a great
record as a producer.
This property is being opened up IN
a thorough miner like manner, and, IN
all likelihood, will prove the first min
in 4 section Of many mines. Already
men of capital are investigating adjoin'
ing properties to the King Midas. It
will not be many weeks until the pay
ledge is tapped at depth in the King
Midas tunnel. If the anticipations Of
the operators are verified, there will e
many ~lamenting the fact that they were
not earlier on the ground.
Col. Pearson is q mining man OF .
life times experience. He has seen all
the camps and knows Nevada as well
az any Of the many good mining men
in the state. He is sanguine as to the
outcome at Goodings. If he is wrong
it will be one on him, he says, but the
whole hill pans gold and the main
streak is somewhere inside and he viii
find it.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30
NAY open Big INN
At ELY town Inn

ELY, New, Oct. 2s.-A.,,m
made today by g. L. c.r.,,, -.
ard OF plans for the immedia.. d.,
ment OF the Ely-C Calumet hola.
the city of Ely promises Of
mine almost within her border,
to the Robinson district ,-no,a.
tive property that will take
part in establishing more srn,.
ever the right of the Ely cam
ranked the foremost of the v..n
great copper producers.
Work on the Ely-C Calumet vim
at once. For the time being efort, -
be devoted to the running of . ~.
foot tunnel under the mountain "a -
the ore at a depth of a thousaps ~
under the North Star claim. VIA
the next few days air compressor. in
be set to work driving this tunnel A.
a point on the east side Of Ii. IN
which forms the northern bound.,, :,
the city. Three shifts will h.
ployed to push the work as rapidlv :.
possible and lay the foundation q,
more extensive development.
No less authority than Colonel VII.
liam Parish, the eminent mining eyn.,,
has predicted that in the group a.
claims comprising the Ely Colun.t' !,
property would some day be develoOad
one Of the richest mines in the Ely al.
trict. The location Of the tunnel IA
be driven under the mountain il the
direct result Of Colonel Farish,s in.
vcstigation of the property some time
ago.
When the expert looked over the
Ety. Calumet ground he became highly
optimistic of its possibilities and III.
report contained sufficient importsn,
information to cause mining men to
keep the property in mind as one that
ultimately would play its part in ths
future greatness of the camp.
The development of this propert,
promises an answer to the frequent,
expressed wish that the mines ani
city were more closely connected
Under such conditions Ely will no
remain merely a good town in a gres
district, but become a great town il
an equally great district. In the De
velopment of a big mine in the Ely
Calumet-and the prospects of mcl
are exceedingly bright-the city o
Ely would realize its long cherished
wish. The city would furnish home
for the miners, thereby materially in
creasing the population and genera
prosperity of the city, and at tn
same time~furnishing the workers wit
a character of home not possible in th
accommodations now provided in tn
immediate vicinity of mines.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30

Forty-hve toms Of / shipped . few
days ago by the Holland Malley lease
ON Stone Cabin shaft Of the Jim Butler
at Tonopah returned t32 q ton. This
leaves the leasers = good profit, and
shipments win be increased. The own
ezs Of the lease are trying to make
arrangements with Douglass and Nc.
Quillan to use the compressor at the
Wandering Boy shaft jointly with the
leasers there.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30
0oLDFIEID CRACK SHOT
GETS sILvER-rIP 70,

\ handsome silver-tip fox, the pelt
OF which is valued at between 600 and
500, was killed Sunday by E. J. Burns
OF Goldheld, near the wagon road 90.
ing up Montezuma mountain. Burn,
was formerly the champion shot Of
Boulder, Coloy and brought down the
fox at about 400 yards with . target
rine, using . 22-short cartridge. The
animal has been skinned and the pelt
viii be sent to San Francisco to be
tanned.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30
MILLIONS FROM
RICH STRIKE AT BANN0cK

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. $3.50
startling is the showing of rich goli
ore in the now famous strike in the
property of the Nevada Omaha Mining
company, in Philadelphia canyon, u
miles south of Battle Mountain, that,
following the second visit to the mine
of Union Pacific officials who control
the mining company, Joel w. West, ore
of their number, expressed the belief
that it would be possible to take out
a million dollars of gold in 80 days.
"From top to bottom of the shaft,
which is Is feet deep, the rich streak
is plainly visible to is inches in width,
the widest portion being at the bot
tom. The last request before left was
for Manager Wilhelm to take . pick
and drive it as hard as he could into
the bottom. He did. What he picked
out is at least 80 per cent pure gold
It is half the size of a man S hand. Tne
ore in the bottom of the shaft is richer
than ever, it does not look as though "
would pinch out. It is making ana y
in lead form. The gold values that are
in sight are simply enormous. an
confident that we can get enough gold
out in 30 days to liquidate the ?"
value of our stock and our captains
tion is 100000 shares. This does not
represent the full worth of what pre-
sents itself on that property. we nass
a good run in sight for many times =
much value as this statement on tnD
liquidation of our stock conveys. D~
sides this, we have the rich showing
that the numerous leasers are encouns
ering over the brow of the mountaiD'
and all Of them are getting fine va'us'
The property from my observatloD :
immense. We will do extensive W
vAopment.
N. F. Hartman, who some ten os!'
ago saw the hole at seven feet oeP..'
when asked what he thought OF y ~
feet deep, said: cit is richer ana ~
ger than it war then. 1t has grow
that it is simply out Of the question
make an adequate statement as -
wealth in reach. 1t IS sr
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30

