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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
.GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED
WILL SOON Be WORKING
Fire at 100-Stamp Mill of Great
Producer Does Not De-
lay Business
BY R. l.. RICHIE

GOLDFIELD, New. April 16.-After
inspecting the damage done to the big
Consolidated mill by the recent fire,
George Wingfeld, president, and John
II. Mackenzie, consulting engineer,
have declared that eighty of the 100
stamps will be in operation within
thirty days and the entire plant will
be repaired and working at full capac-
ity within sixty days or less. At the
time the first reports of the fire We're
sent out, while the mill was still afire
it seemed improbable that any part of
the great plant could be saved and the
fact that the flames We're kept from
any but small part of the main struc-
ture, in the face of a shortage of water
and fire-fighting equipment, is good
evidence that the building is as nearly
fireproof as it is possible to construct.
The fire started in the refinery depart
ment through the breaking of a pipe
carrying distillate under high pressure
to the refinery furnaces. 1t has been
found that three of the five furnaces
are practically undamaged and these
will probably be in use within a week,
treating the mill products that were in
process Of reduction at the time of the
mishap.
Latest official estimates of the
amount of damage place the figure at
considerably under 5000, 600, and it is
pointed out by Mr.. Wingfield and Sec
retary Howe that this sum will readily
be earned by normal weeks mill run.
None of the woodwork, concentrators,
tables, Chilean mills, launders or other
machinery below the stamp floor was
touched by the flames, and only a small
portion Of the main building was af-
fected.
SAMPLER ALSO DESTROYED
The portion destroyed includes the
sampling department ten stamps, the
belt conVeyor which carries the ore
from the crusher house to the MILL
some small outbuildings and the ware
house, containing newly replen!shed
stores of cyanide, SIM dust and other
mill supplies valued at 100000. Only
one man was injured, c. w. Watson, an
employe of the refinery who rushed
back through the flames in an effort to
reach the check valve and cut off the
supply of distillate and who was badly
burned about the face and hands 1t is
now said that none of the gold in the
form of bullion or precipitate was lost
in the refinery.
Production from the Consolidated
Mines will be practically suspended
until the belt conVeyor at the mill is
replaced or other means provided for
ore from the crusher to the
stamps, but most Of the miners are re-
tanned and are now employed at de-
velopment work, which will be pushed
on an enlarged scale of operations. A
large force of workmen is engaged in
away the debris from the
burned part of the buildings and re-
moving the twisted steel frame work,
For some reason it was found impos-
sible to use the water supply from the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
GET FIELD SUPERINTENDENT

After much difficulty the officers of the
Merchants and Bankers Oil company
have succeeded in securing the services
of E. A. Wiltse as field superintend
ent. Mr.. Wiltsee has been associated
with the eminent mining engineer John
Hays Hammond for a number of years
and has had experience in every oil
field of the world.
Mr.. Wiltsee was attracted to South
ern California several weeks ago by
the Midway oil strike. He believes that
the production of crude oil is destined
to become California's greatest in
dustry
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
News OF the Mines and Oil Fields

