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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-06

upon the subject. which shall trans
NIT In separate message within a
few days.
Conservation Address.
In September last a conservation
congress was held at st. Paul, at
which l delivered an address on the
subject of conservation so far as 1t
was within the jurisdiction and pos
sible action of the federal govern
ment. In that address l assembled
from the official records the statistics
and facts as to what had been done
in this behalf in the administration
of my predecessor and in my own.
and indicated the legislative meas
ures which I believed to be wise in
order to secure the best use, in the
public interest, of what remains of
our national domain. There was in
this address very full discussion
of the reasons which led me to the
conclusions stated.
Specific Recommends.
For the reasons stated in the con-
servation congress l recommend
First, that the limit now imposed
upon the executive which forbids his
reserving more forest lands in Ore
gon. Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Colorado and Wyoming, be repealed.
Second, that the coal deposits of
the government be leased after adj
vertisement inviting competitive bids,
for terms not exceeding fifty years,
with minimum rental and royalties
upon these coal mines, to be read
justed every ten or twelve years, and
| with conditions as to maintenance
which will secure proper mining and
as to assignment which will prevent
combinations TO monopolize control
of the coal in any one district.
do not think that coal measures
under $500 acres of surface would
be too large an amount to lease to
any one lessee.
Third, that the law should provide
the same separation in respect to
government phosphate lands of sur
face and mineral rights that now OBJ
tains in coal lands and that power to
lease such lands upon the terms and
limitations similar to those above re-
commended for coal leases, with an
added condition enabling the govern
ment to regulate and if need be, TO
prohibit the export to foreign coun-
tries of the product.
Fourth. that the law should allow
a proSpector for oil or gas to have
the right to prospect for two years
over a certain tract of government
lands, the right to be evincei by a
license for which he shall pay a small
sum; and that upon discovery,
lease may be granted upon terms Sc
curing minimum rental and proper
royalties to the government, and also
the conduct of the oil and gas we'll
in accord with the best method for
outstanding the supply of oil in the
district. The period of the leases
should not be as long as those of
coal, but they should contain similar
provisions as to assignment to pre-
vent monopolistic combinations.
Fifth, that water power sites be
directly leased by the federal govern
ment, after advertisement and bid
ding, for not exceeding fifty years
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upon a proper rental and with con-
dition fixing rates charged to the pub
lie for units of electric power, both
rental and rates to be readjusted
equitably every ten years by arbitra-
ton or otherwise, with suitable pro-
visions against assignment to pre-
vent monopolistic combination. Or,
that the law snail provide that upon
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-06
A Simple Safeguard for Mothers.

Mrs. D. Gilkeson, 1926 Ingles Ave,
Youngstown, Ohio, gained wisdom by
experience. My little girl had a Sc
we're cold and coughed almost con-
ti1uously. My sister recommended
Foleys Honey and Tar. The first
dose l gave her relieved the inflam-
nation in her throat and after using
only one bottle her throat and lungs
were entirely free from inflamma-
ton. Since then | always keep bot
tie OF Foley's Honey and Tar in the
house. Accept no substitutes. We
ratchee Drug Co.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-06

application made by the authorities
of the state where the water power
site is situated, it may be patented
the state shall dispose of 1t under
terms like those just described, and
shall enforce these terms, or upon
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-06

Continued on Page Five)
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
MINES SHOWING A
VERY GRATIFYING ACTIVITY

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah., August 9.
Conditions at the camp of Phoebe
continue to improve, and there is be-
ginning to be a real revival of affairs,
declares Geo. f. Coke of the Gold and
Silver Prince company. Work, he
declares, is being prosecuted vigorous
ly at the Consolidated Phoebe property,
the Mendha Nevada and the X-Ray.
Several other smaller properties, he de-
%elares, are also going ahead with their
work. On account of market condi-
tions and affairs in the East, which are
not conductive to rapid development,
many of the properties are slow in
starting up.
The Mendha Nevada property is one
that is making rapid strides in devel-
opment work. The company is now
testing out its ores for a mill. For
several days past the company has
been shipping a car of ore every other
day. This the management believes it
can keep up for some time. By the
new hauling contract, it has made a
saving of 81 a ton over the old con
tract, and at the same time 1T is de
clared it is more satisfactory.
Manager John Cook has just sent
word to President Thomas j.. Osborne
of the company to have tests made fol-
the concentrating of the ore of the
Mendha, as the property is developing
a large body of low-grade ore, which II
is believed will be an excellent concen
trating article. The work is now being
carried on, and within a short tim II
is believed that the announcement vii
be made that the company will erect &
mill at the property. AS to size ant
construction, it is too early to make
statement.
The building of a mill at the Mendh;
would mean the building of a thirt
mill for the properties of Phoebe. Thu
Prince Consolidated will shortly begin
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
SHIPPING GOOD ORE
FROM Lodi MOUNTAIN