Roy Truitt, the Druggist, is back
from San Francisco, where he has
besa enjoying the Portola festivities.
He says the carnival is great and
that he had Al fine = time as ever in
his life.
7. p. Clark Of San Francisco is here
on business.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-30

district court against Conelss
George A. Bartlett, to recover
interest at / per cent per month -,
note made by Bartlett June II
to McAfee and Leidy. The ~
lates that no part Of principal :.
terest has wei been paid, ana -. ..;e
note has been assigned TO =
Principal, interest and costs o.
prayed for.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-12

Tip Wright: Is base runner
out, If after foul, he fails to re-
turn to the base before the pitcher
again delivers the ball to the bat
ter? Thirty-third Degree Fan.
l have had some interesting
questions asked by baseball fans,
but this one Is doubly so, because
1t opens point which but few, In
my opinion, save men who make
the rules study, fully appreciate.
l have gone into the play as
fully as possible, and | think the
illustration and explanation throw
light upon the situation and con-
vey news to many lovers Of the
game.
Rule Sc. section 13 of the 1908
code of baseball playing rules de-
claring base runner out, follows:
IF, when advancing bases. or
forced to return to a base, while
the ball is in play, he fail to touch
the intervening base, or bases, If
any, In the regular or reverse or.
der, as the case may be, he may
be put out by the ball being held
by q fielder on any base he failed
to touch, or by being touched by
the ball ir the hands of fielder
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-12

fellows a natural born ball play
err" carries q lot of truth some
times.
Patrick W. partell broke into
baseball at a tender age, reaching
the top rung of the ladder when
scarcely out of his teens. He was
the originator of the slide to Sec
ond, and battled against stars of
the late Cos and early 70s. Spald-
ing, Goldsmith, Arson, Bennett.
Mcbride, Richardson, Williamson
and Buck Ewing, all those grand
old stars figured in contests with
Pere Purtell.
He played first at Binghamton,
N. Y, and in the inaugural game
there scored the first run made
on the grounds. During the sea-
son of 1869 he was with the
Cricket club, opening the season
against the famous Forest Citys
of Rockford, Ill. The stars of that
game included Arson, Fisher,
Barker, Fulmer, Bird, Addy and
Hastings.
Mark Purtell is but 10 and Billy
scarcely old enough to vote. Both
learned the game on the Columbus
lots. Billy first played profession.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-12

I wonder IL our cousins in Eng.
land didn't sit up and take notice
when the cable carried the in
formation under the bi gsalt bowl
that w. c. PAUL. the Pennsylvania
freshman miller, has ''loafed home
'35 yards in front of his field in
All Tsp"
If there Is one thing the English
are cockey over it is their run
ners. and to think that "blawsted
Yankee" should run the fastest
mile ever negotiated by an anna
teur since Tommy Connect set the
figures at AIS 3-5 in 1895, must
be metal dill pickle for them.
Paull's grand mile was the fast
est ever run by an American born
athlete. Connect was product of
the auld sod, so England found
some satisfaction in his perform
ance. About the only other thing
remaining for them to talk about
now Is the professional mile rec
ord of 4:12A, made by w. G.
George.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-12

In the same manner as in running
to first base. Provided that the
base runner shall not be out in
such case If the ball be delivered
to the bat ny the pitcher before the
fielder hold 1t on said base or touch
the base runner with it,"
Ordinarily with a man on the
paths, batter, after hitting the
ball. steps out of the box, to pre-
vent the pitcher returning the bah
to the plate until the runner has
returned to his base.
Now, II the batter would step
back into position as soon as the
pitcher receives the ball, even
while the runner is returning to
his base, and the pitcher should
deliver the ball, the runner is at
liberty to turn and dash for the
next base.
II, with a runner half way be-
tween first and second, returning
to the former base after a foul,
the pitcher deliver the ball and
the batter hit 1t, the runner may
face about and streak 1t as fast
and as far as possible, and he may
not be declared out for not return
ing to first
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-12

l confidently expect to see PAUL.
place the mile record lower than
Connect did at Travers island. Only
a youngster, the Penn miller is not
fully developed, and with develop
ment will come, not only greater
strength and speed. but improved
form. Under the fatherly eye of
Mike Murphy, that great developer
Of track material, he can be de-
pended upon to reach that stage Of
running perfection so necessary to
extreme speed.
That young PAUL. is seconds
faster than any other mile runner
in this country is apparent after a
study of the records. The fastest
miles of recent years are all above
4:20, the average being about 425,
and this, among the classiest men
the colleges and athletic clubs
have produced. Haskins' APO 35
is the nearest to the record estab-
lished by PAUL in the intercolleg-
late, and Trube's 4:25 at Travers
island is the best performance this
sterling runner Is capable of.
1t is to be hoped. for the sake Of
American athletics, that PAUL will,
ere he quits the cinder path, meet
competition worthy of his steel.
and, pushed to his limit. will knock
Connects figures from the niche in
which they have rested for nearly
IA years.