company's large storage tanks above
the mill, and at the moment there was
shortage of hose. Soon after the
recent burning of oil tanks near the
mill it was decided to take additional
precautions against fire, and equip
ment was ordered at once, but has not
yet arrived. The mines have all been
provided with water tanks of large
capacity and provision has been made
to insure against fire in all the work
ings.
The official report of the Consolidated
company's operations in March has
been submitted to the directors by
Manager j. r. Finlay, and as usual the
figures of production are larger than
those contained in the preliminary esti-
mates issued early i'm the month. Dur
ing the month the 100-stamp mill treated
26.619 dry tons, an average of SCI tons
daily, valued at $500 a ton. The gross
value of the ore extracted was $l,O1IOO0
and the gold recovery approximately
$3.50. 00O Net profits for the month
were $3.50 2S0 The net recovery was
935 per cent, slightly lower than in
February owing to the higher grade of
ore treated. New footage was broken
in development amounting to 37l2 feet
and is estimated to have added to the
exposed ore reserves of the mines some
$4,000 tons of ore as good as that taken
out during the month
OTHER INTERESTING NEWS
other new developments of interest
i'm Consolidated ground included the
opening of a large body of good ore in
a raise from the 330-foot level of the
Red Top mine the ore being penetrated
vertically for fifty-seven feet and show
ing an average value of nearly $50
ton, a higher grade than normal in the
Red Top and regarded as indicating the
presence of large hsdies of excellent
ore that do not appear on the regular
levels. Mr.. Finlay states that in
number of other places on intermediate
levels ore has been found that en-
courages belief in important further
discoveries. New ore bodies were found
in every mine and on nearly every level
from surface to depth of 1000 feet.
Some of the ore developed in the Cler-
mont workings averages around $l25
a ton. s. a .a
The Clermont mine has lately been
producing the principal tonnage for
the mill. In March its output was 1860
tons, as against an average of $500 tons
each for the Mohawk, Combination and
Red Top. The grade of ore from the
Clermont is also higher than elsewhere,
averaging $3.50 a ton, while that from
the other mines runs, as a rule, slightly
under $50 a ton. Development is being
carried forward in all parts of the
great property, from the northern part
of the Red Top, throughout the Cler-
mont, Mohawk and Combination, to
point far to- the. south near the .-bouG.
Diary line of the Florence, where some
exceedingly rich ore has been mined
near the bonanza Reilly lease tract. 1t
is officially announced that after the
of the dividend of so cents
share on April 30. the company will
still have over $100O,0O0 in cash in its
treasury.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
BIG TREADWELL MINES IN
ALASKA INCREASE OUTPUT

SEATTLE, April 15.-The output of
the Treadwell gold mines, near Juneau,
Alaska, will be SO, 100000, according to
superintendent r. A. Kinzie, who ar
rived in Seattle yesterday on his way
east to buy new machinery for the
mines.
Mr.. Kinzie said the explosion of the
magazine in the 1100-foot level last
mnoth has not affected the output, and
the company has experienced no diff
Guilty in keeping its men. The cause of
the explosion, in which thirty
lives We're lost, has never been deter
mined
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-09-16
BALLTNGER INDORSED.
Six Republican Members of Commit
tee Condemn the Minority Report.
Allege Cnfairness in State
ment.

Chicago, Sept. 13.-Six Republican
members of the Ballinger investigat-
ing committee met today and issued q
statement condemning the action of
the four Democratic members and the
one Republican insurgent member
who delivered report last Wednes-
day demanding the retirement from
office of Secretary Ballinger.
Those present today we're Senators
Nelson, Sutherland and Root, Con-
gressnan Mccall, Olmsted and Denny.
They declared the action of what they
term the minority attempts to have
been according to worst methods of
ward politics.
The evidence in the Ballinger case
was discussed, but, in the absence Of
a quorum, they state nc action was
possible.
AS the minority" declined to at
tend today's conference and took their
adjournment at Minneapolis until the
next meeting of congress, it is prob
able that Senator Nelson will not call
another meeting until the return of
Senator Flint, who is in Europe, and
as the seventh member would make a
cuOr1lnn
Signers of Report.
The report is signed by Senators
Nelson, Sutherland and Root and Rep
resentatives Mccall Olmsted and
Denny and reviews at some length the
findings of the Democratic minority Of
the conmittee-the minority members
are sharply criticized, the report de-
claring that "the spectacle was pre-
sente7 of five gentlemen cut Of 2 C.
buna1 of y, created BY congress. =,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-09-16
'Fighting Bob" on Names Prohlbl