RHYOLITE, August 11.-Frank
Murphy, Henry Crispen, L. G. Stannard
and Charles Cooper, leasing at the Dia'
mond on the east side of Ladd noun.
tain, are loading out a car of ore
which will probably be shipped to Port
Lewis. The shipment will comprise
about thirty tons and is expected to
run in the neighborhood of $40 per ton,
Returns on the first car shipped by
the ~leasers two weeks ago have been
received, showing values of $50 per
ton. The leasers are screening with
a finer screen now and the second
shipment should go much higher.
The Diamond is showing up in fine
shape. From the 300-foot level, a
stope 10 to II feet long is being car
ried, breaking from two to three feet
of ore. The vein is persistent and it
is an easy matter to break all the ore
the quartette of miners care to handle.
There seems to be a large quantity of
pay ore in sight the leasers~ intending to
make regular shipments for an indefi-
mite period.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13

AUSTIN, August 9.-The Austin
Manhattan company has machinery in
stallation in shape for a more vigorous
mining program in Austin than has
been seen here for years. The ooh. p.
hoist is in place at the Jack Pot and
the gallows frame almost completed.
An air compressor is in readiness for
work and within a few days, sinking OK
the ledge from the 200 level will be
commenced.
At the Ophir shaft, which will re-
open the entire Union section of the
camp, retimbering has progressed to
the 100-foot level. The power hoist,
formerly in use at the Jack Pot will
be transferred to the Ophir and these
operations will go forward with much
more speed than in the past. At the
mill everything is ready for the ex-
pected arrival of the machinery for
the eleetrostatic reduction plant which
has been shipped from Boston. Altera-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
POWER CONCERNS
HAVE Merged

KENNETH, (Shasta Coz, August IL,
One of the most extensive power pro-
iects in this part of the valley is that
which is behind the merging of three
big power companies, the Sacramento
River Power company, the Central
Heat, Light and Power company of
Oakland, and the Merchants Light and
Power company of San Francisco.
The consolidation of these three com
panies has been completed and plans
are now being made for the diversion
of the waters of the Sacramento river
through a two-mile tunnel to a site two
miles below this town, where a plant
will be established and power gener-
ated for the consumption of power
users for many miles around. The
plans of the company call for the
transmittal of the power generated here
to all parts of the valley, and it is be-
heved that the big power combination
will soon prove itself a worthy rival
for the power companies already estab-
lished in the valley.
The water will be taken from the
river at a point half a mile above Ken
nett an6 from there will be run through
a tunnel to the site of the power plant,
two miles distant. At the outlet of
the tunnel a fall of eighty feet will
be afforded, which is expected to prove
for the generation of the power.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
RIVAL RAILROAD
Surveyors ARE
RUNNINGRACE

WEAyERvILLE, Trinity county,
Aueust 1.-THE rival corps of survey
ors of the Southern Pacific Railroad
company and of the Humboldt and
Eastern Railroad company are IN a race
to reach Wildwood pass, the arbitrary
point through the summit of the Coast
Range mountains on the route to Eu-
reka from either Redding or Red Bluff
on the Sacramento river. Wildwood
mass is the most available gateway
through the high mountains, and the
partv that reaches it first and makes a
location survey through it will have
gained a distinct advantage for the
it represents. The two parties
are working in opposite directions. TIT
Humboldt and Eastern party is work
ing down the Hayfork creek and the
Southern Pacific started near Cotton
wood creek and is working up into the
hills.
Both companies are DESTROYS that the
forestry bureau will increase thu
amount of matured timber that it viii
offer for sale to the highest bidder, anC
in addition to the timber the prospect
ors have traced a copper belt that bid
fair to be a rival to the famous Coppe'
Crescent of Shasta county.
Trinity county is not interesting it
self much in the outcome of the strug
ole for a route between the rival com
panies. The residents want a railroad
and do not care much which compan.
builds it.. They look with pleasure OIL
the provision made by the Federal Gov
eminent that the road must be com
pleted in five years, and look eagerl.
forward to the passing of a few year
in the confidence that they will hea
the whistle of the locomotive as i
wends it's way through the mountain
of the county, offering transportation
facilities to the coast or to the Sacra
mento Valley.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
THREE COMPANIES
ELECT OFFICERS

