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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. Bell of Anita who has been
visiting for sometime with her son,
D. Bell and wife, left Saturday for
visit with her son in Atlantic.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28
For Sale

A good high grade piano nearly
new at big discount. Inquire at the
Journal office.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. Wallace who has been visit
ing relatives at the George Gill
home, returned to Atlantic Mon.
day.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. Molly Hunt and little grand
son, Henry Hunt are both confined
at their homes with the mum, 20.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

DR.. Riley removed the stitches
from the tongue of little Charlie
Hanson which he cut last week
while marching from the school
house. The little fellow is having a
seige with the mumps also.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Miss Gladys Chamberlain of Bray
ton visited the first of the week at
the Ed Dryden home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Rev. s. M. Smith of Redwood
Falls, Minnesota will preach in the
Christian Church both morning
and evening, Sunday May 1st. He
will also preach in the Audubon
Township church in the afternoon.
He comes with view of locating
and it is desirous that a eoodly
number of the mem bership and
friends be present to hear and be-
come acquainted with him. Every
body welcome to all the services.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

George Milliman took the second
degree in the X. of P. lodge Tues.
day night.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. w. r. Chantry and children
left Tuesday for short visit with
her parents at Adair.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. F. w. Hopley left Tuesda,
for visit with her parents a,
Griswold.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

The schoolmates of Hilda Ries-
gard gave hera surprise party
Tuesday evening. The time was
spent in playing games good time
reported, they presented her with
beautiful stick pin as token of
their esteem.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

DR.. Kepford, the tuberculosis
specialist, gave his lecture at the
M. E. Church Friday evening to a
very small but appreciative crowd.
This lecture was given free and was
a subject in which every one should
take deep interest. Ali who heard
it speak highly highly of his lee
ture pronouncing it the best ever
delivered in our city.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

6. w. McClain returned last Wed
nesday from his trip to Nebraska.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Now is the time to buy your stock
tonic for horses, cattle, hogs and
chickens. We cell the best.
Oluf Jensen
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Word reached here from Hillroee
Colorado that Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
Coffin are the proud parents of a
sweet baby girl born Sunday, April
18th. Mrs. Coffin will be remem-
bered here by many as Miss Nettie
Sickela
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Bert Sours who has been assist
ing at the Wintrey aud Chantry
Drug Store left Saturday for his
home in Adair.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

You will find more Styles in Ok
forde at Workman's Shoe Store.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Jim Thompson, Mrs. Tellas Lei
gan and Mrs. Gertie Ceraneck of
Brayton spent the day Friday at
the home Of Mr.. aud Mrs. Jack Coe.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

VIM. Dofhug shipped carload Of
fat cattle to the Chicago markets
Saturday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

James H. Martin lett Saturday
fer Iowa City to visit with sister
who is quite sick. He expects to be
gone several days.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

A. G. James went to Anita Satur-
day to visit his parents and his
every best friend"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Miss Anna Dorr visited over Sun
day with friends in Audubon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

j. 81. Dimick purchased carload
OF cattle of Eddie Whalert which
he shipped to Chicago Saturday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Jayne are
the proud parents of sweet baby
boy born Saturday night.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

John Riley came home last Thurs
day from Des Moines where he had
been q few days on business.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Frank Hall and Pete Kommes
were Audubon visitors Monday
and Tuesday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

], G. Powell came over from Gu
thri4 Center Wednesday and moved
his household goods which he has
had stored in one room of the house
which he sold to George Milliman.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. Rocholz returned to her
home in Adair Monday after few
days visit with her sister, Mrs. Fol-
ly Herrick OF this city.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. Burns and daughter have
been visiting relatives at the Dave
Gault home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Roy Dryden left Tuesday for Can
ada where he will work this spring.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Herman Barnholdt was an over
Sunday visitor ia Omaha.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. Gothard Of Atlantic is visit
ing friends in this city today.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. Rev. Miller of Audubon Wis
tied here Saturday with her aunts,
Mrs. Folly Herrick and Mrs. Roch-
olz at the Herrick home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28
Cemetery Meeting

Come out to the meeting at the
First National Bank Monday night,
May End.
Committee.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