Atlanta Constitution.
From that brand Of prohibition pre-
vailing in the State of Maine, Flight
ing Bob" Evans prays that he and all
good sailors generally may be deliv-
cred.
With candor that is eminently
characteristic, he has handed the IL
quor regulations in that canny COM
monwealth probably the most severe
jolt they have yet sustained.
Bearing in mind the fact that
"Fighting Bob" has been round the
world, and has had unrivalled oppor-
tunities for observation, the following
blunt expression of his views is start
ling, to say the least:
"I do not want to talk about laws
of States other than my own without
first making a thorough investigation
and inquiry, but I will say this hon.
estly and fearlessly and as one who is
sure of his grounds: I have had more
trouble in the direction of my sailors
getting drunk in the ports Of Maine
than I have mad with my men while at
any other ports in the world. I would
rather take my men anywhere in the
world than bring them to Maine.
know what my men on short liberty
would easily find the most impossible
and abhorrent dives and there obtain
their obnoxious concoctions, worse,
much worse, than liquor Il made
them not so much drunk as crazy"
The investigations of several maga-
zine Dublicists of recent months have
verified the statements of Admiral
Evans.
The tenor of their findings is that
while Maine is fanatical Worshipper
of prohibition in the abstract, it is
scoffer at prohibition in the concrete.
Candidates who are in favor of
Statewide prohibition law are given
overwhelming Endorsement. Success
sive legislatures are required to reli-
giously leave the law unamenGed.
But ofice-holders who take The law
and the public mandate seriously are
reported to be so extremely unpopu-
lar that the next election effects their
retirement to private life.
It is a curious condition and, if
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-09-16
ARMY UNFIT FOR WAR.
Inspector Generals Report Criticlses
Service.-Methcds and Training
Bad.

Washington, Sept. Eff fearless
criticism is calculated to beneht the
army then Uncle Sans soldiers
should profit much from the COM
ments upon their condition and abll-
tiles contained in the annual report
of Inspector General Darlington lust
made public One inspector points
ont whole battalion Of artillery
starting for the Philippine service
without a single field officer and one
of the batteries commanded by a Sec
ond lieutenant of less than two years
service. An inspector general de-
clares that this absence Of captains
from their commands is ''the most
fruitful source of professional disease
il the line of the army today"
Results Disastrous.
In one department nearly third
of the line officers were absent from
duty with their commands under de-
tail and altogether the situation, ac-
cording to the inspector general, war
rants the prediction that results oI
a disastrous nature must sooner or
later be realized. The obvious rem
edy, he says, is the provision OF a
sufficient number of superior officers
to replace those on detail.
The time for specialization in the
army has arrived in the opinion of
another inspector general. He says:
eve try to crowd too much upon
the officer and enlisted men Of the
line. That is, we try to teach all of
them everything instead of specializ-
ing and only teaching each as much
as he can learn we'll with ordinary
application, which, however mich we
may expect, is all We can ever hope
to obtain"
Unfit for SrTice.
Those who stand at the top would
be too surprised to learn from In
spector Bell, that the army is wholly
unfit for field service. He says the
new regulations are almost entirely
theoretical The transportation sys-
tenn is the same as the beginning OF
the War of Secession, the army has
so far failed to make use of automo-
biles, traction engines and other mod
ern appliances in the field.
Maj. Bell says, while our infantry
is composed of the best men in the
world and is probably as well, if not
better trained in the use of the rifle
than that of any other army, its
marching capacity is below medioc-
rity and yet it is admitted today that
the fate of the battles Of the future
depends upon the marching capacity
" of the infantry"
To Change Method.
To remedy these conditions, Maj.
General Wood, chief of staff, today is
sued orders which will change ma
terially the training of the army. All
inspectors general will be required to
submit the troops to an annual in
spection in the field, in addition to the
present inspection which is describ-
ed in some quarters as being little
less than an inquiry into the accounts
and garrison work of the troops. The
new inspection will be designed to
show the efficiency of the troops and
the theoretic work taught army off,
GERS at the various schools provided
for in the various drill regulations.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-09-16

suming to act as the tribunal itself"
Continuing in this connection, the
report says:
"These five gentlemen continued
their proceeding to the end, accord
ing to the worst methods of ward poll
tics; and, after pretending report OF
SO pages which they brought to the
meeting already prepared, and which
was never the subject of consideration
or discussion or even read in commit
te, they gave it to the newspapers, al
lao-gh the law required it to be rem
32rnd to congress-; and they complet-
ed their perversion of the purpose OF
the meeting by adjourning the meet
ing so as to forestall, if possible, any
action or consideration or discussion
of evidence by the committee in the
meantime; and by solemn vote they
graciously extended to the majority
the leave to Qle a minority report.
cit does not need to be said that
such action in both form and sub
stance is wholly lawless, and it leaves
it entirely unnecessary to ask what
sort of Justice any public servant
could look for whose character was
on trial in such a proceeding in the
extreme of a political campaign. If
there is any relation between lawless
methods and the character Of the re-
suits which they accomplish, this So
called verdict condemns it's authors.
rather than the official, under investi-
cation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-09-16
The Minority Action.