Three mining companies, by theil
stockholders, have elected the following
directors and officers:
Sandstone Mining Company.
j. NJ. Fenwick, Geo. X. Elder, A. HI
Howe, G. d. Wilkinson, F. C. Favier
Z. R. Prentice, Fred w. Prosser. Off.
GERS: j. M. Fenwick, president; Geo.
X. Elder, vice president; A. H. Howe,
secretary and treasurer.
Columbia Mountain Mining Company.
George Wingield, J. M. Fenwick,
Geo. K. Elder, c. d. Wilkinson, F. C.
Favier, E. R. Prentice, A. Fl. Howe.
The officers are: Geo. Wingfeld, presi-
dent; J. M. Fenwick, vice president;
A. II. Howe, secretary and treasurer.
Goldfeld Berkeley Mining Company.
H. F. Holmshaw, George X. Elder, j.
NJ. Fenwick, F. C. Favier and A. H.
Howe. Officers were elected as fol-
lows: H. F. Holmshaw, president; J..
NJ. Fenwick, vice president; A. 81.
Howe, secretary and treasurer.
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the erection of a plant and the Con.
solidated Phoebe already has .,a,,
completed for the building of il mill
At the Mendha a force of about a.
men is employed, and a vigorous can.
paign of development is going ON !,
spite of the fact that the company !,
shipping a good tonnage of ore. Tbs
ore on the lower levels is showing
good improvement over that found !,
the levels above. The new ore shoot !.
declared to be even larger tina. tia,
found in the early days, from which .
j half million of dollars worth of o,o
was extracted for the Bristol suel.e,
Many other properties in the district
are preparing for active developnent
work, and several deals are pesdinc
which will bring new life into the
camp. 1t is understood that another
smelling company is contemylatins
capturing the field for the lead-silyer.
iron ores. Within a short time men
will be in the field making an exam.
nation for this purpose.
The Phoebe X-Ray Mining eonpanv
is pushing work vigorously in the tup.
mel at its property in the Highland
district, and the avenue, according to
officials of the corporation, is i. about
$40 feet. The face is showing esusid.
cradle naturalization, but the point
where ore is expected is not quite
reached. However, pay values may be
expected almost any time now.
The compressor plant is making a
good account of itself. In fact, the
X-Ray is one of the best equipped
mines in the region.
Work on the three-compartment
shaft of the Consolidated Phoebe is
progressing rapidly. A force of 20 men
is dropping the shaft into the ground.
1t will be several weeks before the
objective point is reached. In the
meantime the company will begin the
erection of its plant.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
HAUL TARIFFS ARE
SUSPENDED FOR INQUIRY

WASHINGTON, August 1l.-What
are known as the back haul tariffs from
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma to points
in the state of Washington, have been
suspended by the interstate m
commission pending an inquiry into
reasonableness.
The tariffs were to have become ef-
fective August l, on the Northern Pa
cific road, but the action of the com
mission restrained the line from putting
them into effect. The proposed adj
vanees in the back haul rates were
made by the Northern Pacific in the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
NEVADA GOLD STOCKS ARE
BOOMING IN SAN FRANCISCO
Goldfield Issues, Led by the Jumbo Extension, Are IN the Lead
of all the Movements and Indications Are That the Revival OF
Interest Has Permanence, Founded on Real Merit