County Sheriff Creese, Bob spen.
and exsherif Northup were in our
Tuesday calling on friends.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mrs. s. Spoo returned home from
the Iowa City Hospital, Monday,
where abe went a few weeks ago for
IAN operation. She arrived home
looking much better than she has
tor some time. Her many friends
are glad to welcome her home again
The "Dandelions" 80 called by A
w. Harvey, including five of our
business men were take over to the
picture gallery, Wednesday morn
ing by William Thielen of Carroll,
where he had the groups picture
taken. For full particulars inquire
of A. w. Harvey.
Mr.. Seth Hartzell arrived here
Thursday morning from Southern
California to visit his children and
other relatives and friends in
and near Extra, for some time. Mr..
Hartzell is looking better than he
has looked for years aud Gays he is
in much better health.
Photographer Neslund and wife
left Wednesday afternoon for Lake
View, where they Will reside. Mr..
Nesluud moved here from Lake
View last fall, and opened picture
gallery where his work has always
given good satisfaction to all. They
gained many friends here who re.
gret to see this young couple leave
our city. We all join i'll wishing
them success and prosperity in the
future.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Drace Sornson returned from
Omaha Friday where he had been
on business.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28
Appreciation

Co, have tried in all possible
Oepa.. our appreciation of
the l,.~ meot egiven US since
the first day - coming to this
city. In the columns of our paper
we have fought for our town to the
best of our ability. We would not
be egotistical but believe by using
this paper as weapon we have
been enabled to render come assis-
tance to the enterprise and growth
of our little city. If our paper has
pleased you we are fully repaid for
the hard labor we,have given it and
can promise our readers that in the
future it will be far superior to the
past az we have decided to give
more attention and work to the 10.
cal field realizing our readers ap-
preciate spicy local page.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

N. p. Christensen of Atlantic was
a business visitor in this city be-
tween trains Saturday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

A pair of sweet twin girls arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Griffin Friday night. Mrs. Griffin
was very low and for some time her
life was despaired of but she is re-
ported as improving rapidly now.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hocamr are
the proud parents of sweety baby
girl born Saturday night, April "a.
DR.. A. e. Keppford gave very
entertaining and Interesting talk to
the pupils of our school Friday af-
ternoou,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-28

WOrkmeu are Ou6y THIS week put-
ting in the walls and foundation of
the big house which John Rendle-
man is putting up on the farm
where the house was destroyed by
fire. He is building an eight room
house with basement and attic at a
cost of $250O.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23
TONOPAH BELMONT STARTS
EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT

The Tonopah mines, during the week
ending April 16, handled GOAL tons of
ore, valued at $151,O25. The production
of the individual mines is given as:
Tonopah Mining company 1900 tons,
Belmont 900 tons, Montana of Tonopah
92l tons, MacNamara $50 tons, West
End 100 tons, Tonopah Extension $50
tons and the Midway 100 tons
Belmont to Start Big Operations.
Concerning the Belmont, the Tonopah
Miner says:
That the Belmont intends to carry
on operations on a gigantic scale is
proven by the plans that are being
made for the installation of IA power
full surface plant at the new shaft,
which will be on the ground before
many weeks have passed, matters be-
frame, compressor, ore bins and rail
road spur will be ready for use by
the time the shaft has been widened
out to the surface. Already portions
of the plant have been decided upon,
the details of which will be announced
later, or al soon as definite arrange
nients have been made. Meanwhile
workmen are busy making necessary
repairs and alterations to the com.
rany's 60-stamp mill at Miliers, which
has been closed down for the past six
months, the output of the mine being
sent to the smelter. Among the i'm.
provements being made is the install
lation of a tube mill, which will increase
the efficiency of the mill. 1t is the in
~tention of Superintendent Bradshaw to
start up the mill at full capacity at
the earliest possible moment, but owing
to the fact hat much of the material
needed for the repairs and alterations
is now on the road from the east. it is
probable that affairs will not be in
shape to start operations much before
June LIST, everything depending upon
the arrival of the material. The mine
"a in excellent shape for the production
OF an enormou tonnage of good milling
ore, there being a body of ore averaging
IL feet In width exposed for a distance
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23
Lind LEASE CUTS A
PROMISING Vein

Development OF the Lind lease on the
Booth is progressing steadily under
three shifts. The east erosscut from
the 36O-foot level of. the old Durgan
shaft, out about $50 feet, has cut
through more than 20 feet of ledge mat
ter, and on the footwall side was four
feet of yellowish, oxidized quartz,
carrying low values, that is identical
in appearance with some of the oxidized
ore that is being taken from the north
workings of the Red Top mine of the
Consolidated. This north drift is out
about 500 feet, almost due north of the
Mushett lease shaft on the Miss Jessie
claim of the Consolidated-bu a short
ways to the south of the Lind work.
ings. Drifts on the vein are now being
sent ont TO the north and the south
from the long crosscut in the LIND
lease, with An idea of thoroughly ex
ploring the big and promising vein.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23

of over $50 feet ON its strike and over
325 feet on its dip, and preparations
are now being made to begin extensive
stopping operations. With this immense
body of ore to draw from, a great deal
of attention will be paid to develop
ment and prospecting work, which,
pending the completion of the new
shaft, will be confined principally to e
tending the limits of the new ore bo
nanza, after which a systematic open.
ing up of the territory to the east of
the Mizpah fault will be the program.
There are now wei 1000 feet, easterly
and westerly, the present strike of the
veins, that is absolutely virgin ground,
barring the work that has been done in
opening up the Belmont vein, and this
will be thoroughly traversed by
in search of other lodges.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23