This action of the minority in no
way relieves us from our responsible
itv under the law. 1t is incumbent
upon us to sift the great mass OF evil
dence and to attempt to reach and
render a just verdict.
Every effort was made to induce
the minority members to agree to a
meeting on some early day as might
suit their convenience, but without
avail
"The report Of the committee can
not be made until December 5, when
congress meets and the meeting called
for September 5, was for the purpose
of considering and discussing what
the report to be made three months
thereafter should be.
There was therefore no haste or
pressure for time. The action OF the
Democratic minority in the taking
temporary advantage of the delay OF
some members in reaching the meet
Ing was an effort to substitute a pre-
arranged scheme for the orderly de-
liberations and discussions which the
duty of the committee requires.
"The adoption of a report by a
political minority and it's publication,
exhibited a willingness to sacrifice
the rights and injure the reputation OF
the officers investigated in order to
obtain supposed party advantage in
the pending political campaign. we
can not reconcile such a course with
our sense of justice and of our duty. y
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
PAGE SIXTEEN THE. JEFF
The Weather and the Crops

The other members of the Georgia
delegation were confident that they
had the laugh on Mr.. Stephens, but
he and Espy proved them, and
they reluctantly conceded the cor
rectness Of what, at that very early
date, were clean-cut Indications.
Without question, Mr.. Stephens
was foremost among the most broad
ly and thoroughly informed men on
all subjects that touched the welfare
of all the people, He was ever ready
to demonstrate through the agency
of accurate statistics. the ability of
the people of Georgia and the South
to compete in agriculture and in the
Industries with the people of other
States of the Union There were, of
course, conditions and situations to
be taken into the account in insti-
tuting comparisons of the nature re-
ferred to, but Mr. Stephens never
lacked resource or timeliness when
occasion demanded that some one
should speak for the State and the
section which he in part so ably
represented.
There! [ did not purpose the fore
going line of thought when I begun
~ IOuSI1 C1S hSy0 vi lie
1t just flowed in on me-
We have had a good deal of rain
this month, but the crops are grow
lng-especially the corn crop. Grass
and cotton are running nip and tuck,
the grass, in many localities, little
in the lead. Cotton is so tenacious
OF life and Of it's great mission, it
will shoot ahead if given the barest
chance. Free the plants as quickly
as possible from the calamitous pres
ence OF the grass, and give them
needed cultivation as opportunity OF
fers. They will make up for lost
time when the sunshine and the
warm nights come They are hasten
ing their footsteps-those two vail
ant aids to the King.
Experiment, Ca, July 9, 1910.
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cause they made possible the pros
perity which is with us today We
are their debtors and ever shall be.
In 1867, Georgia counted 1896
536 hogs. Through the years 1877,
'S7, '97, '07, her holdings averaged
1894 64 hogs. In this good year
of Grace, Georgia owns 2,142,000
hogs.
We are getting on right nicely,
arn't we? Berkshires, Duroc-Jer-
seys, Poland Chinas, Tamworths,
ETC., can be found, in reasonable
numbers, in every county in the
State-in every county in the South.
Month by month, their number
will increase. The people are in
condition to re-exploit, so TO speak,
this branch Of farm industry and al
lied branches which were so familiar
to their fathers in the fifties.
Interest is centering in the mule
foot hog, not unknown in this Sec
ton. 1t is a good breed. 1t is claim
ed that the mule-foot is immune to
cholera, but that is disputed point.
The breed possesses very many
good points, and would thrive at the
South The mule-foOt is a prolific.
healthy, early maturing, early to
market, bacon hog. The sows are
the best of mothers.
The mule-foot is an easy keeper,
capable of attaining 24O pounds at
six months of age; 400 pounds at IL,
months; 500 pounds at Is months.
There are SO many Instances In
which the mule-foot proved resistant
to cholera, | believe that the breed
is immune to that dread disease
Experiment, Ca, July 8, 1910
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
A TALK ON SWINE.