pah Extension is steady at so. The
group shows few changes from last
week, although on the whole the shares
are a shade easier. However, the
healthy state of the market is attested
by the lack of any selling of import
ance.
Nevada Hills this morning jumped
10 points, selling up to $2.37 IL. Moth
ing but good things have been said
about this stock since Wingfeld an
nounced that the ne wmill will be
rushed to completion and since the huge
development of ore from the 47O-foot
to the 350-foot level was made. No
reports of any character have been re-
ceived from the mine recently, but the
last were sufficient to accoun for the
strong interest the Eastern brokers are
taking in the shares.
There comes the report OF a strike in
the Mexican this afternoon, and imme-
diately there is a sharp furry in the
North End Comstocks. Ophir, Con-
solidated Virginia, Union Consolidated
and Sierra Nevada have all jumped
with Mexican, and the Old Guard are
hugging themselves with joy. TIT
strike is reported to have been made
on the 2400-foot level of the Mexican,
| within 300 feet of the Union Consoll
dated line. Just how big it is or what
it is, is carefully guarded by that small
%coterie of brokers who rule the des'
TIMES of the Comstocks; but Mexican
has jumped from $1.25 bid OF the cal
to $1.70 at the close.
Ophir has climbed Is points to $l.3O
Union Consolidated has advanced IL
points to so, and Sierra Nevada to 81
Consolidated Virginia, on which 8
25-cent assessment is being paid, today
rallied to SLIP ~.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
MINES PAYING ENORMOUS
AGGREGATE IN DIVIDENDS

During the first seven months of the
present year lit American mine:
and metallurgical works, according to
figures compiled by The Mining World
participated in dividend disbursements
totaling $46,O11, SS9, as compared with
a distribution during the same period
in 1909 of $3S,4S5,13S by "a companies.
In addition nine securities holding cor
porations, which are heavily interested
in operating mining companies, paid
$8,279,719, as compared with the 49,
61O,291 paid by eight corporations dur
ing the same period in 1909.
This, however, does not fully repre-
sent the earnings Of all American mines
and works, for there are numerous
private and close corporations which
do not make public their dividend dis
b~ursements, as we'll as the vast sums
earned by smaller mine owners and
prospectors.
By its records, covering the past ten
years or more, The Mining World is
able to show that mining, when prop
erly carried on, is one of the most
profitable of the worlds industries.
This is apparent by the figures avail
able, which show hat the lit mines
and works mentioned above, have, since
their incorporation, paid out to fortu-
nate holders of their stock the enor-
nous sun of $649, 966, $3.50, a return on
their combined issued capitalization of
s6l2, 9sS, 74S or 100 per cent. This add
to the declarations of the mine |
holding corporations, amount
to $11o,74s,943, brings the total to
$3.50, 715,509 a remarkable achieve
nent in industrial earnings.
OF the III mines and works paying
dividends in 1910 the properties class
ID as gold, silver, lead and zinc, to the
Number of 81, were the largest con-
'ributors, having SIG, 53s,466 to their
'redit. Since incorporation these 81
companies have paid in dividends a
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13

err, selling at 80. but many attribute
this to the fever for buying Jumbo Elk
tension, the speculative talent getting
out of one issue in which there was no
action into one with present possibih-
ties of quick profits.
Goldfeld Consolidated remains firm
and unchanged at $s.45 and $40. Most
wiseacres of the Street predict that
this stock. will sell at $40 in the next
few months, but even that advance
does not offer the profits that some of
the smaller issues do on any kind of a
market and any kind of development.
Your small Spectator is afraid of the
big Wall Street manipulators, and
fights shy of the heavyweights in the
mining stock game.
Whatever has happened to Florence,
and there still reigns an air of mystery
around the exact status of the recent
stock deal, the change in management
has certainly been for the best.
The shares are among the strongest
on the board today at $2.45 bid and
only a few small lots offered at $3.50.
An order for 5000 shares at the mar
ket would send the stock to 1915 in
the present cleanup condition of the
Street.
Since the decline in silver from
50 Is cents to 80 IL cents, the Tono,
pah stocks have been rather quiet
Whether the drop in silver has affect
ed them or not is a question. They
certainly have not lost strength, but
for the time being the demand in the
local market is small. West End alone
remains active, and leads in strength
selling today at go cents, as against "a
cents at the beginning of the week
Belmont holds very firm at 81. Mon
tana has slipped down to SO, and Tono
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
PROGRESSING AROUND AUSTIN