Colemanite lodges. This was prior to
the year 1901, to which time the gov
eminent allowed saline deposits TO De
acquired under the placer mining laws.
These laws allowed any man to take
up all the land upon which he would
perform the assessment work, up to 100
acres. The assessment work to be per-
formed during each twelve month
merely comprised digging a hole in each
30 acres, the hole supposedly 10 feet
deep and costing in labor 800. One
man could put down one of these holes
in about a day. The law did not pre-
vent one man from taking loo acres
himself, and then having ten or 100 or
1000 more 160-acre tracts taken up,
with the names of dummy entrymen on
the notices, the whole thing really be-
longing to the one man or company.
Such was the procedure of the Borax
Trust-for the burro and kerosene can
has by now grown into the dignity of a
Understanding to well founded re-
ports and figures.
The law required that 80 days after
one of these placer claims was located,
the annual assessment work should be
commenced, and that 60 days thereafter
the locator should have the county sur
veyor survey and make permanent rec
ord of the location. Here, also, was a
fatal clause. The Grange riders" of
the Salt Trust sailed forth every thirty
days, and brought up the dates on the
location notices another thirty days.
Mining With Range Riders.
The range riders are still riding and
dating up the location notices on thou
sands of acres of salt and borax lands
in California and Nevada. And, IN the
meantime, there is a law in effect by
which no man can locate more thar 70
acres of saline lands. When located, he
must operate this land himself, or hire
it operated by his personal agents. He
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23

desert had to be conquered, and this
took much money. Mills and chemical
apparatus and machinery for mining
the great deposits, grinding them and
turning their crude wealth into com
mereial borax and boraeic acid must
needs be purchased. "Snith' had
something with which to ''show' the
men with money, and the ability to do
the "showing." He knew that the
Rockefellers had some money, anil pre-
f~erring to start at the Top of the money
list and work downward rathe: than
start at the bottom AMI work up, he
tackled the Rockefellers. They took
his bonds. They still hold them, and
show no signs of letting loose. With
this money all the little borax works
were consolidated. Sometimes the
owners of the little borax works did
not want to consolidate, but thar made
no difference. They came in just the
same. Smith had not been the only
man who, by this time, realized that
there were many square miles Of stuff
on the desert that ell civilization
wanted to pay five TO 25 cents per
pound for, to be turned into money by
anyone who had the money to start the
work. But these men made a big mis-
take. They started with the little fell
lows in the money world for their
backing. and when "Borax'' dropped
down on them with the backing of the
money king, they had to come in grace
fully, or make an ~undignifed retreat.
Commences to Gobble Sand.
Smith did nothing by halves. If a
few hundred acres of the saline lands
were good, a few thousand were better.
So his men located perhaps 90 per cent
of the borax deposits, whether in the
shape of deposits that had been ear
ried down by the water and left in the
marshes by evaporation, or the original
"mother lodes' as held in the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23
NUMANA CAMP IS NOW
A PLACE OF HISTORY

On Sunday Sam Arentz took the con.
struction crew and train of the Copper
Belt down the Southern Pacific to
Numana for the purpose of removing
the buildings and other equipment there
belonging to the Nevada Douglas Cop.
per company, in use when the Ludwig
workings shipped ores and received sup
plies from that point, says the Mason
Valley News.
The entire outfit will be brought
to Mason and used the best manner
possible in the work of fitting up
eonvenienees in the yaros at this
point. Exit Numana, hereafter to be
as an incident only in
the operating of the Ludwig property
under conditions that have become
extinct by reason of the approach
of the iron horse to the mine. No
tears will be shed for deserted NJ
mana, which is probably a Hindoo word
meaning, when translated "working
under difficulties"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23
LEASE AT RAWHIDE
GETS INTO FINE ORE BODY