The fact that hogs, properly cared
for, are producers of handsome prof
its is not a new proposition at the
South. 1t is very far from being
new in 'GEORGY.". I could easily
crowd your columns with examples
illustrative of what has been done
and what is now being done in this
State, and in other Southern States,
in making money with SWINE I could
give names and dates, weights and
amounts, if your space permitted it.
Latter day reformers, bubbling
over with "effervesing enthusiasm.
forget, in the midst of efforts to stock
the State with hogs in a month or
year, that Southern farmers had to
rebuild waste places which attested
Gen. Sherman's idea Of war, namely,
that war is hell" They could not,
for long, dOlorOus years, give thought
to Investigation on the farm-a
policy they were practicing when
they, with one accord, abandoned the
pillow in the new made furrow took
up arms and FASTENED to the 'front.'.
Each of them was confronted with
a condition, not a theory" Cotton,
COTTON, was the ONE CROP to
which they turned-the ONE CROP
to which they chung for years and
years; for the good and all-sufficient
reason that the COTTON CROP, then
as now, is the ONLY CROP produced
or that can be produced South that
is CLOTHED WITH THE DIGNITY
OF COLLATERAL. It is the ONLY
PRODUCT of Southern farms that
has standing at bank alongside Uni
ted States bonds.
l love to repeat, and repeat, the
fact that no people in this great I'm
ion of great States or of any State or
nation in the whole world ever
wrought order out of rank chaos as
have the men who wore and the wo-
men who cheered and sustained the
GREY through four glorious years of
war for an imperishable principle in
government. In support of the state
ment just made l could quote you
figures from the tax books. Why
make any reference at all to what
those men and women accomplished
in the first two decades after "THE
WAR between the STATES?" Be-
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the wise man that it is not the bust
ness of the seed sOWer, the tiller of
the soil, to consider the Clouds He
goes forward with his work. in sea-
son, trusting in the Lord.
moment ago, it occurred to me
to inquire of the record as to the
rainfall the first eight days in July in
the ten years, 1901-191O, both inclu-
sive.
In 1901, the rainfall was 10
inches (seventy-six one-hundredths)
1902, 40; 1903, SO; 1904, so;
1905, 80; 1906, 1.2O; 1907, 1854;
1908, IA; 1909, 1.57; 1910, 2O4.
The general average for the ten
years, 1 inch. So, the nrst eight days
in the current month made a record
that leads them ALL
Alexander Hamilton Stephens took
deep interest in the weather. Far,
far in advance of Maury, "Old Prob
abilities" ct al, Mr.. Stephens and a
Frenchman, Monsieur Espy, took ad-
Vanced position on the question of
fOrecasting the weather. Espy had
tried in vain to interest leading Con-
gressmen in his plan to indicate"
the weather, two days in advance,
III HhC 1IIOCIICI VI OOIuIuD1d. 1n0Y
became impatient with him, they
shook, or tried to shake him, they
Stunned him. They said he was
crazy. When Mr.. Stephens entered
Congress, 1843, he was warned by
Mr.. TOombs and Mr. Cobb and others
to beware of Espy. Mr.. Stephens had
scarcely been sworn in when Espy
sent in his card. Mr.. S. sent him
word that he would see him on ad-
Journment of the House.
The interview resulted in sum
of money being obtained by Mr..
Stephens from the management of
the Smithsonian Institute to be used
in testing Espys theory.
On one of a number of visits had
the privilege and the great good for
tune to make to Liberty Hall, Mr.
Stephens told me an intensely inter
esting story of 'the rise and prog
ress" of the representations which
he and Monsieur Espy made public
as to the weather for the District OF
Columbia.
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E,-lHEN drought comes, the peo-
AlT pie long for rain When the
rain comes, the people clamor,
in their wishes at least, for
sunshine. 1t is indeed fortunate that
we do not control the weather. If
we were given control. the results
would be, in a very short time, in
finitely worse than those the comet
of recent date might have wrought
had it come in sharp contact with
the earth.
The law Of average, one decade
with another, governs the weather
Carefully kept records Of the wealth
er reveal many very interesting facts.
One who has the leisure and the de-
sire may revel in them hour by hour
But the farmer does not take the
weather into his confidence. He &C
cepts in good faith the suggestion of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

The missionary who has been in
the business for the money in it,
doesn't like the exposes made in
Foreign Missions Exposed" by Thos.
e. Watson. Third edition soon ready
for issue, twenty-five cents per copy.
The JeffersOnians, Thomson. Ga.
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