lions of an extensive nature have al
ready been made in the mill structure.
These will be completed by experts who
will arrive most any day.
The Maricopa Mines company leas.
ing at the Patriot, are installing q com
plete heavy mining equipment and will
carry on operations second in import
ance to none in this section of The
state. This company will drive a tun-
mel 5000 feet in a mineral region that
has furnished some of the richest ore
ever shipped to the smelters from
Austin.
Joe Bray is installing a furnace to
treat antimonial ore at his mines Il
miles south from Austin. These mines
have produced ore that was shipped to
Europe at a profit, and now that meth
DDS have been found to reduce the ore
on the spot, it is believed that the
anthony mines of Lander county will
again come too the front.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13

face of a decision by the committee that
the rates ought to be reduced 20 per
cent.
On the hearing of the back haul cases
last autumn by the full committee, 1T
was agreed by the railroads that the
reduction of 16 2-3 per cent probably
would be fair. In spite of this state
ment, however, the advance of 25 per
cent was made. 1t was the advance
that the committee suspended.
The hearing in the matter will take
place in Chicago August 30 by George
N. Brown, chief examiner for the com
mission.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13

total of $191, 524,442. In the lead for
the year among these is the GOldfeld
Con. with $5,33s,647. Tonopah another
Nevada property, is second with $l,lOO,-
900, while Bunker Hill & Sullivan is
third with $549 300.
Twenty-one copper properties, all
but one in the United States, have PAID
dividends so far this year amounting
to $14,477 ,512. The leader of these is
Utah Copper with $2,3O7,72S to its
credit. Anaconda is second with
81, 800 ,000, United Verde third with
$1,575,000 and Calumet & Heels fourth
with 81, 100000.
Seven metallurgical companies have
contributed to the present years total
the sum of $~11,135,911, and to date
$104,686,254. Leading these, by a large
margin, is the American Smelling .
Refining company, which, so far tbs
year, has distributed in dividends
$4,125,000, and since incorporation $'4i'
33S,053 International Nickel Is sec
ond with $2,737, FOG and United States
Smelling third with $1,S02,379.
One metal selling company, the Uni'
ed, has declared, 70 far thi5 year, ayr
dends totaling $750,0OO and since In
corporation $1O,75O,O0O.
July was a satisfactory month
of dividends paid.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
REVEALS PLIGHT
OF Miners

WASHINGTON, August 1l.-Condi
tions in the bituminous coal fields OF
| Western Pennsylvania retard the as
similation of foreigners and at the
same time are not conducive to a stable
family life. Such is the view of the
immigration committee of which Sen
ator Dillingham; of Vermont is chair
man. 1t is presented in a report made
by the committee as a result of an in
quiry covering about $4,000 eases in
that section.
The committee found more han 10
per cent of the miners to be foreign
born, many of them unable to write
any language and almost half of them
capable of speaking English. Generally
they live in houses owned by the com
p%anies, and these the owners refuse to
sch to their occupants.
Most of the purchases of necesseries
are made at company stores, the price
being deducted from the wages of the
employees. Trading at these stores is
not compulsory in all eases, but it is
noticeable that those who make pur-
ehases from company stores are more
apt to be continued in employment in
event of a partial shutdown.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
SHoSHONE HAD SOME
TROUBLE DURING JULY

The Shoshone on August s sent ont
four bars of bullion by express. The
shipment represents the month-end
cleanup for July, and win amount to
about $4,000, making the total pro-
duction for the month about $24. 900.
The mill treated in the neighborhood
of $500 tons during July, and would
have done much better had it not been
for numerous shut-downs from various
causes.
The cost of treatment is being re
duced to a figure which is probably
the low record for Nevada reduction
plants. Rhyolite Herald.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-08-13
SEARCHLLGHT COMPANY NOW
INSTALLING NEW PLANT

The entire new equipment OF ''
Searchlight NJ. & NJ. company has
rived and is now being hauled out :"
The mine. The large new pump y
clared by all who have seen 1t 20 "
ine a piece of machinery as ever can
into the district. The new es
frame now towers above the ssais
Bulletin.