RAWHIDE, April ia strike was
made the first of the week ON the st.
Ives lease, operated by the Codd Mines
company near the center of The Raw
hide Queen estate, that has probably
done more to demonstrate the possibili-
ties and future greatness of Rawhide
than any strike hat has ever been made
in the camp since its discovery.
The st. Ives shaft reached the 400
foot level about three weeks ago and
prosecuting was started both east and
west. The west crosscut was started
for the Grutt-Balloon Hill vein and the
east crosscut headed toward that of
Kearns No. 2. The formation had been
getting harder each day for the past
week, when on last Monday the round
of holes in the east crosscut broke
through into the vein. A picked sam
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23

can not hire agents to look after more
than 20 acres. Does he allow a lapse Of
sixty days in operations, the land re-
verts to the government, and he cannot
relocate a tract of saline land. Does he
try to locate a second tract, he forfeits
all right to his first tract, as well as the
second tract, ard is forever after
barred from locating a piece of saline
land in United States territory. Co.
operative companies may be formed,
each member locating 20 acres of saline
land, and have the land operated by a
common working force, and this is the
only manner in which more than 20
acres of land may be held and worked
by one company or man..
This law was passed in the year 1901,
and was called into being by the con
servationists, who were attracted to the
proposition by the Tor number of
applications for saline lands that were
being turned in from Nevada and Cali
fornia. 1t served as an effective check
upon blanket entries upon saline lands.
For the interests at which this law took
a direct slap, however, nothing is i'm
possible, and as showing the strength
of their belief in being able to have
the law repealed, their Grange Rid
ers' have, since that time, been max
ing their monthly trips.
How the Scheme Works.
AS an instance of this cocksureness,
also of what will happen to the saline
lands with the passage of Senator
Nixon's Senate Bill No. 5521, witness
the following:
Columbus marsh, in Esmeralda coun-
ty, Nevada, is a salt and borax deposit
covering more than 5000 acres of land,
covered with a crust of crystalline
borax and salt averaging five feet in
thickness. Under this crust is a layer
of alluvial mud of unknown depth,
filed with solutions of salt, borax and
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23

alkalies, to the point of saturation. rms
danosit is known to be more than 100
feet deep, and test wells sunk to that
depth show that every two cubic yards
of solution contains one ton of salts, OF
which 25 per cent is borax, 90 per cent
salt. and the balance mixed %sulphates
of soda and alkaloids. The deposit is
more than forty miles square, and is
added to every year by the salts brought
down by the winter rains, from sur
face and underground flow from nearly
eight hundred square miles. This one
marsh contains enough salt and borax
to supply the United States for years.
Under the present laws of the United
States, no one man, interest or cor
poration can take up more than ~
acres of this land. And yet dummy "
entrymen for the salt trust and the
borax trust-and both work together
have posted location notices upon every
foot of this ground, and every thirty
DAYS a horseback rider goes over this
ground, and advances the date thirty
DAYS. This man costs somebody $500
per month. With the Nixon or some
similar bill failing to pass, this ex-
pense is lost money, but the instant this
bill is passed these locations are made
valid, and the Smith-Standard Oil in
~terests have peer made a present of
forty square ri;lss of territory, worth
millions of dollars, an. which is then
forever withdrawn from the public re-
sources-the price of salt placed in the
hands of the trust.
For another instance: The great salt
marsh at Blair, Nevada, 25 miles from
Goldfeld, covers more than % square
miles of ground. 1t is covered with a
crust of practically pure salt more than
FIVE feet in thickness, with some borax
present, and under this is a layer of
a~lluvial mud and salt, filled with water,
the entire substance containing salts in
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-23

pie was taken by Manager Sears Tues
day morning. The vein matter wa.
tested with the pan and did not show
a color either of gold or silver. Imag.n n
his surprise in the evening to learn that
his sample had assayed $40 per ton. he
felt so sure that the sample must have
been "salted" that he did not tevr
mention it on the street.
The next morning, Manager Sears,
in company with President King and
Manager Barrett of the Queen, went
down and sampled the vein, and an
average sample across one foot of the
body gave returns of $255 per ton. The
vein appears to be about five feet wide,
but only about a foot of it is high
grade.
The trend of this vein is almost
north and south and nearly in a direct
line pointing toward the Kearns No. 9
shaft. The ore is a very heavy sui
phlde, and is very rich in silver, assay
ing 2.2S ounces in gold and 41S.3 ounces
In silver. The walls of the vein and
also the vein itself carries a LARGE
amount of tale, and the ore as well as
the formation, resembles that found ON
the lower levels of the Clermont shaft
in Goldfeld.
The ore body just encountered was
also cut into on the 5O-foot and the
100 and 20O-foot levels above. but II
was not nearly as rich as on the 400
or lowest level.
Another gratifying feature in this
strike is the fact that the ore has
been encountered below the blue mud
was run into on the levels above
thus proving pretty conclusivelv that
the larger bodies of the camp will 90
to great depths.
Manager Sears is more than pleased
win the showing and feels now that
MS long and faithful labors ON the
property are about to reap a rich re.